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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. ".???wv ?cine? ax. THE PRKSIDKNCY. M.li IX IVAKHIMll'OX Ol' THU < VXI?|. i?.\Ti;s TWO YKATIN IIKXCI:. Tin- Importance ol ?Ve? Vork Uumocrntlc (*,.?. (Intent fer Cleveland 1 !?. tn ,."> ! ,. . (. \\ galeru .Mn?. (Lilt? t) lh? PhUmlcIithln Tl... WASHINGTON, Ootobor20. 'i li rotnni ol tho President rind members of tho Cubinot from their summi r vacations Ima boon followe d hy Q lively gutboi'ing of Senators, Representatives, politician!, candidates in search of patronage and iw . pirante in search of o?ico. Tiie civi sorvico statutes have rolieved tho pre? Sure for tho places within tin ran <? ol thc classifii d Bcrvieo. Th, rank nnd illo of the old-time ofllco-soekors in si areli o? clerkships, therefore, are no i >n ? r thc plague of official lifo. Tho returning officials ami politicians arc making epiite a stir in political eire!, . They nil have much to say coi?comiug tho [liana and prospects of parties, haviug taken ad vantage of thoir recent opportunities to moot tho leaders and mingling with thu poo plo. Tho Republicans appear lo bo mos! activo in speculating upon their future movements. Thc number and variety of the aspirants for national honors about ii year and a half lu ne.- | rovouti d an open Hold for half a dozen statesmen and their friends. The Democrats havi not quito ao much t.> . . . . tia ir choice from present appearances will settle down to a renomination of ibo Presi dent. There is some t .iU et' a Carlisle Hurry from the South, but that is a political chestnut which has nm through at leafi three quadrennial nominating conventions. A fow New Vorkurs throw out a hint occasionally about (taverner Hill, upon thu ground of his ability to carry that pivotal state. NRw rona's IMPORTANCE. Tho importance of tho Km pi rc Mate in tho political balance is admitted all around. With its electoral vol Iii* Ro publicOUS could eleet their <? iud ida te and win back tho control of tho ? xcculivc branch of Uio government, without ?i.. vote of Connecticut, Imliana or Now Jeraey, or a Bingle State south i ; Muson and Dixon's lino and thu i >i . , river. They could also ulYoj I to ] ul fornin and Oregon. Tho loss of Kew York to thu Democratic candidate would leave lum eight electoral M tes lu ri dh r car rying lndiatm, Now Jon cy, < lonni liotit, California and Oregon. I'he Repuhli cans could succeed v bout ? ?.> '. ork by 1 carrying indiana and Conni utieut which 1 would give one or with Imliau : ad New j .Torney would giyc lon majority. Tliol ligures used as the basis 01 I hi mathu niatioal calculations ot poUtician i lu re in computing the chances of parties show that of tho 202 electoral votes 11 ce iary to an election of a President and Vico ident the Republicans have noven practically certain Northern Statis ng 171 voles, Tlicro aro liv? doubt Northern Slate-, California, Coonee ut, indiana, New Jcrsoy and New ork, easting seventy-four volts. Thc .Democrats have si>.t< on certain Southern States with 158 certain electora] votes.'' They porccivo that thc Republicans can oaf ry tho next Presidency without New York, but success there is indispensable to the Douioeracy. Carrying all tho doubtful Sta e.s 1,aliud without New York would loavo tho Democratic ticket eleven short, or carrying New York they would still require, the llfteen votes ol Indiana or Hie combined vote "i Con uecticut, six, and New dci'soy, nine, or Connecticut, six, and California, 1 ight. It is obsorvablc in tho conversation of these returning political prophets that Democratic HCiituncut throughout thc eonntry is becoming reconciled t*> thc superior sagacity of tho President in his efforts to elevate a Democratic adminis tration al?i\e die old ?di a that tho public offices aro the rewards of political ser vices, regardless ot every Other COUSill e ration. uni TALK A nour lir.AiNK. Tho friends of Mr. Maine return with afresh supply of enthusiasm over bis iirospects, especially sinco tho election in daine. They speak pf his chalices as almost equal to a realization, and refer to tho canvass of nowspapers friendly to his interests as conclusive ovid nee to that effect. An estimate of strength based on tho oxpresscd proforenci ol tiie delegates lo the recent Republican Stu tc Conventions O? Oluo, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Texas looted up 214 for Ria bio, ll'.? Logan, 71 Sherman and 2'2 Allison. NotliTng is said, howover, of those who did not expo ss their viows, which constituted about live-sixths 01 tho