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How^T\n» 3*.»uy CoPr^liHTEJ- IS^I cy^O.pPOLETOW^ C.O.f Pu 5 LI !>HEfi■ 5V• 5) Ps'cTa L •'aKr'an <iE M E.NT t ’WITH v tHCM ' n<r and punning >nth a rosy forefingfr ! ho coaclrtdsd withagrav* JnoW, intend <1 to where the tints of dawn were being ! to cover all allusion to the ranchman'e rapidly lo# in the splendor of the com- ■ mishap, but calculated to impress the 1 ing day. alieriff with the idea that Bruce was a i Bruce nodded. highwayman in disguise. She walled on a few minutes in si "Yer hand, Mr. Bruce,” said Jlnselv. I lence, with gathered s’iirts and a coy j stepping quickly forward, with a kec >, ! scrutiny of his face from under her penetrating glance :r:>ni under his shag- I drooping lashes. A pleased smile 'in- l gy brows and a p ip like a steel claw. | gered on her face. j “Ah, Miss Cynthia! Or is it spring al “How is it that you happen to be out I ready, and are the bluebirds with CHAPTER IV. D^wn came, lacing wifti rose and am ber the severing east. With the first rays of light the cries of wild geese were hearu il^ii.g »« long harre* toward the river, and also the faint clang of mallard and shelldrake passing overhead. These sounds awoke Bruce, who rose cramped and stiff and leaned against the chimney- piece in lazy admiration of the pageantry of early morning seen through the shut terless windows of the ranch. Hj glanced down at the tumbled heap of blankets at his feet. Only one of his companion bedfellows met his eye. Mr. Buck Jerrold had already arisen, leaving his disordered enwrappings in a tangled coil, very much as a snake casts its skin The olt mix, his hands folded upon his ' breast, lay flat upon his back, snoring dismally. Rm-tne ronmnlart him a umment with an amused smile, and then true to the sportsman’s instinct drew on his shoot ing jacket, caught up his gun from the corner of the hearth and stepped out into the cool, clear air. As he did so he beheld Mr. Buck Jer rold saddling his roan cow pony and evidently making preparations for an early departure. “Where away at this hourof the morn ing?'' he inquired, sauntering up. “Back to the ranch. I’ve got more’n 50 young lambs to look after, I reckon.” "You’re not going off before break fast?" Bruce inquired, leaning on the gate. “1 reckon so. I don’t call 10 miles af "0 breakfast any great shakes.” "That depends on the rider,” Bruce re plied pleasantly. “I don’t think any one could hire me to ride 10 miles this morn ing without a cup of coffee at least. 1 feel as lame and stiff as if I’d been dragged at the end of a lariat through a thick chaparral.” “Oh, I’ve lied my coffee, you can bet yer life!” Jerrold replied. “Amelia’s up already; she ain’t the woman to let a luun start out without snthin under his jacket. 1 say, pardner, ef you’re in any great hurry to get back to the Mesquite valley, bein ez you’re turned foot loose and without a nag to ride on, ye can hev Buckshot here fer $25," indicating his roan. "He ain’t handsome, but he's good •for twice tbet distance, ez smart cz ye went to june him. He’s fast and sure footed both and don’t buck nuther. Ye needn’t keep yer friends waitin and anx ious. I kin rope one o’ the old man’s ‘kaveyard’ and get off easy with half ai hour's delay.” He paused, bringing the much lauded Buckshot smartly around by a blow of his quirt as he did so. at the same time stooping and tightening the flank girth. t Buckshot, a large, raw boned, spot ted horse with vicious eyes and Roman nose, laid his ears back in protest; then he sprang clear of the ground with back arched like a cat ai 1 rigid legs, striking the earth at aveiy hound, as if there were no such property known to matter as elasticity. He varied this unique per formance at intervals by a plunging movement fore and aft, like a stout ship in a heavy sea. The result was soon ob vious. Amid a whirling vortex of blind ing dust and flying hoofs the saddle be gan to turn. When Buckshot sns- pended his exertions a few minutes later and struck a snorting and indignant tab leau with fiery eyes and flaring nostrils the saddle was upside down and hanging loosely between his four feet. '"No!” said Bruce quietly, vaulting lightly over the fence, after witnessing this interesting performance. “I see now plainly that Buckshot does not buck. He is only a little opposed to your ‘cinch ing’ the flankgirth. But I think I shall get along hero very well, Mr. Jerrold, until my partner, Phil Kernochan, looks mo up or something favorable happens. He knew that my general direction was the Colorado river, and that I was out after turkeys. Meanwhile the hunting is good, and I think I’ll shoot a brace of mallards before the family is stirring. Adiosl