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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 Hollyhooks. A 11 :i 1111111 ? ? .. gracolosa (lower, you say* Ah, well, lt Ditty 1*6 so; And ?till it Boomi nut yesterday, That morn I m' Ion? IIK<>. 1 llhnopt POO tho OOttngO vet, Too winding pntli- anti Margarot. A llght-wlngcti broozo Ballet] gouUy by; " lie lin k's eleu non. ular. Thro' ttie til?n, suncos of tho sky, Slid tike II railing star. I never saw li? r look so fa tr; Ah, If I tii|i| hcr-i would gho earp. Within a Scarlet hollyhock, A pollon-latlon boo, Deep plunging, made Hie IIIOHROIII rock. Sile Unshed a smile at me. Ami with a motion swill amt !...!., Sho Mi-h; tho silken pot al? tl^ht. , Loud hummed the bco with angry wing "Why tims KO ill cnn tont? Tito swootfl you BOtiKhl,poor foolish t til ti jr,* * She said, "are all misspent !" My heart leaped up to hear her speak; A sudden OOUragO dyed my elicek. "Darling!" I cried, "oh. Iel him Hy, And take me in his place: Faut prisoned In ymir henri could 1 Ask any sweeter grtlGOV I could not Btrtlgglo to l?c free. flo dear n Jailer holds the key.*' Her cheek Hushed like an op'ni OK rose, No word her lips did say 1 saw lier little hand unclose. Tho Kind bee Hew away. Ah, mol 'i was roitv yon re turo My hair ls gray-yoi thi>< I know: I've roamed thro' many gnrdou bowers And Moomin'.- ticlils since Ilion - In summer wild wood gathered Howers, And in Hie mountain (jlon Pulled bnrcbolls from the moss-orown rook, Yet most I loved the liollyhnok. -Mary A*. P. Slanstiury. ix) vi: TO lt usc Uli. ..We'll take you In," said Botte, with a patronizing air that was quito new to her, "becntlSO you have been SO kind, and have got us all the houghs to deco rate, with. I tn I you mustn't tell any body, George. Mr tie Vaux and I want to astonish the natives to-night," lt was Oeoi'gO Knox for whom sho opened tho door of the new hara, that marvelous structure of Mr. Sprnguo's, an outgrowth of fancy farming on large capital. There it stood, like il palace of agri culture, painted pure while, with lattic ed windows of emerald-green, and au airy observatory al tho lop, surmounted by :t gihletl weather-vane. The barn bad just been finished that au nuneri but tho crops wcro all in mid half threshed when Hetty made up her mind to have a harvest-home. There was plenty of room for dancing in tho wide area between tho mows, w hen tho farming implements and machinery were moved out of the way. "Walk il), .Mr. Knox," said Clarence ?le Vaux, with the air of one to tht1 man ner born. '?Miss Hetty and I have been doing thc d?corative inside." George winced at the constant asso ciation of his name with Hetty's, and looked jealously at the girl's fair face, which had never seemed farther from him than now. "She will never care foi" 1110," George saiil gloomily, with a dosporato look at Iiis brown hands and homely clothes, thrice Ugly by contrast with the dainty elegance of Clarence de Vaux. flo went Into the barn marvelling, yet full of despair. It never occurred to him that he had any part ill tho beauty of that in terior, though lin had loaned his team and spent a whole day cutting boughs anti gathering Howers for Hetty at lier command, without even knowing what she was going ttl do with them. ..Doosii'l it look pretty?" Hetty de manded, ns they stood inside of the barn, and die took il few goldy turns with De Vnus over tho well-wnxed floor. "This is Mr. tie Vaux's doing. Ho is tjuite an url isl? I assure you." ..Ali, now, Mi~s Hetty!" cried De Vaux, pulling Ills mustaidte. '.Spare my bin mes!'* ..It looks beautiful," Gcorgo said sonni \. And for a moment bis honest eves shone with pleasure. The scene was a very pretty one. All around tin walls were arranged iin ji; .pill .-cats; (ho Walls wile hung with green boughs and autumn leaves, with fruit and grain, and farm imple ments gaily decked with ribbons. Chinese lanterns depended from thu rafters, and a chandelier, made of laths ..loverly nailed together, supported a hundred wax candles. "Von will have to bo careful* about fire," suggested George mildly. "With all that hay ill ihc mows, the least spark would make a blaze in a minute." "There won't be any daneer, I gue V Hetty said carelessly. "Would you Uko to go up In tho cupola, Gcorgo? There's a lovely view from there. You eau see Ranke s hill and the mill-pond quito plainly. Won't you come up. Mr. de Vaux?" "No. I thank you " De Vaux said laxilv. "1 am ino t?red for stairs. If you'll excuse mc M ?sri H tty, i'll wait for you below." A* look of pique came over Hetty's face, but she mail il god to bide it, anti went on np tho staircase with George. There was a lovely view up there, but he had no eves for it. He had been longing