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(pPYRidr.iega,** j paiPPiikorfvMPMJV a>Jp pUbushcp sy spicial AAAMJOEHeitr wit>4 YtUifc CHAPTER XII. hoofs, th« whole troop went hounding ewey to the west without a living soul to Interpose between them and the bald, rolling height! at the far horiaoo, miles and miles away. | “Go it, pony! Pm glad to eee a red skin done for oncer was -dorse's jubi lant shout And then, suddenly and sharp, “Good God! What a that. Lieu tenant? Look!" Not six hundred yards away, now, the little band of ponies, following their spirited leader, had suddenly halted at the very edge of some dip or sink in the prairie that lay to the sont least of the snowy rift in which the t: oopers were cronching. still hidden, they and their horses, from the sharp eyes of the chas ing Indians. Then as suddenly, tossing high their scraggy manes, as though with one accord, the nimble brutes whirled to the sonth, their leader in dulging in a hue flourish of heels as he sped away. And now Morse lay against the bank pointing eagerly to a couple of black objects startlingly outlined on the glistening white of the snow, two ob jects that came plunging np from the invisible depths of the hollow, strug gling breast deep in the drifts, and at last reached the edge of the prairie, and. followed instantly by another couple, with out- balf *»y sp Um opposite slope, keeping well under the erect and just at the edge of the deep drifts to their right Fifty— sixty yards they made their rapid way, and then aronnd a little bend and among great heaps and wounds of glistening, shimmering white there rose an odd- completely protect* them against true shaped heap, only a trifle higher than choleraic virus when introduced into the b )L Paste'-,: really abont to try ax- periments In cuolera on human beings? It looks very like it. He has told the correspondent that he lias tried * ‘choleraic SHILOH’S CATARRH REM EDY. A marvelous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth, and Headache. With each bottle there is an ingenious "Aim ucll, nun, but fire lively.” Before quitting the ambulance and its precious freight Ellis had made such ex amination of the neighborhood as was possible in the thick darkness, and dis covered that they were close to the edge of a narrow, winding ravine with ab ruptly sloping tmuks, and it was in here that those sagacious mules had sought shelter from the force of the blast. The ambulance was standing on a veritable ridge, exposed to the full fury of the gale, the slope to the rapid running Wolf just in f:out, the ravine to the right rear-. Shouting to the ladies to fear nothing, he had no difficulty, when aided by the driver, in starting the wheels, and the instant the vehicle was partially turned into the track of the storm it was blown backward down into the soft bed of snow, already thick and deep. Here, under the lee of the banks, the stout wagon was comparatively shel tered, for the top of the canvas cover was j ust a trifle below the general level of the prairie. The mules, startled from their fancied security by the rattle of wheels and canvas as the ambulance was rnn down the slojie into their midst, seized with one of their unaccountable panics tore blindly away up the farther bank and out upon the storm swept level beyond. Then in the whirling cloud of snow Ellis bad remounted, shouted again a few encouraging words to the ladies within, assuring them he and his sturdy troop horse would have no difficulty in reaching camp and bringing aid, urging them meantime to keep snugly bundled in their robes, and with Mrs. Berrien’s brave voice and cheery “G'xl speed you, 1 sergeant 1” ringing in his cars, he rode gallantly away, forded the shallow stream at the mouth of the coulee and then, facing the gale, spurred forth upon his perilous mission. The driver and the already somnolent Pete, with what was left of the contents of the depleted flask, crawled into the enowbed beneath the wagon body, rolled themselves into their joint stock of robes and blankets and prepared to spend a comfortable night. It was an old story to both. But, despite all Hie driver's efforts on the way, the gale had forced them far to the right of the main road and those which paralleled it, the only ones at all familiar to the Twelfth, and when Brewster and his little sqnad reached the ford, along toward twoo’clock in the morning, they sought in vain in ever> ravine and break—shouted, fired their carbines and sounded their trumpet, all to no purpose. Not an answering cry rewarded their efforts. From Ellis' de scription Brewster knew that the ladies were so muffled in furs that within their canvas shelter they could hardly suffer greatly from the cold. He was assured that the driver and Pete-were with them, also well provided with robes and blank ets, and that they were in no immediate danger of freezing; but he could not bear the thought of the long, weary waiting, the dread anxiety, the dark ness. the isolation in all that howling wilderness. Ho could picture Winifred nestled in her mother's arms, wonder ing, wondering, as the hours dragged by, when, if ever, human aid would come to their relief. At four o’clock he and his party had searched and scouted for half a dozen miles up and down the valley. Home of his best and stanchest men were giving out, and these, with Sergeant Brooks, he ordered to push along with the gale and seek news and shelter at the station. Three others he posted near the main crossing of the Wolf, under the lee of a little bluff, where they and their horses sjieedily