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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 .THE SNOW-CAPPED "ROCKIES." IMPnBSMONS OK A THU? Tllltni Oil Uli: STATU OF COM? JW HO. Scene* Aloug Ilia Houte by Unll-Tho Wonder, ful City of D?nver-Tlie Futuro ?r n Urea I Commonwealth. (Denver Letter In Pomeroy'a Democrat.) Those who vide in ?looping mrs in the East are quite apt to romain in their bench to turn, snooze, think, plan and rest a? on they roll. Not so hero. Sun rise, and all were tip. Tho cars ol' tho Burlington Route were so well Lulen with passengers that every berth was occupied, the grout majority of pr-ssen gers in the sleepers being persons from tho East who had never been to Denver, novcr seen its rocky mountains. Near ing their destination, they were like thc, carly bird. It is now six o'clock. In two hours wc will bc in Denver. The berths have all been made up for thc day, thc cars dusted ou( and people are on thc qui vive. We are running southwest. Bo land ns is tho head of the Republican valley und (he millions of ucres of choice Ncbniska corn land. Wo arc on top of tho divide, as a (ly would bc on top of a barrel that lay upon tile ground. Miles of unfenced country are to be soon, with herc and (herc a little home, homo of a homesteader or headquarters of a ranch man or cattle raisor whoso cattle aro to be seen grazing on the wide expanse of plains here being run over. Thc depot buildings are small, painted red and snug. Depots aro so far apart that several others eau be built between them in timo I The appearance is that of a very new country, yet it is older in fact than is tho Bast', a.s lirst of all from tho vasty deep rose the backbone ol' (ho continent , nt i ll to the west of us. A lady screams: .'()! See!'' Hbo points to tin? wost and there, sure onough, are to be seen the snow-capped mountain peaks of tho grand old moun tains. In a little while the cars have sped on so that we see (ho main range, extending south from Cheyenne or near there, for hundreds ol' miles. They rise as a great wall might rise along the sea fdiore, the plains lo (he oasf being under thc evening shadows of Hie mountains that rise in the west. Now wc sec down into the valley ol' tho South Platto. Many school teachers insist that Denver is a city on tho North Plath'. Buoh is not tho case. Deuvoris on thc waters of ibo South Platte, about 110 miles from where it heads. Tlie river is not large, except alter a freshet, ft runs through a pleasant, wide valley that at Denver is fourteen miles east from the foot hills and (hat at (neely is a bon! forty milos east. Along here is tho choice agricultural lands of tho State, taking in thc county west from Denver to Golden In a gorge of tho mountains, Boulder, Longmont, Fort Collins and Grooly, in the respective co uitics of Jefferson, boulder, Larimer .nd Weld. Tjongmout being in boulder county, one of tho finest in tile State. West of these comities, west from Denver, the county-scat of Arapnhoe county, aro the Rooicy .Mountains, rising as an abrupt granite wall to the height of u milo, or 8,00!) feet above thc plains. From north to south WO SCO thom from ?be cars, a range of fully two hundred .milo. Denver ia about o,000 feet above sea kiV?l. Wo are a full mile near thc -stars than aro those who live in Now York. Thc mountains rise up into tho ?louds that rest up.'ii their snowy peaks, from (>,(>()<> to 8,000 fc?f above thc plains. Thc air is light, so elem, BO mri fled that no new comer can judge distance. To tim northwest wc see a very high peak, standing like a white-headed Dong John Wentworth, of Chicago, higher than his follows. That is Long's Peak. it is named in honor of Lieut. Long, an explorer who was a long (imo in getting to the top of it, there lo flea) thc Amen t "mn flag. wurra ABOVE run OIIAY ANO OKKKN. y? tow is white and deep on the tops and Sr ^dee of tho mountains, while thc plains below arc green with growing grains ai vl grasses. Away along to thc .south rise d**' snow-capped bookies, bat a great ero- * S11W> ?H t<vth in ftU'' is soventy m>vs from where wo ar., this morningTn th?> ?W ?'i58'40,,010 toP ,%t Long's Peak, yt%* PCOPW m tho cars esti mate tho distance At fifteen b> twenty "'There ure big lilountaim. and little mountains all stuck in togcthor like clothes-pins in a snow houp, About seventy-five miles south from Longe Peak, and sixty miles due west from Denver, its snow-white top piercing a gray, snow-made cloud that is beating up to fall and to whiten anew, rises (?fray's Peak, tho top of which is l l, GI foot above tho lovel of the sea. lt is thc mountain under which tho company ol which tho editor and writer hereof ifi president is driving a tunnel at the alti tude of 10,000 feet above SOO level, and which tunnel will bo five miles long. Welcome, old fellow! Wc have soon you lahore, as from your summit range wo have looked east toward thc Atlantic and westward toward tho Pacific, milch upon miles. Sonic of these days wo w ill walk through you and rido through you, and walk into your hundreds of flssurt vein? laden with gold, silver, cojqior ami lead, ami get as much fatness out of yon us a rat gets out of a