University of South Carolina Libraries
THE LADIES' TREE. My husband and I remained on Mr. Cardewe's Dorsetshire property for more than a year, and after that Mr. Cardewo wrote to Charley to come up again to the Manor, $s he wished to have him look after the young plantations which were being formed. The first news that greeted us was that Mr, Hemphill, who had always been kind to us, was as good as engaged to be mar ried to Jliss Anderson, whose parents lived near Bournemouth. She was a very lovely girl; and every one was pleased to think tliat Mr. Hemphill and she had made it up together, after all. There was a little story connected with this young lady. She was something of an heiress, it was known, and man}' peo ple had made offers for her to her parents. Capt. Martyn Henry, who had been at the Manor, and who. was again expected this same summer, had, I knew, been one of her admirers. But although everything seemed satisfactory, the im pending rumored engagement was ended. Capt. Henry went abroad in a hurry, and people said very unkind things concern ing him. But Miss Anderson was evi dently fond of him. However, after awhile she appeared as pretty and cheerful as ever. Mr. Hemp hill on his part seemed quite happy. Miss Anderson rode to the hounds to the very middle of April, and he wanted io ? marry her in June. Everything was pre paring. She was certainly a fine girl. Such, eyes!?bold black ones. Such lovely hair, and a figure which was, in her riding-habit, perfection. Her man ner was quiet and shy at first, but they told me she "improved" wonderfully after awhile; and there was no daring or almost reckless thing she would not do if she was defied io it. . That is not my idea of improvement, but being only a dressmaker, I hardly know. However, she came and stayed with the Carde ,/es; and Mr. Hemphill rode over day after day. One day it was very thundery and stormy, and just as the rain was beginning, into our little house the young pair came for shelter. . When the thunder stopped rolling they went into the porch; and the day being hot and sultry, though only May, the house-door Was open. I was washing things, and could hear their voices, and sometimes even what they said, without minding. - * The tones in which Miss Gladys con tradioted poor Mr. Hemphill, and the mild, submissive way in whiohhe put up with it all, astonished me. That any man would behave as he did I couldn't have believed! I'd like to see Charley put up with such "tantrums" as Miss Anderson's! Now, I said to myself, I see the reason of Capt Henry's and Mr. Elliott's sudden "crying off." They could not put up with her temper, of course; and I wonder Mr. Hemphill did. He seemed afraid to contradict her. The shower passed. The sandy soil lickpd up the drops, and everything re mained as parched and dry as possible. A single match dropped in the under wood would have set the whole planta tion and all the gorse in a blaze. The keepers were particularly desired to be on the watch for smokers, who might in a moment, by accident or for "fun," set fire to the whole of the furze, and burn us up too. Mr. Hemphill and Miss Anderson were discussing this when Dr. Joliffe rode past, and stopped suddenly. He was a special friend of the Andersons, and often visited them, dined, and even slept there at times. Mr. Hemphill greeted him at once, but Miss Gladys looked sul len when he came up. "I wish I had seen that fire," Miss Anderson was saying; "I would give any thing to see a good fire. Some day we will have another." "Have another!" cried Mr. Hemphill; **you can't mean that, Gladys!" "Have you seen Capt. Martyn Henry, Mr. Hemphill?" inquired the doctor. ''No, has he returned?" Miss Andersons face was pale as death. "Is there anything the matter, Gladys?" asked Mr. Hemphill. "Nothing" she said. "Dr. Joliffe, will you come back to the Manor with us?" and they rode away. When Charley came in he was in a terrible hurry. "Let's have tea, Lucy," he said almost before he was well in the house. "I must go out at once and keep an eye round the plantations. There has been some "tippers" across to-day, and I doubt they'll have left something after them, and the place is all as dry as tinder. A A spark Avould burn us in our beds." Just then a messenger rode up from Mrs. Cardewe for Charley and myself to go to the Manor. She wanted to see me about some dressmaking. Mrs. Cardewo made me stay and take tea with Mrs. Jones, the housekeeper, and she sent two of the boys to find Charley, and tell him to come back to the Manor when his work was over, and fetch me and baby. Then Mrs. Jones and I seated ourselves for a nice long chat, not that Icaro much for gossip, as a rule, but when with friends a littlo exchange of sentiments \s pleas ant. We hadn't taiked very long when Bill Swain came in all excited. "Oh, mum!?awful, mum! Mr. Farmer lie has sent me for help. The gorso is a-fire and the plantation's in danger. It's bad, that it is!" I jumped