Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ r WHILE THE TRAIN WAITED :i Hy A. S". HichartLton i Copj/rloht, 10OS, bu T. C. Mctlu.c The waiter coughed obsequiously, and Margaret Ashton turned toward liini impatiently. "Just soiue fruit and coffee for ties serf The waiter picked up the plate holding an untasted entree. "Why are we stopping here so long?" "Freight train off do track ahead, ma'am, but de wreck In' crew's heal), ma'am." fliiss ASiiion picuea up tue menu, read it absentniindedly and laid it down again. Thou lior glance traveled back to the panorama spread beyond the dining car's window. It was the residence district of a pretty village, with yellow and white and gray and white cottages placed at a discreet distance apart, with well kept lawns and budding gardens in between. Close to the crossing where the train had come to a sudd ?n standstill was the church, painted in pearly white, with dark green shutters and imitation colored glass windows. Even at this distance Margaret recognised the material in those windows. They Lad re-; ceived samples when she was in the altar guild at .St. Paul's. The waiter arrived with her dessert, and she selected some white grapes with elaborate care. When she looked up again, a boy came seamporing down the drive which divided iwo of the cottage homes. lie swung a baseball bat in signal to another youngster emerging from another yard. I'.oth homes had barns and chicken yards in the rear, and the boys wore sweaters. "They have had their tea and have done their chores." thought Miss Ashton, stirring lior coffee slowly, "and by and by some one will call them botli in and pull down the shades." A ivnniun ? ? ?i ir?l*rwo tlii? luwlv Vil I'll of the house nearest the tracks, carrying something under her apron. She disappeared in the kitchen doorway of the next house, then reappeared empty handed and ran back to her own home. "She had borrowed something, no doubt," said Miss Ashton to herself. "Perhaps she had a little tea this afternoon. We always borrowed tilings from tlie Marsdens when we bad teas." She pushed aside her coffee cup, laid a bill on the silver tray which the waiter offered and left the ear. Her cliair was in the drawing room ear for ward. She found herself looking straight into the side yard of a trim little cottage. A young woman sat on the step of the poreli, a "fascinator" thrown over her shoulders. At the foot of the step stood another woman holding a restless baby in her arms. The two women were so earnestly engaged in*conversation that they did not notice how the baby was stripping young buds off the porch vine. "Gossiping," murmured Miss Ashton. She knew the narrow life only too well. She had run away from it years before. She wanted to go where your next door ueisrhhor <1 id not count the skirts ami sliirt waists 011 your lino, where no one insisted that because a young man had shown you a few ordinary courtesies you wore bound to bo engaged to him. Sho swung her chair impatiently, and her glance fell once more on the church. The sun was setting, and two people were walking up the narrow flagged path. The man pulled out a j key, threw open the church door, and they both passed in. He did not look like a minister. He was something of an athlete and had an alert air. A moment later he was opening the window. The girl was not in sight, lint Margaret was certain that sho was putting flowers in the vase at tlie pulpit. "He's a lender in the church, no doubt. A man must always be at the head of something," sho thought. "And Miss Demure will be sitting down in the amen corner soon watching him with . adoring eyes because the whole congre- ' gation looks tip to him." ! Sold by Unit Southern ry THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUNS GREAT COUM CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL THE OF THE SOUTH. W.A.TURK. S. H fastener Traffic Manapor, Genera | Washinotoh, D. C. W. H. TAYLOE. