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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 In tlu> Lonely Ilaelt. Pow. Thu Borimm wno long and thu prunolicr waa pn <?y. TIKI cushion wnn K'<r; mit tho corner wat cozy ; Aii'i, musing, I kitnw By my t *{<. in tit?* p? iv Wnn ? ?tf.iv little nico thiit was dimpled and ropy. A struy till of Inoo ami tho curl of n foathor Lay close to my chook, und I <ll?tn't cure whothcr 't'lw s rvloo ?. ns lon?-. Or tili t orr Wau wrong In a lonoiy buok pew, ns wo knott down to gotbor. In rending (ho prayers wi had ono book be tween ll?; Bo Bweot wna hor amita that, liait m ity BCOII UH, win'" ti- nt on our klines (Oh how i ap I did i" isid) I lnvl stoti'ii i kiss With too prayer book tr Boreen us. . In tho oriel win tow tho sunlight was gloniU' ?m. In my drowsy old brain I felt love ranolcs ti'i'ini"" ; Then my henri gave a thump lint my head gu . hump On tho bnck ol the ? > i : had only boon d roaming. _ -Lifo. A soct : rv i ADV. thc Domini, of In ?lil.m Aro Sut* hilad. frrom ..o Morning lint li (.? tho livening ?:.pl I oi. A i.irr. <>? t.rxruv. A llttlo French gill timcpicco ticking away tho minutes in uti lippi r room ol ono of Murray hill's lino resitlencos struck t!i" half-hour beyond '.' o'clock on a rcconl morning, timi whilo its tleop cathedral note yul ???;.? .? ?. I upon tho air thura was a sn l l n m ?V molli amono tho laco hangings of ti brass bedstead standing In a recess ol Hie sanio apart* mont, anil a wotnan's faeo !o< ked forth. Tho room was full cl* pict's tiling.;, warm w illi tho hinzu of ti hickory lire, ami brilliant with the dazzling winter Bluish i nc, which, lilt? ring through ibo drapcrir-s of thc bf d windows, hiv in patches of liglll Oil ii. io;- and tm nish Inga, but there was no hing one-half so pretty, so warm, rn- so brilliant, no pict uro so sunny or dazzling within tho four walls, as that mail" lr, ibis sam . far e, the face of a young and levi ly wonmti, which, flushed from ibo pillow's downy caress, the eyes dewy willi sleep, and the rumpled chestnut hair framing tho whola hi sword confusion looked out u> Sea what bad awakened its owner. "Ob, it's you, yon ch ?ll teri tig little clock," tis her eye fell lt]ton (hu telltale bands, then, bet?re -!.<. auk buck into her nest, she leam I out to touch au electric hulton within ? nsy reach. A moment and ti soil Uno:'!, prefaced the entrance of a iient-Iookhig middle-aged woman in i ap mid apron. "Good morning, Harker,11 caine from the pillows. "My bath, plon.se;" and Farker opened n second door and dis appeared. In three minutes she was back standing at Hie bedside with a bath gown of thick, sofl flannel and a pair of low sho -, wann and woolly. Tho young woman gol up, suffered (he flannel gurmeiii lo li- thrown over her lace anil cambric nighl dress, I h rust two white foot Into the wadded s!IOCS, Mid crossed to thc bath-room. Harker only waited to take from various drawers and presses an on I 111 of feminine apparel, Kindled willi an em broidered muslin combing gown whose ribbons were ?>i Ibo Panie pale-pink hue as tinted thu silken sloe Kings, beforo site vanished a second lime, and the room was left lo Ibo clock and (lie Uro, with occasional nitiillcd Splashing* from thc naiad in h. r : uh. Hut not for long. Til > Hall door un closed again to admit a tail old negress, black a IdcbtW, her le ad l ound iii a brilliant bandana. Site ihutllcd to the door ol thc bath-room ard knocked, "Ea you ready, honey ? ' "in a moniont, mummy,11 rounded from within; Iii n: "You may come now," mid once more tho lire and clock had it all their own way In tho outer apartment. Next Harker roapp cud bearing n silver tray, on which w as n cup of bouil lon with suiue waft . I ke cradio rs._she had scar cly phi ?od lier Iruy inion a .stand and wheeled a 1 ixurtotis Turkish chair bofor lim > >k n r, Uro wlion th . inner door was Hung wi le op m and, fresh from ber plunge and glowing willi mammy's vigorous massage, Beauty came oui, lier flannel gown wrapped warmly about li r and her beautiful hair still closely snooded In its oilskin .cap. Mie sank with supple i/raoe. Into hov waiting chair, the stand with Its light refreshment quickly lifted to her side; then, as (he lire gleamed (oo ardently on ibu sott, clear Bkin, linker Inter posed a glass . eie n. which tempered tim llamos fervor, while ii to ?k nothing from dh oheorfti light. While (he bouillon W n - dp;?1 d and ibo crackers munched mummy brought u low hassock, noon which site tlrow her young mistress1 feet, mid w' h gent?o, caressing touch pill asidp the W added shoes and Incased otu ii slender tinkle and urdu d instep in its silkon co vor lng, using a silver sllOO-hoi'n Of exquisite workmanship to tipring the little miln slipper lo its placo. rlion mademoiselle stood up whilo tho black banda went d' .Viy on