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DARUNGTON, 8. 0.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 28,1886.
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ID
Cheered bj the song of the robin,
Riseed by the suubewM gMv ,
Coaxed by tbs warn rain ninbg,
Ton eame in the early May ;
opening leares.
V\
iiMrti
All throngh the heart of the snnner,
Lolled by the breesss nild, ,
Crept underneath your shelter
The fsrns and the mosseo wild ;
0 swaying tremulous leares.
Sailing, yon watched the shadows . -«
Cast by the moonbeams bright,
Over the sleeping flowers
■hoy a silent night;
0 beautiful, glistening ieayof
Teu’ve welcomed the blush, of tha morning
And bathod in the flrMh, sweat deW,
•Till, flusbod with n radiauos tender.
ITon'vo eanght from too rainbow n hoe ;
O wonderful, changing leares.
Xeulsa sighed o’rer tha fast fading sunset
And wept o’er the deeth of the rose,
•TUI trembling, yen cling to the branches
And shrink as Ike kiewwMdtblrws ;
0 beautiful, qnireriog leeree.
The breath of the autumn is chilly, ,
And eeldls the pitiless sky ;
You’re teased by the wind-epritee, scom-
And southward the wild-birds fly l
0 benutifal, qulreriug leeree.
On the herd, freely ground you erq lying
In masset of orlmson and gold;
Yon hare brightened the path through the
relley,
And your and. sweet story is told ;
0 beautiful, dying leares.
Per the drifting snows of the winter .
You are waiting all ^eld eed etill.
But your last farewell to the summer
Still eeheeo from hilt to ;
0 beautiful,.a*(iitiUng leares.
Quits t
“There, 1 think that will do. He
will uever be able to recognize the
handwriting,” and Nannie Bay
moud held at ‘ arm’s length for in-,,
spectiou the letter nhe had been
writing. After slowly waving it to
end fro she pot it into the envel
ope and, with a langh, wrote:
Mr. Sidney Moore,
Magazine,
City.
“Sorely way pathotic appeal woold
touch a heart Qf etoup, and I have
very little, reason to think Mr.
Moore hard-hearted,” though Nan
nie, while a faint trinah crept into
her faoel
Nannie Raymond was visiting
her school friend, Kate Moore. The
former bad been making a prolong
ed trip through fiarope, and, on
her retern, was spending a little
time in New York before going to
her southern home. While at school
Nannie bad formed a strong friend-
ship lor Kate but bad net met tha
real of family. On ike steam
er she had often speculated as to
what Kate’s home would be like.
She knew that Mis. Moore had died
when Kate was bat a child ; that
Mr. Moore bad been very success-
fol in business? and that his son,
Sidney, was an editor on tha staff
of a prominent magazine.' Con we
qneatly, he must be very learned,
very near-aigbted,, and quite old.
So often bad akq^iotured him to
herself that he became a reality.
At dinner, on- the day of her ar
rival, Kate katd: “Nannie, l want
to introdnoe you to my brothef.”
some man who waa entering the
ro6m, and, after greeting him, torn-
ed quickly to her friend and said,
“Jnst read thia letter yourself,”
and ha banded it to hia friend:
To the Editor of—Magazine:
m
4fhMBewt-»h »' paper dud
hastened to answer it, hoping that
1 mfly Obtain a hearing. I tear that
I am bat one among many appli-
eaate, bat it is so important jjapt i
should have work that I mnsfnot
lose the slightest chance of obtain
ing It I have met with severe los
ses in friends and means, bat I will
not inflict npon yon my sad person
al history. It is snfffcient to say
tost circumstances make it neoee-
sary for me to support myself or be
come dependent oA charity. This
-fact gives me no claim npon your
tipo«, but.in view of what might
Jvappeh^loave perfected myself in
stenography, and think I can hon
estly say that I eoold do Urn work
yon require. I am, very respect
folly yours. - Mart Bivana,—
“By Jove! Moore, yon have been
indeed snooessfnl. I envy yon the
opportunity to give snob a girls
chi’nee.” »'•
“She’s a tramp! her letter Inter
eetrtne immensely. Then,” . he ad-
ded, keeing hia friend’s, look of
amnaemeut, “yon cannot doubt her
ability, Ob, by the way, Kate wish
es me to ask you to dine with ns on
Sunday, Miss Raymond is visiting
her, yon know.* 1
“Thanks, • Tell If las Moore Chat
It will give mn great , please re to ao-
S ipfc her invitation,” and Frank
not passed off in search ‘ of some
dilatory artist, (raving bis friend td
congratulate himgslf on the success
of bis ad vertisemeut
That evening he -told Mias Ray
mond of bis intention of giving the
K lace to ’he girl who had so strong.
j enlisted bis sympathies.
