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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 Bonillo Strathoyre? Then"* meadows in Lanark nnd mountains te Skye, And pasturas iii Hlolondnnd Lnwlnndsiorbyo: Dui fhoro's uno greater luck that tho boan could doslro Than to liord tho lino cattle In bonnie Strath tyro. O. H'M np in tho morn nnd nwa' to tho hill, Whoo thc lang Biuitncr days oro BOO worm and Bao still. Till tho peak o' Hon Volrllch in girdled wt' Aro. And tho ovcnlu' lu's Kontlyon bonillo Struth eyro. Thon ther..> mirth In tho shelling and lovo In my drehst, When tho sun is gano donn nnd tho kyo aro al rout ; For lhoro'8 mony a prince wad bo proud tn aspire To my v. iusotno woo Maggie, the pride o' Btrathoyrol Her lips aro Uko rowans In rlpo Blmtner seen, And mild as tho Starlight tlu< glint o'her ccu; Far sweeter her breath than tho .scout o'thc briar. And her voice Is .?weet muslo lu bonnlo Strath oyro, Sot Flora by Colin and Moggie by mo, And we'll danoo to \*x? pipo 1 BWOlltn' loudly ami free. Till tho moon In tho hearona ollmblng higher mu? in.! her Illds us sleep on fresh brackens In bonnie St ni I lievre. Though - ?mo t<> gay touus in tho Lawlandi Will roam. And some will gang KOdgOrin' far from their home Vet l il ave herd my cattle, und 1>IKK my alu byro. And lovo my alu Maggie, in bonnie Strathoyre. -Harold itonitnu in Spectator. wrair, TWmiM-i "FROM TUB HOSPITAL." "Yes," saki tho Rov. Mr. Dibble. "I know I eotihl drpond upon tho hospital ity of luv Hock to entertain this excellent young tlivlno,seelng that my own house hold ls hi so disorganized u condition, owing lo th ? exigencies of cleaning house, lt will bu only for a night or two, and wo all Know whnt is promised to those vho receive the. angel un aware.-.!" Ano Mr. Di brm rubbed his bands and looked smilingly around upon the mem bers of Ihn Young Ladies' Aid Associa tion, while a tory preeoptlblo murmtu of asfonl rose up from this aggregate collection of curls, bang-, frizzed hair, and er i nilled laces. Not n damsel in thonumbor but would gladly have extended her gracious hos pitality to tho Rev. Felix Amory, whe was to preach a sermon in aid ol' "Ilona Helps and Missions" nt tho village church upon the coining Sunday evo ning. "I'm sure," said Miss Lidia Larkspur promptly anticipating tho crisis, "paps would lin most happy to receive tho gen tlomnn!" While all thc other ladies looked ill dignan (ly first at Miss Lidia thon ai each ot nor, and whispered, -'Uah tiling!11 "Most kind of you to promise it, ] nm sure," said Mr. Dibble, and so tlu matter was settled, not at all to the gen oral satisfaction. And Lidia Larkspur went homo, ant Issued orders that tho parlor curtain; ohoultl bo washed and ironed, and f pound-cake of th richest nature con cocted. While Kate Daer, tho doctor's sister who was aa fond of young clergymen aj Lidia hcrsolf.and would in no wiso havi objected to varying tho monotony of he home, life with ll spico of ecclesiastica novelty, returned to her croohot-worl with a yawn and a general impressioi that lifo was a bore. "Wc are to have a young lecture from ibo city in the church on Sunda; evening," she said to her brother whci he bustled into dinner. "Lb?" said Dr. Duel', swallowing hi scalding soup; "arc wc? Hy tho way Kate, there's a new ease of small-po reported among those hands on tho rall way onbankmont." "Dear mo!" sold Kate, who was coir pounding a refreshing salad in a carve wooden bowl; "I hope, you keep wei vaccinated, Hugh." "Oh, thore'a no trouble about that!' sr.id tlie doctor; "only tho other pr tients in thu hospital object to such case." "I should think it very likely," sai' Kate, with a little mom . .*I must try to isolate him gonn where." said Dr. Doer thonghtfull; "In one of those stone houses by tl river, perhaps. Old Mrs. Viggers hi had tho disease, I know." And then Dr. Dtier tasted the sala and pronotllU ' t first-rate. Pltchorvillo was all on tho guivii that day when tho double-shotted pie< of tidings Hew, on tho tongue of populi rumor, through tho town. An actu tunall-pox caso in their midst, and ?oung minister coming all tho way fro Tow York to appeal to their sympftthi on behalf of home missions." "I wonder if it is contagious!" BA old Mrs. McAdam, looking very roun eyed through her spectacles. "Contagious!" said Mrs. Kr.imons; ' ought to find its way into