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AN OPPORTUNE INTRUDER. BY HOWARD PIBLDINO. Mr. nml Mrs. Albert Hammond dined together io their luxurious apartments on the evening of December and were served by the lady's maid, as the butler had deserted them a few days before. They had been married in Uctobc,r, and therefore a teto-a-telo dinner in their own home had not ceas ed to be a pleasure worth mentioning. The absence of the butler was Impor tant chiefly becaUBO of their prepara tions for Christmas day, when they ex pected to entertain in very handsome style. in Mr. Htunmomrs pocket was a pretty little box containing a diamond bracelet of beauty and price. A comer of the box was making a black ami blue spot in llie region of the gen leman's ninth rib, and the sensation Was really pleasant, as a lcinindcr, for he knew whose eyes would open wide at the sight of the jewelled hoop and whose lips would tliank bun with many kisa CB. After dinner Mrs. Hammond, with her maid, a* escort, went to call upon some friends who lived near by, aud the gentleman was absolutely alone tu the apartments, for the. cook had re ceived permission to go to tho "tooay tor." He lighted a cigar in the dining room and sat there smokiug and con templating the bracelet with great satis faction. " I wonder where IM better liitle this thing?*'said he to himself. 14 Lucy musu't Bee it till Christmas. " He strolled into the parlor and ' glanced around, but the familiar fur- 1 nishinga of the tvppartmout offered no 1 acceptable suggestion. " Guess I'll put it Bomewhero in my den," he said, and be walked through the hall to a room that had been tilted up for his own particular use. The room was dark, and when ho turned the key in the wall that should havo lit the electric lamps there was no gleam. The wiring in that room had been out of order, and Hammond had used a gas drop light there in writ ing, but the electrician should have made repairs that day. Hammond growled a Int us he felt for the drop on the Hat topped desk in the center of the room. Some one had taken it away, presumably under the impression that the electric lights had been mended. Hammond put the jewel case upon tho desk and went to look for the drop light in a closet across the hall. lie found it without difficulty and brought it to the den, where he connected the lamp's tube with the fixture depending from the ceiling and room had a light. The first object that his eyes rested upon was the jewel case. It lay on the des-k, open and empty. The brace let had disappeared. Hammond made three steps to the door communicating with the dining room. It was lockod, and the key was on the near side. Obviously no one could have gone out that way, and as for the other door, lending to the hall, a cat couldn't have run out there with out Hammond's seeing it. "I'm an idiot 1" said he. "The bracelet fell out of the case when I set it down on the desk, and it is right here, under some of these papers." But it wasn't. Neither could it be foun.t upon the lloor, where the soft rugs might have deadened the sound of its falling. " Will, that beats all my going a-lish ing!" Bald Hammond, reverting to an expression of his childhood. 44 Of Course it's perfectly simple, if I can only get hold of it by the right end. " lie dropped into Ins big chair by the desk and endeavored to set the problem reasonably before his mind. While thus engaged he saw, out of the corner of his eye, the door of a closet swing slowly open a little way. It was a habit of that particular door, and Hammond was quite familiar with it, but when the door was hastily and gently closed again the phenomenon passed beyond the range of his expe rience. He did not see a hand upon the inside knob, but he knew that one must be there. In a drawer of the desk there was a revolver. It was not loaded, and Hammond could not remember what he had done with tho cartridges, but as the weapon was big and shiny, and he a man of formidable sire, the chances seemed to indicate a surrender on the part of the person in the closet. 44 Come out of there I" cried Ham mond, leveling the revolver. 44 Come out in three seconds, or I'll lire through the door. !" In a hesitating and apologetic man ner the door was opened ami there ap peared a thin man of middle age, cloth t cd in shabby black. He looked pre cisely like the English butler that one sees upon the stage, not tho fat and pompous butler, but the lean as cetic person who coughs behind his . hand when an offense against etiquette is committed in his presence. The burglar was bo inferior in phy sique that Hammond quickly lowered his revolver, almost with a feeling of shame. 44 You're caught, my man, " said he, 44 and you might as well give up your plundor. " 441 'aven't taken anything, sir, " re plied tho burglar weakly. 44 Give me that diamond bracelet," said Hammond In a tone expressive of a deep and dangerous sincerity. 44 Diamond bracelet I" gasped tho burglar. 44 1 'aven't Been it, sir. 'I'on my soul, I 'aven't. It's not two min utes I'd boon in this place when you comeB along and catches mo. " 44 It was in that case, and now it's gone, " rejoined Hammond. 