y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 /V l''ai?oy From Fontanelle. Tho Hore In thc Kimicn slipped bot bud, Ami hilo lan: li. .1 in thc pride- Ot lier % cut li I uI Mood, AK She tlionvlit ol' the Hardener Btimdlna by "HO l? Old-BO Old I And he noon will die!" Thc tull Hose waxed In thc wsriii June olr, And BtlO spread, Ullll Spread, till her heart lay lune; And pile luuidicd 01100 moro when she hoard hi? trend '?Ile is older now. Ho will soon be doini I" Hut tho brooso of tho morning blew mid lound That tho leaven of tho blown Roso strewed thc nround; And he eenie nt noon, thal Qnrdoiior old, Alli) ho raked Hiern softly under UK- mould. And I wove thc thing to n riiiidoin rhyme. For tho HOBO IK Homily, the Qiirtlciior 'I line. - Austin Hoi son in .inly Century. A MAN OF HONOR. Colono! Skorrott, Major Marsh, and Captain Pickering were silling in their room ni tim Hotel Angiitis, Purls. They were Americans on their travels, all tinco rough-looking down-casters, who had gone through the worst Uro of tho * i vii war. Dr. Vicaire, surgeon in tho Vronoll army, was standing in front of mom, regarding them willi a severo air. '?.I eoino lo denounce to you as voa have insult my friend, M. le Lieutenant Foulon. Ho demand zo satisfaction," said Dr. Vicaire, particularly address ing Colonel Skorrott. "You IIKVO kick his dog. You write apology, ver gool. You write no apology, you ohooso zo ne-nhl vat you call I'armo-zo." "Woopons," said Major Marsh, com? lng lo his assistance. Dr. Vicaire howctl. "Apologize for kicking his darned cur!" shouted the Colonel. "What ilia i it come snapping and harking at "??ry heels for? I would kick Mr. I-oolo"1" himself if ho did Hint." "Ah!" replied tho doctor, "vcr gool Insult additional:" ami ho blow 1 nose like a flourish of trumpets, ( loloiiol Skorrott was as brave a man as ever stood in hoots, lint besides his con scient ions objections to a duel, tho catiM) of q aa rio I waa so ludicrous that ho only answered with a burst of laughter. "Ah!" said the Doctor, calmly, lull reddening. "Insult troc." And |io took a prodigious pinch ot snilU". t Tho three friends looked at each other. Major M a rs El look tho Word. "My friend will allow nie to act for Ililli. We have the choice of weapons?" "Yes. " "Then I olmo.su thom that nature provided. Fists?" '.Foosll" said the doctor, pondering. "You mean ze-zo -.-^U?jor Mardi explained ia panto ni i in ?Tr1* -" j . Sit 1" cried T.> bery doctor, "\h>u make zo gamo ol IllOT" si-SCO .Vo" niter my friend bavo zo satisfaction. " "Don't get so hot, now. What do Eon say to Bl tl Hod (dubs in a darkened loom?" . It took a long time to maka tho doc but 011 ain nd ite, gilt mi des ich do ubl :ast "i lilli 'ni;;' !>c:irs poico no' stol, ugo, ii call I tho idly, Sker iii, in Ilhorn friend ill ac er un l lie is opie r half mt tho the onceii )??u pol 111 tor understand this proposition; when bo did lie rejected it willi] st antly inoroasing wrath, t*: Pickering suggested a rung) tuuiblo in n pit ~iek, scratcu claw, and gouge. Major Marsh t| an excellent way of settling tbt Oil!ty would bo tor the two advo to go into shallow water and seo could draw tho other. Finally',, md Skorrott suggested that tbirj bring fl keg ol powder on Ibo li? lots; and whichever lost should] inp on tho keg and apply tho cigar ? had just been smoking to a bole Ul llil'COg. Dr. Vicaire toro bis hair and rolotod one and all. "Why," saki tho Major, to me thal we haven't got of WOOpOlU :it lill, f . i ?. /. yes! Hut weapon. Swords, daggor, gun ZO) all Wea poll. Hat /.< YM fecsl, /.ii ujiip rempli, or vat v.i> stiiii'i lup-. oh. hi?nslcttrl" wort i \ Doctor stumped willi r ?.Doctor," said th? Major '.lb? I asl suggestion of Colonel rett is one Hint has been acted at least one case in one of thc States of America. If yo" wants un out and out ll ooo!, 1 cepi. tho oller of a barrel of p* dor thom conditions. If ho i only foolin' with tho mattet blaze away flt each oilier bel an hour and shoot nothitij, pigs. Whoa wo du a thin. States wo du it." "Sir!" shrieked Vicaire wjtl tratod rage. "Yon coward, troon, soolrall 1 post you ?n 7?',.?ifc' zo hotel. 