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THE SIGN BEARER. "Sandy" was not really lila uamo, of course; but when a man becomes, in point of fact, nothing but a peripatetic. Band wich he is apt to grow indilfcront to small points of etiquette and to tho social exactions that demand a prolix to a gen tleman's name when he is addressed, For old Sandy waa a gentleman in spite of tho fa< t that there was nothing visiblo of bim above tho sign board, *o to speak, but a pair of drooping ^boul ders inadequately covered with a rusty tweed coat; a weather honten neck, in which sollie of the cords seemed to have Acquired undue prominence by reason of the heavy boards swung hy straps across Id'i drooping shoulders; a careworn face, forever rod oom ed from insignificance by .> pair of mild gray eyes that luid caught ra commercial trick of looking very per suasively into the face of every passerby, os bo supplemented th* big lettered an nouncements of his boards by a flutter ing rose colored leatlet extended in a tremulous brown band; thin, wind blown gray hair and a disreputable but that ub solutuly refused to locate itself chrono logically in the calendar of fashion. That was thc upper man Sandy. Sandy below the boards waa principally notice able on the occasion in question for a pair of brand new shoes that apparently squeaked in uncontrollable amusement ot buding themselves on such foot, with such absurd accompaniments as tho.o Immensely rugged trowsor ends and those brilliantly painted rims to Kandy's Sandwich boards, which set forth in the most positive language the location of tho finest and cheapest shoe blacking to be found in all New York city or per haps in the world. Few, indeed, let them bo over80punc tiliously inclined, would have known to call old Sandy but just that; for it seemed to go beyond tho memory of man when ho bad not formed one of a solemn procession of thin sandwiches, ranging according to height, tall, taller, tallest, that plodded patiently up one side ot Broadway and down the other, proclaim ing tho same excellence of the sume shot blacking with the same patient indiffcr 'once to the changes of the weather ns t< the change i in the political horizon with til? same Stolid acceptance of th? Jostling that was inevitable when theil unyielding boards came in sharp contad with th'e swift rushing tide of humanity that now swept with them and now -against them. But hoartfl must trob, oven tonier tin .heavy pressure of sandwich l?oar<! '., am lt was because the front man in the pro cession, "tallest," knew Mutt old Sandy' bn<l occasion to beat somewhat sorrow fully just then that he turned and aske< lum a question on that bright but blus tering morning, not ungently, only ah ruptfy for want of time: "How's the Midge?" "W?rbe. " There como moments of relaxation am refreshment even into sandw lobed livet said when old Sandy's companions brok rankt! on thut ?lay to go to lunch h separate?! himself from them and, ?lroi ping his Uow commercial march hter Walked a?t rapidly ?c. he could for tb righi impediments on his shouhlcr* casi ward, ever eastward, until lie roache tho dreary neighborhood of Hester stree Where be turned abruptly into a doc that stood open and clattered up stain his brand new shoos creaking vocife: otislyon the bare boards of the steep an diity steps, his imprisoning boan thumping ou thc ste]? above him us 1 mounted Ita tily up two nights an Stopped suddenly at u. door immediate] in front ol him and knocked twice. Tl first knock sounded a tritio apologoli tho second a trifle impatient; both tai lng of recognition, he cautiously turin tho bundi?' uud peeped into ihe root! lt wuj not un interior calculated to fa cinate the gaze, nevertheless old San?: Stood there quito awhile looking in wit out making any motion toward emeriti The room was dark, not for want i Windows, for it boasted of three, bi what w ith the opaque newspapers th supplied the place of numerous mit lug panes of glass and the obi shawl at old quilts that had been pinned up high ns a woman's ario could reach kee]) the w ind at bay. and the unwuatli Condition ?