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. i* fifll Rim THE STOPPING OF THE CLOCK. >!':• l!f 1! V. I,:i\ Tho c-lofk lias stopps An instant f.i li.ii; alnn st like ili \\ !iy note its si|,.!](.<■ n. < scr tlian its For it has ttokivl ali day. t-e* jgy k^T^V- i .. . v v*'sv'« / \ S - / V ? ■ / 4i irride OJias. T'!r. -, < f 1 i'‘ iituiifsvillo, ^JNs struclc by a . o of sheil which pc^ caused scvi. !.• 111 i .ui'.)]•. . licijays: ^At second Doll Rt..a r. piece et rbell lodged in ;ny •.•toulder, and later rheumatism ut lo, \diiri. in turn lected my Jwast to st-co ert- nt tb:t several doctors pronounced my c ue (tncurab'e. Dr. ivlitcs’ Nev/ Heart Core relieved my rains, shortness of reath and e uclcd •.r>c to v.oi!;; also to deep soundly, and prolonged my iiie.'’ Bitis Bo many a lit - beside my <ovi An 1 sucli conipauib.'isliip . I An I U>at in sudden sleep. And so ‘.lie blesslrjrs In awn dully i; Arc in tln ir wry coinniotincas foi W little bred v.lut r.iisworeth our I util it aniwora not. till li'tii f.; i'l - untiioiijilil of, linla'd wiih all our i lock lias stopiM'd —tlial’s all. oree II. Coo . r in Youth’s Companion. r*8' rJfVrsfV5* ; t‘?*S 5 l*>l*» V.Vjrr.A J % A L UMP sunset lie lenned moodily nynlnst till* dCCKllOUKP. How the miserly hour rau. ht up its golden coin of mimiios iind il I! ‘‘Time-time, time-time, lime-time!" tana' the wateh lu ll rtmustrou ly soon. “it’s Kot to he tlone!" iio muttered he j t ween Ids locked teeth a- he stepj;-d unsteadily out of the moonlight uleiitc (he eiteim* room p.i. .u. •, on- c more uupacketl Hit* I'atiil itimp, tuiiietl the j key live times uml witli a fix ing Ixunt descended the slot I ladder to Hu* cii- I gine room, tlie homb tieiHtig in tiio | loose breast of ills sdilrt as be went. ‘'Hullo, ‘i’mlor! i'ei.'ot your Jacket?" sang out tin* cidef as be stot.ped over i Hu* rails and tried the In at of his bear ings. “Aye!” replied the third engineer as he pa sed. In liu* lierce luunel of light from t ne of the open funi'ie ■ • Hie nude stokt rs and a trimmer piling forward •.he e<•;:! to Iheni from ! hind seemetl like gnomes of some eastern leg. n 1. Poor da \ d-d A ehatier like tho sound of a g mac! m llie l :.ii in ms on fi A T {j | hreusi seemed to elaint their r ujuiei i. 'J 'ij | ]p L > si i | ipi <1 tlie black abortion below 3 an cud of one of the boilers, caught up | -h, What Happened to as Ih.giu.-er ^ his {;u . 1;ot am i nul , do,-!;, r,. ier the on liio L.vo ox <4 Crinio* « 1 , . ^ t ,• ,. /*. 5 shadow of om* oi the after lifeboats no i* S THE GREEDY CATFISH. I.Ik Iln (tin; < At line! t y us Wonderfnl e i Hie lin'd on I,lie. The • altish heiou'is to an aimlent type m l yet fully made Into a lish. and hen.-.* l!i-ise wlmse ptired tins art* ali I r.pfr!;.' fmi iad lo tile Ina l, as his le le I. I t Id in wel! merited s: s *i 1! . i no : - airs and im bright < ; .is. Jii, idet .-re s mil end Ids hea>l an i mav.Ui are l.irg *. Around tiis mo.illi are eight lea/ “smellers,” Ih shy fe; !• rs, that Ik* pi lies out as In* e.av is hleug lilt* IxitUK.i in sear< !i tif !’ii;.: ling that he may (*at. As lie e.ay < at ai ytliiug, lie always finds it. liis n;.v-titc l as impartial as t'oat of a t- .it. Anything, from a dead lam- prt y or a lium h of suutish eggs t i a j.a ec of t-unato can, is grateful to him. i.i eneli of tho fins, which represent. i::s linn , is a long, sharp bone, witli a slimy surface and a serrated edge. Th are fastened by a bail and sock et joint, and whenever the fish is r’ lrmed Hie '.me is whirled over and MIRRORS OF ANTIQUITY. IniCeiitonH (iliiHHCM lii Wlii<-li CSelleA of 'I hraoe Vle».rd 'I lieie.K.-l» es. Pr« lt> I.It eI> i-'oollng. 1 was out walking in Kingston, Ja maica, one afternoon, and while on a j ! narrow side street I came upon two | Therein room for long dissertations black women, cadi apparently In a | upon the part pb ved by the mirror in towering rage. Each woman’s tongue ancient and modern times. He must was going at a phenomena! rate, but ' have be n a very great man who first not a word of their s. reeehing Jargon invinted tho mirror, and it is most was intelligible to i *. uiijus!; that his name ban not descended Finally one of the women fa oop 'd to post - rity. For an image *j! herself up a doubh* handful of the ever pres- j woman was long foreinl to be content cut Kingston dust ami litaig it over wiih ge./ing into some limpid stream of the oiler woman with a wild shriek of j spring, but as smuter <.r later she nmst j laughter. Tlie dust covered woman , always have hor wish it « .tine to pass I ft*taliated by taking a tin pan site had j that mirror , made tin ir appearance, in In her hand and scooping up a couple j r.'