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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 Ant ullin Scones. Blue nm tho >ps away in tm- distance, And noisily trIUclll (ho l> otu tl- hiv, I li .-ninth' liccomcth ll pilli ?'l OXlstOUCO, And mnnnoth tin- w ind na lt shh ora ??nv. ltu^illiiK tho limpie?till leaves mil mid quiver, And rattling thc bindea or tin- brou n-tnssolcd corn. Swaying tin- irolileiM-ntl. rippling tin- river. All uninterpreted, sol ami forlorn. Thc Btlllnosa startled by sound i>r mils cir,,p. pings Tho orooh la half-covered with i?ntt< mut lott vos: White-cowa in Hu- sunshine und slindow uro cropping; Tho tlirushorlB grinding the Kohl from tho shon vc Now nilli thro ti (} li tho azure tim i ph ;t of How ers willi white Wim s outspread lu :i gtorlllcd wily; Moths norvously mt for their few happy hours: lt Boeuicth tue morn of thu world 8 Phial Day. And hurk! nt tho sunrise the chanticleer'!) orOWing, Thal riiiKoth ns sweet ns pure Isrnfcol'fl VOl?O ! To school, now, the ?boulin;.'. ?ny children nro KolUK Tho onl- "VOtlvltv, color mid noise. Ab. dearie tho children!- the ti'\\ girl airy Tho ixe/ fighting hornets, who taketh no dnr, , Now nnlrtlng his naino with tho rlpoued poko* lie'*y. No- A-yhiK to slip in the fuir! .??' ovonlng the kal y did sin iii -t n mni raspclh, The frog and the screech-owl niel llre-lllos tilt: . flic ninon In pule lossiuner stitlclh and gasp ?th, Ho HUM with her passier, and sorrowed by Shu looxoth on lovers, and scomoth us sad* dened As it ?he lind lost, und was ever moro drear; Tho Night's lustrous eyes nie nil troubled mid maddened: And down on tho marigold tr loki? s n lear! C. I- Phlfor, in The l ui rent. Till-: TELEGRAPHIC SIGNAL. John Mills, the In n. of (his sketch, .wits a railroad engineer, ami had hoon fora loni; tine- ia (ho company's em jploy. When Ihn new engine "09" was ?completed and |>ltteeil OM tim road. John was given charlu nf it. and h.- evinced ?natural pride in his preferment. At Ono of lilO stations llu re wu- a \<>Ull" girl, a totsgrnph operator. I let ween w hom ?nd the engineer lhere hail sprung 11 ? ? a mutual nttaclnnent, ami whenever "?O" raine alone;. Kale ?retierallv managed lo he ni the door and exchange signais with her lovel-. (Mm <l:i\ tin- l rn i n waa detained ut the station, und the locomo tive dotnohed and sent up thc rotul, to do sinne additional work, and Kale went along tor a ride A- she listened to the sharp, shrill notes ol' the whistle, il occurred to hov thal sho might leach John to sound her name in thc Morse t?l?graphie characters, so that she could distinguish - his signnl from (lint of tho other engines, whenever Iiis train ap proached. The plan worked to n charm, and fur and near the whistle shrieked K-a-t-e, until one day, as the operator s: i upon tim platform, she over heard a conversation between two voting men, and learned I hat they understood tho signal, and were I nugi i i ugly wonder ing wlio Kale could he. Their moana of commun lent iou having been dis .cupvorod they were obliged to discontinuo lt. In the meantime, Kat . hail, by menus of tim telegraph, mudo tim itc , quaint,'ncc of a young lady, an operator lin a ?phy.nnl oily, hut whom she had j.DOVOr seen and lo her she made know n (tho fact tl?r-? til" sci ret had hoon dis covered. 'I hen In t- li iend suggested n iplan as brilliant as il was ingenious. lt \wiif .simply to arrange a moans of tole? gp: trophic communication hot ween the nj> prov??ft???;"; train and thc slution, so n< to fing a \n:\i ii i'h! n away in lin <.!..- t of jute's otucc, t'WgUlu ".">!?" I? in^' tho only ona provided with tim menus of completing the eirouit, which was dono by laving tim poker upon tho tender brake so as to touch tim w ire in pUH.sijlg. Kate found an opportunity lo acquaint John with thc proposed plan, and in the meantime had found an nhnildonod wire which ran for a long distance close by tho track, and w hich she proposed to use for carrying out her purpose. Thanksgiving dav caine noon lifter, and John fortunately having a holiday, ho mid Kate went bravely to work, and be fore tho day had ended thc task was completed, and proved a complete suc cess. Thia dramatic linnie of their love episode is 'old in follow iii"; ski Ich: It was very singular how absent-minded anil inattentive tl.per dor w as on tho day tllttt tile gn at scientific enterprise WM finished. No wonder she was dis turbed. Would the new lim- work? Would lier little battery be stroll" enough for such a great cit cuit '.' Would John DO able to close it':* The people began to assemble for the traill, 'lim . cloek pointed to the hour for its arrival. Suddenly, with startling distinctness, . tb? bell rang ch ar and loud in (he OC'ho ftlng room. With a cry of delight she , pul,yo her dainty hat and ran in hustfl ,out .upon thc "platform. Thc wVistle \U|-uko./lcrWl and ch ar on the cool, crisp idi'*.'