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: - a VOL. XLIV. WINNSBORO, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY i, 1888. NO, 23. ^ ^ ^ ._ _ _ . ' __.. 1 Dorcas Caledon, HE HEIRESS GF CUD? HEIGHTS. ?AJNT ^lUTOBIOGKAI^HY. 3T FLOKEXCE E. DIAMOND. [ CopyrigJUal, 1SS7, Zy The A. 2~. JCtilonj Xctcs \ paper Company.] 7 CHAPTER L IIITIiO D U C'i'ORT. fa wild and thrilling i tale or hairbreadth : escapes from threat- ! en ing dangers, of dark deeds or wonderful romances, but tcry of a life, checkered as are most lives, J and of one who was j an orphan from her birth and almost an alien from her kineK-tv* -it. j cital I crave your at" x tention: My rightful name v.-as Dorcas Caledon, but until I had attained womanhood I was known as Dorcas Lynn. My first name, however, was my only rightful legacy, for I was a foundirag.picked up on the steps of the B foundling asylum ono bitter winter night, evidently deserted by those who should have cared for me. The matron, Mrs. Iynn, of course took me in and kindly cared for me; perhaps the fact that she had a few days before lost her own little daughter, made her more tender to the little waif left to her mercies. As near as she could judge from my si2e and appearance I must have been six months old when I was left at the asylum. The person or persons who had placed me there hs*d evidently not intended that I should perish from the cold, for I was warmly wrapped and a goodly supply of clothing was also in the basket beside me. But no clew was left to tell from whence I came; only the simple name Dorcas upon various p:occs of linen told that I had evidently been the recipient of a mother's care at some time. Accordingly I was adopted by Mrs. Lynn, and in absence of any other name she kindly gave me hers, and as Dorcas Lynn I was known henceforth. I grew and thrived tinder her care very well; bat when I was seven years old my foster mother died and again I was alone. It was then decided by the managers to transfer me to the Orphan's Homo in a distant part of the State. Of my journey there I remember nothing, being too frnVnt^?nj>n TA recollect What h<1T> pened. It was only when received by the kind arms of one of the teachers and listening to her soft, soothing voice, that I again realized that I had a friend in the world, since kind ilrs. Lynn bad died. Ob! bow can we boneless ones, forsaken by those whose duty it is to care for us, fully testify to our gratitude lor the kind services rendered us by those sisters o' mercy. Such a"haven cf refuge to the little waifs whom poverty and brutality _ have made dependent! At the Home every thing was carried cn with the greatest ^nicety and regularity of arrangement. "YTe were compelled to obey the rules to the letter, but these, though strict, were not unnecessarily rigorous or unkind. Our teachers were firm, but ever pleasant to us. And. on the whole, we were as merry a set of children as one would Wish to see. i There are so many different crr*d<aa. of children her^ brou-rht J"To i;r ~>--_. met, mat CTg-^i eei'.si" uiiirinust' be exercised that partiality is not shown to some of the more attractive?a thing which I v.ill here say is never-allowed in the Home. Some of the' children are quiet, soft, s^jken, -with bright faces and dainty ways, '*>that w-T'ld.ckrcredit to any of the petted darlings "who pardde Fifth avenue in silks - and ermine, and, no doubt, are of good birth. <? But, also, there are loud, brutal-looking children, whose low foreheads and wide f mouths, together with rough, unpolished manner, show the plebian blood of the lower Classes. Others are wao, shallow children, inheriting no doubt, the traits of a weak, ' silly mother, or the dissipated tastes of the } father. And so on; ail classes. grades and \ kinds mixed together in one promiscuous heap, yet presenting, under the watchful, 4 exacting eye of the manager, a very re7: pectable whole. .The reader will no doubt be curious to mow to which of these classes I belonged, pd that question I often asked myself. Jet I never fully determined, for the rea ?pn that I did not seem to belong to any in Articular; in fact I was a quiet, shrinking i3d, never going forward but rather wait;ag to see what ethers did. This fault, for ?ch I designate it, might, had I been sub- I ected to some kinds of companionship, have ed me into trouble; but I had a grave conscientious sense of duty, which in one so bung made me appear unusually silent and hough tfuL I never seemed to be at home as the others did. I rarely ever I omped or played as they did, but I early, evelopod a love for books and received mch praise for my aptness in my studies. had many friends among my playmates jed teachers, and so my life passed quietly -md calmly until I was ten years old. CHAPTER H. <2 It was a lively 3fay moaning, and as was _ fce custom we were all in the yard enjoy* ;jcg the* soft breeze, the bright sun and the '*? ? ?+ Vwon n of tin fimvers that blossom -uagiou, in countless profusion in the neatly kept -^rounds. I had. taken. -<ut a book to read, ,>ut the- soft air and ^elicious lull of the ?Scorning were too cnehantin g, and the leaves by untamed while I si:t .i-atcling a fleecy "cloud sailing over the sky. I am an old svoman now, but I have never forgotten ' that May morning so long ago. Every incident of it is as vividly impressed upon my mind, as though it happened but yesterday. > MI wish I could pick a flower/' said Mcllie Dare, a little girl of eight or nine, eyeing a bed of purple pansies before her. '-I tnink I might, too: it's real mean that we can't pick just one, I'm going to anyhow." Al No, no, you must not," cried Nellie Winters, arresting Mollie's hand in the disobedient act. "You will be punished if you do. *1 don't care," cried reckless Mollie, angrily. "I think it's moan, and I hate this Oil place, I wish I could go away and never come back." And here, out of breath, she firrng herself down on the grass and pouted silenca. > 'You're a goose," said Nellie: "you Idon't know what is good for you. I won ffler what we'd do if it weren't for this 'jbome. When Fin grown I mean to be a ' 'matron like Mrs. Hart, I should like it so." . ! "I woman"!,'' ssia jiKEie lvawc \ face was li3oe soma pictured saint's it was so fair and sweet. "I meen, when I am. * grown-up, to go out into the world and be a lady said "wear nice, soft dresses and rfnrs, like the ladies that were here esterday." And the vain littlo creature ossed her small head contemptuously at HeUie, who only scrfled in ret"m. * Say, Dorcas," cried Nanny, turning to j 4JL 41 wouldn't I be nicc? Nellie is a roal Sid woman, don't you think so?" I Whatever my reply was to have been it toas never made, for just then a carriage came swiftly up the walk and we all rose to catch a glimpse of the occupants. But we j onlycaught sight of two ladies inside be- I !fbre it passed us. For a moment after, , we stood looking at each c^her la sGence. I We had seen the ssme thing too marrtirass : fcot to know what it meant, for hardly & Tseek passed that some one did not visit the issyium intent upon adopting aome of enr aramber, and we had no doubt but this was the errand upon which these visitors came also. The nest momejiKbe call-bell rang, 6nd then" we were caj-xain; but still we said ^pfeing, only each taking a companion we : \ . quietly entered the hall. The matron mot as . and led us ail Into the long reception-room, I used to receive visitors. There sea tod in j large arm chairs were tvro ladies. One was young, not more than thirtv-Sve and strik; ing'y handsome. Her beauty being of that ; dark bright kind that docs not fade but j ripens. She was richly dressed ia dark-bluo ; velvet, with costly lace at the nock and ! wrist3. 