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Deacon holden's.... PFT sin. *?? - The pastor at tioshcn Coruers had preached a close, practical sermon on tho Hins that do so easily beset us. Uncle reter Twitoboll and Deacon Holden camo out of the meeting bouse and *t*rted on their homeward way to gether. Uncle Peter's cano went down uuQRrlhe stony road with strong em phasis, us ho began : "Tell ye now, that was a powerful ?arehln' discourse Brother Jenks give us this mornin'?eh, deacon V" " Wall, tollerbly so, to some folks, I expect, but he didn't bear down on wine pints as he'd orter, and left out a ([ood many aa bad orter been fetched d. Ef Pd been preaehin' on that air subjick, with Squalr Bowie's a-settin' right afore me, 1 should 'a' been moved to say suthin' about drlnkln' and takln' onlawful intrust, but ministers is notbln' but alrthlu vessels, the best on 'em, and a big paw rent bides a'good many bosotmenWj." ' " Sho, now, deacon, I wouldn't say that of I was you"?don't appoar to sound like tho charity that thluketh no ovil. There was one or two pints I took pertlkelar, notice on, one was that a man's bosottlu' Bins ain't apt to be markod sins, so plain that every body calls V.hi by their right names? we talk about 'em as only our ways, as of that made 'em all right?whereas, Scripter/ says It's the 'leetle foxes that spile the vine.' 'Nd then agin. It's a sight easier to see other folks' besot . men tip than our own, es the Good Book aaya?a mote In our neighbor's oye, and a beam in our own." " Ab to that," began the deacoa?but juBt hero the road parted, and the two wont thoir different ways. The deacon's thoughts having been led into a personal channel by Uncle Peter's last remark, ran on somewhat In this wise: 41 'Oordin' to Brother Jeuks the' is some portlkelar sin that besets every one of* us. Now I can't oall to mind Hnyff ?S? \a my walk or gouyarsation thntt -A\'> i<l?>?UrjQ8peot.V' Her^a^JTin-l oq/w /Cumi,-v PUarisee in the Aq ponq.itKt ffiMnd. "I ain't by pos8o.idxej{* and dont' purtend yftribit to all tho causes, JW;,r>>JeT the widder and the 01 and don't never Buffer sin n%igJhbor . without -rebuke. What's unbeknown can't bo cured ; of I've got'era, the Lord'U hev to make 'em known." Dinner was smoking on tho table when the deacon reached home. After his customary acknowledgment on tho divine bounty, he surveyed the table with a look of disapproval. " Mary Ann," he sharply ordored, " you go down Bullar and fetch up some Sickles. How anybody kin git baked eanB, and leave off the plcklos, boats all." "But; father," his wife timidly vent ured, "you said last Sunday pickles make your tooth aohe, bo I got cider applesass to-day." " 'Spos'nl did bay so, that's no reason why 1 shouldn't hev pickles on tho table ; that elder applesass ain't biled down half enough. Here, Ezry, you take this 'ere coffeepot and sot it back onto the coals ; 1 wish it could be kept in mind, that coffee orter bo hot," with a masterful look at his wife. By way of creating a divorslon, 'Slab. Stearns, the hired man, reniark ' ed to Mrs. Holden : "I thought we bad fust-rato slngin' to-day"." Before she could reply, tho deacon took up the word. "Slngin'! Wall, ef screechln' is good Bingin', I should say we had?but 'tain't nowise beflttin' the sanutooary, as a part o'worship. What.Phineas Gat ohell Is sot up there in the gallery for Is more than I can tell; hain't no voice for p'agin', and what ho has needs Hin' us bail as Amos's old bass viol." "Mother," asked Mary Ann, "did you notice Jim Pettengill's got homo ? How glad his folk must be !" " specially his mother?I'm glad for her," said Mrs. Holden. "They say Jim's done well out there in lowy." " Ef ho has, he's tho fust Pottongill as ever did do woll," pronounced tho deacon. "The sins o' the fathers is visited upon the childurn, and pwy --*^Tin^??lUUJl?-J^ tho ? Pottongills has allors como out at tho leetlo ond o' tho horn." By this time nobody carod to oncoun tor tho eross-curront of contradiction ' any further, ko tho meal was finished Kin silence. " Plough tho south rueddor to-day, 'Slab," directed tho deacon Monday morning, "and try your hand at a straight fu?rer for once." Now if thero was ouo thing upon which 'Siah prided blmsolf it was his' ' skill in ploughing. He know ho had a neighborhood reputation for that. "Some folks eun't soe when things air straight," he said half to himself as he went out. The same morning Brother Pike, preparing to go out on his round of church collecting, said to his wife : "I've a n ion to begin this time over on Dennett's hill, and tako this neighborhood last. Tho faot is Broth er Holden's lirst-rate to pay : but ho has a way of talking that puts mo all onto' sorts?nobody, nornothin', seems to bo just right, according to his view, and 1 always get clear down to the heel about tho church whon I hour him talk." So It was late in tho afternoon whon Brothor Pike's, "hullo" brought the deacon to the 'roadside. Leaning on h 1b hoe handlo beside tho stone wall, he remarked Interrogatively: " I expect you'?o had a purty tough time on'tV Folks in general ain't over anxiouB to pay up tho Ixird's dues." " Well, I'm glad to say I havon't found them backwnrd to-day. Just look there now," -pointing to a labo riously uorawled line which proved on careful examination to read : " Ltddy Peters, five dollars." "Some self denial it's taken to get that five dol lars, and some faith, too, as to how sho oan get along without it." " Sijlf-dcniaPrt a good thing ef it's ^-pfActiscd where it's most needed, and es to faltb, we're command to add to it, virtoo. Ef Widder Peters'd just bridle that onruly tongvo o' hern, it would help tho causo moro'n twice live dollars. Here's my cues, jest fifty, ef I've counted right, flow much