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CHAPTER VIL •• Ills mime—hti name-^wnt"— pondered Mrs. Cornelia. The feeling entertained by Anthony for Misa Beverley paled into utter in significance before the depth and ear- nestneaeof the dulike with which she distinguished him. In vain, in extenua tion of bw conduct. Mary suggested the offender's palpable iack of familiarity witb social amenities, and argued that so small an affront was beneath the no tice of a gentlewoman; In vain she be sought her aunt to dismiss the whole occurrence from her mind—it was an noying certainly, but after all it was a trifle, not worth any great prodigality of thought or sjieech. Bnt Miss Cornelia could not see it in that light at all. In her circumscribed life every incident was an event, and when connected with herself an event of magnitude. So far from dismissing the evildoer from her thoughts as utterly beneath wellbred contempt, she allowed him to usurp a considerable portion of her mind and nearly her entire conver sation. until poor Mary, with her pa tience worn to tatters, was forced through sheer weariness and aggrava tion to constitute herself a sort of cham pion of the man for whom she hud no admiration and very little liking. "I wonder where he comes from?' pondered Misa Beverley, one day, using no name to designate the subject of her thoughts, since in aversion, as In love, the object speedily attains the dignity of s pronoun and becomes the sole repre sentative of a sex. "Who, auntier questioned Mary ab sently, her hands busy with a torn blouse, her thoughts with the contents if an old trunk of clothing of her hus band's, from which she proposed to rvolve certain garments needed by her children. "That odious Mr. Anthony of course. Who else?' replied the old lady, with in dignation in her voice. “You never will pay the faintest attention to me, Mary, or listen to a single word 1 say. For all the companionship 1 have, 1 might just as well live in a hollow tree on the top of the Blue Ridge as in this house. You haven't an idea in your head beyond those tiresome boys—their clothes, their manners and their mending. You don't care an atom for anything ontside of them and their concerns, and 1 ought to be used to it by this time. My thoughts and conversation are never worthy of attention.*’ This was true, although not in the way in which the resentful old lady meant; her thoughts were commonplace, and their expression about as worthy of attention as the rattling of beans in an empty gourd, and yet they met with a consideration often denied to better things. Mary smiled placidly and broke off another needleful of thread, leaving her reprehensible motherhood unde fended. “He isn't a gentleman." pursued Miss Corpelia; "anybody can see that with half an eye. And if he was swaddled in bank notes, and had Kohinoors and moonstones strung on every hair of his head and of bis hideous brown beard be sides he wouldn't be one. 1 wonder what family of Anthonys he belongs to? There are Anthonys in the southwestern counties, connections of the Beverleys by marriage. He doesn't belong to them, I know, because Judge Wilmer asked him abont it, meaning to trace out the connection for him. Very officious in the jndge, 1 must say, considering the number of disagreeable kin people can find without searching. The man de nied any relationship with the south western Anthonys. however. There was another set down in the lower counties, quite ordinary people; I went to school with one of the girls in Richmond, and detested her. She had red hair and a freckled skin and such hateful ways. 1 think he must belong to them.” Mary laughed. “He is a western man, auntie, or calls himself one,” she said. “He isn't," snapped Miss Cornelia, “and I don't care what he calls himself. He's a southern man, I know, and a Vir ginian. 1 think; indeed, be owned as much to Mr. Meredith, the lawyer. He's too familiar with the ways and the life here to have come to Virginia for the first time last month. Belinda, the worn an who does his cooking, told our Sophy that the first morning she got out break fast he called to her to make him an ash- cake and bake it witb cabbage leaves around it; said that he hadn't tasted one baked that way since he was a boy. Nobody raised outside of the south knows anything about wrapping com dough up in cabbage leaves and linking it in the ashes." Mary gave up the point of Mr. Antho ny's western origin without contest There were other shibboleths besides an affection for the fishcake of his boyhood which forbad% the idea of his being a stranger in a strange land. Miss Cornelia stared into the fire, lost in thought There was some mystery about her enemy's antecedents she felt convinced, and she was determined to unravel it, and if possible to his con fusion and overthrow. Her mind went hunting about with its nose to the like a bound on a cold scent ntly it seemed to her to warm a little, and she threw up her head and gave tongue at once. “Mary,” she said, taming in her chair and regarding her nieoe solemnly, “my brother's overseer, the man who lived witb him so many years and was with him at Shiloh, was named Anthony and he bad a lot of sons. Perhaps this is one of them.” The solemnity of this announcement, which was made with