Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ri 0 o C _ _ mn ni M fl. 'T wo ItomancCs in Real Life. The son of a leading lawer in New York, some years ago, 'was attracted )y the innocent face and quick wit of a Welsh chamber maid in his father's house, ,Anld de cl ared that he preferred her to all th e fashlonable beauties who had courted his notice. His family prot :-ted, but to no purpose. The only concession he would imake was to consent to go to Europe for three years before marrying the girl. Inl the mean time, having an ildepenident for t-une, the lover placed her ini one of the best schools in New York. The girl was ambitious and placed her affection to the man who had 1 b-lored her. le returned, 10111n 1. ore lovely thanu ever. They were married and the lady is now one of' the leaders cf sowtiety in the city where the live-a no ble Iefinled chlarlminr womanI. .Ani eminenit Jurist, well knlown inl Penisylvan ia inl the earyIv part of this century, was "'Iaiking the cir-enlit" onl horseback, and stopped ir dinier' at ile house of a farier. The daughter of the fai'meri waited oi themII, an(d the jdge-who had b)eenI a (yic ab;,Qut women~--O h-. served the pecill ar gelitleies s of hei voiee fIl a cerItaili sweet cnn dor in he face. Mter dinner ' kNIhul-, hr''ino the ,(1ge'"S llse. Mar'y started to tle fiel, which was inlowse& hyI a barre-d fenlce. Laying her' hI oi the topio.st rail she tr-ippedI lightly over.. "l saw," sa:id~ the jIudge, at C. "r the firs'It time. a woIanI request to be my wife. I alhled againi aind againi at Mr. (C.'s. At Ilast I sen t. MIary t o school for a (ep11Ile of* yearms', and here she is standing as the stately matron who pr)iesidles at i his I ab le. 'I'he sons of the judge ando this same Maud(e M\ulIler all atta ined I dlisti nctlin, onie, like his fat her at the bar ;ano(ther' was anm eminent dlivinie, and a thirdl was a Sout hern eandlidate f'or the Presidenicy. All were noted for their eloquence, heir high sense of honor and! a 'er'taini appetite for fighting whic(h was well suistainied by strong phy sical health. Thie jnde hn1 nt heen mistaken in Mary's qualities of mind or body. ONLY THINKING.--Two fhill fledged lovers in a neighlorinig city sat on the front verandah, in the twilight, thinking only think ing, for their troth was plighted, anld poverty with a big P., stood grinly before thei and barred the gates to the Paradise of love con stiltation. F inally he sighed : "Dear, darling mnine, let us have hope. Others have been situated as we ar'e and their lives have not run on to their close in vain." "I -know it, dearest one, hut it does Seen s0 hard that two souls, to each other, cannot, for wanit of m11oney, redeeml t1. pledge." ''hen tihey becamue qluiet for a long timne, aid he spoke ag:n : '"'ell me, loved one, (f what you are thinking '" "Nothing mu11Ch, Wear," she an swered, with a tremor' ill her voice. ".Aye, darI.]ing, but you r thIoughts are inill no. el dshe said. as she 1lushingly looked on thel grouid, '.1 wa-Is thinking if your feet were' hid oil in towi lots, and (cIdI sell themil at (1nl1y fifty dolars a fr'(.)it foot, how (lickly all oum h SIIes igIIht he reaized, an dI howI i.1 could niake my first appearaice1 asM your wi this winter in a seal skin 'ne'ue n imne 'Ir WAS 1 i:in.-sJdg a.id avis was once mak in.4 a deposit at a Washington baIk and stood countilng a l:rige pile of money at a1 desk.0 A well-dressed younlg manL1 siteppedI u). and, wihi 'a how and al smile, said : J uIdge, you hiavel dropped, ia hill.''. Sur ('nouUh there ilay a cl, erisp, genuine two dollar'-hill at the dlepositor's! feet. "Th~lank you,'' blandly anIsweredl the j udge, plan g ' his l)onderous right boot over the bill on the floor andl cailmly resum?1)I~in his~ iolunting. Thie shairper, taken aback b y thle (coo1luess of the prIo ceedinhg, disa1 peared and - the judlge was $2 ahead by the trauns acntion. *--AV the recent session of the North Georgia Conference a glass of milk punch was placed before one of the ministers who was known to be a life long tee-totaller'. The good man swallow (1 th luch, smlacked his h1PS and said, ".ord, wh at a cowI ! SCIENCE PINTS Tinl WA.