University of South Carolina Libraries
Ik*. 1 m >L. r- .gf- Having di^contiiijp the sale of Ll- ' , quors since the New Year BEN DAVIES '4? ' ''••'■> '•''' • i -- TJAS men busy in selecting ami ebl- n ie^ina: a stock of GE N E1LV L MEK- CHA will suit, the peoifle '■ by it completeness' and please their pocke s by the moderation of its prices. The »ubite general 1 y and ihb' ladies particularly are invited to call, ex- Hm:n - go«T«is and coirfparflf prices witb those quoted cdsewhere.' And don’t you forget Tha- '>oii Mtav b>* bappv vet. . If you buy at BEN DAVIES Store, Where you’llliurely get more Goods for yo. r motiov tban^at estabtish- inents thvt p»> niUe a heap and perform nothing worth i^kiug about. 1 ,? BENDA VIES, ; ** Bar»»well C. 11., S. C. feb 13 tf ONLY TEN YEARS. RE HafeMM Only ten yonra of joys and tears— Itseema Doy very Mag— Only ten years of hop-w and fears Tbat to my memory Uiron^; Anii na you are standing a^aiu at nir sld<\ S5o fair aful s.> young:,, my beany bride, Now breaks Irons liiy beast this song: Only ten years of joys and tears, _ ? Of mtTrjr a’sl cloddy weather, Hjiyo blooded our lives together, my lova, Ifave welded our hearts together. So we'll <Jream once again of the happy day* when «. tVo timidly stood In the morning With hearts full of love, with the blue akiof above, ^ . And ro^cs our garden adorning. And now you are standing again at my side, fco fair and $o young, my bonny bride, W ith s oses our pathway adorning.' ' Only ten years of joy's and tears. , And the tear* Into pdarja are turning: _ _ On Jy ten yrexr? of hopes - an d fcgraT'" ■Andosow u sweet-incense is burping On the altar of Love, whose dut-.h'Ui Now shimmers anti glistens with many a gem Of aanctirtcd sorrow and yearning. There stair. <lownfl M which far as It ted thill course to in tba^roor h*1 PT were unde.* ’ Are f he sweet UockcJb who lavadw wi^ia, . ; r - -/ JM . adventure? oseoaA take who West i yodtal.a tae by surprba . i Ups Til «tUl bare eyea ’ • Wahid apeak in censor*: v i tboM bo so unktod? i np, for “Love is biindiW ' i BOtnMe^tr: .'VJtfWto know, ffi^aaTow m** k some one, 1 trowj hers do. air. [ get rosy SE, JANUARY 8, 1891 Land Lor Sale, A tract o r 20 »iferes, good' chtv wib- aoll, 4 mile> r rom Rarnwell. lOo acrcsiu wood, 00 clcan-d, 40 acre* in ham- muck, one f amed tenai t bouse, good well Of wat r. Part cash. Balance on time Apply T. WUOhWAf tr. Only ten. years of joys and te^rs, m meny end ideody weather, Il tvo blendetl our lives togetber, my love. Have welded eur hearts together. On!/ten year, of hopes and fcar*t , Their pissing wAj fleet. But taeir living wa.< sweet In merry and cloudy weather, my love, As wo’/o journeyed along together. - Boston Globa. to A. m 1 MON i Y 10 BET* $150-000. At^’^ to 10 per cent. Interest. 0®c to five years tim *, sccuml by faruLJlimt- tag*H. For further particulavs apply U~ .(. O. PAT i.hs<»\. Real Estate and lnvo^tatg Agnit. July 11 - tf K»f uwell. SC. Horses aqd Mulor THE CLERK'S STORY. £ *rv T| UST Ar*4vu4-ab«t of hi>- *| llacnoks H >KSKs r u,;,«.<> a_lol < fiice farm a nl limber Mil■I'C tVUl.keep a fu i *‘t"ck of both iri*t *.*r and Mules on ha *d ihr -uc.ii 'h»* w ini. and spring mont ^ 1*^4) and ’IH See' imr awl gel prh e* Ih^- •lore purchasing wUowhenv Yours truly, P. J. ZE1ULEB & CO,, Atlciidttle, S. <’ novll-tf _ , Dr.J. E E. MllillUl S. Dental Surgeon. Rlackviile, S. C. Will have regular ap|H)iutm«‘iiii> as follow s : At Uarnwell, C. II from 1st. Mondax <ur salos-day j in ea» b month to \\ ed- nesday evening. Ullice at the Paitcr- •on House. At .Sally’s, B. A. it X. K U., frm'; 3d Monday in eaob m oith to >V«'di * s- day evening. Oltice a! Price’*. Hotel. Will lx* at tils honu*otlie**at Biackville every Friday and Satuniay fr«*m l»t ol February to 30th September inelnsive. and every Thursday, Friday andS.Hft.r- day, from Ut Octubei to 3Kt January inclusive.., S Will make appointments with patient* k meet them at either of his oflices at <tny time. • Patients will find It im>re comfortable have their work done at the ofHve, ough If devlre«l will call on - them at Adr rei*iden«*es anywhere within tbirtv lies of Blaekville . - -r- -p:- ■_ Secoqd Se^ioq., ,)malley’sSale Stables In the fall of IBoi} 1 wag employed as a clerk in a general gfcore yt a cro* !i roads m«onth< rn Indian#; The store, a church and a blackspulh shop, with two resi dence?, made up the buildings, and the, families of the inerchimt ttttd thrr blacir* - smith were tlio only residents. The country about was t hie Ely eettled,how-’ ever, and tiad*> vras always good. 13c- fore the inc-rciaait me he an- nqpneed that I would have to sleep i;t the store o’ nights, and that unless 1 had pluck enonch Pol' .'