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THE MARK OF VISHNU. By PBEOT RU?BELL. Oop/ri?bt. \m. hy tho Author.] CHAPTER IVT What one person wants in eleotrloity in found in thn superfluous charging of another. Thu profano said till tho reli gion of the wholo generation of tho KhdiVvs had somehow gone into Liliau. Doubtless?and Koss know it weli? there whs a tiuoturo of maduoss with her exaltation?at all events, in the BcuRo that every form of true enthusi asm is a kind of insanity. Now that Charles, however, percoived that Ross began to play, as ho rndoly termed it, "tho serious young man," his voxatiou bcoanio very apparent. "It was quite bad onough in my sis ter," he broke forth on Ross excusing himself from dinner on the plea of at diug with Lilian a nativo prayer ting, "but to hnvo you, a grown an, meddling and muddling in such tomfoolery passes patience. Can't you leavo the nntivos ulono? Thoy'ro much better as they wero?confounded liars at tho best, bnt if thoy turn Christian they'll bo positively past ouduruuee." * "I think, Mr. Karnoy," said Ross coldly, "that wo will not discuss fur ther a snbjoot on which wo cnniiot ngreo. If moro wero like your Sister, tbero would bo fow liars in tho world. Tho fact is, Christians of your stamp oaunot boar to sco even on approach of tho real thing thoy profess." "Oh, preaching bo hanged I" wns tho profano and rudo reply. "Betono thing, young man, lot me warn you that this is a dangerous place to go and try prosolyting. I wouldn't, I can assure yon." "I am qnlto sure you wouldn't," said Ross, who could not holp laughing at tho bare idea. Meanwhilo Lilian, aided much by Ross, pursued her mission with more success than ever among somo of tho natives tmployod by her brother, and after a timo tho threat of Probrada the Brahman and his sinismr boasts wore entirely forgotton. For somo timo matters at tho bunga low had gono on moro harmoniously. Even Charles Karnoy, immersed ns he was in bis manufacture and business, began to feol a cor tain rospoot for the seal and oxortions of bis "missiouory sister and his missionary partuor," as hu called thorn, and, what is more, he contributed, to tho amazement of both, anndry small sums of his own "for the good of tho cause." "Contributions from you," cried Lil ? ian, "are wolcomo. I'm suro wo can overconro ovorything, inoluding tho Brahmans themselves?our old onomiea ?when wo havo your support. " Her brother reddened and turned away his faco. Truth to tell, ho was be ginning to feel a little ashamed of him solf nud to think that if his sister should ohanoo to provo right, then, iu doed, ho would ho found terribly wrong, and he was ready now to admit that ber converts wrought much moro effect ively* in the fields than tbo followers of Vishnu. It was night, and all bad retired to rest in tho bungalow. Ross bad been very fatigued during tho day vat ting and boiling indigo, and bo bad retired to his oharpo (a low bedstead) befoxo tho rest. Ho slept at onco, but slept only to dream. It happened that that day Lil ian had been telling him of kouio of tho xnany incarnations of Vishnu, especial ly his appearnnco in thn form of a man lion, out of n pillar of a palaco, which Birnuyakasipu, a profane monarch, Struok, sneoringly asking why, if Vish nu indeed wero evorywhero, ho was not present at that partioular pillar too. Thin dream or nigbtmaro was a proludo to others, and Ross suddenly found him self awake out of a medley of dreams, avatars and supernatural confliots with tho echo of a cry in his ears. a could not toll whether ho had hoaru it sleep ing or waking, hut tho moro horofloctcd tho moro ho fancied that it must bo tho latter. Ho roso and roused tho nativo lying aoross his doorway, who had hoard nothing; but, impelled by nu uuoon tiollablo feeling of apprehension, Ross stole out on tho pussago and listened. Then ho passed on to tho door of Lilian. It stood wide open, and looking in ho saw the apartment in ovidont confusion. Tho bed was in disordor, and evidently tho occupant had left tho room sudden ly. Ah ho looked tho throat of tho Brak . *an slashed into ins memory, and a Told sweat stood on his forehead. Ho /olt tho bed. It was warm. Thorowas not a moment to lose. Ho oould not atay to explain to Karnoy, for ho hoped by following at onco to ovortako tho unhappy girl, who had in somo way boon drawn forth to what ho know not. Slipping haok to his room, hotbrnst in to bis bosom n very long bladed kuifo ho carriod