Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Grit.] From Lsruuk City we went over Id Bisuark, Dakota. 1 wanted to •m Bbnark, beeanse it is named in koaqr of tbe old Bismarck, who was w awfully full of biz over in Ger. yean ago; and my had to run away from > Germany to prerent the 1 making him king, so, you 1 slighty related to the town, 1 ap to board off my relation i days and cat np the „ire- 'iea, like my relatives l they visited at my _ the Brownstone front 1 under the west corner for lerand bide when him with mnr- s eyes. ‘1 how I do ran on when [ about my family af- • getting in ’ my dot- f t would give myself a ; in the start, so I 1 gall into my will- > write ay name in the hotel l Plaster, of Paris, andfam- _ I went and sat down by instead of going up to to chat with Beteie and lit tle OMw Opps, and I looked just as and Important as I could, .to hnmitate aPrench noble- out of a job. ftat a little while I j kokiag so dignified and sti: I t tired (for it column to act j spinal andjnidi ly great length of 1 Z get up and walked into •room ana called everybody nptotolmadrink. ~ ^ ' This lenerotti aot flemed to melt tia frifidty of the loafers, and some ’ aked up we took iha :am- to slap me on the' back and H M oid plaster-of-paris mon- and that wds the first idea I 'got lato assumed'name would id a critical obsef vet. By and by one of them thought he would talk a little French to me, and ftat got me where the hair was shor BHBtofcdi ot tiiem skipped out and looked aynaodiatbe register and .V to to weak, and I had to confess tha oraMirt talk much French since 1 teeth palled and'whiskers ZF "Ah,” he says* slapping me on the hack with a hand as mg as a Chicago girl’s foot, “Mr. Plaater-of-Paris, you Jotk a poor plan to give your ores- tig*fo Bisoa{«k, anyhow. We don’t •Me much for a genuine baron in this town, and a fraudulent baron Stands no show at all.” ^ 1 oonidnH hardly make any suita- Ui answer to this, so I let him run Mb "Corns over here and sit down WUnri tell.yon abeut Garid Bunk, Wkb (track this Ujpn two years ago. 1 Was on tbe police force at the time, awi OM evening jost after the church bells had caliea everybody to wor- ship, I suw S man coming up from the stodon osrryiog a big gripsack sndafur overcoat on his arm. “I knew he was a stranger at first and expected him to make in- regard totbe best hotel in uas greatly surprised to ask me to direct him to the tf worship. “We were Only a tew blocks away from the colored Methodist Church; ip I seat him there. My curiosity was aomsed by this time, so I made it mywdsiaeas to walk around that wuy in Sbont an hour and peep in at the ohutnh door. eat revival the colored viniog at the time, the coons iu town were get verted, and having a great iWlee; and the, first thing iy eye was the stran sway up in front sing- and dapping bis ng time with his left 'Jt/ V . '■ once s big fat sister be- ' leaped to her feet aoe and shout, when n his arms and head ofl his be patted heron one band, like a far mer patting a mass of a wsoden padk. _ Watched him after srvicea were tat and followed him to his hotel. Sod I looked at tbe hotel ‘register af ter bo'had' gone to bed and saw his h«me written thus: U. Funk.Boston, Mass.’” “And! suppose you called him •Old Drunk' from that very mentf” I rewari.ed. he boys did,” he replied, with a •gauged grin, "bnt that has nothing to do with the story. He to the revival in the white M. urch next night, ami worked the many penitents,like a far- ata logging bee, joined the dung Mend Christian Association on the third day, preached, iu the “ ‘ t Church on the fallowing day, and kept it up untuhe had preached in all tbe Protestent ebur- oheB in the town, and visited the Church several times before a real estate and loan and in- oifioe, and begau to take in is Christi that «tr! drop on bis chest and laughed low bnt hearty, as though the tricks of David Bunk gave mm the greatest satisfaction. "Oh, that’s where