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VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1885. NO. 41.
Richmond and daxvii.i.e
HAII.HOAI).
I'll**'nijir Department.?tOn andafter May
101 it, 1885, passenger train service 011 the A.
and C. Division will be us follows:
Northward. Xo. 51* Xo. 53t
Leave Atlanta G 00 p in 8 40 a in
arrive Gainesville 8 OS p m 10 32 a in
l.ula a 8 33 p in 10 55 a in
Ilabun (jap junc > 9 58 p in 11 25 a in
Tnccoa c ,. 9 53 p in 11 50 a <n
Seneca City </.... 10 5<> p in 12 51 p m
Greenville V 12 27 a in 2 23 p in
Spartanburg,/'.... 1 42 a in 3 34 u in
Oastonia <j 3 50 a in 5 20 p tu
charlotte h 4 40 a in 0 10 p in
Southward. Xo. 50* Xo. 52f
Leavo chariot to 3 00 a in 1 00 p in
arrivc(?Hstonia 3 50 a m 1 41 p in
nparianuurg a in .?.? ? p in
Oroenville 7 III a in 4 50 p m
Seneca city 8 51 a in 6 27 p in
Toccoa ... II 55 a m 7 29 p in
Kabiui (Jap junc.. .10 .'<7 a in 8 22 p m
Jiiila. 11 07 a in 8 4!) p in
Gainesville 11 33 a tu 'J 20 p in
Atlanta 1 40 p in 11 :(0 p in
^Express. + M ail.
Freight trains on this road all carry passengers;
passenger trains run through to Danville
and connect with Virginia Midland railway
to all eastern cities, and at .itlanta with
all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond
3 25 p in and No. 51 arrives tliern 4 10 |? ni; 52
leaves Kichiuond at 2 00 a in, 5:1 arrives there
at 7 00 a. ill. The local freights #lop at above
stations from 20 to 30 minutes.
liuffct, fticc/tiihf Curs without
vhanyc: On trains Xos. 50 and 51, Now
York and Atlanta, via Washit.gton and
Danville, Greensboro an.d Aslievillc; on
trains Nos. 52 and 53, liichnioml and
Danville, Washington, Augusta and Xcw
Orlenns. 'Pliroiiirli tickets on Knle nt
Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartanburg
ami Gainesville to all points south,
southwest, north and east. --1 connects
with N. E. railroad to and from Athens;
b with N. E. to and from Tallulah Falls;
c with El. Air Line loandfiom Elherton
and liowersville; d with Blue llidge to
and from Walhalla; c with 0. and (5. to
and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston
and Columbia; f with A. it S. and S..
U. & C. t^ and from Hendgrsonville,
Alston, &c.; <j with Chester and Lenoir
to and from Chester, Yorkvillc and Dallas;
h with X. C. division and C., C. it
A. to and from Greensboro, Kaleigh, (Src
Edmund Hkhki.ky, Supt.
M. Sfaiif/fifcr, (Jen. Pass. Agt.
A. Li. Itivc6, 2d V. 1'. uml (tun. Man.
SOUTH CAROLINA
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Commencing Sunday. Mav'24th, 1SS5, at
0 05 a in, Passenger Trains will run as follows
uutil further notice, "Eastern time:"
Columbia Division?Daily.
Leave Columbia 0 30 a in 5 27 p in
Due at Charleston 11 05 a in I) hi p in
W E.ST?DA 11. V.
Leave Charleston 7 20 a ni 5 20 p in
Due at Columbia Ill -15 a m 10 00 p in
Camden Division?Daily except Sundays.
Leave Columbia 9 30 a in 5 27 p in
Due Camden 12 1-1 p m 7 42 p in
WK?T DAILY, KXCKl'T Sl'NUAY.
Leave Camden 7 00 a m 3 55 p in
Due Columbia 9 25 a in 10 00 p in
Avyuxta Division?East DailyLeave
Columbia 0 30 a in 5 27 p in
Due Augusta. 11 40 am 10 38 p in
WEST DAIT.Y.
Leave Augusta G 05 a in 4 15pm
r?..? r>?i i.:.. in ic mo.i
l/UC Vt'lllfliuiil ?*' u III UU J? III
Con ntct ions
Made at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville
railrcad by train arrivn.e at 10 -1;? a. in.
and departing at 5 27 p. in.; at Columbia
Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad by same train to and from all
points on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
on Saturday; and on Tuesday and .Saturday
with steamer for Jacksonville and points on
fit. John's river. Daily with Charleston and
Savannah Kailrond to and from Savannah
and all points in Florida.
At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail
roans to and from all points West and South:
at Itlackville to and from all points on llaruwell
railroad. Through tickets can be purchased
to all points South and West by applying
to
1). McQhkkn. Agent, Columbia, S. C.