willi tho task they ho t d BO WO?.. "You s jest like cz if you was a baby yet. boney," the old woman f aid. pat ting Ibo lovely BhOnldors which rose smooth and dimpled ROOV0 the c dnvob eheniise; and. "'l)ood, 1 Wish you was," ns sim slipped (ho Clinging petticoat of knitted silk ovor 1e r charge's head. Mademoiselle laurelled, .and tho ?lr? -s .jng went on till, the last ribbon of tim muslin gown tie I. mammy was forced -reluctantly enough to resign ber ntirs J i 11 . _r to Another's cure. For Harker had not boon idle during the robing procos-?. The bouillon tray und ?tandworo Rope] a low dressing table frbose beveled mirror was tho per fection of rolleotivo excclienoe had boen tm m d to catch tho proper light, an armless chair placed beforo it, and now, flanked by her implements of office, rows of silver-mounted brushes and combs, steel p us, pom ides, and per fumed water ti priest ., of tho hiiir dre sing oeremon ltd awaited her victim, Miuloncoisoilo seated herself. Harker .lipped Oil" th? ol lok if) cap. loos iud sonni pins, letting tim v.-il of ohesttiut hair full hiw i\y rteiim t quito to the floor, und began her work. As tho tire woman tab ?rt d htvj* mistress let her ?yes stray Idly before ber, and her glsnoo /ell unon a little orvdnl vase uooq the dressing-table which hold ll Kingle li-' 1 in?X rose. What did Hbo soo in its rusty jiotals nnd crumpled loaf to call up that curious half-tender light lo her fUco, and why should this expression die slowly away ?ne! the proud lines of thc exquisite mouth obtrusively show in ita stead? "barker," coldly, "don't keep Howers about, thal are not fresh." "No, miss," said Harker respectfully, but WOlldoringly; then her eve, too. fell upon tho condemned Mar?chal Niel. "I left lhe rose, miss, because you hail it in your bund last night when you cunio in, and there was a hit of water in 11 : VUSO where yon put it, so 1 thought you would not wish ii disturbed," Did a faint blush mantle that smooth white brow, or was it tho wanton fire light which lilied thc room? "Very well, Darker; it is of no further value." And now the hair is dono and thc muslin gown is ?lolled for a robe of palo India cashmore lined throughout with quilted satin and trimmed from neck lo hem and at throat and wrists with cosi ly fur. Thon Darker hands a bit of embroidered cambric exhaling a faint spicy fra'/rance, and draws aside .1 heavy poniere, through which made moiselle passes to a morn i ug-room be yond, a beautiful, cozy apartment full of bric-a-brao ami objects of arl, an open upright piano in one corner, with a banjo, the. la tesl era/", lilting its Hat sphere against one log. A sea-coal lire glows in the burnished grate, a tiger skin rug sprawls beforu it, ami a break fast service of Iran-parent china ami old stiver is set out upon a claw-legged mahogany lal.le near tho center of tho room. As mademoiselle eiitoi ?. a beautiful eol?o haps forward, fawning against i r ami thrusting his no e under her .areadllg hand. His mistress pats him a little absently and mores on io ibo table, uh' tv ut her pialo is piled thu morning mail, belter;, notas, cards of invitation, fine or two black-edged fu?era! announcements, for death moves ill ll) . h's: society, too she looks them ali over without groat eagerness, though her eyes brighton when she opens ..?ie i read that c. prominent mau of fashion bogs tho honor of leading a coining min h-lnlkod-of cotillon with her, nor do th \ dull when tho next noto informs lier thal her presence is desired among i n small seloel party which an aristo-1 oratio society matron is arranging to i deo ;.i her country-hou.se for a winter's lark. Slur goos on through her letters while a servant brings tho broakfast fruit, chocolate, a pair of rood hirds, with potato s n la creme, willi an omolctto aux eon lit urcs. M idctnoisolto cats with relish and nppotito, while tho do;.', on his haunches by her side, his forefeet on the Hour, makes with his head in the air a long, silky, incl ned plano of his back, which ends olFoctlvoly in a brush of waving fur. HU eyes followcvory movement of the. fair eater, but his dumb entreaty gains him naught till the meal is done. Ouc letter of liol' many that morning she has not yet opened. She takos this now. and as she breaks the seal the samo lb- ting look which the dying rose had evolved conies back. The noto i? .-her:, a half do/en lines: "I found my orders awaiting mo last night. 