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? Che Cmtreii? ^toertiact. PUBLISHED EVEUY TUESDAY, H IHK 1UITION JtJ.OO PI?K YKAIC A UltACB OF BI'ITAPHS. (The following lines are of American origin and wore written nearly twenty year* ago, but they are started on a fresh round through their publication in the London T'oiea, In answer to a correspond cnt's query:] He-e lies a poor woman who always was tired, Bho lived in a house whore help was not hired Her last words on earth were: " Dear friends 1 am going To where there's no cooking, i\or washing, nor sewing; liut everything there is exact to my wishes. For where they don't cat there'B no wash* ing up dishes. I'll he where loud anthems will always he ringing. But having no voice, I'll get quit of the singing. Don't mourn for me novs?don't mourn for me never, I'm going to du nothing for ever and ever. The cooking, washing and sew) are obsolete now, or nearly so, but worn., are Iust as tired as ever, and the plaint will lave to be revised something like this, per haps : Here tics a poor woman who always was busy; Bbe lived underpressure that rendered her dingy; Bhe bcl -nged to ton clubs and read Brown ing hy Bight, Showed at luncheons and teas, and would vote if she might; She served on a school board with courage and zeal, 8he gulfed and she kodaked and rude on a wheel, She read Tolsti and Ihson, knew microbes by name. Approved of Dclearte, was a "Daughter" and " Dame;" Her children went in for the top educa tion, Her husband went seaward for nervous prostration. One day on her tablets she found an hour free. Tho shock was too great and she died in Ftantiy. THE WEDDING AT LDHLErS PASS. The settlers who constituted what was locally called the " Lumloy Pass folks" wore few, hard-working and unimaginative. Thoy wero much given to staying at homo and minding their own business, in tho sunso which conveys total lack of interest in any body else. Long reaches of rough mountain roads; frequent torrents, whiofc rushod rudely Wherever resistence was most readily oveicomo, combined with som ber stretches of dense forest to dis courage sociability. Nevertheless, when It becamo known, In a general way, that the old tip tilted log-house?a house hoary with age?about which the halo of romance had nevor clung, was to bo tho seat ol a wedding, interest in it became vivid and visitors multiplied miraculously. Tho house stood ut tho head of the pass, and gavo it its name. It was Peter Lumloy's daughter who was tc be married. Thut piece of information percolat ed through Peter himself ouo even' ing when ho had lingered at tho store in Hogan's gulch long enough to for get his usual taciturnity and wax con ttdentlul with tho other lato stayers. On that occasion Mr. Peter Lumlc^ remarked, in a genoral way, that? " Women folks was a cussed lot of trouble when thoy got marryiu' it their heads, an' be was considublc thanful that he didn't have but ono gai to turn the world upside down just because a fellow had asked her tc change her name." This amiable allusion to his only daughter, coupled with the fact that, earlier in tho evening, Mr. Lumlej had openly invested in ten yards oi white "cross-bar" muslin and a "scalloped" handkerchief, fastened the Impending change of name on Sue Lumloy. Until that cross-bar muslin and em broidered hundkerchief wero actually transferred from Hogan's counter tc the gunny sack which already held Peter's supply of tobacco, whiskey, seed potatoes and rope for plow lines, the general public had laid no particulai stross upon Peter's outburst. Never before had Suo Lumloy boe^n an object of oven passing locul interest. No one had ever associated her name with a possible lover. She was ac counted rather a spiritless croaturo, totally lacking In grit. Grit is a moral quality 'in high repute with young mountaineers. Being motherless and sisterloss, Sue had grown up with even fewer fominino accomplishments than fell to tho lot of other Lumloy Pa?s girls. A wedding presupposes a man. It was a long time before local gossip fastened upon the right man for " Suo Lumloy's beau." Whoa it did curiosity was merged Into amazement bordering on indignation. Was Brad Martin bent on throwin' his-self clean awayY Had Brad Martin turned plum idiot," woro questions which everybody was asking but no body answered. Bradley Martin was what might bo called a newcomer, having lived in tho neighborhood of Lumloy's Pass only four or tlvo years. Nonn of his fore bears had over tilled the rockoy acres he called his own. He was a handsome follow, with broad shoulders and strong, swift legs, which carried him ovur tho steep mountain paths with the surefooted ness of tho gout. There wasn't a girl within twolvo miles of Petdr Lutnley'e old gray house that would not have iont a willing oar to Bradley Martin if ho had come a courting. But Suo Lumley, of ;i il the pass girls l Martin and Suo alone knoV tho very beginning of tho loya-.aQmir whose Imminent euliniiufsMTi woe agitating the scattered settlers of Lumloy's Pass. Thoy had first scon each other when tho "pass lay In tho shadows of evon ? 