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SIDNIE'S I am not much of a hand at telling a story, so I'll have to 90 away back to the beginning, and that'll take tme to the time pa got the letter from th Boston lawyer saying thatUe II toget was dead and that his notherless child was t:: be sent out to us. I remember how we looked. 'a sai in his shirt-sleeves in the big rocker 13illy was pe rched upon the sink and I was washing the dishes. (Old Tutie the Indian woman, who did our house work, was laid up with the rhenma. tisn, so we boys had to " cinch " il things the best we eould..) I'a was generally the best-natured man in Dhakota, but just now, what with a dinner of soggy biscuits and scorched potatoes, and then this letter from the Itoston lawyer, lie did I->ok upset : Well," he said, mopping the sweat from his forehead, " I don't want to b' inhospitable to Ily brot.hel 's child, but somehow those eiasterners nave got in idea because I was nominated for the Legislature that I must ht rolling in wealth and lolirg in id lt'"ss and that I live in a mansion of rodtrn con veniences and keep a whole retinue of servtaits : of coure,. we v't got plenty tW eat and are doing well, considering httil, drought, early froots and the up and downs of wool anid wheat. hut ail the saine, werc 'riL !h it :' \\'e live in this big. raItbling rant II of cottonwood logs with a soid hou-t. at' the rear. Not a bit of paint or I,ali' anywhere and no fant'y li x n \'W by, an l,astern-bred cliit woid b, btlu sick in h -s than twenty-four hou " Is our cousin, a boy or a }!irl Billy asked, swiniig hi- batre, il nl legs back and forth, hi t'alouitld Ii _t' hitting the hardr of the sink. loy. That i<--Iett, te ;l pa took up tht' lt ter aia. 't. law v' sut , 'SVt~lti''\" tti; , ir: 't, lttkota next :et.k if we ht;t aiiu to the aollitr}'a froim yiu. -v n t' - that's a ty'-'- inat,'. i 1I-t he ,ni t fourteen y'ars old- - u I L' 111L- abOUt it when 'ocl ere L ie l'oor 13oger'. I wi-h we hadl writttr oftener to tach llitr. I iare ' av was my fault. Ye-. this el:ilu- n'ilt is Sydney. " nd of a fnn'" narl'' ----trt 'ILord I.'auntlh-ro'y' : ;it Id iy x ing -o that all hi: freek i-- twi"irlc , "' Yes," sayls 1. "' i kill) jut ho"t he'll look ' A relul a diut- : ih wear a colitir and cu llI all jt' ie ini' allii kcep his hair l, ek anIid berui. his teeth or mnanieurinw h,i- naiilevr haif-h ihti \'ou're 1'ighl, Tomn . -avs i Ily l''Il be i 'tendl-'foot sure enoiuigh Wonti know a la--u fIrii a linti' pin "Iilush, hoy-ti' pa broke inl, with: pained voice. '' I'ie1 l'ie' hi's ;l alone in the world now, poor fetlw And BiIlly andi I kept -till, I, 'eau-, we thought that lo,ing a faithI couldn't he very pletasat,. \\'t" wt-uhl have felt pretty had if or hail h, taken from us. for pa was gouil to u-. So, feeling -or'ry for C(ou:lit Sylctlv wemade up1 ormind to t-caat hill rseuare wheln he i cale. A tveek irou the next Mlonday I and illhy took the bucekboat'd anud wel' over to Mind an i to metet our couisini tclnt go. because IDick , thei h: ponIy, had biroke'n hiis piicetropi' at wandt'red otf (1n tIn' hirairie'. andi I was afraid some11 Sioux wouiiild e'at<h and ride himn---those' red-kinis'd spoil good hiorse. O11 rning~ im 11 to 'haLl half a dai~. lIut i had donei my13 hbe t.o mtak things hospitable like for t'-uin Syri necy. (Old Tu tie wias i't aro nd tit,1 I had to udo thle cock ing. I hadl i-ari sotmewhelire that New iI:uglanutd fil k lived on brtown hirend, bakid beans codltish halls and WVashi ington pi'. could mtanage thei beans atnd ecih hall-' welI enotugh, hbut. the brown bri: tut'ned ouit Lto be as- hard'i as a priairi, road. and as for' t.he ' Wa.singtttoti pi --well, thioughI I hunted ini thle t'iiik book from souip to picklets, I ii old ni ai, a ri'ipt. for it-S(i I made a layer cake it.h L wippii~ed crtearIia het,w eli whipped it 1 il my arm't ached. Thet I went for the ponty. Wu~hen 1 camtte back (I had fiiuwi D)ick uipping Lie w vild t ro-'s dow ciybi the IIiigN tlddy ) I saw i a buc bloar away tl On the pr'air'ii. TVhe soun wa setting and tdazzled my 'ye's, but I twa suire that I sawi someit hit'e sk is an ribbons lluttering oIn te seat bie,id,. p anfd 1Hil1y, aiid surie enoughi, wt'hien thie; drove up1 there was pai, with his eye' twinkling, and Ulyl3 lookin. as sllmi us that old Indian. ''" clic afr'aid-of his-miother-in-law," whlen lie cio ne: ar'cond, begging fori sugar anti tiobacer -and (in the -seat bietwicn thieml wta- a "She's cur elousin !She isn't a hov,' at all! Antd hur name is " i-ydnii'. only cshe spells it ' Sidnle'-thii lawi v'ei didn't get iL righit' lill y w hispi'red to) me1 as hie got down fi'om tlihiuck board. I wits so taken ia-haik that I eciuldn'ti 51a3 a wo'd. P'a was hiusv tatlig Li' the gir'l Somehow, I think hle seemledI to like it, bteause she was a gr l3uit iily3 and I didn't-you can j st, be stire of that iWe didnt,t care i f shit was as