Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I kissed her lips, they were half apart, Yet they made no answering sign; .eath's hand was on her failing heart, And his eyes said: She is mine. I set my lips on the blue-veined lid, Half veiled by her death-damp hair; And oh, for the violet depths it hid, And the light I.longed for there r-. Faint day and the fainter life awoke, And the night was overpast And I said: Though never in you spoke, Oh, sleak, with a look at hatl For the space of a heart-beat fluttered her breath, As a bird's wing spread to fle'; She turned her weary arms to Death, And the light of her eyes to mne. THE PURPLE sTAR. "The next time Qus Rybolt is brought before me for some of his numerous misdemeanors I will sentence him heavily." And Judge Johnson stirred ' his tea vigorously, while a deep wrinkle grew between his fine iron-gray eyes, under which glowed his keen earnest eyes. His little daughter Janie lingered to pour his second cup of tea. She was very fond of waiting on papa, for Janie, though only twelve years old, was the old judge's housekeeper, her mother having died two years previously. "Who pays his fines-for you often speak of his arrests, papa?" "Ils brother Warren, who is as fine a young man as tle town contains. I cannot understand Gus; he's handsome; bright, and might be almost anything he chose. He'll end on the galllows yet." "Oh, papal" But reckless, wild Gus Rybolt was soon forgotten when the parlor was reached, and Janie sat down to the ..piano.' -i. A servant. entered an hour later and -handed the judge a telegran. "Uncle Rube, is dying, and has sent "Yes; tf1% you afraid to remain with the servants and Mrs. Smith. I feel uneasy owing to that money. I ought to have put 't in the bank but have been overcrowded with work and busi= ness. Too bad!" muttered the judge a trifle anxiously, gl;uncing at his daughter dubiously. "Oh. no, papa, I'm not afraid. Poor uncle Rubel You had better start at once. Don't worry about -me; Mrs. Smith sleeps in the next room; you re member." But . the judge did worry and fiet, not only over the danger of his daugh ter and his money, but blamed .him self seveiely, for hip carelessness. Even amongsthe graver fear for his brother, the thought of thievas and burglars haunted him. "I ought to be ashamed of myself' to leave that anmon..t of money in the house even for a day, for the place Is so isolated, the servants such arrant cow aruds and cousin Sallie such a weak help. Only .Janie's brave little heart to be dlepended on. Heaven bless the child. N% ow what cani be thme matter with Rube 1 cannot imagine; lie wvas wvell enough last week." DMrs. Salle Smith, a forty-second cousin of the judge's, and a confirmed invalin, occupied the room on the right of -Janie's, while that on the left was her father's, and in it the iroii safe that contained the money referred to. "I am afraid I am a bit nervous" mused Janie, lookinug arouind the chain her with a shudder. "The servants are quite a way off, and cousin Sallie takes so much laudanum she would never waken. I wonder if I would feel safer with the money under my pillow?" And foolish little Janie, having the~ combination of the safe, went to It, opened It and took out the roll of bills. "Oh, oh," said a soft voice behind Sher. "That is exactly what I want; I had no .idea you would be so accom modating. Don't scream on your life." And the bold fellow actually laughed as he seized her wrist. Jamie did not cry out. She gave him one sildden, startled indignant look, and bending her head, buried her white strong teeth In the exposed wrist of.the . hand that held her captive.. "You little tigar-cat," lie cried, In a -rage and intense. suffering. "Let go or SI will kill you., linut while the sharp lain had un mhnned him, with the other hand she' -.t1.rust thme roll of money into thle et and spran'g the lock. N I~ow," she said triumphantly, "get It if "you can, but--oh, Gus Itybolt, I know you." - "You-no you dIo't-ah, well, you will tell your precious 'father before anotlier day closes; Come, band over $hecash, I'want to have some chance of getting away." oyou cannot have the inopey, --Oh, Gud iTybol,rentember youir shinted ~eten for godbrothuer; What will w Ike~ #4? o yon be sac over that cash 0)Il--" and the click of a revolver hammer sounded. Janie's eys flashed in scorn. "You harm a helpless little girl; "You, who always boasted of bravery! For-shaine, Gus Rybolt; you are a cow ard!" But in a gentle tone-"If you will make me a .promise I, will also make you one, and keep mine as long as you do yours. If you will leave me now and become a better boy-an hon est honorable one-I will never tell." The temptation to persist in his undertaking was great, but down in wicked, dare-devil Gus Rybolt's heart there was a tender spot, which beauti ful Janie Johnson had held ever since she was a mite of a child, and he had taken care of her at school. Harm her? lie wouldn't have