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ii R4o mi 1. la vritiac ta thh •Hray* (It* yoar aaa Poat«®c* 1 BaaiMa Wttara tad eoasmunlcf tlaaa lo W p«biUb»d ahoald »* wtH»a «a wparau ahaala. aDdlW^rj -rt trffWh eiearlj indieatfd by nrcmiry not* wbm r^mrad. I. Article for pablidatfon aboald h, , ‘ n » Oar, legible hand, and on . fi|y cot* aid# of the page. ! t 4 ^'1 «kaagea in ad rtiAi« moi.l* mmt reach a* •* F Ida*. *ir bight of uomm. * Wt atTURtKE a COWWAT. fa* Rhnre'a )■ Right, tb« thon’a in alght I Tli* longed-for lighta of homo.f aesrt I aiag for rery heart’s gellgUt-r '' And yon, my trieed, through dark and bright I know that yon are glad for me. ** **• * rtorniy voyage, friend— And dare I dream the worrt ia o'art , Drear preaagea of hapleaa end Diamay me not; yet heaven defend t Ahipa have gone down in eight of ah ora. I ought to be afraid, I know, My wayward paat remembering; Tat, calmly into port I go. fThoee “ Sure urn corda” cheera me ao T How la it I am fain to alng ? The virgin-mother, fair and wire— •net where the wavaa break on tho eanda teaching to me her welcoming handa, Lifting to Ood her praying eyea T .1 9, friend, I’m drifting frotc^your eight— The home-llghta brighten ru^nicntly — fat hft Mice n> re your atgnaV'iglit, _ In aaawer to my laet good-night, l And teU me yon are i;la4 f> t ami 4 POLICEMAN'S MISTAKE. It • doll, rainv dny, towanl tin •od at Aif^nt—one of than* dnv* vht • •nrtb nod aky nitkn nrr gray ood dn-arjr, nod the ran*drope patlcring ngainnt tltr viodow noood like human aolm. The dock that hum h<|aiaet tie* wall |»huU J knUwbamr of 3 in the aftaro m, ami I »•* atltiog by myaaii ia <mr IttlW in M* tdkm, ionking oat nt the eipaaaa of Ball, gray will Uat fmr.1 my uali it am* Una ait- I lam] read rtwry a^aam laca A tjfm ia U— ao«at«r re 1 hod mmfta aal aO tlha aaaaoaor* payw rw I BW. Vttfc UW^aCe i •".* T »a# manttig aUj»| I i*mt Wttha ari*y * Rka aan aa t ami an pote at aa a aaa ta the Mtaca, I a aaaaaa fen taw hat 1 I ana m aan tim'd anr a Beat * earn. Aev afhi* Aey and Qnnrtady, iraatn made aa llbnral Of at rant adn day* altar I rat it a at >11 palatal. No eoaiaaaloaUaa will bt | aalcaa too imptaUd by tha i dram of tha wrttar. not ibll raaty of VOL. V. NO. 10. BARNWELL 6. H„ S. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, $2 & Year. a half a mile beyond the Tillage ot Drownville—the reaidenee of Mrs. Mat- teson, the mother of the audacious forg er. If help was needed I was fully au thorized to call for it upon the constab- ulary authorities of Drownville, but I expected to ueed Done. The rosy dawn waa just flushing the eastern , r ,ky when I alighted, stiff, wearv and jaded, from the train, at tha little w:ty station of Drownville. “ Can you direct me to Mrs. Matte- sen’s place ? ” I asked of the sleepy station-master, who was yawning behind the little aperture of the ticket office. “ Matteson—Mrs. Mattesom ; I don’t know her, but I guess likely I can tell you where she lives. Just you follow the main street of the village qot afloat half a mile, and ye’ll oome to a patch o’ woods with bars, at the fence. 06 through them bars a little further on, aud ye’ll see s little ysller house, just the last place in the world where you’d expect to sen a bousa. That’s where Mrs. Mstteaoa lives.” I thanked my informant, and set out on a brisk walk, carrying my ’traveling t> g. It was quite s distance era I • Merged from the suburbs of the "msm stnat” into a quiet and eedmled road, or, rather, lane. The “ patch a* woods,*' n.tb the l-arw, and the '* little yalter b-are ‘-a ctw.moA.wml liter- ally ovetgrowa i< ear lad my search, and an T~th>«h*vl *1 the dune a •l.nrh T. A <1 owt Uokmg. eidnrly a dew's a ends •*ame ft the dww -UMr M.Memmta* Mr. IVrUj ' * ** aha anwaeewf qawkly. with, an 1 aaagiacd, rasltrt a mwfawd tma I 4al m4 tmAeeww hee. ami wd I qasntly •* VWa A ’ ywa espwrt hiaa hwaae JT • *• Bet at pew