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FoRuNE VROM Tl1lC NICW Nobody could say that the 1)aecyb were a lazy famnily. Davo l)acey, Ia lad of only soventco1n years, but strong, fair and ruddy as his namesake of old, he of Goliath fame, was the bread winner of thbe family. Atsevon o'clock overy morning, clad in a blouse and overalls, and armed with brush arid paint pail, Dave trudged olf to his work. Although only a house piter, he had artistic aspiirations, and his cozy room in the little brown Cottage was filled with sketches, which, erude though they might be, evinced a merit easily recognized by others less partial than his sister D~olly. Dolly was l)ave's twin. She had the same clear, violet eyes : the same light complexion that a ha ugh Ilitshes so rosily ; the siamo brown hair with a glint of red gold in it. Dolly had her aspirations, too. She wantel to be a writer. Thiu far. howover, sho hadl launched but few barks upon the troubled sea of literature. Some of them had foundered, but, several had come into port grandly, and the Ipale blue and yellow cheeks fn'i a unideUS sum sent )olly had causedl dtys of rejoicing in the brown cottage. Aunt Betsey I)acey lhd neither artistic nor literary longings. She had become an ininate of the hon hold when th larents of tlw ziw i wore alive, and when the sun-hino of prosperity had brightened her wei come. And when death and los. of property came. aunt Betsey stayed on. though there were those who said that it was extremely foolish for the twins to burden thcmselves with a feeble, old relative. lut aunt IetIey knew that nhe was seeure in the h4,ye of the two loyal-lart:-d yone peop! and she did her best to help ke eat the fatuily income by knittin;, and mittens and lieing gulis. There was anotlier mtub IiIer of t Dacey household. wh ot we may mn:n tion ineidentally. '1his wa the la boarder. -t lonev sad-hearted wo.' who had once been rih, and L friends who had caled heI' beaut and witty. at had. or tIouent. had, all the glories f e1 rainbow bap. 1but thI C 1 a taken to nemselves ing': . - rative.ly peak'in , haid tie ri d an' tLe lady boarier. rting r potr to her purse. was mopint in te : brown COttag'e and. ti to :1-r Giant De.-'ai', t:w. Young -7 . D. never c- :a. a v : ae : Doub'6ic, 01e Dave -w -'-.! ot. - ca4-r Lit:eaed - - ever,-for dd all. nt si * - 'in O'iVsi -o. 'sensheil)( - tit nw dollf tars , -- i l fn r m I nor a7~ - - . 'o i'.e w a-,t w r ,ntr. an er ou . - . ':-n inew - .-: - .rt '.. -~ o i - - i. ill -0"* i t it - - - . the t -*-' r t ' H r *i - ea rr .i~i~ tA 'p 6 rra ~11xJn -.r St s WHEEL. YORK OBSKIRVICR. ing out, perchod liko a iucditativti rais0opp1er 1 among tho clovor by th bull fenco. " Dave," sho bogan slowly, "I havc bcon think about aunt Betsoy's invi tation.' "So have I," saidi her 'brother soberly. " It would be awfully nico if she c0111(l go ?" "So it would." We might" here Dolly looked very keenly it Dave-" we Imight us our hieycle moniey. Now, Davy dear, dol't be vexed at iy suggestling it ! It kept coming ald coinilg into my min(1, alld I 111 to tell You." Dave let his paint brush drop into the piil of Ind lian red, pushed his calp bac-k from his Iioist, white foreheal, and gazed thoughtfully beyond the riml of the biluo hills. 1-0 was (not thinking so muh of igby Junction a of the unltatstCd dllights of the lit tle joulriney in the world " w hich he ald Dolly had plantineld. How could he give it up just to gratify an old woilal ! Dolly's gentle voice went onf " Ati BIetsey would 80 enjoy this visit with Ler old friend ! She has nie-ver had any rel big pleasure in all her life. She worked hard oven wlien a little chiltI. She had a drunken hlsbanld: her only child was drowned ; !_he had sicknes, poverty ald toil. \ t she his bSeen 0So br1'ave,' and 81unny Lthrough it all , Y01u and I are younII g and sttong. Dave. \Ve ean allord to vait it hit for oilr outiniig. This big, beautiful worldi isni't -oing" t~o mlelt atway befort we have atiotlber chance to take our bicycle tripl." "\Ve Il," ,aid Dave, Vd -IlatIuredly, have ve got, enuonghi lolny 1.) to have her go to Digby .unLction : ''are is all right, but her cloth.-' I d'n't know whether it costs t, iIli. tihouigl, to r II (an (h lady Us It doe a young I . IIe( thic y ' onl't h ave 1*:t- as- mantiy furlbelows." y higedl moirri ly. \ it Betsey isn't, extravatgat ii Ler u-:. Wecoull get hel r two Iew r~ ~'e.i niie bl'ack silk aId a pretty atl. an'd thens with her gray cash :nfre for traveling would (do. Then -ht need5 at new caie--her old black hais risty-anu a now bonnet, an umreibt, sotne1 gloves, 6lhoes tnd iu rs, an~d some nlice cre pe lisse .rief'Lics. <, we could lix her u1tp Very iesentabyi and ly her fare, anld still are mllie muoniey left over. Now what, Si say, brot betr mine '." ikiVe d long breath. ' aml willing, if you are, Dolly. a tough tling giving up tir trp tills year, but, then, dear oli a.t i v \Won't she jiust, heai V.. If Kn %w L :he is goiitng to visit her cV rony. Nancy Ann Antd