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^?ie Advertiser, ! LAUREN?, January f>th. 1887. Bird hunters havo hud groat sport for thy past few day*. Mr. J. W. Peterson had tho misfor tune to loso a fino horse on Saturday. Peur barroom? have taken out li censes. The olly lieensois $S!K), Oounty, ?100, Unitod States ?'?5. Aloxandor was eleotod president of the (Soorgia Central Railroad over Raoul, by moro than tldrtoon thousand majority. OS OhildrOSS and Miss Zola Parks, daughter of .Fowler Parka, woroinarrlod at Fountain Tun on S u lid ny bv Ihn Rev Mr Blnleok. Dr. 1*. It. Connor, Would inform tho publie that ho hus returned and can Uow ho found at his dental rooms ?ovor Ii. O. Hallo <fc co's store. A ungi? man in Colnmhln last wook dolirerlng a ?un oh of ban noa from a dray was hittoil by a venomous en alee and is now lu a critical condition. A now panie of cards called ..matri mony'' ia destined to hecoino popular. If tho man winn, ho lakes tho girl} if the Kiri wins, she takes tho man. Laurens Rifle Company will meet al their armory on Friday evening. Full nttondanoo ls requested as thc annual election and other husincss of Impor tance will he transacted. A largo crowd gathered at "Wilkes' Ilook and Drug Store on Saturday eve ning to wil noss lhi> annual drawing of prlr.oH. The first prize, a beautiful al bum, was drawn hy J. C. McDaniel. The Heeond, an elegantly dressed, lifo-blzo doll, waa drawn by Mr. John IT. Odell. Wat Tenison, tho negro who shot at Perry Little and killed Sarah Ann Tur ner just before Chris; nias, and who lina wince hoon on tho dodge, was captured at Suinter a few days ago. Ile was bronght to thia placo on Friday last hy the Sheriff, and now occupies quarters In Ilotol do Ballow. The Senate fallen to confirm Oovornor Richardson's nomination of .loci 10111 HOn, Trial Justice for I.aureus Comity. Th? following nominations for Laurens County wore confirmed: Treasurer, .T. ll. Copeland; auditor, (i. M. Langston; Jury commissioner, .1. O. Templeton ; trial Justices, c. M. Miter, ll. I.. Henderson, J. rt. Parrot, W. F i. by. Temperance Meei lng. Tho Sunday School at Now Prospect Church was turned into a tempor?neo mooting. Several gontletnen, among tho nuinher Capt. itudgeus, Will,Cunning ham, Thoa. Langston ami others, made ntrong and enthusiastic spoeclioa advo cating prohibition. About .';?. members wer? preaent, mid nftor thc addresses a vote was taken, and it was unanimously agreed to volo for tho Murray xxx lilli in August. Salo Day. Qltito a crowd of citizens gathered lier? Haled ay last. Dospllo tho fact Unit tho attend anco was larger than usuel and that this is tho first Salcday since tho har roo Ul H havo hoon open then; was not a breach ol' tho peace and police men had ahsolutlly nothing to do. The following tracts of land were ?old at public outcry. M acres, Tollvor Loboftso iv? " < laonr LU outer. Ul " J ll Tronyhain, $1S0 100 " Marv 1.carter 40 M W W Kennedy. $1200. l'JOV? " lo lt ll Uudgons Ono town lot 1?; acres, V I) Elliott 63 aeros J O 0 Flouting Personal. Mrs. Col. J. W. WATTS and Kn w A lins MA UTI N' her son, ?pout Christ mas with her sister Mrs. Dr. J.J. Bovn in Spartanhurg. Miss I'll ii.o .TONKS [spent Christ* nias in Oroonvlllo with relatives. Mr. TIKIS. F. JON KS spent a f<>w days with his fat he- Mr. J. W. JUNKS of our towH last w oek. Miss M AKT Mn.i.sof N. C., is visiting friends ami relativas hero and at Clin ton. Dr. Titos. Wwii, of this County, who has for several months suffered from sore eyes, passed through this place on last Thursday on his return from Baltl moro, where ho bas hoon under a colo bruted oculist. Ills many friends will lie glad to learn that he is much improv ed. Ho was accompanied by lila sister, Mrs. . Bonn, of Newberry. Prof. JoSEPtl A. Hoi.MKS, of T'niver alty of North Carolina, spent a few days at his old homo lust week. Mrs. Dr. BOO/.RR, of