did f yon git ter-day?" " Above two hundred." Orter bin three; tell ye what Brothor Pike, you'ro too easy ; you'd orter drive 'em rieht up to the mark, and have all the tithes fetched in. It's a moans o' grace for a man to bo told hie fallln's, and tbore Is them that nays a lectio more snap In colleotin' would bring the riggers up a good deal higher.1 As 'Slab drove up to tho bar? just , then Brother Plko very 'willingly de parted. "Wall." Bald 'Slab, looking back ovor thoievol^re^^^f^^^^hUirown By prayer mooting time that night the deacon felt himself prepared to re prove and rebuke with more than ordi nary fervor. It was the burden.of his prayer that- the watohman upon the walls of Zion might be no longer dumb dogs that did not bark, that they might ory aloud and spare not, show ing the people thoir transgressions, and the house of Israel their sins. He warned-the brethreu again covetouB ness, which is Idolatry ; expressed bis conviction that a good many had a form of godliness without its power; and exhorted each and all to put away their easily besetting sins, winding up with the declaration : "As for me. and my house, we will serve the Lord.'A Walking .homeward in the dark ness of a clouded night, the deacon oould not help overhearing a conver sation going on just before him. It was Uncle Fetor's voice that was say ing: , ^ " You've got a good place this year, 'Slab, a fust-rate good place; %jou'd orter git a good deal of spiritoeal good, whilst you'ro under that ruff." There was a little pause, and then 'Siah burst out : " I git good vittles, and good pay enuiv, but as to splrltooal good, any body as gits that 1 lvin' with the deacon wllfhev to take it by the rule o'con traries, now I tell yol" " Why, why, 'Siah 1?what ou airth possesses yo to talkthat way V Doacon's one o' the pillars o' the church ! 'Tai n't many bos his gift o' speech ! Brother Jonks hissolf couldn't a spoko raoro powerful than he did tor-night." " Ef church pillars Is sot up fur (oiks to stumble against, 1 grant yo, bo's one to all intents 'nd purposes. Uncle Potor, I ain't give to talkln' agin the folks I live with, but seoin' you'vo started it, I'm jost goiu' on to tell yo, of all the contrary, contradictious, lauitflndin' men I. ovor seed, he's tho beaUn'est 1 Yis, sir, and all the timo sottju' Jjdgself up^thaA- he's-*- WttoT ju'aget^w'hat's right than all tho rest o' creation." " Ain't you aleotlo ha'sh now, 'Siah V I oxpeot ho hes his faults, like all tho rest on us?poor faillablo crittors we bo?but I b'liove the deacon's got tho root o' the matter in him. Pint out somebody, of yo cau, thet's more honest and fair in de&lfn's than ho is !" " I say 'tain't honest to pilo on blamo where 'tain't duo, and keep back overy single word o'praiso that folks deserves and ortor hov. Ef I was testifyin.'-be fore a jury I should say josf as Vm tell in' you, I hain't never honrn that man own up that anybody, minister or wifo Or children, or neighbors or church or gov'nment or what not, hud done one thing that wir/, inst right ! All he has tor say is piokin' Haws. As to the root o' tho mutter, as yo call it, mabbo 1 ain't no jedge, but 1 do know there's an awful heavy topgrowth o' thorns and briers." "Wall 'Siah, 1 dunno what tor say. I'm dretful sorry to hear ye say sich things about tho deacon, sich a nice fainbly ns bo's a-bringin' up. too !" " What do ye 'spose I hear thom children say one day up overhead in tho barn V Ezry wuz a-tellhi' Mandy he'd rather not go to Heaven ef pa was goin' to be thore ; but Many she says : ? 1 guess pa'll hov to stay in the front room all the timo up thero, 'cause bo's a deacon, end ho won't dare to be cross amongst tho angels !' Now, I jest want tor know. Undo Peter, what religion is good for ef it don't make a man pleasantor to live with overy day ?" Here tho talk came to an end. Never in all his life before had Samuel Holden boon made to see him self as others suw him. At lh-st ho was stunned and bowilderod, feeling as though his hearing was playing him false. He, tobe spoken of as a stum bling block ! Anger, resentment and mortified prido struggled for tho mas tery. But presently all those gave way bofore an overwhelming convic tion of sin. Tho Spirit of God sent homo tho truth like a searchlight upon his conscience, bringing out his ways and words in,their true colors, till he was ready to cry out: 11 abhor niystrff^---? - ... Tho deacon was fh'friti .accustomed seat at the next prayer moetliry,-b?t evidently not in his usual state of mind. Through prayers and exhor tations and singing ho sat silent, with bent head, evidently unconscious of tho wondering glunecs turned toward him. When tho meeting drow to wards u elose, ho rose unsteadily, leaning heavily upon tho desk before him. His face was working with omo tion in tho strugglo for utturunco. "Brethren and friends," ho said, " I've been led to see myself a sinner before God and man. It's an awful thing to know that you'vo been a stumblin' block ! A stumblin' block ! That's what I've been all these years, 'nd now, my besottin' sin has found mo out. It's my fault-flndin' manner o' speech that's been a reproach to tho came, and made, religion an offence and a byword ! I've provoked my children to wrath, 'nd cUt.be it- souls is lost, their blood Ml bo on my head. I hain't exercised charity. I've spoken evil of my fellow inou. I hain't studied to pleaso my neighbor for his good to oddytica'ion. I ask your prayers, that God bo merciful to me, a sinner." Tho doacon's manner, ro less than his words, made a deep Impression. The light In which ho saw himself so clearly rellected Into overy heart, bringing into viow a multitudo of be setting sins, unsuspected hitherto. After a solomn sllonoo, Uncle Peter's tremulous voice said : " Lot us pray," and all, with ono accorj, fell on their knees?a company of sinnors boforo a holy God. As the good old man poured out his whole soul in tho words of solf-abasing contrition, sobs and audi ble responses came from all parts of tho room. The influence of that moot ing made itself felt in " great ?Garch ings of heart," in mutual confession and forgiveness, and walking softly before God. This was tho beginning of the great revival at Goshen Corners. ?N. Y. Obs irver. Mkxican Pkosperity.?Mr. James B. ilandull writes as follows in the Augusta Chronicle : Occasionally our gold sjacd.it d blond* ask us if wo wish to " Mex e inizo " this country, that is, put it on a freo coinage or silver basis. As nearly ovory intelligent man who has personally visited Mexico tolls one unvarying story of Mexican prosperity, I am inolined to think that about 90 por cent, of our peoplo would be glad to have that kind of change in their nil ">s. Our Minister to Mexico, who i? hi re on lcavo of absence, says "American capital is building up iVloxclaii prosperity." When a senator, General itansora helped, by bib vote, to ent the last link between gold and silver. He was roward by tho Mexican mhWlon after being politically discard ed by North Carolina. Ho probably did not know as muob about the money question thon aa he does now. At any rate, his testimony Is official aid valuable. American capital builds up Mexican prosperity, bi caiiHo'itis row more profitable for our people to in vest thoir fund in a silver-using coun try than at homo, whoro the gold Standard prevails. 1 suopect that ?toy rich Americans, while clamoring Kbo gold standard In tho Unitod Hi':: it ; '^nH PITY FOB TBJIC POOR. Bill Arp Draw* a Touching Picture ol' Buffering?Help fur the DeetiJ tut?. If Gordon Noel Hurte) never writes anything inoro, "Too Bailiff's Sale" is Htiificleut to draw love and praise Jjx'in all good people. It had kindled a kindly feeling toward him, and what is better, it baa warmed our pity and enlisted our sympathy for the suffer ing poor. How easy It is for hearts to get hard and charity to grow cold. The salo of the poor tenant's house hold goods to pay the landlord's rent Is a much more common thing than Is supposed. The picture is not over drawn. If it Is not sold by the consta ble it is by the auctioneer. I never Euss .an auction sale of old furniture ut what I linger and look and ponder. There is an unwritten ohapter of want and misery in every old bureau and sofa and obair. There are hoarts ach ing somewhere. There Is sadness Snder some roof. If the sale paid the ebt there would be some comfort, but the costs of court, the dravage aud commissions takes about all?for, as Mr. Hurtel says: " Suoh worthless old rubbish will go for a song." "Alas! for the rarity of Christian charity," when the bereaved mother has to spend ber last quarter to buy In her dead baby's ohair. If that did not really happen, something akin to it is. happening every day in our crowded cities. What wo see when wo visit them is only the sunshine and glitter that wealth has brought to the favor ed few. We walk or rldo on Peach tree and wonder and admire, but who sooks the dark aileys where the poor congregate? Judge Bleokley wrote a beautiful poem, oalled " A Tale of Two Cities?the City of Life and the City of Death "?Atlanta and its coinetory ; and his contrast between their inhab itants was wonderfully graphic and true. But there is a more pathetic contrast between the very rich and I tho very poor in overy crowded me tropolis. Sometimes wo condono our neglect of poverty and suffering by saying they are not worth bofrlendlng ?they aru ungrateful?thoy brought thoir misery upon thomsolvos?or, if you feed them and set them up for to day they will want more tomorrow. Some folks say that private charity is against public policy, but my expe rience and observation is that the best way to quiet our consciences is tG help' .t^KT^'give help in some way. There are a few professional beggars, but not enough to impoverish anybody in this Southern country. But those who are really poor and do actually Suffer for good shelter, good food and comfortable clothing are many and in creasing in numbers overy day. My wife cut out those touching verses about tho bailiff's sulo and says they remind her of Tom Hood'6 " Song of tho Shirt." ?' Oh, for one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want. Or the work that costs a meal." That " Song of tho Shirt" awakened all London to tho sufferings of poor women and it bus come down to us along tho corridors of time and quick ened our sympathies and enlarged our charities. Oh, that our rich people would sometimes read it and drop a tear of sympathy and then go out into the by-ways and do something for humanity's sake. Rockefeller is a great philanthropist in his way, but Georgo Peabody will outrank him in tho annals of history and tho judgment of heaven. Why does not some multi millionaire follow his example and provide choap homos for tho poor of our cities V 1 have heard it said that it was Tom Hood's pooin that first in spired him to build choap lodgings for the poor of London. His plans for so doing were not carried out for BOVOral years, but he could not oraso from his memory tho lines : "That shattered roof?this naked tloor, A table?a broken chair. And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes fulling there." He spent three millions on those lodging houses and they aro still a comfort to tho thousands who occupy them. Human nature is uot so mean and selfish as it is though Lie.