>f the lipper sash, the reib tion of Hie bright sunlight that w flooding th? streets old Sandy had ju left was reduced to Its minimum. Sm sunshine, however, as dkl penetrate in the dingy room fell direct upon thr cages full of canary birds that swui high up against tho unwashed ti pp .ash, and when Sandy opened tho du they were rejoicing in it with an ex ubi ance of vocal content that seemed aim? Insolent in its contrast with the iadm an?l stillness of their surroundings. AH Sandy's ? yes got used to tho < BCurity they became conscious of i other pair of eyes fastened on his 01 with a sort of imploring IntonsK They looked immensely large, staring him there fro;-.i the ?nadle in front oft sullen : tove, but perhaps it was becai they were bot in Mich an < xeeedini pmall face from which all the ll? eeemod to have worn away, leaving t dry skin drawn Uko a ?Irumhead Ol the baby cheek bones. Two meager ar: terminating in two clew like hands wi ?utstrelohoil in mute appeal towan! < Sandy. Dut no sound ? ame from ( Midge's dry lips. "Bless my soul; it'd all alone. IN little Mldgol" OM Handy creaked in on the tipt"0fl his brand now sluwy, making nil 1 moro noise by reason of bis superhun oflorts to make none at all. Tho cant birds brought their chorus to an asl lubed halt and turned their small hei sidewise to investigate bim thorough evidently regarding bim ns a ri . musician of an unknown genus, t Sandy stopped whoa ho reached oradlo and said ugain very uoftly c pitifully: "Bless my soul! Poor little Mid All alone. It wants rn? to walk i Sandy was almost aghast ot this nugf tion. "I wonder if I dar?'? Tho rooi .cold, Midge, und you might Ctttch c< -and you don't look as if you could nt; many moro knock downs." Tho Midge, indeed (entomologie! nicknamed presumably for its eli body and oxaggornb'd extremiu M did took ns if it couhl ?I i nd any moro kn downs at all, but as it persisted ir mute demands of som . sort* old Ssl cost about him furtively for somet?: to wrap it up in. Nothing Hath) tory presented itself to his view. dy shawl that wa? visible wa? the pinned up against tho window, an wa? sooxceedingl v dirty and moth et that even if he hud Mt nt liU'rty tc tcrfcrc with tho arrangements of tenant of tho room in her absence wouhl not have used it. The Mit glowing tired of bis unexplained ina?: . emitted n low wail from lt? sn I 6ld Sandy completely on hin boom ends. "Don't cry, Midge. Bless my soul, don't cry. You shall have a walk." With sudden decision ho jerked oft hi i old tweed coat, which, thong}? cruel ly inadequate out thero en tho wind ?wept streets oven when ho had been weather boarded with his wooden adver tisements, would doubtless present a luxurious contrast for tl io Midge to tho wrinkled and crumby quilt (hot he was then enveloped In. Ile did it rather clumsily, but tho tlidgo was no pampered darling of for tune and allowed himself to bo rolled taco downward and inclined in old Sandy's coat without protest. Only onoo h?* gave a B?gh of relief wi ion ho was Anally hoisted high up and laid against Sandy's restless breast, with his Small hot liva I renting on the old man's uncoated shoulder. When edd Sandy | bogan to creak soberly luck wu rd and forward over tho baro floor in his vocal shoes, tho canary birds, concluding by this time either that he was a harmless ?ort of monster whose presence should tot be allowed to curtail tbeir enjoy ment of tho sun mine, or rise that the .founds emitted by t luise shoos must Ivo drowned at all hazards, bogan singing .gain with nil the capacity of *ix little yellow throats. Sandy quite approved of tiris performance on their part, and stationing himself in the very broadest Sunbeam he could find ho turned his back toward tho cages BO HS tobring tho Midge's weazened face ?dose to tho pretty things singing thero so airily in the sun shine, and singing ns if there had never bad a heart ached or broken in all this hard world, "Purty lamb singing for Midge!" Ho said it very persuasively, hut the Midge signified his disapproval ol' this halt by bringing his small, cold feet into convulsive contact with Sandy's stomach, and clutching feebly at tho t shirt eollar against which ono hot little elaw rested. "I'm an idiot, Midge, of course I am. What's the purty birds to you when you ain't over been out of sii;ht or bearing I of their everlasting wobbling? Hui '? there! money is in 'em, Midge. I won der whore nho is nil this lime," and full of contrition for his orror in judgment j old Sandy resumed his tramp w hile the Midge lay mol ion less in his inexperienced arms. It seemed to bini a very long time that ho croaked up and down that bare floored room with the Midge's little hot head resting on his shoulder, hong