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Autlumy rof nu arrival.
Mid to naurji the place cr cnpied in the AW “ T< »A«i«h It 1^ it h Tw.fct ta
| poplar imno by Mr*. IWley', 1 | „ ‘A. r-WU, fc hJl * *
piiKtching marr,^ ^ Da , HtHWiu . u ^ How many pcraoos know that New
uni ^ and MimUunHdt,-. ^ city haa a dialect aU IU own. and
uniooked for pleasnre therein. one , th »‘ it mainUine in poritv by teach-
Ihere had beeu so irnici hapj^nimr to m * “ in tlu> P Qb l‘c schools? Many per-
he KmulT f 0 " ’ U,,retl, tn “ V«ar that j““* h ‘ T « cowaented cn the precision
tue family had come to occepy « Urge w,th wh,ct * Hew Yorker can snot a
r thoughts and oonveniation ‘tfanger the instant the stranger ander-
1,18 ne >«hborhood. ami in tliis last tuh** to pronounce the name of the prm-
item concerning them the interest cnl- '‘t* 1 *treets in the town. We call it
iiimated. it was an unprecedented hap- “roadway, emphasiaing the last sylla-
penmg-nothing less than the flliug in ble ver y *trongly. It appears to be quite
u r 'M" ri1 " of the county conrthonse by 1 u ' ,ck ,0 do this, and it is evidently an
Mr Meredith, the village lawyer, of a n ‘ lnatnr «i pronunciation, for we notice
deed of gift wherein it was stated that Umt ,he ver )’ groat majority of stran-
‘tn consideration of benefit* received * er ® “ y Hroa-wa. So we spot them on
and moneys given by He tor Randolph th * in6, » ,lt and ask them from what
Beverley, deceased, to Ecward Jackson I>Rrt of the country they hail, jnst to
He took aim at the young man’t head.
In his brute rage it seemed to him that
he had been foully dealt with—that an
enemy in the guise of a friend had in
vested his camp and laid it waste—that
he was being stabbed with a knife drawn
from his own sheath. This man had
listened to his story, had encouraged him
in his aspirations, had counseled, sym
pathized and suggested, and then, like a
thief in the night, had crept in and
stolen the treasure.
In the burning heat of wrong and out
rage all possibility of justice, all power
of rational discernment were consumed.
His identification of the woman with the
child had been so complete that his mind
had no longer power to separate them.
He could not think; he could only feel.
All the earth, and the air, and the spaces
of the infinite were pnlsing madly with
his wrong. His passion made his heart
beat like the sledge on bnrning metal,
sent the blood to his brain and oppressed
its power of perception, and tilled his
ears with a dull roaring as of imprisoned
waters ere the ice breaks to rush and
rend and destroy.
A door opened and closed quickly;
footsteps sounded on the porch, the
steps, the walk in front of the house; a
whistle clear and joyous as that of a
schoolboy cleft the brooding air. Dan
was on his way home now to the house
across the ravine, where the door was on
the latch and the gift on the crowded
table. Somehow Anthony drew back
nnder the shadow of the trees, out of
sight, and let him pass.
The moon still hung poised above the
cedars, but it was now free from the ob
struction of their branches and cast
what light was in its gift to the earth
ungrudgingly. The path was light
enough, but under the trees the shadows
lay dense and black. Dan came down
the walk whistling; his step was light,
as though, in the sense of universal good
new born within him, the touch of earth
were pleasant to his feet. He neared
the shadow where his friend lay am
bushed, passed it and went on in the
pale moonlight. Anthony's hand was in
the breast pocket of his coat and his eyes
gleamed narrow through the drooping
lids.
At the gate Dan pansed to light a
cigar, striking the match against the up
per bar; his bauds were raised, protecting
the flame instinctively, although the air
was still; his back was toward the
shadow. Anthony's hand stole forth
with the revolver; his right hand stif
fened as he took aim at the young man's
head; his eye was steady and his finger
on the trigger was as firm as the metal-
It touched; the moonlight made a little
track along the barrel of tbe pistol.
The arm twitched, the finger on the
trigger shook, the eye (Altered and the
aim grew unsteady A thought hail
flashed through the maddened bruin, a
recollection powerful enough to balk
the deadly purpose, to strike the arm to
his side. Was it ruth or memory of
friendship or compassion for the woman
whom he loved, and whose love be was
about to slay? Not one of these things
wonld have moved him. What did was
the simple fact that Dan was unarmed
and that his back was toward him.
He stood and watched his rival pass
through the gate and down the |iath
which led across the ravine by the
longer way—the same on which Mary
had left him in indignaHon >me months
before. A baffled, beaten feeling was
growing in his breast, a sense of impo
tence and failure; jealousy and brute
animosity strained on the leash like
bloodhounds, but rough honor held
them back with a strong hand, and the
man stood shaking from bead to foot,
cursing under his breath. He could not
■hoot down an unarmed man from lie
hind.
Turning in the opposite direction he
retraced his steps through the old gat-
den. He was not going home; he had
no wish to meet his rival—the sense of
impotence was growing What hail
come of it all—the long struggle, the
waiting and working, the ambition and
the final success? What hail it availer 1
him? Money! A place among men! A
monster fortune! Of what use was the
money? He wanted love—this love, no
other; and all the wealth of that fab
ulous mine of bis was inadeqnate for its
purchase.
