The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 28, 1890, Image 1
VoiuXTtt.
FRANCIS F. CARROLL, Jr n Coroner s Notice,
KNOT
RIBBON.
Att<mm«y-at-Law,
* BAMBERG, S.C.
Office <vver If. C. Fvrfk & Co.’* store,
giar 20-t ; '
FHOmW PATTERSON,
ATTO V- AT- L. A W.
RA^HW^ C. II,, S. C. V
Will Rive iwonti^t >j»ention to all bus-
e^trustod V WU care.
Jiv^ry »tb,
e! Ml GREEN,
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
AKNWKL.1^ c. H .k.C,
Will practice In the State and .United
States Court* and j^ive prompt, atten*
lion to all biuiue^aeutrnsted to his care
• jan 16-ly
A. r WOODWARD,
Attorney "at-Law
BARNWKMo c. it., s. c.
Ali irial Juatioes are directed here
after to l^old no inqneat* in this County
unleKs specially inatruyted % me.
1 can be looadat my olilcc ill Barn
well every day prepared to, attend to
the duties of my otticse.'
S. 1<. I’KA^K K,
Coronyv Ibiruwell Count\\
_ MONET TO LEND
Mve business o^ihoney ler/Hnsr here
tofore conducted b.y ('oi. t\. ji. l)uneau
V\ tU be continued fty th,e undersigned,
at tKe aaiue place over the Bank of Barn
well.
Terms mode easy, ai d Loans eji'eeted
wi^h promptness and dispatch.
WILLIS ,1. UUXCAX,
JvvJ. BROWN,
JanuanyuthAt^W.
*0(Uo$ UYejf post ofllce.
m ti^r
Richard A* Ellis,
ATTOHXHY AT UAW.
BARNWELL C. H., S. C.
M-aetfca* in »lt Ihe Cmirts of the Stale
v«« >oiy , T'airentkm to ail tMisiiK-na rti-
t«dtuM«U-
Ufilce over Tobin’s I>nig Store.
■ , jum*27-ly
Going to Savannah.
ltct hkh go \
FAIR NOTICE.
. Ri£ f^olorcd Excursion from Rob
bins and all stations on the I’ort Itoyal
and Augusta Railroad to Savannah,
<ia., ov Friday, August ^vh, bOO. A
very ^raml Uniy i*, anticipated iu Lhis,.
moilern city with iu many interesting
scenery. 11 is certainly a rare oppor
tunity, esptMMally to persons that were
never in the city of Savannah before.
—The best of order wjll be kept. Come
«md go. l)o*T (or^el the dav.-huh of
August. X. S. M. CARTER,
jipiv^*
B. A. MAKIBBEN^
ATTORNRYmATMl.AW,
r BABN’WKLLC. II.,H. C.'
Will give prompt attention to all bus
iness pi|tnuttHl to hi* care,
april 4-Sa _j£
i«k » W. t tpin, J, K. Hnu'Kim >>k,
Alkeu, 8. C. Rarnwell, 8. C.
Grahams Graded School^
* .
Grahtmis* S- C«
Only & knot of ribbon biua.
Ifo rmmt, my friejhl. “And yet"—(say you)
I ‘smooth it with such tender touch.",’
“A story, nh.’" you “thought an much!"
And you would have me "telldt here; '
Make a clean breast.” I ‘h^oU !jpt fear, .
For some one else, not far away— ‘
May know just how"—(the douce! you «>y!)
‘.‘It is himself*” 1 see! I see!
Your hand. old hoy! Not, not from theo
This stofy Would | now conceal.
My iumojit soul I will rcteoL
This silken trifle, I confess,
I toticiied it w it)*■ a soft caress.
But you’d not fdame'Mie if yem knew
Tlie one that wore tlie fTlibou blue.
’^le woro.it,’' (ask you) ‘Wrhere. aud wheaf"
Ah! May mnomls red of all mem!
Wheo Georgia through her l»rders wide
Rati gathered all her grace and pride.
t»<Totb. never was more brave array
Than on that autumn holiday.
How do you need to ask me ‘•where*"
"Well, friend, twits ala fh-orgia fair!
Site sto*)d from mit the throng apart, r
And I. with proudly ^eating heart,
W'ntche*!, lam Indore her ail the crowd, '
In iWisTatii admiration bowed. ,
Tlie eyes of ail were tunM-d on her,
(With rupture still, my pulse* stir!)
All looked at her. My friend, but she,
Rad eye* for none, for none, but me;
Oh, thought to thrill the blood like wind
This peerless one is mind is mind
-From dainty hcatl to slender feet.
Mine, only mine, my own, mj’ sw«s‘t!
Then thtiuigh the crowd ran wliisis*Hng.
"What i* there I ere, the loveliest tiling."
“Fnun mount loses, ooukl Georgia bring?"
~**Wliv, Mie il Is tiryond ronipace,'*
"Tlie <|u«s*n, the queen of the Georgia fair^* ,
Well.’tho judge* no d>'Ct<le*l it.
