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I s f* 6> ^vr I 5% % | Liqi 1 5* Minen % 160! & a o e ?c?? ^r/FN /tTVA |i NO ip I $10, M1 1 This! 4#< | ?k order ! !!I e ~ with |w| I ^ ever; IP1 l1 273 B! i m p^^cecfO^c^w^o^^XK^c--:' : x>c<<c?CKij 3 C!l|0 ? DA??K I STKEET?| x or% i THE ACTOR S || | DAUGHTERS'' I \ By F. V/. Robeson. f lk'-:o<flCHX :>oco<: ocv: ';? They wore ii it;. . well :>s n:c ' n Dark street. A<! : !'* b: tn 11 all th<' fun out of oirt D !>t and distress and death aconu ;l t? be | a loan w v bur i:i tie Ir I i , that ovonir.;: T! < were t ill itn "tra-la-las" and "ha-hh-hn has;" : I waited jia flev.' !y till t' completed be|ore I Knocki i :.t t a door, Imco, ,'iik fully <on\ii ' 1 b; that time Dial ;j.?- . lii.< r w:i : 1 . II . I ..o .. i. ii m im in Hi*1 UVtM'ilKI' ii 1; i .111' 11 , , and postered ft voice of reinarlwib power. Tiny w< re a long while re 'mr Mr. In my appeal for ndmlti nee; thei v as a d ; >1 : Hence aft' r 1 lm I l<noc? '<1, and tin walls of the ho e-o v . , ro fliln ! i on hi hear women's voices within. t Iking and cmnnienting upon the object of in> \ K'nnlly a chain w drawn ncr f ? door, l which v.i.' then partly opened, and a; young woman pe n*, d thronult the I Tiurrov.' aperture. "What Is it?" us 1 d a low, soft I voice. "Mv a; T.e Is Id- amor. I havo called >. i business with Mb" V ' "Ho you mind going d < i on" Bt<p. fo that I may see It i you' " the next remarkable qiicRtioii put to mo. "Wi'h leasnre," l replied. I v ->nt down the r.tep as renner.tod, 1 and tie ' dy survey si me critically] . ' s'i i.: outside In the shadowland. I A ilie i \?mlnntlon the ehnin f.'t t tv If ii :i rat'ling nolsi- from tho door, will, h \\; o|>ono(l vile j?t last, ,11. rlostn." a foninlo flcum, n bm kf :.'inrl (> ' 'lark, narrow nv> >, : 1 u st.1"' , llRlit ncros-- It. . -o" il!nvt fro . the parlor, tin* door of whlrli l.j.r boon loft njnr ' S > (a, sir," said tho cn it'o in yr .?ik tad., ; "jon nr<? a \v? ' . to to un. My vlstor and 1 !> vo to 1 r*\' a rat. 't.l In a no' mV r! ood < (Id char: '< Tlioro ; voi; to i.. . |> < ; 1 ( ' i*. nn l not n few of ?ii m <11: linn *tt." I onto,'oil t'.i lions", and shut th:door honind ino. 1 v.r > ushered Into tho fro; t sit tine room, whom, ljlny it I', on an old liorsol' ir sofa drawn **<>?? l? olonA *1 ^ *1 .? Inl lif, iXj ?T? r -JO 'JO '*> US/ '& >5/ U? WVWWW ^ V jors, 1 if Waters, etc. ' 603 E er- gr. dT\ m\ pr- c ?> ? >?.' ?v ^ *v- WWs mm i v aj ? fp-^-^wws1 -v-i*"*^ * ^rv rf /-;,vv%t/ wSj 7/n^-^K- 9y?<:^^'fe's/r 'TTOMW^^VCT3WW r?*3^? 3SOTNB -He?* ** ^ TL 7 ? li >r r'.-tor's hand affect "omit' !y; ". nt I ' the talking for tlio t vo, w!. : lev |< r is not well onouph to t;.!;' hf r f >ir share, Mr. l.lssaiiK t. Thai is wh I am ko garrulous to-ni t link It is good fortune v.!.; i: hn; conn* to mo and turned my h< ; 1 An besides." she said, looking at mfrankly, "I can talk to yo i. Yo a'< not a stranger in any so.is of "i? word. You have boon one of t' n b~.and kindest and most remarkable ^ friends to us." "I do not see it." 1 raid, shak!:. my he-.d by way of protest. "O'll hut wo do. Hyacdnthn lini thnnked \?