44 Turn out your pockets. " The man obeyed with alacrity. IIo searched himself with feverish haste and ludicrous thoroughness, hut the bracelet tvus not upon hinn Ham mond was mystified. He glanced in to the closet, but it was perfectly bare. Tho missing trinket was not there. M Maybe you dropped it on (ho floor, sir. " said the trembling culnrit. Ho fell upon his knees and began to pull the ru.'s about. Hammond watched him until, in a few minutes, the eagerness of tho fellow's search commandod interest. Almost forgot ting tho relation in which they stood to each other, Hctmmond joined in the hunt, crawling arouud with the rovol vor still in his hand. ?? If you'll light n match, sir, I'll look under tho edgo of the desk," said tho burglar, and Hammond com plied most readily. ? It aren't thoro, sir, " called tho burglar with his nose to tho lloor. " That's too bad," rejoined Ham mond. " I had a ray of hope for a moment Wo've examined every inch of this room, now. " " 80 wo 'avo," was the reply, an' beggin' your pardon, sir, I'd almost ?ay tho bracelet couldn't 'avo beon been 'ere at all. Maybo you left it in another r >om. " '?It's lust possible," said Ham mond, lighting another cigar. " You see, I'm a little nervous and absont minded. I'vo had a good many things in my business to worry mo during thin month. It's all r! hi, uow, though, thuuk heaven 1" " I'm glad to 'oar it, Mr, " respond ed the burglar. "Thank you, " said Hammond. There was a pause, during winch Hammond's thoughts seemed to stray away, while the burglar, m a last ef fort of desperation, shook out once more the papers on the desk. u It aren't possible, " said lie timid ly, " thai you've ?ot it iu your pocket, sir?" Hammond laid the revolver on the desk and proceeded to search himself thoroughly, while the burglar offered an occasional polite suggestion. The e were more things in Hammond's pock ets tbaniu the burglars, but lu the in the matter of diamond bracelets i they stood upon an equality. " Let's go into the parlor, " said Hammond. " Perhaps I dropped it there. " They went into the parlor and into the diniug room, but they didn't liud I the bracelet. Hammond kepi a watch - I ful eye on the prisoner, and the result of his observation be summed up lu the words, "if that fellow is playing a game on me, it's the best ever seen on earth, and it almost deserves to win. " There was a sudden sound of open ing doors. 11 My wife !" cried Hammond in a I hoarse whisper. " What shall 1 do?" I "About what, sir?" discreetly In I oulred the burglar. " I can't let you go, " whispered Hammond, " and it's loo late for that, itnyway. But. by .Jingo, I wouldn't have my wife know that there's been ii burglar in the house for any money. She'd never sleep a wink in these apartments again. " 41 1 might hldo, sir I" " Too late. She's here !" " Hcrt !" cried Mrs. Hi nimond, "Have you been smoking here all this time? Has this man come in anwer to our advertisement ?" "Yes; he's an applicant," replied Hammond hastily,*? but I'm afraid ho won't do. His reference" ? "Oh, bother the references!" ex claimed Mrs. Hammond. "All dis honest servants have good ones, and the honest servants haven't any. Has he had experience?"' " He has bceu in a good many gen tlemen's houses," said Hammond, smiling grimly, " but he's never staid long in a place. " " That may not have been his fault, " said the lady. " I like Iiis appearance very much. So ISugllshl And he has an honest face. " It's very kind of yen to say so, " responded the burglar with a gesture of humility. " 1 try to do right, and I know a butler's duties, my lady, 1 do indeed.V " 1 think we ought to give him a trial," said Mrs. Hammond. "Yes," murmured her husband, " he certainly ought to have a trial. " " What wages docs he want?" " Thirty dollars a month,'' replied Hammond, remembering that his wife had decided not to pay above S??. " That is more than I expected to give," said the lady, whereupon Ham mond made an emphatic sign to the burglar. " \ couldn't possibly lake less, my lady," said that individual, and there were real tears in his eyes. Mrs. Hammond looked at him stead ily. "I'll take you at your valuation," said she, kindly. " 1 think you will prove yourself worth it. Why, what's the matter with him, Bert?" The burglar was gripping the back of a chair with both hands, yet he was slowly collapsing, as il all the strength were ooztng out of hi', limbs. Ham mond put an arm around tho fellow's shoulders, and the burglar looked up into his face with the pitiful eyes of a pleading dog. " I'm starving, sir, " he said. " I 'aven't 'ad a morsel to eat since yester day morning. That's why"? " Never mind that," said Ham mond. " We'll feed you. " And they fed him as he had not been fed in many a long day, if ever. Then he was shown the butler's sleeping room, tho door of which Hammond secretly locked upon the outside. Yet it it was not a very strong door and a man whoso ingenuity had sufficed to man age the affair of the bracelet ought not to liud much trouble with it. He Hecting thus, Hammond decided to lie awake all night and keep his cars on the alert. The situation was peculiar. He couldn't have the man arrested with out revealing tho truth and giving his wife a fright. Ho couldn't send him away until the bracelet was restored, and he certainly didn't wan't to have a housebreaker for a butler. The puz zle thus presented should have sufficed to keep Hammond awake, and he thought it would certainly do so as he laid Iiis head upon his pillow, after having secretly arranged the suite in such a way as to favor the transmission of sounds. Tho next thing he knew the light of morning was in Ins eyes. He had secured an exceptionally good night's rest?as will sometimes happen ?by resolutely t ymg to keep awake. He was out of bed and into his clothes in tho quickest possible time. The door of tho butler's room was open. Glancing at the lock he perceived that the bolt still projected. He closed tho door an.l opened it again. Tho lock was defective; it did not catch. Prob ably tho new butler had come out without discovering that any attempt had been made to restrain him, Hammond walked slowly toward his den willi the idea of spending some minutes in quiet reflection. Aa he pass ed in from the hall he was greatly sur prised to perceive the new butler sound asleep in the big chair. Ilesido him on tho desk lay tho diamond bracelet and its empty caso. Hammond laid a hand upon tho sleeper's breast. Tho man waked slow ly, and as he waked his face assumed an expression of deep joy. " I found it, sir, " said ho. " I found it aftor you went to bed. You dropped it out of the case and then sot tho lamp down on it. The square thing on tho bottom of the lamp is hol low underneath. That's whoro the biacolct was all tho time, sir. " " And you've sat hore all night"? Waiting for you. " 44 Tell mo " said Hammond, aftor a pause, 44 why did you break in hero?" " 1 whs in tho courtyard at tho back, sir," ho roplicd. 