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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 Tho Hurled Mother. Out by tho walls Of it Danish town Tho i'iiivrH stood ood ns tho night came flown. Tho Aiuoliis prayer hsd loni* been said. And tho bell tolled out tho psalm for tho dead ; lt sw ii mr for M whllu from tho darkening stopple, "Otlt Of the depths," mid priest and people, .j in . UK li nil tho cloeo-Ml town and towers. The doors vere shut fer the sllont hours. Hut a moth. r. burled for half a year, Woko with a cry Inti In her ear. She roso with the vague sleep still lu her head And clad In the ibrotld thut wraps tho dead. Mio left the cold ?rave under tho walls. And took the street lo her husband's halls, She- felt Dor Imic-dead hoHoin ncho. For her seven elli dren wera all awake; And none lind broken thom bread thal ul,/ht, Or poured I hem drink, or trimmed a light. And none had I it I . I tlx tn pillow er sheet; The dn-l ?f tho day wi s on their feet. Two strove for an ctnhty Clip, and ono W as oryliiK- thal was her youngest son. She washed ami kissed them, and hushed their cries; While tho teni8 pressed out or her long-dead eyes. Uut their fal her. who lay on a lower Uoor, Had heard h< r Mops in t he corridor, Ami he r<>ee ami cunte, and saw- her stand ?Ith tho children clinging lo either hand. Bbc auld, "Tho orj lng smote my heart. It broke my dreams < f <ienih apart. 1 was loth U) leave these seven. 1 died. Hut when have 1 supt whoo tho child has cried? Take m te. ero I pars lo Ul)' innnvdead: Your Children woke n ul hud mi bread, No tire, no lamp: two wcro nt strife) One cried uncomforted. Tell your wife." _-Magnatue of Art. ANU1CL WINOS. Many years ugo, tho community of n curtain hamlet ill the south of Franco was startled by a clime raro imlood in tliuir quiet, agricultural district. A wealthy farmer was found dead nt carly morning within a hundred yards of his own house. Ho had hoon killod by blows administered by a heavy ?take, which lay nour the body covered with tho blood; and Iiis pockets lind been rilled of their contents, including ll considerable sum of money which ho was known lo lutvo received tho pre vious evening for sonni sheep sold by him In tho uoighboring market town. When tho awe and excitement croa ted by this event had subsided a little, every exertion was mudo by tho author ities lo ferret out tho perpetrator of .tho crime. A reward was o fie red for tho discovery of Hie murderer, procla mation of which bounty w;is mude for loverai succ?s, ive Sundays at tho church door. At last some disclosures wcro made, implicating a young lunn named Laroche-a stripling eighteen yours of agc. Tho person who brought the charge against young Larochu was a man of tho numo of Landry-ll stranger in tho district, but who lind lately been ap pointed hy tho loni of tho manor us ono of lac keepers of game preserves. L imby test died that lio had seen La roche cutting a Muka from thu hodgo on Hie afternoon previous to tho mur der, and that ho had reproved him for it, aud, taking tho stake from him, had stuck il on tho bunk of tho hedgo at n particular spot. The slake was tho .samo uno that was found lying i oar tho body of tho farmer. Landry could swear lo it, because after t-.king it from Laroche, ho hud nicked it m a peculiar way with his peu-kinfo. Now, it so happened that tho mur dered farmer had mauy and itillucntial friends, while Larne li o had but few. Therefore Laroche was convicted of tho murder, und sentenced to bu hung on a certain day, and at u curtuiu pince, until which timo he was plucod for safe keeping in the jail of tiio dis trict- tho third lluor of a largo stone building, Hie lower part of which was a will. Tho prisou consisted of a singlo apartment, lighted by a small window, ul nie lioight of about sixteen feet from the lloor. Tho side of Ibo building from wlindi tho window loukod, ran sheer down to thu water ot a dark, deep river, which creeps lazily by tito mill, bul quickened iho paco a Inti*? lower down, until il gradually becaiuo a rushing torrent, leaping wildly on to its full over a perpendicular ludgo of rocks, bodies carried over tho fall wuru said to never luivo hoon rocov .orod; and it was ti fixod notion among tho country people- that thoro was a ?.mdional (oreo below by which every thing falling into it WAS carried down into tho unexplored nbyssos of tho earth. lt was tho dav boforo that lixod for tim