.-e i :be i marauders he did noi want mo at any price: lie showed rnc a rhotgnn. .a revolver and a spring gun. which were used, or on hand to bon-Wl, to*defend the place, and tlu* whidowB wt re fvffitccted with stout b.'.nls ani th ; du'TH by double locks. Tim close of the war had drifted a bad population ijifh Indiana. The Icghway.s were full prTramps, and there were hundreds of' men who had deter mined to make a living Vy rome other means than labor. In vcrcl attempts ■had Ik’cu mado toTo’TJho store, and it had come to that pass that no clerk wanted u> sleep there alone. The m< recant SHli-fbsl vcith answers 1 fr;«c niiivhnd on a certain* Monday ir.crning 1 went to v.v.xk. The same ni^ht a store alitmt four miles away war. broken into and robbed end the clerk f-eiiously v.up tided. Tw« nights later three In ares were.stolen in our neighl>f>rIiOod. At the end of a v. ho was on his way tore was robbed on the a foot. Hid on hands and opening I set There waa a > That settled t! • in the djpre. whisi^rlKy# then a ceijfcra I intruders $o a- saf>' in thedTcmt : I drew down the candle and turd of t" the iv-tfe, and I could tion being worked, was to drop my bund do in their direction, but I rem we h;ul so many article*, no bullet had. a cbanc® tif men. I was wondering W I b.eard one of the men whi^peri' ‘■Jt s ml d ——d non enso.lf We work hero a week and hoLhit it.'l ‘•Cut l to] 1 you to bring the yen wouldn’t,” protested another. I moot ion. icoasu:nmat« *K ! ot tup tieart fgdevounnr »ki*\ then tlirw, fo«M>> WQUlipave stolen mor* Wh*.’* 1 ■; i myT&tart; 14 inuat; . were road* for you4 tetlierqpWue ,v,- 1 consenting. * NfeitVerk JBKcaStt grovruig letter * phyGicallyf way i»p?wi«gp mtuLdly. might 1 could tpt. recall n{£me*. f ro- ;; iraem\)ered my home, Edieua, Cyril Ruy- ■ thorno, evefythin^f but I could uot speak the. uamo of u singloplaco or per- t son. aHhou'gli scores of timea I soouiod on the i>9int of doing so. ' Finally, I had. so far recovered that 1 wasdlifrumod that on the following day tM^fbbo'digcMfg^Wbm tub iiospitaL ~ The last night of my stay in the hospital arrived, and at a very early hour 1 sdnglit igy couch and was soon fast asleep. ’ I am not naturally a dreamer, but am a very sound sleeper. It did not seem that I dreamed that night, but suddenly 1 found myself m a familiar epot. It - night, atid ^thunderstorm was rap- j^ffiy -eeming on. The black heaven* wem: T Boamed with lire, and deep thtmdor roared lilco an emaged monster. I was :^h they had been fighting for two. standing on. the oldt^drlgo whidli span- j days r.iUlluvl. paiiied thv prcceding;iiigat. wl -a.** ” OF % 1 bjteii'fit fl<lream nf-lr. Ir>«t nljhr— . . Tlu. Avar o!'Cf jc<k ilitf ia,tiaEt , rayRsei eye*, v tli.. well known iitliug la th j light . la lh«? oRJ chair—anuJi « ! uofcprpi fco. -/ Nay, bill my ; onl wpiif. Out In r.neem-.t cry -e 01-w ltd reji -ieing ty hchoiUbiTrt tttant **■ Ami at bm ft*, it an'ilt e-gr. uLm-i/, T uxiiUCil Eia hatiRs, Atul Lu* soft era;,' hair. g ‘Tftth/ir, flear tktWSf , l» ft nittliy /buT ” * f-py^lt, can-' ilu> daulc tGat at my. ueart doth * ache— 1 Bay That Gimhour b iBcrei/ul atyI ini?, AU.i lii-. i t & ; ... i^i •> „ r.ii One Mtcaiaat,—juat t»»e ntom<n>t U» l It wwa 1 **. -g It* KUiiledi tipen awe: them n:y boy? ^ ua o'er.' Batsoh, thunk 12>«1: |t ,jjsiy in n iji.,afU J». I Uure bebeki my Uf? a Lv -t fri<aiU utwj^aif.ro. - *“ A LOST RATTLE . . the sky and a fcclio^r report M i 5*Uorv pancsrattl'S. Tho. and looked af each other uncaaly. Tho r t. iml alone Uad seen nothing, hgd notb’mg. *Jk5vt over tio billiard Wile he W4s ooltiblning ti mAgniCprtji draw were bis » But acothea came, then another. TIic (gisgidh j^wrta imdtiplwtB . p aius-de-camp-ran to txu> wiadow^,.; Wor* r th^lPrrifgiansgoiug to attack? ' * 4 , . 1 I “Well, b-t thorn attackr inid tb* marahah chalking his cue. ‘liVor tom to play, cup Inin.” •' The ttniT Euttcred with admiration. Turonao n/.oop u.?>ott a gun carriage was nothing compi-reddotbMmirshul,stand* ing *o calmly be!