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j CHAITKK XVI. Il'uil do 1/0u Ihlnk o' hcrr- Aiithnny nukcil l> in StewHrt had hocu domiciled im the little honee Hcrotw the rarine for more than a week and with hla oanal, ailaptatiility hail inched himself into hie new environment The few people who' j had met him were so charmed with him that more detuned to share the privilege. ) and already the ripple of his popularity i was circling around the neighlmrhood Mrs Beverley's little boys were the* 1 lint to make his acipiaintance. being om terms of familiar intimacy already im the house of bis entertainer, and they rame home to their mother after at lengthy call perfectly enraptured. He's the nicest gentleman that ever was. mamma." qnoth Hector, with en thusiasm ‘He lived, when he was at little boy far away in a country where, the snow lays on the ground all the. time and the people go abont on snow- shoes snch fnnny things, like great long paddles—and they have sleighs with bells on the horses' collars, and alii the children have sleds and slide down hill and ran races and have lots of fun snd they skate, mamma, like in the pics- ture books on rivers twice as big as this and walk about on the paddle ! shoes Look! I've got a picture at them Mr. Stewart drew me." And he prod need a rough sketch and exhibited ! end returned with tfie fatal intelligence it tinth foot urn •/ Ik w ! mv ■ • __ n it with rapture -Oh. mamma, it mtrt be lovely to live where it's awful coWf Wouldn't yon like to go/" (iowhere'" asked Mary, smiling. Then Kan. the accurate, took up the tale. “It's New Brunswick.'' he said “l said it over to myself lots of times snd 1 remember it quite right, because of Ihe stew with loads of pepper m jt that Aunt Neelie likes And Hec, Air. Stew art didn't say twas winter there all the time Don't you know he Udd ne shunt the flowers in the woods and going afte berries with his sisters'/ That couldn't be if there was snow all the time." That's so," acquiesced Hector, yield ing the point; “bnt I didn’t mind about | the flowers 1 can get them here, and I ’ should so love to walk on paddles." Mrs. Beverley herself was very favor * sbly impressed when, the following ' rvening. Ned Anthony bronght his friend to call, a little prond of him and vain of the intimacy, and anxious to show her that he had friends of his own making whoconld bear comparison with any in the land for birth ami breeding. He sat very complacently and listened to their conversation, putting in a word or so now and then, for he was no great talker, and needed to be specially roused and drawn out He wanted these two to like each other, and he seemed in a fair way of having his wish gratified, for Stewart and Mrs. Beverley had many things in common. Dan's sunniuess of temperament and vivacity, which was free and yet sug gested reserves of gracious repose, were captivating to the woman who had had so much of moods and storms and sense less dome ’c upheavals. He was charm mg and sympathetic, and did not ex haust her by demands and exactions that kept her at high preseure. There was no necessity of partisanship, even in her own mind, or of self reproach or self arraignment in regard tq him. She could like him without reservation, and enjoy his society absolutely, restfnlly, ‘ knowing that he would never grate on her in any way, or jat or make a dis cord. He understood at once a sugges tion. a word, almost a thonght, and was instantly responsive. What impression she made on Stewart shall be given in his own words to his fnend as they took their way home to gether in the moonlight after the first visit. •What do yon think of her?" Anthony asked, lowering his lids and speaking calmly. ‘That she’s altogether the most charm ing woman I have met for many years," replied Dan heartily. “She’s intelli gent. cultivated, sympathetic and has the loveliest manners I have ever conrtemnuy aim nlaaiog qm*, h „. r he understood her With Dan she took no snch pains, contacting him often for the more ptaiwirWif matching her wit with his, and provoking merry argu ment* m which she held her own with skill and had troubleenough in securing a victory to enjoy it. Even when, as sometimes happened, defeat became her portion, she enjoyed that too, for her ad versary s male of triumph never grated on her and hi* society was s stimulus and pleasure. In their merry talks and wrangles Anthony took keen interest in his way listening and applauding loudly when it seemed to him that Mrs Beverley had scored a point. It did not a-cnr to him to be jealous He was always present at their interview*. Htnl could see their growing friendliness, bnt attached no importance to it. He had come to re gard Mrs. Beverley as in some sort a pos session of his own, and lieing^ unversed in women was confident that "she liked him the better becanse she showed him the more consideration Who was so fit to marry her as he’ Who could af ford her so many indulgences, ami give her her own way in all her whims, and everything she wanted? Not Dan. certainly, for Dan was poor. The week after Miss Cornelia’s tem pestuous retreat, two young vonsins of Hector Beverley’s arrived from Rich raond at the old homestead, with big Saratoga trunks and the announcement that they bad come to pay a goal dong visit. “When the word went round that Aunt Neelie had invested Richmond, a perfect panic seared ns." quoth Ella. Henderson, the younger of the two girls. “Father beat his breast and tore his beard all the way down to his office and wept copiously when he got there. 