Clinton, visited the family of her son, Mr. O KO. BOOZRR, last week. Rev. J. M. CARMSI.K, pastor of tho Methodist Church nt t his place, occupied bis pulpit for tho 'rsi Hmo on Sunday last. Rev. K. o. Fmr.itsoN, of the Presbyte rian Church, preached at Woodruff Oil* Sunday ovonlng. Channing Miss MIM.KII, of Groot! ville, ls spending a few days with friends hore. Mr. J. D. WATTS has gono to Little Rook, Ark., to hoy cotton. Miss Kv A LAZARUS, of Tylor, Texas, ls visiting relativos al this plneo, tho family of Mr. J. M. VISANSK.V. Miss NAIR PsnousoN, of clinton, visited In town last woek. ?o?ntp (Stirr?sponfl?nGc ll IO H LANI)TlT)>i?T~ oilMKltVF.lt. Mr.* Editor, with your permission and nt your request, I will gi ve some of my ohsoivotions from this place. In making my debut heforo the rend ers of tho ADVKHTISKB I nsk them to look leniently on all short comings: and I premiso to glvo my observations in auch a way ns I hopo to ho both plons ing and profltahlo to them. Christmas has come and gone, and tho Nef&Voar lins come, bringing with it new resolves, now linties, and i may odd fresh rigor to all of us. I observe that although the cotton crop of 1080 waa ...'iry short, a considerable quantity of it is still In tho field, which foot proves conclusively to my mind that a short crop la harder to gatiior than a good one. I observe farther that tho farmers in tliU Wolnlly uro taking hold with re doubled energy, ami if wo eau keep out of tho hands of our friend, tito sherill", I prod lot that with a favorable season they will bc in u nuich botter condition by thin timo in ?ssa. t observo Airthor that (ho patrons] of tho school ut Thomas' Cross Hoads uro pushing the work on their new Koltool house to completion. They havo se cured the services of that ttlllciont teach er, Miss Mattie llarksdalo,for 18*7. Tho school will open in a few weeks. S'lould this meet with a favorable re ception at the hands of A irv KI? TIKKH, I may coiuo again with other observa tions. Wishing a pleasant und prosperous yent" to all tho readers ol' the AnVKIt TJ8KK,and lunch success to Its Fd i tor, I ti'ko my seal. CLINTON. tl J o Gen. Moke, ?if tho KoboHon systom, of which the < '< ? iV A. railroad la" to form au Important part, has recently y boc ll in ? 'linton, in tho interest of the enterprise. Ile is very enthusiastic OVOr the project, and assures thc friends of Hie road, that il' (hov will but do their duty in the way of local township and County subscription, that contracts for grading wilt he let and tho work com menced hy tho llrst of April. Clinton has undo"talton to curry her pert and will subscribo lou thousand dollars in bonds beside her KUOSCrlptiOtt to til? capital stock muda some (imo since. Thc AndorsoitH-IjaurotiH XXX 'prohi bition bill is being discussed at souu; lengl ii In our sod lon but in a * cry esl m and illspassioiiatO way. lt is Hgrcod and urged on all si les that we havo had enough of prohibition that will not pro hibit. The usual Christ mas festivities hore have been somewhat ?uteri noted by the prOHOIICO of measle';. The' dis ease bas however, been in a rather mild form, and is nearly exhausted for lack ol' subjects upon which to spend ita f.-ree. Tho many friends of Dr. T. NV. Wier, will be pleased to learn that ho hus re turned from tho hands of that veteran optician, Dr. Chib'.olm, of !'ail i more, very much I ni pro voil ss to tho condi tion of his eyes. Moving is t he order of t ?ie day at this season of the year; [Mr. W. F. owens' have moved into biso .vu house on ll road sn.t; Mr. C li Adams is in Mr Itluko ly's new cottage, and Mr. ll. .1. Burdell ?couples Mr, Wright's houso on Will iams Street, while Hov. Mr. Milner ls lu ono of Mr. Halley's nev. houses on the West et.il, ami Mr. Joe llalloy is next to bim by Ibo Ky cam ?re tree; ( mr friend Sherard ''coll ocouples with his Tin s hop a room in tho K?ster block willi