Drop in and see us the next time you’re over onr way. There they come now!" he exclaimed, shoving a cou ple of shells into his gun, as he marked a small flock of duck coming dov i the wind. “Adiosl" Ho saying ue luiacd his back upon the discomfited horse trader, and Mr. Buck Jerrold sprang at or.ee into the saddle. Before he was fairly seated the vicious Buckshot essayed to repeat his previous exploit, but he reckoned without his host. ilr, Jerrcld had improved the interval to lash a small stick hack of the pommel, imd now, braced firmly by his viselike thighs, he drove his cruel spurs into the flanks of the horse at every bound and ruthlessly applied the heavy quirt. “Everythin’s fair in a boss trade,” he shouted, apparently enjoying the ani mal’s gymnastics. “I swapped this crit ter yestiddy for a pair of leather legging nnd a boss hair lariat to boot. The hose I got rid of, though, hey! tho laropers, an was dog poor at thet. The fust time the other feller attempts to put him on grain he’ll find he’s got a losin contract." Ho clapped his spurs again into the discomfited Buckshot, and wheeling him sharply afl*und by a jerk on the bridle was off like a thunderbolt. Bruce was already far away In pur suit of the flying mallard. He had marked them down in a long water hole bordered by low hushes. As he crept up to the edge of the pool he caught a glimpse of the “green heuc ’ drake, a startled silhouette against the misty bunk, with neck outstretched and eye alert. His glossy mates swung silently upon the silver mirror of the pool in the morni ".g’s gray. In an instant the wary bird was up and .".way, but Bruce stopped him with his right barrel, and he fell with a heavy plump upon tho farther hank, his red legs straddling awkwardly as he came down. The next moment the air was i full m Sylia teal, rising v-itb Mahtened ! clamor and whirring away to the left. Bruce let the other mallard go and gave uie teal tils left barrel, thinking of ^Oyn- j thia and her damaged bonnet. Tin -e dropped to his shot. lie jacked up his , game hurriedly, not without a little in- | rard exultation. Themis4fton® drake among tne teal, rtio origin little renow fairly gleam 'd in brown and emerald— his head a b.- tided flash of color, his wings a fluttering revelation. Bruce stood still a moment, regarding ttdmirinidy the heenties of the dvinff again?” he remarked with easy gallantry as his eyes fell upon Cynthia and her muslin dress. He doffed his broad sombrero sudden ly, exjxwing his high forehead and scant hair. His hard, blue eyes were restless and cold, like chilled steel. He twitched Or. Drummond's Lightning Remedy for Rheumatism has received the umjualitied endorse ment of the medical faculty as being a safe and remarkably efficient preparation for the re- lief and speedy cure of Rheuma- who walked quickly and wore a faded tism. Its work is so speedy and coat of dark green. As 1 had entered a- miraculous that benefit is felt ns a pensioner and he as a sizar, we did not from the first dose, and one bot- PHARLESTON, VJ NORTHERN A Storj of the t'ltdcrffradiiAle nnytoflhe Late t’rofessor Adams. I was an undergraduate of tit. John’s college, Cambridge, when the Into Pro fessor Adams was there as an under graduate also. I well remmnber his a;>- jiearunee. He was rather a small man. SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver, to see the truth of tho comparison?’’ the young man inquired. “Oh, I had to turn the bucks out,” she replied. "I usually do. I started ’em up tho valley, and then I heard you shoot and thought I'd come out and see v aat you’d got.” No one would have dreamed from her | his huge mustaches nervously, manner that her motive was aught but j “It’d tie a jiretty bold bluebird to shake curiosity. Bnt there was the testimony of the elaborate toilet, and young men ; replied Cynthia with dimpled audacity, - - | tuv perhaps more discerning than the I coming nuiekly forward and holding out J," enemy imagine. 'Hie homage of beauty a little hand.' “Glad to see you, fir! is always flattering. Bruce was con scious of rising a trifle in his own esti- was at 6, when every member of the college was due and when some came. Fellow commoners and pensioners saw , bnt little of the sizars as a rule, and I hands like this with a sparrow hawk!" i fear they were looked down njion on ac count of their poverty, exeejit indeed sit at the tame table in hall or indeed tie is warranted to cure any or- dine at the same hour. In my time tho dinary case. Sold by druggists. Fellows’ hall and ours was at 4 o'clock, j p rice |r for j bc>ttl or sent tne sizars (who had some dishes left 11 i . , ^ from the Fellows’ table) at 5. Cliajiel flashing eye. He could not help