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THE PIECE THA1 WAS LOST. BY EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLICAR. It was at midsummer morning. Th< grass was waiting for the sytho, but after breakfast Silas Rogers took down the old Bible that'has been hhl mother's daily companion for eighty years, and they set reverently down tL worship. The reading was that tenr der lesson of tho wanrdering shreep and the lost piece of silver, and endet with the Heavenly rejoicing " ovei one sinner that repontoth," and then after an earnestly though honel) prayer, they wero ready for work Abner, the hired man, and Rcubon the boy, as they started out of th house, almost stumbled over a womai sitting in the doorway, absorbed ii thought. Silas looked at her, but dit not stay to question her. And whe they were gone, she rose abruptly, ant said, " Will you give rme soeie break fast?" Mrs. Rogers looked at her. Sh was a tall and not uncomely wom1an1 about thirty, but with something Ir definably evil about her face. Th hard mouth, tire bold, defiant eye: repelled her, yet it secmed as if an. instant they might break into scor ful tears. . " Who ar you ?" asked the goo wife corning nearer, wit~h a palr bread in her hand. Again the fae darkened and lightened, grow hard an yielding, with tire hidden declaratiot "I am the piece that was lost " Martha Iogers had not a particle o poetry in hor nature, but sie had thi most profound reverence for thi Scripture; therefoieo tie words lit pluzzled aind shocked her. But si was not tire womrarr to refusie bread t tire hungry, so she placed food u po the table, and Imlotioned the womaniri r. tire chair' saying, " Set up rand eat.." All the tinc the woman was eatin, -and sire did not iatstenr- her vye followed *Ihe mistress and liet t-y, tih bright young diiaughtlr, uintil Niartih Iogers grew nervous, and sent HfLLt, to " red ip the chambers." "V ill you give ime work to dto y she demanddtl rather thn aisked. " Who are youl ?" asked AN is. I tager againl, Simply to gain tilie. " I thought you knae w. I aia i1l Pritcrett; they Ihrave Litrned uC oat < irry nhouse-brniied it over mny liead arid her eyes grew lur'id. "What canr you do '" asked MI. Rtogers. " Anythinrg that Ia woiai (ln 0o 0 a man i either. I ean work in the fieI with the best of thei ;i I hi3av done i amany a time: biut I shouli like to d what-to be like other womeni." Are you a good woman ?" The question came straiglit ai strong, withoit any falteri'g. Sir had heard of this Mioll 'ritchett., woman who lived alone inl ai old L11un1 bledown hut below the sawmira ill ai Woni a ieargre liv irg 'by werving ia carpets, picking berries for sale, 1an it, was suispected, inl less relptitaIhl ways; hut lartha Itogers took n stock in tie idle rumors. If sie ia not divine compassion, she ha something very like divire jiustirn which is altogether a sweeter thing i its remembering of err frime " ti the tender mre'cies of tie w icked.' Tlrc:%woman looked at Ier carisly at first with a iiockinrgsmrfiri, then wit a sullen and at last With a deliant r': pressioni. " Is it likely ?" she said liercel A good womani !I ow shold Ii I he goo wean ? I tell yo I ara tI pi1cco that was lost, ar~d nobordy evs'' -1ouk'zed~~ 0"'0. . iH I w w g'yr, womora do yeu supposo5( I shoued hrie wheirte I I -0nly3 twenty-eight yeats rai, w' and heaty aind every do or ini Li1 worlhd shut ini myi fice ? I tell year Li man that wiotle that, story d idi nr't, k aro wvomein :tihey don'rt hunat. for' lthat pier thamt's host ;thaey just let it goa. 'Ther'e enoughr of 'cim thrat dlon't get lost.'" Pooi' Marthra Rogers wits srr'eiy ire plexed, ali tire mor'e thart hri way la airr so smioothr and prlalir befre hei that sire mniht harve wvadked n i blind foldedl. If Lihis is an lest, piecec silver it wais nrot sire wire lost it, hun what if it werie Mh rlaster's, pr'e'iou to H-1is reart, iandl a car'eless hanid lha droppiled it, anid le ft it Lto lie in Lii ndrst ? Anid whrat if' lI Ihade hr L soek lt, aind hard it for Im ur y Shu< sire dare r'efuase? On thLiis ver'y da3 wvhern she rneeded so sur iely tire hl which she hradr so looked for in vit hiad not tis woman breetn senrt, to ire very door, atnd wars it nrt a pl an lean ing rof I l'rovidenee Y I t, is a bliesse thing for urs that we ar'e drivena to a lir'st and threor'ize after'waird, eve tihourghr tire afte'rhou~ghlt sromietimrae b'rngs r'epenrtnrce. Th'le bi'rrad wva r'ertdy for thre oven, andI tire woodni ho ormplty. "Yor may fetch ini srome woodl, said Martha H oger's, nd tire womtan pi'rmptly obeyedi, Iil tire box wvit e laad of irer' sinewy armrs, and tire Stood ihumbrily waiting. [et-ty caim into thre kitchren, andi begani to elen u p tire tatble ;but ihei rrmothrer sid 9 Go utpstmrir's arid fr'tch ia big apr'ol land eone of iouri sweein~rg ecaps: onii thorn you tiay go aLL y'our sd wIig, iair see if yeu ecani liarish auip your' d tres." Away went I letty, hr lighat heam bounninrg ithL tire in aexprectedi rhasi arid tire rmothreri ared againi to to tir womnian, furrishrerd irer w ithi a car, towel, and seet hret' to Lire wvash- hou'r for ia thorgh puiir'i i citLien. llalfi ma hour afterward'us, wvi th r' Irair hiirdl in tihe imuis ian carp. he r whlolea fi gr enveloped ian Lir elr'tearl ea apir'on, comely womran was silen~itly crngagerd a hourseihold tasks, doig ihet' wo'rk it~ Bsrch r'apidlI ty and sk iii thait, the eit cal hrousewi fe orewa~i a sigh oif telilef. " Thier'o's in handful m of Ltowvels ano coar'se cloth es Iceft fr'omt Lihae i roarinig You miiighlt put tire ii'rns on \l airy, ane emnooth r'in out." She tui'red a star'tled face ripen irer and thenr went quickly for' tihe clothres butsoethngwasita Leart ?