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LAST m “ it WILLUMB. (OB«rrt«»iV UM, by «ba Aolhor ) “▲laigbly Oodi Father in baavan, fbrgtTe tbj nnworthy aarrant tba ala* to dally oonniU!" “Don't, pop, don't! Whenever yon (it tba prayin lit, It bringa me b«d look." “Look I Wbnt baa look to do with aaob aa yon? Tbare'a no obanoa for yon to loae, except when yon want to. “ “Bnt a mighty heap of obanoe for me not to win when the other feller bold* all the cyarda. Don’t be aoft, pop. If whatever it li tbat xlti np above na keejw any sort of aoeounte, I reckon yon ■tarted with anch a big credit it ain’t nigh balanced yit. Seema to me yon need to read aomethin 'boat him that aaveth a aonl from death aball hide a multitude of aina." “Silence! How dare you”—- “Dare? I dare anything, beoanae I’m yoor aon, I reckon. I’ve beard tell aa you warn’t afraid of nothin, not even ■Atan. Beaidee I remember that laat camp meetin, the love feaat an the hun dred new convert* all orowdin round an huggin you an tellin you bow your prearhln had kept 'em out of the Are an brimatone. It made me prond of yon, pop—it did. indeed. I moat felt like I’d be a preacher mytelf until—well, after Wtti." A ewift bardneee came upon facea The elder men ea»d grimly: “Afterward you changed yoor i to do >t “ face ii “Do yoa Jim. tf I wea anreol heav^—ea aura aa !'d give it ap f'v ref the eld Ule- rtdta aa et> daya ta erven an coMta IlUia aow^ the* heM -ahetiM a bM ever Arv4'rwar«i juu j Well, yon bad good raaaio Then, dr ut ' g hie face in aad apeaking wry low: “Do 'bihg, “ the ttom F ... ■ t kMarttaMMWh ahld If theee pra- Mr, MeWblta wevad to etrtbe set ie-re i t ihoaabt that* bar tiiaberr a dark »ed deeaieg ati «wr a*a teee ' . r >. thaeaaetlag werda of the MU. won aoaad bet however ihke •or "Dtd^- gt»e ap ail thee to-pm a jJ* ^ 32 fmtTrt ^iT ~ “ ifil ***•”««* '•'*€" la argtag bmw *reab eMiy *wa SZZ ^ ^ *!1S£A!3SJt OemL/aaJl uJl ^ V^tSTie^^ZX yee give e» ell Me (eaw name, bat I’ve beaa Baldyeo ly piety, yoa know—that I don’t feel at homo when yoa call me nothin alee." The fiddle and Jlm’a rifle made ap their linage. Be was a dead abet At all elm he appeared the elmpleet back- woodaman that ever gaped at eemicivl- iiutloo. The gambling held him apeil- bound. He atood for boon beaide the playera, who won and loet band*, mon ey, orope and alavea, bia eyea ahining, bia lean faoe twitching with eager in- tereet Hie father had nanally to drag him away and once cuffed him roundly “for bein nob a fool aa to keer for them spotted papers. The playera were nearly aa mnoh in terested in the odd pair. When the two appeared in the saloon on the river bank, there waa a chorus of welcome. It waa by far tbe moat gorgeoua one in tbe place—full of mirrors and gilding, with a thick, aoft carpet, awbeeaypiano and several piotureeof large and liberal, lovely ladiee. Tbe steamer landing was just beaide it Indeed, whoever came off tbe boat bad to pass Its open door. When, an boar later, Colonel Allen Olay came through it, be found Jim seated at tba main table, tbe picture of radiant verdancy. He had been invited to take a hand with tbe oraok player*— the nervy aet, aa skillful aa they warn bold. Much to their astonishment, be bad polled oat a moleskin, crammed with cola, ami risked it ae freely aa tbe beet of them. Stranger still, be woo— woo steadily, his father aMaotime walk ing round and round, with tbe fiddle tacked eader hie chin, too rtetlsm evi dently for roatmoosM plsvtug. bet striking now and thee a few ban from game eld fowl Itw Meakdowa at real. Invariably Jim begged him to “Mof that ageeekta ~ Aa Invariably Be My seta! **Ob. sum# away. Jim Tba* aia t no place far yee. Tee II gel to kata dtwsgiy. aa Ufeaa wber U all At tbe player paeeod, with iweatrook whisper, “It ia( too,” pierced through bia “Okriatmae eve—ao it 1a m be mid, laughing softly, “and I have a top foi Jim and a kirn tat Sally. She won’t mind. Jim la Just 0 yaare old and has not learned to do without wbat b« wants. ”, “Pray, my darling pray. Ton havt only minntea now. “ Hie breath came in gaapa. He groped for tbe -^fiddle bow and drew it feebly ■cross the strings, singing: "Lot tba watsr and the blood yVom thy woundad