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Fortune's Wheel. FROM IHR NEW YORK OBSERVER. I Nobody could say that the Daceys ' were a lazy family. Dave Dacey, a lad of only seventeen years, but strong, fair and ruddy as bis namesake of old, he of Goliath fame, was the bread winner of the family. At seven o'clock every morning, clad In a blouse and overalls, and armed with brush and paint pall, Dave trudged off to his work. Although only a house painter, he had artlstlo aspirations, and his cozy room la the little brown cottage was filled with sketches, whioh, crude though they might be, evinced a merit easily recognized by others less partial thau hie sister Dolly. ? . Dolly was Dave's twin. She had the same dear, violet eyes ; the same light complexion that a laugh flushes so rosily; the sarao brown hair with a glint of red gold in it. Dolly had her aspirations, too. She wanted to be a writer. Thus far, however, she had launched but few barks upon tbe troubled soa ef literature. Some of ^ them bad foundered, but several had come into port grandly, and the pale blue and yellow checks for a modest sum Bont Dolly had caused days of rejololng in the brown cottage. Aunt Botsoy Dacoy had noither artistic nor literary longings. She had becomo an inmato of the house hold when thu parents of tho twins were allvo, and whon tho sunshine of prosperity had brightened her wol como. And whon death and loss of property camo, aunt Botsoy stayed on, though there were those who said that it was oxtromely fool ich for tho twins to burdon themselves with a feeble, old relative. But aunt Botsoy . t knew that she was soouro in the lovo of the two loyal-hearted young pcoplo, and she did hor best to help oke out the family Income by knitting socks and mittonB and piecing quilts. There was another member of the Dacey household, whom wo may men tion lncldontally. This was tho lady boarder, a lonely sad-hoartod woman who had once boon rich, and had friends who had callod her beautiful .and witty, and bad, or thought sho had, all the glories of tho world in a rainbow boap. But tho riches had taken to'nomsolves wings; so, figu ratively speaking, had tho friends, and the lady boardor, suiting hor position to her purso, was moping In tho little brown cottago and trying to light Giant Despair, though to bo sure, a cozy, brown cottago, with two lively young folks In It like Davo and Dolly, nevor does make a very, successful Doubting Castlo. Dave and Dolly wore especially lively on tho morning our story boglns. Dave had tho iob of painting his next door neighbor's fonco. Ho was down on his kneos in tho soft, cool grass, dabbing industriously at tho pointed paillngu thut was only a few rods away from tho vino-wreathed window, In side of which Dolly's face with it sunny oarls every now and then appoarod. Dolly's fuoo was rolsor than ovor, for she was doing a big ironing which sho didn't mind in tho least because it was going to bring in somo oxtra dollars and cents. " I say, Davy," sho callod out, as sho hung up a much boruffod pink muslin shirt, "I say, one wook raoro, and we'll have enough to buy our 'horses' and take our trip !" Too "horseB" meant two now bicycles and tho "trip " moant an out ing which tho twins had planned and for which they had saved for moro than two years. Their route wan to be through a cortaln famous valley walled In by green hills, where evory turn in tho road was to bring now mvh's before Dave's boauty-lovlng oyos As for Dolly, sho Intended that "ovjry incident and accident" should be immortalized in pen and ink. It was a beautiful air custlo that tho twins dad boon building?a substantial ono, too, for, as Dolly had said, tho funds for the trip wore nearly gathor ed together. Much eheorful chatter went back and forth from the opon window to tho lino of buff pickets. Even tho robins in tho cherry troo were not moro merry. Dolly was just trying a sissing iron, and Dave was giving a fow extra tlourishos to tho red cap of the buff fence post, whon a high-pit; hod voice from tho side porch callod oui excitedly : "Children, ohildron, where bo yo ?" " There's aunt Betsey calling," said Dave. " 1 guess she's found an extra bit of news in tho weekly paper; I saw Jake Mangus coino by with the raall. a fow minutes ago." But it was no nows from tho village Super that had so excited aunt Botsoy. ho had just rocoivod a vory interest ing lettor. " It's from Nancy Ann l'otrio !" sho chlrpod cheerily, as tho young folks appeared upon tho scono. " You'vo heard mo speak o' hor. Her an' mo lived side by sido fur ovor forty years. Wo borryod ono anotbor's omptin's an' dress patterns an' helped each other through spoils o' sicknoss. We novor had no troublo. If I'd a sister I couldn't have thought more of hor than I did o' Nancy Ann?an' she o' mo ! An' now sho ain't furgot mo? land sakes 1 no! An1 what do you think, childron V" hero aunt Betsey nodded so excitedly that her cap nearly tumbled off, " what do you think, Nancy Ann has sout mo an invite to come to Dighy Junction 1 For a visit o' six weoks or maybo two months! Her Bon an' his wife air goin' away an' Nancy Ann is left to keop house alouo f ?they'vo got a real stylish place, l'vo hoard, say?an' sho wants mo fur com pany?Six weoks?jest think I How Nancy Ann's tongue an' mlno would run 1 We ain't soon ono another fur ovor fifteen years 1 My, how I should admiro to go ! But," horo aunt Betsoy sighed?"of course, I can't go. I might as woll think of goln' to Yurrup or Jerloho as to think of a trip to Dlgby Junction! It's ovor flvo hundrod miles thoro?I looked In tho railroad guide onco?an' it would cost ovor twolvo dollars to go an' twolvo dollars to como back. 