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Ag What n narrow set tliese people in small towns were! Here was u train stalled hi their midst bearing men of millions, women who had traveled at home and abroad, interests that might affect the world of trade, and they did not slop so much as to inquire into the trouble. They wore so small, so narrow, so self absorbed! At last the train moved with great, heaving strain on wheels and springs. Margaret gave one more glance at the | church. The lights were ablaze, and the young man was standing in front I of the congregation, a book in liis hand. The girl was at the organ. Margaret leaned back and closed her eyes. She saw another church, another man?and herself. Then she turned hor thoughts resolutely into other channels. She glanced down at her bag. She knew the papers in that bag meant j insurance policies for thousands, all written by herself. She had stopped in where other ageuts feared to tread and had secured business. She was going back to New York and the approval of her superiors. She would be glad to shut herself in her private ollioe and I take up her accumulated correspondence. She must have a now cabinet ordered for that empty corner of hor office. The papers to bo filed in her de purtment wore increasing. ******* ; She gave hor number to the cabman and was whisked oil' into the glare of 1 .roadway's lights. Ily and by they turned into a quiet side street. She mounted the steps leading to a dim brownstone apartment house, shook out her keys and hurried to her room. There were no matches, and she rang the bell impatiently. The maid apologised and brought in clean towels. ' \Ve weren't expecting you till tomorrow. Miss Ashton." she remarked, with a furtive Uirt of her towel across the dusty table. Margaret lighted every gas jet in the room and in the dressing room adjoining, to say nothing of the gas log in the grate, hut still the re, m see'*, d dank and dull. She wished t!au'".t were morning and she might bury i, rsclf in ollire work. The maid returned witli a package which had arrived in Margai Ts absence. and the latter inquired: "Is Miss Harding in this evening? If she is, I wish you would ask her to come In and have a cup of tea with me." Miss Harding, had the room at the end of the ball. The maid paused in the doorway and looked in in startled fashion. "Why. didn't you know? Miss Harding died while you were gone." Died!" "Yes; pneumonia; awful sudden too. None of her folks was hero. They live way up state somewhere, and the undertaker shipped the body." Margaret sat staring at the even flame of the gas log. "None of her folks was here; they slapped"? The life had died out of the great city and the clock struck when Margaret Ashton laid down her pen. She bent low to kiss the letter as she Sea led it, and again there came to her the vision of tlie man and the girl walking up the narrow, flagged pathway to the church. *< *** >* Ton days later a man who wore gold glasses and looked at lior above them called her into bis private olfice. She had only been in that oltlce twice before, and they bad been red letter events in her business career. "Miss Asliton, we have been going over the results of that last trip you made. They are remarkable for a woman. And we have decided to make you superintendent of the Troy office;)." lie paused for an expression of surprise or appreciation. Miss Asliton was studying the carpet. The great man coughed. "Your salary, of course"? "Thank you." she saiil, still without | looking up, "but 1 have accepted?another position." The great man fairly Jumped. "But, my dear young woman, you should consider"? "I have considered, and this Is for life." This time she looked up, straight into the eyes of the great man. SomeIOUSC&CON5CTIPATEDB to men look blue, B ckly change to rosy hue, j| Damons Pills their work do doB on Drug Co. VILWAY WE RUN THE | ' TH ROUGH A BEST VESTI- Pj mf s I AND HAVE THE | . HARDWICK, BFST DININfl I I Passsntor Ab-ent, i*"1 u?"nU CAR SERVICE I unt, Atlanta, Ca. 13 "1 doiit- thiihc Wo dotUfe*"keep H bouso .without ThgdfortVo Black 1 Draught. ' wb hbvo used it in tho fl ; family ior overjtwo vewrs with tho M best Of results, I liavo i.ofc had a K j doctor in tho hOnao for that length M of time. It is adpetor in ataelf and k} i olway4Vent)>vto nrnke a poMon wcll . fj I and i-appv/'-JAMIiB HALL*, ooavillo. 