-s and for getful. Our best emotions need re minders. Every now and thon a pa thetic picture must be drawn, a tender poem must ho written. Wo must soo tho poor woman with tho faded shawl "As she wipes with its fringes a tear from her eye." Mauy a man has pity in his b"-? ? and charity in his heart, but it ? bcrs becauso it does not see tho in . ? ., of tho unfortunate. Poverty shrinks from tho public gaze. It hides and Buu'eTsJ ?afl waits, and..honce wo soo large sums of money gathered -in the. churches to be sont to those, affar off when there is more need of It at homo. Starving pcoplo do not go to church nor will thoy go half clad in unseemly garments. Tho bost religion lan guishes from hunger and cold. Truo charity must hunt for distress and re lievo it. This reminds me of tho convicts and their pitiless condition. Most of them doservo thoir fate but among the 3,000 there are some who have expiated their offenses and ought to bo set frco. The courts mako mistakes sometimos, ar.d no doubt there aro many convicts paying penalties they do not owe. There is not u raoro helpless creature upon earth than a friondless convict, and wo rejoico that Governor Atkin son and tho committee aro making a searching examination. Tho Gover nor told mo of a negro boy who had served nino years and had eleven more to serve. Ho wont in a boy of fifteen charged with arson and now it appears most clearly that he was not guilty, and it could have been so proved, but tho witness, a substantial citizen, lived out of tho State and his ovideucocould not bo had. The boy was convicted on circumstantial evidence. Tho Gover nor has affidavits that placo the innc cenco of this negro beyond all doubt, and of course ho has set him at liberty. He has shortened tho terms of a great many and his consideration for those who havo bohaved well receives un usual commendation.. / Itoform is said to bo ono of tho ob jects of punishment, and if the crimi nal has really repented and roforrnod, ho should be given another chanco. My wife was commenting on that llttlo chair that was the poor mother's token of hor dead child pnd that re minded her of a llttlo workstand that tho Yankees took from her and cur ried off. It was a beauty and was made specially for her twenty-fourth birthday and sho has lamented its loss all these years. Forty more years havo passed, and now she has another birthday, aud all that, I had to give her was a morning kiss on hor brow and a white rose in her ravon hair and to wish iher long life and happiness and that her last days might bo her best days. God grant that no aflliotion or calamity may befall her! Hor absent boys wrote hor loving letters, and as sho read them sho said : " I know thoy would not forget their poor old raothor." " Poor ! " eald I. "You are fat and you aro rich in your posterity, aud you are not old?not near as bid as I am Why not say their rieh and woll-prosorvod mother ?" But nu merous grand-children and more com ing does make an ancient matron feel old, especially If sho had to play runa gcc. from tho fowl invaders and oarry half a dozen llttlo holplcs^ children with her during a long and cruel war. Those four years ough. to count ten In tho calendar of a mother's age. Bir.r. Aav. ^?CamiU are perhaps tho only an imals thof^nnot swim. Immodlate ig the water, It is said, '.heir backs and are ISAAC O. MoKISSICK. A Sketch of His Lille and Services? A Drave Soldier and Patriotic Citizen. i Tho subject of the following sketch died at his home in Union on Monday, June 8,189(1. He was much larger than bis own county, and was woll known and highly .esteemed by hundreds of people in all seotlons of tbe State. He was. generous, large hearted, full of love for bis neighbor, kind to every one, a genial companion, a helpful friend In time of need, without bitter ness to any one, with strong faith In the people, a lover of his country, his ohureh and hiB Ood. It gives us pleas ure to publish the following bketch prepared at tbe request of The Spartan: Col. Isaac G. MoKissick was born in Union county, in that section known as "Pea Klage'.' which he has Bince made famous, on Nov. 20, 1825. He Bprung from tho loins of a sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry, his ancestors having lived near the border of Scot land and Ireland. When he was seven or eight years of age his father died, leaving a widow, five sons* and one daughter. Col. McKiBsick'a early childhood was spent on tho farm and his oducatlou was, of course, limltod in a very great degree. His school days would number less than twelve months, all told, and It has been often told of him that his education was ob tained by .studying at night by the light of a pine knot, or lightwood, after the day's labors was over. In fact, he has often told the writer of this, that it was his custom, after getting his supper, to steal away and go behind the old barn aud study. Whatever ed ucation he rocoived was through his own efforts. At the age of twenty-Qve be was elected olerk of tho court of Union district over one of the most in fluential men in that section, who was, If tho writer is not mistaken. Mr. Wm. J. Keenan. His eleetion at that age was a high compliment to his native ability and worth. When the time camo for him to tako tho oath of ollioo and assume its duties, all tbo teams and horses on his mother's plantation wore so busily engaged In gathering the crop, that he. walked from his mother's homo to Union court house, a distance of twelve miles. Prom t.haU time until tho war bogan he held tbo oil ice of clerk of the court, and the record* show that his dytl_es..were well per formed j-atlfl"'as' Judge Wardlaw once said he was the host clerk of the court ho had ever soon. When secession was uppermost in tho minds of the people of South Carolina, Col. MoKissick espoused tbe cause with all the fervor of hi? warm nature. He made speeches throughout tho upper section of South Carolina and until his dying day, heliovod