whole number of dologates attondinu those conventions. < ?ut ol' about 8,000 only iW oxprossod thcniselves. lt is churned, however, tliatsuoh Hgurcsshow the drift Of public sentiment. An inti mate fiicnd of Mr. Blaine, who bas boon tn conference with his managers, says that tho question !of his candidacy w ill t>edetermined later thai los personal campaign in Maine was more for posi tion. lt is hinted that should Mr. Rhone's friends, after ft careful canvass of tho situation, consider his olootion doubtful ho will throw bia strength for Allison, of Iowa, lt was his desire to] get Allison into tho ?arflold Cabinet. Rut for the complications growing oui of tho action of tho Iowa Republicans to secure thc attorney-generalship for NVil ?011, of that Stat.-, Allison Would have lawn secretary of tho treamirj instead of Windon). The friends of Honator Shorn.au talk o? his chances with much confidence. They havo.boon in coi ic.ipoiid. me with pertv munagcrs in ainu y State lind claim to l?e rcci iving iniicli encour agement. As soon a? Congress meets they expect to hike up his ease systcmati Si&, with a view to Rotting Into tho <b<hl carly. His greatest trouble BI ems to . in hi? own State. Ek-Governor Pee ry recently reasserted his devotion ainc. II he should take an opon ,vt against Sherman there may bo a ided .delegation, which has nlroady chances before two .ns. Sherman's visit to Pcnn oiiii during tho present month os a participant in tho oratorical feature bf tho Republican canvass is expected to BBS IMWOKIll IM?, lay tho foundation o? a vigorous boom at tin; proper time. bOOAN *H 0UAK0BS. Gonorol Logan is oxpcctcd here early ni \f mouth. His champions olahn Un?t lu Pnciilo ?lope trip has added much strength to his position ua a candidate. Ilia notion on thc Paine investigation ia c aimed to have lost him friends in bia party in Ohio. Jt is not likely, however, that ho would pick up any delegates ibero, us I ilalno and Sherman cover that ground. Thom is much talk of Foroker as a posi ?bk? dark horse in event of an irreconcilable coldest between Blaine ami Hhermnu. Thc status of Ivlmunds is a matter of speculation. The chances ot Harrison, of Indiana, arc coupled with tho result of his present Senatorial con test Summing up the situation ut this carly ??'.nit of observation the senti ment of nepublicans is very generally in favor of a \Vcstl VA man at tho he ad of tho ticket with an Kastein man, soma strong por 8 >U from New York, for the second placo. Judging from tho talk of politi ciaus on both sides the meeting of Con grot I will witness the laying of thc wires lor the picking up of delegates by the diirorenl aspirants for nomination, so as to enter the convention with as good a how.ug as possible. From present in dications Blaine's friends will control tho convontion to a greater extent than any oin candidate, but whether he can control it as against the hold may be considered doubtful, after the experience of tho mismanaged interests of tho can didates in the iiehl in 1881. ItANnor.eu. M ll I MST DKUAItSPVS BSC A CK. Horrible Account*! of UKI I'rlnoner'N Condition in tin- Siberian Mine*. The Now York San's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that he learns, despite oflioial secrecy, that thc police have received a full confirmation from Siberia of the reported escape of M. Dcgnicff, the famous Nihilist conspirator who planned and assisted in tho murder of 1 lieutenant ColonelSudeikin, thocheif of polico, and one of his stall*, nearly thrco years ago. The police have traced DegnietV to Genova,' and have vainly triod to wheedle the Swiss government into extraditing him. Tho police arc getting nervous over tho frequent escapes from Siberia this year, l'lto tow who have ventured to return to St. Petersburg have been re jap tared, but tho majority have mude their way to Gouova and London, and Ibo plotting against tho government baa IK en len. weil with redoubled fervcr. Since dune at least twenty Siberian pris mers havo escaped, including two caval ry olllccrs and sovoral students, nomo of thom escaping by way of Cambodia, j The precautions which aro observed throughout Siberia are so stringent that llio government is persuaded that the scapes could not have been dueted without connivance with the prison iftlciuls. So great a commotion has been caused by tiiese repeated jail deliveries, that a special connssion hus been sent hi Siberia to inquire into their causes, and io rc irgnui/.o thc entire system of prison jo> ornmont. A number of high officials, under whose charge the escaped prisoners