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o ?_._._-- . ^_ WEDNBSDAY, JANUARY 25. HOatE, STREET HOME. There's a beautiful realm in the far away past A?Move?? with sunshine and Sowers, And voices as sweet as songs of the birds, Laugh away the bright, happy hours-; I can bear them now, come echoing back, As 1 watch the starry dome, And memory bells chime soft and low-? 0 Home, Sweet Borne. Oy^There's A coming step I oow a gentle hand Resta lightly upon my brow : A whispered word and the sweet caress ; Gall me back to the beautiful now, :. To another realm where flower- bloom, From which nothing can tempt me to roam, . And, my heart throbs chime with voices sweet; Home, Sweet.Home. The voices loved so in that long ago, those which make music now The:coming step and the hand whose touch lingers gently on my brow ~ J hope to greet in, that fadeless realm Beyond the starry domp, Where angel voices welcome breathe, to **. Home, Sweet Borne. - The Baliimorean. THE "IKE JUMPER." The Littie Christabel raine in Colorado-long ago went through a process vulgarly called ' "jx^riug out," It is now a mere hole in thai groa nd. The half dozen shanties and cabins - sear it have/long ago fallen into disuse.- Their roofs,have faEeii in, ar.d it is years since the - gnk? in which their rains are was the habita tkurof men. The entire galen is deserted now, and the Little Christabel is only a memory to those who once shared in the prosperity it - -once brought to Fairplay gulch. Along, narrow pile of decaying logs and '.Mparts of a clapboard roof roark the spot -"where--the boarding house was. There are ? still living roany of the men who once gath? ered around the long, rough pine table that ran the fail length of the cabin. One of them told me the story of ^?iss Millicent. 3?ss Millicent Hay was the only woman corer seai attbe Little Christab?o mine. ?7-: When Harley Vance, the owner of the f?tame, advertised in a Denver paper fer a cook for his boarding house. Miss Millicent Hay answered the advertisement in person. . She came walking tip the trail leading to tbe-camp carrying a little hand sache! and a -. stoat walking stick. have been staying down in Camp Crys tal>T? she said, to the surprised Mr. Vance, who had advertised for a man cook, uand I thought the place would just suit me. The - stage brought me to the mouth of the gulch and-1 walked the rest of the way. It isn't more than six miles, is it*" She was a small but resolute looking ? -woman, with keen gray eyes and a mouth indicating great firmness of character. Her M tim brown hair was combed plainly back from a" brow beginning to show signs of wrinkles, although she was but 40 years old "Doyou think 1 couldn't do the work?" she ? asked. , UI am quite strong and I have known . nothing bot hard work ail my life.7* . She held oat her ungloved Lands as she spoke. They were rough and wrinkled, with bent fingers and calloused palms. *Tou might do the work," said Mr. france. -.'^^There ure only about fifteen boarders and - '/we live in a ptain, rough way, a:;d there is a boy to help. But it wouldn't be a pleasant place for a lady to live. There ar e no women pt this gulch." * *I care nothing for that," said Miss Milli? cent. "Men are sometimes kinder than wo iG men," she added, with a tinge of bitterness in her voice. The aid of it all was that Miss Millicent was installed as cook in the boardinghouse. She bad evideKtly come determined to stay, for the stage coach that went rumbling through the gulch next day brought up a little bair covered trunk with "M. H." on the end of it "with brass headed nails. Before a week the boarders bogan blessing the good angel that sent them Miss Millicent. Such meals as she served had never been seen before at th? Little Christabel; and it was I wonderful to see the change she brought about -in the dirty little boarding house and its con? tents. HeT energy and strength seemed un t foiling. She went stepping briskly about, the neatest and sprightliest of housekeepers, sing I ing at her work and smilng on everbody. At the end of a fortnight every man in . ?gnp knew Miss Millicent and had felt the influence a good woman exerts in every com? munity. Old hais and caps were doffed to her wher? ever she went. !No oaths or rough words were spoken in her presence, and the man - who would have dared to offer her an indig? nity would have "rid on a rail,." as my in? formant said. Fora year Miss Millicent lived at the Little CcristabeL and ia that tune she had won the sincere regard of every man in camp. There bad been a great deal of sickness among the men that winter, and some of them owed their lives to Miss Millicent's- careful nursing, good food and general good se: ?se in every? thing pertaining to the care of the sick. Her own cheerfulness and good health never failed ber. **I don't believe yea ever Lad a sorrow ia your life, did your asked one of the men one day. Miss Millicent was standing in tue cabin door at the time. The smile on her face van? ished as she made reply : she leaned her head .wearily