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" SAREY." MY CHARLES 8LOAN Kliio. iKrom The I'uritui), by ?pedal per in I a> Bien ?f the publishers, Munsey -v ?'<>., N. Y.J It wua a dark night that settled down over tho mountains Ol upper South Carolina. The sky wad heavy with black clone's, and the low muttcrlngs (,f thunder which Bee mod to i-suo from the ravines and gorges, and the zigzag Hashes of lightning which darted away from tho hlTl tops, all foretold tho com ing storm. Down over tho rocks and among tho shrubs a young mountaineer was mak ing his way. iio seemed to know his ground, and moved onward with un hesitating step until ho reachod a I oint overlooking a deep, wild gorge, \ here far down through the darkness, hhone the faint glow of a light. The young woodsman stopped a moment, then muttered : "lie's tbar already. 'Pears to mo that tiro makes too much light, though. Wonder what Hob's a gwine to say v. ben I toll him! This is about tho > afest pocket in tho hull ridge, and now I guebS we'll have to move." Ho turned away and passed around to tho side of tho gorge, where ho made his way down t>y a steep, cir cuitous path to tho bud of tho ravine below. When ho came within tho glow of tho light, he entered tho door Wi'.y of a small log house built up from th? ground. In ono end of tho place was a rock furnace, and on it was a large cooper kottlo with a cap and stem. A lire was burning under tho kettlo, aud near tho furnace, seated upon a rough beuch, was a young man with light roddish hair, sandy mus tache, and blue eyes. His trousers were stuffed down into his hoot legs, and by his Bide on the bench lay a largo, wido brimmed white bat, tho brim turned up in front and pinned to the crown with a largo thorn. In a bolt at.'Hit his waist wore two shining re volvers. The young man who entered tho place was dressed and aocoutered very much like the young man on the bench, and in bis face was a blood re semblance, for they were cousins ? Hob and Alf Uankin. Alf entered though the doorway of the cabin and orossed the earthen Hoor to the furnace, where he stirred and replenished the tire. Tho place was a blockado distillery owned by tho two cousins and operated by them, with tho assistance of Tom Drake, who worked on a profit sharing basis. Along one side of the shanty was a high platform on which rested two large vats. These were the mash tubs, and entering through the end of the house was a littlu trough which sup plied the cool water barrel, in which the " worm " was coiled, with tho waters of a bright little stream near by. When Alf had 14 chunked" the lire, he sat down by tho other man on the bench. After a little pause, Hob asked : " Where is Tom ?" " What d'ye reckon ?" answered Alf. " About Tom ? Dun no." Well you moughtn't think it. Hob: but he's jiued tho revenuer*." ?' You don't mean to tell '-" " Yes, hut I do, though. He went down to Walhalla today to take the oath ; aud he's promised to gin us all away." After a long pause, during which Hob sat with bis chin in his hands, he spoke. " Alf, 1 never 'spectod it, I never did," " No inoro did J : but hit's a fact for Sarey told me no moro'n a hour ago." ?' Sarey told you herself ?" " Yes, oand she's powerful cut up about it." " Wfe'vo worked together right here, Tom and me, for nigh on to sevon year, and never had airy shootin' or -cuitiiv sorape atween us?not airy one. Alf, I dori't, hardly believu it." Bob l>?r?c, bis head slowly and dropped bks ofiin into his bauds again. "Wei ." said Alf, '"I guess you'll have to i-icr a while. I seed S roy if yabdut a hour ago, and she told me all about it: and, Hob, sho actually shed tears, sho was so cut up, she W:V8." " What did sho say, Alf?" " She said as how Tom had jined tho revenuers, and turned agin us : and as how we'd all bettor keep a sharp look out, b'oaso Tom knows every smoko on tho ridge." ?'Poor Sarey," said Hob, half to him self. She sot sich a powerful sight by Tom. and she was a gwlre to marry him this fall. And I loved her enough more'n Tom did ; but I seed she loved him, so 1 didn't try to como atween 'on.?didn't ever try to. And now he's gone and disgraced hisself, and maybe broke Sarey's heart. Alf, we'll meet, him and me, and 'tain t a gwino to be long oil. And when wo do, Alf -well, it's him or me, him or me. that's all :" and tho young bloekader tapped one of tho revolvers in his belt significantly. "I loved Sarey; and Tom- well, I'd hate to do it, Alf; but it's him or me : thar ain't no other way, as I can see." Hob aroso and " chunked" tho tire under tho kettle, then walked around to tho side of the furnace, where a littlo white stream of spirits was pour ing from tho end of tho protruding " worm " into a long keg. " How Is it?,' asked Alf. "Good enough ; that mash will turn out all right," said Hob, returning and Beating himself on tho bench, where ho again dropped his chin into his hands, and lapsed into silenco. Tho rain began to pour down with a sudden fury, tho low board roof giving back a melancholy sound to tho patter of tho big drops. Tho thunder and lightning<had ceased, and the blackest darkness reigned without. Hut tho weird shadows which danced around tho walls in tho firelight woro old acquaintances of tho two men insido, who took no notice of thoir grotesque pantomime. Finally tho rain ceased, but tho utter blackness still reigned without, for tho clouds hung low down ovor the clitTs and tho tree tops. For more than half an hour neither of the men had spoken. Alf had mado a discovery, and had beon thinking about it. "ob was in lovo with Sarey Mauldin. Alf loved her himsolf. It seemod all three of tho partners loved tuo . ?mo