D. M. Kulten as his door neighbor; George Young and Gus Blakeley will niorehan dlso ami farm at historic Milton. They propose to m ive MI ll lew ?lays, ami "low bill not cost." Dr W S ?JOO moves bis Drug st ?re to Mr. Davidson's sore, next to tho Host < Ullco. Clinton hus had a good many Christ mas visitors. Arn ing tho uuuibor aro Mrs Dr Hi vorn of Hodges, w h ? is visit ing her sisters, Mrsj.i. W.Copeland, Mrs H K Ferguson and Miss elate Vance: Mrs Maj Itohtnson ia visiting her sister Mrs Dr Boozer; Misse-; Uva ami Hivers of Newberry, arc visiting Misi Jauio Vaneo; Miss ('arrio 'l'une o.'Greenwood, is spending some limo with her sister Mrs Adams; Kdgar Leake, aftor an nb senco <i!"live years, has been spending Chi istm.vs with his parents. WAT KU I.(X ) BILL. Miss Ida Ml I lot t who has been visiting nt this placo, has returned lo her homo Mis.jMeDaiiiels, of Simpsons' Mill, is visiting Mis* l.i/./.io Alldorson of this town. Mossrs Thompson and Floyd attended tho ball gi von at G roon wood last week. Mr. W. I*. Marris has been in town Oil business for several days, i A Hot Slipper was givon by (ho la dies Aid Society Inst wook from whieh they realized flt) 00. Mr li c Fuller, our ncooinodnting ho" teljproprlotor, hUS givon Up the Harris House, and will open oui a llrst (dans ho tel at his obi stand, where lin will bi' able to aceomodate tho public gOliernlly. Wo hoar of a now linn lo open out III a few drys here. Mr W H Harris mudo a Hying visit fo Augusta ono day last week. Hil Bagwell, our N C, man who has been supplving our town with cabbage and apples this fall, has returned to his obi home whero ho says he expects lo romain willi tho' old woman. Mr Tom Harris has moved Into town and oecuploH the residonco of Mr John 11 arris. We bad thc pleasure of receiving an invitation to)pnr<akc of ono of tho nicest (honors dining Christinas WOOk, that wo havo 80011 in SODIO (imo nod take this method Of extending ?.ur thanks to tho donor and hope sim wiil never havo a dark day during lifo. DIA.I..S. BUllHCItlllRR. j J. W. Kellett has moved to Fountain Inn, ami ongngod in merchandising. Mr. Thomas Owlngn, hav ing purchas ed a plantation near Fow or, he and his family moved into town. lap ami Tom aro now closo together, Quito a convo nienoo to both. Mr. V. WhltO has moved into his new roeidonoe. J. D. Bower, Of PoWOrvlllO, has reen V od a portion of his stock of goods. The patrons of tho school at New Har mony have procurod a teacher for an other vear. Partridge netting has become quito n public nuisance in this part of the Coun ty. Hunters ride through tho J tn Ids while the ground is mirv and damage tho small grain; throw down pasturo tenets and let out tho stock. Wo know some who do little ohm but catch hirds during the winter mouths, or until tho Spring, ami would not stop then if lt was not a violation of Hie law aftor a cer tain period. Some aro now catt liing them ami carrying them to market from other peoples prom isos ami seem to J io uneasy sud afraid Huit they will not I*? able to catch them all hoforo Spring time, and that they will leaven few to raise trom another season. Wo have no objection whatever to seeing hints net ted in a reasonable inatinor, hut we do seriously ohjoct to seeing lt carried on in tho wiiy In which ll is, and when any thing of the kimi becomes n publie nuis ante, we Hunk I hero should be a remo<ly applied. Wo object to scobrg a sot of men do nothing lui? Innf aron ml tho plantations of other peoplo?slx months in tho yon. catching birds Jfor market. Ami wo do hopo tho next (louerai As Hoinbly.wlu i it moots, ns it did not pass tiio dog law this timo, will IlluKO U law otb. ct lng tlio samo. .Mr. li. I), l'owor, of l'oworvillo, has horn quito stok for ROtho linn". Tho young people had a quilting at tho roaldeuoo of Mr. J. s. Stoddard, on [tho .'