111. W Because thi? gmit inedicino relieves stomach ppjps.FrOes the ( constipivtcdbOWvils and nivigorafes'the torpid liver and weakened kidneys Mo BOCTOR is hieccssary in the home.wh^ *' Thedford's Blpck-Praugbt is kept. Families Jiving in fbg countryp liiiles from any phj-siIcian, have,beepiltcpt.in health for years with thisniedicjne as their only doctor. Thedford's ; Black - Draught cures bilious- ' ness, dysjieppia, pobds, chills nnd fever, had bloody headaches, diarrhoea, "(WsFlpfttion," colic ' and almost cvery'bfher irillnent because tlje stomach, bowels liver and kidneys so nearly control the health. "" [THEDfOltD'S | BMF IPgABjCHtl tiling lie road there mhde'lrini rise and extend his hand cordially. "* "My dear Sliss ATshfon, I trust you will he very happjh' Aiid $ congratulate the young man witlfklf-nfy lieart." He SitrtiiV .JniuiiiMO. They told this on >vbfl is dead now an<? fliWpnW"sua 11 .b?\ nameless, hut tkcr?i$^|jr Is still told nhout Washington wlicu a crowd oF' newspaper tnen fotejjritlkuK and talk over old times and happenings.. . It was during the Harrison ^dnjfiiistratlon,. and the Pittsburger tv'rfs mt on the trail of a consulship. "Several- wore suggested and rejeetftd hy the applicant, who didn't "waut,.-a--govern incut sit at Dahomey or so?te otltor. out of the world place, hut afirs* rfWs. charge. I'inaiiy he picked on. ?Yofcoh'Ama as the place where he we it Ul^ ike- to rep-, resent I'ltcle Sain and 8?'|l|vd ,m audience with President JJjfctrWon. "Hut do you understand* Mtbe -fnipolv tance of this position?" a^kpd.tnc-pivd* ident. "t'an yon spenk JtiWnie^e?*' Oh, yes, tlie applicant teetVtil>e importance of the position; , also tie I conhl speak the lattgnifgy. '3 "Well," said .tins pjigsidout, "let ^10 hear yon speak it." . ; u\u -did*"' J "All riglitl Ask me;"^ftit*tjfltijj .iri*' Japanese." ' V- MjfVxa: / :?|'r< There was a laughnil- volpid'/'.btlf the Pittsburg nam .did not- ge^. the jiositlon.?Pittsburg Dispatch. - " .. .i V > 1' ' ' ' lMim Hit use. ?'v I'ina gauze, made hy theAroiuon of the Philippines from pineapple" spikes alone, is as delicate as chiffdit and farmore durable. They use" only "the best leaves, and these, tied into bilndlos, are placed tinder heavy stontffrtn fjve hfcd of a running stream. After two or three days of this treatment tlfey ilre'cxposed for a time to the action oTf'tfie tKu'ii and air. Each piece-is Closely*inspected to make sure that tlie proeos*;**f decomposition was thorough, and if it was not the leaves are subjected a second timo to tin* nni?r.'i t i< m Tl?n Hhi'mu threads are at last- wholly separate from the cellulose mitl lignose particles and cleaned from the sap and gummy substance. The whole js .thiyVljoateii with a wooden mallet gtfoovwt -tin the face like a fluting machine. The threads are kept moist while thlh heating is in progress, and the separate threads are thus blended into one mast lu color the libers vary from cream and light gray to pure white. .After the "pineapple cloth" is finished ; figures are stamped on it with blocks and afterward worked or embroidered by hand. ?Chicago News. , * ! Ilia I.litest It ?'l| iM'Nf. There is a clever lad .who will get his living in this world.. For playing truant maternal authority cut off his supper. Casting one fond look at the authoress of ids existence,- he paused nt the door to say: ' "Mother, I am going to die, and when I am no more I wish the doctor to cut me open nnd look nt my stomped" V; ' The maternal heart was lliled with awful forebodings, and tlio 'maternal vmii: iiaitea wnni no meant. "I wish it to ho known," heanswOrefl, "that I died of starvation." This was enough.. The anuill boy was triumphant and retirod to his little-bed gorged to repletion. Pane Pictures. Jack Frost has etched, with careful hand, A picture on the window pane? A garden full of lilies and A lot of trees alopg a lane. -. . , This seems a mocking travesty Of singing, smiling summer time, , This glistening, sparkling mimicry Of summer done In winter's rime,.. , - - ' ? J But Jack Is wise; he wants to show That lie knows love and laughter bright; That ice and frost and drifting, snow Are not the whole of his delight. ' ,t . And so he makes with skill and carp A picture full of birds and bees That we may know he's had his shar?. Of haoDV summer hnrmonloi Strong on the Arches. "Madge is in full chase nft#> thnf archduke." i "Sort of nil arch conspirator, is she?" t ^ -?**??-DR. I. M ?ia*?