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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA//AAAAA?A BB MM I and IRS. I JOSEPH ??E ff Bosy hmg Bedg& Copyright, 1?01, By Henry ^Irving: I>odjffe. "Big Four" polled into Beaver-Mead ; ^?WS on the Rome-Watertown division, i?nd Joseph Brader and his wife got ^ j???wn from the passenger coach that was trailing behind six *flats" of rails, f Mer was six feet four and broad, and his wife was five feet and narrow. I^^Brnder carried a huge valise that cost :> a dollar and had done service, also an , ;" &-?x?; Mrs. Brader' wore mitts, and a. j ^^^sintive, piquant smile. In her eyes i ^g^?iere was a standing apology for the j disparity in their sizes. - This seemed f be a, sore point with the. little wo ? .msii, for she was ?iver on the -alert for ^gp?e? quizzing glances of strangers, and if one should stand apart and glance the odd couple -he was sure to have gaze arrested ?Jy a plaintive glance th? woman which said as plainly 'speech,' "Please don't make fun of k But the man never bothered his head f^^s&mt* what other folks thought '' He ^fe^SBS a woodchopper, and that's all be ^^|?^l<?^^"ca?re^Er;;^ext^ft> his wife^ he ; _ 3oved his ax, and it used to Iberia? pt^pcifcjthat he could: put a.keejaenough ???eVon it to'shave with. He used to ^^^?grtbis cheek fOndly against thVp?rpl? ??lade and pat it and: call it his oaring -.And the ax seemed, to understand him, |0^<sr ii would bark with .quick " delight S when his giant arms swung it aloft and ^^^??t&,tIi?'X?ap?e,'and bury. Its nose to the pg;>Soint where; the tempered steel joined? \ ^v^tibe softer stun!. When Bruder got off .the strain, he k^^ aiound in a sort "of inquisitivei i?^l??fiant. way and put his hand clumsily around his wife and drew her shoulder .c-V~?ver against his thigh. There was no : r : :?ane,at the depot but ihe asjent, a vet? eran in the business, the tenure of whose position was due; ?o' five toes that he had years ;befor& contributed tor ??ejannn?r'?ist of accidents on the. . ; road: / Smith had hearct^that- Brader, | ^coining to take the place of one of ?\;ythe striking woodchoppers, and it filled }^:?. Mm with grave concern. Almost all of I % his relatives belonged to the strikers, ff -and his sympathies'.were deeply with fpStfcem. On the other hand, it fell to his ~^?'3ot.to show ostentatious loyalty to the ??mpany. Beaver Meadows was the schief Goodin* up" point of the road, v ^oir miles the contiguous country yield IP^ed nothing from its stubborn soil save ^p^stunted beech and knotted maple. The president of the company that ^supplied the railroad with wood was -Smith's backer. A nod from him would ^^p^? dislodged that worthy from the Ig^HDomfortable niche that afforded him a j ^?,^<somfortabl? living. So Smith was be> IKp^een the devil and the deep sea His ^ieart was with the*" strikers, his int?r ^i&Bt with the company. That's why his ?suaOy placid mind -was. filled with ^|g^rturbation when he beheld the lum? bering form of Joseph Bruder and. the ^?^?Emmut?ve wife alight from the ca : .: boose of Big Four. Bruder had an arm as long as his j^^v-wife's tongue and. could fell at a blow -^either kind of jackass, human or . . ?rute, Mrs. Bruder was the brains of ^v:~tae outfit She took charge of the i: "?money, when there was any. allowing --joseph only enough for tobacco. Oth? erwise he was a teetotaler. On the ; whole, this strange couple was deemed f; a combination to be avoided. No one ||g^*yer knew where they came from. On dthat score Bruder himself was silent ?with a persistency that defied all the ?obt?e influences of bucolic diplomacy. lr ^Surmise said he was an ex-convict =and as chapter and verse of his past |pi?were not fortbcomrng this comfortable - -theory crystallized into a very good 7 -counterfeit of fact. When the woodchoppers learned that ? v' Joe Bruder was coming.to take Cy Sel? den's job. they knew there - would be trouble, for they were a determined " Jot T?tere was an. understanding, how? ever, a sort of feelit?g, although no words had been spoken, that somehow j Smith would settle matters, arid so it was determined that no. one from among the strikers should meet Bruder at the depot and attempt by morat or muscular force to turn him back Smith knew what was expected of him by his friends and relatives: he j also knew that the suspicious eyes of v the president were upon him. and hence " the delicacy of his position. He hated 3>eing "double faced." but he had a Tery comfortable niche indeed, and times were exceedingly hard in those. parts. He reflected with considerable tlisgust that it was quite unjust that he/wbo had no personal interest