so for a moment with her alone thal lie pressed oloso to ber side, and looked (town into tho witching face that bad broken his peace for ever. "Hetty," he said, in a voice thal trembled from very love, "what is tho matter with you lately ? \ ou ure not tho same to mo as you used to be." "Why, notllingl" she answered in feigncii surprise. "You're full of no tions, George." "No, 1 am not." 1)0 said decidedly. "I know when you ??re kind to mu and when you are' not. Hetty, you know that I love you with my whole soul. I have never asked you to be my wife, Just because your father is a rich man, and I am onlv a young fanner who has his way to make. Hut if I thought you could cart? for me a little- Oh, Hetty, do you think von could?" Ho had seized her band, and waa looking wistfully into lier fair faco, with a great hunger on his lips to taste tho sweetness of that tempting mouth so near his own. He was a lino follow, anti Hetty knew lt. Ho had never looked nobler than ho did nt that moment; but Do Vaux was a gentleman with invisiblo moana of supoort; his hands were while, and he OOUld dance the lawn tennis quad rilles beautifully. "I mn sorry, Gcorgo," sho wid hasti ly. "I am very fond of you, but I-I don't think I could caro for you In thai wav." lie dropped hur hand instantly, and a strange whiteness carno over his bronze ? skin. "Is it this De. Vaux?'1 he asked huski ly. "Are you engaged to hint?" "No," said Hetty willi a wann flush; "I nm not exaetly engaged to him. but u "I understand. Shall wo go down now?" They came down in silence, und 1 fourni Clarence do Vaux smoking a 1 cigarette. "You ought not lo light that in here," said George sternly. "You'll bolter threw it away." "Sir!" salli Clarence, giving him a prolonged stare. "I smoke where I choose. 1 "Then you had better choose such places as can not bc jeopardised by your folly," said George curtly. "Hetty, I wouldn't lot him smoke in herc." "I don't see any harm in Mr. de Vaux's lighting a cigarette if ho wish es," slit1 said with a resentful Hash of her dark eyes. "You must not allow your personal feelings to provoke you to rudeness. Mr. Knox." "I had no intention of being rude," George said qiiiokly. "Hut I warn you that if you are not careful to-night this barn will hu in ashes to-morrow." "You are a prophet of evil," said Hetty carelessly. "If you arc read}-, Mr. dc Vaux, we will go in. Are you going, GoorgeP Well, good-bye. I suppose we shall see you to-night ?" "I li art fly think so," George answered. And, lilting his hat. he left them to walk back to the house toge tiler. The evening brought with it a lino September moon, mellow anti full. Tho hidies and gentlemen were all in cos tunic, and Hetty's dress was wonderfully becoming. "You look like a poem incarnate," whispered Clarence do Vaux, as they glided over the floor together. "Won't you give mu a few moments in the cupo la when this is over? The moon is per fect, and tho landscape is divine tt> night." "Oh, dear!" cried Hetty, as a breeze swept through her curls und driftetl I them backward. "How cool it is up j In re! I wish I'd brought my shawl." "Shall 1 get it for you P" De Vaux said devotedly. "If you will bu so kind, lt is a white cashmere, hanging ou ft peg by the door." He started down again with alacrity. Thc band was playing ti merry tune as lie made his way to where Butty's wrap was hanging. lt was just slightly above bis reach; but be jumped for it, and succeeded in bringing it down only something else came, with it. A Ch lu080 lantern hanging near was caught in the fringe of the shawl, and Hilted off thc wire, falling over tho beam right into the midst of tito hay mow. In an instant the place was in Hames. Like magic a conflagration seemed to bc conjured up, roaring around tho huge rafters and breathing forth a choking mass of smoke. 'lhere was one wild scream. Tho music ceased with a crash, ami every indi vidual rushed towards tho one door, Clarence tlc Vaux among them. They bail but one thought to escape from the burning structure. Hetty, alone up in the c?pula, was all unconscious of ber danger until tho smell of smoko sent her to tho staircase. A few steps down, and sho was con fronted by Ibo lire, which shut off ber passage completely. With a wild cry for help, she ray uj) stairs again, and clambered out on tho roof, lint there was no holn_for her there. The barn was gabled, and its slanting roof made it impossible to take a step without immediate danger. They saw lier below, and a shout of agonised helplessness went up to meet ber cries of terror. Down tm her knees Hetty dropped, "Ob, Cod, help mel" she prayed; Ami then she. heard a voice that had always carried comfort and security to her bea ri. "This way, Hetty," Coorgo