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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 A i..'uni ofGladness. How softly How. among Sonoma's lilli?. Thc too-cold springs, iho inorry*honrtcd rills; rragranoe of pino my wandorfng fancy thrills, Till, oven through lin- city's nolie built walls, 1 near tho chant ?ir sudden waterfalls, Onco mor?% through o**lar boughs th? black bird calls. There, nro wild cliffs OH M< ndociuo's shore, And well I know th? .cawood on th? tloor Of biddon caves, and manv a marvel moro. Pacific's heart hath legend* wis? and old; Go thou, and walt In voices manifold Whoo storms an? loose, to hear Ino story told. Airain I seo gray mountains purely clad With gloaming snow, vast peaks forever olad Huon heights ns thesu thb older singers had. Again ono halls th? sunlight's burst of foam On lassen's noak*, on Shasta's snowy dom?, Whore lilies btooni lieiicath th? glacier's homo. Hut host tho redwood Bhade, tho p 'iico it bringt, WI oro fanales riso as crystal mountain Springs floi oath tall trees; and dear each bird ttlSt sings . rn In les? Bummers ; dear th? ferns which ff row Hy cool Navarro, whore sea-breezes blow And whit? azaleas touch the river's How. -Charles Howard Ktilmi, tn tho Century for February. A SOLDIER'S TRUST. BT mvill LOW KV. "How wo will live Heaven only knows! All is dark now." Mrs. l'aine sat down suddenly and lifted ft hand to her eyes. Her daugh ter, Caroline, a bright, pretty girl ol sovontoon, noted among her associates for hor energy and resolution, caught her breath suddenly. She was going to cry, but resolved not to yield now when her mother wa? overcome with dread of tho future. The world had been the average world to Ellen Taine. She had enjoyed lt? sweets till the war came and robbed her of her husband for yours. 'l here were some jolts in life's journey when he carno home. Ile was not as strong aa when he went away - lost time, and of choice changed his vocation. Still ?entent sweetened the things the gods provided the Taincs through sickness and idleness; tho increasing family and growing responsibilities all wore ac cepted cheerfully till one dav tho sun seemed to drop out of tho firmament Andrew Paine was brought home un conscious, a terrible accidont had hap pened; in twenty-four hours Mrs. Panic was a widow. Time moved on. Providence raised a friend to lier in her brother-in-law, who found work for his nephew, and thus kept tho roof over Mrs. Paine's head, lint death claimed the son, and then tho Harden began to fall on Caroline. The mother strove to lighten it -to niako the girl's life as joyous as abe could. It was a dull life at best; tho grind began when she fell ill with rheumatism. The future looked 'lark, hut the uncle still turned tho cloud aside until the silver lining shone again. Suddenly trade stopped. Then it really HOOIUOil as if all tho world stoo ped, so far ns Mrs. Paine and hor daugh ter were concerned. Thc establishment w hero Caroline worked ceased o {Mira tions unexpectedly. Mrs. Paine was linallie to move a hand that month. Would they ever, even if work offered again, be able to catch up-to repay what they owed? These were ?pieries iniOthor and (laughter asked themselves ,:ui hundred times. llofore tho miestlon was answered, fate-remorseless fate swept away their lust IIOJMI. The linell?, Arthur Paine, was summoned to his tinal account with more swiftness than his brother. Tho two women ?nie suffering, in broken health; ?ho other hungering for joys she saw herself foi'OVOr shut out of - looked at each other fearfully. They did not dare to breathe their fears. The mother's heart ached for her child, tho daughter's for her motlier. Hut thc world wrings answers from all. The day caine when the mother and daughter had lo sneak plainly, and when it came, it found the mother as a babe. "Mother, lhere may In? a way," said Caroline Paine, hopefully. Mrs. l'aine shook her head, still keeping her eyes covered. "I'm surr mother-wait until Mr. Brooks conics honte. Then I will toll you what I mean." Mr. Brooks was well un in years an old bachelor who roomed on tho saino floor willi the Paints. Ho was a clerk, with a varied experience. To Caroline he was a walking onoydo])cdla. An hour later, Mr. Brooks, in response to Caroline's request, stepped noiselessly into the room rho l'allies occupied. "Mr. Brooks," said Caroline, briskly, "I want to ask you about soldiers1 chinns. You know what soldiers aro entitled to?" "I ought to. I was chief clerk for a claim agent eight years, and five years in tho Pension Omeo here." Mr, Brooks wasted no words. He sat down, look ing Inquiringly at tho earnest faco l>e foro him. "Thon you can help us, Mr. Brooks. I want yon to sell tho land my father or my mothor is entitled to. Father nover ?old it. did he, motlier?" Mrs. Paino looked bewildered. "What landP" "Why, tho 160 acres I used to hoar