girl. Hut Alf and Hob had scon that Sarey L preferred Tom Drake, and both had secretly resolved not to como between them, each one ignorant of tho fact that the other was making tho samo sacrifice. Now hopo had sprung up in Alfs hot em sinco Sarey had told him Hv?,(-Tom'e treachery Now ho had d.. covered fiat Hob lovod hor. Ho rc ?olvod to keep tho socrot of his own love, for Hob's sake; and again the hope passed from his heart. When tho rain ceased, tho two men aroso ; and, while ono of them dragged tho tiro from under tho furnace, the othor removed tho cap from tho still, and then placed a corncob In tho bung hole of the keg that held tho product of distillation. " Bob, I guess we'd hotter move tho still to a safer placo this vory night," suggested Alf. Nary a movo, Aif! This still has been hero nigh on to sevon years, and here she'd a gwino to stay." " All right If you say so ; I'm not tho man to step off and leave you." " Alf, you can tote tho keg down to tho burnt poplar as you go homo, and I'll stay here till sho cools off, and kinder straighten things up afore I go. I'll moetyou at tho burnt poplar agin daybreak in tho mornin'." Alf shouldered the heavy pine keg, and, passing through the doorway, was soon lost to view in th darkness. Bob again seated himsolf on the beech, . with nischln in his hands, and gave himsolf up to melancholy reflections. Alf had been gonesomo time, and tho embers tbat had boon raked from the furnace gave out only a faint glow to light tho interior of tho still houue, when adurk form appeared in the door way. Hob heard the step, and Instantly sprang to his feet with a revolver In his hand, but as suddenly dropped the weapon und btoud back when ho re cognized tho visitor. " You, Saroy I" ho exclaimed. " hat bruug you hero at tills time o' night ?" " I've como to glr..you warnin,' Bob,*' said the girl, as she throw a light shawl from round her head, and ad vanced across the earthen lloor. Tho smooth, round cheeks were glowing from tho oxortiou of her walk, hor eyes shone brightly in tho dim light, and hor long black hair hung in charming disorder about hor protty shoulders. " Warnin' for what?" asked Hob. " Warnin' atjln Tom Drake. Has Alf been here t i-night ?" " Yes} he's been gone about - half hour.'' " And didn't ho tell you about Tom?" "Yes: but, Sarey, somehow 1 couldn't more'n half believe it." " But hit's so, Hob; ho told mo so hissolf, and he'sgwlue to git you and Alf fust. I couldn't sleep tonight for thinking about it, so I jost got up and como over hero to beg you and Alf to movo your still somewhere else this very night." "But 1 can't do it, Saroy ; sho's boon here a long whet, and horo she's a gwlne tj stay." "Ob, Bob, jest to think o' Tom a turnin1 agin' all you uns, and 1 been a thlnkln1 o' him as a feller what would stick by a body forever ; and nosv he's gone and upsot it all. I told him 1 never would speak to him no more." Saroy caught up her apron, pressed it to hor face, and began to cry. Bob looked at hor, and choking back a great lump from his throat turned away a stop or two, then came back and laid his big brown hand gently on tho girl's arm. " Don't, Sarey, don't!" ho said, " for Tom ain't wuth no tears o' youru." Ho led her to tho bench, where she sat down, and :n a fow moments had dried her eyes. "Saroy," continued Hob, after a pause, "Tom ain't wuth nary' author tuought o' you i n, and 1 would u't waste 'em on 'mi. Thar's a plenty on us left yit that's a siiiht better'n Tom." "I know it; 1 only wish I'd a knowod it sooner." "Sarey, won't you answer mo one question? B'oase 1 think a power o' you, and 1 want to know." "Of course I'Jl auswer any question you ax, Bob, b'case you'vo allers been so good to mo, jest like a brother." " Well, Sarey, tell mo which ono o' the boys you" liked tho host arter Tom ?" " Why, 1 allers did like Alf jost as well as Tom, but Alf never 'poured to like me, And Tom did." Again Bob swallowed a great lump thai had gathered in his throat. " Alf is a good fellor ; ho'd never go back on us," ho managed to say as bo arose from tho bench, and begau to put things to rights about tho dis tillery. His task completed, ho turned to Sarey, who stood in the doorway. " I'll walk homo with you," ho said. Hob throw some water on the dying otubers of the tire, then led the way through tho dark, wot woods, followed closely by Saroy, neither of them speaking a word until they camo to the highway, about a mile distant. They did not have far to go after they had reached tho road. When Bob bado Sarey good night, I he gulped down another choking sen sation which arose in his throat, and turned about to retrace his way jomo distance along the road before turning oil" toward his own homo. Iu less thati twenty four hours every moonshiner throughout the mountain district knew that Tom Drake had turned traitor and joined tho revenue force against his old comrades. Dur ing tho whole of the second night after this information went abroad, men wero at work moving their distilleries te safer retreats, ono only remaining at his old stand?tho one that belonged to the K inkin boys. It was more than a week after the night on which Sarey had visited tho still house, when Bob and Alf Kankin wero riding along down the road to wards tho home of Saroy. Neither of them had uttered a word for somo time. At length Dob broke the silence, speaking without turning his eyes from a direction straight ahead of him. " Alf, you air tho man." " I'm tho man V" " Yes, you air the man for Sarey." " What do you mean, Hob ?" " I mean that Sarey loves you bet ter'n airy 'nuttier man on the ridge." " You don't say V How'd you lind out?" " Artor you