Knox cried. And then his strong anns threw about ber a heavy horse-blanket, wdioso wet folds protected her from the. Hames while ho bore her through their midst down the flory stairway and out in tho cool night, where she was safe once more. Hetty never knew how they made that Itorilous escape, for when she carno to icrself, Uley told her GcorgO could not see her. Ho was horribly burned -poorfollowl -ami raving wildly. Clarence de Vaux had vanished. Public opinion, condemning him for bis base desertion of Hetty in the hour of mortal perth had branded him a eov#?' uni, ami be had left town in a hurry. It was some weeks before George Knox again oponod bis eves consciously on thc worra, ami saw Betty wringing tait the soft linen cloths that had cooled his burns ami slowly tempered tho rag ing fever in his heall. . dotty!" be whispered. "Aro von Hafe?" "Yes, dear," sim answered with a smile whoso gladness (Jeorgo felt in every part of Ids being. "You saved nie. Not a hair of my head was hurt." "Thank Heaven!" he said softly. "I tried to spare you. Hetty. I loved vou so!" "I know you did," she said kneeling down at his side ami taking one of his Iioor bandaged hands in hers; "and I o ved you tot?, George, though I was not quite sure of it. Hut I am now," sho added tenderly, "ami, Goorgo dear, If you will tako ino now, I will marry you whenever you like,'1 "Oil, Bettyl" he cried. -My darling, aro you aureP" Sho bent over him with a look which there wai Ho mistaking, and then George felt the lips iio had coveted {reused to his own in a fond willing las. "Yea, dear," she nnsworod, "1 nm quito Mire." Mr. Sprnguc's barn was in ashes, hut people said he was a rich man and could stand it. Ho waa very fond of Goorgo Knox, to whom he looked for tho practical reali sation of all lila own brilliant schemes of agriculture; anti when ho heard that lt was tho "barn tire," aa it was known aftorward*, which gavo him his son-in law, ho said lt had paid. PltO?KKSS IV E I3??11 RE. lt I? ProinUed M Moro Popular Sraaon ThN Winter Thun Kver. Tliis winter tim Interesting paine of progressive euchre promises to DO more popular than over, ami hundreds ot* par tios are organizing to play in many parts of tho country, hs fascination is independent of that which, to some per sons, belongs to ordinary euchre, and 3onsists in tito briskness anti range of tho competition, as well as in thc merri ment and physical activity which it in variably provokes. In order to give a just idea of thc game lot us describa a particular instance in which it ?as played with success, not because this in Uanee is hi any respect remarkable, hut because being a fair average one, it will represent many others. Tho host or hostess, then, standing in the drawing room in tho presence of, say twelve, six teen or twenty holies and gentlemen Who have been invited for the. evening, holds in one band a number of pieces of pasteboard to bo drawn successively hy tho ladies, and in thc. other hand a sim ilar number to bo drawn hy the gentle men. Suppose tho number of players is lixtoon, or four at each one of the four miall tables, winch have been placet] diagonal ly across tho room, and on ?acli of which has been laid a card re presenting one of four geometrical lig ares, say a square, a circle, a parallelo gram, or an octagon. Kath of these .ards has two duplicates, which, after ocing cut in two, arc held for distribu tion in tho hands of the hos! or hostess. Tho ladies proceed to select each a picco "rom eight pieces held out to them, tho gentlemen select in like manner from mother eight held out to thom, and tho fun begins by their attempting to match tho piceos so selected. A gentleman, 'or instance, who has drawn half a iqunro, goes around to timi tho lady ,vho has drawn a similar pattern, and vho, when found, becomes his partner that particular table on which lies a ,uarc. In like manner, two other navers are selected for the santo table, miking the usual euchre party of four. The table on which lies a circle obtains ls sitters in a similar way, as do also he tables on which are lying respective ly tho parallelogram and tho. octagon, fho tallie neatest the front door is said to ho at tho hoad of tho row, and tin corresponding ono nt tho other cud of ho room ls said to be at tho foot. Tho davers being thus sealed four at a able, one of those at the head tahlo {trikes a bell, and the ganai begins. Bvorybody plays as fast as she or to can, and the excitement is great un til the sound of the hell announces that i couple at the head table have finished heir game. Immediately all the other riaycrs stop playing, and tho winnora it each tahlo chango places and take the table next above thom, tho ultimate ihjeet being to c.et at the head tahlo. The losing couple at tho head tahlo go town to tho foot, and at every tahlo tho partners change, BO that your partner n the previous round becomes your ene my in tho round now beginning. Tho delightful haste and confusion satised by tn?8 sudden chango and ener getic effort to advance are accompanied jy much laughter, and the spirit of iompotition is soon in full swing. The iouplo at the head who have won a ramo take from a small box containing Valors in the shape of red .