His mind went back to that lonely
canyon, the redwood hut by the snow
fed tarn, the leper driven forth to die,
and die alone. Of what use had this
gold beeu to the leper? Could it buy
him pity, sympathy, tendance, even tol
erance among his fellows? Had it been
powerful to avert misery, loathsome
ness. 4eath? He remembered how he
himself had sickened at the sight of the
scarred visage and had shrunk from the
touch of the leprous hands: how the cup
of water had
face, and the vessel afterward broken
to prevent all possibility of its ever
touching cleaner lips; how he had
■ -. sou mere »t»
still no sign of its taking place. He was
more than puzzled, he was worried and
impatient He wished matters squared
between them at once, so that he should ^ „ , , . — ~
be free to speak to Mr* Beverley, free to Anth<,n >'’Edward Jm kson Anthony w th8m ‘here is something about
dnnk deep of the cup of happiness assigned and deeded to that '» no ‘ eit.vfied, and to set
standing ready fur his lips And he r, r e * Warwick, of Richmond, and ‘hni 1 puzzling about whether it is in the
wished most eagerly to be rid of his busi Howari1 Wilmer, of county, in tbe Bhspe of th * ir hat - or th ® *‘>1® of their
‘ ,tate of Virginia, as tri stees and as-1 ah'*®, or what it is.
the estate" (fully described)' People from the south betray the fact
known as Lower Repton, for the use 1 by cal!in g our Houston street "Hewston
nous engagement to his host to be re- •
iieved from the irksome position of guest *%'"**■
in a house where his welcome lmn ""
was a
thing of the past,
He had plans of his own, too. with
which delay interfered—plans for the
future which were growing in impor
to be wuming win all his strength
bring that future nearer. This delay
made him restless and ill at ease.
On the morning of the fourth day he
telegraphed to Richmond, to Ned him
self, at tbe hotel where he usually
steid, ami to the agent at the ticket
office. An answer came promptly from
both places, from the clerk of the hotel
and from the ticket agent, and the in
telligence they gave was substantially
the same. Mr. Anthony had left the
city several days before, bnt by air
earlier train than the one appointed; of
his subsequent movement* they were'
ignoraut.
Then Dan's restlessness increased. 'He
was under no apprehensions about his
friend, for he had full confidence in JVo-
thony's ability to take care of himself.
What he feared was a complication of
business matters which might defijn him
from home for weeks, or even mouths
and Dan was in no mood for waiting
He was susta.ued in this view by the
arrival of the delayed building materials
and of a couple of skilled mechanics
whose sen ices he had requested Anthony
to secure.
He had no doubt that Anthony would
communicate with him in a few days,
but he chafed under the necessity of in
action, the impossibility of opeuing com
munication himself. He felt that he
was not acting fairly by Mrs. Beverley,
in that he had promised to speak aiid
had not spoken. Altogether, Dan was
in a much exercised state of mind.
Under tbe influence of his restlessness
he went into Anthony’s chamber, which
he hail not entered siuceNetfs depar
tnre. It was in nome disordsfr. a coat
lay on a chair, a dark blue hunting shin
on the floor at the foot of tbe bat ami a
■pair of (Misty iJoots under the table. Dan
glanced arouud cq^iqiislv. a little op
pressedi by tli^ feeling <>P intrusion we
all kawwhen jntenn^iflianthorized^an
other man's premises while they atill
retain the stamp of his individuality
Hisuye fell upon the .Space beside the
bed where the brass clamped trlriiV
formerly stood. Ttio space waa empty
This surprised him. for he remembered
that Anthony, having meditated only s
short alisence, had taken with him it
valise. .CojU^I the trunk have l>een stolen
or liad it befsi rumovisl by its owner’s
orders? The latter apiiearisl unlikely
m had he required the trunk the mosi.
i-natural mode of pr< icedu rend Anthony *
and benefit of Hector Beverley and Ran- s ‘ ree ‘'' 88 that name is pronounced from
dolph Beverley, infant grandsons of said Texas 10 the Chesapeake, but we play
Hector Randolph Beverley," The in- “ 8tran B® * trick with another name,
-- 6 ... ....oor i 8 ! n,raeDt w “ clear ftnft doocise, and f ° r w « Coentiee slip "Quincy slip."
Jce. He wanted to be up and doing i , P ro P ert y was to be equally divided no on ® wonld do “a-t naturally, we
be working with all his strength to betW8en . thebo >’ 8 when lit’le Ran should d8 ‘ ect strangers by that pronunciation,
i— *’— - - s 1 attain his majority. ! ‘he name of Hoboken is another that
The neighborhood could not get over we ‘ with, calling it Habbncken.
it and Ned Anthony rose in the estima- ® ut ’ n ways and bywords other than
tion of his old county to the very pin- ! tbese ^ can P'ck out a New Yorker any-
nacle of popularity.
.It was a noble
thing to do, they said—quixotic perha|is
but generous and tine; delicate too!
since, with her boys. Mary wonid he in-
directly benefited. Tne neighborhood
had decided long ago that Mary had re
fused Ned Anthony and in a glamour
cast by this deed of his they were dis
posed to think that she had acted nn-
wisely The way in which it bad been
done appealed to them particularly—the
putting back of the bene'its which this
gift was said to acknowledge two gener
ations, so that the increase of prosper
ity to the grandsons might seem the
natural outcome of the grandsire's
generosity, instead of the bounty of a
stranger. Ttie affair in its entirety was
worthy of a gentleman an l a Virginian.
In that phrase their enloginm culmin
ated, It was the highest encomium
they conld conceive.
part would have lieeu to write to him
Dan—to forward it. Then. too. he knew
that the doors of the house were seldom
secured, even after nightfall, and that
he himself was often away.