1 ami my friend ?vliipfy,,,, w}(n ZO-eb!- ze whip of zo horste? nll Q0 rushed from tho room. BwiagUg bis hat frantically in one band and "lucking nt his bair with tho other. I "? LOft to themselves, the thrl)l frlontla laughed heartily. As for th<| /ioctor's lin eal of poi .son al chnstisoui Marsh alone looked strong horsewhip tim National C were called out. For tho poi catos they eared exactly mit Chatted and smoked ami w liing to forget Ibo wbolo albi Hut au hour Inter tho nuanced "M. Licutonmil F M. Foulfin advancod into bowed courteously to tho dressing Colonel Skorrott foci English: "1 havo just seen my frifno< Possibly ho misunderstood what ho told nie, I Und?rit?nd Hint you made propositions ?vlik,u UOt?outlo man ?voil h i multe. Thoref^Q *ou ar0 no gentium ia. It ronialn^ t" ^ won if you aro ?ccoward as woj|. i nm a?varo that your last pro>,ol,?t|on j8 a modo of tho duello praot??oti jn IOino >f that my Although 'dve that accept loruudor 'on will lime and t|. Major lough to rd if it g in till) g. Ti*oy boffin* ?ter an ni" .oom, and nd in por Vicairo. From parts of your country, friend Vicaire was ignoi tho practice is IrrcguJ consideration, r.nd I your proposal of a kj tho spocilind com' ?.'digo too by nan placo.1' "Say to-morrow afternoon. 1 rockou PJossia, on tho road quiet enough pince, kog of pow.lor for ; will supply Iho ono j ..Very well, dr,"' ing. 4,I shall ir i!; bo rigidly ndhurod I elgor ?Thich 'ono hal to tho opon helo Ia] lok in (fco I .0 wood of lilies, is a Jmpply tho ? and you j! on, bow ternis to apply ?he smoking ..irocisoiy, nusworuu mo ?joionoi. "1 presumo," said tho Lieutenant, willi a sinister sinilo, "tliat in any ovont tho sor vico of a doctor or sur geon will bc unnecessary." "1 am sure ofthat," said tho Colonel, with a grin. Foulon left tho room, and when ho had gouo Colonel Skorrott said. "I'll light Ibis boro devil, but I ain't gwino to bo blowed to atoms, nor I ain't gwino to let that there fool blow him self lo atoms." Tho throo frionds took measures accordingly. Thc next day. nt tho appointed timo, the. livo men, all smoking vigorously, were on tho ground. Each party had brought its powder-keg along. Thc Major and Dr. Vieairo tossed up. The Major woe. boulon tttruod ghastly palo, but walked lirmly to the keg winch thc Americans had brought and sat down on it. lt was au ordinary cider keg, and Major Marsh knocked out tho bung. All then re'.ired to a rafe dis tance except ibo Colonel, who louiaiuod standing by Foulon'.s sido. Tho latter, down WUOSO livid face tho sweat was rolling"; took his cigar from his mouth and advanced il, still glowing, to tho open bung-hole. "Hold on lhere," said tho Colonel, "that ere cigar is lit." "Certainly it is," gasped Foulon, his lips quivering in spite of himself. "Well," said tho Colonel with agria, "you be'nt such a darned fool as to put a lighted ciliar into a keg of powder, bc you? Win n was you boru?' "Sir," replied tho lieutenant, vainly endeavoring to hold tho cigar motion less in his shaking hand. "1 havo given my word.that il 1 losl tho loss-lip I alumni pul this lie cigar--" ?Hold on; you tl ?dil't say lit." "Woll.iitho cigar 1 vva?J suiokmg." "Put lt out thon." "Sir, you have run thc risk that I ran. 1 have lost, and 1 but do as you would have done. I will put this lighted cigar into this bung-hole-" "Put in the chawed-up end, then." "You insult ino again, sir!" "Hless your heart! You lire up a darned sight oasior than this oro pow der ever will. Do you think that I would put tho burning end of a cigar into the bung-bole of a keg full of pow der? Creal Jerusalem?" "I have tobi you again, and I repeat it, that you arc no gentleman. Hut. I - 1 aili a mau of honor. Uah! You shall see me die as one. 1 keep my prom ise. '1 Foulon .slowly advanced- tho burning cigar toward tho opotlhlg in the keg beneath. "Go away here, you shall bo kill!" shouted Vicaire to Hie Colonel; but tho latter remained quietly bosido tho vic tim. Vicaire covered his face willi his hands, and waited for tho awful mo ment willoh was lo blow his friend to atoms, 'iluire was a dead silence, and then a slight hiss