^r#ilfe Idllfard table nil the Tory momentjof action. Meanwhile^ 1 lie unroar rcdoubletl. With tl»» caimort the ■.;«S j boyhood, honie. Buddenly a-, flush of uPath tho drenching li^tning shotted mm EaiomrUurrying - wore exhausted. N-evctjhti •leng the bridgb. ♦ V Startled, and amazed that rf|| jhonld, be there at such a time, I wal about to make my presence fruown, when an- otfier flagb showed *a necond person on Plainly for three mortal hours they bad Ihocn kept Wiiil- iug, with grounueil arms, iu the pud- dlej of tun UighwAye and the mud of tho eonked fields. j Mrots - wero lait cdod. the roar, of tha* ; miiTaillceifSb and the roll of the platoorf mmifeatry. A red emoite, black at the edgi^. mounted from tho extremity 'of -• AB the lower part of ram, tho feulUicjs V-- : Tho fright«5cd pi acocke « hcHPlpt clamored in #o 1 uvutry; Tho Avaa^hbrse a, scentiag ti^> [ powder, pranced iu tho stables. Thq headquarters commenced to grow ex cited. Dispatch followed difpntch. Con- Ovtrcorno with fatigue jiud loss of the tfridgft Plainly I saw his dark, ’'sleep, thrjr unJoruts heavy with water, Mustachod, evilly handsome f.teo, and'j- ihey budiBnd m pla^ily 1 heard Edieua’s cry of surprise | sustain themselves. Tbero wef** Lome and fear as ho confronted her midway j who rlept a* they stood leaning 'on their .... . « the trestle. Thei* through the dark- writc the storj of tho neg8 q, ; gttd Ui* Jjiumphant cxclama- BJioni* XTvldmcr,. I hw T fkt?*? V J2 yon now* Twico } taw a.,UJ yoa to nr ebook t .e.r l.i.ids, ^ m w: f !t nn tv t 0 >t „■:!4 r -fa i] tedas if tkey thought. \r_ A ■ ■ *-* \ ited. Tlmre is one, neighbor's knap privation wcip unbent fact s sAcke, and wc-annv. b.g.'.d ‘‘Oh, dry up!” pn. in a third vc “What we want to do is to go uj Wang that counter hopper .AtkoMmo^utUe'rai.- - TTH g;ve t he cussed thing a few trials,” sai l the tirrt m.tn, and I him working away again. My could not have toll mo tho number of rubbers, but my d'.ra had. Tuero were three of them, and they woro no doubt desperate and determined men. They •spoke of bringing me down to open tho l^wij 4jflW| as if no it ii lance was anticipated / “ t»r taken into account. Indeed, they might xvt’l reason that they had mo at' their iu rev. Too rain was now falUng,- th* now Kitting near the tu- writlng that believes ly^ Indeed Edionnr dfe. knows full well that ■*w I am about to write is and sdbrn. To-night I ilwean yon shall j | consent to marry me, or >uu, meet fBur | death in tho waters of Crookpd river!” | Then came another flash of light that i. ‘ showed my darting struggling in his j vile Hasp. To my ears came a cry that | stirred every drop of-jMpbd in ifty veins: UM pictured on those abandoned to slumber. Rain, mud, no firm no soup, a M.a koiiMl thp uteoiug sky, aiid tho enemy, cn all sides. It was wn hrhel. What worc-tboy lioing-thcrc? What was taking place? The cannon, their xutuzles pointed to ward tho wood.*, h .1 the .nr of v.'TfcTTicg sumctiling. The nKr krd imti,aill;u.-.e* ttarH lixediy fit the horizo i. Every thing seemed ready fur arfuita: k. \\ hv ners arrived in hot haste.- They de- ipaudcd the marshal." " The nmnimt was inaccessible. Nothing could prevent him trom finishing 'tho game. x “Your turn to j lay, captain.*”''V But the captain’s mind was elsewhere.* So'much for being young! lie bccamo confUfed, forgot bis caution, and ’made two shots which nearly gave his oppo 5 re nt the game. This tim*; the marshal grew furious. Surprp;© and indignation burst forth on his m.mly viitffiiJufc at tjiis,moment q.hbm tero into tho' 1 Lpmt yard it ait rttblo paceaudfilrop^d tfead. And aid-de-camp covered v/itU mnd fVcc.l tlio guard ami leaped »]) tha step- at a huu!i 1, ■“Alarfthal! ..jlajcshalfl — m l HI! — !■ !■ . am-q Olid: did l to Bbildrou shot nigiit was vary d irk, and a pistol-- ii iT- s' >r.‘ cor, 11 not have been - \ftfk % Last winter and spring l ->UI larg» bumbers of the best liorses an iinij< > t« bltlzens of Aiken, Barnwell ttul Or angeburg, giving complete »a -lactb i, U^every customer. *e- I am back again, better prep fed than lar to give everwbnyer the fu | value his money, an^resolved to run the campaign of dS!>0on the sapie piatfurnT , <m Which I won the first place in la^t gear’s races. Before buying oa I on or atorrospond with me.*, Smalley <dn ih** saddle and will push all com etition from the word go under hot spu ► . Yours trulv, JOHN F. SMaLLE r, _ WilU^ton, >. C. 4 ^ sept 25-tf \ pr. ]£. L, Harley 4 4 DENTAL SURGEON, BARNWELL, S. C. Oflfera his professional services to the t T eillaens of Barnwell and the, surro mti- tlftk country Will attend calls in tins .JCCtion of the »tate. , References:—The Faculty of the , DentaLDepartment of the Univer*ity "‘Maryland. “fflee at the Brown House. *y 6. M. GREEN, - ABTORNEY-AT-LAW, M A*N WKLL. C. II.. H. C, Will practice in the State and Unite l JCourt* and give prompt it‘eli te oil business entrusted to his care 16-ljr a farni'-r home fnan our highway. . If I 1;.. 