--r'ollet -down theo swartiry cheeks, mrringlini with tire brighit drtops sire sp'rnk lea over them. \Vhen had sire ever' heara anything but Mell y" Not sinree awa: among Now iarampsir' lilils a pahtl woman hid lanid her hands upo i) th<ii tangled curIs of hot' little daunghrter' and pr'ayed thait somne one wourli watci over these wayward feot, iest thre: should go astr'ay. It mado Moll shu nd der to think of it. Whiat did shn know about joy in Ueaven ovr'erl sinner that r'epentethr? Silas Rogers listened to tire day' story, as he sat mending a bit~ of hiar floss with clumsy fingers, anrd amonro. -his oth'er thoughts he gr'as pod Lih< idea that his wife had secui'ed a valu able and much needed helper. "I1t seems a risk to rurm," said Mar'tha anxiously, "land 1 don't know burt It'i presumptuous; there's Hetty, ann Lbhere's Reuben--" " And there's the Lord," nraid Silas stopping to op en his knife. "Yes," said Martha with a litth start, "anid I caa't quite get rid o what she said about ' the p ieee tha1 was lost ' though to be sure the womrar who lost it ought to hunt it up." S"She never does; folks are alwayr iQAnthing.s for somnhbody else to find: 'taint many of them that can say, I 'Those that Thou bast given me havo I kcyt,' right straight along." "t ut if you lose, your own piceC, 5 looking after other folks---" "Well, thoro's risks, as you say, but c I'd rather tak a risk for the Lord than t agin 11im." Martha Logers took the risk for the a Lord, and He abundantly justified and p rewarded her faith ; for the piece that was lost becomes my piecc to the b heart that finds It again in the Mas- b tor's hand ; and, looking at the sto-y o of the wanderer in her own breast, it I was only to the angels that said, " Re- 0 joice with me." And when, years afterwards, the j woman herself sid bofore3 tho corn- c mitteo of the church, " I am a woman ovor whom there is ti great joy 1in I Iheaven," there were not wanting those t who thought that sho prIsamptuousy ly claimed to be a s'aint. t KEELY AND HIS MOTOR. 3 INTIRltEST HlNG IEVIV'Di) IN 1118 f ALlalGH) INVI'NTION. e is lie ia -'uak 1r or a Genlius?-Thois ands Of' Dollars I)rawn ilrom 1'l iaiciers Who lave Never Iceoived Any liy urn l 'Ior Their Money. Chica'~go T1iinecs-I Ierabll. TwentY-livo years ago the country f was startled with the announcement L that is man named Keoly, in lh iila . delphia, had discovered a now force or appulied an old one, aid that it would ievolimtionizu the mcehanices of the f world. L' ior twenty-livo years there havo L' been periodical appearancos of the i otor crLaze, when expectancy hold its b rath for the instant demonstration O of sUccess. In this lapse of timo an 1 average of $10,000 ia year has been con tribuoted to thI experimenLtr, K0ely, amiiui no inan knows what, he is doing. S1ast TIIrsaILy night a gentleman 5 leetured before the e'ople's insti tute, and ldeclared that in the lid of L Ihysies KeUly was the imaste' of the V world. 110 inay be ; but even the Itettimer doesn't know what Koely has dtonme, nor the mul,hods of hiI. investi gaItionl. S Two or three tiies exhibits have betn made before a small 111n1mberl of I exprts selected by the credulols in f es I. or blefore soiimU of the ieav icbt iiv-soir. themselves. oin these ou iaions I' cclyj ha s doine th igs thaitt noniet of Ii-, visit ors u nderstootl, and they have golie awaiy and saiti so. lie will r not ex pIain, and he never h as. IutI, : for nlanty years lie had only to ask for 1, moniey and he got it. lie has built a o hadisome hou in 'liiladelphia mad has fIIuiisled it in good style. lie has a little slop two blocks away froii his reitdelnec and there his experimen ts are conuliicted. lie goes to thbe shop1 every imiorninig aid remains there all day. There ave no windows in the lower Ltorvy. The door is heavy and stiro.g and thr is n) helI. [io does iot witit visitors. Im1,Y isSINTY 1UI.WiT1 vi.;.\ns m,I). John I-rnest \Vorril Keely is 6i years old, large and L'out, of frame, with - L lean iaven lower jaw ;mi ray black side whiskers. lio:s above the mIedimlik size o Ienl, an1,dWi giVes one 1,the ilnpres-ioni of gieal, strength. I le Is nerivous, andt talks .) rapidly and wit'h such pIerfect. coniniand of his silb ject ta' a listenmier CanI sealrcely follow him. Il lwoIli life as anl applwenit.ico in an uph(isteter's Shop. lIe is very miiagntiv Ield canl mllold men as he will. You miglit he IInw il ling to give him teni vents fir his whole secret,." a sidlI a lhi ladeP lhi an the tthier day. "lint you go upe to his shop anid iet, himi tahlk wit h y'ou half a n hiour, andit onill have $li,100i youi will give it to Th''lat, is anih indinti,in of the~ force oIf tihe man. Ilie is a Chalrater of the moitsl tii emukaihle peculiarities, lie ~'has dom)i iited'i thle ric h men wvho hate SCliniti iita ed 1, he' treasury o''tf hiis comipartiy ftor the palst, (guarter of a -century. WVhen thbey have begged IhimI tio explainc the secret of his miechaniiical potwter lie huas lauighetd at t them. Whieii they have threatened to withdraw their support he hasH t cursed theiii and told them to go. Anid they woiildt go, only they have sat at h i s feet,, have listened to the beguiiing of hiis tonigne, have caulgh t a gIlimps~e Sof hig btdies lluovted by somnethin g they ould not, understand, andu they couldn't t iiit if they tried. ' (Once orl twice backers have dropped out,. lhut thley wer'e those whot had r* not, comoiii untder the iniI tence tof the -mnan. I-'very onmce in aL while there hais