father say was lying ont West waiting for him.'1 "O!" ?aid Mr. Brooks-"Hint's all a" -hero ho chocked himself. Tho girl's face foll. Why not soften tho ??isap polntment "You seo thero really never was anything in that. I mean - ' "You don t mean father sold his claimP" Mr. Brooks couldn't invent a lie, or he would have done it. Ho hhirtod out the trutht "Pvo no doubt your father thought ho wo? entitled to tho land--" "Why, Mr. Brooks, Pvo heard him ??y, timo anti again, tho jUovernmont owed him the land; that ho would soil his olalm when tho timo came if ho evor was-was, as iee ar?? now- hard press ed." "1 ccinotnber now; so ho did," said Mrs. Paine, "CaroUno ls right." Mrs. Paine spoke cheerfully. ?The truth is tho Govern ment novor really promised tho land." "Why, Mr. Brooks, I've heard of sol diers soiling their land warrants," said Caroline, "So they did, Miss; that's just where the mlstako was mado. Yoti see, boforo the olvll war, tho Government gave soldiers land warrants; tho volunteers were led to hollove they'd get tho samo." "Tee, end pay in gold?' said Mrs. falao. "fes-pay lu gold. But they were paid in paper money, worth forty to sixty cent? on tho dollar, when gold .see sawed up and down. It was a swindle on tho soldier, hut a big thing it hus proved for tho bondholder." "And mother has no claim to any thing:?''1 "Nbt an inch of land.'1 Caroline thought rapidly. "Then, since you know tho law, she is entitled to pension money. Everybody knows my father lost his health in the army." "Did he ever apply for a pension?" "He was too independent to do Hitit," said Mrs. Taine, wearily. "Well, if thero never was anything done about it, it is too lat?) now. Is his doctor living?" "Dr. Hamilton is ?lead-ho was our physician for twenty years." "No 0080," said lhooks. "Is thero no way - no hope in any ?li rection?" Brooks pondorod. lt was disagree able, but tho truth was best in this caso. "1 don't see a glimmer of hopo, Miss Paine-onh disappointment. If your father had been wounded-lost an arm or leg-but, you RCO, ?h ing so long after the war -making no sign-doctors dead -it's a oaso debarred, as I might say." Caroline's brows contracted involun tarily. She looked at Brooks stoodily, revolving new thoughts in her mind. "If a man lost an arm, and is in good health and can clerk just as well as ever ho could - " Brooks anticipated her. "If ho has an income of tim thousand a year, and only had lila big too hurt, he gets anon? sion. I know people who draw ponsions for leas." "But a man whose health waa bro? k?'n -who couldn't slrnw any wound ami-" "Precisely, Miss Paine. A coiuplioa tion of disoases oarrlos a man off. It don't matter if he went into tho anny as healthy ns any man who never had a pain or ache, or never was in bod a ?lay tn Ills life - if the doctors were sure the service milled his health, thelli's lots of eases where its hard to prove it-they don't prove it in such cases, as a rule, ff thore was any doctor who could .vear to tilt facts-" Mrs. Paine and her daughter shook tlnnr hoods slowly, " Thank you, Mr. Brooks." How Brooks managed to get out of the room ho never knew himself. Tho picture tho mother and ?laughter pre sented lit that moment was stamped on his memory forever. He thought KO much about them that, instead of going to tim theatre, he wont to a cigar store where ho was in tho habit of mooting sonic friends, ami, in a very discreet manner, sot about collecting a llttl?! molloy "for a vory worthy object." The next day, at noon, a tap sounded on Pablo's ?loor. Caroline opened it on th?' instant, and. seeing Mr. Brooks, blushed. II?! spoke quickly, as if ho hod a great press of business on hand. ?..Miss Paine, a few friends-of your father's, I mean-they knew him very woll, Rout mc with tins and their com pliments." Hera ho broke down. Caroline's oyes Roomed to read his very soul. Brooks wanted to back out. Instead ho ad vanced quickly to :* Final! table, where Mrs. Pain?! was scated,deposited a bank note on the table, and. bowing to Caro line, withdrew so quickly sha had not time to intercept tho movement. Mrs. Pablo turne?! to look aft??r him. Her elbow swopt th?! bank note off the table. Th?! draught caused by the quickly closed door Brooks pulled to titter bim swept the note limier the open grate. Caroline sprang forward with a smothered erv. She was not a moment too (juiok. A live coal ignited th?! not??. Sh?! had the presence of mimi to crush it in Ina* hand, at the risk of a broad blister. When she opened her ll lt lld slowly, one-half th?! note had disap peared, Th? half in her hand showed thal it had been a ten-dollar note. Shi1 burst into tonrs. lt seemed as if mis fortunes would novor ?