The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, August 17, 1899, Image 4
The People's Joura
PICKENS S.C
HER PROPOSAL.
The late March snows are dissolving
the delicate wreaths over the hills
the maple buds were already swolling
the sky like crimson dots, and the
song of the blue-bird heralded the
advent of spring over the bleak Berk.
shire hills.
Ir hIlY Isn't it nice ?" said little
Rebecca Hale, as she skipped along
the road, "0, look, theri s a dear
littleg striped squirrel with a bushy
tall and such bright eyes, like black
beads. 0, don't you wish we lived out
doors always ?"
"Becky, don't jump about so," chided
the boy, an ancient philosoplher of 10
ears or so. " There : I knew it.
You've burst out that hole in our shoe
that I sewed up carefully, and one of
your mittens is gone.
"'But It Isn't cold.'
" No, but that's no sign that we never
shall have any cold wveather again. Be
sides, Aunt Keziah is dcad ."
Well, I don't care for that," said
the little one, recklerly. "Aunt
Kcziah was old and cross, and boxed
our cars, and said we were the )laguies
of br life."
'Yes,' said Billy, slowy, "but there
is no one to take care ofi uS now that
AuLt Keziali is deat,. \ou should
consider that, Becky."
" No one to take care of u, echoed
Becky, standing still. ) I y' I
didn't think of that."
Mrs. H1arewood was frying dough
nuts over the great cooikiig-tove in
the back kitchen. An imm enze bluei,
and white checked apron ensh rotded
her spare form and a pocket han'er
chief concealed her hi'. .I\ri. Ilare
wood was i'ot pretty at her Ihet ;in
this, Itmpromptu uniform he w., ;m
ly hideous.
" Seventeen----eightcen --Ii neteen,
said Mrs. Ilarewooti, fishoing the brown
curls of paste out of the boiling I ad.
"Twenty and four miakes two do/en.
Now, Michael, who is it'. And what
do they want ?"
" It's the two children fromt Aunt
K ziah I 'roud foot's," said M chael
Harewood, a tall, brown-faeckd nian of
:0 or there abouts. " The ld wiman
(lied last night."
" Well, what of that ' -ahi M r.
Harewood, who had gone b34ac , to the
table and was cutting uing -trips of
dough, and twistil g them into pirais.
'eady for tnie pot (f frizding !arid.
" Thoy'lil hur heI I -uppo.e. And
after her long sickne!, the dear Knw,
nobody'll b eI very :-(ory
" But the little <.hiltiren. \What In
to becoite of th' si a id 'M ciha.
" , send 'CIII o the Ioohoui ,
of course. Thr ' nothun eice ti bt
done, as I know of .napped hone.
" To the poorihou'o. I arin T
)retty, dehIeate itth in 'ire ai
Haie's brother. chudr to t' p
house '"
" ell, I don't -6e y nOt.' ait
Mirs. ilarewood ' 'Thirty-four. C
Three iozen tought to I'' JIoiughi. If
i'ate had caied to touth ibuitt :;er I
lations, Shit iight a .tayed Iohum and
ooked after 'elil, ina(d of
away with a s'hipt's capiati aid coing
t) China, or India, or, iKanie at. or'
the Lord kniows. wherec. A\ fer sIx wa:
engaged to you. too: .Amd
MIaria,'' m'aiud the brotherci, ii 1t a - ighit
elevation of hi t eyebrt-ow' . "I t I--a
thhlig (if the p'ast; and 1K aite itmd nit
forbee, when The left lir n at iv cotun
try. that her birothuor'r, inth-onc- wotuld
and wvith' .t resiuri'ev . : t ha.
chanced, tt all LverL.t. T'he poor iltt.
things auc in the sittion' ritmiow
And Ipoh)Oe tiie.\ 'e in' i arei
cause myi~ husban't i- pout tnrter'
said MIrs. hiarewood, drt'pp0Int in e
fresh batch of douighu te, tin, ny one(.
"Wellihe won't be homeit aftre uon.
"I wias iiot thiinkinig if that. .\aiaii
sild Michael liarewood. gent ly. ' i'.
o.:eurred to nie, that . pehap--iI,. einee'.
you hand no0 ch ildren of nyour ow
'"That I'd 11ill' yh.L'e with all the1
paulper cild ren of thle neihtorhjood
saId Mrts. utro wooid. " No, NI\Lchael
Hiar-ewood, you'r~e misttaken theri': I
wouldn't have J ilm hi ile 's i oung oneL's
in my house afteir the way 1Kute treated
you, not if I was to lie paid a doltar a
day. And hesides, I ain't matron of
the pooa houlse."
" Thmen what are they' to do -
Mirs. Ilarewood r-hrugge.d her nonuy
shoulde Crs.
"IL's ino buitsiness of niin." she1 :-aid,
Indilferently. '" Nor I ait going to
concern myseil(in it."
Michael Urewood went tack to the
room where the two li ttle orphans
were ad mlring a .htuii ffed paiirrot, t a
swung fr'omi the ceilin g.
"'jhidren,'' sid lhe, ''get on your
things.
"A in't us to stany hecre '." piteously
demanded l3ecky. "~ I'm so tired and
hungry .We didn't have any break
fast this morning '
" 'lease, Mir. i1arewood," saId Hilly,
"where are we to go? Nobody wants
us ."
" 1 want you," said Michael Uar-e
wood, his heart giving a great jumpj
as he saw Kate's old1 look shining outt
of the wistful, uIptulrned face of the
child. '" You shall be my little ones
henceforward."
There was no lack of talk aind gossi1
in tile nlelghborhood when Mi chael
llarewood left his brother's house and
set up housekeeping for ;hlmself In t
little unoccupIed cabIn just on thei
verge of the woods, with the Hlale
children proteges and companions.