on occasions of dangor, and, r. scarcely thinking, hut feeling only that a crisis had como, ho wont out into the night and peered into tbo darkness. Tho bungalow stood on an ominenco quito Isolated, and thenco only ono boatou path led to tho villago and tomplo. If, nfl ho feared, Lilian was boing drawn by somo strange influenco thither, ho must bo olose behind her, although tho dark ness was too thick for him to seo aught ahead, nnd ho hurried down the slope with torturing thoughts in his brain. Ho had heard, as nil residents in India among tho natives must hear, of tbo ex traordinary occult powors possessed and . exorcised by Bomo of tho illuminated priests, nnd ho thrilled to think that if Lilian wero boing called forth by some occult power, thou, too, his present might ho known also. But as ho hi v? ried on ho grow moro cool nnd sudd 1 ly remembered what ho had quite f t gotten?that Lilian a doy or two before had rcmurked to him: "Do you know, David, lately I hnve had suoh a strango feeling. I havo net naily wanted to visit tho templo and seo thoso foolish cere monies again. Is it not Hilly? But I feol as if I could net keep out, I of all peo ple. '.' And she laughed in a way so not mal that at tho timo he had thonght nothing of tho matter. Now, in the darkness of tho night, out alouo in tho deserted road with the memory of thnt cry in his brain nnd the sudden disnpponrance of Lilian, tho whole thing enruo back with an over . powering forco. Was it not possible, he thought, through an overwrought brain, excited by over prossure nnd exaltation of tin. feel in es. Lilian miabt become so possessed with tho idea that sbo muse go to tho templo that at last tho idea had produced n somtiambulistio effect and bad sent her forth? Anyway this took tho incident out ot tho supernatu ral region into that of reason, and ho hurried on, determined to search tho wholo road nnd if necessary rouse the villago. Hpwover near to tho truth inny havo been tho conjooturo of Ross, it Is cer tain ho was closer on Lilion'n traekthan he-had imagined) for when moro Hum half way to tho templo, of which one of its comer gopurimiH, or lowers, was now i). view, faintly outlined ; . the id* < \;? , now used to tho gloom, riirtemfid'tho outlino of a white ? i he f( it suro it was Lilian who wax gliding far befnro hinii Ho qmcxened him pace, bat to Ma surprise ?ho did the aanio, ciily bor motion oon tinned to be that of a nwift gliding along rather than walking. She was near tho tower, ho fancied, and now as be saw her form sweeping on thither he redoubled bis speed and once or twice culled out. Whethor it was that ho had exhausted himself in tho obase or that tho horror of what seemed to him now tho working of somo awful, subtle, wicked power had temporarily paralyzed his voice ho knew not, but he. was con scious that his efforts to call were little moro than a whisper or a gasp, and this, so common in nightmares, curiously enough mado him fanoy momentarily that he was only dreaming and would presontly wake. The next moment be smiled to himself, oven in that terrible moment, for. he distinctly saw tho white figure reaoh and melt into the gopuram, and when a few minutes later he reach ed tho gatoway he found the massive door closed and immovable, and he pressed it with all his might CHAPTER V. What we do in moments of sudden and overwhelming trial is usually en tirely unlike that which we should par pose to do could we know beforehand what was going to happen. When Rosa reached the temple door to find it fast, and yot was absolutely p^sitivo that Lilian or her phantom had gone in by that gate, he roolod back ward, giddy for the moment and help less. Then an inspiration and an im pulse came together, and ho resolved what to do. Tho gopuram waB built on tho pyramidal prinoiple, often aoted on in Hindoo temples, and tho wear and tear of conturios hud produced many As sures, wherein flourished many peopuls, tbo sacred fig treo of India. Ono side of the towor was quite covered with tho luxuriant growth?very niuob, indeed, as ivy oovois an old wall in European couutries. Tho peopul is Bncred to Vish nu, and those trees wero of great antiu aity, and by day Koss had often gazoc up at ?omo of them?a singular sight to heathen eyes?growing literally ont of tho npper portions of tho building, rooted doeply in mold deposited during ages in thooreviccs of thodecayod stone work. Ho had been ns n boy a champion climber in his native highlands, and