in the matter, should be the one upon whose ^iShoulders the task of adjusting the af? fair should be thrust - That explains why Smith was "per? turbed upon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bruder. It also explains why he alone was at the depot to meet -the distinguisbe/i pair. It is an axiom that good luck always comes to the lazy. Smith was a lazy man. which accounts for the piece of good luck jvhich came to him on the morning of Xhe arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Bruder. Bab Armstrong's' two-year-old baby -'hov bad died of cholera morbus a few ^??ys before, and the sorrowing par -ents. who were farmers, had put the .?xttle creature in a simple pine box and -were sending him down the road to be ?raried in the Armstrong family bury? ing ground at West Camden. The tiny morsel of humanity was at that mo? ment resting in the freightroom of the Beaver Meadows depot 3 As Smith limped down the platform -toward Mr. uni* Mrs. Joseph Bruder he iooked t!iroi:?b the open door of the freightroom and got h's inspiration. ?Then ho accosted Cruder. "Waitmlfor.Harris'_tcam. ain't yer?" Bruder looked at his^wif e, ana soie said, "Yes." -. ?:. "Goln* ter work on the job, ain't yer?"< . Again Brader.looked at ins wife, and again she said, "Tes." .. ? . /*Wel^ I'm right glad ter see y er*' said the unconscionable diplomat ef? fusively, "i tell yer, we've been havin* gwat goln's on aroun' here." Again Br^er.looked.atbis wife, and again she said "Yes" softly and press? ed a little doser under the shelter of his Blighty thigh. . "Between yon and ine," .-continued the wily Smith, 'these woodchoppers I mean the Beaver Meadow fellers," he hastened to explain as a slight con? traction of Binder's forehead warned him that any slur upon the craft would not ? be welcome-"don't know when they're well off." He paused, and Brader looked at his wife, but she remained, silent. . "Of -course I ain't .got. noJiin* against these men here, and it may not sound well comi?' from me; me bein' In the employ -of this corporation, as aint sup? posed ter show-no -partiality; but seems ter me these men is a little unreason? able. Ter see/' he went on as neither Brader nor.his wife spoke, "times have been pretty hard around here, with crops, f allin'*and a good dear of sick .ness in the neighborhood; and I think these men ought to been glad -to -get steady employment; Of course they're ?r?ally in/ the power of the, company^ cos they ain't got no money, and the officers, knows it, and so they cuts down their wages. Now, some of 'ern finds out that the big fellers is makin* .dead loads of money, and so they makes a- bi^ kick and goes on strike. So thecompany jest shuts down, and ,1 heard the superintendent^ say as that they was goin' to start a process of starvation. : Of course I dont want that to gonofcnther." "Did the ' company treat the men fair?" asked Mrs. Brader. I "Of course it did," said Smith quick? ly; "Ain't they got a right to pay their .money ??t any way they like ?- Couldn't these men pick up and leave if they .didn't like it?" "Most cf these men has their, own homes, hasn't they?" asked Mrs. Bra-" der. "Yes; they has," said Smith, "but if' they- keeps on, .tins way- they- wont have no one left in their -homes." Then .he added as hevw?lk?d~toward the of? fice: "Ye'd better come in and sit down; Harris* team may not be here for an hour yet They generally comes ter meet the down train.- *Big Four* is" waitih* here fer it ter pass.'* He adroitly halted the couple in front of the open ?loor o f the freight-/ room,, and instantly the maternal . eye of Mrs. Bruder caught the ?lttl? coffin. "Whose is that?" she askexi. 'That's Cy Selden's baby," said Smith, lying heroically. Mrs. Bruder looked at her husband, then back to Smith. "What ailed it V she asked. "Cholera morbus?" Sn?th'drew closer and lowered his ,Toice; a bit, "That's what they give out" ^he said, "but between you and me it didn't have enough ter eat." Just then-Smith found sudden busK ness in the ticket office, where he re? mained until he heard the booming of the down train, when he went out on to the platform to pass up the mails. He Lingered for a moment and watch? ed 4<Big Four** pull out from the sid? ing: then he looked all around. There; was no one in sight "How'd: yer'do it. Bill"?' asked Jack j Lundy that night while aSialf dozen strikers smoked and listened. "I didn't- do- nothin', and -I don't know nothin*." snapped Smith. "They come, .and they've gone, ain't they?