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A Christmas of Lodr Ago- \ 1 Hiu thinking tonight in sadness Of a Christmas of long ago, ( When tho air was tilled with ghulne^fl. j And the earth was wrapped in enow; I When tho stars like diamonds glistened ? And the night waa crisp and cold, * As 1 eagerly watched and listened For the Bsnta C avis of old Tho forest was rohbed of its treasures, t The house was a mass of green, ^ And 1 reveled in Christmas pleasures, j At the dawn of Aurora's sheen; 8ome talked of the Bavior's mission, Hut I of my pretty toys; Borne knelt in devout petition? ^ I romped and played with tho boys. I Wc went to the pond for skating. To tho stable to take a ride, And we found new joys awa'tiog To whatever spot bo hied; Hut tho climax of iny story \ Wa* that evening s fireworks Bhow! i Want out in a blaze of glory? , That Christmas ot long ago! , Hut in sadness 1 think of that Christmas, For many then happy and gay I llavo gone to the realm of silence And sleep in their hodi of clay; The hands that filled kindly my s ookings, 1 Bhall grasp iu this world no more, Hut when at Heaven's portals I'm knocking ' They'll open the beautiful door. They will lead me in tenderness clinging, And place me before the throno, W here tho choirs angelic nro singing And tho heavenly gifts are strewn And there in the realm of glory, With my loved ouch tit my side, 1 11 repeat the old llcthlehcia story And join in that Christmas tide. ( TALMAOF/d 8ERMON. t In this Bible 8ceno of Christmas Night 1 Ood Honored Childhood. 1 This discourse of Dr. Talmago ia full of tho nativity and appropriate for tho holidaya; toxt, Luko ii 1(), "And they camo with basto and found Mary and Josoph, and tho babo lying in a mangor." Tho blaok window shu'.tors of a Dooombor night wero thrown opon and aomo of tho boBt singers of a world whoro thoy all sing stood tlicro, and putting baok tho drapery of oloud ohantud a poaoo anthem until all tho echoes of hill and valloy applauded at d onoored tho halloluiah ohorus, Corno, lot us go into that Christmas boodo as though wo had novor boforo worahipod at tho manger. Iloro is a Madonna worth looking at. I wondor not that tho most froquont namo in all lands and in all Christian oonturioH is Mary. And thoro aro Marys in palaoos and Marys in cabins, and, though Oorman and Fronoh and Italian and Spanish and English pronounoo it diflorontly, thoy aro all namesakes of tho ono whom wo find on a bod of straw, with her palo faoo against tho soft ohook of Christ in tho night of tho navity. All tho grcai paimors navo inca, on canvas, to present Mary and hor ohild and tho incidents of that niOBt famous night of tho world's history, liaphaol, in throo different masterpioooB, oolobratod them. Tintorotto and Uhiriandajo surpassed themsolvos in tho adoiation of tho magi. Oorreggio ncodod to do no more than his Madonna to bcoomo immortal. Tho "Madonna of tho Lily," by Leonardo da Vinci, will kindlo tho admiration of all agos. Hat all tho gallorion of Drosden aro fcrgotton when 1 think of tho small room of that gallery containing tho "Bistino Madonna." Yot all of thorn wore oopios of St. Matthow's Madonna and Luko's Madonna, tho inspirod Madonna of tho old book, whioh wo had put into our hands whon wo woro infants and that wo hopo to havo under our heads when wo dio Behold, in tho first plaoo, that on the night of Christ's lifo God honored tho bruto oroation. You cannot got into that Bothclcm barn without going past tho oamols, tho mulos, tho dogi, tho ozon. Tho brutos of that stablo hoard tho first ory of tho infant Lord. Somo of tho old paintors represent tho ozon and oimols knooling that night boforo tho newborn babe. And woll might thoy knooll Havo you oyor thought that Christ oamo. among other things. to allovinato tho sufferings of tho bruto oroation? Was it not appropriate that ho should, during tho first fow days and nights of his lito on earth, bo surrounded by tho dumb boasts, whoso moan and plaint and hollowing have for agos bocn a prayer to God for tho arrosting of thoir tortures and tho righting of thoir wrongs? Not a kennel in all