1 leave to-night- May 1 call ia1 . this afternoon to say pood-by?" Tho lotter drops from her hand. Tho do ; <oos h r cessation from writing and cone s over lo her feet. "Ves, Sultan," .sha says, stroking his In ;..I, "he muy como to say good-by, and theil WO will think no more of this channing young ofllcur with his small pay and . low i remotion, and his tempt ing suggestion of frontier ba tracks life." Une ni'.ie lotter is quickly added to tho number wailing to be sent, then mndumoisello hurries to hor ronni, whero Harker already awaits her. Twenty minutes later, perfectly dre ? d In a costume of plot Ii and fur, whose eloganl sinfhlioilv equaled Itsox travagant cod, gloved like a French woman and shod like an Bngllsh peer ess, mademoiselle enters her ourringo, and the tall footman liol ting the door bends lo ree ive her initial order. Shu drives to her tailor's whero Bho mounts a wooden horse to have anew lltlbit adjusted, to tho jeweler's to select a present for a fnshioillll lo wedding; at a florist's shu orders a funeral piece sent to a society house of mourning; shu loaves her carriage for live minutes nt it picture-gallery to glance at a canvas whioh her world ls discussing; she. show* herself ata business meeting of a charitable Organization o? which she is a mom bot' long enough to say thal she will stand at the Russian table in a Quilling festival; she drives to tho lur ia r's io choose hoi' sables, ami to lier b<x>tmaker's for consultation over bot tines a la St? Petersburg, and she hurries dually into tho boudoir of her dearest friend: "Just to hope, dear. Unit you aro go ing dow n to Oakcliff willi sirs. h. on Iiie -Mst. No? So sorry. And, oh, ?oll, w ill you kindly lend* nie that little .. i. on ;?gure-, for tko german your brother sent out from Vienna last month? Mr. K- and I irani some rtovol? t.es for the Worthington ball." "That is the last," she says lo herself I hank fully when she Inn kissed lu r fr.end good-by, und "Homo," is lite word thc footman takes ns he climbs lo the coachman's side. It is 2:80 wln-n Harker is gi lling lier out of In r outdoor wraps, and lune!;' .?ii i. MU'Ved, she is told. Thal meal over, - ie must give her maid ten minnies' confab ov. i ti . < veiling's dresses and twenty more toorlllols? an arrangement her dressmaker has sent for inspection. Then a few moments to loll among tho ensilions of her divan skimming tho chapters of the last novel before another todet is in order. At 0 she is again in ' tho carriage in a sumptuous reception dress, rolling to an "afternoon." Two are down on her tablets for that day, and by nico calculation she gota the ercuni of both before, shortly ofter 0, shu stands once inoro in her own hall and learns from tho serrant in attend ic.eo that n gentleman is waiting tobo received in Inn groen parlor. In nil tho bravery of brilliant dross, dropping only tho fur lined carriage ?, uno drosses tho hall. Fifteen, twenty minutes pass, then tho poTtforo of the green parlor ls put asido nml a s oung man conn s out. Ills taco ts palo and his Upa are compressai, hut lin is oroct and ?old?orly, and them is a gleam of something in ids kindling oyo whick may ho ii linc scorn when that mist o? lonoVrn I?:?*: cleared away. Mademoiselle goes up-stalrs u nillo languidly. Uer room ls brilliant with warmth mid light, and on ilr> hod ls spread an evening dre ail lace ami silken sheen. "There Is n<> hurry, Barker/1 she siiys, hrietlv; "WO entertain at homo to-night, and dinner ls not until ha!?-p? ; H. liolp mo oil'with these (lungs; -.vee mo a loos,? gown nnd f.ftei n mlnub . hore before lite fire.'' "Your ii wera for to-night," says tho maid. ?nsw. ring miidcmoisollo'a rbiy half an hour lat r. bal the yoting girl scarcely glan?es at the hugo b m ?u tt the wt unan is ht tiring, "1 shad bu bite, Barker." sha says; "make haste to dr? v< ni .." There are two hours of dinner and three hour , of ball got through with be foro mndoinoi.s.hlo's daj is really done ami tim petted belle linds li >V laue canopied couch, i ii" worl 1 lt is been at her fuot. and t!i ? expression o? tri ti tn ph ami ;>o -, r does not win ?Ily lt ave tho perfect fn e <\ n after the frin jed litis are doned and Ibo soft swei . ! roath comes regulnrlv through ibo j tut parted lips. .v. Y. Times. .1 H mb > ..! .. Ten :: Jumbo U a ?ed chimpanzee anti has received a Christian education. Visitors ai the must um will havo noticed hhn, U4 ho occupied a uago in the third story of the i lu-euin, and was very vlvaciotH at tinvs. showing groat strength in shakin: ii; heavy iron bm und swinging with solemn cadeneo on tho Hying Ira po??. "Jinn'1 is u diame ter and lils ;\p;??iis recently ?towed bim lo bo n schemer of no nenn tinier. Tho fastenings nf his ce re re thought Secure, his keeper \. iwumlti, always tak ing thc precaution t<i carefully padlock Ibo bar-: bm woo alas to carelessness! A key was h it in the look and his wor hy mohkeyship pro e nh tl With great cau tion ami fiubtloty to unfasten his hick and lib. rate himself from the d rou ry con li nos of tho cage. Once out Jumbo, like all true revolutionists, mude license of I belly and commenced to freo thu birds by running across to tho other cages; lotting out tho oooatoos, parrots and other rare hirds, and stirring them up with a clllb, as var..