beten~1~ii an inotl neemiienlLtiof thit petrfee ttion ol the iiiahim-y ofth ey m iotor andit then the stock of the eon ern has goniie k itinhg up in to the Sclouds. Ot)iher tI imes, after a long period of fr'u itltssness, till' sharties haive gone do(wnI. They have Iluetuated all the way fi omi 10 tcents to 1.000) cenits tin 't(1, dollr. l ortunes have beeni natdo on themti-andu thler fortuntes have been lost.. It, uisted to he aL favtori to invest mnit for armiy ohlicers. No doubht half I the odlicers in tbe artmy ownm K otiy stock to-daiy. Some oif the pa ptir on which it, is printed miay lbe yellow antd d LIusty , bul t, the cer tifica tes are 1.1heroi. compilletionl of his mo~ttor tibroutghi .lohtn JliOcb A's tor4, \\'illiaLm l. \'aniderb iIt, \\illiami Cuil ltn Ih'ewster and11 s~omei otlieri Netw York eap ital ist, wvho ha-;e midte ant inv estLi gat ion thibat, conin tcd them thiert wias Somei.t hiing in tlbe 0 keel y muotori and aflre rteadmy to lbac k thme diseme rer for aniy amount, imp to lift~yk Imillionm dhu-as are' iiatCr ct~rahdiettory. ti It, is detclariedi the Newii Yorkeris wvill C have nothing to tdo w ith the selceme. uni ess Ke'eiy will move his haboratiories L, -and wo~rk,.hopls to Nw Yor\(Pk. Ad uip~ that tihe wi zardt has itSlatly r'efused tio hi dlo. hI e doe tn't mineoCt tmatters andl j evnwith rih men even fori IL trihle t Ilike Iif(ty mill ion dlllars. If lie suc e.,eds in pterfectitng his mailchine lhe a will be ind~ependencmt of t'ie worltd. t At t' betg innin1g of hiis published enirer, K 'ely succededi in iterceting h: several weal thy I 'hiliiade Ilphiians in hiis d ~iscotvteries, atud they got, upl a coim Ipaniy. T1hen he madoe an exlibit oif ju t, i so munch as lhe wanitedl them Lt) see, andil the stock wa'ls tolfered inm the matrkot. There weire several years of thalt, andti theni the prm'mnisedl porfectinig ditd not, I comoi, antd the Qumakemrs flaIgged In their lidlel ity. li inall1y most of thomii wvith drow theirI Iinanttc ial su pport. T1hoso a who still be1lieved in hhn cold~ not z gi :e the momney, anti lifteomn yearPs ago n Kooly was In hard straits. Thien Mr~s. t' I loomnhicld Moore, Ia rich woman, of e the qjuaker' city, came to hits rescueo, and she hals give him about $400 a d month ever sInce. She Is a curious b old ladly, and1( If she doesmn't believe in Kooely she makes peollO think she t dotes. It is she who Is onglneoinmg the t deal wvith the New York kings of n money., WIIATL IS (;LAtI:I 1F0U TVIlE MOTiOlt. But what Is the Keely motor ? Trhoro is only one mnan in the world who can answer that qjuestioni, and he 0 is probably at this moment In the back c room of his shop In Twentieth street, i PhIladelphia. B ut he Is not answer ing questions.t IIf you hold a dumb boll out at arm's d ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP IT. IANG THE PERPETIATOR8 01i SUCHI HOljtItjIILE CRtUEYLTy! A Caso of Doubtle Iynchling in Colle. tota County that will RIefIct 11dell, blo Disgrace upon South Carolivau Unlescs the Gitlty Mien are Brought to Prompt anit Condlign Punish. ionlt-Drink Is no Excise. News and Courier. COLUM ilA, December 5.- The detaih of an ugly lynching which occurred in this Stato last Monday night cane t light to-night. It took place in Collc tom County, neatr the Barnwell and Hampton lines, and was not kinowi generally in that vicinity until WUd nesday morning, when the dead bodiet of two of the victims stripped of thoh clothing were found-one being an Olt womlan. They had bon taktn oul and boaton to death with now bugg3 traces-the man's olfonco being tha he was suspected of having stolen a Bible and some furnituro from , church, and the woman's offence belni that she was 4upposed to know some thing of it. Liquor seems to be til only excuse for tihe deed, if oxcusl there can bo. The arair occurrod in Broxton Town ship, Collotlon County, at Broxtol Bridge or ford, as it it frequenti called. Several months ago St. N ichola Church, in Barnwell County, Wa broken opon and robbed, a Bible an sonmc1 pu!pit furniture being take: away. A young negro named Isor koarso, who disappeared Iroin th neigh borhood about that time, wa suspected of being the thief. tie ha, become somewhat notorious for theft and had boon suspectud of burning store 801110 time ago. In sonmc way four Barnwoll men ha gotten information that le was at hi mother's home, near Broxton l ort and they Went over there on Monda night last. These men got two Ime from the neighborhood to assist then one of 010bom being F1rank Heirs. Tie they went to Isom1's house. Tihe found him just coming out of tihe dool The party took tihe negro, put a r'op around his iieck and tied him binIeh in their buggy. Then they drove to th ferry, two miles away, very rapidij ile omor negro kept up as long as h1 could, and it Ij said that linally ho Io anti several time was dragged alont On thu way two of the palrty were set back t.o get tle legro's aged liothoe "Old Mauma lannah," and nis youni wifO, a girl about 17 years of ago, w h has a live-1iontbs.oltl infant,. At thi fUrr'ay te )arty hld up Lad awaite the arrival of the detail. When th woilel arrivUd none Of tle three woul or could tell Ian ything about th chur'ch property. Upon their refus they were all btripped naked an boLatun witib a now buggy trace, which it is said, wits almost worn out. TL man was given about 15) lashes an fell insensible, his body being in terriblo condition. The women wer likowiso severely beaten. The mai sevLal times pleaded with 3 his tor 11101toLs to shoot him. Tiie old womai broke away and dashed into the woods Tho yoting woman did likewise, going