0:i her head 9he wore a jaunty hat, ' the same shade as her dress and ornamented | with drooping white plumes that swept to i her shoulders. Her dark hair was arranged i about her shapely head in rich cc-ils, and the | small hands folded in her lap were c^quisj itelr gloved. j I noted all this, child though I was, in ths | j few moments I stood there, and, though ! most children vrouid have been attracted | I toward the beautiful a^d dainty-locking j lady, I only shrank away, feeliug a strange i | repulsion, almost smountingto fear, towards. | ! her, and wishing I oould Lido myself behind j the matron's ample skirts. My next glance fell on the other lady, who sat quite still, looking r;p and down the line of faces beforo her, as if vainly searching for some por'.'euiar one cr~cngst us. She was exactly the : opposiie of her companion in looks and bearing. I remember, even then, wondering that they should be together. She was & woman at least fifty years of age, and even more, perhaps, for her hair was thickly sprinkled with gray, and there were hard lines about her month and eyes that spoke of age or care ?perhaps both, but a strange | look of suppressed p~in seemed imprinted j upon her whole face. But even when youth i had leni her the charm and freshness of ! girlhood she must slill nave oeen verypiam; j her complexion -was sallow, her eyes gray, j small and keen z? a ferret's, her cheekbones high, her hg-jro tail and angular, with large hands and wrists; her dress, of some gray stuff, was scant and short; she wore a brown shawl and some flcft, ugiy sort of a bonnet, and glasses. Such, in i brief, is the description of those two women i as I remember them that afternoon so long j ago. The matron waited until we were all quiet; then she spoke in her gentle, even tones: ' My dear children, these two ladies wish to adopt, as their own, cno of ycu little girls. I am glad to say I can surely recommend each and all of you as obedient and trusty children, and I hope, if this kind lady should conclude to take one of you, you will try and see the benefit of the change, and act accordingly." This was a set speech of madam's; we had heard it often before, and therefore paid little attention to it, except to stare | more fixedly at the lloor. Tho elder lady arose at this and came j slowly down tho long line, scrutinising ! sharply each face before her, not as if mak- j ing a choice, but rather as if searching for i some resemblance. Finally she reached the matron, at whose side I stood, or rather hid, for I felt a fear of the well-dressed woman; I felt little less than sm absolute terror of this one, who, with her keen gray eyes, seemed to see straight through me. I hoped she would pass ec by, but she did net. She paused, and, laying a hand on my shoulder, drew me out of the shadow into the full light that came in through the hall windows. I blushed crimson, and hung my head, my heart beating almost to suffocation, so frightened was I, while the woman slowly inspected me from head to foot "Hold uj*your head,'' she commanded, in her brusque way. I obeyed her. She took one look in my eyes; a gleam of intelligence flashed in her face. "The ramc,"' she muttered; "the very same. New, what is ycur name, littie girl?" she inquired. "Dorcas Lynn," I answered, shyly. "Dorcas; yes, yes." Then, turning to the matron, she inquired very particularly in regard to my past history, from whence I came, etc., etc., all of which madam answered to the best cf her ability, giving her the brief history with which the reader is? -alreadv familiar. -A1 fin^n.gy? iliss Armund (for such I learned was her name), for she exclaimed, almost eagerly, I thought: "SJie'llcio; I'll tafte ner." Then, turning- to her companion, she in- J cuirea: "Have you any thing- to say, Lena!" i The other lady had remained seated, apparently quite indifferent as to what her companion was doing, but at her question she arose and came slowly down the room to where I stood. She gave me one look?a lock so'lull ol hatred and malice, that it seemed to scorch my very soul; but her tones were smooth and soft as she answered: "II you are satisfied, Maria, I am content." "I am quite satisfied," answered Hiss A> mund. in a meaning tone. "Then it is settled," answered tho other, ; and she swept back, to her seat by the win- j mm | | w SOLD VP TOCR HEAD." dow, followed by the admiring eyes of the children, "who already began to envy me the ! good luck (as they termed it) that had be- i fallen me. It seemed to be settled then that I was ; going a-way, for the matron, after a few j demerit's conversation, brought out the j large book in which persons adopting chil- j dren were required to sign their names and ' p-frirm to several rules respecting the oare j and treatment of them. To the matron's surprise, apparently, toe i younger of the ladies took up the pen to i sign her name, thu3 affirmmg that she was the cno who was really to take charge cf j me, though the elder lady's tiisto only had ; boon questioned, regarding the choice. I stood nea and noticed the graceful, | elegant hand in which the lady wrote her name, and leaning ever I repd it:' La&a Clayton, 147 Regea* street, Baltimore. ' Q$b Sramssed the c&s? tSSflrcnT^a taking ay hand, led mo to my ; own little room with its tiny bed. nest car- J pet en 1 muslin-curtained wiur.ow. through \ which came tho sub'le i.**"' :i of Nio ?uay j awn:'- " v.*:' 'a O.o SvU;: el 1 :rus. [TO BE CPXTIXUED] A Sensation in Sumter. Chakleston, S. C., Dec. 30.?At Sum-1 ter, S. C., today, P. G. Bowman and D. j G. Ktels were arrested by the Sheriil and i t .. TViol Tnct'i/Vi Clf>riTcrf* Tv i uruui;lit crciviu i. iiui y u^uvv wv.jjv ?. Haynes worth. The parlies commenced catting and shooting at each other in the Justice's office. At "the first shot Kuyr.i.sj worth r. ball in the eye, v hid; passed 'iii'-vi-h his head, and he is l":?. dying. ].). 