tho oonturios, not a bird's nost, not a wornout horso on towpath. not a hord freezing in tho poorly built aow pen, not a freight car in summer timo bringing tho brcoves to market without water through a thousand milos of agony, not a surgeon's room witnessing tho struggles of fox or pigeon or dog in tho horrors of vivisootion, but lias an interest in tho faot that Christ was born in a stablo surroundod by brutos. Standing then, as 1 imagino now 1 do, in that Bothlohcm night with at infant Christ on ono aido and tho spooohloss orcaturos of God on tho other, 1 ory; Look out how you striko tho rowel into that horse's side; tako off that wVva s) V\i t r** A L ? A b. 1 i f ? ? 1 ' VUI UCU Uli liuiii UIAI MlUUUlUg 1I1UUI n J removo that saddle from that raw baok; shoot not for fun that bird that is too small for food, forget not to put wator into the oagc of that oanary; throw out some orumbs to those birds caught too far north in tho winter's inolemonoy: arrest that man who is making that ono horse draw a load hoavy enough for three: rush in upon that soeno whoro boys are torturing a oat or transfixing butterfly and grasshopper; drive not oil that old robin, for her nest is a mother's oradle and under hor wing there may bo three or four musioians of tho sky in training' In your famlioa and in your shools tcaob tho coming gen eration more mcroy than tho present generation has ovor shown and in this marvelous Biblo piotureof tho nativity, while you point out to them tho arigol, show them also tho camel, and while they hear tho oolestial ohant lot them also hear the oow's moan. Behold also in this Biblo soeno how on that Christmas night God honored ohildhood. Childhood was to bo honored by that ovent. lie must havo a ohild's light limbs and a ohild's dimpled hand and a ohild's boaming eye and a ohild's flaxen hair, aid babyhood was to be honored for all time to oomo. and a oradle waa to mean more than agravo. Mighty God, may tho rtfleotiou of that ono ohild's faoe be seen in all infantilo faces I Enough have all those fathers and L jpothors on haud if tjrey have a ohild ip ;' W ?t 11 ?pooii* ,ho houRO. A th" ao, * oroyrn, * socper, a kingdom, under charge. Bo oar-'ul how you rdriko him aoro;R tho hoa 1, ming tlio brain. What vo-*. my ?o lira will bo rcntcnial and millcaial, lud a hundred a a aod ft thousand icara will not stop tho coho and re;oho. l)o not pay, "It it on'y ? child " Rather pay, "It ia only au immoral," It iH only ft mastorpiooo of John* 1 ah. It ia only a being that phall out- i ivo aun and moon and Ht*r and agon luadrionnial. G >d has iofinito reHour- 1 j >?, and ho can givo proscnta of great 1 raluo, but whon ho wnnta to give tho | iohrBt possible Rift to a household ho 1 ookp around all tho worlds and all tho < rnivorso and then givoB a child. Yea, n all ftgco God ban honored ohildhood. 1 lie niakoa almost ovory picturo a fail- 1 jro unlosfl thoro ho a ohild oithor play* 1 ing on the floor or looking through tho window or Bested on tho lapga/.'tng iuto tho faoo of tho mother. I It wan a child in Nanman's kitohon that told tho great Syrian waarior whoro ho might go and got ourol of tho loi ro- i ny, which at hi a seventh plungoin tho < Jordan waa left at tho bottom of tho 1 river. It wrh to tho oradlo of leaves in . which a child was laid, rooked by tho 1 Nile, that God oallod tho attention of history. It was a sick ohild that cvok- 1 od Christ's curativo sympathies. It was a ohild that Christ sot in tho midst I jf llio Bquabbling disoiplos to teach tho I lossou of humility. A child dooidcd i Waterloo, showing tho army of BiuoV I jr lnw thoy oould Uko a short out < through tho Golds when if tho o'd real 1 had boon followed tho Prussian gcnoral 1 would havo oomo up too l&to to savotho destinies of Kuropo. It was a child 1 that dooidcd G ottysburg, ho having < overheard two Confodorato generals iu 1 oouvorsation in whioh thoy woro to i march for Gottysburg instoad of Harris- i burg, and, this reported to Governor | CurliD, tho Federal foroos started to < meet their opponents at Gettysburg < And today tho ohiid is to dcoido all tho I great battles, make