?otb inst, in behalf of tho Thorn well Orphnrago, ('linton, S. c. Wo do not know whothor tho boys ongngod in ?tol uol, "day waa dar al do samo." It is said lilis is Christmas,? and if it is it is tho dullest wo over saw during our experience of fifty. But some of thom came twlOO a year,; at least ftftOCll of thom did. K. L. Stoddard is having a prottyjtlght limo villi measeis. Wo hoarjof a lbw cases of mumps also. (Had Ibo liOglalaturo slop;.ed thal ditching lu Columbia. Mr. Editor I -in you, D0TS.??XD DAS?KS FROM OHA. *~ EIQLA. In making our ?lehnt before tho rend ers of that e.\clh nt paper, The Advertl ser. Wo wish one ami all of Its readers, inoluding its ITandMomo Kdltor devil and all, A Ilanjiy and I'roaporoua Now Year. Hoping that tho year ISS7 will give many happy returns to maka up for our depressed spirits mid our strick en country. Lot us all go to work with a willing mind and sec what [virtue (hero is In eeonotnv and reforci. Mess. Sullivan .V Milan), h-ve plnood their large stock of ; o als in p ?sition and are roody for business. Mr. M I bl 111 and excellent wlfo ore quito an acquisition lo our t hriving little ?own. Fleming ?ts Illnkeloy report tho Xmas trade as good, and are making prepara tion M to ?ht an extensive business Ibis coming season. Holli of these gentle men uro well quadded and know how to treat their many custom- ;? . Willie 11 miter, our colored merchin;! I repoda business an good as ho could ex peet. Mr Harnett, our obliging post nu der, will soon place a select stock of con fr - Honorios in tho storo house of Mr A Y Thompson. Oil 1 V .Vi bales of cot ton have been ship ped from this |Kiinl since Oed 20, to this date. Last yeer IO!)bulos woro ?hipped during tho season, Oct tn Jan. Mos! of tho cotton went to Charleston with the exception of ? or lo bales io I .au rous Tin-Southern llxpross Company will establish au Ollleo here at lill early day. Tho telegraph office Will be titted np in a few days. A. M. Moseley as operator. Mrs owens and mother of Kalrllold, M bisen ('arrio Todd of Duo West, Kan. nlo and T.illto Hunter of Ituhlvillo, Ma mie Woodfull'aud Mrs KJ Moseley ol Laurens, have hoon \ tailing friends inti .lolalivos a! tliis place. Capt. H.T. McDowell ol tho Centra' railroad was up a few days si noe. Tho parlies ul Messrs Mcclintock and Molmouth Fleming's, on tin- nigh! ol tho 27th inst, wore largely attended timi highly enjoyable. M .lessie Henderson of W aterloo, i. clerking for Sullivan .V M liam. Ho : .. iod boy Jo sand don't monkoy with ^ig Haws or play in thc sand, Tho up nu J down passenger on .;. I. A S. ll. lt., trains ne el hore al 12WI p m Orn hasjtholongest sidetrack betwooi Sparlanburg and Augusta. Copaclly li cars and eu rie. '. christmas was parti? .hi Iv nolie, ai l heroin tit? respect lhul? wliiskoy wa not a thing lo be had or soon, Hov. I). M. ll aldon rel urned fron Wat ci l- >?> a lbw days since. c.-1 tnt.i Cause* of ;>Uca?o. A pajior read boforo the Academy ol Medicino hy Dr. Dlalno deals w iib a rub joel of great i.nportauro to the in!).:1 it ania of large cities who know HO little about tho condition of tho animals whi furnish their supplies of milk and beef Dr. Uloino boich (?'.at consumption, oi lulx?rculosis, not only is transmitted i: tho human family by hilicritanco, l ut i' also acquire 1 by human e inj s from nui niais through the medium of milk <?; beef. lt la well known that certain <'.' >??'>?? are propagated through tho ngoncy o milk. Epidemics of typhoid fever, tear let fever and other similar diseases I ia vi had their origin in |x)lluted milk, ns wei nain polluted water, but in cases . . . have been investigated tho disoa.se wu caused by morbid matter, foi- which Ci milk nerved as a convoying agent, nm which was net derived from tho cow u:i< was not present in tho milk c hen if. wa taken from tho cow. Dut is milk take) from n cow Buffering with lulierculosl ! o tainted with tho g< rms of t!.;.t <'i eau that it causes lubcrculoius in thc humai toing who drinks it? Tho results of investigation thus fa point to the conclusion (hat tho disenso i communicated in this wnj*. And in ? >ti| ]HTt of tho theory it Is shown that ti:" us of milk taken from cows Buffering froi foot and mouth disenso cautos a disons li!:o that with which tlw animal i afliicted. "It lins I.