Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AN IDEAL IDLENESS. A SUMMER OAV IN MOSS GROWN woods by* a Babbling crook.' Thoughts Suggested by -an Afternoon in .Midsummer Spent In the Shadoof Grow* Ing Treea on » Cowell of^Kature’a Dunn. Tireless Nature Never Bests. , It ia a warm day in midmiimney, and ai fisherman ia following a.Ibng a trout trodk. The stream rnus through the for est-through hardwood groves, which, owing to thefl - scant underbrush, look al most like English parks; through mossy evergreen glades, where every sound and color is subdued; through rocky ravines, down, which the water hurries with fret ful jiiainta againat the bowlders In its path, till at last it finds ah outlet in a mountain lake. Today it is evident that all the wood life is prepared to be lazy—even the trout that are wont to rush .-.o eagerly at worm or fly. Now the fisherman be gins to feel the influence of this all per vading inertia, and finally he lays down Ids pole and stretches himself out on the brook's, bank. Close to his side ia a sound of rippling water, cool and sooth ing, while the spreading top of a maple 1 keeps oil the sun. The bank here is covered with thick moss—n pleasant couch waiting for some ono to come and use it. In the economy of the woods nothin;; is permitted to exist for itself only; tho saplings have their*own life, but must also furnish leaves and twigs to tho deer, and bark to tho nibbling hares. No plant or ani mal is entirely selfish, and to Hus hum ble moss, since it can do little else, is ready to servo as a resting place for the weary. There is an old saying that goes, “Best case is free case”—or tho ease bought with too much labor of preparation is hardly worth having. And this thought, though it may not bo very profound, suggests one great delight of tho woods, everything is free—ia natural. No one but tireless nature has labored. No eyes have ached, no back has become bent, In the making of this couch of moss; no hands have toiled to rear the grateful shade of the maple. Tho refreshing splash and ripple of tho brook is freely, unconsciously given. The voluptuaries of tho east wereclose students of the art of idleness. Loung ing on their cushions, they listened to soft music and watched tho movements of dancing slaves. Other slaves waved cooling fans, and, if their masters were exposed to the sun, held silken canopies above them. The eastern prince thought that the pleasures of idleness could be no further perfected, But the dancers must often have grown weary i the slaves holding the canopies fainted in the sunj the fan bearers and the musicians doubtless wondered at the Unjust fate which condemned them to labor in order that others might enjoy. No Indian rajah or Persian lord ever reclined upon an easier conch thou this one on which the fishermen stretches himself, The brook makes the most de lightful of music. Sunbeams dancing on leaf and mc«s and ripples are as pleasant to watch as the movement of weary slaves. Nor do the sights and sounds of the woods lack variety. The music of the water is mingled with the twitter of forest birds—thrushes and wood spar rows; the songful enthuatef.m of their annual youth is past, but. the midsum mer cotes are full of happiness, and tell Of nests well stocked with little ones, Squirrels chirp and chatter. The dead leaves strewing tho ground are of every shade of brown and red and yellow, an 1 the Blender shafts of sunlight, which dart down through the breow stirred foliage overhead, never fall twice upon eolsm that arc exactly simUor, The trout fisherman, half dreamy, half Observant, and wholly happy, has lain there tilt the long, warm summer hftemoon i» drawing to a close. Tho shy little wood creatures that love the dusk COmS out of their hiding places and run near him, unite fearless of his motionless figure. Dclioate, mouselike creatures are here, the flying squirrels, in soft gray draperies. A mink trots over the wet bowlders in the brook’s bed, and, conscious of its own importance, eyes the man suspiciously, Darkness is coming on, and it is time for the trout fisherman to go home. He leaves the mossy bank regretfully, half persuaded that idleness, and not work, It man’s chief blessing.