the joke comes in. He borrowed money from all the brethren and good old sisters who thought him a regular patent saint, loaded himself dowu with debts and borrowed money and the good-will of all the gullible, so to speak, and then faded out of town os completely us though he had gone to heaven on a flowery bed of ease, and didn’t even leave his new address.” “Well,” 1 said. "Well, that’s all; only if you want to take a new town iu and make money out of your gall, you must play the pious dodge and help convert some of the people before you swindle the whole caboodle. This thing happens in almost every town, almost every year, aud almost everobody is ready to be caught u second time, if the swindler knows how to pull a pious face and sling chin in the prayer-meeting ” He broke off abruptly at this poiut and dodged into a side lunch room, and did not come back for several minutes, when he said, by way of ipolqgy: “I didn’t want that man to see me who just came in and ‘took that drink of brandy and had it slated. Iu fact, I’m getting to hate (hat fel low with almost a godly hatred.” “Did you some great aud mortal wrong, did he?” I asked. “Well, no—not exoctly that—not a moral wrong exactly, bnt I owe his house a small bill for beef and sausage; and he has the gall to nag me and dun me and urge me to pay np, when h^ knows I have uo money to buy more meat with, let alone pay for dead cows. He’s been after he guessed he He doged back into the side room again as abruptly as he had done before, and I looked over towards the bar and saw another new comer taking a glass of beer, and as soon ai he bad passed out, mv friend come back with another apology: "Did you notice what a disagreea ble countenance that man had—the man who came in just now and took a gloss of beer ? * Got gall enough to ask a man for his last cent of money when he knows the umu’s wife is on a cooling board, There ought be a law mowed to hang such heartless cusses/’ "A gambler, eh ?” I asked. "Well, no—not exactly that, nor a highwayman either, but he’s our milkman from out hi the country, a&4 he has the gall to. tramp np a little——” ' * ' He was gone again like « Hash, for twe other trades people bad come for an evening beer, and uid not show up anlil they had swallowed their beer and pared out. When he came back again I took a close look at him and noticed that he wore a hunted look—a frightened, suspi cions look, and his eyes were never quiet, but ea rerly searched each new face as It came in through the door, aud he either smiled or fled before the new comer got a glimpse of him, "Our grocer,” he said by way of apologv, “we owe him a few paltry, dirty dollars, and he has the brutish gall to speak about it every time we meet on the =*’ He was gone like a flash. - He did not slide into the side room this time, for the person who frightened him came out of one of the stalls close to his hiding place, and my •friend had no other resource bnt to drop behind the chair on which I was sittihg. "Our baker,” he remarked, as he crawled out from bebiud the chair and took his seat at my aide. "We only owe him a few dirty cents, but since we changed bakers four new man can beat this other fallow all hollow in mince pies and ponnd cakes, any how,) he has been calling at the house every forenoon, and dogging me all over town the balance of the day.” I began to pity the poor fellow, so I invited him over to the bar to take a glass of beer, which revived him considerably, and while the boy was drawing it he went on to tell me some of his troubles: “You see I never stood in with the politicians, nor the church peo ple, nor tbe gamblers and confidence men, and 1 have had a bard row to cultivate. I was fool enough to itrike this town in the garb and countenance of a common laborer who works with his coat off, and the town has been against me, as all towns afe against the podF man and—” He was gone again like lightning. He was jnst in the act of