were, have been suspended, and some uftieors, who wore either criminally neg tigunt or else assisted in releasing the prisouors, have been arrested and thrown into prison. Thc refugees roport that tho Siberian luisons and mines are crowded with ex iles. Disease is rampant, and scurvy is specially severe. Tho mortality, they Mty, is frightful. The Nihilists are great ly excited and rejoiced over the ninny (Scapes, but declaro that they will not itriko again until they are sure of their mark. M, DogaiclV, alias Jablonski, tho Ni hilist, whose escape is related above, has had an eventful and checkered career. Ile hud boonidontiflcd With Nihilism for many years, but did not como promi nently into notice until the murder of [louerai Stroinikoff at Odossa. For his connection with this crime he was trans ported to Siberia, but escaped and returned to St. Petersburg. There he pr o fessed to have renounced Nihilism uni ottered his services to Lieutenant L'oh mel Sudeikin, the chief of polico for tho District of St. Petersburg, and soon heenmo his confidential spv. ' >D tho night of December 18, l'JS:!-, Dc nuoif was seated in a room with Dolonol Sudeikin and his nephew, m assistant detective, winn, at a signal from DcgaictV, tho door was suddenly thrown open and a shot tired it Colonel Sudeikin, which was inimcdi itcly followed by a blow on tho head with a crowbar. Sudeikin seized two heavy candlesticks and managed to se verely wound one of b(s assailants before ho was linally overcome by the superi ority of numbers and slabbed to death. Meanwhile his nephew waa struck down md loft on tho lloor mortally w muled. l)r;;aic!V, with tho assistuueoof thc other Nihilists, removed their wounded accom |)1?C0, and all made their escupo. Degaioff niaile his way to (leneva and tftorward to Loudon, where he Intended lu .ni bu ric for America. Ho waa de tained for some reason, und when next hoard of hud been captured on Kassian nil and sentenced to Siberia for lifo. The murder of Colonel Sudeikin was itlributed to revengo for tho arrest of Mme. Wolkenstcin, who wont to St. Petersburg from Kharkof for the pur? pose of murdering tho Czar. Her arrest was due to tlie enorgy of Colonel Sudei kin and his nephew. llon l Want lot heal Hie llaiifpiimi. GlIlCAOO. October 20.--A rumor was i ni rent today that Anarchists Sj des und hu suns hud attempted suicide In their colls, A reporter hurried to tho jail, where hr found lsitii of lll6 mon allvo and appar ently happy. Spies could not Ire ap proached during tho hour of exercise foi I ho press of women-handsome, stylish, md resjiectable women too-about him. I'arsons kpt aloof, and. with his little dfiuglitor on his kure, read his eorrcspond . II. ?Oat length, lie laughed when at lust tho reporter gained his attention und In? formed bim ??f tho rumor. "Why," he lld. "you can bear lt always in mind that nelUioi Mr. Spic? nor mysoff will attempt uah a piece of nonsense. A? far asl am ix-rsnnnlly concerned I want to livo to bo M old as Methuselah, and, furthermore, I don't want to swindle John Harper out of his lob. Let mo seo-yo?, tho hangman gels f 25. However, sot it down that I will uot die hy my own hands. " Al Atilt I Ail BS lt an.ii I.MK. HomeKoloblo Wedding* in lite Karly l*nn or tho Otiliiry-..Matrimonial Connections of Washington, \iinnix mel ilel?cruou. (Otek in Gloolnnit' Kcqulror.) Even our I'residents have poor luck with their marriages. Washington mar ried ins adopted daughter, who was his wife's grandchild to Jus own nephew, and the last I heard ol' them was the sale to the government of some of Washing ton \s old furniture hy the posterity. John Adams had a daughter named Abigail, who married a .young r?volu* tionnry officer named Smith. Intaking care of Smith, who was but mediocre, Adams incurred ?nany enmities. The ladies may he further interested in the subject of the marriages of im portant peoplo. JUr. .Jefferson had very interesting daughters, and they married Virginia politicians around him, to very little satisfaction in at least one case. Maria, the best looking of these gi.ils, died in 1804. Uer husband had bee:: a sporting man and horseman, and it ap pears that both the sons-in-law of Jeflor Bon required endorsements, cte., which brought the old man's gray hairs down to mendicancy, in addition to his own financial errors. Aaron Burr, on tho other hand, had ono dnught< r, and she made n brilliant marris go, but it was her father who in volved nor and her husband in his un scrupulous financial and political tricks, ruined her husband, and when she em barked from