1 have it from the ‘ best authority, for Charlie Warwick was in to see him.in the course of the morning and says that the dear old gentleman was so nnnetved that he conldn’t- attend to business. Mother is, unfortunately. Aunt Neelie’s favorite sister, so we are to have the major portion of her visit She is at Cousin Janie Carrington’s now, but she’s coming to us next week. Mother went to see her the morning after she arrtvedi If she is a fair sample of an F. F. V.. and not a noble exception. I doff my bat and say. Oal grant that the race never liecomes extinct. Ned, is she ‘little Mary? I thought yon said Mrs. Bever ley." A shade crossed Anthony's face, for he regretted the old dream still “Lit tle Mary lies there." he said, pointing toward the dark cedars standing clear and black against the moonlit sky. “Yon heard me right. That is Hectes'a ridow.” Dan laid his hand qnickly oa hia mend's broad shoulder Such demon stration* were habitual with Mm. and never seemed effusive or woiuemsh. He was sorry for the sail ending of a sweet, romantic dream, grieved, for the pain Anthony must have fell in its dissolu tion, yet Sven now in lie keart there was satisfaction in the knowledge that the lady from whom they bad jnst part ed was in no way connected with that dream, and was simply ••Hector'* willow." He threw himself into the project of the new house with enthusiasm, critic ally examined the site proposed, took in all its capabilities and even its possi bilities and set himself to work at one* on plans and estimate*. He saw a good deal of Mrs. Beverley and fell qnite naturally into Anthony’* way of frequenting her bouse. They would take their plana over in the even ings and spread them out on her parlor table and discuss them and argne over them, for Anthony hail a good many no tions which he was disposed to set np in opposition to his friend's views. When difference* of opinion arose both men ''■«>'ild appeal to her ami Mary, unless the case involved a flagrant breach of taste, always decided in Anthony's fa vor becanse she liked him the lees and wished to balance matters. When she was forced to diswol from him she would do so very gently, es- nlainin, her rrounds of Then I looked over at Nan and she looked " back at me. and by common impulse we j decided to refugee at once.” Mary had ushered her guests into a i cool shaded chamber, and was helping them to make themselves at home. The girls chattered gayly as they removed their dusty traveling dresses, and Mary | listenod much amused. She oould gauge theic consternation at their unloved rel- ! alive's advent by her own joy in her de parture. She was very fond of these I two bright and pretty cousins and glad j to have them with her. Indeed, if they I had not come of their own accord she i would have summoned them. She bad come to a crisis in her affair* when she ' longed for the support and retugc of the presence of other women. Nan’s prettv dark face was down in cool water in the bigold fashioned bowl, but she managed to remark between the dips: “We are going to staj- until yon send for the sheriff, Mary: so I thonght it was just as well to tell Charlie he might follow later on. It's horribly' stuffy in town and I've ordered hiucto pay Aunt Neelie lots of attention in my 1 stead." With a smothered laugh that gurgled in the water: "1 wish you could have seen the gloom of his countenance: the Dane was a fool to him: melancholy distilled from every pore. ‘ He’ll do it, thongh, because he really is a good hearted fellow. 1 hope yon won’t mind his coming: be isn’t a bit troublesome and hell need recuperation." Mrs. Beverley assured her that she did not mind it in the least, and that the fiance won Id bo most welcome. Then she tnrned smilingly to Ella and offered hospitality to her friends as wehV ’But that young lady airily, waved th«* offer, aside. She was in the enviable position of caring for nobody and being the ob ject of nobody's care, she said. ar«d in tended to loaf and wear out her old clothes and enjoy herself in delicious, antrammeled solitude. To secure this end she had. even amid the demcmlizn- tion of their flight, retained sufficient presence of mind to qnarrel with every man she knew. She was not going to let such disturbing element* as men spoil her rustication. , | “There isn’t much of that to dread np here,” she added, laughing. An idea dawned on Mary which s<vit a light of langhter into her eyes and caused a hidden dimple to play hide and seek in her, smooth pale cheek. Bnt when Nan aiked for an explanation of her amnsement she refused to give it CHAPTER XVII The x>nir inert jHiHttHn etn*e, Don’s hr id a lIWc hetU, ns lliony/i he were tpcakln v A season of gayety now set in i in- known to that quiet neighborhood since the last visit of these eateeprising you ag ladies. Ella's declaration that she had come to the country to rest and to lie quit of the disturbing element of mascu line society appeared like the breath of one’s nostrils—a thing that passes, loav ing no trace that it ever has been. She neither,rested herself nor allowed much rest to others, and she had not been in the county a week before every unmar ried man within a radins of tuilee had found his way to the house. ! ? In Dan Stewart she had an able aux iliary. for all his instincts were social, and between them they org mixed and carried through successfully quite a number of picnic*, fishing parties and impromptu dances. Mary, drawn into the vortex by her tmpetnona cousin, en joyed it as ranch a* any of them, and felt somehow as thongh the springs of i youth and joy were being