cheese it I UM bur rowed into beyond tho reach of a cat. To tho south from Gray's Peak, al>oui scventy-rtvo miles -lishuit, willi many t snow-covered peak between us is I'IKB'S I'KAK, distant about ninety miles from Denver, but it? top not so lugh by fourteen fool as is Gray's Peak, which up-shoots weal of Denvor, as a ?tide to Halt Lako City whioh ia 40(1 miles north of west fron Denver, direct line, and 1187 milo? dis ttAh by rail, via Choyoune, and 77o milei distant i?V way of Pueblo and Gunniaon ,as runs *ti?C Denver and Rio Grandi Itfoimtain clim ty railroad. Then on to tba #>oth, far a? tho oy< ?can reach, rino thc mountains aa a wal bctwoen eastern and western Colorado between the Atlantic and tho Poodjp, ant known as tho Continental Divide. TOCK OUT IUD TUCK. Speaking of tho above-nam. .) moun tain route around and over from Don ve to Salt Lake, it is ono of tho wonder of the world. A prorofoen^ business mai Mi? capitoUst fro? Wneoln, Nebraska I was on tho train und wo heard him say: "I huvo boon over tho Nortborn Pacific, and tho Union Pacific, and tho Control Paoiflo to tho Pacific Ocean. They are grand routes. But tho grandest moun tain route of all that I nave ever rodo over is tho Denver and Kio Orando from Denver hy way of Gunn ison to Halt Dake. It takes a man to tho top of thc mountains above thc clouds, and lets him down into gorges that almost ex clude tho sun. I would not have missed it for anything, and yet I would not ride over it again for ten thousand dollars. Thc way the cars run down tho terrible grades is frightful. I looked out till my head ached. Then I became seasick and nervous, and it seemed to me that I must bo dashed to pieces." Thus do the works and r?putations of great thinkers and workers gird the con tinent and stretch from polo to pole; but tboro is no more need to doubly insure your lifo when riding tiver the Denver and Kio Orando Railroad than when riding over any other road built and operated by men who know their busi ness. YEAHS Aoo. To Pike's Peak. That is what folks said years ago. They did not go to Pike's Peak, hut to tho junction of Cher ry Creek with tho ?South Platte river, wiicro in the bed of the stream gold was found. Pike's Peak was a landmark n en for hundreds of milos, and to get within Seventy-five miles of it was "getting there" in those- days. Thc beautiful temperance city <>f Colo rodo Springs, forty-five miles south from Denver, is between Denver and Pike's Peak, but there are no springs at Colo rado Springs. At the foot of the moun tains, live miles west , arc springs, at Manitou, or in the garden of tho gods, as Home, one named this grand, majestic locality, from which folks start on horses or mules for tho top of Pike's Peak, and a chance to see the world below. Wc se t; into the valley of the South Platte-, lt comes out from a doorway in tho mountains, about twenty-six miles south west from Denver, as the water cami1 out of tho rock struck hy Mostos. Ky the way, Moses was different from some people of to-day, as he was a suc cessful striker. Seo tho crooked lino of bright, green trees, thrifty Cotton-Wood, that mark the course- of tho river. See tho he-It e?f greou farms along tho river, clear down h> Denver, ami em forty mile s north, show ing where farmers are- getting in their wenk, and by irrigation bringing forth Crops that pay large profits. DRNVBn. Now WO see the spires ed the city. Now tho city itself. Gracions ! wind a city. There it is, fourteen miles east of the- foot mills. Fourteen miles cast from the mountains, on thc plains. It looks like an eiasis in a desert. A city four miles long and about a mile ami 'a half wide A e-ity of 80,000inhabitant?. Ono e.r the handsomest, most progressive cities in tho Union. Considering all tilings it has no rival on earth. Where thirty yean5 age) was a bald-hoodod plain, now' rise te-ns ed thousands of trees, h> almost hiele the; beautiful oity they shade'. Out from the; given rise toworri of churches and schools, finer than are- to lu- found olse whore west of tho Mississippi rivor Hil we- oach San Francisco. Cupolas of palatial private residences, and high headed towers fen* electric lights, prove tind a modern, progressive people ore tlio.se> wini live- in the city named in hon or ed General Denvor, Uiogallant pioncor and statesman, who now resides in Wash ington. From tho tops of those high smoke1 stacks that mark Hie location of tin-great smelters of Argo, owned by United States Senator N. P. Hill, Wolcott and othe rs, and of the Omaha ami Denvor smelting works, owned by ox-Govornor Grant and others, the smoko rolls day and night without ceasing, as millions upon millions of dollars' worth of golel and silver bullion are here each year roasted and Stewed Olli of the ore brought hore by cars from thc wondrous mines of Colorado. Thirteen railroad lines centre here at thc Union depot, om- of the largest aliel handsomest ul flu- weald. i Npw w o como up to tlie broad plateau of railroad works in front of the depot; em tune to ?lie minute, from Chicago to Denver direct by the (tarlington route-, no more worn, worried or woo-ricd than though wo stayed at home and worked j in tho garden. Hero