44 I know the ser vant's rooms in this big house oponcd on tho court, and I 'oped I might get a hito to eat. But thoro was no light in any of tho windows, and so, as I was starving, I crawled in 'ere, being as it was on tho ground floor. I wont into tho dining room and then in 'ore -?just looking for food, sir. You don't know what it U to be starving. But, thank God, I didn't And anything, no, sir, aot even a orumb of bread, did I tako, evor, from you or any man I" 44 There will be three meals a day for you here," said Hammond, 14 from , urn time forth. And?and?by the eternal, I'm glad you dropped in 1" ? CHIUbTMAS. From the Cotton L'Ibnt. " Blithely rin?, U Christmas hells' 1'ealniK over frozen dells, Stealing down where hloasoma 6..ay Iu the Houthlnnd'a sunny way : Unto Western plains repeal. Now yourmestageolearand sweet, lilithelv ring, <>. Christmas hells! Troubles fade, ami comfort wells lllj;h in every heart that feels All your melody reveals.1' Christmas is coining and we arc glad! Child reu lalk couUdontly of Santa Claus, of the letters they have written him, and now rest happily, in the pro found faith that their good friend will bring them, from bin abundant store- i bouse all that they have asked, I'.oyn and girls who have grown to be men and women are busy making odds and ends meet for the closing of the year ; balancing accounts and putting Iheir 41 houses," in many ways, in order that the new year may not be made to bear j the burdens of the old. Then there is something subtle, un deilnablo ill the very air ! We know not just what. 44 'Tis what we feel, but can't delino." it is not the young alone who are glad. There are many who have climbed the hill to the noon tide summit and in their dial of life the bands point towards the evening. This recurring Christmas season is full of memories; days longngouo come troop ing before the mental vision like the quickly changing pictures of a pano rama. Faces of long ago arc before us, and we like to linger, for these rem iniscences are. pleasant. Some of these friends have homes in distant places, where In their life work they sought fame and fortune; for some of them success lias smiled and waved her banners. Others have not fared so well in this mountain climb where, " Thoi'0 is no halt, for the brave nur nor the coward.'' Wearily they are passing down on the sunset side. Others there were whom the boat man pale summoned to the shores of the silent river while it was yet morn iiig-time. With a goodbye clasp of the hand, a smile on the lips and a light in the [dying eyes that told of bOAUtlful visions and sweet music beyond, fear lessly they entered the boat and crossed to the other side. We missed them so and could not understand, but tonight it socmsall right that they went befoie. The Star of Bethlehem that shone so long ago shines again, and the Beauti ful City across the river seems not so far away. The soft touch of a vanished hand beckons us forward and the ?? sound of a voice that is still"' comes floating musically over the waters, and we arc gladl Through the crisp, frosty air we seem to hear, too, the voices of the Shepherds in adoration, Peace00 earth, good will towards men.'' Dull care is gone, and in spirit we celebrate the birth-night of Ilim who brought peace into our hearts amid this tumult of life. We have learned the deeper meaning of this blessed Christ-child. With a heart full Ol good wishes for all, wc fain would give tangible proof, and if the list of friends is longer than our purse strings, then a problem is before us. Gifl^ of true love are not measured by their value in money |: a line of remembrance, a kindly word spoken or wiitten docs double duty by making glad the giver and tho receiver, lor after all it is " love that really lightens labor," making life not alone a place of duty and drudgery, but a place of preparation and of pleasant sojourn until our work here is done. We must not forget the sick, no poor, the lonely, n^r even they that are in prison. A line directing their thoughts upwards, now that they have lei.Mire to think, may change the sin ner's life to n song of praise. Then we must make the children happy ; for them the illusion of Santa ('laus has not been dispelled. They listen to hear the sound of the reindeer's hoof on the roof, and their eyes open wide in the hope of seeing the mysterious descent of the patron saint down the chimney. " 'Tisn't silk, that little Btookin', And it ifi'nt much for show; And the darns arc pretty plenty 'Round about the heel and too, And its color's kind of faded. And its sorter worn and old, Hut it rcallv is Riirprisin' What a lot of love 'twill hold. And the little hand that hung it Hy the ohimbly there ahm?, That is mighty firm and strong: Bo, old Banty, don't fem.it it, Though itis'nt line and new, That plain, little woolen Btookin' Hangln' up beside the line." This is an unusual Christmas?the Dr. Hathaway Treats AH Diseases. IH.s Method Invariably Cure-, All Catarrhal, Branchial, hung. Stom ach, Liver, Kidney and Other Coin plaints, as Well ns All Diseases and Weaknesses of Women. in Dr. Hathaway's most extensiv? practice, eov erlng n period of morn than in years, lit) has been railed upon to treat all In.inner of diseases of men and women and along tint wltulo lino of human ailments ho lias been uniformly SUC CO.SsfUl. I>r. Ilathawiiy's mo j thod of treatment ret, .J directly at thn seat of p HI the trouble, purities tho blood 11 ,Bi m tones up tbo whole system and tii? uiooa. neutralizes the i>oisons which prod ico V. o diseased conditions. ? ... .,, Yoarly lio restores to perfect Alt :.