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BAllNWELL C. H., S. C.. v TRUltSDAVt FBBltUARY 12, 1880.
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mitli Carolina Railroad*
CHANGE OF SCIIKDLLfe:
Up Day Passengers.
(ThirTrain doe* not-oonnect with Tra ! n for
^ Columbia at BranchTtlle.)
tetre Charteswo -r ■ -— ft.OOa nt
-li*- ilrattehTllI* j 12 0- 1 ) ptn
“ Midway , i2'2H f p m
“ tlanberg 12 87 put
‘‘ Graham'S— 12.31 p m
u Dees 1.04 p rh
“ Blackrille “ 1*11 pm
“ Elko r < 1.20 pttt
*• Williston Ij 34 p rti
“ Windsor ‘ . j»i.f^4 p in
u MontmorenCi ^ 2.12 pm
u Aiken 2.21 p m
^t-f'ite Attgusta 3.15 pm
tidtn D4y ft.tsengefa.
(This Traill does not connect with Train for
CelUmbtSai Brauckville.)
NT.lCY’St €141;.
'A'»*« Nituple lun«»concc of Nia-
l iir«»'w t'li iltl -A SUory of the Sas*
duaa niueM.
i’hfiOolonel, t think, was the flret
kelson to prepoae to her. He did It
in the oratorical stylo, for which he
was holed In the camp, and was
protflptly refused,' much to his own
and the hoy« , isTonlsTTtfi'f , 'G'f.' 'TtTPltevi'
inx meals: and here and" there over
the Various trails, a blue-shlrted miner,
with pick and drills across /fisehoulder
cattle striding hethe. The son sinking
behind the Wa^atdh Mduntains, one
hundred and sl.tty tn’llefi distant dakt
grttat long shadows atross the surrond-.
log peaks, and Veiled the ravines and
gulches in deepening darkness.
Nellie sat on the croppings of a vein
of quartz and 1 lay stretched out at,
^er fe»C i&TeBTfi'g h»f prettyrtwmgr
the iTudge was the next, but as be had • e y eg aB they Pandered abont the hofi
AngustA j 15 » m
•* Aiken ft 11 n m
“ M'intinorenci {1.20s m
“ Miridsor 0.41 sm
WHlisten tn.fit's is
*? tllko 1 n.i i-t & si
*• Blnckvillf 10.24 H fn
»• Lee's io.3i it m
“ Gralism'S 10743 it tft
'• Itsmberg 10.58 Am
“ MidiVsy 110 5am
“ Uranchrille 11.30 a ut
Arrire Charlestort O.OOpni
stsSr sqrsisi.-
l,e*»c Charleston 11.00 prft
Arrire August* 0 20aHf
Lea *« AukusTs 3 45 a nl j
Arrive CnarteMort ftt.40pnr|
Down besvo Blackrille —rtb-20pm
p l.e*re Black rillc . 5.38 it in
fortlfled bis cod rage with a large
quantity of whislte^ his breath was
strong enough and his words thick
enough to ensure speedy rejection.
He was considehtbly rityftifled at it
itnd was never able to expiftln the
cause of bij defeat, btit when a Mexi
can woman drifted irito the camp
shortly afterwards and engaged ih
washing for the men, the Judge tried
his band again and was accepted. It
took him a month to get loose from
bonds, and he swore he would “never
give any darned female critter a
chance to hook him again,” add he
carefully avoided ail ludian squaws
and homely senoritas who occassion-
zoni drinking in the beauty and grand
edr of th' scene. Bhd ha 1 some light,
fleecj arrangement—a nubia, I belelve
ill is called—wrapped closely about
her head and shoulders, and her hair
In whose meshes the sunbeams seem
ed to have caught, peeped from be
neath, helping to frame a face stamp
ed with Innocence and purity. Young
people always getlng sentimental in
the evening, when siltrouded by quiet,
rind I was no exception to the rule,
and alidofft before J knew it I was
toying with the little hrfhd; so white
and soft, lying carelessly oh the flinty
quartz.
I said, after ft few mo-
‘fcellle;”
ally passed through lllneial City. | menta, "don’t you ever lohg to leave
After the Judge a dozen or more of this rough place and go back to the
t'.uiuscis w ith Trains at Di^uvUs+lle for
Columbia
IK EI a T AXU ACCOM MOD ATI OX.
Lecv* Charleston - 7.10 It rti
Anive Augusta ti.4'> p m
-Tv-tc rt*rgn*t« '-*j ' ' <—, —A...UI a
Ar'.'iv* cbxrlMton 0
Down Leave Blackville
Lp Leave Blackvple
Connects at lirauchville
t'ulumbia.