-b* iV-rm at liv t, soon in more elegant ! of quarts of tie* dirty water in tho gut- i lu very earlv times. •ivilixa- ter by the roadside drenched her as- Tlie Iff ml lie Iloualit. Little Edwin—Mamma, what Is liq uid air? Mamma 1 don't know. Ask your papa. He’s always going out between tlie nets “to get a little air.”—Chicago Times-lleruld. Hope is a flatP i^r, but Hie most up tight of all parasltfe. for she frequents the poor man’s hut well ns the pal- Bec of bis superi ::' . — !Sht'iistoiie. I/^EF.P y<>::r L!.>. ■] ]>tirc au i oui* 1f i ollltle: | atld (1!;;e>t i VC Oi''’S .! • ilia healthy e mlitioii by taking' Hood s .‘■'ta apaiilia ami you will bo WELL. i — t:< ii advanced, genuine mirror; were | saiiaut with it, wldlo ali that part of pi'vdueed. A goo-1 many an-found, evi- | Kingston resounded with the mad -e wily dating back to th" third and laughter. The two women then closed f nr;h eeni iries, yet real objects of art. ^ lit on eaclt other am) proceeded tp j In ich? M. Tin H.ibert, latperintendent engage in a prolonged wrestle, which j of tlie Archu-ological museum of resulted in both of them falling to the kit-ims, collected a number from Ha il - i ground, where they rolled over and i Homan toiites. llit-se little mtiiors oxer in a cloud of dust ntid finally between Cwi*.i*.lvn. s. c.. i-ntl i'l.-cku’-urg, s. t, It.nl liedi made by tm- simple pn c s of stood upon their feet, facing each olli- 1 S. C. & G. IE. R. R. CO. Schedule No. .% 1 n Effect ssioi A. M.. Sunday, October, ist 1899 •lowing a largo glass bubble and cut- i in it state of dirt and disorder be- t i-knc; ’.ieks out stilily i; another such 1. a*. I when i ilieic- is no ti a ; £3i *»© ^ (KF &S m ® flji? i&'&j fip* ^ is sold by all druvrisis <mi guar iniee first liottlo litMU-iits or nicre y back. Book on heart and n rve;s bent fre -. Ir. Miles Medical Ccnpany, Elkhart, Jnd. W. T. TTiOMPSON, The cattleboat Goshawk’s midday sights lia<l shoxvn her to he in latitude Id degrees 111 minutes south by lid de gree:; 12 minutes west longitude, which meant l!;at she was coming up to that d inger- us collecti. 11 of reefs and rocks known as the Ahrolhos shoals. The chart which covered them was from a Ereucli survey in ISdl, and as any amount of unrecorded changes might have been wrought sin -e then l y that minute mason of the deep, tin* coral insect. Captain Grimshaw was very much on the qui xive so long as his 1 ship was in the neighborhood. For, being a wi. e master mariner, he de- pi ::d; d hut little on eitlier the chart or Uacksmith and woou ohop. j tie.* Abrc.iims k.mt it- if. Lii kinds of xv-.-k sin 1 : noti<-<*. Hut If th" ■. ttaln did not fancy this bpeelulty. U -i 1 lie! I-'S_". Iiirkoiy i particular pat'di el tlie sea for reasons K, Pophir an.! I’ii.-' I .a m I. r .1 :e! a ! i I. i n-ls relating to navigation, the third Cllgi- Innrkt-lable m 1.. 1 .1 . 1 akeu m onvnient for | ■ • ■ .■ 1 • > Vi.. Con • 1 ns I, avm 1 ... I or Hccr did tor purpose* ol ins o'vu. in reiiiesentative always m s-.ojj. I'.ii f«-et | j-f, be hop—! to earn the ship’s iu- tst of iliiiiiin.v i 1 I;i, 1 . m • •. h * t * a pee 1 a tiey, ids watch in stood, sick w availing the emi with id; hand. Two minutes gone! Three! Then a liMle figure iu white <;r. * | forward out of tin* darkness of tho p )Opdeek. it was the captain's daugh ter. “Is that you. Mr. Tudor?" she ai l. "Yes," lie replied hoarsely. J line minutes and a half gone. "I want to tell you how : :ry 1 am for being harsh wil I- i didn’t mean it.” "Alice, Alice! (j; mighty’s sake! ( ■ a it little? Quick, qu:- “\x hat s all tine Tudor? Put your \x et. What a qm-sfi face ho saw sons I the silver moouligiit uran. 1 mom-v ore.1 pounds J. E. WEBSTER, 1 .titornov-2Vt- S i hawk Ice In Court ifouso. »■.! 'i-!oflict* Gaffney City, S. C. I Practices in all the courts. Co! loc os a specialty i j Hu. i. il lust uigui. for Cod Al- b>ve me even At- Oil j ling out of it with seit-.-ors a curved { youd diesiription. , frequent. Melted lead xvas then poured I earing tliat they would makeasec- into the coneiivity of these slight sliells, ! oml onslai.glit on each other and which remind us of the gl isse.; of our wi-diing t-t play the part of peace- watches, and eaeii mirror was mounted maker. I stepped forward an! asked: in a little metal frame. | “What is the trouble?” What is curious is the general extent ! Coui tesying low, one of the women < f this manufacture. Reeer.tly three said in a soft, drawling voice: very similar mirrors, eoniitig from such j "No trotiide at all, mastuh; we’s ji*ss \ i-l"ly separated regions as Roman 1 foolin."