*.-,. marks [-'111111 on t!ie aforesaid birds would ind?calo, There is il largo gia ?- CtlgC hi tile mu seum, and on tho same lloor, in which arc kept several snakes of tho constrict or species. A liiiu tm burner, connected willi lubing and Ughl ?! lo warm thu occupants, wns burning, and the thiilic looking chimpanzee thought he would invest?gale. How it occurred (ho keeper could liol loll, but coming up stairs Int heard thu unusual chillier ol the feath ered tribe, and then suddenly a lion dish yell, that Indicated something unusually inton sling, and startling. Bounding up stairs ;i strange sight niel his ga/". The monkey had ju-: leaped out of tho snake don and a large constrictor was dig ging it flor him, his fun4s fasleiiet in the unhappy Jinn's stump ot a tai!. Ai tin: sight of tin; koaportlio howling mon key made for tin; stair-, th : snake -till obliging lo him, sweeping a do/, n Blooping parrot-, o it of tho way, who sol up a perfect pandemonium of ser dies at thu disturbance, Lowandn suva :t was worth a man's lifo tosco that culm pan/.cu go down tho stairs and thump ing the constrictor after him, who like a bull-dog in ver Iel up. I lustily closing thu sntiko don and extinguishing thu light, Lowandn ran down to tho second door ami then h gan tho chaso. Ovo the freak stages, upsetting chairs ami smashing mud e.ne ami photographs in a way that was a caution; then crossing thu hall, leaping th i iron grating that separates tho crowds from ino theater, tho monkey went at a headlong gait, leaving his suakeship stranded high ami dry on tho wiro grating -a wiser if not thoroughly awakened snake. Down into tho darkness ot (he passage went "Jinn,11 and at tho bottom ol thc stairs ho collided willi a colored girl w ho was working about tho building, anti trio now thoroughly frightened monkey, chattering and jibbi ring, clung with might ami main to his friend "In need." Lowandn says he appeared al tho top of tho landing just as they rolled over, and that (he chimpanzee had a lot of bangs iiiitl frizzes of African fashion and cut in his pu a's; howsoever bc it, "Jinn" was captured and taken back to his den, docile ami wheezing slightly from his exertions. When a reporter saw him ho was esconsccd demurely on his haunches, and al tho approach of the newspaper man he cocked his oyo ami scratched his chinchilla whiskers as much as to say. "Old chapple, it's a Bold ?lay when wo got left.11-tit. Taut Ulobc. Hbo Wax lu Trouble. A young woman, bufurrod anti eye glassed, sat nour tho stove weeping. It was not a lioal'ty, yard-wide weep, but a furtive dropping of half-it /ressed loafs upon tho corner of a sc inteu hand? korohlof mordy a bit of a thaw in a coltl wind. "In trouble, miss?'' queried tho gray haired ami sympathetic passenger. "Vr-vc"," WuS the sniveling reply. ".May I inquire tho nature of your woe, young lady? Possibly I can com fort you.'' Ami for answer she snuffled un two or thn e times in le r no e, reached into lier dress pocket and pulled out a crum pled telegram, saying! "Read that." Tho sympathetic passenger adjusted his Bpootaolos, hemmed ami hawed, turned half lound in his seat, and cau tiously hold the ominous missive to tho light. Ile read: "Como homo nt onco. Your doggio ls sick."-Chicago Herald. There ls a certain man about town whose generosity is not iniboutldod. Ho is quito ready to accept, and even to ask for, favors, but is not so often known to reciprocate. There como to him, how ever, as to nil men sooner or later, oc casions when it is impossible to avoid the t?mplanos o? hospitality ami gonor* .. .i v, i ven if he po lesses it not. A for mula of his for such dire necessity, I hear runs in this way: (Moderato) - "I'd invite you (O dinner to-day (an dante) bul we nie to have coillUh to da) (a|lcgre and fdsocato, without walt ing for 1? dreaded acceptance) and f know you don't like cod lick"--./fusion Tho Modul im* a Marble Hand. Aflor tho restoration of Louis Philippe to tho French throne, many of Napol eon's soldiers were left in comparativo poverty. Ono of thei... a famous Gen eral, bad a beautiful daughter whom ho wished to marry rich, hut who foll in love with a poor young man-an under secretary or something of that kind. She married at her father's request a rich Count, hut refused at tho wedding ceremony to allow tho ring to be placed upon her left hand, upon which sho wore a ruby, put there hy her lover. Her jealous husband was not long in Unding out what was the matter, and, intercepting a lotter in which the ardent young lover claimed Matilda's hand us his, ho determined upon an awful re venge. Ono night ns tho celebrated surgeon Lisfrance was returning from a profes sional visit, he waa captured by a party of men, blindfolded and taken to a dis tant palace, and led through a labyrinth of passages