aids that flowed Ba of am tha double enre"- The bow fell. There wae a convnleivt Mr. Manraa mid he would be tbe laet to do anything agnlnet the tbe whole trouble was that the bUl clearly u a constitutional ia that It dis criminated in favor of one olgm of oltlaene only. Mr. Slmpklna did not Intend to make anything like n patriotic addreee, bat he did my that it was a duty that tba Houee owed the old Coofederate sol diers. Put tbe law on tba books and he ventured to say that none wouldiever be found to Have the law leafed la the courts. He knew that there were old veterans who wonld engage in this business. * Mr. Winkler defended bia bill neatly. He bad not expected that there would be debate on this Measure. Tbe judiciary committee thought it wae a constitutional measure. Mr. Wilson said he wlahed to see tbe Die Gneiil mot Soil Carolina. IN THE HOUME OF TATIVEH Urngpiug of strings. One masque of the paesiuiis waa ended, enacting words stricken out. He wml the Emu 7 an old soldier; be had proven hit love for his fellow veterans la many In stances. Tbe odd toddler did nod wish this exemption. After a speech by Mr. McWhlte, the House refused to strike out the enact- represen- Ing word*. The bill finally passed In this shape: Section 1. That any person who wae a bona fide soldier or sailor in tbe ser vice of the State of South Carolina or of tbe Confederate States ia tbe war between tbe States may expose for sale or sell, ae hawker or peddler, say goods, wares or merchandise la say oounty ia this State, without taking out the lloenee required by chapter XLIII, volume 1, Revised Statutes, 1883, of South Carolina; provided, ke make to the clerk ot the court of pleaa of the county In which such goods are to be sold satisfactory proof he was such soldier or sailor Some of the Measwree Acted Upon la tba House—Tbe County Qov« meet Lew Receives Attention. Mr. Ooodwla’e bill to apportion tbe road fund derived from the oounty levy waa takea up. Tba bill was about to be ordered to a third reading la this shape without debate, when Mr. Klaard called attention to tbe fact that this Mil repealed tba aet to provide ter edvertlelag foe certain that la the Mae Mr Aehley's I ion fen legwtas pgnmaox tax. MU rodeoing the pHv ertillsere from SS to I cm I called ap, brief Mr every hor , to tow her la tbe calm ; a anchor wae carried ahead aad ■o that the crew might hank finally, on tba fourth day, the me, aad then tbe Constitution stood away, with all sails set, showing bar hoe Is to her chagrined enemies. It was a-flight as famous in our naval annals as some victories. On the 18th of August, 1812, the Con- ■tttution, while off the Massachusetts coast, encountered the British frigate Querrtere. Decree confidently opened fire, but Pull, waiting till he waa in exactly the right position, replied with tremendous broadsides, which not only foroed the Guerrlere to stride, but left her eo disabled that Hull had to blow her up. The American vessel wss little toe larger^ and bad more inl and guns, yet the defeat of tbe British frigate wae such as to create a pro found impress Lon both In England and our own land. Toward tbe end of the same year, under Bainbrldge, the Con stitution encountered another British frigate, the Java, off the coast of Brasil. This fierce naval duel was another tri umph for American manoeuvring and marksmanship, and the Java, like the Guerrlere, not only had her masts shot away and suffered a heavy loss of killed and wounded, but was such a wreck that she also had to be blown up. in 1816 tba Constitution, nnder Stewart, made a double capture of the frigate Cyar.e sdc! sloop Levant in tbe same action, afterward, however, Ice- lag tba latter to a squad roe which came to tbe rescue. Such, la brief, is tbe old-time record of a veeeal dearer to tbe whole A rc.