0. Ksels and a man uan.t-d Peunicgton, of Lynchburg, Va., were als^ badly wounded. The affair causes intense oxcitement.?Augusta Gazette. When the diligent collcctor returns to ike ellico Vviih i sluall showing :\sd the despondent remark fet are mighty close too ay," is it proper to say to him, "Well, dun, good and faithful servant?'' A lot of Chinese gamblers were arrested in Chicago the other day.-but when arraigned for trial fourteen of them looked so much alike that they could not be identitled, and consequently were discharged. j HIE WORK OF THE SESSION. cri::; N1,?/ la'.vs added to the Si'ATUrK BOOKS. Jlie C''!i?*ri?l A>si,ai!>!<v Accorojjlirfit-d i <i ;i be>?;on of 'I weuty-hix Working j Act to repeal an Act to establish two I ?cho-:i districts in Chester county. Act to authorize the town council of ! Forres'on to borrow money to build an j academy. Act to aiuend an Act to limit tie numI I. - ? - C ^ 1 ^.sa^aa.I AAMwIiao ! ! U: uxai juau.v;ci> tcxwiiii vuuiiiiwj ! so far ?$ relates to the counties of Edgefield anil Charleston. Act to ratiFy and confirm a certain) contract made by the county cominisgiontrs of Chester county, relating to unfinished records in the Clerk's office. Act to validate and confirm the consolidation of the Augr.sta, Edgefield and N"vv.*herry Railroad with the Atlantic and Noi thwestern Railroad. Act re amend Section 144, of Part 2, Title IV., of the Code of Procedure, relating to the place of trial of civil actions. . Act to alter and amend the charter of the town of Manning. Act to authorize the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad to build and opt rate telegraph and telephone lines. Act to further provides for the public printing in this State. Act to declare the degrees of affinity or consanguinity within which any Judge or judicial officer shali not be qualified to sit. Act to authorize the city o? Columbia to guarantee and pay tiie coupons to be issued by the trustees of the Columbia Canal. Are. Act to provide for the preservation and management of the Downer fund. Act to exempt certain portions of Kershaw comity from the operations ox the stock law. Act to provide for the compensation of agents appointed by the Governor in casts of requisition for fugitives from j astice. Act to amend Subdivision 1 of Section 13 of the Code of Procedure, relating to^ the time of holding Courts in the First' circuit. Act to amend the charter of the South Bound Railroad Company. Act to extend the jurisdiction of the trial justices for Hampton and Beaufort counties resident at or near Eardeeviile. Act relating to the Y/inihrop Training School for Teachers. Act to authorize tiie county board of examiners of Kershaw county to sclect one series of bovks to be used in the public schools of said county. Act to incorporate the Columbia Savings Bank. Act to renew and amend the charter o: me town 01 j>uiCKs. Act to amend Section 1,C05 of the Gerrral Statutes relating to county boavus of examiners. Act to regulate criminal pr.^tice in the Courts oi General Sessions. Act to revive, renew and amend the charter of the Cokesbury School, at Cokeebury, Abbeville county. Act to incorporate the board of trastecs of t:>e Co.umbia Canal, to transfer to the said board *t!ie Columbia CanaT -ichtho lands now held therewith and its anpurtenances and to develop?the;, fsano. - > Act to charter the Bennettsvilie andCheraw Railroad Company. Act in relation to forfeited lands, de-. linquent lands and collection of taxes. > " * Act to incorporate the town of Yerdery, Abbeville county. Act to amend an Act renewing the charter of the tovrn o? Rook Hill. Act to amend Subdivision 8, Section Ct? ?* r'A/^A PimT volOf_ CO Ul. LUC V/UU.C Ui. V1TU ?i- iwwuuivi XW.MWleg to courts of trial justices. Act to amend Section 1,063 of the' General Statutes, relating to unclaimed persona! property in the possession of! common carriers. Act authorizing the county treasurer upon the request of the school commissioner ox Richland county to make temporary loans 9! money for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the schools in said county. Act to incorporate the TFadesboro, TVinnbboro and Camack Railroad. Act to amend the charter of the town of Mount Carmel, Abbeville county. Act to amend the charter of the Loan and Exchange Iknk of Columbia. Act to amend an Act to provide for the incorporation of banks. Act to incorporate the town of Princeton, in Laurens county. Act to amend the charter of the South Ci-roiina Land Improvement Company. Act to amend the charter of the village of 'latum, in Marlboro county. * ct to amend Section 358 oi Code of Procedure relative to appeals to the Supremo Court. Act toprovide for a new school dis tract m .Logeneld county. Act to amend the charter of the tovrn of Liberty in the county of Pickens. Act to amend an Aot to provide for the ^indexing of certain records in the office of the register of mesne conveyance of Anderson county. Act to create a new school district in Greenville and Spartanburg counties. Act to amend Section 3 of an Act to provide for the establishment of a new school district in Fairfield county. Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary espouses of the State Government for the hscal year commencing -November 1, 18S7. Act authorizing the county commissioners ol Clarendon to apply unexpended balances to the payment of certain claims. Act to incorporate the Congaree Gas and E'cctric Company. Act to amend the charter of the Manchester and August i Railroad Company. Act requiring the county commissioners of Spartanburg and Hichland counties to submit to the qualified voters thereof the 'i'lesticn of subscription or no subscription to the experimental c*c;r:.fi in wi/1 .Act to rcjiew and amend the charter of tb- town of Fort -Vlill. Act vo allow cities, towns, villages and to^zxsliiv^s interested in the CaroiiES, Cae-beriand Gay and Chicago Railway Company which have not heretofore vcieu subscriptions to the capital stock of .said road to vote the same. Act to amend the law in relation to the location and naoies ox voting prec?nct2 in tbis State. Act amending the chaiter of the city of An-Jerson. Act to .authorise Yerdier, Bell's, Warren a d Broiton townships, Colleton j count;. to ^ .liscrihe to the stock of the Green Vond, Walter bore and Branchvilie Railway Company and issue bonds ILL MilJiUCUl/ UICICU** Act to cisvter the town of Clover. Act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the Useal year commencing November 1,18S7. Act amending the charter of the town j of Yorkvilte. Act to fix the times for holding Circuit Courts