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M>ht vgmttnt &&vtvtiw. PUBLISHED every TUESDAY. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. A Selfish Woman's Choice. In the drawing room of a small house? one of a very long terrace In a northern suburb of London?sat a girl by the firelight. Tho room, a long, narrow one with flding doors, was noorly and shabbily furnished. The furniture and cheap ornaments, how ever, had been cjnrefully dusted aud brushed. Evidently their owners had endeavored to make tho best of their threadbaro appearance. The girl lay almost at full length on a low Ameri can chair placod straight across tho hoarth-t-ug, seemingly for tho purpose of getting tho groator amount of benefit from the pom- fire burning in tho grato. Sho was tall, slight and fair, and certainly good-looking; and a wealth of chestnut hair crowned the top of an exceedingly well shaped 'head. Tho eyes, Targe and well opened, looked dreamily into tho fire. The door opened and a lady entered. Shutting tho door softly, she stopped with a gliding motion to the girl in tho Amorican chair and stood looking down at her. The relationship wus evident. The mother was tho Imago of the daughter, grown older, petrified, as it wore, into a distinctly unpleasant looking middle age. The ohestnut hair nad faded without Incoming gray; her eyes, iargo and well openod, like hor daughter's, had a stony stare in thorn ; and her mouth the samo dis contented and sarcastic droop, ton times intensified. Not a pleasant old lady to look upon by any means. Tho girl had not romoved her oyos from tho fire on her mother's ontranco. She remained in precisely tho samo position, apparently oblivious of the fact that Mrs. Grenoblo's stony gazo was fixed upon hor face. At last tho mother broke tho silonco. "Ihopo, Paula, you havo road the letter carefully, and havo como at last to a .sensible conclusion on the mat ter." " Which letter, and what conclu sion?" asked tho girl, with a sarcastic inflection of hor low, cloar voice. " Don't bo foolish, Paula," said her mother, testily. " You know perfectly well what I mean. You have a chance that not one girl in 10,000 has?tho chance of a riofi, fortunate life, with out worries, without oare%.without?" " Lovo," murmured tno girl softly. "Lovo!" said hor mother, scorn fully. " What is lovo without money ? Or what is lovo worth In comparison with money ? Lovo is a moro word without substance, without reality, without meaning. And you have tho opportunity of life-long enjoyment of a princely fortune??50,000 that will bo - yours as long as you remain single; and you hesitate ?? ''Naturally," said Paula, a gleam of inischief lighting up tho weariness of her palo face. "Most girls object to tho prospect of being an old maid." " Listen to reason, Paula. You are vory young, only just turned twenty. Your whole life up to tho present moraont has been spent, in weary, hopeless poverty; not tho povorty of the very poor, who often want daily bread, but who, tho bread once gained, have no appoaranco to koop up. Ours is tho poverty of the well-born, tho well-bred, the dally striving to keep our shabby clothes presontable, our shabby house and furniture from get ting even moro worn and threadbaro. " Think what you might do with that ?50,000 ! The drosses you could have to woar, the jewels you might buy ; think how you would have tho chance of traveling in foreign coun tries, or seeing places and things you can only sigh and long for now in vain; and t hen think of your life, married to Charles Ethorldgo on his paltry ?300 a year, with no prospect of Its over much Increasing." When her mother spoko of tho ?50, 000 Paula's oyos gleamed with a strango light, and hor mouth lost Its sarcastic droop and quivered with ex citement. At the mention of Charles Etheridge's name sho slightly brushed hor lips with the letter she held In her left hand. ?? Well ?" said hor mother, interroga tively. " Ah," said Paula, lazily changing her position in tho Amorican chair so as to face her mother, " you were saying ? something to mo just now. It seemed rather long. I can't quite remember it all. Ah, yes ; about tho ?50,000 and Uncle Dick's insane will. By tho way, 1 suppose, ho wasn't mad when he made it, was he ? It couldn't bo disputed or anything of that kind, could it ? What a pity ! Fifty thousand pounds is worth having." "Yes," said Mrs. Grenoble, "and if you have a grain of sense in your composition you'll keop it. and send Charles Ethorldgo about his business. You'll be able to ride in your carriage and-" "Dress liko tho Princess of Wales." said Paula languidly. " Yes. thoro Is something tangible about ready money after all. Oh, to have something else to woar beside-, this rag of a gown ! Let me think. 1 would have a tailor made, costumo! One tallor-mado costume ! No, I'd havo half a dozen, one for every day in tho week, and a tight-fitting jacket trimmed with sable, and a plush mantlo for tho t heatre, and?and?oh, if I could only be !" and tho girl's oyos sparkled, and a covetous longing look camo over the % fair face. Her mother, with a few moro words of caustic poreuaslon,(left the room. Sho thought sho know hor daughter's character bettor than the girl herself. Sho knew that the lifo of pinching povorty had brought out all tno worst traits in Paula'? disposition, and sho hoped to make capital out of thorn for hor own ospoclal bonoflt. If Paula accopted tho condition of her uncle's will and lived singlo, sho would naturally llvo at home, and Mrs. Groncble would naturally becomo par taker of all tho good things that Paula with hor monoy would bo able to pro cure. In tho meantime Paula was lying back in the chair musing. Presently sho lifted tho lotter with tho closoly written four pages, and wont once moro over the woll-known linos. As sho read her eyes darkened and softened with a tender light, and the droop at the corner of her mouth becamo loss marked. At tho end she laid it in her lap and, without changing her position, road the other letter. The roading took the lovo light out of her eyes and , brought back a covotous gleam