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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 OLD TIMK JKHSKY MOKMONS. m r mo LKKT <?r Tin-: \\< ?K\T ut,VE it i nu ii roi.ow. lin? n Kuli l.nkr Ml??lf>liary Ktnttiril a (Juii i Country t'omitUititiy mal Made Mormon*, o' 'I hem Thirty Vi'nrn Ano. (From thc Now York Star) Tho (lentil of old Tom ferry, the greatest Mormon elder cost <>f Utah and tho leader in what was onco a settlement of 250 of tho Latter Day Saint?, which occurred at Pcrryvillo, N. J., last week, virtually closes the history of Mormon ism in New Jersey. Of all tho old set tlement hut two hoopla now romain ono, Adolino Meyers, an old moid, now residing in 1 lainesville; and Hie other, Martin Beeton, an old bachelor, living away hack in the Line Hid gc Mountains, lifted! milos from Dcekei tow ;i. The history of this community, as obtained from Hilas Huydum, or "Whoa-boy Kile" as he is more commonly called, is an in teresting ono. In fact, old Sile himself is in au interesting story. Sile is one of oldest settlers in the lillie Ridge Moun tains, and lives in wind was once the very heart of the eastern Utah. Early one morning last week a 'Star reporter started from DeckortoNvn to hear Silc'.-> ?lory of Mormonism. He found tho old man sulVering fruin rheumatism, con tracted during tho war, and for which he HOW draws a pension. Alter tho usual remarks about the weather and tho value of tho horseflesh which tho reporter had been driving, tho latter said: "Say, Sile, did you ever hear of a Mormon settlement up in this neighbor hood ?" "Did I ever hear ot' il? Du | remem ber it? Well. I guess I do. I conic pritty near bein' a .Munmin myself them days. 'Long in tho spring of 'CO, I think it was, vt hen all old, lone haired pilgrim come marchin' into town one nioruin', He saitl his name wail Lane, Kider Lane, from Salt Lake ('ity. Ile had a pack of paper-covered books lintier his arm. ami lie left one at every house. I think I got tho one he loft here yet. Just wait till I go in and SCO." Tho old man walked into the house mid returned in a few minutes with a yellow-covered book containing about fifty pages, entitled "ThoChristian Way; A History of the Lise and Progress of the Mormon Church, by J ulina Lune." "T'het ere book," said Sile, resuming his si orv, "is what did it. Tho willimill folks got a holtl on it an' retid it over an' over, an' they'd get together an' talk about ntwoon themselves. Old Lam didn't stop tbi t time, but he came back in about a week an' writ out notices tl tel ho waa ngoin' to stay an' preach on Sun day. Tliot was 'long about tho middle of the week, I think, au' ho spent the rest of the week gobi' around nailin' these notices up on trees. Wt ll, Sunday conto, an' the whole ni o nu tai n turned <nit to Ja ar what the old man had to say. I was thoro long with my sister, Sallie Ann, an' i ked a lot of paper an' a piece of charcoal, an' 1 put down tho Scrip ture notes thot thc old follow read. I kinder thought he might I io a little, or read 'om w ron;,' or sui hin', don't you know, an' when I got bum I got down lb?; old ibbie, au' bunted up every one of the texts what be bad read, an' by Kosh, Uley were there, an' just like he'd said om, too. I thought I was n pritty good Hcripforinu mysolf, but some how I didn't recoiiimeniber ol' 0V0V .'invin' read thom things before. There they was, though, in black ami white, an' f couldn't go back on the ibbie. It was tho mont dovilishcst bole I ever gut into. I bilked With some of tho neighbors about it, and at l&st wo decided to la bl a motin'unbeknownst to Lane to talk it over and see what to do abonj it. Wo didn't just like tho idea ol goiu' book on our Methodist brethren down to Saudis ton, but wo was nguiu' lo ho rigid, broth ron or no brethren. The night for tho moctin' come, an' about thirty-live of us gathered in my house, this sumo old luaiso light Jierc," pointing to tho house. "I thought we'd he.st unen tho lnectin' with jawyer for help lo dooido tho quos tion, on* si? 1 got np an' prayed the good Lord to toll us which was right. Well; air, maybe you Woji*( believe il, but mithin' said to liic, 'Sile, ,VO??'JJ best leave tliat galoot alone.' I heard it ?w t as plain as dav. lt come so silddint, by gosh, that ? mudr up my mind on tho spot to stick to tiro Mt finalists, ft didn't BOOm to strike the other? that way, though, for every mother's son of them voU?l to have thc old sinner sbiy and preach, "Well, course one couldn't do ?Mithin' ?gin thirty-four, an' so Hay bcd their way, nu' LAUO was invited to preach. Fie was more than willin' to, you lief, an' he kei>t right on Sunday ofter Sunday makin' now converts ail tko tinja. P?y jill' by, I guess 'twas after be bcd OOOfl hero 'bout six months, be got up in J?ueim' oue Suuduy, un' saids 'Urethren, wo l>ecn hore some time now. ul.iburin' together. An' tho church of Cod bas grow?! np t<? Ivs ? big OTTO. Part of imf religion ia to baptizo, un' ab of you must Isl liuptizod ?toro yon can git to heaven.' Thc? Ju? mill ho would bo nstandin' on tho shore of Luke Bbipc ong at 1,2 o'olock thet night, o/i' nts would bapti/e all who beti jined tho faith. Everybody wonted to seo how it was dow. au ao everybody was there. At exactly 12 o'clock Old Lti/ie s?epj?d into tim luke, au' /danit a minuto after Ann Harrison, a young girl a?