>u niieady, however, < t.J don't fancy you are tb" kind oe i m* to want professions of l?k ssings ovr and over again. At a!l events, if yoi do. you have come to t' wuinj shop." ? "Delia 1" exclaimed the elder si7 tor, sharply. "Yes. that was crude. Mr. J.lsaa VV i 000 St imm stock includes all tl 'to get your busines order. For instanc you purchase. Les WRI' MAD STREF ~ ....mi mi iii<> it it, pre; ara- | tory to si akin; han v i mwas looking inoro oi the Inv 1 < an when 1 kail soi a h? r In lot! -iiig;; at I'.. oymonth; h : was >ry while, ami h<w dark ova ;- !> >ke 1 ; roDatnrnlh largo: sho \\; a v i.uiii who had suffered, or was sulToilng a groat doal of |ialn. "I am glad to see yon. Mr. l.hs.r- | mor." sho said. after I I, ..1 c?...i .... i hands with her. "This Is my sister j Delia," she added, h\ way of an In- t formal introduction. I turned and howed to the lady who h d admit, d nio Into the house, who bowed also atul with exceeding grace. She w . not so tall as her sister. 1 observed at once, although above the middle h< h h? of h< r : . a bvl I t ta< "d, a i ' d woman, with an ahunilai.<e of very < fair hair, and with dark, deep-set. j e.v which were strangely full of Ins- 1 ter. Alt eg ther i very pretty girl, of { nitn te n or t- < my jours of ago, this | Delia N.:I could not account for the Imp. !rm which * ddenly h set ine, it w; at' that > 1 was so beaut ful 8 look* i strain I ly out oi ' i.i tli. t ]>o n'y la Is1 1 v(?)in. ic wns not well 1: - . 1 either; I!: t re bad boon no efi'o: . ! ! adc to mil ince her ? . s for tin *. 1 ning; her collar and cult! we. j not as remarkable for t ii ir whl'one^ as her invalid's sister's; tin i > wa- a Jagged little rent in the sle< vo of hir !.a k die- showing a gray ti: ' rli. : nd li r fair i i!r would l ha.e bee.n. ' rout b and taiubled had j It not h .1 t?ie f: n <?f that period to look villi lown and frowzt* nil o. r the toi>. Sin* was quick in IllT mo I'llU'lllH, V. Till gl :iOOl ll as woll as alert With perfect cure oho had { clr. <1 tl parlor door, sol a ohalr foi mo fronting hor t? ' ?r, tak-. n hor own ' po; t. when sho could v. at 'i 1.10 close- i ly, end da i I at onto Into < -river- | sal ion i-s hough she had Known in.all my life. "I hnvo boon wondering If I oh aid recollect your fnc. , Mr. Id s a- I hut," she said; "mi 1, yet, you ore well known to me. \W lived la This- [ tlewood street throe years, and when I v.as a all 1 I us. d to poor at you over oar wire hi. - . s \?>u pnv "1, and wonder what unlucky mortal you W're going to kill next. Hyac'i " a and i need to < 11 you 'the cr i 11,' you wont along with so p, . i countenance, as though all ti>uh'? of the world were yours. IN rlu ; they wore," she added, qu latlv, "by -a ought to ho ahlo to taunil OV a I 111 .11. As for ?rrlo*. Inr over tV-'n, :i 1 11 H: nclntli.i, | v '-at Is tlx tit V V. !. > Ufn?" I roj'i (,t ] "It I' V . ditV'T- ' [ IllllM'S Ill>' ' ' ' lO' don't h.-il av, aj tli. i or tun ' ?*!( Ir wllvor Mnin*;s to m till". tlio Qit'eker lor it. lt.it 11 .i'' ti> 1 to . t; i.-i, ait noii k a 1 i o?iohk!> nliOvit It, r o.?n iii-.-s . " Vt h, }o i talk ono.irIt, 1 wtis the dry nutwcr to this, at:'. would have sonnd \ lit o satire 1 t it lift la ii It, a I. lull i ton oi vo;< ? Do i lilaroo rno tor talking?" sho ;i d. "i\ > 1' do s o;t rood : r?iii< times.' Delia laughed vory merrily and j mustonllv. and Hi .f1n;hn's fueo I Hi Importer and Fine . 