—Francis B. Palmer In Christian Union. A Hrids of Two Your#. England can furnish instances of child taamages, not perhaps to any great ex tent, but as young as any to. bo found is eastern countries, where such mar- fiages arc almost of daily occurrence, The youngest English bride on record is; beyond all doubt, a daughter of Sir William Brereton, Who in the Sixteenth century was united in bonds of holy inatrimony, When only two years of age, to a bridegroom who was Only her senior by one year. In this case the children W8rt carried into the church, and their elders spoke '.or them. Subsequently, when the pair reach years of maturity, they ratified'.he strange tie. In this in stance the (bject was to carry out a desire to unite property.—All the Year Botisd. THE PORTRAIT GALLERY. Grandfather irtokB from the prim-led wall At xfrandinnther hanging iwroas the hall In then yelled Kh>w <>f her stately grace. ' And a frown comes over her shadowed face As ho says: ■’The world has grown askew. My dear, since we were f.mng—we two. “Nothing tl-at was Is the same today. Old time fancies at - cast away: All oor srrnp’.es are laughed to scorn; All our onstotns arc quite outworn-, Each is seeking for soraethhu! now— We wore content with the ohl-we two." Into the shade of the grim old room Steal two forms through the twilight’s gloom. Grandfather's eyes arc sharp to see. And a deep melee utters tenderly “For »yd will I love, and love but yon. And we'll follow love to tho end-we two.“ Grandfather’s face lias lost its frown. And his eyes grown Softer gasqs gently down On the pair who naught of his watching know. And grandmother smiles and whispers low. One thing goes on as It nsed to do In the days when wo were young—we two." —May Lennox in Ladles' Uomo Journal. Interpreting the Sorlptnres. “ There ia a queer old preacher down In my country,” said a native born Mary lander to a party of frien3» in ths Man hattan chib one overling last week. The man had just returned from a visit to his old home after a long absence and was amusing the company with anec dotes * “He is about seventy years old,” con tinued tlie speaker, “and he has had little or no education and is utterly in- eapabV of preaching a serpon. He be- RaveJvevery ^-ord, letter'and punctua tion mark in the Bible is inspired, and his method of teaching, his flock is to read from the Scripture-and expound and explain his reading to the best of his ability. “Of course the good old man quite fre quently runs up against some passage most difficult to interpret. His method of extricating himself, as I have reason to know, is unique. 1 was listening to his exposition of .Solomon and all his glory the other Sunday and wondered how ho was firing to do justice to the groat king in the matter of his thousand odd wives. All of a saddoa ho came up on the passage, which ho read through slowly. Thou he paused, mopped his brow and said: “ ‘Brethren, wo have coma across a difficult passage. Lot us, however, not shirk our duty. Wo must look the diffi culty firmly in the face and pass on to the next verse.’ And ho promptly pro ceeded to do so, to tho evident satisfac tion of his flock.”—New York Herald. BE SURE YOU Art rightmthen go ahead—ia especially applicable to anyone in search of a blood-purifier. You can always be sure, by taking AYEU’S Sar saparilla. For the cure of Catarrh, Rheumatism, and Nervous De bility, AYER’S Sarsaparilla is superior to any other remedy. It searches out the destructive poisons in the blood, expels them harm lessly by the natural channels, and establishes perfect health. ‘Ayer’s Sarsaparilla “I recouqpend Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in my prac tice.”—Dr. B. H. Avery, Jefferson, N. Y. “For several years, I was troubled with inflammatory rheumatism, being so bad at times & to be entirely help- INSIST gives universal satisfac tion.”