.and ".Vi*" appeared round the curvo Wu u;|jo wooil -. The splendid monster ?lid swiftly iii? to her foot and paused. "IV^oet.. Joliy- Perfect! It works to ^woa-*' .On > ft *jn?-?K?gj?he reached the cab and Wita ry, ifo lucinan'- -eat. sat down (CftxM(Ul loll what lu was "Messed . ' ?nid tin lircnmn, "Ho going to do," Awfu? bright idea! told me about u. **-twicerOft WUl tender You see, he laid thc :t, tlx? ti't?Q ulam, brake there, and it h v h. J$ ?as just Rmi I saw the win - tom prime!" **P*b tm4 Hut the happy inoinenls 'ityjfyt^d, "69" groaned and dow Iv ti? *\?6i whilo Kate Btoodi on thu platform. *?t|? fnco wreathed in smiles and w. .tanto. 80 the lovers root each day, and none knew how she was made aware of his approach with'such absolute certainty. Science applier*! to love, or rather lovo applied to science, eau move the world. Two whole weeks passed, and then lhere suddov.lv arrived at tho station, late one s//enlng, a special, with the directors'/bar attached. The honorable director*Vere hungry they always aro -and would pause on their Journo) and take a ?op of- tea and a blt of supper. Tho kanora'oles and ?heir W?TM, and Child/wi.Ulled the station, arel tim |>hice put on ip?i tc a gala aspect. As tor Kate, she., demnreh sat in her den. boo., in hand, and over its unread pages ad mired the gay party In tho brightly lighted Waiting-room. Siiddonly wiJh furious raith-, her ol?e telo tell/sprang Into life Kveryspr.rk of eolor left lier face, uml her book fell With * dull shun to Hm Door. What was rt? Who* did it mean P Who rang M WUh nQYfchted face, she burst from h?triofieo and brushed through tho as tonishcd people and out upon the snow* covered platform. There stood tho din (.tors' train upon tho track of thc oncoming engine. "Thc conductor! Where is lie? Oh, sir! Start! Start! Got to tho siding! Thc express! Thc express is coming!" With n cry she snatched a lantern from a brakeman's hand, and in a Hash was gone. They saw her light pitching and dancing through the dark ness and they were lost in wonder and amazement. Tho girl Is crazy! No train is due now! There can be no ditngor. She must bc Ahl that horrible whistle. Such a Wild shriek on o winter's night! The men sprang to tho train, the. women and children lied in frantic terror in every direction. "Hun for your lives," screamed the conductor. "There's a smash-up coin ing!" . A short, sharp scream from the whistle The. head-light gleamed on tho Snow-COVercd track, ami there was a mad rush of sliding wheels and thc gigantic engine roared like a demon, ?ho great ".r>9" slowly drew near and stopped in tia; woods. A hundred heads looked out, and a stalwart figure leaped down from the engine and ran on into tho bright glow of the head-light. "Kate." "Oh! John, I-" She foll into his arms senseless and white, and the lantern dropped from her nerveless hand. They took her un tenderly and boro her into the station-house and luid her upon tho sofa in tho "ladies' room." With hushed voices they gathered round to offer aid and comfort. Who was she? How did she save the train'.' How did she. know of its approach? "Sha is my daughter*" said tho old stationmaster. "She tends the tele graph.'' The president of thc railroad, in his gold-bowed spectacle*, drew near. Oin grand lady in silk and satin pillowed Kate's bead on lier breast. They all: gathered near to see if she revived. She i opened ber eyes and gazed about drean . Hy, a< if in search of something. "Ho you wish anything, my dear?" said the president, taking ncr hand. "Some water, if von jilease, sir: and I want I want They handed her some wine in a silvia ?fohlet. She sipped a little, and then opked among tho strange faces as if in search of someone. .'Arc you looking for anyone, miss?" "Yes-no-it is no matter. Thank you, ma'am, 1 feel better. I sprained my foot on the sleepers when I ran down the track, lt is not severe, and I'll sit up." They were greatly pleased to sec her recover, and a quiet buzz of conversa tion filled the room. How did she know it? How could she tell the special was chasing us? Good heavens! if she had not known it, what an awful loss of life there would have been; it was very careless of the superintendent to follow our train in such a reckless manner. "You feel better, my dear," said tho president. '.Yes, sir, thank you. I'm sure I'm thankful. 1 knew .John-I mean tho engine was coming." . You cannot be more grateful than wo ure to you for averting such a disas trous collision." "I'm sure I'm pleased, sir. I never thought tho telegraph-" She paused abruptly. "W hat telegraph?" "I'd rather not tell, sir." .Hut you will tell us how you knew tho ongino was coming?" 