In It teat furfoncd a chirk tor the tut
amount agreed upon.
With this new train of thought upper
most, he walked over to the table ana
began moving the things alxini. search
ing for some evidence of a nature likely
to prove useful in case his conJKtgre ui
regard to the missing trunk shonM
correct. As he moved the thing*-With
which the table was littered, his hand
came in contact with a * handso/tieh
bound book on architecture; He pushed
it aside without a thought, and in doing
so displaced a blotting pad under-whic.i
lay a couple of letters. They wyre sd
dressed in Ned Anthony's bold, thick
hand, and one I sire the name of the law
yer already mentioned aud the other hn
own.
With a feeling that there was some
thing here that he did not understand
Dan broke the seal of his at once 11
was written on a half sheet of hnsinesi
paper and had no form of address at the
commencement. A half dozen line-
conveying brusquely the information
that Anthony had determined on suspend
ing the building of his house and thai
he had placed his Virginian affairs in
the hands of his lawyer—that was all
in it was inclosed a check for the full
amount agreed upon between the twr
men as the sum to be handed over at the
completion of the building.
Not a word of his future plans, not s
word of his present movements, not a
sign of regret for the friendship he was
so rudely breaking, or of sorrow for the
rupture of old associations. Only those
few rough lines and the long pink slip of
paper
Dan
The judge laughcjl In genuine amaze-
incut.
’•He's a noble fellow, after all," re
marked Mrs. Judge VVilm. r. as she took
‘her knitting from its' ba c. •and Mary
vrAj^it iYaTi‘4*»ve wyjrso ttugi inairyhim.
.Cornelia neven wofiJd.buvs conseilTeA, M
is true, and would iisvtrur ilv herself in
tolerable; bnt she does ll at often any
how, so nobody need have minded De
^cidedly. Mary might hiue done worse
than marry lym.
•'•Then you're not' satislied." observed
her husband, -‘and \vdi.kj i verse the de
cision of Hull court, and lObve for a new
trial, if you were able?"
"No. i would not." coi tradicted his
wife. "I'm, fond of .Mr Stewart, and
Mary is a.- I nippy asrpos ible. anil the
children an* devoted to hii.i. (uirticnlarty
little Ran, who is a <Ufflcn,t child Still
-poor Ned! He has done a noble thing,
that we must ail allow."
“1 do, my dear." replied the judge.
: IJ was a noble thing, ami delicately
done for the man. He s capable of
many noble actions; but 'hermire gaps
iietween, and hi these ve y g.qis come
tbe most of daily living. It is far het-
Msraaitfc." a* |
Mrs. Wilmer knitted oh in silence
Presently she said softly. "Poor All
thony! 1 wonder what his fnture life
will be, and what he will do with it."
The judge, laughsd- in g-srniue amuse
ment. "Yftn wuiycu are to romantic!'
quoth be. •*;J believe you are picturing
Anthony to yoiHWTT 'wying slowly of u
broken heart, like the hero of a novel
or with • pan of charcoal on the table
and a revolver under his pillow H*
will do nothing of the soil if my esti
mate of his character Tie a true one. For
where that he and I may meet, whether
it be in Boston or in the Rocky moun
tains. 1 can do this by noticing how he
pronounces the “ur" sound in such
words as birth, bird, earth, heard, etc.
All the rest of the country pronounce
those words bnrth, bnrd, urth and hurd.
Not so the New Yorker. He is care
fully taught not to do so in all the pub
lic schools, as well as by his parents at
home.
The queer little twist that enters so
largely into our language in marring one
of the cardinal sounds that compose it is
thus expressed by our tongues; ur-yith
is how we say earth, bnr-yid is how we
say bird. We say hur-yid for heard
and mur-yid-der for murder. All of ns
who were born in New York have heard
the public school teachers insisting upon
this peculiar twist, commanding the
pupils to put on the trademark as fight
ing men once wore the coat of arms of
their feudal masters. Most of us, too,
have heard nice, careful little girls on
the way home from school correcting
careless companions by insisting that
“you mnssint say burd; you must say it
nicely, bur-yid."
Of all the senseless and nnmnsical and
hod things that are done to English that
is one of the worst, In-cause one expects
to hear a language at its best in the
greatest city of a country, aud thither
foreigners repair to study English and
then perhaps to go back home and teach
it with a whole lot of little tricks like
that in their heads, to be solemnly taught
and scattered, until no one knows where
the mischief will end. Of course I do
not want the reader to understand that
very nice people murder the language
in these or any other ways, bnt the great
masses of New Yorkers, those who get
their learning in the public schools and
whose tongues were trained in old New
York homes of the middle class—these
arc the victims of this most peculiar
habit.—Cor. Providence Journal.
The Sum to Get Married On.
No man has a right to get married on
less than |1,.WO a year. At least that is
the conclusion reached the other day at
the close of a long discussion on this
subject. Of course that means if the
man is going to take for his bride a
sweet and lovely young woman, who
while being happily provided for at
borne has not been overindulged in ex
travagances, and who has the sense to
know that sho can hardly expect a box
at the opera and lots'of diamonds from
the young man who has only so lately
firmly established himself in business.