aunt e'sy did " heaI." I Iletr r'olwi face was ratliant With smttiles :roum morning till Iiglt. AnId leI' joy watsnit lesse'ed by any knowledge that, the wits ail inlade a sacriliceu. Hier fir-st dmCuiir at the expense of thes trip was met by the assurance fom Dolly that she and Dave "' hadn't b~orrowe'lt tor begged it,"' and "that, it wats melan., to bei spent ini having a jolly timte.'' it was a lon~g journey for the oild latdy to take, butt as it happented, sonme actquai ntiances were going alonig the samte route, and titey cheerfully voluntt teered to see aunt ilotsey siafe at her51 destinationi. And w hetn the train miovedl away~ and the sigh t of a wr in k led hand wvearing a bliack bilk miitt antI vigorously waving a hanudkoechiecf in farewellI was lost ti) view, and ILave anrd I)ol ly turned homeward, thieirt faces were very sobor fot usually so met try at pair. l3ut, it, wits caused less b'y theiru sacrifice t~lian by3 the patrtinug from their old friend anid tile real iza Lion of how lonely the house would be withbout her. liut, its l)ave turned at woebiegone~ look towitid the vinelt-Sover ed por~ch in wvhichi s:,ood thle emtitly r~cki ng chair, hi1s ey'es were' daled'.~ by at si veryt' glteam. "VlWhy-eu!' lhe exclaimed in as A nud then lie and D~o' ly stared. l.') there, leaing againlst the steps, werL two lpneumnatic tires antI the network of bhtininig spokes-two niew "Colum hits !"lach bicycle bor~ie a card, antd as the tw ins rushedi forward in breath i's~ amazemenii~it they reiad : '"'o iir di (eserves aniother(!" .\ndit while they "Ohied"' and "'Abled, mnt taughed and shouted over these attIi futl new gifts, the lady boardler at upstairus softly smntil inzg. She wvas !..ppy atntd thankful, too, for' onlya Sdatys beftre, a letter htd comei' ing lir that most of the prope)rty 1:, t shle ha~d though t irtretrivall b-t, was not, lost after all ! She was a r .-n v omno still-albeit it mutch wiset one. She had Ilearned th at the s wootesi ic1 e of wveal th is to make otlbent Lilpy. Slie had pr'oved this, for thie (I-:org.e andI Honsi Tiillmain have becot '':lonel led. Thle I'Xdgelield Adverotises * authority for the stattetient. Thl they were at, one time~ hItter eneica i- a fact well known to the whole State W'.hen they drew seats on the fle&'r o iacedl them side by side. O ne of then swapped huis plae with John C. Shop paird, and that platced Sheppard ht tween them. They did( not deign t< aipeak ti) eachl other ; but occaslinal I esarried on cer'tain cton)lversitionis relat inig tAo the coz vention through Suhp pard. Dui'ng the early dlays of t (conv entiont, George studijed to mortif Hen, and how he siucceedJed is a mat tinr of general information. At tha Lime it looked aus if reconciliation wat I en po.s iblIe ;bitt, acecord inug to the0 A d vet ier it, finaltIly camne. A few day before the con ven tion ad jourined, th two brothers wesre scon Inl earnest con versattion, 'anid afterward one wast or r'a- onady 3 iosevedl to have Is1 a,r arndn the other's nteck. Ifow tii '4'Ij Lio fall outt originally Is not mha1ter of putbl ic pr'operty, n'itheri i 5. gens-ral ly known how the recor 'lAi ;tiont was afftcted : but all that I rtiter h'ere ntor thibtro. .Such a atnat]a riutarrel could not glv (,'~rre evou to thte swor'st Onloml ' ller, arnd the friends of both wil ~cuc that the fuied Is at an end. tov9' Ii (re'i All Sknt Ilseahses. pl'hy applty "' SWA YNE'S OIN'i i .LJ (.1 oe totter, ecemati, Itch, al uh (on the fa'se, hands, nose, &c - g the ikln elear, white an h i4lthy. ft4 gr'eat healing and curi a powen'~#rs are. p~honned by no othec 4A4y Ask your druggist Ic TH P, HERO OF NEW ORLEANS. OLD HCIORY AS A FIGHT1t. Earitly IllStory of' Andrew Jackson iis FamousM 1a0 With "The Iest PIIstol Shot. in lCho Worbl." Wiashingllt Post. Andrew lackson was born in the Waxhaw settlenients, N. C., In 1ti7. ills mother's namnie beforo iarllriageo was Ilutchinson, and both she (1and .Jackson pore camo from thl northl of Iroland. They wore Scoteh-Irlih, na tives of Carrickforgus, Presbyterians, and weavers of linen. Andrew's father died three days before the coming judge, general and statesman was born. The poverty of Andrew's mother dur ing his wholo youth wits of the sort called utter. le bad two brothers, six and three years older than he, nalmied Hugh and Robert. They went to work as farm hands at an early age, and are presumed to have finally farmed themii selves from youth to manhood, man hood to old age, old age to the grave. At any rate, no ono ever caughbt them disturbing history. Andrew Jackson grew up sandy hai r ed, grey-eyed, slight in form, and tick ly as to health. Hie was intensely ner vous, honest, Impulsive, ilveterate. He hated and ho loved. lie did both its few people ever do. His vibraut i nature made it impossiblo to do too much for Ia friend, too much to an one my, No one was indifforent to him. le was a foo or close to Jackson's heart. His courago was absoluteo, and I lie always told the truth. If a m,an always tells