The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 14, 1885, Image 1

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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 Free. Free I what doe? lt moan to bo freo? ls freedom H tiouil> o object that wo oan nil soo. Or la lt n.UMHV rrrali d by mimi. Hy wwi Invisible. weighed mid deflnodT ) M I | |a (hilt a term whoso limit and rule Una ever been fixo<l by achedulo. or school? lina lu birth been ti mol in tho annals of time, Or Ita Mounding boon tnkon by plummot or lino? Freedom of rolf, or freedom of land, Meium growth of tho aplrlt-the power to ex pand Tho knowledge of needs In Ufo hero on earth, And the solving- of theao by a ataiulnrd of worth. To be free la to throw off tho freightage of fears. To in tlilim for truth, and when lt appears, Though startling in form or alrimire to tho Bight, To welcome lt frankly in naroo of tho right. To bo freo ls to stand at tho center of being; and pray That our own Inner lives bo attuned lu a way That tho chorda of consciousness answer and thrill To tho touch of tho Infinito hand aud tho In Hullo will. -Ella Dare. ADVISNTUUK8 OP A LOIT BltBR* Loonce de Nordun WHS a dolightful fellow. Ho was 26 yours old, lind a beautiful black board, ologantly trim rood, a coat out in thu latest stylo, an iucomo of 10,000 francs, a law licen tiate's diploma in a drawer, pion ty of wit, much soif-assurance, a good heart and an honorable name. Having nothing to do, ho was good for nothing. Ana bow could ho amuso himself? When a man is poor, the ef forts necessary to bim, his humblo dis couragements and joys, his disappoint ed hopes, are occupation onough for his mind. But it is quito otherwise to tho man who lacks nothing. Agreea ble lodgings, excellent ruoals, rides in tho Hois and a box at the opera, are all a man want, but thoy aro not very satisfying. To begin over again every morning, and turn tho samo mill all day overy day, makes a protty poor lifo. So thought Leonco, as bo tapped the pavement with his hopis in a mel ancholy fashion. Chance, however, gavo him an ido?, aud roscuod him from his heaviest mo notony-that of living by himself. Ho found tho unexpected, which is ovon - "-o difllcult to dUcovor than the roal. Ho was mechanically following the long arcades of tho Ruo do Rivoli, ono day, when he heard two full, joyous, amusing voices. Ho saw before him two rotund, solid men, with happy faces. From tho conversation, ne soon loarnod that they wero provin cials. Happy men! How thoy did on joy themselves, and everything and evorybodyt And what plans they were making! For that day, tho mor row, tho noxt day, and tho day after that. Thoy did not hopo to havo time to soo and do everything, but they were going to try. An idea Hashed into L?once's mind like lightning. "I do not know what to do," he thought; "I will do just what those men da Perhaps it will be interesting, I will follow them all day, and will be the voluntary slave of two mon who do not suspect their power." Leonco did as bo proposod, and at the oud of tho day he was surprised to find that ho had really oujoyed him self. Ho had soon in tho v<-ry Paris Where he had boon born a host of things of whoso existence ho had novor dreamed. The day having proved ono of the wost agroeablo in bis lifo, Leonco re solved to repeat tho same method of proceduro as often as possible. Every morning about 9 o'clock ho wont to loungu in tho lluo do Ki vol i, and as soon as ho ?aw a provincial of attract ive appearance bo gavo tho direction of his lifo for that day into his hands. Wu must acknowledge that Leonco soon preferred tho ludio* to tho gon tlomou; because, to bo suro, i io lady brought him moro amusement than the gentleman. The woman is immensely ?nperior in imagination; hor enprices have lr finito variety, tho unoxpocted has a largor part in hor existence; she must soe everything, and nothing fa tigues her; sho is enterprising, ingen ious, curious; in short, she ls a wo man. Loonce, then, preferred for his pur pose families in which tbero wero wo men. One morning he had good fortuno at the very outsot. Ho was a man about 60 year.) old. square built, rubicund, and w.appnd in an ampio cloak; on bi? arm loaned a woman of 60, tall and thin, with a remnant of beauty. "ld. Dulaurier," said she, with not the least cation not to be hoard by the passers, "we can