stamped a hole in the snow drifts around the hospital ambulance and huddled for warmth—fires they could not light, even had there been a vestige of fuel—and then, with three un daunted campaigners at his back, he had once again turned down stream, fol lowing its wanderings in the darkness »nd feeling for ravines he could not see along the southern bank. Time and again they dismounted and ran beside their horses to restore circulation to the numbed and stiffened feet and fingers. Time and again they plunged waist deep into drifts and the horses flounder ed to their girths in the powdery snow. At last Brewster noted that here and there far in the northwestern skies the stars were beginning to peep; the clouds were driving away, the dawn was nigh, the hurricane abating. Broader and brighter the daylight stole over the storm swept prairie, streaked here and there with fleecy, winding veins, and when at last the sun arose in its un clouded splendor the gale had died away to a mere ghost of its furious self, and they rublied the icy fringe from their battered eyelids and gazed long and wistfully up and down that shallow, winding valley, all heaped and tnmbled with the driven snow, and saw not a every ravine to your left—they re all full of snow: it may be the ambulance is so deep in the drift they could hear no | sound. If you find anything, the faint est trace, ride up on the prairie and circle your horse to the left. Morse, you come with me." "Beg pardon, lieutenant, 1 think Mur phy see's something now,” said Morse, indicating the farther shore with a nod of his fur covered head. Whirling eag erly about, Brewster was surprised tosee his little Irishman, a hundred yards or so away, crouching low on h ; s horse's back, still in the ravine and np to his with their long ears erect girth in snow, and peering cautiously stretched neck and eager brayings, clat-| eastward, his eyes just level with the teml away in pursuit of the herd. ' bank. Then he was plainly seen to sig- Brewster knew them at a glance—Ster- I nal. In an instant Brewster and his men rett’s ambulance mules. Indeed, the ' were plunging into the rapid stream, broken pole was still dangling between crushing the ice that skirted the shores the two in rear and bounding with them and bounding out upon the frozen over the frozen turf, ground beyond. Again Mnrphy held And that swerve, that sudden halt and forth a hand—a warning gesture, not a turn to the south end, had cost the band a Beckoning one. “Keep down, keep their liberty. Darting along abreast of down,” he signaled, and wondering, the them, but nearly half a mile away to the little party of troopers cautiously fol- south, the warrior on the dun colored lowed into the ravine. pony had shot far out beyond them, and “What do you see?" queried Brewster, now, sweeping aronnd in a wide circle | ea 6 er and agitated. to his right, rode between them and the “Upon my soul, sir. I wish 1 knew; broad wastes to the west. Two other In- [ but it's more like Indians than anything dians were circling in their front, bar- 1 can think of.” ring the way to the low hills to the “Indians? where away?" And with a sonth. Others still, straggling far ont wild fear at heart Brewster gazed over eastward, reined np so as not to inter- the bank in the direction indicated. fere with the “rounding" of the herd, “Indians, and coming this way, sir, or and jn B moment or two more these I'm a tenderfoot,” muttered Morse, a three experts had turned their runaway man who had served in the Twelfth for property in wide sweep buck into the many a year. shining track of the sun, and in a very “What on earth can they be doing so few minutes the matter was settled; the far south of the agency? You don’t ponies were sulkily trotting along the think any of the hostilcs have got down bank beyond the bend, headed for home this way?" | an( j hard work again, with the ambu- They’re all hostiles, sir, when there's it* fellows, and from the midst of it there projected a dingy, whity-brown canvas, slanting to the north, and with a cry of delight half stifled In his lip* Carroll Brewster leaped into the snow, floundered to his armpits in the powdery drift, and in a moment more had forced his way through the fragile white wall before him, had seized the handle of the door and Winifred Berrien, starting from her mother's clasping arms, blinded for an instant by thfe glare of radiant sun shine, barely able as yet to rally from the stupor like slumber into which she had fallen, heard her name called in the joy ous tones she knew so well and saw her lover, a stalwart, glowing, rejoicing young snow god, all sparkling with the white crystals, all glistening in the glo rious beams, gazing upon her with a love light in his brave blue eyes that brought instant glow to her own wan and pallid cheek. And then, before she could even speak, before her mother conld emerge from the enfolding roliee, a shout was heard, then the sudden ring of a rifle shot, followed instantly by an other, the spat us of a whiplash on the canvas top. Something tore its way throngh the roof and front with spiteful ; on animals, and has found that nasa j injector for the more sue- cessful treatment of these com- laints without extra charge, rice 60c. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. intestines. The virus caused “a real center of intestinal disorder,” but did not cause death. The experiments, how ever, are unsatisfactory, inasmuch as the effect on men and animals may not be the same, and although the vaccine has been tried on men, who have conse quently escaped the disease, even M. Pasteur shrinks from introducing into them the true choleraic virus. Still science cannot be content without that introduction, and after failing to in duce a Russian prince to try the experi ment M. Pasteur has asked Prince Damrong of Siam, a great admirer, to “vaccinate a portion of the inhabitants in some of the villages, and so submit the whole question to a fair scientific , inquiry,” so as “to ascertain whether choleraic vaccine introduced under the skin is a protection against intestinal cholera.” Clearly, the Siamese villagers are to be tested in some more perfect way than Frenchmen would bear, and the addi tional way is obviously the iiitnxlnction of the intestinal virus. At least, if it is P 1 Pi W F, DARGAN. * Attorney at Law, Darlington, * • * aV, C- Office over Welling & Benoit’s R. W. BOYD. BOYD GKO. W DROWN BROWN- Wife—I want to talk with you 4tt0rneyg an(1 counselors at Law about some thin kb we need for the house. ! Office in brick building south of Husband—What are they ? ! the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. R , & 0. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. Wife—Well, to begin with, dear, don’t you think we need a new bonnet—Detroit Free Press. TTARTSVILLE railroad. In effect Oct. 2, 1882. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsvillc 5.55 a’m Jovann Floyd’s Darlington 8.00 a m Palmetto 8.25 a m Arrive Florence 6.50 a m Leave Florence 2.00 p m Palmetto 2.15 pm Darlington Floyd's Jovann 3.45 p m Arrrive Hartsville 4.05 p in J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. Answer This Question. Why do so many people we Bee firound us seem to prefer ti suffer and be made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation. Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, | Coming up of the Food, Yellow Skin, when for 75c. we will sell them Shiloh’s Vitalizer, guar anteed to cure them. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. a. w. oAtuian. H. T. THOMPSON. 'sip. “Down! down upon the floor! both of j went on villagers, as he might rouse a you, quick!” shouted Brewster, as he rebellion; but he may try it ujion crim- not, M. Pasteur lias done himself a great injustice, or suffered one from M. de He—The great trouble with Blowitz. We rather fancy that Prince Gabley is that he talks too Damrong will shrink from the experi- much. only three or four ag’in them. It don’t matter whether these are from the agency or the Bad Lands now, if they can catch a white man a-napping, and something has brought them out here.” “My God, man! you don’t snpposc they’ve heard of the ambulance?" “They hear things quicker than we do, lieutenant. Day or night, calm or storm, those fellows can all aronnd beat us in getting news.” “And they are coming from the north east, lieutenant,” chimed in Murphy. “That means if they are from the vil lages near the agency they've circled aronnd our people.” Breathless the little party watched the coming dots. The stream bore to the northeast after a deep bend about half a mile away, and on the farther bank^ moring nearly parallel with the valley, about a dozen dark objects could be seen moving at rapid lope, the springing, tire less gait of the Indian pony. Ponies they were unquestionably, ami each with his rider. Every moment brought them nearer and nearer, until, as they spread out in extended order across the level surface, it was possible to count their number, eleven; possible to note that every now and then some one of tW number in front or on the flanks would rein in suddenly and circle around and stop, as though examining tracks upon the prairie. "It is not possible the ambulance can have got so far over as that,” muttered Brewster. “It is not possible that they ean have heard of it in all that fearful storm. Why, Morse, it's madness to think of it!” “I don’t know how far the team may have been driven out that way, sir, but the blizzard came from the northwest, from their left front; it beat across their path all the way and mules won't face it, and if it isn't the ambulance they’re after, what can it lie?" “My God, if we only knew where it was!" groaned Brewster. “Come what may, men, we’ve got to stand 'twixt it and those scoundrels. Here, Murphy, lively now, slip back down into the val ley and ride for ell you're worth to the ford and bring those fellows back with you, every man of them. Tell them to keep under the bank and ride like hell. Off with yon, now.” And this time tin re was no recall; Murphy was out of sight iu a flash. Nearer and nearer rode the savage horsemen, now about a mile away. Already Morse and his silent comrade had swung their carbines out of their leathern buckets, thrust a cartridge in the chamber and loosened others in the woven thimbles. Brewster never for an instant quit his gaze, but his hand hail stolen back and loosed the flap of the bolster, at his hip. The movements of the Indians had puzzled him; they were riding not as though moving on some point already determined, bnt rather as if searching, feeling their way. Every now and then, too, some of their num ber cantered to the edge of the bank and seemed to scrutinize the valley. “Snowdri’ts are too deep and plenti ful in there, around that bend, sir That’s why they're up on the prairie." Brewster's heart seemed almost to stand still. All an a sudden the leaders swerved; the blanketed riders conld lie seen bending low and over as they swung their nimble steeds in circle to the right. And then, then, an instant more, and, toesing the powdery snow all iu a fleecy white cloud, there came tear iug up.out of the depths of some unseen coulee a lively herd of Indian ponies re joicing in their unwonted freedom and determined not to be herded back to slavery without a struggle. It was hard to repress the shout of joy thiit sprang to the soldiers’ li|». Then it wasn't the ambulance after all: noth ing but this frolicsome band of rascal.