\'< astis neaiUl thousands of sutforar? Treated, from Catarrh, Nronchltls, As thma, Hay Fovor, T.un? Complaints, Htomaeh, Ltyer and Kidney Diseases. Tiles. Tumors, Can cers, Eczema and alt manner ol skin affections. . Dr. Hathaway also treats with tllaoaaaaof the greatest success all those Woman many dlstresstn? weaknesses and diseases by Which so many women aroafftlctod. ?Dr. Hathaway's offices aro flttod fcieotriOM W||h ft? t,10 |ntnst piootrlcal and I Appliances, other appliances, In tho uso of which, as well as the mlerosco|k>, no has world wide fame as an expert. All of tho niodlclnos usod by Dr. Hathaway wo compounded In his own laboratories, under his personal direction, and special roinodles aro prepared for oaoh In dividual cbm according to Its romilrotnents. -r; ? ' Dr. Hathaway has prepared a Examination 8or|ogof self-examination blanks Bl anki. applying to tho different diseases which he sends froe on application: No. i, for Mon; No.2. for Women; No. B.forHkln Diseases; No. 4, for C'atarrhal Diseases; No. B. for Kldnoys. Dr. Hathaway makes no chartce Consultation for consultation at either hl? . Frae. offlcottr by mall. * J. NBWTO? tiATHAWAY, M* tk Dr. Ha4*|?way * Co., _ ?SWSonth Broa4 8tr**t. Atlanta, Oa, MBNTIOX THIS FA^KU WHKK WKITIXO. Two bundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds <^ft of * 'actual'' Potash from the Wki soil. Unless this quantity is returned to the soil, materially decrease. We have books trllinK about composition, UM ami value ot Icrtili/ei* lor various crops. They are sent free. GERMAN KAI.I WORKS, ?;i Na .sau St., New York. dosing of t he century. Few of us who arc alive today ever realized tins con dition of events before and doubtless few of us will see it thus again. Here and thoio wo llnd a belated travuiei who haslmgetcd longer than the Others before reaching " Tho wayside inn, where the toil shall em', ami the rest begin." The century, so soon to be a, thing of the past, has brought to us many material blessings, but are we really a better people for all this ? We look around and see the bun v of life in this present day, and tho mad, blind rush lor money and power : the rich in many places getting richer and the poor getting poorer, " Man's in humanity to man," making so many countless thousands to mourn. Then the fact seems patent to us that spirit- | tually wc have not kept pace. We have forgotten lie teachings of Christ, 11 In honor preferring one another." This is a time for earnest meditation, and if, measured by the Golden Hide, we arc not Squaring our life line aright, then it would be wise for us to " about face." Sometime, we know not when, the boat man pale will signal to us from the silent river whence none, ever return. We must go when the sum mons comes, and wise are they who arc ready. " Full nineteen hundred years, and yet Behold how Christians Christ forget Out Bide of churches! Where, I pray, Do men show brotherhood today ' In social life I See class with class, Contending each to each surpass, And bear their biting words "f scorn, For one, like Thee, more humbly horn. Then look in business! There la conflict in the very air. Beneath fair smiles bate hides it's frown ; There strong men knock the weaker down, And Much noes riding over Less, And this What we call Success! "And then the armies! Ob! God, what means This Conquest of tIse Philippines'.' The llocr and this Briton slaughter, and Tins raid upon far China's land ? It means that forms have not sulliccd 10 teach mankind the law of ? brist. It means the church has failed to he A guide to liigll humanity. 11 means the great and growing need Of something heiter than a Creed 'to lift the human race above The mire of greed I < hrist's law was Love. To live for universal good, To make the world one brotherhood. This was the purpose and the scope Of all His teachings. Vet w-e grope Through war and strife, through gloom and tears. Now, after Nineteen Hundred years! A nd vet. I <|UCSlion not, nor doubt Hut that (iod's will is working out A purpose, glorious and great. And so 1 tr ist, and hope, and wait Until Love's banner be unfurled To civilize the Christian world I" - i^i i . a? ? KEEPING UP COUNTRY ROADS, In a recently published bulletin on the construction and maintenaco of country roads, Prof. P. II. King, of the \\ Isconsio Station, says: "With our present system of work ing country roads there is no possi bility of either making or maintaining earth roads in Urst-ClaSS order. It is possible, however, to do much better than is done in many places, and one of the most fundamental changes Which needs to be made, is to reserve a considerable pari of the road tax each year to be worked out along the lines of maintenance on any day dur ing midsummer, fall and early winter when it is seen that something needs to bo done and when the soil is in just the right condition to permit the tuest effective work. "The general practice of working out all of the road tax in the late spring and early summer makes it necessary to be nearly all of the tuno either making road or repairing that winch is in very bad condition, and the result is that during most of the time the travel is over poor or bad roads when, if the work were more in telligently distributed through the seasons when work may be ett'eetively done, nearly the whole labor would ho devoted to correcting the slight defects and thus enabling nearly all travel to I be over good or fairly good roads. J "The intelligent use of the grader, and roller at the right time alter the rains of a wet period and after a dry period will make marvelous changes in the character of earth roads of all classes and particularly in those which are proverbially bad. "Wo cannot too strongly emphasize that to ili ivc up one side of the road with a road machine and back on the other, scraping a lot of loose, hctero genous