' “You bad better answer immedi
ately, as, no doubt, the poor girl ie
anxious to bear from you,” said
Kate. ,“I intend to write some let*
ter* and yqars can be posted with
mine, this evening”
Nannie and Kate exchanged sig
oiitoanf glances.'
Later in the evening the two girls
held a council of war, and Kate tri
nmpbantiy produced her brother’s
letter. Nannie seized it and hasti
ly tearing it open read:
“Dear Miss Rivers—I received
your letter in answer to my adver
tisement, and would be pleased to
have you calj on me. Saturday
morning. Yours truly,
Siiwey Moore.
“Ob!” cried Nannie, dancing
around the room with the letter in
her band, “to think that an editor
could be so awfnlly fooled I What
do you think of my answer, Kate f
The girl bad seated herself at a ta
bleand was carefully writing in her
assumed baud:
“To Mr- Siwply Moore,
Magazine, City: ‘
„ > . / M . < \ l
“Remember me
When Ibis you sen.”
“He will get that on Saturday,
April Fools’ Day,youknow. Heigh-
ho, Mr. Sidney Moore I” r
Saturday evening came, and with
it Mr. Hunt. After a little pause
be exclaimed : “Have yoa beard
about Moore’s stenographer T”
“Ob, she was to cal I to day. Tell
ns about berf’ cried the two girlr
“Instead of the visrt Moore was
so ardently expecting a message
boy oftme, bringing a most teach
ing billet doux, in the fair stenogra
pher’s handwriting. reminding him
Nannie looked np at the hand-that it was All Fools’Day, and that
cau
be waa one of the fools. You
imagine his disappointment.”
“I bad every reason to be disap
with comic dismay: “Why, Kate, pointed,” said Sidney. “One does
job told me he wafl an editor J” fi - l not often find such a girl as this
lb. MtoratetetfliyilaMfli&iMdS‘promised to be. By Jove! 1’llflud
at Nannie’s evident snrprise and otat wbosbe was, if—”
“Why, Sidney.” said bis sister,
t'wbat difference cau it make? To
Several dava later M*. Moore was |J>e sore it is rather Annoying, but
teiUkg. Navfr soft I df/nia.. flape- htkeu yon can easily And some one
evident surprise and
embanassmeot, and bantered her.
about It mereileMl/. )C r’ -nr
rienoes as an editor; among wbioh
be meutioned the numerous letters
tbflt he received from people who
offered to give him their history,
provided be should write it np for
the magiziue, they having the pe
cuniary help and he the glory. He
then added: “If tbCse people woold
only become stenographers or type
writers they might be of some use
to i magazine. Why, only to-day
I advertised lor a stenographer.’’«
Nannie immediately conceived a
aeheme by which the would pauislt
him for the disoomfitare he bad
caused her on her arrival. She
would answer the advertisement.
He had told her what kind of let
ters were moot effective, and she
could not donbt bat that bq would
**-**&!»■■
merable answers to bis adv
meat One aspiring stenog
assured him that abapwa
and could Dias on fhc plane.
Willi ItUtow vOv Ilvv
very well, but would soon teten.
One morumg Mr. Moore osme up
to the «leek of another editor, and
exclaimed trtampbantlv :
“ft have it, frank! Just rttekittfi
of girl one IMtes to help, too.”
“Nonsense, Moore. You’re en
tirely tee sympathetic. Yon hare
been kept ta a mate of okrooie dis
gust all the week by the epistles
you have received, and—”
Oii
won’t
beard
you
you
for the place. Nannie
play that nocturne I
practicing tonlay f”
Sidney immediately forgot every
thing and hastened to the piano.