-, that, after breaking away from the In dian boys the evening before, baddonbt- lesa been driven before the gale, de manding the sending forth of quite a party of the young men in search, even sign of those whom they had rushed to before the storm had fully abated. For a moment the troopers forgot their mis sion as they watched the chase. Fresh and unhampered by weight of any kind the scurrying hand came sweeping along the edge of the distant bluff, following an active, mischievous leader and leav ing their jaded pursuers far behind. The Indian knows too much to chase a run ning horse; he leaves him to his own de vices, well knowing he will more quick ly stop when nnpnrsned and can then more readily be headed off and turned back to the ways he should go. Ob came the nimble herd full tilt toward the elbow in the shallow valley, where save. Never for an instant did Brewster re lax his efforts. Giving each of his men a pull at the flask, he selected little Mnrphy as abont the most compact and certainly the lightest of the trio, and bade him make his way to camp and tell the colonel that np to sunrise no vestige of the loet ones hail been found, and suggest that additional parties be sent out at once. “Tell somebody to bring my field glass,” he added, as Mnrphy was abont to ride away. “If 1 had dreamed we would have found nothing of the ambu lance nntil tills time, 1 never should have left it corporal. Ride as lively as you can. Murphy turned promptly away, spur red his unwilling horse throngh tho ice ^ a broad white streak told of deep drifted Good luck to'you now" 1 snow, and there the leader veered to the left and sonth and would doubtless have stretched away at racing speed on that course bnt for one young warrior on a into the black and racing waters of the dun colored pony, who with the speed of _ _ Wolf and was presently following a lit- the wind came darting out across the them, leaping, yet bending low, went tie break in the north side which led by level surface beyond, gamely, SKillfully Crevster. Another moment »nd they heading him. Aronnd went the leader ^ reached the month of the ravine, burst once more in a wide circle westward, ' through the powdery drift, and then, •round the southermost edge of the ( Brewster leading, eye* everywhere, al- fleecr drift. »nd then, with thundering 1 mga on all tours, thwcurried lance mules, braying at their heels. Here the younger Indians, the boys, took charge, and from the distant slopes, from south and east and from the prai rie to the west, the others came canter ing toward that sharp angh- half a mile away and gathered in eager consulta tion about one who seemed to be their leader. All this, and much mure, Brewster and his men were watching with liound- ing pulses, in breathless excitement. Brewster with feelings of mingled hope and despair. Now he knew that the ambulance must be somew here near at hand, possibly np that Ion ; ravine on the south side that slanted n from the prairie not a hundred yards away below them. Surely the banks loot id as though there were a good ford a* that point. Might not that lie the very one of which Ellis spoke? Now, if it we, e bnt possi ble to drop back out of Hie drifts in which they were hiding ami recross the stream, they might yet cree;i unobserved into the month of that gully and feel their way afoot until, somewhere in the snow, they came upon, as he now felt sure they must, the stormbound wagon with its precious contents. From their crouching place it was impossible to see across the ridge that separated them from the ravine referred to; hut to the southeast the prairie lay l>efore them, and the keenest eye could detect no sign of hollow between that which lay so near them and that from which those vagabond ninles had emerged far out upon the plain. Somehow Brewster felt certain that now at last lie was actually within pistol shot of the ambulance, within speaking distance, almost, of the girl he so fondly loved, whose very life at this instant depended not only on his courage, but also on his judgment. One false move would ruin all. So long as the Indians kept np their powwow at the hem’, so long was Wini fred safe. The longer they delayed the nearer would it bring Murphy and tin- men from the main crossing three miles away up stream. Then, six to six. he could langh at the Sioux. But any one who knew Indians at all knew that the discovery of tho mules would only set them to work to find the snow camp from which tho animals had broken away. Aye. even ns these things flashed through his mind, Brewster could seo that they were signaling “halt.” to tho herd guard, and that two of the young sters were lashing their ponies out in front of the band and gradually bring ing it to a standstill. Almost at the same moment, too, those in consultation sepa rated, three riding swiftly after the herd, while the other three, slowly and cautiously, began to advance toward the hollow whence the mules h;.d emerged. Evidently they exjiected to find the white man’s wagon there. “Now is your time, men,” muttered Brewster. “Quick! Off v ith your side lines and double them abont your horses’ fore feet so that they can't even hobble out of the drift. Keep