loft tho still houso that night, Sarey was thar." " She was ?" "Yes, and sho was a cryin' about the disgraceful doin's o' Tom ; and ? and, Alf, 1 axed bor if thar warn't airy 'nuther feller sho liked jes'? as well as sho did Tom ; and sho 'lowed sho allers liked you jest as well, but you never seemed to liko her. Now I've told you, Alf, and I want to know if you love her." "I allers have, Bob; but I stood back for Tom ; and arter what you said t'other night. I was a gwino to stand back for you." Again that sensation as of tho heart rising into the throat came to Bob, and tho two men rodo on in silenco. The sun wae swiftly dropping to wards the crests of tho western hills when Hob and Alf stopped in front of old Jerry Mauldln's long, double cabin. Sarey was sitting in tho open hallway, shelling bean*; but she aroso and came out to tho road when tho two mon had dismounted. "Tom's been seed a foolin' around Long Creek to-day," said Saroy, "and I meant to sond you uns word afore now, but pap's been ailln' all day, and 1 couldn't leavo him." " Wo ain't much afearod of him,1' said Alf. " He's been a keepin' quiet a sight longor'n I 'spectod, though." " Wo'vo boon a look in' for him to como down on us at tho still houso afore now," added Hob. "Sarey, havo you got any c'dorV" asked Alf. " Wo'ro kindor thirsty." . " Lots of it. Ono of you hold tho l. ?rses while t'other ono goes with me i i tho spring houso, and we'll fetch up tho jug and gourd." "I'll hold 'em," said Hob dreamily. Alf and Sarey turned away along tho path which lod around tho houso, and woro lost to viow. Bob stood be tween tho heads of tho horses with his chin againbt his breast. Ho was think ing of tho treachery of Tom Drako, and of tho jowol ho had lost In tho lovo of Saroy Mauldln. For onco Bob allowod himsolftoro lax his watchfulness. About thirty yards beyond tho houso tho road bont suddenly to tho right, and turnod abruptly down tho hill toward a little 8troam that wound its way along tho baso of the ridge. Bob's oar, usually sonsitivo to tho slightest sound, did not hear tho approach of hoof heats up tho little hill bohlnd tho shrubbory until tho horsomon had reached the bond in tho road. Bob's hand How to his rovolvor as ho looked up : out ho was too !ato, ho was under cover of a weapon in the hands of Tom Drake. " I guess you air mine," said Tom as ho rodo up. " Yes; liko a fool I wont to sloop and got ketehed. What's wanted ?" " You air a gwino with me to Wal halla jail." "Tom, you air a measly, low down sneak I" "No, I've jest now got to be a' gentle man, and I'm a gwino to make gontlo men out'n all you fellers." "Alf and Sarej will be here dlreotly with some cider, then I'll go with you." "Bob. you'd better let me have that woap'n." " I'll never do it, Tom Drake 1" At this moment Alf and Sarey oarae around the house, Alf bringing a large jug io bis hand. Tho young man's quick eye took in tho situation of the two mon In the road, and in the twinkl ing of an eye his revolver Hashed to a dead level with tho Informer's breast. " Ilold on a minute, Alf!" shouted Hob. " I'm fairly took, and 1 guess I'd bettor go with him." Alf quickly looked loto tho eyos of his cousin, and tho two men seemed to understand oaeh other. "Pass tho elder over hore, Saroy, and I'll drink you a farewell for a while," said Hob, smiling. Sarey passed tho eider In ollonee, never onco looking at Tom, who took tho gourd ottered him by Hob, and drank. "Now I'm roady. Good by, Alf! Good by, Sarey ! said liob, us ho mounted his horse. Tom mouDted, and the two mon, captive and captor, rodo away In the soft light of tho lin gering sunset. When they reached tho turn in the road, liob looked back and lifted his broad brimmed hat to Alf and Suroy, who woro standing side by side gazing after him. Then they faded from view, and the two horse men rodo on in silence. They woro approaching the brook at tho foot of tho hill when Hob spoke. " Tom, I never would take no moan advantage of a feller ; so I'll tell you now, hit's you ur mo. Pull yourgun !" Instantly two revolvers leaped to a level in the gathering light, and four shots passed with what seemed like tsvo simultaneous reports. Alf heard thorn, and, weapon in band, sprang down tho road, closely followed by Sarey A riderless horse swept by them at tho turn of tho bill ; and when they reached the sandy lovoi uear the brook they found two lifeless forms lying close together in tho nar row road. Hob Rank in and Tom Drake bad settled the question of honor between thomselves, ami had Hottlod tho ques tion of love for Alf and Sarey. HILL AU1* ON KATING. Ills Kxperienee in (-a id e n i and Growing Prutta? In Kurly Times Klesli Was Not Used Tor Food, And now the potato bugs have come again?come early?ahead of time, und I have to wugo war on them. There is always something to prey on every thing that i.s good. Eternal vigilance is tho price of liberty and just so it is the price of a good garden. Tho weeds outgrow everything you plunt and nothing hurts thorn. Briers and thistles and orabgrass and dog fennel and chlckweed grow right along junt like little sins and bad habits. It takes constant work and constant watching to keep down weeds and original sin. Hoe, every one that thirsteth '. I bought a dime's worth of parls green and dissolved half a table spoonful in half a bucket of water und sprinkled the beetles carefully last e?cning ani this morning tuuy are dead. Hut this does not end It, for they havo just begun to come. It is not much trouble and will save the potatoes. 