Down <l*y passenger connect* at lilack-
r i!le wiih ' 'olnmbia accommodation train.
the boys offered thfeir hands and for
tunes to “Stacy’s gAl” and fared in
precisely the same manner, while old
Stacy himself quietly chuckled And
“bat on his gal every trip,” as he
i aftefwards explained.
She had come Into damp a week or
two previously to the greatest sur
prise of every body/ including her
father. 0U1 Stacy A good many years
E tat?”
“Not no\V,” she saci slowly, “though
r f
I might under some clrcutUstancSa. ’
“Why not podf7 • ■ -
• Oh, because—because—1 tioh’t
want to leave papa.” f
“Is that the real reason’” J asrked,
her shyness and evident avoitfSbce of
my eyes giving me hopes that set my rds, you Know.”
nonsense. Here, All your pipe and
sit down.”
Bob laughed good'-hnmofedly, hnrf,'
pulling up a stool, sat down near the
Are, ind. as he filled his pipe, said:
•T’ve dropped in qq » Jittle busi
ness—about the Sunshine, you know,”
alluding to a mine of his, and one of
the beet in the camp. “You know,
I’m oblige' 4 to sink—ain’t gpt no
ch’snce to tunnel, and the defh^id
■purfftcc rfrster 'fa getring-tim best of
me. Must have a pump, If I want to
dd anything: thla balling water ont by
the bucketful, when she’s coming in
on you aS fast, k of no account. You
know that?”
I nodded assent.
“Well, then, Philadelphia,” as be
lighted h(s plye and gave two or three
vigorlous pufis, “I vfftnt to see what
kind of a dicker I can fhaKe wlt^i yon
about running the tfllnei I ain’t got
the money to get an engine and pump
though I K’uess I could borrow It; and,
besides. I’ve got to go East on busi
ness Inside of a week, and I don’t want
to leave the Sunshine idle—I can’t
afford it”
‘‘Why don’t you sell her to rid
Stacy?” I said. “He’s gqt some ready
cash/’
“But he’s going ouV shortly, and
wants to sell his own mines.”
“doing out!—StnCyj’’ 1 demanded,
my Affectior.8,and the rough logs of my
little home bad a warm place in my
he{tft. I fiouIdp7 Shake off iffy low
spirits, and so I went down {6 see my
little one, and from her sweet face and
pretty eyeg drag the consultation I
felt I needed. I found her looking
tired ffoo her arranging and packing
efforts; but .ah^ seemed most glad to
see me, and we'sat on the doofw&tepi
and were soon cbutt!p& la a warm,
Vonfldentia! #Ay. As I was about to
go t took her little hand in my big
palm, and Said:
“Arejop really .glad that I aih |o-
Ing but with you 7
“You know I am,’ she Said earnestly^
her eyes dtjpppiqg apti ber soft little
Angela Involuntarily pleasing mine,
Ahd somehow, before I fully realised
what I was doing, I leaned forward
and pressed a hot, passionate .Us* on
her pretty lips, and, with a little ex
clamation expressive of surprise and
not of anger, she turned and vanished.
I was H happy fellow that night
dur trip was begun the next morn-
Ing/'flhd in dhe cOurSe of Ume we all
in N
wondering why Neille hkd neVer allud
ed to it.
“Yes, going to take that gal of his
back"Vo the Suites. This ain’t no flt
place for a pretty little thing like she
heart beating with quicker pulsations.
1A\ ffi ip 1 ' w " © » *
.Jomm !righttjr-trn,-hn4 hi»-I—ns go dowo,—quickly,
8.34 sm wife, and so grbat ras b?3 grief that ! as she arose.
Nellie going to leave camp
U*v#r th-*t tfoaldu t do. - No;
would, to'o. I shUuldott
14ft, 1
Ity
lose
ItS~Tr«irt^fot ^ oould not bh indiieed to remalu lu j “No, uot urrtil you answer me,-” and her, now that I tuul all but wan Her
viajiimlia 1’nssfnser Houle.
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rOKT ROYAL KA1LROAU, )
Ai uista, G*., June 24, 1879. /
Tli» following pivsentev schedule will Le
o|>cr*ied on and After tnis dale:
H»11 'e
11 82 Down
I>aI(I->«
4 12 Up
Allen4*1*
10 00 Down
AII*uJ*le
S 45 In
i>au.t rAsssxuri* tbaix.