them here. Take your lariat and hopple my horse, one of you. Throw him if need lie. I'll watch those beggars down sti.'am. Ah. 1 thought so,” he muttered, “they'vo grabbed the mules and are examining the harness; that will tell them easily enough they were cut loose after break ing the pole. Quick, men! throw snow by the bushel all over your horses. Roll in it yourselves. Get all the white on you can; then run down tho gully as soon as you have your horses hidden and watch for my signal. The moment I say go, bend double and scamper to the ice yonder, then make for the bluffs. FU follow instantly.” Meokly the two troop horses, after having been led to a deein-i point down the coulee, bent their hep.Is and stili- mittedtothe lashing togelher of their fore feet, bnt Brewster's " Black Jack" was of different mold. He would not yield. “Over with him, Morse. No time to lose now. Lash him tight or he’ll break away.” called Brewster. And poor Jack's plunging availed him nothing. A moment more, with a dismal groan he was on his side in the toft, cold bed, the lariat was being lashed and knotted so that even furious struggles could not free him, and then, to add to the indig nity, bis erstwhile friends and comrades were heaping new insult and a storm of snow npon him. Jack couldn't under stand it. “Ready, men! They're just peeping over in the hollow now. Tho moment they’re fairly in it, l give the word.” Twenty—thirty seconds of breathless silence. Then a quick gesture; a quick, low tonfd, hut imperative "Go!” Go they did, skimming over the pool above the rapids, leaping the narrow chasm where the black waters, dancing and frothing, had defied the ice king; ducking under the opposite bank; car bines in hand, revolvers at the hip, car tridges gleaming in every belt; and after slammed the door, and the next instant they heard the order in his ring ing tones, half stifled in the snow, “Fire, men! Keep ’em off! Fire!" They heard the qnick bang! bang! of carbines close at hand, the prompt re sponse of rifles distant as were the first, the whistle of lead through the icy air, inals, and iu this case, if the experiment fails, M. Pasteur may have a good many deaths npon his conscience. Intellectual curiosity seems, however, to suppress that organ.—Loudon Spectator. French Masons In Politics. The Freemasons have resolved to take the shrill yells of battling Indians, the a more energetic part in politics. At furious gallop of bounding hoofs. Every- the last assembly in the hall of tin-grand She—That’s strange. When he has been with me he has scarcely said a word. He—Oh, he is too much of a gentleman to interrupt.—Truth. where to their front the rapid fire in creased. More yells, partly of triumph, partly summoning additional warriors to the spot, then the muffled boat of coming hoofs, and in the midst of it all Brewster's stern voice, calm and steady: "Aim well, men, but fire lively. Don’t let them again get so close as to have a shot at the wagon. Watch that above all.” Two—three minutes the sound of liattle raged about them,increasing at the front. A soldier voice was heard to say; “There’s more of them coming, sir. You can seo them down there to the east." And Mrs. Berrien's heart grew faint with fear. Winifred had buried her face upon her breast and closed her ears to the horrid sounds. And then, all on a sudden, the yells of the charging In dians seemed to grow fainter, then sounds of dismay arose among them, then the cries were drowned in the clat ter of ironshod hoofs and the chorus of soldier cheers. Murphy and his little squad came whirling np the bank, and Mrs. Berrien's heart poured forth in praise and thanksgiving at the joyous Milesian hail: “To hell aid ’em, fellers! Sure all B throop’s comin—not two miles behind!" [TO BE CONTINUED. J j Wooed with Hypnotic Power. What premises to be a very interesting story was brought to light by the filing of a bill in circnit court No. 2 to annul the marriage of Miss Drucilla Wolff, the pretty little thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. William N. Wolff, and George Flack. Flack is about eighteen years old. He and Drucilla have known each other for years, and the father of the girl alleges in the bill that for at least six months prior to the marriage h? ex ercised an almost hypnotic influeuce over her. The two young people took a walk to gether on the evening of Aug. 23, and they went to the house of the Rev. Mr. F. B. Rice, the pastor of Union Square church, at the corner of Lombard and Calhoun streets, where they were mar ried. It is claimed that Flack had al ready procured a license, and Mr. Wolff, the father of the girl, alleges that it was done through fraud and perjury, the young husband having made oath tha. he was twenty-two years old, and that his prospective bride was over eighteen years old. As soon as the ceremony was performed, it is alleged that the girl re turned to the home of her parents, and has remained with them ever since. Flack, it is alleged, has never contributed anything to her support. The father alleges that the husband of his daughter has acquired such con trol over her that when in his presence she will do anything that he orders. This influence, he says, was used when he compelled her to marry him.