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| OUT of THE I jj DEPTHS J By MARTHA ? * | M'CULLOCH-WILLIAMS i Copyright, 1900, by T. C. McClure X Cause and effect are your true endless chain.. Thus because young Alanson brought good letters, the very best, to the rector and Squire Clark Mrs. Brown gave the garden party where so much else happened. Mrs. Brown had threo girls to establish, and, as beaus were nono too plenty, naturally It was a ruling principle with her to let no eligible young man get away from Eastbridge Without a proper experience of their fasptuations. TB6 rasoinntions were nil very well unfil Amy Peters en me. Amy was never accounted n beauty, but somehow she put nil the set beauties out of court and countenance. Dehold her nt the party tripping airily about the" Inwn, with young Alnnson nt ojie side, Jock Hllmnn nt the other and Rllly Corliss tagging nfter like the faithful watchdog he was. Thjs while the other young women had less than n beau apiece. You will admit It was aggrsj .. rating. Kate Martin, Amy's best friend, spelled upon her fingers "P-I-G" as the train went past her. But Kate w$s hot in the least nngry or jealous. She had Bobby Shepherd all to herself, although Essie Brown had done her best to lure the gentleman away. "Let me tell you about Miss Amy," Jock said to the stranger when presently Amy was safely enthroned in a garden chair, with her court still nbout her. "She's nearly the only girl in Enstbrhlge you don't have to court, Whether or no you want to"? "But you know you always want to, Jocky, dcart" Amy said saucily. Billy Corliss laughed-witlr the k*st, but somehow the laugh did not get Into his eyes. Young Alnnson kept up the game bravely. "Can you imagine a live man not wanting to?" ho asked of the world In general and Billy in particular. Billy ;f>ut on his most reflective look.' 'There might be extenuating circumstances," he said diplomat lcally. Amy gave him a reproachful glance and said loftily: "I suppose, BlllJS your extenuating circumstances wear frocks. Pray, does It happen by 4py chance that the most extenuating Of them Is named Clarissa Brown?" "No," Bitty said sturdily, shaking bis head, "But that reminds me that neither Mr. Alanson nor I have more than snld 'hoWdy' to Miss Clarissa. Jock, you ?tay hero and keep this quicksilver young person out of mischief while we RCr^irfble through the decent thing." "Y#U may find us engaged unless you hurry back," Amy flung after them. Joofc laughed aloud. "Let's hide," he aid*' "I know the va- place. Won't it gi!Te Billy a jolt to come back and ll.il .< * C" UMU ua uiiooiu^ i needs one, Rood and hard," Amy mid. toSsIng her head the least bit. "I havt) not told anybody else, Jock, but I> going to marry Billy if I can over make blm show himself properly and ' humanly foolish. lie's so abnormally Steady going and sensible and settled I . should not dare try to live up to him? Unless I knew he had a nice silly streak somewhere." *'1 supposo you wouldn't any way consider me. I'm pretty near all silly streaks," Jock said dolefully. Amy laughed and patted his arm, saying: "But you have good sense streaks, too, Jock, else why should you like me so. well? We'll always be the best of friends, I know." "Bet your bottom dollar on It!" Jock Said, hurrying her along. He was making for a tumbledown summer house, thickly overgrown with vines, that neatled in the very farthest comer of the lawn. It had a plank floor, rotten eqd crumbly, and a dilapidated rustic bench along one side?a cool, deeply shaded nook, sweet with roses and honeysuckle. Amy sprang joyously Inside It, with Jock at her heels. As they made to sit down low, hollow reverberations came up from below their feet. There was a dull crushing, a giving away, then before they could cry out a sliding down, down to dark, dank, unknown perilous depths. ; IT'S A STAYER. Comes . Quickly, But It ComesToStay. How A Union Citizen Got Rid Of It. Comes early, stays late. No stranger an be more unwelcome. Makes life a misery all day long. Keeps you awake nights. Irritates you; spoils your temper, Do you know this unwelcome guest? Ever hare it come and stay With you? Know what it is? Eczema. If you erer had any itchiness of the kin you know hard it is to shake it oiT. Tt>u would like to know how to do it? Let * Union man tell you. Read his statement that follows: . X B. Neal, mill operator of 15 Mill Street, says. "I had a very bad sore my left lag which bothered me for th4 oast ten or twelve years. I consulted different physicians about it, and they each crave me some salve for it, hut it would not heal up. It itched all the time and was very annoying, and I scratched it antil it would bleed and then it would discharge a yellowish matter for days and weeks at a time and be very sore. I learned of Doan's Ointment, and procured a box at the Helmee Pharmacy. I found it to be a moat valuable salve. It has cured tip the gore entirely ahd only left the sear/' Far aale by all dealers. Price 50c per bo?. Foeter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sele agent*. for the%Unhed Htates. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and take jtootber. U;;-. ' r rr ii ' Flvo minutes Inter Billy wns asking ! anxiously of those about the garden 1 chair, "Where Is Amy?" Nobody ! could tell him. Presently he spied far out In the grass one of her little lace j j mitts. Running away from it wero faint footmarks 011 the warm turf. | Billy followed the marks,. his face | whitening fast. "Jock could not he so j cruel as to take her near that old well ! house," he said to himself?then | groaned aloud; he had come In sight I of the well house, where the crumbled floor told him the tale. "Jock! Amy! Answer me! Oh, I God!" I10 cried aloud, peering over the crumbling rim into the blackness. No articulate answer came to him, but wns it fancy that dowu in the deeps of earth he heurd low, gasping moans? He sprang up with a shout that brought the whole crowd huddling about him. Mrs. Brown wns at the head, weeping and wringing her hands. "They are lost, lost!" she moaned. "Nobody ever came out of that well alive. It's always half full of choke damp! That is why my father had it built over! Why didn't I think to tell everybody?" Billy seemed not to hear. With giant strength he wrecked the rotten Inttice, clearing the well mouth, then flung off I wui anu snocs, ana prepared to clamber down. lie had already sent for ropes. "No, I eau't wait, with Amy dyii\g," lie said to those who tried to slop him. "I've got to save her or die with her. Stand by?listen close? and let mo have ropes the minute you can." The last words wore shouted up thp well mouth, whence already there came a faint earthy smell, half sweetish, half repulsive. Some of the curious were for crowding the edges to watch him, but wiser ones held them back. "Give him nil the light and air possible, poor fellow; he needs both," Squire Clark said. Young Alanson, stripped and barefooted, sprang to the edge of the curb. "Who'll follow me?" he asked. "I'm going down, right liebind Billy; we may make a live chain before it's too late." "I'll follow! And I! And I!" came from nil about. In a little, the human line was over the edge, creeping down, down to the dangerous deeps, noisome and cold, Billy heard it coming, and shouted up: "In time, thank God! I hear moans!" Then he gave a great inarticulate cry. There, clinging to ttyo rough rock wall, was Amy, live feet above the glimmering water, which lapped something dark and limp. "Ilere, you! Take her up!" he cried hoarsely, husbanding his breath all he might. lie had come to the thick, deadly damp. Unless ho was quick and bold it would make an eiul of him, as It had possibly already made an end of poor, light hearted Jock. CLluging fast with one hand, his feet well braced across the well breadth, he swung Amy up with the other into young Alanson's hold- The others knew enough to pass her on up apd out. Drawing a long, long breath, Billy leaped down beside the insensible figure at the bottom, caught It up and began a desperate ascent. "Hold hard, Billy! I'm coming to help!" young Alanson cried, sotting his feet firmly and bonding until his head was almost level with them. Thus he gripped Jock's collar and somewhat eased the strain on Billy. Both were, howover, so near to smothering their tense muscles gave down. Lights swam before their eyes; their heads were bursting; the subtle liea\iuess In chest and nostrils numbed them to the bone. Alanson felt himself ulmost falling when a rope struck his hand, tlung with such force it almost drew blood. "Send up, Jock! We'll pull you two out safe!" the men higher up cried to them and then, when they saw their plight, came down like Trojans to help. It was little short of u miracle that any of the three got out alive. But somehow, by the good (Jod's mercy, they all came into reviving upper air. Jock had the face of a dead man. At sight of him Amy fell to sobbing. "He-he lifted me up and bade me cling," she said brokenly, "but stayed on the bottom himself because"* there was not room for two to hold in the crevice of the wall." "Ho won't die for it," Dr. Payne said, looking up from his patient. Billy, lying spent and white upon the grass, beckoned Amy imperatively to him. "You must marry me?right off," he said, patting her hand. "After this 1 dare not trust you with yourself." "ffor I," Amy said, nestling to hlin. "You were horribly foolish to take such risks for mo, Billy. It Is only by staying with you I can make sure