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THE ROCK. With swift and swelling boom. The waves on the rock ran high, And the rushing spray shot every way Beneath the darkening sky. The rock rose black and stern, With a cruel pride roso he; And every drop that touched his top Ran shuddering back to the sea. And far to the misty left, And far to tisty right, Each billow ran like a hunted man With naught to stay his flight. When there, at the distant south. Where'the sky and the water cling, A sail unfurled at the edge of the world, Like agentle spirit's wing. The night came quickly down; The waves grew ebon black; There pushed a gale behind th sail, And sped her on her track. Swiftly the fair ship came; A stately thing was she. "Come near, come nearl Your port Is here!" Chuckled the rock In the sea. For her no warning voice; For her no friendly bell; Only the fright of the desert night, And a laugh as if from hell. She struc-6n is-traitor heart, She reeled from the horrid shock, And dQwowith her crew. cro half they She sank at the foot of the rock. And the rock rose black and stern. With a flaunting front rose he; And every drop that touched his top Ran shuddering back to the sea. .EoikIsa Morgan Sill in New Yoik Sun. A LEAD PIPE CINCH. "A dozen years ago, when I kept inAdrian, "said theliverystable man, "I had an xperience wich it gives me a pain even yet to think of. A fellow rode up to my door one after noon and asked if I cared to buy the horse he was on. The animal was a seven-year-old dark bay, with no blaze and only on.e stocking, in pret ty fair'condition, but rough-his tail and mane full of burrs. I found him sound. He seemed gentle, and the. chap only iNited $125 for him; npt dear for such a likely looldng horse for livery wo-k as prices'werethen. "There ws nothing suspicious about the ma. - He said he had been teaching schobY back in the country, and looked it.' The horse was taken. for a debt, and' he had a regular bill of sale for him. But the animal was no inore good to him, because he had had the khakes, was sick of the we't and was.going back home to Massa chusetts by.the cars from Adrian. To cut it short, I got the horse for 100, .wih a -gbbd saddle and bridle thx,)n in, and he went off on the next +in east, as he said he would. I had the horse cleaned up and was well pleased with my bargain, espe-. cially after I gave him a jog of a few blocks'in harness and concluded he. would be a mighty serviceable 'road ster. "The next morning two men, who named themselves Sutherland and Hutchinson, got off the train from Detroit at Adrain, to sell county rights for a new patent churn. They wanted a horse to take them around -amnong the farmers and I let -them have my new roads?er. When they.. came back* iii'~the evening they en gaged him for the..next day,..and I was glad to see hehad not been driven very hard. So -it went on three or four days. Every morning they drove him out, and in the evening engaged him for the next day.. But in sm der'ehirn, and talked about giving up and going away dis .couraged. I suggested they had bet ter stay over to the county fair, which was to open the next week, when .--hey could show their churn to every body in that part of Michigan, and would be likely to do well. "After a little talk the idea seemed to please them, and they agreed to stay. I posted them on where to get their license and space, and hire a tent and so on, fox' all of which thiey thanked me warmly. Then they concluded' they wduld have to hire a horse totake.th.em out tothegrounds and back, and maybe drive around a bit, and they would engage the one they had been using. They would payfor him for every day, whether they used hin or not, -only they stip ulated thatlI was not. unader 'any cir cumstances to let any one else work him during the fair week. -"Of course I. agreed to- that, and one of them hantded mes $20 bill in advance to bind the bargaih.. I couldn't have violatedmy partfof the agreement if I had wanted to, for they took him away early every morning and kept him until long after dark, -but he never showed a sign of hard work, so Ihad no reason to complain. And they remarked, "two or three times, what a comfort it was to have the horse one was used to and had learned to trust, particu larly for a person who didn't pretend to be much of a driver. Sutherland always drove. He was a stout, he'ilthy sort of a man. Hutchinson was a little dried up looking chap, Who said he didn't know much about orses and was rather afraid of them. "At our coentfy 'fiir-the same as it is nowadays at pretty much ai county fairs-the fat