thinking what an improvement he might make i Cynthia’s appearance were he enabled to preserve the beauty of the plumage for her adornment. With masculine seif confidence he aspired for the moment to become her milliner. “Ain't he a daisy?” said a musical voice. i He turned in surprise. Cynthia stood before him—a blushing Aurora, the roses of the dawn ia per dimpled cheeks, tho 1 amber of the sunrise in her golden hai . j With the occasional recklessness of her sex, she had arrayed herself more with an eye to pictureeque effect than com- j men prudence. She recogmzea ti-o tact | that there was an observe; upon the scene of action more appreciative than usual. Under the circumstances her defiance of season and climate had a touch of sublimity. She had donned a pale blue muslin dress, exquisitely becoming, I grant, but a relic of the previous sum mer and of a much higher temperature. The hat on her head was of straw and supported a whole parterre of roses and a long, curling feather, and she had on i pair of high heeled French slippers. They were quite wet through, and the embroidered stockings, which a charm ing sense of consistency in dress had im pelled her to wear, were beaded and flashing with dew. Immediately after addressing Bruce she glanced down at her feet with some solicitude, her light skirts gathered daintly in her left hand. Sho frowned at the slippers, already turning purjde at the toes. “I reckon I’ve spoiled ’em the first time I put ’em on,” she said. "How ever, there's lots more where they came from!” tossing her head with the general suggestion that French slippers are a gratuitous donation from obliging shoe makers to the fair sex—an attitude quite carefully preserved by womankind to ward eligible bachelors, along with a be coming disregard of the necessity of cap ital. “Is thet green wing for me. Mr. Bruce?" she inquired, with a jioliteuesa of manner which seemed quite as un seasonable, in her own caae, as her fault less attire, and in a sense to have been assumed with the gorgeous hat. She glam# eagorly at Bruce as he stood separating the bright pinion from the duck’s body and flashing the gleaming plumes in the sunlight. j mation as they walked on together, j Alcides Dallas had arisen in their ab- [ sence and sat upon the doorstone of the ranch awaiting them in a negligee so startling and characteristic as to impress the young ranchman that attention to details in matters of the toilet were cer tainly not a family trait. He was with out coat and hat, and his stockinged feet showed that his rawhide boots were j the creek in them new slippers I got her probably still performing tho office of for the ‘Round-up Ball.’ Strange goin’s his pillow. His long, gray locks strag- on for a young gal, Mosel)—strange gled over his face, and he was fiendishly » goin's on!” wiH, >,;« violin. His nerfonn- ! “Sho!” said the sheriff, laughing, ance was of the usual dolorous character. “'Tain’t every day they s a good loolmi How are all the birds down your way- kites, road runners and other jail birds?” “Ho, ho!” laughed the sheriff, “ye're after me this time, aren’t ye? Guess ye must hev got up early this moniin?” “She did! said old Dallas emjihatical- ly, glancing at Bruce—“earlier than Tv- seen her get np since the last norther. She was thet anxious about them bucks this mornin thet she turned ’em out afore sun and run ’em more’n a mile uji "Is there any particular name for that tune?" inquired Bruce of Cynthia as the jarring discords seemed to insult the tranquil serenity of the early morning. Cynthia turn d her head a moment and listened attentively. She might have been a mocking bird, so character istic was the action. “I clean forget,” she said finally, “whether father calls thet the ‘Hus- bnnd’s Lament' or the ‘Texan Honey moon,’ hut it don’t n.ake much differ ence which. Father's play in is pretty much alike, and if ye remember thet his tunes all have somethin to do with mar- ryin you can’t be very far wrong, no matter what yon call ’em. I reckon mother didn’t g? vfl him very much va riety in her housekeepin, for it's iiad an awful monotonous effect on his music. Don’t speak to him now. Mr. Bruce. He’s alius easier in his mind if ye let him play a tune f hrough. To stop him short in the middle is harrowin to his feelin's and gen’rally crops ont arterwards. Come in right away and have break fast.” And without a word to her sire sb" piloted the amused Bruce past the ab sorb od violinist, leaving him still fid dling violently njion the doorstep. Anlns stopped at the door to lift his nose to the sky and utter a long drawn, agonizing howl of protest, with which canine com mentary upon the unmelodiousness of the old man’s music