truly say that we bave ? beautiful sight before us." "You are right a thousand times, Mme. Dulaurier! But thoro are the girls far .n advance of us!" ? "Louise! Loulsettef" called Mme. Dulaurior; and two young women, who preceded their father and mother by a few steps, stopped and waltod. . Louise was evidently older than her .later Louisotto. She was tall and Im posing, like her mother; she. loved linen of daxzling whiteness laid in or der lo great oaken presaos. She wat a , woman of strong mind. Louisette, on the other hand, WM .louder, fair and naturally elegant, though ?he wore an ill-made dross. Sba bad .mall feet, and her long, slen der hands sought the green ribbons of her bat with a feature Instinctively co quettish, which did not escape L?once . all-teeing Parisian eye. Bo thought her eharmlog. but awkward, and ne began to follow tb? four with a .peolal attention. " . About 10 o'clock they ?ll enterada eal? for breakfast, and L?once took a .eat at th? tab; near so as to face Louisette. In a few moments ho risk ed a glance at tb? young lady, who did not turn away her eye* H? atfempt ed still more, and threw all th? mag netism possible into his eyes; but thU tlmetheglrl blushed slightly, caned to sp??k lo h?r tnothor, and did pot look up again. After breakfast the ?trengore look th? ?am for St. Cloud, still Hollowed ^?fiSr*** hW? walk through th? long alUyt of tb? p?rk, under a scorching ?un, %Uf b?gan to foal greatly fatigued, and Loon* heard I M nu amo Dulaurior oxclaim: "1 wau dor if wo shall novor como to a drop of water! I am ao tired I am roady to drop!" This was Loonco'e opportunity, and ho. wont straight to Madame Dulaurior, bat in hand. "Madauo," said ho, "I should nevor forgivo in y ?elf if I did not como to {?our aid. I know this park thorough y ; and I can show you tho fountain of bainte Marlo, ronownod through tho country." "A thousand thanks, sir," said Ma dam Dulaurior, surprised and charmed by tho young man's gruco of muunor. Ho offered to show thom tho wuy to tho fc iutain, und with much guyoty and kindly fooling they sot out to gather. Louise and Louisette wulkod a little in advanco of their parouts and Lo onco. "Do you not think," said Louise, "that this geutltinau resembles won derfully tho ono that was iu tho res taurant with us?" "Why certainly not!" rojdiod Ix>u isotto. "All Parisians look ?dike." But sho blushed ns sho spoke. When tbey roachod tho fountnin they woro already acquainted, utid were mutually ploasud. Thuy would soon be friends if circumstances fa vored. "Oh! father," said Louis?, "instoad of returning to that tirosotuo Paris, lot us stay boro till evening." "Till woning? My dear, it is im possible. Wo do not know tho ways, and wo have no placo to dino." "if that is all, ' Leone? hastened to say, "I am subject lo your orders. I can take you ?cross to I lainart, where I know ol a pretty restaurant, with arbors. Howers and fountains, where wo can dino oven bettor than in Paris. It may bo that my society is not agroe ablo to you, but yours, sir, and that of these ladies is so much lo my taste that 1 should bo very Horry to leave you." Mme. Dulaurior, moro and moro charmed at Leone?' ; manner*, replied instantly: "I accopt on my owu authority, at tho risk of encroaching ou my hus I band's rights." "I must at least, ilion, introduce myself to you in a moro regular man ner. I am tho Viscount Loouco do Verdun." "And I, sir," said M. Dulaurior,' 'am Adolpho Dulaurior, old notary; thoso aro my wife and our daughtnrs. " In an hour thoy woro soalod in tho arbor promised by Loonco, and woro altogether friends. Loonco had ac cepted with warm gratitude au invita tion from Madame Dulaurior to visit thom at their Flemish village homo. "Do you not think." whispered Lou Leo to Louisotto, "that father and mother became friends very oasily and quickly with this stranger?" "Why no," replied Louisotto; "it is perfectly natural." Two mouths hitor Loonco alighted at tho railway station, Donia and M. Dulaurior offered his hand in welcome. He now had timo to appreciate M. Du laurier'u unaffected kindliness, and strango to say tho provincial, who had Boomed to him slightly ridiculous in Paris, soon at homo appeurod to tho young man as he really was-simple, natural, sympathetic and gentle. L?once was recoivod with tho most demonstrative joy by Mme. Dulaurior, with a cordial salutation