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PiJBLIbHKD KVKUY TUESDAY. THE PIECE THAT WAS LOST. BY F.MIUY HUNTINGTON MH..I.KK. yielding, I am tt It was a midsummer morning. The grass was waiting for the scythe, but after breakfast Silas Rogers took down tlig old Dlbie that has been his mother's daily companion for eighty yearn, and they set reverently down to worship. The reading was thdt ten ddr* lesson of tho wandering sheep, anu tho lost piece of silver, and ended with the Heavenly rejoicing "over one sinner that repentf>th," and then, after -an earnestly though homely prayer, they were ready for work. Abnor, the hired man, and Reuben, the boy, as -they started out of the bouso, almost stumbled ovor a woman sitting in tho doorway, absorbed in thought. Si his looked at h or, but did not stay to question her. And wfcon they were gone, sho rose abruptly, and said, " Will you give me eorne broak fast ?" Mrs. Rogers looked at her. She was a tall and not uncomely woman of about thirty, but with something un doflnably ovll about her faco. The hard mouth, the bold, defiant eyes, repelled her, yet it seemed as if any instant thoy might break into scorn ful tears. ( ?'"Who are y?u V" asked the good wife coming nearer, with a pan of bread in hor hand. Again the. face darkened and lightened, grow hard and ig, with tho hidden declaration, the piece that Was lost I" y Martha Rogers had not a partlole of poetry In her nature, j^ut she had tho most profound rovoPsnco for the Scripture; thorefove the words both puzzled and shocked her. But she was not tbo womau to refuse bread to the hungry, so aho placed food upon tho table, and motioned the womau to tho chair saying, " Sot up and eat." All the time the woman was eating ?and she did not haston- her eyes followed tho mistress and Hetty, tho bright young daughter, until Martha Rogers grow nervous, aud sent Hotty to ** rod up the chambers." 1Will you give me work to do?" demanded rather than asked. re you ?" askod Mrs. Rogers lply to gain time, ignt you know. I am Moll 1 they have turned mo out of j?burned it ovor my hoad ; " _ ayoe grow luthL^ 1 What oan you do ?" askod Mrs. Rigors. " Anything that a woman can do or a man either. I can work in the field with tho best of thorn ; I have done it many a time ; but I should like to do what?to bo like other women." " Are you a good woman?" The question came straight and strong, without any faltoring. Sho had hoard of this Moll Pritchett, a woman who lived alono in'an old tum bledown hut below the sawmill, and won a meagre living by weaving rag carpots, picking berries for salo, and it was suspected) in less reputable ways; but Martha Rogers took no stock in tho idle rumors. If she had not divino compassion, she had something very like divino justice, which is altogether a sweoter thing in its remembering of our frame " than tho tender moroTes of tho wicked." Thojwoman lookod at her ourlously? at first with a mocking smilo, then with a sullen and at last with a defiant ex pression. "Is it llkoly?" sho said fiercely. "A good woman ! How should I be a good woman? I tell you I am the !)iece that was lost, and nobody ever ooked for mo. If I was a good woman, do you suppose I should bo where I be ?only twenty-eight years old, well and hearty and every door in the world shut in my faco ? I toll you the tfenan that wrote that story didn't know ?%mun ; they don't hunt for that piece that's lost; thoy just lot it go. There's enough of 'em that don't got lost." Foot* Martha'Rogers was sorely per plexed, all the more that her way had lain so smooth and plain before hor that sho might have walked in it bWmlf?*ldod., If>this is a lost pleco of sliver It was not sho who lost it; but what if it were tho Master's, preolous to His hi art, and a careless hand had dropped it, and left it to lie in the . dust i And what if Ho bade hor to / sook it, and find it for Him ? Should aho daro refuse ? On this very day, when she needed so surely the help which she. had so looked for In vain, had not this woman been sent to hor very door, and.was it not a plain load ing of Providence? It la a blessed thing for us that we are driven to act first and theorize afterward, even though tho afterthought sometimes brings ropontanco. The broad was ready for the ovon, and the wood box empty. ' You may fetch in somo wood," said Martha Rogers, and the woman promptly obeyod, tilled tho box with ono load of hor sinowy arms, and then atood humbly waiting. Hetty oame into tho kltohen, und began to clear Suu the table; but hor mothor said : SSo upstairs and fetob a big apron d one of our* sweeping caps; and en you may go at-your Sewing, and ace if you &(v finish up your dross." Away went Hetty, hor light heart bounding with tho unexpected release; and tho mother turned again to to the woman, furnished her with a coarse towel, and sent hor to tho wash-house lor a thorough purification. Half an hour aftorwai'ds, with her hair hidden In tho muslin cap, her whole figure onvelopcd In tho cleun calico apron, a comely womso was silently engagod in household tasks, doing hor w?rk with such rapidity and skill that the criti cal housewife drew a slgfyof relief. ?' There's a *oj.fc ^nl r/f towels and coajyo^ciothes loft from tho ironing, 'tou might put tbo irons on Mary, and emooth "cm out." Sho turned a startlod face upon her, and thon went quickly for tho elothes, but somothing?was it a tear ??