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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JTOY 23, 1890. 3 FROM OLD ROCKY. People and Things at tho '* Conflu ence of tho Streams." The American People ■■ a Race of Poli tician*—The Story of the Widow Mixon and Her «oid Faded Umbrella.” Ro far as I can now recollect, and eo fRr back os t.he family records run, American poli tics have always been American politics. A n d under the gener al circumference of the surround- ins it looks plum natural nnd ripht to me that we have been born nnd bred ami bring up « race T of politicians. Ef It now comes to pass that we have more elections, and more various and sundry different sorts of polllics than anybody else In the round created world.it is be cause we live under the broadest flaif nnd in the greatest country on the brood bosom of the earth perhaps. They “Left the Umbrella.” "The weather is swelterin hot, Itufus, but if we can figger on the future from the general appearances of the present, there will soon be cne more weddin match and two old fools made happy down in the Panther creek settlement," «a}-H Aunt Nancy Newton to me and mother at the dinner table one da3'. "As for me, 1 don’t make out like 3*our Aunt Nancy knows ever3’thing for eer tain,” the dear, delightful old soul went on. ns she backed her coffee cupdown to the tank for the third time; "but bless gracious I aint stone blind if I do wear specs. You know, and I know, and ever3 , bod3' knows that old Miscs Mix on is now a poor, lone widder for the •econt time, whilst Elder Butler has al- rendy followed three wives to the grave- jml over at Pilgrim’s Rest. Now they nre both full of 3’ears, as the Scriptures would put it, but they are likewise also full of fool notions, as 3’our Aunt Nan cy would say. On Tuesday before the Fourth of .July the widder sh** went around to the Butler place to see if the elder didn’t want to bu3' a fine I’oung beef which she had to sell. From what I have since learnt the}' closed the beef trade quicker than you could say scat with }'our mouth open. But that want the maincst thing, Rufus. When the widder started back home she left her pld faded umberejla over there at the Butler place—wept off apd forgot It as clear as a whistle, you understand, ronssnuentiolly^ on the inornln of the Fourth when the elder started to the big barbecue nnd political rnlliflcntlon down nt Tucker’s mill he had to drive around by the widder’s to take her um brella home. Then naturally of course It just happened that the widder she Was also fixin off to the bnrltecue, anil so she got in the bugg}* with the elder and the}' rid on down to the mill to gether under that same old faded uni- berella. To be certalnl}' I don’t know everything for certain, Rufus, but hu man nature Is powerfully human nnd any hotly can put two and two together and coisnt up four. And In the main time the widder Mixon’s old faded um brella nlnt gone nowheres." In the general runof politics this year I have seen a right smart to put me In mind of Aunt Nancy’s story of the Wkl- der Mixon nnd her old faded umbcrolln. Way last spring tho free silver demo crats they went over across the creek to see the third party people, and when they returned back home the}' left their umlierella over there. Here late ly It would seem like the third party peo- ple have come over to fetch the um- berella home nnd return the visit, nnd from nil the general appearments nt the present writin you needn’t to faint and fall over in It if you see a big po litical weddin match this summer. Fhey are all under the same umberelln now and keepin step to free silver music at the rates of sixteea to one. **Do you want a pen nnd Ink, or • pencil nnd paper to write with?” "Nary one right now mister. Reckon my brother Bill nnd his folks have got gome writin flxments nnd we can do cm l>oth up together nnd send ’em off when we come through on our return hack home.” A week had went by when bright nnd early one mornin a covered wagon halted in front of the post office, nnd the