enough for him to make a great many somber reflections on tho barrenness of its appointments. He had nover seen it beforo by daylight. Ile had always como of evening?, when bc wa? legiti mately freed from his liuards und wan at lilK'ity to huik after Jira'n wife anil hoy, as ho had promised faithfully to do when Jim, poor follow, had died nearly a year gone now. It hadn't been much of an undertaking nor at nil unpleasant, for ; Jim's wife was a nico little creature, and it had shortened many an livening for old Sandy to sit in tho room where tho j cooking stove and tho baby's cradle and 1 tho high swung canary hirds'cages wer? all equally at home, nial watch Jim's wife at her sewing. She was always busy and neat and trim when old Sandy came, and careful of the Midge, too, and , that was what made it . ? hurd to under stand what looked likestichcrucl neglect on ber part now. Ho didn't door it to himself that a little hitor on. when Jim's memory had grown lei? green, he would like to ask Jim's wife to bo his wife und Jim's boy should be his boy. Presently the ?loor oponed and Jim's wife i.tood where Sandy himself bsd I stood ul vol lt half an hour earlier. She was very pretty; especially ut that mo ment, with her large, wondering eyes fixed on old Sandy alida Hush from hur ried walking or some ot lier causo dyeing : her cheek i a bright rod. "You here this lime of day?" she said ! with moro of wonder than gratitude in her voice, and stepping aside : he dropped a large paper parcel on thc old trunk be hind tho bed head. Ohl Sandy looked at her apologeti cally: "Hoseemed sobad lust night, you know, I thought I'd run up and ask after him. I didn't think to Btopso long, but finding him alone" Jim's wife had all this timo hoon get ting out of her bonnet and a rather smart looking mw walking jacket. .She an swered testily with her back to him: "Yes. 1 ran out for a minute to do an errand md borrow a coal of liro from Mrs Merrie across the hall. I made a good dale of five birds to-day." "And forgot tho coal of lire"-old Sandy was regarding the now finery with gloomy eyes-"tin Midge was most froze when 1 ^ot here." "I can got it now," the girl answered with Hushing cheeki, and started once moro toward tho den. Something in the Midge':; looks, however, cauticd ber to stop and look hurd at the small white face resting on old Sandy's shoulder. She took a step in-,uer to him, then Stopped und gasped: I "lu he asleep/" Sundy asked, very softly. "Lay him down in the bed," she an swered In a strango, quick way that caused Sandy to obey without question* lng. Tho Midge did not object. Yes, ho was asleep. Dreamlessly, painlessly and forever. "I reckon Jim sorter pine. *"or him," said old Bandy quietly, when there was no longer any nxnn to hopo that tho Midge would ever wake tip .gain, "and I expect it's best so. This woi ld waa too much for bim." lt carno back to him inter on, that when he liad stood in tho broad sunlieam beneath the bird cages, how tho Midge had clutched at bim convulsively, "if bo went then," ho said to the woman, who could only kneel and moan in her impotent sorrow and remorse, "he went with tho sun a shilling on him and the birds a singing to him name as if lin wan out under th? country ts ki ca, I Uko to think lt was so." Poverty is a hard taskmaster. Old Sandy was back in tho ranks a very little while later, nnd it wasunly when ho felt tho northeast wind cutting through him liku a knif* that lie rouiomhcrod bow he hail loft the Midge wrapped up iu b's only coat. Old Sandy wa i not co duty the next day. A substituto had to bo found to carry his boards,and tho mensonger that brought tho news of bis sickness to the atore brought ab o a request for th? van guard of tho sandwich men to com? to bim I bat night as Keon as he could. When ho did go it was to find obi Sandy flushed with fever and in s state of rontlo soo i that boded no good. "You'll have togo in my stead, Hony," bc i aili, as soon nu his friend had drawn the only chair in the roomclose up io (ho sidoof bis iron lounge. "I'd rather have gone myself, for I pi inised Jim to look after thom and I wunted lose?that they put the Midge away in good style, None of your pmij>or doings for Jim's h-.v.' Ho r?i?i?d ii)> nv his lim! under his pillow ?nd brought out un excessively old pocketbook. "It's all in there. I've l*;on savin' tsp for Heal ly, a year now. I didn't wW-it to (road too cloie or. Jim's beelu, ?ame ss I done when we sandwiched together on th? street. I was going to ask her to marry me when tile year was good ont. '1 hat woidd a boen about thc host way of kcepin1 my promise to Jin?. I think he'd a-said 'OK,' don't you, Bony? I uns plannili' to furnish a room for her real well, with a bureau and a washstand (Pvt? priced no end of 'em) and a lot of woman's gim cracks on tho mantelpiece. Hut 1 reckon that game's atiout wp. 1 think she's got lier hoad set a different way. Th?