-rollod down tho swarthy oheeks, mingling with tho bright drops she sprinkled ovor them. Whon had she ever hoard anything but Moll ? N?t since away among Now Hampshire hills a pale woman hid laid her hands upon the tangled curia of hor little daughtor, and prayed that somo ono would watch over thoso wayward foot, lest thoy Bhould go-astray. It mado Moll shud der to think of It. What did aho know about joy in Heaven over, ono sinner that repenteth ? Silas Rogers listened to the day's story, as ho sat mending a hit of har ness with olumsy fingern, and among his other thoughts bo grasped the idea that hia wife had secured a valu able anil much noodod holper. ?'It seems a risk to run," said Martha anxiously, " and I don't know but it's presumptuous; there's Hotty, and there's Reuben-" "And thei'O'a tho Lord," said Silas, ?tooping to open his knife. ??Yes," said Martha with a little atart "and I can't quite get rid of what sho said about ' tho piece that lost' though to bo sure tho woman ;hoI??t,tou?hitoh^,t ?P'" "8ho never does; ftoti a?o always losing things for oor?oboay elee to find; 'taint many of thorn that can say, ? Those that Thou bast given mo havo T k< ot' right straight along." ?? But 1? y?" Io80' your own piece, -nkhitf after other folVa-" ? ? Well, there's riska, as yoi; say, but lc a risk for tho I ord than Martha Hoger? took Ahe risk for the i and He abundantly justified and < rewarded her faith ; for tbo piece that was fbttt beoomofl ray piece to the ? heart that Und? it again In tbo Mas ter'? band ; and, looking at tbe ?to-y of tbe wanderer in her own breast, it i i was only to tbe angels that said, " Re joice with ine." And when, years afterwards, tho worxnan herself said before tbo com- i mittee of the churob, " I am a woman ovor whom thcro is a groat joy in Heaven," there wero not wanting thoso who thought that she presumptuously claimed to be a saint. * KEELY AND HIS MOTOR. INTEREST BEING HliVlVHP IN HIS ALLEGED INVENTION. Is He a Fakir or a Genius??Thous ands of Dollars Drawn From Fi nanciers Who Dave Never Received Any Return for Their Money. Chicago Times-Herald. Twenty-five years ago the country was startled with the announcement that is man named Keoly, in Phila delphia, had discovered a new force or applied an old one, and that It would revolutionize the meobanices of the world. For twenty-flvo years thoro have been periodical appearances of tho motor crazo, when expectancy hold Its breath for the instant demonstration of success. In this lapse of timo an average of $10,000 a year, has boon con tributed to tbe experimenter, Keely, and no man knows what he is doing. Last Thursday night a gontleman loetured before the People's Insti tute, and deolared that in tbe. field of physics Keely was the master of the world. He may be; but even the licturer doesn't know what Keely has done, nor tbe methods of bis investi gation. Two or throo times exhibits havo been made before a small number of exports selected by the credulous in vestors or before some of tho heaviest investors themselves. On these oc casions Keely has done things that nono of his visitors understood, and they havo gono away and said ao. He will not explain, and he never has. But . for many yoars he had only to ask for money and ho got it. He has built a handsome home in Philadelphia and has furnished It In good stylo. He has a little shop two blocks away from his residence and thoro his experiments are conducted. He goes to the shop every morning and remains there all day. There are no windows in the lower story. The door Is heavy and strong and there is no bell. He does not want visitors. KEELY IS SIVTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD. John Earnest Worrall Keoly is U8 years old, large and stout of frame, with a clean shaven lower jaw and gfay black side whiskers. He is above tbo medium size of men, and gives one the impression of great strength. He is nervous, and talks so rapidly and with suuh porfeot command of his sub ject that, a listener can scarcely follow him. He began life as an apprentice in an upholsterer's shop. He is very magnetic and can mold mon as be will. " You might bo unwilling to give him ton cents for his wholo secret," said a Philadelpblan tho other day. " But you go up to his shop and lot him talk v/ith you half an hour, and if you havo $100,000 you will give it to him, and thank htm for taking It." That is an indication of tho force, of tho man. He is a character of the most remarkable peculiarities. Ho has dominated t ae rich men who havo contributed to the troasury of bis company for tho past quarter of a century. When thoy bavo bogyed him to explain the Beeret of his mechanical powor ho has laughed at them. When they have threatened to withdraw tbolr support he has cursed them and told them to go. And they would go, only thoy have sat at hie feet, havo listened to the beguiling of his tongue, have caught a glimpse of btgbodloB moved by somothlng thoy 1 could not understand, and they couldn t quit If thoy tried. , Once or twice backers have dropped out. But they woro thoso who had not come under the Influence of the man. Every onco in a while thoro has been an announcement of the perfec tion of the machinery of the Keely motor and then the stock of the con cern has gone kiting up into the clouds. Other times, after a long poriod of fruitlessness, the shares have gone down. They have fluctuated all tho way from 10 cents to 1.000 conts on tho dollar. Fortunes have been made 1 on them?and other fortunes havo been lost. It used to bo a favorito invost ' mont for army ofilcors. No doubt half tho ofilcors In tho army own Ke9ly stook to-day. Somo of tho paper ou 1 which It Is printed may be yellow and 1 dusty, but the certificates are there. Tho now rumors of an approaching completion of his motor through John ? Jocob Astor, William K. Vandorbllt, William Cullon Brewster and some other Now York capitalist who have made an investigation that convinced them there was something In the 1 Keely motor and are ready to baok tho 1 discoverer for any amount up to fifty million dollars are rater contradictory. 