hogs and blood ed cattle and patchwork quilts and such like were just a good excuse for horse racing-the only near home chance the deacons had in the whole year to do a little quiet betting pn a. trot, and as ourzimanagers gave lib eral purses they-used 'to draw good stock and have. fine races.. So they seemed to the public anyway, but the fact was that there was a regular, ring of racing men who had 'it 'al fixed up among themselves to divide the purses aid milk the public pock ets by throwing the races. That was all found out' afterward, -but not in time to do any good. "They had one mare of the Gold Dust strain-Sultana they called her -that could have won in every event she was enterc:1 for if allowed, but that was not their game and there is no doubt she was pulled in. the two mile 'trot,' best two out of three, on the third day, letting a black horse* named Nabob come un der the wire, winner by a head. 'That evening Mr. Sutherland, who had bet od Sultana and solaced himself afterward with ihard cider, accumulated quite a jag, and when in a good mood for freeing his mind met .up with a chap named Carter, who owned Sultana. To Mr. Carter he-confided in .a voice like a foghorn his private impressib'n that the mare was no good; thathlie was a cow; that it was adead skin on an inno cent public to match her. against a real horse like Nabob, and. so on, i such an aggravating way that final ly he got Sultana's owner hot and mad all the way through. To clinch all the pant churn man swore he was hiring by the day a common livery stable plug that he would bet could beat Sultana a one mile heat anyway, and he pulled out a roll of bills like a fat man's leg to make his bluff good. "To Mr. Carter, who was out for the dust and meant business all the time, that proposition seemed a pe culiarly juicy piece of pie. He knew well enough that his marc could beat Nabob any day and at any distance, and the idea of any fool matching a common livery roadster against her made him happy, especially for a one mile heat, which was the surest thing she had. The upshot of their wrangle was that they actually made a match for $500 a side, one mile heat, be tween Sultana and my roadster, to be trotted the next morning at an hour when the track would be free if they could get the managers' per mission, and the money was~nt up in good hands, safe to go to the win ner. To get the inanagers' permis sion the trot h'ad to be represented to them as a bit of fun for a basket of wine, just to teach a lesson to the churn man, who was too brash for his own good, and they thought it would be quite a joke. "A few minutes after the match was made, Sutherland's partner in the churn business wobbled into the saloon where the horse talk was go ing on, and he was full as a goat. He seemed flabbergasted when he heard and succeededinunderstanding what had been going on, and the two part ners hid quite a row, Hutchinson calling his fat friend all kinds of a fool for what he had done. But when some outsiders interfered in the in terest of the public peace, which seemed liable to be broken, little Hutchinson turned on them savage as a mink, and swerving right around, as a drunken man will,'he swore h6 would stand by his partner, whatever his partner did was right, and he would back his partner with every dollar he had. Then he flashed up a roll'of money, like the other chap's, except that it seemed to have grown up to maturity. There must have been at least $3,000 up on each sidb outside the stakes before the bluffing and calling down came to an end, and drunk as the churn men were they. took'good care the money was in solid, responsible hands. "When the story of the match got around the next morning. there was a feeling of sadness in the commu nity on account of all the churn men's money being up with Mr. Car ter and his friends, for it was felt that those who had not got a piece of io good a thizig had actually lost just so much. 