execution of young Larocho, and tho priest of tho parish, Father Allard by name, had boon left alono with tho prisoner, in order to prepare him, by the consolation of rolston, for his ap proaching doom. To his words of com fort Larooho listened willly humility and s.louee, until tho good Father be gan to dilato upon bi* chancos of for giveness lu tho next world for the groat erlmo committed by him. Then tho prisoner olectnliod bim by declaring bis porfoct innoceiico of thut crinio-a position which hu mount to maintain, ho said, with his latest breath. To bo brief, tho youth of tho prison or, his earnest asseverations of inno cence, and n wavering doubt of bit guilt, which had all nlong troublod Father Allard's mind, so wrought upon that worthy man that ho at last con sented to commit himself to a plan for fjiving tho prisoner n chanco ol escapo, ? not from death, at least from tho ignoniny of dying by tho bund of tho accursed hungmnn. "If 1 dio by tho gallows, most t eve rend Father, said tho young man, "a great sorrow will some day fall upon all concerned in roy doalb. Tho real murderer is sure to bo discovered, ?nouer or latorjand tho just retribution of Heaven will pursue my murderers. Aid me to escape ratbor than risk a groat stain upon your conscience, tand upon this chair, whiob I piaoo .upon the table, thus; and thou, by i mounting upon jour ahouldors, 1 can ureaoh tba window and drop from it" J,But ?he riror below !" **i oan swim like an otter, and, at any rate, it is better to bo drottnod than hanged." Convinced of the you'.g man's inno cence, Father Allard consontod to aid him in his esoapa. A moment suffloed to carry the plan into exocution. The prisoner gaiuod the window and disap ?carbu. Parading in a straggling way outside the building wont one of the minor of* floors of justice -a solid peasant who had been placed there by way of ten? try, and who at thia moment happened to be looking toward? tho river wall ol iuu ultu? OM mgin. noariy lott lmu, un hu afterwards staled, wheu lin H;IW a man drop frow thu jail window, strike on to a platform that protruded from a doorway in tho second story, and, rebounding from that, full into lim Wa ter with a noavy plunge, reappearing at interval until ho was carried ??way into the rapids below. Tho alarm was at onco given. Village ollicials rushed to tho prison-loom whore they found Father Allard alone, seated on the chair, pale as if just re covering from tho sight of some super natural vision. To tho question pul to liim he replied that, us he wus ad ministering the consolations of his ho.y ollice lo thu prisoner, a voice sounded through tho apartment, accompanied by the shadow of a might)* pair ot wings, on which the prisoner mounted to Hie coiling of tho apartment and wus no moro seen by him. Tho voice, he ndded, proclaimed tho prisoner's inno cence, tho roul circumstances of the murder would soon he made manifest. It was a miracle; and tho good coun try pjoplo, over ready to accept that form of interposition, wero easily per suaded lo do so on tlio present occa sion. Meantime, Laroche, when ho leaped from tho window, hail forgotton all about tito platform. As he tull upon il be displaced u sue!' of grain, which splashed into thu dark waters of ttiu river, appearing to tho oyos of tho be wildered sentry to be tho body of tho man who bad dropped i rom Hie prison window. Larocbu lay upon tho nar row platform, stunned hy the heavy fall. Sprldo, tho miller's daughter, saw him fall. There was no one else in t c mid al the lime. ?She dl'ow him lie bind Ibo sacks and great heaps of II on tho lloor, and. having administered to iiim such restoratives as her young experience suggested,throw sumo loose sacks over him ami told bim to lie still. Tnat night SptidO and lier lover I? trocho and she had boon lovors for about six hours only-made their way to wintro a bout lay moored below ibo falls; and embarking in il, were soon carried far beyond pursuit, lt was sup posed by tho frightened villagers that Bprido must have been carr.eil fl'OUl the platform when tiie body from th" wintlow above bad boen seen lo strike upon it; and us tho whirlpool below tho torrent had never hiten known to give up its dead, bul little search was made for lier, ami her friends resigned them selves lo mourning for her awful fate. Less than six months after this L iu dry was Hied for tho murder of ll brother keeper and wa- convicted and bunged