1 not Ix^n a light sleeper teem habit tiie-e oecrirn nc •» SvnuM have tenue 1 to prevent t-s* lengthy dreams a.-i I by in my little bedrr>om at tls* front of thy secun<l story, Th 'revolver, was always placed un*h r my pillow, nud the shotgun stiMid within reach. The spring gun was ret alxeat midway of tho lower Hour. It waa a double barreled shot am. each barrel cuntaining a big e bayg... of buckshot, and the man who kicked tie* string and disr luifgcd tin* weajHm would never k:u>w what hurt Uia. It «'.id not seem pofible that any one could break into the store without arous ing me. Tin re was no dour to i.ny room, an<l after the people in 111e te;igliliorhood had gone t.» bed I could hear the slight est n» i-o iu the f tore. I had looked the place oyer for a weak tpot iui l f'md y-teited to find iKJmt rffyrrwn cmitiitnTfc came near proving my destructiou. 1 sliould # have told you in describing the 1 store that just ovi-r tii(> spot where we set the spring gun waa an opening* through which we hoisted and lowered such goods as were stored f..r a time on tlte second fioor. When not in nso thi^ opening was coyeretl |.y a trap door. Toward evening dii the tenth day ot ray clerkship I hoRted up a lot of pails and tubs, and had just- finished when i trade became lo Vri. k that I \\ as called to wait upon customers. Later on I saw that I had!left the t rap do< r open, end. I Ulid to myseU' that I would 1< I d go nn- -til I went to Ih i].. The f-tore had the only' burglar proof safe *for mile's around, and it was customary for the farmer who bad a hundred dollars or so to leave it with us. He received an en velope in which to enclose it, and ho could t'nko out or put in as he liked. On this evening four or live fanners came in to deposit, and as I afterward figured up we had about §U!>00 in the safe. i There were two strange facets in the crowd tbat evening. One belonged to a roughly dressed, evil .eyed man, who ;m- riounced hinisilf ;as a drover,'and the other us a professional tramp. I gave the latter a piece T>f tolvmro aind some crackers and cheese, and he soon went away, and we were so busy np to 9 o'clock that I did Hot give the drover much attention. When we came to sli ut. up the store he had gone from my nfind altogether. We counted up the cash., made some charge? in the day l>ook, and it was about ID O'clock when the mer chant left. I was tired, and I took a csUidle and made the cireuit of the store, set the spring gun and went to bed. I had to pass with in, six feet of tho trap clour as I weht to my room, but I did not see it. It wai a rather chilly night in October, and we had no fires yet, and as I got under the blankets the warmth was so grateful that I soon fell asleep. It was the first night I had gone to bed without thinking of robbers and won dering how I should act in case they ! came in. I did not know when d fell asleep. I suddenly found inystif lialf upright in bed, ondjlbere was an echo in the store, as if tHo fall of aroused me. It was heard ia either of the dwellings. If t-uy had r T*. to l that I might be .•miiuil wauld iiave o.Tiat it with th.: fact that I waa a boy of IB, with a girl’s face an 1 prohaldy a/rfiTs nenre. T don’t deny that I was a bit rattled, and that my lip would quiver iu rpite of me. but I was at the same tiuio fully de- lennk'. d to protect the stora iT tt eoSt me my life.. How to g^it at the follows was what bothered me, bat that trouble was soon solved. “There.” whispered the man at tho combination as he let g* .of ic, “I won’t fu d here another mi:mte. That kid knows tho combination, anl we can make him work it. Come on. They were coming up ctairs. The tiest place for me would boat the hea l of tho stairway. The hi lira ha 1 a half t urn in them, and I would fire upon tho first man who came within range. I heard the men coming back to the stairway and my nerve gave way.. It wasn’t from cowafJire, but the kno wledge that I was to kill a human being upset me. I de cile 1 to r tre. tt t nny rodai. aad if they [%*►!.!