John B. J'kok, General Manager.
1). C. Am.ks, Gen. Puss, and Ticket Ag't
/~IOU:MBIA A ND
gukkxville railroad.
On and after October 5, 1881, Passkn'iskk
Trains will run as heiewith indicated upon
- this road and its branches.
Da Hi/, tx.erpt Sunday*.
.^o. o.?. i; J- rsrMv.Mir.K
Leave Columbia S. C. Jiinc'n 10 15 pm
" Columbia C. &. (J. I) '11 10 p m
Arrive Alston .12 10 j> m
" Xewberrv 1 13 p in
Ninety-Six 2-17 p m
Greenwood 3 00 p in
Hodges 3 33 p in
liclton 4 -10 p in
at Greenville > 05 p in
No. 52. DOWN J'ASSENGKR.
Leave vUrcenville at 9 50 a m
Arrive licit on 11 13 a in
Hodges 12 23 p m
Greenwood 12 -13 p in
Ninety-Six 1 32 p in
Newberry. 3 02 p in
Alston .* 4 10 p in
' Columbia C. k G. 1) 5 15 pin
Arrive Columbia SC. Jiinc'n 5 30 p m
BPAUTAKllUUG, UNION A C 01. I'M RI A It Alb KOAl).
NO. 63. UP FAHSKXUKIl.
Leave Alston 12 52 p in
" U nion 3 55 p ni
" Spartanburg, S.U.&C.depot .5 50 p in
NO. 52. DOWS l'AHSENUKIt.
Lof'vo Spart'g H. & 1). Depot .... 10 35 a m
" Snarl'g S. U. k 6'. Depot ..10 50 am
" Union 12 50 pm
Arrive at Alston.. 3 40 p m
1.Al'UKNS HAII.UOAI).
Leave Newberry 3 30 p in
Arrive at Laurens (5. II 0 50 p in
Leave Lanrens C. II.... 7 40 am
Arrive at Newberry 11 10 p in
h
ABBKVILI.K BRANCH.
Leave Hodges 3 45 p ni
Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 n in
Leave Abbevillo 11 OOani
Arrive at Hodges 12 00 p m
BLUE UinOK HA 11,lto A 11 AND ANIIKKHON BRANCH.
Leave Belton 4 -15 |> m
Arrivo Anderson 6 18 p in
41 l'endlcton 6 56 p ni
" Seneca e 6 40 p in
? - ; Arrive-nt Walhalla 7 03 ji m
Leave Wallinlla 8 SO a in
Arrive Seneca U IS u ni
t*-r . .. 41 Pendleton V 52 a ni
" Anderson . s'eV.:. 10 33 a in
.. Arrive at Belt on j??.. 1108am
CQSKS(hj.OXS.
A. With South Carolina Railroad to and from
Charleston; \ytth Wilmington, Columbia and
' - Augusta railroad frotttWilmington and all
points inn I Charlotte, Columbia
and Ai?M* mtriiad from Charlotte and
all poiat^H^W . B. With Auhoville
ana HpaflHBMHKilroad from and for points
in We|fl|H8H^Bbllna. O. With Atlanta and
CharJ^KjflwjBjjfamond and Danville railway
R' 'f?.c /for J^MHNffll points south and west.
WB^jnCOTT T{*meGe"rpaM.^Kt.
I
0ONDENSH1) TIME GAUD
Magnolia Passenger Ronte. A
111 eft'cct March 15, 1885.
GOING SOI'Tll. Cc
Leave Laurens *5 20 a in f8 51) a m xv(
" Waterloo 0 0<> a in 9 55 a in
" Greenwood 7 00 a in 2 15 p in Cu
Arrive Augusta 10 -15 a in 7 45 p in ....
Leavo " 10 50 am 10 00 p in
Arrive Atlanta 5 10 p m 0 40 a in Ct'!
Leave Augusta 11 :i(l a m i
Arrive Hi-aufort 0 20 p in
Arrive l'ort Koyal 0 35 pin ill
" Clialeston 5 50 pm t
" Savannah 7 00 pm
" Jacksonville. 7 00 am oil
GOING NOHTII. IIK
Lcnve Jacksonville *8 50 pm i..
" Savannah 0 55 am
Leave l'ort Koyal 7:i5ain \\*(i
" Hcaufori 7 47 am ?...
" Charleston 7 50 ntn
Arrive Augnsta 1 50 pin wl
Leave Atlanta f8 20 pm .
Arrive Augusta 0 10 am
Leave Augusta *2 SO pm 6 15 am oil
Arrive Ureemvon?l 0 10 pin II 40 am p
" Waterloo 7 04 pm :10 pin
" Laurens 7 50 pm -1 10 {mi inn
*Dailv 1 Daily except Sunday. thj,
Tickets oil sale at Greenwood to all points
at tliiougii rates?baggage checked t<i destinatiou.