all the laws, sctt'o 1 oil tho destinies and usher in tho world's f salvation or destruction. Mon, woruon, 1 nations, all earth and all hcavou, bo i hold tho ohild! < Notice also that in this Hiblo night i scono God honored soienoc. Who aro tho throo wieo men kneoliug boforo 1 tho Divine Infant? Not boor, not ig- I norauiusoe, but Caspar, Balthasar and i Molohoir, mon who knew ull that was to bo known. I hey woro tho Isaac i Nowtons aud llcrsohcls and Faradaya of thoir timo. Their alohomy was tho i forerunnor of our subliino ohemistry, thoir astrology tho mothor of cur mag nifioont astronomy. And when I soo thoso soiontists bowing boforo tho beau tiful babo I soo tho prophcoy of tho timo when all tho tclosoopos and miorosoopos and all tho Loydon jars and all tho cloo trio batteries and ail tho obsorvatorios and all tho universities shall bow to Jobuh. It is much that way already. Whoro is tho oollogo that docs not havo morning prayers, thus bowing at tho manger? Who havo bocu tho groatost physicians? Omitting tho names of tho living lest wo should bo invidious, havo wo not had among them Christian men liko .James V Simpson aud Hush and Valontino Mott aud Abcrorombio and Abcrnothy? Who havo boon our gn atest soiontists? Josoph llonry, who livod and died iD tho faith cf tho gos pels, and Aggassiz, who, standing with nis Btuaouts among tho hills, took oil his hat and said, '"Young gontlouion, boforo wo study thoso rosks lot us pray for wiBdorn to tho God who m?do tho rooks." Allgolcgy wi 1 yo; bow before tho Hook ol Agog All botany will yot worship tho Hopo of Sharon. All astronomy will yet rco?gnz3 tho Star of Hothlohom. Hohold also i t that fi st Christinas night that God honored tho fioldi Corno in, ehophord boy*, to Holhlchen and boo tho child. "N , ' thry say; "wo aro not droBSod good enough to ootuo in." '"Yon, ycu are. Como in." Suro onough the s'orim and tho night dow and tho brambles have mado tough work with thoir apparel, hut uono has a bettor right to ootuo in. They wcro tho first to hoar tie luutioof that Clui-to a night. Tho first announoooicnt of ft Saviour's birth was made to theso men in tho fields. There woro wiaoaoros that night in Hothlohom and Jerupaloui snoring in deep sloop, and the ro wero salaried olbcors of govornmont who, hcaricg of it aftorward, may havo thought that thoy ought to havo had tho first news of such a groat ovont, boujo ono dismounting from a swift oau ol at thoir door and knocling till at somo sontinol's question, "Who oomos thoro?" tho great ouoh of tho palaoo might havo boon told of tho celestial arrival. No; tho Bhophords heard tho first two bars of tho musio, tho first in tho major koy and tho last in tho sub ducd minor, "Glory to God in tho highest and on oarth peaoo, good will to men." Ah, yos, tho tijlds woro honored. Tho old shepherds, with plaid and orook, havo for tho niOHt part vaniahod, but wo havo gazing on our U oiled States pasturo holds and prairio about 4'd 000. 000 bhcop, and all thoir koopors ought to follow the Hhephcrdu of my text and all thopo who toil in tho Golds?all viuo drcbHoi'fl, all orahardipts, all huubaud men. Not only that Christmas uight, but all up and down the world's history, God has boon honoring tho Golds. Nearly all tho mcssiahs of reform and literaturo and okq tonoo and law and bonovolonoo havo oome from tho Gelds. Washington from tho Go'ds. J'ffirson from tho Gtlds. Ttio prosidontial mar tyro, GarGcld, Linooln and MoKinley, from tho Gelds. Henry Clay from tho Gelds. Daniel Wobstor from tho Golds. Heforo this world is right tho ovoiG >wing populations of our orowdod oitios will havo to taka to the Gelds. Instead of ten morohants in rivalry as to who shall soli that ouo applo wo want at least eight of thorn to go out and raiso apples. instead of ton morohants do siring to soli that ono bushol of wheat wo want at least eight of thorn to go out and raiso wheat. Tho world wants now more hard hands, moro broi zed ohooks, moro muscular arms. To tho Gold I God honorod them whon ho woko up the shopherds by tho midnight anthom, , and ho will whilo tho world lasts con- i tinue to honor tho Golds. Whon tho i shophcrd's crook was that famous night , stood against tho wall of tho Hothlohom ( khan, it was a prophooy of tho timo | whon thrashor's Gail and farmer's plow | and woodman's ax and ox's yoko and } sheaf bindor's rako shall surronder to j tho God who mado tho oountry as man ' made the town. ( Hohold also that on that Christmas ( night God honored motherhood. Two y angels on their wings might havo < ere land 1 was happy.