'Sides, I ain't got no clothes fit to wear. I expeot Nancy Ann's kinder stylish?hor son's de.es trlct attorney, you know?an' I shouldn't want hor to bo ashamed o' mo. Woll, woll, woll, it's kinder nice to think about tho invite, even if I can't accopt it." Whoroupon, aunt Botsoy foil to knit ting Industriously, though occasionally sho lifted hor oyos from tho gray sock to gaze longingly over the rim of tho distant Hills beyond whioh lay tho delectable rogion of "Dlgby Junction." Tho twins walked soberly away to their rcspcotivo occupations. Davo whistled thoughtfully as ho poured a little turpentino Into hie paint pail, and Dolly's brows wore a wrinkle of perplexity as she tucked a couplo of i maple sticks In the stovo. She finished her ironing in silence, and then, walk ing Out, perohed like a meditative grasshopper among tho clover b/ the buff fence. "Dave," she began slowly, "I have been think about aunt Betsey's invi tation." "So have I," said her brother soberly. "It would be awfully nlco If she could go ?" "Soit would." ' " We might" hero Dolly looked very keenly at Dave?" we might use our bioyofe money. Now, Davy dear, don't bo vexed at my suggesting it I It kept coming and coming into my mind, and T. had to toll you." Dave let his paint brush drop into the pail of Indian red, pushed his cap ? back from his moist, white forehead, and gazed thoughtfully boyond tho i ^jtlm of tho blue hlllsr. He was not i ?f*igso much of Lyby Ju notion j :i, of the uotasted delights of tho " little journey in the world " wbleh he and Dolly had planned. Dow could be give it up just to gratify an old woman! Dolly's gentle voice went on: "Aunt Betsey would so enjoy this visit with ber old friend ! Bhe has nevor had any real big pleasure in all her life. She worked hard even when a little child. She bad a' drunken husband; her only child was drowned ; she had sickness, poverty and toll. Yet she hae been so brave and sunny through it all 1 You and I are young and strong, Dave. We can afford to wait a bit for 'our outing. This big, beautiful world isn't going to melt away before we have another chance to take our bieyele trip." "Well," said Dave, good-naturedly, " have we got enough money to have her go to Dlgby Junction ! Faro 1b all right, but her clothes t I don't know whether it costs as much, though, to dress an old lady as it does a young one. Seems to mo they don't havo quite as many furbelows I" Dolly laughed merrily. "Aunt Betsey isn't extravagant in her tastes. We could got her two now dresses?a nice black silk and a pretty sateen, and these with ber gray cash mere for traveling would do. Then she needs a now capo?hor old black shawl is rusty?and a now bonuot, an umbrolla, some gloves, shoes and rubbers, and some nice crepo lisso kerchiefs. O, we could llx hor up very Krosentably and pay her faro, and still avo somo money loft ovor. Now what do you say, brothor mine ?" Davo drew a long broath. "I am willing, If you aro, Dolly. It'll bo a tough thiug giving up our trip this year, but thon, dear old aunt Botsoy 1 Won't sho just beam when sho knows sho Is going to visit her bolovod crony, Nancy Ann !" And aunt Botsoy did " beam." Hor brown faco was radiant with smiles from morning till night. And her joy wasn't lessoned by any knowlodgo that tho twins hud mado a uucrilico. Her lirst demur at the expense of the trip was met by the assurance from Dolly that sho and Davo " hadn't borrowed or bogged it," and " that it was mount to bo spent in having a jolly time." It was a long journoy for tho old lady to take, but as it happened, some acquaintances wore going along the same routo, and tnoy choorfully volun teered to see aunt Botsoy safe at ber destination. And when tho train movod away and tho sight of a wrinkled hand wearing a black silk mitt and vigorously waving a handkerchief in farewell was lost to view, and Dave and Dolly turned homeward, then faces were very sobor for usually so merry a pair, lint it wus caused less by their sacriflco than by tho parting from their old friend and tho realiza tion of how lonoly tho houso would ho without her. But, as Dave turned a woohogono look toward tho vine-cover ed porch in which slood the empty rocking chair, his eyes wore dazzled by a silvery gleam. Why?ee!" ho exclaimed in us tonishmont. And then ho and Dolly starod. For there, leaning against tho steps, were two pneumatic tires and the network of shining spokes?two now "Colum bias !" Fach bicycle bore a card, and as tho twins rushed forward in broath los8 ama/.emont they read : " For Dave "and "For Dolly." "Ono good turn dosorvos anothor !" And while they "Ohod" and "Abed," and laughed and shouted ovor those boautlful now gifts, tho lady boarder sat upstairs softly smiling. She was happy and thankful, too, for only a few days before, a letter had come telling hor that most of tho property that sho had thought irretrievably lost, was not lost after all ! Sho was a v'ob woman still?albeit a much wiser ono. Sho had learned that tho sweotest power of wealth is to make others, happy. She had proved this, for tho shining " Columbias " downstairs were gifts celebrating the recovery of her own good fortune. The Liberty Bell.?The Spartan has tho following Information in re gard to tho history of tho famous Liberty Bell, which will doubtless in terest many of our readers: "The bell was imported from England in 1752. On its arrival it was cracked by tho clappor on its trial ring. By order I of tho assembly of tho province of Pennsylvania it was recast under tho direction of Isaac Normont. Ho per haps conceived tho idea of tho inscrip tion which surrounds tho bell at the top. It Is from Loviticus 25:10 : " Pro claim Liberty throughouttho land, un to all the inhabitants thoreof." So it was a Liberty boll before 1770. Under this inscription is anothor: " Pass & Stow, Phila., M?CCLI1I." Up to 1770 It was used In the usscmhly houso of the provinco. It was tho lirst to ring out liberty to all tho people whon the declaration of indopendeuco was ac complished July 4. 