he, too, abandoned him and went within. The day wore away into the early aft ernoon. The northward shadows of the live oaks were swinging gradually to the east. It was just after dinner, and the wintry sunlight on the southern wall of the ranch beat softly down with a grate ful and cheering warmth. In the sunniest angle of the ranch Bruce and his white haired host were seated smoking. The old man, enjoying the aroma of one of the ranchman's ci gars, which he mumbled at a very pre carious angle between his scant teeth, was in an expectant frame of mind and unusually genial. Cynthia was seated beneath a live oak playing with a fawn. “Do you reckon them folks o’ yottr’n ’ll lie anyways anxious about ye?” old Dal las inquired, blowing ont a cloud of smoke as if the chief luxury in smoking was expelling it forcibly. "I hardly think so,” Bruce replied, lazily tilting his chair against the side of the house, with his hands clasped behind his head. He had thrown his hat on the ground, and the whiteness of his fore head contrasted with the bronzed hue of his cheeks and the luxuriance of lus square, curling beard. "My partner, Kernochan, understands me pretty well by this time and knows I generally come ont all right, so he won’t give him self any uneasiness. There may be a lit tle fuss when my horae turns up at the ranch, though. 1 shouldn't be surprised if Pbil rode over here tomorrow.” “Waal. you’re takin it pretty easy here, seein ez t hey hain’t the least idea whar ye be,” re turned Alcides frankly. “Butthet’s what we want to hev ye do, though,” he added after a pause, fearing his mean ing might be misconstrued. “Visitors with agreeable manners and good ter- backer is all fired sca’ce in this coun try,” ho continued, with the general air of paying a compliment. He rose from his chair with an effort due to rheumatism and the nncompro- mising character of hts kune joints and swept the horizon with an anxious eye. “Durn my skin, e,’ thar ain’t the sheriff, after all!” ha exclaimed as a small man, mounted on a son el horse, rode up to the gale at a fox trot, and throwing him self from the saddle proceeded to tether the animal by thei lariat which hung | from the pommel. His nimble fingers were quick at the task. He came toward them with a rapid step, his revolvers swinging in their holsters and his spurs clinking as he strode. “Waal, Ike Mosely, ye’ve got over here at last, hev ye?” said Alcides, stumping | forward eagerly to meet the newcomer. young feller 'round to get up for. is i Miss Cynthia? If they were all old am’ grayheaded—like me and your old man —I couldn’t blame ye, ef ye never got up!" He glanced around to note the effect of his words, but Cynthia had disap peared. At the first allusion to her early morning ramble, she had stampeded the fawn and scamjiercd away in pursuit. Mosely turned and shot a glance at Bruce. Ho was smoking with easy non chalance. But here the approach of the ebony Amelia, bearing a frothy mixture which looked uncommonly like a milk punch, interrupted his reflections. “Heah am de boss bev’age arter boss- back ridin, sah!” exclaimed the sable Heoe, handing the tumbler by prepaid express on receipt of price by Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. ill Cj NORTH. llt7vw a! <& U • ivfj SOUTH. 1 2 A.M. P.M. * 6.50 Charleston 10.30 8,10 Pregnail's 8.50 10.25 Sumter 6.30 11.16 Lamar 5.20 11.30 Syracuse 5.05 11.45 Darlington 4.50 12 00 Mont Clare 4 33 12.11 Robin’s Neck 4.20 12.26 Mandeville 4.05 12.40 Bennettsville 8.50 1.05 Gibson 3.25 1.35 Hamlet 3.55 P.M P.M. . ti— of a him- '/ reckon I’ve spoiled ’em (he first time t put ’em on," she said. “Oh, what a lovely little duck—a ban tam!” she exclaimed, with a sudden fem inine intuition of ornithology. “Isn’t he cute?” Then her eye fell upon a blood spot on the breast, and she looked sud denly grave. “Do you reckon it hurt him much to kill him?” she pleaded. “Not any more than was strictly neces sary under the circumstances,” Bruce replied, with thesportsman’s indifference. “Good morning, Miss Cynthia. Yes, the green wing is intended for you, hut I hard’' 1 ' expected to see you at so early an hour. You look like Aurora, I assure yon.” "Like a roarer!" queried Cynthia, knit ting her brows in puzzled surprise. “Well, now, thet is a compliment—be fore breakfast too! And I haven’t said hardly a word yet. I should think I was Anlns. Did ye hear him bay when I first came out this morning?” “No,” replied Bruce. “I must have been intent on the mallard.” He held up the bright plumaged bird by one leg as he spoke. “But I uuuersuwiu how Aulus felt, I think. He is not in the habit of meeting a goddess before break fast. It disturbs the calm equipoise of his mind.” Cynthia