in State's rights. During his term of office as clerk of the court ho was successively elected lieutenant colonel and ufterwards brigadier general of State militia. When tho war camo on ho forsook his bomb-proof otllco, which he could havo easily held during tho war, and organ ized a company. This command was known as tho McKissick Hangers, and its lieutenants wore John W. Palmer, ! long since dead, and Gilliam II. Jeter, now living in Union county. The Mc Kissick Rangers were sent to Charles ton where thoro were other companies in the Holcombe Legion undor tho command, at that time, of Col. P. P. Stevons, now bishop of tho Episcopal ohureh. This command was named after Governor Pickens' wife, Lucy Holcombe. While serving on Gov ernor Pickons' plantation, which was then fortified, Governor Pickens," his staff and Mrs. Pickens visited the legion and presented it with a Hag and simply said: "Soldiers, this Hag repre sents one dear to my heurt, never lot it trail." The legion was afterwards transferred to Virginia with head quarters near Williamsburg. it was atWilllamsburg that the MoKissick Rangers achieved, perhaps, their greatest victory during tho war. This short sketch necossarily precludes the Incidents of that heroic charge led by Col. McKissick. Afterwards the Hol combe Legion was disbanded or dis organized and tho McKissick Rangers were transferred to the Seventh South Carolina Cavalry, of which Alexander C. Haskell was elected colonel and I. G. McKissick lioutonant colonel. The superb service of this command is written in history. At Old Ch irch near Cold Harbor, while under the command of Gen. M. C. Hutler, tho Seventh South Carolina Cavalry fought ono of its hardest battles, in which every field offieor was killed and "?ounded and in which many gallant I . ? I heir lives. Col. McKissick - ivdy wounded, and while being ?U&UU i ? m the lie Id loat his SWOl'd, a fact ho regretted always. He went home! after lying in the hospital at Richmond a long time, and while ? recuperating ho was elected to the legislature whore he served until his wound W^ healed and ho thon re turned to tho front. He was present at tbo surrender, al though on furlough. Ho wanted to fight his way out with some of Gary's Brigade, but his soldiers would not al low him to do so on account of his con dition. Returning homo strickon in fortune, sore at heart and desolate with the knowledgo that tho cuuso was lost, ho attempted to recoup as best he could. Ho entered tho law ollieo of Hon. A. W. Thompson In 18(it> and was admitted to tho bar in a very largo olass, among whom was Judge Van Wycke, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Hon. Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, and many other prominent men who have made their impress on tho history of their country. In 1860 Col. McKissick and Miss Sallie Poster, daughter of Col. B. B. Foster, of Glenn Spings. Spartan burg county, were married. In 1870 Col. McKissick was nominated for Con gross by tho Democrats and was olected by a largo majority, although his op ponent, A. S. Wallace, of York, was counted in by tho Republicans aftor a long and tedious contest in Washing ton. About this time a law partner ship was formed botweon him and Gen. Wm. H. Wallace, which lasted until 1877, when Goneral Wallace was ele vated to tho bench. In 187(1 Col. Mc Kissick did valiant work for tho cause of Hampton and for the causo of every honest Carolinian. Ho workod night and day, making speeches everywhere No man rejoicod more than lie did at tho 8ucc04r of tho Democratic party. In 1878 ho was olected to tho Legisla ture at the head of the tickot and was successively elocted until 1800, whou he refused to stand again for this of fice. Col. MeKlssick's services in tho Legislature aro well known to the people of South Carolina. When Judge Wallace was elovated to tho bonch Col. McKissick formed a part nership with J. H. Rion, which lasted until tho death of Col. Rion. Ho was thon associated with J. S. R. Thomson and then with Judgo Cothran, which lasted until his death. His family consists of Mm. I. G. McKissick, E. P. McKissick, of Ashoville, N. O, and A. F. McKissick, of Aub urn, Ala., Miss Salllo McKissick and Rion McKissick, who biirvlve him. ?A good story la being told on one of Louisvillo'8 most protninont homo eopath lo physicians. Sovoral days ago a young woman oalled at his oflico and, after discoursing on all the topic , of interest of the day, settled down to toll him ner ailments. Among other things, sho said that she was groatly annoyed with a sinking fooling. Tho phyhfolnn propared a llttlo bottlo of pills, and gave them to her, with minute directions as to how they shonnKbo taken. Tho woman again began t\talk and, after mojvv vain ef forts ^Qfl^a^jut, ohe starf P^or the "^whon r, Highest of all in Leavening Power.? Latest U. S. GcVt Report Rf^tll Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Pansies and their Culture. PanBy faos, grave and wise, Who can road tho "thoughts" that lies Lurking undorncath your oyes. "Thoughts" of folk and fiowcr-lore ! Secrets hidden evermoro, By the underworld's fast door ! Pansy faces, elfin, wee, Ab I bend full lowlily, Will you whisper "thoughts" to mo ? Few flowers stand higher in pub lic favor than the Pansy. This pop ularity is due largely to the rich beauty of the flowers, and to the fact that they come into bloom at a time when flower-lovers are "flower-hun gry," and there are not many other flowers to satisfy one's longing. The Pansy is distinctively a flower of the springtime. Although it blooms throughout tho summer, and is the last flower to yield to frost and snow, it is at its best in the springtime, and it gives greater pleasure then than at any otlier time. It is easy to cultivate, and