renewed ; within her She rode and walked and ' fished with the rest. 1 enjoying their pleasure ami her own. aiul one evening she actually duiced again—a thing she had not done for years. Dan had a.very nice tenor voice, ana | noose, too know. ^‘ h ^ Hendersons were musical. u part of the evenings was usually devoted b' "usic. singing and practicing rfjets 1 t .strange and inharmonious concert,, wherein Dan imitated a French j born with I,,, month (anff thought he I , ‘ u " w »ll. ta>. although lie some time* hail difficulty in making the rest agree with him) and Ella whistled like « mocking bird, while Mary and Nan performed the instrumental part, and Anthony picked bravely U u a banjo For Anthony let.I suddenly become a candidate for mnsicail distinction. He had * although untrained, voice, and the natural taste for nmsic which is so noticeable in lit* class in the south One elemng he surprised them; all by appearing with an old banjo onder hi* ann which he said he had bought from a white man living back in the woods for nve dollars. ** The man was under oonvictiou of gin *nd mindful to be rid of satan and all hu works: so he had sold -his banjo to Ned in preference to destroying it, for m all the Scriptures there is no verse which teaches that for his soul’s salva tion a man shalUurn his back on profit, tf so be he is poor already. This Ned told them while lie strung hi* banjo up. and afterward, sitting down before them so that he might beat time properly with heel And toe, he trolled out mining camp ditties and old plantation melodies that he had picked up from the negroes when he was a boy. ‘o a rattling accompani. mont that made the sheepskin sound again. Once he droned for them a real ly excellent imitation of an Indian fu neral dirge, interspersed with wails and cunous long drawn howls, which per-. fommnee transported the little boys with admiration and caused them for days to fill the house with such hideous sounds-of mourning that Mary, was forced to interfere and make it a pun ishable offense. - • Anthony, through his intercourse with Mrs. Beverley, had overcome his shyness with ladies, and enjoyed thi* intimate association with well bred women more even than he realized himself until he came to look back ii[>on it. He was sometimes overbold, and etten decidedly boisterous, but it was summer weather and everybaly was happy, so they were not captions or critical about him. With Mary, what he did and said no longer made a particle of difference: he had ceased even to jar upon her. For her,, heaven and -earth were filled with soft content, and all things were beautiful, all people tolerable, if not absolutely pleasant. , The days rolled on in peace and beauty nntil a month had passed, and then came the kttle rift in the lute, the tiny cloud in the sky. , : They had been dancing—that is, the girls and Dan and Mr. Warwick, who had’ come'np from Richmond “for re pairs," he said, after a damaging course of civilities to Miss Uornelia? Mary played for them, and Anthony, who did not dance, leaned on the end of the piano and watched them. Dan was dancing with- Ella Henderson, and after a,Uor.ea turns or so, at< a wotfi from -her they stopped in the aoruer by the piano. .. “Let me pHty now, Mary," said Ella, with-mischief in hereyes, "and tako a tum : yonrself. It will do., you lot* of good, and Mr. Stewart's step is just per fection." ■ “Pleasedo. Mrs. Beverley." Dan plead ed eagerly. “You have, never danced with me once, and 1 have begged yon so often. Miss Ella’s compliment U to be taken with salt, bnt I’m sure we should get on together." Mary hesitated. “1 haven^ danced for years,.’,' she said, half rising. “Then don’t lose any more time," said Ella, usurping, the piano imperiously. “All thought of the years is bootless: our part is to 'chase the glowing hours writh flying feet.'- Oo dlmce, my dear anti ’never heed the years. Listen;- I’m going to tempt you both with 'Woman's Love.’" She glancedMip, mulling as her fingers swept over the keys - . MAry danced with the^ beautiful un dulating' movemeuts of a daughter of .the south whose feet have learned to follow the mazes of music from the very cradle, and Dan was the: partner whrnn every woman be daneed with felt at oride that she had waited for ■for years Never was a waltz more beautifnl. never seethed a J waltz more- perfect, since music and movement first lent them selves to the embalinient- of dreams and received a soul from love. > . .•> r "As Ned Anthony’s eyes fallowed the i pair, moving softly tm-th* softness of the music, for the-first time a suspicion of what might' be inqietidihg broke coldly, like the dawn of a winter day. upon his mind. He was stunned for a moment and stood qniteuiotionJeas. with his lids drooped as was Iks custom. Ella ■poke to him once or twice, bnt receiv ing no answer glanced at him over her shoulder The pair were passing close. Dan's head a little bent, as though he were speaking: his mustache almost grated her hitir. for he was but little taller, and Mary-was smiling and her eyes were downcast. Ned's jaw scared itself ernelly, and abont his mouth deep- eaed line* that would have shocked the girl who was wAtchmg him. con Id she have seen them—bard, wolfish lines that the beautifu! r brown beard concealed, as Ihe soft fnr conceals the leopard's claws and the soft’ marsh grass the serpents The drooping lidnseeined to intensify the cullen tire of the eyes, which glowed like a furnace through half opened doors. Ella stopped" suddenly, and obeying a curious impulse ■ touched as if by acci dent -with