So aligbc a thing could not worry
him, and he thought again and
again bow sympaUtetio and full Of
pathos #as her rendering of tfie
music. ' 1 7 !
After she had Uniebed, Mr. Hunt
atked Kate tf She would look atthe
proofs of some piomres that he bed
Juat received, and they went into an
other room
“Mr. Moore,” waid Nannie, “I
have learned the accompaniment to
the song yon asked for last evening.
Would you like to aing it now T”
and abe played the opening chords
of “My Queen.”
There was t'-iat in bis voice am!
glance, as he sang the words, that
deepened „tbe color in her cheeks
slid rendered uncertain the touch
tint was usually so true.
Then, St if yirediog to an fmpalae
that oouhl not be longer restrained
be said:
“Oh, Nannie, I oannot wait in
dispense. The worlq wjU qome.
In you 1 have found my queer.”
The music grew con fused and
Kate wa< heard saying rather lomi
ly t “These are very interesting,
Mr. Hunt, I wish you would tell
me the story they Htostrate.*
“Mr. Moore,” said Nannie bang
ing her bead rather guiltily. “I have
a confession to make. Will yon
promise to forgive roe ?”
“1 will promise anything if yon
will bnt give mo tfohaftMi” ho an
swered promptly,
“I am the stenographer!” then
she added, quickly, seeing bis in
credulous took:
“I did it to punish yon for langh
ing at me, and at my nnsophistOca-
ted idea of editors.”
“Indeed! Well it may all turn out
far better than I hoped. You know
my heart was set os getting that
Very girl and a hundred fold more
so now. I wish to offer her a dif
ferent position—that of private sec
retary and general manager! Will
you be the power, not behind the
throne bat upon it, myqaeen V
“If I should ever try to exert any
of the sovereign powers that yon
Suggest yon might remind me that
{ on made yonr royal offers on April
rst!”
“Weil, then, in plainest English,
fill you be managing editor as far
aa I am concerned r
“No, bat I may try to be assis
tant editor—a little. Indeed, 1
think I will be tbe girl yon'HSd set
yonr heart on getting. I told yon
the troth when I- said I had perfect
ed my sell in stenography, thanks
tops pa.- Be said that we gtris roust
be able to take cure of onreelves if
he ooold’nt take care of os. Yon
may talk as fast ps you pleas* and
I will give you back every word just
as you said it, with the t’s aroused
and i% dotted. Try met”
“I’ll take yonr word for It' Fll
take yonr Oord for everything, even
on April first—I say, Hunt—HuirtP
hs called, and his friend and Kate
entered tbe room. “I think tbe
best of the joke after all. I have
secured that stenographer!”
Mr. Moore and Nellie exchanged
glances of intelligence and tbe for
mer said : “You have the proot of a
sb> rt poem in yoor poeket sit down
with your back to the audience, and
don’t loJk around, on yonr honor.”
Nannie produced frpm her pocket
a siaoU note hook and pencil, “Now
read,” be concluded, and Mr. Hunt
read tbe brief poem rapidly.
“Now, Miss Mary’ 1 Rivers, it’s
yonr tarn,” and Nannie laughingly
read the poem aloud from her notes.
Hunt looked at the blushing girl
and ins friend’s excited and happy
face and said, “1 congratulate you !
No one ever turned bis F|ist qf
April experience to better account.”
A SpslleS CUM.
I wonder wbether tbe following
story, which 1 have come across in
tbe Preebjfterian Visitor, is quite
correct. That Mrs. Spurgeon should
have had a longing for a piping-
bullfinch and an oynx ring is re
markable, but still more remarka-
able is it that incon iueutly. these
two incongruous wishes should have
at once dropped down from heaven
for Iter delectation:
“Daring sn illness of Mrs. Spar
geoti, before Mr. Spnrgeou left her
room for the jonruey he was con
templatiup, she remarked that she
hoped he would not be annoyed
with her for telHng him what had
been passing through her mind.