pre'tty Us onte of t.he piict urei's oli " arsauparilla "' adt'er'tislfeents--al wit,h big, brown eyes, small, baby i-,h mlouth, crinkly hair andh checks like prtair'ie r'oses! We talked it over that night. At firbt., hilly was inclined t,o go in fot' mnakiing thIngs pleasant, for he', hut I says (1'm awfully ashamed of it nowt !), says 1: " No, we don't, want her here Wt'l have to feel pr'imI and st,uck-utp all thci time, and have napkins at the table and wear our coats, and think of out gt'ammar, and not Itoll In our1 chaitrs She's only a dainty, sily, city girl, and she'll always be afIraid of cyclones, and sqiuial even if a gopher comes out oh Its hole! Of course we can be polite, but don't go to making miuchi of her. Maybe she'll get lonely then, anti want to go back to her boat'ding school. There's where she belongs-s ,e's tot slim and dressy for a 'Western girl !" Well, that's the way we did. Wher we were out-doors, and saw Sidni' comIng down towards us, we edged off' when we were tn the house and shit asked us questions, we answere( grumpy-like. So she got to making companion of pa. And, as I said be forec, ho seemed to like to have hie around-said it brightened up thu house. And between you and me, It did We got to havIng clean table-cloth and thbe dishes sot straIght, antd mnos generally Sidnie fixed a bouquet fo the t,able. She could cook, too. T'hem she tidied up our bedrooms, put il some curtrains, made cushbin' fnr th< lounge, had some plants In the window and tied a red ribbon around the cat' neck. But still Billy .nd I wouldn't own ui that w.e.. we la shewa thr .- Ye "CIRCLE"'' tite Was S( good-natured and lively that we had to tulk to her sometimes. She told us about the E'ast and wa always talking about a "Circle'" c f some sort. There was the " King'; Daughters' Circl(',' and the " Sewin'T Uirele," and " Niissionary Society, and once when Ihlly asked her if she had ever been ,Iothn I, Sullivan (Billy is quite a It u ilist for his ag( ) Sidni ' -aid he wasn't. in the "circle of her aelluaintanets.' After that we tt'ased he r awfill ly about her " eireles.' One day pa. Billy and I went. down to Chapeta lIaneh. It was a hot day. We hadn't had any tin for weeks. The grass under our hor.e' - hoofs broket' T tine and po.vdery. When we had gotten about, hal f way hnomle, ya says. l,rys, isn't that Itioke (:i in that direction :?" It was smoke---rolling uip thick and fa-t like tl great card of black wool. i't looked anxious. '" It seemis to be right in the line with toy 'tree clain,'' say- he. Ii1'.s tree-claim wYa= the apple1 of his .ye. Iie had iltlttd it three yearc befoire and tende(ld At care'fuily, and now had tholusands of young sailing from six t.o ten feet high. Ani that itettit it gooti deal in trce-le-s Dakota. \e gallo dn on fastt'r and faster. 'Ihe air was cboking with simok', and it' awity w coul't diltl se: ittle. red tonilt'i - of ! unt licking ut' tht'll h It gray btu!lue ras- all the prairie that way stetemedt alire. P ' irti:t t'u.. " It is en aireling all tht' t c 1tn '" ht sit'. \\ in't -tpi itt i' at i ch, but g 'al .'ped r i ht ttn u toardl the tiee-claili. Timt ltt'.c w., t t t,bick t.hat we ttni bli ' - .' an :'l i ,i it, i\ttn we l t a'. t. t i ' otiet''f' -;iw ows i a -ows ti' 1ti ilb' -tliiili'- i.i She brown and gar no-t 'i n - - t' li cr'll'l t, j s a!ll ui ar ilAnd it s t guist of wi tid it' It -n' fi l' Italnl ute, wl' SIa li ill li. e' Mt d a dlark i - ,h e W're t( i i and <atte hitci'hed to ilnIttiwd. tnti, trtd 'i er t htt m ttS in i LIt i nuMae futrro ws, with her hII l, in; and rtd check, all] snioke ht" i wa! AlI' ml l N s :Sidni . h I I 'h l wdti'l 1h11rtt uii'oWS iaru'n1d it - l'i ir tt t I '. t'l G or te t,ln thie it c i - . i ! r I hit, nl al t f ew onf tie' tt rI t t . :' t p io y u Set' that girl w:a - L . it tnch o)f ' ed t d ' t" a ' wt I:i thou i t her. She knew that a furrt;w oif daml, earth was the beit lire i lu t mu t '. it l Ight tit hav een tll' b1i1ters I hi er hi ands. i'lly haud i ebikc in hi voicc when he lcked at Lht n it hri'tii ia iet n. lht, Sianilli t nly atgte it atnd i t h 'ed ba tlk antheir Iuok at us ias she il \Vcll, v,i'\ thert ,rt' ' cir l -s' and iircl airiti i.hcrc - altd lu>w do you likc the ont" I it m u ut there a-ond StLhe tre"-clitmtn '. cl It l. AIt * t lt 'MINA It is. I h t'or.'i i'hilt aid e"i)so ite ls t ssr t o t fie Tr'utttIch i of i l- t It tl. nc. Sils andonyieos. a'aif-usjit s, for 1111 reduiikltrlin-i tdLt w' Ot.\lt t uil Iu li;i ee t.t.low, wore y,rad :u l loin mOt: --aUi''t fit y t ,tsc i ll:tn i 1:4 El- I' ;i' y,iv a& fi,i' , lr Idte.\ wats t'twing n th omee. t i nfan-Li wil-o waret asit Ih.ty itwhy Si earn yo t' lo r andp arn- m-veittihti' o,mrh-o tnotrronet'nratio.e The Il t-t ofra-r ch'ehav e rem:ltrknefo ".\ tie o.hf dou, nt beyni'tv, and yt or xporsti" wantrehktn.''omeiclown"t.hat, fometit,ingt Oourbenou muteh: clohe fIs , wo woh iperndt mewd mofneohs i nE '' ---i .