'trig, which came early and lingered long in the mountain-walled clearing. Sue was sitting alone on the rough pine slab that did duty for front-door steps. Hor lap was full of corn and corn cobs. A pile of unshollcd corn was stacked on the slab within easy reach. With a fine disregard for hor own outiole. she rubbed the grains free from the cod with tho reddened ball of her right thumb. When all tho corn should be shelled, she would lift up her voice shrilly, and countless feathored pensioners would make glad ros?k>nso. Roosters, forgetting to be stately, Guinea fowls grown suddenly gregarious, pigeons swooping from aloft to share in the liberal largess, would all como, flut tering, flying, sot ambling, hurrying, each filled with genuine human greed, striving to eat ahead of its fellows. Sue rather liked "feed-time" to eomo. It broke up the dreadful mono tony of her day, and introduced cheer ful clamor into profound silence. She was left very muoh alono during the day. Her father and her four uncouth brother* wero always off as soon as the breakfast of blaok coffee and greasy bacon she got up at dawn to prepare was dls??o*eu of. what their buuu/;a8 was, beyond [pering of tho led ueve her I condition, sho did not know. Nop did I t>he much caro. She was not of a [speculative turn. She went tho dull round of her sordid duties unquestion ing, unreptnlng. She had condensed the ethic* of the case with uncon scious philosophy, into a single apho rism : " Prettin' don't do no good, so whar'e the use of frettin' ?" Under softer conditions she might have developed into an unoommonl/ Brotty girl. The first time Bradley iartln saw her her face was as the face of a guardian angel to him. Thoir In troduction was a strange one. She lifted her head to consult the shadows. The familiar landscape must attain a precise stage of obscurity bo foro sho called .the wanderers homo for the night. * From tho Btile that crossed the rude ] yard fence the mountain footpath dropped precipitately downward. This rendered approach to the house pos sible without any warning vlow bo forehand. Standing on this stile, holding his hat.in one hand, while with tho othor ho dashed great beads of sweat from nls forehead, Sue saw a man 1 Sho lovelcd bor cloar, brown oyes on him in intense surprise. Uo was a stranger, and strangers were not com mon at Lumloy's Pass. She stood up, with tho corners of hor check apron gathered together mechanically with thrifty thought for her shelled corn. Sho gained in dignity by change of posture. Sho was tall, and just now she was standing on tho defensive. "Who be you? And what bo you doiu' standln' stock still on our stile?" she asked, in a slow, gentle drawl that gavo no indication of hor perturbed state. Uor voice was as sweot as a wood pigeon's note. Uor eyes wero cloar, steadfast, fearless. In spite of tho shortness of her coarse cotton gown, thero was a certain air of command about this mountain girl which im posed upon tho stranger. But it was a face to be trustod, and tho man on tho stile stood in soro need of a friend. Ho was by her side in a fow swift strides. Sho could see his broad chest heave with tho breath that camo in pants. " You arc alono ?" ho asked. Sho trembled at the eager excite ment of his voico and manner, but her fright did not appear in her drawled answer: " Waal, what if I bo?" " Hide mo, and keep my socrot." "What for shall I hide you? Who bo you, and what you been up to ? Moonsbinin'?" Ho cast about hlra oxcitedly with oyes that looked like a hunted ani mal's. "If you don't want to havo murder on your soul, hide mo. I got .into trouble down In Davls's Doll. A man was killed. Circumstances point to I me. A posse is out looking for mo. I've been running and hiding for two days. I'm about spent. If they got me I'll swing. For heaven sake, girl, , hide me quick." "Quick" was a word seldom heard in that locality, more seldom acted upon. Sho released the corners of her 1 apron and lot the shelled com stream into a wooden bowl at her feet. Sho ' never once took her eyes off the travel stained garb and the haggard fuco ol tho man before her. Sho carefully dusted the looso bran from her work i roughened b?nde before speaking - again : " And be you blood-guilty ?" > "Jam not." ' "You don't look like Lumloy Pasfi 1 folks. You be from town somewhere, I reckin. How can I tell whether you ? be lyin' to mo or not ?" > " I swear before heaven I am inno ' cent. She darted away from him, but wat ? back before ho had time to conjecture, ? She held a tattered, backless book ir > her hand. "This wore mammy's Bible. Can ? you swoar on that ?" The strangor laid his right ham ' solemnly on tho book : " Come 'long, then. Pop and the boys will bo home soon." ? Sho wrapped the book in her apron > Sho turned swiftly and led tho way tc I an old stable, many degrees more ? dilapidated than tho dwelling houst > ?which is condemning it totally Slipping through a crovico by pro ' ferenco to wrestling with the huge, , unmanageable doors, she pointod up ' ward to a loft raggedly tilled with hay 1 Tho man was close behind her. t "Climb up and burrow under the I hay. Quick?I hear a mighty trampin > of hoots ! I{nl don't you be scared: I'll manage 'em. You can trus' me." It took the fugitive but a second tc ' vault upon the ramshackle feed trough > and from that into the hay loft. She, !? standing on tho edge of the trough, I scattered hay over him liberally. She > was singing lustily, somowhat dis ' cordantly, entirely by home-made mnt.iods, while sho was about it. i The tramping of feet had succeeded to that of hoofs. Filling her arme i with hay, still singing at tho top of her voico, Sue left the barn just in time to confront her father, brothers and half a dozen other mountuinuors. I She leaned against the barn door and I stared at them. "In tho name of wonder, folks, what's up, what's up? A barn-ralsln'?" On the top of the hay with which her arms wero tilled lay hor blue apron folded about the old Bible. She ; speculated vaguely ubout tho probablo ( fate of a girl who should tell a lie with the Bible right under her nose. Her father was spokesman for the searching party. "Job Wilson's been done for down I in Davis's Deli by a