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which it gained Hi
name, in the dusty
road and hot air,
to smoke
from their balsamic
spires. There was a
glare from the rood,
a glare from the
sky, a glare from
Koscomtox’s. the rocks, a glare
from the white canvse roofs of the few
shanties and rabtna which made up the
village, There waa even a glare from the
unpainted redwood boards of Roscommon's
grocery and tavern, and a tendency of the
warping floor of the veranda to curl up be
neath the feet of the intruder. A few mules,
near the watering trough, had shrunk within
the scant shadow of the corraL
,
IX THK COURTS,
CHAPTER VI.
DOW a GRANT waa GOT fOB I*.
BILE the Bins I
2\ictviv
THE RIVER.
We stood on the banks of a river
And its tide was calm and still.
While soft shadows fell upon it.
From the moon behind the hill.
There was never a reetiees ripple
On its bosom fair and wide.
But 1 stood on this bank of the river.
And you on the other side
The (lowers bloomed on this side the river.
The birds sang, the night wind was se
With pale moonlight soft in its bosom.
The wide river flowed at my feet.
Yet my eyes were heavy with weeping.
As I gazed on the wonderful scene—
For we stood on the banks of the river,
And its waters flowed silent, betw
Tis a beautiful, cold, moonlit river,
But the name of the river it death.
And we only cross over its waters
When done with our frail, mortal breath.
It floureth for ever and ever;
On its bank lies the “city of gold;’’
But it shuts from our wondering vision
The hearts that have loved us of old.
I stand on this side of the river
And I call, but no echo comes o'er.
To show that you listen, my darling.
From your home on the far away a
And the river that floweth so calmly
Bears no ripple to me on its breast.
To tell me that you still remember
And love me, though you are at rest
O river of death, wide and boundless.
With moonlight of grief on thy br
Wilt thou bear me away into silence.
To silence, to love—and to rest?
Wilt thou take my poor heart, worn and broken.
Away from this life’s changing scene.
And bear mo .away to my loved one.
Where no more thy waves are between?
Oh, rest, to be borne on thy bosom.
To float with the outgoing tide
Till I laod on the shore of “the dty“—
And ctand by the waiting one's side;
Oh, joy—when we stand by the river
And no more our souls are apart.
While wa wander in heaven forever,
With peace in each wild weary heart
—Agnes L. Pratt In Boston Globe
STOUT OF A MU.
By BEET HABTE.
{Copyrighted, 1HS0, by Houghton, Mifflin 4 Co., and
puhtUhed by arrangement with them.]
CHAPTER IV.
WHO TOOK IT.
wfco had offered it ae a laat aop to
headed Carbenu that guarded the ©
i’lutonean traaeuree, and who
it in a tingle gulp. U was fat
The furrow, of its red-tiled roof looked tm if
. they were the reaolte of ago and decrepitude.
Itt best room hod • musty smell; there was
the dampness of deliquescence la its slow de
cay, but the Spanish Californians were sensi
hie architects, and its massive nulls and par
titions defied the earthquake thrill, and all
the year round kept an even temperature
within.
Victor led Miguel through a low ante room
into a plainly furnished chamber, where Car
men eat pointing.
Now Mistress Carmen was a bit of n
painter, in a pretty little way, with all the
▼ague longings of an artist, but without, I
fear, the artist's steadfast soul. She recog
nised beauty and form as a child might, with
out understanding their meaning, and some
how failed to make (hem oven interpret hoi
woman's moods, which surely were nature's,
too. Bo she painted everything with this ui-
noeont lust of the eye—flowers, I.inis, insects,
landscapes and figures—with a joyous fidelity,
but no parti, ular poetry. Tho birds never
sang to her but one song, the (lowers or trees
spake but one language, and her skies never
brightened except in color, tihe came out
no longer, my Co
How is this' Nothin - evil ho; befallen him,
surely florid infl droopiug'HJj closed hnif pa
thetically.
MiguM’s jealousy took fire. “Ho is drunk,
senwlt*, doubtless, and has ton-gotten not
only tlioc I sit, mayhap, his mule anil; ..icL 1 It
is his custom, ha! ha!’
each other'. purses, bunks, cabins, provisions,
gpjrjte, Bn '* °ften friend!!, with that perfect freedom
- ftom obligation which belonged to the pioneer
life. The varying tide of fortune had just
then stranded Tliotcher on a desert sand hill I
in San Francisoo with an uninsured cargo of i
expectations, while to Thatcher's active but j
not curious fancy it had apparently lifted his I
friend’s bark over the bar in the Monterey
FOR OrgPKPBIA,
Indigestion, and fitomteh disorders, un
imowiro iron rittkrb.
All dealers keep It, f 1 per bottle. Genuine bee
trade-mark and creased red line* on wrapper.
lM IIWS AMI HW
Schedule of the Hartstille A. A.
■■
Hartsvillk. 8. C., Dec. 7, '89.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN<
The MS died out of Carmen's ripe Upland nxAintains into a« open quicksilver sea. 8o
Mass company,
with more seal than
discretion were ac
tively pursuing
FMro and Wiles
•ver the road to
Tree Pinos, Benore
Mignei and Manuel
were comfortably
seated in a fonda at
Monterey, smoking
dgarritos and dis
cussing their late discovery. Bnt they
were in no better mood than their late
companions, and it appeared from their con
versation that in an evil moment they had
soil out their interest in the alleged silver
mine to Wiles and Pedro for a few hundred
dollars—succumbing to what they were as
sured would be an active opposition on tho
part of the Americanos. The astute reader
will easily understand that the accomplished
Mr. Wiles did not inform them of its value strong on the Catholic saints, and would toss
"Then we don't wont no d—d warrant."