he wont up now in the darkness, feoling his way, determined to bo doing some thing and hoping to find somo niodo of entrance or observation into the templo itself. Tho ascent was much moro easy than bo oxpeeted, and as ho mounted up he found tho masonry more ruinous than it had npponred to bo from below in the daytimo. Somo of tho stones seemed to orumblo beneath his hands and knees, and ho proceeded with tho greatest oare to avoid knocking down somo of tho Hoping to find eomc mode of entrance. grotosqno carvings which tho exposure to tho utmosphero for centuries had in places reduced to nu oxtrcmoly brittle and friablo condition. It was nervous work for Ross, who had to cautiously feel Iiis way, although his eyes, now focused to tho compara tive darkness, could mako out mnoh in out line of tho building about him. Ross, in climbing tho gopuram, had originally intended, by dropping down inside, to find entrance from tho inte rior inclosures into tho court of tho tem plo, but ns ho now worked round the back of this tower ho found himself on tho roof of what he know to bo ono of tho pillared halls, and sundry streaks of red light thnt camo up through crev ices and cranks convinced him that somo ceremony must bo in progross be low, llo crept down to tho sido of tho roof, the nature of the structure render ing this easy, and hero tho accumula tion of soil for conturios had led to tho growth of much vegetation, and in ono instance ho found a deep, descending Assure in tho decaying and friable brick work, from tho bottom of which came a strong light. Ho determined toon largo this opening and descend into it ns far as ho could, and this was by no means difficult, so that in a short time ho found himself wedged in tho cleft which occurred in a portion of tho slop ing roof. Here immediately resting on one of tho giant grotesquely carved pil lars of the hall below, into which ho could see very woll, he took up a par ticularly awkward position, Tho sight that now met his vision was ono that no western eyes had ever yet rested on. The hnll was dimly lighted by many lamps, bringing into bright relief the many idols around of gold and silver and brass and ovo:i i ron. Thoro conld bo soou representations of Vishnu in his many forms, somo of which Ross recog nized, whilo others w ere entirely strango to him. Vishnu could ho gnzod on horo aH a fish, n boar, a man lion, an awful imago of absolute ferocity, animated by devilish intelligence, of sheer dofltrno tiveuoss, i\x a dwarf, as Parasnrnma, armod with an ax, as Knlki, with a sword and a winged horse, and in many other hhapes. Before each of these idols burned a small lamp, and tho multiplic ity of shadows thns oroatcd, the strango oarvings of tho pillars, and tho utterly inhuman nspeot and expression of most of tho faces, Kculpturcd according to Eu ropean idoas, combined to prodaoe a ter riblo impression on Robs' mind, already ?o compiotoly ovorstrninod. Bnt what wero tho idols, fierce, frowning, sensnal and oftou hidooucly repulsive, as typical of tho worst aud fonlest of human pas sions and propensities, compared to what ho now saw at tho farther end of this awful hall, whero ho behold a recumbent flguro of Vishnu, a stalk surmounted with tho mystical lotus coming oat of his middlo and over him for canopy the bonded necks and heads of fonr motion loss cobras? Ross had seen before n representation of this god resting on Sesha, his snake of infinity, but the more he looked at thnso cobras tho more convinced was he that they were real snakes charmed by ifome cocnlt Jngglery into tho rigidity of Serpents of (-tone. Thero was a krtd of leveled space at, tho feet of tho rooambon MoJiAHd this was, overlaid with flowers. While Hees ?tili gazed fascinated and breathless a slight sound strnok bis ear, the sibilant rustle of slight drapery sweeping over a stone perforoe, and bo saw coining oat from the black shadow of some of the distant columns a Brali man, bis breast smeared with soured ashes, loading by the hand a drooping figure, in which he recognized Lilian. Ross bad never seen a somnambulist, but he felt sore that this unhappy girl who now allowed herself to be guided right up the flower strewn couch at the feet of the fearful idol representing Vishnu, beneath the horrible canopy of cobra heads, was under tbo influence of some drug or magnetic influence which rendered her for the time a helpless an* tomaton iu the hands of the subtle Brah man, in whom, as ho came moro