her own the band that rested on the edge of the piano. She after ward describe 1 to her sister the seaaa- tion experienced: _ . “It was hard-and tense, you know, like a man's hand >s when he is abput to deal a blow, and the knuckles stoat out a little. I just touched it—barely grazed it—with my fingers, but it made them tingle. If I had taken hold of it or laid my hand down on it I should have got an electric shock: It was cunous, Nan, to be wjthin the qircle of his sphere. He was almost rigid with jealousy and yet was quivering with emotion. That man can be dangerous. I felt as though 1 wanted an insulator between ns.” Nan found the topi* one of more than ordinary interest “Yon think that M Anthony is in love frith Mary'/" she sng gested. “To be snre he is. terribly in love— qnite head over ears. If you were not in love yourself, and consequently pur blind. you wonld have discovered it ages ago." , . < “l .did think so at first," Nan re sponded, thrusting aside the imputation of obtusenessr “Lately I haveu't no ticed much, because Mary has been throwing him with yon ever since we came. She has really 'manenvered to do it: and that is unlike Alary. . I took it into my head that she was trj-ing to bring on a match between Mr. Anthony ni>d yon becanse of all that money." “She ha* been trying on that very game," qnoth Ella, who occasionally elected to be slangy, “bnt it hasn't worked at all. It wasn’t the money, thongh. Nan. Mary doesn't care for money. She's the most unworldly crea ture alive, and has lived in the woods so long that she has lost all appreciation <?f the dependence of mankind on the root of all evil. With Mary it isn't the uni venial root, the tap root, the real founda tion. What she wanted was to rid her self of an unwelcome adorer and to hand him over to me—the hospitalities of the 1 saw through her at once: not I'm totnt or Mary, anf sne s j Hector’s widow, and all that, and she can't bear the man besides: so I tried to help her." j "I don’t, think you've succeeded, either of yon," remarked Nan impurtiai- I ty. not meaning to lie disagreeable, but as one who states an undeniable fact "N*. we haven’t,” admitted Ella, whose Llleship rested ou too sure a foundation for her to resent aicasional failure. "We might as well have tried to alter the course of the Mississippi. Tlie mischief was done, past all remedy, long before I entered the engagement. , From my observation. 1 should say that . Mr. Anthony is a man of one sentiment, and that of the colossal type. He is madly in love, and so is the other man. and both with the same woman." Nan was standing before the mirror, brushing out her long black hair. She turned with th? brush in her hand and regarded her sister earnestly. "Alary doesn’t care for Ned Anthony the value of a wooden toothpick," ah* said slowly. “I know she doesn't 1 think—that is. I'm afraid"—hesitated Ella “Whatr “Never mind. I'd rather not say. Ill wait a little before telling j'ou." “Very well; it doesn't matter. I think so too. CHAPTER XVIU. “Oh, my dear, ray dear, forgive me!" The new house progressed bnt slowly. There were delays npon delays, such as are kjiown only to the buildet who must get most of his material from a dis tance. By the middle of August the walls were up half way of the second itory. then the supply of bricks became exhausted, and Anthony, having tele graphed in vain to the contractor, went down to Richmond himself to investi gate the causes of delay Mary's guests were to leave her the following Week to join her parents at Capon Springs, where Miss Cornelia was also Dan had come over by himself to spend the evening, because it was "lone ly in the house across the ravine without Anthony." he said. He sat in a large armchair beside the center table, and the light from the lamps fell full on hie ruddy locks and made them glow and glitter. Little Ran. who was rarely ab sent from his side. Was perched on tb» ann of the chair, with his small bare feet on Dan's ktlefe. Suddenly he put up his hand to his friend's head “How red your hair is!" he said, touching it; “jnst like coals of fire I could make believe it burned me." "Hush'. Ran!” said Mary quickly; “yon must not be rude, my child.” But Dan pnt his arm abodt the boy and drew him closer. "Listen," he said softly: “and I'll tell yon about it Long ago—more than thirty years—away in New Bnmswick a little child was born It was in the winter and there was snow on the ground. From the trees and the ledges of the rocks and the eaves of all the houses icicles hnng in long, close rows, and every bow and branch and tiny twig on the trees and bushes in the forests and the shrube in the garden were cased in ice, and when the sun shone on them it was very beautiful But at night it was cold—so bitter cold, and the wind wonld rise and take the snow np in its arms and toss it about in fine soft clouds -that blinded people's eyes and made them stumble and some times Aose their way. and it was very dangerous to go abroad at night. “When the little boy was one week old there came a dark, dark night, with snow and wind and terrible sleet. The house where the baby's father lived was in the country ami stood in a great yard that was almost a little park About twelve o’clock there came a noise under the windows of the mother's chain tier, and the dogs howled, and the cat on the hearth rug set all her fnr on end. The nurse went to the window and drew aside the curtain, but it wa* so dark she could see nothing. 