and rooms, At length his conductor, stopping, said: "Doctor, wo have arrived; remove your bandage." The doctor, whoso fears had given place to a restless curiosity and a vague ap prehension, obeyed, and found himself in a small chamber furnished with re markable luxury, and half lit by an alabaster houp hung from tho ceiling. The windows were, hermetically scaled as well as tho curtains of an alcovo at j the end of the room. Here the doctor found himself alono With ono of his abductors. Ho was a man of imposing height and command ing air, and his whole exterior of the most aristocratic stamp. His black . eyes gleamed through tho half mask that covorod tho upper part, of his face, I and a nervous agitation shook his color- ' h-.ss lips, and tho thick black beard that inflamed tho lower. "Doctor," said he, in an abrupt, loud voice, "prepare for your work-an amputation.'1 "Where is tho patient?" asked tho doc tor, turning toward tho alcove. Tho curtains moved slightly, and ho heard \ sidled sigh. "Prepare, sir," said tho man convulsively. "But, sir, 1 must sec the patient." "You will seo only tho hand you aro to cut off." The doc tor, folding his arms and looking firmly at lin-other, said: "Siryou brought mo here by force, li you need my profes sional assistance I shall do my duty without earing for that or troubling my self about your secrets; but if you wish to commit a crime you can not force ino to bc your accomplice." "Do content, sir," replied the other, "thero is no crime in this," and leading him to tho alcove he drew from thu curtains a hand. "It is this you aro to cut off." 'l in' doctor took the hand in his; his Augers trembled at tho touch. It was a lady's hand, small, beautifully molded and its pure white set off by a magnifi cent ruby encircled with diamonds. "Dut," cried tho doctor, "ibero is no need of amputation; nothing is-" "And I, sir! I say." thundered tho other, "if you refuse I will do it myself," and. seizing a hatchet, he drew tho hand toward a -mall table and scumed about to sinke. The doctor arrested his arm. "Do your duty then, doctor." "Oh, bm iii.s is an atrocious act," said tho sui-:;?on. "What is that to you? It must bo dono. I wish it; ni.ulam wishes il also; if necessary she will demand it herself. Come, madam, request tho doctor to do you this service." Thu doctor, nonplused, and almost fainting maier the torture of his feelings, bearii from tho alcove, in a buif-expiring voice and an inexpressible act ont of de spair and resignation: "Sir, since you uro a surgeon yes I entra* you-let' it bo you and not-Oh, yes: you! you! in nu ley! 1 "Well, doctor," said tito man. "you or I." Tim resolution of Ibis man was so I frightful, the prayer of tho poor lady so ! full of cn t ron IA und despair, that thu doctor fob that even humanity com manded of han compliance with tito appeal of thc victim. He took Ins in? st ru mun ts v?:ih a I ist imploring look at the unknown, who only pointed to tho hand, and then with a sinking heart began the o| i ration. For tho lirst time in his experience his hand trembled; but tho kllif i was doing it.-, work. Thci'O was a cry from tho alcove, and then air . was silent. Nothing was heard but the horrid sound of the operation till the hand and tho saw fell together on . the floor. Lisfrance wore tlio ruby upon his ? watch-chain, where it wu s seeu by tho young lover on l i., return to Paris, and ? out of it grew a thiel that lcd to the dis* j closure of the infamous crime. Tho j inoi ning after the young lover's arrival at the capital he was presented by a man In livery with an ebony box. Opening il he discovered a bleeding hand, Matilda's, ami on it a paper with tllOSO wonls: "Seo how tho Count of keeps his oath." After tho thiel tho voting man llcod to Brussels, where, tho olocifmg hand was transferred to can? vas. liait seeing Ibo ptiinting copiod I it in marble. Lexington (A"y.) I.tiler lo Cincinnati Enquirer. An Extra Quarter. -A peddler of tin ware in one of the mountain counties of lins State called at a farin-lioiiso tho other day, where tho woman wanted to sell him "a bear skin. " 'Tain't worth no groat shakes," Haiti thc peddler after looking it over. "The b'ur was killed two months too carly." "How much?" naked the woman. "About 75. couts." "See here, stranger," BIUI continued as t.ho gave ibo skin a rub, "when I tell you that this 'ere b'ar clawed my hus band to death less'n two months ago, and that I'm still a grievin' widder-wo nian, can't you moko tho prico a dol lar?" Doing a man of sentiment and tinware combined ho said ho could. Wall Street News. General longstreet thinks that his uncle, William Longstreet, of Augusta, Ga , should share with Robert ruHon tho laurels of tho Invontor of steam boats. This Ingenious Georgian was big with tho Idea as early ns 17K8, but it was not until 180? that ho successfully ran a bout by steam in the Savannah. "Pap," said little .lacob, looking up from his Sunday-school paper, "herc, is a piece thal SUV fl "Boer versus Whisky.' Shall I read UP" "Trow ?lat pabor In de sehtovo, Shaky. Inny mans vot says beer is verso ns visky ain't tit for nod iugs except kintlflng-vood."