glanced at him in embarrass ment. yet not without a certain admira tion. "Dear me!" she sighed, “you’re so dre’dful high toned it most makes my headache to see what you're drivin at. If you're gain to talk to me. Mr. Bruce, you must cut some of those u ords. or it’ll interfere with our getting ac quainted.” She looked up at him in bewitching perplexity. The level rays of the rising sun shone full in her eyes, aud she drew down her hat brim with an impatient dimpled hand. Thus besought in reference to his mythological quotations, Bruce made haste to explain briefly to Cynthia the fable of Aurora and Tithonus. She lis tened with amr ?d surprise. When he had finished with the lamentable old age that overtook that unfortunate lady’s husband, she sighed and expressed her self: “So he turned out to be a grasshop- Ike Mosely’s hide by the time o’ the j wife,” she replied, per at last, eh? Thet was pleasant! j spring roundups.” J “Coming on a visit?" ' ' berved her right, though, for wantin “But it’s mighty dry talkiii,” lie sai l j “No, sah. They dun moved over te him to live forever. A girl onghtn t to abruptly, glancing at Dallas with a Big- Georgy six months ago, but they doan get gone on any man to that extent— | nificant eye, “an I’ve come all the way like jt and are comin hack, forever is an awful long trip! A grass hopper. Mebbe thet’s what father means when he says mattermony has so much tu do with ’kiekin?”’ She glanced inquiringly up at Brace. The latter laughed outright "at this com mentary. At once she turned her back on him and regarded the sunrise. “So you think 1 look like thet, do you?” sho said after a pause, turging to “Dey ain’t nothin wot goes quite so fur or strikes quite so neah de spot. It slim- ’lates de functions an ’suscitates de sys tem at de same time, sah! Besides,” she added with a Ciafty wink, “I dicin' wan’ to scare yo’ nohow wid de state oh da! bottle arter de eggnog dis'pation ob de las' ebenin!’’ “Let you alone, Amelia, for takin care of me!” returned Mosely, draining the mixture with a grateful smack. “Thet puts a heart in a man d'rectly. Now, Al, what's all tills about hogs and bosses?’’ he inquired, sitting down on an adjacent nail keg. with a careless hand upon the butt of a fi-shooter and his head one side in tho attitude of listening. “Thanks! That's any size every time!" he rema «od as Bruce rose to his feet, offering him a cigar as he did so. He bit the end off meditatively. “Ye needn’t go off mad. There ain’t anythin private about this yere bizness —is there, Ai?” the sheriff inquired, gaz ing after the ranchman as he sauntered away. “Not much! The more public ye make it, the better I'll like it,” returned the elder Dallas. “I want ye to shoot them fellers or hev this marorderin stopped.” Bruce did not reply. He was already out of hearing. Ike Mosely glanced critically at his broad shoulder* and well proportioned limbs. In the repose of his youthful strength lie seemed tho very incarnation of tho sturdy live oaks among which he strode. “A likely young feller,” said Mr. Mosely, smoking violently and chewing the end of his cigar nervously. "Some how I rather like hid*sfyle. In a row 1 reckon you could count on him. Al. if you're lookin for a son-in-law thet’d do you and C)uthia both credit, yen'll do well to encourage thet chap. He has my best wishes. He’s got sand.” And with this official summary husband’s requisites he addressed self to the business before him. [TO BH. CONTINUED. | Teating Iron Cantlngs. “Have you ever noticed,” said a St. Louisan yesterday, “those massive iron pillars now standing erect in the base ment of the new Planter’s House? Well, did you ever stop to think of the im mense weight they will be comjielled to supjiort steadily for many, many years? Oh, you have. But 1 supjiose yon have thought the manufacturer just made those pillars and sold them without knowing anything about how muc! weight they would bear or how long they would bear it. Let me tell yon about that. “Those pillars are cast in the same manner as cast iron stoves—by runnin the liquid metal into sand molds, bu‘ alonside of each pillar is cast an iron liai from the same metal. The bar is pre cisely an inch square and 54 feet in length. When cold, it is subjected to c very simple test. Each end of the bar is placed npon a table and weights are susjiended from the center by a rojie. It must bear a tensile strength of 500 pounds to the square inch. The test may begin with 400 pounds and be gradually increased nntil the bar is found to be perfectly eupjiortiiig the required weight If it breaks, for instance, at 480 or 49n those few who were certain to do greati credit to tho college. The fastest and the vainest man would have been civil to Adams, for he was known to be a pretty certain Senior Wrangler; besides men bet on him aud backed him as they would a race horse. But he was so ex ceedingly good, so unusually ante, so ut terly and entirely the favorite that odds were laid on him at 8. or even 4 to 1. Men little thought indeed that he would very shortly discover a comet, and that science all through the world would “cap” him in concert with the un dergraduates to whom he soon became a mighty don, though I believe one of the most gentle and unassuming that ever lived. • 1- t 1 ..A .1.,l.