the air of one loosing the seals and sending upon the earth pestilence and judgment, was al most too much for Mary's gravity. She bent her head over her sewing so that Mias Cornelia might not be offended by her mirth. Presently she remarked: “1 thought all the Anthony boys were killed, auntie. Hector said so, and they were in his regiment He spoke well of them always—their gallantry, patience and endurunoe at a time when courage and patience were the rule. Yon know old Mr. Anthony, the father, saved my hatband's Uft Malvern Bill. Be must nave been a brave, unsemsn inan7 “Yes, he behaved very well,” assented Miss Cornelia impatiently; she was not interested in that part of the subject “Everybody was always saving some body else's life in those days—that is, when they weren't all killing one an other. That s war. Mr. Anthony was a respectable old man, shockingly slouch ing and untidy. My brother thought a good deal of him. 1 remember Never mind him though; it’s the boys 1 want What were their names? Lanky, slaV sided creatures, and so many of them— four or five. Let me see; what were their names?" Miss Cornelia's brow? contracted perplexedly, and her meraor) returned and grappled with the past. Mary rose and crossed the room to an old fashioned secreUry, bound and mounted witb brass, and opened one of the drawers. Her fingers passed from one pigeonhole to another until she found what she was in search of—a small leather bound book, such as men sometimes carry in their pockets. With this in her hand she resumed her seat and began turning the (ages rapidly Miss Cornelia watched her, still striving to ensnare those elusive names with the mesh of recollection. Mary found the page she was in search of, and ran her eye down it “1 can tell you, auntie," she said. “Hector kept an account of all his men, and. as near as he could, what became of them. The Anthony boys are all'mentioned here There were five of them. Hugh was killed at Sharpsburg. David was wounded in the tights below Richmond and died of his wounds lu the hospital Jim was captured, and died of prison fever at Point Lookout. Robert lost his life in a charge in the Wilderness; and Albert was shot at his post on picket duty in the Valley. A terrible list of casualties, but not uncommon for those times. Old Mr. Anthony died of typhoid fever the same summer that yonr mother did There is the family history, auntie and you must confess that it’s a sad one Stayl I remember hearing Hector men tion a second wife; but she had left the neighborhood before 1 came to Repton and I’ve heard somewhere that she mar ried again She had no Anthony chil dren.” Mias Cornelia had been tapping her fingers impatiently on the arm of her | chair for several seconds, “1 know all that," she said; “but there was another son—a much younger child. 1 remem ber him distinctly, a saucy, freckled lit tie fellow, full of mischief and sly ways j and so dreadfully untruthful. He was always coming over to the house to play with our little Mary. The child was de voted to him, and being delicate she was allowed to have her way in every thing and indulged until it was sinful Bhe used to have him here continually and taught him all her lessons and dear knows what besides. I disliked it so much; but then no one ever listens to my advice. I am but a cipher in the family; although it would be better if 1 was more heeded—belter for the rest, 1 mean." Miss Cornelia paused to allow this reflection to sink into Mary's mind. “The boy ran away before the war.’ she presently resumed, "because he couldn't endure his stepmother, a tidy, respectable woman, who told me herself that he was past all human standing She couldn't make him mind her or be have as she wished, although she whipped him constantly until her arms quite ached—and she was a remarkably strong woman too. We had a terrible time with Mary after he ran away; she cried and fretted and went on really outrageonsly, and my brother, instead of being a little strict with ber and mak ing her behave herself, curried her oil to Richmond and kept her there with him the whole time the legislature was in session. He was state senator, you know. What was that boy's name?' Mary had laid aside her sewing and was listening quietly. Poor little boy, she thought pitifully, alone amid a houseful of slothful, unsympathetic men. beaten cruelly by a high tempered strong armed woman, loved by a tender high sonled child, forced into life's bat tle all unequipped for the struggle. Poor childl Poor little manl "His name—his name—was”— pon dered Miss Cornelia. "What it this man’s name. Mary? Have yon ever heard?” "EMward, or Edmund; at least he told the children Ned,” replied Mary. “And that boy’s name was Jackson— Jack Anthony. I remember perfectly now; and it’s just come over me that I've heard somewhere that be died of yellow fever in New Orleans.” Miss Cornelia's tone was one of bitter disap pointment, and her face had lengthened quite an inch. She had been hunting on a cold scent after all. Within a month from that day Mrs Beverley was in a position to have re stored joy to her aunt's soul by the as surance that ber conjecture bad been absolutely correct, had she been so minded. And the way that the know) edge came to her was this. CHAPTER VIU. “!VMS poor and