up and called the girl Emily. "Here, Emily; hold baby till I come back. The gorse is a-firo, and Mr. Farmer is there. Quick!" I put on my tlungs; and by the time I was ready the men and helpers were hur rying ..way to the place where the fire was. The smoke was already curling over the tree-tops; and as wo knew the whole place was as dry as tinder, the lire would spread rapidly. As I came out I saw Miss Anderson and Mr. Hemphill. He was trying to dis suade her. "Ola lys, my dourest-" "Mr. Hemphill, please do not interfere. You have no right to prevent me. I will go to this fire. I particularly want to see it. You need not come unless you please." He looked at her almost with tears in his eyes. El.o he was patient with her and.said: "Very well, dear, as you like." She drew herself up haughtily. I could have boxed her ears had she been my girl. He was top gentle with her. Some j women don't value a man unless he is pretty hard with them, and poor Mr. Hemphill wasn't hard enough for Miss Gladys. She set off by herself, and.he followed her; the doctor and all the stable-men had already gone. Bill Swain caine with me. Round in the farm-yard the men were calling out for help; and the coun try was up. All tho men turned out^-sorvants, grooms, boys, laborers. All hurried off towards the plantation, where, beyond the fir-wood, the flames, stirred by a westerly wind, were already advancing in their fiery progress. We had not got clear of the high road before we could perceive the flames high in the air, and great rolling curls and puffs of smoke rising over the tree-tops. Men with branches of trees, and spades and forks, were nnining along the> road, and then up the lane towards the furze common, which was well alight. The young trees were standing out dark in front of the fire. It was a grand sight, and one I shall not easily forget. A fine sight, in deed, but terrible! Beyond the belt of flame, in front of it, a number of men were endeavoring to cut away the trees and gorse so as to deprive the fire of its fuel. Close behind the flames, and at the sides, were men with branches of trees beating the fire out as well as they could. But more than once they had to retreat, as the tongues of Are darted suddenly at them, and licked up the grass and gorse almost under their feet. Three parties of men were converging towards an old decayed tree?a hollow dry trunk, as dry as touch wood. In a few minutes that tree would be in the very heart of the fire; nothing could save it. Then the wind suddenly changed, and we saw the fire spread. We waited, and watched the great towering flames. Mr. Hemphill, the doctor, and other gentle men came rushing up, darting hither and thither, beating, oalling, directing. Mr. Cardewe, at tho head of the laborers, was equally active. Tho fire was increas ing. The old solitary oak was doomed! Nothing could save it. Poor old treel Every one was sorry. It had been a landmark for years and years, and was called the "Ladies' Tree." There was some tradition, some old prophecy, alx)ut it, as it marked Mr. Anderson's property where it was divided from Mr. Hemphill's. I knew the legend well. It was to the effect that when the tree was dead the Hemphill's would be childless? "When passes away the Ladles' Tree, No Babes in Hemphill's hall shall be." The verse came into my mind, 'and I said to the ladies' maid, who had run out with the r "t to see the sight: "A poor look-out for Miss Gladys!" But we had no time to talk much. The men, whether they believed in the legend or not, were doing all they could to prevent the fire from reaching the tree. They did not succeed. The flames seemed to rush round, and even to spring from the tree itself. We cried out, "Save the tree!" but no one could get near it, until the flames had united round the trunk and utterly concealed it, so fierce was this famous "bush-fire." "My gracious me, Eliza, what's that! Look! There is something in the tree!" I exclaimed. "There is something alive!" "Sure enough, it looks like it!" cried Eliza. "See, it comes out! It's a woman!" A cry of alarm and horror rent the air?a groan of anguish from all. The figure was now plainly seen?the woman was standing upon one of the lower branches, waving her hand wildly! It was Miss Anderson herself! She was calling for help. Help, indeed! But it looked as if no help could ever roach her. I heard her voice plainly now; and ?you will scarcely believe me?she was laughing, a queer, wild laugh. "Save her! Save her!" screamed men and women. But no one would venture. The flames formed a barrier impassable. Death?a cruel death?awaited any one who crossed the terrible belt of fire, which roared and crackled like the furnace ol Nebuchadnezzar. Mr. Anderson spurred his horse reck lessly toward the belt of fire. The ani mal reared and nearly threw him. Miss Anderson had, as we supposed, got intc the tree flunking herself safe, but a sud den shift of wind had carried the flames toward her, and