was hoard. Vieairo looked up. Foulon, his faco purplo with rage, was holding lils cigar, after repeatedly poking it into the bung-hole. Tho ('?dono! was one broad grin. "Is this powder r"' askod Foulon. "Tooth powder," answered tho Co lonel; "cost almighty." "Hut," said Foulon, shaking with rago instead of fear, "if you had lost the toss-up our keg was full of gun powder. What then ? "Fd haye put the cigar out beforo 1 put it in," said the Colonel. "Ah!" murmured Foulon. "Or stuck in the ehowod-lip end. Hold on to the terms you know. Foulon calmly walked to his carriage, lie and Vicaire hoisted in their keg of gunpowder and followed it themselves. "Sir!" shouted Foulon to tho Colo nel, "1 said you were no geiitlemau. I sav now you aro a coward," Ts~f?' ' - . . no Colonel smiled. For three dn3's the friends walked about Paris aud saw both Foulon ami Vieairo several times. They were not posted in tho cafes, tor tho Frenchmen feared tho storm of ridiculo which a knowledge of tho grotesque dmd would bring upon thom. Neither wero they horsewhipped, for Vicaire argliod that they would probably retaliate, and in suoli a ease the whipping would bo on ly a modified form of tho duel a la chip rempli. ?In tho fourth day after this "duel" tho three friends happened to bc on one of tho large and beautiful steamboats carrying excursions down the Seine. Colonel Skerrett, like a consistent Yan kee, was in Hm pilot house, watching the working of tho wheel. He OltlUO down afterward and sauntered hack lo whore his two friends were standing. Near thom wero no less individuals than Foulon and Vicaire. Neither par ty addressed tho other. Thu boat was in (he middle of (ho river. For :i long distance on either witto tho hanks were straight, and the tido was flowing di rectly dov. H the middle channel. Sud denly aro.sc a cry of dru, A wild stam pede of passengers in tho how of tho boat was made toward the stern, and Foulon, who was standing near an om.'uiug in tho railing was thrown from lils balance. An ho wai falling over board thu Colonel stretched out his long arm, grasped bim by tho collar und pulied hun in aga>n< Tho French man s hat had fallen ofT. Tho Colonol picked it up, mid with a friendly sigile banded it to his lato adversary. Fou lon colored up aud said eagerly: m Colonel Skerrett, I bog your pardon. You are a gentleman." In tho meantime tho panic increased. All tho bow of Hie boat was in a bright hinze, and Ibo lire roached Hie pilot house, 'the pilot rnshod out with singed bond umt eyebrows, and tho boat slowly drifted down tho stream. The colonel caught hold of tho pilot and draggod him to Foulon. "Sir, said ho, "ask this boro follow winch t> ink is thu gufo.it lo land on, and tell hie." "Ho says Hie right olio," answered Foulon. "Hut thu boat unu not bo managed. Tim wheel must bo ob lire." Without a word of roply tho Colonel p!owed bis way through the shrieking crowd, leaped up I lie steps ot tho pilot house and soi/.od the wheel. Tbero ho stood,.tho fiamos roaring about him, tho crowd shrieking beneath him, steadily steering toward tho right bank. Fou lon shuddered at tho exhibition ot sim pl >, superhuman courage. Tho bank was,rcaol?od. Tho crowd, self'sh and mu?1, rushed to land. Tno tho burning stops of tho pilot-house, followed hy Foulon and Vivalro. They dragged tho Colonel out through tho llames, boro him to tho bank, and ap plied restoratives. Ho was loss injured than might have boon supposed, and at length opened his Oyos. "Oh, Colonel Skorrottl" cried Fou lon, with tears in his eyes, "your par don, yoi,u* pardon! You are a bravo man and a man of honor." "The Colonel," said Captain Picker ing, can swim like an otter. Ho could have orossod tho crook n hundred times without stopping." '.Fists,*' said Major .Marsh, "arc no weapons, perhaps. Well, pistols ar \ The Colonel can knock tho center of .\ live-cent pioco spun in the air at lift) yards." "I will never light a duel again," murmured Foulon. "And I never call otu; man 'AO cow ard for not light of KU duel," sahl Vicaire. "Is all tho women safe?" asked tho Colonel.