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“Tit* Pwptr-Pmm. Legal, Mercairtite and ui£- celUu»«(ra$— dob Printing •.r • » Kxecatod promptly and in the beat styles on the Pkorxx Press es. Vot. XIV. BARNW&LL COURT HOUSE, S. C., DECEMBER 25, 1890. m MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BARNWELL, C. M, S. ft —Wock! Workers an^i Dealers, and Manufacturers ofc-- Doors, Sash, Blinds, Newels, Balusters, brackets, Scroll-Work. Builders Hardware in Stockv ■Manufacturers of- WAGONS BY WHOLESALE, These AVa^bs are Guaranted to be EQUAL i’O ANY MADE in the United States, and as to Pricea, will be sold against all competition. Lumber cf all kinds kept in Stock, or the Yard-. Novelty Wsatherboardiny a Specialty. G. DuncaN Bellinger, - ^ " Wm. McNab, 'President. " . Secretary, J. B. H\ir, General Manager. >iec 11-tf mm* BALDWIN & GARVIN. SPECIAL HARDWARE STCltfe. Dr. J.H.E. MILHOUS, Dental Surgeon. BMville, S. €, SANDV" land well worked » RICH. Will have regulAt appointments as follows: . , At Barnwell, C. II froth 1st. Monday (or sales-day) in each month' Wed- nesday evening. Office at the . letter- son House. At Sally’s, B. A. & N. R. R?; from 3d Monday in each month to Wednes day evening. OftVce at Price’s Hotel. Will be at nis home office at Biackville every Friday and Saturday from 1st of February to 30th September inclusive, and every Thursday, Friday and Satur day, from 1st October to 31st January inclusive. - Will make appointments with patients to meet them fit either of his offices at any time. Patients will find it hiore comfortable to Mve their work .’(Tone at the office, though if desired wVlHJall on them at their residences anywhere within thirty tniles of Blackville- Provisions for the People. Wo don't bank high oa theories Down jrera whar the rMr forks; Black, waxy land don’t prow seek truck Along with its coOoO gtalka. I've noticed IhO' thauwhar the soirs .*■ . Too deep fur a twelve inch share To turn the trash up to the *ua, Aa' hits triflin' roots lay bars; You're gwine ter raise a heap er weeds, Bigger thart the crop you sow; An' when you lay your cotrou by These no account weeds still grow. But whar tho soil ,iS tpler’blfl pore. An' you've got your livin' to make. You'll work your land for all she's wuth. An' you'll plow an' harrer an' rake From sun up till the chickens roost On the post oaks in the lot; An' sandy land well worked ie rich, An’ “Ole Caney's'’ pore, that's n<*. - — —Frank Chase in Conuncnwkalth. IHE PROPOSAL. i. THE COLORED FARMERS’ SO CIETY purposes to open ;u»«r keep on hand a General Stock of Groceries in the Ludy Robinson *torc in the town of Blackville. We will keep on hand ev erything needed by families in the line of Groceries. . Our goods shall be the very best and our prices the very low est. We solicit the patronage of all the public, promising them honest weights just measures and everything low down, cheap for cash. CSitfE Ml a < JACOB PEKPLES Mai* AiciKi*. »£p 18-tf Worses ai)d Mules It wa^ late on a September afternoon. The day had been damp and doleful, and now at 5:30 the fog was trying to envelop everything with its usual obstinate den- sity. Amid the stream of hurrying, jostling humanity which swept down the Sttfliid Vras a man whoso face might have at tracted attention.if there had been any one in that motley crowd nut wholly en grossed in selfish interests. It was a fine, dark face, beautiful in its Way, but marked by lines and shadows—the face of u man who hras fighting against the world and who was losing the battle, and yet n man whose nature had not been imbitlered by sordid struggles,, a man who had suffered . and grown strong. Such a one was. Paul Ferria, only he would have been very much surprised to have heard it said. _ He plodded along. Ids threadbare coat TmU-.ri^nT]r5) th'echih, headlghT, cyeS merit as he flung about the room, then she thfew herself on the lounge and burst into hysterical tears. Naturally thi? brought him to hia senses at once, and he patted, and petted, and soothed and pacified until Hie storm waa over. LL Thursday, tho 1ft of October, dawned, but it brought no prospect of the Ferrises dining at Kensington. “*■ " There came instead a small note which as follows: No. 19 SAlisscbt Sraxrr, Oct L Mr Dkah Mtss Btakhops—My sister Is mo very much worse today that ft will be impossible for us to dine at your home this evening. She desires me to convey to you her regret and disappoint Yours very