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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 The KTer-j?rcen Pine. Oh, a valiant tree Is tho evcr-Rroon pino, That irrowH on tho bleak imiuntniii 8ldo; Hot n fear docs lt fool of tho win? or the ?torin. AB lt nt tunis Uko H klnjr lr? Ita pride. Tho IlKhtnlnjm may Hush 'round Its tall WAT IHR crest, Ami tho wind 'mid IIB branches inAy rave: Uut lt st Ands in its strength Uko a, lion ut bay, Or a hero, who'll ne'er bo a slave. Ob. a sorrowful troo ls tho evor-Rrcen pine ThAt RTows in tho swoot smlliiur VAIO, M murmur* forever a low, plaintive SOUR 1 hat resembles a 'lorn lover's wall. It stretches Ita stronir, shady branches abroad Ai d lt Bidha to tho flowers bolovr, And it tells of tho sorrow corroding Us heart To tho breezes that merrily blow. Oh. a beautiful tree is tho cver-Rreeii pino That RTOWS on tho hill's atopliiR sido; It shellors tho woodbird, gives shade to tho door, And makes cheerful our house, fur and wide. Then honored and loved bo the over-Rreon pino That fears neither lightning nor Rale. And cherished still moro be Ino sorrowful tree That BIRIIS in the sweet MIIIIIIIR vale. -M. J. ltiordan. SUMMERVILLE. "Oh, Toddy, can't you get any more apples than thin? I'm sure I could if I wera only up there," cried tho girl standing with up-turned face under an old apple tree i from which a nundi hoy was trying in vain to gather a few ap pl*8. "I know you could. Do conic up, Llcw. There in no one here to see, ami I won't tell." "Why, Teddy Chesleigh! I am eigh i teen years old," with indignant cni I phnsis. "Well, I didn't suppose you'd do it. : But thero ?8 a bough of daisy apples : right near thu fence. You might reach : that." "I will," she replies, after a moment's ; hesitation. "Herc goes." and looking eVOund to assure herself that no one was ? wffjdn sight, she tossed down her hat . an|t mounts with Bimble steps the riek - sty <yhl fence, catching the branch, ..bcavj^y laden with delicious fruit. "Oh.'Xcddy. they are elegant!" she . exclaim^, with a gay little laugh, , disclosing a row of white, even little I teeth. She makes a perfect picture there, her i uplifted arms forming a frame for the I brigid, laughing face with its crown of \bonnie brown bair, which tho wind Wilow.-, recklessly about, und her slender ttunuvc, in a closo-litting dross of soft, cfingi?g gray, standing out in bold re bel against the blue sky, while the wind throwing the dross aside, shows a pretty little foot and a slender littlo ankle. Clutching the branch lightly in both ,'M-V brown hands, she gave v. vigorous tillage, when looking down to note the result of her shaking, she sees., much to her horror, a young gentleman, equipped for hunting, standing not far off, whom she immediately recognizes as one whom she had met during tho past winter at Albany. With a little gasp she turns her crim son face up to her brother with a re proachful glance, but, undaunted by ncr indignant looks, the shameless youngster sits grinning in the tree apparently enjoying the situation im mensely. Tho gentleman turns toward the moro friendly face and addresses a few re marks to him about tho apples, thus fjiving Llcw an opportunity tor descend ng from her exalted position. When she ls again on the ground, she trios in vain to smooth ber bair, which is blowing in dire confusion all over her face. The gentleman now raises his hunting-cap, and smilingly oilers his hand, saying, "Miss Chesleigh, 1 be liever "Yes," she answers lier faec bright . .with blushes, as shu hesitatingly holds , out a little, tanned hand. "Am I not spoiling to Mr. DoImniTC?" "$it your service. I must b 'g pardon, ; MiHs.Cb-'sli'igli, for my untimely intru dion," w.ith a smile still lurking in his *U>tl: ?\YC-s,:u? he looks at thc stili-cou V?fttf?u;ddeu *f (gjvant it. ibttt I wish to assure you T. A * tic -.uot do s|iu> undignified things often. .."^?lw ff?U did look so tenipt '""Umi.olO^Wl' y*?" Dn -vour ,x 1 ,. . . .Vio' ai thc goodly number success, glam ln? "Tl" >* ..f " .."! i" which lav on tl..' ff??* ??^Vd i .. * " ......... m auch ?malleis, ano be quite ?" ?autry to renew have come into tins lT \ * ' ",__, my Skill, and as a la tft^f^fiSi Xutmhunt. but ?V?^iJ*?? my gun at thu first attest Lo TEea Wow calls to tMj, who Jj gathering up tho apples. a. vi her ?.Como. Teddy, it is getting- late, and Huntio will bo worried about ~r sides lt is tea time." Then sho say? W Mr. Dchnarrc: "1 must say good JJ0* to-day. but if you spend tho hore wo will bo such near neighbors that wo shall probably sc? each o.uor . . T ctn "Allow mo to walk with you, as I go thia way and am Winning to think it is ?upper time, also." Then, as sdonco erres consent, ho walks on with Hiern, helping Teddy carry tho fruit. 