she seemed doomed. "Five hundred pounds to the man whe will make the effort! Five hundred apiece to any of you!" One man had not waited. A man with his nose and mouth tied up in a wetted handkerchief rush I through the smoke. It was Mr. Hemphill, true .to the last. But his courage was of no avail. He nearly reached the foot of the tree, but fell. Three men rushed in, but only twe reached him; the third, black and Bcorched, came out again staggering, blinded, burnt. The others did succeed in reaching him, and at the peril of theii lives dragged Mr. Hemphill to the wind ward side of the flames, which were still roaring to leeward, as Charley said. We were all silent and horrified, when suddenly a loud shout came . over the fields. A man, riding a beautiful black horse, leaped tho hedge, and dashed, spurring hard, across the common land. The horse was blindfolded, and rushed recklessly on. The rider scattered the ??orkers nrd spectators. They paused for a moment, and then, with a cheer, the horseman plunged into the flame ami smoke, which were passing away from the tree now at the base, but the tree it self was burning. In another moment the rider was off his iiorse. which rushed away blindly by itself. The gentleman swung himself iirto the smouldering tree with desperate courage, tore Miss Ander son from her place between the branches, whore she sat, half-insensible, and low ered her to the ground. She fell in a heap, apparently dead. The gentleman dropped down and lifted her up By thi6 time some labor ers had summoned up oourage too, and ' rushed in as the fire abated. B?;.vwii them they lifted and carried off Miss Anderson, who was bome to our little house, quite insensible. I hurried after them, and met them at the door; There I came face to face with Capt. Martyn Henry! He had saved Miss Anderson, then! Poor Mr. Hemphill! She remained insensible for some time, but we got her round by degrees; and in our house she remained for tlure*e weeks. Mr. Hemphill called every day, and more than once a day, and at last was per mitted to see her. She was sitting up then, and gave him her hand. You can imagine his greeting; but she was very quiet, and scarcely spoke. At length, after awhile, she said (I heard her; I couldn't help it, as I was in the next room): "Arthur, you have been very kind and brave. I bear you risked your life to save mine. How can I thank you ? You have suffered, too, I see. And for me!" "My darling, there is one way in which you can make me supremely hp^oy. If you will become my wife? soon?dearest?" "Oli, don't, don't please! I can not 1 Oh, Arthur?Mr. Hemphill?I can not speak of that!" "Well, not just now perhaps, Gladys, darling. But when ycu have quite re covered?when I am more presentable, then we will arrange it all." She murmured something, and then she said, aloud, as if she had nerved her self to speak out: "Arthur, would you think me very wicked if I said I can not?I would rather not marry you ? Oh, forgive mo ! I can't marry you; indeed I can't!" Poor Mr. Hemphill's scarred face be came white. I peeped out, and saw liim kneel down and take her hand. "You do not love me, Gladys! Is that the reason? I have fancied so when you were so harsh towards me. But I never thought that you would have consented to even a semblance of engagement unless-" "No," she interrupted; "I didn!?,know ?all. But now I do. I?can not marry ?you?because-" She blushed, hung her head, and he finished the sentence for her. "Because you love some one else. Is that so, Gladys?" She merely bowed her head. Then he rose, and continued in such a manly, yet tender voice: "Gladys, my dearest, my hope in tliii world has been to call you my wife. You have flattered me with the idea that you would be mine. But I ljave seen my error. Perhaps, had I rescued you, you might have loved me." "Oh, no, no!" .cried Miss Anderson. "Indeed, I always liked you, but when 1 consented to try and love you my heart had already gone. I told you that." "Yes, you did; and this man Martyn Henry is my rival still. Oh, my darling, must 1 give you up? Give me one word of hope. What, not a word? Not onei Oh, Gladys, Gladys! I have worshiped you. My whole heart is yours, and you deny me even a crumb of comfort. All is over. Is it really true??really true?