1770. Its first jour noy was to Lancaster, Pa., when tho liritish troops captured Philadelphia in 1777. After its return it was used us the Stato house bell until 182N. It was thon usod only on raro occasions. It was moved to its appropriate resting place, Independence Hall, it was cracked while ringing in honor of Honry Clay'8 visit to Philadelphia, ac cording to Appleton's Cyclopaedia. A newspaper statement is that it was cracked when tollod at the death of Chief Justice Marshall. Which is corroct ? TllK TlIXMANS AUK RECONCILED.? Gcorgo and Bon Tlllman have become reconciled. The Edgclicld Advertiser is authority for tho statement. That they were. aC Ono time hitter enemies is a fact woll known to tho whole State. Whon thoy drow seuts on the lloor of tho constitutional convention, chance placod thom sido by side. Ono of them I swapped his placo with John C. Shop par d, and that placed Sheppard bo twoon thom. Thoy did not deign to spoak to each other; but occasionally carried on cortain conversations rotat ing to tbo convention through Shop j pard. During tho oarly days of" tho convention, Georgo studied to mortify Bon, and how he succooded is a mat tor of general Information. At that time, it looked as If reconciliation was impossible ; but, according to tho Ad vertisor it finally camo. A fow days boforo tho convention ndjournod, the two brothers woro soon in oarnost con versation, 'and afterward ono was oc I caslonally observed to havo his arm around tho othor's neok. How they I came to full out originally is not a matter of public property, nolthor is It generally known bow the recon ciliation was affected ; but all that is neither here nor there. Suoh an unnatural quarrol could not give pleasure ovon to the worst onomy of either, and tho friends of both will rejoice that tho fued is at an ond. ?America's progressive women know no such word as fall. Horo is ono who has "progressed " almost to tho north polo. Miss Dora Kahn, a California girl, is said to be the first American or English woman who ovor reaohod eighty dogroos north latitude. Tho ovent was marked by planting tho star* and stripes on tho island of Spitz bergen, the region of perpetual snow and Ice, by the venturesome and pa triotic San Francisco girl, amidst tho enthusiasm, of fifty-two European solontlst? Jrho composed tho oxoursion party. f THE HERO OF HEW ORLEAHB- J OliD HICKORY A8 A F1GHTKH. F.li ly History of Andrew Jackson? IIIh Famous DuOl Will? "file Best Pistol tthot In the World." Washington Post." Andrew Jackson was born In tho Wax haw settlements, N. C, in 1767 His mother's name before marriage i was Hutchinson, apd both she and Jackson pore came from the north of I re la mi. They wore Scotch-Irish, na tives of Carrlckfflrgus, Prcsbyterluns, and weavers of linen. Andrew's father cited three days bofore tho coming judge, general and statesman was born. ? The poverty of Androw's mother dur ing his whole youth was of tho sort called utter. Ho bad two brothers, six and three years older than he, named Hugh and Robert. They wont to work as farm hands at an oarly age, and are presumed to have finally farmed them selves from youth to manhood, man hood to old age, old ago to the grave. At any rate, no one ever caught them disturbing history. Andrew Jackson grow up sandy hair ed, grey-eyed, slight in form, and oiok ly as to hoalth. He was intensely ner vous, honost, impulsive, invetorato. He hated and he loved. Ho did both as few people over do. His vibrant nature made it impossible to do too much for a friend, too much to an ene my. .No one was indifforont to him. He was a foe or close to Jackson's heart. His courage was absolute, and ho always toM the truth. If a man always tolls tho truth, he had bettor be a good fighter. If ho isn't ho'U get lulled telling some particular truth some day. Well, Jacksouwas as Indom itable a fighter as ovor stripped for a contest. It was as well. Ho would oth erwise, bavo boon ploughed under in his first public year. Old Hickory was 9 years old when the cracked old boll rung out liberty to tho world in Philadelphia. Doforo Washington got througn with Corn wallis at Yorktown seven yoara more had olapsod, and Jackson was 10. Tho war of tho Revolution made a woighty Impression on young Andrew, tho more, povhups, bceauso ho was hold as a boy prisoner by soino ambitious Britons for a season, and whon thoy bad time to waste thoy woro wont to culT and kick und bullet tho young robol about, just to show him, us tho Milesian policoman did tho colored prisoner, that they had authority ovor him. Tho account open ed with kngland on this revolutionary occasion tho ardent Jackson succcdod in squaring thirty-threo years later at tho battle of Now Orleans, Puek enham would have shown wisdom hud ho pleaded the statute of limitations. Tho sumo year that Jackson was rocked in his North Carolina cradle tho cradle of John Quluoy Adams was being rocked up in Now Kngluud. No one could then foresee tho combats of those two rod-faced human hits. About midway betwoon in Virginia was liuby Ruchel Donaldson in her cradle, af terward lo marry Jaeksou and bo the indirect cause ol a great deal of his tory, some of it blood red, too. It is not tho present purpose, nor is there space, to write a history of Jack son. His mother hoped to mako a preacher of him, but her ambitions siippod. Jackson got a sort of an edu cation, and was alleged to be a lawyer, lie had a keen, apprehensive intelli gence and a natural conception of right and justico unsurpassed. These last, rather than tho books ho road, were his chief lights and safeguards as an advocate and a Judge. But Jackson couldn't spell