*' Ati tor uWi II II I ?i i im i brought an infaut Saviour to Bethlehem without Mary's boing thoro at all. WhoD tho villagers on tho morning of Dot. 2(5 awoko, bv divino arrangement and in Foincuncxplainod way tho child lotus might have bren found in s ^uio I ootnforial'o oradlo of tho viilago. But | no, no! Mothorbocd for all time was I to bo con?ooratod. and ono of tho ton doropt rolationa was to bo tho uiatoroal m'at'on and one of tho sweetest words "mother." In all ages God has honored good motherhood. .John Wohloy had a good mother. St- Bernard had a good mother Samuol Budgott a good mother, Doddridgo a good mothor, Waltor Srott a good uo her, B.njsm'n Wost a good mother. In a groat audi enoo, moat of whom wore Christians, I askod that all thoso who had boon blosHod of Christian mothers ariso, and almost tho cntiro assombly stood up. Do you not boo how important it is that all motherhood bo oonseoratcd? Why did Titian, tho Italian artnt, when ho pketohod tho Madonna mako it an Italiau faoj? Why did Kubcns, tho Gorman ariiat, in his Madonna mako it a Gorman faooY Why did Joshua Keynolda, the Koglisb artist, in his MadoDra mako it an lOnglish faot? Why did Murillo, tho Spanish artist, in his Madonna make it a Spanish fao? 1 Dovor heard, but I think thoy took their own mothers as tho tyjw of Mary, the mother of Christ. Wheu you hoar 3ome ono in sermon or oration Fpaak in tho abptraot of a good, faithful, hon 3st mothor, your eyes Oil up with tears, while you say to yoursolf, "That was uiy mothor." Tho Grst word a ohild utters is apt to bo "Mother!" and tho old man in bis Ijiug dream calls, "Mothor, mothcrl" It matters not whether sbo was brought 3l> in tho surroundings of a oity ami in illlucnt homo and was dressed appro[?,iatoly with roforenoo to tho domands if modern lifo or whothor she wore tho )ld tiuao cap and groat round spectacles and apron of her own mako and knit your Books with her own nocdlos mated by tho broad firoplioo, withgroat backlog ablaze, on a winter's night; it matters not how many wrinkles erossod and rooroascd hor faooor how much hor ^boulders stooped with tho burdons of a long lifo, if you painted a Madonna hers would bo tho faoo. What a gcntlo hand aho had when wo woro oiok md what a voioo to sootho pain and was thoro any ono who oould so fill up a room with poaoo and purity and light*' And what a sad day that was whou wo oamo homo aud oho oould groot u> not, for her 1 ipa wero forovor still. Como back, mothor, in thorn Chrismas timos and take your old pWoo and as ton or twontv or Gfty years ago como and open tho old hiblo as you usod to, road and kucol in th"o 6amo plaaowhero you u?od to pray and look upon uh as of old wheu you wished us a merry Christmas or a happy Now Yoar. hut no! That would not bo fair to oall you baek. You had troublos enough and aches enough and horcavomocts onough whilo you woro hero. Tarry by tho throne, mother, till wo j >ia you thero, your prayers all answorod, and in tho otcrnal homestead of our God wo Bhall again koop Christmas jubilee togothcr. hut speak from your thrones, all you glorified niothora, and say to all thoso, your sons aud daughters, words of love, words of warning, words of cheer. Thoy need your voioo, for they havo travolod far and with many a heartbreak sinoo you loft them, and you do well to oall from tho heights of heaven to tho valloys of earth. Hail, enthroned aDOostry ! Wo aro oouiir g. Ksop a place right bosido V nil At tin. tion.nirtt Slow footed year*! Moroawiflly run Into the gold of that unsetting .inn. llomesiak we arc for thee, Calm land beyond the aca. A Court's Interference. Tho law Bays that a young mac iu Wostond must ocaso paying