* The tears were running dgAvn. ip^i cheeks. His eyes were dry, but so nrild and sad, as ho turned away. "Good-bye, Gladys. Our first meeting for three weeks, and our last for ever! God bless you, and?forgive you!" He kissed her and went out, leaving her in a torrent of tears. I believe she cared more for him at that minute than she ever had done before. I know she declined even to see the captain when he called with her father. Poor Mr. Hemp hill!" He went away almost immediately. Miss Anderson soon got about, and be came really engaged to Capt. Martyn Henry again, and will marry him in the autumn, as all has been made up.? Adapted from Lucy Farmer in CasselTs Magazine. The Transporting: Power of Water. The carrying or transporting power oi water increases as the sixth power of the velocity?a prodigious r-te of increase, as may be inferred from the fact that o stream having a velocity six times as great as another will be able to trans port material weighing 4f>,G?G times as much as that carried by the slowei Stream. The data from which engineers commonly calculate the effect of a scout on a river bottom are about as follows: A stream flowing with a velocity of three inches per second barely produces an ef fect on fine clay; six inches per second will raise fine sand; eight inches per sec ond will raise sand of the coarseness ol linseed; twelve inches per second will sweep along fine gravel; twenty-foui inches per second (or one and one-third miles per hour) will carry pebbles oi about one inch diameter; thirty-six inches per second (which is about twe miles per hour, or about two-thirds the rate of speed of a moderate walk) will sweep along fragments the size of an egg.?Boston Budget. Incorrect Opinion of Stoitmboat Mntos. The impression the public have oi steamboat mates is not the correct one. The mate who looks the fiercest and swears the loudest is often the best to his crew. A mate is noisy from mere force of habit. He deems it necessary to in dulge in expletives, and the average roustabout would be a worthless orna ment without the encouraging tirade of of the competent mate. Once away from the boat, the mate, as a rule, is like any other man. and I have known many noisy mates who were quiet and orderly as a Sabbath-school teacher on duty when they were off duty.?Capt. Asbury hi Globe-Democrat. The Three Tunnel? of the Alps. The Alps are pierced by three remark ably long tunnels entering Italy from France, Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol. They are the Mont Cenis, seven and three-quarters miles long; the St. Got hard, nine and one-quarter miles long, and the Arlberg tunnel, only six and one-half miles long. The projected Simplon tunnel, by which the railroad from Geneva to Martigni will be carried through the mountains to Dumo d'Ossola, will be twelve and one-half miles long, and tho estimated cost $20,000,MO.--Ch> sago Journal. MUSKRAT HUNTING IN MARYLAND. Thousands of Thcs? Rodents Killed foJ Their Far and for Their Heat. Along the lowlands of Dorchester county, Maryland, bordering Fishing bay and its numerous tributaries* notably the BJackwater and Transquakin rivers, is found a class of hardy trappers, or musk ratters, as they are locally known, who depend entirely upon hunting and trap ping for a livelihood. The marshes which they frequent in quest of musk rats and otters embrace portions of Lakes, Straits, Drawbridge, and Buck town districts, and in an area covering thousands of .acres. The marsh in sum mer affords excellent pasturage for cat tle and hogs, which are only half tame, and many of them can only be captured when the winter drives them to the up lands for food. Looking from any point on the edge of the upland the eye has an unobstructed and almost Unlimited range to the horizon over what resembles a vast prairie. Through these marsh lands small rivers .and innumerable little streams permeate, occasionally emptying into large lagoons or lakes before reach ing FiBhing-bay. At *:mes the lakes are filled with wild ducks and geese, afford ing rare sport to gunners. Keeping well away from the lagoons, the marsh fur nishes a solid footing, but as the streams are approached a margin of several hun dred yards of treacherous bogs and quag mires is encountered, which is a terror to the foreign huntsman, who sometimes finds himself waist deep in the mire, the result of a single unwary step. It is among these bogs that the trapper plies his skill most successfully. Ho may be seen making a circuit of the pondB on their very edges, and apparently with out the least concern where his foot falls. His eye is quick to detect a pitfall, and he seems to escape almost dry shod whore the wits of the trembling stran would fail him about how to follow, lu xate cut pipes in every direction, and build their houses in mounds of mud and marsh grass. These hou??s are al ways built over a well in the marsh, which affords an easy escape if the houss is molested. They generally contain from four to eight rats. On a windy day the skillful trapper sometimes meets with success by approaching the houses noise lessly from the leeward and driving a gig crashing through them. Sometimes sev eral rats are thus pinioned at one stroke, but it is only at favorable times that this method can bo adopted, for even the cracking of a flag under the foot will ouffico to give the alarm, and ^1 im mediate exit through the well to tho pipes under the marsh is made. They are usually trapped by the use of what is called a choker. This consists oi a triangular-shaped wire suspended by a strong cord from a pliant pole driven into the marsh and bent over so as to