Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, July 16, 1902, Image 2
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Too much housework wrecks wo- g
men's nerves. And the constant P
care of children, day and night, is jfi
often too trying for even a strong &
woman. A haggard face tells the u
! story of the overworked housewife to
and mother. Derange*! menses, r.
leucorrlnea and failing of the n
womb result from overwork. .J
Every housewife needs a remedy g
to regulate iwr incuses and to r>
keep Iiur *cau**1c or^iii.s **
in perfect condition. r*
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Mrs. .Tones and 'hat is wlr -he ft j
writes this trunk letter: jr. '
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1 ain bo rI??1 that V'-urtVino of Cariitii > j
M i have felt lor j'i ur>. 1 i u dm.-,, isii !,
own work without my h- 'p. and . *
I washed last wc?k an ; was not ojio bit j |
m do..i<4 nio goou. I Ui.i be; ...,; nicr
I than I ever was b-for , arc! sleep n<> > l .? |
B r.' il eat hearty, I'd-re 1 1 yan t i...-,.r f'
Jp \V no of f'urrtiil, I nsc.l to Vr. to lay pi
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Miss Patton's Clock.
By Howard Markle Hoke.
All of us who often dropped in
to see Miss Patton noticed, of
course, that the t&l), mahogany
ciock mat stood on trie landing
ol the stairs leading up from her
luxurious sitting-room, did not
run. Its highly ornamented case
was kept polished, and we could
see that she gave it scrupulous
care, but so far as we could learn
she had never called in for it the
service of a clock-maker. The
hands stood at nine-twenty-three,
and at the time 1 am writing
apout I was contident they had
not moved a minute in ten years.
The older people of Hrookton
believed that ?he moveless hands
and pendulum stood for some
crisis in .Miss TattoiTs life. They
told us that after she hud come to
live umon^ them the clock had
run for a few montes, but one
day they had seen thut it tiad
stopped, and she had never started
it. Some of the prying ones
had tried to question her, but Rhe
had evaded them with her perfect
courtesy, and from these
bailledones the impression was
spread that there was a streak
of queerness in Miss Pulton.
Hut we young people resisted
and resented this. If Miss Patton
had had a great gift, she became
all the more interesting to us
but that it had made her queer
we stoutly denied. For if there
was one person in Brockton who
was interested in us young folks
and all we did it was Miss Button.
She was only too glad to help us
plan uui pleasures, and none of
us' trouble or perplexed, had ever
been turned awav bv her after a
confidence without an uplifting
word or a suggestion that made
the way clear. If anyone in
Brookrou was sick she wuj the
rr.nflt constant and the moat welcome
vinitor. and the tale of her
charities and kindness could not
he told on many pages.
Ah outsiders, our relation to
the mistery of the clock was en .
ti rely different from Nannie
Graham's. She had been adopted
by Miss fat ton a few weeks ?f ter |
she had come to the village.!
Nannie had been only ten at fhat,
time, and the clock tb d not
run. naturally became a o<. iimouplace
of her life. We never
mentioned it to her for fear that
in some way it would otl'end hor
benefactor and her own best
friend.
But we heard about the clock
in a perfectly simple way and
through Nannie, after all. It
was the evening the three of us
who were to be hor bridesmaid
were Rt Miss Patton's discussing
the preparations for the wedding.
A boy had been soriously hurt
the day before on the railroad
and Miss Patton was over at his
home doing all she could for him.
Our topic was interesting that we
forget how the evening was wear
ingaway until LuoyGreat sudden- j
iiskedij' wliut time it was, and,j
without thinking, looked up at
me eioctt upon tne landing, l nere i
was a light laugh, followed by at.!
: embarrassed aileuee; then wo alllooked
at Nannie and fuiind bor
| looking at us in am prise.
"What, makes ) ou act so,
girls?" she Paked.
Then it came out that she had
| never known that we were
curious about the eluca, and she
said'?
"Why. I dont mind telling you
all 1 know about it, and 1 ?ni sure t
Miss L'atton would not object, for J
she has never asked me not to
tell what I saw.
"A long while ago, .just a fowl
I weeks after 1 came here to lnre,
I a gentleman called here one evening
to sec Miss Hattou. lie wop'
a stranger, and she had never
talked of him since and never!
told me his name. lie was very J
handsome, and I often recalled
since the look upou Miss L'atton's
face, and have known by it that
all her dearest hopes were center;
od upon him.