against the door frame; her face paled for a moment mid ber In? quivered as she said slowly: **Every neart kuoweth its ovni bitterness;" then she turned and went to her ovxt iiuie room at the end of the cabin, and the man who had asked the question said; "Some vilfoinof a man at the bottom of it all, I'll bet; Pd like to help stretch Li< neck.!" It was no secret that one or two of th?? men in camp had been suitors for Mi? Millicent's hand, and it was known that she had received their proposals with a burst of tears, and had begged them xiever, as the}- valued then- hap piness and hers, never to refer to the subject again. The camp had been singular ly free frota the brawls and lawlessness chat both disliii guish and disgrace most mom.tm.: nuning camps. Mr. Vance would not allow a saloon within the limits of the mine, and bad made J& obligatory OM the men that they refrain from many things commcn to ?.Lo ordinary miner. The presence r.f Miss Millicent had Lad much to do -.vito the -unusual good behavior of the men and the ?Cod name the Little Christabel wore as a mining camp. But one day there came a bit of news tb the camp that changed the men from good natured, easy going, jovial fellows to angry, determined men. There lived on a claim near the Little Christabel a mon known as Capt. Tom, an honest, bard working and thoroughly good man, very popular with all who knew him, and unusually so with the men employed at the Little Cb ri:* uv-vi. For two years he had worked hard in pov? erty and deprivation, developing a eiram that was generally believed lo bc wort-uTess. But fortune piays strange freaks in mining camps, and Capt. Toni's unpromising mine one day revealed a Splendid vein of rich silver ore. He came down to the Linie Christabel, jubilant over his good fortune. He returned borne to find his claim "jumped" by two or three men, led by a fellow of unsavory repu? tation known as Doc Grigs...;:. Grigson and iiis confederates were In pos? session of Capt. Tom's two years of labor, and coolly ordered Lim to "clear out" when he appeared at the door of his own little cabin, the order being emphasized by threats of im? mediate annihilation if he tarried Joag on the order of his go mg. This "mme jumping" preiss is one I can? not give in detail here. Suffice it to say that possession is even more than "niite-tenihs ot the law" when applied to unpatentel and un? recorded mining claims. .There was nothing for Cn pt Ton? todo, alona as be was but to vacate the premises. Tba be did, going directly back to the Little Christabel and laying his grievat.cvs before his friends there. Capt. Tom's story of bis wron:?; created in? tense excitement at the Little Christa!*-!. A meeting was at once held and a plan of action decided upon, st!" Miss Millicent was kept in ignorance oT th is meeting. *Women don't want to be mixed up wita .?ach things-lesswise a woman iike her," said one of the men. Soon after supper that evening the mai! -bagan leaving the cabin on various pre? tenses, and in a short time Miss Millicent was aivAe. This was aa unusual proceeding on ! ike pari of "the reen, bat Miss Millicent was ! wholly unsuspicious of its import. An hour later, while sitting before the lire mending a coat belonging to one of the men, Hiss 2&J:cent suddenly threw aside her work and said: "There! if I haven't entirely forgotten to give Mr. Vance that list of things I want fi om down in Crystal City, and be's going to start for there before breakfast in the mom hrg and breakfast at the stage office. PU just run down**to the shaft house and h md thc list to Tom Dolaa. and he can give it to Air. Vance in the morning." Tom D?lau was the engineer of the Little Christabel. The shaft house was but a short distance from tue boarding house. Throwing a shawl over her head Miss Millicent went out hurriedly, stepping lightly down the trail made in the deep snow. The night was cloudless and made wondrous fair br a full moon and thousands of shining stars. She reached the shaft house dcor. The engineer and another man. unaware of ber approach, were talking. A name they spoke caused her to stop suddenly, with her hand to j her heart and a strange look in ber face. "1 feel sure it is Silas Hover," the engineer was saying. "He changes his name 'bout ev'ry camp he goes to, and I reckon 'Doc. Gferigsou' suited him "bout as well as any other name while he was here." "Well, he won't change it again very soon," said the other man with a short laugh. "Tho next time the roll's called he'll answer up to his own name, I'm thinkin." .'Hover may be his real name," the engineer said. "He swore it was when I knowed him two years ago over in Paradise Gulch. But he was a scoundrel there^nd just got away with his neck. [ knowed him soon as I see him down ia Crystal City one day last fall. But I never told anybody his name wasn't Grigson. TT hero did you say the boys in j tended fixing him ?" ."Down the gulch herc 'bout two miles, at I that place where the big bowlder is that they j call 'Hanging Rock.' I reckon they'll make j