1 tried It last year. He sure and mark tho paper that contains tho powder " poison " and put it whore the grandchildren can't get It. Put tho mixture on with an old wtiisk broom and what is loft in the bucket hang it up high somewdiero till wanted again. Wo had a fruit growers' convention hero last ween and Learned a good deal about exterminating tbeuo pesti ferous things, both visible and invisi ble. It Is a right good education to hear such experienced men talk as Mr. Miller, Colouol Nesbltt and Mr. Starnes. 1 wish the convention would meet here occe a month. My respect for horticulture and horticulturists is very great. The Herekmans and Mr. Humph and Dr. Jones have done a world of good in advancing the growth of fruit trees and diffusing knowledge among the pooplc. The growing of fruit is no doubt tho oldest occupation known to man. It most happily combines physical labor with sciontitic study and tho reward is useful, gratifying and refining. There Is no doubt but fruit and vegetables were tho only food of mankind for 1,500 years after man was created. I alludod to this in a little talk I deliv ered to the convention, and some of my Hiblo-roading friends have since questioned mo about it and asked for my authority. They reminded me that Abel's sacritico was from his llocks and was more acceptable than Cain's olToring of the fruits of the ground. It does not follow, however, that tho llocks were for food. Only a few of tho animals wore fit for any thing and these few, such as domestic cattle, weiu ri quired for beasts of burden and tilling the yoil and furnish ing clothing. " And tho Lord made coatn of skins and clothod them." Hcforo the fall, and while Adam and Eve lived in tho garden of lOde.n tho fruit of tho trees and the herbs therein woro their only food. After they were driven from the garden the Lord said : "Thou shalt eat tho herb of the Ilold. nl the swoat of thy face .halt thou eat bread." And "God sent him forth from the garden to till the ground, whence ho was takon." There is nothing about eating flesh up to that time. Heforo Eve was created tho Lord said to Adum : " I have given you overy herb and the fruit of every troo and to you it shall be. for meat." Ue gavo Adam dominion over the animals and Adam named them, but nowhere is It Intimated that they were for meat. Now lot us pass down tho genera tions until after tho Hood. " And GoJ said to Noah, The fear of you shall bo upon every beast of the earth and evory fowl of the air and the fishes of tho sea; and evory moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Kven as the greon herb have I given you all things. Hut llesh with the life thereof, which is tho blood thereof, shall yo not oat." When Moses came ho limited the kind of animals that might he used for food. Swine woro specially prohibited and to this day no Jew will make a hog of himself by eating hog. Flesh eating has never been considered re fining or spiritualizing in its influences upon our nature, and yet thero is no doubt that tho laboring man need* animnl food. Solomon says, " Go not among tho riotous eaters of flosb.*' Tho children of Israel ohided Moses for bringing them away from tho jsh pots of Egypt, and bo tho bor?, junt them quails to eat for supnerat: J man na for breakfast. Kvon boioo of our teoth aro called canines, from "cania," a dog, because wo tear flesh with thorn like a dog. As a man grows el l h - cares less for fl >sh, but bis appetite for fruit nover leaves him. Hut If he dldent lose his liking for 11 ;sh he couldn't oat much of It nohow, for about that timo ho Iobcs his teeth and providenco admonishes him that it is time to proparo for that spiritual food that comoth from above. IV. to Is a food of tho gods called ainVosla. hut it Is mado of fruit und not of fb-sh. Cannibals love Huh?raw flesh, bloody llesh, and e\?.n cat human flesh, and they are next to dogs in tho scale of creation. No, thero le no rofinoraoct In il.mIi oating and yot I am freo to confjss that I am not yot old enough or skint enough to rofuse to dine on tur key or fried ohlcken or quail on toast. Goldsmith's hermit was dreadfully heartbroken when he said : 41 No ftVcka that rtam Mi's ridley free '('??laugh er 1 condemn; Taught by that power that phieg me, 1 lourn to pity them." That wao all right until ho found his Angolina and thon 1 reokon ho killed a chicken for breakfast. But It Is a fact that most kind-hearted poople will eoofoss, that If they had to kill their own sheep and bulloolrs and chicken for food they would do without fl >sh for a long time. It takes, a hard heart and & strong man to butcher a lamb, and yet it has to be done. I don't mean a hardened heart, but a heart that will not faint at sight of pain or blood. My mother would not kill a chickoD, but sho would dress It and cook it without objection. I havo wrung thoir heads otT, hut I wouldn't do It now for my own sake. As wo grow older wo grow kinder and havo moro respect for tho lifo that God gave all tollls creatures. That is,except snakes. I nover hositato about killing uuakeu. Uoclo Sain killed a little one In tho lower corner of tho garden last week and my wife hascnt been in those parts since, for sho ?tili Insists that whore there Is ono there aro two. Bu' 1 don't blame woman for nor an tipathy to Bnakes. They gavo old mother Eve a great trouble and it baa survived to all her daughters. " In sorrow thou ahalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband and ho shall rule over theo." What an awful ourso ! especially tho lost. it was hard, very hard, on Kvo ; for the command uot to eat of tho troo of knowledge was not given to her, but to Adam boforo Eve waa created. May bo Adam did not toll hor in an im pressive mannor. Nevertheless tho curse is upon her and w'P remain so until she joins tho angels, i reckon. BILL A KP. THE CROWNING of victoria. a Baltimore*!