1 It Is declared tbo Now Yorker? will have nothing to do with tho scheme , unless Keely will movo hia laboratories and workshops to Now York. ,And that the wizard has flatly rofused to 1 do. Ho doesn't mince matters and 1 evon with rich men?even for a trifle ' like fifty million dollars. If he suc ' odeda in perfecting his machine hu will hi> independent of tbe world. At the beginning of his published ; career, Koely succeeded In Interesting several woalthy Philadelphias in his discoveries, and - they got up a corn 1 pans. Then he made an exhibit of juet so muoh as ho wanted them to see, and tho stock was offered in tho market. There were several years of that, and thon tho promised perfecting did not como, and the Quakers flagged in their fidelity. Finally most of them with drew their financial support. Thoso who ?tili believed In him could not give the money, and fifteen years ago Keoly was in hard straits. Then Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, a rich woman, of tho quaker olty, eamo to his rescue, and she has give him about $400 a month ever since. Sho is a curious old lady, and if she doesn't believe in Keely she makes pooplo think she does. It is sho who is engineering tho deal with the New York kings of moaey. WHAT IS CLAIM KD FOR THE MOTOR. But what is tbo Keely motor ? Thore is only one man in the world who can answor that question, and ho is probably at this moment In the baok room of his shop in Twentieth street, 1'hlladolphla. But he is not answer ing questions. If you hold a dumb bell' out at arm's length and drop it, it will fall to tbe fTOund. But Kooly's motor can keep t up thore in tho air. and at any de sired height?or will, whon it is com pleted. If you lay a dumb bell down on the ground, ana keep everyone from touching it, it will lio there. But the Keely motor can pick it up without any visible substance touching .if and place It on tho top of a posl. If you oil up an engine, set all tho belts, draw all tho fire from undor tho boiler, and sit down ten feet away, tho engino will wait as long as you do. But the Keely motor will make that engine start up and will send the fly wheol at 100 revolutions a minute. Not just now, but presently?when it is completed. . Long ago he quarreled with the ! Keely Motor Company and broke up tho machinery which he had spent, years in preparing. At least, he said no had broken it up. Some of the men who had klssoo tholr contribu tions good-by said he never bad made any such machinery. Whon he was in straits, after that rapture, Mrs. Moore, who hersolf owned a good deal of the Kooly motor ato.de, insisted ho should ??vor hl? connection with that organization and confine himself to the perfecting of an apparatus which wouln demonstrate his principle acd reduce it to practical uso, and abandon tho hope of making something that QOuta be patented. Ono of his friends?ono who has been very true to htm?begged him to tell the secret, &o that if he should die suddenly some other scientist oould take up the work where he left it and go on, that tbo priceless boon be qot lost to clvlizatlon. But Keely baa positively refused. He says he has discovered, and that the ac count of his study and the result of [ his experiments are committed to a safety deposit vault, and that if he should ever die before the motor Is completed tho truth will be made known. So the friend and backer did what they have all been doing for a quarter of a century?ho waited. Mtb. Moore sayB she doesn't know any more than tho rest of them, ami that at least is doubtless true. But she has every faith in the man, an! he Is welcome to any part of hor fortune that he wants?and has been since 1882. If he Is successful she oan't make muoh out of it, and she says she doesn't want to. And if he wero to arrive at a solution of his problems to morrow ho could not expeot to enjoy his triumph vorj long. A man of 70 doesn't feel that ho has much leeway in tho matter of time. No man knows what the Keely motor is. In tho first place, Keely said when he was a boy ho saw the window of his shop shake, and minutes after the wagon whiohihad shaken it went past. Tho wagon was so far away it could not be heard when the window be trayed its coming. Another time he found there was a certain faucet in tho house which, when turned in a certain hour of the day, would permit the water to drip ; and that the dripping of tho water at that time whould shako the whole house He went, into the rooms next door, and found the fall of that water?a drop at a time, remem ber?could bo felt there. One time a number of men were I practicing a drum corps in a street, and a 'storm came up, and they went into a hall. The score made all the drums break Into a concerted roll on instant. And as the roar of that drum ming smote the air the windows were broken. From all this he understood there was such a thing as sympathetio vibra tions by whloh a force could, under curtain conditions, ho communicated from one object to another. And he believed this force was tremendous. Those vibrations are In tho ether which surrounds our earth, which per vades our universe, and the possibilities of tho successful Kooly motor are limited only by tue limitations of space. objects vitalized so as to vibrato In this ether with a certain relation to each other will together exert a tremendous foreo. Tbe ap plication of that force to material things in earthly affairs in all Mr. Keely has to do now. He has found the ether. TUE RESULT IS STILL IN MYSTERY. AU ?hat is known is that when two eortain objects are in proper relation to eaoh other, tho vibrations give them control oror a force greater than anything known in physics; a force that sots the laws of gravity at de fiance ; a force beside which magne tism 1b as child's play. How far Keely has progressed in developing machi nery whloh will apnrehond this force and apply it to munJ:.ne objects is the problem. He may know all about It. He may bo ablo, if he will, to hitch bis engine tomorrow to a steamship and drive her across the Atlantic with out the use of a ton of coal. He may bo able to attaoh It to a freight car and travel from Philadelphia to Chica So In two hours. He may be able tu rive a tunnel through a mountain, or sink a shaft into tho earth. He says he can do any of these things when the motor is completed, and he has said timo and again that he was at tho very verge of completion. He may be fooling them he may be thore now. And on the other hand, he may know nothing. Ho has never