accordingly. Previous to his conviction, however, ho in i ie a clean breast of ii to Father Allard, confess ing that he hud murdered the farmer for his money, killing bim with the stake cut from tho hodge hy young Laroche, which, as lie staled singular ly enough, suggested lo him tho idea of committing the crime. Two years elapsed, and Father Al lard had been promoted to a parish at a distance of sumo fifty miles from tho ono which ho had been pastor of for so many years. Shortly after his arrival lhere his du ties lod him to take a journey on horse back somo milos imo thu interior of tho parish of which ho had charge. Part of tho road travelled by him wound through a swampy forest re gion; and, after a ride of several miles, ho carno to a sluggish stream that had formerly boon span nod by a bridge, of which nothing but the abutments remained, however. The priest turned his horso's hoad and rode along the bank of tho river, hoping lo lind anoth er bridge, or al least a ford, by which ho could cross to thu further side; nor had he gone fur when he discovered, by boot murks, a placo whero cattle seemed to bo in tho habit of wading through or coming to drink. Tho wator appeared to be shallow, so ho urged his unwilling horso into it, and bad got about half way across, whoo tho animal began lo plunge and struggle violently, sinking at thu same time, os if drawn down by somo invisi ble powor. Awuro now that ho had fallen into ono of thosu quick-sands which aro not uncommon in that part of Frauco, tho good father knew that to throw lum ?dt from his horso would be cerlain death, as the water was not deep enough to swim in, and tho luiii {;i ) saud ul tito bottom was gaping for dm. Ho hold upon his horse, there fore, and ; hunte.I for holp. The waler was gaining upon him, as tiie terriliod horse sank deeper and deeper in tho treacherous stream, Up, up it came, until it roached his saddle Haps, and then his knees; and ho had givon hun -elf up as lost, whoo distant shouts came in responso lo his, which woro going feebler willi oach repetition. And now a man bursts his way through tho brushwood on thu river bank, and, laying his axo upon a tall, slonder young troo, cuts it down witli four or live rapid strokes, loaning il si thal it falls down upon tim wator, it topmost boughs just brushing tho sink ing horsetuuii iu its fall. Grasping tin I boughs with ail his remaining strength tho priest was drawn lo tim bank bj tho woodsman, fainting and senseless however, and with hardly a visibh spark of lifo. When fat her Allard recovered cou sciuusnoss ho found liimsolf iu a smal but com for table roOUIu Sec m g hill! open bis oyos, a buxom young womat who was bathing his temples uttoroi an exclamation of joy, calling him bj nomo; aud now, as lils di/sy sousoi brightened, what was bis surprise lt Hud his attendant tho lost Spudo. Ex planch?n ensued, and all was lundi clear as day without recourse to mar rel or mirado, Presently Laroche, who had boon on gaged, wilb tho assistance of some o tbe neighbor*,m exti ie.sting tho priest' horse, carno lu, and tho scone was ai affecting ono bot woori tho two, oaoh o whom natl boon thus wonderfully ar pointed by Providence IO preservo th other. "My conselonco lu oloar*now," sal Fatbor Allard. "Hoavon has suroi pardoned tho little ftotlon framod b me; else why-" "Hut hold, rovorond Father," orlo Laroche, interrupting him; "them wa no fiction In tho caso. You said that was carrlod away upon an nngol' wings, and so I was, and this ls tho ai gd that saved ni"!" And he. langhin";, throw Ins arni ; arnuad tho pretty wife and hugged 1e r tn ids sitio. Poetical justice mimili now have hoon well suth lied, hat I liuvo a few words furl her lo add upon tho subject. Laroche, who was now employed as forester upon ntl estate, was enabled hy tho assistance of Father Allard to return to his native village, where, tiot lon'' after, he obtained an appointment to tho very keoporship formerly hold by tho assassin Landry. lit crease in Marriages. A comparative record of marriages in tho State of Ohio luis been compiled, which shows a remarkablo decrease in tho number during late years in pro portion lo thy population? During tho year p recoil lng tho War lhere woro over 'J.J.WO maniacos out of a po? illa tion of about 2,340,000. Tho War ro ducod luis uti'ubor to an avorago of tibold 10,600, and the return of poaco ran up thc number to 30.