lifting bis beer to his mouth when the outer door open' d and two hairy faces ap peared iu the aperture, and my the table, but wouldn’t bite. ‘tNot at all, gentlemen,” I said. It is my dog, and I’ll go bail for all the damage he can do to you.” I had just called up a glass at tbe bar when 1 saw the two hairv men com ing out of the side-room where 1 bad left them an hour ago, and the mo ment they left the rooin out popped hiy hunted friend and approached me with a smile. “Been wailing all this time on me ?” he asked. I said yes, lor i didn’t want him to think ihut I hud deserted him at such a critical penial in Ids troubled life. I nodded to the bartender and he pulled another glass for us, aud the hunted man took it with a smile that was a little broader and sweeter than I had seen him smile before. “That was a dad blamed tight place for me when those two credi tors chased me under the table in there, olid sat and talked about all their delinquents for over an hour.’’ “DM they mention your name in a friendly way, and speak well of you and your family?” I asked. “Well; he said, as he sat his beer dowu and went ovpr to the free lunch counter for a handful of cheese; “well, no, no—not exactly in a friendly way—iu fact one of them, t]ra tailor, said I ought to be huAg. Just think of it! Hung for not being able to pay my debts— my honest debts !■ If they were dis- honest debts, it would be a different thing; but these are honest debts, sir, wid a fellow ought to have lots of lime. Yes, sir; they may' say what they please about me, but they can’t say that my debts are dishonest or crocked or—’’ The outer door opened, and this time he shot into the side room with out even looking to see who was en tering. He was becoming so ner vous that he imagined everybody was going about like a roaring lion seek ing to swat him on tbe conscience with a bill. Howeverf he peeped out of Lis hiding place and saw that the new comers were not after him, so he came back, but hot until after I had drank both glasses of beer, for I bated to see ms glass get flet from standing too long. Bnt I went to work and called up two more glasses and invited him to drink with me again,^or up to date, he had not been lucky enough to get outside of a glass since his creditors begun to drop in and bother his hap piness and peace of mind. He came up smiling and said: "Do you know a fellow gets awfully nervous when be feels ne is being hunted for a debt—feels as though he had murdered somebody while drunk and his ghost has come back to hunt him up to pull his nose.” "It must be an awful feeling,” says I, "because when I used to collect wash bills for my first wife, and chaseamanall over Hardscrabble, Pa., for tbe small sum of teu cents, he would turn pale every time he caught sight of me—” ‘‘Exactly, sir—that’s the very feel- ing that takes possession of a man— sort of h. pale feeling—” He stooped here to look behind him, for two men had come iu from the waitiug room. But -they were not creditors. So my friend picked up his glass with a bland-smile and said: "Weil, I guess I am to drink this beer after all, bnt you must admit that I have had a serious time of it —a regular series of seriousness, as my wife said after our triplets were born and the milk raised in price to 12 cents a quart—” He -fled again—this time out of the front door, for the tailor had slipped around and name iu from the sample room, and there was no other way but to skip out in the street and leave his beer behind again. I was discouraged with tbe fellow, so I drank both glasses of beer and went np to bed bathed in a gob of bedoozled blight Far Away Moses. BIG CLEABANCE SALE. a * *» Manufactured by E. C. Burt & Co., Prow. Selby & Co., Williams, Hoyt & 'Co. MUST GO REGARDLESS OF GOST. Oall mid JtCxmiiine otii* Htoelc. BLACKWELL BBOS- SUMMER JtE.AIJIXi. The following Magazines can bo had from the BOOK STORE- V ' Harper’s, Uppiicett’s, Arena, Scribner’s, Ontury, North