1 Agent for V Anheuser=B ?ROAE r. pr. fir. cr. cr. pr^fir. gr gr. ? pr. p.jgr.g y V 0k> vy ?v V V V tv ^- V> ? mmmmmm \\*/ / v-w/ / o fn v* S YC ock to h< 2&JI -rr &?8Pii?K8agg le high and median 53 I will give you c :e send me four (4) s amounts in likep TE FOR PRICE L mmmwae ;t Jo! ?n- I I.1M J"if;nu me, I llUj C, Prill r>- 11 . \ 'ha; 1111y little clis; I o r >ni'usl< > ' I am not i;: reti <, e mj* : i. ' r 1 never war. 1 nev i ! v d; tiou; r i :e broke 'or. a .? went to bits with n:y father's bi< luck, so I turned off early fron school, mid if It had not b< n fc ho;? " * Afitits Hynclnthn Nash ItiiW] wm on<i almost peevishly; "it Is ;< silbl lh.: f you t: M r. J i . / como here to i; 'en to the whole c our family 1 "I have don,- I . : orr If T k'.v< bored you," me; "but you nre ti ' ' ni c. ours i so many wn\: sir ^ ; h .'O b *: kind; and, in- then t < v heard so intiell .ibrut Mr !*::!rfax slnps so c ons' to .oni praises, too; In thli - t ere Is tic man in the woi! 1 i . . o> - !>l himself, porlun 1 tli'1 1 C : '! to this lla* < ? tl ' '.t cat 1 it11?? lauyh \ 1 1 it's t--f;ud r ' it ' How Ioni; I ' a Mr a\, may I in . ' * : "f>iily n fi;tv ' ? ;v th:V . a n: wor. "!I found t 1 . " ' 1 IV M."and would niak ; "> thnn ct doctor. He is igitrova *'<< p in Konic thin: .1 . n* ho i< deplorably dons- in * 1 f'l hint bo to his face, Mr. l.i .nino.\ ' sho said, saucily, "> > I am not ?; < < kin: iji c onfiil 1 was aurprls* d, t,: ' I d' r'" comment. They had be Int to, If III! .If I WO. li .ye jou soon Mr V..'.t x lately :" I nsl<? d. "Not all this week. I <>'<Vr.( od about somotMn Is." "You bavo not seen him i >r? h- n int'a doath, then?" I wild, a 1 ittl i (! cm lit fully. "1 <1 i?l not know he had n a v the q .leli rep':*. "\Y. 11, I i op i leh aunt inn! Ooorne b< mil) r< Ion lie de-srves rich , li it's became lie \.i!l enjoy till T 1 1 in ki the ino: t of them? die nad dra' .. of them, if somebody Int restid mi 1 i'ii d'x s not look after I im. t, nor Im, , lie's one of enfottunat.a who will never have uuy 33 333? 333333333 5TABLISHED i QP1 Wholesale and Wines, euve-Clicquot usch Brewing. > - = SC-eCC-CCOC-C-C-C -C HJR g closed 01 i grades of whiskey, redit for 25 cents in coupons and one dol roportions. I MlUCo, 1ST with ordei tin H, Carsi V' . -. it , I 'Toil aiiw l.c i.- 014 askcnl 1 " V os." ? ; "Grootly attached 14 each other, as men can bo sometimes, I havj lieard?" "Yob." "I di'L't think I quito beltevo th:it," Delia said. "But Geoargo Fairfax confesses as much; and, with his . hundred and one faults, ho Isn't u boaster, at any rate." This young lady was more of n mystery now M .>n the elder cister. ' She talked so much and so rapidly; slv- expressed her opinion with such * startling precision; she spoke of my friend as if lie were her own. |i/t-n<i m iiiniiv <iiiu ?;<?nniuniratlvo, Mr. Idssamor," said the mow plaintive, ]oss-1! y the more cultured, - volco of the eldei si ?er, "tint I am helpless and in lmr power to-day." "Von are ill. Miss Nash?"" "V , very." , "V_ '1 ohe vi;e," '-ib ..rvclln'u r | torn:..' :t upon tola; " she will try and I do iiu <> than her strength will al low, and then It comes to a crisis. , j And no preaching of mine, no raving j at lir i no physical force even will do an; good. Hyaclntha Nash must have her own way nn! collapse." ' > : .')