his attoutioiH to a certain young lady. Tho young man is uudor a 150 bond to not speak to hor, to not wtiio hor notes, to r o' tt.and beneath hor window in tho early hours of morn and sing swoot 80'gs of lovo to hor. In othor woidi, the iaw Las Bt( pood in and uaid to thin young man: '"Vou must Heal up tho walls of your hoart, and for tho next four months keep ovory sontiuiont of your lovo stowod away in your bosom It may pvinyouto ohain your alfeotious, to pasa holuo ono by and not Hinilo ; but it must bo dono, uudor pain of fcrfoiting a $5U bond." Tho oaso was boforo Judgo Connor a fow days ago. Tho young man is now under tho bond montiouod all booauso thoy said that sho was too young.?Augusta Trib uno. After Many Years. With a snowstorm fiercely raging on Christmas Evo, 1857, Petit took his sweetheart to a party. Sho had exacted a plcdgo from him boforo consenting to booome his wifo that ho would not touoh liquor. Tho bitter oold was too inuoh for him, however, and thoughtlessly ho took a drink to warm himsolf. Ilia swootheart instantly dotooted it, tho two quarreled, and as a rosult tho ongagomont was brokon. Af ier uio quarroi tiio girl married. So did Petit, who moved to Syracuse, ODgagod in tho ooal business and Locarno wealthy. A laundress who was employed by Mrs. Ilill one day mentioned having workod for tho Potit family and tcld the death of Mrs. Potit last January. Mrs. Hill had bcoomo * widow tivo years boforo. Last JuneMr. Potit wont to Bridgeport, Conn,, and nailed on his early sweetheart. Talking ovor old times he declared he had never ooascd to lovo her. Ho said that ho had nover touched a drop of liquor Binoo tho fateful Christmas Kve, and upon this declaration Mrs. Hilt gavo her promise to marry him. Both brido and groom havo several grown obildrcn at d all are here for tho wodding oeromony. A Tall Building. A Boston man proposos, it is paid, to creot a 54 story buildiog on Broadway, Now York. That will bo an cdifioo700 \ foot high, which is equal to tho combined hoight of tho Manhattan Lifo IaFuranoo and Park How buildings, nuw tho highest in tho world. Tho plan is to croot 85 stories aa ono building and on top of it anothor 19 storios. the sohomo has boon pronounced feasible by tbo ODginocrs and there appears to bo no roason why it should not bo oar ried out einoo tho promotor is said to havo tho nooossary financial backing. That suoh a plan should ovon be sori)usly oonsidored demonstrates the growth of Now York and tho groat raluo of ground spaao inoidont to }he irowding of the, i A PRETTY ROMANCE. A Brother and ?l*?er Meet Af*er a Long 3rp <ration AT THE CHARLESTON SHOW. Th*j? Ware Stolen In Childhood by Arab 8lava Traders and Sold to Different People. No ono would imagino to look at tbo faoos cf All Mosont lion Mohommod acd hin sistor, Baofa Madon, that thoi oaroors had boon inarkod by opisodos of tho most thrilling naturo. Thoy aro mill young, Baofa having just panned hor !i()ih iniloatono, whilo Mosont will bo 27 in Hoptombcr. Tfagodios, romanoo and dcods of horoism aro ever ooourring in tbo Oriont, hut tbo world rarely hoars of thorn, A halo of jnyatery hangs over tho followorn of Mohommod and whon an oooaaional artiolo appoars touching on tho roligion, characteristics or homo lifo of thoso pooplo it in road with intoroat by tho Christian world. Mosont Bin Mohommod and Baofa Madon wore tho only ohildron of an Arabian Nomad. Being nearly of the aauio ago thoy played togothor and booamo iuRoparablo; whoro Baofa was thcro you would find Mosont also, and as Baofa was tho older hor mothorly instincts promoted hor to restrain tho boy's natural dosiro to wandorfar from tho tent of their paronts. Slavo dealers woro constantly passing ovor tho dosort within sight of thoir door and tho most unscrupulous among thorn sometimes picked up ohildron who had strayed too far from homo aad sold them in a distant slavo markot. Thus Bacfa carefully watched ovor hor brothor, and so faithful was sho that hor par onts intrusted her with tho full oaro of tho boy. Whon Mosont was 5 yoars old his father dooidod to movo his family to Cairo, whoro tbo children