*'*) ^Recollection or the Queen'? Accession Slxly Years Ago. Baltimore American. Mr. John Carpenter, who has lived horo s neo 1845, waa present at the crowning of Victoria at Westminster, lie talked about tho event without hes itation : "Viotoria," ho said, "was declared the lawful heir on Juno 20, 18117, but on account of her ago?sho was not yet 18?tho public coronation did uot take place until June 22, 1838. It is a long while ago. Tho pageant was a magnificent ono. How loug my mem ory does not serve me, but it was gor geous. I saw the queen. She was a happy fiesh-looking young thing, with a happy smiling face, as innocent look I ing as sho waa. There waa not a care upou her brow. It seemed as if no I thought of tho stupendous responsible ties which sho was assuming had come to her. she appeared utter y uncon scious of self or no part sho was play* ing in that notable evont. "Sho did not appear frightened, but to tho plaudits of tho multitude she turned to tho left ami right, bowing and smiling most graciously. I had a good position on ono of tho thorough fares through which the pageant pass ed, and got a good look at her. Of course, the trappings of her horses and the chariot and everything else wen most gorgeous. And such cheering! i Such crowds! People? There were 1 people overywhere. Strange as it may I seem, though the queen should have been tho central figure, I think what impressed me most on that occasion was tho superb appearance of Marshal Sou It, the French ambassador, and his stall". Everything was gorgeous in the pageant, but Soult was moro than gor geoua. 1 can see his trappings In my mind's eye at this minute. To attempt to describe thorn would bo beyond my powers. Gorgeous is all I can say for them. And he knew they were gorge ous. Whil- there was no self-conscious ness about tho queen, there was plenty of it about tho French ambassador, and tho peoplo fed his vanity, for choer after cheer ront tho air as be passed by. There were long lines of rcsplend entsoldiery; tho brilliant uniforms, the glittering gold lace, the flashing of tin arms in the sunlight, tho blare of the trumpets, tho cavalcades of horsemen, carriages of stato?everything went to make up such a pageant as is seldom seen, and can hardly be eclipsed by anything at tho present timo "Was tho queen beautiful? I can hardly say that I obtained any suck impression of her. 1 think she was pretty. Yes, I know she was. But it waa her youth and her freshm as that Impressed mo most. Sho had clear cut features, and her portraits of this date show nothing of tho slender young girl with the graceful carriage 1 re member seeing that summer day so long aero." Mr. Carpenter baa In his possession a copy of the Sun, a paper published In London, and probably tho only one to bo found in this city of tho dat l of thi coronation. It was printed at tho tinn in gilt, all of which has nearly won. away, but the paper is in an excellent stato of preBervation. On tho front page is a vignette profile of tho young queen, which Mr. Carpenter says wa au excellent likeness at tho lime, am an editorial note pronounces it a tri uinph of art. Tho paper waa printed on Juno 20, 1838, and the number in the possession of Mr. Carpenter Is tho twentieth edi tion. It contains a history of former coronations, tho make-up of tho pa geant, and tho positions of the variou troops, etc., in the coronation parade, a ski tub of the young queen, and everj matter pertaining to the event. Then is also a description of the crown which was placed on the head of tin youthful daughter of the duko of Kent. This crown was estimated to he worth over 111,000 pounds. SIX HUNDRED A YEAR i A German Nobleman Left a l on on. ? lie Must Work Ten Yearn to Gel it. A dispatch from Washington saye that Baro.i John P. von Muegge, form orly a nohloman of the German empire, has been appointed a laborers in toe Interior department at a yearly salary of $000. Too peculiar feature 01 hi; service is that it is done to secure a largo fortune which was loft him con ditionally. Moro than thirty years ago young It,iron von Muegge engaged in a duol, as a result of which ho .-'it compelled to leave Germany. 11. came to tho United States, where b< has since resided. Nearly lifteei years ago his mother died and left a clause in her will, providing that il he secured responsible employment In tho United States government* Borvloo, or honorabio police service, and worked thereat for ten years, h< would receivo tho sura of 700,000 m.irk> ($175 000); otherwise too laqu< st woulu go to tue Christian Charity society ui iJadi n Baden. Tho young man began seeking tht requited positions. He served on tht ponco force of Cincinnati, St. Louie and other wostoro cities, and was foi a timo employed as special ollioer b. tho Big Four railroad. William Mo Kinloy b Ing ono of his ei do sors for tho podtlon. When Ilm tel.-.oar iluu bnposod by his mother's will oxplroo, Mr. von Muegge had not complete*, nis service, ard tho matter Came up It tho Gorman e:?urts. Through the In torpositioc of William Walter Pbdps, von Muegge had tho b st of lega advioo, and tho high court of Oer many granted him anexttnsion, will apiomtHothat other extension should bo matlo upon tho condition of piirtia fulfillment. With tho election of McKinley a president, Mr. von Mucg^a i-ought to obtain a position in tho govornino.