'But that cloud had a sil ver lining. ~Two innocent looking young chaps-students from Ann Ar bor they said they were--strolled in to the town to see the fair, and being at the track when the trot was about coming off simple mindedly put a few dollars on my roadster. "Well, people literally climbed over each other to get at them,.offering all sorts of -bds to grab a -share of their pelf. They got three to one, then five to one, and when the horses 'wefesboring as high as ten to ope. It might have seezned strange, if any body had thought - about it at the time, how much money they had being only students-and how ably theyr. caught everybody's bet and worked up the odds, but all said it was justyouthfulpigheadedness that made them act so and quoted wise sayings about 'a fool and his money' and 'more money than brains' and so on. "I didn't have a cent up. When Sutherland brought the horse home after the match was on, he didn't seem to me even a little bit drunk. He told me what was up, offered to deposit the value of the horse as se urity he would not be harmed and said he would give mne $100 if he won and $50 anyway, so I told him it was all right so far as I was 'concerned, but I was sorry he was going to lose his money. Ho sort of smiled, but then seemed to recollect himself and sighed, remarking that 'it couldn't be helpednow,' but he wished Iwould let Hutchinson stay in the stable that night with the watchmpan, to seethat o barm came to the horse, because he didn't trust those racing men "I knew of course that Carter and is gang had too sure a thing for it to be'worth their while to drug the horse, even if they had the chance, but humored him, and Hutchinson staid. For a man who didn't know much- about horses, the way he rubbed that roadster down and bathed his legs, fed him, tested his shoes and so ot was really surpris ing. A queer soi-t of feeling floated into my mind, not exactly suspicion, but the biggest uncertainty I ever felt, and I concluded I wouldn't bet. And the next morning, when I saw it was Hutchinson and not Suther land who took the reins, and that he suddenly looked like a driver from way back, I was quite satisfied-that I hadn'tbet any, though .I could not say why. I just said nothing to any body. "Well, the trot came off. My liv ery plug went away from Sultana at the quarter; was two good lengths ahead at the half; at the three-quar ter .the pace was so hot for her that she broke and went up into the air, nd by the time her driver got her own again to a square gait she was too far behind to even save her dis tance. You never saw such a sdene of dismay in your life. The pdulic owled and gnashed its teeth. My! ow folks did swear that day ! As for Carter, he was just wild; swore it was a put up job, said the horse was a ringer, and demanded that all bets should be declared off. But the churin- men proved the honesty of their position easily enough by me, and the bets were paid. "Mr. Sutherland didn't waitto close up his churn business. He just left it. He' and his partner, after giving me the $100 he had promised, took the next train for Detroit. And the two college students left at the same time, seeming satisfied with the fair. And most of the currency of Lena wee county left by that train. "I felt 10 feet high that night and wouldn't take $10,000 for my road ster. In fact, Irefused $5,000. Inmy mind's eye I had a world beater, one to take out on the grand'circuit and win everything with it. "But along in the forenoon of the ext day, an Indiana sheriff from ~arshall county, I think, if I re member right, came to town looking or a stolen horse and found him. Yes, you've guessed right; it was my roadster. The owner of the horse The bill of sale, in his name, which I had, was a forgery. Proof was clear and I could do nothing but give up. The owner was square enough, how ever, to give me back the hundred I had paid to the thief, so that on the whole transaction I was $140 ahead and had no right to complain. "About a month afterward the facts came out, and Carter had been right. There was a put up job, and the pretended churn men, the stu dents, the thief, the real owner of the horse-and the sheriff, too, I guess-were all in it. Hutchinson was one of the best drivers in the land and had trained the horse, so the gang knew they had'a cinch on Sul tana, but to work it so as to get all out of it that was possible they had to play their comedy in the fine way they did. "The horse was one with a reputa tation already, and as he had a blaze face and three white stockings his marks would have given him away away if he had not been.neatly dyed, and the dye would have worn or been washed off if they had not so engi neered things as to keep him practi cally in their possession all the time I nominally had him. To renew his color and maintain him in good rac ing form, ready for a big effort, was easy enough the way they arranged matters, and they played their game through from start to finish without a fault, the effezt thereof being per fect in the nature of what I now hear spoken of as a lead. pipe cinch on the boys."