oould obtain suoh instruotions as tho town afforded. It was a long journoy, but ho had camels, and thoy woro as good for tho purposo as a froight v :a v. .a - _ ?j naiu. ,'uk iv in uui niuon 01 an unuer taking for an Arab to move; ho has no brio-a-brao to worry with, no piano or parlor lamp to handlo with oaro or kitchon stovo to drivo him insano. ilia household goods aro fow acd aim plo?a tont, boiijo nkina and rugs and a em all assortment of oooking utonHila aro the turn of an Arab'a domoatio possessions. Uf oourao hit) indispensable gun and other weapons aro not auppoaod to belong to tho houaokoopiog oatogory. Ho whon iVionsont's father broko up hin camp two oamols easily carried all tho froight, whilo tho ohildrou rodo tho third and tho paronts hoadod tho oara vaa on tho fourth oamol. Everything wont woll on tho Journoy until tho third day, whon tho little party encountered a sovcro sand storm just as night was ooming on. Tho ohildron were terrified and thoir oamol booamo unmanagoahlo and soon broko away from tbo othoro. llow thoy ovor sur vivod tho storm thoy aro unablo to toll, but it scorns as tho storm incroasod tho oamol got down on its haunohoa and, instinotivoly, tbo ohildron slid off and orouohod bohind tho animal. All though tho long and torriblo night thov olung to oaoh other and as tho day was beginning to break in tho cast thoy foil asloop from exhaustion. Tho next thing thoy romombor was healing strange voioos speaking in an unknown tonguo and Liaofa, who awoko first, saw sovoral ferocious looking mon talking exoitcdly togothor not ton foot away. Thon sho oriod from fright and woko hor brothor. The strangors, hearing her cry, looked toward tho ohildrou and one of thorn advanoed and addrossod B&ofa in hor native languago. Ho spoko roughly and told hor that sho and her brothor must go with thorn on a loog journey. Thon tho man oallod to his companions and without furthor ocroinony, tho ohildron woro lakon to a long oaravan whioh had boon hiddon from viow on tho othor sido of thoir oamol. Thcro thoy woro scptratod and Baofa was loadod oq a oamol noar tho front of tho lino and Mosont was thrust on a horse bohind a savago looking Turk. For days and days thoy travellod and at lust arrived at a groat oity, whoro they woro takon to tho slavo markot and sold. Baofa was bought by a woalthy Turk and Mosont by a Syrian morohant from whom ho esoapod twolvo years lator and found his way baok to his na tivo land, whoro ho soarohod in vain for his parcats and sister. Finally, having despaired of ovor finding any of his family again, ho joined a troupo of acrobats. Ho has followod his profossion ovor sinos and oamo to Amorica last April with a oompanyjof Arabs to fill an ongagomont for tho season with tho Strocis of Cairo Company at tho Midway. Baofa was takon to Turkoy by hor owner, who died fivo yoars lator and his estate sold to an Arab Shiok, who took her baok to hor nativo land, and soon after frcod hor from bondago. At 15 sho was marriod to a silversmith, with whom sho has lived ovor siooo, ooming to Amcrioa in May with hor husband, who also had boon engaged by tho CI A A * ' * * oiiouis oi uairo uompauy. Lt was throo woeks after Baefa arrivod in this oountry bofore tho biothor and sistor know of oaoh othor'a existonoo and tho recognition happened in this wiso: Mo* ] out was relating his Jnistory one morning to a prrty of Arabs, amodg whom was Baofa and hor husband. As ho prooocded with his talo Baofa manifested an over increasing interest and drank in evory word with a rapturo that woll-nigh sot her husband besido him Kolf with jealousy. Then. when showai suro that there was no mistake and that sho had roally found her long lost broihor, sho noarly prooipitatod a tragedy by falling into Mosont's arms. Mosont's surprise was as groat as the rags of hor husband, but Baefa soon oxplainod tho situation as woli as sho oould between hor sobs of J >y.?News and Courier. T. M. Kxura, a farmor living noar Uontrcvillo, Tenn., wont homo and when his wife objootod to his shooting into tho floor about hor foot, shot her dead. Ho oarefnily laid heron the bed with