short work of him." ! "Oh, sure," fsdd the engineer with a laugh, { "they'll hang him. as he deserves, without j hardly time for his prayers." I The o?b.or man glanced carelessly at his j watch and said : j "And it's almost time they went at it. Ten j o'clock was the hour agreed on, and it's after i niue now. j Neither of them heard the half-suppressed, j cry of the woman standing just outside of the ! engine room door. Could the}* have seen her j face in the 'moonlight they would have seen J .it drawn and old and ghastly in its terror and. j agony. Her limbs trembled under her, and ! her bloodless lips moved in silent prayer, j For a moment she stood so, and then, still ? praying for courage and strength, she ran j silently bat with ail speed down the trail lead ing from the camp and toward the gulch. The ! trail was rough, aJid ??she stumbled and fell ! again and again. She ran wi rh ail speed when she could do so, and the fear that she might be too kfte caused her heart to aimos*. slop its furious bearing. She could see the Kan ?;ing Kock ahead of her some moments bet?re she reached it. Dark f?rms were moving around, going to and from the mighty rock, and the pines a few yards from it. The light of one or two lanterns flashed in the dark-depths of the forest She heard the shouts of the men tis they assembled from all directions, fiendish shouts they seemed to her. "When near enough to make her voice heard it rang out ia loud, sharp tones of en? treaty and command -Wait! wait! wait!"' A moment later she stood in their midst, ; gashing for breath, white and terrified. ~It is I," she said; "Miss Millicent." i "Yes," said one of the men gravely, "but j what do you want here? This is no place for I a woman." I Her answer was: j ""Where is he-that man ?" "What man?" said one of the men eva? sively. "The man whose life you were going to take here to-night?" A groan from the edge cf the pines came in reply to her ears. She ran toward the spot from whence the sound came, the men seek? ing to detain her. Among a little group of men there stood one, trembling and ghastly, a rope already around his neck and the other end of it thrown over tho branches of a tree. The man was meaning and protesting piti? fully. Going close to him she said in a choked and tearf ul. voice; "Let bim go." There was a murmur of disapproval and refusal canons ibo men "Come, come, Miss Millicent, this is no place for you." said one of the men. "Let me help you back to tire camp." "No," she said, going close to the trembling culprit, and laying her hand on" his arm. He grasped her hand and sa;d hoarse!}': "Save me, woman; whoever you are: save me if you can." She took a lantern from the ground and i held it up to her white face. She threw the i shawl back from her head, and said: * I *Dor.'t you know me, Silas!" He lifted his bowed head quickly, gave one j I glance at her face and covered his own guilty ? face with his hands, crying out: -Milly! Millicent!" The men looked on iv. amazement: an angry murmur of disapproval was heard when the man spoke Miss Millicent's name in tones that seemed endearing. She turned toward them and said slowly and distinctly with painful effort: "Let him go. He is my husband!" There was dead silence fora moment. Then the leader of the mob stepped softly into tlie moonlight and started in silence down the guiah iu the direction of Little Christabel. One by one the men followed him in si? lence. In ten minutes Mil icent was alone with her husband, ne turned toward her and said iv. a choired and broken voice: -Millicent:? "Wei!. Silas." She L'--d out or.e hand toward him. Ila grasped ic in both his own and fell on his knees before her with her trembling hand heid to Ids lips. An h.?ur later they rame f-nh from the shadows <.f the forest and walked down the trail in the moonlight; and were seen no more in Fairplay Gulch. T!^? ou*geing stage took una ma:: and a wonjan passeug? r next dav, ten miles from Hanging Hoe!;. ? "They was mighty sober passengers.," said thc stage driver afterward. "Both 0:1 vm looked a? if they 'd cried ali '.light, and they hadn't umch to say; but they seemed might? ily ink up with ea<-h other. Ho called her *Mdiiy%' an' she cahed him 'Silas.' 1 think they Was bound f'-r Denver, and expected to go farther cn west from there.'' They r. -?v i:ea?d . f 1:0 sc .-re at t! <. Linie I GTurcsraS^?. bet years afterward Harley I Vahee, while iraveimg hi California, cam* | across .-; pretty iii tie house bidden a v. a y oit a j rahea inamo-t beautii*:! mountain va?ey. ! The occupants "?ere a man and woman he ' had heard of as mode's of industry and ; en* reuVuce. i "Inever oi;e*?ed my head about it to them ! or to anybody." he'-said afterward, ebut that j woman was. our 2*. ii i y c.:><: \\:;>l husband o? j hers woad thought v*> hless to Jive.'''- ; Zenas Da::-.- ia Detroit Frc . iv...-.;. IJome Life of Modern Persians. The home life "f the modern Persian is not as dui! and devoid of intellectual pieasyresas the low state of education and of general knowledge would lead one to supple. The Persian enjoys the society of his womankind of every species, niui while he undoubtedly is their tyrant, and bondmaster, he is on the whole ah indulgent on.