under the light of the hanging lamps, he reo ognised Probrada. Ross divined all by a flash of intuition. Tho revengeful and greedy priest had somehow drawn Lili an to the temple and was now about to marry ber to Vishnu, and doubtless truHtod to bis own devilish art to induce his viotim to become a convert and bring to the temple her fortune. Ross bad once heard of something of the kind," but had laughed at the thing as impos sible. His breath oamo in pants; bis heart felt chill as he reflected on his present impotence to interfere. Ho saw, as a man in a dream, the Brahman very gently lay his viotim, who appeared absolutely insensible to all around her, on the floral couoh and then he marked her forehead lightly with the trident sign of the god at whose feet She now reclined. Then Probrada rose and looked up at the idol and tho row of motioulesB ser pent heads, and a smile spread over his face which, had Ross possessed ilroarms, would cortainly have been bis last. Then, glanoing once more at bis victim, he swept out of the hall with lofty orost and haughty stride, and Boss distinctly heard tho slam of a heavy door. The hall was closed then, and now ho re membered that it was tbo custom in the morning to anoint the idols and to ut ter oertain mantrams, or prayers, and' not till then did the god enter into tho idol, which until this ceremony had been performed was but a senscloss image, even to tho Hindoo conception. Boss bad como away in such hnste that he had not taken up his watch, and he was therefore iguoraut of tho time and could only guoss how much might yet be his own. What could, what should, ho do? That white draped figure lny as lifeless on the floral couch as the grim idol itself, while there was not a movement to bo Been in tho awful row of cobra heads which formed that awful canopy, petrified for the time into tho rigidity of stono. What could bo done? Ross thought for a moment of enlarging tho orevico and dropping from tho pillar. But, If bo did, what could ho then ef fect? Clearly ho conld not nscond with Lilian, and thou if sho woke and re gained her souses bo feared she might go mad from tho awful shock. And how could they esonpo from tho hall, and then how did bo kuow what spy holes might not exist for somo larking priests to see what wos going on inside? No, no; that would not do. It was yet dark. The best thing clearly for Ross was to climb back tho way be had como, run back to tho bungalow and rouse up some of their native employees and "rush" the templo. That was tho way he put it to bimsolf. Ho wasted no time, but wna in an incredibly short timo racing baok to the bungalow, maturing his plans as ho went. It was not quito dark, to bis great joy, and on arriving bo roused up Karncy and told him iu a few words all ho had seon. His partner, at first incredulous, was convinced presently, but ho flatly refus ed to take violent measures. What! Desecrate a templet And then, no doubt, tho rascals would take cure t hat Lilian should not bo found. Oh, no, that was far too risky a thing. Besides, if they proved wrong thoy might raise tho vil lage against them, and if they were right probably tho same thing would happen. Ross lost patience Ho slnpped the coward's face and would havo kicked him, but Charles Karncy decamped, ter rified at bis partner's looks. Bo -s then called up himself nil tho Christianized natives and employees of tbo plantation and explained tho nwful position of their young mistress. They felt and appreci ated tho situation infinitely moro than Charles Karney could, even had he bad a week to reflect, and, being hastily armed by Ross, bo nt tho head of this impromptu lovy went down to tho tem ple nt tho double Ho hoped by this ex traordinary promptitude to take tho Hi-ahmans by surprise, to induce a panic and to effect n rescue by n coup do main. Tho plan was well conceived and tho ex ecution was brilliant. On arriving bo foro tho gopurnm gate Boss knocked, or rather thundered, at it, determined to blow it down with a small bag of powder if no ono enme. To Iiis amaze ment, nftcr somo delay it was openod, and by Probrada himself. Ho put on a haughty and defiant uir nt tho sieht of the gloaming arms of the little company pressing around Ross and naked what this outrage meant "It means," said Ross sternly, "that you must givo up Instantly and uuinjurcd tho Mem Sahib Karnoy. Sho was to bo found," ho add ed, "in the hull of idols at tho foot of Vishnu." Probrada heard bim to