"They spent the evening; to
: gether here in this room, while
I 1 sat out there in the library
I studying my lessons. My bedtime
! went by without Misb l'atton
I thinking of it, and at last 1 went
| to sleep with my head resting upi
on the book before me. I was
awakened by loud, earnest talk'
ing, and 1 looked up to see the
two standing up on opposite sides
j of the center table. The man
, nUf much excited and distressed,
i iind Mi^a I'atlnn v?; u u /-w.lrl on/1
j dignified. I fiftw him lift Ins hat
from the table and heard him ask
I la ihih final, Elizabeth?' 'Yes,'
she answered him, firmly. 'Very
I well,' ho said, in a choking voice,
with his appealing eyes testing
I upon her," good bye' 'Good bye,
i she responded, without reaching
; onther hand, and he walked to
I tiie door, ile stopped there a
I moment with his hand on the j
I knob, looked back at her, but
j there was no sign of relenting up-!
I on her face. Ile turned the knob1
j and went out. I have never Been ,
I him since.
"1 sat still watching Miss i'at-1
J ton She stood for sometime just!
i as hhe had been when lie left her ; i
! then she turned to the table and I
i bMgiin .juietly, but with tremu j
j lous IihikI, to put things to rights j
l~T~ 7~rl
i ouiu'tiei iniiu iJiaiii i ir? u it Ur liuii j'
I prevalent among children this1
'season. A well developed case |
in the writer's faniilv wan cured;
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, ~j ^ ,<""3 "? |
<'hnmberlain's (-olio, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy?one of the
(beat patent medicines manufac!
tured and which is always keptl
i on hand at the home of ye scribe.;
' This is not intended as a free
puff for the company ,who do not
advertise with us, but to benefit
' little sufferers who may not bo
within easy access of a phvpician.
No family should he without a
bottle of thin medicine in the
house, especially in summer time.
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eale by J. F. Mac key A Co.
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upon it. As she did so, 1 saw
he stop suddeuly and look up at
the clock on the landing. I could
see that as she looked her lips be
gan to quiver and tears slipped
down her cheeks. Suddenly she
stepped forward, went up the few
steps, opened the caBe, reached
in and stopped the pendulum.
"You have ticked away the
hours of our joy," 1 heard her
say "but now I never wish to
hear you again."
"Of course I was too young to appreciate
the meaning of it at all,
but for several years now
I have done ho fully?yet how
sweet and good she has remained.
About ?i week after that night I
was alone hero in the sitting
rocni and I was seised by a child .
ish desire to sot thy clock going.
1 wont up and opened rhe casei
and was just about to start tin?'
pendulum, whou . hand fell soft
|
!y upon niv shoulder, and Miss
I'attou said,?
u 'Don't, Nannie; I do not|
v ish it j * cr ,g ?*g?- .i.
longs to a part of my life thai j
is ended forever.'
"From that day t j this and 1
iiuve never talked nbout it, but,
I have known the burden of giief'
she is carrying so nobly and cheerfully.
I am going to leave her
soon, and 1 have tohl you this so
that you may all be kinder than
ever to her and do all you can
to relieve her loneliness after I !
am gone.'"
It wafl about a week after Nan j
mo was married and away that ,
Mips Pattern apkod me if 1 would
not come and Htay with her for
a little while, until she could be- j
coHie accustomed to the thought,
that she must live alone. Of
course 1 win only too glad to accept,
and 1 was soon trying to j
take Nannie's place.
One evening, about two weeks;
afterward, while Miss Patton and
1 were reading by the drop-light
in the sitting-room, old Hiram i
Day, who often did errauds for
her, broughet in a letter ho had '
just gotten at the postollice. I !
j saw by her manner that the writi
ing on the envelope was unfamil-'
|ia?,for alio curiously examined1
i it for some time as people often I
j do before opening letters. She
out thp envelope at last and took
Jout several closely written sheets
of thin paper. She read them1
i very quickly, and when she had!
I finished she read the lart-two!
! again. This time I n?w that she!
j had grown slightly pale and that
she was controlling herself with
a visible effort. She folded the
sheets carefully, put them back
| into the envelope, and sat with
it clenched in her hand aw she sat
l staring vacantly at the floor. She j
remained so far some minutes,'
; seeming to mo to be sinking deeper
into the big arm chair ; but
when 1 saw the tears start, and j
slip down her cheeks 1 could not
restrain myself. 1 hurried aroundi
to her, dropped on my knees by ,
the chair, and asked,?
''Oh dear Miss l'atton, has trouble
come to you ?"
'Ohe that I knew must come
.1. I
stjulit/l til i a rj i j fuc an on ui u'ti,
in alow tone.
"Would it help you if you i
would tell mo?" I askod. i4Oh,|
T would he so glad to do something
for you."
"Perhaps it might," she answered.
For some minutes her mind
seemed to slip hack into a past
upon which it had often dwelt,
but she started as she became
aware at length of the grievous
present, and turning to uie kindly
she asked :
"You have noticed my clock,
Alice, the one there on the land
ing; the one that does not run?"