is almost as profuse a bloomer as the Sweet Pea. The Pansy has been wonderfully improved in recent years. When our grandmothers grew Pansies they were called "Lady's Delight," and the flowers were very small and in significant compared to the Pansy of to-day. Nor was there anything like the variety of shades and tints and colors that this beautifv.l-flovrcr displays to-day. Some writers claim that the Pansy is thriftier and sends forth finer flowers in a situation in which they have the full sunlight, but my own experience has been that a partly shaded situation is better. The finest Pansies I ever had wore from plants having only the morning sun shine. The flowers were larger, and the plants more vigorous, than those of the same variety set in a bed in which they were exposed to the sun light all of the time. The Pansy loves moisture and moisture it must have. It is quite a little gourmand and craves rich food. Once a week is not too often to give it liquid manure. The seed pods should be picked off as soon us they form if you want your plants to keep on blooming. It is claimed by some that the Pansy is a good winter bloomer in the ordinary window garden, but all of my own attempts to verify this statement have resulted in failure. The most experienced writers on floriculture declare that the Pansv is entirely unadaptcd to the window garden. It is diilicult to secure a proper temperature or sufficient mois ture, and it is frequently the victim of insects when cultivated in the house. But one can have them in the garden nearly nine months of the year. August is an excellent time in which to sow seeds in the open ground for next spring's plants. The soil should be rich and light and pulver ized with great care, because the seeds are so tiny and the young shoots not very strong. They are not apt to work their way out from under pebbles or hard clods as other plants can. Sow seeds early in Au gust. You cannot do better than to select the New Imperial German Pansies offered by the Dingee & Conard Company. The flowers are remarkably large and fine, indeed there are none finer. They bloom in the greatest profusion, and no va riety of Pansy can display more var ied tints and colors. If well cared for, tL," i;,Hnts from seed sown early in August will* be quite large and strong by the time heavy frosts come. Cover the young plants with a few boughs and. twigs and a thick layer of leaves or straw. The boughs and twigs will keep the leaves or straw from matting too closely around the plants and injuring them. Uncover early in the spring, loosen up the soil around the plants, and you may have Pansies all summer long.? Zenas Dane, in Success With Flowers. ?The discovery of a magnificent mine, or rather quarry, of Caen stone, is reported from Cartersville, Texas. Hitherto it has been very scarce and very dear, as previous to the present find the Caen quarries were the only sources of supply known. When first taken from the earth Caen stone is quite soft, and it can be whittled with a pocket knife into any shape. After expo sure to the air it becomes like flint When polished, this rare limestone presents a marblelike surface, slight ly variegated and of a rich, chooo late-brown color. Give tho poultry a little of the care so freely given to the animals, and it will pay a better percentage on the investment. Some Curious Facts Concern ing Hearing.?An inquiry was recently made in Ixmdon as to the greatest distance at which a man's voice could be heard, leaving, of course, the telephone out of consid eration. The reply was most inter esting, and was as follows: Eigh teen miles is the longest distance on record at which a man's voice has been heard. This occurred in the Grand Canon of tho Colorado, where one man shouting the name " Bob " at one end and his \oice was plainly heard at the other end, which b eighteen miles away. Lieu tenant Foster, on Parry's third arc tic expedition, found that he could converse with a man across the har bor of Port Bowen, a distance of 0,096 feet, or about one mile and a quarter; and Sir John Franklin said that ho conversed with ease at a distance of more thau a mile. Dr. Young records that at Gibraltar the human voice has been heard at a distance of ten miles. Sound has remarkable force in water. Colladon, by experiments made in Lake of Geneva, estimated that a bell submerged in the sea might be heard a distance of more than sixty miles. Franklin says that he heard tho striking together of two stones in the water half mile away; Over'water or a surface of ice is propagated with great clear ness and strength. Dr. Hutton re lates that on a quiet part of the Thames near Chelsea he could hear a person read distinctly at the dis tance of 140 feet, while on the land the same could only be heard at 70 feet. Professor Tyndall, when on Mont Blanc, found the report of a pistol-shot no louder than the pop of a champagne bottle. Persons in a balloon can hear voices from the earth a long time after they them selves are inaudible below.?From Hamper's Mound Table. Queer Republics.?The queer little Italian republic of San Marino, with its 33 square miles of territory and its population of 0,000, lies up in the eastern spurs of the Apennie Mountains. It is governed by a > Grand Council of 00, who are elect ed for life, and two Presidents, one of whom is appointed by the Coun cil, the other elected by the people. The little republic 1ms an army of 950 men, who arc employed only as policemen. San Marino is the only country in the world that prohibits the introduction of the printing press. The city of San Marino, with a population of 1700, is one of the queerest old towns in the world. It has undergone no change in 500v years. This republic began in 1031? A little bit larger