a little bit. In a day whon bad spelling run riot in tho land Jackson was far and away tho worso spoiler in Tonnessee. Jerry Simpson .onco exulted ovor tho invention and introduction into human affairs of the common stcnogruphor of commerce. "You say what you pleaso," says Simpson, ?"without dodging a word, and you throw tho responsibility of the spoiling on tho stenographer." But there wero no shorthand peoplo whon Tennessee was young, and Jackson had to boar tho brunt of his own awful orthography. But ho sueceedod in making himself understood as well as j any man of his own or any other day. Oar hero killed a young man named ] Dickinson in a duel. All of tho Cond I ? tions which surrounded this killing i served to mako it ouo of the most celc I bratcd of single combus. This light, as many allojjo and believe, grew out of Jackson's marriage. Jackson's wife, however, was merely an excuse, a pre text. Tho duel was tho plain fruit ol a political plot to kill Jackson and got him out of the way. Ho was too pow erful, too popular, too much tho idol ol 1 tho people. Many there woro who would have preferred him as an angol ' and off this earth altogether and out ol politics. So thoy set up a dark game to kill Jackson aud put Dickinson for ward to do it. Tho pretext was Mrs", Jackson?as amiable, as virtuous und ' as loving u wifo as ever walked down any aislo to any altar to tho music ol any wedding march. 1 Rachel Robards was a beautiful bru nette, wifo of Lowis Robards, a Kon tuckian. These two lived in Tennessee ' with Rachel's mother, Mrs. Donaldson. Whon Jackson wont to Tennessee he boarded at tho widow Donaldson's. I Robards was a drunken, shiftless, low browed brute. Ho ill-treated his wife and onco deserted her. Ho cliooso to become joalous of Jackson whon the latter boarded at tho widow Donald son's. Robards tried with a sincerity truly Kontuckian to got Juekson to take a rille and go and shoot it out with him. Jackson restrained himself and declined to fight Robards, vastly te that drunkard's contempt and disgust. Robards was tho only man who couldn't got. a fight out of Jackson. But Jackson, as an outcome, loft the Donaldson boarding house, and Ro bards loft his wife. R >bards went back to Kentucky and sued for a divorce. Word oamo on happy wings to say that ho had succeeded. Tho beautiful bru nette was free, and she and Juekson wore wed. But alas and alack ! It was all a mis take?a marital mirage. Robards did finally get a divorce but not until sev eral awful months after Jackson and Mrs. Robards wore married. So the young couple had to bo married all over again. This time it was a suceess and thoy woro very happy. Tho first mis tako arose from tho fault of tho mails rather than their morals, and their consciences woro clear. It does not appear that tho public gonorally discovered aught tliat was tortuous or wrong In Jackson's mar riugo or tho trail which led to it. It does not appear that any ono aroso to dolract or calumniate. It docs not ap pear that for thirty yoars Jackson kept a braco of beautiful duoling pistols, hair triggers, and accurate as a ray of light, to kill any one who spoke dis respectfully of his wife. So tho plot torn, looking over tho field, saw that tho bost way to force Jackson toaplaco whore ho could bo killod with safety to thenisolves was to vlllify his wifo, provoko a duel, and soo to it that the hated hero of tho peoplo stood opposite to tho coolest norvo, tho quickest hand and tho most deadly shot In he world. Tho outcome would then bo Jaokson * obsequies, which was the mournful out^ put thoy wero aftor. But, to return. Tho plotters looked about for tho coolest nerve, tho quick est hand, tho most doadly shot in the world. Thoy found him. Charles Dick inson was <2f> yoars old, and tbirtoen years youogor than Jackson, and a practicing lawyor In Nashville. He was a marvellously handsomo man, a person of exceptional mental as well as physical powers, and reputed "the best pistol shot in tho world." Yot he was willing to join in a conspiracy to mur der Jaokson, go forward to do ?tho bloody work, and bogln operations by stabbing the innocent oharaoter of a' woman. He ought to have been killod, 1 this DIokinson. Dloklnson slandorod Mrs. Jackson. Ho did it moro than once. Jaokson had a running horfb whloh ran a hot race on the NashvllV course Mr*. Jackson was aglow wtth {oy over (he horse's victory.. As the I lorscs came down the stretch sbe ex- I claimed : "Ob, he's running away from thom." Dickinson stood near. He turned insolently to so re friends and ' said : "Yes, and a good deal like hiB owner ran away with another man's 1 wife." Jackson did not challenge Dickinson even then for almost nine month-. He nut all his worldly affalis in order first, for'he expected to die. His hope was to take the villian who bad maligned his angel into eternity with blm. Jack son challenged Dickinson. Dickinson put the meeting olT a week to send for a special and celebrated pistol to kill Jackson with. They were appointed to flght May 30, 1800, at Harrison's Mills, Logan County, Ky., a lonr^y's rldo from Nashville. Dickinson was as certain of success as he was of sun rise. Ho gave the grim occasion a gala air, and invited some friends. He saw to it, too, that he started beforo Jack son to go to Harrison's Mills. On the way he took occasional and accurate cracks with his pistol at first this and then that object. He displayed the skill of a fiend. And these exhibitions I bad a purpose and a malevolent point, Sart and parcel of the plot to murder aokson. It was oaoh time arranged that Jackson should be Informed of thoBO marvellous shots. Tho hopo was to break his nerve. It would be rather a strain on one's nerves to travel all day to bo shot at by an antagonist who evory mile left