sincerely. We have removed to New Store corner Clark Street and Rail ttolld Avenue, Rlack villc, S. C. and can now show you as complete a sCock of Hardware as can be found anywhere. Our stock comprises all kinds of Staple and Fancy Hardware, Fine Table and pocket (’utlery. Guns, Pistol* and Ammunition, Stoves, Tinware, Harness, Paints, Oil hihI Gins*.' You.can save money by buying from us. . W« al so do all kinds of Tinning. Rooting, Guttering and Repairing at lowes possible prices. We ha ve constantly on hand a full IlrtC of StbvC repairs and can make your stove as good as new at amfll cost. oetld SiTtcLon, ZP-u.r’e SerLse^ since the ctration meiV, anti women too, have been trying to better their con ditions. In such endeavot**they have resorted to ail sorts of means and measures. Just now a gn at many j>eoph; are expecting that better times will COMR FROM COLUMBIA after the next election shall have placed new pilots ip/diarge.of the Ship of State. While it in proper to entertain hope under the most gloomy circumstances, yet it »s well to remember that self help is the beu-help. To men of mature years and J ' C- ^ 4 ^-ober thougiit it is a» plain astunshinc thht there are k: than those.controlled by the politieiah*. The prudent do not put all their eggs in one basket nor peril their all in one venture. It will not do for wise people to wait for something to turn up, and if it dot** net come quickly enough they w ill make the opportunity themselves. Now*In all candor the most lasting proapfcrity starts at home. ItbeginS there and grow s by practice and cultivation. . " The old sailor reads the signs in the gkles that have fid meaning fbr the careless landsman and trims his craf t to meet and conquer the coming ittmif. 8o the vet- Yfan merchant, understanding the conditions of trade and commerce, makes ready for the extremest fluctuations while the peace of perfect summer is in k the golden skies. In.,this philosophy sxjvcojst zBRO'wrfcT, S- Thirty-one years leader oMradcim the South Carolina RulWJflct, b48 anticipafed Lh§ : - : ' ALARMING RISE IN Fill CEB by personally buying in the largest markets of the country, thti » MOST MAGNIFICENT Stock of General Merchandise ever risked by any Carolina merefi^rit outside of Charleston. To attempt any description or enumeration would be like under taking to publish an unabridged dictionary in a country newspaper offitw. THK SUBJECT IS TOO VAStV But each man and every woman can come. They can bring their little ones ♦long, and all Can be suited, no matter ho* widely their needs, ydshes and means may differ. It is a proverb of the olddtl time that ALL ROADS LEAD TO ttOME. and if the people will only read and reason they fchal! soon hftvw the evidence of their own eyes, hands, pockets and persons that they bah find BARGAINS IN BLACKVIDDE Unapproachable in any interior American market North or South, Easretr WeSt The range of my immense stock is limited only by the ingenuity and enterprise of the human fate. The bCfct Productions of our own land, the choicest manu factures of all atound the wOnd, everything that man needs on his life jourfiev from the cradle to the grave Afre to be found in my emporium. Every implement that the farmer Uses, every article that the housekeeper requires, everything for everybody no* Waiting for the people. By selling the best goods at the lowest prices I hope to pro\^ a benefaetmrjo all former customers and aR new friend*. By paying the very highest cash prices for cotton and alt country produce 1 txpect to make myself invincible against a by and all competition. bad tett yoltir neighbors too. that from every nook apd earner of Aiken, Orange burg and BarnWell, all roads lead sooner or later to . V , —■ - - — - Brown s Jn Blackville. £<> not be entreated to go astray from your detehttifiition to go to UeadqiWftferg. r K yo^sell youf cotton’to me and buy your good* from me o inatvean. will or shall do better by you Test me by no msiteafl, will or shall do better by you Test me by the . „, when the fall trade campaign is^over 1 have no fear but that I wfl > go to HeadqUiftbrs. , LRK3«« m ^ 8e,fthlt ‘ ? Tdf RULE”, and . , ; I will be tfie first CHOSEN CANDIDATE , bod at the hemf of the ticket as the FRIEND QF THE FARMERS- J UST Arrived 4 fine lot of Saddle am* Harness HORSES, aleo a lot o’ nie45 farm and timber MULES. Will keep a full stock of both Horse*- and Mules on hand through the winter ami spring month* of 18JH1 and *91. See our MOtk and get prices be fore purchasing elsewhere. Yours trulr, P. J. ZE1GLKR A CO., Allendale, S. C. novll-tf A FEW WORDS. Having discontinued the sale of Li quors since the New Year BEN DAVIES H AS been busy in selecting snd col lecting a stock of GEX ERA L M ER- (. HAN DISK that w ill suit the people by its completeness and hietbs their pockets by the Moderation of its pHces. 