-170. This largo increase denoted that tuero wero a good many faithful ".iris who waited patiently tor the young mon to whom they had plighted their troth? After that tho nverago number of marriages was about '?.'(?.000 a year for n number of yours; bul following tho panto of 187;i td* ro was a drop to 23,430. Tho revival of bu si noss in 18S2 was marked by another increase to 30,000, but tho BUCCOOditlg depression of 1884 again re duced the number to 28,720. While lhasa statistic, ind?calo pretty clearly that good times promota mar? ritigos and haul ti nes depress thc ma trimonial as well as other markets, it is still mon- slgnilloaut to note that tho number ul marriagos ia proportion to tho population is very much smaller than loi tnerly. Tho annual average before thu W:.r was about one marriage 10 100 inhabitants; the samo proportion now would give 32,600 marriages per annum, w hereas the average tor tho last live years has been only a lit tie more than 2'J.UOJ. Few ur births aro recorded than twenty-live yours ago. though tho married population is "5 per cent larger. Those mai ringo statistics of Ohio may bo accepted as denoting an appreciable decline in the family lite of this ??on in ry. Ohio occupies a middle ground be tween Hm thickly.settled K?stern States ami the newer States and Territories] it is one ot thu most prosperous States in thc Union, and lhere is certainly us much OUCOtUMgOllloUt for domesticity thero as in any other portion of thu country. 11 may bu fairly assumed, therefore, that it mai ri .gos and births ure de creasing in Ohio in proportion to the popU allon Ilia sama is I ruo of other Stales :.nd even to a greater < xtent in some ol Ilium. Tho tendency is cer tain.> to bc deplored. Hard tunes will account tor a iidliug-ofi' ni tho millibar ol ni irrittgos ill certain years, bul will aol i .xplain thc dooroaso in thu general average. Tho drift of modorn civiliza tion in Hie crowded communities is to ward ou li hauy. Tuc lui) lic?teos are nu merous. Among tho classes w ho aro in comfortable circumstances and ought lo maintain modest, happy homes there is a desire tor display and an iiidulgunou ni extravagance which warn young men against thu responsi bilities ol a family. Among tho wealthy classes a largo proportion of thu youug men acrpliro habits winch divert their nllontioii from murringo. Ai our cities grow in population tho proportion of pour people increases, ami marriage, willi its attendant expenses of family, is a formidable a tia ir. Many other Comilitona CO ll kl be nuinod which aro deterrent in their uillucnce on luur riuges. Tho uiili-marrlago tendency is ospuoittll) lo bu deplored because it im plies increased immorality. lt can only bo counteracted by thu cultivation ol muru mod?ralo modes of fatuity lifo and the repression, so fur as possible of social vices. - Chicago 2'ribunc. The Millennium In Norway. A North Kiironoatl correspondent of the Springfield Republican a good deal mero than insinuates that tho millen nium has nol only arrived at Norway but that it is a greater ethical success than was anticipated. Ho convoys lids most interesting and most chooring piuco of intelligence, Which Km h mu? prophets waited for, Hut ill il M .Hu.ut Ibo Mvlit, in a manner as uniipio as it is satisfac tory. Listen to him: "As wo were driving along ona day [through Nor way] wo saw two umbrellas hanging on the branch of tl tree. Some propio, not caring to bo encumbered with them, bail left thuin thero till llioy should pass that way nguiu. Although il was raining, no ono thought of touching thom. ' Obviously no commontary can add lo tha force of this simple, unadorned statement. Tho nows from Norway will come home to tho avurago man with tho irresistible powor ot a steam pilo-driver. Norway may woll feel that she has ful li Hod tho choicest sort of a manifest destiny, and that sho has nothing moro to h\e for except tho en joyment of lier triumph's crown of triumph ami tho envy of hm siator u at ions, in order to realizo how far behind Norway is til is metropolis of thc Now World, lut any ono of our roadurs who is interested in tho pro gress of tho race, hung a nico silk um brolla for temporary safe keeping on ono of I li o trees of Madison Squaro or Central Park. A good, serviceable, stylish silk umbrella can bo purchased for from $6 to (10, and tho one soloct ed ipr ihitexperiment should be hung - nul necessarily for publication hulas a guarantee of good faith-on a limb within ea-, y rouen of passors by.