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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 A AI i?hly Monarch. I nm richer limn C'rcosua of oh!, to my ininti, i Imvc treasures moil varied ? ntl ru roi I Imvi)ships iv??>-? ' 'i>.n iiiic depends on no wind, Ami I IOKIW nmiKh'?of burdensome euro. douses uiiiunntorbd 1 rlulin ns mv own, \t Itlionl louants lo make thom a boroj I huvu RolijfH ?hich uro wrltton i<>r mv cm uluno, And liuvo picture* -oui books l'y tho score. 1 liuvo hon. s nu l cuttle :iinl birds or nil elimos, Queer Helios that im In thc soil; Ihuvohclls unido nt' silver, whose musical chimen Arc ruilf ou{ to |il< u.se only ino. I mle und.tkpvilod, acknowledge no poor (Tho' my subjects ur?' ott known lo BCOld), For I'm Klux ot (hi- nuinury, ?uni what is quMi'i I'm otu/ ulioiii two yours old. -t.. ll. Mmi8bnoh. lt urplo anil Pino Linon, Shv . J nil robed in rgplciulor, fnlr us dawn W'-rn ll rsl he Imus his li,r, In n.I in tho ?asl: 'VUv, ?blmmorliiK satin rd? in Bortest folds, ^. ?t?.Ts?i robo, in lorn kl ii ul y renst, Ami lace that was lllstui lo, lino as li o St, Tho truoory ol Itu pato rn, irtilliiiir down O'er sprays or blossoms, CAIIKIII willi Juwels Uno; No lair? r sl^ht in till the flood ly town. Vi i pinged sin-1 II thc Bplcndor cold us douth, Vol looked the on lin* I Ot t tl I < still nml white; 'Hie IhlBhlllK JoWols OAllgllt Ito UIISlVCHtlff Hash In I NCH that i isl wore bllKhtcr tl:an their liirht. No win nil li i rom niliy hillljrlllHH could Unlit lip I bo chill or thut Bel face, ns silent tli/ro She tlioilplil up..II HM' riKllUlieu ot her life (ilvcll lor thi' rildiuncu ol Uns pa y ant lair. - Li llie 'lyn;.' UrlHWOld. lillie ni A TC IT - M A KIN G. "Well, il i you liko him, Kitty':''' "()ii, vory inuolii Sally, dear!" "His lovely mustache and his big, bimi eyes! Did you notice. KittyP" '.Hlttof Why, they're a sort ot grcon lsli?groy; and his mustache is decided ly si id 1?1I v." "Sltthblvl" Mi^x Sally Wilson dropped tin; paper in which slit: was twisting lier hair for the night, and turned upon lier friend with a gasp. ..Stubbly! For mercy's sake of whom are von InlkillgP" "Wliv, of Mr. lleadlo, to hu sure - Mr. Alfred Ilea.Ile. tho great bondhold er, thc hero of tho eveline;; of whom elsoP" Killy pulled oil' one small while slip per, and stood twilling around upon thc other ami laughing gleefully. Sally watched her in dismayed sil ence. ".Mr. Iloadlct" she snit), reproach fully. "YUH knott) I moan Howard Ilen nolt." Kitty paused in hot*giddy revolutions ami sat down, with lier rounded elbows on the bureau, and her lovely. Hushed ince in her hands. "Dear me! no I didn't," .-he said, fixing her soft eyes wonderingly on Sally's troubled face. "Hut, como to Wfts rallier lllco-look thin!; lng." Sally of il, ho >o:u:ed. w had loni thal ant quito ?ir? C. "f UlO this tim rowar of all her love schemes'.' Was thin tit way in which her dreams wi re to b ronli/od dior hopos to bo fulfilled. Miss Wilson was a very romani! young lady. She i nul always been and rejoiced in beim:. As rogardod herself, shu since conic lo the conclusion roman lie ending waa, ii not possible, at least most Ullllkl She was not. in thc first pl proper appearance. Slit; was not imposing enough foi thc queenly sort of heroine sci lorth lt: her lavorlto novel -, and . lie had not thc necessary raven locks and hautrlnW manlier; ami the petite ami babylsH Stylo was equally out of the question* She had not a"retrousse nose, rle'.1 pleading, I'iue oyes, and her s toe kn1! ?limpies was extremely limited am pilly made visible by painful conloi lions. Thun her circumstances wore uiuoli against lier. Sully was an keiross, and ber cuts being dead, shu was living an aunt whom die had raised from obscurity of dressmaking t<?- pr? over Hie botiulitul home to whick hail recently returned from boar (.chook Nobody could ever love her :i for herself alone renell ?icross a rlor of poverty, and marry hot* i face of a m'sapi roving world. Sally sometimes regretted ti father bad been tho highly ue< railway contractor that lio lind b lier very name was iliscotl Sally Wilson! Who could of anything interesting happen porsoil with so horribly prosaic Hut Kitty! lt was ?iii very with Kitty. Sally's romantic thrilled With proph?tie lloligllt nient sim had suuil her- dittitii io? * in ono of Madame J.avine' roo 01 windows. Kitty had been educated by lor uncle. She was beautiful niless tho very cpitilltloatioi heroine. Sally had relloclod, Sho bad taken her under 1 as it were; am! now that SI over, KIHI had brought hor h her for a long visit the chief which was that Killy and Bennett might "lie brought log Sally had met him while at hor last vacation, and had im consigned him in her heart lo What could be more lill delightful? How iu d was fl brunette- which wits just as bo. Howard was calm, luntjbi slightly pensive; Kitty was I . i I! ne ol ng, i was nv ?I li >,t of laid ? ti on ntely 'v. nore . vitiy lOlll't and anti vivacious. Opposite nnalltioHiiie al ways necessary for perfect lia?iiiss Tho timo bad arrived for Hdnltilt mont of hor hopes and SOllCn?J Sally bad given her first Mfbtlot), and from lier position as hAu? had noted tho progress of affairs ij^ilcss ly Sho had wntchod their ni tholr subsequent intel collis ?ho batt contrived that they In to supper together, thou boon no onHy. matter. Heatlle tim reputed milli cm ning whom everybody w Ipusly stirred up-having ft; g?rons intentions of takiii( solf, aad Howard having tl tuse a? to oller hil nrm to hlu' lint tho?) dillicnltios, ami liar OHOS, sim had bravely ? and had walled eagerly ( nd usb/i tl go t IisJ Uren* ton dieu d*a* liim ob ess. v ??m iided. 