—Ilariier's Ita/ar. Thrace and Byzantine Egypt, and all I • f the same composition, have been The Only rinee t» Pul Them, i e, 'knitted to M. Bert helot for examiua- . “I say," said a friend tlie other d.iy, Ron. | “you are an old hand at it. 1 have only In » the rnins of a rustic temple | just got married and don’t understand d heated by th- Thracians of the ec- j mue!i about (lie business. 1 should . edaml third centuries of our era to ! like to know whether a married man Fie naiads of th" adjacent stream were ' has any rights left when he takes unto himself a wife?” g i:. 11i ii m.y >u;' b'. r.- u!” But In : r i; g i wex'ter limn wiii'-ii revealed it. di. covered near a little Bulgarian vil- I ’ .'(*. Ann tig other objects 1-roaght to li'.'i.t were Id little round glass mirrors, each mount.-d on a stand and encircled by a na tal frame. It is one of these lit* ti - mirrors, bearing on the back of the "Rights? Yes, lots. He lias a right to pay all tlie bids”— “Stop! 1 mean this. Let me give you an Instance. Every box, every chest of drawers and portmanteau 1: -t 1 iR. J. F. GARRETT, : /a Dentist, faffney, S-. C. Iffice over J. E. Tolies- e • w ..tore In office from 1st to 2ih.ii of ouch Itonth; I * v . {im ik-w I’cci i\tii;; New Iroods. and will hit^ in imy line ;ts ehe;i|) ;;s Ion can liny fi , !iiii any Inm-- . I carry a <nqieral line of ds, Nolions, Shot* [Iats, (ii’iiecries ? 1,iyT 1 Ilai'd- fftre, Cilas-wjire, Crockery and Umost anytliin*!; in a general line of ineivliandisc, Kemein* )er, I carry llu* lu >t \( niy [ii’ices on all jjoods before Inlying. Kespccl fully, 1. M. I Mb KL Kit. earn me >mp s i a couple of Inci- iself smm-where in nil \. It was an excellent loeal- i piau aide si- ry about the Gos- running on some un.-barted il and shilling' as she bucked Into deep water, fi’o wlien lie xx -s relieved of ids half watch at (’ o’clock l).*.' tia* ! eiiU'f <>nghi;-i‘r lie x*’ -at st/awht to Hie ! engine room tne'-s lak-ie fin* bis tea, : f h! blue jj I | x.lie!" it lur.i,, -ai n mil on H e f-I'wanl , , . t of the n fine t ad. I hl Q lh i Having partaken lav illy and spar- ' Ingly «.d' the l.jd tea and potato b ndi J i iibi-lled. be tiU'iii il inl<- ids own loom, I ’.-ei.ed the door and arrang- d a pair of | lioe::c,'.s to long so that one of tlie I leg-.; tniakt cover Hie keyhole. Then he knelt, though not e-netiy iu prayer, he- ! side liis a chest and prococde I to ttn- J pm i; it, till at length in* reached a | na-dl wooden box v. ilh a sliding top. I At first sigiit it did not appear why his hand should tremble ;-. little as ho pull- l < d H-e lid ii id-.* snd drew from its wi il ■ t il V' 11 any- j wadd-d eradit.- a very commonplace lump cf coal. I It was « xaetly like any other pi<;ee of | eo:*.!. about tin* size of a large list say I the mate's-and it had all the jetty ry Goods, Notions. S!km*.-, I si-arkle and shine of the newly broken ai tiel**. ’I ht* only difi’ereuce l-etxx'eeu it and tie* other lumps in tlie bunkers was that flO.OOO wortli and a fexv men’s lixes lay in its nascent posslliili- ti-.-s. t>n closer insix-etion, it re- vea! 'd one liltle pi cuiiarity, a little s-ei:*i“ projection such as any lady or gentleman who docs not use a idem xx inder may - r-e In ids wateli any niglit of tlie week. Tom Tudor's own xvnteii- key, wltieli he now tried upon it t<> see if everything was in proper working order, fitted it e.sactly as a matti-r of fact. “Another l.oer. and il will Ik- pretty nearly dark. That \\ ill be my time.” he thou-d.t t - liin-seif with anything but a tielidi:. N. WOOD, BANKER, ^oes a general Bunk lag and Exc liangc >U8ine*8. Well secured with Burglar- ’roof safo and Automatic Titno Lock. Jafety Deposit Boxes at moderatp tent. Buys and soils Ktccks andBorids Juys County and rieliool tbcin Your business solicit,cd luclde. As M t ho was consii t.Duneini. t*.Saiiiler-. W'.S. Hall..li'. DUSCAN, SANDERS & HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office two doors aliovc l.cdg- i Olllee. lie Pesi! ISteaiii Launilry S;. © v jW.l <3 J» operKMng - -lirstl-i-b.ih i xv-i wunt work - (KtckaKc. Wi nil t inn a ml lurmrig out Li-mciiil.i r ie. vs < n you We wit • iiM >ryour o httve iu oporatlou A First-Class Gris! Mill, t We i - M" 'll. y ml u-.1. tfi. i>. . • r , ftielr eoru ulon.i w lien iU >f XVlu I'liHI i|i iicis ic ifi tie ill I lie lidll ex eiy >1 We Ktiarunt- pi'-'iiq*l vice ut all Huh - i< ".V eiaid;,' removs'd from iiie villuin teres ntque rotundiis «>f si siuiguinnry fiction, (if a H.'Uth he xxas rons"ious at tin* mo ment of a