The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, March 15, 1883, Image 4
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The Robber.
liy Life had been broken end entered, end
V theft ?
V ' Committed 1 gainst met
Peace and reot had been stolen. The tingle
clew left
ffu a memory.
rbat life mi so bare; met gone; nought bat
grief
By the hearth,*
That I took the eweet memory, and Marched
for the thief ,
Thnftjgh the earth.
I knew her again by the peaoe and the real
That re to rued onto me;
/But when the loet gems were restored to my
b*eo*t,
She did not go free;
For, by strongest of fetters, the thief I have
bound
And imprisoned for life; *
I guard in my heart with the treasures I
found ?
My robber, my wife.
? H. K, Spoffortt, in The Continent.
TWO ENGAGEMENTS.
Nina is sitting on the fresh young
grass among the apple blossoms. Not
unlike an apple blossom herself, in her
pink aud white dress of clear muslin,
is the bright girl with the tlower-like
face. Nina is not a beauty by any
means; but nineteen healthful, happy
years have given her the charms aud
graces of a pure, contented maiden
hood ? gentle eyes, a smile like sun
shine, crowded braid i of light-brown
hair, and a strong, quiet heart.
Sh? has also pretty, dimpled hands,
which are at present making line tat
ting and weaving, all unconsciously, a
web of quite another sort.
The young man whose length of sup
ple limb lieq stretched/ beside her,
among the devastating clovers, is de
cidedly, handsome. Ho has light curl
ing hair, almost golden in its bright
ness, and dark eyebrow^ arching oyer
lovely, jnelanchoiy dUrlceywU*^ ?*v.
There has been quite a long silence
between these two, who are here alone
in this blossoming orchard with the
soft, fragrant petuls showering down
nround them, and no other company
but .vagrant butterflies and hard
working bees to share their solitude.
When the young man speans at
last, it Is in a vory discontented voice.
"You know very well I want to
speak to you, Nina. You know I sent
the children away for no other pur
pose; I must sptAk jjopu Hat you
sit there cbuntlng your stitches and
looking so coqI?
" I don't cou<>t 'them,',' ^sfc&uWi
swered, good-humoredly, and T letting
her eyes rest on his an hutant. " Dear
mel what a frOtyning forehead* I
Well, "then, Vhy Wt fbu' sp Wr T
shall be delighted to .hear anything
you may have ? 7 . j ( ]
" I don't want} ypu tcf be delighted/'
he interrupts her, 'shortly; "?? And *ddT
for uiercj sake, put that eternal work
iA."
i
? 0 u Uiapuacu OC
Ip a convenient *gpron-pocket, and the
nimble wl)lte hands clasp each other,
at rest. ' *
" Say am I not good and obedient ?
Now for the wonderful story, }f you
really are comihg toi confessloh; Stari
. why, that Is just splendid 1"
" For the listener ? See here, Nina,
you have heard me speak of ? of Laura
Dalton, havieri't you r"
?'Never. !, Yo,u have never men
tioned her , name .until this moment,
.Star, and you- know it 1"
" Of ooursei 1 know it. Who said 1
'* didn't? Well,' iW feeing to mention
her now. 1 met her at ray aunt's wheto
they lived. Jn Washington tforec win
ters ago,a?W4^?b orphan so?t of
ward of Aunt Maggie's ? and when I
had known her two months we were
engaged." '
?'Very ration id on both sides. You
were then nineteen. At what period
of her infancy Was Miss Dalton ?
" Well, sixteen, perhaps. She has
been at school in Germany ever since,
until araonth ago. But the worst of
It is, Nina"? stretching out his hand
and laying it on herB ? "we are en
gager. at this present moment."
If he had expectcd to meet any
stornjy demonstration of surprise, or
grief,' or anger,' hi flnds himself won
derfully mistaken. Tho tranquil blue
eyes widen a . little/ and tho color
deepens slightly in the rounded
cheoks, but tne sweet voice, replies, in
ItA wtitU clear tone: ? ?< . ?
"Htow grange o t you, Star, not to
speaK of tHis before? And why should
It Tt>e 'the worst of it' that you aro
beciitlSe I do not love poor Laura. She
issdtftt & ^o6iish,irivolous ct'eatur^?
just a big, warm-hearted child, that is
all. Tell megNJtlfc d^xisatjt' etrength
ening his pteSsure on tne pa$sivq fln
. gors, "haven't you known all akMg--^
> '6Ver ' tjiat first night \yhep *v?
walked lidme through the b^M^wpocts
from Aunt Maggie's ? havra't ywi
kpown tliat 1 lQved you ?" -,?.??
."Ye^'J^ho suys, in almost a whisper;
"I have known it^Statwood."
'*Afcd yttf wotidercd that I 'could
"But then you knew of my engage
ment.^ . , . , .
? T ? i ? r '"'"V ?'WVUI JUiOTIir.
?nd for a'veiy gbod reason, Nina; you
will marry me. <
'^or heftven's take, don't look at me
like that( r|> liayek not MQPpaed to kill
snylmijT Vwfly VtfTfcaroHt ; I
cannot marry Laura Dalton when' my
whole heaft belongs to you, and I
know, too, that you care for me deadly
-daarly/
Mi eare for yotUoo much to let you
acfrilshonorably.'Swe answers, stead
liy,- but there areolars In her drooped
eym and she undlasps her hand* to
talro his own into tHeir gentle embfrfcee.
You ihould have spoken before. It
Is all so strange td me. And the girl?
Garwood. Doos she love you ?"
"That's the tjraubl^ -She loves me
to di*r^#,*!#bP break
my ? heart. She is so happy iu the
? thought of our marriage, it was ar
ranged to take' place next month"
disconsolately- -"and she's coming to
Aunt Maggie's the day after to-mor
with mo, Nlim," ft world of
entreaty la his tone. "No, but I am
In earnest. Why should we sacrifice
ourselves to lives of misery. Dr.