ninn which hailed from the regions af tar, pitch nnd turpentine come bulg- In right in nnd tackled the postmaster ancst more. “Blamed if they alnt fixed upnow,mis ter, nnd fixed up occordin to law," says he, ns he shoved two postal cards through the window’ to the postmas ter. “Bill’s wife she writ ’em both, whilst Bill nnd me nnd my wife told her what to set down. Aint they fixed right, mister?” "They nre fixed right," says the post master. "Now how much will It cost us to send ’em on through to the old folks back there in the states?” "Not a continental red. The govern ment will take them through for noth- »n\” "Thenative h’ll you say! Well, durned If fever would of thought it. And mo- like the blasted idiot w hich I am—I have Wen dead square ngin the government for thirty-odd years. But blamed If 1 ain’t with her, right or w rong, henco- for ward s from now on. Say, mister, the next time they git up a w ar you jest let us know, and durned if me nnd my brother Bill don’t fight under the old flag till the evenin stars sing together.” j The two postal cards nre shuffled into , the mail pou«h nnd then tossed on the ! nooa train. The covered wagon, the dogs nnd the tar bucket hnvc moved on. The man with the smell of rosum in his clothes returns back home, whilst the wide nnd wicked world wags Its way nnd oil is well. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. The Smell of Roaatn TTaa There. Rome people mought maybe think that all the natural born fools nnd greeti goods on the earth live right down here in the Rocky Creek coun try. But I can tell you a whole lot Wttcr than that. Mind you. now, I don’t say but what the fool killer could pick up n few scattcrln jobs in this skirt of woods. But you must recol lect that the whole entire human fam ily don’t live in the same settlement. Oncst upon a time, sortie three or four years ago, I was laid up for gen eral repairs nt ft little rnilrond town In the pincy wood belt of East Texas. The people around town didn’t have anything in pnrtielar to do butgodown to the depot nnd see the cars, nnd come back by the post office nnd wait for the mail. One day a covered wagon rolled up in front of the post office load ed with n family of jieople. There was likew ise three dogs and one tnr bucket nnder the wagon. The man crawled out nnd walked In nnd said he would )qve to see the postmaster, wfileh it wftVt no tremendous heavy job for filfn lo find what be w-as lookin for "Me and my folks wc live down here ip the sawmill decstrict, nnd we nre now goln up yonder in the Turkey Creek settlement to see my brother Bill and his folks," says the man which had drlv pp In the eovcrcij wagon. "The old folks back in tho states they writ u« a letter nigh nbout three year ago. nnd J™'’ comii, Ii„ mn|I rnr ,,,- h *” mister?” . ’ “Do .you mean postal cards?” asked the postmaster. ”1 reckon I do,” says the man from the sawmill country. "What do you ax for a card?” "One cent." "Gollya, but uint that cheap, m j Pa t take two at a pop so’s me and Bill and honie” 111 ^ CWn *" dr ° P * ,,ne h*** •• HU Was Old Mart’s Treat." My friend nnd fellow citizen. Mart Mayo Is such ntremendiusbigliortill it would l>e mighty hard for people to be lieve the cold nnd solemn truth If ho told It. Andy Lucas gives it out free gratis as his public nnd private opinion that Mart Mnyo couldn’t tell the truth w ith a dead rest. But when Mart owns up to It that he has been nnd backed himself agin a great big sung and brings himself out ns the. under dog in the fight, I reckon you enu sprinkle on a little salt nnd take it for truth. For somethin better than a month past, old Mart has l>cen gone off some- wheres, nnd when he turned up in the settlement onest more last week all In? would tell the boys nr. to where he went was to the general extent that he hod been over i» the mountains of Tennes see brulsln nround for his health. But It has now leaked out in the settlement that he fetched back a wagon load of "the first runnins of the corn," which the ixjys tell me is particular smooth and