*'i And then to modify therebuke the good soul continued in a tone that smacked suspiciously of tenderness as he puffed j his pipe -reflectively in" the darkness: | "Strange: I used to know those folks j years ago-didn't know it till terday- | they was a good deal younger then- | just married, I guess-they were pr?t- ! ty poor-had a little baby that died-I don't know, but folks aroun' there said the little thing died-cos it didn't get-enough-ter eat" A Pretty Big Tiger. Old Dickey. S....a very wealthy but very illiterate East* India merchant in London, took a pair of compasses and set about examining a large map of India, the margin of which was illus? trated with drawings of the wild, and domestic animals of the country. Suddenly Dickey dropped the com? pass in amazement "It cant bel It :aint in the border of nature that it should bei Impossible! Ridiculous!" I "rWby.: Dickey, what's the matter?" ' "Wot's the matter? Vy, this Bengal tiger is ninety miles long!" Dickey had measured the tiger by the scale of the map. Electric Centipede. . Least attractive among the insects which give light are the so called "electric centipeds" - black, crawlers with many legs, which have been lik? ened to serpents* skeletons in minia? ture. They move in a snakelike fash? ion, forward or backward, leaving be? hind them a bright track of phosphor? ic light However, they are most ac? customed to appear in the daytime, when the illumination they afford is not visible. A Good Mimic. "I dont see what yob all has to git so proud about" said Miss Sadie Cot tonball. "Cohse you doesn'." answered Miss Miami Brown. *Tze been studyin* de white folks. What yob wants to do is jes' put on de airs yohset an* let de yuthuh folks do de guessin* 'bout whut de reason is."-Washington Star. A Rod In Pickle. Mrs. Goodsole- Why. Johnny, are you just going home now? Your mother's been looking for you all afternoon. Johnny-Yes'm, I know. Mrs. Goodsole-Just think how wor? ried she must be! Johnny-Oh, she's near the end o' her worryin*. Pm jest beginnin* mine. CUPOLA OF ST. PETER'S. Its Ontline Remains an Unparalleled Idea In Architecture. The greatest of the architectural en? terprises Michael Angelo Tras called up on to tate up was the completing of St Peter's, and he devoted himself through pure obedience to this task, refusing all compensation, offering his unpaid services-in that way both to his master and to the service of reli? gion. He had to struggle against the op? posing ideas of the architects in charge of the monument who held by later plans than these of the first deviser, and their enmity and misapprehension of what was b?st aimed at a continual thwarting of all his intentions. He managed, however, to bring back the building to its, original plan, thai of his greatest enemy. Bramante? upon whom he has left this noble judgment ult cannot be denied," said he, "that Bramante laid the first plan of St Pe? ter's clear and simple, and all who have departed from his scheme have departed from the troth.'* We have not the great cathedral as Michael wished it nor can we see in it the creation of his genius. But the one thing that Michael Angelo left "to his successors in the work is the cupo? la, whose outline remains as an unpar? alleled idea, as important a landmark in architecture as his other records of ^ achievement in painting and sculpture. It is the mark of Rome and the ex? pression of Rome's grandeur:-John La Farge in McClure's. The Pelican Smiled. There is a sly old pelican in Central, park which has an almost human way of noticing, what goes on about, him . without, seeming to do so. The other 'day two herons in the same cage with him fought over a fish. One had made the catch, but the other had under? taken to wrest the morsel from its rightful possessor. .* They squabbled- over it like two boys 'who have hold of the same baseball , bat The scuffie brought them into the neighborhood of the old pelican, who stood, apparently asleep, with his big bill tucked away under a .wing. Then {the heron dropped its fish, and the bat? tle went on. No sooner had it been dropped than : the great bill came out from under? neath the wing and the fish went into tiie pelican's pouch. Then the head di& appeared again. The pelican was plainly asleep. , When one heron gave up the fight and/fiew away^ the other looked about for the prize. - It was nowhere to be seen. The keeper of the bird cages sol-, emnly asserts that he saw a twinkle in the eye which the pelican opened to ? give a glance at the retreating heron.