South Carolina with her child to seek her father,^ she met some where in this world an agonizing death, lt is a legend that pirates took the vessel and made this brilliant young woman and her child walk the plank. No evi dence, however, exists on tho subject, except hearsay ; at that tinto there were privateers and pirates. The most brilliant marriage ever madl in the political circles of the country in thc tina's of .Washington was that ot' Ann Willing to William Bingham. They married carly in those, days, especially where there was money, and Ann Will ing married at sixteen. Her husband was descended from a (Quaker black smith, hut his family hod for four gen elations made prosperous marriages, and during our revolutionary war the hus band got out of tho country and held a position of hall British, half American consul in ono of the West India islands to which privateers resorted. He came home very neb, and received as well tho Bingham moneys, and he choose the > daughter of Willing, who was president of tlie United States Bank, and business partner of Uobort Morris. Tho Willings wore tho finest people in Philadelphia. Secretary Bayard is desconded from ono of them. Freshly married in her bloom, tho bride and husband went to Europe and remained away live years. They were introduced at thc coin!, of thc French king by Minister Adams, and j thc young tuan w?is greatly admired us ? tho first American ever seen abroad. When he returned, at tho commence ment of Washington's administration, they built tho finest house ever seen in | Philadelphia up to that timo, and not excelled perhaps in the present day. It was Illicit with tho best furniture to be bought in France and tho best pictures from Italy. Along caine young Baring, tho English banker, and saw the daugh ter of this pair so superbly brought up, with a town house and country house, and ho married her; and tho larger por tion of tho Bingham proporty, which amounted to $1,200,000 in money, w ent j to swell tho capital of tho Barings. The young mother, however, having lost herself in fociety, caught cold in an im perfect dress one night, and was seized with consumption, and she died in the West Indies at an early agc She ha a sister of whom great things was expect ed, but along came a dissolute French nobleman, without any standing or pro priety, and ho tempted this girl to go out with him one night, and ho kent her out all Light, to the horror and wonder of the town, and then made a compro-j mise with her parents whereby they yave him money to send her home; she was divorced by the Legislature, her father having become United States Senator, and so little was m ado ot' tho matter by the Baring family that she was solicited in marr' jo by her brother-in-law Bar ing, and tftor living w ith him until his decease she married another French nobleman and passed out of notice. President Taylor's daughter run away with Jefferson Davis. President Mon roe's daughter married lier cousin, and they have left some descendants at Washington and some in tho State of i Maryland. Nellie (Inuit is tho last President's daughter to draw attention. She saw a young, bright faced English man on a steamship and fell in love with him without much reason or inquest, and ho turned ont to bo apparently a sort of boys' Oom pan ion, hardly ever looking up to tho dignity of acquaint ance with grown men. Ho therefore seeks his pleasure up in Loudon, when ho has any money to Spend, and she stays at homo with her baby. Tho marriage of Blaine's son is il tea tiraony to tho beauty, modesty and sweotuosa of Mrs. Nevins, tho mother of tho bride, who has been too much es teemed on all these points for her (^nigh ter to puss into nothingness. In this case we know what tho poet means when ho says: A thing of beauty isa joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Poss into nothingness, but still will keep. An AttjattUl <>r Mn.-.i.-r nor? \oi Slop Trial for Msnalaiigliter, PiTTsni'iio, October 18.--Tho Supreme < Ourt today tendered a (locUiOl) 111 thc cuso ol Jtunca W. inlands, of Mercer county. Iiilands bad been placed on trial for murder, and tho jury was discharged w ithout bis consent, lie was nguiu called up for trial, but put In a pica tfint Ul? lifo had already lieen placed hi jeopardy. Thc Court overruled thc plea and ho was con vlctcd. ll? appealed to the Supreme ( o url and the decuri?n of tho lower court was roverscd and ho was fet at liberty. Sui.BO quently ho was arrested and tried and con victed on a charge of involuntary man slaughter. Ho was sent first to prison, but afterwards appealed for a second trial. Judge Paxton rendered tho decision of tho Court and held thnt tho acquittal of tia; higher grade did not preclude the Common wealth from trying arid convicting him ol tito lesser crime, which ls a misdemeanor ami not s felony. Hllands will consc quently luwo to serve out his lorri. Celery and cranberries havo como, and tho gobble gobble of tho turkoy ls benni in Ibo Thanksgiving land, TIMELY TALK rOH KAH .MKIIH. <? r?'