G«ing S<*uth.
i
I.«t"e AugiiSlA
9 IK) p m
Ai-rire »l VcniAMM
1 50 s m
l.e^re Vemsssee
2 3U » m
A rr: *e S»T-«nnii h
S 35 a m
l.erro SAT»nn»h
4 10 » m
Arr ; »« .Ificksonri!!*
7 “15 t m
An ire ('hsrleeton
8 (IU & m
1.*!'* YtmArsts
2 20 a >«
4rrt»e Deettforl
3 45 a ui
Ar'i«e I’on Ki'yal
4 011 c in
An its AuxurlA
c sr, r. <n
Leire Vfm»»i<-e
2 nO * in
4i nre 1 crn»««ee
1 20 a m
Letre Snvsnnsli
ft (H.I p m
Arritf SitTtniitih
8 20 o in
l.e*»e JAcktoaTill*
« tf 15 « m
Letrs -'hsrleston
h 3D p n
Let>« fiesufort
11 21 p B>
J.eive Port l.oTtl
11 IKI p m
Tr*ins run IlirotifL LWwven
Anjrnji.-* ah<I
rtsvAnMh wilhuu' chssire, making «)•**« *’•«-
nrc'ion nt.''nvsiinsh with A. AG. H. U. Intin
1<w»ll points in Florida
ll»im*ge checkeil l!irou®h.
Ce^r rtirongh lirkcl* for sale nl nil ]>» inci
r*> ticket otices.
ilcnr.itT G, Fi.kmino.
General Snperiutendenl.
j. 9. Pavaxt,
Genersl Fnvcnfrr A cent.
’ It rlntfr, rolumlii'd & Ausus' t R P.
CHANGE OF SCIIEDULR.
I'll K * I.OTTK, Col.CMBIA A A C Of ST A It. R. t
GsxBKAi.I’AssAxr.tti Dspaktmrxt. y
Coltmiiia, S. C., June 1,1879. )
Th* following passenger schedule will he
•o] ersled on *nd after this dute :
Ao. 1—Niy/U Ezprexs, South.
T 8#ve h riotte, 12:46 am
Arrive o utnbia 5:80 am
1 ii iive cl umbla 5:85 a m
Arrive Augusts 9:25 a in
Ko. 2—Night Erprtxt, North.
Ij-ave Augusta 5H5 p m
Arrive olumbU.. ,. f . * l-:30 a m
1 ,e*ve olnmbia 2:30 a m
Arrive harlotf.e 12:10 am
No. 3—Day Daszrugrr, South.
Ic-nve hailotte 2:12 p m
.Arriveoiumbla 12:00 am
Leave olumtia 1:00 a m
Arr've Augusta. 9:10am
No. 4—Day Panrnger, North.
LeaVe Augusta 6:50 a m
Arrive oiuiu hia............10:45 a m
lienVe olumbia. . .10:55a m
Arrive harlotte.. 9:00 p m
Th'*ee trains stop only at Fort Mill
Hock Hill, Chester, XV’ionaboro, Rhige-
wny. L*'**svine, Baterbutp, RMge
Spring, Johns top, Tien ton and Oran-
iteviHcv Afl other atAtlons will be re
cognized as flag stations.
T. D KLINE, 8wp v t.
John R, Mxciin itno.^ien. Pas. AgenU
Nitvamk au4 i'karlc.stoi Railroait ()o.
*t «j_ ■ *• , ■ \
CHANGE Of schedule.
, Jaxvakt 1, 1979.
The following Scbe<lule is in effect *t thl*
tiitst
/’(Ml Mail, Daily.
Leave Charleston - - « .
Arrive at 8*vann*h .
Arrive Htttt lt)i.val - <• *
Arrive Jacksonville * » . .
Arrivoat August* - v - .
Leave Savaonah » - • .
Arrive Charleston - - .
Ai/At train, Daily.
7 15 a.m.
1 00 p. m.
4 17 p. m.
9 35 a. m
6 p. m.
3 15 p. m.
9 00 p. m-
Leave Charleston
Arrive Savannah
Leave Savannah
Arrive Charleston
Pull man carton all Night f Taint.
C.8.GADSDEN, F.ngr. andSuph
?. C. Bnnrrex.G; tndT. Agent.
i 8 10 p. to.
C 40 a. th.
- * OO p. m.
* ‘ 8 00 a. M.