„,1 a A v c-s - ..... come out Senior Wrangler, 1 knocked in late and had a chut with Ballard, the porter, lieforo going to my rooms. I said, "Well, Ballard, we’ve got the Senior Wrangler, but that was of course.” Bal lard looked glum. I could not under stand it, for ho was as proud of the eol- lege as any of its members. “Ah. sir,” he said, “Mr. Adams did not behave v. i ’.1 tome." “Not well to you! Why, v. on earth has he done?” “I have lost l by him, sir.” "How?" “Mr. Adams is not a gentleman ns often knocks in late, but two nights before he went into the senate house he did, and 1 made so hold ns to say, ‘Mr. Adams, I hope no offense, sir, bnt I suppose you are certain to be Senior Wrangler, because 1 have laid JClC os it already and I Have s laying another T5.’ Now you’d hardly believe it, sir, hut Mr. Adams told me there was no certainty at all about it. and that he might come out second or third when all the while ho must have known he was dead certain.” “Well.” I said, “I don’t know what he knew, but all the university knew. But how did yon lose your 15?” “By not put ting it on, sir, which I should have done if he hadn't knocked in late. I kept the F10 on, however, nnd won what came of that.” So really Mr. Bullard had not very much to complain of.—London Queen. Whrre Peppermint ON In liaised. More than one-half of all the oil of peppermint, sjieariiiiiit and tansy used in the world is said to he produced and distilled in Michigan. The center of the industry is St. Joseph county. Pepper mint plants weighing 15,000 tons when dried are cultivated every year in the state. From these tho essential oils are distilled. Early in spring tiie roots are planted in furrows from two to three feel apart. Li a day a good workman will jilant an acre with them. A few weeks later the rows meet and cover the entire ground. In September the plants mature. They are then covered with fragrant purple blossoms, and the time has arrived for mowing. After lying in the sun to dry they are raked into heaps and taken to the distilleries, of which there are about 150 in the state. It is estimated that 350 pounds of dried peppermint plants produce one pound of oil. The yield per acre is 15 pounds of oil. Distilled peppermint brings from $1-25 to $5 jier pound in the home mar ket. The industry was originally estab lished in Mitcham, England, about 150 years ago. Early in the jirescnt century a lieginning was made in thiscountry.in Wayne county, N. Y., and in St. Joseph, Mich. Today nine-tenths of the entire product of the world are made in the United States.—New York Post. Ranger—Is trade dull? Hardjtanne—Dull! Why, for the past three months I haven’t had money enough to tail with. —Cloak Review. La Grippe. During the prev; lence of the Grippe the past seasons it was it noticeable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King’s New Discovery, notonly had a speedy recovery, but escap >d all of the troublesome after » ffects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar power in effect ing rapid cures not t nly in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseas es ah itiiucit, wiicoi, A.,,., and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of longstanding. Try it and be convinced. It won’t disappoint. Free Trial Bottles at Willcox &;Co’s. Drug store. No. 1 coniineets with C. F. & Y. V. at Beniiettnville for Fayetteville, con nects with Seaboard Air Line at Ham4 iet for Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel by, Koutherforilton ; and at Charlotte with K. iV D. Vestibule Limited for Washington and New Yuik. gen. can take sleepers at Charlotte at 8 :15 p. m. No. 2 passengers by this train have through Sleejiers New York to Char lotte, connects with S. A. L. at Ham let from <'h:ir!otte and North, and from Wilmington, connects with 8. Q. By. at Pregnalls for Charleston. Dinner at Hamlet. J. H. AVERILL, General Manager. Figg-You have seen Jones’ w ife. What is she ) ke? Should you call her pretty? Fogg—I might if I was talk ing to Jones.