whic shone like bright stool through he thick lashes. Then sho spoko to horsolf in a low tone. "Which is It to bo? Love or money ? And I must deoido to-morrow. ('.hurlin and his ?300 a year?and?the ?50,000." The noxt morning when Paula came down rather lato to breakfast she found her mother busily roading a long and olosoly written lottor while uttorlng grunts of strong disapproval. " What Is tho matter ?" askod Paula, sitting listlessly down at the table, and lazily outtorlng her toast. " Why, I havo just had a lottor from Miss Price and her companion asking mo to take her in for a few days. She wants to do somo shopping, or make somo calls, or something of tho kind, and our house is convenient, so she says. I should have thought it too far from town. But then sho has hor own carriago, or hires one, and we shall not see much of her, that is one com 'ort. ? ~osdcr abo does not go to her own relations. She has plenty of thein." ??Possibly she is afraid," said Paula, languidly. " She is so alarming'y rich, she might think it too much ofa temp tation Ju) her dear relations to stay with them." " Paula, you are ridiculous, and you have such strange notions for so young a girl. It Is really very impolitic to talk in the wav you do. However, I'm too busy to scold now-" " For small mercies let us be grate- 1 ful," murmured Paula. " Miss Price may be here at any mo ment, and I must see about her room," and Mrs. Grenoble bustled out of the I room. Half an hour afterward there was a meek little rap at the street door. In a few minutes Miss Price and her com panion were ushered into the room. Miss Price was a little thin lady over sixty years old. She wore her light hair, which was streaked with gray, in little curls on each side of her cheeks. Her face was little and shrunken, her figure pinohod and small, her hands and feet small. But the worat thing about her ?ras the utteoly care worn and miserable expression of her face. A Ustloas wretchedness had, as it were, eaten itself into her withered countenance, and was shown in every gesture of hor knotted, veined and trembling hands and bony neck. "And yet she has four thousand a year,*' said Palua to herself. Miss Price appeared in mortal dread of her companion, and yet totally un able to do without her. Mrs. Mount tyrannized over her In tho more bare faced manner, and poor Miss Price submitted mookly in the listless, hope loss way her face betrayed. " Will there eyer be a time when a companion will be necessary to my well being?" thought Paula. The next morning was fine, and Miss Priee elected to do hor shopping. A carriage was ordered, for Miss Price was not strong, and the rattlo and nolso of the omnibuses did not agree wlt'i hor. But Bhe grumbled at the ?xpanso and feared sho was ruining herself. Paula and Mrs. Mount accompanied hor. And what a time they had of it! Miss Price wanted dresses, but nothing Minted her. The cheap ones wore too common, and the bettor ones wero too expensive. Her unhappy face was bont over the goods, comparing them, finding fault now with the color, now with tho texture, but generally with the price. Finally she chose an ex pensive Bilk and somo brown cash mere, and her face looked more mis erable than evor after she had paid the bill. And then to the milliner's and .the same sceno was onactod ovor again. Panla watched as in a dream, the Eretty, tasteful bonnets ohanged, as if y magic, into dowdy, comm. jnplaco constructions as soon as they surround ed Miss Prico's discontented old faco. It seemed to ocoui* to Miss Price also that it did not much matter what sho nhoso, for she kopt hor face turned resolutely from the mirrors, and deferred at last to Mrs. Mount's judg ment. Paula shuddered as she thought that she might come to just such an unpleasant old ago. To bo depen dent on tho taste of a companion for tho selection of one's clothes ! To look so woebegone and wretched as to como to shun tho sight of one's own coun tenance. Paula was very thoughtful and silent all that ovenlng. Mrs. Grenoble told her it was time?full tlmo to answer the letters. Paula.sald sho would write them to-morrow ' before breakfast. Her mother said of course there was no doubt as to hor choice. !Wto child blessed with such a mother as she had. to advise her would hesitate a moment. Paula answered gravely that the advont of Miss Prlco had loft no doubt in hor mind as to which course she would pursue Hor mother looked at hor doubtfully as sho made this re mark, lighting her bedroom candle meanwhilo; but Paula gave a pro digious yawn, which ontiroly destroyed any expression her faco might have had at tho time, and then vanished from tho room. When Paula reached hor bedroom sho placed hor candle on the dressing tablo, and sitting down with her elbows on tho table and hor cheeks resting in hor two hands, calmly survoyod hor rofloction In the glass. It was cer tainly pleasant to Took upon, with its piles of chestnut hair crowning tho palo, oval faco, and its steady, clear eyes shining in tho dim light. But as sho gazed Paula, as through a mist, seemed to 800 t lie. ehest nut hair grown scanty and streaked with gray, the faco thin and lined, tho mouth with its already too discontented droop, in tensified and hardened ' by years of loneliness and unhappiness. Of what use would fine clothes bo with a faco like that ? To live alono, uncarod for, unloved, would soon sour tho young face, and then?sho would grow like Miss Price! uNo," said Paula, resolutely, " no ; I cannot do it. Not for fifty thousand pounds can I consent to run the risk of growing like Miss Price. I dare say when I am as old as sho is I shall bo fat and have a red faco ; but then Charllo will be old, too, and probably fat, so we shan't bo ablo to reproach each othor. And wo shall be togeth er, and wesh all havo got over all our little quarrels and misunder standings, and we shall by that time understand oach other's peculiarities. Wo shall bo horribly poor?, beastly poor.' as Bolla Wilier used to say; out for all that I would rather be with Charlie than with mamma all ray life. M And then the fine clothos?what good are