ConnectIons tiindo at (Jreenwood cvi
with C. & G. U. K. K. T.Ciiaklton, G. 1'. A. ?
Augusta, Ga.
hit
WILMINGTON. COLUMHIA AND ALT- ,lw
GUST A UA1LUOAD. llH
Going Sou li No 48 Ko 40 101
Leave Wilniington 0 SO p in II 10 pm sll1
Arrive at Florence 1 50 a in 2 20 a m
Arrive ut Columbia C 40 a in ROC
Going North no 43 no 47 'j'jj
Lea vc Columbia 10 00 p in
Leave Florence 4 50 p in 1 52 a in 1'ff
Arrive at Wilmington. ...7 40 p in 0 10 a m
Train no. 4)1 stops at all stations, Noa. 48
and 47 stop only at. llrinkley's, Wliiteville, d>S
Fleniington, Fair lilufl*, Marion, Florence, ?.a,
Tim monsville, Sumter, cainden junction ard "
East over, l'assengers for Columbia and all Co:
points on c * ci n it, c, c a- a li k, Aiken June- ]
lion and all points beyond, should take no. 48,
night express. Separale 1'nllmati sleepers hai
for oharleston and Augusta on trains 48 and a)..
47. All trains run solid between Charleston
and Wilmington. \vh
i
^TLANTIC COAST LINK, mi]
. PASSENGER 1>Kl'AllMMKNT, 3"?'
WilminyioUs JV". C., Jiaie 22il, lStiX 'J01
FAST LINK between Charleston ami cai
Columbia and Upper South Carolina, sui
COXDKN'SBI) SCHICDUt.K. pef
(tOIKO CHINA jns
WKST. KA.?T.
7 25 nut Lv... .Charleston.... Ar. t? 15 pm
8 4(i " " ....Lanes " 7 -15 " ant
?i) 17 " " ....Sumter " C 41 " |cs
in 55 pin Ar....Columbia Lv. 5 27 "
3 02 " " .... Winnsboro. " 3 48 " for
4 15 " " Chest or " 2 44 " ? _
5 38 " " ....Yorkville " 107 "
7 01 " " Lancaster " 7 00 " yet
4 56 " " U.ick Hill " 2 02 " w:?
(i 00 " " Charlotte " 1 00 " .
12 aS pni Ar.... Newbei rv Lv 3 10 pin j'j8
2 52 li " ....drwiuvooil...'.. " 12 50 " inn
0 45 " " Laurens " 9 30 am
5 01 " " ' Anderson " 10 42 " ?
5 45 " " (?reenville " 10 00 " vai
0 45 " " Wnlhnllu " 0 05 "
4 20 " " ....Abbeville " 1125 "
3 37 " " .... Spartanburjr ... " 12 25 pni bftf
7 15 " ? ... Henderson villc.. " 7 00 "
Solid Trains between Charleston and Colnnibin.
S. C. ,na
I. F. DIV INK, T. M. KM ICR SON. ">o
(icn'l Snp't. Gen'l Pas. Agent, tho
tnn
SPAUTAXUURO AM) 1
ASIIEVILLE RAILROAD th(.
On and after Apr. fith, 1885, pnssenirer
trains will be run flail v. except Sundav.he- '
twoen Spartanburg hiitl Hendersonville as tlic
follows:
UP TRATX. KiUI
Leave R. A- !) Depot at Spartanburg 4 00 p ni L>(1
Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot.... 0 10 p in j,t,r
Leave Saluda 0 20 i> in
Leave Flat Hock... 7 00 p ni '
. Irrive Hendersonvilic 7 15 r. .ti >r;.
DOWN TR.HX. 1
Leave lleiidersonville 7 00 am sllC
Leave Flat Koek ... .7 15 a in ....
Leave Saluda 7 50 a in
Leave -4ir Line .Timet ion 10 15 a m ill u
Arrive It. & 1> Depot Spnrlanbnrqr 10 20 a m wo
Trains on this road run by Air-Line time. .. |
jmm ii i i it 111 rt mnnu ciiiiiKXiiwia ??*.
and Charleston via Spnrlnnbiir;, Union mul 2
Columbia:- Atlanta anil Cliarlotit bv Air Line. ,1
JAMKS ANDKUSON, Superintendent. '')C
T. I>. THOMSON. .?. W. THOMSON u,8
11111
milOMSON & THOMSON, wj(
Attornc)'s at Law, '1Cf
Will
Aiiiskvii.i.e, S. C. ,
' wli
fl'Sy-Offlce iri roar Mr. Lee's. lou
Juno 8th, 1885-tf. 100 i h
gel
DL. MABIIY,
inn
Atoruey and Counsellor at Law. RCT
boi
ahkvu.i.k c. it., 8. r. f
Office formerly occupied by Judge n;?