are lines of horse ears loading te) all part? of thc city north, .south, cast and west. Here- are wide-, clean streets of the broad gauge pattern. Aside them on QG?l) Hielo run streniiis of wah r, used for tho irrigation of gardens farther back. Here Ore shade tree s making Denver ta appear as located i in somo enchanted forest. lier?; are tele graph messenger boya; churches as finc us are to bo found in Now York city, with audiences that canned bo oKeollcd ; for dress mid all that pertains to modern enjoyable religion. Herc aro monthly, weekly ami elaily papers, chief of which is the Rocky i Mountain Nows. Hero aro hanks as linc, as well ofllcercd and as solidly f'oun dationod aa are any in tho country. Hen; aro moro large, beautiful storcsaud nu>re live, prosperous merchants than can ta found in any city of its size in the United i States. Hore are hotels ce nial ta the very i la-at in this country, with guests from 1 all parts of tho world. Hove are manu facturing establishments growing iuto > perfect lifo. Hero aro os good people [ and as desorving a? tho sim ovor shone i on, ami moro of progress to tho square . inch than con be found in any other cities of this country save Chicago, St. t Paul and Minneapolis, tm into the West i rush tho vigorous-minded mon who make fortunes quickly, as Uley havo vim, brains and means, with courage/ te invest not alono in Donvor property, hut in i outride lands and mines. [ 1 b-iv, too, aro lines of gamblors, sharks, ^ shysters, dcftd-lwata, bunco steerers, and > aP that goes to make up a livo, ?pfmo 1 politanoity, Hero, too, aro thc Jay-hawk " ors, block-mailers lind scheming nlnnder ' ors of all who have Icgitinmto misinos* . enterprises in tow. Hero, too, ore the 1 selfish, heartless grabliers for all there ia in sight. Men who get drunk, abuse j themselves and all who trust them. Men I who have "played out" in other local i : ties, and who came here to whet theil 1 foogs against eaoh other, and who rip it jnta all whom they can fasten upon in tin; guisp of friendship or the garb ol - business. HJW?) oro misers, meddlers, r skin flints, land-piratea gnd hoodlums, ? ail bunehod in together and helping tc i trw?ll tho grand variety. , Hoare is a Cbamb-fir o? Commerce math up of Al, mon, from Hist to last. Here aro BS Uno places of amusement as eau lie found in New York, and here gather audiences that for wit, wealth, worth, beauty and style, cannot be excelled any where on this continent. All in all, Denver is a model city, with hundreds of attractions and hut few black patches or drawbacks. Herortesiau wells from which come the purest of clear cold water; her rich gardens from which come small fruits and vegetables; her line hot-houses from which como choice flowers in endless variety and pro fusion, and her unequaled climate make this the capital of Colorado a city to be proud of, built hero as it is in tho midst of what was once called the great Ameri can Desert! And this of a State that yields the best wheal in tho world and that, with a population less than 800.000 total, lifts over 40,000,000 of dollars' worth of wealth out of her coal, iron, gold, silver, lead and copper mines year ly, hardly yet dug into except as pros pects to determine how to conduct future mining operations. How bright and beautiful Elie morning! How busy are all whom WO meet! oin CRIMINAL COLONA IX CANADA. How home of Ute Runaway IIOKIIVM Dlxporl Tltcntftclveii tn Their Lily of Heftig A Montreal correspondent of tho Now York Mail and Express writes: "John 0. Euo heads the list of criminals in Cana da. Ho is living at Quebec. Tho house ho rents is largo, and the situation de lightful. It is two and a half miles from the postoftlcc. The rent he pays- near ly $2,000 a year-is, for Quebec, enorm ous. This means, proportionately, about $0,000 to $8,000jpor year in New York. Routs aro very low in the (told K ick City, and the Eno house at Beauvoir is ono of the finest in thu suburbs. Finan cially, he appears bi be at casi . He drives good horses and is liberal with his money. I ml socially hu is not known. Neither he nor his wife is ever invited out, nor arc they visited Ivy society peo ple. Eno has never been asked to the Garrison mess, and does not bolong to the only social organization in Quebec ? of any pretensions-thc Garrison ('lui?. l|Tlio old French families do not ask him [to their houses. His acquaintances arc principally made at barrooms. Some few society men hovea nodding acquaint ance with Ililli. Society is exclusive, and tho old noblesse bavo long memo ries. Whon Eno gives dinner "parties" they aro only attended by hi* legal ad visers, in speculators who may wish to seo him. Tho Commercial Club bo lie longs to isn small plaoo where men of business moid. It has no social signifi cance and does not protend to any. Many respectable merchants belong to it. These men meet Eno in a business way. They do not ask him to their homos. Some of thom may drink with ililli at tile St. l.oui.s Hotel when they moot him thora; that is all. Ile visits tin; houses of two or three personal friends, but tho stories about his la ing received into society aro exaggerations. He attends