*out'i0years old, followed him. Hoi commenced to sing n song, ami then he duneed her down into tho wat**. He dune Hiis three times, an' then ho asked for anybody ciao that wonted to bo bap tized, ?lld young ToM lingot munni stepped into tho water. Ho wa* followed by twonty-oiw moro, an' tben they ul) wont homo. After this baptism they had one every week, u/jd if there was anylwidy what wn-Mi't my>?V4i?\ I"- warn t nolkxly. The church kept a-growjj;' an' ft-growjn' until VV>, when Leno saitl good-by an' loft for Utah. We hoard e?ferw?rd that ho died on li.r road-any way, wo never taw hun ar "1 '.For 'Inuit three years thoro wasn't no head an' the church died down. I ben in '68 a follow calling himself Ed Dock erty an'eha'm ina to had from NflW York cAiuo an' took charge. Ho )>mng wi/b kim two of the purtieat gals you ever see sui' aaid they was boih Ilia wives. Ho wa* a (landy feller on' All tho girls hero abouts was chian gone on him. Ho hadn't boen boro no moro than throe months before ho married Sally Pcebus, a nico young gal. The dniren growed while Dockorty was hero, nu' when ho loft thora WOSabout 150members. Along in '(ii), just before thc war broke out, ho wont to Texas, tnkin' bis three wives with him. ' I hear ho died shortly utter ho got there .'I went to tho war just after that, and what they done while I was gone ? don't know, ft was just after I eonie back in '03 a feller como along named Sparks, an' he preached au' bossed tho par?di until 'CO. whon ne disappeared ono day an' notion' was heard of him until about a month after, when his dead body was lound up here in tho woods near Fid dler's B?pOW. Ho was buried in great style, tt was during Sparks' term w hen Tom Perry was converted. Tom was pretty wall ulong in years-around tho sixties, somewhere, f guess-but be be came a rad hot Mormon, an' ho used to got up in tho old school-house un' say tho spirit moved him; then he'd talk an hour ?il a time, ri al smart, too. It was On account of this talking power that old Perry took charge when Sparks was gonn, and J think ho had 'bout 150 willi mill and seventy-live men ill bis congie gat iou. Tho old schoolhouse wasn't big enough to bold them, un' they bold their mcolin's outside. Old Toni bad ono wifo whon ho jincd tho church, an' alon1 ho got through be bad eight. I hour they's all dead now. Tho old wo man war ?Si when she died, an' the youngest, a gal named Minnie, war about 22. 'Long in '72 or '7.1 Tom modo nj) his mind to convert tho whole coun try tin' ho made up a moctin' to discuss tllO question With tho Methodists down ! to Sandiston. 'Ibo moctin1 lasted eight days au' both sides claimed they got tho best of it, so it was put into tho hands of a committee to decid?', but somehow they never reported how it como out. In 'Tl thu thin;; commenced to dwindle, an' it kopi gittin' leaser an' lesser until now. 1 guess, there's only two loft. < hie of em is a cousin of mine, Miss Meyers, down in llayncsville, an' t'other one is I old Mart, P.ccton, who lives up boro il piece in the mountain on th?; road to nowhere. The settlement just below at I Shay town, which was run by ('burlie Abeis, never 'mounted to muon anyway, an', I guess, they're all gone now. Weil, I must go to work. Much oblccgcd for you fellers stoppin'. 1 don't see much of lifo up herc." Aftor thanking Silo for his story the scribe drove on to the old school house wilora tho meetings were held. lt is a little old hut, not much larger than a good-sized dry goods box. At present it is occupied by Martin Cole and his family, consisting of a wife and eight children, lt bas but two rooms, and these ara used for cooking, eating and sleeping purposes. Haifa milo further up tho road is Tom Perry's old placo. On a little clearing by tho road is the house wileri) ho was born and lived all his life. It is an unpainted wooden building containing four rooms. There is a little shod in tho rear. Tom wan quito a character. He was boin poor, and by drudging and saving he succeed ed in buying the land around hil home stead, amounting to about 050 acres. Twenty years bi fore he joined the Mor mon <'burch he epiarreled with bi? wife about a trilling thing, and they novel spoke to each other until tho night he was baptized. All that timo they lived in the samo house, cooked, ate and slop! together, yet they never sj toke a word t< each other. Ile was the father of four teen children by thc woman. How man; be bad by his later wives is not known He had eighty-two grandchildren whoi ho died. All are scattered in difieren parts of tho country, none ol them livinj. noar tho old placo, About half a milo north from Perry': placo ks Laka Shippoiig, where all tin converts were baptized, lt is quite i large body of witter, considering tue fae that it is on the highest point of the Billi ltidge range, over 1,900 feet above tin love] of the sea. Tho view from the lalo is ono of the grandest in world. Stand ing on thc roadside near by one cnn sei fifteen villages with tho naked eye, tin nearest one ton miles away Four mile from the lake, on thc old stage line turn pike, is SliaytOWn, w hich was also one a Mormon settlement. (!. 