'Some one is lost in the storm, and old Brano is straining on Ids. chain, she said, com ing back to the fire, which glowed warmly, and touching with her foot the rocker of the cradle where the child was sleeping. "Then the mother cried out from her bed that it most be seen to. and sent and ha<l the father waked; anil he and the nurse went out and fonud in the snow beneath the window an old, old woman, bent and gray and shriveled, so that the wonder was how he ever got there. She was almost frozen, and they carried her into the house, and into the mother s room. Iwcanse there was the noblest fire. They laid her near it and chafed her limbs and wrapped her in warm cloth ing and comforted her with wine. And the mother, from her pillows, laiked on and told them what to do Soon the old woman opened her eyes, and the first thing they beheld was the tire. ‘How beautiful!' she muttered, and held out her withered hands; 'so beautiful! so beautiful!' and she went on for many moments murmuring about the beauty of the flames. Presently she espied the infant, and leaning over the cradle she scanned him long and earnestly." Dan paused, his eyes shimmering with mirth. “Oo on! go on!" raid the boy im patiently. “1 know the old witch gave the child red hair," murmured Ella; “but goon." Mary said nothing, but leaned nearer “The poor little thing lay there so pink and still and helpless, with its round bald head on the pillow and its small hands folded like rose leaves," continued Dan, "and he looked so tuna cent and lovely, that thfe old woman's heart was stirred and she longed to do something far him Passing her hand therefore over his head and gazing ten derly on the fire, she said slowly: 'To the child of the house that has sheltered me and wanned me I give the most beautiful thing in all the world. He shall be crowned with locks that glow and cnfl like the flames that leap from the heart of the coals Their color shall rival the ruddy hue of the wine which is warming my frame, and their texture shall be as soft and an fins as the silk in the hands of the spinner.' "Then the mother cried out against it. for it seemed to her a cruel wrong to put on a little child. 'Not so—it is a blessing.' the old woman said: 'for to those who love him the locks shall glow with warmth and beauty until they think thafflothing in all the broad earth can comiHire with them, while to thoee who hate him they will seem hideous aud suggest many unpleasant images, and all who hate him will speedily de part from him. Anil that will be good for the bey. because he will alwajrs have around him only thoee who love him ' Then the old woman vanished up the chimney, Ran, in a big puff of smoke, and •vsnrthifur aha Mid oama to pads/for t&s old woman was a fairy. - There was a pause when' the tele was done. v . TbeiuElla laid; “After this I shall de fend red hair from all aspersions. 1 shall maintain with all my strength that It is the color preferable to all others, and shall call it Titianesqne and lovely." Ran climbed up on the arm of the the chair and again rested his soft round cheek upon it “1 love it," he announced; “it warm* me all through to my heart, it does, and 1 think it's more beautiful- ler than any hair in the world. There was nothing in the little story to account for it, bnt that night, when Mary was in her chamber, she took from between the leaves of her Bible a faded photograph of a fair, noble looking man with eyes like Ran's, and gazed at it long and earnestly. Suddenly she bent her face down on it with a whisper that was almost a wail, “Oh, my dear, my dear, forgive me!" [continued.] The Women of France. France has never produced a second George Sand, and the elegant chate laines are as unlike her as possible and wonld be shocked to hear that there was anything in common between them in their beautiful tea gowns and the ec centric who wandered along the borders of the Indre and in the meadows of the valley of the Noire, in the neighborhood of Nohant, in a man’s costume, a frock- coat buttoned tightly around the waist, her luxuriant hair falling over a Byronic collar, with a cane or whip, smoking cigarettes as did George Sand. And yet each om of them has some thing of that queer mixture—like ber ths love of literary companionship, the desire to rise to leethetic discussion Women in France have always shared in the discussion as to the property and the business of ths husband; they in the higher circle* have a desire now to join in the thought and the literary exjieri ence. The stories of Jules Janin Bal sac, Theophile Gautier, Alphonse Kan are replete with these tokens of feminine influence of the higher order. They are very religions and very at tentive to their charities. The fancy fairs which are so fashionable in the Champs Elysees are under the condnct always of the greatest ladies, and how- decorous, bow quietly elegant they are' 1 fear our young girls could take a les son of them.—Mrs. John Sherwood in Harper’s Bazar. No Streets In Madagascar. On the island of Madagascar there are many brick and stone houses, but the street* are rocky and rough and narrow the ground being in the same condition as nature made it. You see, no roads are allowed to be built in that country and the towns have narrow footpaths for streets. Otherwise the natives be lieve that foreigners could the better march soldiers over the island aud sub due it. There are no carriages there be canse there are no roads. Goods are conveyed from the coa£t to the interior on the backs of strong men, each of whom, by the nse of a bamboo, can carry 100 ponnds. There are not over ten goal horses on the island, bnt there are probably 300 small ponies nsed for riding. The island has a standing armj: of iiO.OOO under the native queen. The natives speak the Alalagasy Ian guage, which is a branch of the Malay tongue. Formerly their language was simply a spoken language, but the Prot estant missionaries reduced it to writ ing and published a grammar and fonnn lated a system. The qneen patronize* an independent congregational creed, aud hence that is the fashionable and most powerful religion on the island.