>i service. Ho obtained tho signature. of 600 prominent On loans, Including Governor Bushnoll, filed his pap-rs at Canton and applied for a plaoo In tho see.etsorvlco. it was ascertain d that tho secret servieo was coven d by tie olvlhservioe regulation?, and i? Sapers wore transferred to tho intorlor opartnont. Representative Grosvonor sent h strong letter In Mr. von MuctrgeV ?? h . i ?o Seorntur Bl *s, who a"* n< olntedl'i m a I abort ra. tOOOayear. To '.(..im bis loga-y it Is isoniia t< t Mr. von M.ioggo fill with 'be Germ-n uii'h courn of appeals or t? N- v ru ber 2d next a o jrtifluaio snowing that he has Completed five months' service this year. Thon the court will grant | a further contlnuanco of ono year. That will comploto tho ten years. Mr. von Muoggo has made an appli cation to become chief of police of Oklahoma City and beliovo ho will securo tho placo. Although consider ing himself ontltlod to citizenship by reason of having served threty years in tho regular army, ho two years ago took out naturalization papers in Cin cinnati. Ho expects to remain per manently in tho Unltod States. Ho is 50 years old, rathor tall, well built, of florid complexion and is extremely po lite in manner. A H toic Norwegian Girl. Margaret Neilson, eighteen years old, is the daughter of a Norwegian sea-captain who lately Bailed from Wales for Nova Scotia. Margaret had made several voyages in her father's vessel before, so that she was at home on the sea. For company she took with her a water spaniel, a big black cat, aad half a dozen rab bits. A heavy storm came on, and the ship, which v/as twenty-seven years old, sprung a bad leak, and soon all hands who could be spared from tho management of the vessel were put at the pumps. Margaret herself) seeing that her father could not be everywhere, took j a hand at the pumps and encouraged the men. But the storm rose higher j and higher; the men could not pi* nip I the water out as fast as it come in. The ship was gradually tilling. Huge waves rolled over the deck. Then Margaret, still sticking to the pumps, began to s'ng. 1 let father had taught her many of the old Norse sagas, recounting the bravery of the sailors' ancestors, for they were all Norsemen. Through the howling of the storm the girl's voice rose in these old songs. The sailors, dropping with fatigue and loss of sleep, and lighting a losing battle, were urged on to here ic ef forts by Margaret's example as well as by the spirited words and music that she was singing to them. At last it became clear t iat the ship must be abandoned; but the captain, before ordering out the boats, lay down and slept a little, for be WUS at the end of his strength. Margaret went on singing and cheering the men. As she worked, she spied a sail in the distance. Sig nals of distress were already up. They were seen by the distant ship. It was a long time before the sail, which was a brig bound for New York, couhi come alongside, and in the interval the Norwegian ship was very near sinking; but at last Cap tain Neilson, his bravo daughter, and all his men were taken off, and their vessel almost immediately went down. The Norwegians were taken to New York, where, on landing, the captain plainly showed Bigns of the terrible strain he had been through ; but his daughter was as bright and calm as ever. When the reporters came to talk with her she disclaimed any heroism, but her father said that it was her spirit that kept the sail ors up.? Youth's Companion. The Okioin of Dolls.?It is a safe assertion to make that every lit tle girl has at some time or other played with dolls ; in fact if- is al most impossible to imagine a girl without a doll. Of course the older ones have outgrown their dolls and only keep the old favorites as souve nirs of childish days and prettv playthings, and it is quite likely that they would be puzzled to ex plain why they should call the little image a doll and not, as the French do, a puppet, or with tho Italians, a bambino or baby. What is the meaning of the word doll ? To ex plain, it is necessary to go bock to the middle ages, when it was the fashion all over the Christian world for mothers to give their little chil dren the name of a patron saint. Some saints were more popular than ot hers, and St. Dorothea was at that perioo more popular than all. Doro thea, or Dorothy, as the English have it, means a gift from Cod But Dorothea, or Dorothy, is much too long a name for a little, toddling baby, and so it was shortened to Dolly or Doll; and from giving the babies a nickname, it was an easy step to give the name to the litth images of which the babies were so fond ? Junior Standard. Moth Bit's Influence.?''Mother, I am so glad you talk to me and make me do things yon think are polite and nice," said Arthur, as he came in fioni school one day. "What has made you glad when you so of ten seem to dislike my corrections and even frown when I make you do things you do not like to take time tu do r* said the mother. "Well, mother, I'll tell you," answered Ar thur. "To-day our teacher was talk ing about Memorial Day, and it was decided that a number of our boys should inarch in the, procession to the Seminary and when a leader was suggested teacher said that 1 was so refined in manners that she thought I would be the proper one to have command of tho boys. I thought of you in ;i moment, and 1 said to my self, I am so glad that mamma makes me mind her/' COUNTRY MKUCHANTS Should know that thoro is DOthine that sei is so well as an art iclo that you ?an guarantee to give sa isfaction t? ?our customers. Such an article h KICK'S GOOSE OltlOASE LIN I MKN r. it cures all aches and pain n man or beast?Scratches, Ringbone Swlnncy, and all ailments needing h Plrst-CiaSS Liniment. NO CURE, NO I'AY, is the motto of tho Goose Grean ncople. Don't tercet wo aro wholosah urents for Goose Greis? Liniment. Try Palnu tto Liver Regulator. BRUCE! & DOSTER, Greenvillo, S. C. ?If King George vo'untarily abdi cates the throne, ho will rocoivo a pen Ion of $10.