She made him, however, promise
that be would not try to procure
the objects ter wbaeh she had been
louging. She then told him that
she had been wishing for a piping-
bullfinch aud an oyux ring. Of
course Mr. Spurgeon expressed his
willingness to get both, but she
held him to his promise. He had
to make a sick call on bis way to
tbe station as well as call at the Ta
bernacle. Shortly after reaching
the sick person’s house, the mother
of tbe patient, to bis amnaemeut,
asked Mr. Spurgeon if Mrs. S.
would like s piping-bullfinch, that
they had one, but that its music
wah trying to the invalid, and they
would gladly part with it to oua
who would give itiherequiaito cure.
He then made hia call at tbe Tab
ernacle, and after reading 4 volum
inous correspondence, came at last
to a letter aud a parcel underlying
tbe other letters. The letter waa
from a lady uukuoww to him, who
bad received benefit fVom hia ser
vices in thO Tabernacle, and as a
slight tokep of her appreciation of
these servioi-s asked bis acceptance
of the inclosed oynx sing, necklet
and bracelets,fM"wbleb ahe bad uo
use. This intensified Surprise,
and.be hastehe*). home with what
bad been so strangely .seat, went
up into bis wite’e seek room, and
placed the objects she bad longed
far before her. She met him with
a look of paiued reproach, aa if be
had Avowed his regard to override
hia premire, bnt wtea he detailed
tbe trae circumstances qf tbs case,
She v as filled with surprise, and
asked Mr. Sturgeon * what he
thought of it? Hia reply .was obar-
acteristio: l think you are ene of
your heavenly- ’ Father's spoiled
chHdreu, and He gives yoo what
ever y oU ask 7 ror.”—Xobdos TmtX.
Joseph Smith, aa aged citizen of
Broad River township, in Chester
County, ou January 11, while re
turn iug Dome Iroui J, N, McDill’s
store, fell dead ou tbe roadside.
Hie death ia supposed to have been
from heart disease.
g |imrefl -1»**«amnlmmttf Hmss
■Bwi rrvHuwni ava*
Mr. WrneU probably receives the
largest mail and sends the fewest
replies of any similar couspicu* pol
itician in the wor|d.
Victor Hago sgt for a portrait
just before his tmatb to, Boi’zeJ.
This has been bought by the French
Government for the Luxeubourg
Minister McLaue is reported very
popular among tbs American Colo
ny in Faria, aud was lately hand
somely entertained by tbe Stanley
Club.
Joseph l^ijley, tbe oltlest ex Uni
ted States Senator, finished his
ninety-filth year heartily and iu
happiness at Nottingham, N. U., a
few dayfl ago.
The recent death of. Col. Henry
Goodfellow, judge advocate of the
department of the Missouri, leaves deringty upon her
but one survfviug member of the’
Kane Arctic Expedition.
The largest price by the, square
inch ever paid fora paiidiog was
lately given by the Due d’AumaJe
for the “Tbtte Graces,” by Raphael
from Lbr<l Dudley’s gallery. The
price was |125;0OO, or, as the pic
ture is Wy seven iucth-s square,
$2,800 per inch
Jpe Jeflefsou, on the way to bis
winter home on Orange Island, in
tbe fxUiisiana Tecbe country, told
bis Ne# Orleans friends that his
gfcjit! hope now is to sink an Arte
sifin well, which will be bis first ex
perience fh boring.
The Cincinnati Times Star de
cfarefe that Actor Tom Keene’s at
tack of partial paralysis is due to
excessive smoking, that being’ his
only dissipation. He is seldom
withodt a cigar for five minutes-
Mr. Keene Is rapidly recovering, it
is said-
“George Beck, tbe only son of
the Senator,” says i orrespondent
Carp, is a bright boy yet unde 30,
who has made a fortune in 'Wyoiu
itigTerritory. He has a ranch of
over 1,000 acres and 1 am'lqid that
his promts this year will amount to
abont Y40,000 ”
Senator Cullen, of the New Yor£
Legislature, draws his salary daily.
Last winter ou one occasion tye did
not receive the amount asked for at
the specified time, aud now, to get
even with the disbursing officer
and insure bimself against financial
emb. rrassment, be insists that his
daily salary ot $15 be paid him at
the conclusion of every session.
Mr. Gladstone, notwithstanding
reports to the contrary, is said by a
gentleman just from England, who
bad frequent opportunities of see
ing the Ex Premier, tube very much
broken, aud nothing but bisiuordi
nate ambition sustains him iu the
midst of the many anxieties that
surround him. He, has, however,
by good care, regained his voice,
which is aa full and musical as ever.