-r qao pcopl# Uuui tny thftl ftotUr Tba Massachusetts Historical Society, la a memorial to Ooagrme, presented a few days ago, said that it bad let sd that tbs Const!tetloe mast bs belltcrabs would sink at ber m ly thought that* ber tlml Is right la urglag II dyaa- mltar* ino or lBooed la Armenia rapid reforms era going os, aad tba powers have decided to 1st the Sultan alone for awhile. He may turo over a naw leaf. If ha does not it Is said on good authority that tha K wore of Europe have decided to take irkey away from him and divide it up. This rumor has .driven the Sultan so wild with anger that recently he Im prisoned, fined and tortured in various ways influential members Of the Hunt- sohak and Prosohak societies so called revolutionists. Meanwhile tbe of Asia Minor are starring and drown ing, aad the stoppage of the Orient express prevents their cry of woe from reaching the outside world. The situation ia Africa Is such that a are i STET sly to l in ao immediate dang decapitation. The ueklo Is tbe charge that If holding office has iota, those wV* are jar of offljlal lodest cut of all uffed up.’ him one ally contact he Boer* are atlll under arms, ever suspicious that another Jameaon will arise and raid them, and to the west of - them the Matabelea are sleeping on their clubs, and tbe Germans are pressing from the north. The army of the Mahdl in the Sou dan has its faoe pointed toward the Nile, down which the British troops steadily move. Menelik and the Abye- sinlana are on one hand of them and the Ashanti on the other. England and the Zulu tribe of Aa- goni are in the throes of war In South ern Africa. A Bi itiah mission station In South Africa has been burned aad frantic dispatches seat to England for halp. Tbe troubles of the queen of Mada gascar have begua again. Aa Imr body of ber enbjecte arose at Actaoa Derive and drove the queen from ber oaatla. Tbe purpose of tbe uprising waa to form a small separate govara- maal for tbe plunder of travellers who la Madagascar ethics, are tblevea England bee ber “waatber gye” apoa ibis lelaae, aad, It te maliciously etailod ieel Wee tbe revululioeasWaf Mei u.' ii.e ear* *.>• going oa ere trwsad to tbe leva of getd This to tbe eaee wttb Aoetb Amorteee aad Airless ware, la Cube there to a eeetlmeelal eieaeeat, want of Uly oon with him tave not'"■covered it. He is just the tame Seth Scruggs he has always been, and at pi tin aa an old shoe. There is one thing about which there can be no dispute—he is one of the moat Xpert bookkeepers la tha State. Those who have had occasion to examine the Dispensary books since he took charge of them will vouch for that fact. He knows hie busiuese thoroughly and his effloiency has in no small degree con tributed to the success with which the new State board of control has man aged the affairs of the Dispensary.” —A Texas man claims to have in vented a perpetual motion machine that can be utilized in sawing wood. In practical use, it would be a splendid object lesson for many men. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. L* Allaaia. C • AiiMtia. A • Mi» rwe • Bsflied. t E • tor i a -While to to where tbe seas < •bee ibte seeem M, m» >1 ptoi base all uf the mUlAstetoJ to le help keep aeeveeteew f li rmesfik *%$>> i •to-eUPanwy e ft Bfi%el aerf B> em<W • f flB F ■^vea eeSer la ton a tog •OUTHBRM RAILWAY. ^ M BBr n dkw* w am IMfAsflB » • Ml A lH P H i • # g tl 1 m m Z 11 to t r t W T W'T • e ~ il • Bto • • 9 Mb ffiM 91 nao it l •totor* • MBIM 4IV Ptf 1 lam as• • a . • •• la to * u a m i w. 11 « Am i we» to ia ae la If ■toieto bM»e tow Am *e»e asm. a tote, awe a r “I toe “ • • -Waa Ytem. ee. IBs mt kato he •eaStoe I etoi Jtm. Jim eep to e paeeaes a 4 anmm. a vtM aep 11 .a Mm toe year toh *■•! f geam to to m • to a Jgcn • * r •* I Pae TW\ ■ • *1 FSTm I • Um Z IB si *9 * f£* •mm—* ' e aeis \ a r • • e •• to ' to • jHT i ’islii: '99 —"'—mm « . ja am ^ me S TT toA a. dtoesaase to M esmmmemaera tba« wa ■ •aa. ad razees la bat be ■eessi Mr Veraer etomweto At torn prtvuegeb bs waglM ia wae eegiaaieg to aha year ' '* Ttoe flerwse* ' these ere M (he aW muT Ii'e Well, |S libe wea mbami m beypee wllb i Ibel leas la a gemblta 4m. " y«a woa'I Mar li Waigtit. we • deager—dreedfal deagrr Msuebow 1 m a bit abeky, loo, an all this Improvtn rravsreatxa we’ve bed hMo't bslprd lo sM ms up ” "Try this—it's lbs only friend left ■a," Jim said, pounug a ylaa half full to whisky ami handing it to hia father. "Half tiiat, Jimmy — half — jret enough to make my wit. an Huger* nimble," tbo old man caid, eying tbe glam thirstily, but not touching it Without a word Jim poured part of tbe liquor on tbe floor; then, as bis fa ther snatched the glasa and drained it, be said slow ly: “I’ll wait till after the game to drink damnation to OoloneKOlay." Tbe old man got up with sparkling eyes. “The blue (fcrila are all gone, Jim, ” he snid, catching up his fiddle and striking a bar or two of “Off to Charleston.” “Keep it level head, my lad. Hear the old woman talk—she'll tell you all that’s against you tonight, an not half try." “I’m afraid it’s luck that’s against rye,” Jim muttered to himsefir aa he fol lowed hie father into the street. 