1 ho con versation ia carried on chiefly by loddy and Phillp during their short walk, foi Ltew has not yet quito regained hoi C<V?h>on tliey roach homo und Mr. Del marre has left them Teddy receives s aovere scolding, but, as usual, prove? invulnerable. But blew succeeds lu extorting a promise Unit ho will never never tell. For ?ho knows her Aunl Mary a eedato spinster of uncertair a?, who baa presided over tho house hold sines tho death of thoir mother would be utterly shocked. Her father la a mtddlo-agod gontle man. almost too indulgent at times U his motherless children. He seldon . goes away from his farm, but Wo* apanda several months of each winte: with her fashionable cousins in Albany where abe had mot Mr. Delmarro. Adjoining tho Chesleigh farm ls th land of "old John Delmarro," as ho I generally called, a orutsy old bnchcloi whom none of hla neighbors know ex oept by eight. Ho ia tho uncle of Phi Delmarro, who is tho old man's favoi ita, and as wa have ?sid he had com lo spend the summer months wita al uncle. # The summer months paaaed qnlckl by, and Phil, in spite of all the beaut lal wooten hs bad seen, and womel too, who had bestowed on him tb?! .g^Ioatt stroke, tell desperately lu, loi with this nu ic maulen, wtm.su Indiffcr j ?nco to ail his Attentions only mado her moro charming and desirable in bis ?ye?. So it was not strange that ono dajr white on ono of their numerous excur sions, md while Teddy had gono farther down thc river to tish, ho should take this most excellent opportunity of mak ing Llow acquainted with his great love for her, and oller her his houri and hand. blow, taken hy surprise, replies, in tho usual way, that sue is sorry, but docs not caro enough for him to marry him, ote. Only ono consolation does she give him, ami that is that sho loves no ono else. So Phil is comforted in a ?logree, thinking that some day ho may bo able to win hor lovo. Ho loaves her Ibero and wanders down tho banks of tho river, for in his great disappointment ho can hardly hoar to seo her. Suddenly ho hoars a sharp cry and his heart almost stands still, for it is Hew's voice. Can she have fallon into tho wa tor? Blaming himself for leaving bol illero alone and so near tho water, ho ruslu-s hack and socs Llew standing on tho bank wringing her hands whilo in the water In; discovered Teddy. Without hesitation ho throws off his coat and leaps into tho river. Ito is a good swimmer, hut Toddy has become unconscious and is very heavy, and it is not without difficulty ho gets him to tho bank. Llew is standing perfectly motionless, hut this moment has brought her to tho knowledge thal she loves Phil Dchnarro with all her heart, and that without him her future life would bo a dreary blank. When Phil roaches tho bnnk with tho unconscious hoy in his arms ho carries him to his uncle's house, which is not far away. Llow follows, silent and unrcmon strating, and they soon roach the place where Mr. Dolmarro is enjoying his morning cigar on thc porch, and os tho procession neared tho steps he called ont to Phil in a gruff voice: "Hollo! \Vhnt\ t up now? Look? as if you'd boen near tho river!" "Yes. We've had an accident," re plied Phil, still holding the boy in bin arms. Hero tho old housekeeper made her appearance, natch to tho relief of Phil, who began to give orders for her to pre paro a oed for nts little charge, and for once she did not wait for her master's bidding, because the distressed looks on I dow's taco, who was standing hy, touched tho heart of tin; old woman. When Llew was left alone with the old gentleman she summoned all her courage and walked up to his chair and stootl before him, much to his surprise, for all the neighbors hail lookotl upon him as an ogre, and no one had over beforo been known to s|>eak to him un less it was absolutely necessary. "Mr. Delmuno, I um very sorry that WO have been obliged to intrude upon your quiet household, but it was quito unavoidable, and I can only hope our stay will boas short ns possible. Sho stood waiting for an answer, b?tt received none save a deep grunt, which very nearly made her jump. Just then Phil came out, his dripping garments being changed for a dark suit that was very becoming to him. "You had best go to your brother," ho said in polite tones, loading tho way. "Vos, but let mo lirst endeavor to thank you for tho great service you have -" but hero sho was interrupted by Phil. "I Ail us not discuss til at. I am how going for a physician. There is tho room," anti ho hurried away. Llew and Mrs. Smith made Teddy as comfortable as possible, hut when ho recovered from his sleep he was delirious. When Phil anti tin; doctor carno ho was in a restless sloop. 