M ichmael Hiarewvood was an artist b3
professIon--one of those erratIc, irre
gular geniuses who seldom make much
money, yet possess natures of genuine
gold. He paid little attention to til
buz~z of the neighbors, the sarcasms of
his sister in-law, and the criticisma of
the world in general, but paintog
serenely on, disposing of his picturel
at ludicrously small prices as fast a
they were laid off his easel.
" For it isn't as if I could wait ior
good. chance," sa.Id he. "'1Thoy mul
sell at any figure ; the little peol
can't starve."
So the three led a strange, ccontr:
life. Little Becky swept and duste<
and did what she conld. Billy brougl
water, weeded the onion beds at
made himself generally useful, at
MWei'ael Hlarewood did all the L'as
When there chanced to he meat enlou
for three he eat and was thankft
Where there was net he ma le his me
off vegetables and told the children
was for his health's sake.
"Don 't yoa love UncleioM ichat
Beoky ?" asked the little boy om
ni ht henMohael had tucked the
"God boss the little ones!" he mu
. mured. " And God bloss Kate, who
over she may be !"
Kate was nearer than he thought.
" Have you heard the news ?" sal
the Widow Castleberry .to Mrs. Hari
wood. " Kate Hale's come back."
" liumph I" was Mrs. Harowood
comment. A bad ponny always ro
turns. Who does she suppose is goin
to run after her now ?"
" Ah, but," Bald Widow (astleborr,
wagging her bead, " you didn't hoti
me through. She's a widow I and she
as rich as Croesus !"
"No !" said Mrs. Harowood. " I
ain't possible !"
"But it is, though," said the widov
4,Wears diamonds as big as dowdrol
and a black silk dross as will stan
alone for richness, and has her maid u
genteel as Qaeon of the Cannibal I
lands."
" Ah, dear, dear !" said Mrs. Hart
wood. " Wonders never will ecast
Thom children will be brought up ilk
a prince and princess now, I SupposO
I 'most wish I d taken them myself, a
Michael wanted muo to do."
1or once the tonguo of rumor wa
correct. Kate Hale, now Mrs. Aldei
Armintage, had been, in very truth, lof
a wealthy widow, and she had return
ed to her rativo land, to adopt ho
brother's orphaned children. XKati
had been pretty as a girl-as a woman
set off by the accession of wealth, shi
was royally beautiful. Nor was sho
devoid of feeling. When she firs
came intothe presence of the artist
whose magnanimity had saved he;
brother's children from the poorhouse
she knelt down and kissed his browi
hands with tears.
" Kato ! Kate "' he cried, recoiling
what are you doing ?"
"I can't help it," sobbed Kate. "Yot
are so kind, so noble. What would m113
poor little ones have done but for you
And when I remomber how I treate(
ou--"
" We won't recall that, Kate," saik
the artist, quietly. "1 But I have growr
to love the little ones dearly. I d(
not wish to part with them, aithougi
I feel that you have the best right t(
thetin."
lie was standing with one hand ot
liecky's golden head. The chilt.
glanced eagerly from one to the other
"Couldn't Aunt Kato come and livC
with ius, Uncle Michael ?" said she
with a sudden brightening up of over'
feature. The eyes of the elders met
NliCelue's sad and kindly-Kate's full
of sudden tears.
" Ah, my child," said the former,
I asked her that question once, a
long while ago -and she said 'No.'"
" but if you were to ask me again I
shiiold ansIwer very differently," cried
out K ate.
And '.hen she hid her burning face
in hit'I hands.
" I shall never ask it again," said
.%I ic hal l1i arewood, gravely.
" ,111I will," said Nlrs. Armitage,
!!olor up to him and putting her hands
i U . ' I ir lichael, I have
tarnu now the I priceless value of
what i onlcte rej-eted-you true, noble
ve ou--will you repulse
ne to iiai'rry Uncle Michael
bi I lceky, thoughtfully.
1 i y it's ht'L that Aunt li ste
!,*aI) . sfter ailt."
(1 VIll ANDlMl\ CALEDAltS.
h !' '90 't'i Wi Not Hie a Leap Y'ear'
ValuabhI'ti loti i,iationi in a ut
'T:e yea r I as a l eap 3year, and
Line. Iii. one w11 . i li be~ 1 ci4 eght years
ater. Tim i- on account of the In
0'einou0' id-vice for maintiaining, as
ne'.ar y a" can he' concordance betwee'n
tu '.*e:'C or Gire gor'I ian caliendar~ a nd
thar or as tronominicalI calenidar'.
erybodyii': k nows that, the time re
ud for the eairth to make a revol u
Lon around the sun is the true solar
Yeari. It is easy to see why men, in
thir' or:d inary aifairs, do not give tihe
year its exact solar time value, but
em ioy the civil calenidar they have
devmed. intstead of the solar calendar.
The lengthi of the solar year expressed
pirlsiely', i, 3Ir5,241221 I days, or a little
les. than 1'? iday's. It is obvious that
ini thei ointess alfairs of life it would
lie very inconvenient, to use a time
dijvisioin called a year containing so
miany diays and fraction of a day. F~or
orin' iary puirp)oses the year must bc
counted as so mfany' days. Tho oa di
nary year~ is, therefore, counted as 365'
dlays, whieb is nearly a fourth of a day
shorter than the true year.
Oft 'ourse this time dilference be
tween the solar and the civil year mus1
he accounted for, sooner or later, and.
when it ia convenient so to do, the truc
and the artilicial year must be brought
into concordance as nearly as possible
T'he coniuniion civil year is too short by
.2 1221h of a day. in four years thh
amolunts to .9i~6l of a day, andl t
bJoth in the Juilian and Gregorian cal
endars the last of this period o1
fouir years is made a leap year, or it
other words a day is added to it, mak,
ing 3hh days in that year. llut not a
day was requ ired to bring the civi
and solar year into concordanee. The
mean civil year, thus lixed, is a little
too long, and in the course of a periot
of i00 years the civil calendar thui
gains :3 I136 d~ays. So another balane
is struck between the true and artifi
cial calendairs by the suppression o
the inter-calary days in the years 1700
1800) and i1'uO, which otherwise would b
teal) years. T he buppiression of leap yeoa
in 1900i( leaves a gap between the tw
calendars since the adop~tion of th
Gregorian calendar of only about one
ninth oif ai day3, which is the balanc
on account with which to begin thi
next alccumulation of dilTerences fo
future aidjustmenat. Blut the additloi
of the intercalary day evei y four year
and the suppression of that day in th
last year' of every three out of fou
centuries balances the years so fa
that the error amounts to only one da
in 3:125 years.