'Tve felt thunder in tbe air ever since that letter from Kentucky told me that Coloinl Alien Olay had started down the riv*-r New Orleans ” • • e . e • • Christina* before tbe war wae tbe •■tonuwlite especially in the towi *. White man. black men. to ; intermediate complexion*, aco aroused and burned pouder Ip Amor o. tbe day. Cbnetma* eve we* ta to mil aad a dag to fueieae tree tag •'M bo nip* e.r steel, and two men, foaming and breetb- be*, held apart, while a third lay be tween, with grrat spurt* of blood guah iug up from hi* fireami . The boat had lauded. There waa a light, slow step on the gangway; a slen der, bowed woman, with a face of as he*, panned half a breath at tbe door, then ran to the prostrate man, knelt and pressed ber hand hard against tbe np- rushing blood. At her touch the wound ed man's eyes opened. Fear, shame and exquisite content came into them. He put e feeble hand over here and mid huskily: . . “8ally—you are—juet in lime” She fell prone beside him, laid her cheek softly fo his and said brokenly: “Oh, William—my husband—forgive me—forgive me that I left you to Buffer *0 many year*—alone!” -“Odd bless you for it, Sally! I’m dy ing now—and truth cpmee easy. If you had staid with me, I never could have spoken—and asked you to forgive. Send everybody away—even Jim—I oan’l die easy nntil you know all. ” "Hush, hush, my darling. I do know — everything. Did you never think Miranda Clay wee mad- ■ahead cafe fur ber. Three e died ia aiy *rm* mne. Hy. freely forgiven, ae I W-«tkbe to Ibe •toe fife* to Mw Met rear, prwvtoed. farther wart eatoared late kg ttoe heard to eweatg aammtmteaere to eseamef their ■egeHieeaisel *he lbeeeiA—aeeei ‘ farther, that as feeds •ball be dte- b«reed eader tbe grerteteae to tble •asset at tbe •rtttee rseaeel to fauerd to township comuiUsteaere. pro- Tided, fartber. that tbs pro*Isloas to tbte act aball aet apply to AbbevIHe, K airfield, Floreses, 8 per tea berg. Cbe* ter. Ksrebaw. Heater aed Rich Is ad Hoc. 3 That ao township eoaaie- •loerr aball be directly or Indirectly Interested is say contract pertaining to his duty ae tow Mb Ip oommlaetoaer COVHTY OOVEMNMENT AGAIN. Mr llslMford'e bill to provide com oen.atioo for tbe members of tbe boards of township commissioner* and chairmen of said boards while serving as members of tbe county board of com missi oners wm then taken up. Mr. Johnson offered to amend so m to allow the member* of tbe boards pay for ten instead of five days, eo m to se cure good men. He wanted also to let tbe member* travel ae many as 200 miles Both propositions were tabled. The bill wae ordered to a third reading in short order in this shape: Section 1. That from and after the assage of this act the members of the ard of township commissioners pro vided for in an act entitled “an act to provide for a system of county govern ment for the several counties of the State,” approved January 4tb, 1894, shall each receive ae compensation for hie servioee the sum of 81 per day, not exceeding five d»ye, and mileage at 5 cents a mile, not to exceed 100 miles in any one year, and the chairman of said board the sum of 1150 per day and safiae mileage ae other members of town- •blp boards, and 11.50 per day and mile age at 5 cents permlle In the most Jlrect route one way from bis home to the court houue ehen attending upon meetings to ths oounty board of nous- mlselonsre, when tbe said county board Is not Mtliag as a board of eqaalliaiioe: pruTiJed. members to tbe eoeatg board to mteeiMsteaere shall receive •• six difiereat mesSlag* la ta. The tee earl Mr. IMythe tel led atheateea ta test teal a targe part to tee