in the Eighth circuit. Act to create a new school district, within People's township, of Brunson, Hampton county. I Act to proYide for the submission to i the voters of Abbeville and Greenville j counties of the question of license or no | license. Act to amend the :aw in relation to game birds. Act to prevent the improper selling of articles of food and to provide a penalty therefor. Act to amend an Act to limit the numI ber of trial justices in York county, and | to provide ior two trial justices in the city of Spartanburg. Act to amend the charter of the Scran| ton and Timmonsville Tramway ComI panv. Act to provide for the establishment | of a new school district in York county. Act to incorporate 'he town of Port Lawn, Chester county. Act to amend the Act to limit the number of trial justices in Fairfield coantj, Arc. Act io incorporate the Columbia Club. Act to amend an Act to declare a certain creek on Edisto Island, Berkeley county, a private stream. Act to provide for the mode of appointing trial justices and for their tenure of office. Act to provide for tlie manner in the salaries of Court stenograj^hers gSui be paid. .* Act to provide for beneficiary scholarships in the Winthrop Training School for Teachers at Columbia. Act to incorporate the Clinton Bu:lding and Lea j Association. Act in relation to posting the schedules of passenger trains behind time. Act to amend the charter of the Bfiak of Marlboro. Act to amend the charter of the B.'.nk of Darlington. Act to provide for the establishment of three new school districts in Fairfiud county, and authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein. Act to amend Subdivisions 2, 4 and 5 of Section 919 of the General Statutes relating to physicians. Act to incorporate the town of Pendleton. and provide for its government. Act to protect the o-wriers of bo^es, baskets, casks, bottles and syphons, ised in the sale of mineral waters, waters, porter, ale, eider, ginger ile, smali beer, lager beer, white beer or other similar beverages. Act to declare the law relating to tha separate estates of married women. Act to exempt certain portions of Colleton county from the operation of Sthe stock law. Act to prevent monopolies in the transportation of freights and to secure free competition in the same. Act to change the name of the town of Cartersvilie. in Darlington county. A +r\ arv*/jT?rl 0 KO(\ r\f IV V* KMV General Statutes relating to the recovery oi* stolen goods. Act to limit the amount to be paid for the support of the outside poor of Fairfield county. Act to incorporate the Yorkville Building and Loan AssociationAct to provide for the relief of certain, soldiers and sailors, and widows of soldiers and sailors of the late war betjgfcn A ;t to make appropriation*--fo?||Sa. per uiom and mileage of the Gent/al .Act to authorize the " county commissioners io-sell the wrcr'tann insrG; Ai^^'am^dSeeticm2,498 of ihc General Statutes relating' to getit larceny. .Act to -amend "An. Act to create a Department of Agriculture, defining its powers-and duties and charging it -with the inspection of phosphates, the regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers," approved December 23, 1S79. Act 50 amena unapter zo 01 trie ueieral Statutes entitled "Of the University of South Carolina." Act. to authorize and empower the county, commissioners of Kershaw county to borrow money to defray the current expenses and to pay school teachers' certificates of said county for the fiscal year commencing November 1,1887, and to piedge the taxes for said fiscal year for the payment of the same. Act to provide for a salary to be paid to the Probate Ju -go of Fairfield county, and to provide for the manner in which the same shall be paid. Act to amend an Act to reduce the number of trial justices in ixershaw county and to make the office a salaried one, approved December 22, 1886. Act relating to persons entering or concealing themselves in any house, with inteut to stsai or commit any other crime. Act to amend Section 2.482 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relating to ho'ise-breaking. Act to amend Section 1,443 of the General Statutes, relating to charges made by railroads for tlae transportation of property. Act to authorize and empower the county commissioners of Laurens countj to borrow money for certain purposes. Act to extend ana amend the charter of the Anderson Building and Loan Association. Act to renew and amend tbe charter of the Due West Female College. Act to allow unimproved lands which have not been on the tax list since lb75 to be listed without penalty. Act to prohibit the obstruction ox . navigation, by budges over and across rivers in this State. Act to empower the Charleston, Cin- : cinnati and Chicago Hailroad Company j to mortgage its property and franchises, and to confirm existing mortgages. Act to amend an Act to chauge the time of listing property for taxation, approved December 23, 1884. Act to amend an Act to regulate the election of intendant and wardens in the town of Walterbero. Act to 13 x the per diem and pay oi j conchy boards of txaminers, Arc. Act to incorporate "The Woman's | Christian Temperance Union." Act to amend Section 2,~0o of tie : General Statutes of uie State, in relation ; to burning or cutting untenanted houses. Act to authorize and require thi town council of llock Sill to issue bonds for the purpose oi paving for a steam fire engine :md for the improvement of the fire department of said town, and to proviu-s for the interest accruing thereon. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Srunso'n, in Beaniorc county, and Acts "amendatory thereto."'" Act to charter the Anderson and Walhal-a Western Extension Hailroad Company. A'ft to Dnnish cock iiarhiins within thrt-e ;ui' &= of any chartered institution of learning in this State. Act io amend Lhe charter of the Enterprise and Loan Association of Camden. Act to amend an Act to incorporate tie town of Florence, approved March 9, 1871, and an Act to incorporate the town of Florence, approved December 24 1834. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Chester," up-j proved December 22, 1SS5, and for other purposes therein named. Act to i-athorize the county treasurer j of Berkeley county to place the balance trial justice tax in the Parish of St. An- i drew's, levied in the fiscal year 1S84-S-", to the credit of paitindebtedness of 18b"). Act tr exempt certain portions of Cbf.