Leslie cannot feel for you as 1 do. it
Is jrimost a year since he has seen you
even."
M He does love roe. Oh, Star, if you
knew. I am all the world to him, and
he has waited and worked, t could
not be so wioked/ He is coming
back soon. He hat finished his course
in Paris, and? do you think we two
oould ever be happy together If we
had male others wretched."
14 But yon love me, Nina? Tell me
truth, dearest; nothing will seem so
hard to bear alter that. ? Only say it"
He ha? drawn so near that his cheek
wets against her alsnder shoidder.
Shy Nina dote nqt answer, but her
arm slips timidly r^und his neck, and
she rests her chert* Against his curtinrf
golden hair. After the fashion of
maidens, she has answered her love in
silence.
This exquisite moment is suddenly
broken in upon by the sound of scam
pering feet and ringing voices", and the
children come rusuing pell-mell
through the orchard gate.
But, after all, they are Nina's
brothers, and that thought reconcilcs
him to bear for a while the noisy in
fliction of their company.
* ? ? * *
A shadow darkens the morning sun
shine. Nina looks up from adding the
weekly household accounts, and sees in
the long, open window the loveliest
young woman she has ever beheld.
"Mifs Marble, Nina."
Nina's heart quakes, but she goes
forward with a welcoming smile.
"1 am Laura ? Lam a Dalton. You
have heard of ino'r" offering both
hands with impulsive grace.
*' Oh, yen, yes i'' says Nina, blushing
slightly, but looking bravely into bril
liant ha/el eyes ? lovely, wonderful
eyes, so thickly iringcd#lth flue black
lashes. ?? I am so glad to see you 1 It
is so kind of you to come !"
M Star promised to bring me, but I
would not wait. You will think it
dreadful of me to rush in without
ringing the door-bell; but I saw you
?rom the garden, and I knew you were
Nina. Stnr has written me so much
about you ! I ought to be jealous, but
I won't be. You're too sweet. Aunt
<Maggie has told me lots about you. It
is so nice for her to have such plea-ant
neighbors. What a lovely place they
have ! You know they lived in Wash
ington when I went away, and the
idea of coming to New Jersey! I
have been abroad three years."
" ^Ir. Burley told me," says Nina,
helping to divest her visitor of a co
quettish hat and feather, and laying
bare her magnificent coils of shining
b'ack ha:r.
?'He hivs told you everything, I sup
pose? Dear lellow 1_ I find him
chapged ? so dull and splrittfW.'^1^
'Mie was not very has
ten# to say, wUh a ts]\ttalc nuslr'ouJier^
face. " At least, wlfen he first camo to
Mri Crelgh's, he was recovering from
typhoid fever, und he? I suppose?"
- UjThat was nine months ago," is the
roifeafc.irt
.had entirely recovered. But he seems
istrangely altered! 1 think it is good
for/a man to have enough money to
liv$ on without work. Y ou have seen !
aj good deal of {Star, t*rfffppo*?f . slncii
you've been aequalfitM f* * * * A * ??!
?? "Oh, ye.*! My brother Clarence and
he hre quite tttihiatc.f ^ rv ? j
V He did not tell mo about Clarence.
He told me about you," says the young |
later. " I was anxious to see you! Of
course, you know that lie? that I-p- !
You do know, Nina, don't you?" 1
?- ^ About your engagement ?," asks
Nina, smiling gravely. ? Star Vill'
haye a beautiful wife."
may have a happy one"?
wtthalitllo sigh. "He is such a loVely
fellow. Hut, s-jj?ehpw, I don't think it
is pice tobemartied So verjTsooh. !c
second of next month ? only think 1 ?
ami I am just nineteen ! No one
knew of our engagement except Aunt
Maggie, and now she is so anxious to
have every one know, and to have us
sottled; and I like to be single, don't
you ? It seems dreadful just to leave
scfiool and then be married. I haven't
had any good time."
" Why not postpone your wedding
for a while?" asks Nina, smiling at the
frankness of her beautiful visitor.
" Y ou are both so young 1" . , ^
_? "All, but poor Stat^ffcifld object!
>He would bo so terfibiy^disaupoUited,
you know. Ilo has bee# losing for
ward to our rtmrria'ge. *r But I was
thinking, Nina, perhaps you could
talk to him. He has such confidence
in your' judgment. ? Ybu might tell
hlrn that yoll >.inink I atri toe y(Mmgr
You understand him so wfcll. You
would just know what to say. Yon will
think I afti the strangest girl
in the world to come here
apd talk like this; but, don't you
see, I enn't spetfk ?t> A^nt .Maggie, -and
I dare not to-jwof Star,fari&.thefeiahb<
one else. ? I will bo marrh d before 1 1
know it, Nina, if I don't make some '
effort."
I There are tears dimming the lus
trous dark eyes. - *
Nina, touched and astonished, draws
a little chair bios6 to'her hew friend's
side, and takes her hand In a kind
Olasp. At this Laura's tears brim
dver.
' "You will think I am a fool," she
says, presently, with a little sob now
?And then between her words, " but
your lovely, sweet face won me in a
ninute. I don't mean that you are
mndsome, but you are so lovely ! And
that dear little calico apron ! I couldn't
be afraid of you, Nina. Of course, I
didn't mean to be so frank with you
all at once; but I could never like you
anv better than-I do noW, and I can't
(help speaking nfy hWrl right W." I
V& ri^ft^f?*V^th Star ? not
rearfon, Mifetiy.? ltutshW* frlm^mnko
;hlm understand? well, tell him some
thing?" ?
" Ah. but you must tell me some
thing first, Laura. Isn't there some
one else? some one who has taken
Star's place in your heart ? Is not that
the trouble, dear?''