-^DENl Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. nu'nro. \ In the months. tlint followed lie saw ' u groat deal of Miss Merrlam. It was clear that (lie girl's liking for social 1 pleasure' remained unaltered by tlio 1 cnange in lier circumstances. She went everywhere and to nil appearances cn- I Joyed herself in spite of the sudden fall Ins off I!i (he number of her admlreVs. 1 There had been a time when the man who wished a word with the beautiful Miss Merrinin was obliged to fight his 1 way through a double ring of blnek J coats, but llolllster bad no difficulty In j gaining her side whenever be went. ' ? Vet the deposed queen of hearts seem- 1 ed so unconscious of anything about i her which called for sympathy that llolllster suppressed his pity as If it ! had been a form of disloyalty, and aft- . I or a time lie no longer found this dltll- < cult. He admired Miss Merrlam too njueli to be sorry for her. In every quality of- mind and heart she met his ideal of what a woman should be. As \ for (be scar, he looked at it now un- 1 shrinkingly. Whatever be did, he ] i .hi ! ?? ? ' The Way of Whiitlcr. Hifl" Inanaormuit .entered the studio. "Well?" said .Whistler. "Lady Somebody, sir/' said the servant (she*was ' one of the great ladles of the British peerage). "Whefe is she?" "In her ! carriage at the-door,- sir." Whistler . took, no further notice of his servitor, b.ut resumed the reading of his proof sheets to me,, and the puzzled footman, who whs standing behind lfes master's back and facing me, shook his head slowly up' and down and, like Longfellow's Arabs,--"silently stole away."; Thus the reading went oi^/or quite ten minutes longer,; and the' render's solo j uuditor fldgeted more and .more till, realizing how deadly cold.lt was on that ' Mhrch day, Ilea lied out to him, "I beg your pardon, Mr. Whistler, but 1 think I overheard -your sbrvnnt telling you that a lady was waiting to 'sec you." "Oh," said he, "let licr wait; let her wait! I'm mobbed with these people!" Then he went on reading for fully fifteen minutes more, and after that (his voice was gettlug tir?d, I Ware say) he condescended to go downstairs and receive her shiveVing 'ladyship.?F. Kep; pel in The Iteadcp. ; 1 Sliorty I.oiik'n. Raenpe. "There used to be a cigar store round the corner of' Fiftfi*avenue and Wood , ..street," said an old timer, "where they ,hnd a wooden .Indian-which stood ou a platform during the day, but was nl- j ways taken in at night to save it fsom ! mutilation by thp boys about the neighborhood. Shorty Long was one of the well known ekarnbters of the town, an , all round good follow* who was always out- for fun. On one occasion he started n hurrah on Fifth avenue-near Sinlth' field street anct. was pursued by the po- ' lice! who gave liiin a hot chase down J the avenue and were In_ a fair way to j overhaul him when"he rounded the cor- ' ner and sprang on the box where the j Indian w.as to be found during the day. j There he took a position as much like < that of the wooden chief, ns possible, and ns lie posed with outstretched arm the bluoeoated guardian of the peace galloped ' past -and disappeared down Ulamnnd alloy, while the cause of all .the tumble left,,his,:podesta^, and started out' for,. Bom? ,fresh amusement."? Pittsburg Dispatch- . About IIends. The bend of the true Itbinelnnder Is wide at the temples. If .the hat Is the "exact length In nine cases out of ten It ! has to be stretched dldeways In order ' i -.to'make It fit. Fnglish heads are wide, but not so pronounced as those of Oer- j mans. There Is more of u "sliding scale" with them as to the relative . length and breadth. The Celtic head is | nTmost Invariably found or oval and IS without pronounced phrenological humps. ? ' ?"4 : For. general smoothness of the craninl protuberance the Italian comes next to the Celts, either of the..two.besting the classic Greeks In that respect. Odd as I It may seem, nnatoniists declare that I the Turkish skull Is alhiost identical in slinpi^, size, etc., with that of the enlightened inhabitant of the United States. > Rfittnn Corned From Slncrnpore. Strange ns it may seem many people linagino that rattan and willow furnl- j ture are the same. Rattail is the Chinese importation, brought direct from j Singapore, and Is reed susceptible of ] bending double without even .cracking. : It possesses, besides tbis, grent firm ness nhd strength, nnd a chair of rattan could be thrown from nn express train and picked up intact. Rattan is therefore used for such articles as baskets nnd Ughter.ornamental furniture, j Each lias its use, the rattan, however, being better adapted for working up iuto intricate designs. Summer Ice. The peasants of Pongibaud, in the mountains of Auvergne, are acquainted with a singular summer formation of ice, presumably due to evaporation of underground moisture nnd consequent fall in temperature. Of this phenomenon they have for many years taken advantage to cool -.and - harden their ,j cheeses, which are deposited in certain j; caverns where this ice Is found to be . iMtacin, mm mun ncr|> kuuu uunug iue j hottest summer months. The Cauae at It-.' "What's nil this fuss about?" asked i the policeman, stepping between the ; two young men. " The one that hfid got the worst of It and wns wiping the blood from his nose pointed to the other fellow. "He can tell you her nnrne If he wants to," ho said. "I won't,"?Chicago Tribune. Don't Have an # , ' .1 ing Di I We are reoi en m 1 J ? ? ? 1 Iouppitcat tiiiu 11 Don't pay 26c pc by parties who will be put in. will guarantee Bailey Lumb I . 9 90 ''' ' meant to act wltli his eyes open. ( The night he asked her to marry him they s.it hi Miss Merrlam's little IIhenry, where the.flickering light of the grate fell full upon her face. No man , worthy of the name is voluble when he lays his heart and life in the hollow of a woman's hand. Ilollister stammered through his lovemakiug like a boy. As ho went 011 Miss Morrlam turned away her face so that the profile was toward hiiu. The light of the tire flashed 011 the sear, and it stood out in livid relief. As a rule, Ilollister was not fanciful, but for an instant tlie gash seemed the mocking momli of a demon stretched in a tieudish grin. Ilollister waited a long time for an answer to his <jueslion. Miss Merriam's face was averted, and be could Bee that she was stirred by some strong emotion. When be made a movement < to take her hand she turned toward him suddenly, and lie saw that her eyes wore br?mwlug with tears. jw.i ;.io a uruve uiuu, Jir. iiomster," slio said In n voice not quite steady. "Have you thought of this?" , Her lingers touched the scar with a . strange, half caressing gesture. "Have . you thought what it will mean to have i every passerby look at your wife pityingly and whisper as you pass?" "1 love you," was llollister's answer. "If there is a hard thing In your life < it is my right to share it." Then his , head whirled at the look of sudden , adoration that leaped from her eyes. "Oh, I wanted to find a man like you," Miss Merrlam whispered. "I* ] was sure there must be such a one in the wdrld." And then she was in his arms, with the poor, scarred cheek pressed to him, sobbing out her heart | In a burst of oxultnnt triumph that enraptured him without his understand- , ing it in the least. When they said good night Miss Merriam clung to her lover as if reluctant to let him out of her sight. "I must see you in the morning, dear- j est," she said. "You must spare me a ] few moments." And Ilollister, who , was looking forward to the separation , of a few hours as if it had been as j many weeks, agreed with a sudden ( ilightness of heart. ~ , lie wondered a little when he came j next morning that she should keep . him waiting. His heart leaped at every , footstep in the hull for the ilrst half 1 hour, and when at last she stole into ^ the room, closing the door behind hor, < she took him by surprise. Ilollister , sprang to his feet, then stood staring , blankly. j An enchanting face smiled up at . him, a face rosy with" blushes. Ho saw the play of the dimples and the curve of the check as if lie were looking on it for the lirst time. The scar j was gone." I "My God!" said Ilollister helplessly, j and lie dropped Into a chair, his own , face dead pale. Miss Merriam rnn to j ( him and dropped on her knees beside i . his chair, looking into his eyes with a j fascinating mixture of timidity and ( confidence. ( "Forgive me, dearest. Don't lie angry , with me for deceiving you. If you only , knew how tired I grew of men who j couldn't see anything in ine to love but t my pretty face! That little accident f witli my automobile was too good an opportunity to miss, nnd the sear was y Connections Mi one Dntil You S diving a large stock ave employed an exj ?r foot for having oonr will be gone, when 1 We are in the businej all work. er and Manufc :'o? . ... ?BMiiii "ii ^ , . 