0 ,last gUOSl had gone, to lirai-Kitty's verdict. "Rather good-look In??!" shu repeat ed, despairingly. "Why, he's a per fect? Adonis, Kitty 1" "Ob, well, I don't k* now I" said Kit ty, couiposodly. "Howard," she wont on, dreamily, "he looks as though his name was Howard; nil tho Howards I ever know were big and fair, and - rat her suit, and- -" She Stopped suddenly; she bad eangld a 'dimp.se of Sally's faeo ia tho glas-. .d'ni so sorry, dear! I suppose he's a great friend of yours?" sito said apologetically. "Hut really I didn't think ll Itu so enter*, lining as Mr. bondie, ami bo hasn't half tho money, you know," and Killy laughed wick edly. Mr. Hoad lo again! Sally's heart sank. Sin? mimili have expected some thing of tin* sort. Kitty was so totally dittbront from hoi'solf. She could never bo made to soo things as Sally saw them-, she ivas distressingly matter-of fact. Sally sat pondering seriously, with tho lights turned low, after " Killy, llusliou and tired, and happy, had fail en islcop. Surely things must come out righi. Howard must bo backed ami encour aged, and Mr. Beadle must I j snub bed, crushed, and annihilated. Sally was not quito (dear as to how tlii; hi?.r was to bu accomplished bul she went to sloop with renewed ' lifoo. d suppose WO shall he Hooded w ith ells, -h;.n't we?" said Killy, as they satin the parlor Ibo next ceiling, talk ingovi r last night's festivity, willi oc easonal yawns. .I suppose so, dear," responded Sal ly, gazing at her in fond ad mi ra l ion. Kitty was at her loveliest. Her red lip wore a smile ot pleased expectan cy and her dark eyes were bright w ith anticipation. div tue way," she said, peering iu to.in opposite mirror and patting her hr.r: "Mr. Hoad lo said something ilout coming to night. Dear mo! how fi? I look?" ' ' Snllj groaned inwardly. d pn lime Mr. Hcadp" ,?dll not no \ ^fce lunch," she said, .severely. "Ho bpast : hose thing-!, 1 should think. T' ?nu .1 bo fori v at least." j "About that,''' said Kitty, sweetly. ? The ? ell rang at ilia: moment, and kio subject of their conversation was lulu rc ! in, followed by a tall form, ?vii a fair head, none other than How lld him-elf. j Mr. P. adie pounced upon the chair ?.are I Kitty; Howard sank gracefully ?ion Ibo sofa at Sally's side. "I hopo your dillies of last night have pt (nillo worn you out," bo said, look /g down at her tenderly. "I dear nie, not at all!" responded ally, rather sharply. Tilia was all wrong: but what wa; ic :,i doP .1 "It was a charming adair," Howard iontinticd, moving a little nearer to her. "Thank you!" said Sally, abstract idly, she w as watching tho pair opposite, .Willi rising uneasiness. Mr. Hoadle was leaning forward at a [dangerous ungle, talking with hoiriblo volubility, with his eyes fixed ou Kit ty's face*. Si ll) felt a wild (?csiro to se.? his chair roll backward and land him ca the lloor. ll vard looked a bille hurt by her bret ly; but Sally was oblivious. "Don't you think her lovely?" sha said. Kitty was venturing a remark at tho moment with a coquottlsh little laugh. Sally could gladly have shaken her. "Very." said Howard, rather vague ly, and without looking around. "Ho is jealous," said Sally to hor seli. "Poor fellow !" "SliO is always pleasant. Uko that, to ovorbotly," she said, aloud, with symi ithy and reassurance in her tone. "She doesn't mean ant thing by it." "IndoodP said Howard. Hut le; did not seem quite lo under stand tho force of the remark. Mr. Hoad lo was bogging Kitty to sing: and now was Sally's chance. . Ho dear!" she urged; "our new waltz song. Do you know ll?" -ho went on, turning to Howard. "Mr. Heimelt will turu your leaves, Kitty." Howard followed Kitty to the piano obediently, and Mr. Hoad lo joined Sal ly nu ilia sofa . How extremely well suited they arel" Sally obsorVod. "Tiny seem mad for each other. Don't voil think so?" "ltcally, I had not noticed it," re join'! Mr. lb adie, stroking his lulls? lacho with sudden gravity. ".?stubbly! good gracious, yes!" said Sahl 10 herself, wrathfully. "? should hardly think so," ?io add ed, with some asporitv. "No!" said Sally, frigidly. And they relapsed into silence. That was tho lirst of a long scries ol similar occasions. Howard and Mr. Headlo called in* CCSSlintly, and