?-ii Forage In K|irin? -How to Counterac Ijeacblttgi (FrOOl I ho Allnnta Constitution.) Thc hardier email grains, srach as rye and barley, may bo sown during this and tin; next month. They aro valuable tu soding crops iu early spring; barlej richer ami more rolishcd oy stock, rye hardier and bettor adapted to poor html. Whoro there is moro rye than eau be fed in its green state, it i.s'cut ami cured us hay, provided tt is cul before tho head? aro out. Jt becomes woody and hard SOOQ after the heads form, and is thou of little value. Harley may be allowed to ripon, and bo harvested and fed Uko oats. There is a general impression that the beard is in the way of doing this, but a gentleman recently informed us that ho has fed barley in the sheaf to his horses for twenty years without injury; that sometimes the beards collect be tween t ho lips and jaws, but are easily removed l>y tho finger, and tho animal suffers no special inconvenience. We aro also reliably informed that unthrosL ed barley is quito commonly fed to horses in California. Whore one lias pretty good land, therefore, barley might be sown as a substituto for fall oats, in localities where the latter is very liable to bo winter killed. But our special object in calling atten tion to these crops is to present their claims OS means for preserving tho fer tility of soils. In the first place, a very largo portion of our lands aro Iv if baro through the winter, with nothing lu pro tect thom from being washed away by tho heavy rains td* that season. A grow ing crop, especially otic with numerous roots, tonds to hold the soil firmly. For this reason alone, woro there no other, it would pay a farmer to sow from a half bushel to three pecks of rye per aero in his cotton fields at the last ploughing ol' the crop. Tho rye, after having done its work of holding tho soil, might be grazed, or cut in the sining for soiling purposes, or might bc plowed under to enrich the soil. But there is another very important work which a green, growing crop has to perform, which is not generally or fully appreciated, lt is a great anli-leacher; it prevents tho washing out of tho avail able nitrogeu in tho soil by rain water. The ultimate form which nitrogen as sumes in the soil is nitric acid (aqua fortis) and is found in combination with potash, soda, lime, etc., forming salts known as nitrates. Now all nitrates are soluble in water, and besides aro not held by rocks as phosphoric acid and potash are. Tho nitrates arc very easily washed or leached out. This is not only capable of demonstration in a laboratory, but has been abundantly shown by collecting tho water from uuderdrains (tiles) anti analyzing them. It has been found that where the water ?.Mine from tiles undera bare, naked piece ol' land, the nitrates in it exceeded by a considerable quantity that from tiles overlaid by a greet:, grow- | ing crop. Thc grow ing crop appropri ated and held thc nitrates-thc bare, soil let it go. Hut this is not all. Thc frequent plowing and .stirring of the soil encour ages tho formation ?d' nitrates-the in soluble, inert forms of nitrogen in the soil, aro thereby changed into soluble nitrates. J lenee in autumn the soils of our cotton fields aro comparatively rich in nitrate i, and continue so until the winter rain leaches thom out. A cotton Hold is not utily, therefore, most liable to washing, but most exposed also to greatest leaching. Above other fields it needs: tho protection of a grow ing crop through tho winter and early spring, lt is not too late yet to give it this protec tion. Sow rye now, and continuo to sow, if needs be, till the first ol' fc)CC0m bor. Sow southern raised or home seed-that from tho northwest will not give satisfactory results. Evon if a field IS intended for corn thc next year, sow it in rye now and turn it under next spring. Farmers think it right to sow and plow in peas for enriching land in summer j let thom try tho same thing with rye in winter, lt will cost no more, and probably do more good. Peas in- I crease thc supply of available nitrogen in tho soil; rye will hold that already present and