'Must you know?" "Wo ought to know in order to re ward you properly." She put up ber hand in a gesture of refusal, and was silent. The president and directors consulted together, and two of them came to her and briefly said thev would be glad to know how she had been made aware of the approach ing danger. "Well, sir, if John ls willing. I will toll you all." John Mills, the engineer, was called, and be came in, can in hand, and the entire company gathered round in tho greatest eagerness. Without tho slightest affectation she put her .unid on John's grimy arni, and said "Shall I tell them, John? They wish to know about it lt saved their lives, they say." "And mine, too." said John, reverent ly. "You had best tell them, or let me." She sat down again, and then and there John explained how the open cir cuit line had been built, how it was used, ami frankly told why it had been erected. Never did story create profounder sen sation. The gentlemen shook hands with him, and the president actually kissed ber for the company. A real cor poration kiss, haul and hearty. The ladies fell noon her neck, and actually cried over tue splendid girl. Evon thc children pulled her dress, and put their arms about her neck, and kissed away tho happy tears that covered her cheeks. Poor child! Sim was covered with confusion, and knew not what to say or do, and looked imploringly to John. He drew near, and proudly took her hand in his, mid she brushed away the tears and smiled. The gentlemen suddenly seemed to hw found something vastly interesting Ite taltV about, for they gathered in a jfcuott ba (t/ie eorner of tho room. Pres A*V,kv the president said aloud ' "(?Vadle tn ev ?gd di ree tors, you must ~(i>W me, and Jt trust tho ladies will pa. \? ftiupe, if I ?all you to order for a <h? ti. <?u#r of business. brief n. WM a fjuddeu hush, and the lhere paeked to sufToeation, was room, now ^ painfully (pin ^ wiJi pieaWf lftko ^.y. " 1 he s?cr?tai, t* un * of this mooth ,Uww M Kut0-a Jw|k# 1 hu secretary sat ftuso< and then there was a ' ? "Mr. Presiden"" |ff m Kvery oyo waa hirued W|) htt(, where a gray-halrcd gent mounted a chair. ..Mr. President!" tunta "Mt. (naves, director for the ' Ci'iit lernen." ,iu. . I beg leave, sir, to offer a rc*. .? lion." -t' Then he began to read from a slip ox ^..Whereaa, John Milla, engineer^of engine number W of th** railway Un*. cr? ted a private telegraph; and wnjprejr ns ho, with Ihn ?"-s? i?imv of tho telw pniph operator of thtas'iirion (I leave a blank for hoi' moue), used tho Baili lino without tho conseil) of this Company, and for ot I MT than railway business: "It is resolved thal ho be suspended permain ntly from Iiis position as en gineer, and' that tho sahl operator bo requested lo re? ign A murmur ol disapprobation Ulled iii" room. Inn die president commanded silence, an I tho State director went oil. ?.-resign her place. "lt is further resolved, and is hereby ordered, (lint the said John Mills he anil is appoint--I chief engineer ol the new repair shop . al Slawsoll." A trenn iidous choi r broke from the assembled company, and the resolution was passed with a shout of assent. How it all ended they never knew. It seemed like a dream, and thev could not believe it true till they stood alone in the winter's night on the track be side that glorious "."iii." The few cars the engine had brought up had been joined to the train, and ".VJ" had been rolled out on the siding. With many handshakings for John, and hourly kisses for Kale, and a round of parting cheers for the two, the train had sped away. Tho idlers bad dispersed, and none lingered about Ibo abandoned station save tho lovers, "oil" would stay that night on tho siding, and they had walked up the track to bil) it a long farewell. For a few moments they stood in the glow of the great lamp, anti then he quietly put il out, and left the giant to breath o away iu fiery lifo in gentle clouds of white steam. As for I bolo vers the\ bad no need of its light. The winier slar> shone upon them, and the calm, cold night scorned a paradise below. What HanglrtK '? Xdke. Thc follow ing account of the HOnstV, lions of hanging is sent ns by a corre spondent who is n"member of a kind of "Suicide ( 'lull," and was actually, lie says, partly laing flip other (jay, in (ho presence of several friends; A good stout rope had been obtained. This w as securely fastened to (ho rafters of thc barn roof, [pulled Itt tho rope with my hands tu make sine that it would not brook. Then I permitted my self lo be blind-folded and mounted on a chair. For tho moment, I admit, I was weak enough lo turn pale and tremble. 