\Is.Airg , o t . o w atr:. ne I h av mmb0) ) have enelad ikou hi-omn nht-n as honasrvenen ictria, \\has wie.you hailn w Ihe o touton. &unyh hen 58Y au erie p ut and h cowit \fed ntdo tso e.i .s .n w Luae vitnmay tad yhold ambitioar "Yohtctabd to uravse aind haveg asw usd o e you. now how oh)l thattd wantsto I, "J iom u tu t.r may, fi ', br ad a good ot/.an hav e you about in that grizzly gray muslin. I had i contormpt for cheap things, espe cfally for you ; didn't, I, my dear ?" "You certainly did," she said with a kind of sad, reminiscent, smilo in her tonO of voice, "hut this muslin is good enough now. lBut you had better go ,) town. There are four little grandchild ren here to dinner, and A unt Ann wanti the rico right. away." "And wants it right away," I huni lc d to the tu nl of "A uld Lang Syne.", Somehow I can't get the refrain out of my nind-"And wants it right away Sometimes I think that in-in don't, understand nor appreciate woman's na ture. She was created with a lovo for the beautiful, for ornauiment, for II wers and gems and j-iwels and gold and sil ve'rw'tlre and tiamask and line linen. She can't help her nature, and this very nature proves that she( is near"er" heaven thiai we are. What, do I care for diamonds Y Not a cent. I wouldn't give a dollar for a bushel of them. A n ld-fa-hioned tin waiter with 1 l)wcr5 painted on it is as good as a silver one to me. I 'wouldn't wash the window glass more than once a year, and a washpal su its me as % %ell as a china basin. lBut I recogniz s the fact that I 1im a man with an unreirned nature. The twelve gates of tile new J ruslem that are made of preciotls stonle5 are no attraction to me : neither, are the gold paved streets that St. John saw in his Vision. liut Still I haavt hope of getting there and hecoming lmore refined, for I do love ilowe's and pretty birds and r ran1;gre treis ant I us:cious fruits and beautiful scenery and mountains and the g, eat waiters of the Ilight3 sea. My wife and muy dautghti rs can spend half a day in looking at the beautiful things in the -how windows in Atlanta, but I never stop to gaze or to at mnire, except. pe rhaps, to look at the photograpiet's .lisplty or the life-like mode s of lovely wolei that seein sililiig at my thrce ;Cor'e and tenl. Rleading and observa Lion teaich me that all good men have re Ve'eice for womankimd anl are co,1 dcinau- of her bettr' natlre. lie better muoral,i and emntions. Sbakt'speatre !iitl Scott writc of womnen its iniister" ilgl ancels. Wads'worthl says of hier' r"reation : perie t wl m:l nlbly phunted, T :II'ar , is n I"'1 'Ir 11m11 I.' nonandU1 ." N > great poet save such a rake as Blyron woutl have Written: w ' \ell hetlle. e at wyomlan, or an t"1ita1h1, > r an1y 'ther think that'. fale.' 'vtn Slomon in all hi; glor' with li; wivt s and connhinCs, sail : "Y n m111an, rt j ;eo With the Wiffe of thy yttuLh, and ti thou iiiway.- rav ishv"d With hler lov".." Lilward W. Iiok says in The l.aeiic"' lille .oi'rnal. "'No etc!lonmy iS so false aid lisguiidt d its that whicb seeks to withhold one pleasurt; from the life of a good w(oial, a true wifu or a loving mouther. Tlhc best homue a man can give hri Iecolles Liresnmll.! if she is asked to live in it and stay in it tI.I tiays in I yeair. Tie I.ord knows that wvomniat. liffe is hard enougli. She travels a path of t'ndurance and sutl',e"in;; to wh Iich tilie aver'age mian is an entire stralger. l'hetl let us make that path as plieat-ant, as easy and as bright is possible. lvery dollar that at mant Spend, on is homne for the happiness and comfort of his wife will come back to him four-fold.' ''hat is true--all trut. Better Illenl the broken l pane or that Sash cord mI' that gate itelh and somLtimues take a hour t If from hllsine's, and take her t ani i.ht of I'yt,hias are giood insti Ltutlions, butshiould~ not 0(ome1 ill betweet a man11 and hiis w if'. Th'ie mlothIer wati huelp w it,h Lihe cildren, fori I tell yoult my br -t,brion1. Lhcre is noenr nor', 111 anIxi ety like nurI sin and! iti 'in~Ifg fiir aL Ilic it w iligly. A\ Iiother' whoit hai reatreil maturLi-y., andI fiour ~years (If the Limei d il'inhg a it ih ss wiar, whent'i she hl~t Lo il.-i' FilIm the *oiil iinvader' with h1er liL I Ie ones P ndI he them1, half eliiii in'hni alwaLys huiingrly, canil sitav withi said tha.l ha, hle was anl oh1lIhaihelilr, uliIf'rs. Tnle miot piat.he,ie line in all Ipoetry'~ is Li,bat of I''.z Gr (leenlla il leek, wherie lie apolI.,Ltphiz0'es death: 1,or lie 01r-t 1u11e her lgiSt-Ibrn', br'eaLth." Th'ei death of IL young Itiotbr' ill i i h irth is the sadder t of allI natoure 's calamilities. \laternaIOl lo v e-1taernal ilnteres t: WVhat is i- that, 51 inlspir'es a womlian toi he'ar her'i fat.e--to suilfer and bIe 'triog' AN Obil) MAGE/ '.1I. A Vi.'itoir iof'Many Years0Li Agoii al hlis nanIiI l~' prar'ed fior Ti'he Spartanl iin ill t'reStinhg sketch oif "'The Or)iion"' at ma1 in, pah b.liiy the lUichards Ih'otii r'S ill I'enlia 11, GJa., imnore than half a entur1 ly atgo. lie ha ls furnllishest1 se X tra4ct,s Ii' rgar'd to certaini p1llaces ini liler' SuthL CarIolin wh iiich wvill in ('Il. 8. 