tortua •a> •hipped eel to ttoe mate Beth Messrs Meatois eed Ves ttoe hie 'hi ' haeMS| wteeeaptee end ASBwia mwaaews** • ' » a tow.fi B m. E iwaae to et> waMM ^Bees i»e« • —»»’* -era W>*eae Joaaf (mf uetaseai *te tueera aei ■ « — *« Vwhteetee aMS Saaerieg. • • -m Mr •Smith, to Mamptee, made maldeatffort apeekiag at length a la aa earaeal maaaer. He did i wish them to forget their premleea to the “ poor old farmer." Be wealed all taxed allhe. Ha could not bear the idea of having promisee made to far ert oaly to be broken. He wasted them to go ah eed aad get through “ Give the poor old farmer a chance If you keep him la the harneae between tbe abafte all the time, applying the iMh he will finally have u> kick aad he will kick you all out of the ehafte. Mr. Goodwin, of Laurens, felt good just now because he wm one of “the farmers ” eo much pitied. : wae agitated all over the State and tbe tax wm voted by large majorities. The farmer paid It every cent it wm true. Mr. Goodwin spoke at some length against the bill. THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION. poor old This thin “Old Ironsides” to be Converted Into a N-iai Aluatum. New York Sun. The House asked Secretary Herbert the other day how much it would cost to prepare the frigate Constitution for safely making the voyage from Ports mouth to Washington, eo that she might remain at the latter point aa a oaval museum. Mr. McAdoo, at act ing Secretary, has promptly answered that it will cost 812,000, and that she Pm already about two-thirde of that sum available. Tt^s year Is tha hundredth since the famous old craft first took to tbe proloagad aad peaceful log eorvioa m a pract *56 Kaglaad ag! d ttosM leteade aad itoewgtot True le ber grab all el plea, Saglaa naalos to these lovely sputa l ly they belong to Mealei •m asked to move ufT in auw preparing to rumala aa Max leans are load lag their gun* Spain la between two fires, for Ite sub,- te la tbe PhlllipiM Island* are la revolt. They will probably enooaad, for Butobar Blanoo, a companion pi to Butcher Weyler, bo* gone home to Madrid to complain of the lack of troops and money. Ia Peru there is a double headed conflict The gold mine* are the ex citing oauee of the war. The native* are defending their gold, while other nationa are rushing in to take it. Brazil, the principal owner, ia eettli upon a dividing line with Bolivia, this the Peruvians object, and declare that they will fight to the bitter end before becoming Bolivian subjects The Indians and natives are killing tbe Bolivians. * ’ Uruguay is another unsettled per- •ion of tbe western world. Far from being at peace, as wm supposed, It is now discovered that the rebel leader, Saraive, has entrenched himself In San Paulo, Brazil, and is gaining forces every day. His object is to take Mon tevideo, Uruguay, and establish a new government. In this he ip aided by revolutionists in Rio Grande De Sul, Brazil. The situation is so serious that the British warship "Retribution” hM been eent over for the protection of British subjects there, and Italy hM 4ent its warship "Piedmonte” for the same purpose. Brazil bM still another Internal ly Aatneic d Jeeue.” Tha to kill the gov- \ Iowa, aad place aa apoatle la power. Ia tha fleroeat omfllot 200 faealioe were kilted. The !• aet m Was TerU —A Fterkte Lte> Oat iraa tesevaa Xrw 1 »k •• I i-tea BnA-iflaHI ■tee ■ a rn. aar* aeA d a>ag mra. hst •( >av Vaik l teuteteAl^ fit Aageatiea flsamleal ymatet Senr •eseyt ■we i emaau Beweay TVu ’ •» > aiau aeril i tw*.r> m aed tJ4p m.. i #ravin* rraan t- * « ataafteg car» Wlwawe * m (Vast)bated v.aoitistf, j. nctif _ Gan hatertetaedanV JYlBe M’gr, Waahlngtoe, IX G WaahlBgtoc, u O ^atetegton, I Wanhlngtee, 0 a H HABOWICK. Av'tOte Ptew. Ag*! AUnnl*, Oa tugua'a and Naw York. !■<* llaadlt- P*,:maa ateaytagaersbatweau El«).ui<md aed tteartlla TM Air I JO# Halls Iraia. Noe t? and IV be rrao AtUatm aed Oamaiia, Oa.. da.I.r aaoa,'t H k OKEKN. J M (TIJ*. Ovn'l Hupi Trufli- tl'fr, Wmablnctou, IX G Wasklngtue, D. G W. A TURK. fl. H. HAKDWUTC, Oae'l Pass Ag*., Aw lUou'l Pa-» WaahinKton. D G AUeate, Oo. WE WANT TO EXCHANGE Pianos, Organs Sewing or FOR- -Good Horses. WzzJM Alexander Bros. & Co. GREENVILLE. S. C