1). Abe rs wa tho loading older in this placOi Ho be caijfO converted while attending th meeting? at Pprryville while Rider Lau was in charge pf them. I'poji his rotuli home he gathered around him a band p a dozcil, and every Sunday during th HUWmpr they would go Oft* ill tho wood and bold their meetings, while in th winter they would tv hohl in Iiis hons? Allei-s bad but one' vife. He had cigh children, six uf them girls, all of who) joined the Mormon Church, and mun ie young Mormon ponyort*. Noue of thei arc living now. A few miles back of Shaytown thor waa a settlement of Mormon womer The leaders were u Mr?. Kuy abd a Mrs Fox. No man was allowed U> join thi community, but if wonted to ppmo an got a wifo ito was woloomo, provided h agreed to go away with her. At on time there were as many us fifteen men bois in this settlement. A drive of tim mile? over a stony, rocky road and yo are in Prick House, the only town in tb neighborhood that did.not have at lott ono ppnvcrt to Mormonism when it WI provalent. Why it waa called Bric House is a mystery, us u brick h> oomi Hiing probably hover seen by the ii habitants of that village, lloro ia whci tho weary traveler cate, howovor, and there is any one tiping moro tluyn nnotlu that the proprietor of tim Brick Hpuj Hotel kilowa about, it ia feeding h ungi people ?j. good, square mool, giving horse six quart? of its. and asking tl traveler when ho hus finished !fU mp whether ho would liko a little "eh.-, lightning," or would prefer to "buck stone fouoo." H no prefers "chm lightning," he gets apple whiski straight, two drinks of which is warran eil to' biko jtbfl \\Umji Off tim stol i mell i a cast-iron man. ff ho prefers to ")au tho stone feqco," he gota u big boyd hard cider. All this is done for Af cent*. Three milos from Brick House llayne.svillc, tho homo of Miss Mcyoi tho Only living female Mormon ill Ji soy. Hhp is about 80 years old, and ic remarkably siisfp o)d lady. When ask about tho old setUemeruta in tho mot) tains she told substantially the san story as "Whosvtioy Sile." Sho said th marriage in ll-pso days acoordiug to tl rites of tho church was simply au agrt ...,, ? \ ., '. ? mont on tho part of tho woman to oboy tho mun. Thoro wis un written contract, simply iv shake of tho limul. In reply to tho question if polygamy was pmeticcil to any extent she ?hook lier head and saith "Homo did it, hut I never tried it." Alter "bucking a stouo fenco" the scribe started oil Iii* weary way of thirty odil miles buck over tho hills tt> Declior town, having Learned more about eastern Mormonism in twfl ve short hours than he had ever loamed before in his lifo, fs thoro not a molal lurking somewhere in the fact that thc only two living Mor mons of the two or three hundred who once lived there atti an old maid anti an old bachelor? TUB vt nm: noi>?: nunn:. Mn kin? Ute MAIIHIOII Mure ol ??% I loam nntlLvHi ul ii (ititi {lon.e. (Fiont ll.cN' '' VuiU ?Jun. Tho daily routine ot' life at the Whito House has not been altered much since a bride caino to presido thoro. A w riter in the New* York Kim says that the Presi dent's habits have not yioldcd tt> thc change in his domestic afluir?. There is one moro servant, iv dorman girl, whom Mrs. Hoyt brought from Fayetteville with her, who will remain as Mrs. Clcvo lund's maid. Dltt tilt; presence of a mis hess at the Executive Mansion would not bo perceived bv the casual visitor. A close inspection t if the private portion of the house, however, shows that ?1 woman's dainty lmntl and refilled lash have passed over it, and thc rooms lotti less like a club house and more like ? home. Mrs. Cleveland anti her trient have been overhauling the antique furn i turc, pulling one piece out of this roon and pushing another into that, and a thc west end of tho private corridor the*, have titted up a lit titi snuggery, w hen they sit sometimes and exchange con faiences. A piano bas been taken ii| into one of the sou til chambers and tba part of thc house, w hich hus so long bet i gloomy and forbidding, has now hccoim musical ami merry under tho touch o their lingers. Visib ns w bo are shown int? the President's lil ?rn ry nowadays bea unaccustomed sounds, a snatch of sonj disclosed by an open ?loor, or an echo 0 laughter, or a fow nott s of a piano gav I; played. When the President hears those sound li?: often looks surprised and many time leaves iv pile of official papers ol his desk, looks inti ? flu; adj?