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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?. Tl I li PRESTON .MANSION THU MO,T C KL Fr. UR AT FD HOME IN THF. STATE How tho Homo ol' Hie Domptons' it lt ol til3 IVoU ons' K*V.\\>M? the T.neb ol' Sherm m's Army-imorosilog Itt*ni' IIIIHCCIICO* of h'oi inoi- l??.v?. There is no house in Soul h Caro liniv around whit;h cluster moro in teresting associations thun ?ire ooo. hooted with tho Preston mansion, situated in Columbio.. This placo was u few months ugo sold to thu nuns of tho Ursuline Convent, lt wits built l>y Ansley Hall, un Kng lishnuin, and was subsequently sold to Wndh Hampton, (ho grand father ot>Hcnalpr Hampton. !t wu. occupied Iii- the Hampton family until is lu, whim il bronnie i ho prop, ort y of ( hu .lohn S. Prest hf i, h rot li er of tho celebrated statesman, William 0; Preston. That was the period of South Carolina's power, when she was at the /.ontth . f her NY eal th, and no nation eclipsd horin culture anti refinement. This homo of the Preston's was u typical Southern home. Ii was an illustra tion of tho Str tc's rise omi her de elino. fortress Uko in it ; stony strength', it stood amid a forest of tropical foliage. Within was all that was rich and rare. Paintings from tho brush <>f eminent artists decorated Hie walls, and statuary gleamed in marble whiteness fruin niche ami ale?se. (Jorgeous tapes tries and rugs of brilliant colors il lumined tho sombre oaken pa inna nnd doors with light and warmth. This ori.mtial luxury was enhanced by slaves who moved noiselessly about, bearing silver trays of fruit and wine, while oilier.' stood like statutes of ebony, awaiting tho call of their masters. It was hore Hutt (he ruling spir its of the ?lay assembled. Pel to ff re w and O'Neil, Preston ami Hoyne, formed iv galaxy, from which flashed in rival splendor darts of wit and w isdom. Stately Women presided over lids home With queenly grain. This mon archal regime continued uni il the outbreak ol' the war in 1801. During (.lenora! Sherman's occu pancy of Columbia Ute following incident occurred : It Was the morning after Ute dreadful conflagration thal left ibo city in ruins, thal rt group of home less women were assembled in the graveyard of St. Peter's church. The sun was rising in burnished bars of light over tho smouldering city, and in the dawn of Ibo new day the scene was weird and piti ful. This little number who hover ed together were tho nuns of Ibo "Ursuline convent." There they stood, wnfchin&'the conven I near In sight. Tho llame-, like serpents of fire, era .vieil from tier to tier of tho smoking wall-, until suddenly they trembled end fell. In their heavy ann- they buried all that was most sacred to those Christina women. The crucifix, tho shrines mid all else was transformed Into (?USt and ashes, and there t hey wait ed-these desolate si del s, HOMtU bowed low, until their -entice vadis trailed in tho dank woods and grass of (ho grave, while others aloud with sublime faith illumina ting their pith' lace-. Wy chance General Shorn an it ml stall' pa- id by. Seeing tho desolate lit tb group, he dlsirfminlod, and ap proaching (hom, ho extended hi^ hand t<> Mother Superior, and cheerfully said: "Sister, these are thc times to practico Christian for titude." I'he tail ligure of Mother Superior, shrouded in the ha' iii motil ? nf her church, towered grandly, as Imo calmly replied: - "You, Honorai have made them HO." Kor a moment tho great soldier's faco flushed, and ho was silent, ".Madam, I am very sorry that your convent was burned," he said, "but you shall not remain h?melos; ; se lect any unoccupied house in the ?Ity, Olid it shall bo yours." Moth er Superior asked foi- the proston house. This request was granted. The mansi?n was accordingly oc cupied and retained hy them until many months after tb . close of tho war, when lt w as again taken pos session of by tho Proston family. It was then a wreck of Its former grumbler. The gigantic old trees were enveloped in vine-, and all the walls were mouldering henea! h matted Ivy and moss. Tho tropic nil oxuborenco of bloom was rc ??laced by unkepl hedge-.; water rom broken mun thins dripped on beds of wild lilies find reeds Hals rustled through the dark shadows, nod owls haunted the roots and chimneys. Tho interior of the home was dismantled of Its former glory Paintings and statuary and dil that w as