-?tars, ono of ho stars and stick it to their card lo in lieate the fact of their triumph. Tho nore stars any player has on his card ho more success ho has won. Hut tho couple who lose at tho lowest labio of di arc compelled to indicate their dis grace liv unfixing to their card half of a Ittlo roil papei- seal like that adjoining lignnturcH in legal documents. Th? nore of these wafers or seals any couple ms thc greater is their ill-repute. Tho game continues in this way until ho tillie previously chosen by the host ir hostess has expired. This time is isually two hours or two hours and a lalfi when tho final rooken lng is taken md tho prizes awarded. To the lady ind gentleman who have won the most mints a prize apiece ls awarded, and his may ho of any description < ? cost, ilthough good taste seems to dictate hat its pecuniary value bo not largo, lo tho Indy and gentleman, on tho ither hand, who havo lost tho most ?bile silting at the lowest table, and on vhoso card Lherofore, is tho greatest lumber of half-seals, a mock prize .piece is awarded, consisting, say, of a .heap doll fantastically dressed, or other iidricous exponent of unsuccessful effort. Hie presentation of these prizes is often ICCOinpanicd hy humorous speeches, in vhieh the real or affected merits (A tho ucccssful or unsuccessful prayers aro hinted upon in serio-comic nish ion; and vhen tho persons selected to make tho peoohos of presentation is apt for the ask, tho merriment often becomes hila* ions. Supper is thou served, anil danc ng may follow, or tho game may bo ro lOWed. Most young people, however, irofer to close the evening with SO nie rcsh sport. To any person who has never played irogrossivo euchre, tho pitch of oxoito nent to which even our grandmother md grandfathers often succeed in ele vating themselves would bo almost past lelief, but overybody at all familiar with his festive game knows that tho physi cal activity and tho buoyancy of spirit Teated hy ita requirements are unequal ul even hy hlind-tnan's-blutf. Tho in ollootual conditions under which pro gressive euchre attains its happiest con? ummation aro of a high order also. Silchro, like checkers, is an intellectual janie if played in tho right way. It isa nlstako to suppose that whist or chess tas u monopoly of the intellectual ole nont. There is aa mitch difference in ho methods of players of ordinary lUohro a? in those of tho players of ordi lary checkers; aud when, to tho uanal onditions, thoso activo and jovial ones if progressive euchre aro added, tho iloasure is Immense, Harper'* Ha an r. The Clllliose minister at Washington s Mr. Isas, Jr.", though be is oonf/ulera dy over GO. His wife, ls only "?9. Tho inly English sentences the minister can iso aro "How do you do," "fiood-by," ind "Champagne is good." Some numbers of tho legation are careful buy m of fine gonis. Miniature silvor bartels, filled with tho ?est Minneapolis flour, aro tho gifts vhlch tho Danish pcoplo of the north rest sent to their friends in Europe. Emperor William's First hore. Tho second volume of Mr. Trollschko'a "Gorman History," which hus just ap peared, contains an interesting cpisouo in the life of William I. The most boautiful and accomplished af all the young ladies ot Frederick William III s court was the Princess lladziwill. Prince William was passion ately in love with lier, ?md. although it .night baVO been adjudged a splendid match had the parties been horn in a tabill, objections were raised against it by the royal family on account of in equality of hirth. Notwithstanding Hie fact that the itad/.iwills was on.; of thu oldest and wealthiest'of thu noble families of Pun da, and that in the days of Frederick the (?real a Hohenzollern bad married a liadziwill, the law in relation lo royal marriages had undergone a change since his time, lt having become the tule. Unit only the daughters of reigning houses and those oL former sovereigns should be considered equtll-horil with Lbci sons of emperors and kings. For live long years every eliot t was made hy the relatives of both sides to meet the abjections raised against Prince Wil liam's happiness. At thc request of Prince Kad/.iwill. the. celebrated attor ney Eichhorn wrotea legal opinion in which tho