Thomson. tf-50 nr?
an
h. \V. PKIiniX. T. P. COTHItAN. Sel
Perrin a cotiiran. stft
Th
Attorneys at Law,
51 Abbeville S. C prt
no:
Eugene b.gary, tor
Fo
Attorney and Counsellor nt Law, (),(
52 Abbeville, S. C. tht
sel
James s. i'errix, ""
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Attorney and Counsollor nt Law, wj,
Ahbkvili.r, C. II., S. C. inf
1 O'Neill's Range.
Jan. 28, fo85-tf 53
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KOHT. n. 1IKMPHII<I<< WM, P. CAI.I.OUN.
nb
JfKMl'HILL & CAMIOUN; Wf
Attorneys at Law,
go
Aubkvim.k, S. C. jn)
Will practice in all tho Courts of the go
Stato. 54 ini
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0ENTRAL HOTEL, . Jc
Mrs. M. "W. Thomas, Proprietress. an
Broad atreet, Augusta, Ga. 49 ta
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LOST IN COSEY.
Legend Brought from the Indian Era.
Between Wooodlaml academy and
lodv's creek there is an extensive
>od of closely-set cedars, known as
isey. In the earlier settlement of this
ighborhood this wood offered an exllent
hiding place for the Indians,
nee there were many of them lurking
its recesses. Its intricate nature also
I off the unacquainted settlers witht
their intention into its wilds, where
:y wandered about, sometimes for
vs, frequently forever; that is, they
ire probably murdered by the Indians,
t the negroes and most superstitious
lite people thought them still seeking
vain for a place of exit. Whenever
e, after being lost in these* woods
ind his way out he would give such a
irvelous account of his adventures
it these over credulous persons had
lie to regard the wood under some
il spirit, and to hold it in as much
r and dread almost as the "old boy"
nself. Under no consideration could
>y b<? induced, knowingly, to venture
xr : for they deemed it of such ft
Dtle nature that the sight of it alone
sined to draw them into its meshes
ey would go out of their way to avoid
>.\iinity; but notwithstanding all
;ir caution, persons would frequently
appear mysteriously and rumor
r*o it out that they were lost in
soy.
ik-fore the war the following Aran-nightish
tradition ,was prevalent
ong the negroes and superstitious
ites:
in the time of revolutionarj' war a
itual affection sprung up betweeen a
ung ofllccr and a damsel of this neigh
hood. Not long after they be
no bothrothed the young man
ldenly and mysteriously disapired.
11c was lost in Oosey. lly the
tinct of love the girl quickly suspccttlie
cnusc of her lover's absence ;
1 with a blind devotion plunged heedsly
into the enchanted wood to sock
him. Here in a vain quest did she
.rch for years, while he in ugony of
irning to lly again to her sought like>e
in vain to extricate himself from
labary 11 thine prison till instinct told
n she Was n ?ar. Then did both seek
ht and day for each other. But in
n ; though apparently constantly
iring each other thej' were ever
lied by the evil spirit ; while the intct
of love or the will of the demon
de tliein sensible e*ch of every
vement of the othor. Thus wore
y kept continually and perpetually
talized.
n the course of time, the fancy of
evil spirit led him to change them
r> birds? the oflicer into an owl and
girl into a dove. Here with their
iie feelings and longings they wanderin
quest for years and years ; and
e it was said they were doomed there
ivander till some good spirit should
unph over the evil one. Then they
>uld find each other, and the spell of
:hautment which had changed them,
is be broken. Then and not till then,
uld the power of the evil spirit over
wood be at an end.
Vfter the Indians were removed from
isc parts the negroes still kept up
ir supertitious beliefs and the growuy
white children being thrown
ch with them were * inspired
h their same notions. I have
ird old negroes relate adventures imting
as having happened in this wood,
ich were as marvelous and incredus
as the romances of tho east.?But
avc heard authentic tales of children 1
ting lost in the wood, and after waning
many hours, finding themselves
ny miles away, and sometimes
oss streams or roads, and not romoin ing
having crossed them.
L'hus a party of hunters wore one
lit lose in here. They wondered
iund for hours, now thinking they saw
Opening, and directly finding themves
back at tho place they had first
rted after discovering they were lost,
us they wandered till far in the night,
on an old negro, who was along,
>fFcred to load the way out by the
rth star, which they could seo at invals
through the tops of tho trees,
llowing their guide for an hour or so.
; noiso of falling water now fell on
l *t ?i ii.. r 1 ?i.
;ii kzhi niiu mujr anui iij' luuuu viiuiiives
at Hopewell factory, two or throe
lcs|from Cosey in u southerly direcn
and across the llroad river road,
ilch they had no remembrance of hav5
crossod."