1’hc pbblic generally and the ladies particullfly are. invited to call, ex amine goods and compare prices with those quoted clsevvh?™. And don’t you forget na That you may be happy Vet. If you buy at BEN DAVIES Store, Where you'll surely get more Goods for your monev than at establish ments that promise a heap and perform nothing worth talking about. feb 13-tf BEN DAVIES, Barnwell C. H., S. C. B. A. MAKIBBEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. BARNWELL C. II., S. C. Will give prompt attention to all bus iness entrusted to his care, april 4-89 MONEY TO LEND. $160-000. At 9l^to 10 per cent. Interest. Ons to five years time, secured by farm mort- tagfcS. Fof further particulars apply to J. 0. PATTERSON, Real Estate and Investing Agent, julyll-tf Barnwell, S. C. ®tecoi)ci €»easoi). Smalley’s Sale Stables, WIHDIHTON, *4. C; fixed on the ground, thinking of nothing tnore or less heroic than The approaching dinner hour. I suppose, though, that even a hero may Iks pardoned for bCing hun gry if he bar got through tho day with out any luncheon. That was the case with P*ul Ferris, fit «!1 erente, find con sequently he was making tho best of his Way homeward, devoutly hoping that his sister had ordered something substantial For Yb«ir evening meal. Presently he turned off to the right, and passed intd one of thVse short and comparatively de serted streets which run froth the Strang to the embankment. Hero ho entered one of the row of lodging houses and was soon in its dingy sitting room, with its dismal lined carpet and upholstery. As he came in a pale faced girl in a black gown rose from the couch where she had been lying and advanced to meet him. “You hare come at last, Paul.” “Yes, little one, and glad to see you up and looking so jolly. rt “The rehearsal was late, was it not?” •'Lfile? I should say it was. Couldn’t even get out to get some lunch.*’ “Poor boy? That was tragical, t have Ordered dinner for 6 o’clock, so possess jrour soul in patience until thefi, In the weafl tiine I hard & bit of hews for yon.” FefHs thfreW off hia cofit and cod 1 Fronted heh “Not bad news, child?*' “No. On the contrary." “Good news? Ah, that’s something novel and refreshing. . Let’s have it, my good girl—pray, don’t keep ms ill sus pense." Lie seated himself by the fireside and took off his gloves, looking across at his sister with a somewhat cynical smile. “To begin with, who do you think called here this afternoon?” , “CrWitots?" “No.*’ “Doctor?” “NA? - “My solicitor?* 4 “Wrong again—it was Margaret Stan hope.” Ferris started ahd shaded his FfiCO with his hand. . “Well,” he asked, after a pause, “What did she want of you?’’ xvn» Yrflr-ir \r-irwl Panl- /: ‘She was very kind, Paul; inquired Last winter and spring I 3pld large numbers of the best Horses and mules to citizens of’ Aiken, Barnwell and Or- iburg, giving complete satisfaction to £Vbry customer. 1 aniitecV again, better prepared than ever to givt; every buyer the full value Of his mone^artd resolved to run the campaign of IsQQoti tfit! Same platform on which I won the first place in last year's races. Before buyirtg call on or correspond with me. smalley is in the saddle and will push air competition from the word go uhder hot spur. yours tntly, , JOHN F. SMALLEY, Wttlistott, S;XX sept 25-tf after you, and asked ns both to an in formal dinner on Thursday evening!” “And you accepted?” “Of course; I thought it would bfi a treat. Surely you do hot object?" r T cannot object, Stella, if it would give yon pleasnfc. Yes. We will go if fate so wills it.” “It was very kind in her, Paul, to look ns up. Don’t you think so? She has only been in London a week.” “Yes, Miss Stanhope has always been kind and condescending. Do you not see, toy child, that she wbuld make' proteges of ns? It is tho fashion nowa days to patronize beggarly musicians.” “Paul,” indignantly; “it is not hhe you to be such H bear. What makes you speak so? You know it is not true. How eould she patronise ns? Why, we knew her when she wore short dresses and played with doll babies. There is no