-d in coming that fir I would Sabot. The trio ha 1 rubbers on their tv,-t, but they c u:n J^l Ltuirs without trying very hard to prevtu no ©n long thorne, ] tffiBtr left ther. ajmiJ? at Hu; same time ; t t dealt him a terrifi* Wow. taat wilt him 1 /eeliug against-thf- rfn^g o/ ilie liridge. * Tho rOtteu guard Wl fiingimq op his arms, with the Irpk of raiuttera-i n© norror on hia face jlainiy revealed'! by tiro vivid ghn*e, lio uttered one wild 1 •ry and plunged downward into tho' dark w&tur. Ediena utte^d one joyful crys , , ; •‘Jasper! JasperU *> A** - * Then she /-ink un*onaepor.s at ray feet. From that moment 1 k»*y no mor© un til I awoke in thoniomiagAp find my self in the hospital. And Urthv tnorning my memory was fnlly r^tor d to it natural condition., i Rand *iny &vni naihe sad Fan i *fi1end». That day I hit k I resnajae l la the cit# a \*S'k t anf during ihe entlr:) 4fcbe* .ihy whsum© dream—if drqam it wa -trarrlbil ine w 1. ^ . j constant 1/. Wa* .Edjena, in Rouble? b n r)iJ tl|0 nwMl my proteetlun^ As a final result, ontniglrt % hoarded a swifHrain, and tn theynyrning 1 blood st re- m to- older tvs seemed Even^theu sha Irps havo told, joys nml^KT- tber. As happy, yre romiied and tim# wo mingled gridf* Aatbe >;ears affection forarh other find iW;*;r. fair add poro- as ! nnder tje I r tbeu, bnt I was Choughl of marringB moid- a ig ad- who aristocratic masr 1 Utet U they w aiflhgt :JUUL te—n 1 U' m3 n g wii T!v*.> r were wat ting f *.r or.' ' *ra. an 1 the ti ie t HC© the • hoadqnarteri did not ft nd t! iCUi. V ind< .w, hia latbar*. The UettdfiuarterH, 1 nwev (T, \. ejo not 1 “W hut i«T ao mat far di.- itant. Th cy Wu ro ut a ha ndsc >1110 ' ia i t? Ifthei re nrt sc clvatea a i« Eio ; t vh* 0 f Lu’ [U3 ^ ;iii. V.ii*w 1 • IJcr, mar- -hal’tec: red tori cha of wifi oil, V. h : by t he r ain.l •n, try r<> >1 - r giiftm ed on | lie 1 fiifeidi e mnu ingtl ictr CCS. | Await my out to.-!” It wa» trulv a l>rin'M Tw d wclb .Ttgi «ud I Ate* V he clu • ed the wrll v. orthy of t leariii ruio lam ru r < *f • J them ii .'xm u maribi d of Franc V. Li ‘hintl agio atd itch i Tilt ■y were doing h rage bal ar hud purple la •mxt at tha 1 cue in bis liand. , terr belaid/ “What iitlr.cl on duty?" reeectlr. Let them Lb or**cr6, that, the poor which ■vay KHOr. U xo ; d that 1 knew . niycB of my i Ldtqiifiil. and a ftone raiiii’g them fn.ta tho bigli raifetraigliL in* to the atejia of shte, c\cu ai d green, and t vasoa U flower*. Ou-thc other side, the private sido of l lijll nlli the l cd;,o wna full of luml- ] The wind «lrov»* the rain and *h otfoUfe the man ned with his wealthy 18t)»>|i iprew jeai- fawping and flatter- Cyrlb Stay thorne in nl young Igdies .dined to be flirts. >no ixceptioa. \ as 4tUy m Bud Of the atttmtiori'be- who* h making a noise. i he bno who came fir t had the candle. J'J'jJ ijiSi liKpiiji:tt 1 1 1-0. I wli 1S I saw a'knii'e hi l.'n other hand. They made tv> delay i-i e[>]iroa*.iifi!g lay room, and with a j ri'ut c.'fert, I braced myrelf for wbat.J raw mu:t liappvn. They n udd not ivo m# until within three or four f> ct of the doer, and their first inti mation that I was out of led was when thev Ja a: ! i:.f» cali untj ‘‘Stop, » r 1 il slioot I” Cft bad li.ti.i cow n d with the Weapon, ai.d i‘>r fift» cn vcccnfis there was a dead sllenfro. Then they g. t a plan. TIic; man with tlio cun.ije dashed it on tlu., lioor, and, I seppeso they meant' to rush ! in on mo in the dark, but l ( lu ckmated it t.y rpenfng fir -. T l?y then either ■ meant to retreat down stairs or toward the rear of the iVor, for I saw' tho three i together moviifg off. and tire d at tiui. ! dim figures. Tim e seconds later there ! was a great shout of horror, followed by cus ing \ artic are nat f an 1 Ed Not but that dual ly as serious ^ for a time stow ed upon her Niniileu i»y her , sweetness. 9 I was iwor, a carpenter's *on, and this] fact alone iu th© eye* erf her parent* dis- i qualified me ms a eon-iudaw. Our Saviour was a carpenter’s bob. but tins fact lias not caused the calling to be deemed more lofty than it was nineteen hundred years ago. Buienaki parents ! were on tho outlook for h “good match” | for their daughter and they looked wjth favor upon CVril Staythem©. '* THey I were too Bri o to com© out fqiopjy and request Ediena to havo - no thing furtlmr r to do with tho poor carpenter’s km, bat* in divers ways they slid everyth ing’they rcould to separate us and to install Stay- ■thonie in her favor. \ I r hall never forgot the fueling of rage by my dailing’s bedtridc. *fiko r.;«irjusFf* nothin recovering fc -0111 a burrofvere RL neg*. Ah she clung to ray hand srid shod tears of ioy ‘slu; sobb^fl reproach- fully; A 1 * J tUoaneft flowers uf tb« “OH, JasfWf Way did you leave ino'j it was something' ii p jeroon tluit bridge after rresuing me nous gajH; tl.e pond were swimming ►fr* r< mvtijoi-; nnd torn alh tht rextf of an in mu n> !