"Yes, Miss Patton," I answered.
"We have all seen it, and
only a week before Nannie was
married she told a few of us what
she had seen here the night you
stopped it. She told us so that we
might know your life was a sad
one and try all we could to cheer
you."
She clasped my hands convulsively
in a moment of despair
as if I might sustain her. I know
she had conquered herself, and
she said, in a pitiful effort to resume
the cheery tone we all loved
so well,?
"What you have no doubt sur
mised is true, Alice. Henry and
1 wero to have been married soon
am! i w I -oking forward to ?
life if gi it happiness and use
fulness with him, hut the drean
ended ?o earthly dreams will. ]
hi v p. i mi him since tha'
night Nennio told you of, what
*h t i r: ? ! ? ' my lite w. as ended.'
"Aiul now, Miss I'atton," 1
.. !.:' . n't there )tne .'.ope r?o^
for you?"
"Henry died, Alice, two weeki
ago in England."
iShe said it in her own patient,
sell'-reliaut way. Then there wai
silence. I tried to think of some
comforting wrrd, but ! felt thai
any I might ohooso would be tri
vial in contrast with the comfort
ing expressiveness of the place
about ns.
!Slie rose at last, in her owe
calm way, went to mahogany
escritoire, and took a key from
one of i13 drawers. I rose to my
foot Q 111) M? O f I?h h/\?? /\ t\ rl A 1
i v u i n nitiiuvi HCI n UIIUOI 11J^*
lv. She walkedd up the steps tc
the lauding, unlocked the door ol
the clock, and, reaching in wiih
a steady hand, she atarted the
pendulum. The first tick seemed
almost startled, as if roused fron
a long sleep. She closed the dooi
and stood still upon the landing
looking at the timepiece. 1 stolt
up beside her. As she put hei
arm around me, she said in tin
beautiful spright we all loved,?
'There, Alice, it shall go agaii
Henry gave it to me many Christ
mases ago. It ticked through th<
time ot our joyful anticipations
and it has been silent during tin
day of my weary hope, i wih!
it to tick on now during the las
period of my life?of waiting fo
the and. Its voice will always bi
a reminder to me of the lesaoi
of life I have learned, better a
it has been. 1 will always thinl
thai 1 was to learn it in this way
Please do not tell anyone of this
Alice, until the end comes. Now
excuse rare; dear, I will go ove
and sit awhile with old Johi
White. lie is fluttering to-uigh
and may need a cheering word
Do not wait up for me if I an
late.''
The end she awaited .-o pa tit nt
ly came one Winter night thre<
years later, and now 1 have givci
tho explanation of the clock 8<
that others may discern the lossoi
sho learned. Nannie wrote tha
tit* timepiece would be too vivic
a reminder of the grief of her deai
one. and it fell to my happy lo
to receive it ?a mv own. I
Hands now in my own cheer
r 111 pitting room, anil the burdet
of its ticking seems to be "Lifelife."
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"I have goue 14 rtwya at a tluio without a
of the bowela, not being ablo to
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i Cbroulc conatlpallon for aovon yoara placed me In
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err thing I heard of but never found any relief; ouch V
waa inr case until I began using CASCAHETB I
I uow have front one to tin en passages a day. and If I
was rich 1 would give I10U W for each movement; It
. le auoU a relief." Ayi.mlk 1. Hi nt.
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M Schedule Kffcclive Jan. 15, 1!)02.
' Eastern Tims' 'j*'"'
, Down i I up
No I No I as" Qfafjnne ' ^ | No 1 N\?
11 | .15 jL>tai-| utdli01i5 |Uiu-l 34 ; U ^
i A M J A \ljp Mi P mJp mI|? M
r TTLTT' ! ~
b !5i 12 i" Lv Pamrlen Ar! 3 Mi fl Ml
' McKttUi x ?5r
, 19 20 12 45 WcKlvllle I IT d 00
lit 1 us, 'Kershaw : 2 42| 5
, 'II '.'Ot i 40 Heath Springs :<oi 4 10
I'-! Joi i ov Lancaster - 'IS 3 S"!