And Uiis th*“y tusl in her bridle bit,
Thit ’ribboq blue” at the Georgia fair,
Was won, my friend, by my laMinie toy marc!
— Mrs. IL W. Hunt in Atlanta Constitution.
ficv*er«l times knocking at ybo vjoor otr
Mrs. Betsey Hill's little frown house,
and the worthy milliner was over
joyed at Jhe opening of the brilliant
prospect before tier. Rpt the news of
the sudden rise in western lands
caused Mrs. Hill, with her small i>os-
scssions, to sink into insignificance by
the side of the rich woman with her
\vell tilled acres, lior oversowing barm*
and hcr prospective thousands of dol
lars. ^ ^ ^ _ # *
Xlic idea of failure in his matrimo
nial venture never entered the deaeon’s
hesid. ‘‘The way afore ye is as plain
and straight as a* piiie stem, Solomon
Uinch,” lie tnunnnred, rubbing thy
palms of his hands together, as he
walked toward Miss Koziahs side door.
“Women is mostly alike—eager an’
willin’ to embrace matrimonial opj^or
tunities. They'll snap at an offer like
a hungry trout at a worm. She has
got the money, a,, d I hev got the
prominence and inilyence; that’s a
u’int not to be 6verlt>oktHl; and dea
cons isn't to be hath every day. Put j
Iter money and my i+vtluencc together, j
and 1 rather guess we*ll stand about f jug alxnit
mi: i )i: a cox's
ton of the heap in New Bethany.”
Miss Ke/.iah was sitting by tlie table
knitting as usual. She had just liegun
to narrow for the hole of the stocking,
when a step sounded on the walk. Sim
threw down the stocking and opened
the door, and holding the lamp high
alxive her head, her eyes rented v^on
the amazing sj)ecUicleOf the deacon
in all the Sunday magnificence of
white shirt and shiny black broad
cloth. “Well, l never 1” she ejacu-
i)./ .., furling yhat her reccn-
“j lion liad been h ardly hospitable, she
lo we ret l thc-lauip and said, kindly:
' “Conic in, deacon—come in.”
been menffiers qf the same church for
thirt> j cai-s or more, and we’ve been
mcinbersof the same spiritooal family,
we ll now he members of the same hu
man family.”
Miss Keziah straightened herself^up
iii her highhacked chair, and drew in
hpr chin, while her voice Vang out
shrill nml clear • #
“I rather guess il’Il take two to make
fha^isogaiii.” ■ 1 :
A s<>c<nul look at the, agcvl r.dmirer,
who was cslging up to her with a
sheepish simpei;, t-xasi* rated Miss
Keriah lieyond control.
“The old fool!” aIh-said wrath fully.
HuvAdor came into the deacon’s
thin cheeks and, he stm-ted to his feet,
looking anxiously towuix! the door, ns
if nusiitaiinga hasty r'lri'ut. But the
varu was wound around hi.sTicx.ls and
he was forced to icumm.
Miss Keziah likewise 103d, and fold
ing her hands grimly in fiont of her,
remarked grimly :
—Wh^r you find liegan your talking
I hadn’t the least what you were
driving at. I llurnglit you were hint-
Ik tsy Hili, and wantetl to
The Tintype DM It.
Qne day a mwt came, over to our.
mine, which was at> »ut seven miles from
Virginia City, and told UH tlmt a plio-
Uigrapher had just opened up in the
town. Next day lx>ing Satunlay a lot
of us knocked off at noon and went up
tohave our tintyjies taken. Among the
crowd was old Bill I-awson, who wa«
the homeliest man you ever set eyes on,
He was not only ‘lapshouldeml and
humpbacked, bnt a boar hail clawed
his face and a tighter had bitten hit
nose mid blinded him in one eye. It
was a matter of remark that Ids looks
would scare, a panther, and we knew of-
men (x>ming six miles to look at him; but,
as Uie old man would never look into a
glass, ho couldn't realizo how homely
he, really was. He might never liave
realizetl it had he not concluded to si^
for a great big tintype—the largest the
artist could make. When a finished
picture was handed him he stared at It
in blank surprise; then lie scratched his
head and rubbed his grsxl eye mid
looked again. Then he eamo over to
us and asked in a faltering voice:
“Bards, who is this clmp in tlie pic-
tur’f”
• “That’s you, Bill.** . *
“Ixxiks like met”
“Exactly.”
“Can't be po one eVser'
“No.” • ^
“Thank ye, thank yc; rdon tmiud
JP. Ik RO WI'.I.I,. Mwprrl«>le«denl
- -Mii*, Ji wa4>vy, Rlrsl Assistant.
•L Tyi kk ITuxtx^Seaiaul A*ni>iUnt
twi TOimim. — —
C(v/t A Burckhn'ter,
AITOItN R.VM ATI,AW
HARNWKLI* C II., S. C.
Will pnu‘tb+ in *11 the Court* of thi*
Idtate and in the UuIumI State* < oiirt*.
Mr. Croft will attend the Court* of
Bsrnw ell County ami all matter* of im-
|Hirtanee w ill rv«*eive the personal at
tention of mcl» member of tlie firm,
may 2?!-if
T NELLIS, Jr., ~
Sunppyot and Civil Engineer.