you will never do it again." A Lord Chancellor at Play. It Is on record thnt the great seal of Britain has twice boen degraded to kitchen ttbm. In 1884, when Lord Brougham, then lord chancellor, was staying as a guest with the Duchoes of Bedford, some ladles of the house party In a frolic ventured to purloin the great seal from the chancellor^ bedroom. Trembling with anxiety, the great man came downstairs to proclaim his loss, but to his relief thoy told him of their Joke nnd challenged him to find his treasure. Entering into the spirit of their fun, he at last dragged the emblem of his authority triumphantly from the coal box. ouu in merry mooci, ue iea tne party to the kHchen, whore each lady made It pancake, with the great Real for a pan, pouring the batter between Its 6laks. Tills mad prank created ?o much amusement that Lord Brougham repeated It at Tnymonth to give pleasure to the Marchioness of Breadalbane.? London Answers. No amount of argument would convince a young couple with their first baby that they have not done something original. Asthma j yy>?-?xm- ' i^wgrT-r-^t-T'-s-^iTgZg^^sra " My daughter had p. terrible case fi of asthma. We tiicu almost every- 9 thing, without relief. \7e then tried 9 I Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and three S bottles cured her." ? Emma Jane a Entsminger, Langsville. O. j Ayer's Cherry Pectoral I certainly cures i^anycasea 3 I of asthma. And ii cures | bronchitis, hoarseness,8 weak lungs, whooping-1 cough, croup, winter| coughs, night coughs, hard 8 colds. 25c., SOc.. $1.G0. Alldrantsti. ? Consult your doctor. If hesrvys take it, 5 then ?lo ns ho says, If ho tolls you not to S tiiUo it, then tloii'c tr.ko it. l-lo'kuows. H c n?nrct <w * it zrycj jnR-jBrwaACJmi-vw.Tr*>' j Daily movements cf the howels are I necessary to henlr't. Ayer's Fills f arc gently laxative, purely vegetable, t J. C. AVER.< ) ?*?" Mi\?s. | HINTS FOR BRIDEGROOMS. Plenty of Advice For Ilrldes, T>n* Not a Word For tlic Men. A tliouphtful young man of Washington was heard to decry the other clay the fact that, while there is a deluge of "don't"' and "do" for the brhle to follow, the bridegroom must shift for himself. "There is absolutely nothing to guide a man but bis own awkward self. It Isn't fair," lie said. "From the tlmo a girl is old enough to detect sound she understands the importance of having things done properly at a wed (lint:, wliile llie prospective groom 1b only something necessary to completo the picture. Nothing short of inspiration okii get a man through a marriage ceremony gracefully. "In order to impress the bride and spectators that he is enthusiastic about it he appears with a sort of frozen grin on his face that you expect to melt at any moment anil run down his collar. If he is too frightened to respond in u loud voice some of the bride's girl friends will whisper that 'it wns plainly evident lie was unwilling from the start.' Again, if lie replies in a loud, stern voice another bunch in another direction of the'church will huddle together and express how glad they aro that they aro not marrying liim, wliilo the uttitude of many is that they are signing away their life and nil worth living for. So I, for one, think it high time that somebody wrote a few hints on how to behave, that we men may appear enthusiastic about being married without heiug ridiculous."?Washington Post. The Liberty Cap. When the Uouians manumitted a slave his head was adorned with e small red cloth cup. As soon as this was done he wns known as a Ilbertlr.us, or freednian, and his name was registered among others of the city's "tribe3." In the year 203, when Saturnius invaded the capital, he hoisted a cap on the point of his spear to indicate that all slaves who rallied around this standard should be free. This was the origin of the liberty cap still used 111 rai uu u h,i iiiuui. Tragedy Averted. "Just in tho nick of time our little boy vas saved," writes Mrs. Watkins, of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had played sad havoc with him, and a terrinle cough set in besides. Doctors treated him, hut he grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and our darling was saved, tie's now sound and well " Everybody ought to know, its the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all hung diseases. Guaranteed by F. C. Duke, Druggist. Price 50e and, $1.00. Trial bottles free. PROVED HIS CASE. Bet some one bras about a shot Before ohl Kikes, and, like n3 not. Some fancy shot he would recall That ho had made when ho was small And rather intimate that he Was champion shot In '43. If some young fellow won a race. Bikes could recall the time and place Thnt he hnd car>S rled off the , prize Jo running, much t? ^e surprise t^TV I every one. lie