1 soon, however, recov ered my presence of mind. Putting my head through thc noose, I gave the signal. I felt the chair drawn from under nie. There was a great jerk, and I felt a violent pain in my neck, as though my scarf had all of a sudden become tight. Now conies tho most curious part of my experience. After tho tirst feeling of torture, which I admit w as decidedly very severe, I lost consciousness. I seemed to bo trans ported into a new world, more bountiful than anything imagined by the poet. I was swimming, methought, in a sea of oil. The feeling was cxipiisitolv de licious. As 1 swam easily and without effort through the liquid mass I noticed afar off an island of tho most glorious emerald green in color. This it was my wish to n ach. I swam easily and con tentedly on. The sea kop! ovorj instant changing its hue. though it remained of the same substance throughout, At one instant it w as a mass of gold, ns the sun WOSshilling brilliantly on il. Thc next moment it was a vivid blood red: hut there w as nothing terribie or disgusting in this nea color, lt kept changing, in fact, to all thc hues of thc rainbow, yel low and red being the predominant tints. 1 got nearer and neater lo thc isle. As I approached it there sprang out suddenly from the ground a number of people strangely disfigured, whoso faces .seemed to bc known io nie. 1 at last reached thc land. A magnificent chorus of voices, human and those of birds buist forth. I closed my eyes in ccstacv. I Hunted calinyon to the shore, nial lay as a child in its cradle, slightly weakened from, I supposed, thc enervat ing effect of tho oily matter in which I had been swimming. At last I opened my eyes. Thc magic charm was at once dispelled. Tho divine harmony ceased. The faces were still piercing at nie with an expression of eager curiosity, but I jierccivcd that they belonged to the mombo rs of our society. The pain in my neck was great. 1 w as now in en tire possession of my semes. My friends had fortunately cut mc down in time. I was still weak, too weak to at once re lieve, my friends' curiosity. When I was able to speak I told them my experi ences. (Tllough I drew a charming pic ture of the bliss which I had felt, not one of thom would consent to try my ex periment. They all considered my con duct heroic, hut absolutely 'refused to emulate mc. Thev said 1 looked so ghastly! l'all Mal? Gazette. Concerning NA mos. The fact ls, scarcely any nuisance is a greater nuisance than that pertaining to ill-assorted names. Why, for in stance, with our beautiful and musical Indian nomenclature, should we have our Syracuse, Memphis, Thebes, Toledo, St. Ixillis, San Francisco, Cairo, Baby lon, Jerusalem? What an linouphoni ons, ill-assorted name is New York when wc can have Manhattan fer the taking! Why should racing litar OS bo named Misa Woodford and Flora Tem? pier" -or an Indian Hole iu the-Wall, Man-Afrntd-Of-Hls-Uarso, otu. ? Why ? hone! a harmony composed for a reli gious hymn be named Pedi ral street and another Howdoin squire? Why should two of our gunboats be called Terror and Yixen. Why should so many names of hamlets, villages, towns and o?tie? be repeated in thirty-eight states and steven territories, amt give rise to hummel 'able Washingtons. Jack sunville-. Jefferson-., Ailanise, and po on? Christian ut Work, The fact that a commercial agency has been beaten in a suit lo collect dam ages for an injurious report and ordered by u Montreal court to pay W,000 might to have a wholesome eflcot on concerns of tho sort. Mer .-untile agencies aro useful institution' beyond doubt, but they blunder mi-cr thlv at times ami ought to sillier for it when they injuro bunna is reputations. Chicago 'liihunc. A party of -French selontists is search ing for romains of tho roc, tho gigantlo uirdi??*nri\nhu*1y d< cribed In the "Ara bi .tn Nights." Fragments of eggs havo been found, but no skeletons or bonos. <QUI:EK TIUN??S IN TEXAS!? DUaraetcrtatta* of Some ?>r th? Nntlvo t> row t lu. Tho centipede in not a very pretty in sect. lie runs !<><> meei) tn legs, Once I thought t'nm f un na". Im' after see ing a lol of i 'hirienhun IIHIIKII papooses pulling* centipedes from their holes mid greedily devouring them, legs, poison ?ind all, I no longer doubted the wisdom and beneficence of their creation. In the course of m\ choukcrct! career I have had several adventures with con lipedes and always came out second best. A ccntipi do eau raise a blister on a man's body quicker than rt red hot iron,and if yon ilon't iiutilciliately apply a remedial poultice of pounded prickly pear and dose yourself inwardly with post whisky which latter is wa ITU nt ed to kill anything hut an army mule tho resultant effects may bo serious. Cen tipedes usually attack their victim at night, when lie is asleep and can't de fend himself. They nw - armed with about S?00 little lance? conveniently lashed to thc toe of euch