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CHAPTEB L
"Superb'. I don't know when I have
seen finer Tom, really!*'
••Ah!' said Tom complacently han
dling his left whisker "And.** he added,
after a moment or two—"and thereby
hangs a taler
It was after dinner—after one of Tom
Oamsbomiigh's sung inimitable little
dinners, only we three—Tom, his wife
and myself, and a conple of negro at
lendants. as well trained and leas over
[towering than the best of the native
English stock; and that charming dining
room, jnst big enough, jnst cool enough
soft carpeted, clear walled, and the
eteady. white radiance of the Argand
burners descending npon the damask
tablecloth, crowned with Traits and
(lowers, amt an agreeable shadow over
the rest of the room, so that those sable
servitors conld perforin their noiseless
evolutions unseen, and a |«rvading
sense of nncouscions good breeding and
unobtrusive wealth, and—hut I will not
apeak of the china, i will not descant
upon Tom's wines I don't wish to make
“And thereby Knnqt a tale ”
other people envious. Only it was all
inexpressibly good from fascinating
Mrs. (tainsborough ami her diamonds
down
I felt a peculiar interest in Mrs
Gainsborough because in addition to
oer other attractions, she was a country
woman of mine- that is to say an
American She wasa brunette, slender
graceful with a weird expression of the
•yen under straight, black eyebrows, an
expreesion which somehow suggested
uieeinensin or perhaps a liability on
Der part to be mesmerized, faultless
tnroat and shoulders and hands and
yrnrta that she could talk with almost
Where had Tom found ber'r i never had
thought of asking him, she wasa Vir
gimau very likely—an "K K V.'*-and
they nail doubtless met upon the Conti
netiL Thu was the first occasion on
wnich I bad seen her in her diamonds,
f udetsl Tom and she had only been mar
ned s year or two. and had been settled
in that btjon residence of theirs scarcely
six months, and this was but my third
pr fourth dinner there. Well, her dia
moods became her. and she them, they
somehow matched tiiat weird light in
her eyes, and I told Tom as much when
after dinner, she withdrew and left ns
over our wine
-And thereby hangs a tale.’* repeated
he. thoughtfully reaching his hand to
ward the decanter and filling my glass
and nu own
>ow it seemed to me entirely in uc
eordande with young Mrs Oainabor
ongh's •style*' that there ihonld have
been something odd and romantic m the
circumstances of her first acquaintance
with Tom. and that diamonds should he
mixed np with it. Therefore I was more
than willing to give ear to the strange
story which tie proceeded to relate to
aie. imagine tlie servants dismissed, a
fresh Ininp of coal in the grate, the <1#
cantei between na and onr legs and el
bows disposed in the most comfortable
manner possible Then this is the story
CHAPTEB IL
"Thtte are all Imlln n nUmei," uxit Olrch
uuirt'e It rut remark.
The diamonds, you mnst know, have
been ever eo long in our family. It i»
eaid they were brought from India in
the time of Marco Polo by an ancestor
of mine. But that is neither here nor
there, and enre enough, they were only
put into their preeent shape quite re
cently I can remember when half of
taem were unent, or cut in some bar
barons, oriental manner, picturesque
enough but not fashionable. And some
were mounted as nose rings, some as
clasps some in the hilts of daggers and
in all sorts of other ways When I was
a child i was aometiinea allowed to play
with tome ol the loose onee as a treat,
until at last I contrived to lone one of
the biggest You may not believe it
hut the governor actually horsed me
and gave me a birching, and the dia
monds were locked up from that day
It was only a few years ago that my
dear mother now no more, got them
eat and insisted upon their being made
up into a regular set by some skillful
jeweler
We were thinking of going to Rome
at the Brae to epeud aix or eight months
and the first idoi was to give the job to
Castellan! But then it appeared that
my mother had gut tier eye fixed upon t
certain man in Paris wtio she had l>ee!»
told was the first lapidary in Europe
He and none nut hie. should set out
diamonds Yon know ray mother gon
erally had her way. and she had it in
this case. The fellow certainly did nn
del stand his bnainess his work was
well done as you may have noticed this
evening A queer pale nervous tittle
chap be was not a Frenchman at all
hot a Saxon, bora in Dresden, I bailsv*,
Tillage to that oatohboehand
ntimnte. Yon
. Ibadnaed to attend
U> this dtaai.alU business and in r emain
in Paris mint U was doue I was to !