-. New York Times. Peculiar Roses. SH!?. One. of the wars of "the roses, the . fiercest and deadliest of them all. was fought on a field where, curiously enough, a rose peculiar to the spot grows or used to grow. It Is a rare plant now, and the reason is explained by Mr. Leadman in his account of Yorkshire battles. After describing the terrible battle at Towton on Palm Sunday, .1461. be says: "1 cannot con? clude this story of Towton field with? out an allusion to. the little dwarf bushes peculiar to the 'Field of the White Rose and the Red.' "They are said to have been plenti? ful at the commencement of this cen? tury, but the visitors have taken them away in such numbers that they have ? become rare. Such vandalism is. sim-1 ply shameful, for the plants are said ! to be unique and unable to exist in any j other soiL The little roses are white, j with a red. spot on the center of each of their petals, and as they grow old the under surface becomes a dull red ; color."-London News. Cave Animals. No animals whatever are found' in the dry parts of caves. Dampness or a certain degree of moisture seems to be essential to their existence. Under the stones one finds white, eyeless worms, and in the damp soil all around about are to be discovered blind beetles in little holes which they excavate and bugs of the thousand leg sort These thousand leg bugs, which in the upper world devour fragments of dead leaves and other vegetable debris, sustain life in the caverns by feeding upon decay? ed wood, fungous growths and bats' dung. Kneeling in. a beaten path one can see numbers of them gathered about hardened drips of tallow from tourists' candles. There are plenty of crickets also. A Varnishing Tip. When varnishing wood, the work must be done in a warm room at a tem? perature of at least 75 degrees F. At a lower temperature the moisture in the air will give a mi,lky and cloudy ap? pearance to the varnish. On the other hand, at the higher temperature the moisture is not precipitated until the alcohol of the* varnish has sufiiciently evaporated to leave a thin smooth film of shellac. The durability and gloss are dependent on tbis. Slystery Seth Ways. Pauline-.inst think of the av^fnl things we know about people whom we don't know! Emeline-Yes. Isn't it wonderful! And just think wbat the people whom we don't know may know about us! Detroit Free Press. The best way to make a man'- ac? knowledge the cern is to stamp on his toe.-Philadelphia Record. The microscope bas shown yeast cells in Egyptian bread more than 4,000 years oid. Ocinblcrt n? Alimony. "Ob. yes. daughter's fully twice as happy as sue was with her husband." "How soVr* "Why. be used to give her an allow? ance of only $?0. and now he has to pay her ?l'U"-Cleveland Plain Deafer !? ?or Fall ?.nnoQDCPmeot we predicted a late and consequently a short season, and we believe the reaoiie eo.fur have proven tbe truthfulness of . ur prediction to e have a very large stock of goods which we are anxious TO convert ia to money and wiii do so on as reasonable a margin of profit as legitimate merchandising will jn?tify o+o+o*o+o+We Have no Special Sales For Special Days*?*>^c?o^o Bu? purpose makw?g every day from now nntil Cnristmas, one of Special ales We reai'z*? ibat the needs of our coontry friends next year will be roach more than usual, owing to tbe failure of the corn crop, a?d we are willing to Sacrifice OUT Profits That we may be able to assist them --rr.-:- We can't boy Com with Clothing, Shoes and fiats, IT TAKES MONEY Tnerefore every dollar you spend with os enable? as to help you. OUT dOtlliHg Department yf.ooW do credit to an exclusive --:----- city store Here you will find suits to f?t, from the smallest boy to the 300 pounder Oar bayer bought .20?BOYS ^UITS, s'zes 5 to IS, "auder the bammer"~Good? worth from $i 5o to $2. bot the price paid for At ^ety-?ve Gents. (hem joannes os tn selling them _ VJ ^ vv**VMt Tbejer are several styles, come early or the choice may be gone Our better grade of Boys' snits from {2 pp, bave doublo taldfl and double gQfct. EveTy mother knows where a Boy's Paots first gives way, so this feature ought to be appreciated We have Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 years, from $1.00 to $5.00 Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 years, from $2.50 to $8.00 -- OUR LINE OF Men's Overcoats .Is probably tbe largest and best assorted you ---- will find to select /rom, tbe prices run from $2.50 - tO $20.00 m*" m08t ^e ?er3r fe^'dions;. indeed, who ?rr-:-:--cannot get a suit to piesse him in our estab. i J sb men t Oar line embraces a foll stock of Plain and Paney Worsteds, Mel 'ons. Cheviots and Granites, in slims, stoats and regulars from $2.50 to $20 If you need ab extra pair of PANT3, yoo will find our stock a good one from which to select, a? we carry them as nigh as $7 50 per pair. We had about 200 Pairs FantS water damaged in transit There were ----some worth. $2 per pair, none less than $150, we put them ait down At ninety-fSre cents per pair, A7Mle we are devoting most of this ad. to Clothing, bear in mind we are not neglecting our . . Dry Goods .and Shoe Stock *00 ^J^^J***?