the place she had made a little heaven
for him. 80 ho placed his daughter —
his only child —iiUbe fashionable fe
male seminary of the State,- provided
j her with everything that was neces-
! sary for her comfort or happiness end
then struck ou: for the Sau Juafl Sil
ver mines to forget hie feceut loss
among the excitements and privations
of the frontier. Stacy was one uf
the fortunate few out of the unlucky
many that enter a mining cocutry, and
in a few years he was possessed of
properties yichyng him an excellent
income from tifteir hard, white quartz
Ho regularly corresponded with his
daughter, and kept her supplied with
pocket-money far in excess of her
needs or requirements, but he never
wentbaek on a visit, and when that
young lady was duly graduated with
high honors she determine I to seek
out her long absent paternal progeni
tor. WUtFau Independence and cour
age, the wonderment of the boys, she
travelled across the plains, took pas
sage on the stages and ilaaliy lode
Into Mineral City on horseback, the
first white woman In camp, and the
object of the shy adoration of the men
It was sums time before the boys
could stand their ground and face Uer,
Instead of scampering away at her
approach, as had hitnerio been the
cas •; but the Western miner is not
long in getting accustomed to strange
things, and it was not over ten days
after her arrival that tbs Colonel Im
molated himself on tue allec of his
affections. E-mcouroged by his ex
ample and uuteirlfied by bis uncere
monious defeat, the boys one after
another tried thicr luck, though, as I
have before mentioned, with no better
success.
Stacy was a partner of mine in the
Ajax mine, lu which there were three
of us interested, and as we wore doing
considerable development on the vein
I was of necee ity’much in his com
pany and consequently In that ot his
daughter. She was a very pretty girl,
with dainty, delicate ways better be
fitting a house in Flf'h Avenue than a
rough miuing camp; but she loved her
father with an earnest, clinging affec
tion that would not listen to her leav
ing him, and so she continued to
reign Qaeen over Mineral City all
through the summer of 1876.
I don’t know when it was that l was
unduly attracted towards Nellie. I
think it was when she asked me to
call her thereafter by that name. She
made the request so innocently, so
sweetly, and so tenderly, alleging that
as I was her father’s parther, a gentle
man by birth and education, and stieb
a kind friend to her, it would be ever
so much nicei for me to say Nellie,
instead of Miss Stacy, which sounded
so formal, lhat I came very nearly
adding other words to ihe name that
our short acquaintance would not
Justifly. After that I spent most of
my evenings with Nellie, and some
times ot an afternoon we took deli
cious little rambles together, on the
mountain sldqs and Into the heavy
Umber lining the valley or canon of
the Uncoiflpangre. One evening, aa
we #ere returning home, we stopped
to rest on the rock-crested summit of
Mineral Point. A few hundred feet
below us lay the little mining camp, its
long cabins looking dubly picturesque
la the gathering gloaming. Thi blue
smoke Wits curling from A dozen ohlm-
neys a* the tlieb prepared their even-
11 caught again the little white hand.
She drew it from my grasp, and, with
a saucy started Cown the
trail and I hastened to follow. I
: made several attempts to renew the
, conversation on the way, but Nellie
always turned it off from the subject
nearest nty heart; and yet when I left
bet at her father’s door she shyly ex
tended her hanf’,- and I thought I de-
tdcied a soft pfestiro as I took it in
mine. A moment, and she had vanish
ed, and I noticed a rosy flush on her
pretty Pltenks and an- Unnsal light to
her tender eyes. I Went back to my
little cabin with B Strange admixture
of certainty aud doubt iu my feelings,
and a quickening Of tfly pulses that
made me oblivious to my rough sur-
roUndlagsi
After supper I lit tiiy pipe «ttd eat
upon my roughly-hewn doorsteps.
The son had gone down, but yet there
was light enough for me to see her
cabin and notice her fatter standing
in the doorway chatting with Mineral
B >b, the best prospector In camp and
The third owner with Stacy and my- !
self in the Ajax. I turned my head
and saw the lights in the sha.'t-hmiSo J
of the Big Giant mine on Red Mouu- 1
tain gleaming nwuy in the distance;
I heard the clanging b ows of the j
blacksmith at his forge as he sharpen- '
ed the tools for the morning’s work,
and the deep boom of the blast in the 1
Little Emily mine camu fl >aiiug
through the still night air. Then my
eyes wandered Duck to the cabin which
h'-i 1 Nt-ll]c.~ Bob was still there, fate
ull figure and broad shoulders con
trasting greatly with the little old man
In the doorway. What was he doing
there so long 1 thought, and I puffed
my pipe viciously us I saw Nellie a
moment later join the tao. The ufght
settkd down, and the cabins faded
from view, their presence only revealed
by the lights shining through the little
square windows or the sparks stream
lug out of the stone aud mud chim
neys. It was getting cool, too, and I
km»cked the ashes out Of my pipe aud
re-entered my little home aud stirred
up the smoalderiug embers on the
Dearth. An hour went by and the
moon sent its bcems across my little
table, with its tin plates and cups;
acrosb my earthen and rocky door
touching lightly my books on a shelf
at the head of my bed and resting
softly on the rolled-up coat that served
mu for a pillow. I turned my stool
and glanced at the window.