uncouth, but the never grudged to pul her little hands in mine." Mrs. Beverley was in the habit of go ing at least once a month, sometimes oftener, to the family burying ground, to ase that everything was neat and trim, and the place free from fallen twigs and rubbish. It was a lovely, peaceful spot, on the crest of the hill just beyond the orchard, which it over looked. as well as the house and yard and a magnificent stretch of view made up of hill and dale and wooded moun tains and broad shining reaches of slow ly flowing river. Around It, instetf&of the usual wooden paling, was a close cedar badge, broken only at the spot where the gate gave access to what is so beautifully termed "liod’s acre.” In the center were three tall cedars, stand ing so as to form a triangle, and under the shadows of their spreading branchea the dost of many generations of ft was a soft still. AorilrrMtaUE The cloudless sky bent lovingly over u.e earth, as the bridegroom bends over the wide, and the earth smiled with the joyous promise of the season of love and hope. Soft green things pushed up through the brown mold, crocuses opened golden hearts to the kisses of the nreeae, violets unfolded white and pur ple petals and sweetened the air with ■ their fragrant breath, and lilies of the valley and snowdrops were waiting coy ly for the sn:i to coax and woo them into shaking cut their snowy bells On the * n<1 P 0 l ,, * r Heee downy uttle knots of leaves were bursting their brown shells and coming forth to view the world In the budding branchee birds twittered and chinied of love and housekeeping, and every instinct was for germination and growth and press mg upward. Mary passed through the orchard nn der the budding apple trees with a feel- fiugof peace in her heart that was partly the outcome of deep sympathy with ua ture and partly the atmosphere of her ; own sweet soul In her hand she car ried a little basket of spring flowers to lay in loving remembrance on the gray slab of granite that covered the grave o' the tall, (air haired soldier who had wooed and won her twelve long years before, and whose blue eyes still gazed into hers from under little Han s brown curls. Her mind was full of thoughts of him and her mood was soft and tender as she opened the gate gently aiuf entered the sacred spot She did not glance ' "kmt, bnt passed straight along the lit tie center walk to the granite slab which | was close to the trunk of one of the cedars. She shook ont all ber flowers and formed with them a wreath around the short inscription; “Hector Beverley Obiit April. 1ft—, iptat. 85." It was only when her task w;is done that she became aware of the presence of a mau in the corner by the cedar hedge kneel ing beside the grave of a little child. His back was toward her, and he had a trowel in his hand and a large tiasket on the ground beside him, from which betook clnmps of green and planted them on the grave. The breath of no leta filled the air with perfnme. and Mary, attracted in spite of herself, and slightly curious, went softly over the short green grass and stood close liehind him, looking down. She laul known at once that it was Anthony, and seeing him there beside the grave of her tins band's little sister brought to her mind the thought of the lonely boy, with ms hard, nnlovely childhood, and she knew with one of those swift intuitions women have, that that boy was kneeling there at her feet. Anthony had cleared away the sod from the center of the mound in the shape of a cross, aud was planting it thick and close With great tufts of hot house violets, purple and white, whose fragrance rose purely and seemed to breathe of a love that was deathless After silently watching the strong brown hands at their work for a mo ment, Mary unfastened a bunch of while and lilac crocuses from her Imwoiu. and stooping laid them on the foot of the grave. Anthony glanced np at her with a brief “Thank you!" and went on with his work. He was not surprised or star tied; his trained senses had made him aware of her approach from the moment her band touched the latch of the gate and as she stood behind him he had taken a sudden resolution. Hu wonld tell her about himself, his connection with her husband's family, bis love for the child whose little form rested he neath the cross of violets. in that sacred place aud presence he forgot to wonder how it would aliect ber, or what change if any it might make in their relative positions He for got to think of himself at all. Rising to his feet, he turned his fare which was not noble in line or exprus siou, and yet was honest aud manly aud straightforward, full ui«m her ami pointing to the grave at his test said simply: “1 was p<x>r and uncouth and ignorant, bnt she never grudged to put her little hands in mine, nor felt soiled when I took her in my anus to help tier over rough and rocky places She was all the poetry and beauty and sweetness I ever knew or had. I loved her.' Mary impulsively put out her fair ungloved hands, and took between them the brown, earth stained hand cl the man beside her. pressing it witb quick sympathy. "1 know,” she said gently “I know it all. and 1 understand CHAPTER IX “Mamma!'' shouted Hector, at the top of his voice, dashing into the |iarlor In a state of gnat excitement, followed