- Frederick ll'. Acor;/, in The Inter Ocean. How Lo Induce Sloop. Until recently I have not hoon tibia to secure much stoop on tins (?rsi night of a railway journey, ami ft ma}- bc an advantage to many travelers to know how tho inability was overcome. An excess of blood in the brain prevents sleep. How to remove tho surplus is tho problem for tins unfortunates who wish to sleep but cannot. A pump is needed for the purpose, and it may easily be provided a-* follows: Having assumed thc usual position of repose, inhale and exhale slowly and steadily long breaths, devoting tho whole at tention to making the inhalation ami exhalation of exactly the sumo length. Tho length should bc much greater than that of ordinary breathing, al though not SUfnciontH.o disturb tho cir culation by working the lungs to their utmost capacity. Any person who has force of will enough io conc?ntralo his whole attention on tho maintenance oi this sly lo of bron I liing can compel sleep iu very unfavorable circum stances, and victims of insomnia should know it. The value of tho method is not solely in its holding the mimi to one object of thought, but tho process of breath ing hore described is really equivalent to tho insertion ot a pump to draw off its excess of blood. lo convince your self that this is so, lill your hums with nil the air that they w ill hold, ami then expel it, roponting tho operation three or lour times as rapidly as possible, tho result will bo a fooling of faintness, unless fun are oilier tuan an ordinary mortal, and its ea Uso will be a dell eiency of blood in the brain, produced by tho pumping process, ouch \ i olont breathing will not induce Mi en, however, a, there is ll react.on which sends thc lifo current rushing back lo tho soat of tho mind. Scientists say that tho reason why fear, surprise ot uny oilier sudden emotion often cau-.es faintness is because it rapidly drives the blood from lim brain, and thu fact is siguilicant for those who wish to un dct'?tnild how to induce sleep, whet hoi on Hie railway train or i i their beds at home, by pumping tim excess of blood from their brains o\ a peculiar method of brcalhiug. - Acic York Mail and Ex JJ ras. An O'd-'i hue Rotioot-MiiHtor. A hun Ired and fifty yours ago. among the German settlors of Pennsylvania, there was a remarkable old school mast or, whoso name was Christophe! Dook, for three days he taught school at a little plato called Skippaok, and then Jeetho three next days he UUIgbJ tfSatfuiu." Whenever one of his younger sonni ira succeeded in loaming his A B ( ', ibo good Christopher Doe!; required ibo father of his pupil lo give his sou a lion ny, and also ask oil Ins mot her ta 30ok two eggs for him as a treat in lionor of Ilia diligence. To poor ollll Jron in a new country these wein linc rewards. At various oilier points in iis progross, nn industrious child In mc of Dock's schools received a po ll ny Tri.ni his father and two eggs cooked L>y his mother. All this time ho was not counted a member of tho Behool, [jut only as on probation. The day oil willoh a boy or girl bogan to read wa lbo great day. If tim pupil had b on liligent in spoiling, tho master, on thc morning after tho first reading dny, would give a ticket carefully wrlttoi jr illuminated with his own hand Phis read: "Industrious - ono penny.' Phis showed I hat the scholar was now really received into tho school. Thero woro no clocks or watches .ho children cunio IQ school one uftci mother, taking thoir placo.* near tin master, who sat writing. 'Ibey spca thoir linio rending out of the Tesla mont until all woro there. Hut ovorj mo who succoodod in reading his vcrsi without mistake stopped reading, am ionio mid sat at Hm wriling-toblo l< write. Tho poor fellow who rcmuinci asl on tho bench was called a lu/.; loholar. Tho funniest of DockVrowards wa .hat which ho gave to those who madi io mistake in their lessons. Ho mnrkci t largo O with chalk on the hand o .ho porfoot schedar. Fancy what .imo tho boys and girls must have \m rying to go home without rubbing ou .his Ol-Edward Eyylcston, in Si Nicholas for July. Tho superstition which associate ho dog's howl w ith ibo approach c le*th is probably derived