rare and boautllul had fUtftppercd; tho fragments of shat tered minors clung to Huir tar nished frames i sculptured c?micos were? broken, and dosolntlen brood ed evorywherc. But in nothing was the Irony of fato moro poignantly Illustrated ?hun when the coul l ly Preston was compelled to sell bis homo to tho miscreant Ooverilor of South Caro lina, who<e adiiiinistralion proved to be the most brilliant ami corrupt ?f tho prosed! century. There in tho ancestral homo of a noble, polit ical vultures met and p I pd tho nights in Inventing nev. forms of fraud and in revelry end carousal, But lo-diW oil ls changed. Tim Pro-don ami Hampton families ni e Almost oxjajlt, ^ poverty and lus ow n rollies, has he roine u shattered wreck o.nl a pen niless exile. The old mansi?n, thal in year past resounded lo the eloquence of Statesmen, and was once the haunt ot prbtlfgal traitors, Ino. now 1)0 eoiue Hip shrine of the Church, w hero holy-women kneel amt in voke ? hui's blessings bofo.ro tho \ " i i; r i 11 and tho oi'ltoiil.V, Mother Superior's hopes and prayers |iad for years hoon ehntorcd OH the Pre toil home as a convent for her followers, I for prayers were answered, hut late; only a few months ngo she died, und hoi hody was hud be neath the shadows ol' St. Peter's elturch, in tho very spot whore she hud mod when l?ciicrnl sherman mei her more than twenty years ago, and bade her occupy tho Pros ton bouse as h, r home. And now- at twillghl the vespers lloat (brough thu laurels and the OOM, :<"d Ibo groat stone pile rises up grandly, ns a monument of de parted ?.dory.- Miss Orchards in Womans1 Work. Household Hints. The w hite ol'an ogg is au excel lent pol isl) for kid hoot--. For chapped hands dissolve Iwo ounces of glycerine, two teaspoon fuls borax, in one pint of water. A table spoonful of turpentine! boiled with clothes will greatly aid the whitcnini* process. Pieces ol stale lavad may be dip ped In an egg, tried brown, and ' SCH ed a< lill omelet. if troubled willi chapped hands, apply, after washing well, a small drop of honey. l!nb in and wipe dry. Ifuslmnds. Held tho baby half Hie lime, and always start the lire ill the morning and put on (he tea kettle, A lew quince seed boiled in water and perfumed w ill keep tho hair in curl longer Ullin tito USO of any oth er prep '.rat 'on. I n p >1 ?sh!ng shoos, il tho blncki . ^ i moistened willi a little milk In --(ead < |' water, they will polish w ith h time and effort. Peach leave- pounded lo n pulp and applied tu a bm Iso, Ol' Wound ! from a rusty nail, or a -impie cut, w ill give immediate relief. A little borax pu! in tho w ater in willoh -carlet napkins and red-bor dered table cloths are wa-hed. w ill prevent them from fading. A few dri ps of ammonia in a cup ful ol' wann rain-water, carefully applied with a sponge, w ill remove spots from paintings ami chromos. A few cent's of corrosive subli mate dissolved in alcohol, and ap plied willi a font hoi*, will extermi nate bed bugs, ll i- it deadly pols-j ?ni. Powdered pipe clay mixed willi i water to tho consistency of cream and left on for several hours, is -. moi I m CH used I - ? ri m o ve oil staiu< I from paper. discolored (ca a od coffee pol s can bc ?deaned by putting a lew tabla* ! SpOOllful of wood ashes w ith a lillie - I water. Se! oil Uro and lol boil a I few minnies. I Teclean gold Jewelry with stones | ' in, w i-h in wa rn sud . made of il nc -oap, w it ii ten or tineen drops of j s al-vol ut i ll in il. This muk?s jew elry very brilliant. To lake rusl from slool, cover j willi SJ wool oil and ru!? il in well. Let if he forly-elghf hours, then polish with unsluckcd lime till tho rust disappears. The cellier of (he fable is HOW oc cupied by a fanciful square or -trip ol' embroidery or applione, or a low muss of (lowers und folinge, where lormoriy the cporgue or largo cns. tor stood. 