thoy after ono has grown old and ugly ? And as to traveling about and seeing things?why, I'd rather stay at home than go about with?a Miss Prlco. I wish?I wish I could choose Charlie and tho X60.000, too. I don't suppose that anybody with more money than Charlie would ask mo to marry him. It would not do to run the risk of waiting. No. It is my fato to bo Mrs. F.thoiTdge; and?wolf, it's a bettor fato than to be a Miss Price." Tho noxt morning Paula wont down to breakfast with a domuro counten ance. She and hor mother were alono. Miss Price was breakfasting lu bod, and Mrs. Mount was bearing hor com pany. Mrs. Qrenoblo looked at her daughter inquisitively, but Paula subsided languidly into a chair and asked for a cup of coffee. Thon she took up the paper and apparently becamo immorsod In tho political crisis. At last Mrs. Grenoble's short, al lowanco of patience gave way. " Havo you written those lotters, Paula ?" sho asked. " What letters?" " You know as well as I do. Tho lotters to Mr. Etherldge and the lawyer.'* "Yes, I havo written them." " And your deoislon Is what was to havo been oxpectod ?" "Proclsoly." "You have written to Mr. Etheridgo breaking off your engagement?" "X havo written to Mr. Ethoridgo saying I would marry him whon ho pleases," returned Paula, coolly. " Waat I" burst forth Mrs. Grenoblo in groat fury. ?'Well that was what was to be ox pectod, was It not ? We havo boon engaged two years, and a wedding la generally oxpectod after that length of tlmo, and Charlie -wants mo to fix the day, and so I'vo fixed it. and thoro's an ond of tho matter."?Wavorloy Magazine ?Ex-President Harrison leads a very Suiet life in Indianapolis. He is sof om seen on the streets and never goes into society. He has not ronewed busi ness relations with his old partners, Messrs. Miller & Elm, but has a desk in the office of his oid confidential clerk, Howard Cole, where he transacts his private business. I A STRANGE ROMANCE. A Recluse who ha* not Seena Woman In Thirty Years. The tragic story of John Armstrong is told by an exchange from North Carolina. For moro than fifty years he has led the life of a recluse In the dense pine forests not far from New berne, N. C. His ruin was wrought by woman's perfidy and ho has kept away from her sight ever since. The only son of a well-to-do planter near Wil mington, N. C, Armstrong wooed and was accepted by Carrie Scott, the daughter of a neighbor. On the morn ing set for their . wedding, fifty-five years ago. as Armstrong and a party of friends were riding toward the Dome of his betrothed, they were met by a negro servent who informed them that Miss Carrlo hod been married some hours before to a Northern gentleman named Samuel Opdyke, and had al ready loft for the North. For a mo ment Armstrong seemed as if dazed by a hoavy blow. Thon, without a word to his companions, ho put spurs to his horse and soun disappeared in the dis tance. He was never seen agakl In that neighborhood, and the belief" was soon accepted that he had committed suicide. Timo passed, his father and mother died and their property fell td distant relatives. Armstrong's disap pearance was almost forgotten, when a party of Newberne huntors by acoldent came across in a gloomy and remote part of the forest, the cabin which for thirty years hod been Armstrong's homo. To the hunters Armstrong told his past history. Ho said that on the fatal morning when ho learned that his promised wife had proved false to her vows he resolved to at once and forever turn his back on humanity, and this resolution ho had thus far religiously kept. He was greatly annoyed that his hid ing place had at last been found, and though he has nevor si nee seen fit to change It, ho has always avoided as far as possible the society of his follows. However, ho Is often sought out by tho curious, and a Northern gentleman, who visited him a few months ago, found tho hermit still hale and vigorous dopoelto his 7B years. His hair and long flowing board are white as snow, but he walks orect and with an clastic step. He told his visitor ho had not soon or spoken to a woman in thirty years, and had never soen a railroad car or a steam boat. Tho doings of tho groat outside, world aro almost un known to him, but ho is a constant reader of religious and solentlflc works and an ardent student of natural his tory. Ho has a splendid entomological collection, and can tell correctly the name and habit of eve*"- insect native to his neighbckuood. But tho curso of Cain Is on this vonorablo recluse. arJ the story of his crime shows how time and chance sometlmos work strange results. One day durlug the war a F?deral ofllcor, to escapo capture by a scouting party of Confederate cavalry, took refuge in tho forost, and in tho wanderings reached the vicinity of the hermit s home aud oncountco Armstrong himself. In response to tho latter's questions the fugitive said ho was an ofticor In tho F?deral army and that his namo was Samuel Opdyko. At the mention of this names the her mit started back and cocked his gun. " Are you the* man who married Car rie Scott V" "Yos; but why do you ask mo that question ? Who are you ?" "I am John Armstrong, whom sho {(remised to marry and vowed that sho oved bettor than any one olso in tho world. But sho deceived mo; her heart was hollow ; she was false to me. You stole her from mo, and now I have my rovengo." He raised his gun and pulled tho trigger?it is tho hermit, himself who tells tho story?and a second later Opdyko lay dead at his foot. Thus tho ovil tliat women as well as men do lives after them. A CURIOUS DREAM. Death Was Seen in tho Vision, but the AVnriilng Was Not Heeded. Last week another man was killed at a railroad crossing In Atlanta, where so many have met death before. His name was Henry Fleck, and in attempt ing to board a passing train, which was running slow, ho mado a false stop and was crushed beneath tho wheels. Tho Atlanta Herald, in connection with this tragic occurrronco, tolls tho following remarkable story: A dream strange for its vividness and stranger still for its truthfulness camo as a'-warning to the family