-mi. "What is it. Caroline? ' "1I?" gave us ten dollars, ami it ii lost." sin- wept passionately. "It would have paid what wi! owe in til?! store, a month 8 rent, and left Us two dollars." "Burtle?! -burned, Caroline?" There was a world of anxiety, ol dread, in Mrs, Paine's voice. Carolin? e> tended her burned palm, on whiel lay the half of the note. "lt is not all lost. I road of ways tc get money llindc right. I'm sure, some where. You call gol ftoe for il, maj bo." "Yes; but that would just pay thc store bill. Ami then what could we do: But we'll see." Sh?! dried her eyes bravely, laid th? burned note carefully away, and ro solved t?> make the most of it the nex morning. She was dressed, an?! on hot way t< tho ollie!?! of the "Customs ?if th?! Port,' whither she hud been directed, long be foro tho office was oponed, After walk lng un hour on the street, lie returned to oe told that it was a legal holiday so no business would be done that day As sh?! turnod away, she stumbled upoi Mr. Brooks. Would she tell him? No for herself-but her mother. In ten words Brooks had the story Ho expressed regret, reflected, bid he walt at a drug store, ami hastened to "i friend," ho said. He was absent HftOOi or twenty minutes. When ho returne?! ho handed her a crisp s., note, talkei about tho weather; everything bu o.oiiey, got the burned note, ano bad hor good-day in his brisk way. Caroline returned home, dilling at i grocer's on the way, and purchasing i foW necessities -OtlOllgll to koop hod and soul together a ht tl?! longer. Aa from that hour their fortunes improved somehow work cunio to her, and i physician kindly interested himself h Mrs. Paine's case, to a degree that rc stored her health. My story has n more to do with them, further than ti Italo that tlie (?ram) Army of tho Rc publie did for them what tho Govern mont Rhotild havo done. I will folio1. Brooks mid tho burned note. Tho next day Brooks droppod int tho U. 8. -tho great United States Dc posttory, deliberately recited so miioh c tho facta as concerned tho gentlomanl olork, and was told tho note, tho who] note, would bo replaced. Ho had Mb Carotine Paino make affidavit to th fact, tho burned note was forwarder and in two weeks Brooks carried to he another !?.">; (hus thu Pain- lind (hu benefit ol thu on tl ru amount thu little knot al tho cigar storo mtulo lip for her. Tho incident unido n doop impression on Brooks. Ho pondered over il, and pondered until ho gol io talking a hont it. From talking lo his friends, ho got to talking about it in the Post, Pin iii ly hu was inspired-I can think of noothor ns lilting to write a loci ure, which ho has bi nn delivering with much earnest ness and unequivocal success all over thu Slate. He begins with Paine's vol untary foin years' servi, c. exposes the sw indle involved in the silence ; oncom ing the land warrants when men signed muster-rolls, recites the slow pay-day experiences, calls up months of waiting by wlvca and children, compares tho purchasing power of tho soliders1 pay with the purchasing power of a silver dollar to-day, burns-singes thu bond holders until there is nothing loft of them, and winds up with the incident of thu burnt not?! which thu Government was honest, enough to replace. He makes out very clearly -proves to oj'cry man w ithin sound of his voice or logic, that tin* system - the financial system thoGovornmont has pursued, is exactly as if every note given in pavilion! to a soldier had been burned nt one end burned a ?plaiter, third, half or live? .dvlltlia, as the price of gold .vent and down. What is very curious, although sume people say behind his hack that Brooks is a blatherskite, nobody has ever had the courage to tackle him face to face. An Rlcotrionl Kngineer. There are two roads to take if you wish to become an electrical engineer. Although lids occupation of electrical engineering is so new, liiere are three colleges in our country w here the theo retical part of tho profession is taught, namely: The stevens Instituto of Tech nology, at Hoboken, New Jersoy; Ibo University of Pennsylvania; and tho Massachusetts Institute are tho best known. If a young man bas gone through tho theoretical and partially practical training to hu had ill either of these institutions, he does not require a great deal of actual experience in doing tho work itsolf to lil him for undertak ing almost any task pertaining to tho calling. But some boys may not bo abb" to spare Hm tillie Ol' pay lin* money for this collegiate part nf thu training. In that case, they endeavor to lind employment in one of (111) factories of the groat com panies I have mentioned. To obtain admission, however, thoy mus! be bright, they must give good promise in the. taste i hey have for mechanical pursuits, as well ?is in their habits, that thoy are. suited for ibo profession tiny seek to en ter. Having obtained an entrance, they begin as ordinary employes, do ing the .simplest kimi of work or even drudgery; then tiny are transferred from one department to another, learn ing a little al each step they