'i'o ?ol (he color in black' or dark hosiery, calicoes, ciimbl'li s, etc., put a (urge tablespoonful ?d' black peppor info a pail <>f w ater, and lo! the articles ||t) in soak fora couple of hours. To euro enr?nelio, put (Ivo drops of I chloroform on n little cotton. Place | this in the bowl of a clay pipe, Dieu blow the vapor through Hie .stem into flic c ir, and instant relief will follow*. As un anodyn o expectoran!, A ye r's < 'berry Pectoral is broil) p4 ill ?ts UCtloib ll checks til ad vance of dlsortSO, allays all tenden cy to inflammation and con Ul inp* Hon, and speedily restores thc nllllotod. Young ipan, you had hi tter not try to Hill With a pair ol ha/.rl eyes. I t is a waste ?d' time ami dnngorou . They Aro leSS susceptible (han Hm blue', and 0I1C0 (lOCOlVOcl ?lo not pine away III grief, hut rally for rovoilgfl und take lt out in scorn. If you tuckia tMOID you |md botler go in fco win or leavi' Hu? country. And while l think ??f lt PH maka nrfoth* rr remark: Winni you woo and w in and wed you lind hotter keep on wooing afiorwar?!, or ?eave the COu?lf.V- it lukes u power of love to do (nenv Everybody In tho eliurch, c-xoeyl thc new pastor himself, seemed to enjoy it w hen ho Jost tho placo in m imiM rlpt, ami while nunllng lt Hooke of "Ksau, w ho sold bis Of pol right.1' W ATLANTA <J<>8.?> MINK (?ie Thousand Dollar's Worth ol' Mg g i* 1'ivaii 0 Small UH ?>i' < j roil nd . (\.a?-litu Lou: .Mr. 15. |\ Dodge, ( lu- ( ICM I i i roiid conductor, lives aL <">..! Frazier siroot. I tack nf his house Mr. Dod go lias a yard ?IO hy 00 fool. This yard ls divided into pon i. Knelt pen ls Ull ed willi fancy-brod poultry. Front this yard (Vir, Dodgo sold las! year ' > l,o:i!i world of eggs. Think or it. I-Touucing $1,000 wandi ul eggs rroni a ld! of ground, smallor (han (ii - Kimball house hall room, in which fashion disports in tin' dani '-, or oven smallor (lian (ho billion! ronni dow n (airs, in which (ho chivalry sworn* al (he chalk whoa (hov make ti wil l -Iud. Smallor Mian those editorial r.ooms, nt which a country sal scriber once and a while lays an egg-and yoi ! from (hal populous and fertile lillie j dist rici Mr. Dodge gilt hoied in ono your $!,000 worth ol ogg-. t)f course (lio egg* wore -old a! a fancy price. They brough! an av erage of Iwo dollars a dozen. I>u( over OOO dozen eggs did (his poul terer actually market from a loi in by f?0 feet. I lore Ito has seventeen varieties of chickens, bach pilled against Hie other. When Itu has tested the various breeds lie I hen tests lin- difieren! food<. Ile ex periments willi incubators, with j brooders, w ith indefinite device- for packing and preserving eggs, w ith disease- of poultry ami their reme dios. Season by season for seven years he ha-- by slow demonstra tion <>f experience wrought out these problem Prncllenl SocialIHIII in Sv. ?I .-t-r'ann. I Tuero is inuoh inoro govcrnnii nt in Switzerland than with IIB, and finch less play of individuality, la small cont milnes, for oxainplo, Ilka Villeneuve, there.oro features of practical inlisni, which have < \i i< il apparently from thu < 1 curliest times. Certain things oro held in i common, as iiiounlaiti |Kisluritgo mid thu forests, from which each family has a ? prbvision of fuel. Theso and other possessions of Ibo conintuno ar?.n fided lo ile ?.iihlic faith." and Ire ipasa is ? punished with signal severity, Tho trees are relied under govi rm nen I inspection, and lim w oods aro never eu! 1 oft wholesale. When n tic?is chopped down n lief ii planted, mid tho Hood Hint rnyago Italy from (lie mountain ; | denuded or their for? sis an- unknown lo j i th?- wiser Swiss. Throughout Switzer land tlitvfttato insures against lire and i:i tlicts penalties for neglect and careless- ; ness fruin which tires may result. Iv lil eah* ni isooinpulsory, and there is a ii i l military service, and a show of [itililic ! forccovorywhcTowhic.il is quito unknown ! le our iiiniei^iiliorcd, cosy gobing republic -W. I). I lowells in Harper's. A ra-a ?ilion-, ntuit'H illlsfnrt uno, ilhislrnting thu add it iona I aggravation which objectionable nttoiidant eirciim stances > leid t > ibo victim of au aeeiilent, (ho Saunterer recalls a ?tory told bini ? 1 sonic time ago by tho genial 13. 1*. shil- ? labor, tho well known Mrs, Partington, i A certain prominent and fastidious I - - fenian li;nl dp- misfortune to IK- knocked down and run over hy a city scavenger wagon, l>y which Ol.f his legs WHS broken. While he wis at tho City boa- ! ?.ital, a friend called lo express his -or- 1 row fm* the unfortunate gentleman, ex pressing his regie) particularly at tho ex tent bf ilu- > 'ilier's injury. Tho sufferer I heaved a deep aigh, and (hen. turning to I hi-, visitor, said: ..Yes, (Jcol'ge, ?l's I blighty hard. lt's lad Cliotlgh to IM knocked down, run over, nlid have mn 's log broken, surely; but. oh, heavens! for a mau of my ( loih to be knockt d down, run over ami my leg broken hy a lihliv swill car! thc thought is unliearabloI ' Boston Rtidgct ?.Saunterer,'' Til? ( alunan al Midnight. Thc row of cabs and Johns ? . 