-Philadelphia Times. FISH COMPANY WHOLESALE SHIPPERS OF rresh 'Nh of all Zins 07tn hs Our regnlir season for -sbipnents of fte-h fish (packed in ice) being now open, we are prepared to ship you any desired quantitv. Charleston is the only market south tlat cun offer a large variety of fish, and, being situated on the ocean, where they are canght, must.be fresh. We solicit your patronage. 22 AND 24 MARKET ST., CHARLESTON, S. C YO.U r .A. OC3 % MTT-- -i If so, buy the The best stone Moore County Grit, for grinding corn ; requires less dressing ; gives less trouble ; makes better meal, and cost less money than any mill in the world. Next is our * The only mill in the gBi Mlill world that will, in one operation. take rough rice. hull, clean and polish it rcady for market or table. Plantation and Other Saw Mills. ALSO Bottom Factor'y Prices. Y. C. BADH AM - GENERAL AGENT, oorwmoaA, s. &. C. 0. L ESLIE, wHOLESALE AND) RETAIL. COMMIssION DEALER IN Rsh Packed. foVC untry Orders.a.Specially No chaiges for packing. Send for price list. Consignments of country produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry, eggs, etc. .-Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office. Nos. 18 and 20 Market st., east of 1ay. . . . - CHIA RLESTON, S~. C. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. DAMON LODGE No. 13 .- 4 meets every first and third ~,Thorsday nights. Every ,member requested to at - -tend re niarly and prompt ly. Visiting brothere al ways welcome. ' - J. II. ianZL;ft, C. C. - O . E.-Wi>.an. 4 / K.of R.&. S. Pre D~rugs and( Medicines ALWAYS ON HAND AT The Well-Known and Reliable DRUG STORE OF r, W. M.Brockintlen In addition to a full and complete stovk of drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, we keep a complete assortment of Patent Medicines, Toilet .Articles, Eye-Glasses, Spectacles, And the thousand and one things usually found in every first-class and well-regulated drug store. NLY FIRST-CLASS SODA WATER FOUNTAIN IN MANNING, S. C. MANNING Coleiate Institute. Seventh Annual Session Begins September 2nd, 1895. Cour.a's: Prunary, intermediate, high s-oo and collegiate. l.:en er..i :igh' r mathomatics reqaired E. J. BROWNE, Principal. ls. E. Divis, Chairman Board. : .I BT T LSecoretary and surer. . WE ARE READY ! Our Fall Stock Is Now Complete. 'We are prepared to show the largest and best variety we have ever carried. IN DRY G OODS Our purcbases in this line were made on the basis of 5 cent cotton, and will be sold accordingly. Among the bargains in this department will be found 100 pieces standard prints at 4 cents per yard. -100 pieces zephyr ginghamis, equal to toil de nords, at 6 1 4c. One case bleach, 5c, well worth 6c. One case 4 4 bleach, 6c, good value at 8 1-3u. We have a complete line in a'l the newest styles and CAPES! CAPES! CAPES colors. We particalarly invite your attention to our line at $2.50 and $3.00. These were bought at a sacrifice sale for spot cash, and without doing any injustice to our competitors, feel justified in asserting that they cannot be uuplicated for less than fifty per cent in excess of our price. SEE FOR YOURSELF AND 13 CONVINCED ! Our $1.50 and $1.75 lines will also bear close inspection. We are showing some nobby effects at $5, $7.50 and $10. flnrn~' -.WILIL BE FOUND Our line of Ca[pels, Rugs and Malings VERY COMPLETE CLOTHING We have made some improvements in our store, which has enabled us to carry a more complete line line in this department than ever before. We will sell you a good Clay Worsted at $5; an All Wool Cheviot, in round, square-cut or double-l)renst'd, at 86.50. HATS -HATS We believe we have justly earned the reputation of being the Cheapest Rouse in this City in this line, and we are fully pr-spared to sustain it this season. HS- E You are doubtless aware of the unprecedented - advance in this line. We afa pleased to state S H O E most of our stock was bought at old prices. Our 5 H ' women's Dongola at $1.50 (every pair warranted) are good value. Our line of men's goods, made by L. M. Reynolds & Co., of Brookton, Mass., will be sold at last year's figures. In Our Line of Groceries, Crockery, Glassware and Tinware You will find an excellent assortment for household and table use. O'DONNELL & CO., STMTeren. S. co. NEW YORK HAR DARE I RACKET STORE A UNNIN.G, S. C. Do not fail to call and look over-onr stock. To look is to buy. IF YOU WISH A ff4T rii Beco1Ring Styles and Sensible ShapEs . To Our Clarendon Friends: PRICES REASONAllLE~ eaenwpeae oofrlwrpie hnee.Cl rwiefrwa Yon can nov:r be in touch withar Nreelin - York as our goods comne to us.il,~ direct from that city.Pits cwLo Our endeavor is to keep an Hres adeRbe n llig eteEc UP-TO-DATE HOUSE. Great bargains in guns, pistols, etc. We carry a complete line "oHaqatr o odr ht n hls(ok n mt) Velvets, Egn upis etn.ec Silks,Hedatesfrooiga HaigSoe(Wrtd) Ribbons, Feathers, Flowers,---**-- - Laces, and. Other Trimmings. Tl Wealso carry Ty,~~aESO T R Stationery, Hen's and Boys' Underwear Hasand Caps.SU TRS.C GIVE US A CALL. SLIGADMKN MISS ANNIE DAVIDSON. S O S EC I E i CET THE BEST lontbdecivedbya luringadertisemns Yuwlsaemnyoyorsobilymangorshep d be ldto think you can get the best made, Most Popularchssfou. ~ou bu fro reliable anu-. ~E ptatio nbyonestand square $ E ealng achwil then get a .