'Ino good old doctor pronounced him too ill tt> bo moved for a week or two, to Llow's great horror. To stay a week with that horrid obi man! None knew what the old tuan thought, for ho kept his thoughts to himself, and sat most of tho day on the pu re h with either a cigar or paper. Phil next wont to Teddy's aunt, but Toddy would have no one near him but IJcw, so her aunt pucked a few things in a valise anti sent thom to her. It was uot long until tho whole, town had heard of tho accident, and one and all declared that "it was the strangest thing they had ever board of that old John Dchnarro would allow them folks at his home." Mr. Chesleigh, Aunt Mary, and the doctor paid regular visits at tho farm, and Teddy improved slowly under Llew's tender cure. She seldom loft his bedside,, .anti her nowly-discovcred love grew sponger as she learned moro ol Phil's noble nature. He was tho light of the house, kind to everybody, but nh great kindness to Teddy would have won Llew's heart alone, At last the day has como for Tcddy't departure, and preparatory to this Llow hus persuaded him to tako a nap. Sin is sitting near tho lounge, her deft lin Sers busily employed in putting thc tushing touches to a smoking-cap foi Mr. Delmarre, Sr., whoso heart sho ha? won by making hersolf nocossary to hit comfort in a thousand little ways, sueli as reading his newspapers to him and making dainty dishes for his lunch |01}. Ill tho meantime her thoughts nn with Mr. Delmarre, Jr., whose hoar sho had won long ago. Suddenly the door onons and the ob jee! of her thoughts comes Into tb? room. With a pretty gesture sho place: ono linger on her lips for silence Thinking himself unwelcome, be ls tip toeing bis way out of thc roora when h hears bis naroo, "Phil," pronounced ii .oft, low tonos. Turning with a surprised glance h< retraces lils steps and comes to hor side and ls still more astonished to see ha piquant face bent low over her work and covered with Musho n. "Phil," she repeats, with ono swift ?hy, upward glance, "?lo you romombe that once I sold I could never repay yot for taring Teddy's Ufo?" her volo trembling slightly. "I beseech of you not to allude to tbs day," for he romembors another inol dent of that very ?hiv one that bring painful thoughts to him. ..But I have changed my mind, an will gire yon a very worthless gift, bi one that you oneo salted for, and -and., - thoa breaking down *nd ?overing h< faco with Ina* blinds. "Oh. Phil! Don't you uuderstund! Must ! orono*) lo yon?" "Oh, mj darling!'' Util j:i;.| ?il Lit.s junction Toddy raises opon one . !'i ?... ;in(| is watching lln-so interesting proceedings willi (wo largo eves from whiuh : li sign. of sleep havo lied. 1 "Well, Dew, I always liiou'.dil you had lots of chock, bi;!* I didn't think you'd have tin- voil to propose lu ti fol* low!" "Oh, Toddy!" erics Mow reproachful ly with hinein;: chocks, while I'hil breaks into un undignified roar, at which Dew's ince grows rosier still, as she boals ? hasty retreat, bul rushes in to tho anns ol obi .Mr. I>i ?niara-, w ho, holding 1e r tightly, marches Into tho room. "What's un now?" ho exclaims willi a smile that luis becotuo quito common to him during Dew's stay. When Phil's explanation is joven ho says lo J.lew . "S ) Pm i,..i to lose voil after all? 1 iuul ?pule decid? o to ask von lo remain herc, if this s.t.unp didn't," nodding toward Phil, "for you have become quito indispensable to dim family. Thou, laking I he hand of tho con fused girl, ho placed i' in Phil's and gently pushed tbeni from the room, from there tlioy go Into tho little garden. Here we will pans- for lack of space and leave our readers to imagine what took place in the gardon. A Story of Stores. "Yes, tho late Emery A. St orra was a character, sure ct i on ?h," remarked an attorney who had grown gray in the service. "Many anecdotes have been told of his worn! ifni Inion) for word painting and git! of repart'-.-, but noth ing I have evi r heard quito equaled tho oftuct on me of a little speech he made, the first time I saw him. ll full ?eore of years ago. He represented the plaintiff in sonic commonplace action, nod the lawyer for the defendant was a young niau just blanching out. J he suit, 1 think, was for breach of contract, or something similar. Tho budding attor ney, who shall bo nameless here, w as Woll aware of Storrs' ability, nnd ac cordingly prepared his casi- with the greatest care. Alter the evidence had all boon heard he stood bet?re (he jury and delivered a memorized .speech, w hich wi s about 200 degrees higher than the .subject. Storrs followed bim and said: " 'If tho court pleases, gentleman of tho jury: I mil sure that I volco tho com mon sentiment of u< all Judge, jurors, spec tutors when I say that the address of tho gentleman w ho has just spoken has been to us a great delight. 