walcli it through all its stages, and be i
sure that |n)' iiiotlier'a directions regard
ing the style ol tile setting were hccii
rately foil,iwtil When all was finished
I was to pay (tie lull ami bring the dia-
nlotnls ou to Rome where the family
Wonhl ny that tune IwesUldishsil. Well,
i was a young fellow, just feeling my
onts and pmhnlily I was not much cast
down at the priMjiect of s|>euding a
mouth or t wo alone ni Puna, as yon might
suppose But I don lit whether I should
Have atteudist to my ostensible business
so faithfully as I actually did had I not
been so greatly taken with my little
rnend Rudolph He and I "twigged*
one another as laiys say from the first
I used to ait and watch min work for
hours at a tune and as he worked he
would talk and very queer captivating
talk a good deal of it was He was a
thorough artist and enthusiast, and
seemed to care for nothing outside of
his profession tie did not appear to me
to he in the way of making mnch moiwA
ami it occurred to me that it might be
acceptable were l. in an unobtrusive
way. to introduce him to some wealthy
customers I knew few people in Paris,
but there was a Mr Birchmore, an
American gentleman, staying at my
hotel, with whom I hail foregathered
over a cup of coffee and a cigar once or
twice; he was a handsome, middle aged
man. with an atmosphere of refined af
fiueiice ahum him such aa would have
befitted a duke. Not a bit like your tra
ditional Yankee, in fact. I'm not sure
that I should have suspected him if I
hadn't seen his address—“Fifth avenue,
New York city, U. 8. A."—in the hotel
register about a week after my arrival
He was an agreeable man enough,
though not at all the sort to take liber
ties with, however, I made np my mind
that I wonld get him to Rudolph's on
the first pretext that offered.
Well. I bail an excellent pretext be
fore long Mr Birchmore came into
the cafe one afternoon, with rather an
annoyed look and made some inquiries
of the waiter Francois rained his eye
brows and shrugged Ids shoulders; there
was some further conference, and then
be and Mr Birchmore began searching
about the Hoor of the room. It presently
transpired that he had lost a diamond
out of bis ring, which bad contained
three matched brilliants, it was no
where to be found.
“1 don't mind the loss of the stone it
self,’* said Mr. Birchmore at last, sitting
down near my table; 'but it’s one of a
set matched with great ditlicnlty, and
I’m afraid I may never replace if
Here was my opportunity I set forth
the wisdom, skill and resources of my
little Saxon friend in glowing colors,
mentioned the work he was doing for
me. and declared that if any man in
Europe conld help Mr. Birchmore to re
pair his loss. Bndolph was he. Mr
Birchmore at first paid little heed to my
representations, bnt finally I induced
him to accompany me to the I intin
quarter, and at least make the attempt.
The next morning, accordingly, we set
forth and as we sauntered along the
wide, pleasant boulevards our conver
sation became more free and affable
than it hail been hitherto I found my
companion could be exceedingly enter
taining when he chose it. and had a vast
fund of exjierience and adventure to
draw upon. He hail been almost every
where; he had made himself familiar
with all varieties of civilized and un
civilized men. as a mutter of course, too
be was a versatile linguist.