American Ketlew, Belfort, Frank Leslie’s Popolar Monthly, Review ef Reviews, Bine aid Cray—Confederate War Journal, - Fernm, Gsty’s, Romance, Celimbia, Dating, Storiettes, Frank Leslie’s Budget, Saint Nicholas, Senthern States, Cesme* Felltn. « IBook and Toy Oompany. mo. t. First. Second. EYJTfl&s l.r TO Meiers, friend pranced off without tasting it and hid.in the side room. 1 took up both glasses of beer and followed him, and he was covered with smile* when he saw me coming. "That was a narrow escape,” he said. “I owe both of these gentle men—one for coal and kindling, and the other for a suit of clothes. It just seems as though all my creditors are coming in upon me to-night in u splash, but there is always a drought after a season of floods, aud 1 may have a good long rest to—” He was gone again before he hud 1 chance to sip his beer, hairy men had called fur SHILO’S CURE is sold on guarantee. It cures incipient Con sumption. It is the best Cough Cure. Only one cent a dose. 25 cts, 50 cts.- aud $1.00. KARL'S CLOSER BOOT will purify your Blood, clear your Com- plectiVu, regulate your Bowels and make your Head clear os a bell. 25c. and 50c. SHILO’S CURE, the great Cough and Croup Cure, is in great demand. Pocket size contains twenty five doses only 25o. Children lore it. Distress After Eatfog, Indigestion. Sick Headache, And Iiyspedsiu Are cured by P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root aud] Potat- eium.) Don’t be talked into having au operation as it may cost you you life. Japanese Pile Cure is guaran teed <0 cure you by Dr. J. A. Boyd That Columbia has a first- class Music- House. That everything in shape -of a Musical Instrument can be obtained from this Houle. Third, That this House represents the builders and knocks but the middle men. Fourth. Thst the generous public is paturomzing this,Home Enterprise liberally. Fifth. That you can obtain tbe very best Plano made and for the least money from this House. Sixth, That tbe leading Female Col leges iu this. State are using and endorsing the Pianos sold by this Institution. Seventh, That the best Professors of Music in South Caro lina are using and endors ing Instruments procured from this House. Eighth, Will find the beat Organs at this Institution on the market Ninth. The “Symphony Self-Play ing Organ,” the marvel of the age, is represented by ' this Enterprise. Tenth. Orders fpr Sheet Mnsic will have prompt attention by this Mnsic House. Eleventh, You can have au old Piano, Organ or any Musical Instrument put in first-clssi order at this Establishment 23S King St., Charleston; S. C», And have it put in thorough order. Floe Watch Work a Specialty and Warranted One Year, Chief Inspectors of ''■Vutckea for Atlantic Coast Line, fcior.th Carolina Railway, Plant System Railways. Headquarters for WEDDIIC PRESENTS, Dimes, Ml IT, MICHES, FINE LIMPS, STERLING SIHERMRE. Orders from the tounlry receirc prompt attention. % Reliable Goods, Reasonable Prices. A large stock always on hand, Gin House Insurance , Your Gin House Insured in FIRST CLASS COMPANIES At Lowest Rates. Either for the Ginning Season or one year. For terms call on Examine our $3 Glove Kitting Good Year Welt Shoe for Men. An elrgam line of uli styles anil 1.rices. We carry the lost line Haiid-f’cvwl Goods ever brought to Durlii gton. Immense Stock of Oxfords ^ For Ladies, Misses and Children; widths B to E. We have them in the newest lasts and colors. Trunks, Valises, Traveling Bags, Etc. We have on hand a complete stock of the above goods at astonishing prices. DARLINGTON SHOE STORE, WOODS & MILLING, Proprietors. GIBSON & WOODS Take pleasure in announcing that they are now pcparetl to Wine h d & km$ PolicuifUil »• m j'li'd 1 - p.)t bar'- aces cnin-.jt'.xl to theta in gome ol the W . ',>v mitr ii- iiu United f iri They have auch ooropaiiins a:.