Sally's anxieties In creased accordingly. Ikings wcro very discouraging foi tho most par!. Mr. Roadlo was plain ly enamored of Killy's manifold charms, and was determinedly devot ed. Kitty was gay. and careless, and bew itching, and Howard was us lan gnni as over, amt rather moro pen sive. Sally was convinced .that this wa due to unhappiness. Ho was grieved and angered by Kilty's indifference; he was a prey to hopeless yearnings ami jealous passion. Tho only draw back to the theory WO! thal Howard seemed some!inn s ridicu lously ami unoxplainably attentive ti hcrsolf. Hut thal w as pride, of course -pique Sally lived in momentary expectation of having a lalo of wounded lovo nm bil rilled hopes poured into hor ?yin patin lio ears. The days and wooka rolled by; Kit 'ty's visit was drawing to a close, amt oven body was looking forward oagorly io Mrs, BmytHo's masquerade. Sally herself forgot her ?ebonies nud anxieties in tho lintier of preparation. Kitty was lo go as a gipsy, lu ? bright ?ilk bodice, a gally bespangled petticoat, and a higiily-colorcd and highly-becoming lui ban things ?Thiel no gipsy has ever boon known to wear Sally was to appear modostly as a pons ant of doubtful nationality, with i tucked waist and abbreviated skirt, I and her hair in two braids down her back. Sally's hopes had somehow risen rather higli This was almost thu mid of Kitty's visit, almost tho last timo that she and Howard would bo lo gothor, and something munt happen. Tho fact of their approaching si pa ratiou would come homo to them both; would bring them nearer together; would strike down all obstacles hither to existing, and bring matters to a happy <<nd. Mr. Heidie was. of course, tl; i chief obstaele. Mr. Beadle hail shown a profound interest in .thc occasion a positive enthusiasm, which Sally con sidered revolting. "A man of his age!" she had said to Kitty, indignantly. "It ls absurd! He will probably conto as Infancy." "Undoubtedly!" Kitty had respond ed, gaily. "And Mr. Bennett as a lamp-post or a lightning-rod-hu is so amusingly tall!" Mrs. Sun the's rooms were a blaze of light and a scene of whirling gaiety. Sally gazed upon t lie scene, be wi kl 01' ' Od, from tho retirement td a sola. Sim j had lost sight of Killy, and in tho presold stalo of confusion could not bo sure of knowing her again. A stalwart Highlander, with a fero cious mask, paused before her, and ap peared lo lie examining her intently. Thou he caine nearer, ami stood re garding her critically, with his head on om: side, folding his arms am' rossing his scantilv-clothod legs with a satis lied air. "He thinks I'm somebody else," said Sally to herself, amusedly, ami j forgot him in a new excitement. Sim had caught a glimpse of a red j waist anti a twinkling skirt; of a gay turban and a Hying mass of dark hair. Kitty was in a low chair at tho fur ther end of tim room, lier liare, rou ml arms, with tholr silver bands, gleam ing white, and lier smiling, roil lips, j ii -I visible A distinguished-looking individual, In Hm costume of Louisa XV!, was perched upon an ot Ionian at her side, gazing upward in an obvious .-tate ot admiration ami bliss. Sally craned her neel:. Surely it was Howard! Only tho lop of his hoad i was visible huh i nd his oxaggor.ilod mil'; bul suieiy thal limited portion boro a striking resemblance lo How I aril's. Sally felt a thrill of exultation; this was exnutly what sho lia I h..ped lor. The music struck np; Ibu H./blund er offered Ida ann promptly, and away they Whirled. Their steps were eminently suited. Sally's check ; bogan lo glow behind ber mask, and her eyes to sparkle. Suddenly the nni-ie ceased; Hu waltzers paused; there was a little hum of excitement, and then a silliul I tanuous removal of masks. Sally looked ?.round eagorly. Kitti I and Louis XVI. stood near- -Killy amii, mg au i glowing. Louis XVI. strok ing a stubbly nillsttiehu anti benning ! down upon ncr. Sally 1? o\? d np at her partner in ama/.e, and encountered tho all'tiotlon I ate gaze of a pair of blue eyes, anti ;i Smile from beneath a blonde lillis I tache. .d! i-. rallier warm here," said thc Highbinder, softly, "Shall wo stop outside?" Aiid Sally wen'.. Half un hour later, when tho rioting within had KMC lied Ils wildest point, tiley we:-.- -lill standing on; under lb stars, willi I ho inu it- lloating out lt them soil ly. Howard s i. ir hoad was henning vorj low, and Sully*-* long braids fell ove: his anti. "Hut it i- sop' r . illy itnexpeetod,* she wa- -ayiiig, i:, i subdued way ; "I had nevi :' even thought of -neb : thing." "No," sa'ul IL.waitl, in au aggriovo< tone "everybody could soo thal." "Von soe, ?aid Sally, in lt' meeki' apologetic way. "it wai alway.