11 tho west sido of Union wjtiaro at miduigkl presents a carious picture of human lifo ia tho winter season. The patient horses slain! hud free/.o without protest. Thc drivers keep arms and legs in motion, mid Hork together mr company. Hui they don't talk. Ona very cold night an cxjicri (-need caiman will only part his lips a quarter of an inch to say "Keb, B'I*J" li ho said "Cab, sir." the mouth would have lo he opened nt lea-l half au inch, ..E" having tim flattest of tho vowel sounds, No cal.niau will reface, how over, io talk volubly on tho iciest evening in a disputo over fare, li warms him up, too.--Now Vork Sun? OlllX.'l Clips from Venice. TllO lire! RlfW-ieupH caine from Venice during (he Sixteenth century, and from thal limo tn Koelely began lo loso many of its pr! m I Ive wtsyn nial Income, ia a on", m io refill Host on IJudgot. The Deinocnttie Convention, of Oregon, bas ndoplod a platform thoroughly adopting Cleveland's administration. Tho Haleigh rogues are -HU in Toronto, Tho North Carolina Stn le's at tor noy has offered to pro - cute them for forgery only, and (heir counsel has advised (.hom lo accept Iiis terms. Kiicrgy w ill do almost anything, but it cannot exist, if Hie blood is impuro ami movos sluggishly in the veins. There ls nothing so good for cleansing ilia blood and iuiparling energy lo the system as Ayer'sSa aparilli. Priced I. Six bottles, $.>. Sold hy druggists. There are shrewd, careful men in tho country who are bound to crowd the weak to the wall. One of t hem bought Home?- < in-eh-y's autograph (it at Hale Die oilier day, and within U\ir bulldozt?d tl ('hi?ese HOM li LY WOMLN. ARE THEY IN FACT REAL NECESSI TIES OF LIFE? I'lainiM'us An About i nut ?on, There Itt*? inj- No lltvtMoii Wily Any SliotiUI ll?? l i y -Tin-i ?: i; s ! *.e<vu.'<l ? nc. 1*11 l*?? ll . 1 :. I Tl'ailKlltiSHtoil Of I llltOKH. Xo amount of moralizing con cerning Hu? "s anity of beauty" will chungo thc fuel Uutl a beautiful lin main hoing, oro Itoutltlful anini.il arouses enthusiasm ami commands devotion which ugly goodness (?) fails to attract ; ind no wonder, In deed I must confess to havin.: fol lowed a handsome woman ami a lovely child for blocks, ju<t loon Joy tho atmosph?re of harmony radiated by t lu i r charm -. Hoauty, Uko grateful incens?, thrills my soul. I do liol Uko ugli* 11" . neilin r do other sensible peo ple, ami il is an ullednHon to pro tend that one would ju- t as soon bo ugly us handsome. Why. the most intellectual mun I know declares | thal bc would he willing tn barter hi--brains for tho form'und features! ?d' a il A polio. Not all of u- would go tluil far, I hough one would hesitate and; think twice if tho choice were ? simple beauty or bruins, i.iii why should anybody bc ugly ? The very comeliness of sume per- | sons argues that all human beings ought i<> be attractive, at lensl (hat 1 nil of those whose general evolu tion coincides with our own ought lo enjoy -mular advantages in poi nt et nt i ruction. Does uni failure to preiioul a plea sing exterior furnish proof conclu sive of disobedience tu some law of lil"** governing those conditions of beauly? fur my part I never soo 1 nu ugly man or Woman Ihtil I do not i ni med i.; t ely decide thal bis Ol'I her am-. tors were either ..inners ? ur bigots, beean-?' deformity and' [liseuse follow sin to thc third and ! fourth general ions, ns surely ns do si ru dion follow s li re. lt i-a delicate subject, hut one worthy of consideration, that far mer- ami stock-breeders (uko Ibo trouble lo study ami understand nil of the laws of brooding, ronring ami training tn produce perice! animals, while tho glory and dignity of per fection in human offsprings are overlooked. From tho eonveotionnl point of view ? ls bud hu m to give though! lo developing (I perfect human ani mal, hut from a sensible -laml| ?-int it mus! he admitted lhal lhere is danger t hat tho spread of disenso and -in will so weak? ii (he human hold on hf" UH to threaten (?le pel pel ll i ly of I he raeo. I m len I I know mi eminent scholar who bel love's lhal il i only a 11 lies! ion of lime w hen .