—Dr. C. F. Lurtou, Comiskey, Ind. “ I have been afflicted, for years, with chronic catarrh, and after using many local applications of various kinds, with- UFOIM Evidence in Two Murder Cases. In a case of murder by strungnlation the woman who perpetrated the crime had been a nurse in an infirmary and accustomed to lay out dead bodies. After the murder sho carried out un- thirflringly her professional practice by smoothing the clothes unlier the body of her victim^ placing tho legs at full length, the arms out straight by tho side and the hands open. Tho doctor who was called in at once declared such a coudition of the Itody wils inexplicable- on tho snpixtsition'qf suieme, consider ing the amount 'of violence that must have attended the strangulation. - In another case tho criminal had at tempted to make the death appear like tho act of suicide by placing the lower end of tho rope near the hand of tho de ceased, but he selected yie left hand, whereas tho deceased was right handed, and ho did not leave enough rope for either hand to grasp in order to produce tho very violent constriction of the neck which had been caused by the two coils on the rope. A surgeon pointed out these things. Both criminals confessed their crimes before execution.—Toronto Mail. ’ Whittier and Fields. How the death of Fields affected Whit tier may bo seen from the following ex tract of a letter written by the poet to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and published in Tho Century: I miss Fields, it seems to me, more and more—a light tot) early quenched, a loss irreparable. I cannot tell thee how his death shocked me. Ah, me. if l had only known what was to bo! He was my friend of nearly forty yearn; never a shadow rested for a moment on the sun shine of that friendship, It is a torrtbia loss. With him it must be well. Be ■ but others carry it [is part of the third loved much, pitied much, hut never : story i» fronttho “Texas,” The pilot hated, He was Christlike in kindness ■ house if always made to look graceful and sympathy, and in doing good, Bow , by meting of an upper fringe of jig saw strange that l outlive himl But my turn i oT«am«r.t, and usually oarriei a doer’s less. For tho last two years, whenever t out benefit, I tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I felt the effects of tho disease, I began j a few bottles of which gave mo relief. I regard Ayer's Sarsapa rilla as an excellent blood• purifier.” — J. G. Van Fleet, Fleetville, Pa. “We have used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for twenty years, and believe it to ho tho best remedy that can he hud for all kinds of blood diseases.”—James W. Gray, Honey Grove, Pa. “My daughter, who was afflicted for nearly a year with rheumatism of the foot and ankle, has been to take Ayer's Sarsapa rilla, and have not had a spell since.”—E.T. Hans- brough, Elk Run, Va. "Alter stiffering severely for many yearr from rheumatism, I was induced to try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and received immediate benefit.”-D. S. Winchester, Holden, Me. "I suffered so badly from rheumatism that I was unable to work for a long time. At last I took Ayer’s fiwsjparilla, and was cured. | HAVING A Typical Miftsiiwippi Steamboat. The City of ProviJence was ono of i. long lino of Mississippi boots edging tho broad, clean, sloping levee that fronts busy St. Louis. She was by far the largest and handsomest of the packets, but all are of one type, and that is worth describing. They are, so far as 1 remember, all painted white, and are very broad and low. Each carries two tall black funnels, capped with a bulging ornamental top, and oarryteg on rods swung between the funnels tho trade mark of tho company cut out of sheet iron, an anchor or an initial letter, a fox or a swan, or whatever. There are three or four stories to these boats—first the open main deck for freight and for the boilers and engines, then the walled in saloon deck, with a row of windows and doors cut alternately close beside one another and with pro fuse ornamentation by means of jig saw work wherever it can b« put, and last of all the “Texas,” or officers’ quartern, and tho “bureau,” or ne^ro paneengertt' cabin, forming the third story, Most of the large boats have the big square pilot house cu top of tlia '‘Texas,” cured by the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.” —'GeorgoTuedrichTProspect Park, Cal. | - A. H. Huber, Westminster, Md. AYER’S Sarsaparilla Prepare# by