And even if tbe girl is one of those who
has known what it is to be out in the
world at work for herself, she can hardly
be expected to marry a fellow who can
not do ns well for her as she did for her
self. She has managed to get along
beautifully by herself on fifty or sixty
dollars a month, with plenty of nice, sen
sible clothes, a tri]> to the theater every
now and then, and every summer, or
maybe every other summer, a nice little
jaunt away somewhere, to forget the
little unpleasantnesses of everyday office
life. And the way this money was to go
was very nicely settled too.
The young man won't be Hkely to
have a home of his own to take his win
some bride to, and there is the unfailing
call of the landlord on the first of the
mottb to be met. and that meeting
-weral'yeafs to edhifc hdw.ll throw him .liieans twenty dollars sure, and maybe
self into the fever of money getting; and
;is he doesn't need it success will hang
that reprerented so many dollars
. , __.j stood bewildered, feeling as
prons hands; how the tup yj OUJ ,], (, e received a blow in the
been given with averted ( ace _ ^ though bis honorable intentions
■ -.i x i 1 jjtg consideration ami ins friendship had
been flung back upon him with a curse
His mind, quickened by a sense of ont
rage, worked back feverishly and gath
ered a tolerably correct estimate of the
case. He saw the stunned enlighten
tnent. the jealous fury and the deadly
animosity, and with a swift impnlse he
tore the check in fragments and cast
them beneath his feet
But he did not seethe sinking ann
the trembling hand, the faltering eye
gely akin to its miserable | nor the quivering frame lying prone^on
occupant Waa r ' '
leper’s? W as not I _
the love and sympathy he craved, to
dwell for evermore amid the rocks and
the awful solitude? The leper's fate
was bis—and the leper's gold.
Oh. the mockery of ttl—the bitter,
bitter mockery? It waa his, that store,
his to hold and enjoy, his to spend or
save or give, and he stood a lonely man
beside a tiny grave nnder U*e shadow of
a dark old cellar, breaking bis heart over
a broken dreamt
upon his skirts and Iris pro qierty will in
crease nntil his wealth becomes phe
uomenal. and the Block exchange will
.wait upon his nod. and the money mar-
prov,. vet will fluctuate with ttie waring of
' his hand."
And then?" she questioned, for the
lot seemed glittering but empty—the
splendor of an inlaid case in which there
is no soul of music.
"And then." replied her husband, "he
will weary of it all; the sjiort will grow
stale, the excitement lose its zest And
m search of new interest he will proba
bly turn to politics and go to congress,
Where he will hammer ‘vital questions'
into ponderable and practical shape, aud
become a 'bulwark' or an 'obetraction,'
according to tlie point from which he is
regarded. Party men and place men will
alternately canonize and crucify him,
and lobbyists will speak of him with
wailing and gnashing of teeth. And
through sheer force of will and lack of
perceptiveness, sheer presence of sense
and absence of sentiment, be will he
roine a power in the land, but whether
for good or for evil is beyond my power
of divination."
Mrs. Wilmer folded her beautiful
hands together and turned her face to
ward her nufband. "Will he be happy?'
she questioned.
And the judge replied; "Ood knows.
Who among ns dare affinn that he is
happy or would win beliel if he should
make -be affirmation?'
THK END.
fought with disgust in the performance
of those last offices for the dying and
the dead; how hastily he had fashioned
tho rude resting place, how shudder
ingly he had placed in it the poor,
defaced thing that had once been hu
man, how he had shoveled in the earth
with a souse of relief that from this fair
world had been removed a foul blot.
He foil strangely drawn to that lonely
grave, strangely akin to its miserable ^ „ , „ .
out his case like the the ground with its tierce eyes hidden
he driven forth from and its burning heart pressed against
the unresponsive sod of a little grave.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The weeks and months passed swiftly
Snmmer deepened into antnmn, autumn
drooped and faded into winter, and a
year had passed since Ned Anthony sat
o*i the fence in the November twilight
and tnmmed the hickory roil Within
CHAPTER XXIII.
Dan Stewart waa puzzled. Three day*
had slapsed «k ce the qpa appointed by
ChlneM Official*.
In China there are two officials for
each post, in order that one may spy
upon the other, the rule lieing that no
official shall report what he has done,
but only what the other h is done.
From the highest official to the lowest
all practice a system of unblushing rob
bery, called “squeezing." The salary of
a viceroy in some cases ii; £80 a year;
he regularly draws not le»s than £8,000.
The salary of a judge is £10 a year; h*
regularly draws at least .€2,000. There
are 1,200 police in Canton, not one of
whom receives wages, ami yet the office
is much sought after. The fact is, we
are assured, that the police are on excel-
more. Sixty dolbirs will disappear early
in the action by tbe time the butcher
and baker and candlestick maker’s and
some other people's monthly bills have
been settled; ft50 a year is placing the
eMinmte at very modest figures for the
wearing apparel of each daring the
year, and when all this is added up
$1,260 is cared for, and something must
be pat away for rainy dqys and doctors'
bills and occasional treats to the theater
and the lake, and $1,500 is gone! Still
there are others who think they can get
along first rate with a good deal less
than this.—Boston Herald.
A ThoaghtlM* Old Gentleman.
It was the night “rush hour” on the
Brooklyn bridge trains. More people
ycre crowded into one of the cars at the
New York terminus than had any right
to be there without risking suffocation.