prevent it? loss. Fields cov ered with winter grasses arc neither washed nor leached they increase in fertility. Lot us bring our summer cul tivated lands as nearly as possible into tho same condition by clothing them in winter with a carpet of green, w. :., j. V Uorgeoiin lllval of r>cnator Tabor. A young Indy who hus just returned from a long we:,tern trip says that the most entertaining feature ol' the. whole excursion was Lord \, a distinguished oldorh; Englishman, und his baby-blue nightgown. Lord X traveled with a valet, of course. He retired to bcd on the palace car quito carly, and every night withdrew to tho masculine pre serves ut one end of the car and hau his valet undress him and rig him for the night. When all waa done he marched down through the uisle to his section at tho ot her end of the ear magnificently arrayed in a baby-blue flannol night gown that hung to his feet and had a beautiful frill nt tho neck. Upon his hoad was a white knitted nightcap, and his losy OOUntonnncO and his yellow sido whiskers helped, with tho valet follow ing behind with his lordship's day clothes on his ann, to mnko up a picture never to bo forgotten, His lordship's bathtub came with him all tho way from San Francisco*to New York, but aa to whethor it was ever used on tho sleeping-car journey tho Hosten lady deposoth not.-Boston Record, Ullin ?rilin, a Mu oui, O?Trm-p. LoriaviLLB, Kv., October 20.-Tbo Qrand Lodge of Kentucky, P. and A. M., i< Mimed ils session nt the Masons' Temple this morning, About BOO delegates were present, and tho Interest in the proceedings was gnat. Criunl Master ll. O. Wet! Called the aa^mblugc to order at 0 o'clock. Thc greater part of tho morning session was tonsuined in henring committee re ports, The following resolution was lead and adopt e? I : Whereas tho usc of Intoxicating liquors is a Iicverago Ls tho greatest detriment to tho growth anti prosperity of tho fraternity; therefore, be lt Jie?olred, Tint tho business of saloon keeping IK: deemed a Masonic offence, and punishable as other offences contrary to thc mica of tho order. Wcddlug rings now are hardly so big I'imsy os those formerly worn, . - iL , v/V iv/ni^iv . i IOOU? AN APOSTATE POH LOVE. Brooklyn'! Married Priest Tell* Why Ile Len 111?* I lim ch. (Krom (bo Noir York St ir ) The Rev. Win. J. Sherman, tho priest of Red Hook Point, whose murringo witli Miss Tillie McCoy a short time since created such un excitement ia Ro man Catholic circles, yesterday received a reporter in the little house where ho is now living with his wife, and for the first time told UOW he was led to chango his happiness hereafter for tho enjoyment of matrimony in (ho present. Dr. Sherman has lost much ol' his priestly appearance. His hair is longer anti brushed straight up from the foreheud, his mobile bps uro shadowed bv a heavy moustache, and tho suavity of thi s piritual ?ul visor has given piuco to tho fran!;, hearty manner of ro bust youth. "I left tho Catholic Church because I was in love," ho said. "I had known Miss McCoy for sixteen years, and when I was a priest called on her often in a friendly way. When I found that 1 loved her I proposed lo her. She accepted mo, and wo were married. 1 was nol drugged or made drunk, but was married willi my eyes wide open, and have lived happily with my wilt: ever since. Altor our mar riage wo went immediately b> Boston on our honeymoon, anil stayed there until .July 0, when we came back to Brooklyn for a few days. ! then took my wife to Philadelphia, when; I obtained employ ment, through Councilman McCullough, of that city, as clerk in tho Ohio J .ail road office. Wo stayed lhere about two months, boarding in thc ( i irani House. "At the cud of tho second month 1 received a lotter from my wife's uncle, asking mo lo return to Brooklyn, as ho : thought I could do better there. We rc turned on thc 28th of last month, and I found that my wile's uncle wanted mo to go and see a well known Baptist clergy man, whom ho thought would befriend mo. I went to seo the reven u 1 gentle man, and, alter he heard my story, he asked nu? if J wouldn't like to join the Baptist Church. I did not answer this question for some time, until, in fact, 1 thought it over thoroughly. In tho I meantime, l mingled with Baptist peo 1 plo and went to their meetings, and tho consequence is that I am now studying for tho Baptist ministry and expect to 1)0 ordained some time in January, OL course my plans arc not loilnito os yet, and I have no special church in view, but if I am accepted and ordained 1 will go wherever the ConfcronCO decides to send ; mo. A number of ?