The grocery business of Mr. Roscommon,
although adequate and sufficient for the vil
lage, was not exhausting or overtaxing to the
proprietor. The refilling of the pork and flour
barrel of the average miner was the work of
a brief hour on Saturday nights, but the daily
replenishment of the average miner with whis
ky was arduous and incessant. Roscommon
spent more time behind his bar than his gro
cer's counter. Add to this the fact that a long
•htd-lika extension og wing bore the legend,
“Cosmopolitan Hotel, Board or Lodging by
the Day or Week. M. Roscommon,” and you
got an idea of the variety of the proprietor's
functions. The “hotel," however, was more
directly under the charge of Mrs. Roscom
mon, a lady of thirty years, strong, truculent
and good-hearted.
Mr. Roscommon had early adopted the
theory that most of his customers were in
sane, and were to be alternately bullied or
placated, as the case might be. Nothing that
: occurred, no extravagance of speech nor act,
’ ever ruffled his equilibrium, which was as
dogged and stubborn as it was outwardly
calm. When not serving liquor, or in the in
terval while it was icing drank, he was al
ways wiping his counter with an exceedingly
dirty towel—or indeed anything that came
handy. Miners, noticing this purely perfunc
tory habit, occasionally supplied him slily
with articles inconsistent with their service
—fragments of their shirts and umkrclotbing,
floor sacking, tow, and once with a flannel
petticoat of hie wife’s stolen from the
line in the back yard. Rcaoamncn would
continue his wiping without lenMng up, but
yet oonecksu of the preeaioe of each customer.
“And it’s not another dhrop yell git, Jack
Brown, until ye’vo wiped out the black score
that stands agin ye.” “And it's there yo are,
darlint, ami it's hnniV the bottle that's been
lukin’ for ye sins Saturday.” “And fwhot
hev you done with the last I scut yc, ye divil
of a MeCorkle. and heres me hack that's bruk
entiorely wid dipping intil the pork Inrl to
giv yc the best sides, and ye spending yur last
chit on a taro into Gilroy. Whist I and if it’s
fer foigkting ye are, hoys, there’s an illi-
gsnt bit of sod beyont the corral, and it may
bo inenclf 'll come out with a sbtick and be
sociable.”
On this |iarticular day, however, Mr. Roe
common was not in his usual spirits, and when
the clatter of horses' hoofs before the door
announced the approach of strangers, be ab
solutely ceased wiping his counter and looked
Up as Dr. Guild, the president and secretary
of the new com|<any strode into the shop.
“We are looking," said the president, “for
a man by the name of Wilee, and three
Mexicans known os Pedro, Manuel and
Miguel.’'
“Ye arc?”
“We ore!”
“Falx, and 1 hope ye’ll foind 'em. And if
ye'll git from ’em the score I’ve got agiu ’em,
darlint, I'll add a blessing to it.”
There was a laugh at this from the by
standers, who, somehow, resented tho intru
sion of these strangers.
“I fear you will find it no laughing matter,
gentlemen,” said Dr. Guild, a little stiffly,
“when I tell you that a murder has l>een com
mitted, and the men I am seeking within an
hour of that murder put up that notice signed
by their names," and Dr. Guild displayed the
pajior.
There was a breathless silence among the
crowd as they eagerly praned around the
doctor. Only Roscommon kept on wiping his
counter,
“You will observe, gentlemen, that the
name of Roscommon also ajqiears on this
paper as one of the original loraterx.”
“Ami sure, darlint," mid Roscommon, with
out looking up, “if ye’ve no better ividence
agin thim boys than you have fomiust me, it’s
borne ye’d betther be riding to wanst. For
it's ineeelf as hasn't stirred futout of the store
the day ami noight—more betoken as the boys
I've surved kin testify.”
“That's so; Ross’s right,” chorused the
crowd. “We'vs been running the old man all
night."
“Then how conics your name on this
paperf"
“O murdher! will ye listen to him, boys!
As if every felly that owed me a whisky bill
didn't come to me ami say: ‘An, Misther
Roscommon,' or ‘Moike,’ as the case
might be, ‘sure it's an iliighant sthrike I've
as a quicksilver mine, although be wae ob
liged to impart his secret to Pedro as a
necessary accomplice and reckless coadjutor.
That Pedro felt no qualms of conscience in
thus betraying his two comrades may be in
ferred from his recent direct and sincere
treatment of Concho, and that he would, if
occasion offered or policy made it expedient,
as calmly obliterate Mr. Wilee—that gentle
man himself never for a moment doubted.
“If we had waited but a little he would
have given more—this cock-eye!” regretted
Mantiel querulously.
“Not a peso,” said Miguel, firmly.
“And why, my Miguel) Thou knowest we
could have worked the mine ourselves.”
“Good, and lost even that labor. Look
yon, little brother. Show to me now the
Mexican that has over made a real of a mine
in California. How many, eh) None! Not!
a one. Who owns the M ex can’s mine, ehl|
Americanos! Who takes money from the
Mexican’s mine) Americanos! Thou re-
memberest Briones, who spent a gold mine
to make a silver one) Who has tbs lands and
house of Briones) Americanos! Who has
the cattle of Briones) Americanos! Who
she bhul them together with a snap like a
steel pane. The dove lm.l suddenly changed
to a liawk; tho child-girl into an antique
virago; «*• spirit hitherto dimly outlined in
her brae, of some shrewish Gama anceetrosB,
came to the fore. She darted a quick look at
her mide, and then, with her littio hands on
her rigid lips. Strode with two sto;* up to
MigucL
"P isiblv. O S< nor Miguel Domiuguez
Perez (a profound courtesy here) it is os thou
sayost. Drunkard Concho may, be; but
dnralfor aober he never turned his back on
his friend—or—(the words grated a little
bore)—bis enemy."
Miguel would hare replied, but Vic
tor was ready. “Fool," lie said, pinch-
jug his arm, “ Tis an old friend.
And—and—the application is still to be filled
op Are yon crazy!"
But on t ids point Miguel was not, and with
Hie revenge of a rival added to his other in-
si in.•ts, ho permitted Victor to lead him away.