The tops of the surrounding timber
were silvered by the moonlight, aud
the cabins stood out uguiuet the dark
background of the tall spruce. The
! sound of singing came out from the.
saloon and the wind sighed fitfully now
and then. And so I fell into a sombre
reverie, and Neliie w..s the centre
so t said:
“I t*dl you. Bob.t don’t know that i
shall stay much 1 >nger myself. Per
haps you would like to make rife an
“castles In the air,” which fade before
the honeymoon, ought to receive her
respect and confidence, for these are
grand foundations tobofld on. 5, I con
tend that no hqpf'y tonditlon pf taaf-
rled life can exist without them. And
M l
c mach ine oil ouk of white eefr* l ,
ton praxis, rub on sptiiu ef turpentine
lfo r Gie washing. ~4 ^ ^ f «
Care tar, ftipIttoeriaL, W teaspoonful
without knowing anything about
husbAnds, save that he Is
Id,’
of us to a halt in New York.
What a dellcloufl time I had of it, and
how considerate Stfifcy and Bob were,
They never Intruded their presence,
butjet. me )mve Nellie to myself, as
though they Had no wyhueqM 0 ^ what
ever with us. I felt grateful to them,
and meditated often what I could do
to show my appreciation of tbefr
thoughtfulness and good feeling.
Neille was a little paradox, however—
an enigma I couldn’t solve. J had
proposed to her half a doifen times on
our way East, but, though she plainly i
showed that her heart was mine and
permitted me to squeeze her band,
whisper soft nothings and kiss her
good-uight when she* retired, ©ha
would give me no answer to my ptahd*
inga, but kept me off with tMshnquetry
if she *** liPeli mo^V attractive, Wtfu so tbp
days spun arountl and I seemed tone
no nearer than when we left tho old
mining camp, acd I got irrltable and
ont of sorts, and one day Nellie sug
gested that I had better run on and
»ee nty farPlly and get sweetened up a
little, abd I savagely replied that I
would, and I should not return uptil
and “so handsome,” and wa
that what they need is Dj)t ft “pretty
boy with a daloty raofistacha,” but a
maw—# §o3d err atlon of flesh ahd
blood, with ag honest hear!, a clear
head, and willing bands to labor for
the one he loves. That ts my idea of
a husband.
Such a wilt never wilfully de
ceive a woman, never be guilty of the
meannesses that corrupt so many
men’s nature*. It woi/M he parJtdlse
to five with such a man onooe thousand
dollars a year, to existing witji one On
ten times that amount, (nils may
fead like romance, but it Is stern re
ality. If gfrfs wffl only take the
trouble t,o Investigate for themselves.
o fj 0 ’j will dean the linn'
"Tf"
CoM boiled
iruii and keel
* ' ># ,
as, a soap
cep the akir
offer for my interest in the Ajax and ! abe sent for me, &c., &c. She smiled
let me attend to youf- business In the sweetly rthd looked tenderly out of her
Ijast, if I car; f wouldlje very g!at^o?* ,
“No; ntuch obliged, paftner: but no
one can d > wttil I’m going out for,
except myself. Sama time, I might be
able to huddle nty own propeftj bet
ter if I had the-Ajaf/tdO, Seeing as how
the two claims join each other on tile
sam« vein. 1 wonder If old Stacy
would sell out cheap enough?”
“Oh, I guess so,” I said; “especially
if he is at all aoxioujalpigst aw*y. I’ll
speak to him for you.*
day.’*
“He said the other day.” continued
Bob, as though he were carefully
Weighing the proposition, “that he’d
Kell to me on time, if 1 could get a
good man to go on my security.”
“Would he take me,(Jo yon think?’’
“Take you? A great sight sooner
than any other man in camp.” •
“Well/ then, Bob, you give mo a
mortgage on the ollue, and, If hie
figures are not too high. 1*11 endorse
your note aud turn yOuover my inter
est beside. The mine Is solid yet, I
guess, though I haven’t been tbR for a
week.”
“That's the g l’s fault,‘’grinned B>b;
‘ but, if she wasn’t good, I Wuuldu’t-
want to buy. 1 belelve I’ll go down
and sec tho old man-dt Won’t take
long,” and Bob buttonned up his Coat
aud started out.”