one hi the world so good and beautiful as Margaret Stanhope,- and you know it And Paul”—- “Well?” _ - t _, t * T have'sometimes fandbd”—■> A prolonged pause. “Well, out with it What have yotf fancied?” \i^ “That sHe cares for you more than— Land for Sa/e, A tract of 200 acres, good clav sub soil, 4 miles from Barnwell, 100 acres in Wood, 60 acres cleared, 40 acres in ham mock, one framed tenant house, good well of water. Part cash. Balance on time Apply to A. T. WOODWARD. otherwise than as a mere friend, I mean. There is an expressionfim her eyes when fihe speaks of ybu” . , “Good heavens! Stella, you sVo rav ing,” interrupted Paul; springing up and regarding fyer fiercely. “I forbid yon to harbor such thoughts for a. jnome&t. Miss Stanhopd is. as far removed' from toe as if she were of royal blood. Evi dently you do not realize the difference existing between an heiress and a penni less concert singer. I” “But Paul,” interrupted Stella in her turn, “you must not forget you are a, gentleman bora, and 'our families were friends in the years gone by.” °A gentleman?" repeated Paul, disre garding the last clanas in fofhy* mitoncfe* “Yes, the son of an obscure curate, a vagabond by adoption. And am I to woo 'dear Lady Disdain? 4 Good God! You drive mo mad? 4 ' Stella, w&tchod bUnkly for a mo» Wcl Dennis. Margaret received it fit luncheon time, and fifter she had read it twice or thrice she turned to her huge mastiff who was sitting bolt upright beside her, and thus addressed him: “Christophef, 1 am afraid your sex is hopelessly obtuse. Now, What would yob think of a letter like that coming from an individual whom you had known in childhood, had played with and squabbled with hun dreds of times?” Christopher gazed at her fixedly, and solemnly thumped his tail as a dirge like y ri * Tr> *uV “Never inibd, durtetic, you love me anyway, don’t you, dear? There, old man, don’t lick my face. Yon think 1 am crying, don't yon? But it is not so, I assure you. Why, Christopher, do you think I would shed a tear for Paul Fer ris? Come, we will get ready and go to Stella, since she cannot come to us. An errand of love, my son, with roses and jasmine for our offering.” There were many such errands of love in the ensuing week, for Stella grew weaker day by day, and her recovery seemed Far off and uncertfiifi. The poor child would fain have been well. She would talk for hours between spasms of coughing, about the things she would go find see, tho books she would would WAY WORN. 1 sometime* think that it would be bout If Urn bands that labor were folded o er .Tbe silent breast in tbe last sweet nut. When I think of the frieOtU who bare tfone be- fors; Who haro crossed o’er the river'8 rolling Ode, And rvochqd the Lome on the other side. It peems so fas to the wished for day, And weary and lonely and lost I roam; I feel like a child who has lost his way And is always longing for home. NW«>ot home! But I say to my yearning heart, "Be still; We’D go home wfieu It U God s will.'' his terror. Ho raced to the veranda ami fell down, tho blood spurting from hut nose and bis FaCe gray. Then bn gurgled: ,‘T UuVe seen tlw Memsabib! I have llemaaliibr* WUereV’ laid Duorfriso. ; •' , “Down tjiere, walking on the rood to the village. She was In a blue drass^? ami she lifted the veil of ber bunnet NmSL *nid, 'Raid Data, give my salaams to 0m Sahib, and tell him that I shall meet him next month at Nuddea. 4 Then I rau The night i* long, byt the day will break When the light of eternity tdreumiug down On the cross we hear for the Master's sake Will guide our step* to the promised crown. V A little while and the gate in parsed - Home and heaven and rest al last. —F. L. Stanton. BY WORD OF MOUTH. visit when she would be better again. It waa Christmas eve that the end came. There was a sadden attack of hemorrhage, a message sent to Paul at Her Majesty’s theatre, a few hours of hushed waiting, a little struggle—and it was over. Margaret Stanhope was there, {The author of this story, findyard Kipling, is a j young Englishman who has Uv«J most of lils lifo tn British India. His «tori**s of that country, l written during jiersuual contact with its pewki ! and-tbe Britiah arm}', have recently Httnirted n great deal of- attention l>oth in England and America. J * " This tale may bo explained by tho«e who know how souls - are made, and | where the Bounds of the possible are put down. I have lived long enough in this country to know