On their return to the fonda, they found
MasterMtinuci too far gone with aguardiente
and a general animosity to the average
Americano to 1h> of any service. Bo they
workeci alone, with pen, ink and paper, in the
Stuffy, cignrrito-clouded lack room of the
fomlq. 11 w as midnight, two hours after Con-
cho had started, tliat Miguel elaiqied spurs to
his horse for tho village of Tree 1 ’inoe, with an
application to Governor Miebeltorena for a
gi ant to the "Rancho of the Red Rocks” com
fortably bestowed in his pocket.
you up a cleanly-shaven Aloysius, sweetly
destitute of expression, or a dropsical, letbar
gic Madonna that you couldn’t have told
from an old master, so bad it was. Her
faculty of faithful reproduction even showed i
itself in fanciful lettering, and latterly in the i
imitation of fabries and signatures. Indeed,
with her eye for beauty of form, she bad al ;
ways excelled in penmanship at tho convent,
an accomplishment which tho good sisters I
held in great repute.
In person she was petite, with a still un- j
formed girlish figure, perhaps a little too flat
across tho back, and with possibly a too great
tendency to a boyish stride in walking. Her
brow, covered by blue-black hair, was low
and frank and honest; her eyes, a very dark
hazel, were not particularly large, but rather
heavily freighted in their melancholy liifc)
with sleepless passion; her nose was of that un
important charactor which no man remem
hers; her mouth was small and stru;;. !,:; her and his own convictions. A majority of the
teeth white and regular. The whole cxprasiou i jury objected to there being any Inquest at
of her face was piquancy that might be side ; all. A sincere juryman thought it hard that
dued by tenderness or made malevolent by ] wbenevi r a Greaser i>egged out in a sneakin'
that ho was considerably surprised on receiv
ing a note from Biggs to this purport:
“Deah Roy . Run down hero and help a
fellow. I’ve too much of a load for one.
Maybe we ran make a team and pufi‘Blue
Mass’ out yet. Bigusiy. ”
Thatcher, sitting in bis scantily furnished
lodgings, Joubtful of his next meal and in
arrears far rent, heard this Macedonian cry
as St. Paid did. He wrote a promissory and
soothing note to his landlady, but fearing the
“sweet sorrow'' of a personal parting, let Ids
collapsed ralise down from his window by a
I coni, and, by means of an economical com
bination of stage riding and psdestrlanism,
he presented himself at the clots of ths third
day at Biggs’ door. In a tew moments he
was in possession of the story; half sn hour
I later in possoadon of half the mine, its Infehx ,
post ami Its doubtful future, equally with hit
friend.
Business over. Biggs turned to look at his
. partner. “You've aged some since I saw yet.
last.” he said. “Starvation luck, I s'pose. Pd
! know your eyes, old fellow, if I saw them
among ten thousand; but your lips are
[arched, and your mouth's grimmer than it
used to be.” Thatcher smiled to show that he
could still do sn, but did not say, as he might
have said, that self-control, suppressed rveent-
i mrnt, disappointment anil occasional hunger
i had done something in the way of correcting
nature’s obvious mistakes and shutting up a
] kindly mouth. Ho only took off his thread-
lare coat, rolled up his sleeves, and saying,
"tVo'vo got lots of work and some fighting he-
{ fore us,” pitched into the affairs of the Blue
Muss company on the instant
I
For sale at reasona
ble terras. Call
and see for your-
selves.
r*
w.
W. Hewitt.
tr.
CHAPTER VII.
WOO PLEAD KOIt IT.
HERE can be little
doubt the coroner’s
Jury of Fresno
would have re
turned a verdict of
"death from alco,
holism,” as the re
sult of their inquest Bufkleu’8 Arnica Salve.
iifio the cause of The bp8t Salve in the world
not' Dr. o u i id ^ or cut8 ’ ^ ru i 8e8 - sores, ulcers,
fought nobly in I sa ^ rheum, fever sores, tetter,
(To be Continued.)
anger. At present it was a salad in which
the oil and vinegar were deftly combined.
has tho mine of Briones) Americanos! Who S Tl10 a * tuU> feminine reader will of course i
mpport of the law | chapped hands, chilblains corns,
and all skin eruptions, and pos
itively cures piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to gi ve
perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Willcox & Co.
HERE was presist-
i nt neighing on th«
summit. Concho’s
hors© wanted hi*
breakfast.
This protestation
reached tho ears of
a party ascending
the mountain from
its western face. To
one of tho party it
was familiar.
“Why, blank it
dr. guild. all, that’s Chiquita.
That d Mexicans lying drunk some
where,” said the president of the B. M. Co.
- “I don’t like the look of this at all.” said
Dr. Guild, as they rode up beside the indig
nant animal. “If it had been an American, it
might have been carelessnes;, but no Mexican
•ver forgets ULs beast. Drive ahead, l>oys;
we may l>e too late.”
In half an hour they came in sight of the
ledge below, the crumbled furnace, and the
motionless figure, of Concho, wrapped in a
blanket, lying prone in the sunlight.
“I told you so—drank!” said tho president
The doctor looked grave, but did not speak.
They dismounted and picketed their horve*.
Then crept on all fours to the ledge above the
furnace. There was a cry from Secretary
Gibbs. “Look yer. Some fellar has been
jumping us, boys. See these notices. ”
There were two notices on canvas affixed
*to the rock, claiming the ground, and signed
by Pedro, Manuel, Miguel, Wiles and Ros-
eommon.
“This was done, doctor, while your trust
worthy Greaser locator—d n him—lay
. there drunk. What’s to l»e done, now?”
But the doctor was making his way to the
unfortunate cause of their defeat, lying there
quite mute to their reproaches The others
• tfollowed him.
The doctor knelt beside Concho, unrolled |
him, placed his hand upon his wrist, his ear
•over his heart, and then said:
“Demi”
_ “Of course. Ho got medicine ot you last
Tiight. This conies of your d d heroic
practice.”
But the doctor was too much occupied to j tnode this day, and it’s meaclf that has put
hoed tho speaker’s raillery. He had jieeml | down your name os an original locator, and
into Concho’s protuberant eye, opened his | y Cr fortune’s made Mr. Roscommon, and will
month, and gazed at the swollen tongue, and y cr ‘ftu ino up another quart for the good
lias the silver Brioues never found? Ameri
canos! Always the same! Forever! Ah!
carramba!”