than San Ma rino in population, but six times as large in area, is the republic of An dorra. It lies in a valley of the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain. It became a free state in 819. It is governed by a Sover eign Council of 24 members, elected by the people, and a Syndic, or presi dent, chosen for life by the Council. It has an army of 1,100 men, and one big gun planted in the centre of the republic. This gun carries a ball twenty miles, and Europe trembles at the thought of it being lired. In Andorra, the capital, is the palace?a stone building several hundred years old. Here the Coun cil men meet. The ground tloor is the stable where their horses are kept and fed by their masters them seves.? From Harper's Hound 'F? lble. Anecdote of Lincoln.?John Wananmkor, at a dinner party given by the Philadelphia Association of Underwriters, told the following story of Abraham Lincoln: "While at Washington it came under my notice in the Postofticc Department that Abraham Lincoln in his early life had been postmaster at a small Ohio town. In the changes that took place the otlicc was consoli dated with Salem, and the man twice wanted for President was for once not wanted for postmaster. Years afterward it was discovered that no settlement had reached Washington of the affairs of that little postolliee. A visit was made to Mr. Lincoln and the case stated, when the always great man rose from his desk, and walked over to a chest of drawers and took out a bundle of papers among them an envelope containing seventeen dol lars and some cents, the exact sum in identical money of the govern ment safely in keeping until called for. As he handed it over to the agent of the Postolliee Department, he said: 'There it is. I never use any otlier man's money.'"? Oh rialHa n Register. Who is Will Whitener ? ',?>.<. '.'n, . ?. .y ? '* ? ? H^s our fashionable Hair Cutter and Sh&ve^ Too Hkakty Hkkakfast. ?The1 man or woman who eats for break fast broiled steak with, perhaps, oacon, followed by two soft-hoihd eggs uud a quantity of fresh fruit, this followed up by hot bread and coffee, cannot expect to stand erect at forty-live and say: " I am in the prime of life."?/?>. pOTMT OVAL A WJ'STI'U ! . ,\"PirJ<ai"way. AHhovtMev'?H?rt Ii?-") R. c Racalver. Schedule i?.effect J HS*j. i s' OAtti 'a and c v olane. Children should be trained to eat slowly no matter how hungry or what important business is pressing. Much safer a little food well ground than a hearty meal swallowed in haste. Cold food is even more t'if ficult to digest than hot, if taken too rapidly. Lv lugvt ..mufti? Ar Greenwood.12 10 pm ? i\\. Uutvlln. IS I -n Greenv?!. o ton ti bpartai tiajtrap Hende Aehcvi I. v A site v I iSimrl in. (frei La A!" Greenwi' ArAu;;i!i!a|{. M >. I 'm SavanmrVN. US') am THE LAU RENS BAR. H. T. SIMPSON. C. 1). I1AUKSD ALE SIMPSON & BARKSDALK, Attorneys at Law, LAURKN8, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attontlon given to the luvest!? cation of tttlos and colleutioii of claims b. W. BAI.I,. Ei. W. MM kins. W. W. BAL.li BALL, SIM KINS & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Lauukms, South Carolina. Will practice in all State and United Stale* Court. Spocial altoutiuii given eollectiouH. TO athen i.v Green? Ar Klberuin . Abbeville Athj Atlanta.. Atlantic. Athene KlhertoA.. AbbevlUa. Ar. Green wood Lv Lv Grcenwoml Ar Rai? ab , n oi ictcr?l)ur,.: uii.hmnnq Lv Oreenville. Lv a ndcr?un. Augusta... Greoiiwooa \r AMions.... .-.r Atlanta pro i 06 pm 3 oo pm 4 .M'Bl " IR pm v is pm K 80 am 11 IS am 11 IP am l 16 pm 0 20 win 3 c I m * tO pm IV Mi am V ift'ini I) i.i am 4 00 pm i. 3 ? pm 6 00 am 9 35 am <: (u pm TLANTA ? WERT. A.12 48 am I 14 am i.. 116 am A. 3 20 am 1. 0 20 nm 8 18 pin lilt inn 12 16 am 1 v./am 2 02 am AND POINTS 12 57 pm 2 10pm I 20pm 3 07 pm 6 00pm 8 16am 10 Ham II 15pm 1 16pm l 24pm ??/TfR am' IV 00 n'n l> 20 pm n 13 im i! 46 pm I t>5 am I. T. JOHNSON. W. R. KlCh BY JOHNSON & lllCHKY, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OrriOK?Fleming's Corner, Nortbve( aids of Public Square. LAURKNS, - SOUTH CAROLINA * A $25 COOKING STOVE with i OOMPl.F.TK outfit fob Close colii\tc\ imj ppin ts on B. A I ut Spartanmirg "?:: / Vot if [Qrmu lloi scheduler*, etc, in] \ :\ J. CUAM ?. B. Curoloh, Ayontl Al-ciH. Uro' SOUTHERN] i Condensed SI JON| 9TATlO:j Lv.-? ' ic"-ioH .???."7! Lv. Columbia... i " Prosperity... Ar. Nowborry .... Ar. Ninety-Six..^ " Grc nvyood . Ar. 1 ?ton._ Aj% AudoiBOn| Ar" ? rcVii vffjl ^r. A'lautai at ?.i i >1 id C rotxtv $i2.oo.i >\ Or! \i r. nigi railroad depot, an Read ihio dosorlp l lils splendid Cooking M has four 8 lach pot holet; JJ paid. Il tire box. 21 inches Delivered ?'' ;lit oliar? tton cart fell' Ktove la No. 8 IGxlG loch '.vi ,i . Id i ?? high: 21x26 fmm tup; nloesnioylh casting. t fa I Imvo Im! Oil) stove mads lor iny trade. J? ,t after my own ni. n. ci-uibininK all l?o good JJ h point* of v.u D??dlnm priiVM novo?, and " J? lo.n iiip out the nbioeiionnWo featuret. JJ ?i l'.fvtmd all doubl tn-> iio.-t No. .i ?;?>..king JJ stn\o niado, f?r i hu prUw. Ifiucd with 2 JJ Ii poU, 2 pot covi rt, 2 nkilloti.a ^ildiilc?.? " of pins, 1 elbow,loot- JJ % tiakiii^ pan*. .< i lar, 1 liiu:r, 1 ci tc<? kettle, 1 ; w I ? 'ii ' i ' nil i 1 i Jl South, for the ? r> biisiiioa'? to in v acquaint r luv \V> will Filnp lUii a V and tbo :?l?o\ ?? de*'.'! i Eall freight chai c<>? : wheu tly> casb ? ouu atove in a good om > give entlro ialUt?a< " catalogue of Kur'iit Carriage* inal\(sd in * 1 i'.nk* polisll. 1 Iron We want to oi xi:o eua iit cvorj ;iart ? f the se ->t iutrodueing our I'.*, . u' to renew our it ir lends. I.ii did 1 oofcln? Stove pd .?; .i .