1 have, likened it in my own mind to some great edifice some magnificent work of architecture. But 1 um puzzled to de termine, the particular school to which it belongs. It is not Doric; it is too ornate for that. It. is not Corinthian ; it is not ornate enough for that. It is not Ionic; it is too strong and massive to bo Ionic. At this very moment, gentle men, a story comes to my memory that solves the problem. You all remember tho old gray church-tho Second Pres byterian, Dr. Patterson's -which used to stand on thc corner of Wabash avenue and Washington street. It was a beautiful edifico, with its masonry of gray. Its great decorated w indows, its castellated towers. One day an old man and Ida wife carno for tho li rat time from their country homo to see this great city; they walked up and down nnd marveled as they saw tho busy streets, thc Court-IIouso, tho stores, tho warehouses on tho river, ami finally they stood before the old gray church Arms akimbo they gazed upon it in si lent awe; but then the old gentleman, turning ono eye on his wifo ami holding the edifice fast by tho qther, said: "Nan cy, what a splendid specimen of cathartio architecture! " "Tho jury was convulsed, tho effect of thc other speeceh utterly destroyed, mid Storrs won his case." A Merciful Man. "Tlie merciful man is merciful to his beast." Yet how many farmers, and especially farmers' boys, after beating a leam in driving to tho village, think no thing of letting them stand about tho itrcehs for hours at a time, perhaps with not oven a blanket, while they arc gos siping nour a warm stove or taking ex orcise about their ordinary business. A cit i /en of Kalamazoo, Mich., got a happy thought nnd, being a humane man, acted on it. Noticing tho exposure it teams coming to tho city, especially in cold and stormy weather, ho deter mined to givo farmers an opportunity to mako their horses comfortable during thoir stay. Ho purchased land just off the principal street and proceeded with his undertaking. Ho wns mado tho sub ject of many joltos from all qunrters for ais "foolish enlorprise," but ho went on und carried out his plan, and to-day thoro is nothing in Kalamazoo so popu lar with country people coining to tho city on business ns tho farmers' sheds. They are described as follows: On the rlKht 1? n Waiting-room, well-fur nlshed and comfortably wanned, supplied with hooka for overcoats nod hats and ward robes, and apartments for bulles' wraps; lu Knottier room am tables anil A restaurant; as you pass Into tho yard ls a tank of water for horses. You drive up to the platform of the waiting-room, you and your ladles ?light by simply stepping on thc plato . m ; rou hand A dim o to nu attendant ho.-.."cl une! he takes your horse and buggy to nu empty (itali to stand until you call,?ovlng him ill needed attention. (Jive two dimes, and your horse ls not only attended to but fed, in either case you arc entitled to the privi leges of the walUim-raom, which Includes tables whore you may partake of your own lunch, free, or for a low rate you have as ample a bill of fnro to choose from as you may desire, When yon chooso you nnd yours go out on the street, transact your business, do all your errands, and return to the shed waiting-room. Sundays these sheds ure lilied. Ladies arrange their toilets, leave their extra wraps, and on thoir return from church they take a warm soapstone, get thor oughly warm, and find it muon pleas anter than formerly, before these sheds wore offered. A portion of those sheds have doors and looks, so If a man conies in and desiros perfect safety from thieves he ean hate it Why should not all principal villages htvo tboso humane helps to the comfort of farmers' horses? Or. Oliver Wendell H?hnen ia still a frequent visitor to tho Old Comer Book store DRIVE-WHI8T. X Uara? Mi.il lit Taking the Plac? nf Tro. Rrrn?lvr> Kuchr*. Drive-whist ls raging in tho East aa firogrossivo euchre raged in tho West nst season, lt has been introduced in a limited number of Detroit homes by ladies and gentlemen, who practiced it while visiting Boston, New York, and Philadelphia friends. Drivo-whist is not very unlike progressive euchre in its general form. Any number of tables may be brought into tho game; ono hand is played, and then the couplo change tables, advancing in rotation, ss in progressive euchre; only in drive whist tho same partner is kept through out thc evening. Thon, again, it is more social, because each couplo must in thc course of tho evening moot with and play every oilier couplo in tho room, unless, of course, there arc moro couples than thero aro hands played; but, as it is possible to play from thirty