* Midge's gone home to Jim, md I shouldn't wonder if I was in for be pncuuiony; fools mighty like it in ny *ide. That's the reason I can't go myself, Bony. J reckon it come of for got tin' my coat. I wont you to take that money to her, Bony, ami toll ber I sent it for the Midge's bury in*. Tell her to have it done decent, carriage and all. Docent's th*- word, Bony. 1 don't want h' T to have no excuse for tubing help from anybody that ain't got a right to offer it. lt would sorter hurt mo to think that Jim's l>oy lind ?ny but honest money spent on hint, dead or alive. Maybe there'll bo enough for a bouquet, :oo. You'll como and toll nie how it ire--M off, won't you. Bony?" Bony promised that ho wonld, but when he came back tlie next night to tell nhl Sandy hov.- decorously the Midge bad been put away in a . m.Il black collin, willi & wreath of immortelle? lying at its head, and the collin Oil the front seat of , a carriage with himself arni Jim's wife j on the back ?eat, everything decent and paid for with honest money, old Sandy | was past taking any interest in it, for he, j too, had gone to swell tho caravan in numerable and to give Jim un account : of his stewardship. - Jeaijnette lt. Wal worth in Kansas City Times. 1 t 1 ?'.<'. I ! i j ; I ?lie It'll ii 'I 1,1 .l.ljnOl Horseback exercises were favorito pas times with the mon at arms and th* landowners. Those people being descend ants from one of the races tbut have furnished the best horsemen of the world -thc Cossacks and the Tartars have In herited a strong love of the hors?'. The rank of tho mon at arms show? tbii, as those who fought on foot Occupied a much lower position than those who fought mounted. Up to a comparativo Ir recert period there were no means of , importing better blood to improve the breeds of horses, hut they made the nrost of their Tartar blood. As animals for cavalry purposes these are not to be de spised, 'flier have eat ried I* rictiry Anne of the most formidable and ejec tive cavalry of th? world. It wa? on these horses that the soldiers of Timeur ?rel th? horde* of Qhengis Khan rode to conquest. On these horses the sons .uni grandsons cf Kublai Khan swept over western Ania, conquered the dominion* of the caliph, all uf liussia and the best part? of Huugary and Poland, lu Ute Seventeenth century the kin; of Spain sent som* ef the beet Andalusian horses to Japan, and the Portuguese also present od the milers of that country with well bred horses. Ia : later years the Kiupcror Napoleon pie i seated the tycoon with several tine Arab horses, so that their Tartar brod ef I horses has heeu materially improved. : Most cf the horses of that country are raised on th? great grassy plains in ? j semi wild stale, sud then caught and broken to lbw saddle.-Cor. San Frau cisco ( Chronicle. Thc frog-reft* of* Florid?. There ia no doubt that Florida ban mad" more progress in the last five years thou her most sanguine admirer could I base prophesied. Tho causes arc nu mer? 1 ons, not the h ast being her natural ad ? vantages. We have plenty of lumber, good harbors and line soil and climate. There is more than $4,000,000 inverted in Bummer resorts and watering places. Several sanitariums have been started with, ns far ag I have heard, good suc cess. Alligators? Yes, slr, plenty of them. Three or four tanneries devoted solely to the preparation of alligator skins. Next month opens the bunting season for thc alligator men. Yon know just SS soon as cold weather comes the ; alligator buries himself in the mud, where he stays until summer. Well, somehow these men lind out the nests of . this gay bird, and having located him they dig down in tho bank at such a dis tance from the water's edge as tho ani mator's head is likely to be. In nine eases out of ten they hit lt. Then they gag Iiiui, bind his front feet and gradually dig him out, securing him ns they go along. Tho average prioois $1 a foot for alligators, hut sometimes they get more. -Jacksonville Cor. Chicago Nows. ?Tauted a. Kuli Share. Several years ago, iu an aristocratic old ! town in Massachusetts, there bred a ' wealthy judge who had an only daugh ter. She was a little deficient mentally, but this fact was to a great extent ignored on account of her father's money. One day the family were ut a stylish dinner party and stier several goori, old fashioned dishes bad liecn served tho waiters brought in pintes? con taining on each plato a piece <jf upplo and a piece of custard pie. The judge's daughter addressed one of (hem in a loud voice, saying: "I don't like apple pic, but I'll take two pieces of custard."