harmed a hair of her head to have saved his own life, and she knew it. - "Y9u cannot have the 'noney; but won't you accept the promise-won't you make the compact?" "Yes," he said at last, in a husky, strained voice. "Heaven bless you, Janie Johnson,- and maj Heaven-help me!" and he was gone. And Janie; with eyes full of tears, slipped into bed, and after a long time fell soundly asleep. But wasn't that old judge furious when he came home. "An abominable practical joke," he fumed. "There was Rube well as I am, and very much surprised to see me. I know who did it." "Why, papa," laughed Janie, "you ought to be so thankful that, Uncle Rube is well, and not dying, as you thought. How can you feel provoked or angry? I am so -glad it was not true. The next morning Gus Rybolt had disappeared. Ten years later Janie Johnson was a lovely, stately woman. The radiant promise of early girlhood was more than fulfilled, while the brave tender heart was unchanged. The wife of the governor was receiv ing, and her rooms were filled with dis tinguished guests. The last comer was a young man of thirty, of coin manding presence, whose grave and noble face made him appear somewhat older. After paying his respects to the hostess, he made his way slowly for ward, and was met by many smiles and greetings. He was evidently a great favorite in society. "Ohi, there is General Rybolt, who has refused the Austrian mission, papa says, because he has another and better mission among the poor of New York. You know him by reputation, dear; but very few know the half of the great md good things he is doing with hi wealth and talents." The speaker was the Governor's daughter. Janie Johnson turned her lovely hazel eyes carelessly toward the person pointed Out-looked one instant coolly upon him, and her face underwent a sudden strange change. "It is-yes, it must 12e Gus Ryboltl How marvelous are thy ways, 0 God!" she breathed. Slowly yet steadily he found his way toward her. Her face was no longer pale, but flushed, and her up)raised eyes showed pleased recognition. His first words were: "I have kept my promise; have you kept yours?" "Yes, oh, yes," she breathed, then added "Thank Heaven!" to which he gave a low "Amen." To say the old judge was astonished is putting it mildly. To find in the eminent editor and reformer lisa old as lhe supposed--incorrigible Gus Rybolt, utterly nonplussed him. To an old friend he said confidentially; "Yes, the boy has turned out a trump), andl the wonder of it is Janle thinks so too," and lie laughed. And Janie never told of her robber, yet she kisses sometimes a p)urple star on her husband's wrist. "It is time beginning of the new life,'" she says, "the beautiful inew life of an honest man." Almoes in Paris. A company of Algerine dancing girls, four in number, are now exciting a con siderable degree of interest in Paris, Mariam and Aleha are very young and pretty, and the other two, both of whom bear the name Zora,make up for the lack of a beautiful face by a certain richness o4costume and grace of gesture. The oldest Zora wears a magnificent coronet of diamonds, and is said to resemble a Japanese 1del. The orchestra consists of a violin, a guitar, and a drum: and the :dancing to be properly appreciated should be seen in a small room. Mariam wear:: a bodice of blue silk embroidered in sil ver, white silk trousers, a band of purple around her jet-black hair, and earrings bracelets and spangles of gold.' Each girl rises and dances in turn, then two more repeat the dance with variations. The dlark skin of the ankles is relieved by gold bracelets. Their feet are .bare, and at first glide softly over the floor without seeming to leave thme surface. The body is swayed fromn the hips, and pieces of red silk are swayed by the danc er's. The contortions become miore e,om pIex and thie noyemehts more rtpid 'as the time oft)ie mtisic increases. .Frutr the a6count one would judge that the drnce is of a rathey a voluptuous nature. It i tertdO the Oiintal cancan Thme girls now in at,is ro .id-to retmark ably f*n4 of qhampakne, a singulamr tasite it lfolloWem's qfthe Prophet. IndLgenous Potatoes. Native potatoes have been discovered in Arizona by Prof. Lemmon. They were found in a cleft of the highest peaks north of the Apache pass, under a tangle of prickly bushes and cacti. Eager to know if the Solanum found was bulb bearing, he carefully uprooted the little tuber, which proved' to be- an undoubted representative of the true potato family. According to the re searches and reasonings of Humboldt, this' was the location to look for the home of the species from which our first potatoes sprang. In May last, Prof. Lemmon again set out' in search of more specimens, choosing the Huachuca mountains as his point of exploration. These mountains have two peaks over 10,000 feet ,high, with sides furrowed into deep canons. those of the northeast being filled with trees, among which are maple and ash. In July last