Then the Evil One evidently took it into
his head and horns to worry and toss these
men—comparatively innocent as they were—
still further, for a purpose. For presently to
them appeared one Victor Garcia, whilom
a clerk of the Ayuntemiento, who rallied them
over aguardiente, and told them the story of
the quicksilver discovery, and the two mining
claims taken out that sight by Concho and
Wiks. Whereat Manuel exploded with pro
fanity and burned blue with sulphurous male
diction; hut lOguel, the recent ecclesiastic,
sat IMd and thoughtful Finally came a
pause In Manners bombardment, and some
thing like this conversation took place be
tween the cooler actors:
Miguel (thoughtfully)—When was it thou
didst iietition for lands in the valley, friend
Victor?
Victor (amazedly)—Never! It is a sterile
waste. Am I a fool?
Miguel (.softly)—Thou didst Of thy gov
ernor, Micheltorena. I have seen the appli
cation.
Victor (beginning to appreciate a rodential
odor)—Si! I hail forgotten. Art thou sure it
was in tho valley?
Miguel (persuasively)—In the valley and up
the falda. J,,
Victor (with decision)—Certainly. Of a
verity—the falda likewise.
Miguel (eyeing Victor)—And yet thou hadst
not the grant. Painful is it tliat it should
have been burned with the destruction of the
other archives by tho Americanos at Mon
terey.
Victor (cautiously feeling his way)—Poa-
siblemente.
Miguel—It might be wise to look into it
Victor (bluntly)—As why?
Miguel—For our good and thine, friend
Victor. We bring thee a discovery; thou
bringest us thy skill, thy experience, thy gov
ernment knowledge—thy custom house pa
per. +
Manuel (breaking in drunkenly)—But for
what? We are Mexicans. Are we not fated!
We shall lose. Who shall keep the Ameri-
canos off?
Miguel—Wo sliall take one American in!
Ha! seest thou? This American comrade
shall bribe his court, his corregidores. After
a little he shall supply the men who invent
* FaUla. or valda, i. e., that part of the skirt of
a woman’s robe that breaks upon the around, and
is also applied to the Anal slope of a hill, from the
angle that it makes upon the level plain.
derstand that this is tho ordinary superficial
masculine criticism, and at onco make up her
mind both as to the character of tho youug. MlYaTright a
lady ami tho competency of the critic. I only w
know that / rather liked her. And her func
tions aro somewhat important in this ve
racious history.
She looked up, steuted to her feet, leveled
her block brows at the intruder, but, at a
sign from her uncle, showed her white teeth
and spake. .
It was only a sentence, and rather a com
monplace one at that; but if she could have
put her voice upon her canvas, she might
have retrieved the Garcia fortunes. For it
was so musical, so tender, so sympathizing,
•o melodious, so replete with the graciousness
of womanhood, that she seemed to have in
vented the language. And yet that sentence
was only an exaggerated form of ‘How d’ye
do,’ whined put, doled out, lisped out, or shot
out from tho pretty mouths of my fair coun-
Ary women.
Miguel admired the paintings. He was
struck particularly with a crayon drawing of
a mule. “Mother of God, it is the mule itself!
observe bow it will not go.” Then the crafty
kiud 'o say, American sltizens should be
taken ft an their business to find out what
oiled him. “S’pose he was killed,"’said an
other, “thar ain’t no time this thirty year he
weren’t, so to speak, just sufferin’ for it, ez
Mexican.” The jury at
last compromised by bringing in a verdict of
homicide against certain parties unknown.
Yet it was understood tacitly that th. so un
known parties were severally Wiles and Pe
dro; Manuel, Miguel and Roscommon prov
ing an unmistakable alibi. Wiles and Pedro
had fled to Lower California, and Manuel,
Miguel and Roscommon deemed it advisable, j u ■,. , .
in the then excited state of the public mind, to ; * ®
Mistress—“Fave you any ref
erences!''’ New girl—“No,
mum Have you?”—Street &
Smith's Good News.
Happy Hoosiers,
Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of
Idaville, Ind., writes; “Electric
done more for me
XU VAZV VAAVAA O UtLUV VJ1. U1AC IJUIJUk/ lillUd. bd l,| . 1 . ...
withholdtheforgedapplicationandclaimfrom jl'UH all Other medicines COm-
the courts and tho public comment. Sothatfor : Dined, for that bad feeling
a year after tho murder of Concho and the ! arising from Kidney and Liver
flight of his assassins "The tBIuo Mass Min
ing Company” remained in undisturbed and
actual jjosscssiou of the mine, and reigned in
them suddunly rose to his feet.
“Tear down those notices, boys, hut keep
them. Put lip your own. Don't be alarmed;
you w ill not lie intcrfttvd with, for here is
.murder added to robbery.”
“Murder!"
“Yes," sold the doctor, excitedly, “I II take
my oath on any inquest that this ninii v.as
strangled to dcuth. lie was sniqirisisl w hile
A«f..y Vt< V”f ” P'>.X'. revolver
, Concho's stiffening Luis'., which Ibe
murdered man had inetcntly cocked, bin could
not ase in the struggle.
“That's so," said the president; “no man
go<* to sleep with a cocked revolver. What's
to be doneT
“Everything,” said the doctor. “This deed
was committed within the lost two hours; the
body is still warm. The murderer did not
come our way, or we should have met him ou
the trail. Ho is, if anywhere, between here
and Tree Pinos.”
“Gentlemen," sakl the president, with a
• slight preparatory and bolt judicial cough,
“two of you will stay here and stick 1 The
. others will follow me to Tree Pinos. The law
has been outraged. You understand the
court!"
me odd influence the little group of
.cynical, half-trifling and wholly reckless
■u hail become suddenly sober, earnest citi-
TVy sakl: “Go on,” nodded their
, and betook themselves to their horses.