cooking mains and hilliard tournaments, and ho is a constant visitor to St. Hoch. This is thc roughest sub urb in tho city. "Tlic New York Aldermen and their friends attract much attention. They are Billy Moloney, Charley Dempsey, Keenan and Dc Huey. They al! have rooms on tho same fioor of tho Windsor Hotel, with tho exception of Hilly Mo loney, who is in a small house m ar the hotel. De Lacy ami Keenan are gnat chums, and are rarely out of each other's sigid. Moloney and Dempsey, how ever, seem to be engage ; in picKci din v and throwing inquisitive people ott de scent. They all live like lords, getting the best of everything and scat'., ring their money about like water. "Now York has not a monopoly of the criminals here; Chicago makes a very good running for second place. Morris, the 'church deacon,' and trusted adviser of willows and orphans, heads tho Hst. Morris had thousands of dollars intrust ed to his care. Tho people whoso money he bad were chiefly poor, struggling men and women, who had saved tho gather ings intrusted to him after years of self sacrifico and privation. Tho victims of this mau thought they wore saving np for tho'rainy day.' Many of bis dupes were tailoring men, charwomen and orphans to whom small sums of money had been left. He encouraged the peo ple to deposit their money m Iiis keep ing. When he gol what ho considered sufficient for his waubs he left, lb-made paupers of hundreds of poor peoplo in Chicago, Ho docs not appear to mind that. Ho is running a prosperous busi ness hero. The writoi saw him in a buggy yesterday. He sat behind a fast trotting black. Tho flush of health was present on Iiis countenance. There was no cowardly conscience in that man's foco. Hut tho detectives say that Morris is not at ease, for all his assumption of indifference. They have nc Heed that he always employs thc one dr or to bike him to ana from his placo of business, ! Tlicy think he is afraid of liebig kid napped." \ ltni.li i .lu.M iv . for a Hm. Tho Cleveland Press permits a little facetious diversion in its State news col umn, which is conducted hy a voting Norwalk newspaper man loamed I? oater. It is Appropriate to say that he is un married and unengaged. Last Tuesday ho published a paragraph to this ott'ect: "A Morion giri started lier graduating essay as follows: 'I am fairly wearied out with tho incessant poding of the lords of creation on thc unties and sphere of woman.' " The paragraph closed with tho somewhat dangerous assertion that tho editor would bet a now spring hat that tho author of that discourse on woman's sphere could mit bake a loaf of broad, Saturday Air. Foster received from Marion a largo box. it contained sundry light loaves of bread and cake, inarvmously toothsome. An accompa nying affidavit lmrn the solemn oath of the sweet girl graduate (who pos- - i the pretty namo of May AVilhalnsf that she had, unaided, baked tho wheat broad marked "Exhibit A," tho two specimens of corn bread marked "Exhibit ll," and tho ohocoloto coko "Exhibit G. Tho notary's seal of offico was affixed to tho affidavit, and it was settled 'beyond a doubt in Mr. Foster's mimi that his rash wager had been accepted. Ho therefore wont out and lavished his week's salary ou a new spring hat. Of cou iso ho bad nevor seen Miss Williams.-durinna Enquirer. Never walt for dvad man's ?hoes. anna ??; -A -' WK HT POINT ACROBATS. The ?1 adelt Tren? Their Vl?lt?rn Co Pirrili Show. An interesting feature ol tho West Point Military Academy tm Thursday last was the mounted exercises of the cadets in the riding hull. by the time Secretary of War Endicott anti party ar rived, Capt. Augur lind iv line of horse men before him. Tho men won their gray fatigue suits and all wit their horses well. At a word the}' shirted off one after another and swept about tho area at a gallop. Then saines wero drawn and the drill commenced. First tho blade was brought down upon un imaginary foo at the rigid, then it was twirled in air, next thrust forward, nguiu backward, und lust a sweeping slash was made to tho left. Once the horse8 were in line, tilt; men stood at their heads. "Mount." In a twinkling, every cutlet was in air. En another, without touching a stirrup, he was in the saddle. Another com mand. Tin' men were on their bet again, but onlv to vault clean over sad dle and all anti stand ready ut tin; other side. Then up again in the saddle. They twisted around, now facing for ward, now backward and again side ways. Ami while they so drilled two Uprights were fixed ata distance of about titty feet from each other with a pad as big as a cap fixed Upon each wit li a bon die attached to it. At a word tho caval rymen daahl <1 off. Now one came along at full gallo)), leaned ovor as bo reached the upright till his hand was below thc level of thc stirrups, and in full career [licked up ono pad after another and tossed it behind him. lt was a feat re o: ni ring coolness and address, hut nearly all executed it satisfactorily. Next tho pad was placed upon an up right tho height of a man, ami ut tho sume distance os before another was placed on a lower stund. Between them uns placed horizontally a beam resting on two uprights -a