close ly by little Ran. “please come over to the quarters right straight. Uncle Patrick is in the kitchen aud he says that Mr. Anthony is going to pull all the cabins down and send all the colored folks away. Uncle Patrick says he hasn’t got any place to go. He's old and can't work any longer and nobody wants to be bothered with him and Annt Kitty any more, because they ain't any use. He's crying, mamma, awful hard, and he says they'll have to go to the poorboose if yon don't help them. Mr Anthony says they will." “He don't want to go to the pixirhonse mamma," chimed in Ran eagerly “Don't let him go; it's dreffnl to see him cry. and he's so old. He says he ran t stand it to go. he wonld liever be dead!" The boy's eyes filled with tears, ami bis little lips trembled as he pressed close to his mother's side, trampling on ber drew witb bis dusty little shoes in his excite ment and distress. “Aud. mamma. Mr. Anthony is going to poll the houses all down." insisted Hector. “He ought not to do that The servants won't have any place to go. aud father always let them live there. Mr Anthony ought not to pull the houses down.” By the exercise of considerabTe pa tionee and a good deal of ability in cross questioning, Mrs. Beverley finally ar rived at a clear comprehension of the case. The cabins, five in Dumber, all that were left of the original row, stood, as has been stated, just in front of the overseer's house, and not a stone's throw from it. The site selected (at Mary's suggestion, as she remembered now) for the handsome new residence which the owner of Lower Repton pro posed to erect for himself was on the crest of the hill, in a fine grove of trees, and commanding a most magnificent view. The cabins wonld be in full sight of all the front windows and were any thing bnt an addition to the landscape, looking, in troth, as their owner ex pressed it, like “a lot of miners' shanties round an old shaft.” As the work upon the new home was to commence immediately, the material all engaged anil the architect actually ott his way to Virginia, Mr. Anthony had decided not to wait abont moving the cabins until after its completion, as he had spoken of doing when he talked the matter over witb Mrs. Beverley, bnt to take them away at once. According ly, the work of demolition had been in- augnrated that very morning, and the j cabins were being taken to pieces aud . carted to other parts of the estate for ! re-erection. The negro** whom An thony wished to retain in his employ hail arrangements made for their ac commodation during the period of their homelessness, while those of whom he wished to rid himself simply had notice tiveo them to trait by a certain day. among .ness last was poor old nu- rick and his equally old and still more infirm wife. TTiey had never been bouse servants nor very intimately associated with the family life, bnt they bad been boro and raped on the Beverley estate, and had occupied that narticnUr cabin evei since their wcd*i“d life began, nearly sixty years before, and had, not nnnatarally, counted on being allowed to die in it They had long outlived their children, and their grandchildren had all drifted away to seek a liveli hood in other places, leaving the ancient couple still a fixture on the old planta- totion, firm in the conviction that the white people would never see them come to want They were so old that, beyond their own few household matters, no work was expected of them, and they lived on from year to year, their few wants supplied and their comfort looked after by the white family, just aa it would have been hail they never been emancipated. When the sale of the lower part of the estate put the cabin in which the old people lived beyond her control. Mra Beverley hail been anxious to move her pensioners over to a house in her own yard, where she could see that they were properly attended to. But they were loath to leave the cabin to which they Morp found the old negro sitting In the kitchen door had grown wedded in sixty years of oc cupancy. and bail procrastinated, always willing but never ready, until they found themselves, as the old man expressed it with tears streaming down bis cheeks, literally “tn'ned out in de road to die.” Mary found the old negro sitting in the kitchen door, in a state of tremulous excitement ami indignation, with a fringe of sym|iathetic darkies around him. He bad no real apprehension of the poorhouse suggestion's ever being carried into effect, for he knew very well that “Miss Mary" would always stand between him ami such an awful calamity as that What hurt him was that the suggestion should hare been made That he. Patrick Beverley (for so he styled him self), who had lived “right here pou de home plantashnn Tong wid de famb'ly' for eighty years, should have had such an insult put upon him—“jes' like be were one common niggar, whar didn't have no fambly”—this was where the iron entered; and Mary had much ado to persuade him to desist from turning and twisting it in the rankling wound it bail made long enongh to arrive at any clear understanding of what she wished him to do. ‘Tin sorry yon have to leave your old home you’ve lived in so many years,” she said gently, when she had made all the arrangements to have them moved over at once. "It’a hard