"Oh, Nina, Nina !"
it. ' Then* we am consult"
"You little darling! I have felt
like a criminal; but If you could ohly
see him, Nina! I met hlrn in Paris
when I vfoos spending tho holidays with
a schoolmate, .lie was studying with
her father, Professor Vleux. There
were lots of students, but this one Is a
young American so talented and so
handsome -and wo fell in love with
each other at first sight. It was ter
rible, Nina?so awfully sudden and
unexpected; but, don't you know, he
was quite wild about ino, and I was
just as bad about him. And ho is en
gaged to a girl out here ? lie would not
tell me her name; but ho does not love
her at all ? at least, jlimfl he's known
me he doesn't. Bdtftfl, y?uifr<y hi*
word hinds him, aR* .fiVi* ?<> honor
able! He is coming over In a few
weeks, and ! though, if \ nee I not ho
married sotoow^^dofl't ybii see?Xthat
possibly, something might happen." '
" What Is your lovy's name, Laura.
If it be a fair questloifr " *
" 1 1 Is name ? Do you think J ought
to tell his name? I will tell you. His
nW ''T - ; s
It Is a little cry, a gasp, that eseapea
Nina's lips, but is cheeked back In
stantly.
"Do you know?" Laura asks, with
a wondering air.
"I know the girl he has promised to J
marry, and I have seen tho letters he 1
has written her, so full of tenderness. '
8he never dreamed his lore oovld
waver. Laura, this la terrible !? the
surprise !"
" I know It, dear," says Laura, pen
itently; "but what can we do? I'm
sure we don't compel ourselves to love.
Love compels us. How .strange you
uhould be acquainted with Doctor Les
lie's affiahce<U* seems Just like a
story.- ? Is she nipe? He Wihl never
say anything about -her except ' poor
??Poor child!*' echoes Nina, with a
smile. u She would only be poor child
if she should marry him. I could tell
you about her, too, Laura, how she has
struggled to keep faith with her faith
less lover, while her heart had given
itself to some one else. She has suf
fered, but at least she has been strong.
Ah, Laura, what must wo think of
men?" * ?
" What must we think of women?"
says L&ura, simply. " I am sure I am
ashamed of- myself! If Star could
know ? Nina, oh, Nina, there he is!"
? rushing suddenly to the long open
window ? "but i tell you it is he! They
must have told him I was here, and he
is coming. Oh, oh, oh! what shall I
do? Oh, Nina, I am so glad!"
Nina, following her inapstuous friend,
sees, not Btarwood hurley, but Doctor
Leslie advancing up the graveled path
in trave' ng coat and with a small va
lise In his hand.
As ho reaches the veranda, which is
liberally vine-covered, Miss Dalton
springs through the window and rush*"
to him with outspread arms. Atsi^..i
of this beautiful apparition an unmis
takable delight flashes over his line,
dark face.
'? Laura J" ho exclaims, and drops
his baggage to fold her promptly to his
bosom; then ho hastily releases her,
and his joy gives place to consterna
tion.
He actually staggers back as his be
trothed advances, with her hand held
out in greeting.
" Nina !" ? he says no other word as
she lifts her little quiet face to kiss
him in friendly fashion.
Miss Dalton stands amazed.
"You know Nina, too? I thought
Mrs. Creigh had sent you here? I
thought you were coming to find me,"
she falters. " Oh, Gilbert !? oh, Nina !
Oh, Nina, are you the girl?"
Miss Dalton is deadly pale, and Doc
tor Leslie groans and hides his white
ft is trJLbling a llttie*^d tears
il her bushes'; birtr.&he? smiles up
frm both. - w
" I am the girl? the happy girl, dear
Laura. How strange that you should
come at this very moment, Gilbert ! I
id not expect you untjiitho twentieth,
.aura b^a tdllnfMrfo^fchfc
met yon abroad, anil all the little 'ro^
niance. But come in. "NVe must sit
down t.n I talk together."
* * * *? -? * *
V 'IJtobbie? Robbie,. w/Uyoii ;Jun up
to tho house, like a good fellow, and
tell NJ,U* I want to ppeak.to herv I'm
goiilgHo Wring yeto-tHat hew 'fishing
rod to-morrow ? honor bright. Tell
her I am waiting here at the gate; and
don't let all the world hear you, that's
a tittle man !" ? t 1 ' ? ; s
Down through tho twilight comes
Nino, a Wtfnutfclfcter, KhW; gleaming
white dress, with a white iaco shawl
around her head, to find Starwood
Burley lurking in the maple's shadow
at the gate.
"Will you walk along the road a lit
tle way ?'r ho a^ks, abruptly, without
greeting of any kind."
She stops down beside him, and they
walk away slowly under the great
branches of the elms and chestnuts,
along the quiet cjuntry road.
" I suppose 1 must congratulate you
on the arrival of your ? of Dr. Leslie.
Laura informed me that he had arrived
this morning, while sho was with you."
"Thanks, yes. Hecame quite unex
pectedly. He wanted to givo me a sur
prise, and it was a surprise."
" You aro delighted*, of course."
" 1 am very, vdry happy," she an
swers, gently; ftevsr thought to be
SQ happy."/ \\ &JI
And of her own free Will sh?Hays her
hand within his arm, and leans con
fidingly on its support.
* ''Oh, don't in# I .dojTfc tip|f aj|>out
-it!" looking flowrt longingly >at ths
little clinging hand on bis coat-sleeve.
"You make a coward of me. In all
honor, 1 have no right to be here with
you -now; but Laura intimated that
you wis] led to see me, and I came,
N ibfi,' but Only t?,s$ygfcQi<l-fty? I can't
bcrtr t\{ mfi of thing. ^We tnust not
meet any more. By-and-bye, per
haps-?"
"Star," says Nina, standing still be
fore him, suddenly, - in the darkened
road, lonely now as a forest na)ih. "1
am the happiest woman in the world
to-night. Do you know why? Be
cause you lovo me.- Something bo
st range lias happened." And then she
pours forth a story that Starwood can
scarcoly credit, in his amazement and
delight.
" It is like a dream," ho stammers.
" The other two will be happy together,
and I can have you! Am I really
awake? Doctor Leslie is willing and
it is all arranged?"