Through the aide entrance to the car
came three young and pretty girls,
swept on by the tide of bnmanity. Tbe
was crowded, bnt that didn't mat
ter. In’the crush the girls were help-
leta. They couldn’t help being pushed
into the car, and an instant later they
couldn’t withstand the coanterpush
Which seated one of tnem, willy nilly.
on the knees of an old gentleman. In
the jam her two companions were thrust
against this yonng woman, and pre
vented her from rising. It waa not nn
til the train was well on its trip toward
Brooklyn that the crowd gave way a
little and she was enabled to regain her
footing. She begged the old man's par
don sweetly enongh, bnt to her friends
she said not a word nntil the three were
safely ont of the car and on the platfonn
of the Brooklyn station. Then she treed
her mind.
“That’s what I call an impolite man,"
she declared.
“Why?” said one of her companions,
“1 thought he behaved beautifully. He
didn't say a word."
"That’S just the trouble," snapped ttie
other. “He didn't have the grace even
to say, ’Keep your seat, madam.’ "—New
York Times.
Man An Good Listeners.
‘‘JFhat a splendid listener," says
Lascfclac ■■ • ffisdlsSns.
Persons suffering from rheumatism
ora naturally anxious to try every pro
posed remedy. John Raymond, of north
ern Iowa, had tried without relief nearly
every alleged cure suggested by friends.
Then he read this in a medical journal:
“There is more benefit in a good laugh
than in the hot water remedies, the faith
curse, the electric, and all other nev
treatments in the world, and it costa
nothing. If yon know of nothing else to
laugh at, laugh at your neighbor.”
This was a new idea to poor Mr. Ray
mond. Bnt what should be langh at?
In the honse was nothing amusing.
However, the medical journal said
“Langh at your neighbor.”
He went ont on the front porch, and
sitting in a chair, watched the people on
the streets. For a time he saw nothing
fanny. Then a big German walked by,
muttering aloud to himself.
“Ha, ha, ha!" went Mr. Raymond.
The big German stopped and looked.
“Vot's dot?”
“Ha, ha, ha!"
“Vot vor you haw, haw, haw, mit me?’
“Ha, ha, ha!”
Over the fence leaped the big German,
his fists uplifted.
“Oh!" cried Raymond, “I—I meant
no harm. I was laughing for my
health.”
“Und den you leetle sick Yankees
langh mit big Dutchmen! Dot ish all
right. Dot ish von goot shoke on me.
Ya, ya, yal”
But Mr. Raymond, who really had not
meant to be rude in tbe least, gave up
tbe laugh cure, believing that the
"shoke" was on himself rather than on
the good German.—Youth’s Companion.
Whan tha Haurt it Effected.
By Hheumati. m, or any of the
muscles near that organ, it is
like tampering with an electric
wire, for deal i mar come at
any moment, if life is worth
$5, go to the druggist and get
Or. Drummond’s Lightning
Remedy, or send to the Drum
mond Medicine Jo., 48-50 Maid
en Lane, New \ ork, and they
will send you a large bottle by
prepaid exprest. It is not as
quick as electricity, but it will
save your life if you take it in
time. Agents v-anted.
Gentleman—What did you
hit him for ?
Boy—He was going to call me
a liar.
Other Boy—I wasn’t going to
do nuffin of the kind.
Boj (decides ly)—Yes, you
would if you ha t heard the sto
ry|l was going to tell you—Jubt
lee Life.
We have a sp tedy at d posi
tive cure for c; tarrh, diphthe
ria, canker meuth and head
ache, inSHILO I S CATARRH.
REMEDY. A nasal injector
free with each Lottie. Use it if
you desire he; 1th and sweet
breath. Price .'0c. Sold by Dr.
J. A. Boyd
LAW CABM.
Music as Medicine.
The one discovery above all others that
has made Ambroise Pare famous for all
time was the plan, which he was the first
to suggest, of tying the arteries after the
eiirgical removal of a limb. In one part
of his writings he gives a curious ac
count of a case of successful pota
tion, in which he appears to have au.ici-
paied one of the latest of modern fads
and to have used music as medicine.
The patient had been wounded in battle.
The famous surgeon took him in hand,
successfully amputated the limb, using
his new plan of tying the arteries, and
wnen the sufferer began to mend pre
scribed what the quaint English of the
translation describes as “a consort of
violins and a jester to make him merry.”
In a month tbe patient was able to hold
himself up in a chair und was carried
down to the gate of his castle to see the
people pass by.
A successful issue to such an operation
must have been of rare occurrence, for
we are told that “the country people of
two or three leagues about, knowing
they could see him, came the first day,
male and female, to sing and dance pell-
mell in joy of his amendment, all being
very glad to see him, which was not done
without good laughing and drinking.”
“The camp being broken np,” con
cludes Pare, “I returned to Paris with
my gentleman, whose leg I had cat off.
I dressed him and God enred him. 1
sent him to his house merry with his
wooden leg, and was content, saying
that he hail escaped good cheap not to
have been miserably burned.”—All the
Year Round.
woman, “seems the averageyoimg man,
w | and how weak apparently are bis con-
ten ttenns*with theguild or”fraternity j versational powers! Yet he manages to
of thieves, and they work harmoniously ! draw much from his young women
together.—Jesse Herbert.
Keep Tour Temper Over Trifles.
Don’t get angry at triflea. Look at
vexations now as you will view them
•uu truiim*™ »•- , thirty day* from date. T ie angry man,
that time many changes bail occurred w ho gets the wrong key and pushes and
which had afforded the neighbors much rattles the door till he brooks the lock,
delectobtego-ip and great store of keen to*. *^*£^h^J«£Uy
6 Something W$» occupytog thf BoUjp I
friends, saying little, but quickly setting
the ball rolling. Is it because we have
all the volubility, which must pour ont
to any event? I think so, for two men
walking or riding together find little to
say jo each other. But watch a throng
leaving the theater or church or any
where and yon will see every woman
chattering away, with nearly every man
a pleased Ustener."-Nev York Tim*.