Ot the Duke of Seville, who has
lately made himself offensively con
spumous iu Spain, it U said that Lc
once went to a ball without any
cravat. The reason was that just
before'dressing be had dismissed
bis valet for insolence, aud did not
know how to tie a cravat himself.
Presfdeut Cleveland' w^s lately
aske'd to Contribute his autograph
to the attractions of a Oathol c
Church fair at PhilipsbUrg, N. J.
He responded by sending a beauti
ful steel engraving of the White
House, beneath which is the Pres- 1
dent’s slgature. Accompanying this
was a substantial sum of money.
Robert Garrett, George J. Gonld,
Cornelius VandefbifT atld WjJ.iam
K. Vanderbilt arfi four “heirs to
great railroad estates,” whose por
traits appear together in Earner's
Weekly. Mr. Garrett’s face is that
of A well fed, wide-awake, thought
ful man of affairs. His beard ou
hia if p aud cheek ia of the formal
cot, and tbe comb-line of the fakir is
at tbe middle. George Gonld is a
handsome Tad of the dark type. He
looks bright euough and girls would
call him kissable.’ The Vanderbilts
Show bright, frafik,burbot marked
ly strong faces. Cornelius has tbe
eldtical cast. William K. is' less
grave In lo6k and seems'to tee a
rose-rimmed horizoq All Arquqd the
aky.
Rerplag Rea St Umm.
“What a hideous green you are
pnttiug into that thly,” said Belle
to her “very best friend,” as they
sat talking over their fancy work.
>“I know it,” answered Kate good
hamoiedly. “You see 1 bought it
one evening and began to work on
it by lamplight, aud ttiohgbt it look
ed pretty well. But some colors
ate so changeable; it looks fright-'
ful by daylight. 1 only know of
one thing I cau do with it—I’ll give
it to Ben.”’!. < •
“W4.v—will he like it I”
“Oh, I dou’t know ; I guess so.
It’ll help make him out for Christ
mas, end do well enough for bis
room. W e stuff everything in
ttwrs ;” aud Kate gave a little short
laugh, then flushed suddenly as she
eanght Belle’s blue eyre bent won-
•nmptioir: 1 --'Thousands 'qf perman
ent cures verity tbe truth of this
statemeiftQ No mqdieinfeqan aifow
snch a record .of wonderful cures.
Thousands rif 4nee hqtwIAss [sdl
ferefls uow Efatdfidly proclaim (hit
owe their lives to this New Dis
covery. It will cost you nothing to
give it a triltfffreftTftelBottle at
Willcox A Co’s. Drpg Store. Large
size, IL0Q, .j- ^ t c, . .
Tbe Willismston Fethale College
ha»made«rrnngeinShtste buvc.ttM
pupils insrirncted intbouMef tbe
typntwriAntj; The caligraph #itt4>e
used!’ but lo »>4
Thq State mission board of the
Baptist Church has appointed for
counties. Jt is propped |o gxpend
about •♦ffjOOffin State missionary
work during ‘
A tTmAarfSI
Consumptives and all, who suffer
from Any Affection of tbe Throat and
Lungs, can find a certain cure in
Dr King's ffewDitebtWJ' nrUoffrttiMut was touchwl. He called liiii
.“Why,” said the girl, and her
fingers atofiped iu their busy mo-
liou, “I’d just as soon think of put
ting anything ugly into the parlor
as into Frank’s room; beisso cboioe
olit^-.i j*,.' -• • ?
/“Ob, wall, boys are different,”
stammered Kate in confusion. And
Belle, feeling that she was treading
on forbidden ground, adroitly turn
ed Oh- conversation. Yes, she k new
that Ben was different from her
brother, aud'Oh, bow thankful she
felt for that difference, thankful
that Frank was strong aud manly,
kept above temptation—sorry for
tin great contrast iu her friend.
“You a»u«t all do something to
try to Leep.Beu at home these even
iuga,” said hie father one day. “I
don’t like the way he is spending
tbe time.’?