rubbish and earth into the middle of the road, to bo tramped out again by the traffic, is neither re pairing nor maintaining the road. Tho material brought upon the road should be well distributed and harrow ed until an oven, uniform layer has | been secured and then the roller 1 should he thoroughly applied when the I earth is in just the right condition to pack well. Work of this sort will COtint and will be appreciated." It ia a common fallacy that impure water becomes sterilized at a tompcra turo of '.i'i degrees. Ouo of tl)0 curi ous facts about bacteria is that whilo a single ray of sunlight will extinguish the life ot innumerable hordes, and while a vory moderate incioaso in the temperature around thorn wj.I1 have the snmo effect, they aro absolutely uninjured by any degroo of cold. Thirteen colored womon, whoso ages range from .'15 to 7/5, aro attending night school in Jersey City and taking their first lessons in roading. Several of the oldor women woro born in slav ery and somo of thoso havo bocomo sufficiently accomplished to read a simplo history of the United States. jfetnih? -J* *W KM You Haw Always Bomht VOTING IN 'SEVENTY-EIGBT. | How I lie NcvroeH Wer? Fooled at the Edgetteld Dux. a. >i. carpenter In The ?tmo. Those who are lumiliar with the his- \ lory of the State uiuce tho oivtl war will reeall ihm there was an election in 1870, at which considerable voting was ClODO. A goodly number of tho ballots that were | oiled on this oc casion were cast at Kdgelk Id court j house : indeed, it is conceded that ' b) Ige?old saved the day for the Demo- i craey and tho White Man's govern- I ment. Tho olectioD two years later, in 18*8, was also an important and cxoitieg at fair, and was as .'ieroeiy contested hy the conlend'i g political parties as tho clecvion of '76 : Indeed, tnis was the crucial test. >\? tho negrois made a lar<t desperate* ff into get back lato power, and It was only after another sup- rhu man struggle on the pan of tho wtni; s that they wero prevented from doing bo. In this election, as in '7ii, Edge field did her whole duty. Many etorii s have neon told of scenes anu incidents during this con test, but this correspondent recenty beard a new one, or, at loitst, one that has never app< arcd in print. Mr. Jas per ltush, who now lives in Green wood, was tiio bero of the story. Mr. Kush is now about t?5 yoais old, grlz /.lei and gray, anu In all respects comes up to all that can be meant by the term, "aoaso." llo was living at Kdgelieid In lb78, and was, probably, somewhat more of " a euao " than ho is now. On tho morning of ti c election, bo I the alory goes, tho negroes congregat ed curly und mussed themselves around the ballot box. There were several hundred of them, und they were packed ho closely around the polls that the whites were completely shut out?in fact, that was tho scheme of tho negroes, lo bold tho polls so Ion* as possible and thereby prevent tho whites from voting. Tho whites soo.i saw that something had to he done or they would lose the election, au I some of the leaders were dlsOUSSlng tue ad visability of an armed attack, when Mr. itush slated that he believed be could run every negro away from tho polls without tiring a shot, lie was laughed at at first, but after he explained his plan it was agreed to let him try. Mr. Hush selected a few discreet rneu and told them his plan in detail | uud Instructed them as to what ho wanted them to do. lie then went lo a drug store and purchased a otick of shaving reap, beiug particular to cpeelly a kind that would "lather freely." (Jutting tho piece of soap In two, he put half of It in his moutli ami commenced chewing vigorously, lie soon hud a copious froth, or lather, around his Hps, to which lie adued u pinch of dye stuff to give it tho color of blood, and was then ready for buoi ness. in the meantime those who had been posted hud been circulating among the whites and telling tnem what was coming, so they were in a measure prepared for what followed. In a few minates Mr. Hush came running wildly down the street, froth ing at the mouth und apparently huv ing a convulsion at every jump. Some of those who were on to thesuueme be gan shouting, " Madman 1 Muuuian ! Hydrophobia I Get out of his way!' ?vbleh others closed in wllli him und a seemingly rerrltio struggle followed, but Mr. Hush threw them off and con tinued his will career, still foaming at the mouth and snapping at every one ne passed, lie headed rtraight for the negroes. The lamented Dr. Dill Jcnningtt in his day one of the leadiug OltiXuns of Bdgefleld, was one of the arch con spiralors, and was dancing about in the crowd brandishing a ooiossal horse pistol and shouting al the top of his voice. " That mau has beeu bitten by a maddog and has hydrophla. Get out of the way and let n.e shoot him bo forc ho bites somebody, li's the best tiling to no : get out of the way and let me shoot mm before ho biles some body." Tiio remainder of the story is best told in Mr. Itush's own words : " The negroes diun't seem to realize what was up till I got right on them, und 1 nut my huiuis on one's shoulders and gave a jump and landed on lop of the pile. They wero packed so closely tiiat 1 couldn't get lo the groun.i, so I j just crawied around on tho heatio and ohoulders of tho negroes and chewed my soap and spit red suds and lather all over the whole shooting matob, all the time bowling and screeching to beat the band. After I got started 1 thought I would play tho game to lite limit, so 1 picked out the cleanest lock' ing ear 1 could tind and reached down ana took hold with my teeth and stay ed there. 