Customer—W hat makes your
hand jerk so wi ;h that razor ?
Barber—Whj, boss, I’ze used
to de fits.
"The fits ?”
"Yes, boss, bt t don’t be scart;
it’s ten minutes befor’ de come
on. Jes’you r« s’ easy; dat’s
de symptoms.’’—Texas Sift
ings.
Oh, What a Cough.
Water Clocks In China.
In the history of the Tang dynasty it
is stated that in Persia at the same period
there was a clepsydra on a terrace near
the palace, formed of a balance contain
ing twelve metal balls, one of which fell
every hour on a bell and thus struck the
faonrs correctly. It is deemed not un
likely that this instrument was identical
with the celebrated one which the king
of Persia sent in the year 807 to Charle
magne.
In 898 the astronomer Tsiang produced
au improvement on all former instru
ments—a machine arranged on a sort of
miniature terrace, ten feet high and di
vided into three stories, the works being
in the middle. Twelve images of men,
one for every hour, appeared in turn be
fore an opening in the terrace. Another
set of automata struck the hours and
eighths of hours. These figures occupied
the lowest story.
The upper story was devoted to as
tronomy, containing an orrery in mo
tion. Very complex machinery must
have been required. As to tbe nature
of the mechanism nothing is known ex
cept that it was kept going by falling
water.
Inasmuch as the Arabs had reached
China by sea at the close of the Eighth
century, some assistance may have been
derived from them in the construction
of this complicated instrument, but in
all probability it was wholly Chinese.
Twenty Girin Enough.
lu the (instrer City there !* a well
known business and society man who
pursues a strikingly original line of con-
duct In bis business he is quiet, reg
ular and industrious, and particularly
prides himself upon the neatness and
accuracy which characterized his books
of account. During the social season
he flits about from entertainment to en
tertainment, frequently attending operas
and playhouses, always having with him
some one of a score of girls to whom he
pays more or lees attention. When asked
why he had so many girls be said: “Oh,
all girls talk as they write—very much
alike, but still there is more variety in
twenty than in one. Besides, I keep a
regular set of books at borne to which 1
enter every cent 1 spend on them, and it
affords me considerable amusement
For instance, 1 charge cost of theater
tickets, flowers, supper and carriage
hire, and then credit it with the amount
of pleasure 1 had—‘Passable time en
joyed,’ ‘Enjoyed the evening hngely,
etc. The girls who afford me the moet
enjoyment receive the greater number
of invitations, so I think I may fairly
say that 1 seek relaxation and pleasure
to the same way that 1 attend to my
business—on a system."—Philadelphia
Press.
Odd Custom In Brazil.
A woman lately returned from Brazil
tells of tbe enrions nomenclature of the
streets of Para. They are Biblical or
commemorative of some event to the
Brazilian history. It seemed to her
quite irreverent to be told that a desira
ble location was “at the corner of SL
John the Baptist and St. John the Evan
gelist streets." She went with her uncle,
who was on business, to dine at tbe
house of a wealthy merchant.
Everything was very gorgeous and
lavish to South American style, but on
leaving she wae amazed to have her
hospitable host my to her, “If yon
have any washing send it here." It is a
custom there, it teems, for wealthy
households to take to laundry work as
an employment for their large retinues
of servants.—Cor. Utica Herald.
"Old Phy.les" Crawford.
General & W. Crawford wae called
“Old Phyjics" because to the beginning
of .his military career he wae a surgeon.
He wae with Major Anderson during
the bombardment of Fort Sumter, and
saved the life of Roger A. Pryor, of Vir
ginia, who, while nnder a flag of truce
Inside the fort, unceremoniously picked
np a glass of liquid from a table and
drank it for a “whisky straight” It
proved to be iodide of potassium, bnt
“Old Physics" pumped him ont and
saved hi* life.-Washington Star.
Will you hee
The signal perl
approach of th
disease Const
yourselves if ye
the sake of sav
the risk and do
We know from
Shiloh’s Cure
cough. It nev
explains why n
lion Bottles we
year. It relie
whooping cougl
ers, do not be \
lame back, sid
Shiloh’s Porous
Dr. J. A. Boyd.
Clara—Mercy dear, what are
those strange figures on your
gown ?
Maude—Thev are interroga
tion marks, 'tl at bashful Mr.
Family iscomin {again to-night
and I am in hop -s that this will
bring him to hit senses.—Cloak
Review.
1 the warning,
aps of the sure
it more terrible
mption. Ask
j can afford for
ng 50c., to run
nothing for it.
experience that
will cure your
;r fails. This
ore than a Mil-
esold the past
es croup and
at once Moth-
ithout it. For
e or chest use
Plaster. Sold by
Dyspepsia and l
Is it not wortl
of 75c. to free }
symptom of ti
complaints, if j
at our store and
Shiloh’s Vitali?
has a printed j
use accordingl)
you no good it t
thing. Sold by
iver Complaint.
; the small price
mrself of every
ese distressing
ou think so call
get a bottle of
ir, every bottle
uarantee on it,
and if it does
ill cost you no-
Dr. J. A. Bovd.
a. W. BOYD. GKO. W. BROWN
BOYD & BROWN-
Attoraty* and Oonnialon at Law
Office in brick building south of
the Bank of Darlington.
DARLINGTON C. H., & C.
PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
ALL BUSINESS.
G. W. DARGAN. H. T. THOMPSON.
DARGAN & THOMPSON.
Attorneys at Law,
Office, Hewitt building (up
stairs) north side of the Public
Square.
DarUn<fton, S. C •
I. K. NKTTUH8. C. S. N’KTTLKS.
Nettles & Nettles,
Attorneys A Counselors at Law,
llKrliiiKlon C. II., K. C.
Will practice in all the State anil Fed
eral Courts. Prompt personal at
tention given to the collection of
Claims.
X. O. WOODS. T. H. SPAI N
WOOIIS&SPilN,
(Successors to Ward & Woods,)
Attorneys it Counsellors at Law.
Offices formerly occupied by
Ward & Woods, over Brnk of
Darlington.
Practise in State and Federal
Courts. Prompt personal atten
tion to all business.
A Card.
O WING to the pressure of private
business, I have transferred all
law practice in which I am interested
to my former partner. Mr. E. O.
Wood*, ami to Mr. T. H. Spain, and
have retired from the practice of law.
1 heartily commend the firm of
Woods A Spain to the patronage of
the public as well as to all my friends
aud clients.
J. J WARD.
Darlington, S. C., .Tan 18, 18D3.
We, the undersigned, have tins day.
formed a copartnership, under the
Arm name of Woods At Spain, for the
practice of law and will practise in
the State and Federal Courts.
E. (). WOODS,
T H. SPAIN.
Darlington, S, C., Jan. 18, 1898.
"Thon,” he said, rising, "I
am to understan 1 that you de
cline me absolu ely
“No,’.’she answered ; “I made
no such sweepi ig assertion. I
will keep your j resents.”—New
Fork Herald.
A Little Girl’s Exp rience In a Ligh
Ho .se.
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Maimtacturers
—OF—
Doors, Snsh, Blmus,
JVCOULIDIISrOS
— AND -
Building Material.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
April, 2 0 1889—I
Mr. and Mrs.
are keepers of t
house at Sand fc
are blessed with
years old Last
taken down wit)
lowed with a <
and turning int<
tors at home ant
ed her, but in '
worse rapidly, t
mere “handfulc
she tried Dr. K
covery and afte
and a half botth
ly cured. They
New Discover)
weight in gold,
a trial bottle frt
Go’s Drug store.
Loren Trescot
te Gov. Light-
iach, Mich, and
a daughter, four
April she was
i Measles, fol-
Ireadful Cough
a fever. Doc-
at Detroit treat
ain, she grew
ntil she was a
; bones.”—then
ng’s New Dis-
r the use of two
i, was complete-
say Dr. Kind’s
is worth its
et you may get
9 at Willcox &
"Scribblesby i i getting absent-
minded.”
“How do you know ?”
“He borrowee my lead pencil
and handed itb. ck to me before
he thought.”—Vash in g t o n
Star.
The Poisoi ou$ Acids.
In the blood, should be taken
up and removed by the Liver
and Kidneys, but these organs
get out of order -fail to do their
work, and the result is Rheu
matism. There are a thousand
remedies for the Liver and Kid
neys, hut there s only one cure
for Rheumatisn . and that is Dr.
Drummond’s Li {htning Reme
dy. A large bo tie may be had
at the druggustc, or will be sent
by express to an y address ou re
ceipt of 15. Th: t is the price of
a cure, and any one who is hav
ing an argumen with the Rheu
matism, will fe< I fully repaid by
thefirstdose. I rummondMedi*
cine Co., 48 50 Maiden Lane,
New York. Agmta wanted.
First Disputant—Then I’m a
liar ?
Second Ditto--On the contra
ry, my dear fellow, you have
just spoken the t ruth.— Tit-Bits
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The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruise i. Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fev ar Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hanes, 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 &
Go’s drugstore.
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—AND—
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If you want ta fry this Money Making Crop,
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A wonderful and extraordinary coflnblnation of
« ated medicine. The Victories of bcience—Electno
i2l«Ngrapha, Steam and Printing—nw.lutionixed th(
rbele system of tbe globe, and made mankind
fitter. Bo, although there ars
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i, and claiming much as to their merit, the i *•
NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM.
TTARTSVILLK RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 2, 1888.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartxville 6.00 a m
Jovann 5.20 a m
Floyd * 5.86 a m
Darlington 5.50 a in
Palmetto 6.02 a m
Arrive Florence 6.15 a m
Leave Florence 9.00 p w
Palmetto 9.15 p m
Darlington 9.80.pm
Floyd’s 9.45 p m
Jovann 10.05 p u
Arrrive Hartsvllle 10.25 p m
J F. DIVINE, Gen 8upt.
CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect Oct. 2,
1892.
NORTH.
SOUTH.
1
2
AM. A.V.
6.50 Charleston
10.20
8.00 Pregnall's
.905
10 15 Sumter
6.54
11.06 Lamar
5.58
11.20 Syracuse
644
11.34 Darlington
5.30
11 49 Mnnt Clare
5 15
12.00 Robin's Neck
5.05
12.15 Mandevllle
4.50
12 30 Henuettsvllle
4.35
1.00 Gibson
4.05
P. M. P. M.
Close connection is made at Gibson
for ail points reached by
or via the
Seaboard Air Line System ; at Ben-
nettsville for all points via O. F. A Y.
V. R R.
J. H. AVERILL, General Manager.
A D. and C. A S. RAILROADS.
In effect Jan.
2, 1893.