town chap. We's lookin' for him. Seed anybody pass this way, Sue ?" Sho laughed scornfully . " Likely, ain't it, so many folk pass thiH way ?" Her father laid his hand on tho clumsy latch to tho sagging burn door. Sdo straightened her back against it resolutoly. " Not in thoro, pop. I'vo just found thatoid yollor turkey hen we thought the minks had got. She's scttin' up in tho hayloft, and I wouldn't ha\o hor pestered for forty Job Wilsons. No. I wouldn't. She do look so peaceful .ml proudlike. Bud Frank, take tho gentlemen to the springhouso and give *era a bit er buttermilk. Fresh churn ed this mornin', gentlemen. And you uns do look like you'd been swallerin' yo 'peck er dust all t'oncot." Lumley took hie Irand off tho latch and faced toward the men. " Wo're foolln' away valerblo tlmo, gents. Will you stop down to the milk houso and wet yo' whistles before we utart ag'in ?" " Won't the gontlomon stay and take a bite?" Sue's hospitality waxed urgent as sho perceived her father was bent on pushing forward. "Twon't take mo more'n half an hour, pop, to get 'em somethin' hot." "Thoy'll have soraothing hot when wo ketch tho feller that done for Job Wilson ; so will he." This witticism rovivtd the flagging enorgy of his followers, and after a hurried excursion to the spring houso, Sue had the satisfaction of seeing them mount their horses and disappear down the steep, stony bridle path by whioh they had como. When the last hoof beat had coased to sound upon the rooky ground, she fed her prUoner, and loading him down with provisions and good advice, sent him away In an opposite dlreotlon from that taken by the horsemen. He turned and waved his hat to her before tho black* woods swallowed him up. ? / g "Of courso.*I won't rrttrbr see him again," she said,, stolidly, "and I don't know as I care to; but I lied for him. right on top of. mammy's Bible, and that's goln' to lAake it hard for me to forget him out and out." In point of f-ot, she found it impos-' ?Ible to forgot him "out and out." She called herself ^ns^a^vsplr^od Creature memory, but it did not mend the matter ' at all. Jeb Wilson's real slayer was dis covered nod summarily dealt with. Jtb Wilson himself was well nigh for gotten when Sue, sluing on the slab shelling corn, as she had Wen doing that evening, lifted bee eyee to guage the lengthening shadows of the faml'far landscape, as she had done on that evening, and saw a man standing on the stile that spanned the rude yard fence. Sbo sat quite still but a slow, sweet smile camo to her I?. and a glad light into her clear, steadfast eyes. You be come back 1 What for ?" He was by hor side in a few swift strides. Ho hold out his hands to her and smiled down into her uplifted faeo. "I'm building a house ovor t'other side of the Del I." " Oh, you be ?" " And I'm goln' to live there." " Yes V" The color came and went in the girl's sunburnt cheeks in a hot tor rent. " I'm goln' to take my wife* to live in my house when it is finished." "Yes?"?It was almost a whisper. She fell to shelllngcorn as If the world hold no other possible occupation for trembling little hands. Ho seated himaolf boldly on the slab by hor side. H0 laughed and filled his hands with corn sho had shelled. " Dfln't you want to learn something about the girl I'm building that house for?" ''If you bo anxious to talk about her." "I am." He Hung the corn from him, and tho pigeons camo in a white-winged throng to repair tho waste. " She's the pluckiest girl I ever saw. She's worth ton dozen of mo: She's got tho dearest, clearest brown oyes in tho world, and?and oneo upon a time sho saved me from being hurried out of tho world !?y a lot of idiots who Insistod upon calling me a rnurdoror." Slowly the truth dawned upon Suo's mind. Sho loaned toward him with hands folded on hor knees. "I Hod for you on mammy's Biblo. How aro wo going to got around that?" " We aro not going 1o try to get around it. Wo are going to forgot it. No one need know we ovor mot before." And Suo placed hor hand in his, with a smile of absolute trust and con tent. Pending the furnishing of his houso and tho fencing of his farm, Martin spent much time at tho Lumley's. Potor fancied he came there to learn wisdom in farming of him. Frank thought ho camo to learn how to make a colt pace. Each masculine member of tho Lumley household had his own solution of tho mystery. Suo alone know why he eamc. Mar tin alone know how ho had been saved from an ignominious death by tho superb courage of tho mountain girl. No one else will over know how hand some Bradley Martin came to " throw himself away " on Peter Lumley's Sue. IIIBY 18 A BTRAK3HTOUT. Uuaitorably Opposed to Bolting from tho National Domoeraoy?Ho Will Agree to No Mongrel Alliances. Chuirman John L. M. Irby, of the Stato Democratic executive committee, was Interviewed boforo tho mooting oi his committee on the 7th inst., and ex pressed himself freely as to the linee on which the party is to bo reorgan ized. His remarks are reported as follows by the Columbia Register : " The constitution of the party ex pressly states who shall participate in primary election.