given a test outside of his workshop. What things he has in his tanks and rooms no one knows. He has never permitted a thorough investigation. Keely has onjoyed the confldence. of some of the hrewdest investors of the age. The tests he has given have been in the presenco of men of sllonco, and if he has not a new force be has a method of controlling old forcos that none ol them can understand. And If he hat what he protonds to have ho will surely revolutionize the mechanics ol tho world. The perfection of hit motor will bo tho doom of the steam power. And in the light of these stupendous possibilities ono can understand some' what of the induence he has wielded . for so many years. The perfection ol his motor means the greatest advance In seientilie fields that has ever beer known. OAN'T GIVE AWAY INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Judge Slmoutou Kendlers His Deels ion In the W. 10. Uou/.aleo Llquoi Matter.' Columbia Register. Judge Simonton, in tho United States Circuit Court, has rendered a deci sion in the case, of A. E. and W. E, Gonzales, and the liquor owned by the Gonzales has been withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the court. The follow ing is his decision : The case was "heard at the same time with that of Mr. N. G. Gozales, and in general presents tho same features. There wore two kegs marked In the name of A. E. Gonzales, with labels showing that they were imported from North Carolina by A. E. Oonzalos, for bis personal use, by a common carrier. Mr. A. Ei Gonzales in his ovldenee shows these facts to be true, but he adds that ho had given one of the bar rels to his brother, W. E. Gonzales. In the opinion just filed, it has been shown that liquor Imported from an other State or from a foreign country, for the personal use of the Importer, Is protected by the intorestato com merce law, and that this protection Is continued over the importation after its arrival, so long as this personal use and consumption continues. If, however, thla personal use and eon sumption cease, the protection censes also.- In the present case, Mr. A. E. Gonzalos imported for his own ubo two packages. One claimed in his own use and for his own consumption. The other did not. Ho gave it away. The police law of this State forbids this. Indeed, if packages oould bo Imported by one for his own ubo, and after ar rival oould be given to others, thore could be no limit to the number so imported by one person or to that of the recipient after they wore im ported. The protection of the inter state commoreo law Is a personal privilege. It cannot be tiansferred to another person and give to him the Eretention given to the importer only Dcause he actually Imported the goods. Tho packago belonging to A. E. Gonzales Is In tbe possession of the respondent, F. M. Mlxson. Let him deliver it to the owner, and after suoh delivery, this rulo will he discharged. Tho other package, that now owned by Mr. W. E. Gonzales, has been with drawn from the jurisdiction of this court. CHAB. H. SlMOTOtf, Clroult Judge. ?Tho hottest mines In the world are the Comstoek. On tho lower levels Io boat is so great that tbo men can not work over 10 or 15 minutes at a ilmo, Ico molts before It reaches the bottom of the shafts. I DISPENSARY SALES. Report ofthe Earnings for the Quar ter Ending October al? Over $200, OOO Made Since the Dispensary Went Into Operation. Columbia Register. Tbe last quarterly report of tbe oper- , atlons of tbe Dispensary for the year was made publio yesterday. It has been ready over a month and the de.'ay In giving It to the publio has been caused by the legislative committee which has to investigate. Tho profits for the quarter amount to $20,507.12, and for whole time since it has been in operation the amount is $210,608.16. A resume of the operations is given below and there are some figures in it that will naturally excite some curi osity. For instduee, there is an item of $5,973.74 charged to personal ac counts due tue State. This is quite a largo sum for an institution doing business on a cash basis. Chief Clerk Scruggs- in speaking of this matter yesterday said that the committee would, in its report, explain all this. Personally he mentioned several items, such at $500 duo by suspended banks in Chester and Manning, and some other items of a similar nature. THE REPORT. The following is a report of tbo transactions: Receipts?Balance July 3i, $80,452. 02; August, $44,640.84; September. ! $90,858.96 ; Ootober, $111,798.13 : total I for quarter, $24,297.93; total-cash $327, 750.85. Disbursements.?August, $91,166.37; September, $42,980.05; Ootober, $89, 181.89; total for quarter, $223,328:31; balance. In State Treasury, and in banks, October 31, $104,422.54: total, $327,750.85. Assets : Cash in Treasury and banks, $104,422.54 ; teams a,.;' wagons, $752.66; morohandise at tho State Dispensary, inventory, $45,554.24; whiskey in local warehouses and (in transit upon whioh government tax has been paid to the amount of $13,189.98; machinery and office fixtures. $2,656.47 ; supplies, bot tles, corks, labels, etc., $9,927.11; reve nue license, $150.00; personal ac counts due State, $5,978 74. Merchandise at Count' Dispen saries, State profit added, $124,817.78; deduct State unearned, $22,185.13, profit. Value of above merchandise at cost price In County Dispensaries, $102, 309.05; total, $234,936.04. Liabilities: Personal accounts duo by State on merchandise purchased, $74,327.88. Traxler's profit as revised up to and luclustve of July 31, $110,559.04; de duct additional liabilities not schedul ed, $286.36; leaving $110,272.08; to which add two personal accounts or ronerously scheduled by Traxler as liabilities, $434.05; making Traxler's net profit to date, $110,700.73. Net accrued profit April 30, $48,327. 