'T. Il'oinier' was at, I rown I 'ni ers'ity,. lt.ado b,dl nd 1855 to) I1859. 'orI Ilir'0i yearis lIe lived ini the houise 4 Willaim C. I'tichards, who was tben 11a4l1v (If thl' ir st, I 4Litist Chur'ch ol lit, cit.y. A ftoer leav'i ng Charl-ston he i'ent toI New YVor'k 1and( engagod in some teralry venture whiiich did l.Ot succed. I e then enit.ered the min listr'y of the ~ultist Chuirch and11 wias a mlost accept bile prea'Ichler. Ilo hadl (Iuito a liter'ary urn'l, and his wife also wriotea bo iiok 01' wo. lier' sister, Mr's. Al ice llaven, vali ailso Ia writer' of some11 colobrity .h0 ii 30 yearsi' ago. A titir leaving L 'royvI lence Mr I. lL.chiards went toI Malssacthut ets anld then tol Ohicagol, wher'o ho liedl four1 ior fiveO year's aigo. Coilneh 'iOlnier1 says that Addision I tichartids vaLS liv'in l in Now York, but ho fr'o iien tly saw 111im at his brot,ha's house nI I'ri vidienlci. Hie maied'li a1 voung ady (If that town. HIls hlome has boon ni New Yior'k evr' sin1ce he left thle ~OthL. l''r' at lng .ilae he was in hartigo of the Academy (If D)ebign, or msim i lilarp arit estalhishmentL of Now \ or'k. lie is still living, or was a few yearIs atgoi. T1he I lihards br'otheors w ere born in So miuch for the meon. TIhle follow ilg is the way in which Aidison linch u:'ds sketchued the lactes visited by 11n,1 in tl 0 l'iedmonltl)L ill 1812, 'l'AIlI.L. t"i', 5. C.-T-1his SCOnlO has eenOi tooi r'ectnftly descr'ibled and1( pic iure'id onl ouri l..fes ti walrrant, present 'emarik. It is cer'tainlly ione of tho -r'eatest curio 'ities In I)amne Nature 's 3tutthiern cabinoit, andi 011r r'eader should (if they have not alreadly visit 'd it) i.ontamlte It hie nc 'foi'th as an I'M D)ora o. l'Lumpinitown too. als worth a v isit, if it be only to '0 sh ow littlo is niecessary to constituto a vil lage r'ecoIgnized on the nmapj. My COml p,.tgnoni has 1 imortal ized0 himisel f and L'umpkintown tool, ini a poecm, from which wo quoto a stanza or two-tho lrst doprecating in P feeling manner tho advonnt. of rain whinnh as e the only roof In the place. It is ae 1o1 lows: "1{ain keep aloof ''here's not a roof T!hatt's water-p rt tf in I'ulnykitovn !" The whole poem is tru'y Aulbuilnianl, and tho last tta'za thus graphically alludeS to the futui'e fami of the im populous village. "In after days, T he Poet,a I yn Shlail \nllI the I'raisU "' I'uriyki:nown !" l'l:N1Li-TON\'LLAM.-"O! Pen dleton," as it is generally called by ti country fo'ks in the vicinity, was one the seat of just,ice for I'endleton l)is trict, sinC( titivided into the two dis tricts of tt nder-;on and I' c'<ens. I, h still the largest villaf'' of any in either distriet, and jus-ly p"id":, itsvif on hv -:1 ing one of the be.;t -'"'male SeL:) ,IS in South C.trolInit. It-the rehool--is in dor the judicious cire of the Misses IMtes, dauglitersof the lI" -v. Dh-. iates. whilon I're-Ihlent of tlh. Middtbiehuri Gollege in \'tertmont. The society otl 1'end1l t im, andi indeed of al extensivt vicinity -n11111 ering mllanly failillies, distinguished for wealth and worth. atl rds, of cours.1, ample nutrim^nt to tihis institution. 'T'he village otlfrs a: )let-nitt stuinimer retreat for fitllive, from sicknes's in the lower distriet. It hit- it wer'kly newspaper. I'Il : !NSVibLi: -Is a village about ten times as lal'"'tt as l'upli)kilntown : The only attratction it Canl t,fler til traveller is at tolerable iIglit's *lginHg. Gimi-:N\ Iii:.- -The prettiest villact in Soith .trolina--twh q tue,tOns it We have not, it is true. sen ill tht vi lingus in S')mtl Carolina, but we are content to rely on general report. It opens--so to speak-with an cxtqi"isite little hit of nature. comprising a rocky streamt-a river ptrhlaps--spanied by iL nvat foot bridge, with it mill, (the mill is rather too nodern, however, for a picture !) and bel;w it is it bona- ide waterfall, as wild and foamy and iusi cal as nine out of ten of those which platy "lion" in .'.iroepen hooks .f scene ry. We iave half ia Inind to persuade our, artist to tint it in his t'xquaisite lithot,int, and I t orl renders jutge for themiselves. Nius verr<,ns : Hlaving estiislled ourelves at the MIatnsio n [lousei. w h ich, uncdeor th'e a us pices of Cl. Co'elal', comes as near to our beau idea of a p;rltect village hotel as any we have els.nvhere er,.nntered, I fe. t like stay ing there lotnger than our allotted trois jours. We did smIiewhat t'x'ceed tho-e limits, and when we left, breathed an inward sigh that we coul not take the "-lansion (louse,' and it. excelbt:t iot and ho-tess, long with ius. The tl.:t t, the uu.tt s', the taste, the Viands. and the courteous tr'eat tment whith the vtisitor linds there, w!l haunt him) for datys after' with a spell (;reunville has its Young Men's I. eel,il. ant the l1y(u'mltt ha1S its neat ani cl,n noud ious hall0, well Ii'tel up, and exhibit.ing a respecta ble libhrary. i l at lin3 cohin 't for iinera'" 'a,d eturio-itit"s. W,'e hold up the (Grete' vtlle lvc nii as it hint to othtr vill a'eS. Who will take it? If we in 't,ake not, ;reI:-ille was the birt.