(100 a year, but if he is de onppfi he win receive an allowance of ?120,000 a your. Hence it is that he is rafting to he deposed, and that Greece It.slrps him to abdicato. ?The new rursldelivery bill, which U exppoted to become a law, authorizes ? postmaster In a town or Village where 10 free delivery exists to appoint ear iers on the petition of 20 or more ?*?rann*, the carrier to hp paid ?at so much a month, or ono cent a letter by those rttfelving the mail. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening strength and health fulness, Assures the food against uluin and all forms of adulteration common to tho cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING 1'OWl)Kit CO., New York Strange Bible Facte. The learned Prince of Granada, heir to the Spanish throne, im prisoned by order of the crown for fear lie would aspire to the throne, was kept in solitary confinement in the old prison at the Place of Skulls, Madrid. After thirty-three years in this living tomb death came to his release, and the following remark able researches, taken from the Bible and marked with an old nail on the rough walls of his cell, told how the brain sought employment through the weary years: In the Bible the word "Lord" is found LS.r>:{ times. The word "Jehovah" 0,855 times. The word "reverend" but once, land that in the ninth verse of the 111th Psalm. The eighth verse of the 97th Psalm is the middle verse of the Bible. The ninth verse of the eighth chapter of Esther is the longest. The thirty-Ofth verse, eleventh chapter of St. John is the shortest. In the 107th Psalm four verses arc alike?the eighth, fifteenth, twenty-first and thirty-first. Each verse of the 130th Psalm ends alike. No names or words with more than six syllables are found in the Bible. The thirty-seventh chapter of Isaiah and nineteenth chapter of Second Kings tire alike. The word "girl" occurs but once in the Bible, and that in the third verse, third chapter of .Joel. There are found in both books of the Bible 3,538,483 letters, 77:1,09:5 words, 31,373 verses, L, 189 chapters, and GO books. Ihe twenty-sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles is the linest chapter to read. The most beautiful chapter is the twenty-third Psalm. The four most inspiring promises arc John xiv. ; vi. :17 ; Matt. xi. 88, and Psalm xx.wii. 1. The iirst. verse of the fiftieth chap ter of Isaiah is the one for the new convert. All who Hatter themselves with THIi LAURHNS BAR. j. t. Johnson. w. a. ntOKRV JOHNSON & RICH ICY, ATTORNEYS AT l,aw, Oppiob? Plemmir "Corner, v orthest side of Public Square*. II. Y. SIMPSON. C, I). BARKSDALE SIMPSON & BAltKSDALIS, Attorneys at Law, LAtTKKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Speolal attention given to tho investi gation of titles and collection of claims W. II. MARTIN, Attomoy at Law, Laukkxs, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts of this State Attention uivon to collections. SCHEDULES CHARLESTON ? AND? "A.igusla and Asheville Short Line." Schedule in effect Feb. 7. 1800. Lv Ad on"a. U In am Ar Or36uwood.12 IV pin Anderson. I.aureus. 1 IS pm (Ircenville. .'? on pm Glenn Springs.... Hi > urn Spartan burg.3(0 pm Saluda- .... ? '.>.'! pm Hendersonville. .. RM pm Asheville. 7 no pm Lv Asheville. S20am Spartan burg.11 46 pin Glenn Springs.... 1(1 un am (Jrccnville.11 ?0 am l.aurens. 1 80 pm Anderson. Greenwood . 2 28 pm Ar Augusta_ .. 000 pm Lv Spartan burg Greenville. ?. Ar Clinton. Newherry Prosperity... Columbia_ Sumter. Charleston Lv Oliarleston.. Sumter Columbia_ Prosperity... Ncwberrv ., ? Clinton. Ar Qreeuville .. Spartan burg. Lv Augusta. Ar Allendalc. Fairfax . Ycrr assce. 0 80am Hcnufnrt .10 85am Port Royal.10 60am Savannan . Charluqton_ . Lv Charleston. 8avannah.... . . port Royal. <i 65pm Beaufort . 7 10pm Yomassee . 846pm Fairfax. Allendalc. Ar Augusta. (Mose connections at Orccnwood for all points on H. A. L. and ('. a <;. Railway, and at Spartan burg with Southern Railway. For information relative to tickets, rates RchedulcH, etc, address W. J. CltAKJ, <?en. l'nm. Agent, Angus ta. Gi. K. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, ?a J. S. Curotoi,. AgcJit, C H. .Spoights Gen. Ag'eAt^reonville,S. C vain boasting should read the sixth chapter of Matthew. All humanity should barn the sixth chapter of St. Luke, from the twentieth verse to its ending.? Herald and Presbyter. The largest churches in Europe will contain the following numbers: St. Peter's, Rome, 54,000; Milan cathedral, 37,000; St. Paul's, Lon don, 135,000; St. Sophia, Constan tinople, 23,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 21,000; Pisa cathedral, 13,000; St. Murk's, Venice, 7,000. ?Barten K. Powell, of Albany, Ga., a negro30 y ara old. is one of the most succi ssbil farmers in the St at.-. Twelve years ago ho bail saved up *:! 000 with which be bquffbt 500 aort s ? ?f land Ho wont to work ou it and elcareil $3,500 the first year. Ho hits continued t i add to Ids landed posses sion*, paying spot cash for ovory farm purchased, and Is now the owner of 2,100 acres of land, from which ho markets 400 bales of cotton annual'y. Besides his success on the farm ho has developed the country supply ttoro idea, and thus rakes in thousands of dollars a your, llo nbso owns a com fort ih'e residence In Halnbrldtre. IHs pro fit 8 bist y-'ur were over tT.CUO. Ho says that the question of so? r< tion doesn't trouble him so long a- he c<n get financial recognition at the bank. SOU T11E RN R AI LAV AY. H ki1 uo;v i \ i ;; l *. N 11. Cou<i m <?'