-. Detroit Free Press. MEAT FOR BABES. Muir ibo Behool children.; All up the ix?J* cf then; Kemi them all lesson full heme tu the 1*0* ot !hom? 1 RI*rklH>nri1 and exeivlae. prahle m sad qiirstton. Bother their young trains sad jpoll their <U eestlon; j Muff Hiern \ ;tl, 'ouif-lea, ell they can smaller at; Fill theta with 'ometrtes, ail th**/ csa wu? r at-, Crowd them with 'onoiuk*, all they can cbattar st: When limy ere through with the labor audahow of lt, What do they oara for ttl WI Jil do Uley know of itt ferd them and cram theia with all sett* ?X knowledges* Rush tliMM and puah (knut through high sc hon ll and colleges; Keep Out hot kettle en, bolling and f rothlag; Marks rottet for ererythtng, death couct* for Nothing ; Koah thom sad push them while? they're the will for lt; Knowlsdg* lu great, though many you kill for lt; 1'ile on ilui taxes to pay you the bill for lt! Urge them and pms? thora to higher aanblUoris; lined not tWelr minds' or their ht? 11? co?di tion*. Btlck t? (he system you ?.?og have been cher Wilng, Careless of those who are fading and oerlahfng; Birong meat for babe?! 1* the age's last motto; Drop tho weak eoul* who can't learn as they ought to; feed them and All them, no oud to tho euri y fofl Puah Uieui and pre sn them, no atop to the hur rying; Parente at homo will attend to the bury In*; Strong moat for babes) I* tho motto ef pro groas; Knowledge, a fiend K, ambition aa ugnss. S?w York. bun. marliirw.lirii .M ANNUAL KI3*?ORT -0F THE Comity Treasurer - OF - LAURENS CO., S. C., OF MONEY TAH) FROM NOVEM BER 1ST, 1885, TO NO Y EM BER 1 RT, 1886. 7'n Hit Honor the Presiding Judge of the Court of General Sessions for Itaurmx County, February Term, ?8H7: ROADS ANO BKIOUEB. Lewis Moore,.$ 5.00! G. T. Roberts,. 6.001 .I.C.Clark,. 10.00 J. M. ( lardy,. 81.26 A. C. Owings,. 150.00 G. \Y. Mr .oro,. 05.00! Whntn & Leven,. Ci xii KI Y.c. Mellaros,. 9.00 JohnDngnal,. 11.00 J. I). Dagnnl,. 14.00 ! J. 1). Dagnnl & Bolt,. 12.50 J. W. Fowler,. 12.82 Alf. McNinch,. 10.25 E. S. Allen,. 18.IX) (J. NV. Moore,._ 20.00 J. H. Bowers,. 9.60 R. B. Leven,. 15.00 NV. I). Maturity. 17.7.r> Wilson & Bolt. 70.00 John'aDngnal,. 19.50 J. \Y. DuPre,. 16.00 Gabriel Pinson,. 3.60; R. B. Leven. 55.00 Phil. Harris,. 15.00 J. S. NVUbanka,. 3.00 T. J. Dillard,. 20.00 W. R. Crawford,. 5.(M) B. L. Henderson,. G.33 .LC. Moore,. 12.00 J. c. MePavid, . 10.50 NV. i'. Turner,. 6.17 E. s. McKinley,. 387.50 J. P. El led go,. 27.1 KJ E. S. McKinley,. 8.<K? Alf. McNinch,. 5.00 Dagnal <v Bolt,. 27.00 Leven iv Wham,. 150.00 J. MeCravy,. 6.00 F. C. Winn,. 20.50 J. A. Franks,. 12.28 Edward Larks,.... 37.50 A. B. Barksdalo, . 3.79 NV. D. Sullivan,. 10.55 C. Puckett, . V?.( KI \V. B. Wharton & J. A. Puck ett, . 13.00 Robin King,. 12.00 W. J. M ilh r.. 4.00 P. H. Todd,. 21.75 W. i'. .enport, . 5.<M> j W. NV. tireen, . 2.40 ! Wm. Parks,. 15.00 I J. M. (Hardy,. 12.50 I J. B. Davenport,. 3.00 ! Henry P. Lttndford,. 2.Tu ! NV. B. Crisp, . 10.00 j C. ti, Kike,. 8.00 AT roRNEY. j Ball & Wiitts, . 75.IKI LOOK HOUSE CI.VIMS. E. NV. Dendy,. 13.00 ? . 8.16 " . 12.90 " " . . . 16.00 ? ?< . 23.00 " " . 25.85 " " . 13.50 " " . 14.65 ? ? . 21.65 . 16.75 . 17.64 NV. L. Knight, . 2.50 E. NV. Garrett,. Ki no J. E. Goddard, . 3.00 (i. NV. Duvall,. 20.00 MANAOKRS OF ELECTION. B.F.Arnold,.$ 5.60 J. D. Powers, . 9.40 J. E. Goddard, . 16.50 " ? . 16.70 H. P. E. Fuller,. 15.95 ; R. J. Stoddard, . 7.90 L. NV. Copeland,. 4.20 D. T. Copeland,. 0 **0 ? " " . 14.70 T. P, Byrd,. 27.10 H. S. Shumate, . 6.00 N. L. Bnrksdale,. 18.20 i J. S. Johnson,. 13.20 NV. H. Drummond,. 5.80 J. R. Cooper,. 1.00 J. I). Patton,. (>.(?? J. W. Leake,. 3.00 ! S. M. Nabora,. 8.50 J. H. Balentine,. 0.86 D. F. Balentine,. 13.801 J. H. Allen, . 1.80 J. O. C. Fleming,. 3.20 .1. P. Dillard,. 