the truth, h had bettor he a good lighter. If lhe Isn't he'll get killed telling some particular truth some, day. Well, Jacksonwias as indoin itable a llg1teL r as ever stripped for a contest. It was as well. Ie would oth erwise havo been ploughed under in his first publi year. Old Hickory Was 9 years old wlen the cracked old bell rung out liborty to the worl in ['hiladelphia. Befor Washington got through with Corn wallis at. Yorktown seven years more had clapsed, and Jacksou was 16. The war of the Re'-vt olultion tadc a weighty I Impression on young Andrew, the mbore, pochaps, because lie wias held as a hby b prisoner by some allibitiouts Britonts for t a season, and When they iaid time to waste they wOr wont to cull and kick and buflft, the young rebel about just to show him, as the Milesian policel1nan did the colored prisoner, that they had t authority over him. 'ile account open ed with l'ngland on this revolutionary occasion the ardent Jackson succeded in tqluaring thirty-thro years latert at the battle of New Orleans. lack enliam would have shown wisd'jm had be pleaded the statute of limitations. The same year that Jackson wa1s rocked in his North Carolina cradle the radle of John111 Q iancy Adams was being ro-kod up in New England. No one Could then foresee the Com1 bats of these two red-fraced hutImILn hits. A bout, mid way between in Virginia was Baby tRachel Doildson in ier erradle, If ter'ward to marry .11atckson an(d be the inidirect, cause of I great deal of his tory, somiie of it blood red, too. ItL is not the presont purpose, nor- is there space, to writ Ia history of Jaack son. I I is iiothelr hoped to ltake i p'each ei of Ihi, but her amblitions L slipped. J ackson got a sort of an edu cation, and was alleged to be I lawyer. lIe had a keen, appensive in. telli Igenee antd ai naLtura'l conception of rig~ht andb jutiLiee untsurpa~issed. Thiose last, ra'~thier than the hooks lie roead, were Itis chief Ilighuts and safeguards as a~n advi'oatte antd ai J1udge. Himut Jac1Lkson couldn't spell1 a little hit. In a day wheni had spelling ran riot in tu lamitl Jacukson was far and awaLy thte worse spel1ler' in Ten nessee. J1etrry 8'imitpson oncee ex ulted over thte in vention anld intl oducltioni into htumtani alirils of th comm)Iton steniographlltlor f) connnerice. "You say whait you please0," say's Simpson)03, "'without dodginmg ai wo'd, and yout thirow thte reOspon~sibiility of the spiellIing on thet stnoigriaphoret.''" hit there wvere no shtorthandit peopl)1 whlen Tenniessee was5 you ng, and Jackson hmul to h.,ar the brn t of his own awfulI orthaographt y. I ut, ho succeed ed in ma~king huiself understood as well as any mzan (of Ihis own or any othber dav. Our hiero killed aL young moan nin- ' Dickinson in ai (uel. All oif the condl Itionsi wih surr11l''onded. th is kill int sei'ved to mtako it one of the molst, cele brated of single combla' s. Thmis light, as 11any'ii alege and bel ieve, grew (out or Jaciksont's imarriago. .Jackson's wife, howvert, was mertoly an excuse, ai pre text. Th'le duel0 was5 the plain fr'uit of la 1)o1iticatl plot to kill J1ackson and( got himt out of the wa~y. liii was too pow erfutl, too popu~tlar', too muh the idol of th peopl 0. AnIy(13 tLher w10iere wholi woul have prtefoere him a11Is an an gel and( 1)1f this earlthi alitogt her and1)1 ot of plitics. So they sett up a) dL(ark game to kill Jlacksotn aind jiuit Dickinson for ward'( to do it. Th'le pr'etext iwas Mi's. J1ackson --a1 amlliabl e. as5 vir1tuouis andil as loving a wife as cycr wvalked down anyi aisle to any3 a~ltr to tibe mus11ic of any wedding limri'ch. lhtachel Ilibards was1 IL heauitifutl bi'u nettoe, wife of i nvwis Ilubards, aL 1(e1 tuck ian. These two Iivied in 'Tennessee iith I lachel 's nth)ler, NIlrs. D.on aldsonm. When Jlackson went to, TVenniosse ho boarded at the ividowv lDnaldlson's. itobards waLs IL drutnken, siIftlos, low' briowe~d brto. iloc ill-t.rea1ted( is wi'ife and 01n131 deserltedl her. lie 01hoose to~ belomot jeailouts of JIackson iwhenm till lattder btoardeld lat the widow Do~nahII son's. 1lobard'is tried iwith a sI inceri ty tr'uly Kxentutckian to get .1acksont toi take a r'ileand go andlo shoot it, ou t wi iih im i. Ja cksonl restr'ained0( hiimsnelf and1 duecl ined to 1igh t lI obar ds, v/aIst~y Lto that, dr'un karId's conitempt anid d isgulst. I obar'ds wats the on ly man wvho couldn tt get, a light oult of J1aekson. - lBut,. Jaikson, as an1 ouitcomel, ift tho >lDon aidsoni boar'ding htouse, andi~ I 1. hI bds left his iwife. 1 ~,hards went back - to Kentucky and sued for a dilvor'ce. - Word catme on hapijpy wings to say tbat, 3ho had succeeded. 'VT beat ifulI br'u /netto was free, anid she anid J1ackson -were wed. t But alas and( atlack I It was all a mnis s take~--a marttital mirmage. I tlhbards d Id -fitnally got a divorce but not until s ov s otal aw fui . months after' JacIksoni anid r| Mr's. 1tobard'(s iwcr' marrIed. So the - young cotupie had to) be matlrried allI over' - again. 