he dis covered the potato plant he was search ing for on the southwest side of the range, hidden among the rich bottom soil of a dell in a high vallby. A few plants of the white species were found in full bloom, and farther on blue blossoms were found. The white flowered specimens formed tubers on shorter subterranean stems than the blue ones. The blue flowered potato plants sent off their runners from eigh teen inches to two feet. July 12, they were in full bloom. The blossoms were large, and the white flowered were of a creamy white color, witq greenish mid-ribs to its co rolla lobes. The subterranean stems were not longer than those of our com mon potato. The blossoms of the blue flowered are smaller, bright purple, with pale white midribs to the corolla. with fifeteen to twenty flowers to a head. They are found at an altitude of about 8,000 feet in Tanner's canon, and some of the plants were 2 feet high. Later in the season they pro duced potato balls of unusual size, com paratively speaking. These native species of potatoes, which may have been and very likely are the original native stock from which all our potatoes now used have sprung, deserve a fair trial and careful propa gation to develop them to the size now attained by our best potatoes. ' By the 1st of September the blue flowered plants formed bluish colored potatoes, oblong, about 1j inches long by -half as wide, and a third as thick, with from four to ten unmistakable potatoes on each plant. The white flowered plants produced white potatoes, nearly round, from half an inch to one inch in diame ter. These potatoes are unquestionably indigenous. Still another variety was found near the summit of a peak 10,000 feet high, under the shade of fir, pine and poplar trees, growing in soil kept moist during the greater part of the year by melting snows. Its nodding balls of ripened seeds were surrounded by- golden-rods and brilliant asters. Their tubers were tinted with purple, and seed balls were either solitai r or in pairs. Prof. Lem mon brought back w;ith him over three quarts of these small potatoes, com prising the different varieties, besides some seed balls. A hermit in these mountains, whom Prof. Lemmon interested in his dis covery, has recently written him that in digging upl the bed of an old p)ond he has secured a lot of these potatoes, perfectly white as large as lhen's eggs, which on being ccoked tasted wvell, and have all the appearence of very fine po tatoes. Various cultivators have man ifested the utmost interest in Prof. Lemmion's discovery, and are making careful prep)arations to. cultivate the specimens lie has forwvarded them. Seemng a Man Home. T picked Simmons upl p)retty near dead drunk, and took him home. When I got to hits house, as I thought I shook him a bit and said: 'HIere you are.' 'Rlght,'said lie, and he gave a big bang at the knocker. Up went the window. 'Who's there?' screamned a wvoman. I have brought the old man home,' said I. 'All right,' she cried, and caine to the door. She Immediately seized hold of Simmons and gave him such a shaking that his teeth seemed to rattle in his head. 'Who are you shaking of?' says he. 'Goodness gracious,' cried the woman, 'that Is not my husband's voice.' I struck a match and Bihe found she had been shaking the wrong man. 'There,' eriedl the woman furiously. 'I've been setting up here expecting my husband home drunk, and now I've wasted my strength on a stranger.' 'Don't lie live here?' I asked. 'No,' said the womam; 'lie don't.' 'What made you knock?' said I to Simmons. 'Knock,' said lie' 'you told me to.'. 'I thought you lived here,' said I.. 'Glad I don't, said lie. I supposed he was thinking of the shaking he had. At last I found where lie did live,' and got, him home. Mrs. .Simmons was sitting up for him. As soon as-ever we kocked out.she cam(. 'Oh,' says she 'you're the wretch as makes my poor husband drunk, are you?' and she gave me a slap abross the face. I've never seen a drunken man home since.' & spton'e grond ine cn be mtou ld tto diq.renat shape's b niuzn wth WatO?-glss anmd when deL elo*4 y eelos thze ntafel stone. Pueblo Indlan Trait.. To suim up the Pueblo's character in v few words, and to omit nany illustra. tions which might amplify the hasty enumeration of his more general traits, we found him social in disposition, clev. er as an artificer, shrewd at a birgain, gentle in his family, controlled by the precepts of the elders; maintaining asys. tem of government curiously complete in all fundamental principles of civil lawl a shepherd, caring for immense flocks of goats and sheep; an agriculturist; and, withal, an Indian, priding himself in the mark; still using the w, the -eagle plumes, the barbaric fn ipf dress;and though falling on festil4; to the level of the brute in - the ob ce Vt hi heathenish rites, yet seld ?Qa i ttinM upon his fellow any act of injustice or cruelty. lecalling the goat-skin which be sold us as a cinnamon,bear