—Boiton Trans- cript. pounds, then the pillar cast from the pot “I've been a-worryin about this killin o’ ; 0 f nie t ;v ] which cast the bar is discarded my stock. I reckon ye’ll beleevo me j broken up and put into the pot again when I tell ye I’m right glad to see yo." W j t h more pig iron added. The pillars “Ain’t long to stay nuther,” returned i j, on know, are largely made from scrap Vie sheriff, grasping the proffered hand iron, and the manufacturers cannot knov. of old Dallas with a hurried shake ami j p ^ strength of the cast until it ia tested, dropping it again immediately. “I nev- ! The addition of pig iron ia the event of er struck sech a rush o’ bizness in the failure brings tho cast up to the stand hull course of my natural life. Ez it is j a rd.”—St. Louis Republic. I’ve lied two hangin’s already this week, to «ay notnin o’ these rumors o’ yours ! she drove np to the depot in an old about boss stealin and hog killin. And cart drawn by an ox with lines attached i remedy you need. no»v jes’ ez 1 was junipiu in ihe wuute • to ins horns, and she repeated her in- j llt* B uni V oGC. to ride over here I got word thet the quiries about the. [rain from the (feast so j drug' stole ! road agints have begun ag’in between ; often that the depot agent finally asked | b * Lampasas and Belton. Thet means all i “Are you expecting friends on that ! I kin swing to for four weeks certain, train'?" ■ Ef things go on at this rate, they’ll hev: “p m lookin fnr my son Sam an his ! to my mustache last “Riding and Hitching.” One mode of transjiortation among the poor whites of southern West Vir ginia is known as “riding mid hitching.” It ir resorted to when two travelers find themselves with only one horse and they are going too far to ride “double.’' In “riding and hitching" one traveler takes the horse and goes a mile or more, while the Oliver foots it behind. The equestrian naturally makes faster speed than the walker. So, after he lias ridden his share, he dismounts and hitches his steed to a tree by the roadside and pushes on afoot. In time the other walker comes to the hitched animal, mounts him, rides on nntil he has over taken the first ridir and got some dis tance in front, when the operation is repeated. Thus each rides alternately, and the horse gets a breathing spell.— New Y'ork Sun. The Great Eastern was the largest Aiip ever built—680 feet long, 83 broad. (SO deep and 28,627 tons burden. Strength and Health. If you are not feeling strong and healthy, try Electric Bit- iters. If “La Grippe” has left you weak and weary, use Elec- , trie Bitters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Ki Ineys, gently aiding those or gans to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with Sick Headache, you vtlTi find speedy and permanent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the Large bot- at W illccx &; Co’s Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, F'ever 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. She—Your friend looks very much embarrassed. Fe—He is, poor fellow; he owes pretty nearly everybody in town.—Detroit Free Dress. Stanley as an explorer, Edi son as an inventor, Miss Flora A. Jones as the discoverer of the Famous Blush of Roses, for the complexion ; are names that will he handed down as bene factors of the race, to all record ed time. Dr. J. A. Boyd comes in for his share (of the profits) as he always keeps a big sup ply on hand, and sills it for 75 cents per bottle. — . •»- -«• . Anderson—My ni imory is get ting weaker and w taker every day. Biggs—I can give you a rem edy. “What is it?” “Lend me $5.”—Tit Bits. A Smart Wan Will not hobble around on crutches when he can cure his Rheumatism with one bottle of Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Re medy, costing only $5, hut worth $100 Enter] rising Drug gists keep it, or it will be sent to any address on receipt of price, by the Drummond Medi cine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. ( N & D. an a] C. & 8. RAILROADS. J % In effect June 18, 1893. Through Uaenenger Train. Leave Waileaboro 4.30 a m Bennett's 4.51 a in Morvpn'H 5.04 a in McFarland 5 17a m Cheraw (i.OO a in Cash’s (1.12 am Society Hill ti.26 a m Dove's 0.44 a m Floyd’s 0.4!) a m Darlington 7.00 a in Palmetto 7,11 am Arrive Florence 7.25 a m Leave Florence 7.30 ji m Palmetto 7.43 j) m Darlington - 7.53 j> m Floyd’s 8.06 j> m Dove’s 8.10 p m Society Hi!! H 28 p in Cash's 8.42 Ji in Cheraw 9.05 ji in McFarland 9.38 j> in Morven's 9.54 j> m Bennett’s 10.09 p in Arrive Wiulesboro 10.30 pm Freight Train. Leave Florence 7.30 a m Darlington 8.40 a m Arrive Clieiaw 11.20 a in Leave Cheraw 1.00 ji m Darlington 4.00 ji m Arrive Florence 5.00 p m A. F. RAVENEL, President. Jack—Clara showed a great from San Marcus to look into this yer bizness o’ yourn. How