of Henry Flock before his doath last night from injuries at the Mitchell street Railroad crossing. Mr. Flock had a sister who had lived at his homo for a number of years, and on Friday night sho saw him in a dream, badly injured and lying on a litter. She saw him bruised and bleed ing, and saw the faces of strange mon boaring him carofully along to his home. Sho was not a believer in dreams, but so plain was ovory detail of this ono, that it made an Impression on her mind that sho could not shako off. . The terrible sight continued to haunt hor and sho finally told her brother of it, and warning him that he bo careful in crossing tho railroad. Hor brother laughed at her dreams and assured her that her fears were, groundless. Tho dream had been forgotten by tho other members of tho family until tho nows of the accldont that causod his doath reached them yesterday. When ho was brought homo dying from his injuries his sister re-called tho terrible dream, and last night while speaking of it swooned, aud is now in a dangerous condition. Sho is suffering from hoart failure and this morning sovoral physiolans were sum moned. Miss Flock had hor terrible droam last Friday night, and while sho did not know tho locality in which the supposed injuries wore received by her brother, a railroad train was supposed to have inflicted them. Tho father of Mr. Henry Fleck was a man well known in business circles and his tragic doath of only a few yours ago Will be. remembered by many. Ho was killod by a train at the F?tors street crossing, which is only a few hundred yards from the point whore his son-was killod on yesterday. A Hard Provision.?Ono of tho Boston theatro managers was down on tho seashore last summer, and while wandering about tho hotel piazza ran across a friend who touched him up for a pass. The manager searched in his inside pochet, and then shook his head. " I'd give you ono willingly, but I didn't bring my cards. I don't see how I oan do it without the pass." 'I he deadhead looked'blank. Sudden ly the manager spoko : " I'll toll you what I can do. Instoad of using a card, I'll just write 'Pass bearer' on your shirt front, and that will get you in all right. Will that do ?" Tho man assented, and tho pass was written. That ovoning the deadhoad showed up at the thoatro, and the man at the gate nodded whon he lookod at tho shining bosom. " All rlght;| that's good." R The deadhead passod through tno gate and atartod into the theatre. He had only taken a few stops when tho gatokoopor callod him back. The man looked surprised. " What's the matter now ? Isn't it all right?" The gatokoopor noddod. " Yos, hut you must surrender tho pass."?Boston Budgot. ? i ?Ono cannot oultivate land intellig ently unless thoy know how muoh and what sort of plant food Is removed with each crop and how much is returnod by the manure applied. Theso things aro easy enough to know if ono takes the pains to study. Slang Phrases.?The necessity for coining word* to express ideas and describe objects is always apparent, notwithstanding the overloaded dicti onary, and it is seldom that a slang word is not so appropriate that it does not occasion a smile at its fitness. The slang word "bogus"has been legitimized, but suffering from neglect for years. It Is a Georgia word. Wil liam A. Bogus was a Georgia land lot tery commissioner years ago caught in rascality in office. He issued fraudu lent land rights. He furnished our vernacular with a word for everything spurious and false. "Tory" is of Irish origin and signifies a savage. "Whig "is an abbreviation of the word " wnigamore, " a Scotch thief. -The word " spifflcat" is in com mon use in Yorkshire, England, and means having the wind knocked out of one. "Cant" was a slang word. Alexan der Cant of Scotland was deposed by the synod " for divers seditions and impud oat passages in his sermon at several places." All seditious praying and preaching in Scotlnnd was there after called " canting." The word " copperhead " was first used In Maine to donate those who left that State in 1802 to ovade the draft. It was supposed either to have been taken from the snako whloh beara the name or from tho copper head of Liberty on the cent.?New York Herald. Bukied Nearly two Months.?A remarkable story comes from St. I Petersburg of a young girl who was burled under the snow for fifty-one days, and still lives to tell about it. Her home is in a village near Moscow, and she says that she fell asleep on a pile of straw, and when she awoke, found herself burled under an Immense fall of snow. All her efforts to extri cate herself were in vain, and she re mained burled among tho snow and straw for fifty-one days, with no nour ishment, save a few bits of bread that sho happened to havo with her. When at longth rescued, the girl was, of course, found to be In a state of most complete inanition, and it required several days of constant care and nurs ing to restore her strength. On recov ering, sho stated that sho had not ex perienced any excessive cold, and had only occasionally been seized with shiv* erlng. Sho suffered much, however, from hungor, and after a fow crusts of bread were eaten, supported lifo by sucking tho snow. Tho girl also de scribed the angulBh which she felt on finding that no one hoard her piteous, half stifled crios for help whenevor tho SOiinA-'?