-place of our' lIte and l-nenttcd friend. II ;ten, who,u -elf-atiiurCd abilIty with the -.illI, ar,d whose Iil-ant liatnner; teire known to many. of ouI retutrs. H1e died in ;rienshboro' ftomii h.j wi'les r'eecivtl oln tuo Git'UIegiat I' Ir oati. If ou' friend W-' will pur-'u. the track hi is imt k iig out for liimnsel(, Greienvill W may yet, hea--t her naltt-e, suIccessfuiil' rtin l'.. r i's pub0)Ilihed a neat, antd w el -iiliied new spper--t he Grnieiinvil!e is at yhtee o)f gi'eat andio fatsi nablet d ri' t duin g th Ii0summer id imonithis. It it a ind of r.iilhnting con ti'c to the nat.urali at,tra~cti-mis, it-i I, eb opinlis of the srm-.n .ion4. Si'.\1i.\NiIt'n~~-'-Tis is one of the pl eatsan t iip -couin itry~ v'ill ages of Cario Iinaii, arid tne tieri poi tion of it is cci inig especial y3 thme 5Imttious "Walker' ihmc~se,"'L whi ch iln it, appeaiirnce i-, giito siillicient, to d'tatin every travlemr w ho entie'rs the v ill are fr'omi that, end,] and w hich, if the :-t-'anger' coni I only Iget atn inklIing of it, (we hoai mor1)'.. wV lien t-ntLa rig L,be 0othe' endo, lhe wou to sureLIy pas4 i t'brough t-1 village before lie stopped | Wiia im WailI er, of t,he | sa.d houb~se-therce itre- no fe wer t 1 an four Wililiam Walkers in the dh-t,riet: -wLvill miake h is gues t- comifortaitbe in t his palatico, andi itforid them it lin,o pn ora'lmie'view fr'oim theo cupola at its sum11 it. There is ani eXxceilent femaiLl e sch oot heren u niler Lthe ciare of Miis Il'aynte. MI t wL'ithb a young and pr'omnis n.g itrtist.\ t'r. I itrelay, whose r'eputa tion is d ': i ned to inHcrease. A piroposI heireby hainds it taIl', lie wits painting, during iou' stay, the physiognomy of atn old citLizen, r'enowvned for his lace, and haitting put the unli nished canvass in the oen window to dry, andl( inver ted the head tha, it might, not, attract too much attention, (at least Mr. 13. avows this purpose !) he left It, there over the Sitbbath. Alas ifor his In t.ent it was the cynosure of all the villitge eyes; itnd some wag declared that his horses, catching a glimpse oif tbo,portrait, got fi'ightoincd itnd st,arted aside-It was so natutral. We saw the original and the copy, and we do aver that, we sihould Ithaive irecognize'd the the Iatteir soorost--" 'pon honor 2" Th'le "Hlar"' in this pllace Cimi)raices severail abhlo membh:'s-whoim wve iiuum her with pleasure among oue acquaint itnce---but r'eg rt, not mno >ting w ith Major II. Tri i.: GI.:-N N SI'iICN<.-4--Wer-o almost deser t,d at the time oi our1 vIsIt,, whbIch, however', wits a very brief one. Thu accommod111aLions ar'e on itn ox tensivt scatle, and Lwe fo nil an obl1iging host A,.few weeks prev ions up)warids to two nund redt vii's were att this populari vatering 1)lace. UJNIONV tbi'.-Throulgh the never tt- be-for'got,ton k Ind ness o Cot. G * * o ouril staty boro was made exceedingly agreeablle. A very IitOlllgenlt antd plonssant pecople are they of Un Ion suisttining w' il the hlappy charactor the name of theIr village impiles. Tneyc3 have excellent and floirish ing schools. Citi.:svi-:nvir,ri.:.-IIer- we spent bult *a few heurs tof datylight,, andl saw but LIttle of the peCople. The glatnce we had, bowever, was hIgh ly favoriabe L,u theIr liberatlity and Int,el iIgence. T7hL villatgo Is piled up .n a hIll, andf a mort stony p)lace we never saIw. 'rhoecouri' nlousO needs at friendly blast or coiulla grat,ion to pt it,tout,of the way, so that the good poopio1 of tbe district ma'i sildiIt another In its pilace, wvh ich shah. ')e less of anl eye-sore to thlem, atnd mif' af an oirnatment to the vlilage ! Is l, it't so, frIend [1 ? W INNl-ilt)RO.-Tho "'ultima thutle' af out' wandeings catstwar-d. Hence mur faces wocre tutrnedt to)wards tile set, ',Inr sun, andi our stopis followed hI. laity tourse. ThIe itspect, of the vIl lage Is dIelctily pretty In atlpproach, Intl Its op teltous br-ick houses, and nea voioden edlillees Indicate both wea:t, and taste. Hiero too we founfd a Liter try AssociatIon, hofore whlih lecture, mn various subjects are periodically de Ivered, and we cannot doubt that I ontribtutoa much to the Intelleot,ual 'haraetor' and happiness of the people. Hers also is a famous school; flest ohar torod as tho Moutit Zinlti.lle' , wttlr.hl Is now in a hily1I\ lItuish 11111 t i ndt tion undrr tho mn 1 mrn tif N r. Hudson, a uentlema11t o v-it'd abtlity and populatr nutt%it', it hot.h dtepari Inent stilt, 11111 )%1% tolttlio, tha.e sholot'' nnt t Ih I tHIItlo Rht rt Of tIt1,00 11111t-,41d pu .11 ''1 111'0hn1%-y ti) I11ti titutio nli nt'art - I tna,e funrt1sH1O 11I14"' 111111a1 I'vo'"ult+ tt, I' t4att ('tll'ot thti this. \\,n )h,lo' 1is a g ing vi a;' :1r'0, h,'lek hullldhi Hre in the pro t'of ereQtiton ; andI *e would tng t'Nit 01t t 1a tte 'w itn n g tt . tv o uu rt Hu o ug Ht wuId keep thetu t'thininaaty ht.ter than lht', l t'ps t anRt.itlltsttt+l oIstII0('. 