ono proof that he I could snulT a candlo or drlvo a tack at I ten paces. Jackson's second was Gen, Ovorton. He was of a serious, indomitable na ture, 8omothing like Jackson, with a slowor pulso. Overton, too, was equal ly couvinced with his principal that the whole affair was a blossoming con spiracy to murder JackBon, and not a simple duel between gentlemen ovor tho point of honor. To Ovorton It was as if Dickinson and his follows hud set a trap for tho lifo of Jackson, and to luro him had baltod It with the blooding, stabbed innoconco of his wifo. Ovorton and Jackson considered and discussed this meeting for months bo foro It occurred. They resolved to take ovory advantage of tho would-bo mur doror that honor and tho law of duels permitted. It was planned to garb Jackson in a long black coat, a world too wide and big for his moagro form. It was so arranged that once donned Jackson's ramrod proportions were well over in ono side of tho coat. Tho gar ment buttoned to tho chin, so aH to leave no white cravat or collar dis played to attract lire. Tho buttons, only ono row, mind you, were purpose ly placed fat' over on tho breast where Jackson was not. The men wore to light at ten paces. Dickinson had already told his friends which button?"tho one over Jackson's heart''?ho would hit. Foolish Dickin son ! Tho call was to be : "Fire ! One, two, throe: stop!" and thoy wore to blaze away anywhere between "lire" and "stop." Pegs wore driven to mark their positions. Each man stood to his peg and the crisis was at hand. Dickinson was known to bo so quick to bring up his pistol and lire that no jne could ? q i.il him. It was his expectation to kili Jackson boforo tho latter could even raise his pistol after the word "fire !' Overton and his principal had argued this also. Thoy had finally concluded that inasmuch as tho lightning-like Dickinson was bound to lire first , it was wiser for Jackson to stand and receive it, trusting to tho buttons to lead Dick inson's aim astray. If Jackson sur vived?and it was believed ho would last for a minute or two at least?ho could tako his time und kill Dickinson like a dog. Ovorton had tho wo.J. "Fire! Ono?!" Dickinson's pistol came up like a Hash and exploded with the first lottor of tho first word. Ho bit tho hutton and broke two of Jackson's rlls with the llattcncd bullet. Jackson stood as erect and motionless as a pop lar. Ho had not fired. With a half cry Dickinson started back. Overton stopped counting on the instant. Cock ing a pistol, with a frown like a cloud, Ovorton commanded him : "Step hack to your beg, sir !" Dickinson did it with a shudder. He knew he was to die. Ho was caught in his own trap. Overton began again , to count. Jackson, with a face of Hint and death looking from his gray eyes, ? covered his man as certainly and as [ surely as if ho had been some inani , mate target rather than shrinking hu ? man llesh and blood. "Ciick !" Jack f son's pistol caught at half cock. Over i ton paused in his count and Jackson [ rccocked his weapon. "Hang !" went f Jackson's pistol, and Dickinson, shot i through, died nino hours later. "I should havo killed him if he had , shot mo through tho brain," said Jack [ son afterward. Not a Lawyer.?Ex-Senator Cul berson, of Texas, tolls how ho entered politics and obtained his first olAco, i that of Attorney-General. " I had been practising law," hesuid, i " and thought 1 hud made about enough reputation to justify branching ? out. I did not expect to he nominated, i but I thought it woulJ bo a good Intro' i ? letion to start with a race for the i Attorney-Generalship. George Clark, one of tho ablest lawyers in tho coun try, was my opponent. Ho was placed i in nomination by a brilliant speeoh, while my friend who proposed my name neglected to mention my legal i attainments. It looked dark for mc when a man from the pan-handlearose , and said : " 'Mr. Speaker, thoy say Clark's a groat lawyer. I come with proxies from my end of tho Stato all in my pockot, an' wus notified to voto for Clark, Hut I know no ono hud any , idee ho was a lawyer. This Stato has been hogswagglcd by tho lawyers till she's so pore you can't soli enough cotton to pay for tho cattlo the cactus kills, ull on account of the lawyers and the railroads that keeps 'en up. I hopo wo won't put in any lawyer, and I'm for Culberson. Nobody over accus ed him of being a lawyor. "That speech resulted in my nomi nation." ?Railroad building in this country scorns to have reached and passed its highest point of activity. That is tho inference from the figures for the past year as compared with previous years, and seems to bo tho conclusion reached by railroad experts. In 1K!)4 only 1,760 miles of now railroads woro built, and this was comriontod on a year ago as being ahm.! the lowest record likely to be touched. Hut during last your only 1,428 miles of now roads were built. It was argued a year ago that unfavorable economic conditions had much to do with tho limited railroad ex tension, but tbcro seems to bo a gon oral opinion this yoar, basod on a view of tho conditions tho country over, that tho oxtonslon of railroads in tho futuro will bo small as comparod with tho past. ?Two gontlomon were standing on a 1 street corner, whon thoy woro ap proached by a man olYorlng for salo two dressed geoso. Thoy docidou to bur chaao, but tho dealer insisted on selling tho two fowls to ono man. Accordingly ono of thom bought tho two, and sold again to his friond. Aftor tho transac tion Was completed tho g0080 vernier was asked why ho wouldn't soil tho fowls separately. Haid he, " That old gooso and gnndor have boon togother ' 30 yearn, and I won hint' .separate, them for any consieeration." Editor Religious Opinion, Baltimoro, Md., writes : Wo tako pleasuro| in saying that your Japaneso Pile Cure has been used In our family with good results, and we will do all In our powor to promote your interests by highly recommending your medicine to our 'rlends and roadors. _^ III ?? Highest of all in Leavening Power.?-Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE LEVELING A MOUNTAIN. JoTui D. Rockefeller la a Greater Man Than Mohammed?Honny Docs More Timn Pailh These Days. New York Journal. John D. Rockefeller's latest scheme is to cut the top olT a mountain. Mil lionaires have a way of fixing things to bult themselves, but this is tho tirst ?.im ' one of that interesting olass hue undertaken to give nature points. Mr. Rookefeller 1b the owner of a baronial estate back of Tarry town 1.000 acres?which ho will convert into a huge park at an expenso of no one knows how much. On this estate 1b Kykuit Mountain. From its summit | can be viewed a scenic panaroma that is not likely to pall on tn? vision even of a man of many millions. Mr. Rocke feller made up his mind that this was the place for his baronial residence But Kykuit Mountain had not been laid out for a residence sito. * Its sum mit was too sharp. So it was decided to cut tho top oif, and a small army ol j mon are hard at work now performing that singular oporation. Nowhere, could bo found a liner illus tration of tho potency of wealth. Hero is a man using his gold to give tho lie to tradition?welding it into a sword whorowith to shavo tho crests oil " tho everlasting hills." Moham med, who ruled millions of men, was compelled to 30 to the mountain. Rockefeller, who owns millions of dol lars, compels tho mountain to descend to his chosen lovol. Up at Tarrytown tho peoplo call tho country roundabout tho l'oeantico Hills. What tho standard by which they distinguish between hills and mountains is no ono seems to know. But aftor tho visitor has toiled up the winding road leading from Tarrytown to tho Rockefeller estate he will make atlidavit tho l'oeantico Hills are in the same, class with the Andes or tho Him alayas, This is tho scono where the millionaire's Brogdignagian whim is being faithfully put into ottcet. Nor is tho romoval of tho mountain top all that is boing done. The moun tain is boing remodeled. Rows of stakes at dilTcrent points on tho slope indicate whero additions aro to be made, terraces constructed, and how far tho lawn is to stretch its velvety surface before tho Roukofollor slope hegins. It is only proper to call it the Rockefeller slope because nature ha^ nothing to do with it. It is the mil lionalre. his money and his men who aro making this mountain. When the now mountain i? llnbhed, which will t>n pome time next spring, an architeot will draw plans for tho mansion which is to bo built thereon. Just what sort of a mansion it is to bo has not been decided, hut it is safe to say seven fig ures will b.3 required to toll the eost. Whon Mr. Rockofoller bought tho old I'll 'sur.s place at Tarrytown a fow years ago he kept his plans to himself. Liittlo hy little, however, he bought in adjacent property, ami as tho months rolled by his estate grew to mammoth proportions, until now it Is a long journey from one end of his domain to the other. Nowhoroalong tho Hudson Rivor is thcro an ostato like this, not a foot of which is to bo used for grow ing trees and grass and flowers. It is - to be made as beautiful as the land-, scape gardener oan conceive it. Drives are to be constructed throughout, and the whole transformed into a park of exceeding beauty. "There is much to see, to marvel at, to admire on this groat estate. From the summit of Kykuit Mountain the vista of the mountain, valley and river is of rarest beauty. On the west rolls the Tapan Zee, while across the Hud son the Bun glints on tho roofs of Nyaok. Northwest are Havorstraw Bay and Croton point. Turning the gaze to tho northwest ono sees the green hills of Massachu setts in the distance. Away down the Hudson is tho haze that marks the lo cation of New York City. On a elear day even tho buildings oan be distin guished. To tho southeast lie Long Island Sound and Connecticut, both plainly visible. North, south, east and west are the Pocantico Hills, whilo down tho western slope to tho rivor strotehes the vlllago ol 'Tarry town. I Much of this mammoth estate, i where Mr. Rockefeller is making [ mountains or valleys, as his fancy suits, is famous ground, partly for historical [ reasons and partly booauso of Wash ington Irving's legends. On the house where F. A. Bolzo, Mr. Rockefeller's superintendent, lives is a big brass plato which tolls tho eurlous that it was hero Major Andro stopped the night before nie capture. Then, not far away, is the slto of tho old school house whero, Irving has it, Iehabod Crane" taught before his encounter with the I lead less Horseman, und wind ing by is tho road down which Brom Bones thundered that night so fatul to tho sehooimaster's ambition. Tho little tree-fringed valley at the foot of the northwestern slopo is u part of Sleepy Hollow, and if ono could sec over tho next hill Sloepy Hollow's an cient eomotory and tho old Dutch church would como into viow. If Mr. lt)ckefeller chooses ho can stand on Kykuit Mountain 0111 look down on the palatial summer homo ol Iiis brother, near the eastern bank ol die Hudson, surrounded by charming grounds, and congrutulatu hlmsolf that, hoauliful as the residouco ano grounds are, they never can bo consid ered the equal of his own. So rcticotit has Mr Rockefeller boen about his plan to remodel a mountain and to transform his 1,000 acres into a nark that Tarry to wo people them selves know little about It. It only needs a visit to tho place, howovor, to see the most convincing proof that ho same resistless energy that has gathered a colossal fortune is urging toward completion a work