br Louiso, with an odd little ?milo by Louisotto. It was nearly 7 o'clock, and M. Du laurior roso, saying: "Sinco Van der Veldo is not in yet, lot him run after his partrldgos, and let ns dino without Tho repast was a roal French din ner, with all the moats, poultry and game possible, an enormous quantity of beer, and all tho winos one could think of. After dinner, which was prolonged quite into the ovoning, M. Dulaurior, in consideration of his guest's fatigue, conducted him to his room at once. L?once set himself to oponing his trunks and portmanteaux. At length he drew from a portfolio a letter daint ily folded and porfurned, and began to read aloud, as follows: "I lore y ou Louiso! Sweet and charm ing as you are, who would not love you? lt is for this reason that I left Paris; lt was to tell yon this. For two months 1 have thong?, only of you, and of tho happy day whoc I traveled with yon, the day that determined my life. Ob, Louise! Louiso! ii you only loved mo!" "It ls very good," said Loonco to himself. "I never expressed a note moro suitably. Now the question is how to convoy it to that lady. The simplest way is tho best, of course. I'll put it under the door into her room. But whoro is hor room? Tba! Li the question." Ile then bogan to smoke a cigar, at tentive, however, to o very sound in the house. Ile bad not long to wait, be soon heard light steps in the passage, the rustle of a robe; he rosci quokly and opened bis door with the greatest oaution, just In time to seo Louisette's delicate tiguro enter a room on tho left at the endof the gallery. Our hero allowed a few momenta to elapse, and then, stepping Uko a oat, visited the door through which Louis ette had disappeared, and adroitly slipped under tho door the letter he had prepared. "Goodl" he thought; "my lotto! will be tho first thing she sees In the morning." Then he went to bed, humming s tune, and slept tho sloop of the just. At 7 the next morning be was awak ened by a very lively sensation In hil arm, as if lt bad been tightly grasped by iron pincers. Standing by bis bod and holding his arm was a sort of gi ant, fully six feet tall, with the frame of Polyphomus, only this Cyclops had two little round eyes, which wert flashing fire; and ho had a lond hoarse, guttural volo* "Get up. Parisian!" ho said. "I an Van der Void?!" "Very woli," said Leoneo, hal asleep and eomplotely stupefied; "wha shall I do about hf But the other lifted him by the arra like a feather, and sent him in tho. raid die of the room. "What does this moan?" orlod Ls one?. "This means that I am going to co your throat, Parisian!" j "But what for?" "No explanations!" howled tho gi ant. "Yos; but-" "No explanations! dross yourself .nd follow und" Van dor Voldo, soiling Lnonco by tho arm, dragged him aftor him down a rotired stairway to a dc*oriud si root. At tho end of a few second* ho knock ed at tho door of a houso and ontorod, with Loouco stl I in tow. Leoneo fourni himsolf in thu prcs ouco of four mon, who wore introduc ed to him, two as hi* own witnesses, aud two as tho*o of Van der Velde, and who wore all acquainted with the causo of tho duol, as Van der Voldo explained. "But," objected Leoneo, "men do not fight thus without a motivo.-" "Ah-ha, Parisian! Perhaps, thon, you aro a-" Leoneo was bravo onotigli, and did not allow Van dor Voldu to finish his sen tunco. "I follow von, slr," ho said quickly. At tho omi of a few momenta' walk thoy canto to a little grove. Ono of tho four witnesses carried th? swords. Tho four wituossus chuso a spot, amt sot tho giant and thu young man in thoir placos. Leo nee was a very pretty foncer, and 1>arried tho first blows very successful y, oven scratching his adversary's hand. Tho Cyclops, furious at his wound. falling upon I,.co with thu force of a wild bull, pierced tho young man's arm through and slightly wouuded him in tho breast. Horribly palo. Lo on co foll to thu uart h. Van dor Volito rushed to his sido, and examined his hurt with anguish. '.Maladroit that I am!" ho cried, in a trembling tone; "1 meant ouiy to touch his arm, and his breast is wow od ed !" Loouco hold out his baud. "Why tho devil, then, did you write lovo loiters to my wiior"' cried Van dor Velde. "And what a silly ucl ion to throw thu letter into her room! 1 picked it up myself." "What!" murmured Loonoo, "Lou isa your wife! You tho husband of a girl 17! Well, sir, 1 congratulate you; your wifo is iho proltiust bloudu 1 ever saw." "Blondo! Poor boy; he doesn't know what ho is saving. My wile is ?uilo dark, She is j ea rs old, too. lo is confounding lier with his sister, Louisen.