foot of w hich they have several and at the base of each lance is a tiny sack of vi noni. If a centipede crawls across your hotly which he'll most likely do if you lie down anywhere within a half tl milo of him -you'll have no difficulty in follow ing his trail, and you'll remember bis visit for wonks. N'o man ever died from the bite of ll centipede, but I have known one to make a man wish he were dead. I' AUA NH I. AS. Thc tarantula is an exaggerated spi der, with teeth and hair, They arc al ways ready for a tight and will tackle anything, not excluding a buzz-saw. la days gone by 1 have often amused my self by tensing one with ll red-hot coal. At lirst they would light shy. but after they once got mad they would attack thal coal and never surrender until tin y were burned to a crisp, I never heard of any one ealing a tarantula. If one j bites you use same remedies as pre- j scribed for centipede sting, only moro so. T1IK VIN KU A Ito AN. The vhiegaroan has never been scien tifically classified, and is content to plod through life undistinguished, save by Ids humble frontier pattons mic. The Mexicans and Indians, who have been acquainted with tho vinegaroan longer than I have, solemnly assert that his bite is deadly. I have always taken their word for it. Thc viin-garoan lives under decaying logs. and. if disturbed, scorns to run. I saw a tight once be tween a vinegaroan and a tarantula. Thc tarantula was lifted out of thc pit dead in one minute. TIIK BTIKftlNO I.lZ/.Altn is found most anywhere, but principally snugly ensconced in the folds of your blanket when you lie down at night. He always lets you know thal he is there, and I have known strong laen to tear their hair and dance and pray in a very Undignified and eccentric fashion, upon discovering that a stinging lizzard liad selected I lunn as a bedfellow. The sting ing lizzard's w eapon of defense and Ol fenso is Iiis tail, which is long and as full of joints as a bamboo polo. When hu punches you with tho sharp end of tin- caudal appendage you think of sheol's lire and howl. The stinging li/. Kard is not good to eal. The application o?a fredi quid of tobacco \vi!l take the lire ont of thc spot where lie -.d?tes yon. 'I'llK DKVII. Iii KSK. Tlic hotly of a devil hume is all of the same si/.', and he look.- not unlike a green walking-stick set U| on twelve other walking-sticks, six on a -ide. The scientific men w ho have sought to clas sify thc fauna of Texas have somehow overlooked the devil horse, hut he doesn't si em to mind the slight and cont innes catching Hi. s with monoton ous persistency. I was never bitten by a devil horse, and 1 never met any one who had been.but fha natives class them among the poisonous, and they ought to know. A COLONY OK Kl UK ANTS. My camp was once invaded by bro ants, lt w as a goo'I place, convenient to wood and water.and I bati d to leave. I disputed the right of occupancy with them for three weeks, nt the end of which time I ineii itinontly surrendered and lied. Duna ; that taree weeks I dug them out. burned them out ami drowned them out. but they didn't seem to mind it in the leas?. They went on burrowing the building and exploring the surrounding country, and when my tent got full of them, and I bad been bitten in about B.OOO.OOO difforont places, I though) it time to move. The bite of (bc lire ant is like the sting of the -tinging lizzard. lt burts and make- a s ue place. They increase with a rapid ity that is aha ming, and the more you try to exterminate them the more nu merous they beeonio. lt used to bc a te-t of courage among thc Comanche Indians for a brave to thrust his bared arm into a nest of fire ants and bold it there w ithout flinching, while his com panions went through the movements of a somewhat complicated dance around hi tortured body. They don't do it any more. Once near Pope's Crossing, on tln> Pecos river, I reached a village of fire ants and started to make a detour. Wo discovered Indian signs of recent date, and halted to investigate. A band of Indians had camped on the edge of the ant village, and a prisoner, who af terward proved t<i be a bear-hunter named (?oggiu, was stripped, bound li a nd anti foot, and laid (town among th?; ant hills. You can imagine his hor rible sufferings. We fourni his bonce and gave them a decent burial. Thc fire ant is pugnacious, and his mode of warfare is always aggressive. In the aggregate, he will attack any living thing/from an elephant down, kill him by sneer force of numbers, and devour all but the bowcK Sanderson, Texas, (S>r. of the Philadelphia Times. The ministers, it seems, trouble thc librarians as much na any other elasa ol persons. At a recent conference of libra rians in New York Dr. Bael. Librarian of Union Theological Seminary, wai asked how he got along. Ile said he was afraid that ministers were as bad a? any one olia, for since he. had Iioen lib rarian moro than 1 .