> i o an] depot, , id. for only <i ? v? OO with the ordtif This well n.aiii?, and will (on. Our iilustii i'ld ; i e, sni.'os and Baby Address L. F. PADGETT, K B40 Broad Street, Wmu tt-tt ii V Augruata, Ua jj South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Ct "THE CHARLESTON LIN El - } Bohodule in offoot Maroh 10. IR* Hn .. Piednil " WilllnsJ Lv. An3?jrl Lv. I'oitojf a^l??>uinj LV. ?lievj JJ Ofllyj Lv h hot\ Ar- '"d!/1 LallyTCJ ., R?V. s|No.f>q *6 tioei"? U:n. "it bOaln i(a oo.n il 6?a| 10 (Ma 1268p iowv.10 i !;">p [06Pal I65p 0C<9 2 05p 1 2<r.i 2 40p " <Ja 8 lOplI.L 4/.'))l ?<6pl A^ Trains 0 a?, Sleeping cars W curouto daily b nail. Trains leave northbound. 6* (Vestibule lAwi 8:0fi p. in., 11 :Bi a. >r7ta| Ticluslcnvo QreeirvYiiw,. Bprthbouud,6:28 a. in., 2:1ft m ivesUouleu l limited); aonilibouh :40 p. m., rt:\s: p. m. (Veslibnlod] Pollmau Scrvloo. Pullman palace sleeping oars ?>i CO, ii7 and Bs, ou A. and C. dlvtsbj W, h. qukkn, j. AL ?en. Suparlulandent, WnsbhiKton, D. O. W. A. TURK, Gon. Ph?:m. A^'t. Waalilngtou, D. C. COL17M III A DIVISION.-East Hound. Lv Columbia. 650 Ar Uranohvillc. ?? 05 a i.v Branohvillo. . O?Oam Ar CharlcHtou.11 :??air. I.v Columbia. 1 -"0 I>n. Ar Charleston. t> 1U piu West Dound. Lv Charleston. 7 :.t) an. Ar Columbia.11 Ut an Lv Charleston. f?:Kl pn Ar DranohviUo.? 8 00 pn. Lv Dranohvllio.????.h tr> pn Ar Columbia. 10 ?I pn AUGUSTA DIVISION.-West IU>un Lv Columbia. ?66 am 4 SO pui Ar Uranohvillc. 7*Vmn BOOpin Lv Oranohville...jfiJ?pm mo pu A Augusta.It? If> pin 10451>D East Hot ml. Lv Augusts. ;< 40 fii Ar DranohviUo. B2? pir Lv Branohvillo. '? man Ar Columbia. .10 10 pn CA MO en BRANCH.?Bast Bound. Lv Columbia. Ar CiiiniiiMi... 60UTHE] Condensed st Kurl Ii I um ii J Juno 14, IHl I.v. Atlanta, C. Atlanta, E. T, Noroross Buford. <?> iiiii<>3v1lle... Luln. Coruella.. Ml. Airy. Tnoooa.. Westminster Lv Camdon... Ar Columliia. Wosi Bound. CONN K(."I'llIN. .3 in pti in io pn At Columbia with Southern Hallway tonm from nil points m upper South and Nortl Carolina. Through trains between CbarJet ton ami Ashoville, N.C. Any other Information, foldors, maps,otr will bo furnished on application to K. S. HOW EN, Gonernl Manager, Co.umbii 8. C. L. a. EMEUSOM 7 ralUo Manager, Charloi ton, 8. C. O.H.PARKS, Travel;: ? Afront. ColUBObfi P C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. PA88KNGER DEPA HTM KN P. Wilmington,N. 0.%\May Wh, 1896. FAST LINE -BETWEEN Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina, North Caro lina, and Athens and Atlanta. CONDENSED SCMRDTJ I.E Going West No. 52. 7 00am* I.v 831 043 10 66 11 58 12 LOpm 12 50 1 lr> 2 :n 800 6 10 ti6 ('barlesion .. ... I.alien. .Sinntor. Ar.Columbia. .Proeperlt)... .Newuorry ... .Clinton .... I,*ureas .... .... Greenwood .. .A bbcvillo ... .. ..Athens, Ua.. .Atlanta ? itoing Kaut, No. ,. Ar |8 60pm 7 12 T) .'18 1 10 8 03 2 60 2 10 1 I? I.V Ar Central . tt roenvijle ... r pm laiiburg, KafTnoys. Hlacksbiirg .. King's Mi_ f-'-iVdtiia. < Iwirlol tu_ Danville. Wnshi ua ton Bnltm'e P!<n, 2 4S 0 83 p i'ia p 1 i& p 6 tw {? 0 IS r. 7 03 pi .I 's'So' p 12 wj aj 0 68 al 4 11 1 it* u\ 4 o r 7 81 n f, 'jo p 7 53 a ? ? ti i: 0. a C <i i> 1 BO p 11 ij p Ar. Ihehniond ... a u> a 0 40 pi 6 m) al. 0 l.i 8 (J.') n '.i 40 a 11 26 Phllfl lolphio .10 25 a :; (KJ Now York ...12 5!) ?, ,-, ,v Routhhoiux). Lv. n. Y.,r'. r. R. " Philadelphia. " Baltinioro.... " Wushiugton,. Lv. Kiohtnond ... Lv. Danville. " Charlotte_ " Gnutonin. " Killg'H Mt ... JJ DiAck$hurg .. " GmTueys . " Sp.'irtanburg , " GroonriUe.... " Contrnl. " Kciivca. " Westminster. " Toccoa. " Mt. Airy. " Cornolia. " Ltiln. " (liilnesvllle.. < " Btifoi'd. u Noroross. Ar. AI Inntn, E. T, Lv. Atlanta, 0. T. Vea. |F?t.M|| iNo.f No. 37 N'??. 3fi N' -1 ' Kl Dally. l?ailv.| " l,,y Sun 4 80 p 12 16 a 0 53 p y. 50 Al o 20 p n n a 10 <a p 11 16 n 2 00 a'li 66 p 2 0a 6 60 A H US p il ' !i Ii U) A 10 fj? p .ill 30 p l6'40 ii';j7' 12 2-i 1 lfl 1 3o ft!12 W a ..12 21 ft. 1 00 p 1 60 p 2 36 Pi 2 to a ? 13 p il III p 3 to n 4 21 4 00 4 r,7 l ?) p 1 '? p 2?i p 2 1j p j p 4 0 p ft ?:? p C"J ]i o n p 0 ? p 7 -.J p 7 ? p $ J V |.k>p ti i; p ... u -1 p 0 90 a 1010 ; C 0J?pm 820 . Wlnnsboro, 8,11, .Charlotte, N. ?. II 11am 0 2 20pm Ar . ..Andorson, ?, C.Lv 12'20am 4 36 .... Greeenville_ 10 .'JO 240 ....Snartanburg_ II vh 6 36 Hondereonville N.C. 0*23 6 46 ..Aebeville.N.C... 8 20 " ? Dailv, Nob. 5'2 and 63 Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia, 8, 0., and carr through coach between Charleston ar_ Atlania. H, M, KM KUSON, Ass'tGcn'l I'nsRenger A i J. B. KKNLY, "" T. m7K??KKHON, j Will p 2 13 p "' fl?i: ? a . ..i a 0 .-.7 a 7 20 a 7 18 a 8 27 a p 0 HO ft 10: i pi Olio a p 6 30 A^ BJO p| 8 30 r> "A" a.m. "p" p. m. "M"noon. "4" night. Noh :i7 und !W?Wellington and f onthwostr ?ra Vestibule Ltinltoil. Throuffl Pullman ?(?opera botwoen New Y?^ik and N. 4 Orleans, rla \\ ashtni'ioii, Atlanta and Jifonii: morr.ana BMo botwoiii Now York and ,M? nphis, via Wasbiugton, Atlanta and Birmingham. Tina train also carries Richmond- August a sleeping enrs botwoen Danville and ('hnr)otto. Flrsl class thoroaghfare coach botwoen V. ashtngton ami Atlanta. Dining oara sorve uli meals ou route. Nos.;iT?niid 3A-United ?tAtCS Past Mall, Pt?> man sleopiiirf < ira botwoen Now Yoi t, Atlanta and New Oi loans. " Nos. 11 and 12?Pullman .slcoptng oars botwoen Slohuiond and Danvillo. The Air Line Hollo train, Nos. 17 and 18, will, from June 1st to Ootober 1st, l Ofl. h oneratad between Atlanta ond Mt. Airy, (Ja , daily ?*? cept Huiidaf. ' "VV-II. GltEKN, j.M.qui.p, Gon'l supt., TraMoM't'r.. Washfugton, D. O. Washington, Y>. a W.A. TUKK, 8. H. HAUDWIOK, ??n 1 Pans. Ag%, AsVtGen'lPans. Ag't,, - Washington, O. c._Atlant^, ^ The Air Line Helle (rain (Noa. 17 am\ (31 will, on nod after June 1st, 1WX!, Ii? opcrut ed between Atlanta nud .Mt, Airy daily, Av-, H. i\l ARTIN, Attorney a\ Lau itENH,