!) 1 do everything," saitl , the ot or, "and keep ine looking at > jo i." nearly killed herself coming f down to llreymouth after you." I)e?.i . \ l to L"L'a almo. J. as indignantly j Site spread her hands out contpre- j p-ivciy, ana witn n mocking air j ' thai was very significant of her con- i 1' . ipt for her home, for the poorly f : ah h> >1 room In which we sat, even 1. the piano, v. lich was the principal oj anient. . :ul at which she had been ' Kinging merrily before 1 had knocked r.t the door. " 1 i ' corld he. In m\ professional ca. .iclty, of any use to you, Miss j N.i h," I said to Ilyucintlut, "1 should . "v. .re indebted to you enough ' already; you must not place us un- 1 dor further obligation*. Mr. Lissanter." she said, quickly. "I am well c-:r> :\\i. It Is Ilella's 11111 way o. exaggerating nialtcrs. 1 shall b- ! sti nrer when tiio spring is here in earnest." Looking at her white, transparent ; I hands, her tali, fragile figure, 1 was , not so sure of that. She was In a | j ?. i i ( 1 state ef health: she would j been a path nt to Interest mo In ' . I ../I A ~ 1* A* I .. .... I .1.1 >>1111 <111 UieSO , ' thf re u.t.s a something out of j , 'h< . ay surely. "V.?u hiivo been II). too, Mr. Pair- ! fa:. 1 >!ls . said Hyuclntha. " Yt 8."' "And well again. There la the "-.a nhir: "i ov r-exertion for you to | tee," put ia Delia here ( !.fa\ say; you take things J " -><? i uh to heart, Mr. IdssanN ] a; oars to have summed mo eorr< ctly," I si.id. "Per-; hat s I do, but I am rot quite cer| ti III ",\ 11. n>.' is ititalu but qaarterI day, somebody ?a>s. And that was a l i or somebody who could not pa-, hi: . at, I am sure," said Delia. "Just like our dear young selves. We > - - - -n . _ , ,nr "''O 846. JTLTT> T1 Ill EslJ Retail Dealer i Havai Ponsardin, Ur Association. - AUC CC-C: CrC-CC-CCC OPPOF ut by Jam brandies, wines and money for this coup lar and I will send yc ipon if cut out and sent will be good for 25 cents i j well. ( ; V'-j* ,*.r-' -y . "y 11 .v MXi?. ywwv >ur principal ronton, y-wny, would have statement that wr i ough If they let tin i le cormorants would | 1 upon uk ut a time j ?well, awfully hard i t were not going to j ? ho only thing that i j If 1 could help It. and j i aney the thieves had i vltli their rubbishing I id, so, taking everyt n-Herat Ion, we-?we J n f It, as Mr. Fairfax I w foot, as ho did say I p lien we first had the ! h k his acqualntnnoe." ! at some reir.lnls- I ci therowltti, but hrr 1 si ii sigh: have f 'ht a hard fl d fashion." t over; the Rtepni :led. and the piano ni dess his heart!?la L*i , and Hynclntha ean pi !uns: fretting hers* .! f to i all Is well." Ioi music?" I nsk< ' of er. " aylng a short whll ? Bf: is Delia." v part tor tl *un. oi to land of the \Y | w to at last." oxplalni e< "1 begin business | a) 'day evening, .an * H exist once more. I si r a while of Dir'? i 8t ldncd 11 > aelnt'.Ki. her that ; art ' r It: j ! I It." she er!.*J. .at | ai arruinge.l, ? . 11. I I . h!1 l.t<? * ?