curious sickness, a tickling in liis stomach wlii'-li not even the re cent potato stew could account for. No, il was Hie tl.ou-fi.t of the coming ap- p.dlh’g moment of fiume and death - and tlie (a nl a in’s daughter. *‘ilttr.se the < aptaln’a daughtt r! When iie had cefi.red into tills nefarious cotl- t:::ct xv ith • ertiiin unnamjshle people at ii' iiie. he ba-l not counted on this dis- H rl.ing ( iemotit. Tiiat lie, hard heart ed and hard headed scoundrel as he was, should feel this immense tendcr- n for a pretty ailing girl, away witli her fat!:"r for a voyage on account of bd' hedth, was an aberration beyond ail calculation. Was it love? It wor ried and pricked him. and it awakened old nntvelcoine chords in the atrophied sense of fitness which had been his con* eicm e. Yes. it was love, and— hie. s Alien, the captain’s daughter! "if she hadn't been so hard on me last night. I could never have done It,” ran his thought/;, waking a fierce ten derness in IPs t-alloxv, handsome face. "A touch of tier hand, and the Gos hawk would have stemmed the Thames river again. Suppose tlie ship sank in a couple of minutes, before they had time to lower the boats! There are shar’s about. I don’t mind viiding an <>l<1 fireman or a trimmer to hotter furnaces. But tin* Hop of the brutes round her sweet body! it's hor rible. By boa veils, I can't do if, after all!” lie bent Ids forehead against the d lid of hla tiunk. “B it I'm talk ing l;etlu 1 iwt. The cur-ed thing is cal- | ciliated to give the ship half an hour, j There’ll In* lots of time for everybody ! to get clear except tin* poor fellows ! xx l.<- got bloxvn to atoms from tlie j *i' h Ir. Then tlie weather's quiet, ; ami we’re right in the track of ships - ; certain to be picked up within -18 | Lours.” He dandled tlie black mass on ids tiugel'H. ‘T i vo I unis of the key, and th-*n live I minutes before the explosion, exeiy I turn a minute! If I push tin* Jub j loi'-n..-ti, i'll m ver tackfi-another. God j of heaven, I wish xve were all safe in Hi* boats!” lie replaced the grim l-audful of •dl-* again i- plaet d it in 1'oiu* minutes and a. i:::'.f! With a bound he xvas in the pas:-::i":e again, slipped noiselessly past the chief, who did not iie him. his I a !; being turned, can..lit up the necur • I tiling under his ja--! i and like a l!a. h toi'e up tlie -li !; : nin. Vx’iiii ali his fin -ili k- threw the Lump of Coal far ia'.i i! • i’u. "g s.'.i and sank on tin- d t.be pm'.-pira lion running fiom i . y p i e. 'i’iieU, with a terra.' raHhcg Hiun- d( r, an imm, n-e fi • ■ > r cf i re at*..-" out of tlie deep, a mint, ruddea b’-Ilow : :;atein*d at I lie : !,!p, i • I her '..ft ( ** " O'k i:d l ■: i * ■, ., ■, . \ nooulit bi.-t" "S ineu ail x.as still save fur i!. !.< a.lla. .- ing <-f the se.i as it slowiy : illcJ age itt. 'i'he wliole sliiii’s e -nq-any came p er- it g oil deck iu a d... i : • -i • of alai :n. T'ue captain sprang <>.i Hu* bridge lie- side tlie mate and shouted some orders unheeded. But nobody except Ike gal iu white u-oieed Hue brokmi man lyirg prone in tin* shadow of liu* deekiiou •. idkt* a sudd- ii hideous rm.- i.it am tlie explanation eaam to her. His wild eyes, Lis sudden question, the watch in bis hand, his m id, h a Hong race be'ow—ail was d ar t.ow. rmioticed iu t!. - general panic, she crossed the dock l > him. IL* \t a lying ■ , , a u face down on the e-.M iron pint s of ! it jy the deck. She touched lii::-. < n tlie should -r, and lie looked up witit a white face. "1 know it ail, Toni,” s' ■ saM bro- trame a plate with the Greek inserip- and in fact every available receptacle tion. “I am beauty, ” that M. Bertlieb.t of every deseription is stufied full of CHINESE COUi vT HIGTORIANS { i * T. t i5 * ** r i Im’ i r i hiutoiM-iiis iu < lir. proiiouneed to be a, votive offering to the divinities of the rustic temple. It exhibit ; no particle of amalgam or tin. no iiictal but pure lead. Jn 1 b'.VV. in the researches institnt- my wife’s property, and when l want to pur away a few cuffs and collars”— "Hold hard. 1 know what you mean. Listen, young man. If your bedroom were 200 yards long, lined from the dvIj: by C i .1 l.-v the Guimet nuiscnm among the ; door to tlie ceiling with shelves, and- j ruins •-! the Egyptian city of Arsinoc, j you wanted a place to stow away a i four burial places were discovered be- couple of shirts, you couldn’t find a ! nging i j dilf- rent i>eriods—Roman, \ nook thikt wasn’t full of hairpins, scent j v/o-uim and ( opt. lien again, among ' IkiUk-s. odd gloves, pieces of ribbon, | iu ny mirror.; lined with lead, M. j odd feathers and nrtilicir.l tiowers, lit- i rtiielot examined txvo dintinct types. | tie’ liits of tape and buttons galore. On • exhibit-d a plaster fi'ani-; of p--n- i with pins and needles thrown in, so t -'(ijiul f'.Tin, with a sort of triangular i Just accept life inevitable. Wrap your P dm.