The only direction in which he gave
any evidence of comparative deficiency
was in that of literature a and the fine
arts His life had been essentially an
active one, he cared little for Tennyson
and Swinburne, for Matthew Arnold
and Carlyle He had. however, read and
appreciated "Macbeth." and some other
of Shakespeare s plays, and he was well
acquainted with several of the romances
of "Unabashed Defoe." I did not dis
cover all this in the coarse of that one
stroll over to the Latin quarter, bnt il
leaked ont during onr snbseqnent ac
qnaintanre, winch was destined to be
come more intimate and prolonged than
I had any idea of then As I have inti
mated. Mr. Birchmore was quite frank
and open in his talk except npon one
topic—himself
Of his inner life and circnmstances I
conld learn nothing Though he never
was obtusely reticent, yet he con
trived never to refer to his own private
affaire, i could not satisfy myself
whether he were married or single
whether he were a Catholic or atheist—
hardly whether he were rich or poor
Some shallow of grief. Some incubus of
fear or calamity seemed to overwhelm
him and impose silence The most 1
could do was to draw inferences, and
my inference was that he was a bach
elor, a millionaire, a skeptic and a man
who at some period of bis life hail com
mitted. either delilieratoly or by force
of circumstance*, a terrible crime! You
will see presently how far my estimate
was from the truth, or how near to it
However, l am anticipating, as it is
We arrived iu due time at Rudolph's
I’t.tle shop and I introduced him to
Birchmore. I had previously told the
latter about my diamonds and now I
jnade Rudolph produce them The man
of the world examined the gems with
evident interest and with a knowled -e
of their value and qnalities which sur
prised me and caused the |itt|e jeweler
to eye my friend with a keenness that I
took to indicate iealomjv
" i nose are ell Hnltan stones, was
Birchmore’s first remark. "There is not
aa American among them—or, stay I
What is this? neither an American nor an
Indian! An African, I declare, and one
of the finest 1 have seen!"
••Der Herr hat Recht!** mattered Rn
dolph. with a glance at me. "Er verstebt
jaalles."
"Yon know German? He says what
yon don't knoy about diamonds isn't
worth knowing.'’ I pnt to Birchmore
nodded with a half smile
"! ought fu Inure something abo*t
precious stones,” he said. “1 spent three
years in a diamond miae for one thing."
He seemed on the point of. saying more,
bnt checked himself, and went on surnti-
niziug the stones, most of which were
already in their new setting “A costly
parare. that." he remarked at length
“It wouldn't sell for » penny under
thirty thousand pounds.”
"Five hundred and eighty-five thou
sand francs, with the setting," replied
Rudolph, to whom the words had been
addressed. *Monsiunr's estimate would
have been correct bnt that this stone
here is a little off color and this one has
a slight flaw, which is now iu part oon
coaled by the settimr."
••Von travel anderprojierprecautions
I trust?* said Birchmore after a pause,
turning gravely to me. "I know the
confidence ym yonng fellows have in
your courage and cleverness, bnt a dozen
or a scon* of thieves might conspire to
gether for such a prize as this, and
against their skill and address no singls
man wonld stand a chance Ah! I know
something ol it. I w ai robbed once."
"Do tell me about it." I exclaimed
with an impulsive betrayal of interest
that made in'- smile the next moment.
"Another rime." said he, shaking his
; and presently ha added, "Yon will
“Mr dear sir, I am mm
roo. My idea is that the
cautions are the beat I shall carry the
stones in an inner pocket and 1 shall go
armed No one will snspert me. and If
I am attacked I shall make a good de- *hat a great mine of some kind had ex
yxm coma wa*M through all day tong! arerayz saio to nave been found merely I
and aot reach the ead. | by accident by men who were either '
“A number of old timers have visited hunting or prospecting for ledges, about'
it, aad, judging from the vast work the only two occupations which will
done there so long ago, they conclnded make unscientific men climb the monn
fensa at all r ’ents.
Mr. BmHuuore said nothing more, and |
indeed seeurad scarcely to listen to my j
remarks. 1 now suggested to him that |
be might show Rudolph his ring. He 1
pnt his band to his waistcoat pocket and
gave a half suppressed ejaculation of dis-
ippointment and annoyance He hail
left the ring at home!
“No matter, I will call tomorrow,
Herr Rudolph," he observed "Fve no 1
doubt I shall find what I want here, if
anywhere. Hoist morning—that ia. if '
yon are ready. Mr. Uainsborongh? By '
the way. Rudolph, I suppose yon put '
your treasures in a safe at night?"
"Oh, by all means, Herr," replied the
little Saxon. "Ami I have a watchman
also, who guards all.night lone.'
'A pruueui leilow; yes, Cuat will do,"
murmured Mr. Birchmore in an unde,
tone to himself. Then, with a parting
nod and smile, to which the jeweler did
not respond, he sauntered out, I follow
ing him. We walked back to the hotel
I did not see him again until after din
ner, when he offered me a cigar, and
when we had smoked together awhile in
silence be said abruptly;
“I've fonnd that stone."