from th Iryan mytnolo^y, which represents log HS summoning tlio departing soul Throughout all Aryan mythology th louis of tho dead uro supposed to rid >n tho night wind with thoir howlin logs, ualhoring into their throng th iou!? bf tiioso jiLst dying BS thoy pas >y their house. ? "'' ''r .' ** I know an old fellow out Wost wli and mortgages on A wholo town imall town - who inado il a corni lion of Ids loan that the bu i Idhi JJ ihoul.l bo painted rod. That was [unny-iookfng village Thoro wei ?bout thirty houses and stores and largo factory and a bridge all rei Ihn people iii m i-f'?boring towns mut tots of fun over t and tho place WI tinnily known as lludlowu LlTISltAKY LIPIS. Conclu luna of I,Itoi ary Mfa In KlItrlMtlQ ?ind Amorten. The conditions of tho literary lifo in America arc less determined lunn they aro in Knglaud. Thc only organization I within which authorship may bo said ? to Hud substantial dicier is journalism, ! and this profession ls so oxaeting and i so inimical to most forms of literature, that those who have most serious thoughts of the. literary lifo aro rather desirous of osonplng from journalism than of usine; ii as a vantage-ground. Il might seen, at fi rs t blush as it tho universities and col logos would oller a dosirablo fastness from which lo send out VOlltUt'OS ill literature; but tho acad?mie lifo is a sOmowhal sterile one; it is with us so idontlllod with thc peda gogic that the onoi'gios of tho profes sor, if they inovo tim prod net ion of books, are most likely lo be occupied with tho tools of the profession. Text- j hooks in abundance issue every year from colleen faculties, but vcr}- fow contributions to humane literature. The academic lifo again is so special ized that even tho professor of Knglish literature rarely produces work upon Willoh Iiis successor or associate may common). His attitude toward tho subject of his loncliing is too critical to allow him much freedom of mind, and he is besides so conscious of his posi tion that he is undermined in Ids reso lution, and rendered abnormally sensi tivo lo tho criticism of others as well ns of himself. The constitution of the English uni versities, on tho other hand, directly oncouragOS and sustains the literary life. This is not to say that literature in its freest expression is not there, as here, outside thu wails of thc COllcgO, 'nut that a man of literary tasto and ambition may deliberately possess him self of acadoroio situations which will make it possible for him to lead a literary life, free from fret and carking care; and also that tho prizes for scholarship oftorod by the. universities distinctly suggest to tho student liter ary occupation. A man, in other words, with fortuno enough lo secure him a university education, may hope to win Fellowship which will demand only slight acad?mie, duties, loavlng him free to devoto himself to literature; and a student devoted to loaming who falls into such a place will, by tho very forco of his own nature, bo urgod into literary production. Thus the univer sity, by a provision which enlarges the scope of university life, is more than ix training-school for Immaluro minds; it is a society of scholars, and as such, directly oncouragOS and sustains tho literary life. The university, however, is not tho only English organization which fosters literature and makes a vantilgo-grouud for tho man of letters. ^, it is demon strably more oliloiont ni this respect than its American congo nor, so tho civil service of Kurland has o Ile rod a nmre convenient si 'dior for tho littera teur than the .same scrv.ee in America. Our government, indeed, has not hi en slow to recognize authors, but it has been childly in the way of rewards in diplomatic service for those who have already won a certain distinction. Now and then, notably in tho caso of tho Now York Custom House, govorumont otil?os have served as means to hard working literary men, but tho general insecurity which has hitherto attached lo this employment ami thc peril to one's self-respect in socking appoint ments havo hindered such men from Counting upon this resource. Ono ol' the probable