-nt, Is•neath which is imbedded ' persoual property in an oM newspaper i < ii; (oiivex 1--ad lin- d mirror. All a.rouiid parcel and idde it tinder the bed.” KAS i m;n TIMK STATION'S. CAMDEN DEKALB . . \vi-;si , . . Kf.lb-MAW. . II li.YTil '-l’fi:i \(iS I’LKAs \ N T 1111.1, I.A v ASTKIi .. i:ivr,i.’MiDE s!’i;!.N(:!ii;u,. C A TAWfiA .If \t TiON . : LESUI- HOCK III U, N ii’iV Po!: 1* TIUXAII YOtHv Vil.l.t; .... • fi . ui( Koi:x (.i:ovi;.. s m v i >■ n a .. . IU,A( iisn. ISO. .. »a-i. :ri. Tin ( iiiM». I’asscugei- Daily. liM-cpt Sun-lay. A. M. !:» Ill I! :;7 Ill 25 H 10 . . i" -i.i I- X| Between lilacksbur^S.C., ana H-rion.H.C. oast;-:un ti.x;;.. ! au long as the m (Ik* rule for more tiiau the first court historian appointed ly the imiie- rial hefiKO cf llan, which re ilOtJ B. ('. uniil 2n A. I). '1 he duty of these hist u write i-iulu a- cun. t; of all or i; ifitgelar fragments of glass are in- (•erfed into the plaster aa if f-.r orna- laeiitat-ion. Whether this coarse mirror was intended for the toilet table or for . ./in-* other purpose does not appear. The second type was found in a By zantine tomb a mirror in the hands of e very young girl. It is quite elegant and somewhat similar to the one taken trout the Thracian temple—a convex ; "lass mirror, lined wiih lead and set lie grinned Ironically, but passed on a sadder and wiser man.—Loudon Tid- IJits. stations. !»LA( ‘KSlHJIici HAULS . I'A I'TKli’SON SPRINGS SIIKLUY I.AT I I.MOiJK ..MOOUf.Stoi.’O. II BN Pi li'l’TA I'OUKST CITY. . . KI TH i I'ldUD i ON '1ILLVYOOD (.(>1 uA V A l.I.KY. . TH. !;xi \l. CiTY g lbk tii . MAUlON .. . Gaiiiicv D:vis!)ii. Suiiibi y. I*. M. '*. M. Hi. IU. Frnltlciui. "Maria, at last it lias come!” The hitherto careworn face of (lie middle aged husband laid taken on a new brilliancy, and Ids whole attitude was expressive of some sudden joy. "Yes,” said he triumphantly, "after i ,.;,i „ , ... , i .1 . , . , i- a lifetime passed in ceaseless endeavor i with a soni'What elaborate metal frame. 1 1 n* e tell... .(,. <i or ot- loat occur duri:: fiee. . \ t I; u ia r pieted \ i'l' kid p.p in an ir a 'J'!/, '.‘it !"‘Uiuii:x u'liil t'.e first member (I' .ii i v*a■ o *.*1"Is t'a- * 1:rt»'.- : *. given t:en!y. “May Hod la lp us bo' h." “Hod hell) !:s! ^•>u may help i -■, Alice—help mo froi i i:-. !!! V-.-ur, love could save me yet pciliaps.” “1 loved you all along. But affi-r this”— Sin.* soldi -1. I’resen tty site spike .train. ‘Now, get up an ! hl'i'lW. This histories ia Hue vault to the court ! i>t riaii, x.’") is tb- !i living, and from Hue r:*:i <;i' dr*em::etus he is expe to pr pare a truthful history of the ty which has Jut • iplre 1 The n:i . t.t dvnastv has been reigning 1C-!0 ami c- It is more briliiant than tho other and relic* is very aecnrat ly. In fact, it is-evident that the mauu- I. - are of glass mirrors liu< .1 with lead .. , ^ , . ,jj j cm ended throughout tho Roini.n em pire, from Gaul and Thrace into Egypt. ! Thes" tnirrorn are brilliant and reflect el- ■ rly, but they are c.ffeeted by damp- i ii c Their fabrication continued tlu'ongb tho middle ages, according to I Vincent de Beauvais, until the fifteenth ! century, when the discovery of tho properties of Hn amalgam made it pos- si" * to apply the cold metal to plane i s'K faces and to give the glass snfiieient ., >i the ■r no ( - ;:t 1 - -n m ■l ! i ; must ncxer la- father. -peeled ( \- n bv mv i. •-.i: wiih me. .'■till lox'e you t-uotic,!) for tiiat.” Ifeki- ;- ed Iiie sicirt of her dress a: ! p . ed preni::.. hUion of the word rou a man i i iy l-.ardly go amiss to eliuo.-e 1:1; ov... j-.lvle. Doxvn south thev say ibT" iied'since tint I shdity and tiiiekness to permit of itt 1 b-aa'i'i't polishing, at tlie same time tiiat i it could he cut regularly by means of j the diamond. The old method of covcr- | ing glass with lead still lingers in Italy, ite. and - ;!| H they seil iu Florence today littl<j ‘t. Louis I’ost-I)i*patch. I!onto ok '’i-ouotmcrd. • me ntimeioils cxeiiscs for Hie , I row!. In iho north, among the ii.-: i edted classes, xve hear oot. •re Clso \V( amoi'g th.- liyphi i '] l.e Irish, even l-i ‘ ' 1 Webster ,•(*1* down, i specially 1 America ns. ru. . oik, say rut. The s the pronnneia- i a :t. have :un 'ifi-d root bcc.ause of aeli le.aiiij The word rut, her hand, like a benediction on head. When Captain Criinslj.aw report-* 1 the phetioim ual seismic dislurbanee he laid encountered in ihe nci: Idiorhood of the Ahrolhos reef, it eroaled a con- sidcralde sensatioti ia the scientific world. An-1 from the records of t!