'Thlis time it was a success't and1 they were very happy. Thte first mis take arose from the fault of the mtalls .rather than theIr tmorals, and thoir 5 consciences woro' cleat'. SIt does not appear t~hat the puitIc s gener'ally discovered aught thtat ivas n torttuous o1' wrong In .Jackson's 1mr o riage or' the trail which led to) It,. It y does not ai~ppear that anyi3 one( arose to .1detr'act or' calumniate. It does nto. ap peari that for thirty years .Jackson ke pt a br'aco of beautiful dueling pistoIs, - hair triggers, amid accutrate ais a raly oIf light, to kill any one who sploko d is respectfutlly of his wife. So thte plot1 tors, looking over the heold, saw thtt 1the best way to force Jackson to ai plaeo0 whr e could bo0 killed with safety to thomn~selvesIVwas to villify, his wife, eprovoke a duel, and see to It that the r hated hero of the peoplo stocod opphositeo rto the coolest nerve, the quickest hand 'and the most deadly shlot in he wor'ld. The outcomo would then be Jackson's obsequies, which was the mournful out pUt they were after. BuD, to roturn. Tie plotters lookbd about for the coolest nerve, the quick ost hand, tho most deadly shot in the world. They found him. Uharles Dick. insoll was 20 yours old, and thirtoen vears you nger than Jackson, and a practicing lawyer in Nashville. He wias a narvolliously handsome manl, a person of oxceptional mental as well as physical powers, and reputed "the best )istol shot in the world." Yet ho was villing to join in-a conspiracy to mur lor Jackson, go forward to do the )loody work, and begi n operations by tabbing the innocent character of a voman. Ile ought to have boon killed, ,his Dickinson. Dickinson slanderel Qirs. Jackson. I-o did it more than m11e0. .i Jaeksoi hid a running horse vhich ran a hot race on the Nashville 'ourso. Mirs. Jackson was aglow with oy ovor the horso's victory. As the lorses came down the stretch sho ox 'laiued : "Oh, lo's running away from ,hom." Dickinson stood near. Ile urned insolently to soiro friends and ai(d : Y es, aditi a good deal like Iis owior ran away with anothoer man'S vife." Jackson did not challca;ge Dickinson ven then for anlost nill months. [to mi all his worldly alfairs in order first, or ho expected to die. isI hope was ) tILk the villian who hai maligned kis aItigel into eternity with him. Jack on challenged Dickinson. Dickinson mIt the meeting off a wook to eond for speial and celebrated pistol to kill ackson with. They were appointed o light May 10, I,80i, at Harrison's .IIis, Logan County, Ky., a long day's ido from Nashville. Iickinson was s rtain of success as he was of sun iso. Ho gave the' gr'im Occasion a gala Ar, and invited some frionds. He saw o it, too, thait ho started beforo Jack on to go to Harrison's Mills. On the vay lie took occasional and accurate racks with his pistol at first this and hen that object. lie displayed the kill of a liend. And these exhibitions iad a purpose and a malevolent point, >art and parcel of the plot to murder ackson. It was each imo arranhed hat Jackson should be informed of hose mllarvellous shots. The hope was o Lrciak his neve. It would be ratlier ,strain on one's nerves to travel all dav o be shot at by an antargonist who very m1le left one proof that he ould snufl a candle or drive a tack at 1311 PICes. Jackson's second was Gon. Ovorton. 10 was of a serious, indomitable na urve, something like JIackson, with a sOWe' plSO. Overton, too, was equal y convined with .his principal that he whole affair was a blossoming con piracy to iurder Jackson, and not a imple duel between gentlemen over he point of honor. To Overton it wa4s ,s if Dickinson and his follows had et a trap for the life of Jackson, and lure him had baited it with the leeding, stabbed iniocenco of his e ire. Overton and Jackson considered and iscussed tlis ileeting fur montih, be or1 it occurred. They resolved to take very advantage of the would-be muri' eror tatt honor and tho law of duels em ilittwd. It, v.as planned to garb ackon in a long black coat, a world 00 wide and big for his meagre form. t was so arranged that once donned ackson's ramroai proportions wore well 'vor in oIne sieu of the coat. The gar' nent button-d to the chin, so as to caIvo no) whito cravat or' colla du 1is dalyed to attract Iirie. Tihe buttons, mnly 0on0 I ow, mintld you, werle p)urpose y laceOd far oV.