- io bis wives; s?-eghays (temporary -vives), and slaves. They play <-n the 1'ersiau lute, and;daiire to hun, a..d ted him stories o? ti;-.- interimnab'.e, wildly imaginative kind in true &rh*-l?*. i-?z?de style. But what delights the average Persian moro than anything else is" lae reciting <>f poetry; The v.-hoie rint:< :i is fairij imbued with poetry: Lt oozes out of them on every, occasion. Even the speech of the common drudge is impregnated with it. Tims..-then, the well to do Persian will assemble bis friends and relatives to the birouii (the man's apartments, the Turkish s-Iamiik). and then some clever mirza 'jen rued man or seri;*! i ? r else an original poet v.* I li recite page after page from Persia's jr-tv-at national pot-ts from Firdusi and Djeilal-Ivldin audi iSaadi, but especially from Hafiz, the tiren* singer o? love and wiue. These recitations wi il l>e in? terlarded with conversations about poetry, romance, the national legendary tore, or Ori? ental literature and science in general. Tho ghalyan travels around incessantly mean? while, and servants bring in dish after dish of sweetmeats, sherbet or tea.-Wolf von Schierbrand in The Cosmopolitan. Tlie Iratest BarSer .Shop .Toko. Have you heard the latest gag? Well, this is it. You go into a barber shop or cigar store and presently somebody will begin talking bat. and after awhile the man who ?wprlcs the trick will get around to the point j where he asks you if you have ever seen a red i bat. Of course you answer no. Tbeu he asks, you if you would like to see a red bat. You say that you dont mind, and he goes back in the shop and brings forward a paper box, caref oliy tied and plentifully per? forated with holes. Kc begins to untie and you grow nervous and alarmed lest the bat makes its escape. If you are foolish enough to say 4*Look out, or he'll 3y away!" then you get the laugh on you, for the joker will un? cover the box and show you a red bat sure enough-a red brickbat.-Globe-Democrat. The Tired Boots. ? little Boston boy, aged 0, is of a very imaginative temperament. Quite recently ' his mother noticed that at bed time each night he laid bis, little beets together upon their sides, instead of setting them upright. "Pray tell me why you always place your boots that way?" said mamma; and the child replied: "Because they must be tired walking so rurich all day I lay them sideways so they can rest."-Springfield Republican. " In Fiue Condition. Maid (to mistress)-James, the footman, says, mum, as what lie caught cold last night an1 has a wery stiff neck. Mistress-Tell him to have the carriage at the doer, Marie, in half an hour. I have some shopping to do. (Turning to daughter) -For once, my dear, I think James will be able to hold his head as I have endeavored to teach him to.-New York*Sun. Home, Sweet Home. Magistrate (sternly to tramp)-The address you give as your place of residence is a va? cant lot. Tramp-Yes, yer honor; that'-s where 3 sleep nights.-Puck. Rejected Addresses. "I would not mind their coming back, you know,,: The lady said, the day her verses went, - "If only they'd refuse the lines on 'Snow' Before it's time for 'Roses" to be sent." Upon thc step a postman's eager tread; Quick! take the envelope, serenely white ''Returned with thanks"-and then the lady said "I think they might have kept it over night. _ -Century Magazine. TRADEMARK" REGISTERED, 1529 Arch Street, Pliihacl'a, Pa, A WELL TRIED TREATMENT For Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Hay Fever. Headache, Debility. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders. 'The Compound Oxygen Treatment,' Des. Starkey & Palen, No. 1529 Arch Street, Phil? adelphia, have been using for the last sixteeu years, isa scientificadjustment of theeiements of Oxygen and Nitrogen magnetized, au.d the compound is so condensed and made portable that it is sent all over the world. Das. STARKEY & PALES have the liberty to refer to the following camed well-known persons who have tried their Treatment: Eos. WILLIAM D. KELLEY, Member of Congress. Philadelphia. REV. "VICTOR L. CONRAD, Editor Lutheran Obser-v-er, Philadelphia. BET. CHAS. W. GUSHING, D. D., Rochester, N. Y. Hos. WILLIAM PENN NIXON, Editor inter Ocean, Chicago, 111. REV. A. W. MOORE, Editor The Centenarv. Lancaster, S. C. Vv. H. WORTHINGTON, Editor New South, Birmingham, Ala. JUDGE H. P. V ROOM AN, Qu-enenio, Kan. Mas.-MARY A. LIVERMORE, Melrose, Massachusetts. JtiDGz R. S. YO ORE ?ES, New York City. Ma. F. C. KNIGHT, Philadelphia. MR. FRANK SIDDALL, Merchant, Philadelphia. Hos. W. W. SCHUYLER, . Easton, Pa. EDWARD L. WILSON. 833 Broadwav. N. Y., Ed. Phil. Photc*er. FIDELIA"!!. LYON, Waimea. Hawaii. Sandwich Islands. ALEXANDER RITCHIE, Inverness, Scotland. MRS. MANUAL V. ORTEGA. Fresniilo, Zacatecas, Mexico. MRS. EMMA COOPER, Utilia. Spanish Honduras. Central America. 