at” At> «SMxflly »he «afne%ni am In gn e’»•, tmt, tme^A “* M-eime. * mAmI lewl A thw Siam, “ wtm w a ? * Ant Wma hw Ike Sews tman I tm how muoh more winning And graceful she was than poor Kitty Elton. At length an anawer came to my re port to Mr. Cltnner—it was short aud to thejmrpoae: — ' ~ • “ Comff 'hack—vou are only losing time. If the bird has flown wo must look elsewhere for him.” I read the missive with a pang/ Matteson’t cheek deepened in color as I announced my departure to her. “ You hhve been far kinder than we •« » dared to hope, Mr. Meredith,” she said as I held her hand in mine. You “will think of jnw somettiSea," Clara?” » • ^ > Tlie reader iflll easilv see how our in timacy nad progressed." She smiled, hung her head, and, taking a pair of scivHore from the table, severed one bright black curl from the abundant tresses that hong over her forehead. “ Keep tins, Mr. Meredith, in memory of me.” Was I foolish to press the Jetty ring let to nir iipe ere I laid it doaelr against n 3 li.wrt ? Clara evid.-ntlv thought I* was—fur she had laughed, but did not vein dikpi eased. Mr, Clwoner seemed annoyed when 1 g>< IwHi to the barcau—rather an an r. swiashte fwoesedtng oo bis part, for 1 • • itsialy dkl ail that the ex •• We have been mmtakea sQ Urn way mm/mm," Wsakl. btttag hm an. WAi, •• maM try I Beal la Kilty mm wed aw wtia a let ner said, it would undoubtedly prove a good lesson to me. Perley Matteson’s girlish beauty is eclipsed in the state’s prison—nor do I pity him. The f° r which ho played was high-dftfl he lost—Chicago Inter Ocean. m ... ..-hJBj.*. HOW THEY PIfAYKD IT OH A UfHCOVKUKH. - He was on his I ville, says an exchange. He had on ragged, old summer suit, a bad hat, 1 and he had been taking his meals about thirty hours apart to make his money carry him through. ‘‘Yes; I like the country out that way,” he replied to the query. “ The climate is good, the scenery is fine and some of the people are as honest as needs be. The trouble is knowing how to take the bsd ones. ” ** I should think that would be easy. ” “ Yes, it looks that way ; bat I had some experience. I am the original dis- kivexer of the richest mine around Lead- ville. Yes, I am the very mao, though you couldn't think it to ses these old elolhes.” “ Then you dual own it now?” “ Not a bit A it. *m explain. I was on the hills and found I collected «>me spaemwos for off s claim sad went off to the aaaaysr'a. It waa two days he Wt me know that I had niwheit ore the! he had ever —wyxd. and I burned ba*k to ay eista. Haag y hutt« as A it hada'I | -How?- • “ Wky. . g** A O UK JUVENILES. TK» greAcry ClwS. I'll try the arrow Aad bend the bow; The archer* ere weitinf, And we most go. Our slab hee offered ■ A lovely prtee— A bow end ouher Of momter elee I .The bow of lenoe-wood b five feet tong; The feetbered errows Are true end etrosg. If I ihoiild win it— Oh, deerle me! The heppleet girl We etch heve e neme In our “ Indlen Club n Win le osr ehlefteln, “ Rub-e-deb-dub." /am “Pelebloaeora,• Queen of osr nee; Carrie “Brcwnfeea.” •Wle-Hys,- ** kever-eey-d ia. hawk,* AnttOsewegln To raerlry aM Pas, Oh. which «# IheeeUs The pree •hall »ie t f* Well, well, my brave lad," answered the cheery voice of old Sir William, who hud entered the room on perceived. “ you're on the ngbt road to it by being diligent st your work. Keep to that, meanwhile, and never fear but the vl chance of doing great deeds will oome all in good time. ” Little did either speaker or hearer guess how soon and in what way those words were to oome true, scarcely bad the old knight left the room when the boy was startled by a sudden shriek from the balcony overhead, and by something white flashing pant the win- duw. .Sir William Hewet’a. aalT child ha<l leaped out of her nurse’s arms, and fallen headlong into the river. The faint spiaoh was instantly an swered by a muoh louder one, and the distracted household, as they rushed in a body to the fatal balcony, saw Ed ward Osborne’s brown curly head far down tne turning stream, snooting straight as an arrow toward the tinv white speck that floated a little beyond him. '* He has her I* "Hoi” ••Teel” “No, he’s gone pas*, tttey! he's turning again. ” “ Harrsh ! he's got her at laet Thank Ood.” The aniMJQS already the joyous about A the told him that all toward the twsue A art am as A Idrens, Tail PBOTLB, Bnrawrll 0. 