results of a service organ ized upon tho merit system is thu at traction to it of men capable of clerkly labor, but cliiolly ambitious of |ilejcajc.v latllO. The freedom' "tiotu concern which enables one to lay aside his busi ness mind, like an ellice, coat, when tho clock strikes three, and don tho literary habit, is especially necessary to tho calm and cheerful pursuit of literature. Such a state of things ex ists in London to-day, and may bo con fidently prod lc tod Ol Washington, New York, and other cities, in tho near fu turo- /u!y Atlantic. A Donkey Goos Up With a Balloon. "If I wore to tell you that 1 saw an ?inmenso balloon once go up on Chest nut street, with a live donkey hanging below tho car and a man or tim back of tho animal, you would probably tliink I was yarning it," said a bald headed friend to me yesterday. "Tell it to mo for tho present generation," I replied, "lt was nearly thirty years ago. Balloon ascensions were quita common then in Philadelphia. Wo had a number of local (oronauts -tho Wises, Pll80ys, Kings and Donaldsons -and every once in a whilo a foroign professor would arriv? in town and make things lively. Where Prank Shh! al now has his office on Chostnut stroot, above Teni li, was located Park inson's famous gardens, and it was from thero that Ino balloon ascended with a live donkey attachment. Tho long-cared lillie fellow never kicked as tho balloon slowly ascended. Ho was strapped around tho body very secure ly and OS ho i roso tho band played, tho people shouted nnd laughed, and tho mau on his back, who, I think, was ono bf tho Pusoys, took off his cap and waved lt to tho crowd, o thousand foot below. His donkoyship was ovhtcntly frightonod almost to (loath. Ho arched his hoad and neck to ono sido and look ed downward whilo ho went heaven ward. He sailed away to Wost Phila delphia somewhere and came down all right with his ridor after roaching au altltudo of 8,000 too\."~l'hi(avcr $2,000 for traveling expensen and lootors' bills last year. , -.Light frosts have fallen at Tarions ?olnts in Wisconsin and Iowa. The latnage to thc crops is inconsiderable. The weather is c ccptionally cold for bc season throughout tho West. Frosts mvo also fallen at Staunton, Va., and n diffo**ent parts of Pennsylvania. -Thc rush for vaccination at Mon- , real ls so great that policemen aro de- , ailed to keep back the candidates. It , s reported that small pox has broken , wt at Richelieu, some milos from \ Montreal. Tho proposed excursion :o New York has been postponed. - Miss McLeod has arrived In Amor ?a to lay the claims of tho Scotch ironers hoforo her countrymen in tho United States, and to make arrange ments, if possible, for tho trnnsporta liou nf several hundred fa in Hies to thia jonntry. The immigration is oxpectcd lo bc very largo. -Tho New Y'ork Republican Stat? Convention will bc held at Saratoga on September 22. Tho State committee idop'.cd resolutions declaring that all rotors whot;o general intention is to let with thc party and to promote its uicccss at tho next election he invitod, without regard to any so-called ..fun ilnmcntal tests," to tako part in tho primary elections for tho dolagstes. ? -Mrs. Strother, of BatosbuT?* banana treo heaving fruit. TliK M:W9 OF THE 8TAT1". Some of (he Latest SnylnRA ?nd Doings In Mouth Carollnn. -Drought in thc upper part of Edgcllold is materially aubcting crops, principally cotton. -Thc Al)hcville Medium says this is a most suitable year in which to repeal thc Lien Law. -Millcdgc Harris tba negro for whom Hie Governor offered a reward has been lodged in Edgcticld jail. -The joint council of thc Lutherans of Lexington have, extended a call to Kev. Mr. Hahn, formerly of August*. -Tito Teachers' Institute of Lex? ington county closod on. Friday last, aller a highly successful session of (wo weeks. -Mrs. Claudia M. Fishburne him been appointed postmistress at Sum merville, vice Ahrens, au obnoxious Radical. -Adam Williams, tho. fifth victim of t!?e female poisoner in York, is recov ering. Ile did not cat so much cake as thc others. - Lucien Douglas, of Abbeville, IIM one stalk of cotton containing 439 blooms