^Ics ;on and Berkeley counties from i the operations of Chapter 27, Title X.. Fart L, of the Gentrcl Statutes, relating to the General Stock law and fencing stock. Act to authorize the county treasurer j of Berkeley county to transfer to the i credit of the school districts of said county certain funds held for the p&v| ment of school certificates issued in the fiscal years 1873 to 1S78 inclusive and remaining uncalled for. Act to regulate appeals in criminal cases. Act to regulate the trafSc in :;ee'! cotton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken.. York, Edgefield, Berkeley, Kershaw, | Richland, Orangeburg, Charleston, Ches-1 ter and Union. Act to prohibit trial justices "who receive salaries from charging or receiving any fees in criminal business. Act to authorize the levy of a special j school tax in School District No. 9, Fair- j field county. Act to authorize and empower the! county commissioners of Colleton county to borrow money for certain purposes. Act to incorporate the town of Holly Hill, in Berkeley county. Act to authorize and require the clerk of the Court of Common Pieas for Edgefield county to reindex and rearrange the records of the old Court of Equity of said county and to provide for his compensation therefor. Act to amend Section SO of the General Statutes, in relation to the qualification of electors. Act for the establishment of a new school district in Laurens county, and to authorize the levy and collection of a school tax therein. Act relating to the compensation of county commissioners of Anderson and Lancaster counties and their clerks. Act to amend Sections 936 938 of the General Statutes relating to dentists. Act for the establishment of a new school district in the countv of York, to be known as the Rock Eiil school district, and to authorize the levy of a local tax therein. Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the levy and collection of a special tax in School District No. 1 of Ivershaw county." Act to authorize and empower the county commissioners Berkeley county to borrow money for certain purposes. Act to authorize the town council of Bock Hill to issue bonds for the purchasing of lands and buildings and other improvements for educational purposes, and to provide for the interest accruing thereon. Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for die issuing of license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, Sec., in Berkeley and Beaufort counties," approved December 24, 1S86. JOIST RESOLUTIONS. Joint Resolution to authorize the county treasurer of Berkeley county to pay the claim of C. W. Sanders. Joint Resolution to authorize the county commissioners of Greenville, Georgetown and Pickens counties to j ^oriQw money for certain purposes. Joint Resolution authorizing the county commissioners of Anderson county to refund $100 to H. C. Summers. e -' oinsJCeaolntiqn a?thori'*atJ^tbecoTi2-' j fyncommissioners of Clarendon county to apply unexpended balances to the! County treasury to certain claims. Joint Resolution to provide for the in- j vestigation of the financial condition of j the county, of Clarendon and for the I payment of the expenses of the same. j Joint Resolution to require the school j commissioner o? Colleton county to pay i W. W._ Toomer, L. ?. Acherman and j A. J. Hutson certain sums therein named. Joint Resolution authorizing the county treasurer and school commissioner of Chester county to borrow money UJ \J*X\ 3UUUUI ClttiUiOJoint Resolution authorizing the | county commissioners of Pickens county i to borrow money to pay off the balance i of the second instalment of county bonds in aid of '.he Atlantic and Richmond Air Line Railroad. Joint Resolution t<j authorize the county board of examiners of Colleton county to pay Salina DuBois $33. Joint Resolution authorizing the commissioners of the sinking fuud to deliver to J. M. Lowry certain papers. Joint Resolution to authorize the school commissioner of Colleton county to pay V. C. Griffith, Jr., for services as teaoher. Joint Resolution to authorise the school commissioner of Pickens county to reissue and pay to J. T. Boggs a pay certificate for services as teacher. Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Articlc X. of the Constitution of | the State, ratified April 16, 1SG-S, by striking out Section 2 thereof. Joint Resolution authorizing and re qairing the school commissioner o? Edgefield county to pay Chloe Nichol: son her school claims'. * Joint Resolution proposing an amend ment to Article IV. of the Constitution ox the State of South Carolina. .Joint Ik.solution to authorise the county conmissioners of Marlboro caun? ty t-Q pay Vf. E. Thomas for extra recording and indorsing in the office 07 Tudge of Probate, Joint Resolution to authorize aud empower tho county commissioners of York county to borrow money to defray the current expenses, and to pay school teachers' certificates of said county, ior the fiscal year commencing November 1, IS87, and to pledge the taxes for said fiscal jear for the payment of the same. T'l'.lilv nf lit- Mn/I,.rn Kx.rlu I.?THE CAXAf.TIiOrjlE. Lfcr ma said her boots were too high in the bty.l, But no other $:%'ie would she wear. One day while out wu,Uing she stepped ou J a peel Of banana, and.uttering feu car-piercing sc-uc;:; She" J.renziedly clutched in the air. II.?sue is SAVED. Her bustle was rubber, inflated of course: The fashion prevailing to meet: And it turned out to be of Ly.--- gaiety &o source. * For vce- Sue down ou the sidewalk with force She bounded right back to her feet. III.?THE MORAL. In the foregoing, maidens who styiish boots wear, This moral will easily find,? Warn sidewalks are icy and out of repair, A ba-i!e of rubber, inflated with air, Is handy to carry behind. woman ana iter uisease* Is the title of r; la?ge illustrated treatise, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, X. Y., sent to adv address for ten cents in sfhrnps. It teaches successful self-treatment. "Walnut oil is siiu to. be equal to olive oil, and in Europe is an article of trade. It is also used by painters and by makers of fancy soaps, and for burning in lamps. "Do they m^s you at home'/" he asked, as she folded and put away a letter she had just received from her mother. "Never,"'' she -answered; "the call me *Sisl"" SOME NEW LAW?. Acts p.r.d Joint 3ies?lntion.s of the S^.^ioa of 1SS7. The following Acts and Joint Resolutions became laws at the late session cf the State Legislature: An Act to allow Unimproved Lards, which have not be? n on the Tax Bo< ks since 1875, to be Listed without penalty. Section I. That in ail cases uhere unimproved land, which has not been upon the tax books siuce the fiscal year eozr:menciug November 1st. 1875, and which is not in the forfeited 'ist, shall at any t?'cae before the 1st d: _ j? October, 1SS<S, be returned to the county auditor for taxation, the said auditor be, and he i> hereby, instructed to assess the same and to enter it upon the duplicate of the fiscal jear commencing November 1st, 1837, with the .simple taxes of that year. Section 2. That all such land;: as may be returned to the auditor lor taxation, between the first day of October, I8i:8, and the first day of October, 18S9, shaii j be assessed and charged with the simple taxes of tb9 two fiscal years commencis^"! respectively on the 1st day o: Novem-; ber, 1887, and the 1st day of November, ! 