(his planet w ill become de populated, mu from chemical ina* ihiptnhility of Hie li II ti III ii family lo go on reproducing; ami ono i ucl tu rn 1 to ridicule the theory hus only lo remember Hint whore formerly fen children were welcomed as a | good family, live are now consider ed a large family, and many moth* i ?rs con ?der themselves stiillcicnt |y blessed when two f h I ld rou nro I horn to I ?lem ; while still Others can no!, or will md, hu ve children af al I ; and ll?i< chungo i- tailing pince milong thc higher, m ue cultured ami intellect uni rucos; Inrgc fumi* IIo** remaining the rule willi the poorer an.I pea-ant classe-- mik ; and be il confessed with sorrow ami regret (hut those hitler are those best minuted physically to (holm* portant functions of paternity'ami maternity, when instead the rela tion of physical development lo menial endowment should bd so [>Xi|ui.*,ito thu! nu n ami women of beauly ami brains .dionld bethe: parents of god <. Herbert Spencer says! "Infinite pains w ill bo I a ken to prod: ?ce a ra i- r (hill .-itali Will the herby, none lo produce u modern Athlet,' wide ii HdUtcineht is literally (rue, if one t'xeopl tie-few hruial and degrad ing specimens of modern nlhloli . ? whose souls dorise nUovo tho firs! lights of Ibo prize ring. The high pressure of tho presen I syst om of living has led (oso ninny evils thal ailment- if not net Hill di senses have per force of their prc* valence boon nd ni I lt ed into polite [drclcs HS subjects for general con versation, and with .-neb a mental altitude toward disenso sou nd bodi ly lion lill hus conned lo be consider 0?', us tho highOvd en do wine nf of tho human creation. Flacky accomplishment have supped vitality, ami stimulants taking the place of nourish ment re sult-are u oakeiied ami disturbed bodily condition .. I once heard a clergyman say j from hi- pulpit that a plain woman was thc delight ami glory of God, w hile il handsome woman was Hie natural pre.- of t he de vii, and willi' all regard for his cloth I dill bo* lieVO Hint tho reverend gentleman was hine elf a victim ot the vices or biol liver of some nilCOStOI' whose misery colored tho horizon willi me lancholy tints. .As I remember him now, hollow and narrow-chested, with eare WOrin cheeks and sunken eyes. I do not wonder thal beauty SOO in Od to him profane; he w as out of har mony physically and could not put himself OU r.ipport with physical perfectness. The body ls tho temple of Hie soul andas such is certainly worthy of intelligent though! directed toward its Upbulldmont nm! beauty, There. uro certain l;i\vs governing tho do* volopmciil of he.lilli mid morals which ?ii my opinion should uncon trolled hy Ibo Stale. "Wind ! n rbi tra ry laws fur govoi niiigmy individual habits" ono ox-I claims, "lu resy." Nui no, my (?oar dr, whom moral pestilence Which O?Vod my peace i fol lo WK you r noglocl of oorla i II rulos of lifo. Von have rights, hut so huvo I. Ami what righi has ooo of en feebled energies mit I vicious tippc (itos in h..cuni'- a parent, lidding another to tho lawless nod almost ; irrospon ?'?lc of iho moo? I'<c. :i wcnkciiori and diseased la ( lu i- or ?H. -i her may ;. i ve to lite world a ?on who i a criminal, tho instinct foi* o rt ino born in him ami impossible of cor rod ion-w lioso I ho . in V Ami tho HtjUOiinilsli prudery nf your daught er may bo the nat ural accompaniment ol a henri barron of womanly tenderness mid mater nal desire. Dui this is not virtue, if i- IK?1 even mi);lesly, il i- mon. - t rons, unnatural ! Children uro loo often, alas, vic tim of causes which they can not und parents will not control, ami so men mid woim a go on charging to tho account of high hoiiVoii tho Idiots,criminal^, deformed nm! un sightly offspring horn lo them, when heaven weep, ul tho sight; while thc sentimental godly shake their heads sagely and denounce beauty, All bosh! homily is divine, ii is a power which every riglil-mimled man ami woman should desire lo possess as they value virtue and im ?dilly of chu racier, ii ls thc \ er,*, essence of harmony willi eternal law. happily i in pet il - In dimity for :ift from divino us wa H formerly ?talion io * auii v during tho las! few y om KH hoon given <?? tho pos it heller development among cert aili classes and n reac tion Inis set in In laver nf schools for physical culturo. (Jirls who were formerly (might that delicacy was essential lo"l. idy-likoism" uro now penni! led tho freedom nf many active sports, ?md ibo individual results tim such as lo urotisis hope for the race. Vitality!