- on01 the broeast where I aekson wa~s nolt. Thel~ men) werel to light ait ten paces. luek inson had alecady told is friendls wh i ' ihi btton-" thb onie over J 1acikson enart'--he wvould hlit. Ieool ishl Dick in '(In 'IThe~ call was to bo1 :'P "iroe One, Lwo, thre: stop !" aind they were to blaze/. aLway anlywhler between "lire'' ilnd "St(op." I'egs were driven to mark thir plositions. l'iilh manif stood1 to his peCg anld thle UIrlsIs wasi at hland. I)ickinson was known to b)e s) <jlick to bring up his inistol andi fi r' th)at noI one11 could equald hun. It was h1is explectaition to kill .1 aikon him-INfoe thie aLter (cOuld( even ra t( ise' pistol af'er the wordi "fire !"' Overton anll is prin ci pal had a hrgued1 tis ailso. Theiuy hail liinally concluded t hatL inaisinuich as the li gbhing-like Dic kino I 01was b)oundI' to firie firist, it waLs wviser for J1ackNs o instandl andl receive it, tristi Ig t(J thle huittoiin- to lead1( 1)1ck 'uson I'S aoln a0'. y.. If J1ackson sur vivdI-a i t was' beli eved lhe would hIast for aLil inuite m'i two at least-hok couild take hiis time and1( kill Diekinson like a dug. O)vertonl h ad tihe word. "leiro Onl! (ick inIson's pistol cameLI lup lik a I sh and~ ox plodedl wvith tilebo irst, h-tir of the lirst word. Ille hit the luttoil arnli broke t~Wo of .Jackson's r'ibs ithiiL the fltaned bu(1iiilet. J1aucksonl stLod ill uSrec4t an~d moletionlless as a pop1J lar. I Ic had niot limed. With a half cry I )ickinsoni started back. O)verton stoppe)d (OuinLiig on Lthe inlst anit. Cook ing a pistoll, w itlh a fr'own like a cloud, ( ver'ton comumh~hnded him :i "'Ste p ba-:k Lo your bog4, Sir I" Dicieisn diad It w/ithi a shutdde,. lIe knwv lhe was to die, lie was cauight in his 5OWni trapI. Overtonl b egani aigainI to ICounit. Jlackson. with a face of lliit a'al d *athi look inig fromiI his gras' eves, c0veediIL hi man as cer'tainly andli as Smly ais if he0 had1 beeni some) inlani mats t argot raither I tamniSll shrink ing hui niin lhesh and blood(. "'Clii'k '' Jlack o'Is I'stol cau1ght at, ha l f (Icck. Ov'erI ton pausedi ill Is counit and( ,lackson rCCooked~ lbis ni Otapon. "Iling !'' went Jiac kson 's plistol, andu I )iek insoni shot through~ I, ie nic n h~u rs later. "I shouIld have iIlled him n if he had shot li1e t'.i'Ouli heb brain,''said Jacik. Son aIftel'nward. No'r' A IA w xv n~--I x-SonaItor CulI borson, of T1exas, tellIs how lie entered politics and1( obtaine h)( is fir st ouihe, that oIf A ttoirney-G ueeral. "' I had been1 practisi ng law,"' hie said, "amid thoughlt I had1( mado(1 about eough repu~taition Li) julsti fy branching oot. i didl rot, e'x l)Lt to he nomlinated, but I though t it w~ol.1 lie a good intro dluctioni to si,..rt it lh a raico for tl'c A ttornoy-Goeealsh p. G;eorge Cla-k, onie of the ablest lawyers in the coumn try, waUs miy oppionenit. Ho was placed0( in nomi11nationi by a1 brilliahnt speec(h, wyhile my13 fiendl who pr'oposed my namlho, neoglected( to moent~oni mxy logal aittainimlents. I t looked dark for imo wvhen nI num11 from theo pan-handlearlo -o 1and1 said: "'Mr. Speaker', they say Clark's a great lawyer. 1 como11 wiithl pro'xi0s fi'om m1y 01nd of the State all inI my1 pockekt, an' was notil led to vote for Clark. 13lt i know no one had1( any idlee ha, was a lawyer. T1h is State has been hogewaggled by the lawyers till she's so pore you can't sell enough cotton to pay for the enttle the cactus kills, al11 oni account oIf the lawyers and~ the railroads that koeps 'e'n up,) hope we won't put in any lawyer, and I'm for Culborson. Nobody over'accus 0(d him of being a lawyer. 'IThat, splecch resulted in my nomi nation." LEVELING A MOUNTAIN. Joh 1). Ilookefeller Is a Greater Mai Thanl Molammucd--Monoy Doc Diforo Than Faith These Days. Now York Journal. John D. Rockofellor's latest sclom I3 to cut the top off a mountain. Mi lionaires have a way of fixing thing; to suit themselves, but this is the firs time one of that interesting class hal undertaken to givo nature points. Mr. Rockefoller is the owner of I baronial estato back of Tarrytown 1,000 acros-which he will convert int< a hugo park at an oxpenso of no ont knows how much. On this estate It Kykult Mountain. Froin its suniml can be viewed a scenic panaroma thal is not likely to pall on the vision over of a man of many millions. Mr. Rocke follor mado up his mind that this wai the place for his baronial residence. But Kykult Mountain had not beer laid out for a residenco site. Its sum mit was too sharp. So it was decided tc cut the top oil, and a small army of men are hara at work now performing that singular operation. Nowhere could be found a finor illus. tration of the potency of wealth, I1ero is a man using his gold to give the lie to tradition-welding it into a sword wherowith to shave the crests otf " the everlasting hills." Moham med, who ruled millions of men, was compelled to go to the mountain. Rockefeller, who owns millions of dol lars, compels the mountain to descend to Iis Choseli level. Up at Tarrytown the leoll call the conitry roundabout the Pocantico lills. What the standard by which they distinguish between hills and mountains is no one scms to know. But alter the visitor has toiled up the winding road leading from Tarrytown to tie Roclkefeller estate lie will make allidavit the P'ocantico Hills are in the samo class with the Andes or the Him. alayas, This is the sceno where the mtillionaire's iBirogdignagiani whi in 6 being faithfully put into offet. Nor is the removal of the mountain top all that is being (lone. The mnouni tain is being remodeled. Rows of stakes at d ilierent points on time slope indicate whoro additions are to be made, ter-aces Co'.structed, and how far