Half an hour later Bob returned With
the necessary papers by wbiCb Stacy
conveyed his third interest in the Ajax
mine to him for eight thousand dol
lars, payable within thirty days. I
endorsed Bob’s note for the amount,
he assuring me that if the mine con
tinued to pay, as it had in the past, be
! could easily take It up when due; be-
j sides which, I reasoned to myself,
; that I would soon be Stacy’s son-in-
law, and. In case of Bob’s failure to
meet the note, the old man would not
be bard on me, I also transfered my
third Interest to Bob for a like amount,
and secured myself for both sums by
a mortgage on the property, and so I
went to bed that night and dreamed
of the little wife I soon expected to
have. ’ v
I saw Nellie the next day, and,
though she sralied sweetly and blushed
most prettily, I wasn’t satisfied, as,
owing to her gettiug things in reedi
n' sa for the trip next morning, there
was no opportunity for a quiet little
coovsrsaUoo. I told Stacy t was
going ont, aud be laughed and said
Neliie had spoken of It, and he “didn’t
know but what It was a good scheme
for his gal, ’cause It could hardly be
expected that me and Bob would be
good company;” and eo the matter
pretty eyes, and I took the train tor
Philadelphia ict tt terrible temper, find
y**t feeling > Ore that I would be back
again within forty-eight hours; and f
was I asked the clerk ttf £ead up my
card, and he said It would be useless,
as the lady, with bar father and the
other gentleman, had left the night
before, for the South, hb thought.
They had left a lettSr fof me, how
ever, and—I so&ched the letter and
tote It open. There were several *n-
cloaures, reading aa followef
uuT. —My i
toj ten
-My PearUbrrl
about which all my thoughts revolved was settled, and I colkcted my traps
Presently there were knocking at my
door, aud at my invitation Mlnerel
Bob entered.
, “Hello! Philadelphia,” he said, “I
kinder thought you wasu’t in.”
“Why?” I asked, rather sorry of
the iaterruption/-tbougb Dob was good
company, and no one coaid look into
bis merry blue eyes and pleasant face,
covered ail over with a iuxiriaot, rich
brown beard, wtthout feeling better
and less out of spirits.
“Oh, I sort Of calculated yWd be
^otdewhere around the girl. How’s
your chances, partner? Good, eh?"
“Gomef cdtnc. Bob, acd st 'p your
together, and those I did not cars to
take with me, I distributed among the
boys. They all knew what 1 was going
out for, and good-natured witticism
were freely indulged In at ay expenses
Bat I likod It, and rather enjoyed my
triumph over the Colonel and the
Judge and the others who had tried
to win the the little treasure that I had
carried off, but had miSefably faffed.
“Thcrmu
fniist' pardon
with you of the poet few weeks, but It
was the last I should ever have, and
you are the dearest of fellows to finish
up on. I dare say you will feel a little
vexed; but you’ll gebover It, Charley;
and when I>*b and myself get settled
down to housekeeping, W' tob i trust
will bo a long time yet, yon must oome
and see ns, aa^i b«# good friend to
your penitent Nkluk.”
The next was :
“Dear Plilladelphla—You’ve had a
irood time with nay intended wife, and
I haven’t interfered; you endorsed my
note for eight thousand dollars,- and I
won’t cheat toff out of It. I trusted
yon,and yo'fi game to ‘Ume;’you Dust
ed me, and here I am smiling. I en
close with this my note you endorsed,
and deeds conveying to you the whole
of the AJhx. She’s pinched, Phllsdot-
phi,i, ann ain’t worth a cuss. You sab*:
uow the business that called me Past,
eh ? Ta, ta. Mineh/L Bus. ’
I have never seen them since. I
don’t want to. I Went back to the old
camp the followlsg year. The boys
don’t tease nee flow, but I thrashed
two of them end got thrashed by
three before this silence on tbs subject
was observe*!.
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Vlatramoalal 1111m ois Nsriafl
Capital!
Although young In years (pardon
my not telling you the exact figures—
woman’s privilege, you know,) I have
studied human nature etiohgb, and
the lives of young nlftrtled couples
sufficiently, to feel sure that «ver one-
the? will see that money does not al
ways bring happiness with It, “H&P-
plneea, our being, end and aim,” os
Pope so truthfully expresses it, for
what lx the worM to a woman If her.
husband ta not her lover, herTrlend,
her counsellor, her reliance In the
hour of trouble, the sharer of her joys
l when her anxletle^ are o'eri
Hut I am 4 gr^vfiug eloquent dfer the
good husband; let us ^ok on the op
posite picture. Of all things most
likely to ruin n w^tnuh’s life, n drink
ing husband is ^e Worst, turn not
going into a dissertation on this sub
ject; ail I have to say is, “Girls, never
marry a man who drlukfl, ff you value
your happlxuas.” A tsry dear friend
of mine came (o me once aud eatd :
“What do you think? I smelt liquor
on Charlie when 7 kissed him!” I
Immediately advltfec! Hef not io marry
him, for; I argued. If a man will net
respect a woman enough to abstain
while engated, he hot do so after
marringe. And so it proved. She
thought she couldn't do without him,
an? ao ftcy mafried, tfnd moth'd Into
an t lrgant mansion. He was rich; but
how long did It last? Just three
years. Aud now khe U a wldqw, with
a sickly Child, and living off her pa
rents f
Gftrls. don’t be fffrn!f<1 totesty^qr
a*(ft nml^cA*ltliy. Those not
r lti r the erVach*' twist an onW
thovoatfily; p»lc ike 14sit oat. pm it
info a piece of flannel and uwort it inW
the ear, bavim' pwinHy a fctr
dropsodhot water ibto fne ear. /
For soft curnf? Jip a piece ot linei^
cloth'lif turpenlirfc aud -wrap it round
the toe on •tfhi&i tW w shunted,'
night and morning.: The relief will bo
instuedinu, and, after a few days, tho
corn will disappear.