-. Kitty ! was thinking of. Dear nu !" and sh' laughed. Half an hour ago, she would bardi; have laughed at this knowledge of th Ignominious failure of her plans. I was quito unoxnlninnblo. . ????. "I could hardly wait to tell you!' cried Kitty. Sho was silting on the side of th bed, h?r dark hair in charming cou fusion around her shoulders, lier sllvo bands ii. a pile beside her, her roil lill' ban on the lloor. "I could hardly wait! Oh, Sally can you guess?" "lt is .Slr. Boudie, I suppose?" sai Sally, resignedly so resignedly tba Kit tv stared. "1 ?car me!" she cried delightedly "I thought so all along. Was I righ after all? ll is Mr. Menuett, I sit] pose?"' "1 I'm afraid BO," said Sally softly Why Ho* <'oom c??al lou Smiled. At the dodicatioii oi Pilgrim Chapo Uti Halo, William A. Duncan, of Syr; cuse, thc State Sunday school Secret; ry, was addressing the children in iii usual vivacious manlier. "Now, I ni going lt) divido your school into litre parts," sahl lie. "There aro b. b.'.' What are tin y?" "l?g boys, was the ready rosponst . to od. Then there are tho b. g.'i What are they?" "Big girls." shouted forty voicos. "Righi again. Ami last of all thor Rl'O tho 1. c's." , "Lillie kitls!" exclaimed a shri voiced urchin, without waiting for th question. The congregation smiled vociferous!! - fi ?ed i v r. Editori havo their peenliarilio-i f well as other people. They practii and inculcate brevity, wliich is a vi tuo. They aro nh-c ut-mimlcd wide is a failing. .It is not strange timi that ono should swud a noto lo I.is hub love liko the following: "Buarost; havo carefully analyzed tho fooling entertain foi- you, and tho result is sui stan;iaily aa billows: [adorayou! Wi you bo mine? Answer. ' Thon, alter limmen of thought, ho added, in dreamy, absent w.iy: "Writo only 0 ono sido of tho paper. Writ? plain and ?IVO real name, not necessarily it publication, but as a guarantee of got fallh. i/eafoa Cutt nc OFFICIAL STYLISH IN 11 ATS. People throughout tue country ex press from ihuo lo linus tho groutost CU ri?? i ly lo Irani lin- sty'.ivs in olllciul life, wei tua Uso Washington corros? pondent of llio New York World. It is always a source of great satisfaction to a mun her ol patriotic eili/.ons lo know thal they are ihcssetl like "tito rulers of tho country." At tho beginning of this summer a gooti iteal of lu terost has been uwakeiiuti over Ibo discussion as tn what was thu pi ?per hat to bo worn. Tho president is moro conservativo than any member of bis cabmol. Ho wears a closely buttoned Prince Albert coat always, ami, alter Ibo proper fashion, a he ivy black silk hat with it. A white hat would bo altogether too malign i Hod although President Ar thur alluded them ami besides it wolli.I not suit the President's com? plcxion. Ile will probably wear tho black silk tile all Slimmer. He wore a whin brim med soft hat up in tho Ad irondacks lasl stimmor, where accord ing lo thc expert Dr. Ward - ho caught moro trout with a worm for bait than tho doctor got with his carefully-se lected Hies. Mr. Hay aril, however, has declared for pea ri-gr ay, as it is a style nundi apples cd by bis grandfather. Pearl gray ha's have always boen worn in Delaware by fashionable statesmen, and hu has no idea of parting from tho tradition. Mr. Bayard is ot that lym phatic lotupormeut and complexion, morcovor, to which tho white hat is peculiarly suitable. His tile looks as ! if il must have been built In Wllinhlg : lon and by tho sou or grandson of tho same batter wdio supplied tho first of Hie Hayards. Mr. Manning has adoiuoorallo straw hat. It is a Mackinaw, Hal-topped ; ami sailor-shaped. lie wears it over hi - light ear. with tho dashing grace of a young naval ofllcor. Mr. alan : liing Irnusforrod his straw hat from Al bany here. To climb that steep hill , from tho AriJUS ellice to the capitol of : a hot Slimmer day a man wauls about as little ou him as decency ami good 1 breeding w ill allow. When half w ay up tho bill a man generally takes oil* his hat and uses it as a fan tho rest of I the way. Tho advantage of a straw hat is therefore obvious. Mr. Whitney wears a broad-brimmed Bilk hat, covorod willi n mourning band. Il is easily tho most stylish tue of any worn in ibo cabinet. " it is a New York hat from the curl of tho brim to tho swell of tho crown, and in thorough keeping with tho lout ensoin blo Of bis well-dressed ligure. Proba bly tho secretary would chango it for a i sou'wester should be go to sea; and, : should the vessel bo John Roach's Dol phin, ho would doll bl loss provide him self with n "wide-awake" and life-pre server as well. The country cannot af ford lo have ?ts tili, ?cut naval secre tary take any useless risks. Mr. Mud icott adheres lo a largo brimmed silk lint, windi ho wears slightly upon the bael; of bis head. It is emphatically a Hosten hat, and may have been worn for a season or so back, lt is conservative in stylo, ag gressive in its eminent rospcotability. Hoacoii street b i hundreds of such; Fifth avcuuu or Regent street nevera one. Mr. W. D I owclls might easily base taken .Secretary lind, oil as his model of Bromfield t orey in ibo cur rent lovel, "Tho lllso ol Sihis Laph am." Mr. Lamar supports Mr. bayard itt wearing a pearl-gray cass.mere ll is hal! covered with a lih.ck mourning band. Tho Mississippi statesman does not spend many hom . ou i.i- c is tu me, that h eleni. In ni.