0. PLEASANTRIES, __ ^ A pxnrxoTLT square mack in 'round si the right time. Bras think there is no place like comb —honey comb, —~ After man came woman, and she has been after him ever since, ^ j Elkotbicitt in Franklin’s time wsn n wonder; now we make light of it. Ton difference between a boy and a bee is that a boy’s happiest days are his school days, and a bee’s are its swarm daya. A wthhi boy remarked; “I like grandpa because he is such a gentle manly man; he always tell* me to help myself to sugar.” Wa are told that a man’s body ia tnree-fourth* composed of water, but it is hard to believe this while looking at a Cincinnati man.—Boston Poat Out proverb : “,The darky’s hour ia jnat before the dawn,” remarked Ham bo, when he started out before day break to steal a young chicken foa break fsei ' It ia said that 1 •tains from furniture. It! tsi all, with^ girl throw* in •■I* ruA «y« t Ms -a pMsan ff*** 4i«ma4 1. IA# m <*ww tow*. b«* * i#p w s»4 e M**Sto**a A pAJ i ~ tome une to ma p> mi fe# Utm •am* buff Buy !■««• ma SwS tor c«*B a a*»p k I had Wwu, .1 m«y !• wgrrv K4dn««« ai.d dy that fairly seamed to set tbs antbontire al deflaaea. Fur am# Ume he had been In doubt as to the exs>-t |h rpetretor of the crime, but, afu-r much quwt^hvestigatiou and raatiiig hither and tn^her, he had detect*><i tbe hidden spring—one Perley Matteam — wbe had skillfully eluded all par»iut, and was now a mu* w lie re hiding in thu northeasU-rn portion of the State. His whereabouts had been ascertained si nearly an posaiblc, aud i* was for me to go quietly up and apprehend him, be fore h« shnnM tieronie Swam of OUT knowledge of all his movemeuto. I sat liflteuing to all the various de tails of our plan as they were sketched -oot by Mr. Clenner.- The reward that had been privately offered was high— my heart leaped as I reflected how much nearer it would bring me to Kitty Elton, nor did the enterprise seem particularly dj^leuU to accomplish. “Do you think you can do it ? ” Mi. Clenner asked, after the whole thing hail been laid before me. ' “ Yes, sir. When shall I start ? ” “ Now^-within hxlf an hour.” “ Yes , why not ? ” I could think of no sufficient reason except one. which I did not care to com municate to my superior—the longing wish to sec Kitty ones more betoro I started. “Just ss yon decide, Mr. Clenner, of course,” I said, rising. “ If I take tbe 4 o dock sxprms I shall he there by day light to-morrow morning." “Yes; and that ia altogether tbe best plan. Hs wH not remain long in sny one plnss Jastul it, and what i have ta do mast ha A* sw* hm'— vfcwa few u«ll mimui* a* *b ms Aa mbmsuS A M s»4 a«sa Ammt Mac* h*si ta (•'mk A* »«ai—^assa*a My kamt K»4 ba tasn A bkam, ha* SI aas ms tana b y %rakii* n* • wmffp s* I sam^ J *44 (ham * aa my (Wy a«aa ah4a I was b I tbs k aa* Mea Mssawaw mi A 'aa |wfe» awl It-mkdwff | hsV Aaaghbf WsaW*<4 A It I* taka ! IM Ihm mmss ff ha a 41; my <*•• m ! am r •saarh. It aas eatifvly Ira tlaaa, b • raw in.w am nuahma any bars 1 <-!*!• 4 to r-msln than qmk-tly lur sdot •« la.