which will bo a marvel of its kind. ABOUT STAIR WORK. Rtair Work Is a sprcial branch m wood working. The primary essentials must be cooil quality of lumber and skillful work man.hip. Wt possess all facilities for producing the best results in the manufac ture of Newels. Ilalusters, Rail, Cylinders, Rascmcnts, Quarter-turns, Mouldings, Step material, etc. AUGUSTA LUMBEK CO., "buy op tmi MARSH." ?UCUUT?, QA. You are discharged* I have no use for any one that has not sense enough to chew PLUG The largest piece of .good tobacco ever sold for 10 cents -n- - and Jne 5 cent piece is nearly a? s large as you .get of other f ?igh grades for 10 cents Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, -UNDER ?PERA HOUSE ?President Henry W. Cannon, of tne Chase National Bank, ono of the most loQuental financiers of New York, began his career as a banker In a Min nesota frontier settlement, where a common deal counter and a kitchen phatr served as the furnishings of his establishment. His reputation soon spread beyond tho confines of his own State, and within a few years he was called to Washington to till the re sponsible position of comptroller of the ?urrenoy. Nervous Prostration Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affectu the brain and men tal powers, but develops disease In some of tho v i il organs. Tho most dangerous of those Indirect roftults Is when the heart I? affected. This was tho caso of tho Kov. N. P. Surface, Pawn Rlvor, Mich., who writut under dato of Peb. 14,1896: "Fourteen years apo 1 had a slight stroke ol paralysis. Overwork brought on nervous prostration. I was exceedingly nervous a;..: tho exertion of public spoaKlug caused heart palpitation that threatened iny life I used tWO bottles Of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure for my heart trouble, and two of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine for my nervous ness and feel bettor than t ever expected to fool again. I can speak for hours without tiring or having my heart flutter as it for merly did, and I havo you to thank that 1 am alivo today." On sale hy all druggists. Dr. Miles' Rook on Heart and Nervous Disorders FUSE by mall. Dr. Miles Medical Oo., Blkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' llcnicd.es Restore Health. A $25 Cooking Stove with ? complktb outfit fob 02&XT2T $12.00. Delivered to your railroad depot, all freight charges paid. Head this description carefully. This splendid Cooking Stove is No. 8; has four 8 inoh pot holes; 10x10 inch oven; 18 lnoh firebox, 24 inohes high; 21x25 inoh top: nioe smooth casting. I havo had this stove made for my trade, after my own idea, combining all the good points of all medium priced stoves, and leaving out the objeotlonable features. Beyond all doubt tho best No. 8 Cooking Stove made, for the price, FPted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2 skollets, 2 griddles, 3 baking pans, 8 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cako polish, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 shovel. Wo want to make customers and friends in every part of tho South, for the purpose of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaint ance with old frionds. We will ship this splondid Cooking Stove and tho above described ware to any dopot, all freight charges paid, for only $12.00 when tho cash comes with the order. This stove is a good one, well made, and will give entire satisfaction. Our illustrated catalogue of Furniture. Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed free. Address X*. SV PADGETT, 846 Bboad Stbkkt, Augusta, Oa. THE LAURENS BAR. H. Y. ?IMP80 I. O. D. RAKKSDADT SIMPfcON A BARKSDALK, Attorneys at Law, LAUREN8, SOI TH CAROLINA Spoi al Attention given to tho Invent! .ration of tit Irs and collection of elalmi It. \V. IIA Iii . I.. w. HI m KINS. W. W. ram HALL, SIM KINS ? HALL, Attorneys at hair, Laurkns, South Ca hoi.in a. Will practice In nil state and Unite Slates Court, Kptudiil altenlion glvei collections. J. T. JOHNSON. W. It. RICh JOHNSON & RICH ICY, ATTORNEYS at law. (?rncK r'loming'a Corner, North wo side of Public Square. LAURENS, - sot Til CAROLINA \V. II. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, LAUREN8, - South CAROLINA. Will practice in nil Courts of thi* Stall Attention given to eol leet ions. ATLANTIC COAST LINK. PASSENG ER 1>EP A HTM E N T. Wilmington, N. ('., Jan. <;///, 1HH5. FAST LINE ?IIKTWEF.N Olmrlcston und Columbia and Upper South Carolina, North Caro lina, und Athens and Atlanta. CONDRNSRR 80URDU hfl. doing West. In effect Coins No. 62, Jan. Oth, l*!*;, No, 7 00am* l<V_Charleston_Ar H 8 86 .I.aims. 7 048 .:8umtor. ft 11 (i.r> Ar.Columbia. l.v i 12 17pm .Prosperity. .1 12 :*? .Newberry. 3 rift .Clinton'. 2 2 :ii .... Greenwood .... 1 8 00 .Abbeville . . 12 6 10 .. .. Athens, (In_ in 7 l.r> .. . Atlanta. H East. .r>:i. 62pm 16 r>s 40 10 J 02 2ft 24 ftO llnm 1ft ti 06pm 8 20 .. Winnsboro. h. c. . in wiam ..Charlotte. N. C. H ftO 8 Iftpm Ar ... Anderson, 8, CLv 1100am 4 21 _Oreoonvillo .... 10 2 10 -Hnartnnhurg.... ii 45 am Hendersonvilic n.c. o is 640 ...AshevHle.N.O... hld ? Daily. Noh. ft'2 and 68 Solid trainB between < 'haHc ton and Columbia, 8. 0.| and (tarry through coach between Charleston and Atlanta. H. M, EMERSON, A i Gen'l 1'nRRenger Agt. J. R, KENLY, T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Manager. Tratllc Manager. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO oft Condons** Schedule In Effect JANUARY 5, 1*96. Datr*" STATIONS Lt. Charleston. " Colli in Ol?. ? rroaparlty. AT.Nawbarr/............ Ar.?U?t??... (Ex. 8u?.] " Laurens.. .Qa?. Buu.) ?TKinVtT^r?:;.. M Greenwood.i. * Hodyw. . ^AbptrlDe. ITTftftoB..... Ar. Anderson! STATIONS. Lv.GreenTTUo. . Piedmont ? WlHUinttOU I/f. Anderson.... Lv.Beltou . Ar. Donnaids Cr.lbWvUlB ... EvT Hotiges No. Ii iTSTT? un 14 t 21 p ti i8li 2 ? P ? 