Lho lawn is to stretch its velvety surface before the Rockefeller slope begins. I, is only proper to call it the ILtokefeller slope because nature has nothing to do with it. It is the mil lionaire, his money and his men who are making this mountain. When the new mountain is finished, which will be sonie tine next spring, an architect vill draw plans for the mansion which is to be built thereon. Just what sort of a mansion It is to be has not been decided, but it is safe to say seven fig tires will be required to tell the cost. When Mr. Roekcfeller bought the old iL'arsons place at Tarrytown a few years ago lie kept his plans to himself, Little by little, however, he bought in anjacent property, and as the montht roined by hiN estate grew to mammott pnroportions, until now it is a long journey from one end of his domain tc the other. Nowhere along the I.udsor River is there an estate like this, nol a foot of which is to be used for grow ing trees and grass and flowers. It i to be mado as beautiful as the land seape gardenor can conceive it. Drive are to he constructed throughout, ami the whole transformed into a park o exceding beauty. T1'oro- is much to see, to marvel at to admire oni this great estato. Fron the summit of K~ykult Mountain thi vista of the mountain, valley and rivo: is of rarest beauty. On the wvcst roll: the Tapan Zoo, while across the Hud sonl the sun glints on the roofs o Nyack. Noirth west are IIavrstrav~ Bay andl~ (2roton point. Turning the gaze to the northwes one sees the gr-on hills of Massachu setts in the distance. Away down the lhmudsonm is the hazoe that imarks the Ic cation of New York City. On a clea day even the buildings can be0 distin giuishmed. To the southeast lie Loni Islanhd Sound and Connecticut, botl plai0n ly visible. North, south, east anm wvest are the Pocantico Hills, whil down the western slope to the rivc str'etches the village of Tarrytown. NJMch of this mammoth estate wheiro Mr. 1tockofeller is makin, imounitains or valleys, as his fancy suits i3 famous ground, partly for historica reasons and partly because of Wash ington Irving's legends. On the hiodst where I". A. Bolzo, Mr. Rockefellei superintendent, lives Is a big hiras lalte wVhtichi tel ls thuemiuriomus that 11 wva- here Mrimjor A ndlre stoppedc~ th< n ig it before inis capi.tuire. Th'Ien, niol far alway, is the sito of the old school. house where. Irving has it, lchabot Crane taumghit before hiis encountei wi' hithe lleadless flo .seman, and wind ing b y is the road downi wh ichi Bre lI nes thuindered that night so fatal t< time sub~~ioonator's aittltion. Th'le little tree-fringed valley at th< foot, of the north westorni s101)0 is a parl of .'leepy [Hollow, and if one couldi Set over the next hill Sleepy hollow's an. cienlt comotery and the old Dutch chuirchi wouild come into view. If Mr. I tiuko foller chooses ho car stand on lKykuit Mountain and loot doCwn) ton the palatial summer home o his bSlrothier, near the eastern banik o the Hiudson, surrounded by charmng griou nds, andI contratu late hhtnsel: that, beautiful as the residence ami grounds are, they never can be conmsid ered the equlal of hils own. So reticent has'Mr H ockofollecr beer aboit hiis platn to remodel a mountair and to transform his 1,000 acres into e park that Tarrytown people thomn selves ktnow littble about it. It onlI needs a viasit to the p)1aco, however, t< suo the mo1(st conivimncing proof thal the same resistloss energy that hat gathlered a colossal fortune is ur-ging to~war'd com letionl a work whiiich wvIl be a marvel of its kind. - A meri ica's progiressi ye women know nlO suchl word as fall. hero is one who haii- " p)rogresseod "ial most t > the north pole. Miss Dora Kahn, a Californh girl, is said to 1b0 the first A moricai or IEnglish wvoman who ever reached eighty dcgroos niorth latitudo. Th< ovent wi malrkedl by p lanitlng th< stars and stripes on the IslIan dof Spitz bcrgen, tile region of perpletulal sno0w and ice, by the venturesome anti pa. triotic San Francisco girl, aid~st shc enthulsiasml of fifty-two lEuropean scienitists who comp~osed the excursi p)arty. -Prsident Henry WV. Cannoin, o1 tne Chz'qo National Bank, 0110 of thet most inlluental financIers of Now York. b~egani his career as a banker in a Min. nesota frontier settlemen,, where ii common d(lo1 couintoir and1 a kitceill chair served as the furnishings of his establishment. His rcpumlatlin soon spread beyond thie conifines of his own Stato and wIthin a few years lhe was ce to) Washington to fill the re sponsible position of comfptrollor of the. curreI.ncy. TiE LIDERtTY BELL.