that it is l>e*t to know nothing, and can only write the story as it happened. bumoise was our civil surgeon at Meridkiyand we called him “Dormouse,” because he was a round little, sleepy lit- tl# man. He wan na good doctor, and never quarreled with any one, not even with onr deputy commissioner, who had the manners ol a bargee anil the tacf of a horse. lie married a girl as round and as.sleepy looking as himself. -She was a Miss Hillardyce, daughter of “Sqnafih” HilIanlyca of .tho Berarar married hi* chief s daughter by mistake. A honeymoon in India is seldom more than ft wtYk laagr. Hut HitTr in imkhing to hinder a couple from extending it l over two or three years. This it de lightful country for married folk who are wrapped up In One another. They j can live absolutely alone and without interruption, just as the Dormice did. j These two little people retired from the month at Nuddea. away because I was afraid.” What Dumoise said or did I do not know. Rum Dass declares that he said nothing, but walked up and down the* veranda all- the cold night, waiting for the Men:sahib to come up the hill and stretching out his arms into the dark like a'tnadman. But no Mcinsaliibcame, and next day he went on toftimln, cross* questioning the liearer every hoar. . Ram Dass-re^ld only say that he had met Mrs. Dumoise, and that she had lifted up her veil and given him the memagi* which he bad faithfully repeated to Du- Uioise. To this statement Ram Dass ad hered. He did not know where Nuddea was, bad no friends at Nuddea, and yrquld most certainly never go to Nud- - dea, even though hia pay were mdro than doubled. • Nuddea ia iu Bengal, and has nothing Whatever to do with a doctor serving in the Punjab. If must be more than twelve hundred miles from Meridki. Dumoise went through Simla without halting, and returned to Mericlki, there to toko over charge from the man who had been officiating for him daring hia tour. There were some dispensary ac count* to be explained, and sortie recent >Hcr“ of the surgeon general to be noted, uid, altogether, the taking over was a tuj! day’s w.rtlL In the evening Dumoise told ids locum tenens, who waa of hia bachelor days, what • had happened at Bagi; and the man ifiht— that Ram Das* might as well have chosen. .Tnticnrin while he Waa about iL At that moment a telegraph peon came in with a telegram from Simla or dering Dumoise nut to take over charge at Meridki. but to go ^t once to Nuddea on *p*>ciul duty. There waa a nasty out break of cholera at Nuddea, and tho Lworld after th**ir marriage, and were ’ and it was in her arms that Stella’s Ufe4 yery happy. They wen* forced, of flickered and went out Toward the last she begged Paul to sing to her. - - “Somethin# that will make me gb to sleep soon,” she said wearily. And Paul *ent to the piano in the adjoining room and touched tho keys softly. Borrow and ear* may inert, Tit* tempest cloud may low't The surjr* of »ia may beat Upon life's troubled shore. God doth his own in safety keep. Ho giveth his beloved sleep When he had finished he felt a light touch on his shoulder. He turned and saw Margaret with the team like rain on her face. “Shfi is asleep at la«t>* she said brok enly. id. When Margaret had dotlfi What she could she went away and Paul did not see her for months. It wai better so, he told himself. Her way wafi not his. Their paths lay far apart, and he could not attempt to bridge the gulf between them. And so life went on tor hipt dully, dreftHly, with new & break in the monotony until spring came. Then one morning he met her on Regent street. She w%s just step ping into her carriage, but she stopped him and gave him her hand and drew him aside for a few moments’ converwt- iiod. “I am glad I happehed to meet you,” she said. “I wished to speak to you on —on a matter of business, it is a favor } l am going to ask of you. “No‘; do not Bs sd rash as to grant it beforehand, but promise to come to the house tomorrow morning and we will talk it ever. I shall bs in until 12. Good-by, for the present" When Ferris was shown into Miss Stanhope’S drawing room tho next morn ing he found it deserted. A cheerful fire was bhrning in the grate, the sun rttnggled ill through the lace curtains, aiid oil the window seats boxes of sribw- drope were -lifting their delicate heads to receive the warm rays. Margaret appeared Very shortly, and greeted him with her usual frank kind liness. She fisked him to be seated, and after a few