every homo our village." "What!" cried Mrs. McAdam; "t small-pox I' "No; certainly not," said Mrs. El mons; "the sympathetic movement favor of homo missions." And thou everyone laughed. Mi McAdam looked pawled, and Mrs. El mons drew herself up and remark that "il was very irreverent to laugh sacred things." But Miss Lidia Larkspur, whose fath . did not believe in vaccination, and w .hod a mortal horror of the diso* .against which the famous Jenner wag ?so successful a warfare, was much tri ?bled in her mind. "I've always had a sort of premoi VJ.m that I should fall a victim to t small-pox." sighed she. "I only wi pa would let mo bo Vaccinated!" It was on a sultry August evening, t sky full of lurid clouds, tho air charfl with glittering arrows of elootrioity, a tho big drops beginning tc knock Miss Lidia's door- a most mystorh tap, as she afterwards doclared. "Who's there?" said Miss Lidia, op lng it sufficiently to obtain a glimpse a tall polo man with pooketrhandk ohief folded turbanwiso around head. "Excuse me," said this apparltl "hut I boiiovo I havo lost my way. Mij I ask shelter from tho shower? 1 am young man from tho hospital." "Certainly not," said Miss Lidia, cl lng tho door abruptly In his face, w a fittlo shriek. "Good graciou*! ha* stood faco to face with tho-small-] oasoP" J Aadth?n. ?hp ran tor the, sert. and (ho camphor-bottle, and went into hysterics. Mrs. Printemps lived in tho next house-a picturesque cottago, overhung with Virginia-crooners, with a little plaster cast of Cupid in tho gardon, and a groat many bluebells ana carnations -a young widow who read all tho new cst books and sometimes wrote gushing poems for the second-rato monthlies. Mrs. Printemps imagined herself liko the gifted and unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots, and dressed up to the part, as far as nineteenth-century prejudices would allow her-and she was seated by tho easement, trying to find a rhyme to suit a most unaccommodating lino of poetry, when tho tall palo stranger n\y penrod under her window, "for all tho world," as Mrs. Printemps subsequently expressed it, "like a troubador, or David Rizzio himself." "Excuse mo, madame," ho bogan, "but I am from tho hospital,ami-. "My goodness me!" ejaculated Mrs. Printemps, jumping to her foot; "how dare you como here and tell mo that to my fac<i? Why don't they isolato you?" "Madame-" said the surprised stranger. "Go away!" said Mrs. Printemps, banging down her window and bolting it noisilv. "Betsy" lo her girl "run across tho meadow to Mrs. i'nderlay's and tell her that the small-pox ease is rampaging all over tho count rv, trying to got people to let him in, and she isn't to open the ?loor on any account. And stop at Dr. liner's and ask him what sort of senitary regulation he culls this kind of thing?" "I'm afraid I'll moot bim, mein!" said betsy, getting behind Ibo sid,., board; "and I ain't boen vaccinated for ?even years, and-" "Nonsense!" said Mr.*. I1 int ..If you go across tho pasturc-ii ; I ; ... ll got there full five minutes before ho does. Make haste now." Kate Doer was standing in her door way watching tho storm roll grandly over the mountain-tops, when the weary and bewildered traveller opened tho gate and came hesitatingly In. "I bog your pardon," said ho meek ly, "hut 1 think there must be some thing singular in my appearance. Peo ple soom to shut their doors against me, and shun me as if I had tho pestilence And I cannot find tho rosidoiico of Mr. Dlbblo, the clergyman. Would it ho asking too much if I wcro to request permission to rost in your porch until tho storm is (?vcr? I came from tho hos pital, and-~" "Oh, I understand," said Kate quick ly. "You are lim small-pox patient. Hut I have been vaccinated, and am not afraid of tho disease. There is a very comfortable chamber in ibo second sto ry of tho barn, and you shall bo care fully nursed and taken care of there, of-" "But you aro mistaken," cried tho young man: "I am not--" "Hush!" said Kate gently. "Do not be afraid to confide in nie. I am Dr. Duer's sister, and know tho wholo storv. Sit hore and rest a little, and I will bring you some broad and milk until my brother comes." "I am a thousand times obliged to you," said thc stranger, "and tho broad and milk will taste delicious after my long walk. Hut I do not know what If .ils you to think that I am a victim to