The year 2000 will end the cycle
four centuries and will be a leap yeal
Then opens the next cycle, and in th~
Year 21010, 2200 and 2300 the interce
a laYdays will be suppressed, while ti
t. 24100 wvill be a leap) year.
e i aMbe mentioned that 1900 will I
Iceastern ,after all, in those nations
c.1e the hgope and Asia which sti
%calendars
d -The most co and precious lvh
d in the world is ,,a contained in
. cask named the ,,," i.te ~
'h men Town Hall col\"s. Thisb flw
ii. sheim, of the vintage otsA~ya o
al is of the color of old te om yas
It wonderful aroTma, though a'rathor ha
taste. It is never sold, but is used
il, elusively for the sick of llremon, s.
to only exceptions having been wheti
m small oottie was presented to the E
is' peror William I, another to Frederl
III, and one to P'rioco Bisma-ck. 'T
-noosed money value of this wine
'log beyond credenco ; but at
r- A STRANGE EXPtIRIENOI;.
An Atlanta Drummer Acteti as Pall
Bearer at tho Funeral of a Man lie
d Did n't Know.
Atlanta Constitution.
" I won*, to a funeral the other day
and I can't got it out of fhy head. It
bothers me, and I am not likely to for
g got it."
T1rho speaker was a young and popular
" Atlantian whose business koeps him in
r Savannah most of the titte. lie was
9. hero on a visit, and his friends were
greatly interosted In the 8-ory of his
experience a a pallbearer.
" Yes," continued the young man.
" I went to a funeral in an accidental
way, and was a pallbearer by chance.
d 1I didn't know the doad man, and
a the other palibearers didn't know him.
It beats anything in my experience.
" It happened in this way. I entered
a business house to sco some of my
customors, and after somo generalI
talk, one of the partners asked me if I
had anything to do 'or the next hour
or so. I told him that I was not busy
and was ready for almost anything.
" le said that I was thu very man
for the occasion, and taking me by the
arm escorted mo to a carriage in front,
of the store and got in with me.
" After riding a little distance we
3 stopped and another man got in and
was Introduced to me. We rodo on
3 soveral squares and then picked up
3 another man, and finally a fourth man
t joined us.
" They were all nice young men, and
very pleasant compan3, but I began to
wonder why we were in the carriage
and whore we wore going.
" In the meantime we continued our
journey, without any explanation from
anybody.
At last I brought the matter up. I
told my friend who had invited me to
accompany him that I had plenty of
time and was at his service, but had
some curiosity about our- trip. Where
were wa going and for what purpmse ?
" My friend langhed and maid that it
wasall right. We were on our way to
a funeral and were to act as pallhear
ers.
"'This was unexpected, but I ac
copted the situation, of course, and
very naturally asked the name of the I
person whoso funeral we were to at- t
tend.
" My question seemed to surpriso the
man who was responsible for my pre.
ence there. 11 looked very thought
ful and scratched his head.
" ie had to give it lp, and explained I
that he had never heard the dead I
man's name. The hcad of the ir i
had ri quested him to attend the fun
oral as a pallboarer, a mark of respect i
to one of the former customers of the
house.
" Ilie Intimated that the other ;all- I
bears might be able to give tLe desired i
in(ormation. I a
"1 But they were In the same fix. 1
Their business associates had tent t
them to the funeral.
" They knew nothing beyond the fact i
that they were to go to a certain hoisc ,
on a certain street, and then proceelI C
to the cemetery, acting as pallbearers. t
" We felt somewhat ratt Ied. W as
the man young or old ? Had we ever
seen him Did he icave a family ' r
How did he (lie ? These and other p
questions bothered us, but we could i
learn nothing at that time.
" The carriage stopped at a boardi in0
house, and we entered the place l ik
lng as we though t respectable pallea
ers ought to look.
"We looked sad b~ecaumse we fel t sadi.t
WVe felt sorry for. thoet corps an' d .<--,
for ourselves, andl as we gaz.'d in e n
another's faces we did not put on any o
airs or manifest any unseeiy pride.
'"The fact is, we felt, Ike a s-et of u
duminmies. There we were. th-- p:a.- u
baars at a funeral, and not one of umn v
knew the dead man's name '
"The undertaker was there wi jth his
assistant. Two (of the boarderap
peared in the role of moouner-. T1'he . e
were all, with the excepltion of the. pa ll- t
bearers and the minister. t
" We did(1n't, k now the mou rne rs nor u
the minister, and they showed no in
terest in us. .
"The in i ister talked in low ton's '
to th'e undertaiker, mimdc a few remiarks d
over tihe colli ', and then we took~ it e
o.:t to the hearse.
"it was hard work, squ/ 'g
th rough narrow doors and tu rn irgr cor-\
ners, hnt in the ennrse ot time we sue
ceeded in getti ny~out of the house, and l
the collin wi~as placed in the hear- e. e
"' Then we four bund led ourselves
into the carriage, and the two mnourmn
ers entered another carriage. T1he
minister rodle with themi. I
"Our little procession slowly made
its way to the cemetery, a dis',ance of
three or four miles, and there the ser- .
vices were brief and simple,.
"The minIster had very little 'to s~ay, .
and when he was through lhe sidt
something to the undertaker, who told 2
us that we could return to the city.