“Had wo not better wait for the inquest and
out a warrant?" said the secretary,
“How many men have we!"
lupth*
>of California in
luck beta no you and me. Ah, but ask Jack
Brmvn over yan if it isn't siek tliat I am of
I his original l<x*ations.”
Tho laugh tliat followed this speech, and its
practical application, convinced the party that
i they had blundered, that they could obtain
no dew to the real culprits here, and that any
attempt by threats would meet violent oppo
sition. Nevertheless the doctor was persfatant:
“When did you see these men last!”
' ‘When did I sea them, if? it? liedad, what
* with sarvin up the liquor and keeping me
| counters dry and swate, I never see them at
‘ oil.”
“That’s so, Ross,” chorused tho crowd ogsin,
to whom the whole proceeding was delight
fully farcical.
“Then lean toll you, gentlemen,” mid the
doctor, stiffly, “that they were is Monterey
last night, that they did not return an that
trail this morning, and that they must have
pemed here at daybreak.’’
With tbeee words, which the doctor re
gretted ae soon ns delivered, the party rode
away.
Mr. Roscommon resumed hit (ervios and
counter wiping. But late that night, when
the bar was closed and the last loiterer waa
summarily ejected, Mr. Roscommon, in the
conjugal privacy of his chamber produced
a legal koking paper. “Read it, Maggie
darlint, for it's meteU never had the fauming
nor the porta”
Mistress Roscommon took tilt paper:
■Share, it's law papers, making over soma
property to ytn O Moike! ye havVt been
■pekiiatiiig!”
“Whist l and fwhots that durty gray
wid tho solas and flourishes!”
“Falx, it bothers me Sutofrsly.
t Grants, applications and official notifications,
under the Spanish jrovornment, were drawn on a
stamped paper known as Custom House itaper,
the machine of steam, the mill, the furnace,
ah?
Victor—But who is he—not to steal?
Miguel—He is that man of Ireland, a good
Catholic, at Tree Finos.
Victor and Manuel (omnee)—Roscommon?
Miguel—Of the same. We shall give him
a share for the provisions, for the tools, for
the aguardiente. It is of the Irish that the
Americanos have great fear. It is of them
that the votes are made—that the president
is chosen. It is of him that they make the
alcalde in Son Francisco. And we are of the
church, like him.
They said “Bueno w all together, and for the
moment appeared to be upheld by a religious
enthusiasm—a joint confession of faith that
meant death, destruction and possibly for
gery, as against the men who thought other
wise.
This spiritual harmony did away with all
practical consideration anti doubt “I have a
little niece,” said Victor, “whose work with the
pen is marvellous. If one says to. her, ‘Car
men, copy me this or the other one’—even if j
it be copper plate—look you it is done, and |
you cannot know of which is tho original. !
Madre do Dias! tho other day she makes me a
rubric* of the governor, Pio Pico, the same, j
identical. Thou knowest her Miguel. She ;
asked concerning thee yesterday.”
With the emlKirassmcnt of an underbred
man, Miguel tried to appear unconcerned,
but failed dismally. Indeed, I fear that the
black eyes of Carmen had already done their
perfect and accepted work, and hod partly
induced the application for V ictor’s aid. He,
however, dianrabled so far as to ask:
“But will she not know*”
“She is a child.”
“But will she not talk?”
“Not if I say nay, and if thou—eh, Miguel?”
This bit of flattery (which, by the way, was
a he, for Victor’s niece did not incline favor
ably to Miguel) had its effect They shook
hands over the table. “But,” said Mignei,
“what to to be done most he done now.” “At
the moment,” mid Vidor, “and thou shall ece
H dona. Ehf Dorn It content thee?
♦The Spanish “rubric” is the complicated flour
ish attached to a signature, and is as individual
and characteristic ns tho handwriting.
Victor broke in with, “But it is nothing to
her writing; look, you shall toll to me which
is the handwriting of Pio Pico;” and, from a
drawer in the secretary, he drew forth two
signatures. One was affixed to a yellowish
paper, the other drawn on plain white fools
cap Of course Miguel took the more mod
ern one with lover-like gallantry: “It is this
is genuine!” Victor laughed triumphantly;
Carmen echoed the laugh melodiously in
childlike glee, and added, with a slight toss
of her piquant head, “It is mine!” The best
of the sex will not refuse a just and overdue
compliment from even the man they dislike.
It’s the principle they’re after, not tjie senti
ment.
But Victor was not satisfied with this proof
of his niece’s skill. “Say to her,” he demand
ed of Miguel, “what name thou likes., and it
shall be done before thee here. ” Miguel was
not so much in love but he perceived tho drift
of Victor’s suggestion, and remarked that
the rubric of Governor Miebeltorena was ex
ceedingly complicated and difficult. “She
shall do it!” responded Victor, with decision.
From a file of old departmental papers the
governor’s signature and that involved rubric,
which must have cost his late excellency
many youthful days of anxiety, was produced
and laid before Carmen.
Carmen took her pen in her hand, looked
at the brownish-looking document, and then
at the virgin whiteness of the foolscap before
her. “But,” she said, pouting prettily, “I
should have to first paint this white paper
brown. And it will alisorb the ink more
their stead.
But the spirit of the murdered Concho
would not down any more than that of the
murdered Bnuquo, and so wrought, no doubt,
trouble.” John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, of the same place
says ; ‘‘Find Electric Bitters to
he the best Kidney and Liver
medicine, made me feel like a
new man.” J. W. Gardner,
in a quiet, Conctuviike way, sore troubkwHh i hardware merchant, same town
i .vrt wrra • L’ I 4-v z-v 1-? v 4-4* *vo v ci "l l V o 4 4 le i
Manufacturers
—OF—
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
jVLOTJLIDIIN-QS
—AND -
Building Material,
F.STABF.ISMED 18-IC
CHARLESTON, S. C.
April, 20 1889—I
A. C. McFall,
iieaves Jovatin, 7.20
Arrive at Floyd’s, 7.43 “
! Making connection with tlie South
Round passeniter train on the Cheraw
& Darlington Railroad.