varioloid. I have lost my hat in tho wind, to bo sure, and nm compelled to wear this Syrian-looking drapery on my hoad, but 1 never had small-pox, and hone never to encounter its horrors." Kate Duor turned red first, then palo. "Then," said she, "if you aro not tho small-pox caso, who aro von?" "I am Felix Amory," said the young stranger, "tho chaplain of St. Lucetta's Hospital in Now York. I am to preach in aid of tho homo mission on Sunday next." Kate Duor burst out laughing. "And everyone has been mistaking you for tho small pox case!" said she "Oh, Mr. Amory, do como In. How could wo all havo been so stupid? Hut you soo. tho minuto you began to speak of tho hospital-" "I dare say it was very awkward of me," said Mr. Amory. "Hut it's tho way I havo always mentioned myself to strangers. St. Lucetta's, von know-" "Yes, I know," said Kate. "Hut to tho gooil folks hero, there is only ono hospital in tho world, and that is the I'itchorvlllo Instituto." Mr. Amory enjoyed bis toa, sliced peaches, ami delicate "angel cako" very much, as ho sat tctc-a-tetc with Kate Duor, by tho soft light of tho shaded lamp, while tho rain pattered without. And when tho doctor came in it was coaior yet. "Tho small-pox caso?" said he. "Oh, that is safely isolated at Hopo's Quarry sinco this morning. And doing very well, too, I am happy to say. Upon my word, Mr. Amory, I am sorry that you havo had such a disastrous expe rience." "All's well that end's well," said UfO young clergyman, leaning back in his snug corner with an expression of inef fable content on his face. Miss Lidia Larkspur was quito indig nant when she heard that Mr. Amory was staying at Dr. Duer's residence. "Just liko Kitto Duor," said she. 'To manoovro to got that j>oor young man into her hands,' after all. Hut if a man rushes around the country, tellingcvery body Unit he comos from a hospital,what can ho expect?" "Tho most awkward tiling I over heard of in my life," said Mrs. P mi te m ps vindictively. Hut this was not Mr. Felix Amory's last visit to Pitehorvillo. Ho oame in autumn when tho leaves wore rod --and then in tho frozen beauty of winter. And tho last time, lie asked Kaki Duor "if she was willing to encounter tho trials of a minister s wife?" Arid Kate, after a little hesitation, said that shu was willing to try. And Miss Lidia larkspur declared that "anyone could get married if they were as bold about it as Kate Duor." Mr, Thomas A. Hall, tho totlptor, who has recently flnUhed a larc;? statue of Daniel Wooster for Concord. N. H., is now at work on a portrait of V. T. Bar num. The figure is in a sitting position. It will not bo put up during his lifetime, but his family prefr- to lavo tho por trait from lifo instead of wilting to have it done from photograph*. Both these statues are to bo catt ki bronce In Munich. WRATH l'Ai SIGNS. N?turi)*? Moanit <>r Indicating the Coming of a Htorat, The wind risos, foretelling a storm. It cries and moans at the window as if it lamnnted tho evil it was powerless to prevent. It is a sound which tries tho nerves already sinking as thc electric stimulus is withdrawn from the air. Tho low spirits wo are unable to account for aro Olton caused by tho suspension of tho bracing, positiv.- electric current during a chain,"' of weather, too slight, per haps, lor us u< not ice. This sinking of spirits unconsciously lentis sensitive peo ple to regard the erv of tho wind as a sort of banshee warning of disaster and wreck. This is ono of tho oldest super stitions In tho world, for before tho time of Virgil and Theocritus, when to Greek and Etrurian an eclipse was tho frown of un offended doily and a comet was a llery messt u :< r of wrath, tho s:irh of tho wino was full <>f unutterable portents. In olden dav?, when wintlow frames were not aa close ns ours and chimney crannies nimrod pipo for any tune the wind cit?se to play upon it, imaginative colt rs wove many a legend <>f demons of (ho air lind witches shrieking discord and horror, as if Tho cloudy it lr WMH Ulled round about With i" wunger)! . mid wot'ul, wHltlni*plaints Old-country tradition is full of such tales, and WO are al! primitive enough to feel a louch of creeping dread at thc ohlrieh voices of the wind, forgetful thal Ibo clamor and wailing is only tin: wind forcing itself through a crevice loo sinai! for it. Tho world is ful 1 of superstitions whieb nave