- n ftMortod," rai Saturo recently, "that tn!, rel.? can I propagated from animals to man by tl) consumption of diseased meat, <>r, in th case of tho cow, from Ibo midi of Ut tuber? uloun animal. Du rt her proof i i r? quired before wo can accept hu? !i ny)K>thesis, but (heroin nothing impost bio in such a modo of convoynnco of th disease, wpcclnHy In tho caso of childrc with a tubercular predisposition." Tenement* and tho I)?uih Unto. In London apartment hou*? have ni fordell gr.at rcliof, and the fact till thousands of disgraceful (oncmonts hm boon torn down, that landlords pay m> i attention to the cleanliness and convoi loncos of (hoirhouses; Hint, notwilhstan lng tho ie n i of natural drawbacks, Hi city possesses tho smallest death rat? ? any of tho largo cities of tho world, nu that within Ino past decade thoro hi Ixeon a remarkable tleoroaso both In i >? .> erty and crime, aro significant result; traccuhlo, wo believe, lurgely lo tho COI Hi ruction of BUCCOSSful apartment hottSO Tho erection of tln*? honst?? billi in Loi don anti other parts of Europe lias bee characterized by a general desire loal stain from all methods which would t??; to pauj>oriy.o tenants and lead them I look upon their hotnea aa a piece < charity. Evon tho groat PealxKly fund, whlc wan given with tho primary Intention i relioving tho condition of tho JUST, hi been construed by tho trustees (with tl subs?quent sanction of tho donor) le ma the working poor. Ampio proof of tl wisdom of this decision is found hi ti lost roport of the trustees of the fun which ?hows that the original douati< of ?'500,000 now affords homo for IH.Oi peoplo in over 10,000 rooms; that the a nual income is over ?80,000. and iii new buildings are ticing yearly erectc -Clor. flruoklyn Eagle. WINTER. Tho winter, O the winter! Who docs uot know lt wollt When day niter day, ihe floliH Ktretoh xray. And tho |>ccivit wail.t on tho fell. When V/o closj Up tho crauiii'.-a and shut out th? Vi l l, AH ! tho wind noundo booroo and hollow, Ai:4 o:ir dead l>>vos bicep In tho churchyard mold, And wo prny th.it. woBOOn may follow; Ia tho winter, mournful wlntor, -Alfivil Ae.'.tln, PECULIARITIES OF FASTING. A Scientific Mail's Tiioory-Vom? Singu lar Ca?.'?-Tho Pooling of Hunger. Beruhchn, of tho Nancy faeul?r, who bivi just made bia roviows publie La Tho Itevuo Scientifique, is disposed to believe in M. Succi, und docs not find anything very extraordinary in fHiting, pr cc. Thun h?' citcu (hocit! "i of patients id of typhoid fever, who remain weeks without laking no tristan nt, r..id still do not die. In ;*. diso.vjo ti? willoh young girls nra especially liable, known us "nervous onovcxy," or loathing of fwd, wh.ich ii characterized l>y a total !.. > of appctito, Iii;? patient for weeks and even ; tuontlis ea*..; nothing, or BCtircoly any thing, lu lilia connection M. I'crnhebn quolc3 thu i.f .i yu'ini; giri Vrtiu waa unable to keep food on Uer stomach through constant vomiting, although ?ho lind a good apj>elito and ;?!.' and drank. Sho lived over a year in thal condition, ah hough i! wus impossible to say by w?ial lifo wno supported. Thuin healthy pemon will die after a few .'.!>.?;' fast, while nu invalid will linger for weeks under the Gamo conditions. The writer explains Ibis curious an omaly by tho theory thal tho healthy man <!iv.-i not rcaly die of Inaailiou, u::eo ho i? o colossus in comparison with tho emaciated invalid who drags liimsolf through tho wooka like a wall inj corpse, or willi tho convalescent fr en typhoid, who, though reduced to nothing but shin and l>oiio, Kiill recovers hia health. Tho inference, therefore, ia thal it Li hunger that liiiVt und not inanition, or rather t?nt hunger kills before inanition. Thus, *..