'j;"COBB. U. S. Vice Consul, Casa? blanca, Morocco. M. V. ASHBROOK, Red Bluff, Cal. ERNEST TURNER. Nottingham, England? - . JACOB WARD, Bowral, New South Wale?. And thousands of others in every part of the United States. ' Compound Oxygen-ita 3fode of Action and j Results.' is the title of a new brochure of two j hundred pages, published by Drs. Starkey & | Palen, which gives to all inquirers full infor? mation as to this remarkable curative agent and a record of several hundred surprising cares in a wide range of chronic cases-many of them after being abandoned to'die by other physicians. Al ?o "Compound Oxygen, its Origin and Development," an interesting book of one hundred pages. Doth or either will be mailed free to any address on appli? cation. Read the brochure* Address Drs. STARKEY & PALEN. 1529 Arch'Sired, Philadelphia., Pa. SUBESE STAUFS. K?ME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING wi: h indelliWe ink, or fvr prie ting visiting card?, ;ind STA 31 PS GF ANY te! 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Militia. f^yrUTS^M ?* " vi i:.!.oni/.-i the world HlvSI^n duri'sji thelasthal! century N.it least among the wonders (f inventive ! progress is ;< method and system of work that j can-be performed ail ov^r the eon at rv with- ! out separating the workers ::..?<: their homes, j Pay ii- era! : a*iv i>ne can <h. 'I-.- w<?rk ; rit hei ? -.X. young-or oid: no special anility r'^joirYd! j CApi:?l not uer led i you arr St:?.rt'*?i !:...?. Oui j this out and return to us and wc wi!! ?<-\>:] j yo fr?c, something ot L'r< *i value im- j t. \ <:?!. rhuV wi:l start you in hos:-! rij^iii :.'.'.'.<',. t!:*i? "unvthiiig e!>*"' in the world, j '.'r ind outfit f ree. Address Ti?CE ?: Co , ? A<i?ustH, Maine. _. _ I rrpT/>TT(rp.?.q TT(~\rPTPT j CC LCM li I A, S. C. "pijiS NEW; AND ELEGANT SOUSE; ? with all modern improvements, ia now 'pm fur the receiitioii o' eucsfsi S. L. WRIGHT k SON, Ma.v C. Proprietors. D. B. ANDERSON, Attorney at Lav/. S 17 M T E Il, S . C . Will practice in adjoining comities. 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Bulbs.Implemos. ?? bo fe? tJ?t?> FK ET S* ky. rcai! or- application; SJ & Don't 2ie? 'ect writing for lt. RTP??v? ??RT ~v ? rn ROCHESTER. H. Y. W --v-w -1.-w.. -IF T UT YOUR ES I .FRO They keeep in stock eve SHELF HA and would call especial attention to a : RUBBER AND LE; In all widths, with Rivets and Burs STOVES OF EVERY VA? A large and su j ellina ?t:o.cS. And tiie ?nest .-md largest assortment of TARI. SCISSORS, &C, from'the lest fatories of ? has beer, paid in the selection of 1 Wagon Material of Ev Single and Double Muzzle and B: nition, Sh( Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE SI LOW PE Sept 15 Main Street, op} .Pins mim MA'NUFACTt Doors, Sash, Blinds, BRACKETS, SHING Bills of Yellow Fias ? .MOULDING BOOK AN;/ PRICE I: FACTO lt y A O' S to 52-J Calhoun .Sire Dec. 14 . CHRISTMAS Now is the time to send in vour JAMES AIJ. Som ti; ag m sh Gold and Silver Watch BROOCHES, EAR-RINGS, S LEK VE !:!"' SCARF PIXS, KINGS, A?SO Fine Stock of Clacks, hamp.-:, a:i ? Si Ive Bags r'??r ! adies. tteli^Klo G. Ppcciai Mien:]-. :: ??aid to Oid-::?. ( ?r-:. r JAME Dec. 14. TI13 S. G. S. i.s the cheapest, uutl tin for S:uall (?rai? ou thc Market. The S. (i. S. i?a.s been used ail over year-, au d' n.is given 1 . ai i.s. i>factiuy. J3 J ?iii J* /S S -J Of superior activity a ti'J efficiency : S'mall Grain, especially when UM-U wi ASHLEY COMPLETE 0 Delivered freo; specially adapted io Annu;iis. ?cc. b'or terms, directions, testimonials, and tive publications of the Company, address, THE ASHLEY P t. Ti. I. D. CRAIG. ? FURNITURE DEALER ?^gss mm A-;D EBggl* UNDERTAKER, W?? ? MAIN STREET, I a_ c. E?PEGTE?LLY ANNOUNCES to the public that he has a iffrge, and well elected stock of "UL 2? Xl 1 "t XL _ 3* O o which additions are being made every week. We take pleasure i ri showing goods, and .11 ?re invited '<> call and ste for themselves be bargains offered in Wood and Marble-Top Walnut, A.sh and 'opina' Bed Room .Setts, Handsome Parlor Suites, Marble aud Wood-Top Tables of all kind?, Lounges. Chairs and rockers of many styles, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Washstands, Mattresses and Pillows, Pictures, Window Shades, ? Picture Frames, What-nots, Brackets, . Lad everything usually kept in a first class urhiture store. A visit to Craig's will convince you that rou can save money by buying of bim. Ail roods carefully packed, free of charge. A large stock of window and piciure glass il ways on hand. THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT s full and complete embracing Caskets and Coffins of varions stries. Calis promptly attended day or night. Charges mest reasonable. Oct. 19 II BO. Bend for DOG BUYERS' GUIDE, containing colored platrs, lOO engi-aTings of different breeds, pricer they are worth, and where to jj fony them. Directions for Training \ DcffsandEreedinsFerrets. Mailed j for ld Cents. Also Cuts of Dog ? Famishing Goods of all kinds. ? li Then send for Practical PCcL- J\&AA S TRY. BOOK. lOO pages; beac- .?gBffiy, Htifal colored plate: engravings J?r"Nggy a of nearly all kinds of ?owls; descnp- <4<"r...V" 3 tions of the breeds; how to caponizo; ?tr'?. e plans for poaltry booses; isionaatioa ?a^t? fl about incubators, and where to buy K?r- sK| Jj Escgs from best stock n.t Sl.?O^?