>ining rooi to seo what tho girls, OH ho ?'alls then arc up to ami then returns to his work happier and more contented man. Cabinet mooting was,interrupted tb other day anti grave matters of stab rial were laid aside by n little confusion i which two girlish voices were appareil but the interruption passed sudden] away ami di verte I attention was restore to tile consideration of tilt: fisheries qUC! lion. Breakfast was formerly served at tl Whito House at eight o'clock and tl President was often at Iiis desk an hoi or so before. Now the breakfast hoi is nine o'clock, nial only once or twit since his main ago has Mr. Cleveland a tended to any official duties beforo goii downstairs. Ho usually posses into tl library on bis way to thc (lining room toko what telegram s er letters aro 1 vi i upon his desk and runs through the while waiting for breakfast to be serve lb' gets into the ofllcial harness about ; hour later than bc used to do, and it generally ten o'clock nowadays beforo begins work, winn nine was the ho formerly. Ht: pul ls steadily along un half-past on?', w hen, on ovory altern: ?lay, ho re?oives the public mid then g< to luncheon, ami afterward chats wi the ladies for a few minutes as he sundi a cigar. During the morning hours Mrs. Cioi land sccs nothing <>f ncr husband, 1; spends her time in rcadiug, sewing, ? ranging things alu ?ut the house, wandt ing in th?: conservatory and gossip] wjt-Ji the gardener nhout the Howers, which she is very fond. Di the attie the. White House in a wonderful .-tore old things, ami tia i young women in been overhauling them, dragging light relics of Jeffersonian simplicity a Jacksonian severity and throwing tb into contrast with the artistic mode ness thai hus provailed ? ince Oona Arthur ami tb?' TitTiinys newed I President's quarters. Whit . thoro is necessity for Mis. Cleveland oxorcisi an\' supervision over tin; domestic alli of the place, as the servants are v trained and Humorous, scarcely a t passes without ti consultation with steward or a vioit to the nook, who, w tho rest of tho household, admire til young mistress as much as flu1 public llarlirlori >r?rr Ute. The New York Herald quotes from Jacksonville niMMsuko tt> provo t bachelors never di?:, thus: John Kelly thought Tilden too obi ? frail to nm a BOCO nd tina* as Presid? .fohn Kelly is demi. Tho stalwart Ch dior wrested the Presidency from Tiki Chandler is dead. (Haul, it i:; SJ W0|||l1 hftVO ar resit al ami imprisoned dca if be lnul Attempted to claim office bc bad been oloctcd t?>. tiran dead. Hancock w as chosen us a n likely man tolivo through tho Pr? sa cy than Tibien. Hancock is ?lead. I thicks seemed to Dave a haig lifo ali of him as ??ompared with the man at hoad of tho ticket. Hendricks is ?I Seymour, Mc('b'llcn, al] tho old ca dales aro dead. Meanwhile Tilden tb there is nothing st > invigorating as w< iiig away before ll ic. mast on bis yach I lort?nd ? Hcnomlnatlon Talked or. "Mr. Cleveland will beat ovoryl in 'KM,'" said Representative Miller Texas, to iv Hbvr reporter the other i "Public opinion US in his favor and ono cnn beni hita, lt tho. aleotion curred thia fall ho would be electee! an immense majority.'' "Will ho bo strong in tho convent! asked tho Shir. "Yes. Machino politicians can't coed in a light neninst well defined lio sentiment. With Mr. Carlisle so on the ticket they would get tho la: majority ovor given to any ticket." There is considerable talk of this among Dpiiiopra^ in vi.o Douse, seems to bo acknowledged on all that the turn of Hie tide is towards Cleveland's renomination, and tba reatly it hos got out of tho control o politicians.-Washington S|av. The only thing that eau moko n I without advertlsloK-tho mint. IMPRESSIONS OF TUB SOUTH WHAT A MIMI VI KKK MAN THINKS OF Till* BKOTIOft. An Intelligent Statement of (ix* Coiullllon ol Ml'iilr?, Viewed Through iii?- Spectacle? of mi I m p? ri in I Corren|ivndeiit, (Mobile hf (ter to tim Milwaukee .Iniiinnlist ) Tho long, lanky oditoi' ol a Northern paper, who wont to Canada to dodgo tho draft, insists that tho rebel brigadiers aro again in tho Baddie, ready for anoth er assault on the Union. He whispers to those who will liston that thc South ern mun still li?tes his Northern brother witli ell the ardor of his BUUbl'cd nature. As usual, the organ editor lies. I have spent six weeks looking for uncoil st meted citizens, without finding one. On thc contrary, thc visitor from thc North is impressed with tho cordiality which marks his-reception hero, and thc spirit of National pride thal is manifest ed. A spectacle not unfrcqucntly be hold is that of un ox-Con f cdc mt e soldier, who gave one of his logs io feed Uncle Sum's bullets, steadying himself with n crutch while, ho praises with generous gesticulation tliis great and glorious na tion. 1 have not heard the late unpleas antness spoken of except when thc sub ject was broached by a Northerner. Of course there ure Bourbons lu re who can not understand that we have passed from tho bo's to tho HO's, but thc average Southerner would light for the Union to-day. The story of tho business lifo of tho South is a sod one. lt may have boon a finest at the Hil? Van Winkle banquet; it has