*9 -;-----:- thoroughly np to. date and no bruer values for tbe money to b^ bad in the city Qor facilities heretofore prevented our carrying as complete Hue of Ladies9 Cloaks ^e oor tia(*e 'eqoired. ^nt we Dftye Do hesitancy ----- in saying now that nor stock will compare favor *bly with any in the city. From a {1 50 Jacket to a $20 Automobile Coat we can suit you. Kememberwe will not be undersold and our motto shall be, "Sell as Cheap as We Gan, Not. as.Dear as We Might" WHISKEY $1"' GALLON. We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey as low as $i. io per gallon, and mind you ; distilled whiskey-toot a decoction of chemicals-but of course it is new and under proof. Our "Mountain Dew" 5 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually pro? duced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina, hy the old time hand process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the same way as distilled by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gallon, but is not any better than "Mountain Dew." It is the best in- the world and must please every customer or we will buy it back with Gold-and the Peoples National Bank of Winston, North" Carolina, will tell you our guarantee is good. To more fully introduce "Mountain Dew,'1 we offer either three or five gallons (in plain sealed box,) at the special price of $1 95 per gallon cash with order. Positive? ly no larger, amount shipped. On future shipments we will require the usual price, viz : $2 95 per gallon. Express prepaid to all regular customers. We have branch warehouses in Denver, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, but all orders, and remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc,) as well as requests for confi? dential price list must be addressed as follows: ' W. 3. CASPER CO., Wiastoa-Salem, 2T. 0., TT. S. A. Main Office and Warehouses: Nos. (145-46 Liberty and I, 3, 4, 5, Maple Sis. WHISKEY ?BIV: GALLON. In Season. QBMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMJIMI Do You Run a Gin or Machinery of Any Kind ? Then come to us for . BELTING, either Leather or Rubber, PULLEYS or other fixtures, Machine Oils, Gin supplies in general. Your attention is invited to our fine line of SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS. Full stock of And everything in the Hardware . line at reasonable prices. JL. B. DURANT, The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18-x ?M?! Carolina and 'Sm 'ti tension R. I Com?? Scbedcle No 4-In effect li.Olv Juno 15, 1801 Beetree j Can-den 8 C and B?eksbc? .., vO Read dows Read op. *35 33 KMgtero nm?- 32 a m p * STATIONS um po. 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 2b 5 ?, 8 50 i 15 Dekalb 12 02 4 5? 9 20 1 27 Westvili* ll SO 4 30 10 50 2 00 jSershaw ll 3t 4i 11 20 2 12 tieatb Springe ll 20 3 IC 12 20 2 37 Lancaster 10 5 2 ?1 2 40 2 50 Riverside 10 40 ,2 O? 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 130 4 00 3 40 Rock Hilt 10 00 ?2 tO 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 9 66 5 20 418 Yorkvi?le 915 ? IG 5 45 4 34 Sbaroo 9 00- 8 50 6 05 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 4<> 7 33 6 20 6 00 Smyrna 8 35 7 j 6 50 .5 28 Blacksburg 8 lr/\ 7 CO pm pm . ;. ,a a? a. Between T ! : ^ Blacksburg, S. C., ?od Marios. N Read down Re?d up .ll 33 Bati?ronme ?32 am pm STATIONS. ? aro: 6 45 5 25 Blacksburg 7 48 6* 4C 7 32 5 49 Earle 7 32 2 7 45 6 49 tatterson Spring? T 2fi 8 20 $00 . She?hy T l? 6 vi: 9 00 3 21 Lattiroore $55 4 9 10 6.30 Hooretooro 6*?8, : s it . 9 25 6 41 BearieKa 6 38 4 20 9 55 6 69 Forest Cit? 6 20 3 5C. 10 30 7 15 Rutberfordtob 6 05 3 2C 12 00 . 750 Thermal City 5 36 2 4? 12 25 810 Glenwood 5 15 2 2c 1 00- 8 30 Karior. 5 00 200. pm pm. t im; pnr> Gaffoey Divisioo. Read do wo Read m> ? : i EASTERN TIMK: ; ? 15 J 13 j STATI05B ' 14 t 16 0 tn am ..' .' am ?tx. 1 00 6 00. BracksbujT-v -\ ^f 50 30 120 6 20 , Cherokee Falla 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 22 om am am. \. a .Dany except Sunday J 20 min?tes for dinner - Trains Nos 32 and S3 are operated daily. ' Trains Nos 2%35, ll, 12.13 14,16 and 16 Are operated daily except 8anday. Ht??'? v.CON?BCTION8. At Camden with Southern Ry; SA L and, A C Line. ~.,.y.:' ' At Lancaster with L AC R R. At Ca'awba Jct with Seaboard Air Line. A* Rock Hill with Southern Railway At Yorkville with Carolina i i orth Wast* ern K ?. 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