~jf?9 g pert^trJng^&ec^ f o^ Si If eo. yon need th? BOOK OF CA OgWBIltD.S. 120 pages. i?O illus ic?Q 'rations. Beanti:m co?orrd pinte. ?j^i jj Treatment and breedinn of all kinds Case ' birds, for plcaeare and pro/it. Diseases and their core. Kow to build end stock . an Aviary. All aboct Parrota. Prices of \ all kinds birds, cages, etc. tl;:i]fcd for jj" i? Cents. The Three Books, 40 C'ts ASSOCiATED~FANCiERSt 2S7 South Ehjhta Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Double Barrel Breech heading Shot Guns, hokt^orc, SlO to lOO. Single Breech Load n^ Shot Guns. $4 to 25. Every kind of Jreecb Loading and Repealing Rifles, S-> to :0. Latest Patents. Muzzle-Loading Dou i'e Shot Quos $5 to 35. Single Shot Guns, >2.50 to ?2. Revolver Si to 20. All kinds if Cartridges, Shells. Caps,' Wads, Tools, powder Fhtsks, Shot Pouches. Prime'-?. Send ic for our Mammoth Illustrated Catalogue, or !c for Price List. No postals answered. Ad Iress, GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, 'i?sburg, Pa. July 27. ~G. W. BIGS, B. B. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, ENTRANCE O.V MAIN' STREET, SUMTER. S. C. Office Roars.-? tc 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. fpt 8 Bini tr* s2 S3 g3 ill I I *1 ii ?IJ li OU m AI M ry known variety o? JRDVARE "erv large and well selected stock of ATHEB BELTING or Lacicgias may be desired. UETY AT ALL PRICES. ptrb steck of ,E AND POCKET CUTLERY. RAZORS, drone: and America. Especial attention ?UTWARE. TINWARE. &c. exy Conceivable Kind. reeeh Leading Guns, ?mnm ?lls, fcc' 'ORE IN TOWN and w?i he supported ov 11CES. . R. w. DURANT & SON. Demite the Bank, Sumter, S. C. i-15Ii I lr? g i I rl il lil ! s Uii.U; v y Jil .sj i ? "REhs OF Moulding. Balnsteil rLSS AND LATH. ?umher Cut to Order. dST SENT (?N APPLICATION. N?> YARD, et, AUGUSTA, GA. P p TBS q Ti T^T -T* q Orders ;'.>r 0??.-isttr.:is Fresco's to If ^ ^ dp* e es, Chains, I\l ecklaees, r I'Tt ?NS. t;i>LL.\R BUTTONS,* STUDS. BRACELETS, ETC. rvviVrc. i i:>.. R.-.ii!...!. Purses aad Shopping j *.tU nt R.iiMo.abh; Prices*. S ALLAN & CO.. . best, a;;d thc only Specific Fertilizer our Southero Slates for the last- three a cheap and excellent Fertilizer fori tu Cotton ?vo:? ur mauere to supply j ARDEN FERTILIZER, rtoses, Gersiiiatjjs, Pansies, Flowering for the various attractive and iustruc- ! UOSriIATE co. Ciiarleston, S. C. Atlantic Coast Line SES? WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. COIYDEMSED SCttEB?'JLE. TKAINS GOING .SOUTH. Dated Jan. 3, "SS. j 23. | N?>. 271 j_No. 15. Leave WiIn:!agtoi:j * 8 05 Leave Marion.I M 2 Arrive xli>rence.. Len ve Florence.... Ar've Sumter. Leave Sumter... Ar've Columbia...! 12 lil A.M. ? 2 40 4 25 F. M * 3 0 10 32 4? A M 3 25 P. M. f 2 4o 5 3:} 6 20 No 59 f 6 40 S 05 No 52 j No 56 4 25} t 0 40? * 8 27 C I5? 10 45| 9 55 N'>- 52 runs through t'roia Charleston via Contrai R ii. -j.Mivir.g Lanes S:34 A.M., Manning S:0S A. M. Sundays No. 54 leaves Charleston S:30 A. M., Lan?? ?0':2S A. M., Manning 11:10 A. M., Sum ;er 11:4(3 A. M..arrivet Columbia 1:10 P. M. No. 50 runs (brough from Charleston via Cen :ra? fe. ii , leaving Inanes 7:13 ?. M., Manning 7:62 P. M. Train on C. t D. R. R. connects at Florence wi tit No. 59. TRUSS GOING NOkTli; I No. 7S. j No. 57. I No. 53 Leave Columbia..? ? 10 2 Ar've Sumter ... Leave .uniter.. Arrive Florence Leave Florence.. Leave Marion H td I ll 22 1 20 A M 4 20 Ar've Wilmington' A M * 6 5i' 8 12 No 58 t S22? 9 40 No 66 f 10 30 ii n P M 2 10 P M 5 33 6 46 No 14 * ? S 20 S 55 ll 50 -Daily. fDa?y except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Char>e>ton. S C., via Cenfral R. R , arriving .Manning 7:20 P. M., La;>es S.-U2 P. M.. Cherie.-,tor. CJ:15 P. M. No. 57 runs through to Charleston via Cen? tral R. H.. arriving .Ma?.ning S:4S A. M., Lanes 0:33 A. M-, Charleston ! !:."!) A. M. No. 66 connects at Florence -vitb C. and D. train for Ch craw and \W.tks;>oro. Ni's- 78 and 14 uake close connection ot Wilmington with W. ? \V. R. R. f.jr all points North. JO??N F. DIVINE. <ienrral Snp't. J. R. KEN LY, Superintendent Trans. T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Passenger Ag't Atlantic Coast Line. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. OF S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. [Juted Jan. S/88 |No. 27?No. 23jXo. 63?No. 61 Leave Florence.. il Kin gs tree Arrive Lanes.... A.M. j A.M. j A.M. n So ?12 30 fo 50 2 30 1 35 8 00 2 50 2 02 S 20 Leave 'Lanes. 2 od Arve Charleston) 5 OOj 2 C2 4 35 No. o< A.M. ? 9 40 ll 30 P.M. f6 25 7 42 8 05 No. 53 P.M. * 8 15 9 45 Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Flor mee with No. 61 Train. Nos. 56 and 57 run through iron: Columbia ria Central R. R. ofS. C. TRAINS GO PNG NORTH. ?No. 78jNo. l4|Xo. 52|No. 56 jX.??Tj"pTM^rTTTM. i P.M. Leave Charleston!