in a different dirction. The iet biltI a lire near the insensible negro throw his old coat over him and lelt. On WOdnesday morning his bod was found where it was left, cold ir dent,h. It hia: beeni tlore one nih ill and one day. About o1e hundred yards away in tile swamp, lying in a P001 of water about kneo deep, waU found the old woman's body, cold anti stil. She had falen face downward with her' hands extended. Thue young wVoman~l managed to lind her way homt antd is sit'd to lbe in a criltical cond~?ition She told soime of the negroes abouti Tuesday afternooni, but they seemed t< be afraid to mention it. rial .Justico A. C. Walker held ai inquest yesterday evening, the bodie still being where found. The jury comp iosed atlmost entirely of good whliite 1110n fr'omi the nicghborhlood, upon01 th< testimony of Hliors, who it develops tried to prevent the deed, and wvh gave all tihe dotails, has rendered verdict charging (direethy four promi nent mn, 0130 a physician, with th< ARP'S BOY GETS MARRIED. HILd M~:I'TS THE HAPPY PA II How the Quest ion Is Popped- &skinj the Gi's I,'ather--A HiashI'ul hiov er's Met hoti. Thicre hals been at coimmotion in thes< parts. O ur Florida boy3 has criossedl th< Ut ubicon andi got mar'ried. lie fount hIs bride last witer nlear San ford, anm being cal led profossionally3 to visit, hei invalid father, took advantage of thu old( gentleman and tried his arts upor0 the daughter. it dlosn't, take a smart, good-hooking young man long to cap~ ture an unsuspeocting mnaidlen atnd s( she surrendered at discretion. Th( mother generally falls into line witl the choico of an~ obedient, daughitel', but tile old gentlomani wasent so easily har. "I'll think about it, I'll th ink abhou it,'" said( he. ' I don't k now mnuch ab~out you ! I'll have to inqu13ire. I though1 you were' coiming out her'e to see mec but, it sems I waus mista(kenI. Are you3 making enough to su1pport ia wife I la yLeL lay upl any'thling Or (do you1 spendc it til ? 4Vhat doe(s SaraL say abhout it, and. 103' motiber ? Thiis is aLsuirprise to lilt, uri'; a suirpr'ise, bu1t I miiigh t havo c. ivo you an aniswer' beftore we return'i t 'hiladelphia." ( My recollection is thatt it is an aw fuli olenmn aifair' to atsk the old ge'ntlemani or hiis daughter'. I put, it off from daiy ) (day3. 1 dreadt~ed it. I ha 1 no0 tI'rouble ith the dlaghter' 0or the mlotheri, but hluse old sol id fathers canl't ho beguiled th gotod( looks and1( hionied words. mould like to see a hook full of such :iterv iews-what tihe young man sai d udt how he said it and what tihe old Innf said iln reply13. I knew a youang inn in the long ago who puit, It off' un il he found( the old man~l alone in hIs old sitting on a log and lhe was so eix. ited that ho for'got, himself and asked im to please to stop) thiis way for a 'inte. The old man smiled1 and said. .Go jocd, Jilm, thereisnbdb indI log."'I obd e In miy young days ther'e had to be a eo'sonal interview. Writing a letter' o the 01(d man would hardly have boon olco'ated, but now it is quite common. ad so t1e mfoder'n youth avoids muchi mbarrasemnent. Why, they even pop he qluestion in a letter and cover w hole litges with adoration and admiration md adulation and all tihe other ations md somel some1 promises that are likely 'o he forgotten after the ihoneymoon is over. In our day the girls waited mod ~stly to be courted, hut now they are nor'e aggressivo and many of them net niaroe to catch their game. De~an Swift ays that the reoason~ why there are so nany unhappy marriages Is that the 'oung lai.ics spend more time in mak ng nets than in mascin g cager. I don't Ike tho.'o cold, calculating matrimo lal alliances. The Oxqisitej, cstatic, ngollc questions of love should not be uppr'essed. Novelr was a bride more ohprmingly won than Coleridge's Gen Moveo. He had told her a tender, touching story and It ended so sweetly that "She wept with pity and delight; She blushed with love and virgin shame, And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name." But I started to tell about the com motion-the preparation for the infair. That is what it used to be called, and it Is a proper word. It is in tile dic tionary and means the recoption of tle wedding party at the home of thc groom'a parents. You see, the bride was a stranger to us. Her home was in Philadelphia and our boy had t. travel 1,000 miles to got her and liked to have been shipwrecked off Cape ihatteras on the way. The vessel lost two days in the storm. lPor a week be. fore that ily folks had ijeen cleaning up the house and the yard and seeding raisins and stall-feeding turkey gob. blers and they kept me or the man ser vant trotting to town for "sugar and - Spico and all that's nice " or something else a dozen times a day. And they talked and worked and wondered what kind of a girl the boy was bringing into - the family. I was greatly admonished i how to behave, and as friends and kin dred had been Invited to a grand dining s and some would stay over night, they 6 said I might sleep onr the sofa, us I hat I done before on such occasions. I am i a very humble man and was thankful. I .1 would have slept out doors on a plank J if they had said so. I was instructeo s to go to Atlanta and meet, tile bride an< l grooirn and escort thenm to our unpre s tentious home, which I did with ex ceoding pleasure. It is all over now andil my wife and I rre calin and serene. What the Quit s ker City has lost we have gained-a other kind, lovirig and considerat y dlaughter. They Wer t nLt marLirtiedi it hrabtO and are not likely to repet, iI , iciSUre. 