• brill i'rits i:Jo tli golden phoosauiM suredd Ibcir fails.’ * Ah li^gah'tluj j .i th* ro iyu: tn n l [mL da swans a ibnpi'd uviary, r ‘riding forth ■Tc. a :gc, | aci A* and- bottt their tv iu:> and their f.K:s. V* hole battalion* were .ex terminated, whilo others t-tood csclcss, their wesqm* ia Di. ir bands, unable to cotnjirehvnd the rwo!i«-ft liciiinuctivitV, There was notiuasi for io«ui to do. They wv r«' »Y.*ai Lag urehas. But us one can ULo without orders, the men fell dead by i 1 ad' rted. meters l I ho ieek leyaucss, Jbo ovcrwlnhuing dt dilation of wai-. 'TUo yrffiamme of the Hvicf of tho srmp *04*1 l>fco**rvcd everything, e ven lu fb<- ’«» and ive to find so hundrod**, _ behind the . bushes, in lb# ditches, be loro the eileat ^r.\nd chateau. Jiven whoa fallen shot tore thorn 'sttM, .and Item their gaping u....n h* t-x* j n- erou# W-kh1 of Franco flowed ntuseloself a Ab^vO in th ? bfiliard hull lkings wen* coming to terribly close quarters, also. Th marshal had resumed lii* advance. t;at >he oaptaiu d>4rudfid himself like a 4ieu. . near Hi* 1 ' field of battle the opulent calm ’yrii SMgttornostumd jJ’ "* j nets which art * , from ordt ily urrungu* 'Wkat do! p><i moan?” I hoarsely im-nt.-, tre.m nir itht icv, - '. of tr. t i .md gapped, scarcely able to credit my ears, j from the sib nt depth of nvuiu i and despair that Beizod mo as ono day I saw Ediena seated in Cyril Staythorne’s hand some carriage, with Stayfkorne himself by her side. I cannot desarihe our next meeting. Dow much I wsw to blame for what followed I now knew, but I then thought I had just cause for what I did. Hot words were uttered, and for tho fust time wo parted in unv-vr. * <A;- ‘ '' ''j l ho iiekt day I left the quiet New England town wj^ere twenty-one years >f my lifo had L'een spent, A passenger ‘hml witnessed and taken dream. Bbe^hliy said: “I was over to Mabel Gray’s, whe re k| intended to tqwmd th^ night, wl-Mn Hh- ! thunder stornMiaiac up. I doa’i kSyvy why I did it, but I resolved to return homo, aud I started out despite the pro tests of both MnU l ami her mother. I met Staythdkns on thq britlge. He seflpd me in jig vilo a^d I called for from IlSk haoa:-, ct the sanui-lime hurling lii*u quxhe bridge. 1 caug/it one gUmpoe of )6vr face a* it was revealed by the lightning, and thefl I fainted. When 1 recovered* consciousness U was taining and I was alone ou th© bridge.”: “And Cyril 9t:iythorne?” 1 asked. ^Was found tho following day float ing a corpse on Crooked river.” My story ends here. I havo already told you that Ediena is my wife. I can not explain tho mystery of my dream. 1 can oply write the question that I have asked myself a thousand titrute: Was it a dreniiu?—William % Patten Yankee Blade. . a htg’ d 2 way* away Cut into the world, y where that no op©. . , . , , train bore mb away Lie treineadous report of the double bar- [ \ va s going anywhere that I might get ivied^Fprmggan, aud then tucrc was ate [ awa j- f rt , m the hateful spot thi^t I had tolute olcncci : alwavs known ns home, where- I think I stood in rTe TteTiTT<hflldTig tik>7 n a l'*af for fully thrw minutes before the j f roin whom I thought fate had separat- > twalft; ,ed me forever. . I sought ami obtained employment in a great city, the crowded streets and hurrying rush of which scorned strange and unnatural to me. I forget my old homo and Ediena, but 1 soon found it impossible to do so. Strive as I might to tear her image from my bosom her fair, sweet face waa almbst always Iwfore me. Sternly I t imey-at-Iaw- BARSWEI.L, C. H . 8. 0. oven post oltiee . 1 _ silence was broken by a groan. Then it rame to me that the robbers had fallen through tiiy ojk-u door r v % i the cord leading to the gun. I struck a match, lighted my - own candle, and going to the openiui? Saw three Ijodies lying te*- low, ’ Rhnuiog Wck te the bedroom to recharge my revolver, I thou went dowu stairs to investigate. ' It was as 4 suspected. Tho three had piteked down together. The top of one's head had been blown off, >by tho shot, a second had a hole in his chest os lug os your fist, while the third, w^p was re sponsible for the groans, was severely wounded in both legs. It was three months Ixrfore he could be put on trial, and he then got foiar years in