11.50 I). D. Little. 5.80 J. E. Garrett,. 4.80 .1. O. Martin.. 1.00 W. W. Campbell,. 9.70 Hugh laminan,.. 3.20 A. B.Stewart,. 10.65 David Burnside,. 10.20 H. G. Coleman,. 11.86 J. A. Madden,. 8.85 B. B.Prior,. 3.00 J. A. Westmoreland,. 6.40 Zimri Carter,. 4.50 P, A. simpson,. 8.00 J. N. Wright,. 4.80 STATIONKHY. J. Wash. Watts,. 8.32 U.S. Griffin,.... 5.33 I). P. Goggans,. 2.25 C.M.Miller,. 5.00 " " . 2.22 AUDITOR. fl. M. Langston,. 100.00 THIA L JUSTICE. C. M. Miller,.$ 97.76 W. B. Stoddard,. 18.92 ? ? . 14.50 ? ?. . 14.00 ? ? . 12.00 C.M.Miller,. 82.51 Joel Ellison,. 8.50 C. M. Miller,. 159.95 YV. S. Pitts, . 12.15 ?uni Cook,. 35.4(1 YV. IV Stoddard, . 11.12 .* " . 2.90 .1. C. Cook, . 6.15 I " ? . 7.20 j !.. W. Copeland,. 7.7* > ll. L. Henderson. 4.lo O. (?. Thomson,. 10.25 C. M. Miller,. 17.60 YV. S. Pitts,. i W. F. Irby,. 2.GO W. B. Stoddard,. 5.26 J. P. Hunter, . 8.50 CONSTABLE. N. I). Frank,.$ 59.25 " " . 82.65 J. E. Goddard, . .Yon W.T.Turner,. ti.lu A. C. Nelson,. 3.00 J. A. Burdett,. 4.30 Calvin Davis,. 7..r>o YV. H. Franks, . 1.50 Robt. Franks,. 9.80 G. YV. Corbet,. 3.30 .1. A. Burdett, . 10.85 lt. I). Nance,. 5.00 J. A. & G. H. Burdett, and E. L.Shell,. 12.65 Robt. Franks and F. C. Rose,. 12.60 Y. C. Hollams,. 7.o:> W. ?). Byrd,. 3.00 J. ll. Burdett,. 34.60 T. \). H arieton,. 5.10 N. 1). Franks,. 3.20 YV. F. Rose, . 2.oo P. M. Pitts,. 16.65 I N. 1). Franks,. 17.'tu i .1. M. Clark,. 2.50 ! j B. C'. Burns,. 2.40 S J. E. Goddard,. 12.90 j J. O. C. Fleming, . 50.40 YV. V. VVinebrenner,. 12.05 A. T. Brown, . 3.7? N. 1). Frank;-. 69.15 J. T. Hellams,. S.20 C. C. Moore, . 17.7o D. C. Barksdalo, ...... 7.90 Berry Owens,. 17.7" J. NV. Peterson, . 3.50 Martin Williams,. 6.90 W. 1). (ioodfrey, . . 17.40 J. H. Burdett, . ">.('>'> dull' Burdett. i.3() Janu s Burdett, . 3.7<1 J. W. Whit, lord. 10.35 V. c. Kellarna and c. M. Franks, . 7. lo Elihu Culbertson, . 8.10 j A. C. Nelson. 4.35 W. H. (?oilfrey. li.-.'o ; F. C. S. Childers, . 7.50 J. B. Campbell,. 3.00 j (i. 1). Smith, . 3.(Xl Chas. E. McCrary, . 16.50 li. S. Grilltn,. 1.7?' Kcnderson inman. 2.00 A. S. Biddel, . 3.00 J. W. irl.y, . 1.50 J. E. Godfrey. 2.70 Robt. Franks, . ti.7o ! Melmouth Fleming, 7.20 I \\? A. White, . 7.."."> 1 J. W. Dupree, . 12J50 STENOORAIMIFII. W. A. Law,. 187.50 ?* <? . 62.ot? Col) STY Ci >M MI s.- ION R Us. J. L. Crawford, . 84.00 J. C. Rasor,. 45.75 Jan. Bell, . 24.80 INFORMANT VS. LIC<IUOR I?AWS. Dave Hunter,. #100.00 INSU it ANO v.. J. A. Barksdalo, Ag't.* 50.00 Traynhnm A Dial, Agents, ... 25.00 Sil IC HI FF CLAIMS. B. F. Ballow, . + 84.75 '? ? . 176.90 ? ? . 205.55 W. W. Liner, (Nowsborry.).. . 17.22 Ct.KKK Corm. ?.W. Shell.$200.00 4i " . 56.70 ?? u . 67.10 PRINTINO, T. B. Crews & Co.,. $100.00 u " " . 168.25 " " u . 5.00 J. C. Carlington,. 4.00 Walker, Evans & C ogs well, 148.00 CORON BK. J.J. Boozer,. 25.30 ? ? . 17.60 " " . 11.95 REPAIRS, PUBLIC BUILDING. R. L. Bishop, . 20.00 (i. w. Parkerton,. 47.75 ? " . 2.50 Lesley _ Bro'fl., E H. McKinley,. J. M. Robertson, . ?,Ai . 1.10 . 5.30 ? '? . 57.00 II. M. Borger,. 3.25 WITNESSES. Ii. C. Culbortson, . 8.90 Nelson Young,. 8./30 C. M. Miller,._ 1.G0 Dr. Thos. .McCoy, (Export). . 12.fX) L. IS. Irby,.'. '.'.lo Dr. li. IO. Martin, (Export). 2'1.00 J. D. Hnirslon,. ?2.80 Hill Kimmi. 5.00 Martin (I ri Hin, . 3.50 Sallie Dobbins. 5.10 Press Subor,. 7.'.III Sallie Dobbins, . T.iio ( Seo. I bobbins,. 7 .'.III (?. M. Fleming. 3.00 W. I). Sunders. '2.l<? N. li. Dial. . 37.30 Dr. T. E. Todd. ( Export ; ll .50 j .). W. Todd,. 15.80 j W. S. Harris, . i.00 J. P. Dillard,. 2.30 Dr. .J. S. Wolli", ( Expert ). .. 11.00 .h IKY COMMISSIONS. J, O. Templeton,. 30.00 " ? . 12.00 " . '.?.I ii i " ? . 15.00 Post MoHTEMS. Dr. (5. NV. Duval),. 20.00 Dr. J. S. Wolli",. 15.00 Dr. B. E. Martin. . 20.00 Dr. .1. ll. Miller,. 15.00 Dr, S. F. Blakcly. 5.00 EXAMINA nov LCNACIKS. I ?rs. E. < i. Simpson and J. II. Miller,. Ki.dii Dis. .1. H. Miller and .1. ("'. j Wilborj. 10.00 j Dr. D. I.. Anderson; . 5.0? Dr. J. J. Boozer,. 5.00 A. W. Burnside,. 10.50 Drs. J. K. Smith und W. F. Jones,. lit.'in Dr. .J. D. Patton. 5.00 " F. I). Coleman,. 5.00 I " <?. ?.. Martin. 5.00 " T. E. Todd, Medical service for Jail. I ' Sailor* Not A Shlffl*>?? Rat. lt is too much tho fashion to allude ta our Bailors ns a thriflions, careless class, who only draw (hoir wages incontinently to wa?.?