to thirty five hands between tho hours of 8 and 10:30 o'clock, tho last contingency is not likely to arise. Players assert that the game is very fascinating. To pla}' drivo-whist, tho host or hostess must procuro score cards in sufficient number so as to provide each couplo with one. These score cards aro niano like dancing programmes to bo fastened by a cord, and givo r spaco at thc top for tho lady's name and address, and opposite, tho gentleman's namo whoso partner she is. Below the card is ruled in spaces so that there is ono column for points won, another for points lost, and a third for tho names of your opponents. Thc maimer of choos ing partners for the evening is left to the ingenuity of the hostess, and differ ent ways are, adopted. Ono is to write the gentlemen's names on the score cards (ono namo on each caril) and then let thc ladies draw ono card each. When partners arc once selected they arc kept throughout tho evening. Tho cards arc dealt and one hand is played. At tho ond one couple at each table h aa i won a number of points and tho othor i couplo has lost. Tho gentlemen then make a record, each on Iiis own card, of i the points won or lost, with tho names of tho other couple. Tho losing couplo i at tho table then change places, each goin^ to the next table, and the losing i couple at tho head table going to tho vacant place at thc foot. Another hand is dealt and played, another record | made, another chango of positions fol lows, and tho game goos on. At the close of tho game, when the nflrabor of hands previously decided upon havo i been played, each couple adds together \ all tho points won and all lost, and this i determines the difference. Tho couplo i that has won thc greatest number of ? points is entitled to the head prize, and thc couple that lias lost tho greatest ( number of points gets the foot prize. , The prizes are provided by tho host or hostess, or if a club meets to play it pro cures prizes from its club fund for that purpose. Thc scoro cards aro given to tho ladies at tho completion of the game. -A', Y. World. i He Had Consulted His Directora. A lar^e proportion of thc cotton-mill \ Iiroporty in Spindleville ls, ns everybody cnows, in the hands of the Haughton ' family, who got it through the marriage 1 of one of tho daughters of the family to ' the man who started the mill business j there. When he died tin; property, through a series of perfectly natural ' steps, passed Into the control of the ! naughtons. Daniel Haughton, the head of tho family, was a man of great na- ' taral shrewdness and strength of chnr- J noter. His two brothers, Jacob and 1 Jeuiol, were always associated with ' him; hut, while his business proceed ings were understood to bo with their 1 advice and consont, Daniel always held ' a sort of veto ix)wer over his brothers, ( and nothing was ever passed over his j VOtO. Ile is dead now, but tho story of ' tho way in which lie used to "consult 1 his directors" is still told in Spindle vlllo. 1 One day a cotton-broker called at th? ' ollice of tho mill of which Haughton ? was treasurer, and offered him n big lot I of cotton at a certain price. 1 "This is SO largo a contract," said i Haughton, "that 1 really ought to con- ? suit my directors about lt Thcy'ro in- I sitie, and I'll just step in and consult thom." Jacob and Jchiol were in the inner ollice. Daniel went in and explained the proposition to them and said: "Well, Bret Ina-Jacob, do you think wc had better buy that cotton?" "No, I don't tli i uk we had Brother Daniel; not at that price." "Well, Brother 'Hie), what do you think WO bad better do about it?" "I .shouldn't buy it, Brother Daniel; not by any means." "Oom!1 said Daniel. Haughton went back to tho outer ollice, where thc cotton-broker was waiting. "Well, sir," said ho to tho man, "I've consulted my directors, and I'll tako that cotton nt the price you named!" There is a story of a similar touch of nature in tho case of tho sonior partner Of the cotton mill at, coll it Bootby, Conn. After lils death ono of tho exe cutors found it necessary to consult some of the directors. Ho accordingly asked Mr. Parks what nction the board of directors were accustomed to take un der certain circumstances. "I do not know,"' said tho director. "Why, yes,11 said tho nuzzled lawyer, "you must bo able to tell mo something. A director for ninny years, you of course attended tho meetings and assisted in lite proceedings." Crowing momentarily more embar rassed, the director lenncd forward at let and I rankly explained. "All true; 1 ought to know, hut tho faot is 1 usually got notice of a directors' meeting the day after it lind tnkon place'.' Bagley (confidentially to pickpocket on thc back platform) "My goo I fol low, 1 wish you wouldn't try that." PickpoCkot (in great trepidation) "I, sir? Why, I " Bagley (soothingly) -"There".there, don't apologize. You've boon trying to pick my pocket, and I think ii my duty to toll you that tho wallet von nrc lingering fs tilled with bills which I've boen trying to collect for six months, and 'l don't bollevo you cnn do any hotter."