1888. Section 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act the comptroller general is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each auditor in the State, and the auditors are required to publish the same in each of their county papers once a week for three months during the year 1888, and for the sam.s period of time during the year 3.S89; am5 the cost of such publication shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the order of the county commissioners, out of the ordinary county tax last collected. An Act to exempt certain portions of Berkeley and Charleston counties from the operations of Chapter XXVII.. Title X., of the General Statutes, relating to the General Stock Law and' Fencing Stock. Section 1. That such portions of j Berkeley and Charleston counties us arc- j included within t!ie lines hereinafter de-! fined be, and the same are hereby, exempted from the operation and orr.visionof Pi.rt 1, Tiiie X., Chapter XXVII., relating to the general sto^k law and fcncirg stock, and that wii ;in said limits all live stock m-..y be per fritted to range at large without being coiatiiied b\ fences: Provided, Thatparties wlo have complied with the general stock l?w embraced in and adjoining the teriitordescribed in the foi los ing ?ect;- >n shaL have the rights of Chapter XXVil.. Title X., ol the Ge^erul Statutes, relating to the stock lav;, an;: only deprived of same by the erection and keeping up, at the expenses of rLs owners of stock claiming the benefit of the exemption herein of all such fences as may be necessary for su h purpose, whether such fences be necessary around one. plantation or several. Section 2. That tie rjoriions of saic * counties in the foregoing section referee to shall be bounded by the following lines, to wit: Commencing on the south bank of the Sar.tee River, the point ; where the Northeastern Raiiroa 1 touches the same, along the ea-tern side of saiu track to a point where sa'.d track crosses the Santcc Canal; from thai; point nlor.g ! Sfeefcesstcrc: -bzzb lci ;:J. i iC-v-l io its Southern, extremity: th^nw by the shortest line to the Coot t Rive/ road, at "Wapbeo Bridge and along said road io a convenient point on the eastern branch of Cooper River, thence down said eastern branch of taut river > the raain river; thence down. said iiver to the Wando Riverj thonee up tue western bank of said Wando River to the Yv'ando plantation, about twelve miles above Mount Pleasant; thence across Christ ! Church Parish to a p'obi * Vai north of ! the head waters of O w .ndaT Creek, uud j along the eastern bank of :-nid creek rthe sea; thence along the soacoast line of Charleston count, to the mouth of the San tee River, and along said river, the same b?ing the county line, to the poinc of intersection the track of the Northeastern Railroad with, the said river. An Act to amend an "Act to change the time cf Listing Property for Taxation," approved December 24, ISSi. Section 1. That an Act entitled an "Act to change Th:?> tinv.* of listing property for taxation," approved E'econibtr 21, 1834, be amended by inserting after the February at the end oi Section 1 tiifollowing: "Provided, however, tharthe returns of the following agricultural products, to mi: Cora, cotton, wheat, oats, rice, peas and long forage, made on the day specified by law, shall be the amount actually cn liu-nd cn August 1, immediately preceding the date o? said return; and provided further, that this shall apply only to such s-id products as are actually in the handi oi liie producers thereof.'' Section 2. That all Act i or part-; ot Acts inconsistent with or repugnant to this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. An Act to P.nx-al Section 2 of <>.jx Aci to regulate Appeals m Criminal Ctec-5. (Approved December 'Si. 1884.) Section 1. That :'ro;n acd atter the passage oi this Act it- shall not be lawful i'or any Justce of t'ic suprenje Oour?t ui' any Circuit Judge of thi* ^taie, pending i an appeal io th? Supreme C mxt, to grant bai.l tr* aay person tIio ;h. .It haw 'etna convicted of any oiTe^ce the punishment whereof is death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for any term exceeding ion years. Action 2. That ail Acts and parts of | Acts inconsistent -with t'ui:s Act be, $yj<| ' the same are hereby, repealed. An Act *>, ivEtend Section 1.-113 of the _ General Statutes, in relation to charges r?ia::.e by railroads for the transportation of property. S#>?K?vn ? Thar. *r.)* >?! 1 AU-1 r.F t>iA i General Statutes, in relation to charges; made by railroads for the irar^poviation j of property, be, and th.c is hereby, amended b^ adding the following proviso; ai the end oi said section: "Provided, further, that if one corporation should use, operate or otherwise, control. wholly or iu part. s^Tei-al lines or divisions of hitho: cC< independent railroads \rl:Via the State, that the commission may in their discretion, conjointly with the said corporations!, fir different rate# of toll or compensation for freight j traiiie on each of said hitherto independent iiocs or divisions: Provided, further, ili-it i'-.e railroad commission, conjointly with the railroad companies, shall have authority to make special rates for the i purpose of developingail manufacturing, mining, milling and internal ;.mprove-t ments in the State," to that said section* as amended shall read as follow:;: ^eciion 1,443. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in the LJTH -JJ:jj*1JL ttttilVLl Ui j JXUVlUt'U in Section l,i40 of this chapter, to charge <5r reeci-e any greater compensation for carrying, receiving, storing, for- [ warding or handling articles oi the same character and description for a shorter than a longer di^i-ance in one continuous carriage; and the road of a corporation si?all include all the road in use by such ! corporation, whether owned or operated under a contract or lease bj such corporation: Provided, that nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed so as to require any corporation or combination of corporations to regulate their ohm-gee for shorter distances bj their proportion oi through rates between terminal or junctional competitive points: Provided, further, that if one corporation .should use, operate or otherwise control, wholly or in part, several lines or visions of hitherto independent railroads within the State, that the commission may in their discretion, conjointly v.