1 Office Bank Building TTnlon. 8. O easily put on. An actress showed me how to do It. but I tlatter myself that after n little I improved upon my teacher." . She smiled at Ilollister shyly and did not seem to find, his silence discouraging. "Please don't say you like me better the other wny. I almost grew to hate my beauty when It blinded people tn oil thn root In mr> hilt linw I'm triad to have It to give to tho man who loved mo for myself." Several complexion specialists claimed the credit for removing the scar that had ruined Miss Mcrrlam's beauty and reaped golden harvests thereby. But tho beautiful Miss Merriam never regained her title for the reason that her identity was soon merged in that of the beautiful Mrs. Ilolllster. An Equine Joke. At 2 o'clock one morning, when the fog was so thick that you could not see the name of the streets printed' on the lamp posts, a telegram was received rit a San Francisco newspaper office from an interior town that a prominent official had been killed while hunting. Ihe news had to be broken to the farillly, and the man doing the late watch was told to lump into a carriage and [jet some "dope" on the deceased. He grabbed the first four wheeler in sight and did not notice that the driver had been imbibing. He gave him the address and settled back to get a few winks of sleep, but was awakened by the carriage coming to n standstill. He ijot out and as ho glanced around he was surprised to see headstones and monuments on every side. He looked up and found "cabby" fast asleep. In an instant he appreciated the situation, rhe driver had fallen asleep on the hox, and the horses, believing they were going to a funeral, had leisurely trotted to the burying ground.?Exchange. Followed 111m Leader. Michael *lind been in the country pnly a short time and wns? iiet entirely familinr with the table d?liote dinner. In his first evening out he hied himself to a Sixth avenue restaurant and called for n table d'hote dinner. Opposite him sat a sour visaged and voracious person who had nrrlved only a few moments before. Michael, being in doubt to how to order, decided to watch his neighbor and invariably said ho would take the same in response to the waiter's query. After finishing his dinner the heavy po tiniv m n t> tk/v ?tauam 4a ? <,*>/! ^uiuifs uiiiii uiucim iiic nunci iu buuu tiim in a bootUIack. "Bring me the same," exclaimed Michael. "What!" said the waiter. "Won't one bootblack do two of you?" "Well." cried Michael, pointing tosvard hia neighbor, "if he eats his I'll ?at uilne tool"?New York Times. The Art of Mnlrlnir H*y. How and when men first learned to make hay will probably never be known, for haymaking is a "process,"* and the product is not simply sun dried grass, but grass which lias been partly fermented, and is as much the work of men's bauds ns flour or cider. Probably its discovery was due to accident, but possibly man learned it from the [flkns, the "calling hares" of the steppes, which cut and stack hay for the winter. That Idea would fit in nicely with the theory that central Asia iDtis tho "home of the Aryan race" if we were still allowed to believe it, and haymaking Is certainly an art mainly practiced in cold countries for winter forage.?London Spectator. llrrtle. ? The creeping plant we call myrtle Is not a myrtle at all, bnt should be called )y Its proper name, periwinkle. Botancally it Is Vlnca minor. Long ago It used to be called "the ivy of the pround." Chaucer mentions It as "fresh jervincke, rich of hew." The large due flowers are very pretty. In Tus any It Is known as "the death flower" in account of Its being so often planted) ipon graves, a custom which Is beglnilng to prevail In this country. 8 a pretty variegated leaved yarlpty md also a sport with white flowerii not ' to pretty as the blue. ' ^ ^ ii aide or Plumb- . ee Us. of plumbing 5ert plumber, leotions made the plumbing ss to stay and icturing Co. " ... '..r "