66; not acerued profit July 31, $31, 066.65 ; notaccured profit present quar ter, $20,507.12 ; net acoured profit from February 1 to October 31, $99,901.43; total acourred profit from beginning ol operations to close of present quarter, $210,00S.16. ? The gain and loss account follows : Gain : Gross gain on merchandise, $74,805.76; gross gain on contraband, $4,000; Dispensary beer profit, $4, 722.24; discounts, $0,160.22; total, $30, 689.12. Losses: Bottles, corks, boxes, bar rels, labels used during quarter, $20, 878.25; breakago and leakage, $392.76: labor, $2,48.'.36: Insurance, $(365.73; constabulary, $11,414.33; freight and express, $12,S41.71: stationery, oxponse, printing, postage, $4,825.62. Loss by fire on Branchville Dispen sary, adjusted on the three-fourths clause basis, $333.40; net gain on sah for present quarter, $28,855.91 ; total, $39,089.12. THE PAST QUARTER. Net gain on sales for quarter ondirg October 31, $27,855.91. Unearned profits July 31, $26.619.31 reduction in prices on above, $12,459. 97 ; not unearned profit July 31, since . acoured, $14,159.34; total profit foi t this quarter, ending Ootober 31, earnec and unearned, $43,015.25; deduct un earned profit on goods unsold in Count] Dispensaries, $22,508.13; leaving $20, ' 607.12. PELT ICD WITH CORN. > Peculiar Custom Observed During ? the Great Fall Festival. I What cotton is to tho South, corn ii [ becoming to tho West. The groa' [ fields of Indian maize which covor th< , prairies are tho source of much of tb< wealth of tho Missouri Valley, and th? '[ manner of recognition of its impor , tanco is worthy the orglnality of tin l people. Cornhusking bees cannot b( held, as tho grain is shucked in th< j fields, while corn festivals aro not onb . feasible, but unique, and attract mucl [? attention, says Too Altoona News, i The originator of the corn fostiva > aimed to make it different from al i others on earth, and succeeded. Tin one hold here attracted thousunds o visitors, who came by the carload t < \ see what could bo done to crown Kin; Corn in a becoming manner. Then are no speobos, no program, no proces sion. A dozen bands play when am where thoy will. The oarriages and peoploare decorat ed with cornhiiBks, and tho ston fronts aro built up with such lavlsl 1 decorations aa to make tho street: seem liko a fiold. At dusk handsom< ' floats appear and display tho odditiei [ of fiction and poetry, with corn as th< * central feature. A* price is offered t< ' the man who can drive with a load o watermelons through the street an< 1 not havo them stolon. Several try bu< none succeed, t ' Maskers como out, and thon bogim tho fun. Corn is tho weapon of tin 1 enemy?shollod corn, dry, yollow kor 1 nels, baid as bullots and dried to ripe , perfeetion in tbo glorious prairie au tumn. Every One carries a sack of It and pelts his neighbor. The drivers ol floats and tho street oar conductors are subjected to a rattling rain of corn Thousands of foot tramp over tho fal len grain, and as tho supply grows 1088 tho store, decorations are torn away to contribute to the hilarity. Midnight scarcely sees an end to the sport, and tho noxt morning presents a street surface which neods only a generous rain and a fierce sun heat to be converted into a kind of huge loaf of corn bread. It is remarkable what unique effoots can be produced by moans of tho oorn decorations. Dresses, capes and hats of husks, with cob and kernel trim mings, do not look so bad, and all sorts of pictures can be made of tbe parti-colored grains. ?During tho last 40 years Senator John Sherman has been a private citi zen only one day. Whilo this is quite a good record for offloeholding, Sena tor Morrlll, of Vormont, has a better one. He entered tbo' bouse in 1855 with Senator Sherman, and slnoo that date has not lost a single hour of office holding. ?In 1813 postage ratos in tho United States woro : "Singlo letters, by land, 40 miles, 8 cents; 90 miles, 10 cents ; 150 mllos, 124 cents; 300 miles, 17 cents; 500 miles, 20 oents ; over 500 miles, 25 oents ; double letters, twice the single rates, one ounce at the rato of four single letters." It is an interesting fact that while the now Rhode Island State oapitol in Providence is to bo built of Georgia marblo, the Georgia State House la built of Indiana marble. ?It is said that in the future, fire men's olothos in England will be made of asbestos or mineral wool. It is non oumbustlblo, a non-duotor of boat, and it Is In no way injured by water. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. GcVt Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE NOTES ON THE EXPOSITION. Greeuville Mountaineer. Tino NEGKO BUILDING. When tho World's Fair 'was yet in the lnoiplenoy of planning, efforts were made to haveja separate building set apart for the exhibits of the negro. But the opposition of the negroes at the North to such separation and tho unwillingness of the directors to incur a supposed governmental antagonism to suon a step, defeated the request. A similar request was made of tho di reotors of the Atlanta Exposition by prominent Southern negroes. Tho idea was considered a good one, and a negro commissioner, Garlington Penn, was appointed, and the Negro Building be came an assurod fact. The negroes of the South and many from the North took hold iu earnest and the result of tu^tr '?Der is seen to-day in the Negro Building. Tho drat thing that catches one's eye on entering the building Is a life-size figure modeled in clay, Tho form is that of a man of splendid physique and strong muscular development, of pro nounced African features, the nose, Hps and hair being perfeetly executed. It is a nude form, with the feet firmly Elanted on a rook. Tho hands have een shuekled, but the chains are broken now, tho left hand Is free whllo tho right ono still has tho iron band tigbtly clusped around the wrist. The form stands in an attitude of puzzled query, and so good Is tbo expression that, one oan almost hoar tho words Balf free ; but not till musole and brain can unlock this right hand am free; bu thow?" This figure was modeled in the basement of tho Ad ministration Building since the Expc sltlon opened, by a negro attache of one of the departments. It is of