And. K- te, as she heard tee
words) wondered what she could
do. v; i J. •
Tliat afternoon there was great
overhauling of .furniture np stairs,
aud te' supper time quite a trans
formation had takeu place in Ben’s
room There weie pretty, bright
chromos and one or two cboioe
engravings on the walla, hitherto
hare, dainty white mate upon tbe
bureau; f resh muslin curtains drap
ed buck from tbe window, and
everything as inviting aa thought
ful bauds could make it. “Now,”
said she, “1 wonder if fan’ll notice
it.
“Have you a headache. Ben ?”
she esked, ks she , passed his open
door that cveiling mid saw him sil
ting with Ills head bowed upon his
hands. “Oh, uo,” he answered,
“only thinking of going down town,
but it looks so pleasant and borne
like up here, I guess I’ll stay.”
Aud be did stay: it wasn’t tbe
last time, either. B> and by he be
gan to iutite some oi “the fellows”
to come ai <1 see him at the bouse,
ami wicii great satisfaction woold
ask them to “step up” to his room.
Was it strange that from these little
gatherings more than cue went
away feeling that it was a grand,
good thing to have a home aud be
worthy of it i .
“Do you Runw,” t-aid Kate to her
Irieud one day. “your plan has
worked like a charm.”
Try.it, girlsi—PAihnfe/pAta Call’
Csmwrrcisl ateliifesco.
Sam Bennet, of Ban Antonio, had
large 1st of perishable groceries
he wanted shipped to a point ou the
Sunset route. If the goods did not
arrive ou Line, Bam knew that he
would loseaeveral thousand dollars.
Of course he could sue the railroad
company for damages, but he also
knew that no merchant ever got bis
money back by suing the railroad
company for damages. He felt
sure that, owing to the usual delay,
the goods would not arrive on time.
It was of no use to threaten tbe of
ficers of the railroad, so he was in
a quandary what to do. A happy
thought occurred to bfm. Seeing
Gibbs, tbe general freight agent,
Sam Bennet Said:
“Gibbs, you’ve got the slowest
road iu Texas. ' Pll bet it will take
a week for my goods to get from
here to Andrewaville.”
“What will you bet ?”
“I’ll bet a basket of champagne;
but I know PI! win it, for you can’t
make more than fifty miles a day
with a freight train 6a yonr
road.”
' Gibbs was exasperated. Hi*
prOtessioual pride as a freight
Tfclaffx iu Raov.
That it is easier to retain health
than to regain it.
Tliat serious headaches often
come from ill Siting spectacles.
That tin cleaned with paper will
shine better than cleaned with flan
nel. - • .
That cistern water may be puri
fied by cb. rcoal put in a bag aud
bung in tbe water.
That |>owdered rice, sprinkled
upon lint and applied to Iresh
wounds, will stop bleeding.
That sa t will remove the stain
Irom silver caused by eggs when
applied dry with a soft doth.
That hot, dry flannel applied to
the face aud neck, is a very eflec
live remedy for a “jumping tooth
ache.”
That fruit or rust stains on table
liueu or other white clothes may be
removed b\ soaking iu a weak solu
tion of oxt lie acid.
That hard waters are to be pre
ferred to soft waters iu the teapot,
as the hard waters dissolve less of
the tanuin of tbe leaves.
That after tea has been stee|ied
in boiling water for three minutes, a
large proportion of the valuable
constituenta are extracted.
That tbe most effectual remedy
for slimy and gre »sy diaiu pipes is
copperas dissolved and left to work
gradually tbroagli tbe pipe.
That plaster of Paris ornaments
may be cleaned by covering them
with a thick layer of starch, letting
it dry thoroughly aud brushing
with a stiff bruab.
That a room crowded to discom
fort with furniture and ornaments,
uo matter how oostly, is uever rest
ful and homelike, and always sug
gestive of the shop or the museum.
That old feather beds, by putting
them upou a clean grass plot dar-
ing a heavy shower, permitting
them to be thoroughly wet through
and then dried aud beaten with
light rods, will freshen and enliven
the feathers.
That a dark and gloomy room
may be brightened by placing ebou-
izsu shelves over the doors and win
dows, grouping scarlet, yellow or
gilded fans ujion tbe walls, and
placing pretty brie a brae aud vases
iu positions where they will \m
brought into relief by a cheerful
background.