'Ite "\\ inntlrt Iknob, 1lndor htw t'har r of Ni t s', liailble, does +groa t''t t to th 1laoe, htth out.alardlly atl lt I10 inornIiat ;p int'e,. \\' )l1nsboltr.' has a wteeklyn+Hp it1 a 0rlntark wi hllt we nig hit have mndu of Sp:artanhri 1, IIt're I ntli tit, dlear t'1 de r, 011r " Note.. at least for tht% pretrnt, T %v1tW:.\T1Ill,lt AI) yctg Valuabte Inthn1rntat'tin to l'htNtll lut r esteil in I"artnng tIpeatt tunn. The following is the weekly hulletin is:ued by the weather hurea, In Co lumbia as to the condition of the crops in this State : CoLt Mi., S. C., ,l uly 27. 897 The tir,t portion of the week w:as cooIrl than usual and the latter por tion watrmer. The average of .17 weekly tnt an temperature reports was 79 while the normal for the week is SI. 'ito highest tenperaturte report,ed was 100 on the 23d and 241th at (;illi sonville and the lowest til on the 22d at Spartanburg. The temlporature was well suited for plant growth, and crop development. Showers occurred in various sections of the State on the I,Sth, I..h, 20th and 21-it, quite heavy over the central counties, and sulllelent generally ex cept in SpartAtnurg county and seat tered cnlities elsewhere. Lands were washet and smta ll streams ovel flowed their haNgks in Aiken. Edgetield, Abbe ville and aiirlield. Imaging hail occurred in Ander son, and hail doing no in jury also noted in various counties. Iligh winds, in jurying corn and cotton, accompanied t te r:ains in 14-xington and tower Rieh tan:. Showery weather again set in since the reports for the week were recei ved Tue avc rage of .A weekly rainfall inCatsurelnent.s was I.L9, the normal for the .amtlle period is approximately 1.41. I even of these tneasurements were less than I inch: ID from I to 2 inches, and 21 over 2 inches with a maximum Incasurement of 4.15 at Ilagood. The sunshine averaged about 1i1 per cent. of t.hm posible, but ranged from as low as :12 to :1. More sunsh ine would have benetitted sonte crops in portions of the State. Crops are in vt'y promising con dition, and the weather during the past week was extremely favorable for growt L. Utit few adverse reports were received in cornpari6ion with Iavorable ones, and they related chicily to too Inuch rain, al.hough in Spartan urg county and imore limited sections in other counties, more rain would prove ben ticial. The needed rain has largely been supplied since the reports eloed., The general crop outlook is partic uliarly ti le int Laur iens, p)ortionls Of I )Rangeburg, Anderson, Greenwood, Sabiida, Chuster field, G reenville, Sum ter anid York counties and poor no where. Oh!l corn is ptractically all layed by in fair conditin wvit,o general improve utnent noted. S->tn has Iltt out now ',assels and is shooting new ears since thto r'ainy13 weathter set, int. U pland corn is ge neral'y a full cr01). I ate corn, whille not yet mnade, ton . tinues in very prOtinisin-g condition. Corn fired badly in lierkeley county. I''oddler pullinug has b)egun in the eastern counties, buitt is not yet general. Cor'. is needing rain in portions of Hlorry andI Spat,an burg. N early all cor'respondents report cot, t,on havin~ mnade rapid growt,h, ic places gr.owing too much t.o weed, ant generally conttinuiing to put on fruit; stomfe fields are already well enough fruited to make an averatge crop. l' nere are, howe ver, loctal .ins whlieren on accourt, (of e'xcessive rains, the plant has deterior'ated. Such recports were received from Auken, Ilerkeley, iarn we.l, r-imptont Chester, Ballamerg, Kershaw. Sumi. r, Darling ton, Dor chester, it'airfield and lUiehlandl, bit genealliy Include portions of those counties < ni/. Excessive shedding of M(finares an(i boIls, is as yet confined to Edge ii zi, 13erkeley, Aliken, l"'airnliold, l"',orence and Lexington although tome whedding noted in many other counties. Lice are tess numnerous than last week, also fewer r'eports of rust and honey dew were receIved. In a few lIrnited localitIes this crop stands in need of r'ain. Laying by is largely undler way and finished where the ground was dry enough to plo0w, fDeath Pulls the Trfgger. "9 A tuain doesn't htave to Ipitl the trigger hitnself in ordler to coturnit sul cide. lie dloesn't event (of weanpon. All lie nteed (10 is work hard and( at the stne inteneglect his health. Death will do the rest. Men ntowadays are all in a hturry. They bolt their food, and get initl. gesItot and1( torpid liver. rTe blood gets stupure. Wheti the blood0( is ituptire, sooner or latter sontethting wvill' "snashi."' ThIe sntash will be at the weakest anmd ntost overworked p)oinit. lIn a tuarshy cotintry it will probabI ly lie talIaria and