1 figured that the soap in my mouth would keep me from suft jr Ing any harm, and 1 didn't much care wnat became of the negro. I , wasn't long before the negroes olampukil und began lo tcatter, and pretty soon the only one left on the hill was the I ne who had his ear clamped in my teeth. I pulled him around allitlo, same as you've seen a dog pull a sow by toe ar, und then gave him a final shake and let him go. lie wert oll like a snoi., and then the wlnto people came Do not think for a single moment that consumption will ever strike you a sudden blow. It does not come that way. It creeps its way along. First you think it is a little cold, nothing but a 1 ittle hacking cough; then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the fever and the night sweats. Better stop the disease while it is yet creeping. Better cure your cough today. You can do it with 'A 'Mrra ?saw 11 The pressure on the if P1 chest is lifted, that feel- 11 jjl Ing of suffocation is rc- I J f% moved, and you are cur- 71 IM ed. You can stop that I < IT little cold with a 25 cent I1 *1 bottle; hard'er coughs f fer) will need a 50 cent size; V Ji if It's on the lungs the I |a one dollar size will be IJ 13 most economical. * I \ \\ ?'I confidently recommend Ayer'B * P| Cherry Pectoral to nil my patrons. I S m 1 I am lining it now In my own family. [ N ? I Forty years ngo I fceliniro It saved I "3 #f iny lifo." A.M. BtOSQJf, M.D., I'd B8 Jan.4,lB08. Fort Madison, low*. IT I fim Writ* th? Doctor at any time. Ad- n ' [3 drett, i>n J. C. ay' Kit, Lowell, Mai*, if The practical side of science is reflected in Latent t? ^egord A monthly publication of inestimable value to the student of every day Bcientilic problems, tin- mechanic, the industrial export, the manufacturer, the inventor ? in fact, to every wide-awake person who hopes to better his condition by using his brains. The inventor, especially, will find in The Patent Record a guide, philosopher ami friend. Nothing of importance escapes the vigilant eyes of its corps of expert editors, Everything i* pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may take time to read 't and comprehend. The scientific and industrial progress of tho age is accur ately mirrored in the columns of The Patent Record, and it is the only publication iu the country that prints the official news of the U. S. Patent Oilice and the latest developements in the Held of invention without fear or favor. subscription prick onk dollar pbb year. THE PATENT RECORD. Baltimore, Md. >ip and wo Btarted to voting, and?und ? well, wo voted enough to carry tlie election, and I r.-ckop wo would hsve been voting till yet If Mart Gary hadn't stopped us. " Tho negro that struck his ear in my mouth wont homo and went to bed and swore ho had been bitten by a mad dog, and it took all tho doctors iu I-Mgo tield to save his life. I got comfort ably drunk that night, and didn't suf fer any bad effects and I'm here yet," and Mr. Hush laughed as he walked off. This is a truo atory In ovorv detail. Tho Incident occurred at KJgefleld court house in 1178, juat aa hero nar rated. Gen. M. C. Butler. Kx Gov. Sheppard, and a host of others now living, will vouch for lt8 accuracy. One reason why It has never been published is that not until recently have the white people cared to talk about their methods of carrying elec tions in tho '7U'a. And thus did it como to pas - that a pieco of shaving soap in tho hands, or, rathor, tho mouth of a man who knew how to use it, was an Important factor n tho redemption of South Carolina rom negro mlsrulo and tho restora lon of tho white man's government. FLOODING HTA'I IS WITH HUM. The Stale Dispensary it* Doing the Ijaigesl HuhIiichh in Its Hiutory. Tho Columbia corespondent of the I News and Courier says: "It Is remarkable how wol! tho busi ness ol tho State dispensary keep^ up Although it may be regarded as 'a step towards prohibition,' tho State dispen sary Is now doing the largest business within it> history. This is largely ac counted for by the gradual starving out of the Illicit business. "Commissioner Crum states that the Shipments of the dispensary aggregate *14,.')UU a day, and the dispensers throughout tho State are clamoring for mere liquor ami insisting that they ought to have more slock. It la to be remembered that the Statt; now has on hand In tho various dispensaries three or four hundred thousand dollart worth of stock. "Commissioner Crum says that the heaviest demands are for tho cheaper grades of l.quor. The demand for 'white/ corn ia particularly heavy. Mr. Crum saya that it is somewhat peculiar that tho upper counties in sist upon having 'while' corn and the lower counties of tho State want 'yel low* corn. " The Slate dispensary seems to be doing a very heavy business in case goods, und It would appear as a ati icily business malt, r that now that tho db pensary has a complete monopoly it ought to bo able to bottle Its owi liquor and get out ita own apecia brands if they have to he gotten oul. It may be very well to handle a few well known brands, but it does seem ridiculous for the dispensary to be in trodllOlog now grades of 'aso gooda at almost evory meeting ot tht, board. It ia to be rememberi d that case goods come higher than oa rel gooda to the State dispensary as oil us to tho con sumer. " The News and Courier says that ac cording to the statement made by a local dispenstr tho business In tin liquor line j ist now is on a grealei boom than u t.as been lor months. The shops are being heavily Blocked for the Christmas trade and ilio salts lutvt been running above the high mark made lor the same period last year The negroes arc cutting deeply into the supply of the cheap, " wild hug " liquor, ami people with more money are huymg out tho ca o goods. "Business is certainly ru-hlng," said tho dispenser, "and my hooks will show more salts for November and llu lirst two weeks in December than fui the same time In I SUP. This rush was anticipated. The dispensary oltloort In Coiumi 11 st-nt us tug shipments to be sold out during the busy BObBon. Ah this week wo will have our hands full and by Saturday night our stock will ho pretty well tleplett tl." Tho cheaper grade of liquor, that weird, hot BlUlT which puls so many wiitl, vlelOUS ideas in tho heads of ne groos, is selling rapidly. Tho ten nna ?flOCn cent bottles uro sold on busy duysjitsl uh fast as tho dispensers can hand them over the counter, and IV purchasers novor wall until they get home to drink It, They empty the botllosas soon a? they reach tho si root, ami It Is an t V0I) obaiiOU then that Ihcy will not gel homo without more or lest trouble. Tho cheap dlSpOUHaiy artlelt ia a bad concoction and onOO under tlu belt Ol the bail negroes there la no toll ing just what they will do. l'UKKI.Y ON BUSINESS.?" 