fine. Anyhow', Mart is now tellin a bully story, which the most funniest part tot me is that It shows him up ns the under dog in the fight nnd brings him out way down nt the little end of the horn. “You understand, boys, I had come Into town one day from the mountains, where they don’t use nothin but pure spring water—I mean they don’t use nothin else vunnin off the corn—nnd consequentially I was feelln mighty fresh nnd promiscus. Then nil nt onest I thought I would mount the railroad ears nnd ride up to the next station and back, jest mainly to see how it felt. When I got on board of the ears I saw a man, which it seems to me like I must of seen him somewheres before that day. I looked nt him nnd he looked nt me, we did, till finally at last I couldn’t stand it no longer. I went over there nnd ■lapped him on the shoulder, social like •ml friendly, nnd says I to him, says I: "Mister, your face looks powerful fnmUious like to me. Where in the hell did I meet up with you?" "Raley I haven’t got the answer to that question along with me," says h-. “What jiarticlnr place in hell do you hail from?” “Well, I could see. right where I had backed my fool self up agin a scan dalous big snag,” the great and gifted liar went on, "and I reckon you boys can see wherein it was then old Mart’s treat.” News from the Settlement. Squire Doogin nnd John Andrew Mil ligan have both cut a double buck ac tion summerset in politics. They are l>oth out for the legislature, and to a man on the grand stand it looks like they are also out for the stuff. At the start John Andrew was a gold demo crat, and tho squire he was a free sil ver populitc. But the .democrats and the populites all got together on a six teen to one free silver platform, and blamed if the squire and John Andrew didn't jest natmally tear up the earth and split their under clothes to see which could slide onto tho free silver plank first. The Galloways and the Stlmson boys got together at a picnic over on Huckle berry ridge last Saturday and had u lively shootin match. They didn’t hit nothin but the open air nnd didn’t hurt anybody to speak of. Jule Nabors, the deputy constable, run out from under his bat nnd tore down thiec panels of a stakc-nnd-ridercd fence in the general neglect of his official duly. Old Miscs Galloway missed the foot log and waded both forks of the creek in. orderment to take a hand in the fight, whilst two of the Stinson women folks fainted and got run over in the general senttern- tion. But tho storm has now blowcd ''■ er, and all is lovely nt the confluence of tit, *t reams. RUFUS SANDERS. Ho/c-ott ’’harch Hupprm. The ladies of one \f the Manchester (N. If.) churches butt wit an example. Cutting away from nutoin, they have resolved ’ against clurch suppers ami •greed to lax themaeire* to raise money needed, and will no Vmger seek it rough the laborious methods of church entertainmenta. —Mrs. Jane Robertson, who has Just died at St. H.vncinthe, Que., at the age of 79 years, was a cousin of Longfellow and Nonh Webster. —Miss Gamble, M. B., Melbourne uni versity, has been retained by the Vic toria Order of Odd Fellow:; ns siiecialist in the diseases of women and children, nnd is the first medical woman in ^ ic- toria to hold a lodge appointment of the kind. —Carome, who was the chef to C/.nr Alexandria, of Russia, and was paid $(>,000 n year, says In his reminscences, written in J«92, that Murat, Junot, Fontanes, Emperor Alexander, (ieoige IV., and l)e Cussy “were the enters of my time.” —A corres|>ondent who recently visited Empress Eugenie contra dicts the reports ns to her ill health. The empress, who is now 70, was look ing exceedingly well and very handsome for a woman of her years. Her features still preserve their clear-out beauty. Her eyes nre bright, nnd her hnlr, which is quite white, add much to her air of distinction. —Col. North loved children, but was not wildly enthusiastic about kissing babies miscellaneously. Once, being implored by n handsome lady to kiss nn exceedingly unwholesome-looking infant, of which the