The vrlitc of an tgg, into which#
piece of alun: anout the size of a walnut
hss been slowed unlit it should be laid
fcverthe sprain upon a piece oflint and
be changed ft* often as it becomes dry.
A kiwpof freah quicklime tbs nzo of
a walnut dropped idle a pint rtf water
and allowed to stand «U night, the
water being then ponred off from the
sediment apd mixed wfth a quarter of a
pint of thO bet visegdr, form* ftie best
wash Lr scurl m the bead. It is In be
applied to the refota' qf the hair.' .
water nt.d tty it Ha ike b*ck of the
nerk. Fold a to^.l smoothly over ft,
and for? •ften ft will soothe the weirry
brain, nnd quiet the nerves better ibaol
an opiate, it is particularly useful m
case of a dull headache.
A good why to get rid of rats ii to
kIj-Aw pounded potash in (heir hole.*
Tho potash gets info ihcir coaUsnd irri-
intos their ritiq, and the r#ta doasrt tW
place. To prevent their dying in their
holes and becoming offensive, poison
them' by mfxfntf liaff a pound ofcdF-f
bonute of barytas with a ipmrtfr of tt
pouod of Jsr*l. It produces great tMm,
ihc rats fcpTf their boles to drink an«j
arc unable to return. Good thing!—
To wash Shetland sliawL*, male a
thin briber of boiled s<tafi' and Water *
r Gbrrley : You totals; ^ they are trua and ntaoly, they
, ~wnt Corr'o om “like rcfi't'ftri gold.” Oct
on all tb‘t> 8ul>J“cts,that
martUdhapfjhiesfl. Don't
through water without any soap, hang
it tip fof about a ui?n#le, shake it gently
by each* sWc iltcimdfefy,^ ft oat on a
sheet • xactfy rxptwtaaoAiixiie shawl bo
of jt fine textufe. it «KN>id he lightly,
sewed dowq to the slicel bj the top of
the friucc to prevent it running up, then
his opfnfOri
concern your
trust to hie doing «s you wish after
marriage, you had better find out
whether bio likes and dislikes salt you
beforehand, for married life ta mads
up of mutual conceosioas, and you will
have to do your share of giving way,
which, for ons that trufy loves
you, must ho, Indeed, a. plt-aeuro.—
Another thing, if you don’t like tobac
co, never matry a than who sraotr5 or
chews, for 1 know a woman whose
husband made her Ilfs # terror to her
by these disgusting practices.
I don’t intend giving you any figures
about this housekeeping business, for
people d tastes differ.
There is no troubis about a mao
and wife living very comfortably on a
small income, If the wife has any prac
tical sense. A foci ot tt sloven can’t
doit. “How ta a man go/ng to And
# rch a woman out t” 1 befr some
readers exclaim. “Very edsily* Ihe [
fool will betray herself by hfer nonsen
sical replies to an^ denaible quest kme
on this subject ttfat you mej ask her,
and the cloven wrfl ejfiifWt her Imper
fections In bet totfet,' A sloven’s faalr
ta never tidy or Well combed. Neither
will she brush her teeth carefully. If
she ta too taZy to do theoe, bar habits
generally will be slothful, fur If that
half of these that marry are dlsap- which everybody ban see ta neglected,
pointed In each other afterwards. Thfrr-can we expect of that which ta
f( tflOfO dirffctfbni arc carefully at
tended the shawls may be washed
many times, and each lime appear aa
well as when new. Xh’cy shook! never
be put into the hands of anj but those
who are aceu touted to wash lace.
-—r—
JlM«t ike Maus He YFutcd.
(Wr eorres
follort
Kelly
cccAnfNc old farmer Kv
suhurtan towns. Born of
iniar 2 “ -"
ta a most unfortunate state of affairs,
but both are equally to blame, the one
for not showing a true nature, the
other for not fully understanding it.
before marriage. Women, I am sorry
to say, are more given to deceit, be
fore marriage, than m^n,' and brutal
treatment Is frequently their reward.