-At to Yurk Tribune. ".vjtno of these country landlords maka mo tired," said u drummer. "Thoy don't know how to koop hotel, but they think thoy do, and tho way sonto of liiuui bluster about and make themselves think thoy aro playing thunder is (piito laughable. Ono day last Weuk 1 was in a hotel at Peoria ealing diiinor. I had just tackled a pioco of applo pio, using my fork, of oourao. whuii tho landlord happened to come in. Imagino my surprise upon he ai ing him growl out to the waitui; "Why in tho devil don't you Sive Hie gentleman a knife? You on't oxpect a man to oat plo with a fork. doyouP" -Chicago Herald. OLD TIM KS BBOALLBD. A Mombor o? Fiilmara'i C'ublnet Tollu About Ills CnlleMR-u??. Tho Inst surviving mombor of Mill uni Fillmoro's cabinot is Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, of Staunton. Va. Ho is 78 yours of ago, and bas a livoly recollec tion of tho mon of tboso days. A re portar for the Now York Mail and Ex. press mot bim the other day at the Fifth Avonuo hotel, when he was lu at? tendance at tho meeting of the trus t?es of tho Peabody fund, of whom he is ono. Ho is very tall and thia, is stooped by agc, and has a small, clean shaven faco ami blight eyes. "Recollect tboso limns?" be said. "They can never fade from my memo ry while 1 live. 1 was secretary of tb) iuterior from 1850 to 1863. 1 went in to tho cabinet soon after Mr. Fillmore becamo president. My colleagues were Daniel Webster, secretary of state-bo died iu September, 1862, aod was suc ceeded by Edward Ererott-Thomas Corwin, soorotary of tho treasury; Charles M. Conrad, secretary ot war; Gov. William A. Graham, navy; John J. Crittenden, attorney general, and Nathan K. Hale, of Buffalo, postmaster gouoral. Mr. Graham wits nominated for vico presidency with Soott and re signed. John P. Kennedy, of Mary laud, then wont on tho ticket in bis place. Of all tboso men, 1 alone am toft. Mr. Conrad was the last to dlo, s o mo (ive y oars ago." "How do our s toles mon of to-day comparo with those of your timor'" "There are no mou now to rank with Clay, Wobstor, and Calhoun. Clay was tho groatost practical statesman, Webster tho gr a infest debater and ora tor, and Calhoun (he most profound politioal philosopher. Mr. Clay had a porsonal oloquenco that enabled bim to control nearly everyone who came un der his iniluenco. Mr. Fillmore was a vory ablo man aud had a mind perfect ly balanced. I don't think that public, opinion has dono justice to his great ability. Ho was a statesman of vast resources, ami always had sufficient power to meet exigeucles of whatever tinturo. 1 know him well in congress in 1842 and often heard it remarked that ho was boru for the leadership of the house. "As vice prosidont he scorned to have every quality to control aud dignify tho position. Ho was a model presi den'. Ho brought with bim to the cabiuot meetings a moro thorough kuowledgo of tho topics and questions to be discussed than was possessed by any member. With it all he was the most consid?ralo and affable man it has over boen my good fortuno to kuow. If there was a purer man or moro uusoltish patriot I have yet to learn his name. Dauiel Webster was not ouly one of tbe grandest orators and debaters, but socially be wes most captivating. His wit was superb, his words of wisdom and his dow of spirits perennial. At bis own bouse be was a most delightful host, aud uono could exceed bia hospitality. His very pres ence gave life to ovory convivial party, lie often dined with mo and 1 with him. So 1 know bim thoroughly in his private as well as his public life. I stood by his side whoti bo laid the cor nor-slouo of tho capitol extension at Washington in I s.v.- or 1863, I forget which year. Ho ma. - a grand speech on that occasion." "Have things changed mindi since then?" "Well, wo novor heard so much fraud and corrupt motives attributed to mon in high position as now. Tho acerbity that prevails now in the po litical partios did not exist then to such a grout degree. As to how tbe gov ernment iiii'.drs are conducted now in Washington I can not judge. 