—Balti more Herald. orient of France the conduct of members was discussed who had i-bowii a disposition to act with the Clericals, [lasonic deputies were censured for vot ing endowments to church institutions. There were several protests, some con tending that it was too soon to insist upon the separation of church and state, as that would make the Radical party unpopular. These protests were hooted down, and several Masons thereupon re tired from the order. Carried on by this tame spirit the Masons passed a resolu tion to vote for all refonns “necessary for the final evolution of the republic.” for the separation of church and state, for the suppression of the public worship system and of the embassy to the Vati can, and that each Mason should have a civil funeral. There was a general resistance upon the complete secularization of every public institution, the removal of reli gious emblems from every court house and street comer, and the suppression of chaplaincies in barracks, ships, prisons and hospitals.—Paris Letter. Shiloh’s Consu option Curs. This is beyond question the most successful Cough Medi cine we have ever sold, a few tain | doses invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, ( roupand Bron chitis, while its svonderful sue cess in the cure of Consumption is without a parallel in the his tory of medicine. Since its first discovery it has been sold on a guarantee, a test which no other medicine can stand. If you have a cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10c., 50c. and $1. If your lungs are sore, chest, or hack lame, use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd Why Novelists Do Not Write Plays. Ouida has contributed an article to the series being printed in the Pall Mall Gazette on the subject of why novelists do not write plays. She says that tho French style allows a wider latitude in situations. A French audience appreci ates an intellectual character and esprit of the play which an English audience finds unintelligible and tiresome. Onida adds that if Racine and Moliere were alive they would write plays for Mounet Sully and the Ooquelins. Were Shakespeare and Sheridan alive they would certainly write poems and novels. An audience capable of accepting Mary Anderson as a tragic actress is inexp? ble of knowing good from bad. Englir.U audiences are uncultured. With few exceptions Eng lish actors and actresses act ill. They never merge themselves into the char acter they represent. These, according to Ouida, are the reasons that have kept writers of eminence off the English stage since the days of Lytton. A Knoxville (Tenn.) liveryman fell off a bridge Sunday and landed on a pile of rocks, a distance of fifty feet, while in toxicated. He escaiied withont injury, but got mad because bis watch case was broken. A Smart Man. Will not hobble around on crutches when he can cure his Rheumatism with one bottle of Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy, costing only $5, hut worth $100. Enterprising Drug gists keep it. or it will he sect to any address on receipt of price, by the Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York! Agents wanted. George (badly smitten)—Eth el, can you guess why I am like the moon to-night ? Ethel (wishing he would go)— No, why ? George—Because I came up nearly an hour later than last evening. Ethel—Sometimes the moon doesn’t appear at all.—Boston Courier. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office, Hewitt building (up stairs) north side of the Public Square. Darlington, S. C• t. h. m. Attorney Lt I aw, DA It LIXCTOX, C. H., S. C- Will practice iu Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to all busi ness, and sjieobtl attention given col lections. }. j. ward. K. O. WOODS. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys & Counselors at Law, DA HUNG TON, 8. V. Will practice in theState and Federal Courts Special a! tent ion paid to all matters pertaining to the buying, selling, rentingor leasing of real estate. Any party having business in this line would do well to call on tho firm, who have control of some of the most de sirable property in the town and county. C HARLESTON, SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect Oct, 2, 1862 NORTH. 1 A. M. 6.50 Charleston 8.00 Pregnall’s 10 15 Suiuter 11.00 Lamar 11.20 Syracuse 11.34 Darlington 11.46 12.00 12.19 12.30 1.00 P. M. Mont Clare Ro •in’s Neck luamieville Bennettsville Gibson SOUTH. 2 A. M. 10.30 .8'5 6.54 5.58 5.44 5.80 5 15 5.05 4 50 4.35 4.05 P. M. Close connection is made at Gibson for all points reached by or via the Seaboard Air Line System ; at hen- nettsville for all points via O. F. A V. V. K R. J. H. AYER1LL, General Manager. c. Leave A D. and C. A S. RAILROADS. In effect Oct. 2, 18ti2. AVadesboro 4.40 a m J. K. NKTTLKS. C. NK TT LK8 Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, Darlington Cl. II., K. €!. Will practice in all the State and Fed eral Courts. Prompt personal at tention given to the collection of ClaiuiM. Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedy for Rheumatism has received the unqi alified endorse ment of tha med cal faculty as being a safe ai d remarkably efficient preparation for the re lief and speedy cura of Rheu matism. Its work is so speedy and miraculous that benefit is felt from the first dose, and one bottle is warranted to cure any ordinary case. Sold by drug gist. Price. $5, for large bot tle, or sent by prepaid express on receipt of price by Drum mond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maid en Lane, New York. Agents wanted. Mrs. De Fashion—And so you were at Berlin while abroad. Did you stay long ! Little Bobby De Style—Only 'bout a day. “What did you go to Berlin for ?” “So w’en folks asked mamma if she’d been to Berlin she could say ‘yes’ of tourse.”