-, who is nllogelhor loo fair." "Your Histor, sit! But my loller was Tor hor. 'I saw bur go into that room, and-" "indeed! Another mistake of mino! My sister did follow my wile io her room to bid her good night, and ru mained lhere bul a (OW moment*. " "Thou, sir, you aro not thu pre Hy girl's husband! 1 eau forgive you my wound. " Leoneo hud lost much blood, and ho fainted. When consciousness returned Mon iteur and Muduui Dulatirh r were bus ed iu earing for him, Van der Voldo was weeping al the foot of his bed amt Louisette was walebing him with a jaie and anxious fuco. "Ah!" min inured poor Van dor Velde, "to think that 1 should havo lupposod-but it ?ra* not my wifo." "No explanations!" said Leonen, ex ending his sound hand lo thu giant. 'No OXplAUMtioil.it" And this is what a mun gains by unning after thu country folks; ho ?lids a wife, which is the bust foi tuno [ eau wish you. Tulipe, As in tho caso of hyacinth*, tho sin gle varieties of tlic*o force earlier and better than tho iloitblo onus. Tulips roquiro tho sumo soil mid treatment ns hyacinths, only that sovural roots should be potted together in one small pot in order to forma good group. K'> luau hyacinths ?ru Tuluublu on ac count of their uarliuuss, as they can. if potted in September or August, bo easily hml in flower iuNovumber. Thoy aro useful for dueorntivo purposus if Eottod or planted pretty thickly, but oing scentless, and othurwiso inferior to tho common hyacinth, thoy aru sui dom grown after tho latter conies in. Both snowdrops and crocuses force ear ly and freely, and should be potted thickly in pots or pans in about four luchos of sod, and forcod very gently as soon ns rooted,under tho samu treat ment aa hyacinths beforo potting. Thoy make an effective display in a cool house botwoon Christmas and April. during which period thoy may bo had In flower by introducing batches from the cool iranio every ton days or so. The polyanthus narcissus of difforont torts have always boon favorites for forcing, but of lato tho daffodil section has become popular for this purpose, and very handsome not plants they make; and tho beautiful N. bulboco ilium, or small hoop petticoat daffodil La one of the best, lt does better in pots than out doors, as a rulo, and stands a good while in perfection. There are DO noater subjects for pot culture, and those who grow it once will grow lt al ways. Tho email bulbs should be pot ted early in the autumn-say August or yeptombor- -kopt cool till rooted, and then forced into flower in gontlo heat. The wholo ot the daffodils forco in this way. N. Horsfield! is ono of tho best large-flowored sorts for the purposo as it flowers very frooly, does not grow tall, and ls ono of tho very best of Its Blass. Tho largo-floworod single N. tnaximus is also good; so is tho com mon double daffodil; aud the little N. nanua makes almost as neat a speci men as N. bulbooodium. The larger kinda must have pots from six to eight Inches In else, and the small varieties will succeed well In four to five-iuoh Dues, aud in any common soil that ls light and sainty. All are extremely sasy to force, aud tho bulbs are com paratively cheap.-L?ndon Field, An absolutely exact straight-edge oi nore than thirty-six tnohes U a wonder >f mechanism. One of six feet was not recently bolierod possible, although tevund had boen made on different plans of woblike aud truss construc tion. lt has been olalnied, however, (hat almost absolute oxaotoess bas been ?coined by a atraighl-odge twelve feet long. The appltanoo looks like aa ?robed truss, tho highest spring of tko ireh ticing only twenty (nobes la a length of twelve foot Tl HC NI-: WM OFTHK BTATK. Boiun of the Latest Saying* and Doing? In South Carolina. -Thc Citadel Academy is well under way, with excellent prospects. -Newberry College has opened under very favorable auspices. -B. P. Welsh has been acquitted of tho murder of W. C. Moore, at Lan caster. -Thc ( 1 reen Pond, Wnlterhoro and Branchville railroad is in a fair way to bo built. -Z. M. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, has been acquitted of tho homicide of Albrecht. -An amalgamation of thc Iluguonot and Camperdown mills at Greenville is proposed. -Abbeville is to have a bank and Major A. B. Wnrdlaw has been elect ed President. -Tho New Brighton Hotel on Sulli van's Island is being put in trim for winter travel. -Tho executive cont rait toe of thc Piedmont Fair Association is booming tho coming enterprise, -David Miller and James Camon had each a hand and arm lacerait cl b/ cotton gins in Spartanburg. -Congressman Tillman will address thc survivors of Collcton at Wnlterhoro on ibo 17th of November. -The State Convention of tho Wo mon's Christian Temporalice Union will be held in Greenville on thc loth Inst. -Three prisoners escaped from Newberry jail a few nights ago by taking tho lock oft' tho door of theil cell. -Henry Buller, colored, accidental ly shot and killed another colored man in Bordeaux, Abbeville county, last week. -Thc South Carolina College has opened with about 17?> students. Thc prospects of thc institution are brighter tlinu usual. -Thc llcv. A. W. Moore, of Lan caster, was thrown from a buggy in Laurens county last week, and pain fully injured. - Owing to the increase of business, two trains a day now run on the Abbe ville branch of ihc Columbia & Green ville Uni I road. -Mr. G. W. Williams, of Lancas ter, lind his house destroyed by au in cendiary lire last week. Loss about $500. No insurance. -Tho Kev. H. M. Allen, of Hall Township, Anderson county, was thrown from his horne and bad his right arm, just above tho elbow, broken. -Mr. J. D. Avtngcr, of Vance's Ferry, claims to be thc youngest Con federate soldier, having entered service when bc was only thirteen years and six months old. -Tho Columbia postoffice needs A separate delivery windows for ladies, us thc crowds arc buch at thc single wintlow now used as to preclude the presence of ladies. -J. E. Elliott, of Lancaster county, fired two load? of bird shot into thc head of a negro named George Carter who had attacked bim witii the heavy end ol'a wagon whip. - Henry Ashley, an nged colored man who had affiliated with thc Dem ocrats, died in Aiken last week, omi was buried by his white friends, tho negroes having ostracised him. -Governor Thompson lias offered a reward for the arrest of parties en gaged in thc lynching of Culbrcath. and has instructed Attorney-General .Miles to assist in tho prosecution. - An Orangchurg farmer has exper imented in raisin;; tobacco, and comes to thc conclusion that it is a more val uable erop, and that it would require less cultivation and less fertilizer than cotton. -Mnjor Joseph Carter, trial justice at Carter's, Collcton county, in coming down stairs on ibo evening of October 7, stepped on a small dog and fell, breaking his arm in which he was wounded during tho war. He is doing well. -Mr. Robert Brodie, of Aiken, . ei/cd an immense hawk hy tho wings as it was endeavoring to carry oft one of his chickens, when tho savage bird insulted ita talons in his legs and held on until Mrs. Brodio decapitatctl it with a hatchet. -Tho main statue for thc Calhoun monument at Charleston has been fin ished and will be shipped from Naples in a few days. Tho statue is of bronze and represents tho great statesman in tho act of rising from his senatorial chair. It will surmount tho monu ment. -The Adjutant and Inspector-Gen aral of the United States has prepared uuiform rules for infantry, artillery and cavalry practice, anti General Mauigault will promulgate the rules at an early date in this State, with thc hope of securing uniformity of prac tico hore. -Mr. C. L. Payecur, of Lancaster, bought as old gold an old-fashioned medallion with tho following inscrip tion on it: "This is tho picturo of Edward Fon wick, Esq.. of South Car olina, grand son of Robert Fenwick, Esq., of Stanton in tho County of Northumberland. Edward Fenwick was born in South Carolina January 22d, 1721, and died July 8,1775.? -A gentleman lust from Charleston says that Dr. Bellinger will bo acquit ted if tried for the killing of Riley. Ile says that sufficient evidence to jus tify his action will be brought out by Dr. Bellinger. It is rumored that he consulted some of his personal friends before the difficulty, and was advised by them to follow the eonrse that ho afterwards pursued. -The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina will meet at Chester on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 