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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.
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NORTH.
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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,