-, abstracted mo ments ie.*, io.o Secretary Kudlcoll, m mo limos lips UH hal oi'ei Ibo back of his head. Iii wears his lian* long, ami no I lui' WK.. ..- \ .l-il willi Huit cumbi ll......... i? i) IV a tb i soil tuut Senator I.i.III: : ... ... om; alb Ulive to a lb.?i ni ..... .*... .. >; i bu soilll !. it < !.. . . p j..rc i r tilo j.all on.. pi ? .?tor lo.u Mr. Lamar that liiis lady had .spoken, ol him 11.1 "Ohl Soap-Locks." Tin) attorney general is the only ono who hus declared for Ibo t roam-color od hat which is struggling lo bo fash ionable. Tho cronin color is shown in a Manila straw which bc pul on at t io beginning ol tho hot weather. This bat is broad-brimined - not at all fash louable, but is vory comfortable. Mr. Harland wears a turn-down collar, ami tho low-crowned hat ls very suitable. The one be Weals is ill the shape Of a compromiso bolwoon tho Derby of the east ami llio sombrero of Texas. Ar kansas, lt will bo remembered ls about mid way. Postmaster Qoaoral Vilas still wears the siik hat w hich ho purchased in Madison sonic two or throe yoars ago. lt is a little rusty ?un? not exactly in tba prevailing shape, but it is nundi better than th ! average hat worn by Washington statesmen. Tho we.tel ii political leader rather alVects those hats of a fashion two or tinco years back. .Just why, no luau eau loll, but Sena tor VoorllOOS, or hook or Sherman. Ol' Harrison or Logan was never known to wear a hat of ibo prevalent fashion. It is not becoming in a statesman to take up promptly wi. li innovations. lt sennes to bo the nm bi I loll of all young wives lo look well when any one calls. A young brido heard a ring at tho front door. Tho maid was out, ami sho rushed up-.stairs to "tidy" a littlo boforo Admitting tho oallor. l here was a moment of lightning work before tho drossiug-lnblc. Quicker than it takes to toll it, a ribbon was fastened to her throat, a llowor stabbed into her hair, a llash of powder on her face, and she was al tho door all smiles ami blushes. Tho "gontloman" sahl ho natl tho cheapest clothes-props that could bo ./ung?a (or tho molloy. A correspondent writos that the Af ghans ont onions ns Ibo Americans do apples. Our readers will theroforo at onco understand the causo of ibo recent attack by tho Russians. Thoy wore obliged lo use their guns to keep tito Afgh.nn from coming within hailing distance. Ami now wo can easily be lieve (ol. Marvin'; statement that tho Inhabitant* ol Af gpa ni? tao aro a strong rnco and long-winded. They novor got oui of broulh. At?' york Tribune. Sllk-Hnirtbij* in A mi-rican. Tin* silk Industry, wltiuli has become so largo an Interest In this country, ls nundy a manufacturing ono, gelling its raw inatoriitl altogether from abroad, duty trow. Tho manufacturers do not expect mue:, result hom silk? raising in America, oliiolly because tlioy think i 1 lc cannot bo well reeled in this country al any satisfactory price. A demand for protective linties on tho raw material would al.so lend toroduco the margins for manufacturer--, should silk-growing bocoiuo au interest of im portance lt is staled that tho girls in tho French liiat tires earn only from ono lo one and a half francs (twenty to thirty cent-) a dav, and in those, of It aly seventy-live centimes to u franc (llftootl lo twenty couts) for fourteen hours' work, uhilo equally skilled labor hero should return nearly a dollar. Moreover, silk valued al four to iivo dollars per pound eau bo brought to Now York from Japan at from three lo eight cents por pound freight. Tho promising* Hold fer Ami rican silk-grow ing in America Scums, therefore, lo bo restricted chlelly lu that of tvstibsidiary industry for women ami children, who would not otherwise bo at work, and then umlcr Ibu disadvantage ol "houso ' reeling." Whether the production of cocoons, not for tooling, out for direct uso by tho growing industry of spun sill: manufacture, might prove protita Ide, is very questionable, in view of tho low price (about SOVCUty-livo cents per pound) paid for cocoons. Novorlholoss, a "Women's Silk-cul Itire Association," ono of tho indirect results of tho Centennial Exposition, exists in Philadelphia, with tho purpose ot promoting silk-oullure as prolilablo wuk for women. This was organized, with "nuroly philanthropic" purpose, by Philadelphia ladies, headed by Mrs. John laicas, ?n April, 1880; it has per manent olliees at 1828 Chestnut Street, where reeling is taught, silk-worm e/ . mulberry-trees and hnild-rools i sold, and hooks of instruction, which it j pu.dishes, supplied. Two silk exhibi tions have been held, and the associa tion boasts twelve auxiliaries in as many States, and has had, it states, over thirty thousand correspondents. It is hoped ultimately to opon a lila ture. Its prospectus, io presenting tho claims of "America's new