-?.i I I -- ( SOi : >on v. 1.1 n!!o v )r. Lh > his lousiness with us. \ , have talked loin; en< stive;, and wearied hi; \. i \' unnoversar/ dot icliuha. for all time," 1) iia ami i imatlc solemnity; '"> voit e no more, my ?'hi aincr." . ;;Ot t en the natal N ' oi y 1 was thoie. . hy i .. settled down thtrt, j Tv to d< part. 1 v:;j j ' fin e uysf lf. I prod.ced j jr.". torod Into the par- j tlv st* , 1 made over > 1 e is? Nash, and she i tot th a qulot "Titanic j > c* to her r.lster, who di*T ' loose Into a slda 1<*. net tor were of no I eon ?', and ready cash of lit i. Th d, T wni thinking ' .vhr.il .nvthlmr loft for no W n:?;,e lry ln>st bow tint! ) * 11 br' !; raiding ftt h?- st i > 'iv Htartled tV> i i * jck ;.;e that the e-i ?'r. nlngly nt each or, h? < . ;> man. \Vh > < >a a'. be?" r\ 1 o.-l !M sprin *?? tn r feet, d.u'tiftjg out ?i? tho room, d. king marked vrjln-fc ' "nt the t rj lor ^oor behind l -Mi"' '. ^-s DER in na Cig II" ^ umia. winecoi IUSTA, >C -C C- - Cj *? C-CC FTUNII uarylst., 1 beers on the marke on if cut out and m >u $2.00 worth of w test goods for the m d be had anywhere Xllrfnnln f JlUftUbltt, u r> r+f-. off gjc.'. ?*"* ~^tr ? ::%y "- -.V' HI jJUNBl MMM < IiC- this time very car<. illy. i acintkn sat up as if to listen at- | ter.' !>. atkI I remained ilent out j of poi't . >?. The stillness struck her, for she said at once, "It Is prob- ; ably this friend of yours?this I George Fairfax." I The remark was made In n strange tone of vol??\ and she noted my surprised look at her In return. "For he Is your friend, Mr. l.issanier; I am not mistaken?" "Certainly he is." I "A true friend In whom jou are j doenlv Interested?" ..V .. \ OS. "Ti n," she said, lowering her ' voice almost to a whisper, and look- } lng at the closed door of the room i luiun mail III me, I'.H 11 RilO WOlU ( bo on her guard s,.aiir t in o>c dn.: ] suddenly, and betraying her to the f Incomers, "by eve ry mean, in your i power keep him away." 1 "Keep him away'" 1 repented, \ slowly. < "We den't want to see him here i again. For find's sake, sir, tell him not to come!" she said. CI IA "Tr'.'t A ! VI ITK KK1EXDS. Il.EANRD back In mv chair, astonished at this sudden exhibition of exci onv at on the part of 51 ; eintha Nash i was u ?t c. s to comprehend the re; :1 for it, or ;>. motive fcr taking no th is ruilo. nly into her conf:d< tee. iv.it it v a.- ir-c-essM y to act tj ri- il' the: -- w i a c: w to } to oh.allied. 1 co .hi h . r the d. ef ' duor o; ui ay .. lira it .ay prelL'.-. - . .-tenia. (To be coniinucd False Messiahs. The defense of different persons j claiming to l>e the Messiah has cost i the Jews a great expense, both lu j tie:, ure and human life. One ol' these, i C'ozibn, wbo lived in the second century of our era, put Fiimsoif at the " head of the Jewish nnti >n as their Messiah, and many of that people a.I- j bored to and defended him. The Hohmns made war upon Cozibn aiul his O followers, and, according: to admissions yv made by emineut Jewish authority, w they lost somewhere lietween SOU,000 j . and (KK?,0< ) men in his defense. The 1 last of these impostors was Mordecai, ! a German, who first claimed to be of , I-. divine origin in the year 1GS2. \Y'lion the authorities threatened to punish ' him as an in>i?