SUcniioS Ctr*-n to the enOlpUUUkNI
Of witn-r levHIna and drsina^r.
A porttal e^nt aiMroHSHil to me at Martiu*,
A will n*-etrr iwonttK ^tteuta u.
_iMt lusjt-lir
Frank M. Mixson.
mviim avo kotahy rotue.
BLACRV|BLE, S. C.
f.and Surveying in nil it* hr.uudies.
Conveyancing a *p«ci»lty.
mov 22-8S ^ .
Winihrop Training School
FOR'TEACHERS,eoi.iMBiA, 8. c.
Thorough hnyuai instruetion slid
^^rsidpa* In best piethiMl* of teaching.— t
u* girl* over. 1" year* old Session
i u S«‘pt4* ii«Imy i:ir f» rit dfiate** ^e»‘» ire *
g'HxJ |H»*ition*. Eipdi county i* given J
two«eholitrships;ooehy the State worth I
$15<l and one by the srU<M>l worth $:»n. j
A ddre** 1». B. Joh^kox, Suiierinten-*!
dent, Colutnhia, S. C. ^ J
jun 12-lm _
Talbott & Sons,
Engiues_ancl Boilers*
SAW ari|J>S AND UKIST MILLS,
are acknowledged to In? the best ever
sold in tbU State.
Wficp you buy one of them you are
figfiblied that you have made no mistake.
Write for our prices.
’ Cotton Qipi? and Cotton Bresses at
bottom figures.
| can save ypu pioney.
V.C.BADHAM,
v _ ; Gk KN KliAI, A OK .NT,
> COLUMBI A, S. C.
mar l^tf
—»*«i ■' ■ — ~ -
(kstahi.ishkd lK7fi.]
A £ MOORE & 00.
. «~ ‘
» —rr-rWM0LK8AL|t #
* FKUIT ANli PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
95 Weal High A- And 20 North Market Place.
SPRINGFIELD,mtTO.
JO SjIirPHRS: We call your atten-
our twarket OH-MekHi* and Bears
•Jjfi^tarneatly ask that you give it a
With tn ftc tiye experience of over
rears in the trade liere w e firmly
et to be one of the best
re this lua^^inri we being at the
in central OMo, ^hjii give your ship-
head of tha tradjs ^hfl }>ersoiial atten-
t tnenta oun^ronipt highest market
ssrfterS,
hwR w !™ rlJ*" IS?
D. E. MOORE it
Reference*: Tint Naljjoal Bank,
Springfield, #hioi W. M. Co.,
Columbus, biio; Oao. S. HowpR A Co.,
Mi** K. A. Mt Bkyuk, Mu*ir.
Fourth siiiuihI *o»idoti logins tirst
Monday in St*pu*hilH».r.
Tuition ll.'i, 7.Vr and S20 |*t *«•*-
*ion of ten mouth*, aivording to grade.
Mu*iv, $'J jmt mouth.
Hoard. to t* i.wr inouth.
TeiJ®lir»f»experienced, eour*eof *tudv
thorough and standard of *eh«Md higli.
Write Superiiitendeiit at once for cat
alogue and parlicubii*^
Machinery.
Aiittw’ Engines and P.oiler*.
Klfiott lioHgi.i't oipm (iiu. ^
U in^hip <'otion Gjn. .
Ib>** <Litton preo* (for *t«‘api or water
■<>vv ei.)
lUud Power i’ottou Pre.-*.
Saw Mid*- (i.iddell Variable feed and
veritable paradise in comparison wi
his untidy, ill kept home.' He placed
hat on the In sir beside his chair,
i ordinary friction feed.)
Implex Pevrt Mitl (grind
d* •^irn and '
eol» iii sliue.k and any kind td *t<4-k feed.
Colton Seed Crusher.
O*borue Reaper* and Mower*.
Buekeye Hiding aud tYalkiug Cult!- ,
vator*.
Blstriuan Boiler F<*eder (one handle.)
Shafting, Pullev*, Belting, Bra** Kit- ?
ting*. Gin Bri«< r le*, Gin Kib*, Kndle** |
Gin Heft*.
We order Kngiiies, Gin* and j
Prc*.*e>, by the e.,r load aud give our pa- |
troir* the benefit of low rate* of freight. J
Try our pfiem, write for eatulogiu*
wild look Into the nuulU of our m.iehin- ;
ery.
STONE k CAVAN 4UG11,
Cotton Factor* and Machinery,
Cor. lir.y nold* and Jack*o|i Sts.
Augusta, Georgia. I
julvil ’ L I
ARE YOU HOT?
The sun had disappeared behind the ..
hill* of New Bothanv ami the linger- | .» r | ^
i lay* 'rn Tiro mo'.rt.tein j -TAc a «-at. draeon."
clian^n,/ fmin new lo parpU*. wIm-'I ; t ^
Deacon lunch stopjsxi his melancholy . .