p. m. Tho Synod embraces five presbyteries, 115 ministers and licentiates and 192 churches. Among the Interesting mat ters before the meeting will bo the observance on Saturday, October 24, of the centennial of organized Presby terianism In South Carolina, with addresses by Dr. Girardeau, and tho consideration of tho Woodrow case. GKNKKAI. NEWS ITKMS. Fact? df int clent, Gathered Irom Various Quarters. - Germany in an official note rejects Spain's claim to tho Caroline Islands. -Fraudulent thousand dollar bonds on thc District ol* Columbia arc in cir culation. -Thc resignation of Civil-Service Commissioner Eaton continues to evoke much comment. -President Cleveland will go to New York in November to volo thc Democratic ticket. - Yale College is reported to bc losing its students. Expensive living is tho cause assigned. -Tho ''Moonlighters" in Ireland arc forcing thc farmers to take an oath that they will not pay rents. -Thc amount of standard dollars put into circulation during September, in the [regular course of business, was 2,700,000. -The Virginia contest seems to bc attracting but little attention, though it is said to bo waxing hotter each suc ceeding day. -Tho cholera in Spain is still dimin ishing-thc new cases being less than two hundred per day and the deaths only a little over ono hundred per day. -U. L. N. Reade, agent of the Southern Express Company, who ab sconded from Morristown, Tenn., with $12,000, has been arrested in Mexico. --Thc Supremo Court of Virginia hus granted a writ of error in the Cluverius murder cose. This brings up the case for hearing bet?re that tribunal. -Thc grand jury at Green Hiver found ''no bill" against the sixteen persons charged with complicity ill the Chinese riots at Hock Springs, Wyo ming. - A suit for 1,000,000 acres of land in Mississippi between Col. ll. Evora, of England, and Thomas Watson, of Chicago, hus just boen decided in favor of the former. -Tho Rev. II. D. Jardine, of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Kansas City, Mo., has been convicted of improper and indecent conduct and suspended from priestly functions. -Thc Texas beardless mail robber has hoon arrested. Ile says he was out of money und had to roi) some one, and thought that Uncle Sam COHIII stand it better than anyone else. -Samuel A. (?reen, of Boston, has been authorized to act as General Agent ot tho Hoard of Managers of the Peabody Fund, in place of J. L. M. Curry, appointed Minister to Spain. -Tho colored Republicans of New York have appointed a committee to demand trout thc State Republican Com mittee "more recognition ind repre sentation in thc Republican party." - Haverhill, Mass., an important shoe tn an ti fact u ri ng centre, has for tho past three months ehiyped eight hun dred cases of shoos per month more than for thc same period of last year. -Tho funeral of thc Earl of Shaftes bury took place in Westminster Abbev on Thursday last. An ?inmenso crowd, muele up of all classes hi life, were in attendance, and thc services were especially impressive. -The lawsuit in Iowa, known as the Jones County calf case, which has been in litigation ovorcleven years and ruined several farmers, has been set tled, after an outlay of $20,000, Thc four calves were worth $00. -W. D. Newsome was convicted at Salt Lake City last week of two charges, polygamy and unlawful co habitation. This is the first double conviction under tho Edmunds law. Ile will bc sentenced on October 17. -The immense wholcsulc stationery and printing establishment of II. S. Crocker & Co., of San Francisco, was burned last week. Four men were buried in tho ruins. Thc loss is esti mated at. $600,000; insured for $160,? 900. -Thc Irish Catholic Bishops counsel peace, and condemn all nets of violence and intimidation. Sir Richard (-ross, Homo Secretary, says that unless things quiet down, repressive meas ures, more severe than ever, will have to bc employed. -Tho United States Geographical and Topographical Survey decides by measurement that Clinginan's I linne, a peak of thc Halsam Mountains, N. C., is the highest peak cast of thc Rocky Mountains. This scttlos a long dis puted question. -Mrs. Cole, of Madison county, N. C., is the oldest woman in tho United States, having been born in 1700, two years beforo tho accession of King George to the throne, und has a vivid recollection of events which occurred thou. She is a widow. -It is stated that Mr. Wm. T. Black well has built in Durham, N. C., dur ing )n?t 'ind this year fifty-nine build? hu/.. Ho makes it a rulo to sell any of these buildings nt primo cost, and six per cont, interest on tho investment, to Earlies wishing to become citizens of ?ur ham. -Mrs. Veronica Rulla, who per formed the remarkable fast In New York, died on Thursday morning. Her fast began August 10, and since that timo sho did not touch a morsol of solid food, living entirely on water in whieh small quantities of morphine wore dissolved. Th?