- Bing* hatnton Republican. -, ' GAMBLE? HANSOM. How tie Save?! i? Mun from Ruin und Mad? "I could relate hundreds of stories about his life/1 said a shining light of tho N. Y. Athletic Club sneaking to a re porter of the N. Y. Mail & Express about the well-known sporting niau ( harley Ransom, who dieu m endy. '.There is one story about him which tho papers have not published yet. Charley and I made the acquaintance of what wo thought to ho a very wealthy niau at the Monmouth Beach rae ??-course two years ago last summer. Hu was introduced to us by a prominent ollleial of police headquarters. After tho races wen* over, all throo went over to Long Branch. Charley and 1 came up to this city on an early train, leaving our new acquaintance behind, I never saw him after that, but Charley one day mot him on Broadway, nour Twenty-third .street. Tiley went to the Fifth Avenue hotel to get a drink. I don't know exactly how it was, but that same night both sat down in the room of a neighboring ho tel to play draw poker. I do not wish to disclose the pen th man's name, be cause he is a good father now and be cause such indiscreetness on my part might hurl his present fair chances; but he was a confounded ass for his own sake. Charley was an honest fellow, however, and he played a square game. Our new friend dropped $375 thal night, all he lon' in his posses-ion. Ile, made an appointment for thc next evening in the hone of getting even, but he airain (?nit a loser. This time he threw up his hands to the tune of $1,200. They kept playing every odd night until tho mid dle of the following December. Our pay friend by that time was minus, ac cording to his own calculation $18,900, (.'harley wanted him to give up poker half a dozen limes before hu lost this amount, but in euell instance he refused. The fellow commenced to drink like a tish and Charley confidentially told mo he'd lie hanged before he'd sit down with him again. He never did play af ter that, although tho fellow accused him of hoing afraid lo render satisfac tion. "Ono morning about 10 oclock ("har ley fell in with tho would-be sport on Sixth avenue, ile was partly intoxicat ed, and his dissipated appearance do noted ho had not seen a bed for several nights. (harley endeavored to gel away from bim on Ibo plea of busini ss, but it was useless. Our friend held on to the lapel of his overcoat and insisted that tiny repair to a room and indulge in a game. Bul thc devil could nol have altered Charley's lixed determina tion and he said so. While both were talking a little boy of about 12 years ciunu up and touched lie leg of Char ley's foolish friend, 'lucre was a little snow on tin- ground, mid Ibo little fel low's feet protruded from a broken pair of boots. Ho had neither overcoat nor mittens on, and he r ally looked the picture of misery. Turning around, our friend saw tito boy, and Charley often told mo ho turned deadly white. 'What are you doing hero?' ho dually asked the lad. 'Oh, papa,1 stammered the boy, moving backward, as if ho was afraid, '1 have been looking all over for you. Aunt and illumina sent me to lind um.' This drove tho fellow almost mail, and he broke out with frightful oaths, winding up by bidding (he hoy lo get hoon; or he would kick him ail aver (lie street. The lad departed with out a word, hut b tore going ho cast a most ttigiiilieaul hut ulluolionale look at thu man he < ailed father "Charley had. had cnmi<_'h, and break ing away from til ) man's grasp he walked in the 'opposite direction lo that taken by the boy. Phi hither, after a moment's hesitation, wen; into II gin mill, N\ hon Charley saw him disappear from view ho turned on ids heel and iVlth a ?puck gull sinned after Ibu lad. [lu overtook him id Tw?;iitv???fth slreot. I'hu boy would not talk tor some limo, ?ni ??nally he brok" il nv ll timi told all; nforniud him kow In-, fallier was fast mining n good business down town; low he had morl gilgi d the house tiny ?ved in, Oil well, never mind what itreet, how mother, sister, and self were being neglected, abused, and starved, md how their once comfortable home ivas f.ist going to pieces. Well, the cud of thal business was thu! a sober man jntored his hoi.ie (hal night, and a weeping wife embraced lum. They worn tears of joy, I assure you. Tho mortgage w as paid oil'the next day, a good business was revived, and a man who not long before wished lo be a mort, sat down lo dinner with his fami ly in his cozy dining-room. No matter liow tho thing was managed. I prom ised il dead friend I would