(HM) volumes had been taken. "One minister," ho said, "kent a book twenty-three yours, but finally returned it, with a noto to thc cflcct that he ii coded tho book no longer, as ho had obtained a better edition.'" Til li CALHOUN MONL'MKNT. Tit? llronzetl Statue of the O real States- ' mun to Ki'st I'pon Native Oraiiitc. Tlxj Sunday News mentions timi OM 1 Friday last lli? contract lor building ilia ? stone work rbi' Ibu bronze still nu ol John c. Calhoun w as au ?ii dod io Mr, E. T. Viott,ol Charleston, for tho sum ot $13,000. Tlic monument is io bu erected on Marion Square, and the work will ho pursued torwurd ul once so Hutt il will he finished by tlx- l-l ol November next. The design Tor thc monument was furnished by .Mr. A. K. lhirnUch, of Hoino, who has already completed thc maia stotuu and is now ai work upon the smaller ligures. When completed tbe monument will be one of Ibo lu ig est und handsomest works of tho kind in-tlie United Slates and will consti tuios tilling intuito io tho memory ol thu illustrious South < 'aroliuiaii, i\ hose luiigniticeui stutosmtiiiship oxeitoi. I lie wonder and admiration of toe entire people and swayed ibo donnie.- of thc w bolo nation. The stonework will bc of hammered drosbcd vraube 30 feet square at Mu base and 33 feet high. Tin: lirst layer ol stone will bc le t square, and ?n top of il will bc placed SCVCIl inver sive layers gradually reducing thc base to :>0 l'eut square. Then will come four stone steps bringing thc whole up lo a height ol' 1.">A Oct. On top of the steps will rest thc Ural basu of thc die-block, lt. will bc i_' feet square and will support thc second 11 ouse, which in turn will be sin mourned ? 1 hythe die-block or pedestal for thc main Hgt I I'C. Thc die-block will have four sielen, tu o ol' which w ill bc squ ire and two cir. ular in shape. I he corners will be gracefully panelled, and in these panels will Maud four bronze palmetto trees in high relief. Tho die-block w ill l>:' iiuished oil' on top with ti heavy moulded cap, which will bring the munumi nt opto a I iel o ii I ol :'>;) led. Tho ooh Hiing in thu nature of ?in inscription upon tbe mou illent will bu thc single word (.'alli un, carved hi raised eight-inch letters on a conspicuous portion ol' thc granite work. On lop of tho die-block will rcsl Mic colossal ?i:iiue oi Calhoun, l? feel high giving the whole structure a total eic valioii ol I - ;. . ;. The main statue has la en completed ami is now ?it Uenoo, linly, awaiting shipment tis soon ;t> tho pedestal is ready for its reception, li is casi in brozo and represents Calhoun in ihc act ol rising from thc Senatorial chair. Thc model was made by A. E. liar nindi, sculptor, at Koine, and Was casi ill bronze nt mc laundry of Sun Mitchell, in thc same city. Thc. four allegorical ligures are now being made by Mr. Harnisch, and w ill br placed at symmetrical points on thc stone steps ot thc base. Mr. Vieil, willi his wonted energy, has ah cady ordered the granite fruin the quarries id' Messrs. Woodward, Haskell & Ilion, ai Wiuusboro, and expects io commence work a- - ?on us it arrives. .\ MODKllN IMil ISITOIt. Iliiriiiosc Victims ot ito- Victorious Hug lisli I'IHII nu i :i pto il in their bcalll A-;on>. TIlO reports receiv ed :it Loudon <? in? Arm inc news from llurniah winch thc other night caused mitch oxcitcmcul in and out of the ||ou-o of C'oiumous on the testimony of tho churlish war correspondents. The Fnglislt am hot ities in Ihiimah -tau.I convicl.nl of cruelty as cold-blooded ns anything in the stories ol the repression of tho Sepoys or die French couques! of Al geria. Thc provost marshall at Mandalay has Had lately to superintend Ibo exe cution of numbers of Burmese Dacoiis. Not coulent willi having them shot down in ordinary business fashion, tho provost marshal, who has a morbid taste for ame!nor photography, luis on several occasions added unspeakable tortue lo his victims'death pangs by delaying thu interval bot wei n orders to "present" and "lire"' lone; enough to allow bini to take two or three negatives with thc camera bc cairn -, at out w Ith bim. He pleads scientific interest ns au excuse for bis barbarity, but so far bc has nothing even scientific to show in selfdcfcuee, tor, bringa poor baud at photography, hi* attempts to lix the horror and anguish of violent death on his negatives haue, been abortive, Tho provost marshal's methods were so leisurely thal the nbsenco of results is surprising. Having bad thc prisoners drawn up linc ngniusi a wai;, he would station tlic dring platoon before (hem and get tlio camera hilo position ?md calmly prepare bis plates. Thc oflicer commanding the