Dr. J. C Ayer & Co., Lowell. Mass: Sold by Druggists Everywhere. . Has cured othersi will-cure you Will soon come. God grant 1 may meet it with something of hia simple trust and cheerfulness. For Tolrintr a Fow Hundred ftfllel Iti April, 1386, the engines of the (teamsmp California, from Hamburg for New York, broke 5owa when the vessel Was about fifty-six olles southeast of Nantucket shoals and bCC miles east M this dtjr. She was towed to this port by the freighter Chateau Margaux, bound from New York to Bordeaux. The lat ter was awarded $15,000 salvage —New York Evening Sun. r : -f Western Repartee. A man from the west was doing a bit of society in tho effete cast, and he was cornered by a New York woman. “You western people are so original," j she twittered. : "Yes, wo say things sometimes,” ho j replied, “You are very good at repartee, 1 un derstand?” "Como again, please,” ho said, putting bis hand up over his ear. “You are good at repartee; getting tu on your adversary, as it were,” she ex plained. “Well, yes, we ain’t slow," he admit ted, “when our guns is in good working condition."—Detroit Free Press, And Its Went A.wsy Sadly. "He?' do yc.’ sound the in tho word 'gerrymander?' ” Inquired the man who hud climbed three flights of stairs to see the ur.ewer-to-querios editor, “Hard," answered the editor, “ae in ■get.'” "Thor* goes every cent I won on New Yorkl” rejoined the caller, turning away with a heavy sigh. And a moment later the melancholy pUck plank of his weary feet was beard on the stairway, growing fainter und (sinter ns he went down and out to fae# a cold and unfriendly world again.- Chicago Tribunp, Another Snake Story. A resident of 8t. CUirsvillo, Pa., vouches for the following snake story: “■William Brown, a friend of his. found an artificial egg floating in the river, andit being a good imitation of a hen's egg he cut bis initials on it and used it for a riest egg. Last June his mother went to the nest and found a blaekmuiko in possession. In a few days the egg was missing. Ono day lost week Loti Augustine killed a Urge blacksnake, an 1 noticing ft lump on it stepped on it and out came the artificial egg with 'W cut on it."—Philadelphia Ledger. On the Subject of Ore**. “I have not muob time to think of dress,” said Mrs. Bentham Edwards in an interview, • and I was greatly arnhued by ths remark of a former old landlady, who, anxious that 1 should look my best at some social gathering, remarked aus terely to ms, 'Really, madam, yon do not dress according to your talents!' Cpyn which I rcpliad, 'My good woman, if all folks dressed according to their talents, two-thirds, 1 fear, would go but scantily clothed,'" Superstition 'if T»o Met). - The late Lord Qlfden was (irmly per suaded that no luck would ever befall hitn on tho race course unless he wore a i particular necktie, and Mr. Frank Foil- j ham, the owner of Wild Dayrtll, would j run back at fall speed to avoid meeting a hearse.—London Tit-Bits head or pair of. antlers in front of It,— Julian Ralph in Harper's. A Mania for Decorations. There are Frenchmen, according to M. Simon, who collect decorations just as others collect postage stamps. In cer tain official positions it appears the one thing is hardly more difficult than the other. “I know,” he says, “two public officials who had this Inoffensive mania. One was fat. The chain on which be bung his medals c.prcad across his ample chest and struck downward and was lost to view (n bis waistcoat pocket, in the Interior of which tho imagination pic tured further honorary insignia,. The other was thin, to his great disgust, and he could only exhibit some thirty deco rations in a row. Boms cue advised him to wear a double line, just as unruly convicts wear a double chain. He did so, and he was -quite right. His breast was a collection of ell the auhnalB of creation In gold, silver and enamel. It amused people to look at all this while ho was speaking, end they were very glad of this little distraction, for he was an ass.”—London News. Tiie People’s Bank of Darlington. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. DEPOSITS SOLICITED FROM ONE DOLLAR AND UPWARJ And 5 per cent. Interest paid thereon. ^ Small Savings Hffake L ai, g'e Profits. G. KEITH DARGAN, W. A. CARRIGAN, II. L. CHARLES, President. Vice-President Cashier. Fine Job Printing done at this office. for Sr?far»t3 and Children. pi VUlOtOf* til- 'Taatortc.!f.po well AfUrto! tor.hiMrwathat f rtUlc, Owsttiwllnn, , ... . * ... 8 £i'ur fc , .i»i';a*?li ( I'i/irrticra Eructation, C ivcoiniuftril iutwrupciiortocLj prc.scrij.tiou jj -y, gi vu4 B i wu p | aui promo inown to c:o M II. A. Aucdcn, M. D-, I poeticn, * U iio. Oxford St., Crookljn, H. Y. | Without injurious medication. Tint Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. E. C. ROTHOLZ. Ths Shape of the Shoe. Our Puritan fathers wore shoes mod-' erately peaked. About iflao square toes made their appearance. In the reign of Mary, who died in 1038, there was a proclamation Issued that no person should wear shoes over two Inches wide at the toes, Square toes began to lose favor in 175 1 ?. In our newspapers from 1*10 to 1733 round, toos became more common, and peaked ones less, accord ing to descriptions given of shoes on runaway slaves and servants. From 1737 shoo toes continued in a small pro portion and became mostly pointed. This shape- lasted nearly a hundred years. Square toes began again in I8i3, and in 1839 were succeeded by round toe*,—Boston Ilerold, Cftislog Canary nirda. Ill Germany the poorer classes are nearly »11 engaged in raising canaries. , ,, , ...... Several bundled thousand are shipped we ?f ahoes that they cannot every year to all parts of the world. wai “ m wit,■.'•tie one to lead them ' Cowtev who died In 1687, made a re mark applicable to new as well at old England about bis surprise “to foe ladies A Oe.crlntlon of the Hear*. Here is a question and answer of a high school pupil: Briefly describe tho heart and Its func tions or work. Tho heart ia rt comical Shaped bag, Tho heart is divided into several parts by a fleshy petition. These parts are called right artillery, left ar tillery, and so forth. Tho function of the heart is between the lungs. The work of tho heart is to repair the differ ent organa in about half a minute,—Miss A, C. Graham in University Correspond ent. A kltoslilng Organisation' The Liars’ dub is all that its name im plies, It Is composed largely of wicked fishermen whose Improbable stories have e ven a bad name to honest, truth tell- g worshipers at the shrine of old IzHitk Walton jvho would not tell a Ha about the number of fish they caught for the world. The biggest liar is chosen president, and several gentlemen of prominence in our community have held the office,—New York Tituea, Persian Mulls in very neat design. Bltck Sheer Stripe und Plaid Lawns, Elyseo stripes, black ground and handsome figures. Linen chatubrays. Immense line of Parasols with pretty handles. Ladies’ summer undervests. 10 cents and upward, Silks mitts in all length? G1BS0K. & WOODS Take pleasure in announcing that they are now prepared to issue. Fire and Life Insurance « Policies, and can place all business entrust ed to them in some of the best companies in the United States. In FIRE INSURANCE they have such companies as TIIE HOME of New York, and the HAflTFORD, ot Hartford, Conn., two of the largest and best managed companies in the country. In LIFE INSURING they invite examination into the plans ot the $. Y. MI TIML, offering, as they do, very favorable terms to to those wlio wish to insure. They also conduct a general Brokerage and commission business. May 18 ly CORSETS! We Live six grades of the H. & S, corselet beet value for the mony Tiie largest assortment of cream and black .accsluaU widths. We have open up some very desirable Point lie Jenee, Point Do Gui pure am! Point De Iriande ia white und cent. Our % MILLINERY Is still conducted by Miss Macoik .1oSKt : , who has proven to the ladies that CIT she can and tries to please- Your call is requested. E. C ROTHOLZ, MAIL ORDERS promptly attended to. year to all parte There ia no industry like it in existence, the bird* are strong and hardy and re- qtiire venr little attention’, consequently among the peasantry Wery family has la aviary, which is a constant source of income, independent of the proceeds of their daily toil. Tho buyers for tho New York hoiwes make periodical trips through the country; the birds are bought and are soon on their way to America, where they quickly become accustomed to thair gilded cage*.