I old mare in front »>f the village post- 1 ° *
utlice. It was Saturday night, the
only time when New Bethany roms-d
itself fruin its l<*riiargy ami* sfiowed
T any signs of life ami energy. The rest
<>f the week it dniwstsl and IrMiguialted
^fter the fasliiou of small country
, towns n*mob* fmm railway and nianu-
fartnring centers. ^
“Whoa. Mary Jane!” said the dea-
'7*on with unm'eessary cinpliasis,
throwing’ tliemiisou the mare* hnsui
Imek. and springing to the groin'd.
| But tlie de.s)>ondent Mary il.ul al-
rea«iy nofi’d her sliambliug gait from
ihi^T force of liahit. A ten year's ser
vice with the deacon had made her
perfectly familiar with the accustomed
round of stopping placi*s. Wrsincsday
night il wu* prayer meeting;.Sunday
the church wrvire; and Satunhiy
night invariably the jRistonmc, and.
as a late variation, un after iiause at
tlie liouse of Mrs. lk‘t*ey ilill, the
milliner, who for a quarter of a cen
tury had tunplicd the women of Now
Bctlutny with l»e;ulgi*ar fearfully and
womlerfully made.
The moment the deacon stopped in
side theotliee he knew, fn»m tlie unu-
Mial buzz of con versation, that »ome-
tliiug ejtraonlinary luui iiapix-msl. #
* “Heanl the news—eh, deacon?”
asked one of the village loungers.
The deacon looked up inquiringly.
“Mia* Kcziah'sluui ananmziu' streak
of luck.”
“It!* l>eeM nothing but an illllaRill ,
*tn*dk of luck ever sinew she was
born,” returned the deacon. “If own
in' the U*st farm in town and itoviti*
money at interest isn’t luck, I'd like to
know whaPit is.” — ,
“Yew; but this is something out of
Common. You used to know lierbro-
flJer w ho di»sl' years ago and l^-ft his
(»nly child for Miss ke/.iah to bring
w hen the-old man Mead
ilirsl. Miss Keziah took the farm its her
share of the property, and Imr brother,
liKik the
mind if 1
The deacon surveyed the attractive | from the deacon's fis*t gave Mi*s Ke-
rixvii, which, with iu cheery lire and; xiah a chance- for further nunark:
i-hair. »ts-ineii a ; *’01)0 word more, deacon ; have you
1.1 i: ._ : ... ’ -i — "'rX* i . v, --— i —“
DIM
j displaying ,lus_ scanty gray h>cks in
j genibusty plastered <*ver the top of Ins
Ii«ad so as to cover as much of the
Istld surface as |»oiisihle. There was a
long {musc. -
“Anything going on, deacon?”
ask»*d Mis* Keziah, resuming her
knitting. Slic* was greatly puzzled to j as her guardlau.
take,me into your confidence. I never
drcprrted that you meant me, ’Why, I
supposed every one iu town knew
that 1 would not give up my freedom
for the lest man living. Betsey Ilill
is a pious, likely woman, she'll make
a good home for you and she needs a
home herself.”
The deacon was completely wither
ed, and Miss Keziah continued: “If
you’ll step arounAu little livelier, dea
con, and pick up the Kjones on your
lots and put them into good fences,
and mow down those {s-sky .weeds,
there’s no ittrlblv re;won why your
farm shouldn't look a* well as mine.
If Uve said anvthingto hurt your fvs*l-
ings, dmcon, 1 1ioi>«you’ll overhsik it.
Why, von are All tangled up iu that j be any other feller, can
yarn; Vll untangle it.” “No.” ' * .
r iiie delay of unwinding the yarn | “That’* my mug—my blinker, my
none, my inouth and cliinP
“Yme« _
—“TtiaPrenuff. -Onod by,
^‘Uut where are you goingf”
- “Back to camp. See you later.”
But* lie never did. He started for
yaffip akiite, and at the half way spot
he sat down on a rock and suicided by
a bullet into bis liead. On a flat stone
lay tho tintype, and with a piece of clay
lie had written on the stone:
“Gone to get a decent looking mug."
—New York Sun.
‘Tin as homely as that, am I?**
“Worse, if anything.”
“Yon don’t say! I*>ok a-hyar, boys,
how long hev you known thiaf”
“Two Tears.”
“And never let on! WeB, that wm
white of vou and no mistake. Cafi’t
nr
The Ka^ierona XTay* • Women Make*
D« .»t Wise Veefhl.
The larrpin in an indispensible
ticlo to % woman's toilet She
not get along without one. A
may spend one, hour in dressing,
half the Jiour is usually occupied
arranging tlie hair, which she skillfi
ly twists into coils becotrtiiig to la
face, and to keep it in place she wi
use abott^one dozen hairpins.
A woman finds a hairpin useful iu
many ways, ami if she is about to be
gin that important operation of disar
ranging everything—-colletl house-
cleaning—it is safe U> say she will put
one extra pin in her tmirand will need
it before going far in hpr work; many
a ciack, ercvico and yorner is poked
into with its head.