never toll my cue about it. bul I could not keep a icorot, for ho was a good follow. Ho may have boon a sporting man; may lave earned a living by cards, and may nive associated with SOIllO rough pel ion--, but I'll warrant there inver walked along the path of life a belter nan than Charley Hansom. No \> tor tho Creditor. "P i a strange thing occurred the other day," said a jewelry drummer, as lie lighted a match on his pantaloons; "I went to a town out In Iowa to .settle up an account willi a linn there that bad boon running behind on their pay ments, Tho linn, composed of two brothers, woe one of the largest in the town, and I had no fear of trouble, but when I arrived there I found that they had dissolved partnership and closed business." "Didn't lose anything, did you?" '.LOSO anything? Should say wo did. One brother took all tho stock and skip ped east, and tho other took all tho cash und lit out for the west. What show bas a |MM>r creditor gol coming in on die shank end of such a dissolution ol co-partnership as that?"-Chicago lier A State street merchant put a hand tome plaster ligure in his store window iind prepared himself to enjoy it with lils customers. Along in thc afternoon the wife of an artist cunio in and not.e ?d it at once. "Ah, Mr. B." she said, "that's a handsome figure in your win dow." "Ye?," replied tho nu reliant, "J .all it so myself, 1 do." "Your tasto is DXCellcnt," pursued the lady, "and Tm glad to see a love of art developing in .onuncreial circles. What is tho liguro Hohe?" "O, no. ma anr it's plaster paria."-Verc/axnt 7v"?Wc?" a Family Happy, Melville'-! Ambition. "It's a terrible thing to lie cold," said Chitd Engineer Molville, of tho United States navy, at tho tooms of thc United Service club, "but it is mot o terrible to pulfer the Jiangs of hunger, to crawl on hands and knees on the icc. as 1 have done, that my comrades might he saved. It was not for myself, but for my coun try and my fellow-man." Engineer Melville, who looked tho picture ot rosy health, was surrounded by distinguished officers and cx-ollicers Ol the army and navy os he read his in (cresting paper on Arctic exploration. Among them were (Jen. JoshuaT, Owen, Capt. Riobard C. Collum, Tay Director Iiussoll, and Col. Nicholson. In his opening remarks Mr. Melville said: "When I returned from Siberia I promised myself anti thc w hole world thal I would never lecture on the trials and Bufferings of Arctic explorations that I would never coin money out of tho blood and bones of my dead com panion.-.'" Continuing ho said: "For moro than ?lot) years some of tho best blood ami brains of thc world have been devoted to solving the problem of the far north, ll vas for a grand and nohle purpose -the benefit of man, that wc may have knowledge, which is wealth, power and happiness.'1 Mr. Mel vi Ih; spoke ot tin: peculiar ab sence of scurvy in thc biter American expeditions, particularly those of the. Polaris. Jeannett", anil Creely party, whde Sir George Narcs' exploring party were terribly aili ie ted, lb: thought it w as a matter of food, clothing and Well ventilated quarters. He had fre quently been asked how he hoped to es cape tho fate of those w ho had gone he fore him if he attempted to reach tho pol". His answer w as that the hitter school of experience lcd him to bel love that the pole could be reached safely, and that the proper route was hy Fran/, Joseph Land, the southern end of which was accessible every year Mr. Melville then described tho Arctic outfits necessary for explorers, and thc mistakes made in making them too heavy. Ile said: "1 have slept comfort ably on top of a sled in a sleeping-bag, with the thermometer 100 degrees below ile- freezing point of water." Ih" Arctic sleeping-bugs, lie explain ed, wt re worn with the hair inside, thus reversing nature, lt wna thu only fur clothing worn that way. Ile thought t h.e very idea of unlimited appropriations by congress caused an Arctic expedition to lu- loaded down with the worthless rubbuge of every crank In the land. His sleeping-bag weighed eleven pounds. The (??eely expedition bags weighed twenty-two pounds - "elegant things to .sloop in, hm death lo those who attempt ed lo carry them." In conclusion tho chief engineer said that with his know ledge, horn ot exp erience, he expected at some future day to conduct a party in safety to the Arctic regions, and to lind a grand, public-spirited citizen of vast means who would aid him in solving iiie problem cf a commercial pole. Tho road was one of trial and tribulation, ? but tho object was attainable, and the scient die world would not bo satisfied until it was roached. -Phil<ttlelpkici\ Times. A Deputy ShorlflP'H Philosophy, Nearly all thc deputy sheriffs lu this city live well, dress well, and grow fat, and yet they are not happy. Ask ono of them how his business is, and with a deep sigh ho will answer in heart-hreak ing tones, "Oh, things are. frightfully dud. 