take; until, finally, they have a good knowledge of the manufacturing branch of the pro fession. From there they should go to tho la boratory, where they obtain the scien tific knowledge of the business. To know how the diff?rent parts are pul to gether is not of itself sulllcient; thoy must he able to tell why they are put to gether in that particular way; it is just flint knowledge which makes thom elec trical engineers. Then they are. sent out as assistants to the various electric-lighting stations or are temporarily placed in charge of plants which have Just been established, and which some amateur engineer is learning how lo run. Finally they may be put in charge of a lighting station, that is, a building from which the light ing power is furnished for the lamps in the immediate neighborhood; and last ly, they ma)- become members of the engineering corp-, and put up the elec tric lights for some people in the man ner J have described. -From "Heady f or Business," by George J. Munson, in St. Nicholas for February. A California Lizard's Queor Trick, "There are some curious cases among thc* geckos," said a Los Angeles country naturalis!. .'Here is one dead that hs called tho loaf-tail gecko. You see the tail bulges out soon after leaving the body and assumes a leaf or arrow shape; heneo tho name of thu animal. Now, when tko littlo creature is chased you will see it dodge around a limb and hold up the curious leaf-like tail. Thal is all von can see, and so nat.nally, would think lt a part of thc. tree itsolf. Bu! (he lizard has a more remarkiible method of ?scape yet. Wo will imagino that you have tried to pluck tito leaf. Tho animal ?hops clumsily to the ground and darts away among the rooks, w here lt attracts tho attention of some of tho hawks that are forevor prowling around. Immediately a chase ensues; tho bird gains, and Vs finally about to pounce upon its prey, whoo all at once two liz ards appear, ono making off, while tho other ?lances up ami down into thc air ami along tho ground in a mysterious Way, so that the astonished bird stops ami looks. In the meantime tho origi nal lizard escapes; tho other, that is really tho tail, soon becomes quiescent. You soo the gecko has the faculty of throwing o IT its tail when hard pressed, and, while tho pursuer's attention drawn to the squirming member, tho animal itself escapes." "But i' loses its tailP'1 suggested tho reporter, "Only for a time. Thoy can repro duce this organ, and curiously enough, sometimes two tails are produced in stead of ono." Snn ?'rumiaco ('all. Two colored brothers fell ?nit In tho church about a small matter. Tho of fending brother went to tho ofTonded one ano said: "Bruddor, tho Ixird has forgiven mo, and won't you?" Tho Offended brother replied: "You go bring do Lord's certllleato that ho lias forgiven Jon, don I will soc about do matter, ohn do Baptist required do Jews to bring a oortittcato of der repentance 'fore he would baptize wm."-Newman {Ga.) Herald. ?rn . *m _ T. V. Powdorh, general master work man of tho Knights of Labor, says: ..If cvory laborer and every, manufacturer would rend daily a good paper and koop posted on topic* of too timo I feel cer tain there would bo loss trouble." IIIS IIANI> WASN'T STEADY. Nor His Kyo Quick, bul When lita Qua Wont on'tho Boya i'oit sheepish. An Equinunk, Po., correspondent writes: John Finloy Teoplo, known ?ill ovor nortliorn Pennsylvania ns Undo Fin, was 7'J years old Ids last birthday. For moro than sixty years ho hunted and trapped from tho Delaware to thc Allegheny, and never missed a season until two years ago. Then ho made up his mind to take a rest, more becauso game was getting scarce than bcoailSO he was tired. His two boya, Lijo and Sim, could take care of all thal was left, j be said. From that lime until a few days before tho past deer season closed lie hadn't touched his gun a gun (hut he ?daims has lain low bear and deer by the thousand. One morning recent ly bc got out of bcd and said to his son Lije: "Lije, I'm goln1 down in Pike cornily an' knock over deer before 1 hole up fur good." Lije and the rest of the family tried to ehange Unele Fin's mind, for they thought he was too old to go tramping through the woods on a deer hunt. Ile was determined, however, and so his boys, Lije and Sim, fixed themselves |||), and Lrot ready to go with tho old hun ter. They went down on thc Mast Hopi! ridge, twenty-live miles from home. Sim drove for deer, and Uncle Fin ami Lije stood on the runways. "Father," said Lije, "1 guess I'll stay ( lose by you, for your hand Isn't as steady as il was lilly years ago, and' your eye isn't as quick. So I'll keep close by you, and if Sim sends a deer along and you miss it I'll knock it over." "Ve will, hey?" exclaimed tho old man, indignantly. "My han1 hain't cz st ??hiv cz 'twere lilly years ago, hain't it? Nor my eye hainrt so quick? Wall, now, my fresh