tVyft I was. what's 1 JL more, The champion j 1? runner In '44. k f Did some one drop / J \ around to tell UM How trees before Qgj his good ax fell. Bikes could reep'1 the time and place Once with the r\ s not slow; Ho was. If he u.,;. d the date, The champion chopper In *48. And so It v. us down through the list; Not any sport or work was missed. He was the best, he owned, with pride, In all tho spacious countryside. pui mi noreni ma( uilfl OKI uord Wm champion liar In 1904. Good Fortune. Mr. Backlotz (enviously)?She has tha greatest luck In selecting servant girls. Mrs. Backlotz?Don't talk nonsense! You mean she has great luck In having jervant girls select her.?Exchange. More Riots. Disturbances of strikers aro not nearly as grave as an individual disorder of the system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension will be followed by utter collapse, unnless a reliable remedy is immediately employed. There's nothing so oflicient to cure disorders of the Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful tonic, and effective nerviue and the greatest all around medicine for run down systems. It dispels Nervousness, Rheumatism, aad Neuralgia and expels Malaria germs. Only 50c, and satisfaction guaranteed by F, 0. Ouke. Druggist, ( .. *. . 1 ... V^ QUEER OLD LAW. RlBlitecnth Century Edict Ak?Iq(1 Tobuccu ChmlnR. \ In the code of laws passed by the towns of Windsor, Hartford and Wethers field In the yenrs 1738-39 may be found the following on tobacco chewing: "Forasmuch as it Is observed that many abuses are crept in and committed by the frequent taking of tobacko, it -is ordered by the authority of this court that no person uuder the age of twenty-one years nor any other that hath not already accustomed hlmselfe to the use thereof shall take any tobacko until lice hath bought a certificate under the hands of some one who aro approved for knowledge and skill Ip I physicks that it is useful for htm and also that hoc hath received a lyccnse from the courts for the same. "And for the regulating of those who either by thelre former taking it have, to tlicire apprehensions, made it necessary to them or upon due advice nre persuaded to the use thereof, it is ordered that no man within this colonye after.the publication hereof shall take any tobacko publiqpely-in the streets, highways or any barnyards or upon training days, in any open places, under the penalty of sixpence for each offense against this order In any of the particulars thereof, to bee paid without gainsaying, uppon conviction by the testimony of one witness?that is, without Just exception?before any one magistrate. "And the constables in the several towns nre required to make presentment to each particular court of such as they do understand and can convict to be transgressors of this order."? Pittsburg Gazette. lie Wouldn't A?k Farther. Contributor?Would you take it kindly If I were to ask you on what grounds you refused my latest poem? Editor?Yes. if you'll take kindly to my true statement of the case. Contributor (after slight hesitation)?Good dhy, air.?Saltimorc American. It Saved His Leg. <fP. A. Danforth of LnGrange, (la., suffered for six months with a frightful running sorts on his leg; but writes that lUrcklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Files, it's the best salve in the world. Only 23 cts. Sold by F. C. Duke, druggist. To Dig For It That money's evil's root la true, And yet I nm afraid That if we knew where evil grew We'd go there with a spade. From a Safe Point. "Did I understand that you threatened to mop the ground with that big Jenkins while talking to him?" "You bet I did. but I was speaking to him over the telephone." Make a Discovery. When first we love them it appears That angel wings are sprouting; When we'vo been married several yearsWell, please excuse our doubting. The Real Ruler. "You know the Jiand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." "I realize thai all right. The hired girl rocks the cradle at our house, and I guess she is boss." t'naiewny of Bending Pillars. Nature has hewn many upright pillars from the rock at various prehistoric periods, but so far as is known Bbe has completed but one group of bending pillars. The causeway at Staffa, in Scotland, Is after this original design. The stone shafts rise perpendicularly to a height of fifty or sixty feet, when they curve inward in a long, sweeping line at once graceful and massive. In Rome places a perfect Koman arch has been formed in this way. The formations are so symmetrical as to suggest the hand of the architect. Antlqnlty of rin.i. Pins of various sorts have been in existence ever since our "first parents" clothed themselves in pa!:n loaves which grew wild In the garden of Etlen. As n matter of fact, pins cSnltn a very high antiquity, tlie earliest form being a natural thorn, which Is still used to some extent for fastening the dress by the peasant women of tipper Egypt. In prehistoric times pins were also made of the small bones of fish and animals. Of Conmc Xot. "Mnrrlage," remarked the mor.illsor, "is n lottery." "Yes." rejoined the demoralizer, "but it's one of the games of clianee that clergymen do not try to discourage."