-ei Cice las had a hard sten'igic., said Brother G'ardner, at. tIe Lime KilI-e'luh, but she am now top ob! de heap, an' kin reward her, Irens an' forgive her. enemies. 1 low do we know dat de airtl revolves on its axletfees, same as de wheels oh a wagin ? Science pints de way. I low do we liow dat de great de sert ob Sa-har was once all osI un ? Science has dug way dowIn an' fbuni' clam shells an' shalrks' jaw-bonles. WN idout science we Would be a world widout over ()ats in winter or sodywater inl Summn'er. We 'should l1 from larvest apple Irees anl' picl our selves ip wvidout kiowinvi wheder' gor agit-Shm made 0 comeic downi insteaul ob goin', up1. We Should 'see de loon, same as 1nohut somne w'ould say it w as.inl habitied b , y lolkeys, and oders vouhl hav IianVCl ideah dat it was a Splendiferous locality for a pers in on grove. De su1n would rise an' set an' war) de Shingles ol de r1oofs, but, m1en would go roulln' for bets dat. sieu wasn' t fifty miles aVa y, al' was held in place I yv wvi re S. The day after the defeat of Ma honle inl Virginia a RieAlunond dLar dey was livar1d to exclaii : ".1 aint no R eadjuste . 1 u t a i - a jt i ) I~C~lj ts '' S I ~ is a ]ift* ger. Diey a nit 110 use tin '111g to beat dis Angry-Saxon race." The colored philosopher was ra ther Iixed inl his ethnology, hut he vas right in Supposing t hat when the Anglo-Saxon race is the "angry-Saxon'' it is ftile to at-. UIIIO N OF A R A nY,---It is com1posed of a bhl head and a patir of lungs. Oine of' the Ilunoes t akes a rest while thle of her runis the shop. One of them is always onl deck all of the( tine. The ba by is a bigger' man than hlis moth er. Ile likes to walk ar'oundl with1 his father at night. Thie father dloes most of the walking and makes reml~arks of a cursory char-! aeter. Tiw GuowTHi 01F TH E S0UUl. The growth of the South contijnes to astonish thle p~eople of the slug ~ish eastern and~ middl1e states. WVhen wealth is E eun llating in the SOuth at the iat e of I 0,000,000 a year ; when the rail ro-ad mileage is keeping pace with in'irease in wealth,11 an1d When the number of spillles has been (l doubled since the ceisls yhar.-Whell they read about such.1 fiacts as these, they be gin to think that the South has a future, and to wonider how such this eall be oit of their own see tion. Then, too .they see that southierin C(ottol mills ar-e divided from fifteen to twenty per enlt. on the capital invested, wN'hen their ow) mills ale st.rugglinlg to keep out of bankiiptcy. Altogether, the southerni side of th ('(oun1tr'y is loo g .-Atlanta Cons:,titu tion. - le Alhany (Ga.) News and Adveitiser coclides a sensible editorial onith extenided dr~oght, short c(ops, and consequent de pression in iusinesss, 111d the in ability of the people to pay their dehts, as follows: "Every husi nes('S interest and all classes of, peo lC inl this region will be made to feel the embarras~ments that now S111round)(I the agrIicl1iulul interest of the (opunr, upon which we are all m'ore or less. dependent ; :1d, ll view (of surrounldingo. cir'cumI1 stances., it becomnies every oie to deal as g1ene11royI as possible withii hone. debtor's who are willing, but unable. to pa, and for all to adopt a safe, econ1omiuical schiedule for the ('oming year.'' Si NIAY Sciioo m . 'Johny, said an Austin school teacher, what happened after the angel with the fiery sword drove Adam iand Eve (ut of the Gardeni of Edeij.' "Thjey lhad to eat breadi~ to make them sw"eat.'' --Pr'ofe'ssor, to a cIass ini sur gery--"Th right leg of the pa tient, as you see, is .shiorter' than tie left, ini consequence of which lhe limps. Now, whiat would youi (10 in case of this kind ?'' Bright stuldent--"Limpij, too.' -A p~hyic~jian said jocosely to a policeman Onhe evening, '"I always feel safe whien SI see a policemnan in the evening, for there is no dIan ger' about.'' '-Yes, safer than I feel when I have a dloctor,'' was the retort.