Tho most interesting, however, of
jso adventures is probably the followt
About twenty soven years ago, just
ovo Tate's burnt houso place, a school
is kept in a building called tho acadey.
A boy started out one morning to
with his little sister, who was attendee
the school, near enough for her to
by heraelf the remaining distance,
tonding Himself to roturn home,
leir road led them near Cosey and
ross Goody's creek. Their father had
st bought thorn a now copy of Byron,
id though quite young, they worO so
kon up with it that they took it with
I' \ igg gK2*i?j
. -v .. , ? ; v.. '* '
them reading together ns they went
along. At length reaching the point to
which the boy was to go they separated,
and the boy turning back toward home.
lie took Byron back with him and
left to himself was soon so absorbed in
its pages as to render him oblivious to
surrounding objects. At length, looking
up from his book and glancing
around, lie discovered np familiar object
whatever; everything appeared entirely
different from anything he had ever
seen, for ho hud neve^ been in Cosey
ociore. am arouiul hfin wore cedars
and ns far ns the eye eould penetrate
were nothing but cedars. An owl flitted
by him and presently he heard the
coo of a dave. Alas ! he was lost in Cosey.
Hero lie wandered at raudoni, not
knowing whither. Looking up he saw
the sun, now in the west instead of the
east : and as he wandered on otlier
glimpses showed it to be moving up
ward instead oF downward, and hack toward
the oast instead of the west. Ho
wandered on thus, and still he wandered
on till time for it to be far in the afternoon
but instead the the sun had gone
back to the same place where it had
been when lie set out that morning with
his little sister.?lie looked down at
himself and thought ho was growing
smaller.?Alas had the world begun to
move backward ?
At length happily he discerned an
opening and following up eagerly he
presently found himself at a fence, over
which was a big road. In a Hold near
by were some negroes hoeing cotton.
Seeing them he quickly asked who was
their master. Squire Hunter, answered
they. Squire Hunter ? repeated h:?.
You certainly must bo mistaken. No,
said tliev, there's the Kl'oorton road and
this is just above IJethlehem church.
Great Lord, mused lie, this is seven
miles ftpm 1113' home, and how in the
world (lid I get over the creek without
knowing it.
lie now got over the fence and started
in the direction he thought down the
road toward the academy. After he had
gone a short distance he met a wagon,
which ho hailed, and asked the driver
where lie waa going. "To Watkin's
Landin," answered he. Thoro was a
Mr. Wntkins living near the boy, and he
'r.r.d never heard of any other ; so, he
unnaturally asked, "Mr Daniel Watkin's
I landing'' "No ; Judge Black well's," rej
plied the driver. "But you are going
toward Iv'.herton, ain't you," inquired
| the boy. "No," replied the driver,
I "you are going toward Klberton "
'Alas ! mused the boy, "Is that spell t.f
enchantment still 011 me, and shall I go
011 this way all my life, seeing things
jum ojijiusuu iroin oinor people .' lie
turned buck, however, at the direction
cf tl?c driver, and in due time came up
in sight of the academy. Everything
seemed to turn around to him and come
right. The sun appeared in its natural
position in the west, and the boy con'd
now see that he was going from Elberton
instead of toward it. The teacher
hud ju$t turned out school and the pupils
surprised to sec our adventurer
come up from that direction flocked
around him and drew out a recountul cf
his wonderful adventure, llere we will
leave him till another time.?Elbetton
(On.) Lender. "
A JOKE THAT COST A LIFE.
A Youiif? Mau Kills Himself Because of
Letters Written in Jest.
\Y est StocknitmoK, Mass., June 23.?
ltobert Stinson, of Morristown, Pa.,
committed suicide here a few days ago,
and not until to-duy was it learned that
the young man had taken his life as the
result of a practical joke played upon
liiin nnd his affianced while visiting his
aunt horo. Some yonrs ago he met
Miss Clare Kdwnrds. of this place. He
was studying law and hoped to be admitted
to the Bar next spring. He
started from homo a month ago on a visit
to Wost Stockbridge, stopping on the
way at Oswego, N. Y., where ho officiated
as best man a*. the wedding of a
college chum. Ho proved such a general
favorite that he was urgod to remain
thero a fortnight. . One evening, as he
was rowing on the lake with Miss Morrow,
his friend's sister, she jokingly
said that the young lady in Stockbridge
ought to bo told of his gallantries in
Oswego. He gave Miss Morrow the address
of Miss Kd wards, of Stockbridge,
telling her that if she did not seo him
the next dnv ?ho had bottor writn thu
I lotter to Miss Edwards at onco.
It chanced that she did not sco Stinson
tho day fallowing, so hIic wrote the
letter. Id it sho said that Ktinson had
mysteriously disappeared. And that his
Oswego friends felt little roason to doubt
that he had been drownded in the lake.