equality of hirth was made duin, bul bis opinion was opposed by nany eminent legal authorities on the >thor side. The "imposition was considered that Prince August <>f Prussia might adopt lie Princess Kadziwill as his daughter, jut live of the ministers replied that it vas their duty to declare that such idoption did not change the blood. In tho meantime, Frederick William LH.'s third son, Prince Karl, had mar .lcd a princess of Wiemar, and the grand ducal court of Saxony now made t known that if Prince William per sisted in his intention thc children of Prince Karl would insist upon their nrorogative of royal succession. Affairs yore assuming a serious aspect for the oyal lovers, since a dispute in tho suc cession might involve the permanency >f thc Hohenzollern dynasty. At tho irgoilt and repealed entreaties of his counselors, Frederick William HI. re UCtautly consented to uso his kingly utthority in thc matter. This was in 1826, when the present emperor was ibout 29 years of age. In a letter lilied villi fatherly and tender sentiment tho dug represented to bis son that inas mieli as every reasonable offert had men made, and made, in vain, it bo tome bis painful iluty to ask him to sac ilioo Iiis noble sentiment of regard for be young princess to the interests of he royal house of Hohenzollern. Upon the receipt of this letter Prince Yilliam was profoundly affected, but, as i dutiful son, w hen he had Stllllciclltly 'ecovered from the shock, bc informed lis father that he was ready to comply ?vith bis request. lUrdiop'n itiiijc Around tim Hun. If there is nothing new nuder tho sun, here is at least something new around t. For thc. last two years close observ es of tho sky have noticed that tho monday sun has been surrounded by a torana of dinky, coppery, or reddish ight, as it has been variously described, ho circle of most distinct color having i radius of about liftoen degrees, niel ndosing a brilliant, silvery or bluish dow close around thu solar disk. A iniilar appearance of much less intens ty has bonn occasionally noticed iround th?! full moon (>n vet y clear vintcr nights. The most experienced observers of iky-colora are agreed that this corona vas not visibi . before th ; latter months >:' ixs;5. Von lie/old, of Munich, who vas considered the most competent meteorologist to prepare a sc hedule for ih.-ei vations on tie- colors of the sky for ho recent Herman Arctic Expedition, ays that, in spile of tho close attention te had previously given to the appear ince of the usual whitish glow around ho sun, bc had never till recently s.-en he dusky ring. Thollon. of Nice, who nul mane a special study of the sky iround tho sun for a series of years, de ilares confidently that a (bange occur ed in Novombor, issj. Backhouse, of Itmdcrland, who has a careful record of mrhelia for twenty-live years, confirms his opinion. We may, therefore, safely iccept the conclusion that tho chango of olor from the blllO of the open sky to he intenso glare of whitish light close round tho sun. was until lately effected vithout the appearance of any reddish inge in the transitional area. Tho now corona, to which the namo >f "Bishop's ring" lias boen given after ts lirst observer, has never been a very tonspioilOUa alfair, and therefore has not ittained the popular attention that it losorvos; but it could easily bo sceu ven' clear day last winter, and has re icatcdly been noticed since then in thc alter months of 1KK.">.- William M. Javis, in Popular Science Monthly for february. A Lawyer UaMeil. Jim Mo Snifter was being tried in lan Antonio for trying to hr mo a coi led witness, Sam Jolinsing, to testify alsely. "You say this defendant offered von i bribe of $60 to testify in bis behalf?" aid Lawyer Gouge to Sam Johnsing. "Yo?, sah." '.Now repeat precisely what he said, tsing his own words." "Ile said he would git me $60 if I-" "Ho can't have, used those words, lo didn't speak ns a third person." "No, sah; he tack good seer ?Int dar vas no third pusson present. Dar was inly us two. Defendant am too smart o hab anybody listonin' when he nm alking about his oi.n rcskelily." "I know that well enough', bul ho poke to you in (ho Ural poison, didn't IOP" "I was do fust pusson, myself." "You don't understand me. When ie was talking to you dill he use tho von ls, 'I will pay you $50?' " "No, boss; he didn't say nufiin about ?ou payin' mo $60. Your name wasn't neut inned, 'ccptin' dat ho tolo mo ef ?her I got inter a sera po dat you was do >est lawyer in San Antono to fool do migo and jury." "You can step down."