11 There is another entry to make not y in the fauily Bible. The good old boo is getting pretty full of records. BirthE marriages and deatlis--nature's roti a tion-gladness and naudness, joy and soi e row. Old lPather Time has been kin to ts for a good whi ile. 'T'he ten ar e still livinig and he lias taken but tw I grand-children from the [lock. Th old rascal shakes his whetted sey the at t m11( occasionally and wags his head an , grins aId Passes oll-passes on and cut down my friends, the friends of ml r youth, to warn me. Not long ago I u cut down Dr. Battey, the noblo-hearte I surgeon, the friend of my family fe forty-five years: the gentle-licarte 1 man w homn everybody loved. le ha 0. done eniough, and was tired. And oni I last week he cut down Dr. Rich Brar ham, the man of (;od, the preacher ed itor and educator, a man whose purc exIltetd character and life-long servie I was an illustrious examliple to tile gei oration that followed in his wake Hte too, was ripe. ThIo lives of such men all remind us - We may make our lives sublime. But we don't do it. It is pitiful t( think how fow out of the millions leav footprints on tie sand. How manl millions have died and left no sign, n< mar-k no imp-essive example for good nothing but that they lived and dic and the epitapli should be : Once in the liight of ages past : There lived a man ................. .................. A man or a woman in the humbles walks of life can live sublime and thousands of them do it. Longfollov says It is sublime to "Butfer and bi str-ong." I romnemrber a proor bed-r-id den invalid whose knees were (trawi to his chin and his fingers to his wrist and his spine bent ilke a bow fron 1chronic rheumatism, but his face wa almost angelic in its sweetness and hi griatitude to God for his goodness v-a marvellous. That good mlan's influone over- the family that gave him foodl ant shelter and over the neighbors wa sublime. The poor have more oppor tunities to show true subihnity of char actor than the rich. Every man ani woman should begin here in this lit< the rudiments of an education for thi life to come. 'rho morc we learn her< of truth, patience, virture, gratitudi and love to God and man the hiighc stand we will take among tihe saints Iheaven is a school arnd is as progress lye as the schoo's of eaarth. It wra given onily to Aloses andl lias to b priesernt tat the trarnstgu ration. The had gr-aduated witn the hiighrest bor ors, but a ny of us can lear-n enough her to cntor- a grammrar school if not a col lego in life to conmc, What does all this Thanksgivin men- Y s it in ear-nest or is it a sham Ar-e the peole thank ful or just hun gr-y? hlow can a man be grateful un less lie knows something of the Givei arnd how can he know unless ho corn munies with naturo and naturec's God llut I dlidn't start to write a sermon he~t the preachers do that. We havt had ouri 'I'hankcsgiv-ing and my wift anid I received thre benedictions bf score of cihildren arnd grandchildrer and our newb daughter is fairly intro dlued to heri Soumthern kindried. J us nowv her pol1itics andl mnuch of her n-o hlon is conicent-rated in her husbanml arnd will remaini so as long as ho is kint and faithiful and tr-ue. .May the geoo L or-d bless them and~ keep them happy 1HIrLL A nt>. WVe would like to look Into the pleas atnt, face of some1( one who has novoi had any dor-angerment of the digestivt orgians. We see the drawn and unhap py faces of dyspotics in over-y walk o life. It is our national disease, an< nearly all complaInts spring from th i sour-ce. I trmove tihe stomach difficulta and the wvor-k is (lono. iDyspepties anid pale thin pl)OIl ar< liter-ally jsta' ving, becatuse they don'i diigest their food. Consumption rnovci develops in peolo of robust, and nor mal digestion.- Corri-ct the wastint arid loss of floshr arnd we dure thre d is. .iase. D~o tis with food. The Shakers Digestive Cur-dial con tainus alr-eady tdigested food and is mu digester of food at the samie tinme. Iti elfoots aro felt at once. Get a pamph let of your tdruggist and lear-n about It. Laxol is Castor Oil made as sweet as honey by a new process. Child-rn like it. -H101( In grateful remembrance those who have (done you a good turn : tr-y to forget those who have done you wr-ong. --The populration of the world aver ages 109 women to every 100 men. FNight-ninths of the sudden deaths are those of males. -A Frenchman has invented a bi oycle that can be taken apart, packed in a valIso, and carried, it Is claImed, wIth ease and comfort. - It Is an interesting fact that while tho-now Rhode Island State capitol In Providence is to be built of Georgia marble, the Georgia State House Is built of Indiana marble. angth and drop it, it will fall to the round. But Keely's motor can keop up there in the air, and qt any de ired beight-or will, when it is coin leted. 