1 looked at bim inquiringly.
"The diamond ont of my ring. In my
trousers pocket, of all places in the world!
Fell ont while I was groping for my
keys. I suppose. Sorry to have raised
false hopes in yonr friend Rndolph. By
the way, he’li have finished that job of
yours before very long."
“In about a week, i fancy. 1 shall be
sorry to leave Faria.”
“Yea? Well, it is a nice place; but
one gets tired of the nicest places in
time. Ido I like to be tnnvtnir."
"1 shall have a month to spend on my
way to Rome. This is almost my first
experience of the Continent. I wish I
hod some traveling companion who
knew the ropes.” This hint I let fall in
the hope that be might propose to join
me, bnt as he made no rejoinder 1 at
length ventured to put it more plainly
1 gave a rough sketcli of the rente I pro
poned to follow, asked his opinion upon
it and finally said tiiat should his in
clination lead him also in that direction
i should be very glad of his company.
"Well, sir, I’m obliged to yon,” re
plied Mr. Birchmore after a pause of
some moments. “You couldn’t pay a
man a better compliment than to ask
him to travel with yon; and I would ac
cept your offer as frankly and fearlessly
as you make it, only—well, the fact is,
I'm not so entirely at my own disposal
as I may appear to you to be. I have
been through a good many experiences
in life, and some of the consequences are
upon me still. W hen yon have reached
my age—if yon ever do reach it—yon
will understand me better. 1 suppose 1
may be fifteen years your senior; well,
fifteen years means a good deal—a good
deal." He pnffed a meditative cloud or
two and then added, “Yon're not hurt?
Yon see bow it is? 1 wonld really like
to accompany yon—but 1 can’t"
Of course 1 warmly disavowed ail re
sentment, and felt inwardly ashamed of
having forced him, by the freedom of
my advances, into making this explana
tion. Meanwhile, 1 could not help iik
ing him better than ever and feeling
mure than ever interested, not to say
curious, about him. It was now certain
that some mystery or other attached to
him. I cast covert glances at him in
the vain attempt to read something of
his secret through his outward aspect
But be was inscrutable, or rather there
was nothing especially noticeable in
him. His face, as I have said, was
handsome in its contours, he wore a
heavy mustache and a short, pointed
beard on his chin His forehead waj
wide across the temples, bnt low, and
dark brown hair, rather stiff, and
streaked here and there with gray, grew
thickly over his head. His hands were
large and hairy np to the second joints
of the fingers, but they were finely and
powerfully formed and the fingers tu
tiered beautifully, with nails smoothly
cut and polished.
In figure he was above the medium
size and appeared strongly built, though
he had complained to me more than
once of rheumatism or some other Imdily
failing In walking he took rathei
short steps for a tall man and without
any swaying of the shoulders, his bauds
being generally thrust in the side pock
ets of his coat and his face inclined to
ward the ground But his eyes—large
bright and restless- were his most re-
markable feature. They appeared to
take note of everything; t hey were sel
dom fixed and never introspective
Compared with the general immobility
of the rest of Ids countenance, these eyes
of Mr. Birchmore seemed to have a'life
of their own. and a very intense amt
watchful one.
Whenever they met mine hilly (which
was but seldom, and then only for a mo
ment at a time) I was conscious of u
kind of start or thrill, as if a fine spray
of icy water had swept my face. Wbal
had those eyes looked upon, or wbal
was it that lurked behind them?
"We may ran across each other again
—hope we may," said Mr Birchmore
when I shook hands with him at parting
a few days later. "Glad to have me I
you, Mr. Uainsborongh—very glad, sir."
"Thanks; I am glad to have met yon
Your acquaintance lias profited rue not
a little."
"Oh. as to that,” said Mr. Birchmore.
wfth a smile and one of those startling
straightforward glances into my eyes-
'gs to that the profit will have been
mutual, to say the least of it- Good by!'
fro HE OONTINUEb.J
iste<l there, which had likely been work
ed out Many times has it been located,
and though iu walls, roof and floor we.e
carefully scanned nod sampled, the re-
suit, while showing 1 .me gold, was dis
couraging, assays showing from a trace
np to several dollars per ton.