RETURNING.
Leave Floyd’s, 10.00 A. M.
Leave Jovann. 10.20 “
Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 1
This train waits two hours, if necessa
ry, for the North bound freight train
on C. ti. D. R. R.
J. L. COKER.
President.
FOR C. 4 D. ANDC. A 8. RAILROADS
rXESIDKNT'sOrriCS 1
C. A D. a*dC. A S. RAILROADS, 1
Charleston, S. C., May 1,1890. j
On and after Msy 12, the train! on
these roads will run ss follows (Simla / (X-
jepted)every days
HOWS THAIS.
Leave Wadesboro 5.25 A 3
Bennetts 5.40
Morten's h.55
McFarland 6.It)
Leave Cheraw * 48
Caah’a
Society Hill 7 18
Dove’
Floyd's J'*}
Darlington
Arrive at Florence * 15
cr T«AI».
Leave Florence * P M
®
Darlington
Boyd’s 1:%
Dote a q .„
Society Hill
r r c ** h ' r’.M pm
riX
Morten’s —
Bennett’*
Lake Wadeaboro 11 ' uu
Freight Train going up.
p 8 1 •) a m
Leate Florence 9 (,6 a m
Arrite Darlington
Freight going down
Arrite Darlington » 00 P »
Leate Darlington * P ™
Arrite Florence 410 P m
A. F. RAVENEL, Pres.
0 II Master Transportation.
N
ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
the “Blue Mass Company.” For a great capi
talist and master of avarice came down
to the mine and found it fair, and taking one
of tho company aside, offered to lend his
name and a certain amount of coin for a con
trolling interest, accompanying tho generous
offer with a suggestion that if it were not
acceded to he would be compelled to buy up i o i tn. oa
various Mexican mines aud flood the market COX ^ S ^ 1 Store,
with quicksilver to the great detriment of the
“Blue Mass Company,” which thoughtful sug
gestion, offered by a man frequently alluded
to as one of “California’s groat milling
princes,” and os one who had “done much to
develop the resources o£ the state,” was not
to l)e lightly considered; and so, after a cau-
•tious non-consultation with the company, and
a commendable secrecy, the stockholder sold
out. Whereat it was speedily spread abroad
that the Great Capitalisl had taken hold of -mr „ nr* ** . . t>i •
‘‘Blua Mas.." ;i,tl the stock went up, and the Micheai Curtail^ Plain-
other stockholders rejoiced—until the Great makes the Statement
Capitalist found it was necessary to put up j that she Caught Cold, which
expensive mills, to employ a hi.,h Kalnriisl i settled On her lungs; she was
superintendent—in fact, to develop the mine j treated for a month by herfami-
by spending; of its earnings, bo that the stork j [y physician, blit grew worse,
quoted at 113 was finally sadxlletl with an as-1 fj e (old j, er gj le W as a hopeless
Agent of Manufacturers for the
sale of Engines, Hollers, Haw Mills,
Grist Mills, Gins, Presses, Threshers,
Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Circular
says; Electric Bitters is just the j Saws, and machinery supplies. Par-
thing for a man who is all run ties who contemplate buying inaelun
do wn and don’t care whether he
lives or dies; he found new
strength, good appetite and felt
just like he had a new lease on
life. Only 50c. a bottle, at Wil-
Lillie—“Oh, Minnie! I have
such a dear, unique fad. I have
stuffed a pillow with all Cholly’s
love letters.” Minnie—“How
soft your pillow must be!”—
Epoch.
Remarkable Rescue.
ery of any kind will find it to their
interest to get prices from me before
buying elsewhere. I have for sale at
a bargain, a complete Ginning outfit,
consisting of alio saw Hall Gin, feeder
and condenser, a Bass Press, net shaft
ing and pulleys, belting, &c., a 2fi
corn mill, very little used, and a new
10-Horse Engine and boiler, which
will be sold on easy terms at a bar
gain. For prices and terms, call on
A. C. McFALL,
Darlington Oil Mill.
June 20, ’90.
Ohaelxstos, 8. C., Msy 1.J8 0.
On and after this date the fol'owin
schedule will be run :
GOING SOOTH.
No. 27, Dally.
Leave Floreace
Leave King.tree
Irrive Lanes
Leave Lanes
t reive Charleston
No. 28, Daily.
Leave Florence
Leave Kingstree
Arrive Lanes
Leave Lanes
Arrive Charleston
No 53.
*1 86 a m
2 29 a n>
2 50 a m
2 50 a m
6 00 a m
*8 30 a m
9 40 a n
10 07 a i
10 07 a t.
11 59 a m
Leave Lines
Arrive Charleston
•7 50 P. M,
9 30 p. m.
sessrnent of 8-70 per share. Another assess
ment, of 830 to enable the superintendent to
proceed to Russia and Spain and examine in
to tho workings of tho quicksilver mines
there, and also a general commission to the
gifted and Scientific Pillagemnn to examine
into the various component parts of quick
silver, and report if it could not be manufac
tured from ordinary sandstone by steam or
electricity, speedily brought the other stock
holders to their senses. It was at tills time
the good fellow “Tom,” the serious-minded
“Dick” end the speculative but fortunate
"Harry,” brokers of tho Great Capitalist,
found it convenient to buy up, for the Great
quickly than that. AVhen I paipted tho Ban Capitalist aforesaid, the various other shares
Antonio of the Mission Ban Gabriel for a t great sacrific®.
Father Acolti, I liod to put the decay in with , j f ear tliat I have bored my readers in thus
my oils and brushes before the good podn giving the tiresome details of that ingenuous
would accept it.” American pastime which my countrymen dis-
Tbe two seampsdooked at each other. It i miss in their epigrammatic way aa the "freez-
was their supreme moment “I think I have," i j n g on t process.” And lest any reader should
•aid Victor, with assumed carelessness, ‘ I i llu ,. B tjon the ethics of the proeoeding. I beg
think I have some of the old custom bouse] hj m to remember tliat one g
paper.” Ho produce<Lfrom the secretary a
aheet of brown paper With a stamp. “Try it
On that”
Carmen smiled with childish delight, tried
it, and produced a marvel! “It is as mngie,”
mid Miguel, feigning to cross himself.
victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
she bought a bottle and to her
delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking ten
bottles, found herself sound and
well, now does her own house
work and is as well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this
Great Discovery at Wilcox &
Co’s Drug Store, large bottles
50c, and $1.00.