As a postscript she<wrote in a very flic
hand: "Strange things happen in this
world and this letter is all rats."
When Miss Edwards read the first sentence
she swooned and remained unconscious
for some time. llor father telegraphed
for particulars, and in a few
. hours there camd to the mourning
household a dispatch .which read:
"Robert has returned and is alive and
well. It was only a joke." Then for
the first time tlie postscript was discovered.
Mr. Edwards was very indignant
at the cruel shock given his daughter,
and j^t once commanded her to have
nothing more to do with him. Meanwhile
the friends of Stinson wrote him
the particulars of the scene at the lidwards
House, and by their advice he
came here a week ago Saturday. After
repeated interviews with the Edwards
family he convinced them of his inno-*
cence in the matter, and plans for a wedding
in September were made. The
news of his death spread like wildfire
in the little town and he was constantly
finding himself in embarrassing positions
in consequence. The case became
so annoj'ing finally that he declared to
his friends that the gossips and inquisitive
people everywhere were driving
him crazy. When his father heard of
the plans for September, he sent his
omer son to try and induce Uobert to
postpone his wedding, as he was anxious
for him to complete his studies b"
fore he married. After the meeting
with his brother on Thursday, young
Stinton, who was totally unused to
liquor, commenced to drink heavily.
He returned to this place that afternoon
and met his affianced, who was greatly
grieved to see him in such a plight, but
administered to his wants and made all
excuses for his absence from thu family
circle. AtO o'clock he left the house
unnoticed and purchased a revolver and
r? box of cartridges. Ho then went to
tho depot and sent a dispatch to his
brother : "Have gone." He then wro?e
a nolo to Miss Kdtvards. Next morning
his body was found on :i rocky ledge
n mile from the depot with a bullet hole
in his head. The remains have been
sent to his home.
THK SICK ROOM.
The Tilt(le Things That C*ou<l the Sick
to DcHpcrntioii.
The following views on the errors in
nursing is from the pen of an Knglish
physician, in the London Telcyrnjth,
v.*ho, having spent the pns*. three years
on his back, owing to a run and relapse
of fever, knows whereof he speaks :
l)o not walk on tiptoe, for this, in adilitirtn
?% ? %*?? -? I ~ 1 ? 1. ? ?? * **
UIUWH IU two uiiunuui Uliiuurauuil Ul nil?
gait, invariably causes a certain amount
of croaking.
Speak in low tones, but don't whisper;
n whisper will often awaken a sleeper
who would not be disturbed by ordinary
conversation, and never say ' Hush."
Let your clothes and foot covering be
of as noiseless and unobstrusive a character
as possible, and instead of gliding
and tottering nbout like a rickerty ghost,
;lo not hesitate to walk. If j-ou have
an occasion to say anything in the room
say it so that the patient can hear it if
he wishes, and do not let him be aware
of your conspiring privately with others,
especially at the door.
The door has much to answer for.
If it be visible from tho bed, people
open it cautiously, put their heads in
and slowly withdraw again. If, as is
more frequently the case, it is screened
by the bed curtains, mysterious openings
and shuttings are heard, unattended
with any ingress or egress, and sotto
voco colloquies go on outside. When
you enter do so honestly and at once ;
do not spend five minutes in turning
the handle, like a house-breaker, thereby
producing a scries of irritating little
clicks, Anally terminating in a big
snap, with which tho door flies open.
If the latch be at all rusty, a handle
that is slowly wound back in this way
will often stick, and either required to
be rattled back into position, or, if left
as it is, may start back suddenly after a
time of its own accord with a report like
a pistol shot.
It is always well to recollect that it
by no means follows that a sick person
is asleep because his eyes are shut; he
may be acutely conscious of all that is
passing in the room, though unable or
unwilling to make any sign, and nothing
can be more maddening, under the circumstances,
than to have people hushshying
and whispering around, and
creaking about on the tips of their toes.
We haye all sympathized in our hearts
with poor Sir Leicester Dedlock whon
his tonguo was smitten with paralysis,
with his sister constantly bending over
him with clasped hands and murniering :
"Ho is asleep!" till, goaded to desperation,
signs for his slate and writes : "I
am not."
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and look nt tho patient. While talking
to him it is hotter to sit by the side of
the bed, and ns near tho pillow as possible,
so that you may converse easily,
while your faco and body are turned in
tho samo direction as his. By this
means you can make all necessary observations
of his features without enforcing
tho rest of his eyes to yotfr own,
which is so entbarrassing and disagreenblo
to one lying in bed, and is almost
unavoidable when facing him. Keep
him in as comfortable position as.possible
by all means, but don't be too demonstrative
in soothing tho pillows and
little offices of that sort. Fidgety attentions
will worry him, and do him
moro harm than downright-neglect.
IjOIII) AXJ> IJADY SALISRUKY.