* no longer considered vulgar, und t here is much lo (alcoo ra go he!i? f thai beauly of fuco mid physique \vill -oo11 enjoy ils. proper exalt at ?"ii a s il j wisdom and not, (aught, us a (ian 1111(1 .-hallow ne--. ?Sensible die s v, ?ii undouhtly j have much lo ile willi tin . Ix 11er physical condition, and thu! is one | reason why eliortsul innovation on 1 reforming fashions are meeting willi snell generous success. I'hy I .deal beauty and good nature are1 pow erful alt rad ions, and added lo i good sense their sway tn stipiN mo. Irrational modes of dre- - entail-; ing discomfort und disorders w hich undermine homily li a ve been mild ly delied hy a few women in some ot'the essential detail : during a few yours past, and in proportion to thc chock upon I ho vigorous'au thority of debusing fashions luis the advance . In Ind I ty development boen marked. Complex inns ii i*o bettor now than lliey wen live yours ugo, tim result perhaps of tho jnoof iiliordod hy Miss Von Millern and her pedes trian associates, thu! women proper- ? ly clad can w alk withon4 injury lo any par! of their organizations, I Which fur from being delicate us some (;roakors would huvo us be love, uro phcllOininul l'or their j strength. The habits of civiliza!iou uro re sponsible for weakened Icmini'y, ? and IIS soon ns women come lo ap preciate the truth that ovciilowillg ' bouilli i (he Keerd of beauty and tho passport lo popular fuvor^ we hall lind athletic sporl-, Ibo pn t ron ugo of Ibo swimming !>;.'. h, tho I long I rn inp, Hie our, und tho gymna sium coinciden! willi Hie doily Ink ing oi food, nuil considered part of one'-, physienl necessities, Wo shu 11 ilise, I believe, sec dress med dled to mool Ibo exigencies of these more active re.pi i i ci?en I 9. Already woman are adopting yachting cosliimos, fencing gowns ami riding dresses mudo willi a vlovv i o their uses, und ono may not he over SUIIgUitlO tn predict lilli! these sensible modifica!ions will in limo extend lo till dross until utili ty ami bounty w ill become coinci-: (lent. Long dross so well stilled lo UK parlor will ho fourni in woman'' cuso, UH ii was in ni nu's when civil, indu-trial and military life become engrossing occupations, unnatural ami om bur rn ssl n g covering, und il ' will he reduced to Hie true relation nf object purpose, Why should we tolerat ugliness as a nocosslty when intelligent (hough! directed toward intelligent development will save tho hirth of ugly children and do mu li I > corr* ill the evil abroad in t he land. lt is hy no means Impossible (hat w e should cultivate beauty and pro portion willoh wjll make our age mid time I Istoricill for iialural per fection; ? ls not sodinlcult to strike the bataneo between montai, phy sical and moral faculties when ono is devoted to Ibo work. The anc ients exulted Hie physienl nt tho expon ?e of the mental, and we have exalted the mental and nervous at (ho OXpUDSO ol' (he physienl, w hen, indeed, we have given (he SUhJOCt of development nay thought at lill. Picture ii Venus of American birth und nineteen! h cent ur?? attrb butes so beautiful thal even the in h?bil auls of Mars will go io infinite labor ami expense to procure of hov lo graco their museums. Ah, what a picluronf human glo ry possesses my soul ul the thought -hut ulas, lipon my vision dents ?1 liscord in Hie conventional nine toon-inch corset, with n bustle of huge proportions swaying lo and fro ns she walks. Tho discord has dono ils perfect w ork, hack upon my dreams rushes (he world, with all of ils sorrow, weak nos-. Mini diseases, neverthe less, there aro Ihose who will ad mll thal Ugly women are a sin tgainst nalino, ?un? agree with me that tho home ol' tho furl ure lie- in iho patient upbuilding 01 physical, menial end ne.ral character, a; -touchy (om-ile mighty struct ures grow which are thc pride and admiral ion ol' i ho aires. ?Miss Nannie (?ilkorson a charin-1 ' ing young lady of Lauren ; county, j . is visiting her ?islcr, Mrs, M. i'. Dickson, m ar Pendleton.- Ander son I ulolligence. ( A Utile hoy ! yours of ago w an- ' dered away ?1 un home a row days ; ago near Conway S. c., and was lost. Several days afterwards, his M dead hotly wan found in Iho woods. | < ; La ( <->i In d ?' w ci,. A pretty [mir of links consists ot S'a of gold anil platinum. A hunch i.f grapes hi dark colored 1 .? : 1 T-1 ? makes II unique scarf pin. A coi.len canoe, with ours, not. mid aili lior nt ia.