-, namely, known Uomocrats and negroes who have voted the Dsmocratic ticket continuously since 187(1. The executive committee supplemented this part of the constitu tion for the election in 185)4 by opening tho doors and allowing even Republi cans and Populists to participate in the primary election, who would agree to abide the result of the primary and support its nominees actively. Any ono can see that in the reorganization of tho party on certain fixed principles the doors must bo moro earofully watched than in a primary election. In other words, In tho organization Democrats, and Democrats alone, should participate. In conferences and councils on party policy none hut tho truo and tried should bo allowed to enter. While there might be some excuse in primary elections to gain all tho recruits from other parties possi ble, I do not hesitate to say that none but Democrats who are willing to givo and take, and to abide the result and sustain the nominees, should partici pate in tho organization or reorganiza tion at this time. " I do not want to ho misunderstood, for I never intended or attempted to deceive the people of the State, since i have been chairman of tho party, as winking at a mongrel organization. The white peoplo, I know, aro Demo crats by Inheritance and have entrust ed the colors of tho party into tho committee's hands as its guardian and trustee. It is troachory, outright, bare-faced, to talk of a Stato Democ racy and a national populism. Wo must go tho wholo hog or none at all. As chairman of tho Stato I recognize the authority of the national chair man, Mr. Harrity, and am acting un der him as such and 1 propose to fight any party whothor Populist or Repub lican as an enemy to tho Democratic party of this State and tho United States. I would not like to be misun derstood, though I beliovo everybody understands, that 1 favor freo silver and bolievo and have always believed no relief can conic in this direction except through tho Democratic party. A bolt or split means ruin to tho South. If wo repeat tho mistake of iS(>0 it will fasten upon us the Republican party for probably 50 years because If we can scarculy win with a solid Demo cratic front bow can wo hope to with stand tho Cyclono of Republicanism that would follow a division into two? It looks now as if McKinley w ill swoop the national Republican convention in St. Louis, if tho Southern farmers leavo the party of their fathers, the goldbugs of tho West, Northwest, North and Now England States will naturaliy go to tho Republican candi date; and an overwhelming triumph will result for McKinley and a Water loo for tho Domocratio party. This would moan, In addition to the election of President, a Republican House. They will soon havo tho Son ate. Then would follow high turiff and high money, or in other words high hats, or clothes or sheen and low cotton for the Southern farraor. If we stay in the party and are defeated for Prosidont by McKinloy we may carry the next House, whioh would bo a check upon tho olcetlon of McKinley, who is the logical candidate of tho Re publicans and bound to bo the nominee unless tho Republican ohampiou of protection in this country he repudi ated* If the Southoro farmer remain steadfast and Bonds his represontatives to Chicago instructed in favor of freo silver I believe now am' havo always believed we will bo able to control the convention as far as the majority is concerned and force a free sliver plat form, and prevent tho nomination of a goldbug undor the two-thirds rule. I adhere to the position taken some time ago that this State's Democracy should send delegates Instructed for free sil ver, who will meof. their brothron of other Statos upon equal and honorable terms and do the host that can he done, in the present emergenoy. If thoy win they will expect the opposi tion to act as Democrats, if thoy lose they should not do less than they ex pect of others.-" '* What is your impression of the feeling among Reformers and Demo crat* f a this matter V'' " There can bo but one answer to { tbta question. Ttto people, both Con-? servatlvcs and Reformers, are not dis- j Bjsed to hold tho principles of the ' emocratie party responsible for any i misinterpretation or betrayal, if J may I bo allowed to uso 'so harsh a word as that, of the platform of 131)2 by men who have been expected to carry it out. Tho principles are the samo and if the leaders have failed in tho dis charge of their duties, it is the part of wisdom to discard them aud name others who wlL carry out the prlucl-1 Sles of the-party. And besides in this t?te a bolt now means ruin to a large | class of our oitizens in view of the fact J that tho estimate is made, even by I Reformers, that the Republicans wilt j number at least 7f>,000 men. I know positively that hundrodfl of Reformers will not bolt, and even if ail bolted it would leavo 35,000 Conservatives, who have always claimed to bo the Demo crats, who would reorganize on what they consider Democratic lines. Wo have about 55,000 to 00,000 Reformors, a very largo estimate. With those three tickets in tho Held the Republi cans would either carry tho election or hold tho balance qt powor In tho State election and would probably carry tho electoral tickot. I may modestly sug gest that this is a vindication of the fight that I made while a mombor of the consiltutiona' convention. It vin dicates my position against tho sutTrago plan of that body. Taken all In all the situation in South Carolina is a very sorious ono and it behooves evory white man who loves his race to bo firm and stand by tho Democratic party."