arisen as naturally as the childisr droad of tho wailing of tho wind. But you must ho sure that these well-worr ideas have neither meaning nor wort! before you throw thom away. A super stition is not alu ays a thing to bi laughed at, a truth which the latest re search of science, strikingly illustrates. In places on the west coast of Eng land, on tho calmest, quietest of ?lay?, i strange, hollow moan is heard from : distance at sea, although tho waves lit sleeping at. one's feet. Fifty years agc the o ast folk believed it the. voice of i spirit, by tho old heathen Saxon nairn of Bucca, which foretold tempest ant woe. You hear tho voice now, ominou as of yore, but you know that it is tin noise of a storm so far ott'on theAtlant'n that its swell has not even roache! shore. Sound travels Ft? much faste than currents of air that tho tempes leaches tho ear long before tho hrs ripple of wind tone ?K'S fie cheek. Sonni in air travels about thirteen miles i minuto; in water four times as fast, out stripping Ibo speed of any tornad* known. The shore at these place gathers tho sound as in tito drum of th ear, and currents striking castwart carry tho roar of storms which ar sweeping miiloeean hundreds of league away, not a blast of which may eve vex tho shore It is wonderful whs carriers of sound anti motion tho gre? empty spaces of the ocean are. Befoi a galo is felt ill tho British isles a hoav Bwell stits tho lightship swinging at th station of tho Ki&h and Cockle Ga while at Valentia the surf rises twentj four hours before tho ?torin roache? th: projecting point. In tho bey of Moi leroy, California, the. billows como tea ing in from tho Pacific while tho day i perfectly calm. A cyclone off days i sea has sont these surges to tell th shore of its work. W a 'istast hills look clear, sailoi forbo* storm. When instead of ii usual h.w.e, Blue, hill, as seen from Dei ham, invites tho OVO to pierce its del and woody paths in singular Hearnes wo know il is tho last of our goo weather for awhile. How is this? great German observer says the moistut m tho air washes it.; dust and impuritii away, leaving this beautiful cloarncsi But this reason fails to ho satisfactory Why isn't it as clear after a rain as we as before it. when wo know tho woo? fold their huesl mist about them, ns to keep their recesses fresh? I preft Ibo theory hat tho air beforo a ston has a rcfraeting quality which brine distances near, liuo tho glasses of a tel scope. Hov does it gain this quality i ono timo and not at anothorP Porhai by tho different arrangomontof its mol miles by tho alteration of the* eleotr current so that various layers of the a act like lenx s in n degree One fim the same len sed i ko quality in tho air i Arizona plains when mirngo is visibl and on tho northwest prairies, when i times it ls likt! looking through a gre: prism, and tho slopes aro outlined wit purple and bud with roseate tinges < Bnenanting harmony. You have heard of the old signs ar sayings about the right time of tho mot for sowing seeds and expecting rain mell a quarter, and you have taught it tho idea that tho moon had anvthii o do with tho affairs of the earth beyoi jiving light like a big ian tom. ..] act, writes one English scientist, "tl nfluenee of tho moon on the weather ts mythical as its Influence over bunn ?fe.'* Presently tho name writer spca >f "tho powerful agency of tho moon musing tides of ocean and of air, sn oct to the sumo tidal influences Farther he declares thal "changes .ho weather aro associates with vario IS poe ts of tho moon." Mr. Park Har ion, ono of tho closest observers nodi.-rn times, after studying a mass observations, concludes that thcro is endenoy in tho moon to wami t ?arth at her first quarter and cool it he third, slightly but perceptibly. it tiaisher, the COlebr \tcd moteorologi inds that there aro r ore north win n one-half of tho moon's jioriod ai nore south winds in tho other-cain mite BtlfHciont to affect snob susocptil nings as the germs of seed. But leaving tho slight additional h< riven by tho moon out of tho quostlr efieureh brings a new and serious phf >f tho moon's influence before us. T noon is a radiator and reflector of t am's heat, which pours upon her foi >eriod fourteen tiroes tho length of c lay, part of whioh flows into space a nut comes to earth. In this period solation tho moon receives not 01 