- Philadelphia Call. <*. ' Vii. . . - - ? . . ' ?' FASHION'S HOROSCOPE. A Illow nt si i ip.w-- S(>Mn> ASathotlo Qowni Tn ken from Old l'icture*. (From the Kew York Star. ) Tho season 1ms reached a poi id thal is not productive of novelties in the world of fashion, which whirls on in a repetition of its toilets, scarcely paus ing to breathe a sigh or drop n lear for the dead Generali whose magnifi cent presence so recently graced tho festivo board, carrying sunshine in his ?tuile, while his heart, was darken ed by blighted hope and unrealized dreams. Only personal association with the latest of the dead heroes re vealed the unselfish consideration of his nature, which was as punctillious in matters of etiquette as in affairs of more serious import. A striking characteristic of men who arc kindly favored by nature is the desire to liavo themselves photograph* cd, but thia was an onerous and rarely accomplished duty which the man who used to bc known al thc handsomest in thc army paid lo his friends and the public; hence I treasure thc pho tograph of him at his brightest and best which hangs before me, as so few are extant. If thc striped goods that a c piled upon thc shop counters arc to consti tute tho whole or a portion of our costnmos for the coming season our streets will look as though the convicts from all of the penitentiaries in the land were let loose upon them. No magic of thc modiste can conven striped material into anything stylish, even though it bo need for the under skirt alone, as I noticed in a Redfern costume. To my objection, tho reply waa that stripes seemed to obtain. The costly goods in stripes arc quite reduced in price and the fashion will no? extend into the late spring. Many gown, with sleeves of di (Ter elit material arc seen lu imitation of a costume that ?Sarah Bernhardt woro in "Marion Delortne." Sometimes thc skirt is slashed at the side over a pltisli petticoat, in which case tho sleeves art also of plush. The front breadth may he of this material laced across willi cords or dod in three places with rib bon about two inches of width; titi? may be picot edged or plain satin ganze or velvet. The charming gown which was won hy a lady during a morning call that 1 recently made upon her tempted mc to compliment her regarding its pic turceque effect. It was composed ol two shades of olive in camel's hair and plush, the lower half of the sleeve.' and the front being of thc latter, while the straight, full back was of 80Ti, lita camel's hair, in that rich shade whiel catches and seems to imprison thc sun beams. The sleeves had a huge hut at thc top, ami were finished at tin wrist like the neck, with ruffles ot'ob lace. A silk purse worked with ambo Wends ami having a deep fringe ni then at thc ends, was carelessly caught in i buttonhole of thc corsage, furnishing tho delightful bit of contrast, tba with an amber comb tucked in hoi huir gave completeness to tho piel un diat she mude in this successful cop) ?f a 6tylc more than a century ago diat was obtained from an old painting Tho lady showell mn a gown ol' whit? camel's hair and plush made in tin ?ame fashion. These gnvns aro quilt light in weight, being made ou a tint Inundation of crinoline. Many womel iould obtain picturesqueness by study ng and copying portraits of ancien lames. The ch?telain is again in doniand more for the fan than for thc watch A magnificent one thal is in a show .ase at a jeweler's on Broadway Is In austell with diamond? and has lw< argo solitaires pendant together will i heart, the size of which will favors dy comparo with that of the fashions de woman whoso waist it will adorn \ chain of platina with diamond tunken in ii is attached lo thc chatc aiu, and also to a fan of oxquisitol; minted white satan with stick? of peat inlaid with gold. Tho newest fan ire small and medium size; most o hem have pearl sticks that are plain curved or inlaid, ibo latter being vor .ni-! ly. A handsome fan may be ol: alned for $80, having pearl 6tick .villi a tiny bunch of violets in ornum tear the top ot thc outside stick, ? roue bud is enameled on other fan :hat aro painted with roses, but th modest little violet makes far the pr?t ;ier decoration. Short skirts or petticoats of Jorso .ilk, willi ruffles of lace, are proferre :o surah, because thc gown does nt dick to thc smooth surface. They ai )ometimc8 worn in phico of