1f you lay a dumb boll down n the ground, and keep everyone from uching it, it will lie there. But the Lecly motor can pick it up without ay visible substance touch ng it and lace it on the top of a post. If you oil up an engine, sot all the elts, draw all the fire from under the oilr, and sit down ton feet away, the ngine will wait as long as you do. lut the Keely motor will make that ngine start up and will send the fly r heel at 400 revolutions a minute. Not ust now, but presently-when it 18 omn pleted. Long ago he quarreled with the Zeoly Motor Company and broke up he machinery which he had spent 'ears i pro paying. At least, he said to had broken it up. Some of the non who had kissee their contribu ions good-by said he never had made ,ny such machinery. When he was in straits, after that rupture, Mrs. loore, who herself owned a good deal i the Kooly motor stook, Insisted he hould sever his connection with that rganization and confine himself to the >mrfecting of an apparatus which vouln demonstrato his principle aod educe it to practical use, and abandon he hope of making something thatt ould be patented. One of his friends-ono who has )cocn very true to him-begged him to oil the secret, so that if he should die uddenly soine other scientist could ake up the work where he left it and ro on, that the priceless boon be 1ot lost to civilzation. But Kocly ins positively refused. He says he ins discovered, and that the it .ount of his study and the result of ifs experiments are committed to a infety deposit vault, and that if he should ever die before the motor is '0mp1i)leted the truth will be made <nown. So the friend and backer did .vhat they have all been doing fori a juarter- of a century-ho waited. Mis. Moore says she doesn't know tny more than the rest of thenm, and Llat at least is doubtless true. But ie has ecvery faith in the man, an]i he is wovleomoe to any )Lrt of her fortuno lhait h10 wants -andt has been since ISS2. If he is successful she can't, nake much out of it, and she says she looslnt want to. And if he were to wrivo et a solution of his problems to nIo0row he could not expect to enjoy is triuim ph ver3 long. A man of 7i loesn't feel that ho has much leeway n the nimtziter oof timo. No mann knows what the Keely notor is. I n the first plice-, Kooly said when 'o was a boy he saw the window of :iis shop shake, and minutes after the ,vagoin whicih;bad shaken it wont past. I'le wagon was so far away it could 'iot b) heard when the window be aityed its coming. Another time he rolind there was a Certain faucet in the iouse which, when turned In a certain iotur of the day, would permit the vater to d rip : and that the dripping )f the witer at tliat timio whould shako 'he whole house. llo went. into the 'ooms4 next door, and fo'.nd the fall of ,lat water-a drop lat a time, ireniem Ior-could be felt there. One time a number of men were )racticilig a dr1-um1i Corps in a street, ind a storimi caio up, and they went ito a hull. The score mado all the lirums break into ia concerted roll on nstant. And as the roiL of that drum ning smote the air the windows were woken. lI'roma all thiis hie understood there vas such a Lbhing as sympathetic vibra ,ions by which aL foreo could, uinder mertaini coniditions, he commlunicatee ro'n oiie object, to another. And ho >el ieved thiis force was treOmendous01i. Tlhese, v ibratiins arc in the ether v'h ichi surrounds our earth, which p)er h'ades our uiverso, and t lie pJossibilities If the successful K~eol~y motor are imited onlly by tue liimitatioins of hspace. Objects vitalizedl so as to ribrateo In this ether with a certain 'elattioni to eatch other wvill together )xoit a tremendous force. The amp >licatlin of that force to material ,hinegs in catrthily alfairIs in all Mr. (cely has to do now. Ile has found ,be ether. 'il Ri.: SI ii 'i' is H'ila m iN M YST'i Y. All that, is knowni is tbat, whlen two :ertai n objects ar'e ini prioper relation ,o each other, the v'ibr'ations give ,bemii contrmol over a force greater than mnuytLihg known in phyi3sics; a fore bat, sets the laws (If gravitiy at, de ince: a fo' cc beside which mnagne ismi is as child's play. Illow far Keely imS progressed in devlinItg maclii iory' w hi ch will appruhend Lhis force 11d( applly it, to~ mun1 dane objects is thbo wrohlem. lHe may know altl abtlout, it. Io may be able, if lie will, to hitch is engine tomoirrow to a steamishill tiind( divo hot' atcross the Atlantic with >ut the use (If a ton of ctoal. lio may Io able to attach it to a freight car' mid travel from I 'hiladelphin to Clhica so in two hou~ars. lie may be0 able to Irive a tunnel through a moiuntalin, Ii sink a shaft, Into the ecarth. lie ny3s lie canm do iany oIf these things lien the moitilir is comilpleted, anmilhe aS said Limo anod again that lie was t the very verge of comlietion. lie. my he fooling them he may be there Andi on the other haindl, lie ay know othinilg. He has never given a test, utsitd (If hiis wolrkshop. \Vhlit, things e has in his taniks amid rooms no one nitws. lie lhas nevei' perm itted a iorouigh investigation. Keoly has ijoyted the con idence (If soie (If the i'ewdcst investors oIf the age. The sts lie has giveni have been in thle rUemice of mien of 51ilene, and if he as not a now force lie has a method conitroIlling1t ol forces that none oIf ieim camn under'st-andl. And if lie has hait lie pro'~t~iind to have lie will t irely revoluttt,ini ize thbe mechlaniics (If :ie worild. 'Tho perfection of his ' iotoi' will b)e tbo doom of the steam And in the light of these stuipenidous n tlssibil ities (one can understand somie- n 'hat, of the inlluence lie has wielded t, is mnotor' means the gr'eatest adlvance c in scientifc itel(1ld thait, hias evern been0 b -lhm'ing the last 40 year's Senator (1hn1 Shei'man has been at ilrivate citi en only (oni day. \VhIle tils is quite I good i'ecor'd fomr oflicohoidineg, bonn w' Moirrili, of Verimoiit, has a better' t no. Hie entoredo the house ini 1855 'ith Senator' Sherman, and since that iato has not lost a single hour (If olilee. olding. -Tho hottest mines In the world are io Comstock. On the lower' levels ue heat is so great that the meon canm ot wor'k over 10 oi' 15 mInutes at a ime. Ice melts before It i'eaches the ottomn of the shafts. -It 18 said that In the future fir'e ken's clothes in l'ngland will be mader asbeistos or' mineral wool, it Is non umnbustible, a non-duetor ot heat, and