- Texas Sift ngs. Tho 10-year-old Emperor of China )1 amorous for a wife. TUJ? FttEK-TUADE MOVEMENT. A? open Lettor to the South Carollun Congressmen. In accordance with a resolution of thc Executive Committee of tho Free Trade Association, a copy of tlie fol? lowing letter luis boon mailed to each Senator and member of Congress from this State : IlKAUQUAltTKItS Fur.r.-TUAUK ASSOCIA TION OK SOUTH CAROLINA. COLUMBIA, S. C., March l, 1880. My tfear Sw-Tho Free-Trade As sociation of S.?titI? Carolina believe thai of all causes assigned for the present deplorable prosit at ion of industrial in terests in tho United Slates, none is mot 0 disastrous and far-reaching than tho system of so-called protection under willoh a grevions tariff, imposed avow edly as ail extraordinary uar inea-ure, has been perpetuated through twenty years of profound peace. They believe that this wrong endures only because unrealized and unexpos ed. They have t hero fore resolved to urge upon the people ol'Soul h Caroli na, in public meetings, the propriety ol'demanding of Congress a speedy abolition of artificial barriers and gov ernmental toll-gates, by which thc trafile of thc world is diverted from its natural channels, and mau is deprived by man of his Cod-given right to secure tho fullest returns to his labor. Feeling assured that as a custodian of South Carolina's interests in thc Federal Congress you are desirous of maintaining her past record in this matter, and ol removing obstructions to her material progress, thc Free Trade Association warmly invite your aid in their work. They trust that yon will consent to deliver at least one public address at such time and place in the Slate as may be most convenient, discussing thc burdens of tho turill', setting forth tho position of Congress ill regard to ?ls repeal in whole or in part, and sug gesting thc means by which your con stituents may most efficiently co-oper ate with you in securing relief so greatly needed, yet so long deferred. Hy order of tin; Executive Commit tee. lt. M KANS I lAVIS, Chairman A TA 1.1". Ol' WOE t uon IRELAND. Maidens NiiU?r?l and Sturvlng-Tho luhnbt tauts on tl??? Wont Count SuliitliUiin; ?HI MOHH and Hoots. Thc English (jovornmont has placed gunboats at the service of Mr. Tuke in his work of relieving thc inhabitants of thc islands along the western Irish coast. Indescribable distress has bei n developed among among tho people inhabiting the Arran isles,oft'Galway, who besides having hardly anything but moss and seagrass lett to eat, arc without lire and ofton without clothing ami shelter. It is not rare to lind girls of seventeen and eighteen kept in en forced hiding during tho daytime be cause bereft ol'every thread ol cloth ing, long ago bartered away tor seed potatoes or roots to teed thc smaller children. Fishing-Inspector Brady re cently went among lin; miserable peo ple of Arran to dlstribuio relief fur nished bv un organization of Irish police. His funds ran short and bc still had so much pitiable wretchoduo-s to relieve that he appealed to Mr. Hussey, who i? charged with thc dis tribution of the raised in America through tho New York iS'WM for thc impoverished fishermen of Achill and Boffin Islands, and bogged him to di vert port of his store tor tin1 benefit of thc Analiese. Tills Mr. Hussey was permitted to do, and he reports that in order to save I he lives of score- ot people, HOW dying of starvation in those Western islands, it i- Imperativo that relief on a large settle be at once orguni/.ed. TIIEWRONO MEN LYNCH EE. A Shocking Disoovory Mario Too Lnto to Do Any Good. The horrible murder on Christmas Eve, 1881, when three children wer. murdered at Ashland, Ky., which re sulted in a lynching, is recalled again by (lovel opine ll 18 about to he made which will demonstrate that Neal, Craft and Ellis were innocent of thc crime for which they suffered. For some time seven gentlemen have been employing a competent detect Ivo to sift every theory and investigate every clew. Their work has been crowned with success, and it is claimed that the arrest ol the real criminals will soon follow. The evidence is said to be conclusivo and will show that thc triple murder was committed carly in the evening; that tho perpetrators went to tho house hy appointment with one of the girls, who had previously been on intim?t terms with one of thom, and that the triple murder fol lowed the unintentional killing of thc boy for resisting thc assaults on the girls. Thc arrests would have been made before I ut for the excited state Of public .ding on the subject. Thc snspi v < II parties hohl very respecta ble places. - Stewart Pringle, a noted Confed ?rate negro, died in Morell(180, Parish, La., last week. Ile went through thc Mcxicon war with Col. Butlor, of South Carolina, and was in thc Con federate army with ("apt. II. I), ling ham. He was Southern to tho core. He would never admit that Mic Souib