" Doctor Leslie has gone over to see
Laura, and talk with Mrs. Creigh ? I
sent him oft -across ilekkk,as soon as
Hobble told Hie )?<& 'hfctVotJW.1* AfyS
Laura thinks it be nice to have
the two mar* tiig*&'at once. What do
you think, Star ?
Mr. Burley's answer, though silent,
Is decidedly in tho affirmative.
A Remarkable (b i.
In tho plantation of Oak Held, Maine
thero in a girl who possesses tho faculty
of spelling difficult words backward
without hesitation. Her name iu II at
tie M. |>rww, shoJs 1U|t Ptflftjjtfkeltth
birthday, ahd will mffajfa,
who are people of moderate education,
living upon a furrn. While thin little
girl i? bright and smart us the average
of her mates, Hho never attracted any
particular attention until, a little more
than a year ago, It was accid'-ntally dis
covered that she possessed the singular
gift of spelling any word tfith which
she was acquainted, backward and'
without hesitation. At a spelling match '
recently hold in the school which sho '
attends, without any warning, she '
stood befora tho audience for some ten (
minutes,- spelling words selected at '
random, some for their difficulty of !
combinaton, but without any previous
k they were to bo, |
tn|lldlf-atidj|co?fectly, except one or i
twA wnich ffle C6uld not spell in tho I
proper way, and when prompted In the
correct spelling would jinmedla^ly re
verse it. Amontftlie words whfbhshe
spelled wero these: (Islaxy, syzygv, as
tronomy, rQbin, phonography, diffi
culty, attendance, indivisible, etc., and
many other words of equal length and
difficulty. All of these were spelled
'XAV.XiiTi^X:
wltnout ik single misplacement of a
letter. Has any other person wfthout
any training been able to do this or
similar feats? In addition, It may be
paid, upon tho testimony of tho girl,
that "she can see the words In her
mind, ami knows no reason why *he
should not road the letters backward
tin in the usual way."? Hoston Journal. I
The microscope shows the hair to b*
like a coarse, round raspTbut with tlie
teeth extremely Irregular and ragged.
The moo as crepuzculis, one of Ihe
? animalcule*, is only a - twenty-four
thousandth part of an inch in diauv- ,
eter.
The /African negro ia remarkable
ft* tils length of arm and leg; the [
Avmura Indian of Peru for his short
ness j f|rj*. ?* n u i
A sweet potato- four feet 'leng ? and
an average circumference of seven ami ,
a half inches has been raised in Marion |
oounty, Ky.
The Burmans assert that before the 1
advent of Buddha they had 334,569
kings. They say also that nearly
every one of these monarchs was a
parricide.
There were four races in Italy in
early times; tho Pelasgians, the Ital
ians, the Etruscans and the Greeks.
The first camo from the west, the sec
ond and third from the north.
A carpet in th3 palace at Versailles,
France, was sixty-two years in manu
facture at the Gobelins, the whole bor
der wrought with rich garlands ol
flowers, embracing a,U the roses knowo
In France.
Mormonism started neOT Tfroy, N
Y., in 1839, under the leadership ol
| Eleanor Miller. Miller and others
I went to Victor, N. Y., and preacheo
the doctrine, and then Brigham Young
was converted to tho faith. * He wa >
baptized by Miller In 1832.
In 1G91 a barrel was made at Sleid
elburg, in Germany, which is coin
i posed of 112 solid beams, twenty-sev< o
I feet in length, is sixteen feet across tlx
ends and eightem feet through the
center, and contains 800 hogsheads
yet it was onco drank out in elghl
days, L j ; ' " \ \
The pfpVfetb about people living in
glass houses will soon lose its meta
phoriealfBignificancc. One of the most
prominent; glass manufacturers ol
Pittsbn& announces his intention ol
furnishing the public with' glass houses
at an approximately early period. As
soon(asa suitable annealing process Is
discovered &nd a factory and ovens arc
built for ^he spcclal purpose, glass
blocks will become a reasonable and
suitable building material.
The Boman people onco gave a pub
llo pot a public funeral. The dis
tinguished animal was a raven, which
flew every day into tho Forum, perched
on the rostra, and saluted Tiberius,
Germunicus and Drusus by thcii
names. This he did for years, till a
shoemaker by accident killed the bird.
\ gthe people killed the cobbler, and the
^corpse of this birel was placed on a
bier, richly dight, and carried on tin
shoulders of two Moors, with music
playincf before them, to a field called
Ridiculous, on the Appiati Why. Then
was that bird solemnly burned, and
his ashes covered with garlands of
flowers.
Frnlts and Flowers Anionic the Ancients. !
Modern society can scarcely form ;i
conception of the extent to which flow
era were cultivated In ancient Greece, 1
not merely for the sake of their beauty 1
when beheld in the garden, but on ac
count of the immense use made of
them in religious ceremonies, as well
as In the circumstances of daily life.
The lover crowned himself with flow
ers when he went to visit his mistress,
hung garlands of flowers upon her '
door, adorned with wreaths the statues
of thediYinities who were supposed to '
reside over love or marriage,
cnrcely any one entered a templo un
crowned, and according to tho charac
ter of tho deity worshiped there the I
flowers of the wreath were changed.
Again, when the Athenians repaired I
to the theatre,, which contained an au- j
dience of between twenty and thirty
thousand persons, nearly every one
wore a garland on his head. At private
parties, likewise, when they dined !
ordrank together, their brows wero |
decked with flowers, whilo the apart
ments in somo instances were covered !
so deeply, .jvith roses that they reclined !
upon tliein as upon sofas. This taste,.'
which prevailed more or less through,
?flout tho whole country, an well as in
nMagna Grtecia, Sioity and Asia Minor, |
may convey somo idea of tho extent of
floral cultivation, which everywhere'
constituted nn important branch of in
dustry, jilst as the cultivation of roses
still doqg Jo parts ? of Central Kgypt
and the . northern provinces 6f India.