—Inter view in Chicago Herald. I,«g.ml. of th. Msorle* The Maones are sometimes generally and even exquisitely poetical. One of them relates how the heavens and the earth were the beginning of things united in marriage, and how the sky was torn away from the partner of her lovo by her own children, the storm winds. Every night she weepe over her lost husband, and her tears are the dew. Sometimes the stories are very quaintly and oddly imaginative, as where the tale is told of three brethren who took a canoe to fish, and went far, far out into the open sea. when one of them who had prepared a magic hook, caught what was supposed to be a great fish at the bottom, and drawing it np to the sur face found that he had discovered New Zealand. That was how the land came into be ing apd the Maories point to two or three of the great mountain ranges as the stone canoes in which their giant ancestors came from some far off coun try to people the land. The mixture of childish naivete and high imagination makes the collection actually fascinat ing.—Contemporary Review. I. th. Ksrth Hollow f The orthodox Icelander believes that the earth has an opening through it from pole to pole; in other words, that it is the exact counterpart of a gigantic head. According to their ideas all waters which flow to the north are drawn thitherward, by a suction created by the oceans tum bling downward through the hollow which they firmly believe exists. Their authority for this curious belief is the “Utama Saga," a semisacred work writ ten early in the Fourteenth century. If this ancient volume is to be relied upon, one Bjorn Liefson, a fisherman, who was driven northward by a fierce gale about the year 1291, is the only hn man being who has ever seen the spot where the waters of all oceans plnnge downward and are not seen again until they have passed entirely through the earth and again appear, bubbling and frothing like a mammoth spring at the sonth pole. Symines, an American arctic explorer, is said to have enter tained a notion somewhat similar.—Bt. Louis Republic. Cold Water Injure. Pleats* Guard against the application of cold or hard water to the roots of plants, and especially in the winter months, when there has been a heavy fall of snow, hail or cold rains. The water in the tanks then becomes very much too cold. This may not be noticed in the ordinary course of things, and the plants are sure to suffer a check at the roots that, in the case of camellias, for instance, would be quite sufficient to cause bud dropping. I am always very careful that the watei in our tanks is a few degrees warmer than the house in which the plants are growing. This is very important in suc cessful plant culture. We are apt to say sometime* on be holding a sickly plant—one mildewed or with rust on the foliage—that it must have been subjected to a draft *r cur rent of cold air, whereas the probable cause was the use of cold water, which paralyzed the roots. Proof of this may easily be seen by giving one or two ap plications of cold water to winter en cumbers or kidney beans when setting their pods.—Exchange. Th. Encroaching Inha. One of. the humorously attractive characteristics of a child is his large sense of personal importance. A little girl was walking with her father on the shore of Lake Michigan, where the waves were gently lapping up on the beach. Suddenly one came np higher than the others and swept over her foot, when she exclaimed, “Oh, papa, the lake stepped on my toe.”—New York Time*. Pronounced Hopeleta, Vet Saved., j From a letter written by Mrs.: Ada E. Hurd of Groton, S. C., | we quote: “Was taken with a bad cold, which settled on my | lungs, cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up say ing I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Saviour, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I' would meet my absent ones I above. My husband was ad vised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and ('olds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles; it has cured me and thank God 1 am now a well and hearty wo man.” Trial bottles free at Willcox & Co's Drugstore, re gular size, 50c. and $1.00. “You have a charming home, sir, and if you will permit mett say so, you have a most amiable wife.” “You’re right, my friend. 1 refuse my wife nothing, ami she will tell you so herself. Come, open your mouth, Mary, and show the new set of teeth that I bought for you yester day— /’Jh ropea n Exch anye. ■■■ — - Good Looks. Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the Liver he inac tive, you have a Bilious Look, if your stomach be disordered you have a Dyspeptic Look and if your Kidneys be affected you have a Pinched Look. Secure good health and you will have good looks. Electric Bitters is the great alterative and Tonic acts directly on these vital or gans. Cures Pimples, Blotches, Boils and gives a good complex ion. Sold at Willcox & Go’s Drugstore, 50c. per bottle. Cholly—Bah Jove. I’ve a dreadful pain in my head ! Can you suggest a remedy ? Sinnikers—Yes ; have it filled. -Truth. We have a speedy ai d posi tive cure for catarrh, diphthe- ia, canker mouth and head ache in SHILOH’S CATARRH. REMEDY. A nasal injector free with each bottle. Use it if you desire health and sweet breath. Price 50c. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd Bulfinch—Er—good evening. Er—is your daughter at home ? Mrs. Greyneck—Yes ; come right in. My daughter, my lit tle son and my husband and myself are all at home.—Boston Courier. Oh, What a Cough. Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease Consumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford for the sake of saving 50c., to run the risk and do nothing for it. We know from experience that Shiloh’s Cure will cure your cough. It never fails. This explains why more than a Mil lion Bottles were sold the past year. It relieves croup and whooping cough at once Moth ers, do not be without it. For lame back, side or chest use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. ‘ And what did the doctor say was really the matter with you 1” “Well, miss, his very words was, ‘You're a-suffenn from a guitar in the stomach, with a great want of tone.’ "—Judy. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Is it not worth the small price of 75c. to free yourself of every symptom of these distressing complaints, if you think so call at our store and get a bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer, every bottle has a printed guarantee on it, use accordingly and if it does you no good it will cost you no thing. Sold by Dr. J. A. Bovd. “See. Ryer, here’s a German clock I bought for yer in New York.” “Good gracious, Hiram ! How foolish ! You know I can’t un derstand a word of German.”— Life. Old Doctor Drummond. I After years of patient study and experiment has given to the world a preparation which is an absolute and permanent cure for every kind of Rheumatism. Ask your druggist for it. The price is $5, but it is a large bot tle and will cure you, or the money will be returned. If you are offered something else, write direct and we will send you a bottle by express prepaid. Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents Wanted. “What thing in this earth would you most like to have ?” “Money.” “But supposing you were im mensely rich, what would you like to have?” * “More money.”—Chicago Xews-Kecord. R. W. BOYD. OHO. W. BROWN BOYD dt BROWN- Attornay* and Oonmalon at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLING TON C R , & C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. 0- W. DAROAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office, Hewitt building (up stairs) north side of the Public Square. Darlington. S. C• T. e. SPAIN. ~ Attorney I aw, D lit LING TON, C. H., S. C- Will plactic* in Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina Prompt attention given to all busi ness, and special attention given col lections. J- J. ward. k. o. WOODS. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys k Counselors at Law, DA RUNG TON, 8. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts Special attention paid to all matters pertaining to the buying, selling, renting or leasing of real estate. Any party having husiuess 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 aud county. J. K. NKTTLK8. C. S. .NKTTI.K8, Nettles & Nettles, Atiorneys k Counselors at Law, DHrliiijclun H., V G\ Will practice in all the State and Fed eral Courts. Prompt personal at tention given to the collection of Claims. (i. S. IIMISIl k Mamilacturers —(;F— Doors, Sash, Blums, JVEOTJXsIDIJSrGIS — AND- Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, 8. C. April, 2,j 1889—1 Atiention Mechanics! All persons in need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at THK Da.'; LlNttTON Nkws office. June 12, ’90—tf TOBACCO SEED FREE. —AND— All About Growing Tobacco. If you want to try Milt Monty Making Crop, writ# to— SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL, Winston. N. C. ci-: i I'i XTARTSVILLE RAILROAD. ** In effect Jan. 2, 1898. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Lear* Hartsville 5.00 a’m Jovann 5.20 * m Floyd’s 0.85 a m Darlington 0.50 a m Palmetto 1.02 a m j Arrive Florence G.15 a m Leave Florence 9.00 p m Palmetto 9.15 p m Darlington ('.30)pm Floyd’s 9.45 p m Jovann 10 05 p i> Arrrive Hartsville 10.25 p m J F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. OHARLKSTON, SUMTER AND ^ NORTHERN RA'.LROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect Oct. 2, 1892 SOiJTH. NORTH. 1 A. M. 6.50 Charleston 8.00 Pregnall’g 10 15 Sumter 11.06 Lamar 11.20 Syracuse Darlington Mont Clare Robin's Neck Mandeville Rennettsville 11.34 11 49 12.00 12.15 12 30 1.00 P. M. Gibson A. M. 10.80 .905 6.54 5.58 5.41 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 ; st Ben- nettsville for all points via O. F, & Y, V. R. R. J. H. AVERILL, General Manager, & D. and C. St 8. RAILROADS. Leave Wadesboro .49 p m Bennett’s 2.01 p m Morven’s SO P m McFarland . .'.40 p m Cheraw 4 .00 p m Cash's 4 80 p m Society Hill 1.05 p m Dove's 5 45 p m Floyd’s 6 00 p ui Darlington i,25 p tu 1’almetto Arrive Florence . 7.00jp m Leave Florence Palmetto C 50 a m Darlington Floyd's 7 30 a m '7.55 a m Dove’* 8 10 a m Society Hill Cash’s 8 40 a m 9 35 a m Cheraw 10.00 a m McFarland 11.45 p m Morven’s 12.05 p m Bennett’s 12.20 p m Arrive Wadesboro 12.45 p m . 1 .oca 1 Freight Train Leave Florence 9 OO a m Arrive Darlington 9 45 a m Leave Darlington Arrive Florence 5.45 i) m A. F. RAVEN EL, President. 