good, still* jump for tl horse in such o limited space, und one requiring a rider to have his brain olear. Tho word was given. A horseman carno galloping on. As bc reached thc taller stand ho draw a revolver, lt Hashed, and tho pad, struck by the bullet, tumbled oil', while the horse (lushing on was a moment alter lifted over tho bar ill a living jump. Bound still the horseman wont, h is com rudes following one by one. And now as ho approached tho stand on which thc pad is replaced hu has his sabre out. Ile slashes at it, hits it fairly, and almost before it reaches tho ground bc is over thc bar; Ids sobro cuts an arc through thc air as ho leans over Iiis iiois.'s shoulder and tosses up with a great slash a bunch of tanbark, and then just recovering in bis saddle bo tirings down tho blade with a sweep upon tho pad of tllO second Upright ?Hld tosses it off. In thc uoxt exercise tho uprights and pads oro still Ibero, bul in place of thc jump is a high polo with a transverse har. from which hangs just within reach of a horseman's sobro an iron ring only a few inches in diameter. And through all this, too, tho horses go around at tho top of their speed, the feat repeated Ogoill and again, a few failing, hut nearly all successful. Next saddles are removed ami tho men ride bareback at will. Thora is no circus performance Uko this spectacle. Tho place is lull of bounding steeds; sonic with riders leaning ovor their shoulders till their hands sweep tho ground; some lying at full length upon their backs; some facing to the rear, hut guiding them with spur and rein; some jumping on and off, like circus riders, while the ani mal is going at tho to)> of his speed, and sonic vaulting clean over them and keep ing up tho pace. It is a thrilling specta cle, which u hurst of applause rewinds, und then thc men repeat their exciting drill, training by couples on half tho UUinbcr of horses. It would bo called a gallant equestrian show anywhere. An old officer's common! interpreted thc general opinion: "I never saw better riders." \ Pyelone ol" Poriy-fonr Vea m IRO. Stories of tile recent cyclone il1 Ohio are coming in quito freely, but they do not approach the marvelous stories of the tornado Hud swept up tin- valley of tho roaring Codoms, in York county, in tho spring of 1842. Af tor tho storm we speak of one farmer found that Iiis well bod been pulled up by tho roots and was banging oil the limbs of n white oak tree four miles away. A collar belonging to ono of his neighbors was split in two, one half of it la ing blown through a stone quarry and the other liulf turned up endwise against 0 haystack in the adjoining county A Hock of geese wore completely Stripped of their feathers by the wind, ana a dried apple pie was blown through thosidoof a school house, terrifying the teacher and scholars, be sides ruining a large map of the grass hopper districts of Kansas. A large burn containing thirteen tons of iiuv was lifted off its foundation andcarrici 1 bodi ly six miles down the volley, where it settled down so squarely that tho doors could bo opened without prying them. Tho wind blow tho tails off six Durham cows, lind u Berkshire pig, weighing 200 pounds, was blown completely through Iiis skin, thc hide remaining in a stand ing position and preserving an expression of naturalness that deceived ninny vis itors. Thc boundary lines of several townships were bent all out of shape, so tlint they looked like a curled hair mat tress on a hot griddle, and Hie air was blown BO completely out of tho valloy that people had to go up on thc hill's when they wanted h> breathe. Philadel phia Press. t, Tin- Continent'! HmniieNi Newspaper. The smallest uowspaper on the conti nent is published in Guadalajara, Mexico, the capital nf tho Shite of duiiaco, and one ot the leading cities of the republic. The El Telegrama, a copy of which was shown us by Major Hilder, tho energetic commissioner to the World's Exposition, in this city, from Missouri, ls a four page, weekly, five hy three inches bl size, otid. as may woll bo fancied, is a marvel in the way of condensation. Tho motto of tho paper, as translated, reads: "Lit tlo straw and w.uoh wheat." Tho con denser of citb r tho New York or Balti more Hun weald turn green with envy after taking a glimpse at this really won dorfnl littlo Mexican sheet. Tho price of tho paper per week is one cent. Ai tho bottom ot the first pogo is printed the following: "Bosponsiblo- Lina Luna, R. G. Fuentes, printer. " Tho oopy in bond contains five small advertisements. -Now Orleans Times-Democrat. MKUTBNANT llALI/S TORl'BUO. An Automatic Kl*li?Llke Machino of Which Urea) Tliliigu ?rr BxMcctcd. Lieutenant M. E. Hall, U. H. N., who fur .several yours has boen endeavoring to porfoct a fish torpedo, has ono now nearly perfected at tile Eagle Iron Works in Buffalo. Tho. Courier describes it as twelve feet long, in three, sections, and re-enforced hy four longitudinal girder? to give it greater s! length. In the ex treme how there is a capacity fora charge of seventy pounds of gunpowder. This is fixed by meant) of a primor of fulmi nate ot mercury. A plunger projects in front, having two crossed knife edges