certainly slept for twenty years, ami is now straightening out ?ls logs prepurtory to going forth to learn what ami where il is. lt v. ill lind as much happiness and prosperity as Hip did al tia* end of tho journey. There is no limit to its resources; to tho rigid and thc loft oncean seo fortunes; but there i< nobody hero to roach out his hand and lake thom. ( lue rides through miles of splendid country that bears no sign of life. immigration is tho inst great need; no effort has yet been made to secure new citizens, ls it likely people would go into such a frantic scramble hi settle on Dakota blizzards if they know of tho advantages this section of country oilers to mon of small capital ami day laborers? P.ut tho Northwest will bo ex hausted sooner or later, and tho tide of immigration will How Southward. Thon, and not till then, shall we know the New South, ll is not probable this metamor phosis will bc completed early enough to benefit the present generation. Tho belief quito generally entertained by Northern people, that tho nogro is destined to act an important part m thc development of the South, is fallacious. They do not appear to progress. I have neon colored children at school, and it is hard to realize that a human being can bo SO siupid as they are, with rare ex ceptions. Tho older negroes have not a spark of ambition. They live on a few dollars a year, and are lazy, shiftless aud Contented. I could h urn ?if but few colored employers. Wo drove three miles into tho country, in Mississippi, to see a specimen of nogro thrift. The fel low had rented ground and planted cot ton. He picked enough to pay his land lord nial merchant, tho latter being tho mau from whom he buys meal ami mo lasses, About one-third of tho orop ho did not harvest, leaving it us it grow in tho held; hu is sure of food and lodging for tho year, and is satisfied. lake all the darkeys, ho lives in a small cabin that has ono room, a big chimney and no windows, lie sponds no money for clothing; in fact a decently dressed negro is not a common sieht. Where on earth they got tho rags that partly cover their bodies is a mystery, lt is fair to say I have seen 5,000 negroes, and every one of them wore a hat which Wordscan not describe, ami no two of tlieiii wore ulike. In foot gear, particularly among the curly-headed denizens of Tennessee ami Mississippi, they display fearful and wonderful ingenuity. Tho majority wrap rags around their feet, and do not re mov?! or change them until wann weath er is guaranteed, Tho relation of tho whites and blacks is misrepresented. The negroes arc ex tremely respectful ami frequently alloc tionato in their conduct toward the white people. They hove trouble with tho um ducotcd whites, whom they con sider beneath thom, lt was from this class tho overseers were selected in tho days of slavery. The stories of bull dozing and shot-gun rulo uro gross ex aggerations. When the carpet-baggers were driven out stormy scones wore wit nessed, but now elections aro peaceable. The negroes do not exhibit tho slightest interest ill affairs of State, Thousands of thom do not oven know when an elec tion will bo heidi When a Doro oe rat (bogging tho Bourbons1 pardon for call ing .Slr. Cleveland such) became Presi dent some of thom were excited by pictures drown by domagognos, but now they Becni to regard tho administration with favor. Alexander, tho colored man who delivered Blaine campaign speeches in Wisconsin bust year, died here this week. Ho was ii hard character, accord ing to thu general verdict, und openly traillokod on his influonco witli his peo ple. If tho negroes could bo intelligent ly directed they might do much toward developing the South, but it is duuluful if tliey can do un v thing for themselves during Hie present generation, at least. 1 am not prepared td say they have not advanced since thc war, as I know little of their condition when they wore ia bondage In judging then- *|.,. reader must keen tal Libel the fact that for gen eral iona they have been oppressed. It is therefore not reasonable to expect that they will at once raise themselves to a position which humanitarians wish ^iul expect thom toocomvy, S cilly i'm. South shines. Ono can not imagino more charming people. Their borne? wero built for entertaining on a grand scale. The rooms uro always large and tho coiliugs high. Yjtffo ????use cost a fortuno pri^t'idty, now you could buy it for a song. Tho handsomest place I have seen could bo had for $15,000 or $'20,000. As evidence of its departed glory, paintings that represented ?\n ox pondituroof $100,000 (Liver the walls The grounds are aeres Wido and deep, finely wooded and watered. Now there s nothing to support such establish ment*. Tho architecture of all the houses is sovorely plain; there i ; so little varia tion that thu prospect soon becomes monotonous. A fcaturo is tho bread gal lorios, witli their immense pillara; nearly every building lias thom. Iii these great houses there is room for hospitality. Tho people haven't us much money as we have in tho North, bul they know how to spend what thov have bet ter. A New Orb ans gentleman said: "A great many pcoplo live comfortably on nothing." If they havo but a dollar they spend it Uko niling. Society seems to bo their lifo. Breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, balls and receptions! Tiley uover tiro of tho crush, tho chatter, tho music. Tiley work as wo play, 't he women aro bountiful und well ( .'