- The Home, of New York, and Tbe Hartford, of Hart ford, Conn., two of the luavit ii'-r) heel intm-ty- -1 :, ■ v • in i ... country. if, ! They invite examination into the plans of the N r ew York Mutual, offering, as th o y do, wry Lu ru ble terms U> those who whb t» iusurv. Merap i?i Cssra, Tiiey also conduct a general Brokerage and Commit, ion nos iness, aud solicit a share of the patronage. DARLINGTON, S. C. Ai! Free. Those who have us-d Dr. Km.b Now Dijcoveiy know its value, am uw.ie who bine net, have now t ie opportunity to'tiy it free Ca'l on The two the adveitised druggist and get a a touch, I trial buttle, free, head yoi r name and came iu the side room to eat it, and address to H. E. Back bn & Uu„ sample box «t Twelfth. • You can get your Pianos tuned on short notice by the best tnner South, by addressing,,this House. Thirteenth. We refer the public to Loan and Exchange Bank of L'olumUa, as to responsibility. Fourteenth. If you desire any fur ther information, ad- dreii the proprietors of this Music House. M. A. Malone ABro. COLUMBIA, S. C. MAsbrnc cnui Inr.tef * H»ilt*r rai;i. Internal anr« externa!, IMm f.un M ATIHM, Venn Air I A, Lftmo JiHck, fiprC.R i. BruldGA. COLIC etna l*tra Mot- CHICAGO. The Quoin Si Cusccnt Route Efforts the Quickest Schedules, the Finest Equipment, End the ONLY THROUGH CAR UNE TO CHICAGO. From Asheville, Feint Rock, Rot Springs and Knoxville, via R. & D., E. T. V. & G.. Q. & C.. L. S. R. R., Louisville and the Penna. Lines to Chicago without change Aaotlurctf nnis from Ashtrilh to CinoioaStJ. Both osn Baho olooo oouuoUoa with ail Cblcafo lisa*. Ask lor your tickets via QUEEN A CRESCENT ROUTE. Asf Afftnt of tht R. A D.. E. T. V. A O.-or Quera A Orescent rill give you iufoncatioa m to. routos, rau«, Schedules, etc. Stop-ov-rs allowed sit Cincinnati, Louis. villa or Indiana polls. P, 0. BDWAIM, 0. P. A„ .CmunWATI. Ov FAST TIME A* *"WOTM: 01 A, Lnmo iSnck. fiprft! ./.Bwollimrs, mH Joint*. (X pPOKAMP# iUPtantly. Choi r ‘W - mm-j and iny friend bud only time epoogb to slide under the table at which wc were sitting without beiug seen. nstiaaJ The two men sat down at the. op- prised posite aid* of the tabic and stuck ihtir fv«t under it, and ! heard cue i«4 hi* ohifllaf Ito*ttwc fMA fof wAw Chicago, and get n Dr. King’s Now Life Pills free, well as a copy of Guide to Heal He ■ and llonselmld Instnretor,free. All of which is guaranteed to do r jd and cost you uothiug, Go.'i drug itorci * r.iPtf qtly Crrvjp.DisJtBfcrtn, 8 >re Throsit, __ _ KAi>A.flt».K t R*tt bjnutfc. tfiL nUiWiC. U.'ni'w/; gtopk, Jxjui to Strength, b# rtt'iHt Vowor fut bud .Vaimti-Ht \ or J. luiwoirt for Mnu jrBorH t» extuteticD. J.Aivefl Aj.q 7&c., BOO. ttoulOo.. JOHNSON S ORIENTAL SOAP. Mvdleatvd and ToUsL Tbs Oruat Bk)n Ovrn and ■ah# •aoutlflar, Ladlss wtu fled It tho most . lalWnf and Iffhlf ^•rfwmad Toils*'Soap .no 9 market. lUkoe tha i bit Mm* tto wilt save you aoeverel-uno 1 NboMod»IfaorAutoa. X'.at*. CONSUMPTION . In it« early staged can be cured by the prompt uac of Ayers Cherry Pectoral It soothes the inflamed tissues, aids expectoration, and Hastens recovery. * Dr. «f. O. Ayer & Co. Iiewellf MmRs Asheville, N. C. to Chicago, Ills. Through Pullman Car Lv. Ashcvillf, Lv. Knoxville, Ar. HARR-tMAN, Ar. Levinoton, At. Louisville, Lv, Looi.viLlk, Ar i NtHAh apqCis, Ar. Chicago, (R. & D. R. R.) (E, T. V & G. Ry.) <E. T V. & G. Ry.) (Q.&C R. P- ) (Lou So.) (Penn R R.J (Penn. R. R.) (Peon R R.) 4108 P M. 8100 e.M 9:50 P.M. 4:30 /..M, 7:59 ,V.m. t> 1.5 A.M Ilqo A M. <;:45 i*.m VIA Tho Pichmoml i Dinvilh 1 . Virginia Enat fereassed, liconjia ; Queen d Cresont ^ anJPannsf ifonia Qaiiroads. NOTE THE Ar. CNlCAOo. (Pen R R.) f tiivijs ^rwfi> KouTje. A through Oiicago Sleeper via CincinnatL,secured at Harriman arrives at Chicago by Big IJoufTRoufc at 5:15 p.m. Stop-overs allovv.eel at Cincinnati, Louis^ 1 villc and Indianapolis. . OAX.£a OKI OJcK WliLITlS John L. Milas.: Trav. P»b», Agt, C. W Mciu-ny, Ticket Agant, Knoxville, Txnn. A»i**VILI*, N. C. fit As Dl,r, Pt • #, P' ® y* ^ # , ^ 1 www. v 1 f- ,1 s ,y W ■■