1MTORTHEASTERN RAILROAD, i. m In effect Jan. 2, 1895. SOUTH BOUND. No. 15 I>eave Florence 6 25 a m lemes 7.55 a ni Arrive Charleston 9 44 a m No. 27. Leave Florence 10.5(1 pjm Kingstree 11.50 p m iiiineb I ’.OH a m Arrive Charleston 2.19 a m No. 23. Leave Florence •li.00 p in ___ Kingstree : 14a m Lanes L 82 a m Arrive Charleston 2.38 a m N o. 53. I-ieave Lines... 8.45 p m Arrive Charleston 10.40 j) m Train on C. A 1). R. R. connects at Florence with No. 16 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston 1 jines .22 a m Kingstree Arrive Florence 1.55 a m ;>o. oo Is'ave Charleston 1 Lines Kingstree 7 55 a m Arrive Florence : .00 a m No. 14. Leave Charleston 12 p m Lanes (.03 p m Kingstree 6.17 p m Arrive Florence i 10 p m 7 s o. 62. Leave Charleston t..8 > a m Arrive Lanes m2 ( SUGAR COATED) * Haydock’s New Liver Pills. A wonderful and ext inordinary combination of concen trated medicine. The Victorlee of hcience—Ulectrie T-dographs, Btoam and Printing—revolutionized the whole eyetem of the globe, and made mankind wiaer and better. So, although there are countless Pills nsed for disease, and claiming much as to their merit, the re markable discovery of Dr. Uajrdock has eclipsed them all. aod has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, whose raet doses of four or fire pills, en feeble the stomach and paralyze the bowels, must fire way to the man who restores nealth and appetite with one or two ot hie extra.>rdinaryVegetable Pill». One or two ok DR.HAYDOCK’SNfiW LIv Ul PILL8 suffices to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appe tite, and render* the spirit and buoyant. If the Lfrer Is effected Its functions arr restored, aod If the Servo us System, ia enfeebled, it is invigorated and sua- A Reward of $500. Will be paid for any Case of Rheumatism which cannot be cured by Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy. This offer j is made in &ood faith by the | proprietors, and there is no rea sonable excuse for any one to suffer longer. Any ordinary case will be cured by one bottle. In addition to the reward for lifficult cases, the money is al ways refunded vt here the reme- j iy fails to cure. The price of a 1 bottle is $5. aud that is the cost of a cure. Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maid, n Lane, New York. Agents Wanted. SYMPTOMS or BIUOCSSESR. I. Th* patient complains of a fullness of the stwmaoh. 1 Distension of ths bowels by wind. i iuieHnf of weariness, sleepiness after meals. I. A bed taste in the mouth, and furred tongue. A. Gpnstipatkm. with en occasional diarrhoea. 7. Headacheinirontefheed. A Depreeskm of spirits and great lassitude. All of the above symptoms to to show functional m~'~ at of the liver: end now comes the greet of any error made as to the condition of the C ktient. He should immediately provide himself with a rf ER STIMULANT, the meet common form of which is a Pin. Dally sxperience shows that this, when the Pi 11 inded properly, is the readiest mode of inciting ng the action of the Lives, and can be always ^evoted many years of my life In cone it wifi act readily and systematically i do... I h*n aSitd It Haydock’s New Liver Pill. Tba. an <k* tn. (nha u>d mmm. of hMHIi. uhI Uw CMtMt LImMu tb.l Sote.c. hu *iT.m to th. wurtd. d.~p. N.» UnTFUU «U1 b. found »n KfectuU iKh’rfU wmUlM Ttum* Pitta. Frio. Twutj-d.J HR AND ITS MYSTERY.* It furnishes valuable io. formation to all. HAYDOCK a CO., MOW YOBK. U. * CAUTION! -DruaxtaU M. d«b«d to noth*. th»t tb. April U-4r No. 52 runs through to Ctlumbia via Central R. K. of 8. C. No. 78 runs solid to Wilming ton, N.C., making close cot lection with W. & W. R. R. for a!! points North. Trains Nos. 14 and 66 run vi.. Wilson an Fayetteville—Short Li e-and make close coum otion for a! i points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. vv ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA St AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect January: 1893. SOUTH BOUND. >o. 23. Leave Wilmington t .25 p m Marion i .41 p m Arrive Florence lo.25 p m No. 5". Leave Florence :;.20am Sumter 4.35 am Arrive Columbia 6.15 am No. 62.' i -cave Sumte: :).43 a m Arrive Columbia lo.55 a m No. 58. Leave Florence ’,.57 a in Sumter 9 20 a m Arrive Columbia No. 52 runs through from t Charles ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 8.32 a m, Manning 9 09 a in. NORTH BOUND. Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence Leave Florence Marion Arrive Wilmington Leave Columbia Sumter Arrive Florence No. 51. 10.45 p m . 12.05 a m 1.80 a m No. 78. • 5.10 a m .. 5.53 a m .. 9.10 a m No. 59. Leave Columbia 4.10 pm Arrive Sumter ,\ 25p m No 53 runs through to ch arleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning 8.00 p in Lanes 8.4'i p m, charleston 10.30 a m. Tfains on Manchester and Augusta R. R-, leave Sumter daily except Sun day, 10-50 a. m , arrive Rimin 11:59 a. m. Returning leave ".Rimini 12:30 p. m.. arrive Sumter 1:40 p in. Trains on Hartsville R. F leave Harts.ille 5:00 a. m., arriving Floyds 5:85 a. m. Returning leave Floyds 9:45 p. in., arriving Hartsvill l >:5 p. m. Daily except Sunday. Trains on Wilmington, Cl dhouru i and Conway Railroad leav- Chad- I bourn 10:30 a. m„ arrive at Conway I 1:00 p. m., returning leave Co uway at 2.30 p. in., arrive Chadbourn 5:20 p. m Leave Ohadbourn 7:15 a hi. and 5:50 p. in., arrive Hub at 8:00 .<. m and I 6:25 p. m. Returning leave Hub 9:00 a. m. and 6:45 p. m,, arrive at ( had- bourn 9:45 a. m. and 7:30 p u Daily except Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE^Geu'i Sup t. FOR SALE A Second-hand Sewing Miv.iine; in excellent condition. Apply at Thb DAJtUNBTOIf N*W* OM**.