ton claimed that the negro is a good Imitator but oannot originate. In the post this may have been true in a degree, but the no gro in tho future will hold his own In this respect; not perhaps In the Imme-1 diate future, but It Is surely c ?tning. | Among the exhibits from Washing ton city is a combination desk and lady's work box that is wonderfully convonlent and yet Is qulto slmplo. A drawor Is rlttod as a work box with re ceptacles for tho usual sewing para pbanalla. This drawer In closing low ers a Ud which Is covored with felt, and there' is a desk. Washington city has a good exhibit, but tho exhibitor smilingly explained that many of hor people were opposed to a separate ex hibit and refused to lend their work. There were quite a numbor of well executed oil paintings in this building. Some were ovldontly by amateurs, but they compared favorably with the work from many of the whito schools. What strikes one as a little strange is the fact that all tholr figures In statuary and painting with tho exception of the one already noted, are ol the Cauca sian race, sbowing that their ideal is n tbo white race. Tho Southern schools have nearly all made creditable exhibits, Clark Uni versity bolng probably tho most inter esting as it is tho most practical, giving a full exhibit of their surgical and traiuod nurso department. Tuskegee, Ala., has another exhibit that is strik ingly good. One well-made buggy bo lng tbe work of the students of that In stitution, and from the dressmaking department there wore several dresses that were very neat In their finish. Inthe Vlgirnla exhibit thore wore a number of chairs beautifully carved, and a mantel that was especially good. Apropos of carving, ono of tho best ex hibits in tho building was an exhibit of hand-carving by a South Carolina negro, G. R. Dovano, of Charleston. Several panels were exqutsito, tho con ception and execution being dainty and delicate. Ho had a numbor of walking canesaud placques with faces carved on them, Mrs. Joe Thompson, Gov. Atkin son and S. M. Inman boiug true to life. Ho Is an uneducated man past his first youth, and this work seoms to stamp him as a genius, since bo "jest took hit up." Ho told us that ho sot down and cut a 'gator (an alligator) on dat stiek an' used jest a pen knife." An exhibit of extraordinary interest is that from Africa, houthen Africa, and tho contrast is great between civi lized and uncivilized negroes. Gourds, big, little, odd and curious seem to havo boon used In Innumerable ways, such as platters, drinking cups, receptacles for all kinds of food, etc. One idol, a hideous stone affair, and fetiches,. queer but Indescribable: woods, queer bird nests, native woven cloth, natlvo embroidery In colored grasses, reed work and cane work are among the most conspicuous objects. On the wall is a quilt made by a natlvo teacher.. It has a white ground upon which Is appllqued a perfeot coffee tree In natural colors, loaves, flowers and fruit. It Is a counterpart of ono which the samo woman made and presented to Queen Victoria. This exhibit Is duo to tho work of B'shop Turner. Thore aro good exhibits from Ten nessee and North Carolina, the latter being especially good as it la more typical of tho section, being tar, to bacco, walnuts, hickory nuts, corn and farm produce generally. In all ex hibits tho women havo dono their part, millinery, dressmaking and launder ing, and there aro quantities of tidlos, lacos, ombroldory, etc., but somehow one foe.is that thero Is a groat lack soinowhoro. Whore Is " olo mamma Chloo," who usod to make such cakes, eakos that no ono ever mado so well, and broad, light, white and tlaky, and great beautiful heaps of butter, piled in golden balls, eaeh ball printed In some miraculous manner with a knife blade; and "Aunt Dinah," who wus the envy of ul I bor neighbors for hor presorvos, jolliobpnd pickles? Whore are thoy ? Is tho '? now negro woman " going to relegate those to tho rea'ms of barbarity and take to doing antima cassars daubing in oils, oto., or havo the Aunt Dinahs und mamma Chloos scorned to put tholr treasured work on exhibition ? The now i ^ro is needed, but as long as tbo Southorn shoros aro laved by doa and gulf wo will neod tho old negro, the old " mammas " aud " uncles." How the Senses Drop to Sleep. ?Now physicians and physiologist oome the front with the astoundir statement that a man goes to sle< piecemeal instead of altogether a' simultaneously, as it were. That i . the senses do not lull themselve i umitod and at once into a state of slumber, but cease to receive impres sions gradually, one after the other. At first the sight ceases, and next the sense of tasto loses its susceptibility to outward impression. Even then, tbe Individual being almost in a state of unconsciousness, three still remain in a condition of activity?smelling, hearing and thought. Gradually the sense of smelling goes, then hearing, and, ilnally, with tho lapse of thought, the entire body becomes completely asleep. The physiologists have gone even further than this, and they say that tho senses sleep with different degrees of profoundness. The sense of touch is the most easy to arose, next, that of hearing, then sight and tasto and smelling last. Sleep steals on the body gradually, certain parts of uftwolos beginning to bleep before others. Slumber com mences at the extremities, beginning at the feot and legs. That Is why It is always necessary to keep tho feot warm. ?A Frenchman has invented a bi oyclo that cau bo taken apart, packed In a valise, and carried, It is claimed, with ease and comfort. ?They say that there aro 10.00C more women than men in little Rhode I Island. Heart Disease Kills Suddenly; but never without warning symp toms, such as Faint, Weak or Guu-rry 8|>olls, Irregular or Intermittent Pulse, 1'lutlcrInR or Palpitation of tho Heart. Choking Sensa tions, Shortness of Breath, Bwolllilg of Feet and Ankles, etc. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Cures Heart Disease. Mr. Goo. I.. Smith, of tho Ceo. L. Smlt Mantel Co., Louisville, Ky., writes Feb. 20 1804: "For about a year I was a tcrrlblo suf ferer from heatfe trouble, which got so bac I was obliged to sit up In bed to get mj breath. 1 had to abandon business and could hardly crawl around. My friend, Mr Julius C Voght, ono of our lending pharma cists, asked mo to try Dr. Miles' Heart Cur I had used little more than a bottle w' tho pain COOsed and palpitations ontlr disappeared. I havo not hud tho slight trouble since, and today I am attending ti business as regularly as ever." Sold by druggists everywhere. Rook ot Heart and Nerves sent frco. Address I)r Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Kern: lies Restore Health OsoaretteS Columbia, Laurens an berry Ri R. New Northbound, pm am 10 80 . 10 02 . I) -10 . .-outliboun. ?1 18 4 00 3 51 8 1? 3 42 3 34 3 21 3 21 8 12 2 59 2 17 2 41 9 40 2 35 2 20 2 25 0 27. I) 15 8 34 8 30 8 22 8(H) 7 30 7 05 0 55 (I 40 (( 35 8 22 ? 15 Stations. pm .. Columbia . 4 30 . . Ixjitphart .4 55 . . Inno _ 4 08 Pel lent I Me .... 5 25 .. White Roek ... 6 85 Chaplain . 5 55 Little .Mountain.. 5 15 Sllghs .0 22 .. Prosaerity.0 4i .. Newborry.7 08 Jalaua ... 7 85 Gruv's Lane . . 7 47 . Klnnrd .7 57 . Goldvillo .8 10 Dovor .8 23 Clinton 8 80 an 11 It 11 2< 113 11 4! 11 51 12 0: 12 P 12 U 12 2f 12 4i 12 5! 1 o: I 1( 1 11 1 31 I 81 F. E. SOHUMPERT, Agent at Prosperity Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, -Uj^lDER OPERA HOUSE ,:, .. /.,;........ ;., tU* V V ?Hold in grateful remembrance those who have done you a good turn ; try to forgot those who have done you wrong. ?Tho population of tho world avor agea 109 women to every 100 men. Elght-nlatha of the sudden deaths are those of males. ?One of the most courious inven tions on exhibition at the Mechanic*'' Fair, in Boston, is an augur that bores a square hole. ?A noble part of every true life is to learn.to undo what has been wrongly dont>. DOft'T TOBACCO SffT Ott smoke YOUR UTE A.WAY I is the truthful, startling title of a book ; about No-To-Bac, tho harmless, guaranteed I tobacoo habit eure that braces up nicotin lzed nerves, eliminates the nlroune poison, makes weak men gain strengte, vigor and mnnhood. You run no physical or finan cial risk, as No-To-Bac is sold by Carpenter Bros, nnder a guarantee to cure or money refunded. Book free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., New York or Chicago. MAGNETIC NERVINE. Is told ?Ith wrltte ? guarantee to cur 8OSS,Headache i.n euralgia andWaUc f ulness.caured by ex geMlv?use<>X Opium Tobacco and Alco hoi; Mental i?? 1 >- ? nlon, Bottom nr. " Mm Urnln, causing Misery, Insanity imd Dentil ltnrrenrns, Inipotenoy, Lofit Powor In olther nn Promtituro Old Age, Iuvoluntnrv Losses, caused by ovor-hnlulgonce, ovor-oxortlou ot tho Drain act' Errors of Youth. It gives to Wenk Organe Uioir N'nttirnl Vigor and doubles the Joys of lifo: cure* Lucorrhona and FeniKlo Weakness. k month's trout mi nt, in plain package, by mall, to any address, $1 i>er box, 6 boxes96. with every |A order w>> givo a Written Guarantee to euro or refund tho money Circulars free Ouarautoo Issued only by our ox elusive agent. ?B&FORE - THE LAURENS BAR^ H. Y. BIMP80N. O. I). BARK8DALE SIMPSON & BAItKSDALK, ? Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, HOUTII CAROLINA Special attention givon to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims B. W. ha Li.. I.. W. himkin8. W. W. BALL BALL., SIMKIKS & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Laurenb, South Carolina. Will practice in all Stato and United States Court. Spooial attention givon collections. |. T. JOHNKON. W. It. KICl-iKY JOHNSON & 1UC11KY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offiok?Fleming's Corner, Nortliws aide of Public Squaro. LAURENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA W. H. MAHTIN, Attorney nt Law, LAURENS, - 80UT1I CAROLINA. Will praetiee In all Courts of this St* Attention givon to collections. We Desire To Introduce our furniture business into ovory community in the South cm States, find In order to do uo in tho quickest time, have concluded to mako some very liberal offers in bed room suites to secure at least <. customer at ovory post-ollice tn tho noxt 00 dayB. Please road this advertisement carefully and send at onco for one of our special rulers. Our great offer No. 1 consis.' \t ??-?? Solid Oak Bedroom Suite with large dresser with 20x24 bevel mirror, one largo Washstand, with doublo door ana ilrawer, one 0-foot Bedstead full width. This 8Uito of f limit uro is fvorth in any furnlturo storo not Ichs than ?15. Do not think for once that it is a little cheup suite, for we assure you it is not, but a largo, full-size suite equal tounythingon the market lu order to sUirt the salo of these suites and to keep our men busy ami introduce our business in your neigh borhood, wo agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in tho Sim tli for $15, when tho cash comes with the order. This advertisement will possibly appear twice in ibis pa per, therefore if you are interested, cut this out ami semi with $l.r> ami the suitu will be shipped to you. If it is not Just as represented you may re turn tho suite at our expense and your $16 will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many illustra tions of rare bargains and house fur nishing goods will bo sent to'you up on application. The suite above described is a spec ial bargain ami does not appear in the OatalOgUO. therefore it Is useless to write for illustrations ol this suite, and while you are delaying writing some one else may get the bargain. Wo assure you that we will not. ship but one suite in your neighborhood at this price. After one suite has been shipped in the neighborhood tho price will go to at least $30. l_. F. PADGETT sic BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, OA." South Carolina and Gcargia Railroad Co " THE CHARLESTON LINE. Schedule in effect March 10. 1805. COLUMBIA Dl VISION.?East Hound. Lv Columbia. 