> Lcop tho starving maa from dying, wo must lako away the feeling of hungor. To mipixirt tills ingenious hypothesis an hyp ?tfiei In which Succi'a experimenta would set o to bear out, as bo asserts that be docs away with tho sensation of hun ger by thc uso of his remarkable liquid the COSO Lt cited of Guillame (iranio, n prinoner, who determined to nt arve him self to death in his coll nt Toulouso, in 1031. Thia faster lived juet seventy three days on nothing but water, but at his 'Valli lii.s laxly only weighed twenty six !.!!?.;, or lesj than llftcon pounds! Pa tient? suffering from uielancholla have also l.'OOll known h> live from twenty to sixty days without ealing, juid, gener ally, it may bo said, that any powerful emotion great ly modifies tho feeling of hunger. Dr. Bow ?eke gives tho particulars in tho eases of eight minora who worn im prisoned in a co;d pit at Dois Monzil for l.;:i hours, or over five days, during which time lifo waa supported on two glasses of wino an 1 half a pound of bread, which they shared between thom. They could also quench their thirst with water. When released tboy declared i that they had Buffered bul very little. M. Lcpine quotes tho experienco of a girl who swallowed a quantity of sulphuric acid, which ecvon months after the acci dent resulted in the complote eating away of tho gullet. She lingered on for six tcon day?, complaining not of hunger, hut sometimes of thirst.--Now York 0 rapine. Tho Wo: in'? Hungry Children. 1 Mim. timos wonder how anylx dy with a heart can end uro t" live in BO unjustly balanced a world. Thero ;u-e so many to suffer, wliilo so fow aro really happy. There uro BO many who go hungry while jwt dogs .".re pampered and beribboned, poodles und cats aro fod and caressed, i'h,T? aro gu many llltlo children who never know how u juicy tenderloin tastes or hov.- good for tho stomach a bot und creamy cap can provo. Tbereare bomany frozen and ilattencd little nozes prossod against Uie outer pane, whilo warmth and feasting go <>u within. "My eyol" enid ono ?'f these little nogo-flattencrs in my bearing once, "SMELL tho soup, Johnniol Did ho over TASTK it, I wonder, poor lit ' tie man? Did any revelation of ita ; warmth and cheer ever reach him, save tliri u ;h the sad little nipped nose of bis. Oh, for nnothor "Plot! Piper" ti gather the hungry children from oiT tho streets, and out from tho shadow of squalid bornes, not to ontomb tlicni in the hill side, but to sit them dov H to a dinner iu fino a i your dog lian daily, madam. In Munich, they tell nie, there uro tallies spread constantly for tho poor, where tboy may eat without pay and go their way. In such i city BS this, per haps tho free spreads would call togotbur a rai.hi?- and create a riot; brazen pifront ery would often crowd actual merit to thc wa!), and the lazy vagabond would get his til), while tho timid woman and tho little child went hungry; hut, even then, the vos! burden ?if pressing want would be lifted, and wo who sit at bountiful tables , and hank lief, ire warm fires would not feel quito so selfish and BO mean.-"Am lier" in Chicago Journal. Grounds for Divorce In China. The chines,' havo a linn belief in mar riages l x ? i 11 Li made in heaven. A certain deity, whom they call "Tho Old Man in 1 thc Moon," links with a silken cord, they j say, all predestined couples. Karly mar riage Li earnestly inculcated. Ono of their maxims .states that lhere aro threo cardinal sics, and that to iii,, without offspring is the chief. As in other coun tries, K?iring is tho time when yoting peo ple's minds turn t<> thoughts cf love, and most marriages aro celebrated in Fobru ary, when (JIO poach tree blossoms apjiear. Among tho marriage presents are livo ?.. . 