young Nimrod, you jist plank yorsolf over on that runway up yendor half a milo ?a- so, an' I'll stay right whar 1 be. If a deer comes pitch in' 'long here'thin gunshot o' me I'll show yu wutlu ? my han' habit' cz slid dy or my eye hain't oas quiok ox they USOty he. G long with ye, an' look out fur yoi' own han an' eye!" "All right," said Lijo, "but if you lose the deer don't blame mo." Lije went reluctantly to thc upper runway. Uncle Fin remained where ho was. Sim went out on the ridge, anti after an half hour or so started a rous ing buck, lt was a good wa}' oil', but within reach, and he blazed away at it. lt kept right on. ll bounded down tlio ridge and passed along within good range of hijo, Lije sent a bullet after it, but the blick kept right on. "Blame, the luck!" said he. "Now, just for the old man's contrariness, we're liable to lose that deer. Ile won't be able to see it unless it runs over him, to say nothing of hitting it." The buck tore along through the brush i and was (dearing thirty feet at a jump as it passotl Uncle Fin, a hundred yartla away. His eyesight hadn't en tirely failed, for he saw the buck. lie drew head on it, ami lol "old Betsey" speak. The buck gave two or three w ild hounds, and fell in tho brush. Uncle Fin didn't move toward it. Win n the boys came up Lije asked the old man what he had shot at. "A buck, I reckon," said ho. "What'd you fellers blaze at?" "A big buck," said Lije, "but 1 didn't reach him. Which way did lie go from here':' ' "Which wny'tl ho go?" said Undo Fin, conleniplously. "Ve h eon I mc shoot, didn't yo? ll you smart IN ,niel's don't know how m handle a gun yil niebbo ye know how to dress a dead dcor. Ii yo do, jist trot over yendor by that big hemlock ail1 hang up that huck. I'd go au' do il, bu! by han' hain't cz liddy cz'twere li tty years ago, ye know, an1 HIV e\ csigllt S failin . '' Lijo and Sim could hear (he old man laugh all tile wey over lo the hemlock tree, and when they found the huck ly- I lng lhere, dead a- a uiackoral, and w ith one bullct-holo in it, and that through the kidneys, ihe\ tell like bulling their heads against a rock. They dressed tho dcor anti brought it in without a word. "It's a ter'ble thing w'en a man gits old an' shaky an' durn nigh blind, hain't it, boy-,'.'" said Uncle Fin, serious ly, as the boys stumbled tho buck on the ground at "his feet. "It s the sappy voting fidl. r with sthlily nerves that knocks over the ven'zin, hain't il hoys'.''' Theil the w ay this (dd man laughed made the boys feel more sheepish than ever. They took the big buck to Mast Hope, loaded it on tin? ears, and got home the same day they went away. Bul the result of the'hunt has satisfied Unele Fin that he made a mistake in re tiring from the chase two years ago. "I sec I've got to go out an' give them boys o' mine a lillie more Irainin'." ho Say8. "Why, if I were the side ola barn 1 wouldn't be 'iceni to stan' np an' let them boys pig away at mc all day, TU be on the turf ag'in next season, OZ QSUal, an1 take 'cm in han1 an1 I1 nm 'em sumpliint" There, arc many curious facts in American history. Throe Vice Presi dents, Gerry, Hendricks and Wilson, died in November at dates which might all come in a singlo week. No Presi dent, cither in or out of office, has died In November, though six have, died in July and four in June. Garliold died in September, Lincoln in April, Taylor in July and Harrison in April. Two Vice Presidents have been Indicted for trea son. These woro Aaron Burr and John C. Breckenridge. Ono Vico President, John C. Calhoun, resigned his office, and seven men have hold both Pres i dental and Vico Presidential chairs. John Adams, Washington's Vice Presi dent, succeeded him in the White House. Jefferson, Adams1 Vice President, did likewise, and Martin Van Buren, ono of Jackson's Vico Presidents, was his successor. Tho other four becamo Pres ident by death. They were Tylor, Fil more, Johnson and Arthur. Tho following story, without a vouch er, is told on Mivor ltico: Tho day after his election lo office ho waa appliod to by a street mendicant for aid. His Honor asked him what caused his pov erty. 1 he reply was, "I have fallon among thieves. "Ali," said tho Mayor rolloctivoly, "so have LV For sweet charity's sake and tho bond mat existed botwo?n tho two men tho pan per received a quarter.