chills. A wvorkinig tnant will probably have a bilious attaek. A clerk or bookkeeper will have Sendtly consuitptin. A business, or pro. essiontal itan, nervous prostration or exhIautstion. It isnt't hard to p)reventt or citre these dis. cases If the right retitedy is taketi at the rightt titie. Dr. P'icrce's Golden Medlical Itscovery takes thte appetite keeni, diges. tlin and assintilation p)erfect, ithe liver acet. ive the blood >ure antd thte iterves steady an1(1 strontg. It (1rives out all dlisease gernts. It tuakes richt, red blood, firnm flesh, solid nituscle and htealthty nerve-fiber. It cures tualaria and bilious attacks. It cures nierv ous pirostrationt antd exhtaustion. It cnres 98 per centt. of all cases of contsututptiont, bron. chial, throat and kindred afTectionts. D)r. l'ieree's Cotutinont Sense Medical Ad'viser contains the letters of thiotusands who have beent cured. 'I have been one of your nmnay patients, by takhmig Dr. P'ierce's itedoicines-i," wvrites Mrs. Pecr lIa Cook, of 240 W- 3d1 St., Covington, Ky. " Your 'lavorite Presocripttoin' and 'Goiden Medienl D)i.covery ' have saved miy life when it was de. spaired of." Scnd 21 one-cent stattmps, to cover cost oIf nttailing only, to the WVorld's Dis ~pensaury Medical Associatin, fluffalo, N. V., for a >Iape r-covered copIy of Dr. Pilerce 's Comnimon Sentse Medical Adviser;-clotht bindhing ten cets extra. A whole muedical library in one 10nnae volume, tho friOqe'i hoavy raltne bavin hi doredi anid d(".layo(1 t,ll', Work. soa-Island (ol tn eontl,tue's to thtrivo Tih pwa orop Is dol 'g well goncraly hIatvilt at,L itld goo(1 stansti. In the Vs'tern (ouulit t(m a lar go aorengo wau( p1ntntrd. II laauH Whro It Is, loo wet SIe IH ai. txc(tslvii shoddiIg of lotv1 ntI l. 'lbt''o u(i iZ Is progreisln( rap. Il.1 ati favorably. III Marion (n(1 ('. half t.he crop htnS hee+n gathored. The (I((ality of I,h", I(af IH imtiirlor, e.x "''pt in pp1'r I).lr ig t,on. ''ho crop IH he'ng tnttrk etd InI p1 'l .' 1h'0 han ImpIIrM ("l Wit,h tht( H(7taHOn andl Is dutng v0ry well, sXs expt ulaI. w hil n places i r Ithe.r 1 om.. Moro arln woubd bettrit rieo I th i lixt tico town .istrie,. TIurnlp (mil I'ultahaai Htwing is well tituder way, siugar ('n() was tYrently impIrove'd by th ra is n e ryvery prt'Hiing,. ('IIet1. aly varie't.dIly 'ihit th pro se V'I gs an atltppiH pI n t.if h ul i 1 ("rap N very abund(tant, but mnany ar"e lluf( H t'xrr.l'tt in \y'il'I(tunl utrg. S 'sture 1 ut ord I 'xc llent, ttzr ing 1hoAugutt, hay urop will bo heatvy. 'IIo out"iretd crop satit,Ion it, at, this tuto vlvv ingl '.tright, with prom iso 1rotn t.ho natlonat l) llin of .11ly11 In tho Southernt Seslaeor has beon greatly itproveoi during the I ast week, except In put"ltorts of 1 nisi,r, anid Texam, whera is nt"eded."' A general imip'uorovemtent In tho coi diton of cotton iS reported from the central and eastern p.otiuus or the cotton belt,, and also portIons of the west(rn section. I>icking continues In southwest Texas." d.W-1 w. ne "l.:t, D)i rec tor. WVII;N MONECY Is CiLOS1E You want to save doctor bills then for you want the nost, Surest and Quickest. iemedy for all pains. such as leu matism, Nourulra, Headache, loothache. Outs, 1ruises, Burns, Sprains, Stilf Joints, etc. lice's Goose Grease Liniment cures all these at once. It also relieves Croup, Colds, Coughs and Pains in chest and sitdes at once. Al.ways sold under a rantee by all druggists and gener tores. Made by Goose Grease Linimen Co., Greensboro, N. C. We are yet ()ecemher, 188^1) in search of the man who at harvest blamed himself for cultivating the crop too well, or who in his old age regretted that he had not indorsed for a friend oftener. ESIU ED Ll ! TED ? -IN DOUBLE DAILY SERVJCE To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath ens, Wilmington, Nuw Orleans and New York, Boston, Itichmond, Wash. ngt,oni, Norfol k, l'ortsmou th.-scd - ule in eltket Feb. 7. 1897. BOl'T11 BoUND. N o. *in3:. N o. I t by New~ York...........1I110am 1 400am Pi'laIllphiia.......... I 12pm .12 45am tllimor 1104................ 3 1pm ~2 5tIa-m Washtinigton ............. 4 4pmf 4 30am, Norfolk via 8. A. I,.. s :ne.n*!joaid 1l'orism0o h .... I in ! 924 ami WebIlon...--...........*1 251pm*11 55amn Hleierson i.............*125jam *I 3:m)1r A r~1)nrhnn-ia S A I,...ti :32am tI 09pm IAv l)u rham ... f 21pm tB (lO0am Sanftorti ................ 33am 5 0l3pm Op l'PiSs- ..--........... 22amn 5 p Ilans.............. ..0a, 5& W 'i.lesboro..............5 5lamn s 1pm Mire .._...._........... G 3a S 12pm (L. ,rot tc via S. A. ,..* 3Ji*.. -;,pm ihester.. via S A I,... 101am 10) 47im (Clitin................. loa 12a11p Greeniwoo<Jl.............. >:>am0 1 11am A bheville II............... 9 01am 1 -oamn Elb Ierli"i.--............. 2 ITim 2 1lam hr A ibens -----............ lSJ15pm 3 4 am A v n imtler.---............. 1 5pmn 1 30an1m, A r Allanitia S A I,........... SuOmz 5 2Oam NIlT W ll lN Di. h,v At lat ia...............9 "(opmu4 12 4nn1 h v Athlens-.