_ _ _ INGKKSOLL ON ALCOHOL. A Beautiful Piece of Word Painting by the Noted Infidel. Tho following wonderful piece of word paintiug has been frequently published, says Tho Chicago Tribune, out we reprint it at the request of several readers who desire a complete copy. Col, Robert G. Ingersoli, In addressing a jury in a case which in volved tho manufacture of alcohol, made tho following terrible arraign ment of the demon : "lam awaro that there is a preju dice against any man who manufac tures alcohol. I believe that from oho time It issues from tho coiled and poisonous worm In tho distillery until Its empties into tho jaws of doaih, dis honor and crime, it demoralizes every body thrt touches it, from its source to where it ends. I do not believo anybody can contemplate tho object without being prejudiced against tho liquor crime. All wo have to do, gen tlemen, is to think of tho wrecks on either side of tho stream of doath, of tho suicides, of tho insanity, of the ignorance, of tho destitution, of tho little children tugging at tho faded and withered breast of weeping and despairing mothers, of wives asking for bread, of the men of genius it has wrecked, tho men struggling with imaginary serpents, produced by this devilish thing ; and when you think of the jails, of the almshouses, of tho asylums, of tho prisons, of tho scaffolds, I upon either hank, I do not wonder that evory thoughtful man is prejudiced against this damned stuff called alco hol. Intemperance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood in its strength, old ago in its weakness. It breaks thq. father's heart, bereaves the doting mothor, extinguishes natural affection, erases conjugal love, blots out filial attachment, blights parontal hopes, brings down mourning age in sorrow to tho .grave. It produces weakness, not strength ; sickness, not health; death, not lifo. It makes wives wid ows: children orphans ; farmers lionds, and all of thorn paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, invites cholera, imports pestilence and embraces con sumption. It covers tho land with idleness, misery, crime. It tills your jails, supplies your almhouses, and demands your asylums. It ongentlers controversies, fosters quarrels and cherishes riots. It crowds your pen itentiaries and furnishos victims for your scaffolds. It Is tho life blood of the gambler, tho element of tho bur glar, tho prop of tho highwayman and support of the midnight incendiary. It countenances the liar, respects the thief, esteems tho blasphemer. It violates obligation, reverences fraud and honors infamy. It defames beuov olenco, hates lovo, scorns virtue and slanders innocence, it incites the fa ther to butcher his helploss offspring, helps tho husband to uassacre his wife, and tho child to grind tho pari oidal ax. It burns up men, consumes women, detests life, curses God, de spises heaven. It stubborns witnesses, nurses perjury, detiles the jury box and stain* judicial ermine. It de grades the citizen, debasses tho legis lator, dishonors the statesman and dis arms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor; misery, not safety; de spair, not hope; misery, not happiness, aud with tho malevolence of a liend it calmly surveys its frightful desolation and unsatiatod havoc. It poisons feli city, kills peace, ruios morals, blights conlidenoe, slays reputations and wipes out national honor, then curses the world and laughs at its ruin. It does all that and moro. It murders the soul. It is tho sum of all villainies, tho father of all crimes, tho mothor oi all abominations, the devil's best friend aud Go?'s worst onemv.. ?The custom at Penitentiary is to knock off one-twelfth of tho fybrms ol prisoners who aro quiet and (orderly aud give tho authorities no Krouble. Governor Kvans has adopted tjio same rule for tho county chain gangs. All chain gang prisoners whoso 'ohavtor is such as to merit it, will hlivo one twolfth of their terms taken on . ?Since tho lcaso of tho SouJ-.h Caro lina and Georgia Railroad expired, no trains have been run on the Cumber land Qap road, whioh is botweeio Aikon and Edgetield, for want of funds to meet expenses. The (Jo/en or has said that either trains must ruu or the charter will be forfeited. - Mrs. Mary Harlan, of Oixvillo, Ind., mother of ox-United States Sena tor Harlan, of Iowa, and grant!mother of Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, [was one hundred years old March 20.r At the birthday reception there wore) present a daughter 78 years old and a Son 7fi. ?The first paper printed jfn Char leston was "The South /Carollou Gazette, put in circulation in (January, 1731, and tho subscription price was $15 per annum for 52 copies, It was H i by 17 iuobes, and mostly advertise ments. - Montana's production of gold last year amounted to$4l327,040l an incense over IHiti of $1570,000, whifth is a heavy percentage. It is tho sarpio story the world over uncj a feature of finance which economists aro wubjhlng With in tercst. / ?Judgo Gary says th* chain gang law- is having an oxcellorlt effect in do tering crime, especially jimong tho ne groes. Thoso who seaVooly minded confinement U) tno .itttl ?f* penit?ntiary, have, a horror Of the chfUn gang. ?Armenia Is not a, thorough'y Christain country, as is generally be lieved. Out of a population of .'1.510,200 nearly flvo-sixths aro Mohammedan, tho exact number being 1)00,411 to only 1)00,701 Christiane. - -Tho grand Jury of ChoAter County has put the names of twontysYx habitual drunkards on tho black list itnd tho dispensers of tho county are prohibited from selling liquor to thorn. ?Gcorgo A. Norwood, Jr., ofciu,? leston, has been appointed chalrmaVi of the board of poljup pommisatoners of Charleston, to succeed Mr. James M Eason, resigned. --It is a busy ec?n? now about the site of the Norris Cotton Mills Com pany's factory. President Norria is pushing work la a lively way i \ Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE A GODDESS TO BE MAIUUED. The Handsome Proille of a School Toucher on the Silver Dollar. The announcement that tho Goddess of Liberty is about to be married has aroused new interost In the woman whose face is known to more people than that of any other woman of the American contineut. Every