The Courtship and Marriage of tlic '
Present Premier of Knglaml. '
Onn grnv morning in the mid-spring 0
"f twenty-eight years ago there was a ^
wedding in the little chapel at Ald-llill, H
Berks. All London knew the bride. ^
For three seasons the belle of Wcstmin- 11
ster. for three y?ars the beauteous won- r
der of society, Georgia na Ahlerson wast,
the brightest and fairest of the ladies of 11
the court. But she was a coquette, and 0
had drawn many lovers by the silken *
charin so well discovered by witchery ^
and blue eyes and sunny hair. Many a ^
wooer had wooed in vain, for the daugh- ^
tor of Sir 10. Hall Aldcrson was an heir- '
ess as well as a beauty, and estate of "
land is the finest setting that estate of 11
beauty can demand. Of some of the *
most selfish of the admirers it could 1
nave ueen sam tnnt tliey were brilliant M
tl
uion and worth}' of the most coveted
honors of roj'alty, and not once or twice 0
the lady might have married well had .
she not had an adviser who knew man ,f
as man deserves to be known. Miss
Opie, the celebrated queen of society ^
of ten or fifteen years before, was Georgiana
Aldorson's aunt and chaperone, w
and Miss Opie knew better than most 0
other women of the time how to distin- ?
guish.between heart and pretense. She
had kept the moths from her niece, \
but while she was seeking an ideally 11
eligible man. her charge had given her w
hand to Hubert Cecil.
Miss Opie was dismaj-ed. Cecil was
not a man after her liking. Though the
son of an Karl he was a younger son and ^
anything but popular with his family.
There had been a quarrel and a fraternal
scandal and, to the horror of the ^
family at Hatfield House, he had had to
earn his own living. Beginning as a ?
journalist, he had shown marked ability ?
till he was a regular contributor to the
Quarter!y. For throe years ho had 11
been in Parliament for Stamford, where P
lie continued to sit for fifteen years to n
come, but where he made no eonse
qucniial mark. It was no wonder that 11
Miss Opie was displeased with the ^
match. With but a few redeeming
qualities socially, the young man was at
best a book worm and so serious and
quiet that he was esteemed dull. But
the niece had felt the brain of the Ce- 11
cils and, though nine out of ten thought ^
as did the aunt, the nine and the aunt P
came to witness the ceremony. c
It was a matter-of-fact wedding, as
English country-side weddings arc; apt 11
to be. There was the gay company ^
filling the chapel, and the white ribbon
that kept the common herd of acquaint- P
ance from the chosen many of the fanii- s
ly. There was at 10 the soft lew notes c
of the weddinn: march from Lohi'ncrin. a
the quartette of able-bodied ushers 11
passing up the central aisle and parting the
silken barrier. There were two lit- v
tie girls strewing the aisle with white 11
flowers from their aprons, and four 1
bridesmaids behind them. There was ^
the bride on her father's arm with the v
Queen's bouquet in her hand. There 11
was the groom meeting them at the 0
chancel rail. There was the ceremony
and the blessing and the congratulations. 8
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THE KKV. SAM JONES ON AVHISKY.
Thought and Maxims from oue or lite '
J&xtrnortlinury Discourses. t
rFrom Reporter in Atlanta Constitution J\ t
I believe liquor is a good thing in its |i
place, and I believe its place is in hell.
If 1 was in hell I might drink it, but so R
help mo God I never will on this earth t!
drink it again. s
Some fellows say 3on,t mix politics j,
and religion. When yon hear a fellow* j,
talk that way you may know he hasn't n
got any religion to mix. I would mix s
religion with politics but not politics u
with religion. A little religion will help |t
politics. It will make it clean and decent.
We want truth, justice and tem- c
peranco mixed with polities in this State, q
I spoke to the Legislature of Tennes- i,
see on this subject the other day. They 0
arc talking about a Constitutional amend- 0
mcnt on the liquor question up there, q
We want this question cleared up be- r
yond the reach of these little cross 0
roads Judges, who hop up every now
and then and say something is uncon- a
stitutional. Wo want to do away with j
such Judges and put decent men of t
brains and character in their places. c
You can't reform a Stato until you send ^
good men to the Legislature. Some c
men come to every Legislature that j
meets in Georgia that ain't fit to go to t
the chain-gang. ' v
If you refuse help to suppress tho infamous
' wrong that is being done by
whiskey, you are rotten yourself. Pome
of yoa hore don't know me. I speak
plainly. I use words you can under- '
stand. Now you can take tho Latin 1
word decayed and it won't faxe a fellow.