mother stated her self to lie the living image. North sa'd: “Well, here goes fof the image,’’ nnd li% forthwith imprinted a sounding kiss on the fair mother’s check. —It is said that the young queen of Ifolinml has already given promise of remarkable ability ns a painter. Her principal models are her own guards, nnd almost every morning, dressed in a simple little frock of the green tint which so well suits her bright com plexion nnd fair hair, she seats herself nt one of the pnlnee windows, where she has nn uninterrupted view of the sen tries on guard. —The late Baron de Ilirsch once deep ly offended M. Lavlsse, the famous pro fessor of history, who lias consented to give the Imron’s son lessons in ids spe cialty. After dinner on the day of the first lesson or so the baron picked up a cigar from ids table. “Try this, pro fessor,” lie said; “you don’t have that kind nt home, ns they cost me 2.’> sous each.” The professor gave up hisduties n few days Inter. —A statue of President Kruger will soon be erected in Pretoria. It will be to feet high, and will represent the Boer statesman in the quaint garb, bill hat included, which he affects on Sun days nnd special occasions. The statue, which will be of bronze, will be mounted on n pedestal nnd column of granite, ami nt rneh corner of the pedestal there sill be a figure representing a Trans vaal burgher in nn attitude of defense. BRING IN MILLIONS A YEAR. THE GOOD OLD DAYS. Sam Jonos Rogretn Sorao of tho Results of Modern Invontion. UrltUh Ketv Fisheries Far More Vsluahlo Thau Generally Sui>|)CMe<l. A return has been made by the board of trade giving statistical tallies relat ing to the sen fisheries of the United Kingdom. The statistics relate mainly to fish landed on the coasts of England and Wales, hut suinmuri/.cd statements are also given of fish landed ou the Scotch nnd Irish coasts. For purposes of comparison the statistics are given of the sen fisheries of Norway. Holland, France and Canada. As regards Eng land and Wales the total value of the fish landed was £ f>,4.'is,<)<)0. The cor responding values for ItSD.'i and 1m‘>4 were £5,171,000 and £5,291,000 respec tively. For Scotland the total value was £1,8.10.000 nnd for Ireland 12<>9,- 500, In Scotland, during the year 1895 there has been a slight decrease in tin* quantity and an increase in tin* value of the fish landed as compared with 1894. In Ireland there was a decrease both in quantity and value. The ag gregate value for the United Kingdom during the year 1895 is C7..Vt7,000, as compared w ith a total value of £7,200.- 900 in 1894. The figures for ot her coun tries during 1895 nre not nt hand, but for 1894 the values were: Norway, £1,C72,000; Holland, not accurately known, but probably less than Nor way; France, €4,0,si.0(;o, and Canadian dominion, £4,917,000. More than half af the total weight of fish landed In England and Wales consisted of had docks and herrings. But their value was less than a third of the total value, viz., £1,004,000, out of €5,129,000, The more costly kinds of fish soles, tur bots nnd plaice—nre, It appears, decreas ing slightly In quantity and increas ing in value. As regards the value of ill fish, however, the average value per hundred weight has slightly Increased luring the ’ast three years. As re gards shellfish, th“ figures in 1894 and 1895 are very similar, but oysters show 1 continuous decline, the numbers landed being 32,425,000 in 1893, 27,747,- M)0 in 1894 and 25,270,000 in 1895. Grlms- l»y steadily maintains its |>osition as the leading port, with a total of 83,000 tons. N’ext in order follow London, with 52,- 100 tops; Hull, with 40,000 tons; Lowes toft, with 31,000. tons, and Yarmouth, with 28,000 tons. London Times. \ Curious Vegetable Fabrics. The department of agriculture, for- »*try division, at Washington, lias a tollectlon of rare trees and plants jnly second to that belonging to the famed Kew gardens, London. A re rent addition to this dendrolngicnl museum is n “lace hark tree” from Tu- mnien. The inner bark of this queer tree is