allow the wire to intercept his ratship in his passage through a pipe. An ordinary day's catch by a single trapper ia about thirty rats. The meat is considered wholesome and is greatly relished. The fur, which is of two varieties, black and brown, the black being con 8idere<?mottt .valuable, is sold to dealers at prices varying from 12 to 18 cents. There are probably 75,000 skins sold in Dorchester county during the trapping season. One dealer in Cambridge has shipped as many as 30,000. During the late freshets and high tides the marshes have been about four feet under water, and the trappers have not reaped such a harvest in ten years.?Baltimore Sun. To Those Who Book a Publisher. "There never was a good tongue," says old Fuller, "that lacked ears to hear it.'' "Excel and you will live," says the prince of French aphorists, Joseph Joubert. There are grades in merit; it is merit tc produce a work of genius; but there is also great, though lower, merit in study ing the taste of-your time, watching its tendencies, and thereby producing just the work that is currently demanded? just what readers want and children cry for. This also needs labor and special preparation. The advice I should there fore give to every young person who asks me how to find a publisher, would be, if I dared?for we are all weak? "First produce something that will-be thought worth publishing."?"T. W, H. " in Harper's Bazar. ? Hypnotism I'roduccd by Telephone. M. Liegeoles, professor at the faculty of law at Nancy, an enthusiastic experi mentist, has just invented what he calls l'hypnotisme telephonique. lie sends people to sleep several miles distant from him by transmitting to them by tele phone the order to go to sleep; he then, by telephone, suggests to them the acts he wishes them to commit, and his or ders are faithfully obeyed. One young man was told to fire a revolver and steal a 5 franc piece; on waking up he com mitted both offenses. A young girl who was sent to sleep by the telephonic ordex was told to sneeze twice on waking up and to sing a song; she did both.?Scien tific Exchange. Snow at 30 Dejrrocfl Below Zero. The editor of The Boston Journal re cently told a correspondent that the re port that snow liad fallen in the west when tho mercury was 30 degrees below zero is an error, asserting that it is then "too cold to snow." The St. Paul Pioneer Press denies tho assertion most emphati cally, saying that, in Minnesota,- it does snow, and snows furiously, when the mercury is 30 degrees bel< >w zero. These, the editor adds, are terrible storms for the people who are caught in them.? Chicago Journal. Fishes In North American Waters. Naturalists now count no less than | I, 870 different kinds of fishes in North j American waters, of which 59(1 live in the rivers ami lakes, and 050 kinds be- i long to the Pacific. Of the remainder, | 105 dwell only in tho deep waters of tho ; Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, never ap- j proachingthc shore or the surface.?Ex-j change. The Invention of Crockery L'ottlns. Crocker}' coffins are proposed by a Philadelphia inventor. His idea is to glaze them, thus making a tight and im perishable receptacle, the object being to ; protect underground water currents from oollution.?Exchange. Bia- Stock OF DRY GOODS, CLOTHING Boots, Snoes ami Hots TO BE SOLD. BRUNSON & DIBBLE have their store packed with the cheapest and best goods you everj saw. Big bargains are being offered in every line. DRESS GOODS in all styles, (our specialty in this depaatment is Mourning Goods.) SILKS AND SATINS at the very lowest prices. LADIES NECKWEAR, LACES, EMBROIDERY AND TRI M MT TGS in all the latest novelties. Our lines of GLOVES AND HO SIE r Y are full to overflowing. Hav ing the largest assortment ever brought to this clt}r. Our DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT is complete in every perticular. In CLOTHING we offer you the newest and nobbiest styles made and the best fits, for men and boys. Be sure to examine our stock of SHOES, which has been bought with an eye to the needs of all. We lead the city with the best lines of Hnndsewed and Custom SHOES for Gents, Ladies and Children. The Heiser Handsewed Shoes for gentle men and the Dixon Custom made Shoes for Ladies and Children are the best. Don't have any other. Every pair warranted. Remember the names, "HEISER" and "DIX ON." Mens and Boys HATS AND CAPS in all the newest styles. Our line of Ladies and Misses CLOAKS, CIRCULARS, JACK ETS, etc., are just superb. In Gents' FURNISHING GOODS we have every thing for the comfort of this sex. BASKETS of all kinds.