Constructed so as to act when the torpe do strikes a vessel at a small angle. The ordinary torpedo in such a ease would simply allow tho projectile to glance off without exploding. The plunger breaks thc screw that holds the spring-firing apparatus, thus releasing thc tiring phi which explodes tho charge by striking tho sensitive primer of fulminato O? mer cury. On thc bow there are two auto matic lins used for steering. Thc gen orator is composed of a series of tubes that hold gas and vapor at 1,000 pounds pressure. Tho middle section consista of plain cylinder 153 inches in diameter, and in this thc generator is contained, Thc tins are worked by small engines whose valves aro automatically controlled by power derived from tho generator, whose great pressure, I,OOO pounds to tho square inch, has only been obtained after incessant labor and innumerable experiments, ronny of which were fail ures. The after section of the torpedo contains tho propelling apparatus, con sisting of ( lardner's patent three cylinder engine, which works two screws by gear ing. These screws aro two-bladed, and revolve in opposite directions. Their peculiar feature is that tho blades of one SCl'OW arc each nt rigid angles to those of another, thus enabling screws of large diameter to bc used as inner blades of tho screws revolving in the samo space. Thc three di tte ron I sections of tho torpedo aw screwed together so as to make water-tight joints. The projectile is so constructed as to dive and keep a certain depth by means of the automati cally controlled pins in tho bow and the diving rudder in tho tail. Two tails tend to keep tho torpedo upright and regular, enclosing tho screws to prevent their hi - ing fouled by any floating object, snell as seaweed, etc. < In the top Of the death dealing machine are three hand holes covered by plates OHO giving access to the apparatus which controls tho foes at tho engine, th?- oilier affording access to tho diving rudder. The engine is in closed in a steel case, which slips into its place in tito toi*] lodi '. and is there held by three bolts, so that it can be readily re moved for examin?t iou or repair if need bo. Attached t<> tho engine is a governor, thc invention of Mr. (lardner, foreman of tho Eagle Works. This governor con trols the engine so as to give uniform rate of speed while working under vary ing degrees of pressure. Tho great advantage claimed for tho new torpedo is its straightness of course. Thc undulating motion of tho ordinary torpedo frequently causes thc machine to dive without .-.triking its object. Tho new one, it is said, eau be aimed more directly and certainly at tho precise spot where it will have tho greatest destructivo power. Another advantage is in thc dis tance traversed. The ordinary torpedo has a runge ol'about 700 yards; the new tinny Creature speeds along to the extent (d' about a mile and a half, or 2,-100 yards. Tho engine is tho only one made m this count rv at all suitable for the work contaminated, and tho patent for this part of thu apparatus is vested in tho Eaglo Iron Works Company. Without any special tests or appliances, it is nothing short ?d' wonderful how efficient ly tho m w torpedo in all its parts bas been completed and now nearly titted together, lt will shortly bo put to the test in Lake Eric Hie whole apparatus basa buoyancy ol' fifteen foot-, and it is Computed to bo able to blow into smith ereens tho largest vessel afloat. ???.imler \ nu Vt yck. Van Wyek, ol Nebraska, is tho only Senator whom his associates do not pre tend to understand. Ile is hallie to get up at any lime and cr* ate a row, and tho records ol' the present Congress will show that he lias lind OS much of the fun of tho Senat?' as any two men in it. Van Wyok is nothing if UOl audacious. Ile will attack any one who stands in Iiis woy. Only a few ?lays ago Edmunds arose and attempted t<> squelch tho fu ry Nebraskan with an avalanche of Sena torial precedents. Hut Van Wyok abso lutely refused to bo squelched, and mere ly replied in his most rasping tones: "Now I suppose WO shall be treated to tho terrors of the Bliprcmo Court." The Sonate, of course, laughed, and that, too, at tho exponso of tito great Edmunds. Van Wyok ia no respecter of porsons, W hen fully convinced that a cert lin projcot is rigid, and ought to prevail there ign'l anybody In the Senate who can provent his fighting that measure b> the hitler end. "I Md \ an," as the boys Call him, is against secret sessions. Ile believes that the Senate was created fpr ? lu- purpose of attending to ?? part of the people's business. Therefore, he argues, tho people aro justly entitled to a full know ledge of all that is going on.