-W. ilitworld over for its dura s easiest to manage and is Light Running TELV HESOE There is none in the world that --- s etiora of worki /ng p arne, of nh auty imrvmnsas the ~I'J N EW HO0M E W a.eTe iLW elTe t has Automatic Tension, Double Peed, alike n both sides of needle ptented), no oter ha n adjustable centers,thus reducing friction to he mmnimum. RITE FOR CIRCUL.ARS.AL OTE KID OFFRIUEJS ASCAP THEARTHURE SEBELITZHIEER0 ~ Izz.. 5: Lors, Mo. ALs Tisqia.Y FaToLco, a (A. SUMJ, H -da.- - FOR BA LE BY Enginoolppiesmintinietc foreadqhrsarllebrhelfinran:oIokEHER SUPPLYngStve (WCOe) darni!g'. S.C.,SUMTER,) S.fiC. A l.L 1'SELLINOA AND MLKING Im esesoc.ad p ie rad tati, bfoethris. You will savhmoneywoakyor shogenelaly making you she pr-n uces theseMtroubles.emryait'andWyoueli ThTOB eniea. o E. ROCNo NNrN, no Ca. eol iad by vr n themgse es cod FALL ANNOUNCEMESNT LrgestDepIMelll Store 1ith Stale OUR BUYERS Arc constantly in the mnarket, and we are daily receiving the CHOICEST AND NEWEST NOVELTIES of Foreign and Domestic Manufacture. THE TIME HAS COME WHEN YOU Must think about Fall and Winter Goods. We want you to connect these thoughts with our Stock and Store. OUR PREPARATIONS FOR FALL Business have been made on a very generous scale. With a view of offering buyers the utmost latitude of choice in styles and prices, WE NOW SUBMIT OUR STOCK, which represents oar taste and judgment, to the critical test (-f publ'c opinion, and hope to hear your foice in the - reneral velict. WE LAY SPECIAL STRESS Upon the good qnality of our goods, as we aim to keep the bect of every grade and kind. WE CAN RECOMMEND OUR STOCK THIS SEASON with that earnstness and candor that only comes from a positive knowledge that it is above criticism in quality and style. Equally desirable goods will not be duplicated elsewhere during the season at our prices, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK An examination of our goods. We shall not importune any one to buy, feeling sure that if our stock will not make buyers, nothing we can say will win customers. We hope that it will be as much pleasure for Mail orders will you to see us as for receive prompt attention. us to show goods. J. RYTTENBERI & SON, N. W. Corner Main and Liberty Streets, New York office : 192 West Broadway.,S. , CLARENDON'S HEADQUARTERS IN SUMhTEG For Honest Goods and Popular Prices Is Levi-:- Brothers'-:-Bazar FALL OPENiNG. - Elegant Goods and Most Splendid Attractionb InvestigaLte the golden opportunity our new stock all'ords. We simply ask you to come and see our goods, assuring all that they will find the highest grades and uniform prices. Our new goods must be seen to be appreciated. Samples sent on application. .3 8 The argest assortment of Dress Goods i U U u everbroghtto this city now open for your inspection. This line includes the newest, latest and most correct styles in cheviots, Scotch effects, two-toned silk and wool, Eniglish covert cloth, with smoother weaves, black and domestic dress goods. Shoes for Men. Shoes for Ladies. Shoes for the Little Ones. Shoes for Kisses. Shoes for Boys. In this department will be found laces, ladies' Noiosand gents' handkerchiefsin lace, silk and cotton, in all sizes, colors and styles, and at the lowest prices; ham burgs, thread, needles, pins, soaps in all the latest styles and fashions; hair-pins (plain and fancy), perfumes, towels, white and colored bed spreads, doylies and hosiery for men, ladies and children, in all styles, colors and sizes, and at prices to suit all; underwear, hats (trimmed and untrimmed) ior ladies and misses, all the newest and best designs; velvets, satine, ribbons, and many other notions.. Low-Priced Clothing for Men, Boys and Children Best Flou~r. Best Bacon. Best and Cheapest Canned Goods. Tin-ware. Willow-war~e. our storn y our beaslquanrters. Polite and at tentive salesua-u alw.ays in attendance. No troul-le to show gos Ca.ll and examine our goodls and prices. l.cfo.re purebasing elsewhere. COime early nd avoid the rush. . . . Highest Prices Paid for Cotton. arrTEIrEL . .. . . - . 0.