for such old people to tiave to make any change. You'll be comfortable here with me. aud you must try and grow used to your new quarters as soon as you can. ” “Yes, honey. Lord bless yo'sweet face! tis bard fur to tu'n outti de room you been shuttin yo’ eyes ’pon every night an openin ’em ’pon every moroin fur gwine on sixty ye’r. But dar’s things whar's harder to b'ar eu dat. I'se bin liviu 'pon de BeveTey 'state, man an boy. close on er bund ed ye'rs, kase I'se gwine tor be eighty-seven ye'role ef I livetwell de second day in harvest. An I ain't never had nothin tall said to me like what dat strange white man—whar never hail uo geut'man fur his daddy, 1 knows—took 'n said to me dis moroin •You'll be mighty comftable at de po’- house, ole man.'sez he: ‘dey has er good room, an clo'se, an fire an vittles plenti ful. an nary lick o' work to da YouTl think yerse'f in clover.’ sez he. An 1 sex, sex l, 'No, sar. 1'seer BeveTey man an I Tongs to de quality, 1 does. De BeveTeys ain’t got nothin 'tall to do wid uo po'house, nor no po’house doin's, nor no po'house talk, nuther. An befo’ I'll go to dat place 111 die right 'pon de road side—me an de olo 'ooman too.' ” There was something almost ludi crous. if it had not been so infinitely pa thetic, in the old servant's pride and as sertion of dignity and position, and in his readiness to die of want in a ditch, or on a roadside, t at her than snffer what he considered a social degradation There were tears in Mary's eyes, which made the smile on her lips a trifle tremn- lons. as she patted the old man's feeble arm and assnrod him that such igno miny should never be bis portion while there was a Beverley above ground to protect him. She watched, still with an April coun tenance, the little gronp—the old negro walking slowly, leaning on his hickory staff, and her two bold boys dancing aronnd him, full of eagerness about the move and of desire to help In it She thought the whole matter settled and done with when she had got the old people established in their new quarters with their household gods around them: but it was not Mr. Anthony at their very next meeting chose to introdnee the snbject, and to express himself with some force upon it [continued.] — WHAT IT MEANS. The Democratic Party's Attitude To wards Pensions. fBellefonte, Pa., Watchman.] When the Democratic party gets through with the pension question, no old or deserving soldier will have cause for com plaint. It will be the frauds, whose oaths and not services put them upon the pension roll —the camp followers and bum mere, the fellows who have done their fighting with their mouths since the close of the war ended their opportunity to rob the real soldier, who will hear something “drap” that will not be as pleasant to their ears as music, or as profitable to them asf the paths in which they have been traveling of late. Pension revision according to a Democratic ideas, means to make a difference between the real soldier and the sham : be tween the man who did his duty while in the service and he who did not. This is its inter pretation, and the r.*al soldiers and the public will be alike sat isfied with it. Deserving Praise. We desire to say to our citi- tens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, liucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bit ters; and have never handlel remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesi tate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to re fund the purchase price, if sat isfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity pure ly on their merits. Sold by Willcox & Co. Druggists. Buck ton— I wonder why it is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place ? Nendick— Because after it strikes once the place isn’t there any more.—Truth. A Million Friends. A friend in p<^d is a friend indeed, and nf less than one million people hav*» found just such a friend • King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds.—If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine,'one trial will convince you that it has wonderful cur ative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at Willcox & Co’s Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and ^1.00. When the Heart It Affected. LAW CABAS. At a country ball—“My dear sir, you have just stepped on my partner’s foot. 1 demand satisfaction!” “Oh, certainly ! Yonder sits my wife ; go and step on her foot.”—Ptterburgskaya Oeseta. Shiloh’s Consumption Cure. This is beyond question the most successful Cough Medi cine we have ever sold, a few doses invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, Croupand Bron chitis, while its wonderful suc 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 back lame, use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J. A. Bovd Lawyer—I am very sorry for you, Herr Muller, but Snip, the tailor, has instructed me to col lect that account you owe him. Muller—And you expect to recover the money ? Then I am really very sorry for you.— Deutitche We.spen. SHILOH’S CATARRH REM EDY. A marvelous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth, and Headache. With each bottle there is an ingenious nasal Injector for the more suc cessful treatment of these com plaints without extra charge. Price 50c. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. First Doctor—I hear, my fel low practitioner, that you trea ted my neighbor for abdominal typhus. Was it a bad case ?” Second Ditto—A very bad case ; the man didn’t pay his bill.—Hauxfreund. Answer This Question. Why do so many people we see around us seem to prefer to 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 Reward of $500. Will be paid for any case of Rheumatism which cannot be cured by Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedy. This offer is made in good faith by the pro prietors, and there is no reason able excuse for any one to suf fer longer. Any ordinary case will be cured with one bottle. In addition to the reward for difficult cases, the money is al ways refunded where the reme dy fails to cure. The price of a bottle is #5—and that is the cost of a cure. Drummond Medi- icineCo., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. The Georgia Legislature has refused to accept the Confeder ate Soldiers Home offered the State. By Rheuraati. m or any of the muscles near that organ it is a. w. boyd. like tampering with an eLctric wire for death may come at any moment. If life is worth $5, go to the druggist and get Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Reme dy or send to the Drummond licine Co., 48 50 Maiden Lane New York, and they will send you a large bottle by pre paid express. It is not as quick as electricity, but it will save your life if you take it in time. Agents wanted. When Baby w»s sick, wo bits her CsOortak When she was a Child, she cried for OaeUx-ia. When she became Misa she olun* to Csatoria. When she had Children, she gave them Caatoria. necessary papers ALBERT PARROTT. C. C. P. Hard Up Gent—Say, boss, can’t yer give a feller a few cents to help him along? Mr. Delawney—Why don’t you do something far yaw oun living ? You had better ask for bwains instead of money. Hard Up Gent—Well, boss, I asked yer for what I thought yer had the most of.—Brooklyn Life. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin 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. “Those fellows don't under stand the science of football at all.” “flo so?” “Why, they’ve been playing an hour and ihere ain’t one of them that’s so much as lame even.”—Detroit Tribune. Okfic.k of the Mayor Town of Darlington, S. C., December 2, 18W2. Be it ordered that pursuant to sec tion 5 of the Charter of the Town of Darlington, 8. C-, we publish and make the following ordinance : That berore any voter shall be en titled to vote for Mayor and Alder man for the Town of Darlington 8. C., at an election for the same to be held on Tuesilay, December 20, 1802, he shall be required to register at the place appointee, by the 'Town Coun cil. njxm taking the following oath, ‘That he is 21 years of age aud has been a resident of the State of South Carolina for one year and the Town of Darlington forsiity days preceding this election, and that he is not for any cause under the law and ( bnsti- tutiou of the said State disqualified as a voter.” Be It further ordained that, for the puniose of holding aud giving oppor tunity to the elector of said Town to register as above required, three (8) managers of said registration to be appointed by the Mayor, shall meet at the Council Chamber of the Town of Darlington, and, after taking the following oath., “That they will im partially register all voters who may present themselves to take the above prescribed oath,” shall take down and keep a record of all persons who pre sent themselves for registration and for the pur|x>se of allowing the said electors to register, the said mana gers shall meet at the Council Cham ber on the mornings of the 14 and 15 days of December at 8 o'clock A. M. and keep said place open for registra tion until 6 o'clock P. M. of each day. The same managers shall be on Tuesday, the 20 day of December 1822, at the same hours, as provided for in the said registration and re ceive the votes of all electors who have complied with the law, and after the polls are closed at 6 o’clock on the evening of the 20 day of December 1802, proceed to count the votes and declare the election, and in three (8) days thereafter serve written notice on the persons who have been elected Mayor aud Alder- of said Town. The said managers, after counting the votes cast and declaring the elec tioo, shall return the said ballots to said box, seal same, and turn over ■aid box to the Town Council. That all persons who shall in any way interfere with the managers In the’ discharge of their duty, or who shall illegally vote, shall be lined not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars, <>r be imprisoned for not less than five days, nor more than thirty days, or both. By order of Council. W. F. DARGAN. Mayor. Attest, J. W. EVANS, Clerk. GEO. W. BROWN BOYD & BROWN- ittornays and Oonnialora at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. B., &> C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. a. W. DAROAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorney* at Law, Office, Hewitt building (up stairs) north side oi the Public Square. Darlindton. S. 6’* Lumber! Lumber!! J UST arrived and for sale cheap for cash, six car loads of rough ind dressed lumber, such as Fram ing, Flooring, Celling and Weather Boardng, at EARLY’S LUMBER YARD, on line C. S. A N. R. R- Mch 24—tf. Clerk’s Sales. ST A TE OF SO UTH CA ROL1NA. County of Darlington. In Common Pleas. F. J. Pelzer, assignee, vs Alexander Fields et al. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclos ure made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington county on the first Monday in January next the following described real estate: All that tract, piece or parcel of land lyinf, being and situate in the nounty of Darlington, State aforesaid being a part of a tract of land of two hundred and eighty three acres, con veyed to the said Alexander Fields by Commissioner in Equity on the 80th day of November 1h«8 and set aside as dower of Mary Stewart, bounded as follows: On the North by lauds of Edmund H. Crawford; on the East by i iublic road leading from Mt. Ellon to I'ields Bridge; on the South and West by lauds of Alexanuer Fields and con taining thirty-two acres; this being a part of the dower set aside to Mary Stewart: Terms of sale cash; purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W.ALBERT PARROTT, Dec. 12 1822. Clerk. T. H. SPAIN. Attorney at I aw. DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C- Will practice in Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina Prompt attention given to all busi ness, and ■pecial attention given col lections. J. J. WARD. K. O. WOODS. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys A Counselors at Law, DARLINGTON, S. C. Will practice in theStateand Federal Courts. Special attention 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 the firm, who have control of some of the most de sirable property in the town and county. J. K. NKTTLKS. C. 8. NETTLES. Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys A Counselors ut Law, l>MrltiiK<on II., N. Will practice in all the State and Fed eral Courts. Prompt personal at tention given to the collection of Claims. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Darlington. Hugh J. Coker, Administrator, vs James L. Coker et at. Pursuant to an order of Court made in the above stated case, 1 will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington county, State afore said, on the first Monday in Janua ry next the following described real estate: All that tract of land situate in the county of Darlington, State of South Carolina, containing eight hundred acres, more or less, bounded north by the roads known as the Powell Road and the Dampier Road, east by the New Providence Road, south by Black Creek and west by Reedy " anch and the Dampier Road, to gether with the mill thereon, includ ing a gin. cotton press and appurte nances. Also the tract of land containing sixty acres, more of less, lying south of Black Creek, commencing on the J. H. Vann line, and running in an easteily direction on said line to the Fraser land and thence on the Fraser line in a westerly direction to Black Creek, and thence down Black Creek to the beginning corner on the Vann land. The eight hundred acre tract to be sold in lots, plats of which will be ex hibited on day of sale. Terms of sale one third cash, bal ance on a credit of one and two years, credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser aud mortgage of premi ses sold. Purchaser to pay for all G. S, IllCki k mv Manuiacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blums, IvdOXJX.XDIDN-OS —AND - Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, S. C. April, 2q 1882—1 Bids Invited. Office County Commissioners, ) Darlington, 8. C., Dee. 7, ’22. ( K IDS are invited for Superinten* dent of the Poor House, Physi cian to Poor House and Jail, for Pub lic Printing, and furnishing supplies for the Poor House for the year 1H23. All bids should be addressed to Hen ry E. P. Sanders, Clerk of the Board, Darlington, S. C., and must be re ceived on or before .the 24th day of December, 1H!I2. The Board reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. HENRY E. P. SANDERS, Dec 8—St Clerk of Board XTART8VILLE RAILROAD. In effect Oct. 2, 1892. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsviile 5.55 a m Jovann 6.20 a m Floyd’s 7.10 a m Darlington 9.00 a m Palmetto 0.25 a m Arrive Florence 9.50 a m Leave Florence 2.00 p m Palmetto 2.15 p m Darlington 2.35 p m Floyd’s 8.25 p m Jovann 8.45 p in Arrrive Hartsviile 4.06 p m J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. ( SUGAR COATKD) | Haydock’s New Liver Pills. ' ▲ wonderful and extraordinary combination of concen trated medicine. Tbo Victories of Kcieuco—klectrie TodeprapUa, 8team and Printing—rovulutionixed the whale eystern of tho wlobe, and made mankind wieer and better. Bo, although there are oountlnee Pills used for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the re markable discovery of Ur. Hay dock baa eclipsed them ail, and has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, -whose vast doses of four or five pills, en- fanhla tho atomo- h fund naraiszA ttie bowolfl. must give kith and a;>j>otit© with hie extraordinary V< - - - - — DR. 8THPT0XS OF BILIOUSNESS. _ » patient complain* of a fullneaa of the . Distension of the bowels by wind, I A feeling ef wearinem, sleep 1 ness after tneala. . ▲ bad taste in the mouth, and furred tongue, tipation, with an occasional diarrhoea. AH of tha above «he in front ef head, a of spirits and ffi Each vial contains Twenty PlD*. - r<k u~ 8WNTHIMFREB for a trial. Cents. For sale by all Druggists. Any eoeptio can have a vial of Pills on roeeiptof bis name and addreea, for»w«Aa, formation to all, HAYDOCK a CO., XKW YORK, U. A CAUTION 1 -DnuetaM u. demhsd to aotto. th»l tte ua. stj.n. Frueu, wli CHARLESTON. SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect Oct. 2, 1892 NORTH. SOUTH. 