It is a woman's most useful ally, and 4
with her skill in using it becomes *
kind of combination tool that can he
used iu many ways. Bometlines tho
key of & mmk i* tost, and the inevita
ble hairpin is used to push hack tha
spring aud the Ud is raised. < While
scrubbing it iu used’ in every comer to
pike out the dirt- In fixing up her
room she may want to hang clean eur-
tpiuM and finds the running strings
broken; she will take a hair pin, stick
it through the end of tape and with
much patience work that hairpin
through the hem;
m
* ^ •
in * r he goods twenty times, bttislie wil
persevere, and eventually get it
heanl ul*>ut the westerh Jantl*f
Tlie deacon wished he was any
w hen* out of the range of those nierri-
Iom black eyes.
“4—think I’ve hiiTn tell suthin'
about ’em,” ho replud meekly.
“1 thought so! 1 thought so!”ex
claimed Miss Keziah, savagely. “Well,
deacon, those lands rightfully belong
to my niece. Mary; I only hold them I
w as great ly puzzled to . ua her guard is ’ r
account for those Sunday dotin'*. The deacon lieq^n to look upon his j
“Nothin’ within tho range of my ob | rejection a* u hhisnng iu disguise, for
lA’illisMit 111a irrtttlx*rti M isk Ivm* I
M*ifi’ of a rovin’ turn "of inittd.
__ _ ew thous;uid of personal pn»perty as
flrfi YfitJ Hunnrv? luvcstjed ’em tn w^Wrn
. • */*¥' iitfftij Jf, J |aiu!s, w Incli turned out to be worth'"
ess, aud he lost every cent he put in.
?’oiks always blamed him for bein’ so
foolidi and hasty, and they say grief
norlilicatioit alike hastened his
Wa al, it turns out that they
put^a railroad square thro’ tlie lands,
and it's sent real osUtU* way up. no
body knows where. Miss Kczi&h's
been offered nigh onto $8,000 for the
lands, and they say she’ll get evejvuo
much more if she pnly holds on.”
“You don't^mean itf”•
“I dew; it's as trow; as Scripture.”
“Slic’d hold out, never fear.” said
the deacon, “and I hold it to lie our
bounden .duty as neighbors to advise
her to that end.”
■epvation. Tliere won't be uuich more
a goin’ now till 'lection time; tilings'll i
1* pretiy lively then."
“Want to buy any hav this year?” ,
ehirpetl Miss Keziah. “Slino is extra j
g(hr! this mason; my hired man says |
it’s the l»est harviwt vield in town.”
*T rather gues* I’ll hev enough to
carry mo thro’ the winter. If 1 don’t
I shall know where ter come fur liay
as i* hay. 1 declare, your farm dors j
heat all! I feel kind o’ rigged like
w hen I think the liest farm in tow*n is j
managrd by a woman.”
Miss Kt'xiah snuled graciously, and ;
the deacon drew his rhair u little
nearer hi* hostess. “It must he u great
load for ye to carry aloiuv Such a I
large farm is a tremendous n-sponei- I
bihty for a lone woman.”
“Oh. I don't mind it; it keeps me
proper busy.”
Tlie deacon hitclied hi* chair along 1
a few inches fart lief. “Ye'd ought to j
have a brother or cousin, or some rela
tive like, to share the burden with ye.”
“My slmulders are plenty strong,”
returned Miss Keziah,’ good naturedly.
“I'm glad to show the folks that there
i arc women good for something besides
giddy-gaddying and tatlliu".”
! “Yis, vis,” annwercd the deacon.
“we can all testify to your valley and
! worth. You’re a real honor to your
J sex. You're—you're a bright and
shinin’ beacon light to the trillin’
. If either or both go straight to
R.L,WILUAMS&C0.|;5;
Dark Street, Blaekville, S, C.
IGF. IGF. ICE-
A iionsfant supply of the purest, ice
k<*|»t on haml for sale at live and let live
prb.ie^
FREBIT MEATH
- ■*•.■^■1—■ , r-. -- :v r ^ . , ■ .- J ^
rim best Beef, Fork and Mutton that
can he obtained in this section, and
when Imme sjinplies are, Insufticient we
w ill get theliest from North slid West,
for the people must be led.
Poultry Dnd E^rgs- .
The best prices p'aid for Chickens,
Turkeys. Ducks, Geese atpl Guineas.
Don’t ship them off to strangers, but
•ell to
K. L. WILLIAMS ft CO.,
I’uryevors lor the I’uhlie,
filaekville, S. C.
’Kggs waqtyd all the time.
juneli)
a fe w Words.
and the n »,k,-r *»»eU Ida tiand at tin- Hf hadabout till one lon Pl cold
little oratorical
villag*’
Inste^l »>f lingering as usual for the
gossip—for New Bethany post-
pfliee on Sciturday night answered tho
purpose of a weekly paper—the dea
con seemed ju a great hurry to get
home.
It was the night of the choir rehear
sal, and iu driving by the church he
saw Mary Mead, Miss Kc/jali's niece,
going up the steps. Ho suddenly
whipped up his sleepy old mare and
drove homo at a breakneck rate of
si>eed.