>stor h tied, and Lis end is n.*t known. s* 01 Rapid Growth. iiiu inosi remarnanio instance of r* rapid ' mwth was recorded by the 1'ivnoh ; leniy lu 17_t> It was a boy six years of age five feet sh luclies In height. At the age of live bin voice hanged; at six his beard had grown and he ai geared a man of thirty. He possessed gieat physical strength and could easily lift to his sli< tlders and carry hags of grains weighing 200 pounds. His decline was as rapid as his growth. At eight his hair and beard were gray, at ton he tottered In his w.i! tee'g. fell out and his hands became palsied; at twelve he tiled with every outward aig^j of extreme old age. i '. -' nggs' f v-^yr ' 3B ' :jfSfe :ars. i? mpny. | , UA. I c-cec-ccc-occcc? 908* . ? aile d || l|| rha i- as oney # ^ ? eorgia \?\ i p ^ I Former Instruments of Torture. Inv.teml of pymnnstlcs or p?mes. Instruments of torture were used for norielinp tlie flpuro of the young lady ?f isai. An English writer of that rear says that "could the modern ichoolrooni be preserved It would pass or n red nod inquisition. There would >e found stocks for the fingers (the ibelroplast) and pulleys for the neck, vith weights attached." Fanny Kern>le, to whom nature had been by no neans unkindly, was found wanting In leportment, and she writes tintt she wore a "back board made of steel, eov?red with red inoroeeo, which consisted of a flat piece placed on my back uid strapped down to my waist with i belt and secured at the top by two ipauiets strapped over my shoulders. I'rom tlie middle of tills there rose a heel roil or spine with a steel eollar, which encircled my throat, fastened Liehlnd." The machine proved a fallire, and she was put under the tuition j( n drill sergeant, who did for her nil that was required.?"Social England." Four Er.d Snakes. Snakes nt-'1 much m?!i"i (! creators 11 though they urt1, 1" >r tl? .* most part, >f considerable value to man. as they he almost entirely on Insects and tho small rodents that are injurious to lops. Ol" all the snakes that inhabit s >nh America there are really only 'our that are dangerous. These are lie copperhead, the moccasin, the rutlesnake and a little snake of souther i [Joorgia and Florida known as tho Hiral snake. Of course there are a lumber of different species of the rat? tier (nbout thirty), hut they Inhabit illYorent parts of the country and are ill to he known from the fact that they "rattle* wheu approaclieo. All the rest of our snakes are absolutely harmless, and their bite is to be less reared than that of f Tosqulto. Scrap book. Collars Don't Crack j-.'j'fi*; 1111 juf (a <t> not crack e guanntee them t'rom cracking hen laundered hv the Capital City uindrv. Columbia. S. C. atest Improved Methods If you want your clothes laundered i the latest and improved methods :nd them to the Capital City Laun ry. Columbia, S. C.? pROCurp.D AND DCFENOED. SjsnilSMwjjj. (Int^iutf o. photo.(orfxp?'i i mxmpcii aivl "iw ti pwli Ki?f viviiv, how to ohtAiii ^itenU, tmde . ,N A< I. COUNTRIES. Iiu.<i?rss dirert yuUh Washing) ' *>linte, N money and often the patent. W Patent and Infringement Practice Excluelvely. I Wrtto or <v?mc to u* ?t ?f Ml HtnVh Street. opp MM ?*M **U*t MMe.B WASHIHCTOH, O. C. w