1 2 A M. A. M. 6.50 Charleston 10.80 8.00 Pregnall’s .205 10 15 Sumter 6.o4 11.06 Lamar 6.58 11.20 Syracuse 5.44 11.84 Darlington 5.30 11.42 Mont Clare 5 15 12.00 Robin's Neck 5.05 12.15 Mandeville 4.50 12-30 Bcnnettsville 4.35 1.00 Gibson 4.05 P. M. P. M. Close connection'is’made at Gibson for all points reached by or via tha Seaboard Air Line System ; at Ben- nettsville for all points via C. F. St Y. V. U K. J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager. c. & D. and C. A S. RAILROADS. In effect Oct. 2, 182“. Leave Wadcsboro 4.40 a m Morveu’s McFarland Cheraw 6.05 a m Cash's Society Hill Dove's Floyd's 0 68 a m Darlington Palmetto Arrive Florence Leave Florence Palmetto Darlington .... 2.23 p ra Floyd's 2.33 p m Dove's 9 40 p m Soeiety Hill Cash's Cheraw McFarland 11 04 p m Morveu’s Bennett’s 11.34 p m Arrive Wadesboro 11.59 a m Freight Train. Leave Florence 7.49 a m Arrive Darlington la-ave Darlington Arrive Florence A. F. RAVEN EL, President. mjORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. In effect Oct. 2. 1892. SOUTH BOUND. No. 27. Leave Florence 1 35 a m Kingstree Lanes Arrive Charleston No. 23. Leave Florence 8.05 a m Kingstree 9.30 am Lanes Arrive Charleston No. 53. Leave Lanes Arrive Charleston Train on C. St D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 23 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston l-anes Kingstree Arrive Florence 4.45 a xu No. 14. I-eave Charleston 1 .lines Kingstree 7.24 p m Arrive Florence 8.80 p m No. 52. I>eave Charleston 6.50 a m Arrive Ijaues No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of 8. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilming ton, N. C., making close connection witb W. St W. R. R. for all points North. J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. w way to the man who restores health aud appotit© with one or two ot hie extraordinary Vegetable Pills. One or two ox DR. II AYDOCK’K NEW LlVKil PILLS suffice* to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appe tite, and renders the spirit light ana buoyant. If the fiver ie affected it* function* are restored, and if the Ifervoue System la enfeebled, it is invigorated and sue- great lamttade, to show functional above cymptoina go to show functional of the liver: and now comae the great any error made aa to the condition of the 1» a Pin. Daily experience show* that thla, when the Pill la compounded properly, la the readied mode of Inciting And pronoUn, Um •otion.ol Ih, Unr.and cu bnnlvtn Uvea, and therefore have made a Pill, one of which la aa active aad thorough 4oee. IhaveoaUedlt Haydock’s New Liver Pin. Tte, •!• 11m tru. ,T»l!™ AndMAMMMof bnnhh, Anita, pntnM bWantn, thAt ScMnc-hu r—o to Um wurid. For MtCToaA ProAtrAtioo. WaAknmA, O-oota) Uni- SodA, want ot Appotito and Sick H-adacha, Or Bagr djck'A N.n Ltrar HUa aUl tM found nn SloMual Prion Twautp-A-a 7ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA St AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect October2 1892. SOUTH BOUND. No. 28. Leave Wilmington 6-25 p m Marion “.85 p in Arrive Florence 1('.25 p m No. 5U. Leave Florence 1.20 a m Sumter 4.85 a m Arrive Columbia 6.15 a m No. 27. Leave'Wilmington 10.10 p in Marion 12.40 a m Arrive Florence 20 a u No. 52. Leave Sumter 8.43 a m Arrive Columbia 10.55 a in No. 58. Leave Florence 7.57 a m Sumter 9 20 a m Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs through 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. 58. NORTH BOUND. N o. 51. Leave Columbia...*. 10.45 p m Sumter 12.04 a m Arrive Florence ! .15 a m No. 78. Leave Florence 5.00 a m Marion 5.44 a m Arrive Wilmington 8.55 am No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter 7.30 p in Arrive Florence 8.40 p m No. 53. Leave Colombia 0.10 p m Arrive Sumter 7.30 p m No. 14. Leave Florence 8.60 p m Marion 9.55 pm Arrive Wilmington 12.20 am No 53 runs through to charleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning 8.00 t> m Lanes 8.40 p m, charleston 10-30 a in. No. 69 connects at Florence with c. St D. train from cheraw aud Wades- boro. Noe. 78 and 14 make close connec tion at Wilmington with W. St W. Railroad for all points North. Trains on Florence Railroad leave Pee Dee daily except Sunday 8 85 a m, arrive Rowland 11.40 a m. Return ing leave Rowland 12 16 p in, arrive Pee Dee 4.00 p m. Trains on Manchester & Augusta Railroad leave Sumter daily except Sunday 10 50 a m, arrive Rimini 11 69 a m. Returning leave Rimini 12.30p. m, arrive Sumter 1.40 p. m. J. F. DIVINE. Cien Supt- TOBACCO SEED FREE. —-AHI>— All About Growing Tobacco. N fan mat Is try this Monsy Making Crap, writs IS— SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL, Winston. 2. C. S ot •S April H—ly? FOR SALE A Second-hand Sewing Machine; in exeellent condition. Apply at Tag DAHuxeTojr NlV* Qflfo