>t:i? r people have boon after nie to join tho Ind? pendent Catholic (.'burch, whatever that is, but I . have finished with Um Catholic religion. "How do my people feel il) regard to : my marriage? Well, I haven't bet n home since, but 1 have seen my father, nuil ho is reconciled. < If cour e some Catholics fed bitterly toward mc, but those threats of shooting don't trouble me in the least. I am perfectly fearless and can tiefend Ul y sol?, finally 1 will say that my marriage and departure from thc church were entirely my own doing, and no ono else had anything to do with them. I am ready alone to stand thc consequences, whatever they may bc." HAIMO ni VMM:; ill u Ml.. HOM ? Train Traveled I'lirce Hundred tillea an Hour, Fruin the San I'KIOOUCO Chronicle.) When OcorgO Stevenson asserted his ability to run passenger coaches at lt speed of twelve to fifteen miles an ho,ii, scientific and practical nu n deemed him ! lit for a lunatic asylum, but time has shown that trains may bo run at a much greater velocity without materially add- ; mg to tho dangers of railway travel. Thc Hight of tht; inst express on the Penn sylvania railway is a marked example of thc possibilities in tho way of sustaining . high rates of speed. This mad now runs the fastest train in America. Nine hun dred and twelve miles, including sovou stops, are accomplished in 25J hours, and tho average time is 36.30 miles an hour. A portion of tho distance is run at the rat? <d 7,"> miles an hour. At a speed of 60 miles an hour tho driving wheels of the locomotivo on this train make 2,">H} revolutions a minute. Wm. Vanderbilt's spurt of 81 miles in GI min- ? utes on tho New York Central ts declared to be the bighost rale of speed ever at- ' tained in this country, but this speed was not a surphso to good engineers, many v.i w hom aro firm in Un; belief that 100 miles an hour will yet bo accom- 1 plished on American roads. Thirty-one years ago Colonel MeiggS read a paper bef?t e (JIO. New York Farm ers' Club on "Futuro Traveling," in which ho expressed the belief thal rail road cars oould be safely propelled Ly steam at the rate ol'dot) miles an hour. Ho stud: "Thc Emperor of Russia has taken the first great .deo toward what 1 deem tho ultimatum of railroad travo'., Instcad of cutting what I call n mere drill through tho country and going around everything in tho way for a straight line, ho has eut, a broad way for 000 miles from'U. Petersburg to MOS COW. Ho ha? rotulo it all tho way 200 feet wide, so that the engineer sees everything on the road. This is part of the future-tho railroad from point to point with a mathematical lino; tho rails ten times stronger than ar?; now used; the loeomotiveu on wheels of far greater diameter; the gauge of n relative breadth; thc signals and times perfectly settled; tho roads on both sides during tho transit of trains having thu gate of tho walls all closed-then instead of traveling 100 miles an hour, wo shall mon; safely travel 800 milos un hour." One of the latest eflbits at improve ment in locomotives is that of a French man named Estrade, who has construct ed an ongino which lie calls La Parisi enne. I?a Parisionne, when watered and tired, weighs 42 tons. Its driving w heel... six in number, aro 8i feet in diameter. The cylinders are outside, with valve boxes on tho top. Thc diameter of each cylindor is 18J, mohos, and tho length ol stroke is 2 feet and 81 inches. This eu gine is built for high speed, and will carry a prossuro of 200 pounds to thc squaro inch abovo tho atmosphere, or an absoluto prossuro of 215 poonda. Ee> 1 trade't ongino is designed to run at tho [average rate of 78 milct? an hour. It is sahl that thc latest now among the young ladles is ft little brush lr oom. This they usc to dust thc coats of (heir lovers, where they have laid their pretty pow dei i d faces. It ls conj?-ct ti red that tho reticence of thc War Department ls owing to tho fae. that I lt. ta waltintr for Geronimo's ropoTt on Gen. (Miles. Von eau purchaso the ou'.y HOAD CA UT made ?re the eastern of ucees*, without hors*; motion, i adapted io moir une. WK AUK THE 6' Mew York Belting Standard Ru Tho best made, and carry lu stock .il! sizes, 2 t< /NO. guaranteed to ho AS (?bo? AS CAN BK MAI Tauuod ?in'i Kaw mdo i.aoo Leather, suporlor t Also, a full Uno of MANILLA ROPE, all sizes. Pri?es. JUST ItECBIVi I) -SOTcnty-?vo DOUBLE BAI makosot Muzzle and Breech Loadors. Uno oar load SHOT, -?r,,(\ MI SHELLS: Gnu Im pl" at l/>w I'ncos. Also In stock the most oompiete smiths loo s. Hollows, Anvils, vices, ol dDominio been ii night .it lowoit cash prices i>ctorc t tie advan (. AI N In addition to tho abovo, wo will offer for '.t:e GREATLY It?DUCEO PRICES: 05 Ol'KN and TOP BUQOIKS, ;:. roi' 1'ii.KToNs and PONI 10 B.lleuded l'OP CABRIOLE ONIMIOKSK WAOONS. OT TWO. I ll Kia; aifl IX)Ult 1 Thoso uDo.i i arc order ul s ita, and ?rill go ?it H S M?II the rogular twelve months'guarantee, Au ex thai thoy aro ABSOLUTE BARGAINS. (?ur regular st o k ol FINK OPEN an l TOP BU( wishing a strict ly I ino Buggy we can offer so mee; brate i makes ol SEABROOK.