*> them. Se-ine;, however, that during the past yuar "Jack" romiltr?d mo lem than ?437,000 to lon relatives and friend* by m< ana of money eiders ob tained at various p st offices ?; home an I abroad, it i ? only fair to ra-?"" bim some eroiit for forethought and consideration. Of thia stun about ?48.000 was romitted frew abroad, the. totals nt Tr.rinis porta b?ir>g euiiounly dissimilar. For instance, from Hamburg no loss than ?7,604 waa tent horn*. *nol.? from Pira?'!* only ?1 was dispatched. From tho live i>orts of j Uauslnirg, Brvmcn, Havre, Antwerp an I Ammonium 100:0 than ?33,000 was re mitted, lc^Yitv/ otdy ?10,000 for tho ! united ratuittaticci front thc other thirty tire ports which "Jock" t i <. piel t landon Figaro. ir* stm r,lv?6. lite scene was in Brixton; disraeli rs, a rising young drajier and a pretty young lady. 11?^ had r.n affection for her. Rho a liking for him. and so they l?vame 1 .. trothed. It did not como ol?? thc parents objected. Willi? hi? eye; ra re full of 1 gathering tears he bade bia faltering fare wells, OKU dosed the doer upon his ho?*??. A in OTU en t liter he opened it. stepped r-ack bite the rwan. und with t^&rs in hi* eye? lr ?l.-.-tily mm mureil: ..I hope ti ila will make ne. difference ?d>out your coming t<> TUT place of busi i!ess, .iijd that your mother will continuo t<i do business with us. I shall l t- liappj t<> give UlC U'Ual diwCOUnt. Our a!"? i? i-, large and varied ..ur ?am to please." And the door ahnt finally, leaving him ?Jone with his grief. TJd Bits. TIU..1, ? Mun Weighs ?Won*. According to experiments carried out by the Belgian savant. Qttctelet, u man attain* his maxiiTie.ru weight toward his 40th year, and beginn to lose it sensibly t< 1.1 Iiis fioth your. A wannan, how ever, does not attain her maximum weight until her '0th year. The ag. ut wliieh people attain their maximum weight and tho weight itself differ in the diff?rent claasea of society. In tho aillu cot classas the average maximum weight h? 172 |ioundfl, and is attained at an years of ag?. In the artisan class it i- IM polirais, attained at 40. Among form la borers it is 171 pounds, attained at CO. In til? general classes it is 104 pounds, ! ami is reached between 4n und -VJ years of age.-Chicago Tribun?. A Chtnrup Ftiiternl. j Mid. tba wife of Chm Shuni, waa thc .Vrt Chinese woman to die in New York > rity. The body In tho collin was en? shrouded in a black ?md red hloar.e ni i dress. On the feet were a pair of sh., i of peculiar workmanship urn! profusely decorated with riblions of gay colors. Another pair was placed in the Cofilll, BS wen? uko two black suits Of clothes. ( >o her wriits ber husband placed four largi rings. One pair was of ivory an<l tho Other of poid. Pearls and trinket? In a small were also placed in the COfHn. -Chicago Herald. TU? World'? l.iirff??t Gold Minti. The famous Mulatos m.ne. regarded by many iw the largest gold mino in ll e world, bau been sold (0 R company of English capitaliste. TIKI mino is situ ai, J al Sonora, M?v.. and wu*i worked hundred* of year? ago by ibo natives, but waa lost track of. In 1804 it was rediscovered un I sold to Fronoh parties, v/ho. after working ?t for nearly Hf ty yean*, resold it u> n rich Mollean, and it bas been in his banda ivor ?in ie, There ure 100 ohambors in tho mino, some 150 fest high, yet .not a stiok of timber Li used to SUpporl tlio roo!', tho support consisting Ol pillars left 111 dig ging out thu oro. Tho oro is of low grade.-?Chicago tune.*. Sh? Mill fallow Ulraotlnuft, Physloiau (to young woman patient) -You havo asevero cold, Miss Smith, und aru threatened wah pneumonia. You will havo to romain very quio! for several days. Patient-Oh, Dr. Pellet, I must go out. I havo ao much shopping to do, Physician-I soe, also, that your nos? hu a tendency to inflame at the tip Patient-(thoroughly alarmed) -Oh, sir, I will do any thing that you tell mo to.-Puck. At a colloq examination: "What M tho best insulator?" asks tho profesar of \Aywes. nv*?a*(y.---Tid.Bits. Thc State o? Soulli Carolina, County of fiHuroiifi. COURT <>!.' PHOB AT E. Silas S Knight, UH lld min?') iHtrntor willi th? will un lioxvd of S.u ah KvutlH do- i Plnlntli)', ! ngaltiHt SUMMON ii corrio Kvuns Plnkiioy Kv- I una, -curry KVUUH ami | col lu an KVUIIH, Refondants ! To tim D?fon?ants iibovo named YOI) ar?- horoojy NUitiinonod und ro . 111 i r?-? I lo aiiMwcr tho (>oiii|>liiini in thia action, which is Hied in tho oflloo ol' thc .iii'l^c ot I'rohnto for tho sahl (bounty, IIIHI lo Morve a copy ot' your answer to thc mihi ?