"Many yearn ago I talked with an old
Papago Indian, with whom I was on
very friendly terms, having often ex
tended him little favors, about the gold
and silver mines. In a burst of confi
dence he told me that a great many
years ago, when he was n very small
boy, die Indians at San Navier del Buc
made weekly trips to a very rich gold
mine. On Saturday night they returned
with the products of -heir toil. The
priest in charge of the mission kept a
small table in front of the altar, covered
with a white cloth, upon which the
pious toilers placed their metallic offer
ings to the church.
"This table was often covered with
golden nuggets, varying in size from a
pea to one's fist, and it was a rich sight.
After the usual service the priest would
descend, and as he picked up each
precious piece he would proclaim the
tains. It can only I* seen from the np- t
per end after the morning mists in the
valley have cleared away. Then, as (me
stands on the ragged peaks and looks
down, he sees the great ledge spanning
the valley below him, the virgin metal
glittering iu the sunlight, and lie knows
that he has before him the place of
which he lias heard so much and dreamed
•o often.—Interview in Washington Star.
When the Breeze Dies Out
Take to the Oars)
Anioriran IVrfumeft.
“It does not follow nowadays," said
the druggist, “that because a toilet per
fume is made in France it is superior iu
quality to one of American preparation.
Such was formerly the case, but the art
of making fine perfumee has been car
ried to such perfection of late years in
our own country that not more than one
eighth as much of the French prepara
tions is sold in the United States today
as was sold a few years ago. Nearly
|8,000,000 worth of home distilled jier-
fumes are made in New York alone ev
ery year. Chicago manufacturers put
one-half as much on the market, and
there are extensive perfumery manufac
tories in Boston, Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco, St. Louis and other large places,
name of the donor and afterward would —New York Evening Sun.
call them forward to receive the special
ANOTHER LOST BONANZA.
■M for presuming
Plenty of Evidence In Arlvonn to Show
Where Gold Woe Ooee Found.
The legends of lost mines of fabulous
wealth in Pima county are almost
numberless, and it might be truth
fully added, generally mythical. The
old timers can tell of them by the hour,
gnd a few persons have been shown
glittering evidences in confirmation of
the wonderful tales reluctantly recited
with superstitions dread of the conse
quences of their perfidy by almost An-
perannnated Indians and Mexicans.
That the precious metals were mined
ou a gigantic scale in the dim past the
many remaining evidences already dis
covered fully verify, yet the investiga
tion of those that chance has revealed
has seldom preyed financially specess
fnJ. Old arrastres covered with the de
cay of centuries, and crude smelting
furnaces that have almost returned to
the dusty destiny of all matter, speak of
industries once to active operation that
history and even aboriginal tradition
fail to mention.
Some of the traditions told sound like
fairy tales, and one, however skeptics!,
paunot but become deeply interested j
their recital. As a sample of the highly
plausible, well authenticated and ex
trembly seductive narrativea, one re-
lated by UUarlto O, Brown, of this city,
may be received with Interest.
"Speaking of old mines,” said Mr.
Brown, “1 have spent a good deal of
time and money in hnnting up clews,
and one mine was actually found, and
I can go to it any time. Out to tin
Silver Bell country 1 can take you to a
mountain to full of tunnals and shafts
that, if they wars to nod caadittoa.
blessing of heaven. On the following
Monday they would again take np their
march to a northwesterly direction for
the minoe, and for a very long time this
was repeated, until the priests were
driven out of the country, when they
abandoned mining entirely.
“The old Indian hail one time gone
with the miners, who followed a well
beaten trail toward the Silver Bell coun
try, and he saw them take out the gold.
He agreed to show me the place, and
out of curiosity I sent a man with him
one day. They went out to the old
mine I have spoken of in the Silver Bell
country, and when they reached a cer
tain gnlch the Indian [minted to the top
of the mountain and said he would find
a shaft there, covered with cat claw
bushes, out of which the most gold was
taken. The man fonnd everything just
as the old Indian told him, hut long dis
use had filled np the shaft until it was
nearly full.
“On returning, the old Indian conld
not be found. He had gone ahead and
was not met for several days. He then
said he did not dare to show the mine to
the white people, and protested that
he did not show it for fear the Great
Spirit would take his life. He said the
white man had found it, but he did not
show it.