“Now’s your time, Solomon Pinch,”
he inuttered'lo himself. “It's inobbe a
long while afore ye ll hev such a good
chance ag’iu. She’ll ho sure to lie
alone for a couple of hours or so—hi,
pldladv! no stoppiiT hero to-night,”
he adJed, giving tho lines a sudden
twist as Miry Jane showed an incli
nation to stop before Betsey Hill’s
house; “we've other fish to fry, now,
pld gaL^x
'When he reached home he drove
the mare under tho.horse shed, and
tied her there, instead of unharnessing
her as usual. Then he entered the
H A'S beep busy in selecting and eel- house ami hastily swallowing the
lectingH stock of GENERAL MER- scanty' s
s]**akor
conclusion of this
flourish.
Then hitch, hitch, hitch went the
chair Miss Kcziahwurd. “Don't you
feel sort o’ lonely at spells?” he asked,
insinuatingly.
Miss Keziah glanced suspiciously at
the rapidly advancing cliuir. She
dropjHxl her knitting and went to the
tire and piled up the blazing sticks of
wood. Then she came hack to the ta
ble and set her chair on the farther
side of it, thus putting a harrier be
tween her and the visitor. “I'm never
lonely, deacon; plenty to do is the
best medicine for loneliness.”
' “But woman's a tender, dependent
creatur’. Woman's a vine,” hero the
deacon took up the weekly prayer
meeting drawl, “and needs suthin’to
cling to when the Iron hies, desolatin’
waves and winds o’ affliction aud sor
row roll over her.” *
“Stuff and nonsense!” exclaimed
Mias Keziah. with a contemptuous
sniff. “I shouldn’t have expected
that a man of vour sense, deacon,
yvouhl repeat such silly trash. I have
no patience with the people yvho are
alw’ays talking as if women couldn’t
stand
without the western lands Mim Ke-
ziah’s attractions seemed tame com- |
(Mired with tlu*e of mild, blue eyed,
buxom widow Hill.
“I can trust ye never to mention 1
thi*?” he asked timidly.
“I shall not mention it. Now follow j
my advire, deacon; make sure of Bet
sey Hill before another week goes by.
You have my good wishes. Bee to this
at once.”
“Thank ye, thank ye; I don’t mind
if I dew.” «
The good woman followed her crest
fallen visitor to tho door. As a sudden !
glint of cold night air put out tho light,
*he said:
“The nir is snapping to-night; have
a frost, eh, deacon?”
And thediscomfitted deacon felt that 1
he had been nipjicd by something I
sharer than a frost. — LippineoU * |
Magazine. ,
A Tsl« with m Moral.
“Some young fellows,” said Gen.
George A. Sheridan, “were telling
stories and having a hilarious time.
An old ffwitleman snt a little apart,
and Nremod unable to joiu in their
merriment. He was rallied on his
morosencss aud requested to tell a
story.
‘ “*T don’t know any stories in your
vein, my young friends, ’ said he, ‘but
1 will relate a little incident "with a
Having dBiwntinued tl»0 sale of Li
quors since the New Year
BEN DAVIES
1 alone, and needed propping up
like a rag doll that hadn’t any back
bone. I’m no vine, or creeping, help
less thing, I can tell you. 1 can stand
alone as well as anybody, if the Lord
so yvills it, although I admit, deacon,
that it’s pleasanter to havo some one.
keep you company.
and the nwtr-
Please
rts, sten-
leoting ■
CHANDISE that Will suit the people
bv its completeness and please their
pockets by the inofierntion of its prices.
The public generally and the ladies
particularly are invited to call, ex-
anjine goods and compare prices
those quoted elsewhere.
And don’t yob forget
That you may he happy yet.
with
Where you’ll surely get more
Good* for your money than at establish-
that promise a heap and perform
g worth Hiking about.
BEN DAVIES,
B^nwcU L. JJUb. C-
pb 13-U
scanty supper which ihe hired woman
placed before him, donned his best
clothes aud drove off again at a rapid
pace, ’
“l^tw aakes alive!” exclaimed the
woman, anlazed. “tho deacon's got
sumthin’on his mind surel It's tho
first timo I ever knew him to disre-
member to ask a-blessing.” « .
Ever sine© tlie death of hi* wife
If you buy at BEN DAY’IKS Store, pcocou Pinch had looked*on Misji Kc
xiah as her probable successor. For
years ho had gazed with covetous eyes Miss Keziah was dumfoi
on the fine’ Mead farm, with its suK ^dropped her knitUng, and
RtAntial h’.tiidings.'but be never could
screw his courage up to the point of
facing the* snapping black eves of iU
pwner. l A bUc he had been sec
seen
afs jest it; yo hev hit the nail
squar’ on the head 1 It’s pleasanter to
hev company in our sojourn on this
mortal yearth. ” /
The deacon seized his chair with both
hands, and by a circutous lino of
'hitching he placed it within three feet
of Miss Keziah’s table. “You’re a fore
handed woman, Miss Keziah; I’m a
man of prominence and influence in
the community; it seems to me that it
would be a good thing if we could
walk hand in hand through this vale
of tears. Providence seems to p int its
fiugcr that way.” Tho deacon was
thinking at that yery moment of tho
w
money no-could save bv a thrifty
manager like Miss Keziah in place of
his ineflicient, wasteful hired woman.