toufmortplace; remarks evi dently mad (van effort to plunge into the .subject weighing on her mind. “I asked you to come here because 1 have something to say to you that con- eeraa Us both—something I wish to ask of you,” SSb began. “Anything that I Ofin do for you, Miss Stanhope. You must kpow l am yours to command.” “It is rather difSccit for ca? to tell you now that you are here,” she went on nervously “The fact fs, Mr. Ferris, i think of sailing for New York in a fortnight, and —I want you to go with me!” Paul leaned forward find passed his hand over fifc eyfcs. “But I do not understand," he Said, with a puzzled expression. He could 8ee / that she wia laboring under some Excitement, that her breath was cotolfig uncertainly. It seemed to him she wfis very near tears, although she was smiling. “Monsieur,” she Said rapidly in French, “I hare the hdum of asking your hand in marriage^of Mile. Stanhope." li strati mnf like a blow. It blinded hiin—took his breath Sway., He could not speak, teas only conscious that Mar garet was kneeling bemde his chair with her hands oh his arm; that her face was upturned, grave and tender. “Paul,” she whispered, “I love yon. Will you marry me?" He understood at last, and at last he held her ih his arms find kissed* her rev erently. “Paul! Paul!” she sobbed, “you must not think badly of me. I know you love me. I knew yen woo\d not speak. Oh, my darting, never leave me! Will yon promise it? Never for a day, tor an hour. Paul! Paul!”—UacRae & liar- low in Drake’s course, to give occasional dinners, but they made no friends hereby, and the Station went its own wny and forgot tnem, Only saying occasionally that Dor- mouse Was the best cf food fellows, though dull. A civil snrgwm who never quarrels is a rarity, appreciated as such. Few people can afford to play Robin son Crusoe anywhere—least of all in In dia, where we are few in the land, and very much dependent on each other’s kind offices^ Itamoit*^ was wrong in shutting himself from the world for a year, and he discovered his mistake when an epidemic of typhoid broke out in tho station in the heart of the cold weather, and hL’ wife went down. He waa a shy little man, and five days were wasted before he realized that Mrs. Dumoise was burning with souietlurg worse thap simple fever, and three days more passed before he ventured to call on Mrs. Shute, the engineer’s wife, and Bengal government Wing sjiorthanded aa usual, had borrowed a surgeon from the Punjab. Dumoise threw the telegram across the table and said, “Weill” Tho other doctor said nothing. It was all that b< could say. Then he ruuembefod that Dumoise had passed through Hitnla on his way from Bagi. and thu* might, possibly, have heard ftrrt news of the impending transfer. He tried $o put the question, and he implied suspicion into words, but Du- motse stopped him with: “If I had de sired that I should never have comu back from Cbini. I was shooting there. I wish to live, for I liavo things to do— but I diall not be sorry." The other man Injwed his head and helped iu the twilight to pack up Du- moise’s just opened trunks. Ram Doss entered with the lamps. * ‘ \V here is t he Sahib going?” be j “to Nhddea,” said Dumoise softly. Ram Das* clawed Dnmoise’s knees timidly speak about bi* trouble. Nearly *n«1 bobts and begged him not to go. every household in India know* that Ibim D*.s wept and howled till he was doctors are very helpless In typhoid, i tunwd ont of the room. Then he wrap- The battle must l>e foujht out between , up all hi* belonging*, and came back dea lealh find tho nurse®, minute by minute • to ask for a character. He was not go- and degree by degree. Mr*. Shute nl- • most lioxed Dumoise’* ears for what she called his “criminal delay,” and went off at onco to look after the ooor girl. We had seven cases of typhoid in tho station that winter, aud os the average of death is about one in every five case*, we felt certain that we should have to !o*e somebodv.: But all did iheir be*t. Tho women sat up tnmungr thu womenr nud the men turned to and tended the bachelors who j were down, and we wrestled with those J typhoid cases for fifty-six days, and \ brought them through the valley of the j shadtiwjrt triumph. But, just when we thought all was over, and were going to ! give a dance to celebrate the victory, 'j little Mrs. Dumbke got a relapse and ' died in a week and the station went to ! the funeral. Dumoise broke down utterly fit the brink of