man, or woman or child who has a silver dol lar carries the handsome profile of the Philadelphia school teaehcr, Miss Anna W. Williams. Her classic fea tures have been stamped upon millions of the silver disks. It is 20 years sinco tho pretty blondo girl becamo world-famous. It was then stated that Miss Williams'profile was tho original of tho Goddoss of Liberty on tho silver dollar. The friends of tho young woman placed every obstacle in the way of possiblo identification, but fui'ed in their object. The story of how Miss Williams came to bo the Goddess of Liberty may be retold, now that It, la said sho is soon to beeomo a bride. In the early part of 1870 tho Treas ury department seeured, through com munication with the royal mint of Eng land, tho services of a clover young designer and engraver named CJcorgo Morgan. Upon his arrival in this coun try Mr. Morgan was installed in the Philadelphia mint and was assigned the task of making a design for a now silver dollar. Aftor mauy months of labor tho young engraver completed tho design for tho reverse side of tho coin, upon which he represented tho American eagle. His attention was then turned to tho othor side, and his original inclination was to placo on it a fanciful head representing tho God dess of Liberty. Hut the ambitious designer was too much of a realist to be satisfied with n m^ro product of fancy. Fiuauy no determined tue beul should be the representation of some Ameri can girl, and forthwith diligently searched for his beauteous maid. It was a long search, although pleas ant. He told his friends of his dodres, and one of them spoke of the really classic beauty of Miss Annie Williams. The English designer was Introduced to the girl. Mr. Morgan was at onco impressed by hor beautiful face and studied it carofully. Then he t >'d her what ho doslred, and she promptly re fused to permit hersolf to be tho sub joct of tho design. Her friends, how ever, induced her to poso before an artist. Aftor Uvo sittings tho design was completed. Mr. Morgan was so enthusiastic that he declared Miss William's proille was tho most nearly porfeet ho had seen In Be gland or America. His design for tho Bland dollar was accepted by Con gress, and so tho silver coins have been . pouring from tho mints all these years adorned with the stately face of a Quaker City maiden. Miss Williams is a decidly modest young woman. She resides on Spring Garden street, not far from the school in which for years sho has boon em poyod as an instructor in philosophy and methods in tho kindergarten de partment. Sho is slightly below tho average height, is rather plump and is fair. Sho carries her figure with a stute I i in'.'- rarely seen and the pose of the head is exactly us eeen on the silver dollar. Trio features of Miss Williams aro reproduced as faith fully as in a good photograph. ?Nowberry now has mounted police. ?A bicycle club has been organized at Camden. Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. A few years ago, Mr. L. ^V. Gallaher, was an extensive, BUCCOSafnl expert manu facturer of lumber products. Attacked with epilepsy, ho was obliged to give, up hlsbusl ness. Th? attacks en mo upon him moRtlu opportuaoly. Ono time falling from acarrl uge, at another dowu stairs, and often In the street. Once hO fell down a shaft In tho mill, his Injuries neatly provlUQ fatal. Mr. Callahor writes from Milwaukee, Fob. 10,'95. "There rtro none more miserable than opl leptlcs. Tor 20 years 1 suffered with epilep tic fits, having us high as five in nuo night. I tried any number of physicians, paying to ono alone, a fee of 1600.00 and havo dono tittle for years but search for something to help me, and havo taken all tho leading remedies, but received no benefit. Ayearago my son, ChOS. S. Gallaher, druggist at IUI Reed St., Milwaukee, gavo mo Dr. Miles' Restoratlvo Nervine, and I tried It with gratifying results. Have had but two fits since I began taking it. 1 am better now iu every way than 1 havo been in 20 years." Dif. Miles' Remedies are Sold by druggists Oil a positive guarantee that tho first .>ottlc will benefit or price refunded, book ou tho Heart and Nerves, free. Address, Dr. Miles MedlcakfOe., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! ?nstantKillcrol Pain. Internal and External. euren ltllKUMATISM, NEURAL OlA, Jjune Ittu-k, Sprulli*. liruicei Swellings, stiff Joint*. COLIOaw lORAMra Instantly. Cholera M r bus, eromi.lHi'thcrin, Boro Throat UEAPAOllE, ns if by iiiunic THE HORSE BRAND, ?XP?' ti.Kinost Powprful?ad?eiirtnitini{l.liiiii)(>ntfnr Mm ??>.-1 trust iu exUtUQOSy ]jAr(:? H sue 75a, Ma size i>h JOHNSON** ORIENTAL SOAP. Medicated mul Unite*, Tj?? Groat Skin Cure nur ' ace Bo-iutifior. Mtiies will find it the iuo->, delicate ami high*? perfumed Toltot Boap oi the market. It 1? nbaolutoiy pur?. Mut' - it i kin soft und velvety and restores the losl com plexion) Ik n luxury for the Bath f>>r Infants It nlnys it. t nur, cleiiui >?? Uio pnilp bii<1 promote the orowth ol haL" FrlCOtUSij I'oreuloby You are discharged. I have no use for any one that has not sense enough to chew The largest piece of .good tobacco ever sold for 10 cents _ .and me_5cent piece is nearly as large as you .get of ofher Ql?D trades for 10 cents Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, ) -in ?SuNDe;l.l.a hotel* The United States is by far the richest country in the world, and to ??bow our readers her relative posi t on we give the wealth of all the nations exceeding ?1,000,000, ;ls fo'lotts: united States. ?12,824, 000,000; (Jreat Britain, ?9,400,000, 000; France ?8,598,000,000; tier many, ?0,437,000,900; Russia, ?5,080,000,000; Austria, ?8,8?o> 000,000; Italy, ?2,903,000,000 ; Span, ??,510,000,000; Australia, ?: L,8 73,000,000; Belgium, $1,007, 000,000. W999999 I A $2( A $25 COOKING STOVE 1 1 I H H !l wrrn A comtlktk ooTFrr roa I Only $12.00.1 1 r>eUverc<l to y?nr railroad depot, all JJ > freight charges paui. Keadthla aasorlp* ;J t tlon carefuflv, 't'lits splendid rooking JJ > Stove U Nu H: him Tour S liioll pot holos; Jj > 16x10 iliet. i v 'ii ; |a |i,i h ||rO box.2? IncIlOB JJ rj? blgbi 21x261?