In these Eastern countries vast (juan< :
tities of roses are needed for the mann- i
faatm^oL attar, thynnst lasting and '
i
r<)|es to severaL uses not much tapufeht ;
qljirt'thie Went.' AMtJb^f' for e*am
pl|? ?*ado aconjwrvwHfroses, which
rtAy be reckoned ainftng the .most do
Hfous tirnfcles of ltiHBMf*hat can1 be
ftJag^ed.^eipgeau'tWt^arkablefor
tapte andscent, a# won tSTof its poWor
of stimulating digestion and promot
vlo? of
C?6ece will rennny'TW^# fchPex ten t
tmwmm
tie water mcl^.wMu . cptd thejray
4?r'a lips as E?U JjMm
Ijbllowsof the Mor^baye'mWarli oeon
ijtepuied the flnfot ttt ' th?' t,?**nt,
iflut what In ooii) tfieYci^l thrtfr are vV-e
fgirded exclusively as articles <% profit,
were at an earlier . period of the world's
history looked upofc # rtiote poet
flftl point of view, It yrak dodbiletu
fie sight of oraages, *h'en by so*n<
? Grecian wanderer they Were l)efral<
rmc the first tlriio on the warm ao<
i lively ' slopes of MoUnt Atlas; th a
farmed the germ of tho myth abou
llio gardens of the Hebrides, an<
caused the trees that bwuUUem bj
stwnr from Af rtoan shores , aud. acelf
mated uiuop4(>h(?iielones. J'lven now,
% If ^ W?fi|cvnce,
oae or tho ftiostboautiful tfrnt <\kd ?>e Im
ajjfmed, somo cf tho fruit pew>lhg
through thtvgreoh follago llko golden i
spheres: otlifcf*, partly of , the colo'r of
the Ipjtf, partly yelloW, whiloaii nbuml
an of of eitpamttd r itftfdtditng blos
soms fill tho whole rttrrtolph^Vo with an ,
intoxicating frftgttnce.vvfexperlonco ,
provto' Wh*t mlgUt otherwise be at
tributed to tho tyioy; that the soli of
A^ti?|ti8 so sweet that everything
planted In it acquire* fth additional del*
racy of flavor. Th us/ pear trees trans
planted frtfrn Malta to the gardens of
Maronsi, n village ab|0t*tkV* miles from
A t. ert?, not oM? ftroduco' more deli
-te pears begirt *-to bear tho very j
Drst sei^son. If such by the case flow,
tho st<md '|)amSh king; what. muHt. if,
havo been orlfl, wljen the most prsc- \
tieed, skillful and studious of garden- '
srs exhausted their Ingenuity In tho '
Htomntto please the palates of faatldi- (
ins colintrymert? ->
? Look herp, boy," said a stern Aus
tin parent, "you are telling me a false
bond right now. 1 can read It in your
face' "It must be some falpehood I
told > ou last week, pa. You know ,
you ? an't read anyhow without your ;
njjc'tacles."? Hi/tiny*, 1
the news.
The coroner'# jury rendered a verdict In
the invee ligation of the Newh&lJ House (MU
7? XZ ^ fottud *? Win
ter of the house guilt* of culpable negligence
la not employing a sufficient number of
watchmen to guard the house against fire
and to awaken the inmates in time to save
all the lives possible.
At Lasalla, IU., while officiating at a m&r
riage servioe, Bar. Geo. F. Bronson, pastor
cuaroh' ?eu d*&d ??
*et of tb* couple whom he was marryinu
wife. Pronou??H> them husband and
TCie flood in the Ohio river, at Wheeling, is
doing great damage to bridges and other
property. Marietta is partially submerged
and fears are entertained for lives of people
on low land* and on the Islands; the ice com
pletely preventing assistance from reaching
them or of their escaping.
Ex-Governor Davis, of Texas, is dead.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Uunpany has placed on record in Albemarle
county a mortgage for *100,000,000. The
oompany is a largo owner of iron lauds in
the State. The deed covers 269 written pages.
The headquarters of the Department of the
Missouri at Leavenworth has received offi
cial notice of the capture of Captain Payne
nnd party south of the Cimarron river by
Lieut. Stevens. The party wore on their
way to Oklahoma with one hundred wagons.
Captain Carroll, commanding the troops in
the Oklahoma country, will take the entire
party to Fort Rono.
A mail robbery occurred at the Union Depot j
'owa. The east-bound !
rain being late, the mail was carried into the
baggage- room, and while there the mail
pouch was ripped open and 140 regisfored
iTS)0Wbem r?.Ut- 0ne,?"or contained
n *1,000 bill and a $100 bill, the amount of
tl.o postmaster's monthly remittance to tho
department. There is no clue to tho robbers.
Smith, the colored ravisher of a nine year
old g.rl at Paolo, Kan., cut his throat to pro
vent an avenging mob from lynching him
?ho mob was load by leading citizens.
Reports from the cattle-range section of
ani0rftn09fty tJ,?lo3Sof stcokby "now storms
and cold weather will amount to fifteen per
eont
\llv V"f ^ H' Mi"?' <* C???
?May, N. J., has been arrested and held to
2 Tnr ? ?harKe of Betting 11 ro to the
pal ing and workshop of her husband. 1 u
the attic was a lighted candle so arranged as
to communicate when nearly consumed wife
)!"an/,1fy combustible material.
llio Ohio river is reported to bo higher
than for years, inundating the lower part of
Cincinnati aud other towns along its banks.
Cm eat destruction to proiwrty is reported.
Pensaoola has been connected with tho
Apalachicola river.by the completion of the
Pensaoola and Atlantio railroad.
Plumbago in payiug quantities has been
ound on a farm near Schoenick, Lancaster
county, Pa. Recently discovered copper
deposits in Adams county are causing much
excitement, and several Harrisburg com
panies have boon formed to develop them.