and bolls. Il covers 86 square leet of ground. --Collector Bradley has removed a lot of Revenue officials cf tho old Republican crew and appointed good men in their places. -Mr. Jacob Kelstler, ene of th? oldest, and most respected citizens of Lexington, died on thc 18th. His age was nearly ninety. -Mrs. Martha Gable, of Lexington, has a curiosity in thc way of a doubl? cgg--two perfect hen eggs joined to gether al their cuds. -The first bale of new cotton in Sumter was bought on Thursday, 20th ult., by O'Donnell & Co., from' E.scx Taylor, for 104 cents. -The BUj.po8Cd murderer of Txnnax, in Union, for whom a reward is of fered by the Governor, has been lodged in jail for identification. -B. F. Welsh, who killed W. C. Moore at Lancaster on Saturday be fore last, applied to .lodge Witherspoon for hail last week, but it was refused. -A partridge in York hits taken charge of two young chickens, ?'id whoa an att npt was made to captive thc chicks thc usually wilv bird show ed fight. - An itinerant sleight-of-hand per former has been imposing on th* people of Marion. Dis ao-o&llcd en tertainments were "thin," and th* auditors were wroth. - Hickson Jackson, a colored man, Injured by * locomotive during th* storm in Charleston, died o? Thursday. Joseph Grant, colored, was struck iu the head bj' a fis ?HR brick and badly hnrt. -A large water moccasin Was killet about ten feel from a pond near Bates burg. Tt was attcmptng to swallow a trout weighing a pound, and the fish wriggled and squirmed after thc snake was killed. -Mrs. Clara 8. Cook, of Aiken, last week attempted to jump from a buggy, which thc frightened horse was backing into a ditch, when shcfeil between tho wheels and wa? seriously injured by Jiving kicked in the head. -?trYtt Abncv^forea; Wno -f ea on Mr. Mat. "Coleman's place, in Hie Saluda section of Edgeflcld, was bitte? by a dog last May. (Jil th? t-tth ult., li* was attacked by hydrophobia, and after SU tiering great, agony died the 16th. -A negro girl employed by Mr. Monroe Shealy, of Langley, to look lifter ids infant danfhter, becoming angry at Mrs. Shealy, took the child iu Hie. woods and beat" it terribly with . stick. The hrnte was lodged in jail. -Mr. M. C. Longshore, of Silver Street, who is in his sixtieth year *nd is thc father of about a doren children and ot seventeen grandchildren, was made happy last Thursday by th* arrival of twins at his house-* boy and a girl. -Thc widow of Col. .Tuck Barris*, of Edgcflold, died recently, nnder mys terious circumstances. A bottle con taining a preparation of morphine and strychnine was found near her hons?, which she bs supposed to hare tasted With fatal results. -A dog took a flt in tm Edgefleld Baptist chnrch n few day? ago,?nd th* congregation, mistaking it for hydro phobia, were in a state of ?onstema. lion. Order was finally restored, th* dog was removed, and tho sermon wa* concluded before a demoralized Audi? encc. -The 18-ye*T-old son of Jesse John son, living about sit miles e?*t of f'rccnvillc, was killed by ft Irai* o? th? Air-Line railroad on Thursday last. Tho young man ?ad bi* tw?) brothers were walking on the track? when thc train upon them unaware?. Thc two brothers escaped by jumping from the track. . -An Egyptian mammy ha* bee* received at Due West, which U ft present from tho ROT. John Griffin tm Erskine Cdlege. This mummy wa* thc daughter of a priest and la record ed to bo between three and fonr thou, pnnd vcarB old. It has croated ?oui* sensation in this vacation rillag*. R will not bo opened entirely befor* tb? scf-sion begins. A mummy I? rather . curiosity in the South. - A handsome monument ha* bee*, erected in tho Spartanburg cemetery, to the memorv of thc late Coairessmari Jno. IL Evins. It is made of Abord?e* Ifrnv Scotch granite, highly polished, whilo tho base ls of Winneborp granite. Tho woight is 12,600 pounds. Th# design of tho monnvnentUlft good t*st* and in keeping with tho cht*ract?rof the man to whom lt 1* ewe tod. Whf workmanship ls excellent. - Mr. Thomas Fltepfttrick chant of Lancaster, is o* trip to New York, ' Tuesday afteraoo town alone, atr~ a drink, w watcher* wh'" mr