"' We pallbearers got into our~ ear
riago and gave the order to drive on.
The diriver did not obey. We yelled
at him again, but he made no response. 8
"One of our party got out and re
ported that the dIriver applearedl to b~e
asleep.We suggested h role meabures,
and the fellow was punched with anC
umbrella.
" It was no use. lie did( not mlove.
The undertaker caine along and asked
what was the trouble. We told him
andl his eagle eye d iscovered the truthI
-of tbe situation. Our drniver was
Sdrunk!
. "The undertaker said that be would
3 fix him, and he did. He sel/zed the
r driver andl hurled hiu to the groundl.
* Then ho took his place~ and drove us
a back to town, leavIng the driver at,
-the cemetery to sleep off his booze.
"The carrIage left, us at various
' places in the city, andl I did( not fin d
P out the dead man's namo until next
ri morning, when I readl an account of the
a funeral in the p~aper.
''" The noor fellow was all right-a
r poo citizen, thoroughly respectable,
r and all that. lie sim ply did not pos5
Ysess the wealth or the qlualities which
draw a crowd to a funeral, and he had
no relatives in Savannah.
'- I have hcen th~inuking about, it, ever
0 since, andl it makes mc blue, though I
-don't know why it should. The manm
0 will sleep) just as well as other men
-whose funerals were on a grand scale.
0 'But it seems to me that, the liv ing
neglect the (lead in these busy heai t,
1less times. 1Funorals are losing their
old solemnity and impressi veness.
They areoconducted with a busi nessilike
b urrya and clatter, and ver~y few seem
a0 to tako any interest in them.
o. "I don't object to beIng a pallbearer,
e. but I prefer to have some notico, and
3I would be better satIsfied on such
a occasions if 1 know the (lead mxan's
rd name, oven If I know nothIng else1
~. about him.
e " It was a gloomy, depressing expe
a riee and I don't want to go through
-~ it again."
he --Carolus Duran is next year to paint,
is a life slzo nortrait of Gen. Miles to be
I It hung in University Hall at Hiar vard,
m- from which college Ocn. Miles received
Bl LL. n. der..
TIlH 0.1SlN OF " IX)lXI." A
1 Now Vorsion of h Word and its
Derivation-.1 Newv Orileans Batik
Was the0 CauseP41 of its U0o11na,0-o.
A correspllondent of The Now Orleans ct
Timle-Domocrat, in an interestir.g 1
ArLicle, trac(ts the ritva(tion of the It
word " )jxie " t it notts issued I)y I
Lh0 ( ti/zns' I Bank of Iouisi ania, says i
rlo Bankers' Joitynal. hi
The original bongy, _ Dixie land," m
was composed in I o by )aniel I)oca- in
Lur Em'nuett, as a ''waikaround" for
[3ryant's minstreis, then Iorform ing
in Mechanic.s' hall, Now York. Mr.
Ilnmett's Cxpic es were vartie(,
and part o) his life, h ad been spent
With the Circus. ille had fti-uently
beard the performir., make the re
mark, "I wish 1 wa: in, i," it, soon
is the northern ui n .I hega'% tO be
Aoo severe for the tint f which they
rollowed. This exprejo-ioln slggested
Aho song " D)Ixic I Ai'LI
It malde a bit at n with the phly
Ltoing public of N..-r York, ami. was
I)eCdily spreald w -0! parts of the
Anion by numuC han .o of Wander
ng nillstorolI, Wh 1 a10 and ianCed to
t. III the fall of U-1 Mrs. John Wood ti
aIng it in New <>ieans, in J oh "ttw
B"rougham's burle ie of "l'o. ahontas,'' c
and ere a week had ipa-is.ed th whole ti
iLY had taken it, to, nid th darky on il
h etreet corner and tie bankor in his ti
)liCo) were both hunmning it content- k
dly. A Now U.Aan-, pilisher saw
Ossibilitika in tile n u iiC, and wtithout 0
,he authority of the comuposer iad tbe to
kir liIII'Ionize.d and rearrangud, issu- b
ng it with worts t Inmbodying the W
it'olg Southern fccPng 1ben existing in ft
Le chief city in L.ouiar.a. IV
Thie word " - l)ixie"' was brought into
'ational Prominence and usago by ,
,hese dOnis, IIdi, 110 dou bt, ~epotUated "
)y the wart solg, the air of which is
O-day dear to iVery Southern rI. There k
:3an be denytig this statoment,, but
1be general imprion cOnCerll, tile b
)rigin of tile word " ).xie " existing o
Outside of the Sthi, and in many a
arts of It. is In correct. Naturally the I
olllarit-y of tie work created interest- n
oncerning its origin. Thu fact that "
ie terNI was used to indicate thel
tates south of thbe Masonl-).xon lie
as led t tthe gonera iil aCeVeIaInce of
hie statement, publicly mado 1oue
'ears ago that " D)xie " sprang fram n
Jixon. Tile arguiient, wais based
nainly on the alleged similarity of the k
wo words, Dixie and Dixon, and d
minted out that the o. xprelision "ixie to
saInd " gradually grew Out of " ixon's u
and," a term which, by the way, was
ever in ure. As a result, tile real
oot of the word has never before been 01U
niade known. il1
It is f ten dallicuilt to traco such a 1
vord back to its first usage and firmly T
stablish its origin. hut the arguments t
n th ., Ire sent insLance. howove', are tI
'l tonluive anid l lonvincing, and '
0avie i) V00o111 fior reona011111)10 doubt A
it, tll' term " DIxie Land" spr'ang I
roml tHI. tenl dolar. no , Dix,"o Iss LI
1.11 (:iti/. IS' i tink of L'ulsiana, b
Lci td ,uch n u111pr cedented cir- 1
ulatmin folr It 11 Almr of years previOIs 11
the v-ar. o
C. W. Cainuk, telle4r of the Citi- C
:n' B mtk of Lousiaua, % as ilstru- h
.1ntiaI ll aieving for that bank tile
r'e$tigeu Of a1 lI-gIer circulation than
1y otiler banic of the South, if not of
he I, ntry. The maneillrt in Which
he lot.t. of Ih- hak were brought, I
y in 1 in l ite -teIamoat tu01 to
Ino tu. r fri0,.1 h.l checks to the
nai t'.0y weriP tet n rahy. palid by cheek( t
n wmei onle IIt ntl.rou bais oi-r at
anlr'ngi wonl'-t of New U.'leans. 11
.4- tI.0e. o Cied l inn vtio and) 441t a 5av'inug
i time and1. 11abr: to the eollectoirs, .