*-ffi?tsep8"io tho neighborhood of her living sopulcher fell upon hor ears. To be Avoided.?A toachor in ono of our Eastern schools has prepared a list of "words and phrases to bo avoid ed,'' and it is so good that it deserves a wide circulation : Had rather, for Would rather ; Had bettor, for Would better; Posted, for Informed ; Depot, for Station ; Try and go for Try to go; Cunning, for Smart; Above, for Foregoing ; Like I do, for 'Asil do; Fcol badly, for FooJ'bad ; Fool good, for Foel well; Expect, for Sus pect : Nice, or real nice, used Indiscri minately ; Funny, for Odd or unusual; Soldom or ovor, for Seldom or never ; More than you think for, instead of Moro than you think ; Nicely, in answer to a quest ion as to health : Just as soon, for Just as lief ; Guoss, for Think; Fix, for arrange or prepare ; Real good, for Really good ; Try an experiment, for Mako an experiment; It storms, for It rains or It blows ; Not as I know, for Not that I know ; Every man or woman should do tholr duty ; A party, for A person; Healthy, for Wholesome. Hard Times Recalled.?Little Girl?Was your folks poor when you wore a llttlo girl ? Grandma?Wo thought wo wore, my dear. We were pioneer farmers, and lived in a log ucabin: but it was large and comfortable *, tho iloors wore warmly carpetod; wo had plenty to oat and plenty to wear. But wo raised everything ourselves and made our own cloth. Wo had no money to go to stores, oven if wo had boon near-any : and so wo felt very, very poor. There wore two things wo were all fond of, and oh, how wo longed for them, and how wo wished wo could afford thorn, but wo couldn't and it mado us foel vory mi sera hie to bo so poor. Those two things were salt mackerel and store molasses. Llttlo Girl?Ooo ! Why, what did you havo to eat, then ? Grandma?Nothing but beof mutton, chicken, venison, quail, squirrels, wild ducks, brook trout, and such things ; and as for molasses, wo hadn't anything but maple syrup. Romance and Murder.?A dis patch from Wcoling, W. Va., says: A sensational murdor mystery is now ex citing Bcllalre, O., opposite this city. Nell McCabe, a prominent young man, was found dead by tho roadside and In vestigation showed that ho had boon murdered. His sweetheart, Miss Tilly Cutshaw, who was hist scon with him and who tolls a peculiar story, is now in jail chargod with complicity In tho murder. Tho girl says sho was walking with McCabe and that ho took suddenly ill und lay down on the ground. Sho says sho thon covered him up with Iiis coat and loft him, supposing that ho would soon be all right. * When tho next hoard of him ho was dead. Tho impression is that the young lady knows moro of the murder than sho has told and that Mc Cabo was killed by a rival for hor hand in her prosonco and that she is trying to shield tho murderer. ?Evorybody knows what a picnic is, but most folks would find it hard to say how it got its name, and yot it is simple onough when you come to learn it. When a picnic was being arrangod for tho custom originally was that those who intendod to bo present should sup ply tho oatablos and drinkablos. A list of those necessities having been drawn up, it was passed round and oach per son picked out tho article of food or furnish, and tho name of tho article Was nicked Ol* ticked oft* tho list. Tho opon-air ontortalnmcnt thus became known as " pick and nick." Tho cus tom is said to havo dated from 1802, so that the picnic is wholly an institution of tho ninotoeth century. ?Tho Chicago Baptist ministers' conference, has adopted a resolution unanimously condomning the oponing of tho World's Fair on Sunday. After reoitlng at longth tho conditions im posed by Congress at tho incoption of tho exposition, tho resolution says that tho action of tho directors in taking ndvantagoof the sileneoof tho appelate court is an act of downright rebellion against tho govornmont which thoy call to tho attention of tho President, requesting that tho Prosldont tako such measures as may bo nooossary to carry the case to tho Supremo Court of tho United Statos, resolving to lond all tholr power to assist in making tholr protest oiTective. ? St? ?Thomas Nelson Pago has arrived In Riohmond, Va., after a three wooks wedding tour. As soon as It is possiblo he will purchaso an ostato In Virginia, half way between Richmond and Washington, with tho expectation of living there during the summer and sponaing his winters in the National Capital. ?Mr. G. Ernest Folk, of Nowborry, and a graduate of Newborry College, Is ono of the honor mon in tho SonTor class at Yalo Col logo this year. In philosophy ho has a highor stand than any man in tho olass, whloh, the Now Haven News says, is one of tho best in tho history of tho College. drink that ho or sho was Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder ABSOLUTE!* PURE MAGAZINES FOR THE MONTH. The July Forum Is jhe most timely and readable numbor published this year. The startling revelations of national pension abuses are continued ? in articles on *>'The Grand Army as a ' Pension Agency," by Col. C. MoK. Leosor, a civil -war veteran, who sup ports his assertions by actual citation from tho army's history. "Prospects of the World's Fair " are expertly dis cussed by Franklin H. Head, Vice President of tho American Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, who analyzes the figures of " Tho World's Fair Bal ance-Sheet," and by Dr. E. Flotchor Ingals, retiring president of the Illi nois State Medical Society, who of ei*s valuable information concornlng " Chicago's Sanitary Condition." " An I Actor's Memory of Edwin Booth" is a 1 brilliant and fascinating paper by John | Malono, formerly a inomoor of Mr. I Booth's company. "The Fourth of j July," by Charles Leonard Moore, Is tho first poem ever printed in this re view. Dr. Lyman Abbott Illuminates pending theological perplexities by a masterly articlo, " What are a Chris tian Preacher's Functions?" James Bryco furnishes a thoughtful essuy on " Tho Teaching of Civic Duty"; Eds I mund Hudson, a well-known military critic, unfolds a plan for utilizing "Tho Army as a Military Training School"; and 1-imis C. Tiffany, in "American Art Supreme in Colored Glass," shows how tho mediaeval art of stained-glass painting has boon ox colled and superseded In this hemis phere and a new and tempting career oponed for artists. John Basset Moore, professor of diplomacy at Columola Cdlloge, ends this notable number with "Tho Russian Extradition Treaty: a Reply to Protests," in which he un dertakes to prove that the treaty is not so dangerous as it has been repre sented. Life In tho opon air is tho theme of Harper's Magazine for July. The opening article describes somo his toric gardens of Italy, and Its fourteen illustration i, six of thorn full-pago en gravings, aro from photographs made for the article. The scent of meadows and tho breezes of English uplands fill tho chapters