-St. l'ttul Piowcr-Press. An Olil-Tlmo Negro Dance. From George W. Cable's illustrate paper, in tko February Century, aooom< panted by tho music of thc Creole dances, we quoto tho following: "It wai a weird one. Tim negro of colonial Louisiana was a most grotesque ligure, Ho was nearly naked. Often Ins neck and arms, thighs, shanks, ?md splaj foot were sin nuken, though, sinewy like a monkey's. Sometimes it was scanl diet and cruel labor that hat! made then: so. Kvcn tho requirement of law wat only tharne should have not less thar a barral of corn nothing else,-(i month, nor get more; than thirty .lashes to the twenty-four hours. The whoh world was crueler those limes than now WO must not judge them by our own. "Often the slave's attire was only t cotton shirt, or a pair of pantaloon hanging in indecent tatters to his nakei waist. Tho bond-woman was well cla( who had on as muchas a coarse chemist and petticoat. To add a tig non-a Mad ras handkerchief twisted into a turbai - -was high gentility, and the numbc of kerchiefs heyond that one was tin measure of absolute wealth. Some wen rich in lignons; especially those win served within the house, and pleased tin misll'OSS.or even the master-then; won Hagars in those days However, Congi 1'laTns did not gatlu r the houso-sorfaut so much as thc 'field-hands.' " "Those came in troops. Sec them wilder than gypsies; wilder than th Moors and Arabs whose " strong blooi and features ono sees at a glauco in 8 many of them: gangs- as they aro Collo? -gangs and gangs of them, from thi ono that ann yonder direction; tall well-knit Senegalese from Capo Verde black as ebony, with intelligent, kind! eyes and long, straight, shapely nose.' Mandingocs, from tin; Gambia ltivoi lighter of color, of cruder form, and cunning thal shows in the countenance whose enslavement 8001118 specially shame, their nation 'tho merchants t I Africa,' dwelling in towns, industri?te thrifty, skilled in commerce and hu.' bamby, and expert in tho working r metals, even to silver and gold; an Foulahs, playfully miscalled 'Poulards -fat chickens,-of goodly stature, an with a perceptible roso tint in th checks; and Sosos, famous warrior; dexterous with tho African targe; an in contrast to these, with small ear thick eyebrows, bright eyes, flat, it] turned noses, shining skin, wide monti and white teeth, the negroes of Cnn no; true and unmixed, from the (?old Coas tho Slave Coast, and the Cape of Pall! -not from the Crain Coast; tho Et ?;lhsh had that trade. See them conv 'opees, Cotocolies, Fidas, Soc?os, A( was, short, copper-colored Minos-wit; havoc the slavers did make!-and froi interior Africa othors equally proud an warlike; fierce Negroes and Fonds; ta\ ny Awassas; lbocs, so light-colored th one could not tell them from mulatto hut for their national tattooing; and tl halt-civilized and quick-witted but 1 rocious Aramia, the original Voudi worshiper. And how many moro! F hen! come, also, mon and women fro all that groat Congo coast,-Allgol Malhnbc, Ambrico, etc.,--small, goo natured, sprightly 'boys,' and gav ga rillous 'gals,' lliicklippod but not t;i tood; chattering, chattering,singittg,ai guffawing ns they como; these are tia for whom tin; dance and thc place a named, tho most numerous sort of n gro in tho colonie-, the Congoos ai FrailC-CoilgOCS, and though serpe worshipers, yet thc gentlest and kin liest natures that came from Afric Such was the company. Among the bossuls that is, native Africans -the was, of course, an evergrowing numb of negroes who proudly called thci solves Cre?lo negroes, that is, born America; and at the present time thc is only here and there an old natl African to bo met with, vain of his si gularity and trembling on lils sud!'." Who are PH lor Marriage? Show tho children, father, tl "mother'1 is the loved queen of y heart and home. Teach thc boys, example, that mother and sister are ho treated with all gentle doforom Oller to tho weaker ones the pleasant seat in tho sunny windows, or by 1 Uro, and SCO how infectious will bo I courteous atmosphere about you. woman, or womanly girl, but will touched to the core of her gentle bi by this thoughtfulness, and the maid who steps out of such a home is har? likely to sharpen her tongue or pen the expense of mankind, for manhe means to her tin; strength upon will Rho may safely lean when she needs bc upheld; the protection that is pron when she needs defense; the voice tl encourages and advises justly and g croiisly. To become such a man's len wife, is to lier to open thc door to all I gracious out roach of her mother's 1 as she has seen it day by day. To come the husband of such a natl) Womanly girl, is the. wedding of a > man fit for wifcltood with one. of men lit for husbands. Show nie man imbi for a husband ami I will you so" bing of his father ami motl ?f l?iu nonio lifo Is ungracious thc ch rou who grow up in that home will ungracious and distorted in their li as plants deprived of sunshine and c gen grow stunted ami awry, if tl grow at all. llcgin with thc babies your knee, mothers, and there will bc need to complain that: "There is n lit for marriage-no, not one!"