was whipped, but would always say that the Confederates wcro overpower ed. After the war ho was a staunch Democrat. Ile loved to talk of Eec and Jackson, but Stonewall was his favorite. He had a canteen from which Jackson drank, and no money could have 'induced him to part with lt. -On Friday morning, when thc keepers of tho Now Orleans jail mado efforts to arouse Ford and Murpuv, condemned murderers, thoy could not wako them up. After an exami nation, tho physician concluded the men had taken belladona. At 9:80 Murphy had rallied a little, hut Ford was still unconscious. Tho mon were taken to tho gallows in a half-conscious state, and had to be supported while tho noose was a dj us'od around tho neck of each. At 12:'6 tho drop fell, and both men died instantly. Baby's Knglish. Many infants talk at a surprisingly early agc Instances have heen known of babies yet in their SWuddliug-olotllC8 who would discourse on all manner ol topics. To bc sure, the drift of their re marks had to he interpreted hy a fond mother, hut no ono would darn say that baby didn't talk. 1 my self heard a year-old child say ti great many things tlc other day. I was ealling on a friend whose son wai just a year old. '.( 'an he talk any vet ?" "Talki" exclaimed tho fond mother, with an injured look. "I should think so! He can just say everything, ean'1 you, ducksy dnddicP" "Boo, boo. bwo, ye, ya!" screeched baby, growing black in tho face willi tho effort. "Hear him!" cried the proud mother. "lie said, '1 guess I can talk!' " This information surprised mc a little, but I discreetly hold my peace. "Now tell lite gentleman your name,' sahl baby's mamma, coaxingly. "Roo, boo, da, da, boo!" "( liarle-. Edward .Jones, just as plain as anybody could say it, you little sweet!-' cried the IrluiUphunl mother. My surprise increased. "Now tell mamma whom you Uko bes! in all thc world." "Boo, boo. bwo, da, da!" "How cunning!" I exclaim. "Da, da means 'papa,' don't it?" "Mercy, no! Didn't you hoar the Ut Ult blessing say that ?ie liked the gcntlcmnt best. 1 Ie meant you." I am llatlcrcd, of course, and tv m a/.et nt my own stupidity. I thought 1 wa familiar with the "king's English." bu the English of this little king is new ti me. "Now, say 'Sin?' a song o' .sixpence for thc g 'uticmnn." "Viv, yee, boo, ba:?, bo,'- sputter baby. "O, no. ?leary!" says mamma, roprov Ingly. "That was 'Little Ho Peep.' Noi say tho other." "Zee, zee, boo, baa. he!" "That's il. that's it! Von blessed ol boy! I knew you could say it! And t j think that thc gentleman asked if yo ! e. iiiil talk any yet! 1 guess he won't as it again." I -.Mie-s no:, (..o. ICU her that baby or cannot speak the English language; i its purity, ami I am adverse to display lng my possible ignorance.-Philt def ph in Press. Not Used to it. A well-known real estate, ?lealer of Dt troll has for several years driven' a slal sided old horse bofoi'O one of the. woi'S looking buggies on wheels. Tim harm - is never greased, tho vehicle nev? washed, anti the long-haired ecpiin hasn't been tickled willi a eurry-com for years. The other ?lay some, frleill o? tho agent decided on tin improv mont. The rig was taken from in froi of his olllcc lo a livery stable, where tl horse was brushed, tho harness bia? encd, and tho buggy washed ami olio It was then returned without tho own being any tho wiser. Along towal night he came out of ills ofhee, start? for th?- liorse,stoppcd and lookod armin and presently called a policeman aero the. street ami asked: "1 lo von know niV 1'igP" "Yes." "Did von see anyone drive off wi it?" "No. This looks lik?: youi horse. II? been here for two hours." "1 declare, but this is my Toi though 1 don't remember tho buggy." "Why*, sir, it looks as if somebody h been cleaning tin; whole thing up 1 you," obsorved tho ofllcor. "So it ?loes, but I don't thank 'em I it. I wish people would mind their oi business. When 1 want my buggy wai ?.il I'll give orders myself." He untied th?; horse, climbed in, a StartCtl oil", but nil of n stuhlen tho a mal shook his head, made a break the sidewalk, ami the buggy bl Ought against a li itching-post with tho loss a wheel, lan kily for the agent, son one ?aught the horse before lie could further damage. "Now. then, som? body has got to ] for this!'1 shouted tho man, as he clin oil down. "Everybody knows this ho to be as gentle as a lamb, and I've 1: this buggy fourteen years. A gang scoundrels go and meddle with tho r and this accident is th?; conscquen i'll put the detectives on 'om within hour, ami I'll make thc whole eaboo wish they had in ver been born!"