hide, we smile and forgive him; as well as for the theft of the missing sketch-book-we re gard the latter as indiditive of a promu ising tendency toward art. But when we bring to mind hishospitality, his jovi ality, and picture him is our modern Arcadian free-liver, it is inpossible to think of him as other than a good fellow. His quick wit was exhibited on many occasions, but notably - in connection with a bargain for a coat and trousers of buckskin attractively displayed over the wearer's fine physique. We were quite willing to wait and roceive the pur chase from the hands of the man through his window or door, but he too well un derstood the importance of working the hot iron. A moment's thought. a series of rapid contortions, and the tight-fitting garments were drawn off and thrown at our feet, Before payment could be made the ludicrous had impressed itself upon the crowd, and hardly had the money been clapped into his mouth than, adroit ly snatching a blanket from a bystander and wrapping himself therein, the youth scampered off, hands over ears, towards the village. A long, leai man, garrul ous in witticisms, followed him with banter gobbled out of- a turkey throat. But the annoyance was soon left behind in company with a pu_ of dust which followed the red band* na and flying locks, over the edge of'the gulch. On another occasiononeof those small skin-lined saddles, dangling a multipli city of straps, awake 4'd an interest. "Quanto:" (how ,m 4 Sixfingers are Instinctively presente 9ward, with an undecided seventh threatening the per pendicular. Obedient to instructions, we lose all interest immediately and as sume the expression of total indifference. (Exit.) Tableau II perhaps comes off next day. We notice our friend Lucero has frequent occasion to drag his saddle back and forth before our door. At length we mutually discover each other. We smile, and raise three fingers, which ob serving the change of countenance this awakens, is finished off as something be. tween military gesture and a sidewalk salutation, and the saddle moves on. Before both have gone far there is a sudden decision. One man stops short, and returns a five-finger salutation,very much as an auctioneer elevates his ham mer for a last caill. The proposition for compromise is submitted to greater experience within, but meets with, no favor. "He'll stick you yet on your own bar gain and don't you forget It," says our interpreter, Juan Lucero is softened into approach by the indicision; but the Western man's promptings are obeyed to the full extent of indiffer.ence, (Veryitastyexit-pr.es sing engagement.) Still the saddle was seen often, We had already taken seats on the morning of departure, with the impedimenta ad justed to a fit: but thme man and the sad dle were on hand. At the right mo ment he emerged from the shadow of an adobe wall. Three fingers this time, and an evident swallowing of emotions as an accompaniment to the nods affirm ative. The whole bespoke the obstinate wrestling of flesh and spirit oYer the de cision. For want of room we tied it to the axle, where, for seventy-five mnil'es it required constant watching, as it had a way of.inching on to the wheels, -and marvelously defying all sorts of knots. Some time after, when~ saunteing through the plaza of Santa Fe, the worde of the Western man were brought te mind by seeing a quantity of pack-sad dies at one dollar apiece. The Train Disp#t4,her. Great cares almost universally hasten nature in heaping up the appearance of age. Young men suddenly fallinmg heirs to great -responsibilities soon become prematurely old, and not ~a few hiave lost their identity, even.to their nearest friends, beneath the weight of care sud. denly imposed upon them. Men rusby ig through life -with thie burdens and responsibilities of ordinyry mortals on their shoulders, little appreciate the ter, ly heavy burdens borne by nigon upor whose shoulders have ben laid the livei of hundlreds of'- people and millions o1 6'yitsI," adered the, eundctor 0 ofeo he aoodeo~tn frains rukt$n ~nd~,as twhy his hIW so streak young IMatt oardely overt ty have asked me if I had not at som period of my life been the victim of son sudden and awful calamity. You hav read, of course, of hair turning gray iI a single ight through fright. Mm was not caused that way. Was I bori that way? Oh, no; at twenty my hal was as black as a coal. Those streak of gray were caused by my three or fou years' experience as a train dispatche on a great trunk line running out c Chicago. "People who. climb on a passenge train when she is two or three hours lat little imagine what endless planninl and management it takes to get he through safely. Let a freight getbehin time and we can handle her by runnin her. on another train's time, but a pat senger breaks up everything on",lL1O A train dispatcher must be familiar wit] every circumstance and every possibi combination of circumstances. Hi must know on just what