-Tn Oh!, in Hood Housekeeping. "On ono occasion," says Hen Poi Pooro, "Daniel Webster, when visit tlic old hall of tho House of RoprOBOl tives, had his attention called to tho markablo OOhO which repeated audi everything that was said from cert places on the Hoer. He was told I this had tho good effect of prcvenl certain members, whose scats Won those parts of tho House, from speak i and ono was mentioned especially \ would otherwise have grumbled < ovory appropriation. Mr. Webstor w on an onveiopc: .'Old growling Polk, from Tennessee, Kuyg very little In lin- meeting. Simply IiCCnilBO'Ctwixt you Rlia me) Hill -.pooches will not boar reposting." Mr. Van Zamlt, ex-Governor Rhode Island, is chaffed sometimos cause of lils Dutcli-Yankoo ancestry, tell thom," says he, "wo are all m up In blood In this country like 0 tails." Bom? Pootilla.* I'eopt?. Thc lugubrious mau. tia is happy Olily when Itu is miserable. Hut then, he is almost always miserable. Come what may. bo eau iiml something troublesome in it. When tho rain lays tho annoying dust for ?aber people it makes miserable mud for him, ami when tho sunshine dries tim vexing mud for others it makes tormenting ?lust for him. In Ids life every silver lining luis its cloud. Il by any chance there comes a tinto when there is nothing to mourn for ho semis OUt his imagination lo lind something. If llio weather is just as he wishes il to bo he sets himself to think ing on what it will bo next August ami works himself into what is vulgarly called a sweat. In one way Ol' another lie is in a sweat most of the time. Whon he has no troubles of his own he shoul ders some of those which his neighbors ought to have. Ile mourns to see Jones eating hard-boiled eggs youl' after year in utter unconsciousness that he is ru ining his digestion. It grieves him to know that Smith keeps righi on rilling a bicycle after ho has been warned tillie ami again of the dreadful consequences 0? a "header"; and it tears Ins very soul lo sec Robinson persis! in wearing a phi"; hat without an airhole in it. when it has been demonstrated so very clear ly thal this sort of thing has been known to produce baldness. Tho lugubrious man ls not a pleasing person lo have, around, but after all ho serves a pur pose. If he absorbs all tho sadness of Iiis neighborhood ho loaves tho res) of the peoplo comparatively free to enjoy themselves as they go. The funny man. Ho isn't fanny, but that is not his fault. Ho tries hard enough. He seems to think tho aim of all proper life is to make people laugh at him; and sometimes hu accomplishes this. Most of the people, however, laugh at him when he is aol around. Von will Rad him wherever there is a crowd. No m tier what tho object of tho assemblage may be, bc is there with his joke. He. .sits at tho barber-shop awaiting his turn and tells the barber lo be Caivful not to (lull his razor on his friend's cheek. This laang a joke he laughs at it. How would anybody know it was funny if nobody laughed at ii? Presently ?us turn comes ami ho tells the barber dud he will make no charge for letting him hone his razor on his cheek. N ol'ody laughs, and he ven tures thc explanatory remark that a razor mag be honed on his adamantino cheek. Still nobody laughs -that i-, nobody hut himself, ami that is sub stantially nobody. If you don't lind him in the barber-shop look out for him in the railroad ear. When the brake man announces that "this train will not stop between Riverside and Downer's (?rove" th.' funny man shouts: "Who said ii would?" rids makes him laugh all ovor.bul the brakeman and the other passengers look tired, and travel-worn, ami sorry they didn't get oil'al the hist station. Hie funny mau is also epi demic at social gatherings. Ho likes social gatherings, because there people have to laugh at his remarks whether they want lo or not. It is one of the drawbacks of a social gat boring that everybody has to pretend to enjoy every thing about it. even to the funny man. If the funny man and the lugubrious man could be tied together by die heels ami Illing over a clothcs-lme society would try very hard to accept tile situa tion philosophically ami with due resig nation. Chicago News. People Who Wear Tights. "One of the principal articles wo sell," said a stage costumer to a report er for the New York J/rn/ and Express, "is tights. They are not only used on thc stage, hut in almost every show in tho country. Tho demand for them now is large." "Do they wear out easily?" "That depends entirely on the kind of show the wearer is acting in. Circus riders wear thc most. lt's the rosin on the horse's back that does that. Then the wearer perspiring makes it necessary to have them washed every time they are used. A bareback circus rider will wear out one or two pair a ivook They cost all the way from $m2 a pair up to al most any price. Tho average pair for circus peoplo costs $(>. They are plain woven tights, but very strong. Tiiero are innumerable varieties in material, iu styles, in colors and still more in lits. The cheapest tight are made of cotton. These are made in all colors, flesh, white, black, unbleached, chocolate and brown. Then there are line cotton tights, Lisle thread