-ith the said corporations, fix different j f;'tes of toll or compensation for freight trairic on c-f cfi oi said. iutnerto muepenaj eat lines or ci-isioii: Provided, farther, j that the railroad commission, conjointly with the railroad companies, shall liave authority to make special rates for the purpose of developing all manufacturing, mining, milling and internal improvements in the State. Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment to Article IV., of the Constitutioti of the State of South Carolina. That the foEv'trrng amendments to the Constitution of this State be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at j the next general election, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote i'or members of the Geuersl Assembly vctins thereon shall vote in favor of such amendments, and two-thirds of each branch of the next General Assembly shit 11, after such election, and before another, ratify the same, it shall be a part of the Constitution, to wit: Article IV., of the Constitution shall be so amended that hereafter in place of Section 20 of said article the following shall be substituted and known as Section 20, to wit: Section 20. A Court of Probate shall be established in each county, with jurisdiction in all matters testamentary aod of administration, in business ap^ ertaming to minors and the allotment of dower, in cases of idiocy and lunacy ami persons non compos mentis. The Judge of said Court shall be eiectea oj I lii." qnnlrSed ckctors of the respective counties for the term of four years. The qut-stion of adopting this amendment.shall be submitted to the electors as follows: Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words printed or written thereon: "Constitutional amendment in reference to Article IV., Section 20?yea." Those opposed to the amendment shall cast a i'allot with, the following words printed or written "thereon: ?-Constitutional amendment Article IV., Section 20?no." aaic-A-BiiAc. While man toils upward with his load ; lis spec:I is not increased, f>;" when he strides the downward road? Then everything is greased. . Through by daylight?The night. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of you own mind. A man's credit is low down when he '. un not obtain money under false pretenses. A nightmare is the only animal that has a dreamy eye. I r is a glorious thing to resist temptations, but it is sale to avoid them. Bj.vare of thin ice, boys. The season of dr> > -vaiug lias come. Loudon rejoices in two lady dentists, i:- :.:c U,ih i-audsonie an' skillfnl. I; is iho liiddlc airc-d man whose incrcasit-g :irth tells him v. bat the waist of time is. A li>t!o Burlington Ivy spelled cat, "Ca-miik '' because, he said, cats didn't iik" tea. 12;nv to get along well in the world? | hire a man with an auger or drill to bore no for you. Why is :i speudlhrift's purse like a thunder clcad? Bee.)use it keeps continually lightening. I".-:her?Oct of debt, eh? I Tow in the v.-:>ri i did you raise the cash? Son?Well, to ti.l! the iruih, father?I 'lifted' it! r? -.thing the eyes when tired or weak in s*-it. water will soothe and strengthen Or.:1 of the teachers recently risked a p.'.pi! what lbs. sfood for. "Elbows, I ,-;<c was the unexpected reply. France hardly gets over its trouble with Orr-vy whi n something turns up with its Goblet. In the matter or speed there is a gre^t similarity betweea a flash of lightning and i bit of scandal. Robbie,"' said the visitor, kindly, "h^ve V't?: any little broibersand sister??'' wee Robbie; "I'm all the children w</v.j got." Believe me, ever}* mau has his secret sorrows which the world krJ&ws not; and oftentimes wc call a man cold when he is nly sad. The rich mau riues to his business when h'.: might .walk, because he can get There (j;:i' kcr. He will also get to his grave quicker. if men had only temptations to great sir:-; they would always be good; but the d iily fight with little ones accustorn's tium to .'i-.*?eat. "What is money?" asks the Batavia Tiir.es. Money (adds the Rome Ser.tinc!) is the missing link between a m?.n and his tailor. J.a-xrer (in coum?Little boy, do you k:;.vw ibt re of an oath? Little Boy? sir: it's something my pa uses to put , tip srovepipes wit.h. T i.'j suit for a maiden's fs brought In c urt of com?pica?e. Hut when i:;- 1-,'ti nmu ./rtfcrs she plaintiff out it is ?. quit court!" "Arcyou matcof this shipJ'Vdd nnewly irvivwi passenger to iLa "cook. "Xo, sir; "I :i"; t'ne m:'ji itiiu eooks the mate!" said the UiUaniiaD. "fentlemen," siid an amateur farmer irom the city, wriiing to the chairman of agricultural society, "put me down >n vf-ur 'list of cattle for a calf." A' Irishman being asked who; her oon-civ.fii did not strike iiici when stealing. ori.j-jMily replied, "Faith and he daren't, . for hknows I'll hit him. back." A.-> t?i'ricu!tural exchange thinks that the o! H:i?hiooed plough is soon to become a !; - - 1*7 1 C* __ xl > . I ot me past. i>e uavc ouen luougm P w; > being run in the ground. . V.'ji itever ecmes from the brr.ia carries 11;? of the place it came from: and 1 Caterer comes from tiie heart carries the lic.il ond color cf its birthplace. . Friend (to happy fatbiri?IIello. Jones, i let ?;c congratulate you. i hear you have new boy at your house. Happy Father ?By George! can you hear him all this . distance? ; Gr-y?Black is one of the most miserly 1 men l ever knew. Green?Regular skin 1m' "A"(f yet he is intensely religious."' , .'"o bt'CSia-?e the streets of heaven are . pavtil "viih gold. He jvants to go there.', , A pretty uiri with expressive eyes can do i ab >ut as she pleases in this world, as a gen- 1 oral thing, but when it comes to putting < ber hat oa ia street costume, even she fads i that iorau things are beyond her power. <<nr?~ ; Aa aaveritiCULUUc itauj. ??autcuf < young man to be partly out cf doors and 1 partly behind the- counter;" and a lady lias 1 written to ask: ' What will be the result i when the door slams?'' S; .n' iuir. ?He?