portion of th: road fast time can be made and givi orders accordingly. He must never givi an order for certain time to be made un less he is positively certain that the grad: and condition of the weather will permil of such time being made. To-day I maj order a train to run from station A tc station B, and another for a train to rut from B to A, when the same order to. morrow would precipitate a collision, You have got to know all the men or the line. Why, on that -road that 1 worked on there would be engineers anc conductors that could never get a trai: through on time. Then there would b( others that would never be late except ir case of accident. Why, sometime: during my eight hours of duty I woulk give 250 train orders. Just think of tha a moment. Here is a passenger train four hours late and a freight side-track ed at almost every station. Of coursf that puts every train behind time. First I have to order the operator to put oul his flag and hold the train for orders and then I have to send the order ant wait for it to be repeated back. At the same time a train may be passing i station five miles away, where I want to hold and side track her. All this tilu I must not only keel) a clear track for the passenger train, but must not un. necessarily detain the freights. Some times right in the middle of a rush 01 business like this the wire will break o. some operator will leave his key open Then everything is to pay. Fortunatels th6 train dispatcher's orders is the law Every employe is bound to obey it. S( we do not have to- worry about that. "Did I ever have an accident? No but I've come mighty near it. Once 1 left the office by permission in care o1 my a?sistant, and when I returned l found that lie had two trains runninq toward each other on a single track anm only a station between them. Fortunate ly I got a message to the station in timc to flag the first train that got there, bul if one of them had happened to have pass ed there would have been a fearful ac. cident, It was a very natural mistake. My assistant had been with me tw( years. lie had everything side-tracked all right, but had forgotten the 'unwrit texn law' of the road p)roliting two train passing on a sinxgle track. On anlothie occasion I lost a train.'' "Lost a train?'' "Yes, sir, lost it completely, It wa a local freight,, atnd was a little late. Ii left F--- twventy minutes behind time and was due at M- in forty minutes whlere it was ordered to side track fo No. 3, a fast express. F--and M were eleven ilies apart, and No. 3 coui( not leave F-- until thle local was re ported side tracked at M-.. Well , waited an hour, and thlen called M who had tile message for tile local, ant asked him whlere tile freighlt was. II: didn't know, In tile mneantimne the ox press was at F--, and the p)assenger were getting mad. Thirty minute more and still no train. Thlen I order ed No. 2 to run cautiously to M She did so, but found no local. To sa that we were paralyzed is putting I mildly. Ten minutes later W-, a lit tie station near the city, reported til local there. She had got by M-- ii some way without disturbing the opera tor. Diogenes never hunted so diligent ly for an holIest man in the degenerat days in which lhe lived as did we for the train." "Why did you leave the business?" "Because I was growmng a year olde every week. I had the work of ten mei upon my shoulders. You often lies about the brave engineer', clinging wit] firm resolve and calm resignation to th thirottle'while the engine is plunging 0: toward inevitable destruction. His re sponsibility is nothing. He has only : single train and has 1no duty but to obe; rules. The train dispatcher has a hun drned trains under his finger that p,resse upon the key. A mloment's delay to passenger train, a trifling accident to freight, and tile dispatcher is cussei The eight hours you put in bending ove your key seemed like a week. You head swims andl grows dizzy beneath ii awf ul responsibility. No more tral dispatching for me if you please, I wi offered that position on this road with comfortable salary, but,told them all wignted was a train. All tliose gia ~hairs that you notioe were cauae@ y pr short experience as train dispatcher." It was Love who inretited music. Perform present- duties that: tip1 mfiy be apportioned fortutt)re laber:. D - ltorse-Car linnors. D When a gentleman boards a horse car lie should jump on to the feet of as many platform passengers as possible., a By so doing he not only discovers the easy self-position of the man of society, r but lie also assists in the discourage s ment of the dangdrous practice of riding r on the outside of a car. r It Is preferable to get on the front f platform, which will give you an oppor tunity to open the forward door, thus r ventilating the car and distributing ca c tarrh, sore throat and pneumonia among the passengers. r Be not in an immoderate hurry when I the conductor passes through the, car i collecting