tho assistanoo of his ohildren and then blow oat his own grains. i j DTs.Jgortonr .1 A Fiend at Largo. .Jcs'pb Fioohor, a premier nt mcr ohant and jlantor, was phot lo H?a?h at Ur? vfoid, Ala , Thursday night Uriah 1' rio*, a neighbor, ii oh wgod with tho k lir g. Ii is said that Porter had openly throatenod to ki 1 Fioohor and a widow named Bolobcr, and a'so a Dogro man who was a tonmt on Mrs. Bjlohor's pho). It ii alleged that Portor w< ut to tho homo of Mrs. Bolchor Wodnobday aud abuHtd her. Sho appealed to a n. gro looant to remove him from tho premises, aid also sent for Fioohor, who, later, wi'.h tho negro, took Portor to the r^ad. At G p. m. a shot was heard at tho Fioohor store aud Mrs. Fioohor tiys bho saw Porter leaving with his gun, and that when Porter saw hor he tired at her also, but without < fleet. Whon Mrs. Fitobor found her husband dead she says sao was alarmed on acjount of threats Porte r is alleged to have made and sho immediately fl d to tho woods with her littl) children aud sought refugo in tho houso of a negro tenant until Friday morning. During tho night son c ono fired through tho window of Mia. Bolobor's houso, but hurt no ono. Portor is at largo. Health and Beauty. A poor oomploxion in usually tho rosult of a torpid liver or irregular ajtion of tho bowols. Unloss naturo's refuse is oarricd olf it will f uroly eauso iinpuro blood. Pimplos, boils and other eruptions follow. This is naturo's method of throwing ofl tho loisons whioh the bowels faded to rcmovo. Do Witt's Ijittlo Early Kisors tro world famous for remedying this oonditiou. They stimulate tho liv3r ar.d proraoto regular and hoalthy aotion of tho bowols but never oauso griping, eramps or distross. Safe pills. Dr. U Norton Horse Sense. Tho Pittsburg Post thin ka that if the I illitorMc, shiftlosa nogioos w ire allowed to rulo tho south, as 1 a rcoonstruoting timos, thoao states would "drift to barbarism, bankruptcy and repudiation. Tho whito pooplo would largoly loavo them, and in that event they would sink Btill lower. Tho south would bo a waste. Tho north would foci tho dinastor. Tho wholo oountry would suffor. What injures a part a if cots tho wholo." Thoro aro a few pooplo in tho north who havo a luoid interval when discussing tho negro ipiCHtiou. ? lived his Life. "1 wish to say that I fool I owo my life to K idol Dyspepsia Curo," writes 11. C. ChroBtonson of IJay field, Minn. "For three years 1 was troubiod with dyspopsia so that I could hold nothing on my stomaoh, Many times 1 would bo unablo to rotain a morsel oi food. Finally I was cotliacd to my bod. Dootors Baid 1 oould not livo. L read one of your advortisomonta oa Kodol Dyspopsia Curo and thought it tit my oaso and ooaunonood its mo. L began to improvo from tho first bottle. Now I am ourod and recommend it to all." Digoals your food. Curos all etomaoh troublos. Dr. E. Norton. A Great Invention. Maroom's marvelous experiments, says tho N. V. Evoning 1'ost, naturally find doubters, for it not only strains tho faith, but almost ha til is tho imagi- ! nation of layuiun to boliovo that from a signal polo iu England to a kite in N cwl'oundland rooogniztblo signals parsed aoross 1,800 miles of ocoan. That such was tho faot, however, thoro Booms hardly tho slightost ground for doubting. In fact, Mr. Marooni's publishod interviews on tho subject only heightens tho oonfidenoo which is folt in him as a man of soicnou. Tho frank acknowledgement that a signal rather than a veibal mossago was ohoson booauso tho inslrumonts aro still too imporfoot for tho moro difficult test shows tho tuinpor of tho scientist Tathor than tho headlong enthusiasm of tho moro invnnlnr An Evangeliat's Story "1 aulforod for years with a bronchial or lung troublo adiI triod varioui renndies but did not obtaiu poruiancnt roliof until L ouiuionoud using Ono Minute Cough Curo," writos Llov. Jainos Kirkman, ovangolist of iiollo llivcr, ill. "1 h&vo no hositation iu rooommonding it to all sulf crora from tnalndios of this kind." One Miuuto Cough Curo allords immcdia.o reliof lor coughs, colds and all kinds of throat and lung troublos. For croup it is