“I visited the mine afterward, but
the work necessary to clean out the
shaft was too great and too expensive
to undertake, and it has never been
touched.”—Arizona Enterprise.
Moaern \\ itchcruft.
In divers villages in Pennsylvania,
some of them in the Dunkard settle
ments, are women who are supposed to
be witches. Some are shrewd enough
not to apply their pis for strangers, but
to those whom they know, as stated in a
newspaper article some years ago, they
will sell charms to ward off lightning
from buildings, dry up the wells of the
enemies of applicants, force cows to
give bloody milk, cause sickness iu the
family, destroy beauty, separate man
and wife and reunite estranged lovers.—
Dr. Buckley in Century.
Cheap Wrapping Paper.
Old newspapers, answering exceed
iugly well for the purpose of wrapping
paper, for sale at Thk DarUHGTOS
N K ws office at 20 cents a hundred.
TILLMAN-SHEPPARD.
When Business Lan
guishes, push it.
The best advertising
does not consist of wind
alone. It has Strength ^
and Power. It will pro- Cj
pel your craft into the^
harbor of prosperity, ^
against adverse tides and 1
over dangerous shoals.
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XXART8V1LLE RAILROAD.
In effect May 31, 1892.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville 5.55 a'in
Jovann fi.20 a in
Floyd's 7.10 a m
Darlington 9.00 a m
Palmetto 9.25 a m
Arrive Florence 9.50 a in
I-eave Florence 2.00 p in
Palmetto 2.15 p in
Darlington 2.85 p m
Floyd’s 8.25 p m
Jovann 3.45 p m
Arrrive Hartsville 4.05 p in
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Snpt.
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Remit by postoffice money order,
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other arrivals.
“Oh, I her your pardon," she exclaim
ed, “but. please, sir, I m the cook. Mr.
Barrett asked me to come and see hi.s
pictures."
“And I am very glad to see you,” re
turned Mr. Browning, with ready
courtesy. “Take my arm, and I will
show you round.”—Temple Bar.
named
a four
A Chin sue Girl's Fall.
On Nov. 28, 1880, a schoolgirl
Ng A Soo fell from the roof of
storied house, a distance of sixty or sev
enty feet. Her skull was fractured to
several places and the right parietal em
inence was deeply impressed. Enough
to kill anybody, one would say, or at the
best, to induce lifelong idiocyl Not a
bit of it! In exactly six weeks Ng A Soo
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Occasionally the English viper will
attempt to engulf too large an animal,
and Mr. Bell found one on Poole heath
the skin of whose neck had thus been
bursted in several places.
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A Mythical Story of an IUukIvo Valley
of Gold in KaMtern Arizona.
The story of the famous treasure of
the "Madre d’Oro" is an old one. It
comes from the Aztecs of Mexico. Some
where in southeastern Arizona there is
a small valley, about five miles long
and two miles wide, walled in by tower
ing mountains. The sides are so precip
itous that it is impossible to climb down
them, and there is only one entrance,
through a cave, which is carefully hid
den by Indians, who guard the treasure
for the second coming of Montezuma.
It is said that even among them'the
entrance is only known to the three most
aged men, and is never communicated
except when, on the death of one, it is
necessary to give the knowledge into
the keeping of another.
The valley itself, though surrounded
by inhospitable rocks, is a [wradise.