prison. The whole thing was a put up job. The “drover” was a Chicago burglar called “Clawhammer Dick,” and he had hidden himself in Ifie store that night, and then let his pals in by the back door. They had u horse and wagon in the rear of the builtLpg; aud the plan was to rob the store ref goods as well as to get at the money in the sagp. A Ut of carelessness on my part not only saved th<r.ftere and U of Bornt tbingtad ■°y iife.41ut y. iptf out a tary 1 o'clock, and I Dad e^S-- *tetou Ctamauul Then sho describe*] a sc*no just as 1 ; The rain, which Ini d fhd part iu m>j with such wretched mud And plowed such deep furrows, was there but an eh gunt, aristocratic shower, brighteniH tho red bricks and tho green <-f the gro. plats, milling glo*s to tho leaves of th- orang^ trees and tho white plumago uf j the ewans.* Lven thing shoa •—every- ; lldng was s'iil. Verily, without the fi;’ « ' which w'as flying fruni tbo peak of the i*oof, without tho two f-ol'dihra on guardd anrfwnatehed m«mh-4rrf^rc tter t** :yt Tn-'^.'TteygFy^tbbri-g!' huTe- - Hev entcen? ei^hleer.! ^tlnsteop!” Scarcely had tlvey tim© to mark th# p« lut#. Th© pcfoo of tha iKdile ramo n<* ar* r. Tive marslial had bnt on© mor# to uiuk$k Already bombs had reached thoji&rk. On© exnli led ovsr the p<rad.- Tho mirrorlike suifMco was convulsed, mid n terrified tw an bwoiu about la whirlpool of bloody featfiers. tile lust *hct< Tlif 11 no i>ppT«sdT8 silence. Not lling upon the hedges, a t the be h© of th© hilluek' aid ou tho soaked lijghv/ay* soaiethin^ 41 0 patter of a hurriod flock of kuo as ay wu-i u> fail flight, bnt Won hi* gjuac.—Air Ul IU * It JotlSr* v but,the rain f 1 confuted roll f ~ the ph< ,e IE cep., im rshul lu‘.> 1 uiolb * -Vvhite Origin of Ltfftl Sjeasero, Our measures'ct length Originated in th© dawn of civilization, 4fefl ce,x5 to us through tho Anglo-Saxons. The yaVd was qriginally -tho length of a king s arm?“tho foot, the length 0$ bfehgcdul extremities. Th© word Inch is derived from the Liftfer- nncia, A twelfth ^1, but why the foot was divided into AeJTeved i the miririsry headrpaart The h'»i“n:a wero reposing in tho stables. Hire und there onj met grcOrns, or- ! | derlic , iu mulrerv uniform lounging ih j i the vkiidiy of tl«o w kitehens, or some gar- ■ j d^ntr in red pantaloon';tranquilly draw- ! ing bio rako through tho graval of the j pi in {final, walk 3. j Tlio diping Hall, tho vylndowa cf which , . opened uj»n ther.teps, displaying n table , I half *i r.rrvl away, uncorked l^tv's, l soiled mad empty drinking vr.-seL», lo*rk- Ing-Wan cn fag cud of rests. In 1 board the l of of rolling billiard fc ts. Tho marshal was end that was w hy t he ing orders. When the mar.-ha! ha J price ! commencod lite game the heavens might * fall, but nothing on eatth could prevent J him from finishing it. Billiards! L irwft .c ILamt iL f Gregor- b * 4t is in the ■—mfr .cdUaye. -at Is tn tire sum© r. >\v ns it was when Hront. rnittir© kton<ls tn th© a «. tho rumpled cloth—all 1 in nr r dererted LCy joining 7tppftrrf»nt ve’ IK t y* I tra 1 the laughter, of ’'j’ i’t-uying uci game, army was await- . ua>, ■J 1 instead of tenths or elevenths, ims to be wise enough to tell. h suggested that probably the ^ inch waa^origi||sUy the length of tho second joftat of the forefinger, and that twelve of these obd#t equal .the»lemct h of the fOr©vm, a rerages about ono tootinlengtb^Sgi?^.. * • The in<^i heed Wbe' dkided into three • ‘baiieye»rtsB,’ >> whieH Wfb simply tjfir pg^^-Ldength ofthe gnuu or “06m” of tho bar ley. Th© “mil^Was paces, as its name rived from th# flrat w phrase millm paces.” The doubtful—4^. Tiio game waas tliifl great ■warrior’s weakness. lie Flood there, as grave a* m batt’o, in full uniform, bis breusicov ered w ith decorations, Ids eyes spuridjug ‘•:.l Ui* eyeballs indamte by ri o dinner, ihe game and his ])Qtatioli8. Ilis aids- tho. G cc.ndiitaa died The fcj xauu* pl.-u i h. Mruftho talknv candle half burned down to the/oeketestetnds ou the tab! *, !>©. r ai •« the two tn'iut urmebaira* in whiefi he bfeath**d away his last hours. Piece© of his l.vt writing, con* bisiir.g of slips from his j»ad. are idsowti. and ther^ is a tall, fine looking soldier iu nnifonn whir^hjee;* in the cottage and takes care of t!ic re!it a There are, on tho. average, almit ” bfloO visitors a year iv. jynl many pathetic inpldenfs occur. Hr eyrry nn© thr.t come* wants to takeaway -tmm memc-ntoof the pladE and many.pick up tlm grave!of the walk around tho bo us©, Riipporiijg tteu they arc carrying off Ktouea trudileu by the f«xit oMLrant. The inrtb is that this grafltilhi* to be renewwJ ©very month oi^ ncrmuit of thc.