Miss Keziah was dumfounded. She the night for sleep.—Boaton Globe.
the hall ot S '
yayn rolled across the floor. “Mercy 1”
she finally gasped.
‘Til make ye a first rate husband,
and ye’ll make me agood wife. We've
day trying to find something to cat.
But his search hail Iscn a complete
failure, and late in the afternoon he
flew home, weak and disconsolate,
andTlmrtxd feebly onto his perch,
about ready to drop with fatigue and
hunger. Ho-was tnuirly ready to drop
when he dctectiHl a dead aheep which
Providence had nlaocd over in the
bushep. He.climbed down from his
perch, hoj>{)ed over and managed to
climb up on tlie sheep. There he
pecked anil jicckrtl aud pocked awav
until his little craw was filled with
nutritious, if /-unsavory,-food. Then
he felt nrucli better. He flapped his
wings and hoppl'd nimbly about, and
finally flew hack to his pFrch. Then
his little throat swelled witli gratitude
and he sang all the songs he knew and
tried to sing several he didn’t know,
when a hunter came along, leveled
his gun and shot him.’
.“The old gentleman seemed to have
finished his story. ‘But the moral.
What is the moral?’asked the young
mail-
“/Tlie moral, my young friend, is:
If you wjll eat carrion, don’t crow
over it.’ ”—Washington Post.
Utorery >lglit Owls;
The deceased Jefferson Davis figured
conspicuously among thpse literary
workers who are at their best in the
nocturnal hours, and he reserved these
hours for his labors with the nett
throughout almost his wholo life, liv
ing to be over eighty. -
In saying this we do not mean to in
vite all literary workers to imitate
what is a seeming reversal of the order
of nature. It would be fatal to some
temperaments, aud is probably a mat
ter of temperament jaltogether.
For active, technical work the day
is most inspiring, a» ©pinion which
night editors on the newspapers of the
world vrill probably indorse. But for
poetry, philosophical and reliectiyo-
work, which calls the subjective facul
ties most intS- play, the bulk of the
world’s great 1 iterury producers have
generally used the midnight oil for
flbeir best touches.
All this does not militate against
nature’s general law of life and health,
which appoints the day for work and
CurivK* OeflnllluM.
Many of tlie definitions In the En
glish dietionnrr of 1626 are amusing,
ami some of them ludicrously absurd.
Tlie “pole” is described as “tlie end of
tlie azletree whereon tlie heavens do
move," a very primitive explonf
tion. The “Hobridnau wax*#” seems
rather a poetic sulietitut# for the Irish
wo. and a “badger” Is a still more ex
traordinary equivalent for a com mer
chant—“one that buys come or other
victual in one place to. sell it in an
other.” Still funnier arc some of the
notu ral Idstory definitions. A ‘ ‘baboon”
is said to be “a beast like on ape, bat
feur© bigger;" n “lynx” is “a spotted
beast—it hath a most jiojfoct sight, in
sotuuoh as R is said It con see thorow a
wall.” The account of tlh> “ealamon
dcr” reads like gn elaborate Joke—“a
small, venomous beast will) fours feet
and a short toile; it lives in tho fire,
and at lengtli, by Ids extreme cold,
{sits out the fire.”
Turning to more general topics we
havu tlie “aipliahet” defined os the
“cross rowe of letter*, M «uul “an alsMtr
dorian” is “one xvho teaolics tho cross
rowe.”
Then from classic time* tho “Olym
pic games” are “solemn games of activ
ity,” and “Ampliitritei is not, as usual,
tho goddees of tlie sea, but the “sea 1
itself. , “Mathematicks” and “mathe
maticians” are hardly dealt xvith. The
latter means “a soothsayer,” and tlie
science as defined includes nearly all
kagwlodge^—“the arts of arithmetic,
musick, geogruphie, goometrie, astron
omy, astrology, cosmography,” remind
ing one of the trivium and quadrivium
of the school men of the Middle Ages.
“Actresse” has a very literal and inter-
ifffing signification—“U woman doer,”
but at tills decade of the Seventeenth
century there were no actresses In tho
modem sense of the term, the female
parts being then taken by boys or
young men. Women actors first ap
peared in 1660.—Chambers’ Journal.
Thorough.
A close fisted man who wished to
build a picket fence round his grounds
linggled long with the village carpen
ter, an excellent workman, about the
cost of erecting it. At last the carpen
ter agreed to build a certain sort of
fence for a sum much lower than he
had originally asked, and was told to
“Go ahead.”
When a dozen yards of the fence hoc
been built the owner of the grounds
saw that it was a much better job than
he had contracted for.
“See here,” said he to the carpen-
'ter, “you don’t suppose Tin going to
pay for such a high priced job as that,
do you?”