-ho in the li4a-t 1iad boon obliged to 1
toont te:) oeak at the particular 1
ank u1)1) ne ue it watS drav' n. vl
In thi:, way t~be steambhoat meon ba- g
4.me of 0 realt -erice to h the banik, as
14. malij >r. part of tl .e soum of the ir 0s1 ee
en1s was carried out of thle city tL i) e
jtii'sbure throuIght the k1essipp-ifi 11
al Cy, ini pa\ ielnt,1 fouel, w haif- Il
tiat dueO-, stort, wage:4.-, Iport charlges, dI
to. Th'insar.- upon11 thloutands t.f t.
ollr0 Per talken ? ut of thbe city
oinitson tbe .\l ss $s i' Mli- ortIi and4. '
aha-,bi, Ter no 10 e, .\: kan)1S andi led, Ii
Iing11) till pliei of 1 K7 the batnk b
ithlstol~l a tw dayt 1. run upon 110 it and
himt ouit witilh ying co~lrs, wt- ile
shedi it.- credit so firmlly that oneO of at
,s notes.0 Was as glod as. a national bank tt
unh' lhnk of Lou~.iia aind I aa Bainque w
oC loy'.nls die ia LoAuisianiO. T1he do- pa
om inations of the( notesi in English and k
'encil wereo as fol lows : iye, cinq ; y
en, di1 x ;twenty, vingt ; fifty, ci1qu- m111
111. ; oneo 11und red. coent, one thouisan.d, m1
ailili. it, will be reaidily seen that, the 01
'renchl names110 of anly detnoi1nation but, pi
Cln, .VI'erle)~ft. unp inunahle, and no0 0on0 d
ttem pted it ;btut the ton, 4 di x,"' ti
eemed.4. to attract, the oye and to moot ..
pullIic demaiid. As a result11, the ten- -
ollar notes of the Citizens' bank were
eldom, if ever, recferred to in any
ther way than as "idixe.") And, be
Ides, it was the mnost naturial way In 1
he world to4. Identify this p~artillar
iotO. T1hie denomi111na4tlin, too, was a
:onvenient size for thle steamifbot 'lin
o mieet tileii obiligations withb, not too
arge~ or- tioo smll ; antI (If the many
,hlousanltds of doll1 ars takeii out of tile
liy every wet k( by tile riveir boats, a
argo propor~ltion wa lin "l di xes." In
loseqtuence, these nlotes hiatd it much0
airgeri ci rcu Iation Lthan1 any othe r no (tes
ssuied b~y the bank, and0( ore long tie
expression1)1, 'A I) ixi t note," or a ntot~
sstietd frm thle '" Di xie( an k"' was
v'ery commion amon114101g thei lar.1ge numbe1 .r
)f pteople everywhere10 v 1 who re fami
liar with the our rency. Thllis was the
most naltuiraltin g in the worldi for
ltho word '" 1)ix " is proinoot,110 on)1 thbu
front (If the oif the nott-, and so muclh
so on the back Lthat the obser-ver, in a
has'ty glance, wotild 04oo ntiIng else.
A coilmon1)1, lmo ust uIn iversal , expres-'
Sion) used bly the stamiboait men0, when01
leavingt from the "up11 river' " couLntry
for New Orl'ears5, to answer~i to in
tuirits as 1to . tlhei r destinailtionl, was:
Wi're going1) Soth a4fter iXIS,'' or
goinig to. "' Dixie landi.'
G radui ual ly, thu Stth 1' i'n cou1ntry ilo
gato hoI1 knoIwni aloing the river- port1's
as "'1)1x Ic land,'" heeantlse so) muich
mli~oey111 cam fromi it. l''rt th)I)is be
ginning the word hais gr'own toLI geineral
usage, and today it is syno~nymous
with the South e veirywher-e.
has jult beeni un ished at a gtin faictor'y
in VIenna. it wvill cost, mor~e thban
$:7,500. The ow ner 18 a rich Southi
Afr-ican diamonld king and mine11 ownert,
who wil1l'resent the macinoir to1 is
wIfe onl her1 next birthday. At the last
Vienna E'xposli~on It wits aldmird by
rmillonair'e wasI so stiuk with) the
Oxqulisito becauty oIf the whicol that he
bought It,, and had it, Inlaid w ith prc.
elits 81.01)0 mind ,namontis 1)n every
WOMAN TO TiE RESCUE.
Often the Wotld has thrilled at the story
that wotdet-ful heroine, Grace Darling,
tose strong hanids and plucky spirit res
ed so many peiishing sOils from watery
aves. lint there are hundreds of other
-roines that the world knows nothing
pout. Wolnelt ill eve y day life carry the
tital itudenis of wifelod and mother
iid, added to ail the cares of a busy
itsekeeper, with a courage and cheerful.
.ss that Grace Darlitig herself might ad
ite. They coifort ttheir husbands in
ites of trobtile and sickness; nurse and
itch over their eltildien, and inl fact rcs
i tie whole fatily from a sea of ditlicul
:s, which otherwise would overwhelt
eiii. Such a wife and mother, though
e has no gold inedals to show for it, is inl
e true sense of the word the noblest
ind of a hetoine.