soldiers was inst met ed not to give thc fatal signal lill the pluto was exposed. Thus thc most interesting negatives were obtained at ?he very moment of the prisoners' tient h ngeiM On oe- elision be varied bis sri.'ti ldie sports by oxlorting incriminating evidence against thc liurnioso minister from a native named Wooguol by threatening him willi execution. Five Daeotts had bcon shot in Wcoguei's presence. He himsolfwas then placed against tho wall. Tllfl platoon were ordered to level their guns at bim, and lie was thus cowed Into making the desired Statements after (ho fashion which prevailed in tho Tower ol Lon don in sixteenth century. Thc British commissioner declined to ..et on such evidence. Thc provost marshall's brutality so exasperated tho Kuglisli and native spectatoatithnl it was only thoprosouce of thc troop- w hich prevented the attetnpl to lynch him in dcfcrcilCO to thc indignant pr?tesis, A rigid In quiry has been ordered, and Ibis modern Inquisitor will lake no moro negatives. Thc now Government will undoubtedly rigidly inquire Into thoso facts. It is no wonder the Times cor respondent was ordered away from camp. -Dr. Oliver Wondoll Holmes is temporarily depressed by tho pulling down in Boston of tho old house in which he was married mid lived bap oily for many > ears, and which with Its associations was ono of tIto pleas* antf.st homes. 1 ' ^T1 M '"" Eta-raye T lin WtWfUM CKItSONAI, NOTKS. ?Miss Cat hurl no Wool fe, tho wealth' |oal Kpiiibtor lu tho country, hay si.'., 100,000 -John Kol Icy i- reported t<? have secretly written a volume ol* personal roiuluiutscoucos af a political nature, which he will shortly publish. -(ji'ii. Hoger A. Pryor has declined 0 Borve on ilio Tammany co in in it tee >n olcction fraud?, for tin: reason that o do so would interfere willi his bus nos. - Governor Foroker, of Ohio, has mtircly severed his connection with ?i- old law linn, in order lo give, holli n appearance ami in fact, ids < mire mention io public duiie-. - .hi v Could hud planned to steam ?is ar i 111 o tho tropics us Kio Janeiro, XII his llOl ? o li is HOW to he lo lliril ?he 'tttifaritu's prow towards tin: western ?hores of th?; Caribbean Sea. -The Ladies' s?Iu Culture Society d'California arc disposed io comphdii >ecuti-c Mi-- Cleveland hus not no viiuwlcd^cd the ^iit oi n spcciuiou of hoir manufacture, although now -he ia- probable worn them ont. --John Sherman has writeen au all ograph letter io .1 icob Unl?nder, ol 'iininnal i, who named a hoy baby I iftcr the Ohio Senator, in which he -end- "Iii- kindest regards lo thc uolher and a kiss lo thc baby." -Senator Beck says that sii.ee his pro-silver specen oe has received let? [ors from Covcrnurs ol' nine States, hid they repeal the historic remark >i thc Governor ol' North Carolina to tho Coveruor of Somh Carolina V - Io prcseiilutivo il. Itundulph Tuck .r, who hus written a letter to hi- con stituents in which hu declines to bo a ?iiididitio lor re-election, will have la en in Compress twelve years on thc .'Xpiratiou of his present terni. Mary Anderson Im- nul quite made up her mind wind she will lo next henson, lier ambition prompts lier to attempt a professional lour of [icrmniiy, and -he int- iiiauv reasons Ibr,believing thal -he would succeed. - Mi.-s Alice Jordan, tho young lady wi... recently joined thc junior cla?s ;ii thc Vale Law School, hus \\i:h drawn, owiiifi to the announcement hy tho faculty Unit -he would inn lie eligi ble lor a degree al er passing the rc ipi i red examinai iou. - Mi-- Matul Gurduor, duughler of ex-t loveruor Cn rd ncr, of Massnchu sotts, i- giving lessons in whist lu llo-loll Vi,Ultu helle-, ostensibly to teach them the game bul really, prob ably, a- a missionary labor to incul cate I he silence which whist imposes. - Mr. Stanley, the explorer, who i livimj In London, willi a trip io the uopie- in mind, u>ed lo hive dark hair' but sonic hiitcr experience on thc Congo changed it io nu iron gray. Now, nguiu, st i ango enough, the color of hi- hair Im- chuugdd from grit y lo a rieh brow ll. -- Mr. i ?hurles C. Williams, of Wis consin, is delight liing rural audiences in Dakota, with u lecture nu the ulus nnd ()u<< of Com*russ," and as Mr. Williams has not been a ll enrose illa tive since the Kori y-fou rt h Conj?rcss Ids iid'o.iuialioii mi tho "Oilts*" is especial'v cxtensi\e. - fi n rs ugh Miss lioso Clovi - land, si of tie- Prushleul and now mistress i thc White House, was a 'cacher iii thc Fornido Sniuiuiiry nt Mllliey, N. V. lier Indy h i .iid>" us a ulek-uaine culled her "Johnnie," tu which name -he would llllSWOl' n reiulily as to thal of Hose. - Lieut, (?ri ely lins arrived nt the drill conviction thal iee iii the -ea never forms to a depth of neue than live hei to ten feet. The Hoc berg s and