of William Black's " Tho Handsomo Humes," which are con tained In this number, while in " Three English Race Mootlngs," by Richard Harding Davis, tho reader catches re freshing glimpses of a famous trio of national out-door festivals. Tho "Raeo Mootlngs" aro illustrated with nino drawings by William Small. In " Al Sorian Riders," an illustrated paper by olonol T. A. Dodge, U. S. A., tho reader gains an insight into the free lifo of the North African tent-dwcllors ?owners of the bepraised and prized Arabian horse. "Side Lights on the Gorman Soldier," by Poultney Bigolow, illustrated from nineteen drawings by Frederic Remington, is a graphic de scription of the lifo of Gorman officers and privates in barracks and in tho field. Henry Loomis Nelson discusses in an ontertaining fashion tho immi gration of tho French Canadian into Now England and his qualities as an American citizen. Julian Ralph, in " Chicago's Gontlo Side," writes appre ciatively of the public spirit and tho work of-women in the Wostern me tropolis, and Brander Matthews, in " Tho Function of Slang," givos credit to the waifs of languago for enriching and strengthening our vocabulary. Besides an instalment of tho " Hanu | somo Humes," tho fiction of the num bor includes chapters of Miss Wool son's " Horace Chase," in which the in terest is constantly deepening. There is a story of the French and Indian War, by Miss Wilkins, ealled "Si lence," and Will Carlcton contributes "A Vestal Virgin," a humorous skotch. There aro two poems in tho Number?"Sleep," by Aliee Brown, and "The Milky Way," by Wallace Bruce. In tho "Editor's Study" Charles Dudley Warner discusses tho recent naval reviow and othor timoly topics. Tho " Editor's Drawer" in cludes a short story by Thomas Nelson Page, called "How Andrew Carried tho Precinct," and a full-page drawing by George du Maurier. ?Tho Tradesman says tho industrial outlook in tho South is greatly improv ed and farmers aro in bettor condition. That oily and rough skin cured and tho face and hand beautified by John son's Oriental Soap; medicated and highly perfumed. Sold by Carpontor Bros., Greenville, S. C. Gyres Oilers Will cure Yon, Is a int.- Mitteilt, m of i e ui'tiou of AYKlt'd Sarau purl I hi, when taken for disease* nrlylllillin.;' in Illlpllf'J blond ; hut. win!.- this assertion is IriU' i?f AYKlt'S Hai-ap.u illn, sis thou uillds ? in attest, it on limit. In truthfully applied to ether preparations, which ?nipriai ipli.il dealers will rccouniiciiit, and try lo im piian upon yen. us "just as d as Avar's." Titlm Ajei's Saisap.u ilia and Ayer'fl oil l<k , is yen need a hlnod-purltlor ami Would he benefited pennant ally. This medicine, for nearly fifty years, has Oil joy I'd a reputation, aial made a record for i'li'v, thai lias never been equaled by other preparations. AYKlt'U ?ursuparlllrt eradicidiM tho taint of he rodltury scrofula and other blood dis eases from ihr sy.-Inn. and it has, deser vedly, tho contldoiiee ?I the people, m Sarsaparilla '? I cannot forbear lo express my joy at the relief I have obtained from tho use of .. V K'.t'S Sarsuparilla. I was afflicted wh'.i kidney troubles f">r about ?!x months, suffering prently with pains in I he small of my back. In addition to this, my body was covored with pimply c.-uptions.. Tie' ruiuedlus presuribed failed to Help me. i lld>li began to take AYKlt'S Sarsnpflrllln, and, in a Hliort time, the pains ceased'Und the pimples disappeared I advise every yotingmen or woman, in easo of sickness result ing from Impure blood, no matter how lonjj Standing the ease may he. to lako AYMR'SSarsnpnrilla."?n.L. Jarinalin, li.mi St., New York City, ? ill Cure You Vrepured bv Dr. ,T. 0. Ayor it. Co., Lowell, Mum II. J. IIAYN8WORTH. L. \V. I'AUKKK. HAYKSWORTH & PARKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 60tMalnSt. ? ? Greenville, S.O. . . ? ...'.:.< Excursions to Arkansas and Texas. The Richmond and Danville rail road has arranged for harvest excur ion tickets to be sold to points in Ar kansas, Texas and tho West on Augutt 2nd and 3rd at half rates ; that is one fare for tho round trip. Those tickets will be good returning within thirty days from date of sale and afford an excellent opportunity for a visit to the great Western country. We aro reliably advised that the crops this year in the West are unusu ally fine and wo will bo prepared to send you by routos running through the vory best sections of tho country. We will havo theso excursion tickets and through baggage checks furnished from any ticket station upon receipt of information that the same are desired, and thus givo you the benefit of excur sion rates through, saving the payment of local fares to tho larger stations. Our excursion last year and also for many years before woro a great success and all who wont with us wero greatly pleasod with our excellent through curs and fast schedules via At lanta and Birmingham, which are arranged for the coming season better than over before. For maps, timo-tablos, rates and all othor information, write or call upon C. L. Hopkins, Trav. Pass. Ag't, Char lotto, N. C. or B. W. Hunt, Trav. Pass. Ag't, Augusta, Ga. IT FOLLOWS AFTER ? a disordered liver ? that you're subject to attacks of cold or chills on slight expos ure. You get " tired " easily. A " tired" digestion fails to assimilate food. This often results in what we call Indi gestion or Biliousness. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets rouse the liver to vigorous action, and this in turn starts the machinery of the body into activity. Liver, stomach and bowels feel the tonic effect, and in consequence the entire system is invigorated. The processes become self-regulat ing, and a reserve force is stored up against exposure to disease. If you're too thin, too weak or nervous, it must be that food assimilation is wrong. This is the time to take Pleas ant Pellets. They perma nently cure Constipation, Sour I Stomach, Dyspepsia, Sick o? Bilious Headache, Dizziness and Jaundice. T1I10 STATE'S TEACHERS. At (lie si on n i er 11 Educational Associa tion Meeting and World's Pair. The following announcement is mado. It shows what South Carolina's teach ers can do whon they want to : " On Monday, July 10, a select party of leading teachers and their friends, about ono hundred, will leave Colum bia over tho Richmond and Danvillo Railway for Louisville and Chicago to attend tho annual meeting of tho Southern Educational Association at tho former place and the World's Fair ut the latter. "Two weeks will be spent in Chieago. Stops will bo made at Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Mammoth Cave, Nashville, Chattanooga and Spartanburg, where tho State Teacher's Association meets August 2-4. The trip can bo made for $75. Genial friends will enhunco tho pleasures of tho party. Those who leave with the party can uso their pleasure about stopping and returning. Tho party will bo in tho special euro of Prof. P. E. Powell, editor of the Palmetto Teacher, who has had expe rience in such matters. "Write him at Lexington, S. C, for full particulars." Japanese Liver Pollots euro bilious ness, sour stomach and all kidney and liver troubles. Small and mild. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Carpenter Bros., Druggists, will toll you that Johnson's Magnetic Oil al ways gives satisfaction and is tho cheapest. Rov. O. S. Stringfleld of Wakeileld, N. C, says : " Five boxes of Japanese Pile Cure cured mo uftcr 12 years' suf fering." Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. JAPANESE CORE A Now nml Comploto Treatment, consisting ol flUPPOHITOIUKS. Cnpsuloe of Oiutmont and two IIoxah of Ointment. A never-fulling Cure for 1'llen of every iinturo nml tlogron. It innkai nn oporntlon with tho kntfo or Injections of cnrhollo (tola, wliloh nre painful nnd seldom n permanent euro, nnd often resulting In doath, unnecessary. Why onduro this lerriblo cllveas?? Wo gunrnntee O boxes to our* any oose. You only pay for bonents rocolvod. fl h box, 6 for (5. Sent by mull. Guarantees Indued by our ngonts. ftANSTIPATInN Curod. Piles Prevented, LUND I Irrt I IUN bylapanosellverPolloU tho prent MV KR nnd STOM AO ff RE?uXAT?R nnd in.ooo is Ki i ilk. Hinnll, mild mid pleiiHnnt to take, especially adapted for children's uso. CO i>.?> 20.t . GUABANTKES lssuod only by caupentkk Bros., Greenville, 8 c. THE~L?lJmrsTAR7_ H. Y. SIMPSON. C. I), ha RKBDAI.K SIMPSON & BAKKSDALE, Attorney.'! at Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. Spoclal attention given to tho investi Kation Ottilies and collection of claims. b. W. bali? I,, W. sim KINS. W. W. HAM. BALL, SIMKINS & KALL, Attorneys ut Law, Laurens, South Carolina. Will practieo In all Ktato und United States Court. Special attention glvon collections. ft T. JOHNSON. W. It. RIdhRY. JOHNSON* & RIOHRY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Okkiue?Fleming's Cornor, Northwest *hlo of Publlo Square. LAURENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA. W. H. MARTIN^ Attorney at Law, Laurrnb, - South Carolina. Will practice lu all Courts of thh State. Attention given to collodions. The New York World" One Year, WEEKLY EDITION, THE "COLUMBIA" WATCH, -AND "The ADVERTISER" One Year jAjljI-j for $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 The New York Wrkki.y World is the leading Ameri can paper, and is the largest and let weekly printed. The Columbia Watch is an excellent tiiackcepci, with clock movement, Bpritig in a barrel, steel pinion, clean free train and a good timekeeper. It is 2-g inches in diameter, i 1-3,2 inches thick, and tequires no key to wind. The Advertiser is the best and cheapest local paper in his vicinity. We thus furnish the Time and all the news up to time lor one year for .$2.80. X3E~ Send your Order with the CASH to The ADVBKT18KR and the WATCH and 1?A1*KK8 will be forwarded at once. RICHMOND, A DANVILLE K. R. F. W. lluidekoper and R?ubtn Fwder, Iteoelvers. Atlanta & ( harlott< Air Line Division. Condensed t-cbedule <>f Passen ger Trains in effect May 31, 181-3. Trains run by Eastern time. NOKTU BOUND. $partanburg Jlltton. Lv Atlanta. Noroross Suwanee Buford Flowory Branob Gainesville_ Lula . Mi. Airy Tooooa. Westminster Seneoa Central Kasloy Croon vlllo. Greer'e. S ? Cowpens Oaftney. Blackaburg . Gastonta. Ar. Charlotte Southward. Lv.-Charlotte... Oastonla. Blacksbuig ... Uatlney. Cowpens. Clirton. Sparenburg.... Oroer'a . Greenville. Kasley. Central . Snneoa . Westminster.... Tooooa . Mi. Airy . Lula ..".. Gainesville ... Flowery Branob Buford. Suwanee..,. Noroross... Ar. Atlanta..... No. 87 i No. 11 9:86am 10:43am 11:37am 12:28pm 3:33pm 4:56pm lt:50um 12:33pm 1:22pn> 1:4Upn, 2:03pm 2:0upm 2:2lpro 2:68pm 3:26pin 4:00pm 4:25pni r> :02pm 6:20pm 5:50pm 0:25pm 7:12pm 7:33pni 8:03pin 8:14pm 8:80pm 9:30pm No. 35 10:20pra 10:67pu) ll:3Gpru 11:50i)ra 12:26aro si :20am h2:06uu) b2 :32am s3:18am h7 :04nm 4:27aro 5:66pm PULLMAN CAR SERV1CK. Pullman Palaco Sleeping Car on Tralus 9. 10, It and 12, 37 and 38 on A. & C. Di vision. Nos. 11 and 12?Pullman Bullet Sleeper between Washington and Atlantn, uniting between Danville and Greensboro wiib Pullman Sleeper to and Irom Portsmouth ^and Norfolk. / For detailed informal ion as to local and through time tablet*, raws and Pullman sleeping Car reservatio!:?, confer with local agents, or address? W. A. TUltK, s. H. HARDW1CK, Gen. Pass. Ag't, A*k't.Gei>.Paes,Ag't. Washington, D. C. J. A. DOD8UN, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga. A t hi lit a, (la. SOL HAAS, TrnUlo Mg'r, Washington, 1). C. W. H. QUEEN, Gen'l Man'g'r, Wash ington, D. C. A ATLANTIC COAST LINK. PA8 nenger Department. Wilmington, N. C. Juno 18, 1893. Fast Lino between Charleston and Columbia and Uppei South Carolina, and Western North Cato Una and Athens and Atlanta. Condensed Sebodule. Going West No. 62 stations. Going No. *a m 7 15 8 44 9 53 10 05 P Al 12 43 241 P M 6.08 Lv.Charleston.Ar Lv.Lanes.Ar Lv -Su inter.. Ar Ar.Columbia .kv Ar.Newberry. Lv... Ar.Greenwood.Lv_ Ar.Athens. Lv 7.45' Ar.Atlanta. Lv 6 101 Ar .Winnsboro. Lv 730; Ar.... Cbarlotte.N.O. Lv 3 67 Ar .Anderson .Lv 4 45 Ar .... Greenville.Lv 8 00 Ar.Walhalla. Lv 8281 Ar .. . Abbeville .Lv 0 50 9 11 10 16 Ar Ar Spartanhurg . Lv Hender'ville.N.O... Lv Ar .Asheville, N.O Lv Eust 63 ? ?I'M 8 45 7 05 5 45 ,4 20 2 42 12 in A M 10 05 7 30 I* hi 11 64 !) 