0i wliioh aro supposed to 1? emble matical of tho concord und happiness of tho marriage state. A Chinaman may divorce hui wifo for seven (liiTorotlt rea sons, and in tho list are lll-tonipor and a I talkativo disposition. The hirth of a son , is the occasion of much rejoicing, for without Sons a man lives without honor and dies unhappy, with no ono to worship at his giavo and nono to continuo tim family line. -Nineteenth Century. In Culia soap Ls made, of plaintaln; sometimes drusi and ground to a f wd< r, and somet? men used fresa and green for u puree. Tho Way to Make Kain. An agent for parlor organ.", says it pays to give an organ outright lo some ono farmer in a neighborhood where thero aro no instruments. As soon as it is known that ho has ono every other farm er's wifo exclaims: "Well, if that Isn't cheeki If that family can buy an organ ve v * mil certainly have one, and we'll get a lutter ono than they did!" Prom lateen to twenty soles aro tho result. Detroit Fmi Pm s. Really Quite It?rent. . Did you know that (?hort mustaches like mino aro nil tho rago now?" asked a Soho youth of his gill. "No; aro thoy?" sho replied. "Yes; they oro tho latest Illings out." "I might havo known that, too, for if tho) ajre Uko your? thoy haven't been o??? loy g. ' ' -PiWslnurg Chronicle, MUSIC AMONO THE GYPSIES. Tliolr I":>voilto IiiMtrumoutn-Apt I'ujill* ttl M lisll . Mni;l"l. *t Confort*. In tho days of yore, long ero tho hills of England wcro tunneled, ?ty .rm rr. | crossed, or ita Valley? wcro Invaded lo moko v.T. y for railway tram ., ii wu.j BV.'eot to liaten to the mild ruiu.ic, which, emanating from soma Gypsy camp i:; a secluded doll, mingled with tho rich nott? cf tin nightingftio arid other Lirda of song, jual r.s tho tun, on his vermilion car, rank below tho horizon in tho dis tant weat. Although inroadj have been nindn ou the hauut't of tho gypsy ti ibo, and their mualo is not heard so often now a.-; formerly, tho old lovo of it still lingers in tho tents and lives in the hearts of tills singular ]>ooplo. Their hom? hie is now and then enlivened hy music, and dunc lng, especially when tho women havohad "good hick," and tho mon lutvo boen uuccossful in their speculations. It ia then they indulge, moro than they usually do, both in ealing and drinking. A few of ''fortuno'? Bnvilos" will make them K> light hearted, and they become JO merry, that a limo on tho violin i.> proposed, to which all that oro abio and so disposed dance with great hilarity, especially to that known as "Tho White Cockade." Many of tho tuondaneo well, nu<l tho women and girls generally move lightly and ologautl.V, and all of them b^eiii to onjoy tho pastime. Tho favorito instruments of t!n> Gyp) los n.-e tho harp, fiddle, tambourine and tin whistle. Such apt pupila in muelo aro many of thom, that if Hoy had proper facilities and efficient tutors they would lio no disgrace whntuvor cit lier to tho nc,nt eminent cont ix > -: n or to tho most accomplished nnii.i- i clone. hi different parts of Eu ropo, palliou- | laily in Russin luid Huugory, ninny j Gypsies have becomo vory (lopular -VJ ? singers in cathedrals and chu relic?, und j have often been employed to sing beforo , princes and fashionable aosemhlles, both j prirato and public. lu Spains ?no ? f tho Gitanos aro tlieatrical performers, ai: I cases aro not infrequent In which Ikey have ott ah ed gre?.; cfKcicncy und , ipu- ( larity. In Hungary a writ \r rd iles -,f , knowing sovcral Qypsy women who wore j popular as publie Bulgera, mid ono in particular, whoso voice waa of mich re markable BWCetlieSS Hint nile wan almost constantly engaged in um ing nt cone, ria given in tho private mansions of tlio ri? li omi noblo for many miles nroutltl, and for which r>h" waa always very munifi cently paid.-Brooklyn Magazine, Tlio Hotels of New \'nrk. 'J'ho hotels of Nev.