UDiES
«*I7°5
N., s
Vs
.Ss
W. L. DOUGLAS
dfr 4% ^ fl fl f \ P and other *peci&l-
^ ties for Gentlemen,
Ladies, etc., are war
ranted, and so stamped on bottom. Address
W. L. DOI/GLAri, Brockton, iUast*. Sold by
For sale by A. J. Broom, Dar
lington, S. C.
Feb. 20, 1890.
“How is your son getting on at
school, Uncle Abe?” “Mighty
fine, sah. Gitten ter be a gem’-
man mighty fast. Ye jes orter
iman accom- j see how he makes fun of us two'
plished in thh art was alwo; s sincere an.! ole ignereilt nigger folks when
direct opponent of the late Mr. John Oak | ie come s home. It makes me
mighty proud, sah.”—Epoch.
When Doctors Fall Out.
“A philosophy for dogs” is
what Carlyle pronounced one of
Prof. Tyndall's carefully pre-1
pared lectures. He said it with I
a disdainful snort, too. When
eminent authorities like these
disagree, you cannot blame the
public for being chary in the
premises; hut when from all
I"
to MmumI. “Wo win iw-
tarw ka aa hoar; watt thou bam*
Tbayflladout into Urn dark, irregular strosA
Fotstad than topam tiMoflkaof Dr. OwOd
that Concho mounted his
“It u os matte” eaid Utgnel.
Victor's role was more serious. He affected
tr. b* deeply touched, took the paper, folded!
It and placed it in his breast “I sliall make i
a good fool of Don Jose Castro,” be said; “he
will declare it la the governor’s own signo- ]
taro, fer be wae hie friend; bat have a core,
Carmen! that you spoil it not by the opening {
af your red Upa. When he ia fooled I will
tell him of tide marvel—this niece of mine, i
end he tiudl bay her pictures. Eh, littlej
oner end he gave her the avuncular carres,
L e., apat of tbo bend on either cheek and a|
Urn Miguel envied him, but cupidity out- 1
Cupid, and preeentiy the convert*-
until a convenient recollection
himself end comrade wei
del Toro* 4 10 o’clock
t tho opportunity to retire,
without a chance shot ft
hurst, gambler.
But for once the Great Master of Avarice |
bad not taken into sufficient account the av- j
arice of others, and was suddenly and virtu-;
ou-ly shocked to learn tliat un application for ]
a patent for certain lands, known as tin* “Bed-
Rock Rancho," was about to be offered bo- j
fore the United States land commission. I
This claim covered his mining property. But j
the information came quietly aud secretly, os ]
all of the Great Master’s information was ob-'
tallied, aud be took tbo opportunity to sell oat
his clouded title and his proprietorship to '
the only remaining member of the original {
“Blue Km, axapnny,' a young follow of pub, gj^gg a subject is showered with
before raosy-tonpied rumor had voiced the univf , rBal commendation, it is
news far and wide. Tl>* blow was a heavy . . . , , * •
one to the pertv left in potion. s ;i .Tai*i I becoming m you to be of a sinii
: by tbo enomme- debts ami czpensm,-of the l«r mind. It would require col-1
Grout Capitalist, with»credit nmnev injured limns to merely note the many
by the (Weciiou of tin. lucky magnate, who j eminent sources from whence.
1 was admired for his skin hi anticipating a! have come praises of Dr. West-,
j loos, and whowroUnquishment ot nny project moreland’s Calisaya Tonic.
meant rain to it, the single bandied, impover- popularity is phenomenal. Mr
I isbed possessor of the mmc, whose title was j 5, u. ,,e .
Contested and whose reputation was yet to .* £ S ’ BuckhaUer, of Augusta,
1 made—poor Biggs, first secretary and only ; t\l6 Tonic a rart* antl-
remaiuing officer of the “Blue Mass com- periodic aud an GradlCator OI
pany,” looked ruefully over his books and malarial poison from the SyS-
bi.< inst transfer, and sighed. Bui I have be- tem. He is pleased to reCOm-
fore intimated tliat lie was built of good stuff mend it to his friends. It is for
and that he believed in his work—whk-h was ga ] e a (, J) r . Boyd’S drug Store.
II 1 J.. 1. ! f wrrKS.-sV. ^ ’
THE
BEST
LIVER
MEDICINE
CHILL CURE.
CHEAPEST MEDICINE KNOWM
CONSIDERING QUALITY AND SIZE OF DOSE.
IT WILJL A.3JSO OXJItK
BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA,
AND CHRONIC CONSTIPATION.
W. J. GARNER, M.D.
s. c.
DRUGGIST.
Darlington,
$300(1:
A * »’. AH! I undertuk* to briefly
racii uny lainy iii(ei)i«tent P'roon of either
u*x, ttbocsn read and write, and who.
Inner luatrmtion, will work induetrioualv,
- _ _ _ how to earn Three Thouaund Dollar* ’a
Ttfi **» r lnrheirown localilies,wherever they liee.l will alac fiirmeh
* *- 0 | the situation or eniployinent^t which you ran earn that t 'nount.
No money for me utiles* aticeeaafttl aa above. Knsilv aud auk-kiy
I
well—and in himself, which was Ixdter; and
so, having faith even as a grain of mustard
seed, I doubt not that he would have been
able to remove that mountain of quicksilver
beyond tho overlapping of fraudulent grants.
And, again, Providence—having disposed of
these several scamps—raised np to him a
friend. But that friend Is of sufficient im
portance to this veracious history to d<wr
a paragraph to himself.