-Wash ington Letter to the Boston Traveler. The Jockey'!) Life. There are people who imagine that a jockey's life is a iOTOttfl life; that cart)] can oder lew great? r ?leliglit? than to ride tho w inner of a great nico and to bo led back to the scales by an ecstatic crowd, and that the sole druwliock to the profession <s thc chance of being asked to pay income tax on ClO.OOO a year. Hut how utterly untrue ia such an opin ion is well shown by tim racing corre spondent of the NOW South Wales Echo, who saw Archer's face at tho I 'ci ? ?Jj, fiQu thus describes it: "It was like that of n, , man about to be banged-a dualist fight ing With ft fpp M once te ared and hated a mau, in abort, in any position of awful strain, with thc complox omotions of terror, hope and resolve. It WUS all tho observation of i\ second; but it brought homo to thc mind thy abysmal . depths of lifo and death, exultant joy or . horrible despair that uuderlic tho gayety i and tho blare, tho bright dressT the smiling women, tho popping of cinun 1 nogno bottles, and the vacuous noise of Epsom race courso." After this there i would seem to bo nothing for it but to stArt a Jockoy's llescuo ttooioty.-Pall Mall Gazette. TI1K l'UINCKS AS TH K Y AUK. KKKT? IIKH OF THE BONAPARTISTS TUB REPUBLIC FEARS. I'll m - rion Too M o iii or n <'ow arti to Bver <a w llnt(l(*"llo\v l'rlnce I.oui? and l*rlnc?* Victor Appeared In School liny-. Tlio proposed French law for thc ex pulsion of tho princes of coblo blood draws tho attention of tho world to tho strange political situation of France as it is to-day and has been for six or seven years. Tho republic established at the closo of tho Franco-Prussian war feels insecure with tho pretenders to tho throne within its borders, and fears that through some intrigue tito present gov ernment may be overthrown, though none of tho pretenders can actually count upon a sufficiently large following to dare; to take any decisivo step. The, Orleanist party is rich, but not very numerous and far from active, rho monarchical party is in favor of a king by divine right, but has none to go to. The members of this party have been brought up to hate and despise the house of Orleans, yet the elder branch having fallon, the hated head of that family is also the heir of Henry V. and of all their kings. They prefer the republic, prefer anything to having the grandson of Louis Philippe and the great-grandson of "Louis Egalit?." profane the throne of St. Louis. "The strongest party, tho Ronnpart ists, want an empire, but ore much in the same position as tho Monarchists. The heir of the great Napoleon is thc hated Pion Pion, the most unpopular man personally in all France. besides this, it. is objected, his father married a Gorman princess, ho an Italian. Many ardent Imperialists say that they can even placo no hopes in the sons of a man like that until they have proven them selves possessed Of tho virtues that en deared the founder of their family to the French. Had thc young son of Napo leon lil. lived, they sr y he would surely have become emperor, but thc brave, handsome boy went to his death in Zululand to gain a little glory, and by his last acts endeared his memory to thc hearts of his countrymen. It is probable that if tho bill expelling tho French princes should become a law the majority of tho exiles will seek an asylum in tho United States. Thc Comte do Paris, who served dining our civil war in the Army of the Potomac, has ai rean v been sabled an invitation to come over by some over by some of his old anny Colnrades, and it is fully expected that he will conic. The Comte has many friendo on this side of the Atlantic, and bis literary labors in thc revision of his history of the civil war would bo facili tated by coming here. Prince Jerome Napoleon has expressed himself on sev eral occasions during thc past few years as anxious to come to this country, and will doubtless avail himself of thc excel lent opportunity for traveling offered by a forcible expulsion from Franco. Prince I Jerome is, in his every tastes and char acteristics as different from thc first Napoleon as ono man can be from anoth er, His cowardice made him cut such a ridiculous figure during the Crimean war that the soubriquet of Pion Pion he won then has stuck to him ever since. Ho takes after tho founder of his family in but one respect, his personal appear ance. Of this resemblance Prince Jerome is very proud; he is rather taller than tho "little corporal" and is just about as tleshy as his famous uncle was in his lat ter years. His checks and lips arc close ly shaven and his features large and rather handsome No one who is familiar with thc pictures of Napoleon I. would fail to recognize his lineaments in tho face of his heir. Prince Jerome is a polished man of letters, studious and thoughtful by na ture, liberal in his religious views, ex tremely fond of good living and pleasant Company. Ho has an unusual aptitude for language', speaks well half a dozen idiom s and is interested m anything ap pertaing to philology or etymology. He lins written several volumes, which have met with uniform success, and has rank ed among the leading savants of his country. He is fond of the company of literary men, and likes to walk along the streets slowly, with his hands behind back, his head erect, discussing books and authors. Though by nature an easy-going man, of pleasant disposition, bebas novov bern able to get along with tho mombo rs of his own family. His quarrels with his wife, largely on relig ious grounds, a? she. is a devout Roman Catholic, attracted as mitch attention some years ago as did his difficulty with his eldest son, Prince