teat, but a portion of that intense vi md electric force of which the sun ho center and source. At hor th Klatter tho mo->n has been exposed e un intel riqit- . bout of the sun for ? lours, absorbing quantities of vital h< ind eleetricity as well. Why may i t bo also reflector and radiator of t ileotrio energy, whioh we And diflu? in the grouud, tho leaf in its sheaf, the blood within our voins, the tissues which overlay our frame. Scionce deteots a tido of nervous oloctrio force at its fullest about 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and from 3 to 4 in tho afternoon, when human strength and life aro at their best, in tho hours opposite which tboy aro at their lowest, when the sick feel focblest, and when the dy i tig find re lease. The hours of its ebb and flow aro as well kuown os tho tide of ocean, and beyond a doubt suoh a current exists in lower forms of organic life. All things point to the sun as thc royal source, tho moon as the dispenser ?nd regulator, of this magnetic life. Ad miral Fitzroy, founder of tho weather service of Great Britain, fairest and most exact of observen, writes in his weather book that all the phenomena agreo with tho idea of such an cloctric influence on tho part of tho moon and farther that it explains all unreconciled facts in meteorology. This being true, it re dooms from absurdity tho dependence of mankind for centuries on tho aspects of tho moon for signs of weather, for times of sowing and reaping, for weaning of children and young animals, in short, tho most delicate operations of nature, sensitive to influences we duly fed and distantly perceive. When all scientific men agree th;<t, whatever tho reason, certain changes of tho weather nod cer tain changes of tho moon happen to gether, we have not far to look for a code of weather signals available by land or sea. Tho old superstition was that the moon caused the change of weather, in which lies tho mistake, just as if wo believed that tho cautionary signals of tho weather bureau caused Storms, That tho moon's changes agree with tho changes of weather as with tho tides is a belief on which we want tho experience of twenty thousand striot observers.--A'. Y. Mail and Express. Natural (ino tn Dwelling;!*. Thc necessary danger attending the use. of natural gas may not be greater than that encountered in places where tho manufactured artielo m commonly employed for purposes of light and fuel, but it is certain that since ?twas utilized in western Pennsylvania sud southwest ern New York more, accidents have re sulted than can be charged up to artifi cial gas the world over. Two of tho most serious of those oasualitios have taken pince in Pittsburg, where not long ago a main exploded, wrecking several buildings and killing four or five people, and where, within a week, tho explosion of another pipe has resulted in toe de struction of a steamboat and the loss of ono life. It natural gas may bo utilized in thc homes and tho business of tho people with safety a very important problem will have boon solved. Whore so em ployed for domestic purposes tho ocon omy of tho household hos boon revolu tionized. Tho pipes am run into ordi nary cooking and heating stoves, as well as grates, and, besides saving the labor of carrying in coal and removing ashes, os well as the cleaning and dust ing m:ule imperativo under the old sys tem, tho now device obviates thc neces sity of kindling Aros and of watching them, and at thc same time reduce? tho expense on account of tho fuel and light by moro than one-half. Whoo a fire is wanted in every room in tho house a match for each room will supply thc do mand. If tho fire becomes too strong lt may bo checked by turning a lever, and on thc other hand by a similarly easy movement every stovo in the houso may bo made rod hot ata moment's notice. The only drawback to all this is thc reflection that ono's houso is connected by direct pipes with the Infernal regions, with tho nevil knows who in charge of tho generating proceas. If all goes woll bolow tho little flames so successfully in troduced in the houses above will b? ex ceedingly enjoyable, but in thc event of disturbances in tho depths, or of some slight defect in tho means omployod to control tho supply, there is no telling what might become of the dwellings and their inmates. If thc natural gas wells can bc controlled and