*, bt acu what s bttls waiting might bring fnrth. The mina afternoon Clara Msltcsoti oame in, sa I sat by tha ptaua wuulow, keeping s quiet watch oo all tbs sur roundings , “Mr. Merethth,” aha aaid, auftlv, “mother tbmka I have been ruda to you. She says it waa not your fault, personal- ly, that-yea were scut here—an such s mistake, and perhaps she is right. I am very sorry if I have hurt your feel-, iega.” «r Ths pretty, penitent pay in which she spoke quite won my heart, and a few questions on my part seemed to un lock the hidden recesses of her confl- donce. She talked at first shyly, but afterward with more assurance, of her self, her absent brother and her mother, giving me a thousand artless little fam ily details which I almost dreaded to hear. The twilight talk was one of the pleasantest of my by-no-means univer sally pleasant life, and I was considera bly annoyed when it was broken in up on by the arrival of the Drownville con stables who were to watch through the night. At, the sound'ot their footsteps on the piazza floor, Clara rose up and •at down again, confused and fright ened. • “ O, Mr. Meredith—those men—” “ Be easy, Miss Matteson,” I said ; “yoa shall in no way be annoyed by them. Your privacy shall not be broken in upon, believe mb” “I know I am silly,” faltered Clara, “bat ok I it seem* oo dreadful f * My orders to tbe 1 tbe time job re- ■7 boy, you’ve ice; bat don’t let sel- | stan .•-v. mill “ Re am tbrfe all mainnl there. Ned, mode a blander tar a it happen again.” “ What do yon mean, air?" . Fur reply he opened the door of the private inner apartment, his own special sanctum. A alight, boriah figure leaned •gainst the window smoking a cigarette, with black curls tossed back from a marble-white brow, and brilliant eyes. He mockingly inclined his head as I stared at him, with a motion not unfa miliar to me. "Clara Mattcront” “ Yes,” he said, in a soft, sarcastic voice ; “ Clara Matteson, or Perley Mat- tos/Hi, er whatever you choose to call mu ! Many thanks for your politeness, Detective Meredith, and, if you would like another lock of hair—” q I turned away, burning scarlet, while Mr. Clenner closed the door. “Never mind, my boy, it will be a lesson to you,” he said, laughing. " He makes a very: pretty girl, but I am not at ail susceptible. ’’ What a double dyed fool I had been 1 I had lost the reword—failed in the esti mation of my fellow-officers, and be haved like a brute to poor Kitty—and all for what ? I went to Kitty and told her the whole stoty, and, to my surprise, the dear, faithful little creature loved me just as well as ever. “ I won’t be jealous of Perley Matte- 1, Edward," she said, smiling, “what I might be of km deal be dmcouragad. FU l* •** •*» •»' mm imiagrapb A One may fntkw **ay Ms ei cliamag tbe toUma of oar day and otiuti and have naught to took back but a chatce suwctmeot A bat if he will stop in hm and career to lead an Euglidi pun hm attention will be called to Um euiemn thought that life m after ell but a h arini journey to the tomb. Death and disaster oo every hand may fail to tarn the minds of n thought less world to serious matters, but when the London funny man grapples with e particularly skittish and evasive joke, with its weeping-willow attachment, and hurls it at a giddy and reckless humani ty, a prolonged wail of anguish goes up from broken hearts and a somber pall houga in the gladsome sky like a pair of soldier pants with only one suspender.— Laramie Boomerang. Onr would have thought, and would have been justified in thinking, that the late President Garfield was surrounded as a patient by every appliance that could possibly be needed. The doctors had a continent to draw upon for any thing that would aid his recovery or promote his comfort. Unknown friends had forwarded articles, many of them useful, and any wish would have met with instant attention. This was the sit uation; but at the supreme moment it waa found that two simple, and seme- times necessary, articles were wanting and could not be had. When Boynton went into the President’s room upon the summons of Hwaim he saw at oooe that e the President won sinking font, nod sent lor mastoid and ammonia. There wm no* a drop A one or a grain A the other lo be had on til a meaeenger had gene to the Elbemn. Of •vailed. A jfela to m e ca bal sprang