Watered by the stream which flows
through it, its soil is covered with flowers
aud_beautiful trees, through the branches
of which flit bright lined birds. The only
reptiles seen are the gold snakes, with
their glittering greenish yellow scales,
Blretfhing across the valley from one
side to the other is a ledge of pure gold,
Its masses of virgin metal gleaming and
glistening iu the sunlight. It is said to
be five feet, ten feet, fifty feet, 100 feet
wide. The gold lies in it in great reins
and nuggets, imbedded in clear quartz,
the sharp angles of which glitter in tho
sunlight like gigantic diamonds. Across
the ledge the stream flows, forming a
little waterfall, below which the nug
gets of gold can be seen in the water
And out, Gold jn the ledge, gold in the
scales of snakes, gold to the stream, gold
to the btod*—gold, gold, gold, gold—is
toe refrain of toe golden story,
The fearful precipices which surround
the place, the strange ceremonies and
horrid banquets which have served to
Jteep the secret safe, the tribe of Aztocs,
living only to preserve for their mys-
teriuus ruler this treasure house of na
ture, have all aided in giving to the
Itory its strange interest, Small won
der i» it that the pulse should quicken
and the eye grow bright as you hear the
tale from the lips of men who more than
half believe it. The lonely desert s.ir-
ronnding you, with the tall cacti look
ing like ghosts in the half moonlight;
the long drawn melancholy of the coy
ote’s howl, the prospector's fire of grease j _ ,
Vvood, the men with their rough cloth flir) TJni'iCpO
tog anfi quaint language, *1) vanish si 'Jlla ilJUijCu
you listen, tnd to imagination you are
transiKirted to the Wonderful valley in
which is the "Madre d'Oru,” the "Motli-
tt of Gold.”
Nor are they content to tell the story
as an Indian legend. They cite instances
of white men who have seen the place,
who have descended into the valley in
some way and returned with all the gold
they conld carry. The location of the
rpot is always to a dangerous Indian
country. I hare been told twice that it
^ras to thf Chircal)na mountains. It is
To
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correspondence? Well, most cer
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Plain and ornamental—in fact, ev
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We guarantee satisfaction, lirst-
class work and low prices.
Practice what you preach and pat
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When you want anything printed
come around to see us about it.
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/■CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES K. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect March 2, 1892.
NORTH. SOUTH.
1 2
P. M. A M.
5.05 Charleston 11.05
Pregnall’i 9.50
Sumter 7.35
Lamar (i.35
Syracuse 6.20
Darlington 6.04
Mont Clare 5 48
Robin’s Neck 5.36
Mandeville 5.21
Benuettsville 5.07
6.35
8 50
9.48
10.4
10.21
10 38
10.51
11.06
11.20
P. M. A. M.
Trains 1 and 2 have through cars
between Charleston and Fayetteville.
All trains daily except Sunday.
J. H. A YE K11.1,, General Manager.
C.
A D. and C. & 8. RAILROADS.
In effect May 81,1892.
Leave Wades boro
... 4.10 a ut
Bennett’s
Morven’s
McFarland
5 27 a iu
Cheraw
... 6.05 a m
Cash's
Society Hill
Dove's
.... 6.50 a m
Darlington
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
I/eave Florence
Palmetto
Darlington -
- 9.23 p in
Floyd's
... 9.33 p in
Dove’s
Society Hill
Cash's
Cheraw
McFarland
Morven's
i Bennett’s
... 11.34 p m
I Arrive Wadesboro
Freight Train
Leave Florence
7.45 a in
Arrive Darlington.
I,eave Darlington
; Arrive Florence
... 5.00 [i m
A. F. RAVENEL,
President.
N'
Speaking of Stimulants.
In the Summer Season trade lan
guishes and business is at a low
ebb. What think you of the mer
chant who says "Let Her Languish”
closes up his store and repairs to
the seaside? Such a course would
be suicidal. It is an act of equal
folly to sit idly by, bewailing the
hard times and awaiting the return
of prosperity. More (lies than cus
tomers will enter that man’s doors.
When business lags, apply the
spur. Advertising is the great
trade stimulator.
HENRY OLIVER
OFFICE AND SALESROOMS
10 and 12 Ilayne Street,
Cheerfully
S. 0
Fur-
AiVlUl
GREENVILLK, S. C.
The next oegelon will begin on Sep
tember, 28th. 1892, with a full corps of
professors and instructors. There are
several courses leading to degrees. In
struction thorough. Expenses moder
ate. For further Information apply to
DR. C. MANLY, or to
PROF. H. T. COOK.
July 14—3t
Fin Ime!
Now is tho time to insure your
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I am prepared tu place them in
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C 9
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For the Counties of Darlington,
Sumter and Marion.
Prompt personal attention
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June 9—lyr
The Best is the Cheapest.
The "Domestic” Sewing Machine I in
provements for 1891.
ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect May 31, 1892.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 27.
Leave Florence 1.35 a m
Kiugetree
Lanes 2.50 a m
Arrive Charleston 5.00 a m
No. 28.