*^ 25?-* 4 30?f 7 00?* 5 25 Arrive Lanes.I 2 45j 6 25 8 30\ 7 10 No. 60?No. 62 Leave Lanes. 2 50 6 25 8 45|f 8 35 il Kingtree. 3 10 6 41 9 C4| 8 54 Arrive Florence j 4 20 SOO 30 2C? 10 05 * Daily, t Daily except Sunday. Train No. 60 connects at Florence with train on C. & D. R. R. for Cheraw, S. C , and Wadesbcro. N. C. Nos. 52 and 56 run through to Columbia via Central R R. of S. C. No 54 leaves Charleston Sundays only at 3 30 A. M., and runs through via Ceutral R. R. of S. C., arriving Columbia, S. C., at 1.10 P. M. Nos. 7S and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N". C.. making close connection with W. & W. R. R. for ai: points north: J. R. KEN LY, J. F. DIVINE, . Supt Trans. Gen'3 Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Geu'l Pass. Agent. MI Milli, GO TO THE SUMTER COTTON FACTORY, AND BUY FOR CASH, BAGGING AMD TIES, lu Lots ot 75 Sets-40 Cents a Bale. In Lots of 50 Sets-50 Cents ? Bale. . In Lots of 25 Set--60 Cents a Bale. In Lots cf 5 Sets-65 Cents a Bale. -ALSO Cotton Batting Matresses, from So.50 to $10.00. Satisfaction guaran? teed or njonev refunded! D. JAMES WINN, Sept. 14-v President. FRUIT TREES. Ornamental Trees. ROSES, and all kinds of Shrubs aod Flowers. Lacoote and Keiffer Pears. Japanese Persimmons. Kelsey's Japanese plum, average weight, 4 ounces Hand lu your orders to J W. DARGAN, Agent for P. J. Berckman's Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga. Sept. 28 S When I say CURE I do not mean merely to stop them for a time, and then have them re? turn airain. I MEAN A RADICAL CURE. I have mace the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS, A life long study. 1 WARRANT my remedy to CTTRB the worst cases. Recause others have failed i s no reason for not-now receiving a cure. Send f>t nnccior.atreatisi?:indaFKEK BOTTLK of ?ny i^?A r.LtBLE R KM ED v. Give Exjuess and Post. Office, lt costs you nothing for a trial, and it will cure you.* Address H. G. ROOT, M. C. I S3 PEASL ST., NtwYoRK SM mm ' ? PASK?R-S G1NCER TONIC vithout^eJ?v. .': T'..'.f ineuiooatcompound tua; cinv>wh?''ian else fails, i: i -coredtliewoi>t ?VL*?-* of < .??..irh.wVakLino:*. Astfttn.% j .. ;i_-t st inn. Inward fain.-. Exhaustion. I nv.tina Me for i ' . .. !.*< utulv V'V-?ikc.css. :.n!i .*>!) paitss an?l <iis viUv:.. o? i?.c St ?mach .-out s?v. at Druggists KEKDERCORNS. i bc M fest, sur?-st and ix-st cur?- forCorn?; Bunions; Ac? al] jain. Entires comfort toitio t-i t. Sewr fails '?' cure. j.j conti at Dru^u^;1. HiscoX cc Co., ?? Y. _ A Great Cause of Human Misery HIE Lt.'S S * L ECT U R E 0 X T11E N A T U R E. T R E A T m. - n t an .! Radical core of Spermatorrhoea, ..i rn cava--itv. induced hy excess or early '"?nlis !? i ?!?VM:T .T. COLVER WELL. M. D. Thc world-teamvned ;iuth?r. in this ad:orr a!.lc Lecture, clea riv proves fruin his ?jwn ex perience that tho awful consequences of early crnT may be effectually removed : pointing out a ruoilc ? fe ure rt once certain an?! cficciual. by whicb every Miiiercr, no matter what his condi? tion may he, may cure himself cheaply, pri? vately and radically. jgSr* This L?'?ture will prove a boon to thou? sands and thousands. Sent under SC?.1. in a plain envelope, to any a'lilrcss, post paid, on reccpt of four cents or two postage stamps. Address TI1T5 CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO., 41 Ass St. Ns? YORK; Post O?ce Bex, 450. A. J. CHINA, I DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and ?INE TOILET SOAPS. II AIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PEK??J!BKY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Ac. ?tc. PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, #c. Fud supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9 _:_:_* PAiriT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One coat gives an old ouggy the blackest alack you ever saw and a handsome gloss w ithout varnishing. It dries hard in a few lours. No rubbing ! No varnishing I No ?xtra trouble. Each can contains- mere than ?nough to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar per Can. For Sale bv _J?RL A-l_?l CHIKA. \s. S. SE?XiY S rug Store, Under Music Hall, SUMTER, S. C. PURE DROSS AND CHEMICALS constan ly on hand. A 6ne assortment of TOILET ARTICLES. PATENT HEDI- [ CINES, LADIES' REQUISITES, and all articles kept by first class druggists, j Personal attention given to the compound- j ing of physicians' prescriptions. . j Cold, sparkling Soda Water, with choice I cream syrups. Sarsaparilla .Meade, and Milk j Shakes to suit the mos' fastidious. G. S. SEALY, Apr 13 Graduate of Pharmacy. FOUTZ'S HORSE AMD CATTLE POWDERS f^^? w^k iJp dreswEa? .^h^?f? $M?fa?? SoJTopjsK will <iic- of Colite. BOTS or LVSG YE VKR. i:' FonK"? Powders arc issvu in time. Ko::tz*s powders wilt Hire and present HOG CITOLERA. FomzV Powders wit! prevent fi.vpx* IX FOWLS. FOUR'S Powder? v.