'l here ain't a cent in the busi ness any more, and 1 wish to heavens I could lind something else to do." Hut they don't spend much time in looking for anything oise, and Hie distress of mind that these gentlemen sillier when any chango in tho sherill's ofllco is about to take place is highly inconsist ent with their alleged deplorable condi tion. Deputy Sheriff Aarons occupies Uti entire house in a fashionable portion | of tho City, lt is well furnished and his wife and seven children always dress well and look happy, Mr. Aarons 1 smokes good cigars, and has grown so fat in the sherill's olllco that he linds difficulty in getting within writing dis tance of his desk. Thc other day, while he was resting himself after writ ing tho date on the top of a legal docu ment, a reporter said to him: "How is it that you seem to bo so contented when nfl the other deputy sheriffs are complaining of hard times?" Mr. Aarons scraped n little piecfc of quail off his mustache, and replied, confidentially: "About two years ago I wanted to got a new suit of clothes, and as my tailor had made mono* enough to retire after having my custom for a year or two, I begun looking around for it new tailor. I spoke to one of the deputies llbotlt it, and hu advised mo to try a tailor w ho is located on Broadway, a nhorl distance from hen'. I leii my order for a coat, and told the tailor to deliver it nt my iiouso. When tho garni nt un iv eu tho messenger refused to lease it until I paid hun for :t. 1 sent it back. Tho next day thc tailor told mc had so much trouble in getting money from our or two of the deputies that he was nfraid to trust ll .stranger who was in the. sanio business. Now, the men ho mentioned mode as much moues ?is 1 do. The. se cret is just the same hero n it is in every other business. I look after my money and other fellows don't, I como to thc office nt the same hour every morning, attend strictly to business un 'il lunch time, and then pay $1 or moro ? >r a gooil meal. When thc day's work is done I go home and stay there. Tho men who ure always complaining spend 40 or 60 cents on their way down in thc morning, the samo on their way ! homo, bit' a cheap lunch, and devoto their oven?.iga to playing cards or squandering their money in some other foolish wav. It is tho spending of small coins that makes a man poor and keeps htm i hore, and a roan ie never any bet ter oft' if ho tries to save money by de priving his stomach of food"-New York- Mail ami Express. M. DTIarp has been treating himself to a new hat. Froud of his conquest ho showed his purchase to evorybouy next day. "What did you glvo for it?" asked a friend. "It cost mo 15 francs." "Hut it is marked IC francs on tho lin ing." "Tine,"softly replied M. DTIarp, "that is what 1 paid tho hatter; but I went without my dinner yesterday."* ?tori* Journal Amusant. . II. ? i.... t..? .*-?. .???.. ivit.i i ' - ?; OH fall? upc. Among ttlO bills introduced in tho -cuate last week and appropriately re ferred was OHO by Senator Edmund;?, ?'providing fol' the inspection of meats or exportation, prohibiting the im portation of adulterated articles of moil and drink, and authorizing Ibo President to make proclamation in certain cuses." ?Senator Edmunds said that Ibis bill bad been reported last year from tho committee on foreign relations. Be? -ides providing for ttio inspection of pork, &c, tor exportation, it contain ed, he said, a section iriving the Presi dent authority, whenever he was con vinced that unju>t discrimination wan made against the admission of Ameri can products into other countries, to prohibit the introduction ot such articles ns he thought tit for thc pro tection of i bc just interests of thc Untied States. In view of what he (Edmunds) saw in the newspapers about cut rent events in other countries ouching American prouuets on the theory that they wore supposed to be diseased, when the fact was obvious dint the object was to exclude them under any consideration, ho (Ed mund?) tImughl it clear that it was time to introduce this bill again. The DlHcovery of Amoricn. A number of prominent gentlemen interested in establishing a permanent V mc rican exposition in washington md a world's exposition to bc held in 1892, in tumor of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Amer ica by Columbus, met last week and adopted rcftnollttiotis strongly favoring the project, and the chairman wus in -ii neted to appoint a committee of citizens lo formulate a plan in further ance of thc celebration of tills impor tant atudvei say. THE LAURENS UAH. JOHN* C. IIASKKLL, N. B. Di AL, Columbia, S. C. Lauren*, S. C. HASKELL & DIAL, A T TORNEY S A T LAW, LAUKKK8 0 li., 8. C. J. T. 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