regulated as suc cessfully as the reservoirs of the artificial article aro, there appears to be no ex cuse for tho dreadful explosions which havo taken place from time to time. On tho other hand, if these explosions aro to ho set down ns unavoidable, the natural gas SO to rp ri se becomes a dangerous one, not only to tho pooplo who avail them selves of ib< seeming conveniences, but to the public at large, which may be blown to kingdom come at any timo when it least expect* rt. Washington Correspondents. A number of Washington correspond ents dictate their dispatches to short hand men, and these transcribe them for the press. Stenographers aro very cheap herc, and in ordinary times you can find ono who will take down and rewrite a column lotter for a dollar. This is much cheaper than doing tho writing yourself, as tho greatest expen diture of onergy in wr^L'ng is in thc pushing of the pon. Some correspond ents dictate their letters to the typewrit er and several I know have wives who can run tho typewriter as well as tho most experienced professionals. A lead ing correspondent of a Now York paper lia-, a wifo who can take down a column of correspondence from his dictation in half an hour. This column contains about 1,600 words, and she must write at thc rate of fifty words a minute. This is vory fast typewriter work, and its 8|>eod will lie appreciated when lt is re membered that tho ordinary longhand writer who composes does remarkably well if he writes fifteen words a minute. A few newspapers keep men at the Capi tal who aro expected to devote them selves to lottor-wrltlng exclusively. These aro few, however and their letters are devoted to editorials, descriptivo matter, and gossip about mon and measures. Tho Hold of Washington correspondents seems to ra? to bo widen ing ovary year. There are plenty of bright men In the business, and of the hundreds her? the great majority are trained men. The dUslppated men among them can ba counted upon your fingers; and as a rule they rre hard working, keen-witted, snob-hating, gen tlemanly fellows. A traveler in Mexico writes that ha was recently in a city of 19,000 popula tion where net a singla copy of m dalby newspaper was taken. MADSTON'KS KOK HYlJKOl'IiOmA. North Ciirollau Takes it Homo Treatment Instead of Coing to Parin. North Carolina boasts of no less than fonr madstoncs, cadi of which is alleged to have certain sp?cifie virtues, making each tho great and o dy niad stOiic. Wonderful apparent cures have been erected hythe uso of these madstoncs di.ring thc past half centu ry. Some of them aro even older than that, but faith in their efficacy has never diminished. There is a famous oto in Halifax county, and pcop'o bitten by rabid dogs have berm taken to tho Htono or the stone has been taken to them for years. Last year ?.wo cases wore treated by ii and one 's now under treatment. Another st mo is known far and near as the Painter inadstoue, and is owned by Mr. Painter, ol Parson county. It is in demand by both Vir ginians and North Carolinian?, and ibero are cases known of persons bav in ar. cases known of porsons having been taken hundreds ot miles to he touched by this stone. On Chi 1st mas eve li. M. White, of Halifax couiny, Va., was bitten by a mad dog. Ho went to Painter's as soon us possible for treatment. P un ter applied tho stone sixteen times to the wound, lt adhered fifteen times, hut nt tho sixteenth application thc stono would not adhere. White was given immediate relief, bast week a negro woman living near Danville was bitten. Saturday she was taken to Painter for treatment, and this is now in progress. Tho people of that sec tion claim that this is the only gen nine madstono in tho State. None of these madstoncs have ever been sold. Uv some persons they are regarded as giving luck to their possessors. KI 1.1.KI) HIS OWN SON. A Kentucky Farmer Blown ills Roy'tiltead Oiv, Calling ulm Laxy. NewB has just been brought to Owcnsburg, Ky.,by a gentleman ?rom Muhle.iberg county, this Stale, of au un lat ural nui'der, that ol a son bv his father, near the Mud Hiver coal mines in thai county. G. L. Hopkins, ibo father, is a farmer, and is about lin;, years old. He has an ungovernable temper at times, and has boon the dread of tho neighborhood, lu his fa oily bc has been quito severe, and at times even cruel, and then lor a season, over-indulgent. Last