indus try," says: "It can he prosecuted by the feebler ini-mbiTs of the family, women and children, or aged persons, to whom tho severer country lifo is a burdon, ami the compensation is sure; for if our country is sonding annually to foreign lands $18,000,000 for raw silk, there is no reason w hy this amount of moilOJ' cannot bo divided among our own American culturists. The crop or product is no! perishable, like much ol the farm product, and tho trees, once planted and grown, yield a perpetual supply of food for the siik-worms, care being taken only in tho annual picking of t he loaves. " Tho production of GO,OOO pounds ol cocoons was reported by correspond ents of Ibo association in 1888, largely from southern Now Jersey and from the South.-Front "A Siik /'/ess," in Harper's May tzitm for July, Ito ttl rn ed to Mis Wigwam. Edwin Forrest was once laid up willi a severe attack of rheumatic gout, which rendered him uboul as idoasatit to como hi contact with tis an Indian on Hu- warpath. A friend ot iii- drop ping in j.ist us t;ie eminent tragedian was seized w ith a terrine twinge, met willi a decidedly wann welcome, as regards unsahit-liko expletivos. Hoing rather a facetious individual, the friend exclaimed: 'Ib-lio, go Vc mut! What are you laughing at? I never saw you so tick led boforo." lu his I io roost manner, interspersed willi doon toned grunts and some pro fanity, rorrost growled: "(lot -int, will son? I won't sec anybody. Let me alone, confound you." A little while alter the snubbed fi ?end might h:.vc boon seen lu conver sation with a small spccinton ol a boot black, whose stand was in iron! of tho hotel where f orrest wasslopping. Tho confab, accompanied by a series of pantomimic gestures on tin- pari of tho gent loman, which were clearly dupli cated by Iho briglit-wlltod shiner, last ed .some llftooil minutes, when the boy, a broad grin illuminating his expan sivo countenance, .started to ascend Ibo hotel -lair-, receiving a parting injunc tion : "Don't yoll stop pounding until ho lets you In." This admonition was strictly carried out, whereupon the door Was violently thrown open, and ForroSl angrily do? mamba! ! ho catlse of SO much commo tion. Striking an altitude a la Meta? mora, tho tutored bootblack declaimed in a piping treble: "You sent for me. 1 have come. If you do not want nie, 1 will go hack to my wigwam." "Pottnoln . upon tho boy, Forrest growlol "You young imp, you! lb: . i.o.o this," tossing him a quarter, as rn- added, "and go toll that-" (dosignatillg his facetious friend by name and a few additional adjectives) "to come up I want lo see him." As the door closed minn tho apt littlo bootblack a roar of laughter issued from Forrest's room, willen soomod to have a beneficial oiled upon his ail ment, for when his friend appeared ho was in quito a jovial frame of mind. An Kastern housokoopor says tho best way to destroy moths is to take dry powderod salt and sprinkle it all over the. carpel, pal lie u I a ely along tho edges; then sweep it thoroughly. He peat this about onco a mouth in moth time, ami you will have no trouble from that destructive insect. Tho salt may also bo sprinkled on any wooden furni turo and brushed oil' with a whisp broom. It is perfectly harmless ami will help* to cloanso and prcsorvo tho color of tho wootl. From tho persistency wu h willoh tho Deceased-Wife's Sister bill is hoing agitated in England, il may bo inferred that Ibo Englishman cannot bo happy Until ho gels an opportunity lo marry his wife's sister. As wo have heard nothing of a Decoasod-llusband's Brother bill tho oonoluslon is Irresisti ble that bis wife thinks ono member of a family i* eunuch if no! too lutich. Norristown 1 kr aid. 1 ! -- i. m VOODOOISM IN GEORGIA. \ Witch Doctross Called lu to a Dying Colored Mau, Who DU H. Tho wholo population of Carlisle, (jn., is ox ci tod over tlio death of a re spectable colored inna nnnied lllllynrd Walker, Jiged forty-live. Walker had no family except rt wife. Since last fall llQ has been confined to his hoilSQ with pulmonary consumption. About n week ago his Increasing illness great ly alarmed his relatives. Alter a con sultation it was decided that the physicians wie? had bcoil attending iiiin should be dismissed and n witoli doctrcss called in to exorcise lier art. Tills woman - Nan Crydor--has tor some timo post been an object of awe to tho colored people of the town, whom she lias convinced of her un natural powers. Their tears wore augmentad by ber fantastic dross and weird appearance. Her gowns were ol'gainly colors anti her taco was paint ed. Walker's malady, at tho time ot lin woman's arrival, hail been aggra vated by a violent hemorrhage which had utterly prostrated bini. Ho u ns very weak anti breathed with tlillieiil ly. 