upao tbe no ceiling or loft in no found Una lo be n* ae Inc wutwa leaped But now he moat plan some means of escape, so he seized a board with which he managed to pash tbe door shat; then, aii|>ping a Imard in the roof, he climbed out and- down tbe outside of tbe but. Leaving hia enemii a in trapped in tbe room, he hastened to the nearest settlement and got help and killed the beasts which bail so eagerl3[ pursued him. There were about fifteen of the wolves. He proved more success ful than the hunters. Indianapolis Journal. _____ The Ajyprrntiee't leap. Sunset over London on a fine summer evening in the days ef “good-Queen Bess; ” tall, quaint old houses, with peaked roofs and countless gables, stand ing np mf every side, and the Thames lying in the midst like a broad sheet of gold, save where it was flecked by the . ——i . ” zj’ dark shallow of London bridge, then a regular street, with houses along each side of it. Just above the middle arch rose a house larger than the rest—that of Sir William Hewet, cloth-worker and Burg ess of the city of London. The sunset made a glory Ufion the windows of the old mansion and lighted up tbe boloony, on which Sir William's haby daughter waa crowing and clapping bet tiny hands with great glee at the sight of it. into tha work-room, where tha yonngaat appranttos. Edward On- was Wv sa ha Vi In Uw old Laaokm Bridge, sod Sir William Hewet, AU the bead of b» own tabl*, amid a circle of guests, whose names are in every history of England. At hia right hand eat hia daughter’s newly-made hnshsnd—a tall, fine-looking young man, whose clear, Bright eyes faced that brilliant assemblage aa boldly as they hod looked down on the foaming waters of the Thames years before. “ This is the man to whom I have given my girl, fair sin,” said the old knight “ Many a rich man and many a grandee have asked me for her ; but I always said. ' Let the best mau win.’" “ And so he has,” cried Hir Walter Raleigh, grasping Osborne’s hand; “ and the fairest lass in London may be proud to bear his name, for ITl warrant it will be famous yet” Raleigh spoke truly. A month the cx-aimrentice was Bir Ed borne; yet x tew years, an^Fhe bad be come Sheriff; and when the Spanish Armada came, foremost among the de fenders of England was Osborne, Lord Mayor of Louden, from whom the English Dukes of Leeds are still proud to tracejtieiv descent—Harper'» Young PeotAe. ___________ dtohim about i umans wbo nave Uses kindly to tbe plow, and who have even worn toothpicks, come in from tbe West now and then, bat net until lately wm there ant positive evidence that the sav age is becoming really eivihaad. White on th later, dward Oo- we to the • be wm tying at tbe point of Central Africa. JTbe nnivsnal Iky which hie death under as ttoooaa weald excite, would show bow different hie pomtioa le now from what it wm when he first become known m an African explorer. Doubts were' then east upon hie veracity. It wm said that hia reports from Livingstone ware bogus and sensational; that he had merely skirted the ooeat and returned to civilization; that he wm not much of aa explorer after all Then hia science wm attacked, his written style, Ku courage, and finally bis humanity. He come out of the trial well. Every word that he brought from Livingstone was estab lished by proof. He added to his other exploits tiie marvelous trip down the Congo, and at last had the pleMore of seeing his fame ss an African explorer resting upon a solid foundation, His re turn to the Dark Continent on s commer cial expedition wm a wild gooee chosei He mast bkve known that the plan of fixing trading-stations in Equatorial Af rica was doomed to fail ore. His eon* nection with that enterprise is the more remarkable aa this account The Hew York Timet advances a new theory fen account for it, supposing him to been affected by the African which has seinad aO explorers him, and hM seldom lei one go