1 have not been there to romain auy length of time for thirty years. But 1 could write many volumes about the men and Ibo cveuls ot. the old whig days." New Hotuei on Old Hltesw Thero aro. no r'.oubt, many persons now living in Rome who have beneath them tho residenco of some gentleman of tho Middle Ages, under which, per haps, is tho home of a Roman family of tho time of the Caesars; and this may have boon built upon the foundations of auolbor Roman homo, which was considered a good place to live In some five or six hundred years before. It must be a vory satisfactory thing, when ono is going to build a house, to lind beneath lbs ground some good substantial walls which will make ex cellent foundations. It very often happens that these remains of anoient buildings are built of larger stones,and are firmer and more solid then the bouses which aro erected upon them. There is another side, however, to this matter, and the remains of old build ings aro frequently very much in the way of those who wish to ereot new houses, for it does not always occur that tho anoient walla ere In the right placea, or of a suitable kind, to aerve SJ fouudationa for the modern build ing. Thon they have to be dug up and takeu out, which ia a greet labor. There la a bandaome American church in Rome. When this was built, the work was mado very expensive by the difficulty of getting rid of portions of walls, arohes, rooms, end vaults whloh those Romans ned left bebiud them, never thinking that in the ooureo of ages there might be such people ee Americana who would wish to build a churoh here. -?an* IL Stockton, in ?L Mcholas for A ot ember. ?an francisco continu?e one of the healthiest cities In the world, with an annuel death rate of ld.68 per thou sand, which is lower than the death rate in thirteen foreign cities and eleven Amerloen eitles. selected for comparison-that ls to sar. of foreign olties. London, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield. Leeds, Hull, Stockholm, Buenos Ayres, Dublin, Belfast, Berlin, Muniob, end Hamburgh; end of American oitlee, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, St Louis, New Orleans, Charleston, Ballimore, Savannah, end Riohmond. A man la New York who bed been tbe victim of e card swindler, went in to court and described from memory thirty separate marks that bed been put on as many cards by the thumb neil of the sharper, each of whloh Iden? lifted ita particular card? Fttotfl mid Figure?. Tho State c<> II ?ii ?< of Wisconsin has boen taken and tlio total population is .bown to be 1.663.930, a gain ovor 1880 of 21 per cont. Tho larg?se gains aro in the northern half of tho Stato, wboro thoro havo boon largo opouiugs of comparatively now country, duo in great moasuro to lumbor intorosts. Co-oporativo associations, or union ?tores, for tho salo of grocerios or dry good?, are a's popular iu Massachusetts manufacturing towns as building asso ciations aro in Philadolphin. Somo communities of 6,000 inhabitants sup Sort two or throo. Tho union storo at 'auvern, a minor shoemaking town, has lust declared its filth annual divi dend of $35 on ovcry $60 share. Acoordinsr to data collected by Mr. R W. Best, of tho Depart mont of Ag riculture, thoro aro in ibo United States S86.OOO.000 acres of Improved land. 446.000.000 acres of forest, and 780. 000,000 acres o? unimproved and waste unlimbered land. Incidentally it is found that forests aro disappearing at the rate of 26,000.000 acres each yoar. Tho forest product during tho oonsus year was 18.000.000.000 foot board measure. Last yoar it was 28,000,000, 000 feet The earliest rocorded protected En glish invention is said to bo tho making of the Philosopher's Stbno: "That in the time of Edward DI. soino alchem ists porsuadod tho King that a Philoso pher's Stone might bo made; that tho King granted a commission to two fri ars and two aldormon to inquire if it wore feasible, who certified that it was, and that the King granted to tho two aldermen a patent privilege that they and their assigns should have tho solo making of tho Philosopher's Stone." An important series of oxporimonts has long been in progross at Middles borough, England, with tho view of utilizing oil wasto from chemical works, instoad of coal, as fuel for steamers. It is claimed that tho now invention will revolutionize tho ocean carrying trade. Several stoainors ply ing betweon English and Mediterranean ports have made round trips by tho uso of (bo new fuel exclusively, and the on gineers roport cxcollent rosults. Tho oil tanks occupy but 1 itt lo room and the fuel costs only half as much as ooah More than three hundred years ago an English historian gavo tho follow ing description of a saw-mill: "The ?aw-mill ia driven with an