-oin plo i nt on the subscrib? r at ins oillcc, Luurous, South Carolina, \\ it hin t ?\ eely illly? aller service h O roof, exclusive of the . ay of Hitch service I and and ll'you full lo an-.wer th?.ll)plaint within tho timo aforesaid, the plaintif! in t ids nc I ion will apply lo l lie coin t for tin* relief demanded in the complaint. I lated 17lh Jan. A l> IKK7 A \V ISP KN SI DK, J V V ( .loiui w Konen ?on, Pinioli'.iv vttorney. To thc defendant H < !ori ie II va ns, Pink ncy levant, Carry Kvuns, Calhorlno Ev? ans: You will trke nolien that tho Hum? mons and complain) lit this action were li .?n nulli" otllccnf thu Judgo of Praliato lor liuurens t'ounty, South Carolina, on I'ho I "t h day ol' .lannary, 1^77, John w Korguson, Plain Atty SENT FREE. Kvory reader ol'this pa por who aim.* 10 I nv machinery, can learn how lo save money ll* fi o will send his nunn- on 11 postal card lo Thc "Hi.\ie" Co., Atlan ta, (?a. A sample copy of ?.Illxio," tho liuiidsoiuesl industrial Journal in thc country, will he sent him I'roo of ohorUO, MAOBCnSTBIlT you v. ai:', and don't delay. Send ut once, li only costs ono cool to Mend ns u postal card and you will gm informa" lion thai will save you many dollars. AddroHs Tun " I >i x i f" < !o., .C on .?'Hut hui" building, Allanta, Qa, STATE OF SOUTH CAUOTJINA. --COUNTY OE EA V HENS.- I N TU E PRO HAT li COURT. NV >i KUI-: \s. <?. W, Shell, o. c. c. e.. has applied lo nc- for Lol tern ol Administra* lion on tlc Kstntool' ll. ll. Walkin-, do? cen iud. TIICKI! .'ic llierofore lo cito and minion i-h nil nd singular tho kindred and erod Hoi s nf sahl deceased to l)U lind ap |,car lielnrejmo, in tho Court ol' Probate, to lu liol h u nt Laurens Court House, . rn the Uri I, day of March 1887. to show cause, il nu*, they can why sahl Letters -In.nhl not he granted. All pi ?S..U-- huvingolulnis against said cstaie will pri sent iii" sanio on <n- before that dav. or ho forever harrell. (liven under my hand and seal, this lat h dav ol' Jan mirv, P*S7. A. Y\. KC ONSIDE, . a Probate Judge. P A T E N T S, Caveats; Trade Marks and Copyrights Olitainod, and till business lu tho 0. 3., I ucnl OOico ut'eilded lout MuIH-.U VTE ri-:r.s. Oin olibre ls opposite Ibo C. S. Patent ' ?lllee, and wc eau obtain Putouts in loss lhiii> than those remote t'rolil WASH I N<. PON. Send MOOKI.or DRAWfNO. Wond \i- lo patontahilitv free of charge : 111 -1 wc i u ak e NO CIIAHOK INI.I'.ss \* KOOTA IN PATENT? Wo refer boro io I he poslmastor, OIIIOIIIIH of tho C. S. ? iii ollloe. Kor circulor> acviso, torilla an references lo actual ellonts In your nw i . !? or ( 'ouufVi Writo lo C. A. Snow A Co., 0| i i.-ulu Paton! OlUeo, Wash in ton H. ( . EA ?'RENS COUNTY ' E hi ES TAT Por Kent i i reo* ire houses iii th o town of Lau rens. Foil SM.I:: acres lan.' locntod III (tilVorent pori inn- <?!' Laurens county. K?n S \ i.R or ?? :\ r number ol toloudid .* sidenoos In tho t ow n . u' I .au ri ns. \ n w ?loro huns" nt High Point on thc <; LA S H lt, Price low A aplendld siand l'or ii store. \n ch eui! Iioiisi and lot tn th icily ot' i .reen villi! this property ls splendidly located i onvi niiml lo li ti st noss portion ol' the eily, also lo idiurehoH and street railway a liar ga in is oil-rod-[f not sold, t he house ano elegant furniture will l.e routed low. _ Kor p irilo liars ns to any .?f tb'j abov? properly call In or address I M IIA MPTON, M un ager. J i i i A HI.I Ni i Ti ?N , \t tm nm . HACHENS KAIL ,1 . T. .IOU NSON. W. II. lllllU KY JOHNSON ? RIOHKV, AT rOHN KVS AT LAW. ?oiiii: I-h mimi's ( oi lier, Northwest iiiile of PuMIe Sipiare. LAURENS, C. IL, - - - Bi C. ,K<\ ?. AKI.INOTON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, I. A r OK NS ?'. IL, - - 8. C (?nie Vdvortlsor Ouilding. W.O. HEN KT, V. C. M'ooWAN, Abbeville Laurens. it EN KT ?v MCGOWAN, A I'TORNEYS AT LAW, LA KR KN S C. IL, ... s. C. j. w. i tann SON. ano. r. VII NU, FERGUSON A- YOUNO, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LACHES'S C. H.. - - . fl. Ch N.J. HOI.M I'S. il. Y . O.Ml'lSOM, HOLMES tv SIMPSON, A Tt'o H M'. Y S AT LAW, LAI H KN S C. H., - - - B. C, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LA I O KN .S, H. C. g&~< Ulico over wtoro of W. L. lloyd. "W. H. Marti ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS C. Il , H. DR. "W" H BA' DF.NTIHT.~ Ollioo ovov National K id (lillee (pi v . M nula vs mid t HIM LAURENS. ...