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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
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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,
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_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.
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SA VE
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Hy buying your Drugs and Medicines,
Fine Cologne?, Paper and Envelopes,
Memorandum HOOKS, Fae Powdors,
Tooth Powdors, Hair Bru '?es, Shav
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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.
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