wick lie was on a spree, and in one of hi savage moods, finding fault with every thing nt home. He charged his b'ou Willie with laziness and worthlessness, although the neighbors looked on him as a patient, much abused ard over worked boy. On Saturday morning, about T> o'clock Willie, who is nearly nineteen vein s old, got up and bedail nun;i on his best clothes. G. L. Hopkins, Hie father, who was standing with his back to thc fire, seeing this, exclaim? ed: "You lazy whelp, take off them breeches and jun on your working trousers." Willie nettled up and re plied: "Pap, I've had enough of that," and went on dressing. "PH show you how to talk to me," and grasping ?ho shotgun from lhe hooks on the joist, fired as ho spoke the last word and blew the whole top of Willie's head off. Ho hastily picked up his hat and coat and lied, and has so far escaped arrest. Robbed of ai,500 und bia Watch, riiil Cox, a fine-looking man, wdio hails from Yazoo City, Miss., paraded thc streets of New Orleans for ii week with a big dog at his heels and a thous and-dollar silver certificate pinned lo his waistcoat. Ho has been a regular al tem?ant at the Exposition race-, sometimes netting heavily, and was usnally in the coonany of sporting men. Ile drank ii great deal and used to display thc silver certificate without | any fear of thc consequences. Last Thursday night Cox was taken tolas rooms intoxicated, by three men, named Waddle, Costello and Faulk ner, who put him to bed. When he awoke the next morning his silver cer tificate, $500 in hills, two diamond cluster pins and a gold watch and chain, valued at $100, were missing, It was found that (he hinges had been removed from the door leading into the back yard, bul it is th light th t thc presenco of the big dog would have prevented a robber from entering. The police were informed late Satur day night and thev arrested Waddle, but the other two men who tosk Cox home have not been found. Predicted"*!!" Own lieut li. Daniel G. Sperry, of South Wind sor, Conn., who early in December predicted his death in three weeks thereafter, died on Tuesday afternoon, within a month of tho date he pre dieted, ilo had already settled his business affairs and had bought a mas sivo oak collin, which ho kept in his house. Tho ladino of his prediction thal ho would pass away in December had ao eff' < t upon him other than to make him moro depressed in spirits. Ho said nothing further regarding his presentment, but it was evident to Ititi friends that he had not abandoned it, for ho showed no interest in dally affairs or in tho future. Ho was well advanced in years, hut was in ordinary good health until this strange presenti ment began to prov upon lum. A Uuili niel Wreck. A disastrous wreck occurred last Wednesday night on tho St. Joseph and Des Moines branch of thc Chica go, Burlington and Quincy system, about four miles east of Albany. A passenger train bound for St. Joseph encountered a broken rail, when thc whole train, oxcept the engine, was thrown from tito track and down an embankment fifteen foot. There were fifteen passangers on tho train and not one escaped injury. An old man named Miller, from Palmyra, Iowa, WM instantly killed, his neck being broken, ?ereral wero seriously hurt. --Th? health of Ex-President Arthur baa caused some anxiety dnring the last few weeks. Ho has been under treatment for severo indigestion and bis diet has been restricted to tho simplest articles of food, principally milk and pepsin. He has MI fte re 1 much from Insomnia and the attendai nervous excitement and depression. BUST GOODS! LOWEST PRICES! AUGUST DORR, TAILOR, HATTER AND FURNISHER, Offer to the public at large, tho largest and handsomest stock of Cloths, Cassi mers, Montaignacs, Beavers, 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, ns well ns Lowest ol Prices shall be our motto. Sole Agent for Dunlap, Knox, Vouman's and other celebrated Hats. Also, a thoroughly completo lineo! Underwear, Neckwear, Suspenders, Col lars and Culls, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, a.nl undoubtedly the cheapest and best stock of Shirts in the city. Thc best $1.00 Shirt in tho market. The choicest stock of Overcoats in the market-our own make. Wedding (unfits a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed. All of thc above aro offered to the public, and tho