itcbei'iis of great thickness thai arc encountered floating out t.. sen, he mililllaius, are merely detached por tions ol' the ii rent polar lee-can, - Mr. Sith Sprngue, of lliughum, Ma--., ha- been ? Icctman i wt m \ nine years, ami there i- no disposition to soled tun other mau, while the town collector, Mr. Andrew J, Cnrdlicr, now seventy-one, hop- around und collects ns lively as Il0 has been doing for the past Quarter of n century, - General Toombs in his will gave 1 to his faithful servant, Hilly, tho uso ot a room, privilege of w ood, : '.id an annuity ns long ns he lives. There is a bequest IO each one ol the family servants, and tho desire is expressed thal they bo retaile d ?IS long US they wish to stay on thc same terms ns heretofore. - Mr. Henry J. FJIicotl, of Phila delphia, will make Ibo plaster casi of the .lohn McCullough statue, which will bo a "V'iiglnlus" seven feel high. I Thc monument, of which the bron/.o ; statu?* will be Hu* central Itgurc, will bo of saudsiono' or gray maible and 1 will be I'm M ted nt n cosl of $20,000 ? within three pionlllS. - Prof. Huxley, who i- only tour year-older. I han t he oldct l Steillll rail Way, is astounded when he reflects thal he lived when he C "lld liol (ravel any faster than horses i . ld transport I him, mid ' so hud no advantage over ' Achilles, but llo09 liol I't'llcct thal the I men/is of individual locomotion have not'iinprovcd ill ?,000 eenturies, ex cepting possibly in yeing upon two feel instead of nil-four-." - Mrs. Langtry at a I itQ Loudon le coption wore a tight-fl lins black vol vet cont, heavily trh ? iici with snbli s ; it entirely covered her drcs9 and was very well shaped. Her hat was in tin- newest Parisian mode; high, with thick gold embroidery over the crown and pigeon's feathers placed nt thc back standing upright. The narrow brim wa- I rimmed willi brown fur. -Sarah llernhardt is acrnin serious ly III. After her double performance of "Marion Delorme ' on Sunday ant was prostrated by her ext reine ncr vous si min consequent Oil lier oxer -ion-. On Monday she waa confin?e' to her bed by a fever, llercnfter sin will not appear on Sundays or at mnt inees, the demand of so tunny per formalices on her strength being grout cr than she Cfc benr. -Tho Mississippi Legislature' vote not to accept any railroad passes, au then, hoi rifled nt ?ts own virtue, car ried a motion to reconsider thc vote MU. BAVARD TO IlKSIQX. lu his livrcHvcmentH ho Weluoiues ltotli-e. im ni from iii)- Public l?ye. (llWi. Special to the Philadtlphia Times.) There Is a rumor currcul herc thal Secretary lluyuril will shortly resign hi- |i|iice in President Cleveland Cai) Inel. This determination, it is said, had been reached several days usro, when it became apparent that Mrs. Bayard must die. Tho secretary was on the point nt (enduring his rosigna* lion on thc sudden death <>f ids daugh ter, but was persuaded not lodo HO by personal fri eada and by thc kind attentions ol'thc President. Tho sec retarv wa- very loud ot his children and nt hi. wife, whose illness leis boen very long und Irving. Ho is a very sensitive mail and lias been worried somewhat by constant public criticism. This it-elf, however, would not have seriously ufl'cctcd bini, but in connec tion with his family uflUctions it served io add perceptibly to his our dens. .lust now, on this second bereave ment, he probably feels thal retire ment from the public oyo ami publie criticism would be tho most welcome thing to him. To one in his present, unhappy situation the political game is not worth the cambe. Ile is not only sensitive, bul hi^h-spiritc d, and will go om ot his office with dignity, mourning only his beloved dead. The sad event while not sudden and Un expected as that td" a fortnight ago, will cast a gloom over the social world of Washington which will not bc easily dispersed. Near friends of Mr. Bayard aro of the opinion that he will re>igti within a week. - Later reports from Washington say lhere i- no h ai ndu< ion for ibo report that Mr. Iluyal'd intends to resign. rm: LAURENS BAR. JOHN C. M VSKKI.I., N. 1?. D?AL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL AL DIAL, A T TO lt N I'. V S AT L A W, 1. \t Ul Ns o ll., S. C. ,L T. .JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oi ii? i.-- ?'lcm i o VT'S ( 'ot ncr, Northwest .-ide of Public Square. LAURENS C. LL, S. C. J. C. G ARLINGTON, A TT O lt N E Y AT LAW, I.Al KI.NS C. H., S. (!. Olli.cover W. IL (.anett's Store. w. <-. m.NI T. V. e. M'UOWAN, Abbeville. Laurens. BEN KT & MCGOWAN, ATTI HINE YS AT LAW, l.Al URNS e. II.i >j. C. ,i. W, I I.ia.i -ON. O KO. v. VOUKQi FERGUSON & YOUNG, ATTI IR NEYS AT LA W, I.AUKKNS <'. H., S. C. lt, e. roi.!.. w. n. MARTIN? TODD ? 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