is in no way injured by water. -A noble pare of every true life is learn to undo what has been wrongly a PEiED WITE CORN. Peculiar odetomn Observed Darig the Great Fail Festival. Wha cotton Is to the South, corn becoming to the West. The grei fields of Indian maize which cover ti prairies are the source of much of ti wealth of the Missouri Valley, and tl manner of recognition of itg impo tance is worthy the orginality of ti people. Cornhusking bees cannot I ield, as the grain is shucked in ti fields, while corn festivals are not on] feasible, but unique, and attract muc attention, says The Altoona News. The originator of the corn festivi aiined to make it different. from a others on earth, and succeeded. TL one held here attracted thousands < visitors, who came by the carload 1 so what could be doao to crown Rir Corn in a becoming manner. Thei are no s1)CO110s, no program, no procci sion. A dozen bands play when au where they will. The carriages and peoplo fre decora cd with cornhosks, and the stor fronts are built up with such 'lavie decorations as to make the stree seem like a field. At dusk handsox floats appear and display the oddithi of liction and poetry, with corn as ti contral feature. A price Is oITred 1 the man who can drive with a Load i watermelons through the street at not have thn stoleton Several try bi non0 succeed. Maskers come out, and then begii the fun. Corn is the weapon of tl Iu1nomy-shelled corn, dry, yellow ke uels, hat d as bullets and dried to ril petfection in the glorious prairie a tumn. Nvery one carries a sack of anti Ielts his neighbor. The drivers Iloats and the street car conducto are subjected to it rattling rain of cor L'housantIs of feet tramp over the f1 Iln grain61, and as tle bupply, gro less tihe store decorations arel to] ttay to contrib.ito to the hilarit MidLight scarcely sees an etnd to I sport, an tie roe:t morning presen i street surface which noods only I geneous rain and111 a t0rce sun heat be converted into a kind of luro loaf corn bread. It is remarkable what unique elet can be prod uecd by Inmeans of the col o elecorations. l)rebses, capes and ha o of husks, with cob and kernel trit t lmings, do not look so bad, and L J sorts of pictures can be made of t] parti-colorod grains. -One of the most couriots inve tolls otn exhibition at the Miehatli Pair, in Boston, is an augur that bor a stquare hole. --A novel and simple euro for hel - ache is announced. It is for the st , rer to walk backward for about t , i inutes. Heart Disease Kill Suddenly; but never iiwiit tut. warnitg sym tomts, stuh as Iaint, Weak or ilungry :)ell I rregula~r or lautermift tnt Il'u se. Flutterit or Palpit at ion of I he lI art, Choking Sets; t iOns, Short itess Of lIrali, SwC-e1llg of Fe and Ankles, etc. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Cures Heart Diseast S Mr. Geo. L. Smtith; of te Geo. L. Smn Mantel Co., Louisiltle, Ky., wvrttes IFeb. 1894: "I or about a year I was a terrible su ferer from heart trouble, whtichi got so I) I was obliged to sit1. utp in lbed to get, n breath. 1 had to abandon business at could htardly crawl troundl. My friend, M, JTulius U. Voghit, one of our leading phtarti cists, asked me to try Dr. Miles' Iheart Cur I htad utsed little miore than a bottle wh<i the pain ceasedl attd pal)itafltis entire disappeared. I have not, had the slighte roubio sinlce, and today I ami attending business as regularly as ever." Sold by druggists everywhere. Book< Heart attd Nerves sent fr'eo. Address O Miles Mcslical Co., Eikhart, Intd. D)r. Miles' Itemedieg lRestore IHealt! We Desire To itrodce ur frnitre'busliness io every commnit-ity in to Sotitht ernt States, andi itn orr to -do~ so .in thie quict(kest ttime, have coitclutded to make some very libteratl oilers in bied room suites to secure tat least 01n0 t'ustomier' at every postr-otlce in the ntext (W0 days. Pleatso read( this adcvertisemtent earefut3tlly an sentd at onfle for (ione'f ouir special otfers. *Outr renttolfer No. I consists of ono0 BolId ( ak 11011room Suite withitlarge . droseer with 20.V24 b~evei mirrotr, one( larugeu Washistandu, wIth doutblo door atn(Idrawer, 0one. ft-foot Ilstad hult withi. Thi~s suIte of furnitut'e is ivorthi iny furniture store not less ,tan $35. D~o not thiink for OnIce tht it is a lIIt ie chteap Suite, for we assure you it Is not,- butit a liege lull-sIze suite equal11 to anythi ng ont thec martket, in order to sttart the sale of thteso su1Ites and1( to keep, outr mn busy and1( int rtodutce oiir Itsiness it yOt Ir neight borhonod. we agree to shtip Onte sito 01nly to eacth sIppinog ptoint in the SothI for $15, twt hen hecasht conmes wIthI the order. TiIs adlvertisemient il l posssibly iapp etir tw Ice In Iis jpa per'. thltereforet If yout are' intere~stedl, -ecut. fthis out. atnd send ithii $lf5and the stowil il Ibet shiIpped to you. i f it Is ntot Juist ats tOreen ed yout maty re tun nhou su Ito att outr expense and yotir $15 will be0 roeunded lo yo(ui. Our cat alogue conta~tining mtatiy 11111sf ra t ns of tttre btrgaiit and4 houttse fuir niishi~nj goods wIill be sent to you tup onapication. Th'Ie suite above dlescribted Ia a spec ial bargaini tnd doces not appeart in f he ctalogieo thierefore- it Is useless to wvrite for lihastrtionts 01 thIs siteo atnd while you aire delatyingj wrItIng SOmel one( else maty get the banrgaint. We atssture youi flint we will ntot shaip btut one stiIto it yotur nteighblor'hood att tis price. A ftlterIt oil sute hias been shtipped mi thte nteighborhtood thb price ill go to at iottst $30I. L. F. PADGETT 8416 BItOAD) ST., A UG USTA, OA. PE~OPLl3 WON'T BUV. A second time from a buisiness house when their first transaction ham been unsatisfac tory. All our patrons sick tous; each new customer becomes a permatnent business frIend. What is the concluision? AUQtISTA LUMBER Co.,. Peers, Sash, BlInds, Lumber. etc. A.UtUTAc.r 0A. 