Mati y wolen liihave within thieni the spirit
ieroisul with oul the physical capacity
carry it out. They long to le a comfort
id help to their husbands an4 children
it are cotistantly weighed down by some
eakiess or disease which saps their vital
rees, Itaving then wretched and power
ss to fulfill their higlest alibitiot.
" I wth, inly4 oi f sclieol whetl I icarried"
iad a1. haildsotlie votintI etxiku wtiiian tt tn
qeeaticintaee. "I ha lt-et sttlying liard, I
a- lull of, :bihition, --1 waited to be iccoiu
ishiel. I w nite- to he a litsiciant. a linguist
t<l i socitty wotin all at once. Then I fell in
ve antt heeone a wife aine mnother.
"ly miistaeke was I t-ied to accotiplight too
tch amld ditin't take care of iy lielth atil I
roke dotin. I t1ight have heeit saved world's
so 1ferincg if I hied hee nioce tareful aid used
little cottion sense. I linted to tell iIt titother
>w itiserable I felt before I 111erict-itI. I thoulght
te woteld jlst pool ! plioll ! at ni. I il11ik
others 1uciletstand lore aliont SieI troutbles
ew-a-lays thn:i they used to. I would never
low a datighter of cine to marry, being no
rotiger thin c I wIs then.
My iusibndie was so kind ail consiiterate I
<ln't ntit t be coitplai tiig all tile timne. Ile
sisteell lile elector coneticig to see me-a real
tol c letl doctor too. lie rave cite teilicite for
y diigestio 1tt insi itlly iitAachie #%it sontething
1tli city liceirt ittiont. I St ut-ieow Cotill niot
!ur to tell tiiim what the real trotlle wat. I
new he woiuld ilisist oIt lilt cxatittiiltioii nittl I
readed it s0.
" My itarried sister toht lite I oigit to write
r. Pierce oIi' iteT1 c Ilo. hit felt so goilty to do
at twithonit tellinig iy Itsaiil. lilt she wrote
r lite a i received a kiuct, sensible letter tell
g ite hoeew to give icayself sictmple trecitietit at
tie. This lild ped.t itie; anil itect site got ite
tree bottits of l)r. Piece's Favorite l'reserip
ii atn i begani to take it. l'rettv soottn liy hiits.
tid saii 'soiteliiig is uloiig y'on good stre:
oi're cver so iii tnh strocnger ndti brighter.'
lieu I h:dt to tell himic everything.
" First tie trowted a little'atiil sitook his liead -
it he jtivt ;Icgliel andt saitid ' weil tie itproof ot
le padilit' is icc tile enticig ! if this little
otilltic is ii'tide well artitl stroncg hv anti/odt.i
'rescriptiotect 'no ainter wiat his it:ite 1-;. doel
ess lii it i ether lit lives ii itilo () ci lit
'ext <lt-.' Atid I ma i:tele lt-i et v -0 adictrig
td ele'l 1yN thits retitiieit, as I ice-ver had iteelt
-6)1re ill lity lift.'.
Titis is a trite exeiitietee; it is ocie of
iottsatids whiclh sitws that a pitysicialn
k D-). l'ierce -wIo has devoted a life-tite
Sspecial ptactice to teitaticig ailticcits pe.
tlia te woitec cai presc ihbt- for them by
ail ji'-t is e.ffectively as if the patiett
as ic li-is olic, acif a thitsand timnes
ire etferltively tlatt the average doctor
hose attetitiott is intecly givet tue gcneral
actitee.
Tle ,thov is otit a fairy stot y. It ik itt
ie stoy tf toe.- pet1stcti. It is the stol y of
ot.is of wotiteci. It is a ctitiiptsite
ctute ini whicht one can trice face bet-htind
eeI l-iewithI sitfferincg, chmannieledt b~y
at s. It is a story as Itrue as tihe parable
ih. jit e l igal Stin, whiichi was t tt thle
tet vtif Olte vuetitig lu1au butt thec stot y ofl
te tyvpe whliich repIeats itself gettatat it t
ir c ,- '-iti.itit ;t'iel is as' ceoti:1tioi to li.
ie as ttt Agit, to A icica as to Ataierica.
lI it youttr sttvy? Yocur story either it1
-lit le' or in part) Thelire's hope fti yett.
he' e's helIp for you. Dr. Pierce's -'.ve tritt
re scriptioncc has cured so tity cases whercr
Ie wa.s a daily httt deitttnde witich the
eaik andt wveary botdyv stagge reed ten to the
rave. that it can hec recociintndetd with thc
titst assueraince ini every case oif fetualc
is c Ier.
A cure rarely fails to result frotn the
tsciccitioits utse if the '" Favorite Ptre.
regillat it's, eli-place ceiecitc, accd tite'inet
istdters ini genl i, all yit-Id ciu ick ly te
le aictionel of thiis rieal acid tad ical rent
ly. . As the disease is heualed the: 'vup
>ts pass away; paid iti the side, dif. icul
reathiing, Ileoatinug specks before the eyes,
ausea, wveariniess and tuelncholy. -The
ppietite retirns, the blood is v'italized, and
Ie which was hierieto~fore a mere existence
ecomes a hearty, happy condition.
-1t is said the ohpositionl to railroad
t!hding in China grows out of super
itious objection to the road crossing
c graves of dead Chinameni. This It
garded as a sacrilege, and, it 18 be
aved by the Chinamnen, interferet
ith the peaceful rest of their de
hrted. Then the statement of a wel
-own misslinary that during all the
sars he bt d spent in China he hat
iver at any time been whero he wac
>t in sight either of a live Chinamar
a Chinaman's grave shows the dens<
)pullation of the country, and th(
filulty of finding a railroad routi
at will not be above Chinese graves
"May good diges
ion wait on appetite
mnd health on both."