-iii increase The quantity of milk and cr?sus twenty per cen;., sad make tiie batter firm tri'l sweet. Fount's Powders ?xiii care or prevent almost ETEST 2)!i-:-.ASx to which Mora-sand ? artic are subject, FOCT//5 POWDKM W7IX GIVK SATISFACTION. Sold everywhere. DAVID "E. F0UT2, Proprietor BALTIMORE. MD if. W. DELOHML, Agent? -DEALER IN ISM i MKIM TOILET SOAPS. PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco* Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C,3 -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, GLASS, PUTTY, &c. -AND DYE STUFFS -o Physician's Prescriptions carefully coupon tided, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will Sud my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. E. SOLOMONS, Surgeon Dentist. OfHce over A. A. Solomons' Store, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 2': 3.30 to 6, Mch 17 1 X W. ADKINS, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, SUMTER, S. C. SOLICITS WORK IN THE BUILDING LINE, and will promptly attend to all work entrustedtto him. Residence next to Epperson's Stables. W C. DIAL HARD!ARI CO. Importers.and Dealers in ENGLISH AND' AMERICAN Hardware and Cutlery ? OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct. 26. o _ ARBUCKLES' name on a package of COFFEE is a guarantee of excellence. ARIOSA COFFEE is kept in all first-class stores from the Atlantic to the Pacific. COFFEE is never good when exposed to the air. Always buv this brand inhermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. G. S?HT & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT ! CHARLESTON. S. C., Are receiving by steamer and rail from the North and West full supplies each week of . CHOICE APPLES. PEARS. LEMONS. PO? TATOES. CABBAGES. ONIONS, NUTS OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC. J?S" Orders solicited and promptly filled. Sept. 21. x TI. e ! ? yest ..<''. ? most et r:t ide establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, Manufacturers of % BIMs, ?KD BUILDING MATERIAL. OFFICE AXD WARER0OMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 . < B. I MITCHELL & SOS; PROPRIETORS Ol The Merchant Flour Mill? AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ? POE THE SALE.OF . COTTON AND NATAL STOKES "WILMINGTON, ff. C. OFFER FOR SAL? . AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own man'f t're -ALSO,-. * Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY. CRACKED CORN. &c. *- ALSO, s Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. . All cur Goods guaranteed best quali? ty and at lowest prices. No charge fpf delivery to Railroad. B. F. MITCHELL & SON. LANGLEY BROS-, 17* King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. MsDtjfacmrers of Ladies and Gent's Voder-' wear. Fine Dress Shirts to order a specialty* Price List a?d* directions for measnriatf sent on application. Sa'itfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sept 21 o_ ^ C. WULBEKtf & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DSALBRS TN m 167 and 169 Ea9t-3ajf CHARLESTON, S. Dec. 2_ GEO. W. STEFFELS, WHOLESALE GROCER Auction and Commission Merchant - and Liquor Dealer. AGENT FOB Tfie F:nest Earns cured in the U. & Also Agent for GEXESEO ROAD CART? The Best and Cheapest on the Market. 197 EAST BAY AHD 50 ASD 52 STATE Sli, (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. ; ? Consignments Solicited. Nov 25 CHAS. C. LESLIE,' Wholesale and Retail Commission - : -DE ALEE I'S GAME AND POULTRY. Stalls Nos. 1 and I Fish Market, ' Office Nos. 18 and 20 Market St., East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce are ii? spectfully solicited. Po ul irj, eggs, kc. All orders filled with dispatch. Nov 23 . T GEO. L. COOK, PHOTOGRAPHER, 265 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 O Sportsman's Mpto F. W. HUSEMANN, GUN-MAKER, COLUMBIA, S. C. DEALER IN GOBS, Pistols and Fishing Tackle, Agent for Hazard and Atlas Powder Com panies, also Agent for Lefever Arms Co. . AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS. Shelis Loaded hy Latest Improved Machine, First-Class Gun Work Guaranteed. PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST, Give me a call at Sportsman^ Head? quarters._Oct 26 o COLUMBIA, S. C. S.4SH & BLINDS-, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR, Frencfi and ImericaB ?Mow Gfe^ PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES, . CARTER WHITE LEAD. The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Order* by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO, Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 GO TO RECKLING'S FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHS, COLUMBIA, & C., Opposite Grand Central Hotel. Oct. 26 T nrrp SEA WONDERS exist in thousands MCLl of forms, but are surpassed by the marvels of invention. Those Who are in need of profitable work that can be done while liv? ing at horne should at once send their address, to Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, and re^ ccive free, full information how either sexi oj all ages, can earn from $5 to $25 per dajr ?pd upwards wherever they.live. You.ar*stared free. Coital not required. Some h>ve tam over-$oO in a single day ai this work. Att succeed.