—Good News, P. Bishop Parrott, Stenographer and Typewriter, tWOfflce with Ward A Wool In 4S-1 LEGAL AND OTHER COPYING SOLICITED. Testimony reported in short-hand and type wr tten transcript of same furnished ai reasonable rates. Good Spelling, Correct Punctuation and Neat AVork Guaranteed. Jan. 8-lvr. Their Coming Hrmlth-d. Two trunks arrived at the Union de pot yesterday which were curiosities. They came in on the Burlington from St. Joseph. One bore the address “R. Teacher—Who was the hero J. Rowe, No. 3836 Washington^avenue, of the batt]e of New O r l ern8 . Hicks—Corbett,—New Dick York Herald. St. Louis,” and the other had the same address and the word “Bride” painted on it in largo letters. Wrapped about the trunks were about sixty yards of white satin ribbon, while here and there was a dainty bow, which indicated plainly that one or more women | S i, arnshnro . p a saTS helped perpetrate the joke—for joke it ol.arpsuurg, i u., ba}. It Should Be in J. B. Wilson, was. It seems that Mr. Rowe, who is a clerk in the Burlington’s St. Louis offices, was married at St. Joseph Tuesday to a beautiful girl. They left for St. Louis via Kansas City, and bid their many friends goodby at the St. Joseph depot. Bnt the friends wanted si me fun, and took the Burlington’s “Eli" for Cameron, where they met the Kansas City train. Part of the delegation, which consisted of nearly fifty people, entered the Pull man coach, and pelted Mr. and Mrs. Rowe with rice and old shoes, to the de- Every House. 371 Clay St., he will not be without Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, boughs and Colds, that it cured his wife who was threatened with Pneumonia after an at tack of “La Grippe.” when var ions other remedies and several physicianshad done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cook sport, Pa., claims Dr. King's New Dis covery has done him more good than anything he ever used for , , . Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. light of the passengers and the chagrm T ^ Free Triai Bott]e8 at ft Co-, .Iru* Large bottles, 50c. and $1 00. Wife—Nothing forme? Then you have forgotten that this is my birthday. Husband—Not at all. Only I didn’t wish to remind you that i mu’ve grown older, as you don’t ook it.—Boston Globe. were being transferred, and in addition to putting on the sixty yards of ribbon, nailed on four horseshoes and a dozen old shoes. The trunks attracted the at tention of thousands at the depot.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat a more gradual ascent to the prairie be yond. “Now, men, oue of yon ride back to ward tha nartv at tha ford. Influence of tlie Cholera. Many of the fashionable dressmakers in this city and Brooklyn have sent pretty little circulars to their customers setting forth that all of their fall and winter dress goods and trimmings were brought over on steamships which carried no im migrants. In several other branches of bnsiness concessions are made to the cholera scare. “We sell no tenement made cigars” is a notice posted in a down town tobacco shop. "This water has been distilled” is the label on the water coolers in several of the restaurants and cafes, and a Bowery saloon keeper has put out a big placard which informs the thirsty passereby that “there are no cholera germs in our beer.” For the past week or two industrious peddlers have scoured the down town business localities selling small leathern medicine casea. Each case contains a dozen doses of “cholera cure," with printed Instruc tions how to taka them.—New York Time*. Aa inmate of tha Bates county (Mo.) poorhoute died lately whose bead was three feet to circumference and the weight of hia brain was said to ha 144 electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise.— A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liv er and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by im S ure blood.—Will drive Malaria rom the system and [jrevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. —For cure of Headache, Con stipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters—Entire satis faction guaranteed, or money refunded.—Price 50 cts. and $1.00 per bottle at FPillcox & Go’s Drugstore. Bucklen's Ar lica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fevt r Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all S:dn Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Willcox & Co’s drugstore. Cheap Wrapping Paper. Old newspapers, answering exeeed ingly well for the purpose of wrapping paper, for sale at Thk Darlington Nkwh office nt 20 cents a hundred. fTIR A DUTY yon nwr vonrurlf iind fam ily lo set Ike best value lor your iiHiney. Kcononilztt In your footwear by purrliiiNlnff W. la. I>outflnn ShoeM, which reprenent tho bent value for price* asked, an thouaaudu will tesstify. 00 ,*2.50 12.00 FOR LADIES *2.00 *1.75 FOR BOYS *1.75 W. L. DOUGLAS 83 SHOE cen-FleWn, THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. OTHER SPF.C1AI.TIES In footwear are of the game high grade, and represent a money value far beyond the prices charged. Bee that uame aud price aro stamped on bottom of each shoe. ^ TAkB NO HUBHTITTTB. \V. Douglas, llrocktou, JMuasa Sold to? For Sale by A. J. Broom, Darlington 8. C, Morven’s McFarland Cheraw .. 0.05 a m Society Hill Hoyd's .. 0.58 a m Darlington . 7.12 a m Palmetto Arrive Florence Leave Florence Palmetto Darlington t .23 p m Floyd's Dove's .. 8 83 j) m Society Hill Cash's Cheraw McFarland .. 11.04 p m Morven’s . 11.16 pm Bennett's Arrive Wadesboro Freight Train. Leave Florence ... 7.45 n in Arrive Darlington I*>ave Darlington Arrive Florence A. F. UA V EN EL, President. TSTORTH EASTERN RAILRi >AD. Iu effect Oct. 2, SOUTH BOUND. 