-The Sparta, has the following information In r, gard to the history of the fanou b iborty Bell, which will doubtless i terest uany of our readers: " Th boll was imported from IEngland il 1752. On its arrival it was cracked b' 3 tle clappor on its trial ring. By ordo - of tho assembly of the prov nce 0 S'.onnsylvania it was recast under thi diroction of Isaac Norniont. le por haps conceived the idea of the inscrili Lion which surrounds the boll at th< top. It is from Loviticus 25:10 : " Pro clahn LAberty throughout the land, un to all the inhabitants thereof." So I was a Liborty boll before 1776. Undol t its inscri tion is another : "'1 Pass 's Stow, Phila., MDCCLI111." U) to 1771 i was used in the assembly house o the provinco. It was the first to rin out iberty to all the people when thi declaration of indopondonce was ao complished July 4, 1776. Its Ilrat jour noy was to Lancaster, Pa., ':ha th< .kitislh troops captured Philadelphia in 1777. After its return it was used a the State house bell until 1828. It wai then used only on raro occasions. I was moved to its appropriate restini placo, Indopondence Hall. It waE cracked wbile ringuing in honor o Honry Clay's visit to Philadelphia, ac cording to Appleton's Cyclopoedia. t newelaper statoment Is that it wat cracked when tolled at the death o Chief Justico Marshall. Which i1 correct? -Twenty-fnv years ago one of fivt boys, while wandering along the banki of the Elizabeth Ltiver, in Elizabeth N. J., found an old stocking tied a each end and full of something. lI( throw it down and all the boys in turr picked it up and played with it until 11 broke and some rags and ribbons an( $57> in money rolled out. The mono3 they linally turned over to the Ohio of Police that he might find an ownei lor it. No owner, however, ever ap peared, and then a disputo arose among the boys as to which of them had a right to the moncy. The matter wn! earr'ieti to court and finally got int< chancery. Labt week Vice-Chancolloi ,Isnory handed down a final decisioc ordelring that the money, which hik increased to about $1,200, be cquall divided ainong all live claimants. Nervous Prostration Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prolonged dorangrmont of the nervous system not only afl'ects the brain and men tal po1wers, but, tdevelops disease in somno of tto vital orgalis. Tihe most, dangerous of theso indirect results is wheii the heart is affected. This was the caso of the Rev. N. F. Surf:ace, Fawn River, Mich., who write under dLate of Feb. 14, 18W: "Aurteen years ageo I had a slight, stroke of pinralysis. Overwork brouight, on ntervouso prost~t rat io n. I was execed, inltynrvuad t exert ion ,f ituhlie spea Hintg tause'd trt, ipalpitationt that. thareateed rnty lifet. ed-u two bottlets of Dr. Miles' Now Ilcart re fr rnly heart troulie, andt twoi of Dr. ld tstortat: i N'ervine for tny nervous Liand feel bu't t'er than I ever expeted-t to I I agalin. I ean spetiak for hIttra withtt ug or havinire iy he-art Ilutte-r as It for riy did. and I havau you to thank that, I a i :al Ive today."' )on sale by all druigtlsis. Dr. Miles' Book ont iieart, and Ne'rvotu; iisorders FillC'C by rIetd. D r. Mit's Me-dical Co.. IElkhnart., Inzd, A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A COMXPLETE OUTFIT FOR own-r~ $2.2.co. Delivered to your railroad depot, all freight charges paid. Read this description carefully. This splendid Cooking Stove is No. 8; has four 8 inch pot holes; 16x16 Inch even; 18 inch fire box, 24 inchtes high; 21x25 Inch topj nice smooth casting. I have hatd this stove made for my trade, after my own idea, combining all the good polnts of all medium priced stoves, and leavIng out the objectIonable features. Beyond all doubt the best No. 8 Cooking Stove mad~o, for the price. Filtted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2 skollets, 2 griddlesa, 3 bakIng pans, 3 joints of pIpe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 ncraper, I cake pl)hh, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to make customers and friends In every part of the South, for the purpose of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaint ance with old frIends. IWe wIll ship this splendId Cooking Stove and the above described ware to~ any depot, all frolglht oh arges paid, foi' only $220 wheon the cash comes with the order. This stove is a good one, well made, and will give entire satisfaction. Our Illustrated catalogue of Furniture Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed free. Address' M'a Lae. F. 'PA.GT T T 840 BnOAD STUt3T, AUGUSTA, QA. ABOUT STAIR WORK. tBlair Work Is a spiahl brar.ch ir woodl working. The priitnary essettriais mu~tsi it goodi quality of hambetr antd skillfutl work. produtcing i he best resutlt inth lh ttttat c . o tre of Neweis, lsilusters, Rail, CI'ndnifac Kasements, Qutarer-turn, iudns Step miaterial, etc.ins ., UGST 1UMilAUGUc.GA -Ralilroad building in this country s Beems to have reachod and passed its -inrest Point of activity. That is the inference from the figures for the past 3 Y a s COmpared with previous years, I and seei to be the conclusion reached by railroad experts. In 1891 onl 1,'(60 i i f railroads were bui t, and fOths Wa rOM entedonaya ao being about the lonea reord aas - to be touceld. But drecr likely only 1,428 miles of nw roads were 3 built- It was arguedae ago that -ufavorablO economic aonditions had much to do with the limited railroad extension, but there seems to be a goa oral opinion this year, based on a view of the conditions the country ever, that the extension of railroads in the future will be small as compared with the past. --Two gentlemen were standing on a St.eet coinor, when they were ap pt'oaced by a inan otfring for sale two deessed geese. They decided to pur chase, but tho dealer insisted on selling the two fowls to one inan. Accordingly one of theni bought the two, and sold a ain to his friend. After the transac t-on was coipleted tie grouse vender was asked why he wouldn't soil the fowls separately. 