unequalled. Absolutely safe. Very pleasant to tako, never fails and is really a favonto with the ohildroa. They liko it. Dr. E. Norton. A Sad Accident. Four boys who wont skating in Lopavo nvor iu Nova Scotia on Thursday, broko through tho 100 and woro diowncd togothor. They woro Ferry and McrviLie Khodenliauaor, broihorj, 14 and | 12 yoars; Curry Ilubloy, aged 12, whoHO birthday anniversary it was, ana George Baohwank, agod 10. Of Bent fit to You. D. S. Mitoholl, Fnlford, Md.: "Buring a long illness 1 was troubiod with U.J J_-_ J . - ^ ucu uuiub, wm auviaoa 10 iry Witt's Witoh llazol Salvo and did ho with wondorful roaulia. 1 was porfcotly ourod. It tho boat salvo on tbo market." Suro ouro for pilos, soros, burns. Bowaro of oouQiorfoits. Dr. E. Norton. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itfertlflcially digests the food and aids Natur? iu strengthening aud rscon tructlog the exhausted digestive organs. It lathe latest discovered digest^ antandtoulc. No other preparation ean Approach It lo efficiency. It Instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heart,burn. Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. Sick Headache, Qastralgi a,Cramps and ail other results of imperfect digestion. PrteaSOc. and St. Lars* site contains SU times snail also. BookallAboutdy?p?r?'amaU?dtree Pr*??r*e fey I. C. DeWITT A CO., Cbleage. R. B. Scarborough, Conway, 8. 0.1 i attorney' at uw Lthe 8tato a atujrney.^ i mm in i iii * [The World's Great* h'or nil forms of fevor tnkn JOHNSON 0 times better tiinn <1 it 11) 1 no unit does In H do In todays. It's splendid cures uro li 1 uiudo by quinine COSTS 50 CENT Orangcburjif CoII< ORANGEBl A High-toned Christian Institution. Considered by prominent educators the Educates along all tines. Develops inteheot'and character.* Gives personal, individual attention to 1 Mas a large student body representing t Una, Virginia and South Carolina. Maw a long list of pleased patrons Expenses?Hoard $7; Tuition $ I; Musi Handsome Buildings?good rooms. Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Condensed Soukduli. Trains Going South. Dated Noy. 19, 1899 No.66* No.tb KM, A M Leavo Wilmington 3:15 Leave Marion 0:34 Arrivo Florence 7:15 Leave Florence *7:45 *2 24 Arrive Buinter 8:57 3 6t No. 62 A. M Leave Bumtor 8:67 *9 4( Arrive Columbia 10.20 11 iK No. 62 runs through from Charleston v!? Central It. It., leaving Charleston 7:00 a. m. Lanes 8:34 a. m., Manning 9:09 a. m. Trains Going North. No. 64* No.6.A. M. P.M Leave Columbia. *0:40 *4 It Arrive Sumter 8:06 6 36 No. 8'j P. M Leavo Sumter *8:06 G Ot Arrive Florence 9:20 7 2i Leave Florence- 9.50 Leavo Marion 10:30 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 *Daily. No. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. 0 , via Central It. It., arriving at Manning 0:14 p.m., L*anca o:i3 p. m., Charleston 8:30 p. n. J. K. Konly, General Manager. T. M. Emerson, Trallio Manager. II. M. Erueraon, General Paaaonger Ag Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Southbound.?No. 97. Mixed. Daily except Sunday. Leave Chadbourn... 12 01 pm Leave Clarendon 12 25 pm Leave Mt Tabor 12 46 pm Loavo Loris 1 05 pm Leave San ford 1 20 pm Leave lloyboro 1 85 pm Lo-?ve Privetts I 45 pm Leave Adrian 1 50 pm Arrivo Conway 2 20 pm Northbound.?No. 98. Mixod. Ddljf excopt Sunday. Leave Conway 2 65 pm Lcavo Adrian 3 20 pm Leave Privolts 3 26 pm Leave Bayboro 3 36 pm Leave Baulord 3 50 pm Leavo Loris 4 06 pm I.ouvo Mt Tabor 4 30 pm Leave Clarendon 4 50 pm Arrive Chadbourn 5 20 am No 1)8, Northbound from Conway to Chadbourn. connects at the latter place with No 55, Southboundfrom Wilmington, which leavo Chadburn at 6:30o'c'ock p m and alt?o No 60. Northbound from Pec Dec whioh leaves Chadbourn for Wilmington at 9:53 o'clock p m Conway & Sea Shore Railroad. Daily Exoept Sunday. In effect Sopt. 2, 1901. Southbound. .--No. 15 Leaves Conway 8 00 am Leave l'ine Island 8 80 am Arrive Myrtlo Beach 8 45 arn Northbound.?No. 14. Loavcs Myitlo.Beaoh 6 30 pm Leave* Fine Island 5 45 pm Arrive Conway 0 15 pin D. 1\ McNeill, Gen. 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