composed of many layers of fine »nd intricately woven fibers which In terlock with each other in all directions. Caps, ruffles nnd even complete suits ot this curious vegetable lace have been made. It bears washing with common laundry soap nnd when blenched in the lun acquires n degree of whiteness sel- loiu excelled by artificial laces made .if cotton, linen and : ilk. The intricate web of this unique bark makes it com pare favorably to the last-mentioned productions for both beauty and dura bility. It Is lo be sincerely hoped that the agricultural department will see that the Jamaica lace tree is introduced Into tho United States.—-N. Y. Sun. Fulthrulni'ss of tho Horse ami Hog- Fate of a Hoy Who Was Cruel to 111* Cat —Tho Darky ami Ills Mule. As wc progress and time with its inventions come on, we ate leaving far behind us many things that were once cherished and held dear by the |>eople. We are now reading of the horseless age—the age when horses will be ex tinct and the donkey will cease to ex ist. Electricity, the* bicycle, the moto- e}ele and the aerial machines we are told are to take the field and oecujiy the ground. I am glad I have lived m the day of horses and buggies, mules and wagons, the old wooden plow Mock, the old oaken bucket, the old tallow candle. To those of us who have crossed the meridian line of life there are many sacred and jireeious memories clustered around the things that are jiassing away. The buffalo with his companions of Hie west have given way before the trend of civilization, and it seems now that the horse, the noblest animal God ever made to serve man. that ins days are also numbered. God made the horse and man invented the mule, for the mule is a hunu.11 in vention. and had it not been that God made negroes, man never wouN have invented the mule. Art and nature with their eountcrjiarts meet in the negro and the mule. We often quote from the Scriptures that “a horse is a vain thing for safety,” but the faithful, docile, honest horse serves ids day and generation with a fidelity that jiuts to blush the majority of the human race. The horse and the dog have been our companions nnd friends as good a*-- man ever had. The Arabian loved Ids horse nnd made a comjiaidon nfddiii, and nil true men are Arabians in that sense. A man who does not love good horses and jiure women is devoid of the holier instincts with which God crowns all the better part of tho human race. The self-sacrifice of the dog, tin* disinterest ed friendship and kindness which he has shown leads one sometimes to be lieve that there is a dog Heaven, for Mr. Wesley taught there was a horse Heaven. I never go down to my lot and look nt faithful old Henry and Dave, who have, been the faithful serv ants of my wife and children for more ♦ ban eight years, never hurting or harming one of the loved ones of my home, and I think of the hnopy hours they have spent riding behind these faithful horses, but what i wonder if somewhere there is not a horse Heaven with its Elysian fields and rippling rills nnd sunny jdains nnd shady groves, where they will live forever, free from the unkind, cruel deeds of man nnd smiled upon by the great Creator who made t hem ns well ns man. I have a dog. faithful and tried and ♦ rue, that I would like to know that he would have n |>lnee in 1h« rrent beyond where he could enjoy uninter rupted canine happiness, lieeanse he has been faithful in his time and pUieo. The faithful horse, when you mount his hack to ride him or pull the Enos over him to drive him. knows his duty and delights in doing it. Horses have been ten thousand times more kind to man than man has been to them. Men have killed a thousand horses where horses have killed on<* man. I c\pret the horses think man “is a vain thing for safety.