--* registry in a certain church xvitldu hearing of Bow Bells, there is Hie best of reason for supposing that Alice Grimshaw’s love persi- led and was al- lowed the best oitpoi'tunities for sav ing Hie soul of Hie third engineer.— London Star. An Injnrton* H**m v faetIon. It is well known tiiat mi '-'i-marle : iu* China do a great d .'ll in the way of al leviating suffering among those who cannot obtain the service.; of a doctor. Quite recently a Chinaman lost hi; sight, and some sympathetic neighbors eaim* and enlisted tlie service.; cf the local missionary in Ids behalf. The missionary found bis patient suffering from cataract and succeeded in remov ing it and restoring sight to the China man. Tho obliging neighbors then, however, represented to the missionary that he lupl robbed the man of tla- means of earning Ids living Hie was a Judge (.rover, icpued tlie young “blind” beggar) and tiiat in future I-* drax.li : hims.-.i up xxitli great j mirrors closely resembling those of an tiquity, with tlie dilfcreiice that they ! arc fiat, thicker and more brilliant. The mirror is th * object that offer* ! th.* greatest ri sistance to the centuries, ! from its birth at the dawn of civiliza- i ti n. On the mirror of Sofia maybe | i <1 for perhaps tlie hundred thou* *..;, wiili an admission of | sandth time, “1 am beauty.” Perhaps, al ter all, the first mirror was invented by Eve I —Paris Annulc-s Politique • . : niug a. de p tnu k in a roadway, cut by th-* rim of a wheel, i.i simply a contraction of roific and rout. The (Vuiury dictionary says r-iot or rowt, preference for root. We also say rootine for roiitiu;: why not, therefore, root lor route? Bowline would sound funny.- New Ycrk Pres.;. lii* I.!; k o Jud u* Martin Gr iver of Troy, N. Y., xvn ; :;t one time approneiied by a young eili;:( n xvh > xvis!. ! to l-c* nominated to old e i'ewu i the suite nr'cmbiy. TTie judge bad eerlaiu doul ts about liim, wliieh he expressed somewhat freely, and yet Ik* was willing to afford him a trial. lie therefore addressed tho as- pirant in tills way: "Young man, if you will give me y ur xvord that you won't steal wh- n you get to Albany, I'll see what kin he (b -u* about : t li.iiu Veil there." would he expected to tala* him into Id; service and keep him. Well.doing is difficult in Chinn. Petit Marsellaise. On tho JOih of December, lb'.»7, Rev. S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. K. cliurch, South, Pt. 1 !i"»e t:t, \V. \'h , contracted a severe cold which was j - ttended from the beginning by I 1 *• <’uven-l xx -th turf A fire I* 1 flit Y ilentecnghing ii cay ■ Afi-r''” 1,1 •rnealh, and the tar ilowly rj.-ortiag to u nuuibf r < tail- (1 - i roimge IJ in to <lo > i- eiiuuf.'i‘d I lie -.ill' -.I 1 lie Ii.'hi Mr I'MIllp. Hill , lis I os a:ul xveiil up t > lh-* windy <h Hi t I.I- Vi l-lt llllll | 'J'l] d< in iH Tpccifien,’usually kept in tlie liotise, j to no purpose, I purchased a bottle j of Cliainberlain’u Cougli K'-tm ly, I which acted like a cliarin. 1 mest fir:; c-.-lve it. into ii e hai11 Is A t'liiiia-Ne x i! .tom. ('ll tlie lice (;f (Tiiua. he g .e . fii l"i’i:i Mate to cheerfully recoinm nd it to the p ib* | u.,. “T,-i-iph* of iiraven.” hi Bei.ing, lie." For sale by ChtrjKct Company. Dr-c A Yot::>K Cuptaln. i Ca ;ii a in E. Ross Smith of the One | Hundred nied Fifty-ninth Indiana | volunteers, who, it is said, had the | dl. tinctiou cf being the young, st cap tain in the United States service dur ing the Spaulsh-Aim-rican war, has again been houorc'i xvitli a cap taincy In the United States serv- i: ". He was only 1!) years old when lie tank his company to the field. lie is the only son cf Captain S. M. Smith, a veteran cf the eixil war, and his home is iu Washington, I ml. A firen! Traveler, The Rev. II. K. Ilaweis Is said to bo Hie greatest clerical traveler of the e . tury. Between lS'-o. when la* was ay'minted Lowell lecturer at Boston ami university preacher at Cornell and Harvard, and 1 S{).’