- UM brellas, TRUNKS and va lises and a thousand other articles too numerous to begin to mention. Just give us a call and we will convince you that we are the cheap est house in the State. Goods sIiowl cheerfully Brunson & EiMe. JOHN C. PIKE] ORANGEBURG, S R. dealer ix CHOICE FAMILY AND Heavy Groceries. also Willow Ware, Glass Ware, Crockery, &c, Call and examine my Goods before purchasing. They an- first class and mv prices are as low as the lowest, j JOHN C. PIKE, w?nteii <;()()]) cyp11e I ??) AAA ,; (,()]) CY I jLm\r\'\i Shingles to be used for covering a Church, biiinKlcs to be Inches thick bv 4 or inches wide by 24 inches lone; to be delivered at Fort Motte, S. C. < Dkls will be received until the 15th day of March, 188(5. Address S. A. JONES, bt. Matthews, S. C. THE STAR A Newspaper supporting the Principles of a Democratic Administration, Published In the City of Now York. WILLIAM DORSHEIMER, Editor and Proprietor. Daily, Sunday, and Weekly Editions. EKLY STAR, A Sixteon-page Newspaper, Issued every Wednesday. A clean, pure, bright and interesting FAMILY PAPER. It contains the latest news, down to tho hour of going to press: Agricultural, Market, Fashion, Household, Political, Financial and Commercial, Poetical, Humorous and Editorial Departments, all under tho direction of trained journalists of the highest ability. Its sixteen pages will bo ?nund crowded with good things from beginning to ond. Original stones by distinguished American and foreign writers of Action. THE DAILY STAR, The Daiit Stau contains all tho news of tho day In an attractlvo form. Its special corrospondcrco by cable from London. Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Dublin is n commcndiiblc fcaturo. At Washington, Albany, and other news centers, thu ablest correspondents, specially retained by tho Tine Star, furnl*h the Intest news by telegraph. Its literary f catun>s nrn unsurpassed. The Financial and Market Reviews oro unusually full and complete. Special terms and extraordinary Induce-* men tu to agents and canvassers. Send for circulars. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY STAR tc 3ub scmnEits, rasa or postage in the United States and Canada, outside the limits or New York City: Per year.81 25 Clubs o.t Ten.10 00 Clubs of Fifteen (and one extra to organizer).. 13 00 TERMS OF THE DAILY STAR to Sub scribers : Every day for one year (includingSunday)....$7 00 Daily, without Sunday, ono year. G 00 Everyday, sir months. 3 60 Daily, without Sunday, six months. 3 00 Address, THE STAB, 16 and 28 North fTUllaxn 8L, Now York. Insurance. * . COUTH CAROLINA BRANCH OF O THE VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE AS SOCIATION OF VIRGINIA, COLUM BIA. S. C, JANUARY 21, 1886.?I have been appointed State Agent of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia and Col. LEE HAGOOD has been appointed manager. The office of the South Carolina Department is at Columbia, No. ? Main street, (under City Hall.) I will make an active canvass of the State, and want the assistance of a number of live men to canvass every county in the State. Tin Company was organized eight (8) years ago by some of the leading business men of Virginia, with the view of furnish ing our people with good sound insurance at the lowest possible cost. Its success has been unprecedented, and far exceeding that of any company organized In the South. Its liabilities from its organization to this date have beon fully met, its Reserve Fund of 8108.000 securely invested, with an actual membership of about 8,000, aggre gating over ?15,000,000 of insurance. Any communications addressed to me or the manager at Columbia will receive prompt attention. WM. M. BOSTJCK, Jr., . r Jan 28-1 mo_* State Agent: H. Spahr, Tatckmaker and Jeweller, Under Times and Democrat Office, Keeps on hand a fine Stock of Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware. Spectacles, Gold and Silver Headed Canes, &c. Also. Musical Instruments, such as Violins, Accordions, Banjos ami Guitars, And all other goods in this line. S3TA large assortment of 18 carat Plain Gold Rings always in stock. 2/~Goods warranted, and prices low. FOUND AT LAST. A Preparation that will positively cure that most distressing malady Neuualgia. "CRUM'S NEURALGIA CURE" FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY This is not a cube all but a Remedy, as its name indicates, for the cure of Neural gia in its mildest, as well as its severest form. It will also relieve Toothache, Head ache from cold and nervous headache, and bites and stings of insects. This preparation has never been known to fail ia curing Neuralgia, where the directions have been faithfully followed; having been used by Lr. Crum in his prac tice of Dentistry for several years. For sale by DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. IN .MEDICINE QUALITY is of the FIRST IMPORTANCE. Pure Drugs and Medicines care fully prepared by experienced hands at Du. J. G. Wanxamakek's Drug Stoke I. S. Harley, Kussel Street, .">>xs to Toni, ( )i:.vngi:i:uko, S. (j, W/TIEKE you will find always ou ? t band, a tine line of SEGAltS and TOBACCOS of all grade:;. GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, and GENERAL MER CHANDISE, at lowest CASH prices. "Remember well, and boar in mind, To save two nickels, will make a lUnie,'