35 808 7 3tf P M 11 15 1 42 10 2'( 8 02 A M 7 00 ?Dally. Nob. 62 and 63 solid train* between Charleston and L Union, s. C H. M. KMKRSON, Asss. Gen. Pass. At<'l. J. R. KENLY. T. M. KMKRSON, Gen'l. Manager. Traftlc Manager. A Source Of considerable speculation and conjecturo by sowing machine men in general is : Why is it that the canvassers selling New Davis Ma chinos can go out und sell from live to Hoven and even more machines per wcok, while the canvasser for other machines considers himself doing well when he accomplishes the sale of two or three machines per weck V This is very easily answered. It is not because tho Davis is sold lower than any other, for tho price is from live to ten dollars higher than that of uns otlier machine in the market: but it is lajcnuse it possesses many advantages over any other, promf cnt among them being tho vertical feed, an improvement which in point of superiority no other ma chine can approach. By the feed improvomont all kinds of sowing ovon the most difficult trimming, is mado in the mostporfeet manner without tho necessity of basting. Its attachments tiro M) simple, many of them working automati cally, that any lady possessing even but a slight knowlcdo of running a Machine, tum execute every varioty of household sowing upon tho Dtt? vis with an caso and rapidity im possible with any other machine. Greenville Music House, Alexander? Bros. & Co., Pianos, Organs, Sewing Ma chines and Sheet Music. 107 and 111 Washington Street, Green ville, S. C. RICHMOND ? DAN VI M.K R. R. K. W. Huidckoper ai d Reuben Fe*? ter, Keocivers. Columbia ?V Greenville Dl? vision. Condensed Boedtilo in i-ffeot Juno 1. 1808. Trains ruu by 75.U Merldlun Tun?'. Uotwecn Colombia, Booeon aed Walhalla. STATIONS. Ar Daily. No. 11. 11 06nm I. v 11 89nin 12 28pu 12 37pn. 12 87pni 12 41pn. 1 22 pm 1 4?pm 2 20pm 2 42pm 8 OOptu 3 I2puj 8 32 pn 8 IHpn. 3 67 pm 4 28pn 4 67 pn 6 O?pm 5 ?iipm Between Anderson, Belum and Green _ villo. _ Dally i i Daily. No. 12. STATIONS. ! No. 11. Ar. Lv. Lv Ar Lv Ar .Colli in Ida . . .Alston. . l'OUllll >u ... . l'msi nU) . , .Nowbury . II I'll'IUI . , .Cliapi'i llH . . ,. Niuul) Six.. . ..Greenwood.. .. Hodges. ,. Donalds_ ?Hone* Path.. . Helton. .. Belton_ . . Anderson... . 1 Vnil Ii Ion_ ....Beoeoa .... ....tteneou ... .. Walhalla... I.v Ar Ar Lv Ar Lv Daily. . No. 12 1 lUpm 12 20pm 12 Uf>pm 11 40am 11 lDam 11 Main 10 29iua 10 08um l) 60nm '.' 3i)am l) 13am i? 02am s 45am 8 Main 8 08am 7 88a in 0 ftHain 0 6Sam U 00a m 1 inpin 3 3Spm 3 IIHpm 3 57 pm I Ar 103pm I lupiD 4 66nm Lv.. Ar. Lv.. a r a r Ar .Anderson.Ar Bei ton.Lv .Helton.Ar . Wllliamston. . Lv l'elzer. Ar . Piedmont .. I., Ar Greenville Lv 4 35pm 8 43pm h 48pm s 24 pm s IKpm s 03pm 7 30 M Between Columbia, Alston und Spartan burg. Daily No. 13. 3 QU p in 4 30pm 5 23 r? ni T> 32pin ? 50pui U 23pm 0 50pni STATIONS. Lv. Colli nibla.Ar .Aisinn. .... Carlisle. .Saniuc. .Union. .l'aeolet. Ar.. .Spartanburg_Lv Daily Nu. 14 1 20pm 12 lopm 12 llpm 11 30pm 11 17 pm 10 44pm 10 20pm Between Newberry, Clinton and Laurens Ex Sun No. 15 12 6Spm 1 O?pin 1 ?Opm 2 i?ptn 2 60pm STATIONS. Lv_Columbia.Ar _Newberry .... ... Goldville .... .... < I in ton .... Ar.Laurens. Lv Bx Sun Nu. 10 11 lOum 11 OOam 10 Umm !? 60am !? 20 am Between Hodges and Abu?villi Bx.Sun, No. II 2 02 pm Lv 3 12 pm Lv 8 28 pm|Ar STATIONS. . Hodges Darraugh'a . Abbeville Daily. No. 12 ' Mixed l.\ ti 26 pm Lv !? 06 pm Ar s r,o pm Trains leave. Greenville s. C, A. ?fc C. Division, Northbound, 3.07 a. in., 2.20 p. m., fi.os p. m. (Vesilbuled Limited). Southbound, 3.07 a. in., 4.42 p. l<i>, 12,28 p. in. (Veatibulod Limited). Trains leave Nene.? a, A. ,t C. Division. Northbound, 1.80 a. in., 12.15 p. DJ.; SouthJ bound, 3 38 a. m., 0.80 p. in. Trains leave Spartanburg, A. & C. Di vision, Northbound, 4.0!) a DO, 3.48 p m, 0.00 p m (Vesilbuled Limited); South bound, l.60a in, 3.30 p m, 11.37 a m i Vestibulod Limited); Westbound, \V. N. C. Division, 0.50 a m and 2.05 p m, for Hcndcrsnnville, Ashcville, liot Springs. W. A. T?rk, s. H. Hakdwick, Gen. 1'aes. Agt., Asc. Gen. Pass. Agt." Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. V. B. McliKK, Sot. Haas, Gon'l Supt., Traltio M'g'r, Columbia, s. c. Washington, D. c. W.II.Okkkn, General Manager, Wash ington, 1). C. POUT HOVAL & WKSTKHN CAlt olina Hallway. Condensed sched ule taking effect May 28th, 18U3. Greenville_ Slmpsonvlllo . Fountain Inn Owings . . Gray Court Markhdalo Laurens .. , Spartanburg Laurens Greenwood Augusta... Savannah Jacksonville Jacksonville Savannah Augusta Greenwood Laurens Spartanburg. Laurens Barksdalo.. Gray Court Owinga Fountain Inn Bimpsonvillo Greenville 15 pin fi7 pin 15 pin 35 pm 10 pm 51 pm 15 pm 3u 11IM 20 pill 21 am 00 pm 00 am OOji'n 30 pm 00 am 20 pm 30 pm 20 pin 3d pm 30 Mil 17 pm r>3 pm 57 pm la pm 22 pm 50 rm 1IKTWKKN M'-' OKMICK AMI andkkson. Lv Mot orinlok.j*8 4?pm f846 pin Ar Anderson . 7 60 pin (> 80 pm Lv Anderson . i 0 20 am 7 25 am Ar_McCormlek ,i?> 10 am|lQ in pm ?Bxcept Sunday, t Sund ay only. Through Parlor Cars on trains between Augusta and Spartanburg for Ashovlllo. For rates or information apply to any agent of the company, or to w. F. SHBLLMaN, W.J. ORA1G, Traffio Man'u'r. Gen. Pass. Agent. Savannah, Ga. Augusta, Ga. It. L. TO DD, Trav. Pus. Agent. Room No. 101, Dyer Building. a.m. donaldson t. q. donaldson. T. Q. & A. H. DONALDSON, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. GltBBNVILLK, s. C. Practice in the State and United State PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marlcs obtained, and all Pat ent business conducted for moocratc Fees. our or net is Oppoerrr U. S. pat?nt orrict snd we can secure patent In loss Um? than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing: or photo., with descrip tion. We advise. If patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A Pamphlet, "How to Obtain Patents," with cost of same In the U. S. and foreign counuiea sent free. Address, O.A. SNOW Sl CO. I OP*. Patsnt Ornat, WasjhinqtON, D. C. f