1 he negotiations between the Western
Union Telegraph Company and the Mutual
Union Company for an arrangoment between
i ho two companies have been completed in
the lease of tho Mutual Union linos to the
AN estern Union. The latter has assumed tho
debts and dividends of the Mutual Union
Company.
Ex-Governor Marshall Jewell died at his
home in Hartford, Conn., of acute pneu
inonia.
A fire nt Rondout, N. Y., destroyed tho
steamer City of CaUkill, the railroad house
and other valuable property belonging to
different parties, amounting to the unp;r
cedonted loss of N? ),vt,s ro,,orteii
lost.
Middle and Southern States.
liV?Wn0rB"to' hn* fiPMt n 'nossago to tho
lennossoo Legislature justifying tho policy
of scaling the State debt, and proposing a
??ttlement with tho bondholders
which involves tho oxohange of the "con
tingent?. bond? for now throeper cent bonds
ftt fifty cents on the dollar.
Emory E. Hawks, of Wythe county, Vn
befo "n0? n" 0fnK?' ,ms bcon ftrraigned
before United States Commissioner Patter
?on, at Lynchburg, on a charge of embez
zling and destroying lotters entrusted to him
as a mall-carrior.
John B. Oorprew, wholesale dry cooih
dealer, of Norfolk, Va? has made an ?:?. iig.,!
mont. Liabilities JlUl.OCO.
, arrestod at Montgomery, Ala.
or rifling tho mails, is tho owner of a largo
anisic and novelty store; he made an assign
( ' A I A , /V1NI? SKIC
FULL "s T O C K
OF
OnocKKiicft,
II A It I) WARE,
II ARNICAS,
Dry Goods,
Boots Shoe*., Hats
Canned Goods, Candies,
CllAOKKRS, & & \
? AT
BOTTOM PRICES.
Wishing to clone out our utonk of
LIQUOR8,
We tire polling out Ht the following rodnred
prioes :
Bent. Rye Whinkey, $2. 50 to SH.00 per Kallou
Goodji.ve " 2.00 " "
IionfV. 0. Qorti Whinkey, 2.M) " "
Oood Corti " 1.75 " '
2.05 1 " '
Gin, 2.25 '? '
Apple Rrandy, ? 8.00 " *
_ W. A. ANCRUM A CO
'"??"K ? .???>?>? ?"?> f
m ?. onavhh, .. .
OHAPBB & O'BRIEN,
_>???? v i;,::
Wholesale Qrooer*
/ .... , ... ?
SOS East Bay Bt f
ChtrUtton, ?? C.
Agent* for Bxttm'e Fremitus TrMiton 0r*A
tn. * *ng It-fj
jyjKTAlA
IRON, BAGS, '
* BOltCf CXTlTTOH *
IIIDKH, HKlNfl.
WOOIsWAX, IOJIUi
ALt) KINDA OF TAPER STOCK, Ae,
KW Wo ere p?j in? the Highest Cwh Prl^c
M Of Eft OOI.IWMITII h HONH,
auglft-ti . r. O Ho* 1 v
WULBF.RN & PIEPER,
Wholesale Qrooers
And Deeleve in
\ ? # -* /
Provision*, Liquors, Tobacoo Ac
<?> rtnrf f KAHT BA r.
*"* " ly OTIARLBinxyW, B. o
OK. T. BKRWtCI LfcflARB,
DENTIST,
Graduate if the Baltimore Colloqn of
Oerffal Surgery.
OFI'K'i; DKKiil.R HOI ME,
Knlrenco on Broad Street.
OLD 11853) BBTABLBBHHD
Charleston Ice-House,
ALVA, GAGE & CO.,
Maxkat, cor. Church 8t_, Charleston. 8^ C.
Importer* and Shippers, Wholesale and Retail
*>ealerB In
lO??
loe p?ok?d for the country a specialty.
loe by tho c*r-lo*d it special ratoe.
Waverly House,
Cn > BI.WTON, 8. 0.,
GEORGE T. ALFOHD, .... Managw
Ratce $2 and 12. .50 per Dar.
ThlB favorite Family House, under lto ne*
management, is rcootnmeiulfd for the excel,
lenoe of its cuisine and home-like comfort?.
Ite airv and well ventilated rooms have Jus*
boon newly carpeted and elegantly furnished.
A. It THOMLIN SON
Manufacturer ot
HARNESS) of Every Description.
SADDLES, BRJDLES. Etc.
MoC. SADDLES,
NEW AND OLD.
Importer of English ~8RdtU?a*?-8*v~l Hits,
Spurs, stirrups. Etc
Factory anu Biilpnroom 137 Meeting 8t.,
Sept. 1-ly. Cll Alt MIS (ON, K. C.
W. WIUI.DKN Ot CO.,
Cotton k Naval Btoiihs Factors.
Bagging and Ties Furnished at Lowoal
Mftkot Rates.
Offloe, Nob. 8 A 10 Middle Atlantic
Wharf.
Naval Stores Yard, Marshall'* Wharf,
Char loe ton, 8. C.
Liberal Adranoea made on all Con
signments.
J.C. ROLLINGS,
AOENT rOB
Stationary and Portable Steam Engines,
Brown Cotton Grins
Wlnnshlp Cotton Cln .
With Feeders and Condensers
Talbot <fc Sons Engine's,
Monaboh Engines,
Bkinnkb A Woon Engine*,
Does Cotton Paras,
BcnoriKLD Cottok Press,
Findlet Cotton Pbeso,
Cobn and Wheat Mills,
Saw Milia,
Buattinq and Pulleys,
And all kinds of mackinery. Be sure to call
and sco my prioes before pnroh-tslng any kind
of machinery. J. 0. ROLLINGS,
Camden, 8. C.
Ho, Ye That Are Tliirstj !
Oomo and try that favorite brand of
Old. Family Whisky.
Thore is nothing liko it under tho sun.
IlaviDg tried it once 1 know that your pat
ronage is secure.