1882. No. 27. Leave Florence Kingstree 1 .lines Arrive Charleston No. 23. I^ave Florence Kingstree Lanes Arrive Charleston ....11.58 a m No. 53. Leave Lanes Arrive Charleston Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 23 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston 1.00 a m Lanes 3.25a m Kingstree 8 43 am Arrive Florence 4.45 u m No. 14. Leave Charleston Mfipm Lancs 7.05 p m Kingstree 7.24 pm Arrive Florence s.;io j> m No. 53. Leave Charleston 0 50 a m Arrive Lanes 8.27 u ic No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of 8. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to AA’ilming- ton, N. C., making close connection with AV. A AV. K. U. for all points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. *v / 1LMINGTON, COLUMBIA AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect October 2 1862. A Howard Flemiag, 276 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C., IMPORTEROF English Portland Cement AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, &C., and all BUILJ. ING MATERIAL. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. CAR LOAD LOTS A SPECIALTY. Oct. 28—tvr. No. 23. Leave Wilmington Marion 9.35 p m Arrive Florence 19.25 p m No. 59. Leave Florence Sumter 4.35 a m Arrive Columbia 6.15 a in No. 27. Leave Wilmington Marion Arrive Florence No. 52. Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 58. Leave Florence 7.57 a in Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs tiirough from Charles- ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 8-32 a m, Manning 9 09 a m. Train on C. and D. Railroad con- nects at Florence with No. 5*. NORTH BOUND. No. 51. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 78. Leave Florence 5.00 a in Marion Arrive Wilmington 8.55 a m No. 59. Leave Columbia ( SUGAR COATED) Haydock’s New Liver ronderful and ex d medicine. 1 graphe. Steam ana rantini e system of tho globe, and mw >r. Ho, although tbera are co ise, and claiming much as t Pills. A wonderful and extraordinary combination of concen trated medicine. Tho \ ictoriea of Science—Llectno Telegraphs, Steam and Printing—revolutionirod the whole system of tho globe, and made mankind wiser ana bettor. Ho, although there are countless PilU used for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the re- mrkable discovery of I>r. Hay dock hub eclipsed them all, and has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctor*, whose vaat doeee of fonr or five pills, en- feeble the stomach and paralyze tho bowels, must give way to the man who restores health aud appetite with one two ot his ex*raor<iiiiary Vegetable Pills. One or two ok DR. HAYDOCK.’H NEW LIVER PILLS eofioet to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appe tite, and render* the spirit light and buoyant. If u»e Liver is affected it* functions are restored, and if the Nervous System is emoobled, it is invigorated and sus- tained. SYMPTOMS OF BIUOCgNEhS. 1. The patient complains of a fullness of the atemach. а. Distension of the bowels by wind. R Heartburn. 4. A feeling of weariness, sleepiness after meal*. б. A bad taste in the mouth, and furred tongue. 6. Constipation, with an occasional diarrhoea. 7. Headache in front of head. 8. Depression of spirits and great lassitude. All of the above irmptom* go to show functional dorangement of tho Liver: and now comes tho great I Sunday 10.50 a m, .Returning 1 Sumter.... 7.30 p m Arrive Florence 8.40 p m No. 53. Leave Columbia 6.10 pm Arrive Sumter 7.30 p in No. 14. Leave Florence 8.50 p m Marion 8.36 pm Arrive Wilmington 12.20 a m No. 53 runn through to CliarU-eton via Central Railroad, arriving Man ning 8.00 p m. Lanes 8.40 p m, charleston 10.30 am. No. 58 connects at Florence with 0. & D. train trom 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 arrive Rowland 11.40 a m. Return- (i. S. HACKER & Manufacturers —OF— Doors, Sasb, Blinus, MlOTJLTDrN-QS —AND — Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, S. 0. April, 20 1889—1 Dally •xperirao* shows that this, when th* Pill inded properly, is the readiest mode of Inciting ioUng the action of the Liver, and can be always many years of my life in * readilv and syatematf is composin' £ia‘nnw^t«at£q."~f do oi* bolt-,- In, . (-t - tiTM. aad tb«r»foreWe mad- a Pill, oj- of which la la actira ood thorough done. I baia called l» Haydock’s New Liver PilL They are the true grains and essence of health, sndthe greatest bleaainw tb-vt Hciencebaa given to the world. For Nervous Prostration. Weakest, General Laaei- tnde. Want of Appetite and Hick Headache, DrHer dock's New User Pills will be found an Effectual ^^Kach^via! containa Twenty PHIS. Price Twenty-five ^ szirr him rax. formation to nil, HAYDOCK * CO., HEW YORK. U. a. .r-.le.licd toacMc. thaHhc B o! p April 14-Ir* m, i ing leave Rowland 12.16 p m, arrive Pee Dee 4.00 p m. Trains on Manchester & Augusta Railroad leave Sumter daily except arrive Rimini 11 58 leave Rimini 12 30p. m, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m J. F. D1V1>E. Gen Surt- Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Darling ton county will lie held on Thursday, the 10th of November next. All persons holding bills, accounts or demands of any kind against the county which have not been present ed to the Board of County Commis sioners at special meetings held dur ing the year, are required to deposit the same with the t lerk of the Board on or before the first day of Novem ber next. HENRY E. P SANDERS, Clerk of Board. Darlington October Oth I8W.-S4