1 have dropped in tdr," the um?, in tho suit Ol faded black, who had edged his way Into tho private i filco of tho merchant, hurriedly remarked, " simply on u matter of bnaiiitha?urgent business. I am a busineaa-man myaelf, and 1 know tho worth of a busy man's time. My namo la Horrigan?Horace Van l'i?iick Llorrlgau, and I used to bo in tho real estate bualnoes In Scranton, state of Pennsylvania. Hore la my professional card, somewhat soiled, bui still legible. Would that bo good, sir, for the loan of a dollar and a half, to bo repaid promptly next Tuesday, cash down on tho tall ?" "It would not," replied tho merchant scowling at him. "That brings mo to tho next ques tion," pursued tho visitor, briskly, " Would it bo too much, sir, to ask you for a loan of a dollar?merely a dollar ?till tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock?" " It would." " Slnco wo cannot nogotiate on an ordinary business basis, sir, might I ask you to lot mo havo a quarter, solely on your faith in humanity, and without any dcfinlto promise, of repay ment ?" " No, you can't" roarod tho :norchant. " Got out of here !' " Cortainly, sir," responded tho oth or, moving with alacrity toward tho door. " An I said whnn I camo In, this 1b purely a business mil It la not a roattor of sentiment. Either you have a few conta to spare for tho purposo of keeping tho ourrooov of the country moving or you havo not. It appears ' you havo not. You need feel no re grets about the mattor at all, sir. Good aftornoon." ? ? I i gx ?Tho city of Downs, Kan., has more that 1,000 Inhabitants, among whom there is not a single lawyer. Bean the Jl ?I* Kind You Have A'uvays Bought INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAI/ ?Th?re uro '20,OIK) consumptives in New Yoik city. A physician says that a majority of the peoplo living in tenements have tuberculosis In some form. ? A Missouri v-oather prophet who reads the future in the leaves of trees, says this will bo ono of tho mildest winters over known on the continent. --Census figures show that Des Molnoe, with a population of 02,139, has sixty-olght saloons, whilo Daven port, with but 35,254 inhabitants, has wet goods establishments to tho num ber of 155. ?Tho town of Eatonvlllo, Fla.? has 1,200 inhabitants, with not a single white??mong them. It has its full quo ta of public otliciuls. a bank and other buslnoss establishments requisite in a town of its size. ?A smart piece of work was recent- I ly accomplished on tho railway at Streetvllle, near Toronto, wbero an | old brldgo was replaced hv a now steel lattice girder brldgo of 130 foot span, the traffic being interrupted for 40 minutos only. ?Bishop l'eterkln. of West Vir ginia, has been selected to oversee tho work of the Episcopal church In Porto Klco, and will make an olllcial tour of that island next January. ?Tho compilation of tho popular vote for President has been completed. According to tho tigures, McKinley received 7,2b"l 200 votes, and Hrvan 0,415 :i87. McKinley's plurality In 1800 was 001,854 and this y>ar It was S47, 025, an increase of 240,025, -Or tho 500,000,000 passengers carried upon the railways of the coun try last year 221 were killed and 2,045 wore Injured. Of tho employees 2,231 were killed and 38,749 were Injured, and of the others?tramps, trespassers and people who were not, in trains? I (180 we-ro killed and 0 I7(> wore In jured, making a total of 7,1'J8 persons Killed and 17.H70 injured. ?Tho ce Ifee growing industry In tropical Africa Is developing treiuen dously. The seed was introduced Into that country about five years ago by some English missionaries with the object of ascertaining whether tho re sources of Africa were favorable to the culture of tho borry. The ground ap pears to he peculiarly adapted to the industry as 100 tons of ooffee were ex ported from Urgunda alone last year. Tho result of this year's production will bo even greater. ?A well-known Chicago clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Darker, of the Centennial Baptist church, has written a uovol of ten ohanters, and Is reading a chapter each Sunday at vesper ser [ vices. The thema is the evil of class I distinctions, and he brings this out in a series of character sketches ba-ed on observation of the widoly varied types of denizens of tho street in which he lives. The idea Is lo 'llustrate some sociological facts In popuiar style, and die experiment of reading nis own :ovol strue k him as tho most concrete """m in which ho could do so. Mia, Newherry & Laras II11. SHORT LINE. .?am hi a to Atlanta, 24? milee. ? -^ricbion to Ureen villc. 248 miles. ?^cnger Schedule in elTect .November J2.MIi, lOJO.) 1<M _FASTKKN stan1 arq TIME. SoOTIIHOVNn, Dally. < ?UantnSAI. 7 4.>ain ?aliens.10 Hum *Uberton . .11 lUam ?Awoeville . 1223pm ???cuwood.12 48pm - ?>iiiilon-Dinner... 1 3ftpm ?\Glcun Snri iiKs ( .v. \V t Tin mam iHM?rtnnbur),'. . ll 45am ??rteuvillc.12 01 pm ??aterlool .12 52pm . -??uirenn-Pinner.. 1 10pm Nn.XI No. 22* .? Maurons...! k? i... 135pm 7 30am **rkB . 1 111 in 7 loam -n!,m, ?? .l 65pm uUOam ?"?eiuville. 2 06pm 9 2ram ???lUirde. 2 12pm ;i piiini ?*??ry.-. l> 17 pm ?J ;0am "?"M'a. .2 22pm lOOjam im?\vborry. 2 87pm 10 .'?oani .vtxisperiiy.2 52pm 1120am ?Mltfhs.3 02pm ii 3(jRm .-4ilie Mountain. 