Tlie Pyladcs of this Orestes wss known . t ■
ordinary mortals os Royal Thatcher. His
genealogy, birth and education are, I take it,
of Mttle account to this chronicle, which is
only concerned with his friendship for Biggs 1
and the result thereof. He bad known Biggs |
• year or two previously; they had shared |
Wliea Baby waa tick, we gave her Caatorio.
When ahe waa a Child, she cried for Castor la.
When ah* became Mias, she clung to Castorta.
When ahe hod Children, she gave them CaMcrla
I.ADIBfl
Needing atonic, or children who want t
Jpg up, rbould take
imoWN’atHO* BITT
B l» pteawti to take, rare* Malaria, !
flaMoa, Hluounma and Liver c
rv for nioutilrss sueteMfttl ggabove. Kindly •uri
learned. I dyaire but wte worker from each district or county.
have already taught and provided with employment« large
number, wl.-wgre making over tSOOO a year each. It a IN K TV
•nd HO Is I O. Full particular* Fit EK. Ail, I re is at one*.
ALrLJbX, Uok 4VO t Augusta, Maine
Snuff little fhrtunea have been made at
work for us, by Anna Paffe, Auatln.
A Texas, and Jno. Honn, Toledo, Ohio.
" « cut. Other* arech-ingaa well. Why
t you? Some earn over tiOO.ta a
imtli. You ran do the work and live
t home, wherever you are. Evan be-
ionrr# are raallr earning from 94 to
ilOaday. All affea. We show you how
and start you. Can work In spare time
or all the time. Big money for work-
era. Failure unknown among them.
NEW and wonderfei. Fartlrulara free,
flullettar Cm.eUuM HnO Fort!aftel,M*ia«
V604)0. M a year la being made by John R.
Good win,Troy,N.V.,at work for ua. Header
l you may not make aa much, but we can
I taach you quickly how to earn from 64 to
ff C1U a day at the atart, and more aa you go
loo. Both aexes, all agea. In aay port of
oerica, you can com men re at home, giv-
g all your t lmr,„r spore momenta only to
e work. All i# new. Great pay M H* for
every worker. Wa start you, fora taking
everything EASILY, M EKDILY learned.
rAllrii l LAKH FREE. Addrasi at oaca,
„ STIhBOB A ttl.^FVBTLAIB, BAlSlT
irKYWHneofwmfc,
' tboee nf
Train on C A D R R conit
once with No 23 Traiu
els at Fior
GOING NORTH.
No, 78, Dat'y.
Leave Charleston
•1 20 a m
\rrive Lanes
8 00a »
Leave Lanes
3 00 a m
Leave Kiugstree
8 17 a m
Arrive Florence
4 20 a m
No. 14.
Leave Cnarletlon
•4 30 p m
Arrive Lanes
6 29 p tn
Leave Lanes
6 29 p m
Leave Kingstree
6 40 p m
arrive Florence
7 65 pm
No. 62. Daily.
Leave Charleston
•7 00 a m
Arrive Lanes
8 27 am
* Daily, f Daily exerpt Sun
Nos 62 runs through
via Central il R of 8 C.
to Columbia
Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to
Wilmington,
N. C., making olose connection with W. A
W R R for all points north.
1. R. KENLY, J F
Dtvisa,
Supt. Trans.
Gcn’l Snp’t.
t. M. Emerson, Gen’l Pass. Agt.
limiUTON CfLEIMA AM ACStSTA RAILK
May 1, 1890.
GOING SOUTH
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington
•6 15 p m
Leave Marion
9 33 p in
Arrive Florence
10 20 a m
No. 60.
Leave Florence
3.20 a u
Arrive Sumter
4. '6 a a
Leave Sumier
4 35 a tn
Arrive Columbia
6. 16 a in
No. 27
Leave Wilmington
•IC.10 n m
Leave Marion
12.40 p m
Arrive Florence
1 20 a m
No 62
Leave Sumter
f f ' 45 a m
Arrive Columbia
10 56 p to
No 68
Leave Florence
|8 25 a in
Irrive Sumter
9 86 a m
No 62 runs through from Charleston via
Oenlral R K.
Leaving Lanes 8 30 A M.,
A M.
Manning 9 10
Train on C A D R R connects at Flcrenca
with No 63.
GOING NORTH
No 61.
oeave Columbia.
*10 85 p n
Arrive Sumter
11 68 p is
Leave Sumter
11 5* p m
Arrive Florence
116am
No. 78.
Leave Florence,
4 36 a m
Leave Marion
6 20 a m
Arrive at Wilmington,
No. 69
8 35 a a
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
ffl 37 p m
7 60 p is
No. 63,
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter
•5 20 p a
C 32 p ts
Na 14
Leave Florence
Leave Marion
•8 15 p ie
8 65 p m
Arrivr *1 Wilmington
11 45 p tu
MONEY
]■ fc»L
year op*re
entirely
hing. Wa atartyou^Noi sk. T
>t«. c* ad your time to the worl
’ lead,and brings’
Beginners are earning from
and more after a little mu
.wonderful.;
•SS to $461
_ . Bi to f 46 per week and apwarda,
ani more after a little agnorieaoa. We eau fomlsh you the am-
•Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
Nc 63 tuna through it Charleston, via
tentral R R, arriving Manning? 04 I* I.
Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 30 1* M.
No 69 conueete at Fiareaoe with CAB
'rain for Cheraw and Wadasbwo’.
Nos 78 ami 14 make close connection at
'Vilmington with WAV/ HR for all point,
torth.
Train on Florens* R. K. leave Pee Dr*
iaily except Sunday 4.40 P. M„ strive
Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning leave
Rowlo-d 6.80 A. M., arrive Pre D«c 8.60
A.M.
Train Ou Manchester A Augusta R. R
Inatea Sumter daily except Sunday. 10
). M , arrive Rimiui 12.01 P M R'-
turning leavt Rimini 12 16PM, ar
rive Sumter 1.80 P, M.
JOHN F. DI)
J. R. KENLEY, Asst (
T. U. EMMERY