-In d, isa pretty warf ornament. hi scarf pins II ititlqtto iden is a razor nf I gold, tho hlail" of which |y set. with seven | pearls. iii..ve stretchers of oxidized (diver, etched willi llower designs, aro quito popnlur with i lie fair Rex. Two ?. rain pom I st u>ls nml while Onyx lieovo huilons are tho prn|>cr shirt front and cult oriiiiiueut ? for evening dress. A cigar box nf oxlili/.ed ?livor recently seen contains -..i the ti.?? nu exquisitely finished horse held liv a % I'OOI I, nil in .silver. Two henri shaped ?M. '.f oxidised silver in ropi.iis. .? decoration ure utilized to good eireet nu eins jw for finley silk giirtcrs. Pungent i, i ?li in gokl niuliUvi r,nro I ing produced in a grenl variety of simpes. A ro? ..'ll' desi, ll represents :;l| an! nina I inf. A large silver grillin stahl i I II;1 "ti n rock, fruin ? ?deli hnilgs a lon ? 1 ..med piece, nlso OL' Kilver, is ii pleasing design in imper cul lers. A pretty Iden hi brooches w R delicately ni<<lil(i| band of hlnck onyx, tho wrist o' which is encircled by 11 miniature, diamond hr :. . Iel. In lian-l ome bracelets 11 rich design is composed el twisted lb antill gold, ROI in front willi light turquoises about a Im f an inch up li l. A n..'. iiy. wu :'nl ns well us ornamental, is n pin for iii-' huir, so arranged thai any brooch with a common pin back cnn IKI fast ened on ami utilized lura Iteii'l piece, \ jockey's caji nf hine and while enamel, i'iiii II 0-i t with gobi nu?l centered ni tho top with an opal, is n pretty ornament,.11 Ririii'led asVo l?o worn either ns a brooch or a scarf pin. A sweet iiien ts pel recent ly Reen consists of n S|H}oll, fork and knife i>f ?ilv?r, heavily plated in 1 lin ! . I'liaiiieliteil ill thu handle with small pieces of frosted Bil vet*, ri'prc Foul lng napkins, A beautiful hnrni link necklace, recently placed on tho iiimkct, had |sii(lanl fruin tho I ' froid live largo emeralds and six rnhies. A most ploanhig ctlVol was produced hy selling Ibo nt ones nltoriiuloly. In ..arlie;"- a pi'i.'l i v d' i. II i-i a triangular dinned piece of vari colored gtdd, so worked ns tu repri s nt i; Indy'i; Ince handkerchief. In | one corin r is a siiinlle; inji ol l'or* small giir netil feprofionthlg Hie iniii.d. A hali 'lue scurf pin ls a lent, the Pedy of Which ls compered ol' diiuuniid i. A heavy puid btiiiil forms a fra me fur the muss of slotics, anil projected front ibo Itee? is u -mall golden spur willi a ? aniel..-- Jewelers' Weekly. A fan - : ."ul cigar box ri presenl l a bare leg in oxidized silver, li is covered nit h aline network ef gold .wires, mid consists at the fe -i lif a siM'k of lin Hinno innti rial. 'I ii.-tee is mien and is mied lo bold lite elgin'*, while mi npciiiiiij ia ibo me!, ls ot iii. I yjf lite UM.', lt*. - '. Not v?rj Well Acquainted. A pertain publie official, who will l?? immediately recognized win n ii is stated Ihai lie i. a i i mal kai I;, handsome gent?o lunn, nppronchhig middlonge, end thai he Inc. brown eyes nud a very full hlnck I MM ri I jtisl nu Melon l ly sprinkled willi gray to BUggl'.d pepper mill ' ill. hail a plclislllll surprise parly ni his house on Yuh lil inc's dav. ll was tendered lo the recipient by only oiii1 person, a young gentleman <?f extremely hninnluro ago, whoso relation ship thc huddle ngcil gentleman in question ii very close. The lalo r was gn ally pleased. Ile had been for years longing for just such a ? u prise party. He Idssi'd lin- HOW arrival with tillich fervor and lcd in his little (laughter, aged o years, to juin in the performance. Tho countenance nf Ibo new arriv al was somewhat lloi'kl. The little lady looked al him and sized np liol' contract with many misgivings. Finally she said, tim idly: "I don't want lu kiss him, papa. Ito looks so hot, mid I don't know him very well." Brooklyn Eagle. .Hie mimi Man arni Hie .Milli. One blind from birth asked a man who could s-v. "What color is mil!.:'' Tho man w ho could roO replied I "TllO color of milk is like white paper." Tho blind man asked. "Thia color, then, rustles in (he hands like pap 1 ." Tho man w ho could seo replied! "No; it ls white, Uko whitO flour." Tito blind man asked I "Thou ii is Boftand pliable, Uko (lour, is" ll?" Thc man who could BOO rc) lied : ..No; ii ls simply white, like a rabbit." Thc blind man ?isled: "Then it is downy mi l ?oft, lila- a rabbit?" Tho man who could eeo replied! ";.