4?? l iw p a ?j 30 tj i o? iS No. U Oreoh <.( <t. " Nlnety-Six .......... Lt. Laurent... jflftx. Sun Clinton..f..(Kx. gun. Ev.Newberry u Pro?perlty. Ar. Colutubl* . Charleston. KWKfi STATIONS. Ar "bi?u t 20 a;"L>. .Charleston TIS? iTaTa "TTTCol?Tublif ? 69 a 12 00 p ".AUton. " 8 00 a t 07 Ii '?.Sanluo. 44 ?88 u 145 p .Uuloa. 869a 3?3p ?? ... Jouesvllle... ?l3a 813 p .Paoolpt. ... - ? 45 a I 40 p'Ar..Spartanburg Lr 9 45 a 110 pLv.Bpartanhurg Ar. lOOp 6 46 uiAr....A?hovHle .Lr 10 30 a rt 11 00 t> rt 11 23 ft q 11 00 ft tt 11 40 S ? 12 ot p n 19 3S b nl 1 oa p n [ l 30 p a ho ?4o~rs ii io a q ra~2* p ri ?i 39 p n 3 60 p M 8 00 p n Daily I Ibaiif So uJno. n ?OOpilllOJ 3 40 pT3?I 9 68 p:l2 60l 143p f - " I oap 12 IQ t> 12 23 p II 4n a 11 28 a 8 20 a 114JI 11 98 I n 07 v 10 64 I 10" I 10 261 JM6J "P,Mp. tn. -'A," ft. m. Trains leavo Spartanburg, A. ftnd O. division^ northbound, 6:18?. m.,3i92 p. m., 8:18 p. m (Vettlbuled Limited); southbound, 12:69 ft. m. 8:00 p. m., 11187 n. m., (Veitlbuled Llmled.) Trains leave Greenville, A. aud O. division, northbound,6110ft. m.,9ilO p. m. ftnd 6:30p. m (Vettlbuled Limited); touthbound, 11 SO a. m. 4(40 p. m., 12128 p. m. (Veitlbuled Limited). Pullman Service. Pullman pftlao* sleeping and 36, 37 and 38, oa A. ftnd C cars on Trains 81 division. W.K-OREBN, J. M . < lll.c, Q?n. Superintendent, Trafflo M'g'r, Washington, D. O. Washington, D. O IT. A- TURK, 0. H. HARDW1CK, Oan. Pass. Ag't, Aa't Gan. Pass. Ag't, Atlanta, OK 1*. X? W?LLS, ?ont . rnlumblft, 8. O. Southern Railway. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains. Northbound. Jan. 5,1896. Lv. Atlanta, C. T. Atlanta, E.T. Norcross. Uuford . Ualncsvlllo .. l.i I la.. Cornolla. Mt. Airy. Toccoa., Westminster Benoca . Central. GTuenvillo .. Sparlanhurg GalYneys.... lllaeksliurg . Kind's Mt. . OatUoniu. ... , Cluu lotto ... Danville! ? Ves. Pat Mi N 2 No.48 No 36 ? Dally (Daily I un>' 12 00 in 100p 225 p 4 45 I> 6 30 p 0 18 p 7 0Gp 11 16 p 12 1.. a 12 60 a 2 Ul a 2 .i 8 20 p 12 00 a 2 r>o a 3 15 a 3 DO a 4 07 u 4 3:i a 6 111 a (j 18 a 0 63 a 7 iv.i a 7 32 a 7 53 a H 3.1 a 1 80 p 7 Ml A 8 60 a 9 3* a 10 lu a 10 41 a 111)4 a 11 21; a 11 an a 11 53 a 12 27 p 12 42 p 1 20 p 2 10 p 3 22 p 4 1" p 4 30 p 6 Oil p 6 98 p 0 90 p 11 25 p Ni. 18 i; Sun 4 35 p 6 35 p 0 98 p 7 on p 7 43p 8 12 p Ar. Richmond.., Ar. Washington . Baltm'e.PHRj l'hlladelphia New Vork 6 00 a 6 42 a 8 05 a 10 25 a 12 63 11 ? 40 p 9 4 ? p 11 91) p a uo a C 20 a 0 00 a Southbound. Ves. Na. 37 I tally r?t mi 1 n. No. 35PS?:,!' Lv. n. Y.. I' ll R Philadelphia. Haiti more... ? Washington. 4 30 p 12 15 ii 0 55 1? a 50 a 0 20 p 6 22 a lu 43 p 11 15 a No. 17 liSun Lv. Richmond .. .1 9 00 a 112 63 p 2 uo a Lv, Danvlllo. Chnrlotte ... Gantoi/.a. .. King's Mt... llliicUsliurg .. Qaffnays. Spartanburg Greenville.... Central. Seneca. \\ 'e I minster Toccoa., Mt. Airy Cornelia. Lula . Gainesville ? Uuford. Norcross. ? Atlanta, K. T 6 50 a C 05 p 0 35 a 10 55 p -1 II -kJ p 10 49 a ! 12 in a 12 2a a 11 37 a 12 2* p 1 15 p 3 31 p 4 65 p 15SLC 12 6'J a 1 50 a 2 35 a 3 uo u 360 a 4 41a 4 69 a C fO a 5 90 ft 7 00 a 12 20 p 1 U0 p 1 8.' p 2 10 p 2 ik p 3 05 p 4 40 p 6 4ii 11 0 05 U 6 94 p C 68 p 7 40 p 7 45 p 8 12 p 8 30 p 0 07 p 0 42 p 10 30 ]> ii 30 p 6 57 a 7 20 a 7 48 ft 8 27 ft 9 30? 8 30 a "A' a. 111. "P" p. ui. ".M" noun. "N" night. Noa. 37 and 38?Washlngt n and Southwestern VoRtihulo Limited. Through Pullman sleepers between New Vork aud New Orleans, via Wash ington. Atlanta and Montgomery, and a I ho be tween New York and Memphis, via Washington, Atlauta and ltlrmlngham. Dining cars. Nob. 38 and 30?United States Past Mall Pull, man sleeping cars bolwoon Atlanta, New Or leans and New York. Noa. 11 and 12. Pullman stooping car lietweon Richmond, Danvlllo ftnd Greensboro. W. H. OUEKN, Gen'l Supt., Washington, D. O. J. M. GULP, TraOlc M'g'r, Washington, D. O, W. H. RYDER, Superintendent, Charlotto North Carolina. W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Ag't, Ass't Gen'l Pass. aq(U Washington, D. O. Atlanta, Ota, POUT ROYAL & WKSTERNOAR olina Railway fXugusta Anhcvillo Short Line." .1. H. ( leviand, Receiver. Bohedule ill efTect .Inn Xftth, 18!HI. Lv AngiiKta. !) 40 am Ar Greenwood.12 i?> \*m Anderson. 8 00 pm Lniircim. I I*) pm Greenville. '2 Mi j>m Glenn Borings. i o.ri pm Spnrtnnliurg. 8 00 |>m Kahula. I W inn Hendersonvllle. .. r> 1(1 pm Anhcvillo. 8 20 pm Lv Asheville.? o<> am SpartanInirg.11 4? am Greenville.II 40 am Laurcnn.... ..115 pm Anderson. 020 am .Greenwood. 2 80pm Ar'An^iiHia. 6 0ft | m Savannah. 5 05 am Lv Greenwood. 6 23 pui Ar halcigii . 1 20 am Norfolk.7 Ul am Petersburg.i; txi am Kichmonu . 0 10 am H (K) pm 12 80 am 7 16 am ii 16 am 4 n.'i pm (> ;i.r> pm 6 no am !?86 am fi 00 pm 2 83 am 12 00 81*81 (> 20 pm 5 43 jim (> lr> j>m TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST. Lv Greenville.II Ki am 1 05 am Lv Anderson.fj 20 am .... Augusta. <i 40 am .... Greenwood.12 48 pm 2 12 pm Ar Athens. 303 pm 6 <K* pm Ar Atlanta.4 Oil pm 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood for all points oil S. A. L. and C. it (J. Railway, and at Spartan burg with southern Kail way, Kor information relative to tickets, rates, schedules, etc., address W. J. CRA1U, Oon. Pass. Agon Augusta, On. ? 8. Gureton, Agent, 0. if. spoghts, uen Agent, Greenville, S. ?. ABOUT COLUMNS. Porch columns, balcony columns, small columns for shelving and lar^e columns for stores, mills and warehouses ? s?|u.irc columns, turned columns, fluted columns, and columns chamfered, carved or other wise all should he made from selected material, free fioin defc?**S and carefully finished. That's the kir.C we make. AUGUSTA M Min I,' CO., '11*7 o/thr Af.iltr." AUaUBTA, OA.\