*’ 1 have no respect for a man who will overdrive a horse or underfeed a horse, or in any way he unkind to him. I have never known a nan who was cruel to h's horse or dog that did not reap a harvest of suffering himself, for l know one lioy who built a firo in a cook stove and caught his eat and joit it into the oven rf the stove ai d baked it to a crisp. That hoy had one of hiseyes knocked out with a rock, one of his Kgs broken, was fearfully burned more than once, nnd ea Ties Hie marks of many accidents that have brought jiain and suffering to him. “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” If he sows erm Ity towards men or animals he will reap a harvest of pangs and pains to himself. I say again I nm glad I have lived in Hie day of the horse, nnd am sure my day will be done before he passes away. The greed and genius of men may supplant the horse, retire the mule and nullify the dog. but greed and genius many a time has robbed it self while it has been robbing others. 1 would not live in n conn try where there were not horses and mules and Jogs, and whatever may be the innova tion brought on by genius and inven tion. so long as I li»e and the sheriff will permit me 1 shall own a horse nnd a dog and a eat and a ••hirken and n hog and a cow. These may not only be the jiroperly of the rich, but they are to he found among the poor. The |>oor white man with his one horse that he plows and drives to church nnd rides to mill would be broken up without his faithful animal. The king in his chariot does not enjoy the horses of his stalls more than this poor man; but t rue earthly bliss is only known by the old darky who has his mule and owns his mule and loves his mule. He hitches his mule to one end of tluvplow and hitches himself to the other, and thereby provides bread for the chil dren of his home. The mule seems to understand all the time that lie was In vented esjicclnlly for the colored brother who works with him in the field or drives him on (he highway. A many a time the old colored brother with his w ife and children have sat down nnd cried like their bruits would break when the sheriff would take away their mule to meet a creditor's claim. How cruel to take away the old darky’o only mean* of Mipport and leave him with his family heartbroken besides. Fut whethc rthedaiky has a mule or not ho usually has as many dogs ns he has children, and that means many dogs, and the darky will divide his Inst crumbs with hie dogs, for they are de voted to’theiu, uud the fondness is mu tual. The negro with his rabb’t dog, with his coon dog, with his ’possum dog, is n negro complete. I never want to sec the day when the dog shall have jmssed away. The mil lionaire nifty sleep safely with burglar alarms attached to c cry-door mid win dow of bis house, but the.bnrkingof the faithful dog ns he guards the premises at night is a burglar alarm and a thing of life, and, besides, it is a pleasant thing to hear bis faithful bey welcome, us ns we draw near home and know that there is “nn eye that will mark our coming and feel brighter when wc cone.” The neighing horses, the low ing cattle, the barking dogs, the mew ing cuts and crow ing thickens furnish to the average man much of the pleas ures of life, and you would make a deep, broad hole in the ground were you to re move them out of his sight nnd hear ing. The horses to ride and drive nnd work, the dogs to stand vigilants nnd guard, the cows to furnish us milk nnd butter. Hu* eats to rid 11s of the j*es- tiferoiis rats, the chickens to lay nnd cackle and set and hatch. I nm not uneasy nbout my boy if I know bin faithful horse is his comjinnion while he is away. I nm not uneasy almut my little girl as she roams in the barn lot gathering eggs in her ajiron or play ing with the kittens ujion the back porch. Thank God the association nf my children with the faithful brutes about my home has never hurt them in character or debauched them in life. Then let the crowd come on with the bicycle, the motocycle, the electric car. the aerial machine, the oleomargarine, the incubator, the burglar alarm, and so 011. I have had a better time with the things of thr old days than they will ever have with their new inventions w hich siijijilnnted the old things. SAM P. JONES. SENTENCED HIS SON TO DEATH. .1 YonnffO't Marrletl ( onpic. Probably tho youngr-st married «on pie in Hie United States are now liv ing in Tennessee. Claiburn Lawson, aged 14 years, nnd Annie Knne, nged 13, were trnrried there nbout three weeks ago, 'Hiis young jinir live In a large cleft or hole in a bluff on the Cumber land river, about four miles from Hunts ville. A:i Uxpcnstro I.usury. Kgliert—They say that Chib on is go ing through his fortune awfully fast. l’o|\so;i—Yes; 1 notice Hint he keeps hU bicycle iu excellent repair.