1 use this medinm to inform my frionrtR
and the public gonerally, that I have removed
to my old stand one door North of W. A.
Ancrum, whero 1 am prepared to furnish
thoin with a ohcrico stock of
UnooBBiEfl, Canned Goods,
WlNEfl, Liquohb, Tobaooo and ClOAn ?,
Which I will aoll at "Hard Pan" prioes fur
cash.
FRESH LAGES BEER
Always on draught. Families supplied wi'h
bottled Beor.
Genuine Sootoh ALE a specialty. Give me
a call and vou won't regret it.
aug31-tlja J. E. C. MoDOWELL.
W agong n nd Urag^iew
HARNESS, ETC.
The undersigned rospeotfnlly calls atten
tion to the large stook of 1, 2, 8 and 4 horae
wagons, singlo and double buggies, open and
top buggies, wagon and buggy harness, etc.,
whioh ho now has on hand, and whioh ho is
selling at living prioes -so low as to ensuie
largo salt ?. Handling tho heavy stock I do,
I can afford to soil at a small profit.
REPAIRING
In all its branches promptly and satlsfaotoril}
executed by oompetont workmen.
HORSE SHOEING
1 A specialty. Give mo a call. M. A. MKTT8.
aep7-lyr
Your Patronage
la respcotfnlly solicited at the store of
JA8. L. HRA3INCTON
whero you will find an entirely new stook o
FAMILY GROCERIES,
CAHNfiD GOODS,
CONFECTIONERIES,
DRY GOODS ,
TOBACCO,
CIGARS, tfo.
The patronage of my old customers and
tho general pabllo is most respootfully so
licited^
Mr. Wiley Sheorn and Mr. Job Bhiver are
still with me, and will be pleased to servo my
ouatoaaera. . .
, JAB.L. BRA8INGT0N.
RemolelManJ Newly Fumisliefl,
LATHAM HOUHE,
oamd^in, s. o.
Transient Board $2.00 Per Day,
Ample aooommodallptUL Tablea sdpplle
with the host the market ?fforda. Every ad
tent'.onpald to the MmCr*! or kaesta.
Connected with fin Hotfue in a flrst-class
nAlt; Whloh Is orderly *#[>%. '
Hack to and from the despot. ? Fare 35 cents
csoh t?ay. . .. ..
Feed and Iiverr H table on premises.
& IM4?JIA,H, Pilpftnne*.
W ILLIAM OLYDUR N,
oottom kuveii,
And Fife Insurance Agent.
CAMDEN, S. C.
Offloti oorner Broad and DeKalb Rtreets.
Georgia Home Innnranoe Com
pany assets W7fl.Ml.S0
comrofroikTlJaia* Insorsnoe
Company of Tendon. UMb, |10,2?0,?1.7S
llurie Insurance Company of
New York, assets |fl,410 9ftft.ll
mr H g'lcst market price* paid for Cstton
in o?nh.
(torn and Bacon always- on hand al
wholesale. <
Have Your Cotton Ginned
On An flO-flaw Hall Oln, with Feeder and
Condenser.
Having Jnst put np an AO-Raw Hall Oln,
with Voeder and Condenser, I am prepared to
gin and pack cotton 'it an expeditions manner,
and gnarantee satUfao ion to all my patron*
The patronage of t ie pnblie la respeetfally
solicited.
Oin located at Bteam Planing Mill, corner
Laurens and Fair street.
M. L. CHAMPION.
J.BLAKE 8TEEDMAN,
sspnwrnHTiHo
KNOOP, FREERICH A CO.,
Charleston, 8. C.
Issnes Exchange on Charleston. Rnys
Cotton at Highest Csah Prloee.
Ktr Offloe at D. W. Jordan A C'o's.
new ARRIVALS
AT
W. C. GERALD'S
OLD CORNER STORE.
I h?T* lost returned from market, wh?i? I
purcba**d|* be*ry>tock of all
Kinds oT Goods,
At th? Tsry lowest prices, And I intend to
my customer* the benefit of mr low
pi iced purchases. My stock consists of
Fall and Winter Dry Goods,
Notions, Hosiery, &o.
rhe beat make and latest style* of
Boots and Shoes. Clothiiie, Hats, k
GROCERIES !
Ia Orooeriea I bay? m fine a ttock as can b?
seen In town.
HARDWARE!
For Plantation, Oat den and Household uao. j
Fall line o! Saddlery and Harness. In (act, ?
1 bavu got alrnoat any thing you can call lur^ 1
i nd am determiued to sell
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Call before you bay eleswhere. Bagging and
Tics always on hand, llirheit pricoi p?i?i lor
Cotton in oub. W. C. GERALD,
At the Old Corner Htore. |
NOTICE TO DEDTORS.
All of niT papers have been placed in iho
lianda of Mr. J. T. Hay, Attorury-a'-Law, for
i-ollrotiou. My businera must be close, I up,
i nd those indebted to uie will lake notice and
l.oviru themselves accordingly.
J. A. AKM8THONG.
Bollmann Brothers, <
C-om ini union M erchants.
D osiers In
llllth RU1K8, WINES, LTQU0K8, TODACCO,
0I0AR8. ET0.
I A3 ? 1 AA Fnm Rut, t'kurlMUn, 8. V.
M. L CHAMPION/
Med, Contractor mi Builder,
Camden, S C.
Special Attention paid to furnlablng plana
id vetimaiee Jvr pnblio ami private buUd
><?>, lh?Dg ? practical bulluer of ??ver*l
?n
In#*,
year* experience, l.n in enabled to guarantee
satisfaction in ill depart it cuts of his minim ??.
Cfloo at tho ?tore of Mr. J. J,. 13ra?ii>#tou.
Ju 2tt)r
W. CLYBURN,
General Insurance Agent
And Cotton Uuyer.
Removed to his oM et* id at C'yburn'a Ulock
Will pay the highest price for Co't >n anil bu.
o>"r? freely than over before.