< ? i?i?i nice amootb casting. tf I have had thia kiove made for my trade, jj K after my owi.a. i utubluina all tlio good JJ K points of uil medium piled stoves, and JJ n leaving out tlu> i ? |i laiouiible features. jj [? lievoml all do:ilil Um he*1 No. 8 Cooking JJ f? Stove uiado, !?>?;<li i> i Fitted with 2 V f? pom, ? pot mi i-. 1 skillets, 3 griddles,3 JJ f? haklnir |ians..i ... i ? of pipe, I ell>ow, 1 col- j! ri lar, t hrter, l ? ? . ?. i ?? ike polish, i iron J: ti tea kettle, ibhov i SVfl w.lllt to inako cus- J. P? tomers ami III. . - in every part of tho J I South, for the purp ?cot tut rodttclng our t( > business to new : <?? Io, and io ronow our : % acquaintance wlih < d fOenda, 1 we will ship thi-- ,? mi id Cooking stove J '? and the above dose.I ? uro to any depot, J ? all freight ohm; .id. for only $12.00 Jj 'i when tlio ca*h coim .? ?Uli ilio order. 'J'IiIh J ti atovo io a good oiuv wi li niadt?, and vriil * ra> give entire aatliifa< : Ion. Our Illustrated ;( f? catalogue of Kuruitiuc, Mtovoa and Baby \, I Carriages mailed free. Address J L. F. PADGETT,?j! t L.i F% 840 Brot (I Streut, Augusta, Ua. |j THE LAU RENS B?K. n. y. SIMPSON. C. D, BAllKSDAIiT SIMPSON & HAHKSD.VLi:, Attorneys at Law, L.AURRNM, SOUTH CAKOI.IN' Special attention given to th* invest! ration ol'tl s and collection of elali"t? B. W. BALI? L. W. si.MKINS. W. W. it AM. It A LL| SI M KINS & It A LL, Attorneys at Law, Laurens, South Carolina. Will practice In all Stato and United Stute? C<?urt. Spoclal attention given collections, ?. T. JOUN.HON. w. 11. Klt'HliT JOHNSON & HICJIKY, attorneys at law. Optioe?Fleming's Corner, Northwa nide of Public Squart*. LAUREKS, - SOUTH CAROLINA W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laukens, - South GakoijINa. Will practice lu all Courts of tbi*- ?tftU Attnntion kIvoii to collection*. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. rASSBNGKH DEPA II TM KNT. Wilmington, N. 0., March ist, 181'6 FAST LINE ?UETWEEN Charleston ami Columbian ml Upper South Carolina, North Caro lina, ami AI hens and Atlanta. CON DENSE!) BCUEDTJ I.R Going Went. No. 62. 7 00am* I.v. 8 3S 048 LI 05 L'2 17 pm 1*2 8*2 1 16 185 2 84 ;t im ? in 7 ?? Charleston . ,.. Lanes .... .Sumter.... Ar.I 'olumbia. .Prosperity.. .Xcwberry .. .... Clinton'... ... . ?iirtns ? .... Greenwood . .Abbeville .. ..Athens, Cia. .. . Atlanta ... !ti'uin_' N->. ..Ar S I.v I Has:. 63, Wpin 1*2 68 in I is Ml li (V pm ..Wlnnsboro, s. c.. s 20 . .Charlotte N. C.. 8'15pm Ar_\nderson, s. c.i.v Ii (X)am 10 1 lam S l? in 'Mam K III 4 21 .... Grcecnville 2 40 ?8parlanburK ..., ft;'.!! Henderson villo N.c 646 ...Ash, ville.N.C. ? Daily Nos, 6*2 ami 53 Solist trains hi ;ween Charleston an l Columbia. SJ. C. and earrv through coach between Charleston aim Atlanta. U, M. KMKItSON, Asa'l Gen'l Passongi r A tri. J. K, K BN I.Y. T. M. KM Kits >S, ('on'l Manager. Tratllo Si an i :cr Atlantic Coast Lire. WILMINGTON, COLUM MA AND AUQU8 TA H. U. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN RFFROT .IAN. IM?. Ooln/r South. No. 56. No. 61 I. Wilmington.*U30pm . I..' Marion. USH pin . A r Pioronoo. 700 pin ? I..- Pioronoo.*7 'Ab pm *;;'.?> ar. ArKumtor. QMbn i tint Lv Sum tor. 8.30 |>M *'?' l--an Ar Columbia.. .? io<? ,un II ir ??? No. ">j runs through from <"i arlcston vu> ('.Mitral It. It., leaving- I,<inc88.3f a in. Mantling 0. 15 urn. Doing North. No. Ml No '< hv Columbia.*&U0ara *t -?> pu Ar Sumter. 0 48am 5 13 |<D No. Ml. N-> '>(' 1. v StinuOr. ilt:i am ?6 1' Ar Pioronoo. 80pom 6W :'n Lv Pioronoo. 7 85 am . l.v Marlon. 8 III lim . Ar Wilmington.I160nra . ?Daily. No. .vi rum through t<> Charleston, 9, C, > it Central lt. lt., arriving Manning tl im i. in. Lanes 7 00 p. m,, Charleston 848 p. m. rams on HariNVille If. H. loavo UnrlCv" nt 4 30 A m. arriving I'loyds 600 a m. Uc-tm Ing loavo rioyiisV46 p m. arriving Ifartcvi io i.i p m. Daily oxeopi Sunday. Tfalnoon South anil North Carolina li, It loavo Atkin?040a. m. and i. :>p. m.. arrivhu l.uoknow il 10 a. m. and 8 Ml p. m. Koturnini loavo l.uoknow ii 16 a m ami t p lit. n: rh in Atkins 8 16 a in ami ?"> 60 p in. Dally oxcep Sunday, Trains on Wilmington, Cha<ll>ourn nnil Coi way it It leave Charit ourn II 30 i1 m, an Ivo R C on way l t.'i p tn, returning loavo < nwnyn :: :to p m, arrive Chad bourn i ">? p in, lesv, Cliadiiourn A 35 p m, arrlvo al iiui> nl uitOpn returning leave IIub 815 a in, arrlvo al Cna< hiiiirn 0 110 a m. Dally except Sunday. JOHN P. DIVINE, Oon'l t Ol i .1. lt. KENI.Y. (ien'l Mhiihimt. T M. BMBR80N, 'I'mtile MiuiHirer SACe.NriORPH'8 PATENT SEOVIOMAL S teel Ceilings and Side Wall Finish. VorClinrcliunamt noslilrnto?. CntAloeuc, prteotaod toilnmtcii. on nnpltcBtUin to ihuHolu Mmiiii. mil it, mi: a. t. nioi UMfiM, a rouni g. to., itntt < its. v I, Also maker* of I.lKhtnln ,\ l'lro and Ktoi in-l'roof Kieel Uoeflua nud Sldliuc. UMdrculan, POKT ROYAL ? W tf?T?RN <-AI% oUna Rallvruy. "Augusta aed \eh?vil.e sln.n Linn." J. B. ctev lard K. >. ? ?.'?lulc lh f'nd F?li l.'rSlh liV Augn*i.. ) ?'?' :tni Ar Grc il.'..J" ein Apderaou.8 M] pii? La.itcits. 1 ].'> , u. ?roeuvllle. ?Ki |im Giern? Si>rim{8 .... ?05 pm hpartrmburg.800, pu> baluda .4 n i>m 11? i'.i't'rsoiiv?lc. .. J Iti |>m At iK villo.846 (.in U\ Aauevllle.?.:(> am gparumburg.11 -i ? au GrccnviPc.11 40 am Lamers.... ..])