a damn petticoat. Tho beautiful embrotdc robes in cashmere and albatross clot nakc graceful summer gowns, and ai tvorn at homo from $15 to $10, tli attcr having thc flowers worked ? monillo. Tin rc is sufficient of til wide pm! M o Very to form the eui il ikirf. et it may introduced as pane iud draped in a short tunic, using tl narrow for the corsage t ii in min? Lace combined with embroidery r loves tho stiffness that, those putter .owns aro likely to have. Quautith >f ribbon must bc fastened ai omi ihem. Some of tho reduced stock i degum designs of potnpedour effe iv i ll bo found very effective to usc i ibis way. These colors also como i tho new ribbons rcprosonting vine Urines or sprigs. A great deal of drawn work will I teen on thin materials like batiste lone nt homo thc expenso of this woi is much reduced. Tho canvass < stamino robes worked willi colors ai very undesirable this season, ?ill hine tho shop counter? aro flooded wi thom. Fur trimming on wraps ai iowns will bo worn very Into in t icnson and are particularly need f waning gowns, dunedin forms Uvlish trimming rose color rclvet < plush. Weat hr 'rimming and fur w ia: seen on Indoor toilets even in ml lummer. Tho new wraps will (mite short in tho visite shape. Phi will bo extensively used, and some the new beaded material is particuh ly elegant. The corsage ia not to bo point? bnt made round, witt? the front son time? ont in deep points filled in wi a ruffle of lace, r New Ideas lor Arranging Parlors. Mme. du .suive, tho vnfo o? tho Rus sian minister, who w:vs Midi :i wonder ful woman in (?vory way, ?cl :i fashion horo of breaking up tho long saloon parlors into subdivisions und nooks. Tlie minister took for his legation tho typical furnished house with one long parlor, willi light wall- and carpets and a stiff row of red furniture sol around thc parallelogram. The household genius pm n long sofa opposite Ibo middle door, and sel ii group of tall palin, orange and rubber trotts al cither < nd of it, letting thom run out into tho room like capos of land. lt was easy enough then t ) put other sofas against Ibis hedgo of greenery, scatter the chairs, tiie low tables willi lamps, and thc has socks about. Lots of pillows for the sofas and a soft bag of feathers hi old brocade for each of tlc; larger chairs, gavo tlc room a niosl Insurious and comfortable air. and there was irregu larity enough to make the general eftect supremely art 1st ic. Not every one lias a Itu- ian woman's passion for palms and orange trees in the drawing-room in winter, and tho tall plants und small trees thal arc such effective and Inevitable decorations of European parlors are not in (ho sumo favor here yet. The American house is crowded with palms ai groat expenso for one ?wening party, hut single graceful tree is seldom kept lo delight the. eye of the family ail thc while. Sev eral women who can nul carry out .Mme. de Struvo's prettily arranged drawing-room with tlc palms have broken the length of their saloon parlors with arrangements of screens, am! made the path from ono end of the room to another a tonnons one, ia anil out past the angles of screens. Some familiar drawing-rooms an; so changed in this wa}- that one hardly recognizes them in their new muse. One long ami awk ward parlor that I used to know is brok( n into three cosey nooks, each with its own little decorative arrange ments and central ?dca, and each beau lilied by a tall bras* lamp?n tho Hoer, or by largo table lamps. Another fancy of thc day for those who have two small parlors, both with door ; opening into ?he Itali, is to close the hall door of the front parlor and set the hat-rack or card-table against it. this gives a much better chance to ar range tho fiu ni;are of the front room ef fectively, keeps oft' draughts from tho open front door, and gives tho room the cosey, shut-in look MI comforting in wintertime. A diplomate*.-, wife wa the tirst to set np th:s fashion, too, after she had Struggled with and solved thc problem of these narrow Am. r Ican houses with small parlors opening so nea rh on tho strei t door. At ono nouso her where the front par lor door has lately been shut, the door of tho second parlor ls hack under tho hall stairs, and the Servants hud un amusing encounter with a deaf caller. who insisted that he dal not want to ;;<> io the dining-room if thc family was ai table. Ile had supposed the ladies would be in the parlor on thal day and at that hour.- wat/tinglan ('nr. 