(rapturously)?And now : 1 b il's ail settled, darling, what kind of an : engagement ring would you like': She? Oh. gold this time, I hope, dearest. I'm s quite sick of wearing imitation engagement 1 rings. Tableau! < > UNWEPT, UXHOjNOPiED, OSUXG. JOH\ STRICKLAXD GETS? HIS JUST DESERTS FOR A BKl'TAL MURDER. Swung Trom the Gibbet Thin Morning?The Laat of a Kuatan Wretch Who Riddled the Body of His Step-Mother with Rolled Shot. John Strickland, the white man who cruelly murdered ilrs. Adeline Strickland, his step-mother, was hanged in Conway, on last Friday. The history of the crime and circumstances of this horrible murder, as giveji in Couit, are as follows: i \ ,^ T.,7^ O T A vu vi ?; u;v o il?i -JU.IS. ^ucuuc Strickland, while sitting in .the door of her* mother's house, in Horry County, near the North Carolina line, was brutally murdered" by an assassin who had, under cover of darkness, crept up. to the house and emp tied the contents of a gun into the body of ;he unfortunate woman. The gun was loaded with large rolkd or hand-made shot, tvhich caused the same torture as the chewed bullets formerly used by the In- , dians. ilrs. Strickland was covered with wounds from her neck to her knees. She lived tlyec hours afterwards. Before dying, however, she swore that she had recognized the assassin as John Strickland, her step-son. She had heard a noise and was looking out into the yard at the flash of the gun and plainly recognized John Strickland. The coroner's inquest developed other facts and and circumstances which caused the arrest of John Strickland as principal and Bradley Strickland (John's father and the murdered woman's husband), Elmira Strickland (John's wife) and several other members of the Strickland family as accessories. The murdered woman had been iivirg unhappily with her husband, Bradle> Strickland for some time. He had accused her of infidelity, repeatedly beaten her and finally driven her from his house, and at the time of her death she was living with her mother, Mrs. Tiler. John Strickland had excited his father's suspicions against her, and it was proven that he had uttered threats against her life on several occasions The dav nrp.vinns tn thf- fmnrdflr John Strickland and his father passed the house of Mrs. Tiler, when Adeline Strickland abused John for circulating false reports about her and setting her husband . against her. Thereupon her husband approached with an uplifted turpentine dippor and told his wife that if she would come out of the yard he would spatter her brains out. i:i the morning after the murder it was found that the assassin had been lying in 7 ~-~ Trait for his victim for some time, and that he had been lying on the ground waiting for a chance to shoot. The murderer was tracked to John's house. Rebecca Ammons, a sister of the murdered woman, testified that she saw John Strickland fire the shot. John vras convicted in October last and th-r others- were acquitted, although the foiling is general <hat Bradley Strickland deserved death for the part he took, as it is believed he incited his son to take the life of his wife. A strong effort was made to have S trick-^ ' , > land's sentence commuted by the Governor to life imprisonment, aU the jury signing \ r J.' the petition, but the Judge and Solicitor \. recommended 'hat if such acts were not punished by bunging, capital punishment should be abolished.- \ Governor Bichardson refused to inter- \ e?. \ The Youth's t'nrivaled Mineral Resources flB The recent development of the mineral resources of the SoutlrjLs something which most shows the enterprise and vigor of the men who are active in business. From ' Vest Virginia to central Alabama is almost a continuous iron and coal producing region. I saw in Southwest Virginia opened ceal mines, where the vein is almost 13 feet thick of superior coal, easy to reach, and to mine. I saw ia Alabama a "mountain" of red hc-matiie iron ore, which was being quarried like our rock ledges, after a superincumbent mass of earth was stripped off. For 33-to 40 cents per ton this ore is mined and put into cais. Iron ore and coking coal and limestone for flux are next door neighbors in many places; all of them are ia profusion and are easily mined. The natural advantages for iron production are not surpassed, if they are not surpassed, if o they are equalled, anywhere else. The iron "boom" in the South is no "boom" in the sense that it is speculative and transient. For over a dozen years it has been developing steadily and successfully. I saw 20 new furnaces in progress, some just begun and some ready to go info blast, each one is the token of success already gained in tb-: manufacture of iron in this section; new furnaces are not experimental. Hardly thai, one thinks, when he reads .the legend on the large buildings at South Pittsburg, namely?"The Argand Stoves and Ranges," Albany, X. Y., is moving South. There io light here the sure pledge of the immense establishment of wealth creating industries in the South. A giant does not lie down to rest just when he rinds out how strong he is; ho wants to use that strength which is a j-y to him. The big iron luust be made into all the products which are used.?Manvftciurers' Record. ] lucson River fog is the name of a new color in gray. A little girl read a .composition before the minister. The subject was "a cow." She wove in this complimentary sentence: <-A cow is the most useful animal in the world except religion." 1 Five persons were sentenced yesterday at Newmarket, County Cork, to three months' imprisonment each with hard la b -i: ':>r attending a meeting of a suppressed oraacu ol tne Aatsonal League. A commiUce of Methodist ministers has found the Kev. 31r.. Wallace of Chillicothe, 0.. guilty of making love to three women \ of his parish at the same time f uO leading _ x them to believe that he was going to marry iLem. He is suspended, pending an appeal to Conference. la Lawrenceville, Ga., nine negroes are in jail for participation in a riot in which five persons were seriously hurt. In Car:<* .!!'own a nejrro was run out of town for Maiming to be white. Xegroes in both :.i'\vns arc indignant. Grandmother?You are stupid, Charley; dullest boy 1 ever saw. Charley?You _ aiust not expect me to understand things ??< is quick ts you do, grandmother, because i-ou* don't have the trouble to get 'em through your hair." ()niaha Girl? What a lovely pin! Chicago :7jrl?Yes, it is a keeps ike. It was given me by a charming girl- I wish you knew her. " She is so accomplished. "Indeed." "Ye?, indeed. She sneaks two kn<ruafrps o? K^Uiish and Germaa." "Ah! What is her name?" "Gretchen Schmtzenfoutzerous erhausenschilachienstine." A bevy of children were telling what 1 nev sot'at school. The eldest got reading, -pei'.iag and definitions. "And what did r'ou get, little one?" asked the father to a rosv -cheeked little fellow, who at the same irne was driving a tenpenny nail into the loor-panel. "Me? I gets readin', spellin' .-pankin'." "When was Rome built?'" asked a boards-school teacher of the first class in ancient listory. :'In the night," answered a bright it tie girl. "In the night," exclaimed the v.c-nished teacher, "How do you make out: - sy ny, i tnougnt everybody ;new that 'Rome 'wasn't built in a day!'" cplied the child. A kind of telephone which fixes the ;;jnkc*n words on chemically prepared paper las bfcen produced by two young electricians oi Munich. ^