3013pm 12 25pm uuapin. s 30pm 1 DOpm ?Jhon .:i 25pm l 16pm Wime Rook. 3 20pm 130pm "???lenlme . ;{ :w,,i? j Oupm *???. 8 43pm 2 45pm -*?aphari . 8 49pm 800pm mJt Columbia _ 4 05pnp 8 25pm uVkOolumbla. .(a e i.).... i lOpnT ?nmter.? 26pm *i i'harlcRton.. .. 830pm NoKI II HOI M>. Daily. No. o2 No. 21* uf i;harlcstoii. 7 00am Hun ter.0 4<>ani if Columbia!.. .(A o l) . lTooam ar Columbl a.11 e 8am 9 20am l.capbart .U 20am !) 40am Inn? .11 27am 10 16am Balentlno.n ;i.->am io 10am White Kock.11 -loam 10 .VSam Hilt.m . . 11 i;jam n 1;mm *<> apm.11 luam ii 4!)am j.ntle Mountain.1 2u8pm 12 25am Blighs . 12 07pm 12 .{jam Prosperity.12 17pm l lOpm Ncwberry.12 '.i pm 2 37pm Jaiapa.12 43pm ."> 05pm (i?ry.12 ,spm 3 16pm Kinards .12 65pm 880pm UoldvlUe. i 02pm a6 Ipm Clinton. 1 Kipm .') (Kiiim 1'arka..... l 27 pm 5 2dpm _Laurens. .(o. w. * i?>.. i 35pm j5 30pm l.v l.aurone..(Dinner) 1 .{?pm Waterloo?. 2 00pm (Jreenville . 300pm Ki.artanburg. 3 10pm \r Glenn Springs(cawo). i imum LV CllUton UAL Dinner . 2 00pm Greenwood . 2 48pm Abbeville .8 Iftpm Klbcrton.4 18pm AtliouR. 6 28pm Ar Atlaiita... .h a _8 OOpm_ ~t HftrriTbprinKfl. *l>aily except Hundny. For UntCH, Time Table?, or further in formation call on uny Agent, or write to W.U. Childs, President. J. V. LlVINOITON, Sol, Agent, Colum bia. H.C T. M. Kmrrhon, TrafflO Mgr. II. M. Kmrrhon, don 1. Krt. & Pass. Agt., Wilmington, N. U. MONEY TO LOAN On tarmtrg lands, laty payne.it?. No eomnotsilons oharged. Borrower pays ac tual OOll Of perfecting loan. Interest 7 per oeMt. ?p, according to seourlty. jNO. b. palmrk A SON, Columbia, 8. 0. HINDIPO KEsiOHEs VITALITY <a Made a Well Man the 'jW^S2J|* of Me. VERBAT irtil LTKKNCH RKM?DY produces tlie nttove tcmiM r1 In 30 da?s. i utfs AV/touj I'.-f'tltty. Impotent ? l'arieocelr, Failing Aiemoty. Stups all drains and i es caused by ?nn of youtli. it wards oil hi -1? ??.>? .Uni Consumption. Voting Ii n i<.-, tin Muit >0'?l and ( '\ Men rc\ >vci \outlilul Vigor. <pvca fc'td s se to shrunken organs, and fii' i ma t"i business or marriage. Easily carried >? Hie visi pocket. I'mtrn PTC " '*oxe?1*?!* 1 \ mnll, hi i nin back* DU U I ?' k <" i will wi Ilten guutuiilcc. OH. JEAN 0 HAIII'S. Paris Sold by D?\ B. F. Posoy, Lauren*. _^^STIB"^ OR Double Daily Service Between New York. Tampa, Atlanta, Now Orleans, ?nd Point? South and Wont in Effect Junk :id, LOOO. bouth boo n r No. 403. No. I,v New York. P. R. K. .. 1 00pm 12 15am Lv Philadelphia, " ?? 320pm v70anj Lv Baltimore, " ?? 5 5 ipin 0 34am Lv New York, N.Y.P.&N. 8 00aui 8" 'pm Lv Phlladelp la, " 1020am 1120pm Lv New York. ODS. .Co.t 3 00piu Lv Baltimore, B B 1' Co.16 30pm Lv Waah'ton, NAWBD .. . 0 30pm LvWashington, P. K. K... 7 00pm 1005am Lv Richmond, S.A. 1.10 40pm 2 3 >pm LvPo eraburg " ...._11 86pm 3 30pm CvPorti mou'tli s. a. l. ..*0 20pm*9 80ara Lv Wei Ion . 12 05am 1201pm Lv Ki< geway Junction.. 2 20am i 20pm Ar Henderson.* 2 63am *2 13p'? Ar Kalcigh. 4 06am 6 61pm ArBo Pines. 6 37am 612pm ArHamlet. 6 50am 7 30pm LvCoTumhla ... . . .10 SSaai 12 r*smi ArSavanali. 280pm 6 00atu ArJaekaonvillo. 7 40pm 0 10am ArTampa ....- .<> 30ani P *jop?' Lv Wilmington.6. A. L ...._....?305pm I ArOharlotte S.A. L..?* 031am* 1020pm ArChesterBAL.? 052am 10 65pm Ar Clinton, . . .. 1100am 12 It-am Ar Greenwood.11 42am 1 07a n Ar Abbeville.W07pm l o?am I Ar Athena. 1 48pm 3 43am Ar Atlanta . ? . 4 00pm 6 03am Ar Augusta, C & \V C .... ? 10pm . Ar Mat-on, Cof ??a. 7 20pm 11 lOaui ?TM?ntgomeryT^lte^V" P. 1) 20pm 11 00am Ar Mobile, L & *.3()5am ? l 1pm Ar New Orleans, L& N .. 7 40am 8.30pm ?rNashvillc. N C "& St. L.. ?i lOiVm t) 65piu Ar Memphis, " .. 4 OOpin H lOaiU northbound. No. 402. No. 3S ; Lv Memphis, N C & St L.. 1240pm s l.r>am 1 Lv Nashville,_^_.. 9 30am 0 lOpui Lv rfew Orieaus, L & N... 7 iOpni 7 40|itn I Lv Mobile, " .. 12 20ainl2 2 ion Lv Montgomery, A & W P 11 'i 0am 11 20am Lv'M?con, c 51 GaT.8~00am 4~20pm Lv Augusta, C& \V C. P 4 nun Lv Atlanta s.a.l.* 1 00pm*0 OJpm Ar Athene. 2 50pm 1121pm Ar Abbeville.ft 16pm 1 15am Ar Greenwood. 4 44pm 206am Ar Clinton. 0 30pm : ;!8am Ar Chester. li 2Spm 4 HOam Lv Charlotte sal.* 030pm*6h0am Lv Wilmington, S a l_ *12 05pm Ar Hamlet SA L. !? 05i>m?? lb am Ar So Pinea s A l.?10 00pm* 1006am Ar Raleigh.li 40pm 1160am Ar Henderson .12 60aui 113pm Lv Ridgeway Junction ... 3 00am l 10pm Ar Weldon . 4 30am 3 0&pm Ar Portsmouth,. 7 ooam ;> 5tipm ArPetersburg,. 4 10am 440pm ArRichmond, A. c. l. 5 16am 640pm Ar Washington viaPenn RR 846am s? 30pm Ar Baltimore " It' 08am 1135pm Ar Philadelphia " 12 30pm 260am Ar New York. _^_jtwipm u i;;am Ar Philadelphia,N Y & Nf540pm 6 10am Ar New York,_" 8 3Spiii 7 43am Ar Wagh'ton X&WSII. . 7 OOaua Ar Baltimore, BS P Co.|t> 40am Ar New York, O DBS Co .f 1 80pm t Daily id. Sunday. Dining ears between New York ai'd Richmond, and Hamlet and Savannah, on Trains Nos. 40:> and 402. Both trams make immediate connection at Atlanta for Montgomery. 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Potcy, Lumen?. 0harlo8ton and Wostern Oaroilna It. R Auorni-a and Abhkvii.lr Short LINK, In effect May 27. 1U00. Lv Augusta. 0 40 a 1 40 p Ar Qreeuwood.li 16p . " Antlerson. 6 10 p " Laurens . i 2ti p t> 65 a ?' GreenviUo.3 tni p 10 15 a " Glenn Springs. 4 30 p . Bpartanburg. 3 10 p 0 00 a ?HM Baluda. . 5 3s p fcndersonvllle.t! 03 p I rbevilla. t? 16 p Lv A ?he vi lie. 7 tiO a . "i'Henderaonville..0 n a . " Flat Kock. t> 24 a . " Baluda.y 45 a . " Tryon.10 20 a " Hpartauhurg. . 11 45 a 4 1U p '? Glenn Springs..10 00 a .. .. ' Greenville-... 12 01 p 4 00 p " Lttt.roiiH.1 37 p 7 00 p M Aimcraon . (i a " Gr enwood. . 2 37 p . Ar Augusta. .. 6 10 p 10 4a a Lv Augusta.* I~6?~p Ar Alleiitlalo. 3 68 y " Fairfax . . 4 12 p " Yeinaasoo. .. 10 o. a 6 15 p " Beaufort.11 16 a ti 15 p " Port Royal- . ...lloOa (i 30 p " Savannah . 7 25 p " Charleston. . 7 30 p Lv Charleston. ~~'? 60 ? Port Royal . . 1 00 p ti 25 a Ibaufort..... 1? p 0 36 a 41 YemiMgeo. 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