If you take tho good Anglo-Saxon word (
rotten you can cut his head off. You
see, I chooso my words. Of course t
there is always some littlo spelling-book t
critics sitting around, who will go baok
on a fellow'8 grammar. I wouldn't 1
mind being swallowed by a whale, but I I
would hate to be nibbled to death by 1
minnows. i
"Whiskey is not good for ono thing in
his world for which there is not somehing
else that is better. If the time
ver comes when they say to me **You'll
lie if you don't drink whiskey," I will
ay, "Get my shroud ready." I mean to
lie sober. If a fellow gets so low that
lothing but liquor will save him, I am
cady to preach his funeral sermon.
If there is in this vast audience one
nan or woman who never h/.d a relative
r loved one hurt or ruined by whiskey,
want him or her to stand up right now.
fou havo all had a brother or a son or a
nther, or a son-in-law ruined by whis:cy.
My goodness, theso sons-in-law !
'd rather have a boa constrictor round
ny neck than to have a drunken sonn-law.
The devil can't do any worse
han Hint. Some of you old hypocrites
hat ire dillydallying with the whiskey
uestion are going to get caught just
hat way. The devil is going to slip up
n itai? *? *I? ? - ? *
juu mm ?inuurwuu sun-in-iaw, ana
'11 bet he will ninke you a prohibitionit
with a vengeance.
God despises a coward. I had rather
ie at the mouth of a cannon doing my
uty than to run away from it because I
as afraid. Ciod entrusts all the noble
nuscs on this earth to tnon who art
ame.
I don't moan to talk here more than
alf an hour. If any of you fellows get
red you know tho way hame. We
ouldn't have missed you if you hadn't
Dine at all.
THOUBLE AMONG THE CADETS.
ihtit It Was and How it Has Been Remedied.
As stated in the Wews and Courier
esterday, the executive committee of
ic board of visitors of the South C&rlina
Military Academy, consisting of
Ion. Johnson Hogood, Gen. A. M. Man;ault
and Gen. C. I. Walker, has been
1 session for several days during the
resent week to consider, among othor
lattors, certain questions of discipline
tiat have recently arisen in the Acade\y.
The Columbia Register of yesterr-ii
: .
j puuiisuvu mu luuuning in regaru.
j this matter :
"From trustworthy sources we regret
o lenrn of a very serious condition of
hings existing at the Military Academy
it Charleston. It seems that Cadet
chirmer, of Charleston, was recently
romoted to he an officer of the Cadet
orps on account of meritorious characer,
and as soon as the order was promulgated
a number of the Cadets, cmracing
the large majority, openly roused
to obey and respect the newly-apointcd
officer. Cadet Schiriner, it is
aid, is one of the most promising of the
orps, and has always had a fine record
s a soldier and a gentleman, cominandng
the respect of tho officers of tho #
Lcademy during his entire connection
rith tho institution. About a year or
lore ago it became his duty to report
wo or more of his fellows for a serious
trnorh nf nSapinlinn
w ?w* n IIIVU lUVJ
rcrc subsequently, dismissed. His pare
n the affair, it is supposed, made him
bnoxious to the large body of his feli>w
Cadets, who, with the exception of
ome twenty or twpnty-fivo, have rigoously
tabooed him. Notwithstanding
his, ho has been so dilligent and proIcient
as to ha\*e won the appointment,
he announcement of which was made
ho occasion for the rebellion against
he authorities of the Academy relorted."
When Cadet Schirmer was made sereantof
the corps of Cadets, thirteen of
he twenty-eight officers of the corps
ent in their resignations to the superintendent
of the Academy.- Tho superutendcnt
refused to accept their rcsigations.
The officers then informed the
upermtemlent that they would contin10
to serve until the matter could bo
lid before tho board of visitors. The
ionrd met and after a full investigation
omprouiised the matter in this way:
'he Cadet officers have withdrawn their
otters of resignation, and at tho instance ,
f the executive committee of the board
f visitors will prefer charges against
!adet Schirmer, who will be tried in tho
egular way at tho meeting of the board
>f visitors iu July.
There lias been considerable feeling
tnong the Cadets in regard to this mater.
It was stated on Thursday that
he entire corps of Cadets, with one exception,
had pledged themselves to susain
tho Cadet officers. The proper
ourso has been taken in tho matter,
towever, and it is expeoted that the
rouble will bo settled in a manner that
rill be satisfactory to all concerned.
''' Fortnraate for Gaorfe.
"Do I love Gergw," roused Clara, softV,
"or is it simply a sister's affection
hat 1 feel for "
J ust then Bobby burst noi$1y into the
>oom and interrupted her sweet mcdita*
ions.
"Get out of here, yon little brat!"
ihe 6houtod, *n<l seizing liim by the
trm, aho shot him through the do6r.
"Ah, no;' she sighed, as ahe resumed
ior interrupted train of thought, "my
love for Gfeorge is not a sister's love,
ft is something sweeter, purer, high or
ind holier."?New York Sun.