upright wheel, and tho wator thattnaketh it go Ia gathered whole iuto a narrow trough, whtob delivered! tho samo wator to tho wheoh Thia wheel bas a piece of tim ber ont to the axle-tree end, liko tho handle of a brocb, and fasted to tho end of a aaw, which being turued by the force of the water hoisteth up aud down the saw, that it continually oat cvli ia, and tho hamlin of tho saw is kept in a rigall of wood from sworving. Also the timber Doth, aa it wero, npon a ladder, which la brought by little to tho aaw with another vice." Three hundred pages of statistics in th? last roport Of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor .Statistics aro taken up with a historical roviow of wages and pricea from 1762 to 1860. Taking the history broadly wo find that wages have risen far more rapidly than the Frico of commodities has advanced, n thirty years before the war wages advanced 62.3 percent in twenty load ing occupations, while commodities rose but 12 per cent in price. Sinco 1860 tho riso in wages haa been 24.4 per cent; in commodities, 14.6 por cent. Or, sinoe 1830 thero has boon a rise of 89.4 nor cont, in wages, and an advanco of 28 per cent in tho prico of commodities. The samo amount of human toil to-day roa ps a largor re ward in necessities and comforts than at any previous era in our history. Man growa moro valuable and things lesa valuable with every decade. Tho general tondency ia to the equalization of condition, aa Mr. Caroy assorted in the face of tho pesaimistical teaching of the English economists nearly half a century ago. - The American. A Ht rango liOgal Custom. There are aomo peouliar customs in connection with tba administration of the couria of the District of Columbia, relica of Ihe old Maryland laws, but ono whioh atrikoa the ordinary obaerv er ?a the moat peculiar ia that whioh requires a winning party to a civil ault to pay for the tobacco that tho jury whioh tried Ibo oaao ia supposed to have used during tho hearing of the oas?. Mow, it happens somotimes, that not one of ibo jurors uses tobacco in any form, and yet the pound of tobac co O . Itt equivalent has to bu paid the foreman ot tho jury tbo instant a ver dict baa been givoti. As litigants or their attorneys are not in the habit of carrying so much tobacco in their clothing, for custom requires a poun be given the jury, the lawyer on the winning aide aa aoon aa the vordict ia recorded baie!., the foreman of the jury $1, wh'c'i ,? jual aa good aa tho pound of tobacco. Sometimes a jury will try aeveral oases a day. If ltn>y do they will get fl for ouch caap frattt tho win ner. The jurioa out all their tobacco money togethor, and ut tho end of the term divide it among themselves. Washington Cef. A'cw York Herald. ***m ?. mj'< Where; tthey 1>Q??'? ?peak. Tboy wero engaged to bo married and called each other by their first name?. Tom and Vanny,* and he waa telling her bow ho had alway? liked the name of Fanny, and bow it sounded like music in his ear. "I like the name so well," he added, aa a sort of elincbor to the argutnont, "that whon ?Udor Clara ?eked mo to nemo hor Dot terrier I at on co oalled lt Fanny, after yon, doareat" "1 don't think that wea very nice," ?aid lb? fair girl, edging away from bim; "how would you like to have a dog named after your" "Why. that's nothing!" aald Tom. airily; "half ibo cala in the country ar? mimed after tue." They don't speak now. No one will question the affirmation of the postulate, that ?porch I? one ot th? chief and most valuable of the tal ent? poaanaaod by men, and that they are held reaponaible to God and man for Itt wlae and beneficent use -. ll I .--- 1 BEST GOODS! LOWEST PRICES! AUGUST DORR, TAILOR, HATTER AND FURN ISHER, Offer to thc public at large, tho largest and handsomest stock of Cloths, Cassi mer8, Montaignacs, Heavers, Worsteds, Meltons, etc., ever brought South. These will be made up into Suits, Overcoats, Trousers and Vests, at Prices Unprecedented in this or any other market. Perfection in fit, and handsom est trimmings, as well as Lowest of Prices shall bo our motto. Solo Agent for Dunlap, Knox, You man's and other celebrated Hats. Also, a thoroughly complete linc of Underwear, Neckwear, Suspenders, Col lars and Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, and undoubtedly the cheapest and best stock of Shirts in the city. The best $1.00 Siiirt in the market. The choicest stock of Overcoats in thu market-our own