'I W 4 I ~.-In 1813 poatab rates in the United State. Wore: "~7Inuie letters, by land, '~ 40 miles wile8, 10 cent.; cents; 500 miles, 20 cent~s over 600 it mile.,' ~6 Oents* double letters twice ie iJie single rate~ one OUnCO at t~be rate te offour slbgle l~tte~," ~ MAGNETIC NERVINE. i0 IA. 0 to cure Le old wIth WilitOR oeseaveuaeoi~ Le Tobeoco tuid Aloe. hol; Mental Depreig. :0 ~O Brain, causing Lost Power in elilier sex1 g j'r~matu & " es~ausod ;o ~r~you~' ovor.oxorUouo the Dr nabd Natural dou&oe the 107.1 ot lY~'~ cure. ~uc~~r1jh(43a and Fenialo ~Voaknoas. A month~ treat. or refundr we give a roe. 8uaranteo Issued only l~v our ox. e elusive agent. h 18 0 18 0 :0 it, PIEDMONT AIR LONE. 38 it.. U0ND3Me3D~~~ W PA~5eNa YS.*TIhl* P. 10 U. it ' Nortbbo.n.i. ~ MoSS Ne 56 No.11 No.18 No.83 ~,f October 6, 1895. DaIly Daily Daily Ems 1)aIIy ~ Lv. Atla?itaO.T. 1200m 11 lOp 760a 485p 40(Ip 13. 44 Atlanta 3.T. lOOp 1116. 860* 686p SOOp .1- " Norer.............iSs6* 088* *28p. S....1016a ?00r. Gaineeflue, 1~ 101a1044a '143p 682p fl " Lula. 228a1104a 808p. y " cornell~2...........11 26* 684. Mt. Airy..........260*1180* 886p 735p 316.1163* 900p. ta " tmI~ . SSOal227p.828p ~ 407a1242p.94lp ~ "Centra1~. ~46 488* 120p.9lUp ' Spartani~y~~ 616 6 18* 8 22p.Ill 4~i) (3atrne~s.**** *~i~ 686. 410p......... t't : ~:M1...... 71,9* 480p. 10301, .~ G*Jitolila....... ......... 782* lOOp......... .......................768* 628p........ ......................................1 00* ~ &r.DanvI~Z ~ ~..440* Li) &z.Eiohmon~.~ ___________ 600* *40p 600.Sr.... 10 &t. Waablngtcn. 642 940p..........1145* " Dalm.rR~ 806a1126p..........17p Phlladel~h1a 1010* 800*......... ~ NewYor .... 1258n 620*..........31. F] ,8' Southbound. o No.11 No.12 No.31 No.8? No.86 _______________ Daily Dail Daily ESun Daill LYN.Y.PRR... 430p1216n..........10(1.. " Philadelphia SOOp 720* 1 l2lb ___________ .439p MI Richmond.... lOOal266p 200*.25p - " Danville.660* 606p 600a.......114Vp - " Charlotte.96a1066p l220p.320* Usatonla........11 SOp 1061)......... ~ burg... 1049*1210* 200p..487* " Gafiheys.........1223* 218p......... Spar'enburg. 11 87a 1269* 8 06p..6 20* " 'Jreenvills.l228p 1 60* ~ 40p..621* ~ Central.Op 286a 540p..210* ~ 801100*....... 800* GOOp......... *' Weatmjng~. 622p IL N Toocoa............ 8?aOa 668p 800.. " Mt. Airy...... 740p 680* 912* ~ Cornell...~46p 688.. ~ Lula............441* 812p 667.. " Galneaville... Slip 469* 886p 720 964. "Butord.....7p748a. " Nororosa..............*42p 818* At AtiantaiLT. 466p 620a1080p 990.1120* Lv AtlantaC.T. 866p 620. 980p 880.1020* "A'* u.n. "P"p.m. ~W' noon. "N" night. Nos. SlaM 88-Wuahington and Southwestern Vestibuled Limited, Through Pullman Sleepers between New York and New Orleans, via Wash. lngton Atlanta and Montgomery, and *lao be. lweeni4ew York and Memphis, via Waahington, &tlanta and Birmingham. Dining Cars. No.. 86 and 86 United St..te. Faint Mail Pullman lleeping Cars between Atlanta, New Or ej.ns S.nd ~ New Yoik. No.. 81 and 81, Expoaltion Flyer, Through Pull. man Sleeper, between Now York and Atlanta via Ws.ahin g ton. On Tuesdays and Thpr.di.ya ton aection Will be made from Richmc~.d with No. I SI. and on these dates Pullman Sleeping Car will be operated between Richmond and Atlanta. On Wednesday. and Saturdays connection Iron. At lanta to Richmond with througi. sleeplaig ca.. will be to leave Atlanta by train No. 82. No.. 11 and 12, Pullman Sleeping Cur bctwees Siohmond, Danville and (ireenshoro. V. A. TURK, 8. 11. 1IARDWICK. Uem'l Paw. Ag't, Ass't Gen'l l~aaa. AgI. Ii WASMIKOTON, D. C. ATlANTA. Ga. a, ~- V. S. RYDER, Superintendent, Chtaki.o~s. L(l Noavu CAitON.IUA. ly id V. U. GREEN. J. M. CULPI r. ~ D. ~ Traffic M'~, Wa swm.,vn. ~ U' ~; SOUTHERN P.~ILWAy CO. ly 'Ii, in r. VOmstl...i,...,l *i :. ., is. F i1....4 ~4~'& l '3 . . .. I. . - Tralia. nh. t,~ *.iii V. * gnu. 'P. ins !iar'eiThi.................. iii . II Ii "Properity................ Ar Newberry..................... ~. ArOlinto,.(Ex Suil. Lat~rena.(l':x -iii.... SI ~ Hodges..:......... .'~iilio Dalton An.lerog,.................. ~Threeaville.................. .1 .. i. Atlanta.................... - STATiuN~. .........................................I Wllllamnton.........................................I . "Ilelton..................... Lv Abbovill....................11 hodges......................~,, I, " Nincty..91x Laurpui.t Ex iii.).....ii ii Olimiton (l:x ~iiti?.... 2 . Newberry......................i.. Proaponity.................... Ar.Colunibia.................... Charleston................... I ~ DaIly 8I~.VIIt.i\4 ( I,., No.13' . j 1~ 11.26 ~ Nfl ~.C . ii'u'.., ~. 12.lOpm..........~t 1.S0pni............ 1.66 p 111.............* Ii i'g..il 1.O7pm".Ii.i~. t40pmAr.'~I:r..........I'.i a 8.10 p mm Lv.~.iut' I .~ .~ . SA ii.i... . Trains leave ilpa. laid. ii I. 41,41 I . ilk 1.1. ii northbound 8:18 a. vim.. I": I .. ill.. it A. p. iii., 6~l8 p. nm.,Vestilumled I.Ii.i Ii. I, 'utirlibon' d. 12: I' am., S:00p. in.. 6:e6a. in.. I?:3;a vi,, 'Vn.fthuk.,t Limited) Train. leave (Irei'itille., .~. ,iiiil C. 1 'hI", northbound, ~ Q lii ~. ~., tI:i1 i. .".. uv I 1:60 a, mm,, 4:fi2 p. iii.. ',:.2t em. 'ii.. l2:..~ p. mci.. Q. .... Ubule Limited). Fmullmnan P.iliicc~ sI ~ * ~ P ~ ,~. x, ,. 36181 and 32. :17 ...,.I :th. *l~ '. 'i..* C. iu W. A. TuRK. '2. II. H 1:1' I Geta. l'aem~. AgL A~'i ~... I. * . .~ VA. /