the grave, and had to be ! taken awa£: After the death Dumoise crept into hi* own house and refused to bo comforted. He did his duties perfectly, but we all felt that he should go on lea~e, and the other men of his own sendee told him sd. Dumoise was very thankful for tho j suggestion—ho was thankful for any- j thing in those days—and went to Chini ! on a walking tour mg to Nnddea to see his tiakib die, and per Imps to die hiro&lf. i Ho Dumoke gave the mart bis wages and went down to .Nuddea alone, the ! other doctor bidding him gobd-by as one under sentence of death. Eleven days later he liad joined hi* Memsabib, and the Bengal government ! had to borrow a fresh doctor to cope with that epidemic at IMdea. The ' first rinpoTtsTton lay dead ini’hooadangn Dak-Bungnlbw.—Rudyard Kipling. irrefirriuibla Statisticians. France still remains the country most prolific in energetic and irrepressible *tatisticians. One of the tribe has lately been busily engaged in getting up facts and figures ulioiit persona smitten with the mania for collecting all sorts of ob jects. There are, ho informs ii*, 12.000col- UctOrs of botanical specimens and 20,000 antiquaries. Tlic labors of these people, however, arc* ho thinks lofty and noble compared to those of tho beings who stick pins in beetles and love to exhibjt the impaled insects in glass cases, or of the silly colipctors of ’bus and train tickets. The statistician has also much to say about the scrap book people and the Ohm! i 8 aom^-tfirertty. 1 hunters after historical buttons. .One of marches from Simla, in the heart of the bibs, and the scenery is good if you are in trouble. You pass through big, still, deodar forests, and under big, still cliffs, and over big, still grass downs swelling like a woman’s breasts, and tho wind across the grass and the rain among the deodars says, “Hush-hush—bush.” So little Dumoise was packed off to Chini to wear down his ^rief with a full plate camera and a rifle. He took also a use less bearer, because the man had been his wife’s favorite servant. He was idle and a thief, but Dumoise trusted every thing £o him. On his way back from Chini, Dumoise turned aside Jo Bagi, through.the Forest Reserve which is on tho spur of* Mount Huttoo. Home men who have traveled more than a little say that \th<? march from Kotegarh to Bagi is one of the finest in creation. "It runs through dark wet forest, andLends suddenly in bleak, nip ped hill side and black rocks. Bagi dak- bungalow is open to all winds and is bifc- fcsrly bold. Few people go to Bagi. Perhaps that was £tie reason why Du-* morse went there; fie halted in the evening, and his liearer went down the hill side to the village to engage coolies for the next day’s march. The sun liad set, and the night winds were beginning to croon among tho rock*. Domoiso leaned on the railing of the veranda, waiting for Iris bearer to return. The man came back almost immediately af ter he had disappeared, and at such a rate that Dumoise fancied he must have crossed a bear. He was running as hard as he could up* the face of the hill. But there was no bear to account for these has a wonderful collection ot civil and military specimens, ranging from tho time of Louis'XHdrfmom' own dayp, and he spent large smnf OL^foey in looking for articles of the kiiYd bn Ihe battle fields where soldiers of tho first republic and the first empire h2f£fought. Another Parisian brought togetirv 20,000 different portraitf pf the great Napoleon, while a dealer iu curiosities has cm hand Aie palettes ot all the prin cipal French painters who have flour- ished’ in tW second half of the present century. The careful statistician has omitted to add to his list the collectors of such trifles as the slippers of “stars” of the ballet, there having been once an old Parisian who had an assortment olf these things in his museum.—London Telegraph. "> * R«<!uclrtg HU Family t® Sail. * A certain man, not unknown’ in this city. telD this story about himself: He went to look at rooms, and after a chat with tho landlady, in which he told her he thonght he would take them, he asked > her if she objected to children. She sai# 1 no, not particularly, aodjwunted to know . , how many ho had. ^ * “Ob, about seven,” bn replied in an offhand tray. « “What!” she cried*, “Goodness gra-r~ : cious, I c&nldn’i let those in.’* “Well,” he raid home and kill four of. rooms.very much." The) fiedand begged finally he hope of < —Providence 1 :#j3