Thaet sen tttet ftiltn Shakespeare is ii
eniin et enedict ofl the body. lIn this
a in so inatty other tigs lthe inituition of
his ini g hity
U lto have lath
ouned the facts
,which scietice
dliscovered.
Secice lens
disease ini ally
part (if thce
bodty is al
~ itmost alwatys
by wecakcteas
~, ~. anid failuare of
,the digestive
nitnd assicenila
- live organs.
U Ii (1e r these
conditiones the
/ ~stomachel, livei
andi~ blood.
utcakinig
glatids fail ii
their aphpoinit
S eed work. TheItim
the syrcmptonus
if disease appear, ofleti int orgacns appar
titly I teete ft tn thei real caucse. Vitality
it loweired. 'Thlere is at dhill atid ahuaggiali
ecing (ufteen accotipaniiedl by headache,
'he leanit ticav seelti aiTIeeted. Thtere tita)
te lack cof mitldition anid ettergy with nteta
rresoilution. With such nytuiptoitus as thies
delay is dlacigerouts." Sich a colIdit ion
ffords~ the favorite startinig poitit for coni
titupiltioni. It is useless to "' doctor "e for tit<
*ylipttuts. 'The rctneday Itat reaches th<
ante mitst reach thle caltse of disease. T1h<
~reatest Iluedicite for all diseases of th<t
tottneah acnd othier digestive antd tittritiv<
erganls is Dr. P'Ierce's Goldein Medical Dis
overy. It restores the apptetite', re-esttabt
ishies a soucid digestiont, peirges ouit th<
>iliouis poistts wvhich itnfect the lhoode car
-ies off waste andit hticiilds lil soun att<~i
iealthty tisattes. 'Thie " Discovery "is tnot
itiiulatit. It conitaints neo alcohol or whcisky
sIo other titedicinte liais ao great a record o1
attres, thterefore accept no subhstitite.
nr. Piere's Pelletn curre contatinn
s t eroodand ula
ting tmmchs And Buof
Prometee stion,Cheefd
QpDIu , Or nor A wj .
NOT NAR38t OTIG.
ApefectftmnY fronsp
tion, Sourftufch,Diarv
WormsConvutsionsYeverish
uess andLos~S OF SEEER
lbainitle Siinature ot
EXACT COPY OF WHAWFEB,
THE HONEST
WIlTE OAA
HOME-MAD
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MADE A
GREENVILLE C(
Are the Cheap
Special Prices for
Call and
G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. -
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Ju11 h i I .
" hznninervie......
"r 1Oningebur, ......
"r Nwoi -ry. ..........a
Ar. AFuhrges.......... i
Ar. Gree~i:ivile... 1.....a 41 pi
Ar. A t Innta.............. p
Exb. Siun. Daily .
~3TA'~oNS. No. 17. No. 12.
*' Pedaon...... .......... 7n 100 a in
' Willnnataa.... .......... 7j 1 a in
T~~v. An........... p 5n 1 5 a ma
Lv. ohon................ in 23 a mn
Ar. Donnls.... .......... i 10 a m
!~T~bbv~iiu..... ........... i 11 05 a mn
Ar. (4con~vod... .. ..... .. ~ 12 20 pn'n
Niiao-Six................. 12 25 p mn
Nowlua'y..................2 0 0 p mn
840 m 2 15p
Orargohrg.....8..4....a..m 204 p mn
" 1Saaa~hvi~o I8 17 p in
" SnanmneaauIa mI 82 p in
Ar. Cla1rie0tanmI4 17 p in
STA.0 iuNS.TLNS
BB~. 70&t2 loiEx.. Su.r p Da'i
IN Greenvillo.......... . 3 p m1. 1
" Pedmnt ......agr... 00 p 8 40aum
"a Willimston.... n.i~.... 2212 na 1 5 p
Ar nlo~oi.~...... Srtui 5r. .L 12 a m ]
1l4av. Bolto ...........r.. Arp 11 158a 8 a1Z
Ar.p Donnls...... ... 7vlle .L 8 m 1 0 a 80 -
I uv mnnpod aco .....'..... oar5 op Trm n 11OS and a
A. Gren w ,ood..... a 8 00I diiin mD12 20 p r
rNowh erry........... r A...... 0 diison
Prospertli iii .......41 . ............ 8 1 p i.
C~e oii ma ite...- .. ............ 128:2 p a. n . .
Kn gvinal oum d5 .-- . 2:-- ......... 4 5:2 p m'.
Orangbi ebur -. .....td)~ ........... I5 29 p ..
. a nchvillo . -.... ... .. ... . d17 p
Sumaa mvilo........ ........... 7 82 pam
liAr Charso .......... Co........ 8n As7ep l
VRANKS AIONS .M. aP
Thr V-PaL. o. .O igrtn.. .raffe 7 11a gr
92shigto 1 )a " 1 ....shivio...." , D. 0.a
4o80 1Pa40. " .... Columbi a. . Ag 98p
9 Wa 12209 " ..... 0 s... Lv A2 W 50a
A1 POSTIV CURE Ar. Sprtnburg...Lv 11 0f 15p
C1U0a i4 Lv.OSAY.Spartanburog~...Ara 11 2a y600p
"'t y Pr'c p.~ m. "e~ At m. 'lpto
PulAnplaclee g'ti care nl~~ Tria5n
80, 7 an 88 on . an . ision D in car
aminsav S artaburg, . & .e diison
(Vegsibue fmte) subd 12:2 a.m.,
A$TORIA
For Infants and Children.
ho Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature I
of
* The
Kind
You Have
ftways Bought.
0 AST ORIA
I' 'TIE
PACH FACTORY
ast and Pent
"c. Cotton."
see us
- H. C. MARKLEY, Prop.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Iondensedi S'ohnilulin of l'asenger Traines.
In ElfTet Juno 11th, 1193.