If girls were only more natural, there
would be less trouble,but women daily
marry who are only dressmaker’s
models, and, even worse—invalids,
who bring to their husbands all the
cares and troubles of perpetual sick
ness, to add to their business anxieties,
What man can rsapec^ much less
ToTe, a woman who is <1 ot&statrt Bor
den to him, and who knowingly de-
eeivedbiaat the altar? Before wo
men enter the marriage state, they
should be sure that their health Is
such that It will stand Lbs trials that
are to fellow. Hen rarely deceive In
this respect. They eoatatlmcs de
ceive a woman la regard io their
financial ability Co support her band-
so only, and. this ta downright wtataed,
for It may take a gljl.away from a
home of comfort and luxury, to live
I eat In my cabin thkt evening—the { n a garfek Such ro#rfl#a:ee engender
last I should evet spend hi Mineral
City—and somehow 1 got terribly blue
and out of spirit. It left ffJte part
ing with old friends. Every tfae and
uyery rock sccme f to have a hold.on
and
tftllmate divorce
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or
bitterness
worse.
Foe ttnd reason a man Who tells a
woman boocetly how mpph Ire af-
P>rl to g!vo her, without bullJiug
in one of our
. —. ^° r pwtnfs,
stry and pcreererancc be bsff be
come poeserped of one of the finest farms
in that sectioa, of which be was justly
proud; but no prouder was lie than of
l.fi own phj>icur strength and agflity,
that had assisted Mm in accumslatirrg
his properly, shd made him a rinot ex-
ceflent boxer and wrsstlse, and Ita had
a oorrespooding ccntcmpt fur men of
mferior ^oweriL
Onfc spring when help was unn.sually
plenly, lie determined *o hare the firiu
run that joar by A strong them. SW
when a man presented himself snd asked
for work, after inqqirinu ot the mdn as
to his
mnpjj, .
, haijouldfinikMp by
t. In this wnyTie dis-
najjjisjno np the ro«M; and Seeing him,
bidden ? An untidy girl generally has
dirty ears. If she reads this, she wllf
wash them, tor a week—perhaps t A
cleanly man will notice three things
Without being tojd, but a siofeniy Wo
man will notj so, as the Bible says,
“Let him who 1s filthy be filthy still,”
and so will bis wife, and bis children,
and their children. Good-bye, Mr. Edi
tor, and doh't consider that I have
taken up too much spare. ■ This sub
ject is a glorious one, for It concern*
the future welfare and h ippiosse of
the whole world.
A Practical Girl.
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^ A man hugs bis sweetheart with all
the^fervor of passionate devotion, t)e
bugs his slater with manly and earn
est affection, he hugs his wife with tbs
deepest, strongest and purest love In
his manhood, but when be
Inanimate and Irresponsive lamp
—ah, there ta a friendship, coi
and an appeal yearning for s
and protection in his clinging
i * * 9 , —i l
A crusty old’bn'ebelor ways that it
"fbry frequently happeffo ”thaf the
iffotti bkng tb her
Good morning, i^tr. 1 '' J » *< '
Good rnsrnisg,' gnlffjr; II. .»
Ko yhii ffanf to bate a hand to work
on your farm, Mr.
•J
Ptih»p* so/#an(tp hiieao47.,
Yes, sir; I am looking lufa job.
nbat ian you dor ■
JV
AIT Finds of farm work, sir' I wftrf
bofn mi rf farirf. * *
jjta#!*?'*.
if,, amr-a
ou Rett mV.
Ion* of
ad'!’
Can Von fighf?
Whjt, sfr t \ * n
Ckn ydo flgW, f
I dfin’i know j sll
not; but 1 e#n tijt
r/«m
•se of Aud he dkl try. The first
throat;the
** slouiach,
nose was
up, and waa
f n.-r --j—»o slArf off,
when ftc was cjiffedback and tat to Work,
*nd be prtrvdd 16' he is IruSty and in’diw-
trioiw and he wax brave. He fartherV
daughter seeded ju-f sack x takn taf a
xtidwowbe ntay bC secn any
Xupkrin tending He work dh tllb
while Father Kelley sits in the
■rmcUair asd tafi* tot.Jd* SrxnduliiWnm
tU story, of hk last i»«M. _ - ■
girl who bail the
hair; has the biggest holes fn the heels
of hot stockfnge.
id i IHG ai. gv-
Waeklngtoo’s birthday, thlrf. far
come* on Sunday, and so doe* the 4ti|
of July.
IWishttl, sa)
■■Off
courtsh?p ia run Ry ifl; ft»« womih
and the frVarTff;* '
wax. .*. ■ i
itikaoBviu* ha#1
same wwluy joufpgK aad voa Hotly.
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