<>; w hite is a color exactly like snow." Thc blind plan asked: "Then lt la cold, like snow, ls ii?" And In spite of nil'tub coinporl? f.ons w hich tho maa w ho could BOO lundo still tho blind uvui wai wholly unable tu comprehend what Hie color of milk really was.--Thc Long Exile..-Tolstoi. A house painter who slipped from a staging tho other day, carry ing I Mi bint, came off, lt is Hidd, willi ffying colors, CURRENT NEWS NOTES. lentils and Pamden (intlicrcd Prom \m lons (%>uur(<M'H. Mr. W.T. Marriott Judge Advo cate (louerai of Gre, it Uri lain, Ima hoon knighted. King John of Abyssinia IM .-lill nogoa!lng willi tho italian com mander ai M a ?so wah. Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Ifonly ad dressed a large meeting ni Mitch ellstown, 1 n l;in I, Tuesday. At I inver, langland, recently, [here was a sham Ugh I in which I 10, HiM volunteers took part. The Augusta hranch of tho At imlic ('oust Line will he running 'rom .'-uniter to Orangeburg hy lune, M. Picquet has announced In tho 'humber <>r French Deputies the tolley that his ministry will pur ine. Tho prospect for the pnssago'by 'ongrcss ot* the bill lo refund the I ired lax i-> said lo bc very encour ir lng. The municipal campaign nt Cam? len, s. c.. '-. said lo be very Wann, ind in Sumter, S, ('., two tickets viii be run. Fx-Kcnutor Daggott, ol Brooklyn -ay- Huit ibo nomination of Jamos ?. Blaine i- Inevitable notwith standing hi- Idler of withdrawal. Conni Tii"ir Karoly 1, cousin of he Austrian Ambassador al Lun ion, has boon killed ai Pos th in a luci with Conni Uyherky, Clover mr of Noograd. The qiieslion of au open session n the mai b !. of t ho (I sh erics treaty >y Hie Culled stab s Somite luis .cen roforre l by thom io tho com nit lee on foreign adair-. Tho n gular annual exhibition of rmit began al Fulton Mutket, New 'erk,on Monday. Forty-six hun !i'ed pounds was received from vn iou parts of the conni i .v. Anthony Comstock'.-; prosecution n IMiiladeliihia of three newsmen or selling copio- of Iho Fvonlng Vlegram eouialnlng Illustrations T tho nude in ort resulted in ac iiiitlal of thc accused. Account from Massowah .-lutes hal Hie Abyssin Ia ns have seized ho vintages uspoclcd ofglvti <? in irmalioii to tho 1 ?allans, amt put otho sword the inhabitants with II ; regard lo age or sex. elias. S. Cross and Kinnoul C. Vhito, tho absconding niUcials of he llaletgll Hank, were Up before he police magistrales of Toronto, !uundu, charged willi bringing sto [?n money into I 'a?ada. Thc Itussiau Czar and tho Popo ia vc approved Hie preliminaries of convention between Itussta and he V:il ?can. When I ho details re fully arranged Russia will send minis!: r io the Vatican, Mayor liewitt Im- addressed a .tier io the chairman of the State emile committee on nuance, ro iimmending (hal Ibo quarantine sluhlishmcut of New York bo laced in charge <>i Ibo municipal oard of hortlth. The pictures purport inc/ jo be the ,'nrk of spirits In Mr. Marsh's tcm le, N.-w York, under (he medium hip of Mme. Di< De Har are said ? have been pai l of ile- collection ll by Samuel Lowoilhlirg, a eol .ctor, who died in poverty in 1880. A N HW lil Al ll \ Till RP. le Itobs I he )l'ostni?Kl reas and ships Ont. CHAiit.r.sTON*, s. C., April 4. olin Hawkins, assistant postmas ter at Newberry, S. (',, has abscon? ed, aller robbing tho ofuco of$o00. irs, Herbert, the post mi.si ress, ave him one hundred and ninety? WO dollar- to buy a check on ('hur lston. Instead, lie botlglll a cheek for nly seventeen dollars. On the lay thal acknowledgement of tho heck was line he loft, having tho ame morning issuod three money ri le rs for one hundred dollars each, inyohle tohlinself on Orlando, Fer landina lllld Sanford, Fla. Tho wo first bogot the money for, hut bc Sanford postmaster hoard of he robbery and refused lo pay tho noney. Hawkins also rilled letters to The Lui horan and Visitor." When asl hoard of he was making his ray to Pensacola. Tiie Farmer's Club of Laurel's ire fearless and outspoken. (Jov irlior Richardson hud hardly re .overed from the shock the Lisbon ?jul) gave him, when tho Mount Ictliul Club ?alls loud for Captain dilmon to toko tho helm ol tho tinners' political ship again. Tho .aureus farmers would not bo ifrttld to attack the tariff, the flan? .ries question, or the Mormon pro den i.-St ar ta nV. rg Spartan. The uity election in Columbia Missed off quietly, and tho whole lcd including tho ormei Scalawag-Senator J. Mon?