'tn SI. Louis (Uni? .Democrat. Cleveland and Autograph Collec tors. An Indianapolis Journal correspond- ' '' otu at Washington writes: A person outside of Washington has no idea of the immense amount of time the Presi dent and his cabinet are compelled to waste almost daily in writing autographs. The. senators an; comparatively free from tiiis nuisance, when one compares the requests made of the President and his cabinet. It is almost a syst om, tho making of autographs at tho White House, ami the President has been com pelled to adopt some method, o-.- other wise le: would have to refuse thc re quests altogether, or else bo interrupted every hour. The doorkeep! r at the Cabinet-room is made the custodian of nil autograph books sent to the White Hons,.. He piles those dainty little vol umes on a slcll on his big desk and lets thom res! then! until about live o'clock in thc afternoon, when lie opens each one at thc proper pago and then carries tlx*1* pile to tho library for Cleveland's in spection. Tho l'reside!.t rarely looks over the hooks, but takes up a pen and dashes oil his name in a rapid manner and posses to the next. Then tho door keeper carries th" pile away. The Presi dent generally, during this hour, writes oft'a number of autograph-, on small cards, with tho word- "executive man sion" printed on om corner, t hese are scut away by mali in answer lo tho hundreds of requests that coi.ie through Uncle Sam's carrier. Some one suggest ed to the IVesidont that he lei ..ic ol his clerks write his autographs, in:: ?c.- re plied: "I am - tili aide lo use ci\ right hand and ami, and it does i>, ; Like long to sinn my name." So thc i bango was nover suggested again. A correspondent of tho Albany Jour nal writes: A very bright young lady who has been living In boston several winters was invited to hear a lecture on .ddaeicrs" al the Natural History rooms. All the Harvard professors and scientific people were present, and aller the "(daciers" a paper on Paleozoic insects was road by 8. II. Sotuldor of Cam bridge'. Mr. Scudder is an enthusiastic entomologist, and ho rushed through a lone; list of scientific technicalities, dc soriblng the difference between tho Palo os?lo insect8 and tho insects of the pre - cut day, their gradual evolutions from period lo period, and ended by stating! that cockroaches were tho only insects ' willoh remnlnod unchanged and aa primarily created. In fact, they were the oldest specimens of insects known to num. \\ hen Mr. Scudder concluded, a Harvard professor smilingly asked thia young lady how she had enjoyed tho lecture: "<">. VOW much,' was the response. "1 don't understand much about boga, bul it is very Interesting to know that cockroaches are almost ns old as some of our he-si Huston fami lies." ^_ A student at tho Onlvoralt) of Texas, whoso homo ls at Uren h am, was about to start homo to enjoy the Christmas holidays. A friend remarked: "You haven't got your watch on. You ought not to go home without yourtinioploeo." "What do I want a watch for at Bron I ham? Titan isn't a pawnbroker Bhop i in tho town." Tera* Siftings. A DREADFUL TKAtiKDV. Mysterious Wife-Murder ami Suicide by ?? StrmiKor-'NInr Orphans. A horrible tragedy occurred at Pied mont, G reen vii lu county, last Wednes day muming. Jumes W. King, a r< aident of Piedmont, after accompa nying to tho dopot his brother-in-law. Phillips, who took thc up freight train, returned lo his dwelling in tho village, murdered his wife by stabbing her in thc breast and throat with a knife, and after this bloody ticed cut his own throat. Parties who suspected something wrong broke open thc door of their room and found Mrs. King lying in a pool of blood, and her husband lying across her, holli dead, and the knife Iviugon King's breast. What lcd to this dreadful event seems to bc wrap? ped'in mystery. Evidently liing and Ids wife (?iii not live happily together. A. circumstance creating this belief is hat Knur had recently notified mer chants of Piedmont not to let his wile lave goods on his account. King Mimed his living by ditching, nial ionic of his children worked as opera ives in thc Piedmont factory. But idle can bo learned of tho ppoplc. They came to Piedmont as strangers Vom North Carolina, lt is surmised hat King had some family trouble, ind had become insane when bc com nittcd thc awful tragedy. King was ibout forty-five or filly years ol agc. They leave, it is said, nine children loverai of them very young. -The Burmese Crown Prince's son s dead. His army ol 3,000 men has icon dispersed, Gut) of them following iis brother into thc dense forests ,n Ma rcporc. THE LAURENS HAR. rOHN e. HASKELL, N. U. DiAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C HASKELL & DIAL, A T T GUN E Y S AT L A W, LAUKENS C II., S. C. r. T. JOHNSON. w. it tuen EY. JOHNSON ?St RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, )FFICE-Fleming's Corner, Northwest sine of Public Square. LAU HENS C. 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