* SMITH and other i During tue sano? inn - wo w .1 offer many speel liar noss, i.uiiu ami ito.ivy curri igo Harness, simji ISO asl rio 1 SADDLES, Ladles1 and .Mon's. Tv Lenders, i llrtlis, Bri 11?*Ac.,.?' prices n ivor bofor Uti ness and buy new at iho prices these goods will Wo t nu u so offer oxir 'ino low prk s on a larg? prising I*ulilu pillt Oill mt KUI Sklui, S*H>.;;> Leather, Harness Leather, Upper Loather, AC, Ac. 1. JOK out for Ibo CARUAINS for me N EX I' H? GOODY At thc Old Staml, nppostti HEADQUA? CARRIAGES loach Materials, Saddle Shoe Fii BELT Tho Finest aud Moat Varied Assorti Brought to tho Cit Tidings of Co To th ooo wh i have boon tvronchod and .ie now o?"or you tho moat delightful volilch $35. Try ono anil save your health. Every mn a colt, should have one, ns thc price is wu DAY & TA NN Al b Tu-.irjir^-ivM':;raju j.? w-kr?.-'-icvrTW?inr?T.am-M W. I. c NO. 831 BROAD STREET, - Wholesale and R Gook Stoves and OF BEST P In Stock, Mantels, G 5 Car Loads COOKINU and H BATING S 500 ORATKS, Plain and Enameled. 2 Car beads KIRK BUICK. 250 Boxed "CHARCOAL" TIN HOOFING 100 Bundles Smear IRON. 2 Casks uRET ZINC, OAI.VANI/.KD IROX, SOLDER, ETC, ET( TINWARE, .Stamped and Pleood, in gre lalo. ISt-Bny the "EXCELSIOR" COOK S' for vears, (jiving satisfaction. WHEATINO STOVES-for COAL or C JT'Sond for Circulars and Prices. Auttnstn. Ga., Sopt. 28, 1880. THE LAURENS BAIL f. T. JOHNSON. W. R RICHEY? JOHNSON ?V RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE-Ploming'fl (.'omer, Northwest side of Public Square. LAL HENS Ci H., S. 0. ,7. C. OAKLINGTON, A T T O R N E V AT LA W, LAURENS C. II., S. Oi Office over Wi IL Garrott's Store. w. Oi iiK.NF.T, r. r. MV.OWAN, Abboviilo. Laurent. BF.NUT & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. OI J. W. FKROUSON. UKO. F. TOUNO. FERGUSON & YOUNG,. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . LAURENS O. H., S. O. JNU. 13. GNOWING 3ar & Go's i lui' will not annoy yon wita a sore back horse,and jlicup aud reliable. Auv ordinary boggy barnti* OLE AOENT8 FOR and Packing; Co.'? [bber Beliing, > l l Indies. Also, I'URB OAK LEATHER HHLT IB. u quality (rccomuieuUH itaelf.) Machine oil, Rivet? mel Dolt Hooka at Lon tit : Ki'.'. SHOT ?ti'Ns, of improTeil pattern? and batt mcntB, Wa?!?, Powder, Ac, which we wilt run off line of HAKDWARB, Carpontcrs' 'loom, Black* ii Nails, Spikes, Lock*. Hinges, Ac, which, hating wa, euablcs us to offer them at STRICT BAIN next sixty day*, to close oat consignment*, at tv PH.cross. rr?U and BURRY& 10HSB WAOONS. laoriflnc. They are all standard Work, and aol4 aruinatioti of these vehicles will coivLace any one SOIRS '.s larger than for many years, and to thoae itt ra inducements. Thia stock comprises the ooie lliHt-clas- make-, and are In quality TUB MEST, alt ICH in single aud Oouble Harness, Fm? Track e amt Double Wagon Harneas, rolotsot Second-Hand Mcl.ellan Saddle Burrupa 0 olfered. You caa afford to throw away your old [ lie sold for. 1 nouitgnmont ot LEATHER just received, com Linings ami Toppings; oak and Hemlock Sole CT Y DAYS at EAR & CO'S. ? G torgta Kail rond Bunk, 704 Broad St. ITKRS FOR , WAGONS, ry, Harness, Leather, tidings, 'INO. neat of Ctiildreu'8 Carriages Ever y. At all prices. mfort and Joy irked about by so-called road cart?. We ?, with FINKST wheel6 and axles for OO. in who owns a horse, or wishes to train diin tho resell of All. [Liv, Augusta, Ga. >ELPH, AUGUSTA, QA. etull Dealer in Heating Stoves, ATTEIlKs. rates and Tinware. T0VK8. tat variety, very Low Prices, at whole rOVR. This Stovo has been sold by us Woco. W. I. DELPH. N< J. HOLMES. H. Y. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., 8. C. N. S. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS, C. H., 8. 0. PiT Office over storo ol W. L. BOYD? Br. W. H. BAIsLy SUC WI' I WI". OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Office days-Mondays sud Tuosdays. ' LAURENS C. H., 8. C. U. P. TODD. W. H. M A UT IN? TODD ?ft MABTJLN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H.i 8. 0.