That by acting on the following
instructions a nice Summer drink
may be made: Cut a lemon into
thin slicea, put them iu a jar or
pitcher, and add a heaping table
spoonful of sugar and a pint of hot
water; let it stand until cool; strain
into a bottle; place on ice nutil
wanted.
ia imsjlmr PusitiM.
A traveler stopped at a toll gate
aud asked the kee|>er if he had any
good, cool water.
“John,” said the kee|ier, turning
to his sou, “fetch me the gun—tbe
one loaded with buckshot.”
“Hold on!” exclaimed the travel
er. “I meant no barm.”
“Well, then I’ll let you off.”
Tbe traveler.rode on, wondeimg
why tbe question bad caused of
fense. He stopped at a bouse anti
asked a man if he could tell him
why the gate keeper became angry.
“Yes, 1 cau tell you. He ha- to
carry water about a mile aud a
hall and it is always warm by the
time he gets home with it. Every
one that comes along asks if he’s
got good, cool water. He scarcely
hears anything else from morning
until night. The man who kept
tbe gate last year went crazy, but
this fellow seems to stand it better.
He is rather even tempered, and al
though he has kept tbe gate several
months he hasoniy killed two drum
mers and cripoted a boy. I kept
that gate once.’’
“Did the people annoy you ?”
“Not much. I only bad to knock
down one man aud stab another
one, but I only kept tbe gate a
week.”
“Why don’t tbe fellow dig a
well ?”
“Now look here, a thousand men
have aaked me that question. Stran
ger, I reckon you’d better moaey.”
^-ArJtansaw Traveler.
witnesses to the bet, and made a
memorandum of It, and be won it
too, for tbe way Sam Ben net’s
goods were ruAbert over the Hbe tits
fi oauttoH. '*•* •'*' •
* Sam Bennet pert tip the wfne, but
he'dtetrt nrind it, as be saved tbe
expense of delay and tbe worry of a
lawenR.—ftau Ni/Mnjw.
Y«Pjr Remarkable Kccoveip.
Mr. Geo. V. Witling, ofManebes-
.ter; ^licA, writes: “My wife has
been almost helpless for five ycarA,
s» J)<4pl*»s fch«Mb.e QpnWuot tern
a te bad shine. She used two
es of Etfotrlo BftUers, and is so
much improved, that she is able
now; to do her owq work.” Eleotno
Bitters wiH.tfo all .that iAoJaipied
for teoto. liuudteds of restimeuials
attest their great curative powers.
Oq)y.fifty cenfs a bottle at WUIcox
& Oo*s. Drug Store. ’• , ,
Moke Schaumburg ia very much
addicted to the use of gartlc. One
pay last week he went into an ice
cream parlor. Hie waiter came to
him and teked what kind of cream
be preferred.
“Vat you got ?”
“Vanilla, lemon, peach, straw
berry.”
“I wonld not bare dose flavors.”
“What sort of flavor do yoo
want 1”
“Mine friend, don’t yon have
some icecream flavored mit garlic?”
the office
“Is Lawyer
job mw.
Ourjob (hapartBrat iasupplUd with tvrry
facility necessary to enable at le cewpett
boih astoprice aad quality of arerk, wiibet«a
those of the oitiee, aud we guaraatee eat is*
faetion in erery particular or charge aetkiag
for our work. We are always prepared te
•11 ordera at short notica for Blaaks, BUI
llaade, Lelter Heads, Garde, Hand bills
Posters. Circulars, Pamphlets. Ac.
All job work must be paid for
Oash on Delivery.
Straight ■u.lsesa
Lady, timidly entering
of a Chicago lawyer :
Smith in ?”
“Yes’m ; please take a chair.’'
“Do you procure divuroea r
“Oh, yes. Haveyou a little affair
of Unit sort >ou desire to leave In
our lianda ?”
“Yea, 1 am driven to apply for a
divorce.”
“Verj’ well, ma’am; yon may
sB-ti this bill in blank. I can fill it
up at my leisure.”
‘But bow do yon know my
grouuda for asking for a bill r
“Ob, that’s all right, ma’am. On
the 9th of August, 1868, your has
band pulled you around the room
by the hair of tbe bred”
“Yes, sir,”
“In January, 1870, be sought to
throw vitriol in your lace, and aaid
he wonld lie the death of von.”