the end with a Marcustin look, and it was impossible to tell from biB demeanor how stau led he was at tho exaotitudo of Boss' infor mation, who finished by Raying, "Bo fuse and you will be ruined, and your temple too." Tho Brahman paused for brenth for two or three seconds and looked intent ly on tho ground. Then ho raisod his head proudly. "You shall soo," ho said haughtily, "how you wrong us. Wait hero a minute." Rosa signed to bis fol lowers, and all crowdod in, while tho Brahman, without doigning to look be hind him, immediately disnppoared. Ross folt somowhat uncertain what to do. He did not wish to involvo himself and his follewora in an attack on the temple If ho could possibly help it, al though to tho Brahman hisnttitndo had ! been ono of the utmost resolution. But a minute or so passed ere thoy saw Proh rada roturning, leading Lilian by the hand. She was still evidently insensiblo. A few of tbo flowers that clung still to her skirts showed that she bad been raised from tho couoh by the idol. Her ?yes woro closed, and sho moved stiffly in obedience to tho priest's guiding hands, as an automaton might bo ex pected to do. The trident mark of Vish nu was on her forehead still. "Seel" said the Brahman. "The mom ?ahib bears Vishuu's mark. She strayed into our temple, enterod the hall of idols and lay down at tho foot of Vishnu. What could we do? If yon most have ner, take her." And his eyes added as his tongue stopped abruptly, "Take my deadliest onrse with her too." Ross d) i'not choose to argue or in quire into details. Lilian was Iiis at last, and, dosing round, they gently bore her, still in a somnambulistic con dition, to the bnngalow. It was a long while before Lilian oould be made to understand all that had happened, and it was plain that her nervons system was terribly shaken. She shuddered at the sight of a native and trembled at hearing tin native lan guage. Sho was hauu.ed with a fearful idea of beipg again irresistibly Impelled r feaW ) to enter a Hindoo temple and became utterly incapable of ooutiuuiug her mil lion ury work. Rom dissolved bis partnership with Karuoy, and, having persuaded Liliau to give him the right to protect her night and day, they were married, aud It did not require much farther persua sion on the part of Ross to induce bis wife to leave India and her brother, for whom she felt the same contempt as her husband. Lilian oonld not explain how she was irresistibly impelled to walk in her sloe-/ into the temple, but it was loug before she oonld banish from ber mental vision the cobralike eyes of Proh rada, the Brabmau, and, troth to tell, naturally human as he was, Ross eould not resist uttering an exclamation of profound satisfaction when, a few yenrs later, he read In a newspaper that Proh rada had been ignomiuiously hanged for his share in ono of tho fell massacres of the Indian mutiny. THE KM). WAY81DK GATHERINGS. Bite ox Humor and Nuggets of Truth for the Multitude. ?There are more Germans than Irish in the United States. ?It doesn't take many pints of whiskey to make a peok of trouble. ?Dwell not on misfortunes ; look forward to retrieve them. ?Bear little trials patiently, that you may learn how to bear great ones. ?The reward of performing one duty is the power to perform another. ?Becolleotlon is the oaly paradise from which wo cannot bo turned out. ?Somo children are like velvet; they catch every spook of dirt there is. ?Many men get rieh by doing tho work which the other fellows neglect. ?Very many of life's nshlpwrecks are to bo traced back to a schooner of beer. ?There is nothing so strong or safe in any emergency of lifo as tho Bimplo truth. ?A mournful fact?ft is difficult to make tho pot boil with the lire of genius. ?When pooplo aro crazy to marry they attach no consequence to conse quences. ?The muscles which close the hand are more powerful than those which opon it. ?A contemporary says lawyers are noted for losing their patience. How about doctors ? ?Happiness consists not in having vast rich possessions, but being fitted to enjoy what we have. ?To be able to sit on tho fence is political talent. To know just when to get off is gem us. ?If a girl likes a young man she ought to help him out, and if not, let hor father do tho job. ?He who will not roason is a bigot; ho who cannot is a fool; and bo who dares not is a slave. ? ?A sound discretion is not 60 much indicated by never V ak in;; a mistake, as by novor repeating it. ?Not one unmarried woman