Leave Wades boro
Bennett’s
... 2.01 p m
Morven’s
McFarland
2.10 p m
Cheraw
... 4.00 pm
Cash’s
.... 4.30 pm
Society Hill
Dove’s
Floyd’s
Darlington
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Palmetto
.... 6.50 a m
Darlington
. 7.30 a m
Floyd’s
... 7.55 a m
Dove's
Society Hill
Cash's
Cheraw.
McFarland
.. 11.45 pm
Morven’s
Bennett’s
Arrive Wadesboro
Local Freight Train.
Leave Florence
Arrive Darlington
Leave Darlington
Arrive Florence
... 5.45 p m
A. F. RAVEN EL, President.
mj ORTH EASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 2
1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 15
leave Floreuce
Kingstree
... 7.85 a m
Lanes
Arrive Charleston
No. 27.
Leave Florence
Kingstree
.... 11.50 pm
Lane*
Arrive Charleston
No 23.
Leave Florence
Kingstree
12.14 a m
Ijuies
.... 12.82 am
Arrive Charleston
No. 53.
Leave Lanes
.... 8.45 p in
Arrive OLarlcstex.....
.... 10.40 p w
Train on C. A 1). R. R.
connects at
Florence with No. 15 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston
1.38 a m
Lanes
Kingstree
Arrive Floreuce
No. 66
Leave Charleston
Ijuies
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
.... 9.00 a m
No. 14.
Leave Charleston
Lanes
Kingstree
6.17 p m
Arrive Florence
.... 7.10 p m
No. 52.
Leave Charleston
Arrive Lanes
( SUGAR COATED)
Haydock’a New Liver Pills.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. C.
No. 78 runs solid to Wilming
ton, N. C., making close connection
with W. A W. R. R. for all points
North.
Trains Nos. 14 and 06 run via Wilson
an Fayetteville—Short Line—and
make close connection for ail points
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
VY
- . -5?
Pills used for
EKT'E
disease, and claiming mut.. — ...
narkable discovery of Dr. Uaydock has eclipsed them
all* and has founded a
way to th* man who md
The Doctors, whose vast doses of four or fire pills, on-
feoble the stomach and paralyze the bowels, must give
stores bfaith and appetite with
•dinery Vegetable Fills. One or
tweoi DR. HAYDtH’K’H NKw LlVKR PILL8 sufflcea
to place the stomach in perfect order, creates an appe
tite, and renders tbe spirit light and buoyant. If the
freer Is aAeeted its functions are restored, and If tbe
Wervo
errous System ie enfeebled, it is invigorated and sua*
SYMPTOMS OF BIUOISXES*.
. The patient complains of a fullness of the
. Distension of the bowels by wind.
1 juSeEngsi weariness, sleepiness after meals.
, A bed taste in the mouth, and furred tongue.
“ ‘ atton, with an occasional dlarrhosa.
' sin front ef head,
am of spirits end great laasitade.
All of the above symptoms go to show functional
araagvoaeet of ths liver: end now comes UiSlwreal
sporteeeeof any error made as So the condition of the
liately provide himself with s
s meet common farm of which
experience shows that this, when the Pill
properly, Is the readiest mode of ieeitieg
the action of the Liver, and cap be always
in great purge,
e of which is an
it
Baydock’s New Liver PiU.
wa* d*lB* aafl mm*m of hMlth, **4 th,
'sXAi.
liMu SrFsJSi
« mMm Teutr m
■t tfo *•*» U* **ltM
r PUla Frlc Twntv-Sr*
PtUaSNNTKIMnUM
■ LTV.
ILM1NGTON, COLUMBIA A
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Januan 2 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 23.
Leave Wilmington 6.25 p m
Marion 9.41 p m
Arrive Floreuce 10.25 p m
No. 5u.
Leave Florence 3.20 a m
Sumter 4.35 a m
Arrive Columbia 6.15 am
No. 69.
Leave Sumter 9.48 a m
Arrive Columbia 10.56 a m
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.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia 10.45 p m
Sumter 12.06 a in
Arrive Florence 1.80 a in
No 78.
Leave Florence 5.10 a m
Marion 5.53 a m
Arrive Wilmington 9.10 am
No. 59.
Leave Columbia
Sumter 7.30 p in
Arrive Florence 8.50 p m
No 53.
Leave Colombia 6.10 pm
Arrive Sumter 7. 25p m
No 53 runs through to charleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 8.00 p m Iianes 8.40 p m,
charleston 10.S0 a m.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
] P. Rq leave Sumter daily except Sun-
1 day, 10-50 a. in , arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave “Rimini 12:30 p.
m.. arrive Sumter 1:40 p m.
Trains ou Hartsville R. t. leave
| Harts, ille 5:00 a. w., arriving Floyds
5:35 a. ra. Returning leave Floyds
9:45 p. m., arriving Hartsvill 10:5 p. m.
Daily except Sunday.
Tialnson Wilmington, Chadhouru
aud Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn 10:3i0 a. in., arrive at Conway
1:00 p. m„ returning leave Conway at
2 30 p. m., arrive Chadhouru 5:20 p.
in Leave Chadbourn 7:15 a. m. aud
i 5:50 p. m., arrive Hub at 8:00 a. m and
6:25 p.m. Returning leave Hull 9:00
a. m. ai d 6:45 p. in., arrive at > had-
bourn 9:45 a. m. and 7:80 p m. Daily
except Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE. Gen’! Sup't.
haydock * oo.,
NOW TQRK. U. S.
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