>, he covered no few er than 100,000 miles outside Europe; while notes of his ten'el' in Italy, Eianco. Germanic, Morocco and other e:.i;ntries- woul-l alone fill several Ijeuks and are not even ten* bed up >n in Ids two I'.rinslug voluims, “My Hun dred Thousand Miles.” A Dotitile Header, John Erhard of Philadelphia lias a* (din dated IS'.U xxliieh has a liead on eidier side, showing tiiat mistakes are iiia-h* even at the Mttit. Exi-.'y finished eoi i passes llirottgh tlie hands of a peat many experts, and tliere Is little j i-isuiee cf an lniperf»et piece escaping oni.l'the new emperor i «c'’ l ' tl >iy. There are said to be I many of them in circulation, however. , \'i) particular value is attached to the ru":. outside of their rarity as curios- : for your sake I am at last rewarded. | My invention litis been sold and a fortune awaits me. Think, Maria, of what this means to you! You will nev er have to make me another shirt or cravat as long as you live!” IBs wife looked at him with re proachful glance. “Jam. ;,” she said tenderly, “I hope I shall never bo too proud for tiiat. No matter, James, how rich you shall bo it will always lie my greatest pleasure nud privilege to make your shirts and ties.” Her husband did not reply, but a fexv moments later, alone in ids own room, lie bowed his head over ids clasped hands and imitteml in bitter anguish: “Alas, the labor of a lifetime spent for naught!”—Town Topics. BLOOD CURE SENT FREE. A Him- for ItlooU iind Skin Di«i':»* r, l‘>zcinn, I'iiiipii-K, K<-i-<irul,i, I'looil INiIhoii, Ciincer, By addressing Blood Balm Compa ny, 2'id Mitchell -Street, Atlanta, (ia., any of tho Ledger readers may obtain a sample bottle of their famous B. B. B.— Botanic Blood Balm, the greatest, grandest, best and most wonderful Blood purifier made. Cures when all else fails, pimples, ulcers, scofulu. eczema, boils, blood poison, eating sores, distressing skin eruptions, can cer. catarrh, rheumatism. Free medical advice included, when de scription of your trouble is given. This generous cifer is worth while accepting. (Sample bottle sent all charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of medi- cinejfor sale by all druggists at -fl per bottle. B. 1>. B. is away ahead of ail other Blood Remedies for per manently curing Blood Humors. Try B. B. B. next time you buy a Blood Remedy. K i> n kn ti xi i;. STATIONS. l* ' M I ; A a l* .xi • > I- CII fit.\CKsi»riM; ' •' -■ .'.47 ( ii::ip>u i;k I-..u, Ii m il fl GAIT M-.Y ... I- X! A M I Trams \os. '.* .-in-l c iimcci at Itl.-u-ks- '' a' x*. i Mi l-'j-ihs -jj. Mk- Giitrucy I'Alsi-m. i i in. xu. a. *•.a.11--.*(s ai (':ini(i*‘ii uitli tlie * fin 1 i- -* n ' K * ol' tlie .'-jut liorn Kail way I * '.ill I- >i u t s itu a. i'. iiu N'u 'A I'- iX' ii.-- .aai' ii in I Mii j). in , : ■ !":->• - '•"im II at l,ai:i-,isl--i. >• (' ■ i( I' ti-" ! . ( . K. K., at ('Mawiia -a ''i'li i i' ■ -. A I... iruiiar Nui - ti; Kuri. lt.ll xv;Mi tlie S'Hit tictii Ka ih. i v y-.iti;: .N'"'lii. J i i aiii No. II i-. >u.|' :-( ■, at Itla.'ksIhit'*.-* \v .i ii (In- Sum li-i a K fiaav tr-.ia t lie Saul ii. At Mariun. V ('.. v.itli the Soutliei'n Kalliviiv ^uiii^ West. SAMI KL HI NT. A. TKII’l*, scix-rinler.ilent. s. Ii I l Mi'KIN. GeuT. r Aj;eiit. , SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Srltedulu of I’nsse-ip-r Trains. In fcOIuct June 11th, Is-Jtt. Korthbounil. filgnily. ''I g i to Albany unpledged or I don't go at all.” V. f mi (I T't r. It is curious to tinte tiiat wood tar is prepared just as it was In tlie fourth e nturv. B. ('. A ! •:!: i . eleven ami a > xvhieii the wood is pine- ! to n*- -r- Ricliaidson Bros,, Props. at below laid a fiery huml t»u Ids | throat mid bruin. A slice of young n on. witli a few at- tendant riai's, sloxviy elimbed Into In- miitauec agiiii -i the la t ardors of the Uulifomia produe s ah ,ut one- third of the tilmonds e'-i sutne l in tin ITiiteti St at. s . Siininons S-pniw Yun Wine or Ta • lets insure Bttpid Reeov. ry of ni'.tl; r after ('hiiditirlh. For snlo by J. B. I'olleson A - Co. The first Ch-istwin Eadeuvor so ci ly of Spain recently cel, 1 Sib Htitiiversury. t he I ey to lieall II Is t)l t|u- 1 iu'ti. , - ;, ] i (| Iver. lx,-0|> these o,ei" ' a-oix ■ an I y u lax'e henlt h, - (r-'iitMh a i e rinI . mn ■ . iti< k i.y Ami lir. i i.ic- is a si i a la m ! ,i Me i l.ililieyn, leyutiil, tlie liver, sloiaa It ail liovvels. A k-jI'I- n houfcehohl lemody. I or | Mule by Cherokee i(rug ('oiuiiany. I-ml formally unnoeiucs to Ids im pel i i p ed-a (•'•sol's H e eew titles Hlid i.i'Kiiiie’i xx h -ii I.i- has a u-He-l. iiie IT. l‘i. sl yt i i n eliure't of I re- l.nve’a ‘Why, darling,” exclaimed tin* pret- Rabbits cannot gnaw through wire cloth placed about fruit trees. (Jitirk, Easy Labor and Rap'd R • covery are guaranteed by use of Sim mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. For sale by J. R. Tolleson & Co. The number of penniless men in tiie Klonkike is placed at fi 000. Dr. .M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has greatly beneiitted Olliers and is reasonably certain to do you good. Try it! For sale by J. R. Tolleson it Co. Of the recorded ministers of tlie society of friends. 