tights, French cotton tights and silk tights." "Do you sell them ready-made or make them to order?" "The best qualities are all made to measure. Wc have tho make-up or model of a number of actresses, and can make them as often as they aro wanted." "What do you mean by the make-up?" "You don't supposo these peoplo have the goods made to lit their truo forms, do you? Not more limn one-fifth of them have their tight-tilting clothes made without padding. How would a premier danseuse look posing before her audience if lier costume were not mado to give her a soft, rounded appearanco? We make padded skirts, padded hips, padded arms, padded insteps, padded thighs, padded legs, and, in fact, padded everything. Tho pads aro mado of fine lamb's wool. When a largo ballot is being organized we have to go into this padding business very extonslvoly. Somo of tho prettiest girls will bo slight ly knock-kneed or oow-lcggcd. We havo to straighten them out and produco thc lino Venus like looking forms that you seo on tho stages. We havo artists who make a specialty of this, and in some very particular caso thoy mako a model of tho actress, and then perfect tho model and then make tho goons up." A Frenchman has invented a ttl? 1 vano-plastic process which, he think?, will preservo tbo human body indefi nitely by inclosing lt in an air-tight coat ot mail. Tho body ls first covered with a conducting substance, such as plumbago, or lt is bathed with a solu tion of nitrato of silver, which, after do composition under tho influence of sun ? light, leaves a finely divided deposit of met allie, silver. It is then placed in a ; bath of sulphate of copper and oom I necled with several wires from a bat ; tory. Tho result is that the body is in cased in a skin of copper, which pre vents further change or chemic*. wOWO? Indignant Western Deiuocrnti. Tho Pacific Coast people do not appear to bo very happy over somo of tho recent appointments made for that region. Special opposition will bo made to tho confirmation of Isreal Lawton, thc present Director of thc Mint al San Francisco. A Pacific Coast Senator hus in his possession allegations that Lawton is tho owner of a certain block of houses in Oak land which arc let for disreputable purposes, and from which a much larger rental is received than if the property were properly rented. Thc stir in thc Pacific Coast delega tion is nothing, however, to thc indig nation of thc Colorado people over thc appointment of one Dobson as District Attorney and a man by thc name of Hill as United States Marshal. Both of these men arc Virginians, and have recently moved to Colorado. They owe their appointment to thc indorse ment of thc Virginia delegation in Congress and arc wholly unknown to any of thc leading Democrats in Colorado. shutting tu? Door on Southern Claims. The Senate Committee on Claims, in it? report adverse to a private claim which had been disallowed by thc Southern Claims Commission on thc ground of insufficient proof of loyalty of tho claimant, says that there arc nearly 9,GOO of these rejected claims, involving an amount of more luau $50,000,000. The committee do not deem it just or wise to open thc door to this flood of claims, where no sub stantial or equitable reason is shown for so doing. THE LATHENS HAU. JOHN C. HASKELL, N. li. D?AL, Columbia, s. c. Laurens, S. c. HASKELL & DIAL, A T T O lt N E Y S AT L A W, LAU HENS C. lt., S. C. J. T. JOHNSON. W. It ItlCUKY. JOHNSON Afc 1UCIIEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE- Fleming's Corner, Northwest sido of Public Square LAURENS C. H., S. C. ?J. C. OAKLINGTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. 0. Ollicc over W. Li. Garrett's Store. W. C. BENET, F. P. M'oOWAN, Abbeville. Laurens. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. J. W. FERGUSON. GEO. V, YOUNG. FERGUSON Afc YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURF.N8 O. II., S. C, a. r. TODD. w. n. MARTIN. TODD & MARTIN, A T TORNEYS A T L A W, LAURENS 0. H., S. C. N. J. D?LMES. II. V. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT Ii A W, LAURENS C. II., s. c. Dr. W. H. BALI,, IF EX TI NT. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Ollicc days-Mondays and Tuesdays. LAURENS C. H., S.C. SAVE YOUR MONEY Hy buying your Drugs and Medicines, Fine Colognes, Paper and Envelopes, Memorandum Boors, Face Powders, Tooth Powders, Hal. Brushes, Shav ing Brushes, Whisk Brushes, Blacking Brushes, Blacking, Toilot and Laun dry Soaps, Tea, Spice, Popper, Ginger, Lamps and Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco and : Minti', Diamond Dyes, and other articles too numerous to mention, al tho NEW DUUG STORE. Also, Puro Wines and Liquors, tor medical purposes. No trouble to show goods. Respectfully, B. F. POSEY & BRO., Laurens C. H., S. C. August o, 1885. t ly CINCINNATI ? 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