- York are its history. Time was when tho Astor house was so far up town that jieoplo went up there to MN} it. Ita erection waa midway of an era, willoh weat back to tho oki City hotel and Howard hotel, and forward lo tho Metropolitan and St. Nicholii/). Tho hostelries of those days took their names from homo subjects, tho old ('linton, where thc pioneer of tho Leland family made a beginning of tho hotel busim BS in some humula capacity, was named after tho governor who planned "tho big ditch," just ns tho Hoffman in recent tinion was named e/tor another chief magistrate of the Empire stato. French's, Lovejoy's, tho Brandroth, the Qilsey, tho Coleman, tho Sturtovant and tho Everett were and aro perpetuations of indi viduals. Thon came topical or lc.eal designations, ouch as tho New York, tho Union Square and tho Fifth Avenue The St. Nicholas waa a tribute to tho city's patron saint; tho Motroplita? marked tho ora when Now York assumed metropolitan rank, ami the Urdtctl States was tho home of sen captains, who con ducted our international commerce Tho epoch of traveled Americans and visiting Englishmen came nc .*. v. Uh such hotels us tho Clarendon, Albemarle, St. James, Windsor, Westminster, Brunswick and Buckingham. Tho French and conti-* ncntal fashion cf putting tho word "hotel" beforo tho name came with and succeeded t!ii? Btage of nomenclature Tlio Hotel Normandy ls a happy illustra tion. Numerous others might l>o cited, among the latest of thom tho Hotel Iiiu tholdi, which was quit<? an inspiration of ito sponsor, aud tho Hotel Qladatono, which is artistically a BUOCCSS In point of euphony.-Brooklyn i Utbzcu. Ant run o m I cul Photography, To snell a degree of perfection and ef fectiveness has astronomical photogra* phy now roached that among itsachiove meats is a photograph of tho cluster in Perseus, showing stars down to tho thir teenth magnitude, in this peculiar caso tho negativo was obtained in fifty min utes with a G.:l object glass of 83-inch focal length, tho view being subse quently Clllargod four times and repro duced by helio engraving. - New Y'ork Bun. Settle m ?nt, - A N I) - O?SEHAHSS, BY permis lon of A. v\'. Iturnsidc, Probate Judge, 1 will nettle tho Kilato of Surah liryson, deceased, at his ellice nt I .ani ons c. H., on tho Slat day of Jan uary, ls*7, ut lo o'clock, A. M., and al tho aamo limo will apply for a liunl dis eh ti rae. All persons having demands ngalnst said hnlatO are heroliv notified lo pri sent the sam?' in duo lorin, on or neroro stud day, or bo forever burrell, And nil indebted ?ire rcipilrod to luiiKo p lymonl by sahl timo. A. S. NICKOLS, Aduiimst ruler. Jan. 4, 1887- ll NOTICE! Mr. lian. P. O'Connor has this tiny become associated willi mo in business under Hie Arm nnmo of J. 1 >. Sheahan & Co. JNO. D. SH KA MAN. Laurens, H.C., Jon, l-l. 1887. l-fi-31 .1 WONDERFUL HOOK <>!?' fSOXC/ Tin: POKMS or Father Ryan, inc. PAIl-KAMKn PORT PRIEST Ol Till : SOUTH. The Aniondcd and Ktirlchod Ktllllon. Hinging Lyrics of tho War. liai Un Songs which firod tho South amt com pelled tim admiration of tho Foo, Completed In OOO volume, t.",:. pagos, beautifully llluatrnted. Tlio engravings Include a stool portrait of tim author; his i>id Church ami adjoining Uealdonoo in Mobile:''Erin's Plug j" and tho "Con q tiering Rannor," Tin hook will bo st nt to any address on receipt of prtco, |2.00, TH K BALTIMORE PUBLISHING CO., 174 w Baltimore st,. Raltlinoro, Md. N. M. '?no hair tho profits acorn lng from tho salo of this volume of poems from tinto to March 1st will bo devoted to tho fund for thoorootlon of n MOM* MUNT To KATI I BR lt VAN. to hu placed ovor bia gravo In Mobile. Help on the wo u and ?weil on tho fund by purohas lng a copy <>f tho hook. gikT~\\ .oited men and womou In evorv town, village and parish to act aa Hu"":,. <?r tho sale Of lins l>ook. 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