.neate,! generally. Men idealize thom. Tin ir sway is absolute. The result is doubt less beneficial, 'i'hoy try to Uvo up to the standard which their mule friends havo set up for them mortals that are but ono step from heaven, "a link be tween a woman un?l an angel." Per haps too great a part of their lives i> spent in society; thc .stream of insin cerity ami llattery which is poured into their curs year in and year out is apt to wash away tho freshness und simplicity which constitute wi ?nian's greatest charin. They read good books, and coiiseipii rt ly are broad-minded. They have pmcti cal ??leas, and make tho best of wives. Their pale faces will not com pur favora bly with tho rosy cheeks of Northern girls, in thc oyes of Northern men at least. They ruin their complexions by using powder; at a very early age their faces are color?? ss. < ?Oilgross might pass an anti-face powder act, oil tho ground that beauty is a gift from tho gods for tho benefit of mankind, and she who ruthlessly destroys it isa flt subject for line and imprisonment. The men do no! average ss well as thc women, 'flu v ure able, but do liol know how to make their talents serve thom, They lack ciiorgy and application, and possibly opportunity, although nun ought to make opportunities. Very few of them still cling to the idea that wort; is degrading, that a gentleman must bon loafer. Amusements aro liberally patronized. Tuesday was thc Mardi tims fi livid. There is no holiday in tho North like il. Business is suspended, and 111 . - wholi population appears on tho street . l'ulU naff tho pcoplo wi ar masks and highly fantastic costume;, und are givi n dm license in speech and manuel's, from early morning uni il late, at night they blow horns, dance, sing and play tin fool gonorally. They are both r < itizcii! for tho frolic; it revives their interest ii sober things, ami convinces thom that ; little nonsense goos a long way-. Mobile has about in.(inn inhabitants and is better oil' than many other South 01U cilios. lt i:> ll delightful place foi winter tourists, and as il faun; spread: throughout the Wost it will finnish win ter homes for pi opie who obji ct tu - s * n weather. \> KXII.KD \ M'Oi.r.ov 1'rlitce I'loiePlon Tolls n Truth or Two Mion lill' t x I . 111 - i < 111. (From til.' London Kpectntor.) On tho under-landing Hud the Chain ber will expel thc Cornie do Paris an his son and Prince Napoleon and his so and leave thc other Princes withi France, Prince Napoleon lins publishe a protest, in which he makes minccmcii of Hie supporters of tho scheme^ A "Orleans Prince," he says, "marries hi daughter, and invites his friends to cob brate that event." That i > n<>t n erinn "I had no connect ion with i: ; yet ii i this which has suddenly transformed ut into a Pretender, though I was not on the day before" Tho perils of Hi" I!? public do not spring from tho Prince! but from a Constitution drawn up b Royalists, but shaped into an instrninei of Jacobin oppression. "By what socii improvements have you instilled yoi rule? Yon have neither boen able t respect tho Concordat nor to nlsdish i to continue free traders nor to bccon protectionists, to reform taxation nor I defend it, to soften international Ul friendliness nor to procure au alliance Proscription has commenced, and coi fiscation will come; thon tho partisans i tho Princes will be expelled, and tia tile Chamber will be driven to tho H. des Suspects.'" lt is all tnie, and Prim Napoleon might, had he chosen, h.; proved his case by a filial illitstrati His cousin, tho Emperor, was drivt n . Hint preciso declivity beginning with tl proscription of tho Orloaiiisl I'rinci continuing with tho confiscation of tlu property, and ending with tho terril Law of Public Safety, under which tho sands of Hiebest men in Franco wc sent untried to Cayenne. Kl noel, nus i-i i i n. 