“No, I don’t,” answered the median
lc; “you’ll pay what you agreed to ant
I’ll do tho Job to suit myself; I donV
scant my work, even if I don’t get ful
pay for it.”—Youth’s Companion.
Rite 'Hit* Stopped Sliop Talk at Table.
Watchmaker (during dinner in a New
York boarding house)—No, sir; there is
nothing tougher than the**pring steel
used in watches.
Landlady (innocently)—Mr. Uhrair.
aclter, won’t you try scone of the spring
lamb??-Jewelers’ Weekly.
A firm faith is the best divinity; a
good life Jfhe b«»t plntcsophy; a clear-
conscience the btU law; honesty the
best policy. • ■, C,:
.V » ' "W- . ;
tljrougli and go merrily on with her
work, os tlie hair pin has saved her tho
trouble of going downstairs for a bod
kin.
Many Ultlo things she wishes to
hang un and of ten has no Lacks handy ;
she will break off apiece of a hairpiu
aud make it answer for a lack, and
when bent into the shape of the letter
8 it will suspend fancy articles from
gas fixtures, anil by twisting the book
it can bo made to hang just asdesired.
Home one gives a great pud at tha
door Udi umLbreaks thu wire- ratlier
than hare enRsw* ksuwb we kiaa oatha
door, a woman will hunt that break,
find itxuid take a hairpiu and splio*
tlie wire, and the lief) is in order
again:. Hornetime* the wire t lint hinds
Uie ribs of on uiiihreliu to the stork
>reaks; this can easily be mended with
a hairpin by stringing Uiu wires on it
and moving the cap down and twisting
the hairpin close, and it is done. A
woman, with the aid of a pair of pin
cers, can easily do this herself. Tha
hairpin often serves both as ashossud
love buttouer. House plants out W
ept in a healthy ^onditiini all winter
by* using a hairpin once a week to.
loosen the soil iu the )ioU.
It is said that oorns should never be
cut with a knife, but whoever rend
that cunis sliouid not be pricked with
a hairpin? Iu ibis operation lacHea
prefei a hairpin to a knife. Corks in
small bottlnscun be drawn by iuserUng
the pHnt* of a hairpin in the cork al the
C pcr angle and giving a little pull.
nn wicks sliouid never be trimmed
with knife or scissors. Die hotter plan
is to smooth off'tbe dun red portion
with a hairpin. U will iusufis a better
light and the wick wil! Iasi twice us
long. Tlie hairpin eon be beht into a
fmme for artificial cobwebs, which is'
quite a lltriainias novolty.
1/ Uie steak or Osh broiler or bread
toaster cornea a;iart a hairpin is all that
is ij4ce«iary to make it servieealils
again. There Is scarcely a lady bat
carries a little hairpin iu her pocket-
book. It is a woman’s little friend
and constant companion, and as ever
ready iu case of an emergency when
oUkt tools are not con reuicnUy at
baud.—Philadelphia Times. -
Tlie New' York Flxchao^o for Wom
an's Work has been in existence
eleven years, and its growth and pros
perity liave been steady and contin
ued. It is the pioneer of such outer-
prises, and not onljrhas it beeomo
successful itself, but can now count
up sixty-four exchanges iu different
pulls of this country and Canada
which have been modeled after H and
have started out with the same by
laws.
The object of fhe exchange has 1
from tlie first to aid imp '
gentlewomen, who tbrougi
tune have been obliged to _
bread winners. There are now 2,300
names of consignors enrolled on its
books, and it has paid out to these
eonngnors,, whose numbers steadily
increase, almost a million dollars, be
sides the salaries, paid to its employes
at its rooms, No. 322 Fifth avenue.
There arc now fifteen gentlewomen
employed at the rooms, and these re
ceive better salaries and better treat
ment than women in similar positions
iu tlie city shops. The hours of ^rorii
are the same, but the conditions art
infinitely better, and each one is gives}
a month's teuyc of absence op salary
during the summer.
The consignors, os the women who
offer work for sale are colled, have a
most kindly “middleman,” for this is
precisely the j>oeitiou tho exchange oc
cupies. Its affairs are managed by a
board of forty f womeu, divided into va
rious subcommittees. Although the
exchange conducts its busmens oat a
business, not-a charitable, basis, it is
not wholly self supporting. The rear
sou is that it has steadily refused tp
charge more than 10 ;)er cent, eoaa-
mission for the sale of goods, a rote at
which a merchant would expect to
face insolvency in six mouths.
- Although desirable, self
not held to be tlie mpsi imj
of Uie exchange. That is tho opt. C.
of a market for the work of n^etl>
men, without grinding down
worker, as is done by the slo^ «
ing shops; to give each consignor a
chance to sell her Work at a -
price fer her laborX-Agnes B.
bie in Harper's'
~ , That Hair Cut.
Wife (to husband)—Take Johnnie to
the barber's He wonts his hair cht ter
ribly bad.
Husband—Come akng, Johnnie; my
barber’ll give you
cut.—-Epoch.
Vt»*
sane i
sanity
a big pbqr
come
that,
fillup
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