1 id an- women. W. A. Djchcs, Whaley, S. C., writes: Have used Dr. M. A. Sim mons Livtr Medicine Jo years for In digestion, Bad Colds and Tired Feel ings. One d«uler sold me Z ilin’j. saying it was the same, hut I w II not lie fooled again. For sale by J. R. Tolleson A* Co. True t«i tho Soil. MeSxxattei* lb* lias everything at I ml coni| ri.-es (Kji half a milli -n ik-oi uurr- .dioti- tv lu'ide of three xveeks, as slie ntslied j Ids finger.s’ cuds, tiiat professor, and . . . . . ..... .. . ‘‘I wish l-Mvpr- s my thunks to (lie n itiufticlut'i.rs of ('hauiberlaiit s ivi ti th! !'.r*i!in to embrace her husband, "how good ' MeSwItlers Even real estate. Syr- tt xxas i f you to skip baseball once and nctisn Herald. ('ohm* home early. You’re just too s\x eet.” And he accepted It all xvlthout say- lug a word about there* being no game. — Detroit Free I’ress. 'Iiie llealth-R* store r ami Health- < b-atiHi- tin- live, uml Im-wi-I-,. uii-I re^ulute t lie-yso in Ky 1‘aiek i v A-ii Hii tmi . It ere.ites amt MistaiiiM eneriiy. Sold l>y ( l eioUiM' | )| uj. ('<i:n|juay. I I f u >’h(i's! Muintnincr, Dr. M. A. Kimmons Liver FREE! * avi il f*( in i Medicine, Strengthens tho Nerves, | ad c!k (e, 1 th (';ill at the (’Iht- • i *. ct* I Luo (hi. and m t a (Yet* hainplo ful. It K for Company. ia j makes you Hump and Comely and | )( , U | ( , of j,,. WoHonl’- Kximct..- !;• ' r.oriches tho cot’pi< xton with mi- , . , -y ( la rokec Drug j lure’s choicest col trs. For suit* by I J. R. Tolleson A Col Pant. I In* qivaH fil\ ot tlu* atro. t utl' P(.*ni- t \'o». |Ko.l* N„. as DhIIj, Daily. No IS Lv. Atlanta, T “ Atlanta, E. T. “ Koreroas " Batord “ QsJnesvill*,. “ Lula " Gometta Ar. Mt. Airy Ly. 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Ki-'tiiuoTid . Lv. Danville . Lv. Norfolk . Ar Grci iisl»ro u 4 .W p | o 50 a. 0 55 i'l (! 22 m it 20 p! 11 15 u 10 45 jil 1 12 Olnn 11 ()U p 11 00 p 0 02 p| 5 B0 a 610 a ... | 8l5‘p .... 5 15 a Lv (ireeneboro 7 24 p| 7 06 a 7 87 a Ar. (liHrlotto .... lu UJ ji 0 25 ajl2u'un| Lv.(4aatoula .... 10*0 t> 10 07 a, 1 12 p " King's iVlt 1 :)8 pi “ D-u- Kr-lmri; . 11 81 pilO 45 k| 201 p *' Gaffney•» 11 Id p 10 f-S a 2 24 p! " KparlaiilMirg . 12 2d all 74 a 7 15 pi “ Greenville... 125 a 12 70 p 4 iW p TTTT! “ Central i 5 72 p “ r eneca I 2 2d a 1 p 5 45 p " Wextininater .1 T'oeeo.-i .... Mi. Airy ... ( o, mdia.... Lula ( : iu- 'VUio Hnford . Norcroxs tioo p Sll ji. 8 17 a 2 18 ji| (i :jo p 0 f >» a 7 12 pi t-2W a 8 uo p 7 Id p d 7.7 a a 7 18 pj 7 as j- 0 57 * a 7 77 j) 8 2a jj 7 *.) a a , 8 10 p 7 4* a a ’ 0 15 p 8 27 a Ar Atlanta, K.T.! U 10 a 4 .77 p tO-O |j oa) a Ar. At licit a. (\T 5 10 a .1X7 ,) 0 u) p s .*) a “A’ a. in. "I-**' p. in. **M” no-iu. **N" nijht. ('he-etpenko lam- bii'ii'iii.r.-t in -b»ily wrviiia bel'.veen Nurf-Jllt and Ixu Cue ie. Nos. 77 and Ts— 1 laity. \Va-hl:ijjtou - rid S-juTte v.'e-j*ein VoMtilmlc I. iiiho.l. T'nroi’gti Hullmaa tleej-iurf ej-rn la-l xx een New Yoi k au-l New Or- IraiiH, via WarliiiiKton, Atlanta and JS-.nln-Jia cry. and a’*) txl ween New York uml Memphis viHWu.shinK'Oii.Atluntaind l)iriuinel)iun. Also He ini BCLLMAN l.iHKAKY oHsEKVA- TION OAKS la-tween Atiantaaud Nevx 5’i-:k. Kirntelasa t)iorouK)>f»re -' .u-die* l-el w< en Wash- iiiKion ami Atlaula. llintiiKeai'H i«arveall nn-ail ,-ii route. ]'iillni;iiidiaxx mt; r-- ar. <i|i-e;.ini. -ar| bet ween (dreenaljoro and N-'rfoik. Cloae e->u ueetion al Norfolk forOLD I’OINT(X)Ml ORTY Now. 75 and 8d—ITlited Slates Ka-t Mall mil.-I wolid liHwoon Wawhlnglon ami New Or* leanw, via Soutli, rn Kaiiway, A. & W I*. K. lb and L. A- X. K. !{., l-'iin; e.iinisiwod of rur and t;oie-liei«, tbrouifii widioilt rliaiiKe t<>t par aiugerw of all ela-M-w. i'uliuian drawuni room s)e<-pir.g earw lie tween New York iin>l New Oi leanw. via Atlanta an-1 MotitKoniery ami l et ween Oburlotte and Hiriniuitliaia A -7 Ikillinau Drawing Kooin Buffet Sleeping (*arl l-etMeell Atlaiitaund AHtieville, tt. C. L< uviuf Wa-hlnston eaeh Tue.alay and Kri-lay, a tourist -deeping ear will run tbr--urb l>eiw<w-a NVuiditui;l' n and Situ Kranclwoo wiihout uhauKa. l>iniu){ - ai ■ m-rva ali tm-iN en route Now. 11,81. 84 uml 12 I’ullninii alee,ifirK ear* bei ween Kichinom 1 u.i)d (’harin' ta, vi t llnii vtll^ kouthlioiiud Noe 11 ami 77, uortbbouml No*. IA an-l 12 H4ANK H. GANNON, J M. ()l T LP, Thiist V-i*. M G- ii .XIar., Traffic M'c’r. Wanliinirtou, 1). C. WaeliiuKton, D. 0L W A THHK, S. H ItAKDWlCK, G> u 1 l*aew. A^'t , Aee't XieuT 1'a *e. As't.. YVaauuutVoM. U. U ▲UaaUetM