-----........... l21.z m 3t nIpm Elbertoi--...............1:33am -I iSpm A bbevj ile.--------........ 4am 5i l5pm We On ijanos, Organs and dIlve our business these hiar Prlices. W'e don't sit (dowln t of money like the old fossils On) whlen they won't pay thel wanit to pur-chase a Piano or us and( we will sell you. WA and1( best selectedI stock of P some of the best makes on t to sell them. WVe guarant< thani any other reliable dfeale time pulrchasers are easy. 0 requI.iredI and we maket Spo)tt Cash Buyers we will si Organ cheaper from us5 thanll business. We keep) constiu of smatll instrunmnts, conIsi pakrts, strings and supplies I Se wing MaIchinies at rid ici wanlt one(, juN.t initimahlte it, an<1 lowv you cani buy one. Our s vocal anad iunstrumentalI, is ke1 of the p optular and upJ-to-daite tonme. Yours tr A LEX AN DE R .GRElENVIL~ Oroond......-....... 2 O9am 5 41pm " Ulirlton ................. 3 13am U 84pm A r Coltlanibta ( N & It 1I t..... ...t7 OOpm itcster.................. 4 .i3am 0 c.prn .tr '.6urTotjte via A3.... * 30arn*l'46pm l Amiroo 8A L........... UU05am U 40pm tlitllot ,............... 8 16am 11 231am A. r1linlln ..... ....*+l230pr $ am 'U r 1 1.1 iu'............. 9 2Uam 9 15am ialc,IKI.................*1135an*11 3.5an Ar l)i"rian viai '1 ~~A L ~t 4 Ut0prnt7 32am I . Ianrlhtam..............11 10am t', 2(1m Wultlon 8 A L..........+3 UUpil1in Itit:hnloncl .............. ( 5 ptlm 8 15an1 11l alhin;ton vial'etlu I[till lOpm I2 31pim ilalll.inrturo. .-......... .12 4Ham 1 43pm l'Iiliuel bhila............ 345am 360pm New Yor .-.........*3 53Lm *iL23pm Ar I'fortsmonLutha........-.. 7 30m Norlolk... ........ ..... 6 05pm *750ain SI)Iily. f I)aily Cx. Uunday. D )aily Ex. Moilclay. No,'. 41r1 aintl 4r2, "TheAtlnaO ea Moll I Vetib I rat Innu' . w i.h Iulrouttt 1teIerm Itm Ihty (uoneIh betweiem Wushiriglon aind At minl. A lso I'allntan leepura between il sisntoulh tal a Chester. Now. 1I tntl R8, *"Tht 8. A. L. E:xpress." Solid I niin o I ulitnln Hiupur a. nd Day Couches. Icc"Iwvea- I1L.rtlm.tlh and Atlanta. IW''' 'liCk(et, SlooerH aid informa tit apIIly to tickot agents, or to ,U. A. NI.:w,AND, General Agent, I 'ats. I )-pt"., li K imball Ilouso, A tanta, (Ga. G;I-:l. 11'c1. IV" 'I'rav P'ass. A gt., Charlotto, N. U. I'' 8''. .IlN, Vice-r'i'e8iident and V. K'. MIc i.:I.. General Stuperlnten dent. II. w. 13. (; t. IIt, TraIlle Manager. T'. J. ANUI.IsoN, Gell'l Passnger Alrent. Geneiral Otle',: I'orttsnothli, Va. 8OUTIIERN RAILWAYa r1 :r.tln,r A1t r.ri , etln! t. .d,tlo .1aeo%gr ?v.'f*s, Ii ' Aut Alr, t Northboud. Nad. a. N" IN I " 1'Aayy i ua.ty . I IIali, re uj.t .. s.l at .. r i nfurd. . lu u. - - - p Ourntoia... 't aij . a!,'p.;, r. Mt. Airy ..... 11 W a .I . v ''ouona ....... 1 a 1 Weatutlnator 127 bm . - ---tr - . . y5... 4 4rt onvilYe .. 2 31 1 b 4y rtauhurg 47 618 y+" tl iluuJ *. ... 4 2. T SIank' rg". 4 47 p1 f 08 . !S Ar an vi . l . 1 5 1 1280 g Ar.R .6hrl?.t... p , t~ Wa- hing a- . . , 4 a Ar. RItr1mtnd, al I'm a-. 40 9 Ar.WautntLa. . 11..1 42 a . ...(.. 90 l F lue l:t a. 1 1 S"utihibon. No 3 Nt.t 15 No iv. Dail y. JAI Y T a i !Yt 3115ll ". h tade lphtia. B 50 ofa 655 p.... .. 4atilllc ro. . 6 2 a 9 21) p. Lv Richn iu4 ...12 ga p 2 V U a ll W l..... Lv. [DanvlIe -- - 6 P500 a 603 Pa-a Ar. Cjharltotte . . 19 U0 p 9 26 alil 1.6 a. L ....a.t...a...... 1 p i ,**** at iuoys..1I 47 p' 24p ": W e tam ister. .... ... .. a 'l':oa ... 815 al j l p U 0s. Mit. Airy ... ..., o rnella...... ....... y SLula. ......4 j bl pSap a Tule.d ...II 4 a 881 p S 1 p WI "A" . an -p P- *. "i" eon."N"aight. Noa. S7 an d 3S---DaIIy. Was.hj gtoo an4 Soutly WresternYsiue td ru na aleeping cars beg ween New York avd.wOre beanus. Aa Washtlugtoa tidata and Moutqona ery, and also, betweoon New York andi iemphs via WashLington,Atlanta andi 13irming3hM o. -It olsats Qhoroughufare. titaciea etween Washinr ton and A tlanita. Dnting eara eerve all ta os 8 d 86--Otted StatesF'~m roos~ solId .ween Wa.hingtoa e leap ,va,ogth.rn, 7Malway. A & ..E ar and ooaghe rou a is' n9, as O*leanstl Ata 4. outh. tngWsh te a ay a I Dgo p ergwi trhrengh freen southbound tj1taat *7 aortiabosa The AIr 1Ethe u,.t.yms, #0.11 , tw'oA tanta and Mona6 Al-y, Ga, s W A. TU& 8. R, NABDW(J. G 'l Pss. A' , At Gen'lPass. SewI ing Maclines. We 11 times by selling at Cut mid croak about the scarcity who let purchasers pass n1 great long p)rofits. If you an Orgatn come and .see 'e have on hand the largest ianos in the State, including. e market, and we are going e our prices to b)e lower r will make Our terms for nly a small cash payment he sailing smooth Fd~r iy, you can buy a Piano or from any concern in the illy on hIandl a full stoci{ sting of. Guitars, Banjos, as, &c. Also the various or same. We are selling lously low prices. If yog~ I yo~u will be surprisedl how toek of sheet music, both it lull, and you can get any sonigs andI( music at anyl u ly, BROS & CO