? Cincinnati Enquire^ The Viaal Tlilns. Mrs. Knowitt?I hear you celebratod your silver wedding last week. Mrs. Wise?T^o. To Judge from the presents wo received I think it was our sliver piuted wedding.?Chicago Journal. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Tdfe Pills Millions are always at work night and day, earing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sich Headache, and all Stomach, Liver and Bowol troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe sure. Only 26c at F. 0. Duke.'a dro^ store, jfc i , liL. -C &'* MASONIC. Tlic (<rnnil Nmlrr of Illluota?Cblpa Frosii Cio Temple. Willitiin II. Wright. wlio has succced.ed George M. Moulton as grand master o^the grand lodge of Illinois, Is a well known and popular Mason and devoted to Masonic work. He Is a native of the Prairie State, having been born in Effingham county In 1SG0. Mr. Wright graduated from the law department of the Valparaiso (Ind.) university in 1S82 and has risen In his profession until ?<iissn WILLIAM IJ. WRIGHT. lie Is now regarded as one of the best lawyers in his section of the -state. He stopped from tho grand junior wardcnsliip into the exalted position of grand master. The annual report of the socretary of Palestine lodge of Detroit Rho\t,8 the lodge now has a membership of 013. Edgcwood eominandery of Englewood, 111., will erect a Masonic tern pie at a cost of $">0,000. The building will be thoroughly modern In every respect. At the annual donation and reception at tho Philadelphia Masonic home nearly $10,000 fh cash and large quantities of provisions were received as gifts. In an address recently Grand Orator Ilart of California said, "Masonry is one institution on earth that has for its object not the making of money, but the making of men." The grand master of Pennsylvania decided that no Masonic burial service can be performed at a cremation. The Michigan Masonic home depends for its principal source of revenue on the 15 cents per capita rate paid in by the grand lodge. The board of control requires the payment by every lodge having a beneficiary t c the home of a weekly rate equal to 1 cent per week for each of its members, but not to exceed $1 per week. Golden Gate commandery, K. T., Ban Francisco, has assessed each member 50 cents a month for triennial purposes this year. New Masonic temples will be erected in Jennings, La.; Olin, In.; Lewiston, Wash., and Jackson, Mich. There are 178 Masonic lodges in New Jersey, with a membership of about 24,000. There are over 4,000 Master Masons in the jurisdiction of Oklahoma. The uniform rank began the year 1904 in a most prosperous condition and is steadily growing. Limn division of Lima, O., continues to lend in membership. Pearl tent of Cleveland is rapidly nenring the 1,000 mark. At present it has 900 names on its roll. Alabama Bees nre doing good work and rapidly Increasing in membership. Luckie tent of Birmingham, with 200 members, is the largest in the Jurisdiction. Recent reports from Nova Scotia show the Maccabees there are on the move and doing good work. January reports from the various Jurisdictions show a good increase in membership. Sept. 28 will be Maceabee day at the world's fair. Son* of America. RnnA??fa 1 % ?1 ? J * ? ' vuiiiiug iu iiuiu vunuii!) jurisdictions show the year 1003 was a most prosperous one for the order. Pennsylvania camps have been very active this winter and are growing rapidly. Reading camp recently initiated a class of sixty-four. Camp 481) of Philadelphia Is now the second largest camp of tlio order. It has a membership approximating 900. Independent Order of Forester*. Rapid strides were mado by the Independent Order of Foresters duWng the year Just closed. There are now over 200,000 members in good standing in the Independent Order or Foresters, and large gains*lfro made by the society every "month. \Fratmnal Af/sc&iajvy] There are 101 Elks In congress?13 senators and 88 representatives. T>?A O-l-? ??? ?m; iviiiglJID Ul WiUUlUUM Will ITCCl a bnlldlng In New Haven, Conn., to serve as national headquarters of the order. The structure will cost about $260,000. The Natkm?l Union and the Fraternal Mystic Circle report splendid progress during the year 1003. On June 28, 1877, the Royal Arcanum was founded, with nine members. 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