(> i>ni Anderson.u 20 am Greenwood. ?-' 80 pm A r Auguata. 6 H5 | m Sat-ntinal. 0 :{<i am s inj pm i.' :?? . in.^ 7 16 *ru d 45 um 4 OS pm ii 88 pm 6 o0 am t? :>5 am G 00 pm TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WERT. I v UrCOliWond.fi -'.'I p*n 2 83 um Ar Rtdeigh . latlum I2?fln'n N ori'oll.7(0 um I' 20 pm l'eitrabui-u.fi'nir.m b 48 p?l [tiohmona .ii 40 um fl 45 pm Lv Greenville.11 Miani 1 'O ?m Lv Anderson.b:.<. am . Augiut?t ? ? .? 40 am . Greenwood.12 1* pm 2 ( pm vr Athens. 803 pm C*Mtf>oi \r Atlanta. 1 -ft pm '.. J*^ m Close connection* at tircenwo^d for all points Oll 8. A. I., nun c. Kail way, and at Spartan burg with ??ouil cm Railway. For InmniiH Dm i-Irutvi 10 del eta, rates, schedules, etc., nddrces W.J. CltAlU, Gon. Tase. Agent. AngUNtii, G > ?, F. Curetori, Agent, 11. Bpeiitht*, c>on Aitent, i.reei vi Ho. s. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. RtaiwHd lehedule 1? Effeot rxcnRUARX ?3rd. isoo. CITATION'S. Ev. GViarleston. Lv. Cfchuubla. ?? Irrosiieruy.. Ar. Newbcrry ? irTKCiety-yix. " WMUWOOU " Hodges . li. AVWuV,' Ar. An 3 a reo u jir? tit-reeayllis sVr. i^arit* C?. Jirvv^rvTT-s " Piedmont.. M WUUiwtton Lv. Audoi-eou Lv. Helton Ar Donnalds L"v. "AWoviTirn Lv. )Tpd"ges Prosperity Ar. i lolumhta Ar. Charleston pHtlylbaTTs BuTKr' No. It. rirr ffto j> 3 1 w p * 2 00 p tci ii na o rn ? B p i>; a 47Tp N" r.|No.m| f> .v.vi v 3511 STATIONS. [jr.. Charleston., 8 oo j) in iTSdly'll^illr Wo. II No.? _Ar] hJQpJ . ,r| 8 40p . " C ft&p . '? I 1 .H?? n ior* 1 "ii^S 12 r<o? II 42p * .... Columbia.. ".Alston.... (wa|lV60p| ".Bnntuo.., !tj-aj i :.sr>p ".Union.... fcihi 1 n'>ii| M .... Jonesville ilia SlWpl ".Pa.tolt'l iM C4'.;i>'Ar. 4.'o? BIO]) I.V. _ IQOpI m.ip Ar. .. As),.-vi)lr. I.v' 8 3J?I ? K>j. lit) s>p!n 07p 112 17p 10 Mp Spurtanburg.. Lvlll 46a 1026b Spartanburg.. Ar it ZSnilo 2.">p. ?A," a. m. "P," p. m. Trnlna 15 and M carry e'e^ant PUUnuru ?Ineptug ears betwoon Columbia and Artl?evllle, au route dully bet wuou Jacksonville andOlsorn nati. Trains leave Bparlnnbure, a. ft O. division, northbound. 0:1? u. m , 8:23 p.m., fldfl p.m., (Vestibuie Ltmlte.1); southbound l a. ua.. k-tfi p. in., 11 :R7 e. m., (Vattihulo limited.) Trains leave Oreenville, a. and O. divutoap t r(hi?ound,6:26n. m., Stiff p. in, und 6:80 p. m., (VesUimled Idmltad):sonthlmund, 1:80 u. in., it40p. m., 12:2ti p. m. t.Vestlbulod Limited1)' Pull lit nn Serv !<???. Pullman palace sleeping cat h Trsln.sr^n?ei an, nr an.t Its, on a. and c. itlvlvion. W. H. (4KEEN, J. M. OVJ1.P, (3<. i ^i?erintendcot, Trafrl" M'f?'r. Wnihtngton, D. O. Wnst .neton. l>. o. W. A TURK, s. H. P \rtpwfOK, O'-ll. Puss. Alj't. WashiuKtun, ?. C Pus.*. Air't. AUlUtl a. W.-*. Southern Railway. PIEDMONT AI? LINE. Condensed Schedule of Passsocsr TruTas. Ncrtbbou nd. Jno. 6. I ?96. Lv. Atliinta, C. T. Ail inta, K.T. Norcross. Buford . liainusville .. Lata. Conic I la. Mi. Airy. Tuccou West mtustei Beneou. Central. _ (irc.envlilo ... Bpartauhurg. I ...I1 l.. s . . . . . ktl.ui i;.. KbiK'rt Ml. .. ?astonta ? Cliarlotto Danville. Ar. Iticbiuor.J. Vea. No. 3? Dally UOUli) 1 0-J p 4 4ft p f. .." p s IS w IMp ?20 p 12 00 fc c oo a Fit Mi N? .iei (Daily U IS p U 1. it 12 w a 2 oi a 2 23 a 2 50 a 2 13 a 3 j'j a 4 07 a 4 S3 a 6 is a ? 18 ft 6 is a 7 Us a 7 32 a 7 33 a ?33 a 1 M0 p 6 40 p Ar. Washington.I 6 42a| 9401 " lUdtm'e. ritEl 8 06 a nw p ?? I'lilladelphlaJ 10 2i a 3 00 a " NcwYoik ...|1263n] C 20 u Souibbound. Vcs. I Fit Ml Na. 37 1 No. JB 1 laiiy Ns. 12 Dai.y T 60 a 5 60 a n at a M 1C a 10 41 a U "4 a 11 20 a 11 30 a 11 i3 a 12 ? p 12 42 p 1 20 p 2 IG p 3 *2 p Hop 4 30 p 6 00 p 6 U p 1 V0 p 11 25 p ??00 a No. 11 Lv. N Dally ! r?d'r S. Y., V. It lTi] 4 30 p 12 15 u Pliilailelphla. ti M p 1 3 50 a Baltimore.... V20p| ? -zx a I NVasbingioo .| m 43 j> 111 i& a | Lv. lilobmond Lt Danville Charlotte . Dustoii'.tt, King's Mt Itliu: .^..uirjr . Ouirneys. .. Spartanbii rg Oreo 10 llle... Ceiu ral .... Beue w ustmiiistai Toccoa Mt. Airy Cot uolia hula . (lalnesvilla . liuford. Norcross Atlanta, K.T ?? . ?. r.T Mo. IS RBtm 4 35 p 6 35 ? 0 2? u 7 08 p 7 43 5 * 12 i No 17 6 67 a. 7 20 u 7 4.H a 8 27 a 0 80a 8 30 a ??a .?.im -,r"p. id. "M" noon. "M" night. Nos ". and 38 Washington and Joiuhwcstwrr. WMitx.i- Limited Thi.mgii Pullman ? \< ?, between Now York ami Now OiUmih, via Wash ington, Atl?nta nml Montgomery, and also ba twren Now Kork and Memphis, via Washington, Atlanta und Hlrmlnghanv 1 >l?.fiif| cam. Nos. 85 and K -United Staicn Fast Mail Putt man slcoping cars bot w nun Atlar ta, N?? .?< Or k?ans and Now York. No*. 11 and 12. Pullman sleeping car between Richniond, Danville and Orcensbo o. W. H. OURKN, J. M. CULP, 0?n"l flupt., Traftlc M'g'r, Washington, D. O. Washington, D. *\ W. B. RYDKR, i'uimi Irtfenden?, Charlotte North Carolina W. A.TUKK, 8 11. flAlinwiCK, a?n'l I'as?. Au't, Ass't tioVl Wir*. Aar*?. Wsihlneton. D. O. Atlanta. Oft, Columbia, Laurens an l New terry R. R. ?otiiiiMiiii ?i. BoutGbouhti tin um Sintlone, \\tn nm ; Di in 3? .* olunihln .... 4 .so 11 ia 1 mi in o-i . Lonplinrt .4 iv> 112s :l .M IM? . Inno . 4 oh 11 ?*; :u?i '? 27_ Bnlentlne ? B2ft 11 4r? 3 43 Olfl.White Kock . . ft$ft 11 rio :t 84 h ;;i ... Chaj Inin f. ftft 12 02 321 H30... Llttlo Mountain r> ir> 121a :i2l ^i1.1_ Slight) .0 3? 12 1k 812 Koo. I'rosnorlty_ 041 1220 2 Ml 7 30_ NOWbOiry . 7 08 12 48 2 17 7 Oft.(Alan* . 7 3ft 1269 1 li (> f>r, ... Qray's Lnne_ 1 47 1 n;> 2 40 fl l?. Kiniinl .7 57 1 10 2 88 n 8ft. (ioUlvlll* .K 10 1 17 2 20 0 2J. Dover .... H 28 12ft 2 2ft 0 10 ?'II Ii ion x ito 1 30 V, 10. bUilUAIPEliT, mit at Pro?purity