Leave Florence 8.05 a m
Kingstree 9.80 am
Lanes 9.55 a in
Arrive Charleston 11.59 a m
No. 53.
Leave Lanes 8.45 p m
Arrive Charleston 10.20 p iu
Train on C. A D. R. R. conn.vts ut
Florence witli No. 23 Train.
NORTH HOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston 1.20 a m
Lanes 8.25 am
Kingstree 8.43 a m
Arrive Florence 4.45 a in
No. 14.
Leave Charleston 5.10 pm
Lanes 7.05 p m
Kingstree 7.24 p m
Arrive Florence 8.30 p iu
No. 52.
Leave Charleston 0.50 a m
Arrive Lanes 8.27 a m
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central K. H. of S. C.
Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilming
ton, N. C., making close connection
with W. A W. K. R. for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
vv
1LMINGTON, COLUMBIA A
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect March 27, 1892.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington 6 25 p in
Marion 9.35 p in
Arrive Florence 10.25 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 3.20 a m
Sumter 4.35 a iu
Arrive Columbia 6.15 a iu
No. 27.
Leave Wilmhigton 10.10 p m
Mariou 12.40 a m
I Arrive Florence 1.20 a w
No. 52.
^ Leave Sumter 9.48 a iu
I Arrive Columbia 10.55 a m
No. 58.
j Leave Florence 7.57 a in
Sumter 9 20 a in
' Aarrive Columbia
No. 52 runs through from Charles-
j ton via Central Railroad; leaving
| Lanes 8.32 a m, Manning 9 09 a m.
Train on C. and D. Railroad con-
I nects at Florence with No. 58.
NORTH BOUND.
Two machines in one; chain stitch;
lock stitch; “Domestic” looper. Ask
the agent to show it to you. You
will see its great value at onee.
Thk Wondkr of thk Agk! First
in the field witli new ideas; high arm;
bent wood woik; convertible stitch
sewing machine.
The "DOMESTIC" can be seen at
the store of McCall A Burch, or at the
residence of J. G. McCall.
Mrs. J. G. McCall,
Agent for Darlington County
A Fountain of Health!
Nature’s own remedy for the relief of
the sick and suffering.
Ill
L
Mi
SPRINGS,
CLEVELAND COUNTY, N. C.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia
Sumter
Arrive Florence
No. 78.
Leave Florence
5.00 a m
Marion
Arrive Wilmington
8.55 a m
No. 59.
Sumter
Arrive Florence
8.40 p in
No. 58.
Leave Columbia
6.00 p in
Arrive Sumter
7.25 p in
No. 14.
Leave Florence
Marion
9.35 p m
Arrive Wilmington
No. 53 runs through to charleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 8.00 p in. Lanes 8.40 p m,
charleston 10.30 a m.
No. 59 connects at Florence with c.
A D. train Irom cheraw and Wades
boro.
Nos. 78 and 14 make close connec
tion at Wilmington with W. A W.
Railroad for all points North.
Trains on Florence Railroad leave
Pee Dee daily except Sunday 8 35 a
ifi, arrive Rowland 11.40 a m. Return
ing leave Rowland 12.16 pm, arrive
Pee Dee 4.00 p in.
Trains on Manchester A Augusta
Railroad leave Sumter daily except
Sunday 10 50 a m, arrive Rimini 1159
a m. Returning leave Rimin' 12.30p.
in, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen Supt-
Attention Mechanics!
Ail persons in need of babbitt metal
can purehase it cheap at THK Dar
LINMTON Nkws office.
June 12. ’90-tf
For Sale
The place on which O. B. DuBose
resided, five miles from Darlington on
the road to Lamar and containing 215
acres. Apply to O. B. DuBUSE or
BOYD A BROWN.
Febuary 4—6m.
The most wonderful health-giving
waters in the country.
A large and commodious hotel with |
all modern conveniences.
A telegraph office is located in the
building, and the railroad station is
but two miles off.
Always a popular resort with the
people of Darlington, the proprietor,
who lias made every effort to render
the season of 1892 particularly attrac
tive, solicits a continuance of their
patronage.
For circulars containing all farther
information, address,
J. B. WILKINSON, Shelby, N. G.
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