Victor, which re sulted in a completo separation, more recently. Roth ol'the sons of Prince Napoleon may come to this country when they are expelled, and it is cortain that Prince Victor, who is now making a tour of the world, will bo hore soon. Some six or j seven yours ago both of the young men were students at the Lycee du Vauves, formerly known as thc Lycee du Prince Imperial, situated just outside the walls of Paris. The writer was at thc timo at tho Lycee, having been for four years in the samo class as Prince Loni?: The elder Princo was ft tall, raw-boned boy of nearly six feet in height. Ho had been growing fast for sevond yours, and lie was rather clumsy in appearance, but was very strong physically and quito an athlete, His features wore heavy and udher coarse, Iiis hair always cut short, his Upper lip shaded by a slight dark mustache. He was scrupulously neat in his dress, and was inclined to hold him self aloof from his classmates who woro rather inclined to ridiculo him. Ho did not board at thc Lycee, as the largo ma jority of the students did, but lived at ino house of one of tho professors, Mr. Cu \ il lier, a friend of Iiis father, who accompanied him to and from tho place nearly every day and assisted him with his luHHOJiH. Professor Cnvillior usually walked up and down tho corridors dur ing tho recess hours, tramping up and down alow!,) with his pilo of books undo* his arm. Victor was an intelligent acholar, but not bright, His mind was of a rather heavy order, and while ho seemed to work quite bard ho rarely hold a hotter rank in his claus than about half way. In mathematics and history ho waa i nu anally studious and always stood . Well. Prince Louis washy far tho handsomer and moro olever of thc two. Of modium height, with finely moulded features, a pure dark complexion, bright oyes and well proportioned body, ho was m looks an ideal prince. He had ?IOHO of the manly qualities, however, that would en thuse Ins fellow countrymen. Ho waa very much like his father in ono respect, that of cowardice. Hi invariably proved himself as timid as a l ille girl, and could be put to flight by tho slightest indica tion of hostility, While the majority of the young men in his class played foot ball and other games he would quietly sneak into the playground ana wait around near tho door for somo kind hearted fellow to come up and talk to lum. Of a very retiring disposition, ho was apt to seek refuge in flight if tho crowd approached hun. His great de light was to walk up and down with somo oilier young man, building elaborate castles in tho air; a few words of praise would elate him as highly as any harsh ness would deject him. He was by na ture light-hearted and bright, but woful ly lacked application, He had at tho timo ns indefinite ideas about America a? most Frenchmen have, and he often asked thc Americans at the Lycee most absurd questions about their country. Ho was very grateful to tho writer for having protected him from tho rough ness of his classmates on one or two oc casions, and in the plans he made for tho time that his family was to return to power he invariably included thc writer, to whom he said ho intended to givo ono of tho highest positions in the land. Louis' laziness caused him a great deal of trouble in his studies. He invariably put oil'his work until tho last moment possible, and then rushed through with it carelessly. He frequently appeared tho class-room without having lopked his lessons. Ho would take his ser, a short time before thc professor arrived, and try to make up for lost time. Ho had a faculty for committing Latin and Greek to memory, and could get a fair idea of what ho had to recite, in a few minutes, but he forgot thc lines as quiok ly almost as be barned them. On Thursday mornings, which were devoted to competitions between the students for rank in the different studies, after tho subject had been given out, Louis would generally sit for an hour or moro idly looking at the paper before him, or mak ing rough and poor sketches over his books. When he finally got down to work, his sole idea appeared to bo to rush it through in any manner ho could. ( )llO day when the competition was in Latin verse on a subject given out by tho professor, Louis only managed to grind ont one verse during thc two and a half hours allowed to work. Thc two Americans in tho class had rather tho faculty for grinding out "machino" verses rapidly, and stood respectively lir.st and second ill the class, and Louis professed to warmly admire their "talent." Ho assured tho writer that "when ho became Emperor" he would appoint him "Latin poet extraordinary to tho Court." Both of the young Princes Napoleon are very pleasant socially, and if they conclude to conic to live herc they will become social lions. Nl< uoi.AS HIDDLE. THE LAURENS BAB. JOHN U. HASKELL, N. B. DIAL, Columbia, S. (J. Laurene, S. C. HASHCLL & DIAL, A T T O U N E Y S AT LA W, LAURENS 0. M., s. C. J. T. JOHNSON. W. K RICHEY. JOHNSON & RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE-Fleming's (.'omer, Northwest siilc of Public Square. LAC HENS C. IL, S. C. J. C. 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