fares. Patience is a virtue; and you should do what you can to as sist the conductor in cultivating it. 1 Never offer your seat to an elderly ) woman. She has not long to live, and a little redt can not materially lengthen her days. It is in youth that the seeds of disease are implanted. Therefore, you should never give up your seat to any but a young lady. You help her to build up a strong constitution by avert ing weariness and undue tension of the muscles. If you can do it without making your self sick, chew tobacco, using the straw for a cuspidor. Tobacco, you know, is a powerful disinfectant, and, besides, if passengers were too careful to preserve the cleanliness of the straw, the penuri ous officers might neglect to replenish it as often as sanitary considerations de nmanded. Smoking, unfortunately, is forbidden, except in the open cars; but by carrying a lighted cigar into the car and letting it go out gradually, you will be enabled to permeate the interior with efiluvia which will drive out any disease germs that may be floating about. Never give your seat to a homely woman. It is the duty of a woman to be beautiful, and if she neglects that duty, take good care that you do yours by punishing her for her negligence. Never take the child in your lap, that a gentleman may have a seat, and if the conductor suggests that children occu pying seats must pay fare, refuse abso lutely to notice his suggestion. Take advantage of your sex when opportunity offers. Conductors rarely put women off the cars. When a lady leaves a car while It is in motion let her face to the rear. She will probably get a fall, but wlatof that? If she Is a lady of spirit she is not going to be dictated. to by an arrogant mono poly. Whlen the car stops within a few feet of where she wishes to land, no lady who respects her rights will get out. She will wait until' the car starts, and then have it stopped for her individu ally. She has paid her fare and is en i titled to her rights, and ought to have them, even if it kills the horses. Of course It is unnecessary to remind the gentlein that it is their bounden duty to look the ladies on the opposite seat out of counltenance. It is also unuecessrry to say to the ladies that when taking an open car they should never neglect to sit upn.. one of the smokers' Heats. The man who smokes In public is never so happy as when a face is near to receive his funmkl exhalations, and you thus con tribute to his happiness, besides making yom'self happy by having something to growl at. Take Cairo of the. Eyes'. "Nellie, I fear you wvill injure your eyes," I said to a young girl, who sat reading in the twilight. "My eyes are very strong," she relield, "why, I can look right str'aight at tihe sun." Now every one will acknowvledge that such eyes are a great blessig, seldom pos5 sessedl by the p)resenmt weak-eyed gener ation; but I fear even Nellie's strong i eyes will soon be injured If she persists -in using them .under such trying cir cumnstances-readling flue p)rint In the moonlight, or ait a long distance from the lamp, or allow'ing tihe full glare of the noondlay sun to reflect into her eyes Sfrom the p)rinted page. Sewing on black goods by the lamp light she thinks nothing of, nor of sitting up - until midnighIt half the night In the 3 week to read an Interesting book. t Now all these things are hurtful to the eyes, and no more than one person in a thousand can practice them and remain r' uninjured. As uno one can be sure of 1 beIng the lucky p)erson, it behooves all to take proper care of these p)riceless 1members. 3 When the eyes are tired andl inflamed 1 at night I find It rests them for the - next day to bind over' thlem a wet towel ' on retirig, Lately, I have laid next i my eyes a little sack containrng damnp ened.salt, and finud It better still. No matter if time brine finds its way, beneath the closed lids; the smarting will last but a minute. Indeed I often rub It Into the eyes and find it strengthens r them. Years, of lyracticing this leave r p)roved that althoughi It will not make 8 weak eyes strong, it will do mQre to ward warding off tile daiy of spectacles a than an Iepr'oper- use of theh and>a a dozem bo 'tles,of eye Water' and'~bdxes of 0 salve.. X bfuooqineg nrestel hknit4 Y tingIa(e; ).u teidytnter~ found~ that the yi~ n I y n uft' et'bqig ian iti as $srn eynh~~jr( dt! . ~I 14 I alIWt ti $ I~ THE" y"ERDICT THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mn. J. O. BOAO--Dear Sir : I bought the first - Davis Machine sold by you over Ave yearasago for my wife who has given it a long and -fair tral. I am well pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when frst bogt. Winnsboro, B. 0., Apr1l 1888. . is,Lta. MR. BoAG : You wish to know what I have to say In regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ao. I fedl'I can't say too mu h in its favor. I mae about $80.00 within Ave inonths, at times runnin it so fast that the needle would ve