make. Wedding outfits a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed. All of the above aro offered to the public, and thc prices guaranteed. ^V.XJGXJ?rjr DORR, Tailor, Hatter and Furnisher, 718 Broad Street. AT GOODYEAR'S CARRIAGE REPOSITORY, Can always bo found a full lino of Medium and Cheaper Gradea of OPJEN ^VrVI> TOP BUGGIES, At lower price* than at any other bouso tills side of Cincinnati. This work ls nil tundo to order, ls lighter running and better finished than tho class of work generally sold aa standard Vehicle*. But I have just received a full line of Fino Family Carriages, Phaetons and Cabriolets I Just received, another shipment of those Fino Opon and Top Bungles,mado upon special orders by tho best manufacturera North and Bast. Nothing be ing used in tho construction of these Vehicles bur tho best materials, and In ?nulky, stylo and tlnish, aro unequaled by any others now In tho market, n stock a full lino of SADDLES AND MAUN ESS. All grades, which I will offer at lower prices (lian hiv.? ever before been known In the history of tho business. Milburn, Studebaker and Standard Plantation Wagons, all sizes. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Calf Skins.Shoo Findings, Carriage and Wagon Materials, Han.? ss Leather, Belt Lacing of superior quality, Kubbcr and Leather Belting. Also, a full linc of HAR DWAR E, Guns, Shells, Powder, Shot, Tablo and I'ocket Cutlery, Plow Points for all makes, Nails, AX'?S, Hoes, Ticks and Mattocks. Pitchforks, Shovels, Spades, Steelyards and Scale Beams, Grindstones, Kikes, Pad looks, Carpenters' Toola, Files, Hinges, Window Sash, D mrs and Blinds, Farm and Church Bella, which I am offering at lowest cash prices. A. K. GOODYEAR, AGRNT, (Successor to lt. IL May it Co.,) at tho Old Sem i, opposite Georgia Rall? road Bank, 704 Brond street. THEO. MAEKWALTEE, Steam, Marble & Granite Works, Manufacture all kinda of Home & Eastern Granite Monuments, 529 Broad St., Near Lower Market, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THE OH EAP ?.sr GA uris r? ;N GUU?UHA. stock Larger, Trices Lower tuan liver Before* Carpets and House Furnishing G ?ods, tho largest S'ook s sith, Moqu t. Brm la, 3-Tly and Ingrain Carpets, Rugs, Mats and < 'rtimh Clot us. Window Stmdci, rall Papers, Borders, Lice Curial'??, Cornices and Toles, Cooa und Canton Mai _Tt.-L.l. I ll. _"...-T f VU'^ll.. r... t........I. j .I , Wall _ tings, Upholstery, Chrotnos. Mar. 17, 18S5.-15 |3ir*\Vrlt? for anni pies and prices. J AM BS G, BAILIE ? S INS. Ag'ts , Tl 1 Bi.I S . Augusts. (h. THE LAURENS BAIL SA VE YOUR MONEY Hy buying your Drugs and Medicines, Fine Cologne?, Paper and Envelopes, Memorandum HOOKS, Fae Powdors, Tooth Powdors, Hair Bru '?es, Shav ing Brnshco, Whisk Brushes, Ulai king Brushes, Blacking, Toilet and Laun dry Soaps, Tea, Spice, Pepper, Ginger, Lamps and Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff, Diamond Dyes, and other articles too numerous to mention, at tho NEW DRUG STOKE. Also, Pure Wines anti Liquors, for medical purposes. No troublo to show goods. Respectfully, ' B. F. POSEY & HHO., Laurens C. H., S. C. JOHN ?'. HASKELL, K. ll. DIAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL & DIAL, A T TO Ii N K Y S AT L A W, I.AlKKNS 0. ll., S. C. ? . .). T. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFICE-Fleming's Corner, Northwest sida of Public Square. LAURENS C. IL, S, C. J. C. OAKLINGTON, AT'I' O lt N E Y AT L A W, LAURENS c. H., s. Ci Office over W. II. Garrett's Store. W. C. KI M I , Abbeville. I\ p. M'GOWAN, Laurens. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, KAI KENS C. H., 3. C. W. FERGUSON. UKO. P. YOUNO. FERGUSON A YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS 0. II., S. C. Angnst 5, 1885. I ly Pelot & Cole, PHOTOGRAPHERS 628 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Pictures mad? in any kind of weather by the Instantaneous Proems. Special attention given to copying and enlarging Photographs. It, I?, TODD. w. ll. MARTINI TODD & MARTIN, A T T O It N ? Y 8 AT LA W, i,.u:KENS c. ic, s. c. N. J. HOLMES. II. Y. SIMPSON. HOLMES A SIMPSON, AT TO RN E Y S AT L A W, LAURENS 0. H., 8. 0. Dr. W. H. BALL, DENTIMT. OFFICE OVER WILKES' HOOK AND DRUG STOKE. Oillco days-Moudnys and Tuesdays. LAURENS C. IL, B.C. CINCINNATI TYPE*FOUNDRY .-A SO - PRINTING MACHINE WORKS, 201 Vine Street, CINCINNATI, 0. Tlio tyi>o unod on this paper was cast l?y Uv? above foundry.-ED.