'Ihr CIlflllgrN of Hull' a IVlllltr) Which I Moline* l-t Serin-. (Prom tb? Atlantic Monti r.) Aller an interval of more than lil years 1 propose taking u second look some parts of Europe. This will .M? my readers of tho Atlantic, as woll is t writer, a vacation to which WO both SCI entitled, lt isa Bip Vun Winkle exp* mont which I am promisingnyycol?, T changes wrought by hf.ll u century the countries I visited aniouu\ almost a tronafornintiou. [ loll tho langland William the Fourth, of tho Duke Wellington, of Sir Robert Poi I] I Franco of Louis Phillipe, of Mars] Soult, of Tl\o\ra, ol Guizot, I wi from Manchester to Liverpool by I now railroad, tho only one I saw Europe. I looked upon England fr? thc box of a stage coach, upon Frai from the coupe of a diligenco, mi Italy from the chariot of vetturino, 'I bro ly u windowsof Apsioy House w still boarded up when I was in f<ond< Tho asphalt pavement was not lo4d Paris. Tho Obelisk of Luxor vwus lyi in itu groat boat in [hy. Seine, as 1 member it. \ (lid not SOC it erected; n\\\ti'? nave been a sensation to lu looked on, the engineer standing liml neath, so as to be crushed by it [f it i graced him by falling in tho process, for tho dyiiast\C? Avhieh overlaid ci other V.Uo Dr, Schliemann's Tro eitles, there is no need of moralizing o a history whieli, insteiul of i'inis, i? o stantly ending with What ?ext? Mr. anti Mt?, .loir. Bragilctt wore ?tr hy lightning on Sunday w hile urlvilij church bin buggy, when Opposite Pl llollidiy's pince, in Austin. Tho struck u tree alni glanced. Mr, and } Itmnilclt wore scvevly shocked und mule they d,yov#j was thrown down, bu .qftow* Injury waa inflicted. UI SIM>S I'S lill HOI "I'll. How ll ls Hnld lo ko IMckliiK \ \<--.\ Xotcd Col? ore?! Mun. Now York is full o? business just now. A big merchant says that trailo is much lu tter this month than it has been for ft long time. Au interesting incident of this increase of trallie WOS related by ft gentleman ?d' largo affaira. "Much (d' our titule," said he, "tit this timo O? year comes from the South, You would bo surprised at tho number of Soul hern merchants who eonio North on a combination tour ol pleasure andbusi ues about this time. Most of_ them oro shrewd buyers and are leaving good orders. Theroforo nt this season ol' the year, when WO generally expect to be dull, we ave ' riving ft good, brisk trade. I eau account for it upon no other theory than this is the time of year winni South ern men lind it most convenient and profitable to come North to purchase goods. This revival of Southern trade shows tho prosperity of that region. Within tho past two years it seems to have picked up wonderfully and there is a substance and fidelity about this trade that makes it profitable. Tho class of goods that go South has also changed wonderfully. They are buying more substantial goods than formerly, but at thu same time of richer materials. Form erly the Southern tindo demanded costly fabrics ol a showy character red, orange ami figured goods predominating. Now they an t.living more durable materials of substantial colors. In fact, no trade in this country has shifted so radically within the past live years as tho South ern. The change has also given us an index to tho reforms freedom has brought about in the ?conomie, condition of that sect i<>u. Tho way it looks in w the South will in a very few years be among our choicest customers. Hut the goods they buy - ill bo a rollox of tho broader lifo that has come to (hal people, since tho many are liefer oil'ami the few aro per haps suffering or have suffered seriously from tho disastorsof war." This business man had hardly stopped discoursing upon tho past and present of Southern trade and Southern elements win i: II singular character appeared, lt \> i Piuchhack, of Louisiana. Ho was drifting around tho corridors of tho St. .James Hotel, occasionally speaking toa man, bul most ol'the time walking about as if in a half brown study. Ile. is look ing mu.di older than ten yearn ago, when lu: bad been elected l llited States SeilU tor from Louisiana and was trying to get his si al, to which, by tho way, ho was as much entitled as was his colleague, I'itt Kellogg, or .lohn Patterson, of South Carolina. Hut bo is interesting now only a;; a reminder ol' the curiosities ni' reconstruction. You would never lake him for n colored man ns he walks about among the throng which drifbs abolit the place where be stops. Ile is of ab? mt medium size, und very well formetl. Ho is stouW than ho used to be wliile mingling in polities, but does nu! wear enough (lesli to make him gross. Iiis full beard is growing very gray, and his hair is following suit. His whitening whiskers and locks make his olive complexion seem much lighter than it nally is, and he would readily be taken taken for a well-to-do business man of the Wist ur Southwest. He is ipparonfly well to do financially. He tops ut a swell Imtel, wears good clothes, plenty of jewelry and eats ami drinks of the be t. If he hud not been a colored s an with a reputation for gambling ho would probably have secured a seat ill the United States Senate, for in point of looks, manners and ability In. was the superior of many of tin; Southern mon who appeared in Congres-, dunn j recon struction. \\ inc tteel|te. Tlie Pillowing is Mr. A. !.'. Broadwa ter'!