8aid he, " Thai, old goose andl gandor have been togothie. (0 year's, and I wouldnt' seia.u then foi' any consiceration." SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO Condense4 Schedule In Effect JANUARY 5, 1896. STATIONS .*. V.Charleston....,.................. I a Columbia.................... J q - W I!; 4 . . . . . 8 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 1 urens.. .(t . Sun........ IFlnetj-iB ......6 Greenwood' ...... .. .. . ...................2 o I ___' _* __---- __-- 306 - at -BTATION$. .....dan.......................... 1 00 ai MWilliamton.................11 2 r,. nders.................. Lv.Be~lton. Ar. Dlortnlds.-" --... ... -10 ui~a - 111 ait SNlnetysik ''"""O'''''' 05 t 'a .....'-----.......... 1 30 P ,..L ...aur .... ............ o00a i Cinton.,,,,(L .......... 11 10 a n i. Newb o .... . .... 23ja " Prosper''"'""''''.''..... 23 Pu " hrlsor& "''"''''''''..3 0 put h---.. ................. 0 a o. Na yo STATION. 3lp T 0 -.. Chso... Ar........... 00 P to~ 6 a120P "...Alson.---- " 10 15 80 a }071" .....antu..... " 430 1142 93 a 1 lP 0 ...Unioj ... " 5 p11 2$ S9R 2 02 P ... Joneville... 1--49 11 073 r1$a U13 . aolgt. ... 1-28 10 4g a 0op Ar..prtanburg Lv. 11 450 A n 945a t10 i..Syartanburg Ar. 11 a10 1 00 p 6 4 .....Ashoillo .Lv.. 2 a 15 "0," p. . "A," a. im. Trains loav Spartanburg, A. and C. division Uothbbound, 6:fi8a. mn., 3:22 p. mn., 8: 18 p. mn (Vestibuled Limited); southbound, 12:59 a. m. 8:05 p. m., 11:8 a. m., (Vestibuled Limited.) Trains leave Grisonville, A. and (7. division, northboud, io91 a.m2:1opm and 5:30 p. 0 (Vesibuled Lirited); southbound, 1:50 a. . dei40 p. mn., 12:28 p. mn. (Vestibuied Limnited). Pullman Service. Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains & ad 8, S7 and 88, on A. an d C. di vision. Gop. 8uperintendeont. Trafilo'M'g'r . Wahington, D. 0. Wash ington, I . 0 e A. tUR, S. r. HA R . WIC1 Gena. Pass. Ag'. As'$ Gen. P'ass. Ag't, Atlanta, Ga 4 . L 0pf. Wa.8;t, gsrt . I rhbia, . r1'u.-n SOUTHRN RAILwA. PIEDMONT AIR LINB. S Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains. Ves. Fat M Northbound. No. 38 No c Nu- 12 Na~ is .an. 5, 1896. Daily (Daily Daily E dun Lv. Atlanta, C. T. 12 00m 11 131, 7 50 a4 " Atlanta, E.T. 1 00 p 12 15 a 8 s0 a " Norcrcoss..... ......1256 a 3 62 2, - nusiiu -----------.--....... 10 10a 71 " Oainesville . 2 25p201 a 10 41 a 4 " Lula................ 23a h1a81 " Cornelia .. ... ..'..-. -.....-.-..111 26 a " Mt. Airy..... ....... 2 50a 11 30 a. " Toccoa.. .. ... .... ...3 13 a 11 :53 a. & Wostinstor.--....... i0 lap. " oneca.- ......-- ......47 a 12 42 p. ' Central....4 45 4 33a I .20 . "' Greenvilo. 30p3 519a 2 16 p " Spartanburg. 8 18 i) 6 18 a 3 22 p *' Gaitnoys.....-......63a 410. " lllacksburg ..7081) 7 0'Ja 4 30 " " King's Mit....--.....72n a O 0. p G (astonuia ...-......... 753a 35. Ar.harote ...820p y 33a62 "Dnilo...2 00 a 1 301p 11 25 . Ar. Rtichmnond.... 6 00 a 6 40)p 00 a Ar. Washlington . 8 42 a gh ..... " Banltrn'o iR 8 05 aibu U Phi iladoltphia. 10 25 a a...... " NowvYork.... 12 53 n 2a...... P Y~~es. FLI - Southbound. N..7N ~N.i No. 37 Lv. N. Y., PRl R . 4 301 p " Philadelphia. 6 85 p 3& " lialtimnoro.... 0 20 P62a 'a Wahingtn. 1043 p11125 ap..... Lv. Itiohutond... 00 a Oa Lv. anvllo . 30 a iy1, 70 D a . u " Chalott 0 8~ a 0312 12201 " Wasinglto..1..4....11.15 LV. lichmn ...r 2 00 a 12155a 2 00 a L . D;ainvils...........1 a0 05 2 is 00a " Charlotte .... 11 87 a 10 a p32 0 p. " Blaonburgo..~ 12 40 a 12 10 a 4 i0 p. " Saenoy......-.......223a21p w Sttianhutr..130 1 0 a 3 05 . "rOrCnvi.........2.3 50 a 40 p~. "it CAry........11...2..5a 540, " Coreroi---"---..--........ 00p54 Oav svinlr . 55 4 52 a 9 30p Ci830a 9 'a- n. 'F'p. - "'i' Soon,. "N" night. Nos. 317 andl 3-Washinmgton anid Southwesterun Vestiibuloli hotd. TIa oumgh l'nlnan Bloopers botwoon Now York and Now Orleansw, via wash. ingtonm A tianta and Mo romory, amdi also be tween how York and MemluIis, via washington Atlantla and iiirmnghm. Duming cars. n Nos. 35amnd36-UInitod StatesFast Sall. 1Pul1 man slcoping cars betwoon Atlanta, Now On loans and Now York. Nos. 11 an d12. Punllnman sienping oar between ichmuond, Danivillo and~ Greunsmboro. W. H1. GREEN, J. M. CUIl' Gen'l Bupt., Trraffe 'o r Washing'ton, D. 0. Washington, Di. ". W. Bi. RtYDERT Superintendent, C)harlotte W. A. TURK, S. H. I A RDWIOK, Gen'l Pass .Ag'tJ Ass't Gien'l Pass. Ag''t. Washington, 1). 0. Atlanta, Ga.