in a hundred tells tho truth when she is asked wby she never married. ?" Here is another idlo shattered," said i lie young man whose, father in formed him that he must go to work. ?There aro still living in Connect icut twenty-four daughters of soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary war. ?It takes a fraction less than throe seconds tor a message to go from one end of the Atlantic cable to the othor. ?The man who can't keep up with the procession in this world mustn't expect to enjoy the music of the band. ?''Why did Joseph's brethren cast him into the pit?" "Because they didn't want him in tho family circle-." ?It is easier to keop a cow from sbr'nktrg ll nn to restore tho yiild aft - r .? i. - , i , f :., on allowed to lessen. ? iiupcifvct teeth aro a suro sign of civilization. Perfect teeth aro found, as a rule, only among the sav ages. ?Circles around tho moon are somo times largo and sometimes small, be cause they are formed at different heights in the air. ?It requires 15,000,000 cows to sup ply the demand for milk in this coun try, and the products of 00,000,000 acres of land to feed them. ?The slippery elm contain? in its inner hark a great quantity of muci lage, which gives it its peculiar prop erty and name. ?New York and Pennsylvania in 1800 cast a larger veto than all the United States did in 1840. The total presidential votf in 1840 was 12,410,778. ?"That is a curious-looking eano, colonel. Is it a memento of the war ?" " Yes. It was made from tho log I oc cupied during the battlo of Lookout Mountain." ?Greek and Roman doors always opened outward, and when a man was passing out of a bouse he knocked or the door, so as not to open it in the face of a passerby. ? Tho Bank of Franco has a camera so trained that the picture of any sus picious visitor may bo secured with out the suspected individual knowing that ho has bceu caught. ?Efforts to throw a silver dollar down a now gas well at Anderson, Ind., proved unavailing. Although the coin wus sent down sideways, tho gas throw it out every time. ?A benevolent man at Charles City, la., baa established a "home" for tramps, where they may rest and eat. They have no wood to chop, no stock tu ft cd and no one to support. ? John Jay Jackson, eldest son of GenernlJohn J. Jackbon, was bom at Parkerbburg, W. V?., August 4, 1824, ard was appointed United States Judge for tho district of West Virginia in August, 1881, by Abraham Lincoln, .ludgo Jackson ttill holds tho office, und is the oho at United States district judge in tho country. He was active In politics beforo tbo war, and tho suc cess of the Republican party in West V rginia was much duo to bis efforts. ?Tho consular reports made to the s<ate depart nu nt have, disclosed ono interesting fact recently. Thatisthat the most oxpouslvo manufactured pro duct In the world Is the charcoal fila ment used in incandescent electric limps. These threads, which aro im de. by a secret process in Paris, are so valuable that a pound of those in t .M,dod for lamps of HO eandle-power is woith 812,000. Even tho invontor and maker of the filaments keeps his name a se< ret, in order that the valuable in vention may bo st:ll moro securely gnat ded. ?It is a law of evidence that a husband cannot be compelled to testify against his wife, and vlco versa. In tho criminal division of tho District Court at Denver, Colorado, this ques tion was raised in the trial of a white woman who is tho wife of a colored man. Upon objeotlon raised by de fendant's attorney, tho district at torney replied that no euch marriage in Colorado was valid. The Court read the blaok law of tho st ile, and or dered tho man to answor question in criminating his wife. ?A weird story is floating about to the effeot that four American million aires have reoontly had mado in Shef field, England, steel waistcoats and coats which aro warranted to secure them immunity from death in ordinary oases of attempts at assassination. The armor is of chain mat), so light that when ono has worn it a week or two it Is no lncumbranco to him and strong enough to turn a dagger or sword thrust, though it would not stop a bulUt. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report AE^OLUmV PURE A FASHIONABLE SYRUP. The Experience of an Ambitions Man Who Wanted to be Tony. The following story is told of a Kansas man who allowed his ambition to Interfere with hie gastrlo arrange ments. The man, whose name was Iko Dorohy, was In from his farm and stopped at a general Btore Ira Emporla to set some supplies. Fortune bad smiled on bim and be bad plenty of money for a Kansas farmer. He told the store keeper that he was fixed up for better times and wanted the best ho had. "Gimme some raisins an'some cove oysters an* somethln' nieo to put on griddlo cakes," he particularized. " Molasses V" said tho storekeepor. " Naw; something nicer. Be'n eatin' molasses for twenty years. Ain't ye got somothln' slicker ?" The grocer told bim about maple syrup and praised It highly. All the " tony people" of Emporla used It, he said. ??That's what I want. The hlgh tonedest you'vo got." By a strango mishap when tho boy went to paek the goods for the sociably ambitious farmer be took a tin of varnish, the varnish coming in square cans of kind similar to thoso contain ing the maplo syrup. Three or four months afterward the man camo back to town and reported at tbo stora. The storo keeper, having made the discovery of the error, was in a panic. At length he mustered courage to ask bow tho maple syrup had answered. '?Oh, she was all right," said tho customer. " Kinder highfalutin, but good. My wife at lir-1 said sho thought it was some rancid, but when I told her what you said about it he in' a hightoned ditb that the best people in Empory jes' naehorally craved she seemed" to take a second holt, and now she won't eat nnthln' else. I thought there wus a kl1d of a snap an' bite to it that sorter reminded mo o' what we used to git when prohib tion lirst struck tbo country, but in general it's raigbty good stuff." ''Was there any bad effect at all?" Inquired tho am?zed store keeper. " Will, now, I can't say'there wasn't. You boo it was my wife's first experi ence with dude grub un' bhc kinder lost her bead. Got ambitious. Allow ed that if wo was good enough to have that kind of eatin' we was good enough to have some other things to match. Bought a lot o' now chiny dishes from a poddler an' made mo promise I'd git her a new hat with red in it an' a dress this trip in town. "Yes, I s'poso you might say that thoy was some bad (fleets, because vanity is certuinly sinful, hut you're a married man yourself au' you know they ain't no w?y to stop a woman's ambition when she begins to kinder git in Bociety. Gimmo a conplo gal lons more, o' that sirup, an' if you have some that has ics' a let tie more o' that pleasant bitin' sting to it, why, let's havo that." ?Hon. Joseph N. Do'ph, formerly United States Semitor from Oregon, died on the 10th inst. at Portland. His leg was umputated the day bofore, as his life was threatened with blood poisonit g, but tho6hock was too great, and there was no cbanco of his recov ery. He was born in 183f> at Watkins, N. Y., and wont to Oregon in 1802. Ho was appointed United States District Attorney for Oregon by President, Lin coln in 1802. Ho was elected United States Senator and served two lull terms. Ho received tho caucus nomi nation for a third term at the session of the Legislature two years ago, but wasdefiated after a deadlock, which lasted until the lui day of the session, when McBride was elected. Since his retirement from tho United Stales Senate, Mr. Dolph has practiced law in Portlaud. ?An Americau robin whs recently fouu.l te-jir Manchester, England. British naturalists uro wondering how it crossed tue ocean. Hon. Neal Dow. Hon. Neal Dow was born in the city of Portland, Me., on the 20th of March, 1804. His parents were of the Society of Friends. Iiis first identi?cation with the temperance movement was in connection with the Maine Temperance Uuion, an or ganization composed of those who withdrew from a society which had, by the form of its pledge, compro mised with wine-drinkers. The Un ion appeared before the State Legis lature in 1837, demanding the abro gation of all license laws and the substitution of prohibition of the sale of all alcoholic beverages. His first public appearance as an advocate of the prohibitory policy was in 1839, when he appeared be fore the board of aldermen in his own city and induced them to refer the question of "license" or "no li cense" to a vote of the citizens. No license was defeated by a majority of 35 out of a vote of 1,1G3. In 1842 he again succeeded in having the question submitted to the people, and it was carried by a majority of 440. He turned his attention to the State in 1843, printing and circula ting at his own expense petitions to the Legis ature praying for a strin gent law and that "the