l jia isI a as Riverside ; i 45 3 iitj
! - 4-?i - 4" Cutawha Junct. I 30 2 40
[ 4 (Ml .1 00 Kock Mill ! 1 10 I IS
. I 4*11 3 1 a| Tirzall |12 So. lit 4SI
I S 2?t 8 3 ? York vll.c 12 35|iO 2 0
| S 4S| 3 4">| Slim-on .12 30, V 4't|
AM 8 OS I 4 00 Hickory drove 12 OS it 10 1' M
No ; 8 20| 4 lu Smyrna II S'-| s So No
11 . 0 50 ' > ArB acktburgLv II 3S| 8 2.1 12
B 00; It 48'Lv B'sckibutgAr 11 30 I 0 45
8 301 I S 05j i?arlg 'II IS 0 2S
8 30 S 12 Patterson SpR.slll 08 8 15
r 9 28 5 25 Shelby 10 SB | 8 00
5 45 Laitlmore |I0 3S, I 4 45
I Hi 30 s 5ftI Moorceboro 10 3' | 4 30
10 So 0 OS Henrietta 10 20 j 4 10
11 20 8 22 Forest City 10 OS I 3 45
" 15 8 87 ltuttierfortiton 0 50 3 20
, 12 *? 7 051 Thermal City 9 20 I 2 45
12 So 7 VOI Glen wood 9 00 j 2 20
> ? 20 7 35 Marlon 8 45 2 00
WKST I KAST
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No. 16. No 13 I No 14 No. Id.
Dally Daily bastbhn timb Dally
I KxSun KxSuu t.xSun Ki Sub
P M | A M i STATIONS | A~Si f"I'M
1 4 30 H .V) ' fllacUsliurK II 20 rt 10
. 4 '0 9 10 iChtrokli- Fulls II O'l f> SO
1 6 10 a :u Giiffney 10 40 ft 30
U Head Down Head Cp
3 *20 minutes for dinner.
Trains No's 34, 85, 11, 12,13,14,15,
r and 10 are operated daily excep Sun3
<lay.
- CORN KCTIONA MADK RY HOTTH ROTTN D W
TRAINS.
AtMarion : No. 32 connects at Marion
with Southern Ry train No. 30 which
^ arrives at Marion at 3.28, A M., from
Chattanooga, Asheville and interl,
mediate points.
9 At Illaoksburg: No. 3 and No. 11
connects with Southern Ry train No.
I 36 which arrives a( Biacksburg at
I 7 45, A. M , from Atlanta, (Jreenville,
Spartanburg and intermediate points,
r I At Yorkville r No. 31 connects with
a <!. it N. VV. train No. 70 which leaves
Yorkville at 10.is, A. M , for 'iastonia
l Lenoir and intermediate points.
^ At R. ck Mil!: No 32 and 31 connec'swiih
Southern R ? train No 75
t which leaves Rock 11 i I at 3 30 p rn for
|v,ne*'*T, uoiumuia t nil n.cri.ieuiate
' points.
i, At Catawba .let: No's 32 hikI 34
, conrifc s with S. A. f. , tra n No 3!>
11 which passes Catawba .let ar 7 15
r I\ M , lor Monroe an<1 intermediate
( | points.
At Lancaster: No's 32 ?nd HI eon 11
nerts with L. & C , t rain No. 1?'? which
| leaves Lancaster at 1.15, I'. M., for
' Ctie-ter and intermediate points.
1 At Camden: With A C. L. (N W. W
of S. C.) for Ctiarleston, Sumter,
Flo-enee, Darlington, Wilmington
. and intermediate points Train No.
?>H which leave* Camden at I 15. I*. M
3
CONN EOT ION 9 M.Vl>K HV NOltTII HOC M> w
1 TWAINS.
3! At Camden : With A. C. I.. (N.W, of
| SC) No 71 from Charh stor. on Klornoe
1 | Darlington, Wilmington, Sumtor and
t intermediate points wi icti arrives at
Camden at 11 15 A M. With South*
1 | ern Ky train No 77 from Kingsville
r which arriv sat Camden at 11 55 A M
i At Lancaster: No H3 connects at
t , Lancaster with L A train No 1?5
f j for Chester and intermediate points.
At 1 ataw ha .let : No 3.1 and 35 con
nects with N A L., train NoH*2 which
3 lea es Catawba Jet at 7 51, 1*. M , for
Monroe and intermediate points.
"I At Kock Hill: No HH and 35 coni
neets at Kock Hill w th Southern Ky
j tram No Hf^ leaving Kock 11111 at 8 2?J,
i' i? , ror < narlotte ami points north.
At Hlackshurg: No S3 connects
with .Southern Ry trains No's 12 4 38,
I' M , No S3, at 7.05, J* M., and No
j to at 7.45, I' M , for points north
' No'aHS and 35 connects with .Southern
Ry train Nc SR leaving Hlackshurg
at II JR, I'. M., for points south.
At Marion: No 33 connects with
t Southern Ry train No 3R leaving
r Marion at 1140, 1\M., for Aaheville, ^
, Chattanooga and intermediate points.
Through car service without change
. between Marion and Charleston on
| trains No'i 3U and 33.
1 ?.11. SHAW, S
General 1'asseuger Agent.