—Truth. Nervous People often wonder why their nerves are so weak;whythey get t ired so easily; why they start at every slight but sudden sound; why they do not sleep naturally; why they have frequent headaches, indigestion and Palpitation of tho Heart. The explanation is simple. It is found in that impure Hood which is contin ually feeding the nerves upon refuse instead of the element s of strength and vigor. In such condition opiste and nerve compounds simply deaden and do not cure. Hood’s Sarsaparilla feeds the nerves pure, rieh. red blood; gives natural sleeji, perfect digestion, self- control, vigorous health, and is the true remedy for all nervous troubles. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the One True Hood Purifier, ft; six for SS. Prepared only by 0.1. Hood & t'o.. Lowell, Mass. ., . cure Liver Ills; easy to I lOOQ S FllIS take, easy to operate. i!6c. Tntgle Scene DuMng » Trial for MarOsr In tho West. “One of Hie most tragic scenes I ever witnessed,” remarked a western judge, “occurred in a courtroom in a small town in one cf the new western slates. That is to soy, it was new then, but that has been 40 years ng6, nnd I was out there growing uji with the country nnd showing people how itiuch law a youngster of 21 or 22 hnsnt his fingers’ ends. The judge wns a man of GO or more, nnd in addition to a most vener able and dignified appearance and man lier, he was the saddest-faced man I ever saw. He had come to our town ten or a dozen years before from the enrt. and we knew little of him, except he was an able lawyer and jurist ami his wife, who wns the only other member of his family, nnd himself had some great sorrow which they had sought some eseajie from by going into a far country. “Ours w as n quiet town nnd the Judge nnd his wife seemed to live serenely enough, but they were evidently grow ing old and feeble ahead of their time. One night our town wns all tonf upover a rohlx-ry nnd murder nnd the enptur** of the killer and thief almost in the act. For n wonder he wasn’t lynehed then and there, but he wasn’t, and ns soon as daylight <time proceedings were in stituted against the prisoner, nnd 1 was appointed with another youngster to de fend him. “Really there wasn’t any defense, nnd I was fiank enough to tell h'm that he might be thankful if we eonld save him from lynching. lie was a strang-r in the town, evidently !cd there by some stories he Lad heard o f nnTlld miser we had among us, nnd wnsa man of j'erhnjv< 33 or 34, with a most unprepossessing appro ranee, greatly accentuated by a week Vgrow th of rough whiskers, years of (lissi|xition and hard living. In those days and in such eases the law’s delay was not much in force nnd by six o’clock of the second day the jirisoner was standing before the judge to receive sentenee. As he stoid there that day, a harder looking customer I think I never saw. “’Have you anything to ray why sentence of death should not be pro nounced ujion yon?* said the judge,after all the jin limiunries were over. “‘I have, your honor, if yon are to pronounce that sentence.’ rrpPed the prisoner, with an air of almost im- jiertinenee. ‘At least,’ he nddsd. half njiologetieally, ‘jiossibly under the cir cumstances you might not care to pro nounce it.’ “This wns entirely i.ut of the ordinary and 1 touched my client on the arm nnd wns about to remind him of the customs of the court when the judge requested me to leave the jirisoner to him. “‘Will you bo kind enough to ex plain?' lie saal, in a strangely excited ♦one, “ ‘Well, your honoi,’ rrsjvonded the prisoner, without n quaver of voice. I’m your only son—’ “But t he judge heard no more. It wns evident that he knew the iirisonc* was telling the truth, for with n groan lie threw iiji liis hands and fell forward across the desk in front of him. dead, nnd ,i-little stream of blond trickled from his lijis. The excitement was ter rific, and in the midst of it the jirisoner dashed through ti window and would have rscnjied, but n timely shot from a rifie in the hands of a man on the out side settled him forever. And. best of nil, his mother never knew. She lin gered n few mouths after her husband's death and the entire |io|iiilnt!on of the town.considered it to In* a snored obli gation to lie to her nlniut the whole af fair.’*—Washington Htur. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a gem ml Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burghir- I’roof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Snf< ty DejiosiL Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks and Bonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your l>u<iiu><s soliciteii n Monumental Works. (Inmite Monuments a specialty. Agent for IRON FENCES. No. 235, W. Trade St., Charlotte, N. C. T. L, ELLIOT. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. - ' ih ir riniiMONr air i-ixr. Condensed Sclunlnle of Pnsseogor Trn*n*« Northbound. 411 ne 14, IStlll Vos. N<».ll No. .1». N "- •' , ’ 1 v, »f* K»- Uni:».! **'**'*• ^un- Lv. Ar. Atlnutn, ('. T. Atlnntn, K. T. Nore row Buford. (4aln<>svtno. Luis Cornelia. « It. Airy. ... oc«h>h Westminster Seneca Central Gr««onvtUe SpartnnburK. GnffneyH. Blaokshurtr Kind’s Mt Gastonia. Charlotte . Danvtllu Ar. Richmond . Ar.WnshinKton “ Bnltm’ePRR It 00 m'll 5 1 ou p!l 15 ,lt»> * 20 pi s 01 t 48 > 2 SI » 31 p! 3 4 Is p 4 4 4.1 p 4 5 »> p| 5 fl IS pi A ... : n < on p : 7 ... j 1 8 20 pi S 12 00 h. 1 i' ; fio.» a (ISO n « II.’IH a 1 t) M n r. !i)42 11 » ! I 05 11 n 11 *7 ,». n il ;») n a II 58 n n 12 28 pl- iv 13 41 p :> I 20 p » 2 18 p n 1123 p a 4 11 p aj 4:10 p a 5 00 pi a 5 M (> 0 20 p p II 25 p 0 00 11 0 40 p 0 00 a 0 42 ai 0 40 p ... — 8 05 a 11 3.1 p . Philadelphia. 10 25 a 8 01 a New York ! 12 58 in « 30 n| .. Southbound. Lv. N. Y..P.R. R. " Philadelphia “ Baltimore “ Washington.. Lv- Richmond ... Lv. Danville “ Gharlotte “ Gastonia *• KimrsMt... M Hliu-ksburg . ** Gaffneys " Spartanburg. “ Graonville... “ Central “ Heneea “ Westminster “ Toecon “ Mt. Airy " Cornelia “ Lula * Gainesville.. “ Buford ” Noreross Ar. Atlanta, K. T. Lv. Atlanta, C. T. "A” a. m. “F r Ves. Fat. Ml' 'No.!! No. 37 33 ''"•U, Kx. Dally. Dully. 4 80 p 12 13 0 il 55 p, 8 50 11 II ») j. rt 22 n 10 48 p 11 13 11 2 00 a 12 35 5 50 a 0 05 p 0 35 a 10 55 p jll 30 p 10 40 a>12 00 12 34 a| 1 00 1* I> 11 »r 12 w 1 15 1 50 2 35 3 13 3 SI 4 55 p 8 55 p 8 50 a fl 20 5 20 Sum. 2 00 a 8 40 n 12 30 p 1 10 p 1 85 p 208 p 2 20 p 3 05 p 4 40 p 5 40 p 2 is a 3 08 p 8 22 p 658 p 7 40 p 7 45 p 812 p 888 p 0 07 p 0 48 p 10 30 p 0 30 p 6 25 s 635 a 6 57 a 7 30 a 7 48 S 827 a 080 a 880 a p. m. “M" noon. “N" night. Nos. 87 and 88—Washington and Bonthweat- •m VestUmln Limited. Through Pullman absuMirs ls-tw<*en New York and New Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgomery,ana Ulan isitween New York and Memphis, via Washington. Atlanta and Birmingham. Thi» train also earrlea Kb-hmond Augusta sleentng cars Is*tween Danville and charlotte. First class thoroughfare coach Isitween Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals an route. Noa. 35 nnd 86—United States Fast Mail. Pull man sleeping cars between Now York, Atlanta and New Orleans. Noa. 11 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars between Richmond and Danvtllo. Tho Air Line Bidlo train, Noa. 17 and 19, will, from June 1st to October 1st, Isui, tsj operated between Atlanta and Mt. Airy, Ga., dally ex cept Sunday. W. H. GKKKN, J. M. CULP, Gen’l 8upt„ Traffic M'g’r., Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C* W. A. TURK, 8. H HARDWICK, Gea’l Pass. Ag’t , Asa't Gen’l Pass. Ag't., Washington, D. Q.Atlanta. Ga. m3 1