6 50 Ar Hranchville. . 9 05 a Lv Hranchville. . 9 20 am Ar Charleston.11 at) am Lv Columbia. 4 20 pm Ar Charleston. 8 40 pm West Hound. Lv Charleston. 7 20 am Ar Columbia.11 03 am Lv Charleston. 530 pn Ar Hranchville. 8 00 pa Lv Hranehviiio.????. 8 15 pm Ar Columbia. 1010 pm AUGUSTA DlVISlON.-Wcst Hound. Lv Columbia. 6 50 am 4 20 pm Ar Hranchville. 7 35 am tiiWpm Lv Hranchville. 0 2?pm 8 00 pm Ar Augusta.12 15 pm 10 45 pm East Hound. Lv Augusta. D 40 pm Ar Hranehviiio. A 25 pro Lv Hranchville. 7 10am Ar Columbia.10 10 pm CAM DEN BRANCH.?Bust Hound. Lv Columbia.0 50 am Ar Camdon.12 05 pm West Uound. Lv Camdon... Ar Columbia. CONNKCTION. ...3 4? pm ..10 10 pm At Columbia with Southern Hallway to and from all points in upper South and North Carolina. Through traini between Charles ton and Asheville, N. C. Any other information, folders, maps, oto will bo furnished on application to B. S. BOW EN, General Manager, Columbia 8. C. L. A. RMKKSON, Trafllo Managor. Charles ton, 8. C. O. II. PARKS, Traveling Agont, Columbia 8, C. a.ll ELECTRIC street ca.r3 PASS Tflt door. flRS-CLASS SERVICE THROUGHOUT. Hotel Jerome. OUTHERN EXPOSURE. - COLUMBIA, S, C.% t a. new Hotel eleoantly ruR/iiSHEo, /- flAJH street, ' one SQUARE FROM STA te HOUSE. PAGAN BBOTHERS, Proprietors PEOPLH WON'T BUY. A tecond time from a biitiness house when their first transaction ha* been unsatisfac tory. All our patrons stick tout; each new customer becomes a permanent business friend. What Is the conclusion? AUGUSTA LUMBER CO., IVors, Saab, Blinds, Lumber. Btc. AUGUSTA. QA. " ? of tho ivt., ic-,-. PORT ROYAL & WES olina Railway. "A Asheville Bhort Line." J. K Receiver. Schedule in effect 180?. Lv Augusta.9 40 am Ar Greenwood.12 10 pm Anderson. 8 00 pm l.uurcHP... 1 18 pm Greenville. 2 60 pm Glenn Springs. 4 00 pm Spartaiiuurg.SOOpm 8aluda. -i ^ nm Hendersonville. .. 6 16 pm Asheville.6 80 pm Lv Asheville. 8 00 am Spartanburg.11 45 am Greenville.11 40 am Laurens.1 15 pm Anderson. 020 am Greenwood.2 15 pm Ar Augusta. 605|m Savannah. 5 05 am Lv Greenwood. 6 23 pm Ar Raleigh. 1 20 am Norfolk. 7 00 am Petersburg. 6 00 am Richmond. 6 40 am 2 83 i 12 00 n* 6 20 pm 5 43 pm 6 45 pm TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST. Lv Greenville. 9 45 am Lv Anderson.9 20 Augusta. 9 40 am Greenwood.12 48 pm Ar Athens. 808 pm Ar A i hint i. 4 09 pm 11 40 am |2 42 pm 5 09 pm 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. mid 0. ?v G. Railway, ant" at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For information relative to tickets, rates,] schedules, etc., address it. L. Toi>l>. Trav. Pass. Agent. W.J. (JUAIG, Gen. Push. Agent. Aigusta. G? t? 8. Cureton, Agent. C. H. Speights, Qei Agent, Greenville, 8. 0. J. R. Fant, Agent, Anderson, 8. 0. PIEDMONT AIR LINK, ooirsntn? schbduu vi Mamrm vaAm, tlorthboanft. October 6, 180?. Lt a i Inn to C T. " Atlant? H.T. " Noutos?.._.. M Buford. Ualn*svUle_ M Luis..._ " Cornells....... " Mt. Airy_ M Toi-coa.......... m Westminster. " Bo noes. H Central.._ H Greenville.... " BpsrUnburg. H OatTneys. " lUackiDtrrt ? * King's Ml_ M UnMonla.._?. Ar. Charlotte?... Ar. ))nnvIilo....... VST fto.88 Dally 1200m 100p ktt Richmond-? rsTrnT No. 88 Dally UUp ltlte 18 66* IS, ? l?p f?iip l'ooo ? 00? Wo.li? Dally 8 01a J 28? 160s ? 10?; 8 row 4 07ft 4 81a 819a f 18a ? 69* 7C9a 7 82a T68a ? 88? ISOp 6 40p Ns.ia|R K8un 7 60s 8 60a ? 88a] 10 16? 10 44a| 1104a 1188a 11 80S 1168a 12 J7p 12 42p 120p ai6p 8 22p 410p 4 80p 6 00p 6 28p 0 20p 11 26p 800a 4S0p 6 86p ? 2Hp 7 cap T43p 8 08p 8 Rip 8 86p 9 00p 4 00pl Bparlanburg. Oreeuvllle. Central..... Seneca. Wetttnlnttsr Toi-om.......... Ml. Airy_ Cornelia. Lula. GalnesTlU*... Buford ..(MWMI Norcrosa. Atlanta E. T. A 11nntn O. T. 11 87a 12 28p 1 16p 8 81r> 4 65p' 8 65p 2 23A 12 69a 1 60a 2 85o 8 OUfl 8(V?? 4 41a 4 60a 6 20? 6 20a 2 18p 8 06p 4 40p 0 40p ? 06p 6 22p 6 68 p 7 40p 7 46p 812p 8 36p ? 07p ? 42p 10 80p ? 6 00a 6 80? 6 88a 6 67a 7 20a 7 48a 8 18a ? 80s 8 80a 6 26? ? 2la 710a ? 12a 0 64? "A" a. m. "P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night. Mos. 87 snd 88?Washington and Southwestern Vcstlbuled Limited, Through Pullman Bleepen between New York and New Orleans, via Wash Ington. Atlanta and Montgomery, and alao I;; iween New York and Memphis, via WashlngUr Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining Cars. Nos. 86 and 86 United States Fast Mail. Pullc Sleeping Can between Atlanta, New Orleans i New York. Nos. 81 and 82, Exposition Flyer, Through j ...ii Sleepers between New York and Atlanl Washington, On Tuesdays ami Thursdays! nsctlon will tie made from Richmond with II, and on these dates Pullman BleepingCa* ho operated between Ulehmond and All' Wednesdays and Saturdays connection lauta to Richmond with thronen rill bs u> leave Atlanta by train N< Nos 11 and 12, Pullman Sleeping Richmond, Danville and Uteonsbo W. A. TURK, B. 11. HARD WICK, QeiTI P?? Agt, Ass'i (teu'l Pass. Ag't, Wasninoion, D. 0. Atlanta., Ga? W ? RYDER, Superintendent, CliAjf South CaUumna, / n uRKg.s J m c/ ?4W'1*?l>< Trug?/ WtisVHiiit, ii <; Comic NOT imoil Nelirilnlc ft rOVEMDKR a, isV Trains run by 76th Mcrtdla S 1.10 p m 1.88 ? m LH p m ft.07 p m 8.40 p m 8.10 p m " .Co I ii im K it -.Alston..., -??11? ?i' ll ii nit Joiip.m 111, I' c >l i Ar.opnn. Lt...Sptirltliih . Ar.A.hvill ? Trains leave Spaitanbnrg, A.snd < itli I >n asrth bound 6:18 a. m.. ion p ni.. ft 21 p. in , aisp.m.,Vcstlbuled LlmltedV.suuthlMui'id. ? ;? S. 18., 8:06p. ta? 5:26a. m.. 11:37 a m,(V% Ulm cd Limited) Trains leave Greenville, A. sud C. H.vM n, northbound, 5:06 a. m.. 2:10 p. in., 9:51 p. m? ami fc80 p. m., (Vestlbtlled Limit*.!): sonll bound, 1:60 a. in., 4:62 p. m., 6:21 a, in., 12:28 p. in,, (Ves Ubnls Limited). rf> i'M 11ii? fill NiTl'lec. Pullman Palm ? Sleep ng ( ?r? <-n Trat *35 and 88, 31 siul 82, 87 and 8h, on A. and c. IH i inn. W. A. TURK, S. II. II \ row I K Oen. Paiw. Agt. As'tOen, IV? i at. "rg, W. II 'IKKKN, I. M. . ? |,p u<ii ftiiperlniciideut, i' Mgr. WaildiKi" i. I?. T. L .VKL1.K8. ffb.4., com I ?I*