-e relic huntete, and the Btoqg» they (Oirry away have never Been (Irani Mr. Arkell, who owns the mountain, tells me he was offered i.to.OCK) for the cot* tag©, and t hat the men who oflered this wore wosteni men. who said they wanted to cut up the cottage mid s*U it for relics. The probability is that they would hav© sptjctiul.' ufteriiig' exclamatToiM of ad- Chicago afid «hown it thermit miration at each of bis shot©. *When the 1 rition. in the skiuc way that Libby pri.son marshal made a point they all prccipi-1 i* to be showii.—Cor. Cincinnati Tun©#* tated themoelvea toward the marker. 1 Jt - decamp surrounded him, eager and ns- : . tukf'n it to pi<c*s, have cabled it off to it the expo- , been asleep aliaqgt three liours. Leaning^T * j’©a my elbow I Pained my ears to catch ; 4 th© slightest bound, and after a minute J I heard a movement down stain*. While The Ban I’lavrr. Bobby—Do you like your nev^bonse? Little Jwtianie—Yes. It has a vacant t I^QOflld aut ly nhaTit; was, a sortof M-. tot next Cue#*—i^ach. T *f againft the power that seemed to be drawing mo back to her. Many a night dkl I awaken and pit bolt upright in the, darkness of my little room, with her plaintive cry founding in my cars. “Oh, Jasper, come back to me!'* It always seemed very real, but I rea- soned^nyself into thinking that if was all Imagination. I now know that many, many times she uttered that very cry. One day na accident happened to me. I ygm passing along beneath tho spot whWe repairs were beinj* mad© on a building when a^ falling Goard struck me senseless. 1 was piclreri'up and car* ried to a hospital, but when I recovered coheeloaihexs *1 did not CK?>w-my-ewn name. My mind did iM^cern tlerauged. I could remember events ^ud people, but I couldjhot recalltfSFYHm^iff h hingl© person whom I knew. They told mo that I ha*l been 1 ov* rely injured and itifcfxod from* that doubtless as I improved my n^piory tree was 120 f >et toj v.1 servo m • better. ’ f^-t f»#m th* * Fur tcvend days I Lay there, gradually Ledger, - Fresfto front and est large era, it is a in tha aina, tv©| Meadows, by almost that the hun buibknito and at 1,000 te do- ‘ Latin ’•*%' tliorusand fho “red” is biia If of tho 44 Hunt^ ie Sierras, 1 the mount- tacky l nriie When the iaarelial was thirsty they uU} wished to prepare Ids grog. ’Twas a j ush of epaulets and plumes, a clash of crosses and metal tipped shoulder knots, and tho isight of ail the agreeable hiuilt.s,' the fawning, com-tb r like teverencce (J so much enibroidery and so many new ^ tusiforins in k tmttlofty oak wainscoted hall, looking on(, ujjou parks u;i# courts of honor, recalled the #Mtuiara of Com* aid contracted RtraBgel#withtlie weather stained overcoats Vaiulywaiting along the highways and foruilnftesuch sipmb#B#p’©niiB beneath the ho*ate' The '^ftrslial’aopyoucnt W j ju tlj^pilitulT, Halted. Viiit doubt the bated breath. captain Lair and light colqfed gloves, whiTWts $n rspall© wHIHII f^ni-bing aD th- rt mr.i*alicto iu the w.>.i i l r ^4 bt V.e fBa/0'hvW id Letpait a dlffnace f ‘ow Tiiz chie.lr aiiA^ildle he ^.•txcTe not fa^in endeavoreJncc to ‘■bttiten too e#niy. an 001 He was. .as th« y ca M<pfflcer * “Jifl 4 * tut • mute truTy an in foresting ^am©. KuRkpcd, lris> ed and, crossed their col Cuddonl-v stcteiiueii flesh js rt ac |Jt»pr*'rfatf«»n In the Krlee of Gnfx. Aiming the art treasures which used * tdNidurn He. drawing room in his niUrbl© now <K‘cn]Mtd by the Man button club. A~ T. Stewart cherished a block of Mexican <niyx twelve inches square and about F<*v©n-«‘!ghths of an fuch thick. Ha gave^qo for it. and it Was considered an unusually big, rare pifyo of irfcat waa •then a precireus stone. So rapidly teargfcfrv t^e onyx <tepesfTs of Mexico .ksan vedoped since theyln.ofthe'ljftjttan [T-.n'-e. , T lllr.L kwlfor of Q&ta tho — ram© sue as the <4kdDbi greAPTrad^r <1 so highly be purclm Jm * foratoon t $5. or for a 1 deal lesksfliHa one-hnndredth fiart a ' r”' ur.ee he paid^ Blocks of ^myx of < •et are uo\? ^hipped her©. <*ut a_ cc:pmerai?{l siae in Brooklyn aud sent to the K#w Cngb nd iactoriMe to be potLshjpd. or tutor or decoration onyx black Airt- rUe. so ionu end ahurtst exclu sively. Hah I h** n r.hn(W KUjx*raeded‘ ! lh«- motibvf Htcue now found in on cur ewa contmvut.- *v- %: lUKl at'OO'lKHv 3 *' \ i — - .A,. AK .*,»• - v -r y.