*? ' 11 i-.it-.t U*iy Nurtliho.in.l. ? i' I r?lai. IS I'.I.Ul r.v, >.?. 3d I.v. Mlnutn c.T.1 : All em.. K T. - Noroi dm Rtlford.. . Out mi*. kilo, lad' ? ? OoriioHrt. .. M' Any ... Tooeoa_ \V?st.inlii8tor I SeccH . . . I .' IS I Central. Urne.? villa . BtmrtiuihurK MnlYitovH, . ttlnokshurg KIiik'h Mt f-l'i .'iiiiin . .. (;imrlotto Dan villa Baltimore WaOdniMi II 16 Lr. Uichttii ? i .. 119 Lv. D invllo Ar. niuirlottu l.v. (instoul ?? K uk- ? Mt ... ?? KminoihiirR " Gaft'iieyn *? Spnrtnnlmrg. *' Greenville.... " Central. " Simeon . " WtMtmlnMtor " Totteiwi. *? Mt. Airy _ " Cornelia. " hula. " Kidnasvtlle... " Hnford " Nororo*i Ar. Atliiiiln, K. T Ar. Atlanta, e. T Ar. lticliiii'-iiu . .. OOI i II 00 ii ArWusliiiipton " Hillt.n'e I' M: M Philadelphia " Kf ,v Vor I'. .. Sontliliotind. "TT "V", e"T<"T." t~?? PhtlmjclplitH i a "A ' It. in. "!'" p. in ",M" noon. "N 'l'tiflO. N.w. :i7 ami :w -? Daily. WunhliiKton nn?l Soi In Westum Vnatlhulp lituiUml. 'I'll run if It I'll man ?leopins o.trs hut Worn New Yi.'-U I N>.\v'?r lean*, vi:i Wimlilti^ion, Atltoitti nn l MonttT" a ery. imrl nlon lietwot.li Now V??i l< nn I ?'? ?<'??''? TlaWit?hlHKlon,Atlitntn und Uli 1 ? ?I Ohl** tnorottglit'tii v eouolnis betv .mi V lAhlnix ton ami Atlanta. Dlnin;: cur*surve nil tneaTi an route. No*, j? and :ts Urt'-.l s????... l-'nsl Mall runs sollt! hetwenn VViiidibifcton atel Mow Or leans, vi* Southern it i .\ vi W p, It. II., and b. Sj N. K ft., bnln ? r?ni iso.l ol -i cur mul u.inohuj, tin i i :i. will <,!1?-1 ??? ' ?r pnwaneeri* rtf nil ??.:>-?>.?? I' in rli ? room tloaplnit oars hotweon N- .v York ml Now Orleaun, via At Inn imhI .a Leaving Wnaliiiigion on ? \ . 1 ?leepitiif Chi vid run Ih.'on^l iui W? ill luKtou and Sau P'ranciscn wl > ??: ' Nos. II. ST.Miii 12?Pullman sloon ?1)0 tweon Richmond and Oh rlti 16, '>?> In. ?oiitlili.nin I N'dil 11 i 'i'. Iiortll ... in I N 19 Tim Air Wn? Ro <? ti mi, S??* it an : in. !>o twcoi; Atlanta au 1 .>'ouni Any. . (tally 6.x c*-1'! Suiulnv J. M fi i.e Trartio At K'r. \v H <iifk.:s, Wnalilm W A TU UK, Qt'ii'l Pnan. Ajt'l NVaahintii ??' 1 I> tl fl n A . Wn^iiiispo i. D. a HARWICK, ? Mon'l !>. ? \7't., "l Di W. BALL. L. W. 8IMK1N8. W.W.BALL BALL, SIMK1NS A HALL, Attorney s ?1 Law, LAUHBN8, So?tu Carolina. Will praetloo In nil statu au? United State? t'niut. Special attention given lelleetions. ATLANTIC COAST L1N14 P A SS E NU Kl' DKP A KT M 1?: M T. Wilmington, y. C, Jan, 10///, 181? FAST LINE ?BRTWKKN Charlestoh ami Columbia and Upper South Carolina, North Caro lina, and Atht na and Atlauta. condensed Sl-lie Hfl H (Joirei West. <J ?lug Knot. No. 52( No. ,'>3, 7 O?am* Lv_CharlasI tt_Ar U30pm s 2t; .baue?. 7 P, UIJ? .BuintQi. ?3? 1 l ')'< Ar.? ..In tu bin..I.v .r> IS .Prusper . 'S iL .Ncwbi r .? .... .Clinton. .... I.nurctl6 ... .... Ureonw o ;1 ... .Abbeville .. ..Athe ?_Atlan.. .. Winnebon S . .Charlotte, '.v ?'. 12 Ii pm 1' DO l 19 t 'A S 301 ? 10 8 2ii ?' f>7 2 1! ? l 4t 11 41 s.;i !I 8i 'S iJ?pni Ar ... Anderson .j.y li or. ,ur, 4 20 _CreeenviUe ... in xo 's in _Spartan b ... n u 00J Llondersonvl '? N,C. 916 7 00 _.. Ashevlllo. NM),.. H 20 ? Daily. Nos, 03 and f!.'> S?.li train bei wo-. i Charleston an<l Columl i, S..(.'., and ear ? tlimuch eoaib hotweet Cliurli ton t! 1 Atlanta. H, M, KM tSi >> , Aea't ('en'l i *si nee Aet. i U. KEN I.Y, T. I. IM I IS80N, ''en'l Mpiiwer. <alti? I mam: SOUTHERN RAILWAY. t'?uiior.?; .i Soltotlnle lu i f; 'o> nov. 15, 1SOO. STATIONS vTflhr.rlpatotr. ? ?nlmnhla ?No. U T l?^aT 11 00 a Frutmerlty .I }8 11 i> Newuerry. . 13 28 p Ninety-Six.| 1 20 p " Oreeuwood.I 1 46 p - Hodges.v.?r.tv. 2 26_p_-n Ar. ?bbVvUto..,._ 1 M p in Xr. fi?ltou. ...... ~"J ...[ 8 10 p in A~r. Anderson. .1 8 BS p vi Ar. 'Green vUi'e. ? 4 20 p" n ffr. AIlanta .'" ..7.' I ? 80 p n STATIONS. I jP,uUIV2. CvTbi-ecuvUle . lo 80 ? S " Plodmout. 10 M a in " Wllllamaton........... .,.| 11 18 a m Lv! A??i. son .Ill W ;t in Lv. ":? ?>!! . .... "fi .'..? it at Ar. Don na Hin _ .. ! 12 v- p in Lv! Ahl evUlfl Tv. iin fi... '? Or?oa\vnt-il " Nlnoty.SU. Lv No i v " Prosperity. Ar Columbia Ar Charleston N . V No.i?| "b./.i; 7 T?n I.v. H6Ii BTATIO . (.toluinhin 0 or:. 1? I5p| ". Alsum., 202p " l'J l't io Ii ii I05??;i 10 Wh 2?:p| " 11 ?a II 10p Ar ll4fm .Ip'.Lv 810p j UOp A r ?p TrnttM 0 hinl | II i;. 12~20 p m 1 00 p in 1 '.'.') p ?n 2 28 p m 2 U7 p in !l r>0 p_nt ~h oo i> rn 7,7 i .".;u:v lifii y Srj BWpjll :>J? "8 8ftpl t>'2Sp 2 i!>p\ H CA I i?p I 03p > 2tlu Hin ir(r 7 . r'p 7 'Vp rt.cip n . ?p n wo neup 12 1 !|> I.tIU ?("'t Bjiartiui ii rij, Ai :ll 2 ? A LovILjj _ >jv| * 2jftl 8 C8p p. in "A?" iv m. 10 c?l i y r i ...t.itt l ullmltn ?loepInK enrslifttwcwi c- I iinLIti nud Ak1?< vii,*. ?nrouto dnlly b?t wie JuuWyuits lllu und t linnin nittl Tridnn Iwtvft Bpnrln ihnrjf, A. AO. division, port hi k)ti nd, o v. r. m ,1:4. p. rn., litis p. in., rVMHtlhulo Lindl? '.>: t bound 12:20 a. in., 1:16 |i m., tl :M n. in., t V^ilhula l.in it?cl.) Tri:In? leave ?reenvlllo, A. und < '. dlvioli.n, nprtldjoiuul.6:43 a. in., 2 I ] itiul 5:00 p. rn., iVMtlhulcd LlmiU'dl; ihoiun.l, 1:2? a. i t., ? l&?p. iw 12:28 p. in. (V?i . uled Li tut led). Pill I in-, n !>ei i Ico. Pnllman nn!aceel?tipln;; cm i i Train?sa? ?. 18,87 and ":i A. andO. dlvl ? W. H. (IPKMN, J M. CCLV ?ea. Bui<t.Tint indent, l ;ifflo M'g'r, Wn-.l i,. ????ii, l> (X Wnithliiffton, u. V. A TCHK, S. U. ITAIIDWJOK, 6?li I'h.i Ag't. Ai 'I ?,'??:;. An't li'Ml.in?ti?n a i Nttitt?, C;>. WE WANT TO EXCHANGE Pianos, Organ] or \ Sewing Machine] --FOR-*. -Good Horses. Alexander Bros. & Co. GREENVILLE, S. C Who is Will Whitener ? r . ) ? f riffle M :\ ? fi? Iff mm He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and 3h&\ er .-IN BENDELLA HOTEL.