—Pittsburg Record. la a street car the otner any two wom an were talking of a rick friend when a little girl sitting at the side of one of them interrupted with: "Mamma, what ia tht point of death? ,WiU it hurt Mrs. Common Hypocrisy. Miss Willard says that few forms of hypocrisy are more common on the lips of women than this, “I would on no ac count have my name in the newspaper," If a woman lias accomplished something Books on love and the relation of the 10 •’fmanity it is just as desit a- sexes, whether froiu. the standpoint of a “ ^ W ™vu it known as if a man had Re man or a woman, are generally excess ively stupid and exasperating Simple diet is best, for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich ounces are worse than even heaping several meats noon each other.—Pliny. There are said to be more ex-Un!on soldier* in Caldwell county, Mo., than in any other county in that state in pro portion to population. The word It is •cash" comes from the Chi- the name of a small brass complished the same. Whs,, Mure Throat. Warn KJtpon.lve. “When I first went into the show busi- ness." said a wealthy retired circus man, “one of my chief attractions was u pair of gir-ffw. Giraffes were a novelty In those days, and these proved to be a grout card, but before I had them a month they were both taken with sore throats Dc you realize what it means for a giraffe to hove a sore threat? It pretty nearly bankrupted me to provide for thdf cure, ” —New York Bun, A Outh joker in 1742 kin nr. red all the coin tho Chinese nee. with a tqaare hole j turnspit dogs in the city on ihUtmlay to the middle. J night to deprive tha citizens of their • itotohiw*. L <e r—art-- John C. White, Darlington, South Carolina, Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, Piping, House Furnishing Goods, Bolts, Tobacco Flues, &c. a Cl am Exani oar M, aM va m to M AnytMiiff Not I* SiocU Will bo Ordered for Yon. BOOK, -BOOKS, Stationary Novelties. scam sappiiES s speusih All School Rooks have been reduced iu price since hist season Toys, Wagons &c. Full line small Musical Instruments, TOY - AND - BOOS - STORE. BE I By I s i IT I, W. L DOUGLAS 'I §3.SHOE oeNfffiW Real Estate Agent, FLORENCE St- DARMKGTON, 8. €. Special attention paid to the buy* ing and selling of real estate, collec tiou of rents, Ac. Tho strictest attention Will bo paid to all business entrusted me. THE DARLINGTON HIE STOIE Invites ah inspection of their large and well selected stock for the fall and winter trade which is complete in every particular. SHOES Urtisiic In Style, Reliable in Quality, fisaseoalie In Prise, »i0—i0: —01- [901ES' SilOES, Our stock In ibis line cannot be snrpasscd. And otlisr spocialrtes for , , ,, OcnttomoR, hodioa Bc.x sad 'Vc have tticm in both Umton and Lace; all widths, at from 75 cents id the ecle bruled hand sewed goods of K. 'J. Barts & Co’s MT’g. TOBACCO SEED FREE. —AND— Ml About Growing Tobacco. - It you Mat to try this Mon«y Making Crag, writs la—- SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL, Mw^mn.gMi ( i iy i «5? lUeser are the Best In the World. Sr« dewrlptlva advertise meat which win appear is tble pater. Taka no Substitute, bet toilet no bavloz W. L. , DOUGLAS’ SHOES,With name and prli'0 ItlOipeU St I bettom, Sold by A. J. Broom, Darlington, 8. C. P£T£R BOWLES DuLS FIRST CLASS :-lrt Si Paiili;-: Paper Hanging. Kalsomine Work a Specialty. He solicits the patronage of Dwlingtofl. CHILDREN’S SHOES. : Wb hflvtf taken special euro to rnukc this line p.ttractivu and complete und cub them from 115 ccntb upward, MEN’S SHOES. To cull spHclal attention to any one shoo in this line would tfi! tuj injustice to tho others, nearly all of which are worthy of mention Rubber goods for Ladies, Misses, Boys and Men, all prices. Also a complete line Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises Satchels, Shoe findings, Polish, Blacking and Brushes, Cork soles, Ladies Woolen soles, &c. Newest Styles in Hats. \C1 Pr tV UlLLiiN G, proprtetop} JJjirjJipjH'B tijtke