- recipe for making an excellent table wine from blackberries, grapes, niusca diUCS 1 >1" apples: fruit. J bushels; sugar t best white) ?SO pounds; mash tho fruit, put into a 40 gal lon barn l, tuen put in tho sugar. Add wat? l' until the barrel is tilled to within li im-lie, of tho bung, and shake the bar rel until the ingrediente an: thoroughly mixed. Theil cover thc bung with some thin doth to koop out insects. Let it stand ten days p> tennent, then add water to within ~ inches of tho bung. Now stop the burrel povfootly air tight. I nt i nduce a syphon-being careful that i; does ie it .lip into fe liquid-and let Hie . liter end dip into a viul filled with water. Tho gas will escapo through thc syphon into the water and not allow any air to outer tho barrol. Let tho burrel remain in this condition 'unmolested I months, and the wine is ready to draw oil. After the wine is drawn off, leave the pummaco in Ibo burrel and add u few pounds ol common sugar or molasses and lill tho burrel with water; let stand to make vinegar. Minni li? ?'nrt. '.John!" '. Yen, dear." '..Do yon ro'.Yioinbor coming homo last in-lit lUKt asking mo to throw you un ns sorled lot of key holes out ol' the window so (hat sou ought lind one hugo und steady enough to get your latch key in?" "Yes, dour." "And do remember tho night before bow you asked mo lo como down und hold the stone stops still enough for you to ste)) on?" "Yes, dear." "And tho njght before that, how you tried to jump into Hie fed aa it passed your corner of the room?" "Yes, door." "And still uuothcr night, when yon eur. iully explained lo nie Ihal no muli waa intoxicated as long as ho could lie down without holding on, and Iben at* tempted to go to bod on a perpendicular wnll?'' .?Yea, dour." "John, do yon realizo that you have come homo sober but two nights in the past week?" "lluve I, dear?" "That's nil, und you ought to 1)0 p i unod of yourself, too. The idoa of a man of your age-. Hut, John-why, you're crying. There, there, doar, I didn't mean lo ls: too severe. After all, you did ooiue home sober two nights." "Yo.;, that's what make* me feel so bad." And (hen (he meeting adjonnml.T ( niicugo Rambler. - --*? . (s Do be n fa mt; tho world at largs has no interest in your pr?valo affairs. niSAUY TO FIOHT SULLIVAN. Dominick McCaffrey Nay? Un? Champion < 'minot \\ hip Him. In answer to John L. Sullivan's offor to box three men in one evening, Domi nick P. McCaffrey says: "What I wnnt know Qrst is, how can Sullivan beat three men in one night when he could not lieut me in one day, for he had all day to do it? The winde country knows when wo met at Cincinnati that no ref used to keep on after seven rounds. Sullivan knowb he did not defeat me, and if ho tin ks be can now the opportunity is at his pleasure ut any time within four weeks from signing articles. If Sullivan really means io do any good for home rule let Sullivan and myself come togotln r lor a go to a finish for tho three worlds' championship and lot the whole pro ceeds go to tlie parliamentary fund. .Mr. Sullivan is continually 'cracking' about his having to give so much percentage to every man be has to meet. That may bo true in nearly every case, but not so in my case. I fought Mr. Sullivan seven rounds, which is the longest light and hardest he ever had, and J say distinctly that i fought him for all or nothing. Mr. Sullivan got the money, Ind it took three days for the so-called referee to de cide which was the winner." A Stahle Kortllleil tgnlmil WltchcraR. While Jefferson Orimloy, a carpenter, was engaged last week in tearing down the cornice of a house near Souwcuks ville, he found a piece of pine wood six and a fourth incheslong, whittled rough ly into tho form of a cylinder. Six holes were bored into the wood, three going entirely through, but having different diameters. In the largest hole stuck a pin cut from flu: same kind of wood. This instrument, it is explained, waa used to prevent cortainsupposed wizards from carrying on their mysterious arks. Tia' pin was placed in the diff?rent sized holes to impose ulam the wizard diller cnt degrees of ton uri1, and when placed in the largest hole it would infallibly kill, lt was found sticking in thai bolo when the affair was discovered. A wooden pin was also driven into into tho door jam of the horse stable. Behind tho pin was a lot of horse hair and ii piece of paper COVOrcd with cabalistic, marks. This was designed to prevent spells being put upon the horses while plowing. -Norristown Herald. THE LAURENS BAR. .roux C. HASKELL, Nt lt. DIAL, Columbia, S. C. Daurcns, S. (J tfASK 13LL & DIAL, A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W, I.Al UI.NS 0. lt., s. C. J. T. JOHNSON. W. lt. 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IL, S.C. 8 AVE YOUH MONEY Dy buying your Drugs'and Medicines, Fine Colognes, Paper and Enveloper., Memorandum Dooks, Face Powders, Tooth Powders, Hair Brushos, Shav ing Brushes, Whisk Brushes, Blacking Brushes, Blacking, Toilcl and Laun dry Soaps, Tea, Spice, Popper, Ginger, Lamps and Lanterns, Cigars, Tobacco and Snail', Diamond Dyes, and other articles too numerous to mention, ut thc NEW DRUGSTORE. Al?o, Pure Wines and Liquors, tor medical purposes. No trouble to show goods. Respectfully, B. F. ?'OSEY ftiBRO., Laurens C. H., S. C. August 5, 1885. 1 ly CINCINNATI TYPE?FOUNDRY - AND - PRINTING MACHINE WORKS, 201 Vlao Street, CINCINNATI, 0. Tb? typo wwd on thia p?ptr was WW* Hr U*| MoyitomArj^ Zo.