did that liquor 1 recommended to ye turn out?" “Mighty good state that Georgia.” “I’ve hearn say so, but Sam can’t a-bear it Good lands and good crops. “I reckon it’s pretty near all turned but the jieople is too scrumptious. out,” replied Alcides ruefully, somewhat discomfited by the urgent business man- nerof thesheriff. “ Ameelyer!” he called, “bring out what’s left in thet thar bot tle, and a glass for Mr. Mosely. Ike, this is Mr. Bruce, of the Meaauite val- ‘How scrumptious?” he querieiL “1 doan exactly know, but I reckon Sam can explain. He had’t bin thar’ but fo’ months when ihcy tarred an feathered him an rode him all over the country on a rail ”—Detroit Free Ptmk night. Gus—How was that? Jack—She set her face against it. —Truth. When Baby was sick, we gare her Castoria. T.TivX she was * CMM, shs erinl for Castorla. When she became Mias, she clung to Castorla. When she haJ CMIdna, she gave thorn Castorla hear of Mrs. Jones husband down 1 st “Did you calling her night?” “No. How did it happen? “He was up stairs, and . ue called him down to mind the baby a little while.”—New York Press. For Salt;. j^lTOCK r.nd good will. Paying business. No opposition. Proprietor wishes to attend Business School. DARLINGTON BOOK STORE, Jul 13—2t Darlington. S. C. Creditors’ Notice. A LL persons having claims against tiie estate ol the ’ut;e William J. Alexander will present them, duly verified, to Dargan A Thompson, at torneys at-law, and all jiersons in debted to said estate will make pay ment to them. CELESTE J. ALEXANDER, Jul 13—3t Executrix. N ORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. In effect June 18, 1893. SOUTH BOUND. No. 61 Leave Florence 7 45 a m Kingstree 8.58 a m lames 9.20 a in Arrive Charleston 11.20 a m No. 27. Leave Florence 10.50 p in Kingstree 11.50 pm Lanes 12.08 a m Arrive Charleston 2.19 a in No. 23. Leave Florence 11.00 p in Kingstree 12.14 a in Lanes 12.32 a in Arrive Charleston 2.38 a m No. 53. Leave Lanes 7.10 p m Arrive Charleston 8.45 p m Train on C. & I). R. R. connects at Florence with No. 81 Train. NORTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Charleston 1.38 a m lames 3.25 a in Kingstree 3 44 a m Arrive Florence 4.50 a m No. 60 Leave Charleston 5.10 a m Lanes 7.05 a m Kingstree 726 am Arrive Florence 8.40 a m No. 14. Leave Charleston 4.12 p m Lanes 6.03 p in Kingstree 6.17 p m Arrive Florence 7.10 p m No. 52. Leave Charleston 7.15 a m Arrive Lanes 8.40 a m 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. & W. R. R. for ail points North. Train No. 14 runs via Wilson and Fayetteville—Short Line—and makes dose connection for all points North. J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt. 4H71LM1NGTON, COLUMBIA & VW AUGUSTA RALROAD. (In effect June 18, 1893. NORTH BOUND. No. 23. Leave Wilmington Marion Arrive Florence No. 50. Leave Florence Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 52. Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 58. Leave Florence 7.45 a m Arrive Sumter I^ORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, xw Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Session begins September 7. Class ical, scientific and commercial courses. Academic department, jireparatory to college. Instruction thorough and practical. Brick buildings. Health- ful location: no mala ia. Exjienses, 38 weeks, $103 to $145. I or catalogue address J. D. SHIREY, A. M., Jul 18—3t President. YTARTSVILLE RAILROAD. In effect June 18, 1393. DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 6.00 a in Jovann 6.20 .x in Floyd's 6.85 a in ArriveDarlington 7 20 a in Leave Darlington 6.30 p m Floyd’s. 8.15 ji m Jovann 8.35 p m Arrrive Hartsville....- 8.55 p m 3. r. DIVTJW, Gwu. bupt. No. 52 runs through from Charles ton via Centra! Railroad; leaving Lanes 8.44 a ui, Manning 9 20 a m. SOUTH BOUND. No. 78. Leave Florence 5.10 a m Marion 5.53 a m Arrive Wilmington 9.10 am No. 59. Leave Columbia Sumter .' 5.55 p in Arrive Florence........ 7.10 p m No. 58. Leave Columbia 4.20 p in Arrive Sumter 5.45 p ui No. 51. Leave Columbia 10.00 p m Sumter li.20 p m Arrive Florence 12.45 a in No. 53 runs through to charleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning 6.24 p m. Lanes 7.05 p m, charleston 8.45 p m. Trains on Manchester and Augusta F. R', leave Sumter daily except Sun day, 10.50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a. m. Returning leave Rimini 12:30 p. in., arrive Sumter 1:40 p. m. Trains on Wilmington, Chadbouru and Conway Railroad leave Hub at 6.10 a in, Chadbourn 9:00 a. m. .arrive at Conway 11:30 a m,, returning leava Conway at 2:30 p. m., rj-nve Chad- bourn 5:20 p. in, Hub 9 20 p m. Daily except Sunday. •••« iKHiitng JOHN F. DIVINE, Ger’l Sup’t,