'l in; fust move of thc sorceress was to close every aperture of tho sick room by which air might euler. .She tl H lett, informing Mrs. Walker that -he would proceed lo ascertain the real cause of thc nflliction. She re turned, and. alter expelling every one from tho sick man's room, was left alone with him for about icu minnies, when she SUlUICIlly opened thc door, called for Mrs. Walker, and (lieu, with? out -looping to say a word, ran away as fast as possible. -Mrs. Walker hur ried into !!,<. room to lind her husband breathing bis last. Ile theil in loss than five minute-. The witch scattered sall on (he sick rodin and -luck pin- in thc door in sonto queer way. and passed a white string around them. Thou she lore up the front steps of tl1(! house and pul more pins under il and a stick with ! marks on it, anti told Mrs. Walker that j tho first who caine would be tho one thal he.vilchcd her husband. The au thorities will investigate thc matter at once, and tho Voodoo woman will probably bc arrested for murder. Tho Old Mullein Stalk. Tho mullein plant of tho old field is too well-known for au introduction as to what it is, but aside from the fact thal our old grandmothers med to i make a toa out til' il for the cure of I coughs anti all other illllamcd surface-. Ivory few ol'us at this day realizo tlio i lad that there is iii this old plant a ' mucilaginous principle so very healing lo tho lungs, extracted as it is in thc manufacturo of TAYLOR'S CIIRKOKKN Ut.Mia.Y OP SWKKT GUM ANO Mri.I.MN, ami combined with that stimulating expectorant principle in thc Sweet (?un? as taken from the (rec growing along thc swamps of tho Soul bern State-, presents in this simple remedy a pleasant and o licet Ivo eure foi i "ughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Conj sumption, all nllcctions of tlio thron* and lungs, ami an undoubted pre 1 vontivo lor that night fiend to children mid horror lo parents-Croup. Price .J? cents ami $1.00 per bottle. . ?T? . - .1. c. Fitzgorald, of Greenville, h accumulating a cabinet of curiosities which is well worth inspection and b now very valuable. The gem ol llb collection is an ancient book hound ill parcha Cllt ami printed in Latin, .'Connue,narin- ile Anima," by Pliili| i Mehmet hon. lt boars thc dato 15?0, and is therefore three hundred anti thirty years old. ll came into Mr Fitzgerald's hands from Lngland, an.! was obviously ai some limo hi its Ids tory thc property of one Thomas Itobcrls, whoso name is liberally dis tributed over it in ink. Tho book is remarkably well preserved and thc type anti wood outs are as cleat' as il they had come from the press last week. Mr. Fitzgerald has among hi eoins one of Constantino tho First, ni*.>ui A. lb '100, and on.- of Augustus Ctcsar, both copper. -Samuel L. McCrcery, aged is, a prosperous farmer, committed suicide at White Pond, Aiken county, oil tho Hist ult. with a pistol. Ho had gout; to purchase a bottle of castor oil for one ot his children and stopped ou lils way bael; > got Ills tilt! anny pistol which a neighbor had borrow il. Willi ?Iii- weapon ho killed himself. Ile bad been a dyspeptic for a long limp, ami this must have induced tho deed, as his homo was ?i happy one. lit: rode with Hampton's Logion in tho Con fedora to war. -Last week a dog fell into a gentle man'? well in Spartanburg, ami efforts were made to save Ibo well. A rope was lowed with a noose at the end, with the hope (hal il might catch around him. But bc was a plucky little fellow ami didn't want any fool ing around him. Ile went for the copi at oaeo, "seized the bit,'' anti clung lo it like grim (loath till ho was drawn to tho top. That dog was never made to be drowned. -There is no longer Oliy doubt thal Abbeville will have a bank. Mora than tho requisito amount of money has been subscribed, including ail the subscriptions at Due West. Mr. Darn well has returned from Charleston, where bo secured $10,000 in subscrip tions, Mr. (?eorge W. Williams alone taking $5,000 It is thought thc baud will bo organized and in running order hy December. - While thc Hov. J. V, Shullz, of Shrcwsburg, Pa., was preaching a memorial sermon on Uonoral Crant, a resident of Winlerstown, .1. II. P. Ful ton, rushed into tho pulpit anti knocks ed thc minister do WU, There waft much excitement and several persons who went to ?ho assistance of tho preacher were badly hurt. - Little Billy Mahout; is said to weigh only ninety pounds, and by a recent combination of circumstances beyond his control ho has even loss weight than that in Vir/, nia politics just now, especially in rbit?renco to ap pointments to Federal offices. -Tlio Govornor has accepted tho resignation of Mr. L. J. Walker ai a i momberoi tho Railroad Commission. TIIK NKW8 OK TUK STATK. Some nf Ilia Lntefct BayluKS ami Doing*, lu south Carolin?. -Tho Augusta Railroad is within five miles of tho town of Spartaiiburg. -A cliickcn willi four feet, and logs is put forward as :i Bucksvillo curios ity. -Thc lo** from thc recent Charles ton cyclone is now run up to $2,(100, 000. -Tho United States Court, now sit ting in (.loenville, is disposing of con siderable business. - Mr. J. M. Ivy, of Hook Hill, [fl very ill, and hut little hope is enter tained of his recovery. -Mr. Willie Gregg, of Marion, was thrown from a stumbling horse and, it is thought, fatally injured. -Tho colton receipts in (.loenville lasl vear were 17,80'J hales, against . 