*#? My oountry fneude will please kIt?
we a call. augl7-tf.
PRICES REDUCED.
ROBERT D. WHITE,
MARBLE t GRANITE WORKS.
PLAN3 FURNISHED.
Mwt iij' Stre<'', c >r. II ?rlbcck'* Alley,
nnglH yl. ( II VlU.l.srns, ?\ c
av. c( <>>rn.
Wholesale i\ t?? l i ]> ?1> r in
Dry Goads, Hosiery, Nations, Sc.,
4 J3 A; 42."> Kmc Str?*? t.
Adams, Damon & Co,
No. 18 Broad btr?et, Chirk uton, 8 O:
Cooking Htovee, Ranges, Ora'c*. M utile and
Btalo MauUla, I'l.rupn if al. kiini? l.oirt anJ
IroD Pipe, Sheet Lead. Copper am) Z'uo, Roof
ing Tin, Tinware. Tinner s Tool* Ac.
House FurnirhinK Goods in la;.,,- quantity.
Fire Hricka Tile*. Terra Colta l>r ^ i i l'uos and
Ohinaney Top*. All kind# of P.umblUR Work,
R>ofl?g, Guttering and Tin Work gone ally
promptly attondod to by tho most ctroful and
experienced workmen. D*.?pot anil r- 'i xbl?
OH HUitai arg li) ly
GRAND FALL AND WINTEB OPEKIKG
AT TIIK
Clothing House
OK
ZMZ. IKI I IN" IR JD?
Men's, Youth's and Boy's Suits, Men's, Youth's and Hoy's Overcoats. Fine Soft ami Stiff
Hat? in all Styles and Colors. Gents' Furnishing goods and Neeloveir.
GEISTT'S FINE SHOT^S.
When in the city you are cordially invited to examine mv stock of Clothim;. All orders
addressed to me will reoeive prompt attention.
Columbia, S. C.* opposite Grand Contrail.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 81, 1881.
OF ALL KINDS AND OF TIIK HMi||K<T OUADK.
Of direct Importation. Cotton Seed Meal and all Fertilizer Supplies, for s.(le '?>
Wando Phosphate Company,
C?}ia.rlostoiif S. (J.
FRANCIS R. HACKER, President. .IOSIAH HKoW N. Tieu-un < i
Wilcox, Cibbs & Co/s "Manipulated Cuano,
Wilcox, Cibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate,
Are acknowledged hy everybody to be the Rest Fertilizer* in use. and are sold low fm Cn-h
and on reasonable terms on credit, with Cotton Option, by
WI LCOX, ( i 1 15 liS & <'<).,< 'liar lest on. s. < ?., ,m<[ s,i \ .uinah, (in.
And their Agents throughout the country. dic'i-'.'in
FOUNDRY, 60x214 Feet. MACHINE SHOP, 60x250 Feot. BOILER SHOP, 40x120 Poet.
GEORG-E R. LOMBARD & OO.
Foundry, Macliino and ISoiler WorliM,
? Gi-eorgria,
BUILDERS OP Engines and Boilers, Haw Mills, Crist .Mills, and all kinds of Mill niacin"
nery of the late.t impiove 1 styles. shifting, lUngers, Puileve, Gearing and Journal Boxes.
Wo havo a large assortment of Patterns, SiiRnr Rollers and Oin Oi arm#.
DEALERS IN Engine and Mill Supplies, < lrouUr Sa'vs, Files, Glimmers, Swages, Ololie
Oheck and Safety Valvoa, Whiatles, OAitges, S enn P,pi and Fit'lnn*. Babbet meal from PI
?o40 cents. Rolling, Laoing, Rubber, Hemp, > o ipsti-ne an?i Asbestos Packing, oil and Oil
Cups, Wrenchov, Envoi y Wheals, oto.
AGENTS FOR EoLpne Double Turbine Wh<<l, Rolling's Unlvorsal Injectors, Iho best
made. Brad fold M;ll Co's. Portablo Mills. Nordvk" ft Marmon Oo.'s Plantation On n and
Feed Mills. Alia* Eneino Works and Erie City Iron Works, Portable nnd SUtionery Enuines.
Kunkle's Pop Safety Valves. Cloud Greek Mill Rooks.
nr Iron and Brass Castings, and all kinds of Ropa r* pro nptiy done. Wo oa?t every day,
and are working about one tiundred" hands
IMP i< O V K 1 >
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE.
W? the celebrated Friotlon Feed on all onr 8*w Milla, We nne the Tory
beet material In their oonatraotiou, and Hpare?noithor labor nor eipenne to ren
ter them M near perfeot as poeeible. We warrant all onr work to be woll made
Mid of good material. We would like if you wonld oompare tbo following figures
with thoM Of other manof aoturera and see if we do not aell you a better and larger
law Mill .at aame flgnrea:
PBIOHB.
Wo. 1 Mill, with 88 lnehee,8aw, 18 feet carriage W76 0?
?? 1 ?? ?? 88 " 18 " 288 00
?? J ?? ?? 40 20 " 800.00
? 2 ?? ?? 84 M 20 " 828 00
?? 8 " ?? 48 " 20 " 860.00
"8 M " 48 '* 24 " 878 00
?? 4 ?? ?? 60 14 24 M 400 00
a 4 ?? ?? 62 " 24 " 426 00
Extra Carriage, $8.00 per fcot. The above mill* <v>tru b-to b> main bolt.
Dec! \y _ I OHM A LfcX VNDER P oprieto
WILSON, CHILDS & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORKS.
r?Kii . /v Tt? n r*A
00NQAREE IRON WORKS,
COLUMBIA, fiOUTH CAROLINA.
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MANOrAOTURKH 0? ALL ErKDW Ot
Plantation, Oity, Freight, Btmin?**, Bxprosn and
SPRING WAGONS,
niUOKS, DRATfl.CAKTd, TIMBER WHEEIjH AND WHEELPAUROWa