prfcty ot from friction. I feel conadent Itould fnot have done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjusting attach merits. Tue lightesti running machine I have over treadled. Brother James and William's families are as much pleased with their Davis Mach,nes boughtor you. I want no better machine. As I sald before I don't think too much can be said for the Dav.s lIachine. Respectfully, Fairfield county, April,1883. LLNSVSoN. MR. BOAO: Iy machine gives me perfect sat ia faction. I find no fault with It. The attachments are so simple. I wish for no better than the Davis Vorticai Feed. Respectfully. Ma.R. MILLING. Fairfield county, April, 1888. Ma. BoAO: I bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from you four years ago. I am delighted with it. It never has given me any trouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend it. Itespectfully, Monticello, April 80, 188 I. . J. KIR=i.AND. This is to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over twoyesrs purchased of Mr. J. 0. Boag. I haven't found it possessed of any fault-all the attachments are so simple. It neverrefuses to work, and Is certainly the lightest running in the market. I consider it a first class machine. Very respectfully MIlNNIN P. WII.LiNOIIAU. Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C. Mn BoAG: I am well pleased in every particular with the Davis Machine nought of you. I think it a first-class machine in every respeaot. You know you sold several machines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. Respectfully, MRS. M. IH. MoSr.B. Fairfield county, April, 1888. This iito certify we have had in constant use the Davia Machine bought of yo: About three years ago. As we take in work ifll have mhdelhe - price of it several times over, we don't want any better machine. It Is always ready todo any kind of work we have to do. No puckeringor skipping stitches. We can only say we are well pleased and wish no better machine, April 25, 18?3. WYII AND SrtER. I have no fault to find with my machine, and don't want any better. I have made the price of it several times by taking in sewing. It is always ready to do its work. I think it a frst-class ma chine. I feel I can't say too much for the Davis Veuilual Feed Machine. M ns. TUOM AS Sani. Fairfield county, April, 1883. - M. J. 0. lioAO-Dear Sir: It gives me mtch ploasuro to testify to tite merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewing Maohine. The machine I got of you about flive years ago. has been almost in con stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs sinen we have had it. Am well pleased anid doii't, wish for any better. Yours truly, ionT. CR AWFORD, Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro, B. C. We have usedi the Davis VertIcal Feed Bowing Machine for tihe last five years. We would not have any other make at any price. The machine has given us unboundec satisfaction. Very respectfully, Mite. W. K. TuNuit AND DAUOlfTER5I Fairilold county, 8. 0., Jan. 21, 1888. hiaving bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from hr. J. 0. Bioag seine three years ago, andI It having gIven me perfect satisfaction In overy respect as a faily mnachine, both for heavy and light aewlng, andi never needed the ieast re pair In any way. I can cheerfully recommend It to any one as a first-class machine in every particu lar, antd think it second to none. It is one of the simplest inachines made; my chileiren use It with all ease. 't'he attachmuents are nmore easily ad justedt and it does a greater range of work by meatns of its Vertical Veed than any other mna chine I have ever seen or used. Mae. TnoMAn OwiNchs. Winnsboro, F airfield county, 8. C. We have hadl one of the Davtt Macnines shout fonr years and have always found It ready to do alt kinds of work we have hadi occasion to (10. Can't see that the machine is worn any, and works as well as whlen new. Mas. W. J. CRAWRD, Jackson's'Creek, Fairfield county, 8.'C. liy wife is hIghly pleased with the Davis Ma chine bought of you. She would not take double what she gave for it. The machlne has not been out of order since she had it, andi she can do any kind of work on if, Very Respectfull., JA5. F. Fans. Monticello, F?airdeld county, 8. 0. The Davis Bowing Machine is simply a treag toreMes. 4. A. (.OODwmN. Itidgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10. 1883. ,0 BOAG, Esq., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife has been usiug a -Davis Bowing Machine constant. ly for the past four years, andti is a# never needed any reairs an I Works just as well .as. wieut 'Bret bougt She says it will do a greater range of pracimial work and dio its easier and 1et%er than any inachine she hlas ever used. We cheerfuliy recoinnhend it as a No. 1 fataily machine, * Yours,trul;, Winnsboro, B. 0., Jan. St 1888 MR. BOAG: I have ewtt fotn i Davis Ma chine readi to do ai liindeif e k I han' had oc. .oau e loe an io 1 h ce n