17,095 halos (ho year before. -Opportune rains in Lexington county have gladdened thc hearts of (armers and improved the crop pros pects. - Tink Smith and his wife have been arrested in Spartaiiburg, charged with causing thc death of their sick son br neglect. -Tho supply of tinaers and carpen ters in Charleston is not equal lo thc demand. Good workmen command fancy prices. - Miss Agnes Milligan, of Helena, broke ono arin last vear hy a fall, ami la^t week she broke the other while roller skating. -Captain Hoary Sally, of Johns town, Aiken county, owns a calf niuo months old thal has boca giving milk for several mouths. -Chesterfield county jail has not a i single prisoner awaiting trial. Tho i Sherill' will hare to invest in a pair of white gloves for the Judge. - "Coi. H. C. O'Neill, of Charleston, bought a cottage 011 Sullivan's Island tho day before the storm. The day after il was in ruins on the grouud. -Tho wooden warehouse ?ti rear of tin*, freight depot in .Newberry, was burnt Sunday. Loss on building and contents about $1,0001 no insurance. ?-Colonel Jonell P. Smith, manager sf tho McCormick manganese inities, has got an order for 6,000 tons of the oro. The next shipment goes to Eng land. -Captain Andrew Wilson, the old gunsmith, died at his residence on Stump Creek, OcoilCO county, on the Hist August, at the advanced ago of 1 103 years. -A remarkable rovival has been going on in Shady Grove Baptist church, Anderson county, and over ninety converts have been made in seventeen days. , -Tho Anderson Intelligencer has . lengthened its columns and added a , column lo each pago on account of ?ts . increased advertising patronage, lt is [ now a 3<>-column paper. i -The municipal election in Gt'COII . ville, which occurs next week, promis es to he- hotly con tested. Mr. A. ll. Williams, editor of tho ?Yews, is nomi ? nalcd for (ddcrmanic honors. > I.>Mii- Variier, a tlngmnn employed . hy the South Carolina liai Uv ay Com ; pany, fell from a train near Charleston i last Thursday, and received injuries i from which lie has HUCO died. ' -John and Sherman Bridgman and i Bonny Emory, throe young fanners of ' Greenville county, have under perfect : cultivation llvo acres of tobacco. The ' yield promises to be abundant. . -Mr. John W. Hamel, ot Lancaster, ] has a Cochin China rooster live monies. - ' m , old with logs fourteen inches long, It ! has to squat down ?ii order to got ?ls . bill to thc ground when picking up corn. -Mr. William Sullivan, of Lancas ter, while on his way to church a trw days ago, saw au ow l completely hob bled by a small black snake being lied around il in several knots. He dis patched both the owd and thc snake. -About <?MO month ngo Mrs. Cul? purina, ['inch, oat towards Walnut Grove, Spartaiiburg county, died. Soon aller that her daughter, Miss Nora, died also. Sunday Miss Lizzio, anolher daughter, died, and she wu? buried Monday. There is another daughter quite sick. -Sonic of thc fanners of Marion are letting the fodder dry up on the stalk, contending that it is not worth thc price paid for pulling il, and that tho corn and land is much benelited In letting it remain on the stalk, in the northwest such a thing as pulling fod der is unknown. -That trestle at Saluda is "off ils feet" us the printers say. It was per ceived that the dill had washed out from under some of thc sills. While it was not risky to cross, it is thought better to clean ont tho dirt to a solid foundation and erect a good trestle. This work will begin at once. -Dr. Poole, of Cross Anchor* Spar taiiburg county, says if you wish to raise largo potatoes and a heap of them, go into you- patch with a long pole and misc lip thc. vines and stop their taking root. If you bavo never tried this plan give it a triol this year. If von doubt, it try a portion of your patch and leavo thc others to grow ns they please. -John Price, a negro living in the upper part of York county, while tool ing with nu old musket, had tho right side of his head shot away. A physi cian put the innis together wi Hi adho sivc pbistcv and laid John under a tree, expecting his death moinciHarily. Strango to say, about dark John re quested to be carried homo, thc parts adhered and ho is getting well. "???rm?Mot." There are medidnos which givo only ternnornry relief mid thou leavo tho suilorcr worse oil than before, espe cially in cases of dyspepsia. .Hcmom ber that this is not the way with Brown's Iron Bitters. See what Mr. J. M. Gaines, of Gaines, S. C., says about this priuco of tonics: "My wife has bec? grcntlv benefited by it; sho had boon troubled with dyspepsia for years, and now I beliovo she is perma nently cured." It also cui*e#-livcr and ( kiduey complaints.