Ves-?4 'Ni.181Fst.M1
Northbound. No.12 Nio. 33' E.x. No. 36
Jlaily Ilally- sun. Daily.
v. Atlanta, 0. T. 750 a 12 00 im 4 15p' 115 p
'Atlanta, IE.T. 853~ a 1 00 y) . 35il1 50 a
"Norerosa. (30 a ..........I 28 p 1 30 a
" iuford...10 ('5 n ....7o ....
* Ganosvillo.. . 10 35 aL 2 22 p 7 i3 p 2 25 a
0 Lulda....10 58 a 2 42 p 8 10 p 2 50 a
" Cornelieg.. 25 ai 8 00 p 8 5p....
kr. Mt Airy..113) a .........8 p0.. .
av.Tocoa...1153 a 83 80 p 9 0 8 4$a
" Westmjater 12'41m .... ... 20 a
" SonoCa...12521) 415 p ..... 7 a
a entral ....140 p ..,.5 02 a
" ( reenville.. 284 p 522p .... i 50 a
" Hpartanburg. 8117 pO 13 p ... i . a
" Ganffney's..420p 0 ( .... 725 a
" Blackburg 4138 3) 7 02 p...7 432 a
" King's Mt.. 503 3)........ ......8 05 a
" Gastonia..525 p)........ ........828 a
v.Carott... 30 p 818 p ... 25 a
r.renbr 952 p 1047 p...12 00 p
jv.Greensboro....11 45 p ....... ......
Lr.Norfolkc...... ......8 20 a ....... ......
kr. Danvillo..1 25 p)11 50 p ....- 12
tr.lRiehmonidC.. (300 11 0 00 a...0 25 p
trr.ashinlgtoni.. .......60 42 a ...905 p
"Baitmrn'e PRR1. ...8 00 a ...11 25 p
" Philadlo>hia. ...10 15 a...2 560 a
" Now York ... ......12 4Dm ....0622 a
Southmboundl. Nio. 35 No. 37 Daily
D________aly. Daly~.
.iv. N. Y., P. R. R. i1- 5 a 4 5 - "
Philadelphia. 83 50 a 6 55 p)....... .....
" Baltimore.... 6022 a 9 20 p ....... .....
Wasxhington.. 11 151 a 10 45. p ......,
9.~Illehmnond ... iii)nIi 1 0) p 1100-1 3...
v'. Danville ... 002 p 5 50 a 010 a...
~W. Norfolk . .... 5p.......
hr.G(reensboro.. ......5 15 a ...... ......'
.v. Greensboro .7 24 p 7 -a '(187 a ...
Lr. (Charlutto .... 10 00 p 9 "I a 12 (5m1....
3.GCastonla..10 49 p1007 a 1 12 p...
" i sMt........... 188 p...
"Bla taburg ..118 p 10) 45 a 206 p ...
" G4aifno a..1140 pl 10 a 224 p ...
" >~jartanburg. 12 20 a 11 54a 8 15 ..
" ren.ville.. 1 25 a 12 130 p 4 80 pdi~
"Central....... ..............5832 p lgx
" Hneca .... 228 a 1 B8 p 5 453p
"Westminster. ........ .......0 00 pSuan.
"Toccoa ...017 a 2 183) 603"p"Wn
"Mt, Airy ..... ........ .... ..72p 180
C ornelia...... ....... R00 p 710p 85 a
"Lula.........4 08 a 8 18 p 718 157 a
- GainensvIlle... 4130 a B 137 p 88 720 a
" Buford.... 456 a . 840.. p 7 48 a
"Norcros.. 525 a ....15 p827 a
A~r. Atlanta,1O. T. 0 10 a 4655 pl10 00p 0 00 a
ar. Atanta, O.'T. 5 10 a 8355 p 0 003 p 8062
"A"~ a. mn. "P'9. im.n%ooni. "N" night.
Oheosapeako ILiio Steanmora ini daily se'rvioe
letwoon Norfolk andl Ilaltimore.
Nos. 137 and 38-D aily. Washington an1 South
gestern1 Vestibule- I.1mied. Through uilman
lltoinf g ars~1 hotvween Now York and Now Or
enna, y ai Wasin1gton, A' lanta and Montgom
nry and also het ween Now York and Memphi,
1a'Yashington,Atlanta and Iiirmingham,. 430
slogant~ Pi. SiLLAN Ll110tAlLY 0J81RVA
r'o N7 ('ARSt h)0 woon Atlanta an I' wYork.
P'irat.3in s t horoug finaro eoachebs beenl Wash
ngton and1( AtlantIa. D)ining cars serveallmeals1.
et wceen Groeensboro and 1rfolkc. (oQ9
meet ion at. No~folk for OLD POINT COFR.
Nos. 835 and 11-United Statee Fast Mail
.un solid between Washington and Niew Or
eanls, via Sou1thern Railway, A. & W. P. 3. 11.
mid 1.. & N. R. 1U., beoin composed of baggage
ar aind concos, thmroui ~w itihout change tot
mas50 ori of all (classos. Pulilman drawing
Com lloping cars hot woen New York ano
flew Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery and
>Otweou Charlotto and1( Hirmdgin . .41o
>uillmnan Drawving Rloomt HuiTot teepn OrS
>et wVoon A tlanta anud Asheville, N. 0.,lng
WVahington each TuesOIday and F'riday, a
Olurisit sleeping car will ruin throug between
~'n hington and San Francisco without change.
[lining ears servo all meals onroute.
Nos. 11,83, 814 and 12--Pullman aleping cars
etweena fhlohmondl and (Oharlot te. a Danville,
(louthb)oulnd Noas 11 and 813, northboand Nos.
34 and1 12
!RANK1 .GANNON .TM.U
Third v-P. & Geon. Iigr., Trad10M'~
Washington, D. 0. Washng ,n
W.A. TURK, 8. H. Rl1D1~.
Ia't asa. Aut'.. A atan aa.f6..