“Yea, air.”
“He baa on numerons oeeretona
destroyed your bonnet*, called you
vile uatuea, and threatened to poiaon
yonr mother.”
“Yea, air.”
“He is jealoua, stingy, erratic in
temperament, aud rather given te
insanity. You pray for a divoroe
aud the cuatody of tbe children.”
“Yea, sir ”
“Very well; please leave $25 with
iu«. You may call around iu
two weeks for your decree ; and,
meanwhile, if you have n good
opportunity to take aoother boa.
baud, don’t neglect it. Good-day.
madam. Next!”
The Caroli ua House, of Spartan
bnrg, was discovered to Ire on Are
on the night of January 10; but
tbe Are was extinguished before any
great damage was done.
Ask your druggist for Bbtiner’i
Indian Vermifuge, aud if bo fails to
supply yon, addretm tbe Proprietor.
David E. Fonts, Baltimore, Md.
>! Nothing bothers a mod sat but
hungry old lea so roneh as when
she has made a hearty break last off
shoe laee aud finds t he an fortunate
shoe at ill at the end of it.
The Psmlly rhyetcUa.
For burns apply flour wet with
cold water, as it quickly gives re
lief.
For hives take sulphate of mag
nesia three times daily iu very sma l
doses.
The fresh tincture of lobelia will
relieve tbe itching occasioned by
mosquito bites.
A simple remedy for biting the
nail* is quassia. Wet tbe Ungers
and allow them to dry; if tested it
will be a bitter remiuder.
Tbe following recipe is said to be
useful iu the removal of pimples
and “blackheads,” which so ofti a
mar the faces of young persona and
cause so much annoyance: Glyce
rine, three parts; vinegar, two
parte; kaolin, four parte.
Dr. A. J. Miller has treated
twenty-four consecutive cases of
diphtheria with turpentine. Every
case recovered without any sequelae,
whatever. The tur|*en*tine was
given iu doses of from one to two
drachms every eight bouts until
the membrane disap;-eared. The
patients were then put on a course
of iron aud quinine.
Backlea'i irate* Salve.
The beat Salve iu tbe world for
Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, aud positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. U
s guaranteed to give perfect aatia.
faction, or money refunded. Pritm
25 cents (ter box. For sale by Will*
cox & Co.
That's ««.*
“Have you lived a good life I"
said St. Peter toatrembliug frma •
who knocked timidly at tbe Gate of
Beaut}.
“I waa only good at one - thing,”
said lire sprite liefore him. with a
doleful shake of tbe head.
“And what was that ?” inquired
St. Peter, in a voice of bliaafel
sweetness.
“Cooking,” res|KNided the timid
one. iu woefui tours.
“Come right in, then,” said
sen‘inet saint; “you’vesaved
men from perdition than a
missionaries, and 1 don't believe
you can find anything around hero
in the sba|ie of blearedueas that
you're not entitled to.
Mrs. C. M Walker, of Wildwood,
Fla., baa in her poasewion a baby
dress which is seventy-five years
old and has quite a history It was
the first dress ever worn by ber
father, John W. Barr, who was bunt
In Seetlnad, and is now a ettiara of
Oakwell, Camdeu county, Go. Mr.
Barr waa tbe father of eleven obHd-
ren, ail of whom have won Ibis
drain.
On January 14, flra broke out la
tbe barrm m of Uroeaebel k Co-, ef
Wiauaboro’. The atoek waa asvrd,
but tbe baildiag. beleagiag to Mrs.
Gadeen, waa destroyed. No iusar-
anee.
Mr. J. B Davis killed a mad dog
on Jannary 11 near Santee. Tbe
dog had bitten a number of other
dogs and was mapping at every
animal in bis way before be waa
killed.
Tbe ram that enppiies Mr. Cental*
Aon’a factory, ia Orangebuto, with
water wee frozen np several daje,
and in couaequeeae tha factory bad
to cease operations for the Umu be*
ing.
Tbe gallery otthe Presbyti
Church at Marion hss been ti
J down aud an organ platform erect,
ed about four feet in height between
' tbe doois at the trunt ut ihe