- trial of Agnacla Cortcz, charged with tho murder of Stani ford!, a brilliant young lawyer, throe months ago, at San Antonio, Texas, remited In a verdict of not guilty. Corte/, was the mistross of Staniforth. Ho was found dead in her room. The defence maintained that Staniforth committed suicido. -W. II. Stedreckor, a bookmaker of New Yofk, placed his pocket-book, containg $7.800, on a seat in a railroad car. in order to count other nionoy with which ho had just been paid a bill on tho train going to (ho Jeromo Park races. On tho arrival of tho train at the track, being absorbed in conversation with a friend, ho walked off, leaving his pocket-book behind. Stedreckor hus not since seen his pocket-book or his money. A Pow'ful Leo turo on Tempcrnncc. Two colored barbers, one an old mau ?uni tho other a young one. Tho youug ono took oil'his apron and started out of tho door. "Yo's gwaii to got a drink, Jim?" asked tho elder. "Dal's what l's gwau lo do." "(?o and git yo' drink. I yoost tor do de same ting when I WUSS young. When I WUSS fust married dab wuz a gin-mill next to the shop wita' I wuck ed and I spent in it fifty and sobcuty couts a day outcn do dollah'a half I uah nod. Wall, ono mawnin' I wont into de but olin ll shop, and who shood cum in but do man wat kep' do likkcr shop. " '(lib mo len or twelve pounds po' terhou.se steak,' he said. "Ile got ii and went out. I snoakod up to de bulchah and looked to seo what money 1 had lei'. ".What do you wan'?' said tho bulchah. " 'Gib ino 10 emits' wuf of libber,' wuz my remark. "lt wuss all 1 could pay fur. Now yo' go anil gel yo' drink. You'll eat libber, but do man wat sells yo' do stuft'will bab his po'torhouso steak. De man bohiu' de bar cats po'torhouso -do man in front eats libber. I ain't touched tho stuff in thirty yeahs, an' I am oatin' po'torhouso myself."-Fox boro lic/.orlcr. Tho HulUlon's Grip. One often hoars of a bulldog's grip, but seldom of a case where a dog showed snell tenacity as a bulldog ex hibited at Welborsilold a few days ago. William Smith, of that town, owns a hunting dog. A savage bulldog pitched into liim, seizing him by the shoulder, and refused lo iel go. The hunting dog, badly frightened, howled and struggled with terror, and tried to pull away, but tho bulldog held on to him witli a doatli grip- Tho hunting dog dragged him, by the teeth in his flesh, across the road to his own homo, howl ing tor help. Will Smith tried to mako the aggressor let go by kicking him, but this didn't make him wink. IIo then rushed for a pitchfork, and drovo the lines plump into him twice. Ho Still showed no signs of letting go. Mrs. Smith thou ran for an ax, sud gave tho brute two solid blows with tito head of it, tho second om: having tho desired offcct. The dog let go, and seemed to feel quito sick. He had got his death wounds, and ere long ho died. While Smith was plunging the fork into him, tho jaws ot the dog did not remain lixed, but would momentar ily relax their hold; but before tho hunting dog could escape tho relentless jaws would close again, ami the grip would continue. He was "good blood," bul tito Smith family had a persuasive way with thuin. - A S Ml Haven 1'alludium. THE LAURENS HAR. JOHN* O. IIA9KKI.L, N. lt. D?A I., Columbia, 8. (J. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL & DIAL, A T T O U N E YS AT L A W, LAURENS 0. H., S. C. .1. T. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OiTin:-Fleming's ("orner, Northwest side of Public Square. LAURENS C. H., S. C. J. C. OAKLINGTON, ATTI.) UNE Y AT LA W, LAURENS C. ll., S. 0. Office over W. II. Garrott's Store. W. C. RRNET, I'. 1*. M'OOWAN, Abbeville. Laurens. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS c. II., S. C. J. W. KER0US0N. (?KO. V. YOUNO. FERGUSON & YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. lt. 1'. TODD. w. ll. MARTIN. TODD & MA KT IN, A T T O R N E Y S AT LA W, LAURENS 0. II,, S. C. N. J. II0LME8. . II. V. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, A T T O H N E Y S A T L A W, LAURENS c. H., S. c. SAVE YOUR MONEY' Ry buying your Drugs and Medicines, Kino Colognes, Paper and Envelop, Memorandum Hooks, Euee Powders, Tooth Powdors, Hair Hriisbes, Shav ing Hrushes, Whisk Brushes, Blacking Brushes, Blacking, Toilot and Laun dry Soaps, Tea, Spice, Pepper, Ginger, Lamps and Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff, Diamond Dye3, and other articles too numerous to mention, nt tho NEW DRUG STORE. Also, Puro Wines and Liquors, for medical purposes. No troublo to show goods. Respectfully, B. F. POSEY & BRO., Laurens C. IL, S.C. August 6,18?6. 1 ly COLUMBIA & QUEEN VILLE II. R. PASSBNOBR DKl'AHI'MENT. On and after July 19th. 1886, Passen ger Trains will run as herewith indi cated upon this Koad audits branches: DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. No. 63-Up Passenger. S C Junction A 10 30 a m Columbia (C G D) 10 65 a in Ar Alston ll ?? a in Ar Newberry lt 58 p m Ar Ninety-Six D 2 14 p rn Ar Hodges 5 16 pm Ar Helton 4 24 p m Ar (?reenvide ? 45 p m No. 52-Down Passenger. Lv Greenville 10 00 a tn Ar Belton ll 21 a ni Ar Hodges 12 34 p m Ar Ninety-Six 1 23 p m Ar Newberry 3 08 p ra Ar Alston 4 10 p in Ar Columbia 5 15 p nt SPARTAN I tURG, UNION AND CO LUMPIA. No. 53-Up Passenger. Lv Alston ll 58 ay-^w Ar Union 1 5?) p ni Ar Spa ri'tr, S U & C depot 3 27 p in Ar Spart'g, lt & D Dep ll 3 37 p m No. 52-Down Passenger. Lv Spart'g R & D Dep II 12 05 p in Lv Spart'g S U & C Dep G 12 ll p m Ar Union 1 48 p ra Ar Alston 4 05 p ra LAURENS RAILROAD. No. 3-Up Passenger. Lv Newberry 3 15 p in ArGoldvillo 4 15 p m Ar ('linton 5 10pm Ar Laurens 6 00 p m No. 4-Down Passenger. Lv Lauren.- 9 10 a ra Ar Clinton 9 55 a m Ar Newberry 12 00 i? ARBEVILLE BRANCH. Lv Hodges 3 20 p tu Ar Abbeville 4 20 p ai Lv Abbeville 1125 am Ar Hodges 12 25 p m PLUE RIDGE AND ANDERSON BRANCH. Lv Helton 4 28 p ni Ar Andeison 5 01pm Ar Seneca City 0 15 p ra Ar Walhalla C 45 p ra Lv Walhalla ? 50 p m Ar Helton ll 02 p ia Trains run solid between Columbia and ilendersonvllle. CONNECTIONS. A Seneca with R. & I). R. ll. for Atlanta. A. With Atlanta Coast Line and South Carolina Railway, from and to Charleston. With Wilmington, Columbia amt Augusta from Wilmington mid ?ll points North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta from Charlotte: and all point? North. IL With Asheville and Spartanburf from and for points in Western North Carolina. C. Atlanta and Charlotte Division R. <fc D. IL lt. for Atlanta and points South and West. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. M. SLAUGHTER, (jen. Pass. Aft. 1>. CARDWELL, A. G. Pass. Agi. MAGNOLIA PASSENC1II ROUTE. 6. h. and S.. A. and K., sud P. J*, ?ml A. Railways. H LU IO TIME-GOING SOUTH. Lv Woodruff ?7 50 ?? Lv Enorce 8 2* a* Lv Ora 8 52-trSg Lv Laurens 9 32 a f* Lv High Point 10 10 a *? Lv Waterloo 10 34 ? .* Lv Coronaca ll 07 a *B Ar Greenwood *ll 35 a tl Lv Greenwood 5 50 a ra t 00 p nt Ar Augusta 10 25 a ni 7 00 p Lv Augusta *10 50 a m *10 00 p Ar Atlanta 5 40 p in 7 00 a Lv Augusta #1120a ArChalesston ft 00 f Ar Beaufort 6 05 p Ar Port Royal 6 20 p Ar Savannah 7 00 p ra Ar Jacksonville 6 15 a ra GOING NORTH Lv Jacksonville '8 50 f sa Lv Savannah 6 55 a ra Lv Charleston 7 00 a Mt Lv Port Royal 7 35 a * Lv Beaufort 7 47 a ta. Ar Augusta I 55 ? ?ft Lv Atlanta *8 20 p * Ar Augusta 6 10 a ra Lv Augusta *-J 30 . tn *G 15 p ita Ar (.reen wood 7 00pa ll 40 ar? Lv G reen w? *d 2 00 p Si Ar Coronaca 2 28 p si Ar Waterloo 3 01 p ia Ar High Point 3 23 p * Ar Laurens 4 03 p ra Ar Ora 4 4 3 p r* Ar Enorce 6 18 p m Ar Woodruff 6 45 p a* 'Daily. Connections maxie at Grce?? wood to and from points on Colainbia and ("reenville Railroad. Tickets on sale at Luirons to all points at through ratea. Baggage checked to destination. E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A. J. N. BASS, Supt., Augusta, Ga. Dr. W. KL BAIX, nr.NTiST. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Offlco days-Mondays and Tuesdays. LAURENS C. M., S. C. CINCINNATI TYPE?FOUHDRT ..AMO PRINTING M ACHIM YORKS, 201 Viae Street, CINCINNATI, fe Tb? type used on this VHMW WM MM* tr/ ta? Shove touchy. Ku.