prices guaranteed. AUGUST DORR, Tailor, Hatter and Furnisher, 718 Broad Street. AT GOODYEAR'S CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. Can always bo found a full line of Medium and Cheaper tirados of OP??iN AND TOP BUGGIES, At lower price-? than nt any other houso thia sido of Cincinnati. This work ia all made to order, ia limiter running and better Unladed than the clo*? of work generally sold aa standard Vehicles. But I have just recolved a ful? lluo of Fine Family Carriages, Phaetons and Cabriolets ! Just received, another shipment of those. Fine Open and Top Bungles,made upon special orders by the best manufacturers North and East. Nothing be ing used in the construction of these Vehicles but tho best materials, and in quality, style and tl nish, are unequaled by any others now in tho market. In stock a full line of SADDLES AND HARNESS. All gradea, which I will oller at lower prieea than hive ever before been known In tho history of tho business. Milburn, Studebaker and Standard Plantation Wagons, all sizes. Oak and Hemlock Solo Leather, Calf Skins,Shoe Findings, Carriage and Wagon Materials, Harness Leather, Belt Lacing of superior quality, Rubber and Leather Belting. Also, a full lino of HAR DWA RE, Guns, Shells. Powder, Shot, Table a.id Pocket Cutlery. Plow Points for all makes, Nails, Ax% Hoe?, Plcka and Mattocks. Pitchforks, Shovels, Spades. Steelyards and Scalo Beams, Grindstones, Rakoa, Padlocks, Carpenters' Tools, Flies, Hinges, Window Sash, D iora and Blinda, Farm and Church Bells, which I am offering at lowest cash prices. A. R. GOODYEAIt, AOBNT, (Successor to R. H. May Ab Co.,) at tho Old Scand, oppoaito Georgia Rall? road Hank. 7'-I Broad street. THEO. MARK VV ALTER, Stearn, Marble & Granite Works, Manufacture all kinda of Home & Eastern Granite Monuments, 529 Broad St., Near Lower Market, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Tim (JH KA P S i CAltPtil'? ii\ UKoKMlA* Stock Larger, Prices Lower than liver Before, Carrots and House Furnishing G Kids, the largest S'ock S ?nth. MoquH. Bm# ?els, 3-Ply and Ingrain CarpotS, lilias. Mats and Crumb (.Moths, Window S'iS'i?:? Wall P. rs, Borders, LnceCurtat'-s, Corn loos and Poles, Cocoa and Canton Mai? tings, Upholstery, Chromos. ?2r*Writ? for samples and prices. JAMES G, BAILIE ?S SDNS, Ag'ts , Mar. 17,1835.-16 Til Krmul S . Mi trusta. O? Ul- %JDW*XT.l '? ?-M,UWI.U-J??3C THE LAURE NS BA li. JOHN 0. HASKELL, N. Il, O?AL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL & DIAL, A T T O lt X E V s A T L A W, i, UJRRNS e. H., S. C. J. T. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SAVE OFFICE- Fleming's Cornel', Northwest side of Pabilo Stpiaro. LAURENS C. LL, S. C. YOUR MONEY J, C. OAKLINGTON, CORN K V AT L LAURENS .'. H., 8. 0. By buying vour Drugs and Medicines, ATT O li N F. Y AT LA \\, pf,l0 colognes, Paper and Envelopes, Memorandum Books, Face Powders, .Tooth Powders, Hair Brushes, Shay Omeo over NV. IL Carn if- store. jng I),.u8hc8, Whisk Brushes, Blacking , .., ,"," Brushes, Blacking, Toilet and Latin Abhevuie* ' . I i ur ell s * ?ry -Tb'> Tea, Spice, Pepper.Glnger, AObovlllc. Lamons. Lftm,,s ftn(1 Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco BENET & MCGOWAN, and Snuff, Diamond Dyes, and other invp/invvvc . rp i . : articles too numerous to mention, at Ai IOKMAS Al LAU, I N?W DRTJG8TORB. I.AUKENS C. H., 8. C. | Also, Puro Wines and Liquors, for ' medical purposes. I. W. FBROUSON. GEO. F. VOUN?. No trouble to show goodfl. FERGUSON ?: YOUNG, Respectfully, ? nvn, ". VKVS KT I V W B? ! POSEY ft BRO., ATTORNEYS Al LAW, Laurens C. H., S. C. LAURENS 0. II,, S. 0. lt. P. TOM). W. li. M VKTIN. ; TODD & MARTIN, A T T O H N IO YS AT LA W, 1 LAURENS 0. IL, S. C. M. f. HOLMES. H. v. SIMPSON. 1 HOLMES & SIMPSON, A T T O lt N IC Y s A T L A AV, ! LAURENS C. II., S. C. Dr. W. H. BALL, in M I S ? . OFFICE ovrcu WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Office days-Mondays and Tuesdays. LAURENS C. n., S. C. CINCINNATI TYPE* FOUNDRY - ANO - PRINTING MACHINE WORKS, 201 Vine Street, CINCINNATI, 0. The typo used on thia paper nzt oa?t by tho atoOTti foundry, - ED. August 5, 18S5. 1 ly Pelot & Cole, PHOTOGRAPHERS 628 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Pictures made m any kind of weather bj the Instan tan eons Process. Special attention given to copying .nd enlarging Photograph?.