-. troU Free Pn ss. Where Did it Como From? In the year 1877 som?; workmen v were engaged in building a bri? across Oil appollo creek a small sire rising near Ih?? town of Ashland, anti running through Erle county i into Lake Eric -found it necessary excavate to the ?le, th of sonic 18 feet ono of tho abutments, anti when t had reaehod nearly thc rcquL'cd do struck apcrfcotly prosorved icd cc tree, which had lain there perhaps ages, wailing Ibo limo when its li story should bo told. Thc bark an? portion of thc. "sap" was decayed, the colona! portion (nearly tho whol tho wood) was as sound as when it c cd growing, lt was about two thick for something like forty feet fi tho root-the length of the section moved. Tho "lind" caused a good ? of interest among tho inhabitants of ' neighborhood, anti a number of b ball bats wore made from tho log, or count of tho curious manner in whic had been preserved no less than of kind of wood, red cedar being cnti unknown In that country. Tho poir which tho britig?! was being buil nbout eight milos from the shore of I Erie, near tho village of Florence, i of Cqursc, much higher than the prc lovel of tho water in tho lake, question "Where did it como from, how, ami when, mid in what mai was lt buried to this great depth?' om? whit li might engage tho ntten of some professor of geology. (borge Lester, the minstrel mani who has recently employed doh: Sullivan, lined that gentleman $881 getting drunk. He. says: "Ho kopt 3r soher until last week, when Lie rnnk four linios. Just imagino drunk and trying to defy tho lighti I would', t have said this about hi h?a hadn't beguu talking (fchout me.1 -There wa? annular eclipse of tho sun on Friday. In Now York patient observers were rewarded four minutes before sunset by seeing a slight inden tation of the sun's disc, just as it was sinking behind the Now Jersey bills. The officer in charge of tho hynro graphio bureau in thc Maritime Ex change said that thc eclipso was of very little nautical importance. Then; will bc a total eclipse on August 2S, which will be plainlv visible in New York. --There is no limit to thc advantage^ that American talent can derivo from foreign culture. Miss Hattio Eddy I was a young lady whose beautiful voice was much admired in Philadel phia. A year's study in Paris has of course illiproucd her" method and exe CUtion, but this is in no way compara ble to thc vast progress she has made in her name. She is now Milo. En richetta Edie?. By any other name she would not singas sweet. -Alexander II. Stephen's grave is ?till unmarked, but above thc grace of Harry Steven, his colored servant, a stone has been erected bearing tho legend: "Ile was for many years the faithful, trusted and beloved body ser vant of Alexander H. Stephens. Like him he was distinguished for kindness, uprightness and benevolence. As a man he was honest and true. A.? a As a Christian he was humble and trusting." - Louise Michel was pelted with stones and snowballs ?il Versailles while addressing a meeting on strikes and Socialism, but escaped without injury. Her companion, Mme. Bou gouro, was also mobbed, her cab being pelted with stones and bedaubed with mud. Some of thc missiles struck her Oil tito face and thew blood. Sho finally took refuge In thc Mayor's of fice. THE LATHENS MAIL JOHN 0. HASKELL, N. It. DIAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurena, S. C HASKELL & DIAL, A T T O lt N E Y S AT L A NV, LAURENS C. II., S. C. J. T. JOHNSON. AV. R RICHET. JOHNSON & RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICF.- Fleming's Corner, Northwest side of Public Square. LAURENS C. IL, S. C. ?I. C. OAKLINGTON, A T T O R N E Y A T L A W, LAURENS C. II., S. C. Olllcc over W. II. Garrett's Store. W. C. BENET, P. P. M'uOWAN, Abbeville. Laurens. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. J. W. FERGUSON. GEO. F. ?0UNG? FERGUSON & YOUNG, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. R. I?. TODD. W. II. MARTIN. T01>I> & MARTIN, A T T O lt N E YS AT L A W, LAURENS C. H., S. C. N. J. IIOLME8. H. V. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, A T T O lt N E YS AT LA "W, LAURENS C. lt., s. C. Br. W. H. BALL, DENTIST. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Oilice days-Mondays and Tuesdays. LAURENS C. H., S.C. SAVE YOUR, MONEY By buying your Drugs and Medicines, Pine Colognes, Paper and Envelopes, Memorandum Books, Face Powders, Tooth Powders, Hair Brushes, Shav ing Brushes, Whisk Brushes, Blacking Brushes, Blacking, Toilet and Laun dry Soaps, Tea, Spice, Pepper,Ginger, Lamps and Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff, Diamond Dyes, and other articles too numerous to mention, nt the NEW DRUG STORE. Also, Pure Wines and Liquors, 1er medical purposes. No trouble to show good?. Respectfully, B. F. POSEY & BRO., Laurens C. IL, 8. C. 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