traffic iu in toxicating liquors might be held and adjudged an infamous crime." In Februarj, 1844, he went before the legislative committee, which report ed a bill favorably. It passed the House, but was defeated in the Sen ate. Meetings were held all over the State the next two years. Mr. Dow was speaking in school districts and scattered a literature profusely ev erywhere over tlie State. In 1846 he secured the passage of a prohib itory law by a vote of 81 to 42 in the House and 23 to 5 in the Senate. The penalties were insufficient, and the next year another bill was pass ed, but was vetoed by the governor. In 1850 he presented a bill of his own drafting and secured its passage in the House, but it was lost in the Senate by a tie vote. In 1851 he was elected mayor of the city of Portland, and for the sixth time appeared before the Leg islature with a bill of his own, which passed the House 86 to 40 and the Senate 18 to 10. Mayor Neal Dow issued a proclamation that he shoe hi promptly enforce the law, giving venders sixty days to ship their li quor out of the city, lie seized two thousand dollars' worth of liquor and had it openly destroyed. Mr. Dow was re-elected, and a mob gathered to resist the execution of the la.v ; but he was equal to the emergency, and the mob was repell ed and dispersed. In 1853 he attended the World's .Temperance Convention, held in the city of New York, and was made president of the Convention. The "Maine law" was repealed in 185(5, but Mr. Dow rallied the people and it was re-enacted in 1857 with in creased restrictions and penalties. In 1861 he recruited the Thir teenth Regiment of Maine volun teers and a battery of artillery and entered the army. President Liu coln appointed him brigadier gene WE WANT TO EXCHANGE Pianos, Organ] or Sewing Machines ??-FOR -Good Horses. Alexander Bros. & Co. GREENVILLE, S. C Who is Will Whitener ? H6 is our Fashionable Hair Gutter and Shaver, ?H-WM BRNDEL-LA ^OSrCL. ral in lb 'i and he was twice wound-1 od in battle. He visited Euglaud three times and delivered over five hundred ad dresses under tho auspices of the Uuited Kingdom Alliance in every part of the kingdom. He was ini tiated iuto the National Division, Sons of Temperance of North Amer ica, at the session held in Richmond, Va, in 1852, and was elected Most Worthy Associate of that bodv. He was the candidate of the Pro- ] hibition party in 1880 for the Pres-' ideiicy of tho United, States and re ceived 10,360 votes. He wu8 vice-president of the Na tional Temperance Convention, held at Suratoga Springs in 1865, which organized the National Temperance1 Society and Publication House,; nd has been a vice-president of the So ciety from its commencement, and has always taken a deep interest in its work.?National Temperance Ad vocate. ?No kit-sing ev? r occurs in jnpnn except between husband and wife? not even between a mother and child ; no shaking of hands in salutation. II ono were to offer a kiss to a Japanese maiden, she would probably think she woro going to bo bitten. ?Groat beds of fesslii/.ed lish have been found in northwestern Colorado at an elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. ?Somo men win a reputation for what they dou't say. ?It is beauty's privil ire to kill time, I and time's privilege to kill beauty. THE LAURENS BAR. h. y. SIMPSON. c. 1). barksdale SIMPSON A' BAUKS1>ALK, Attorneys at Law, LAURKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention tri von to tho I nvcst l gation of titles and oolleotlon of claims W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at L?w? Lauhkns, - South Carolina. Will practice in ?11 Court? of this Sta'i An.'in i..i. given to collections. J.T.JOHNSON. W. It. KIOH li\ joiixson & uichky, attornbyh AT law. Ok kick?Kteiniug ' 11 >ra tr, *i nrtbost side of Puhllc Sfjuaro. B. w. BALti. i.. w. sim kins. w. w. iia i.i BALL, sim kins & Ii ALL, Attorneys at Law? Lauhkns, South Carolina. Will praclico in all State and fjnlte SthIhm Court, NpeHal attention giVOI collections. CHARLESTON -A N I > Western Carolina "Augusta and Ashevillc Short l ine." Schedule in cilect Feh. 7, 1800. Lv Augusta.!? 40 x n L4J pn Ar Greenwood.12 17 pin _ , Anderson. o l<? pm Laurens. .. l 15 pm 7 0?) am Greenville. 300 pm 10 15 am '.lean Springs.... 4 0 pin . Bpa'tanburg.'?? ? o pm it -.'> arn Raluda_ .... ? 23 pm . Bendersonville. .. 5 ? i pm . Asheville. 7 im) pm . Lv vsheville. 8 20 am . Spartan burg .11 15 pm 4U0pu Glenn Springs.... 10(in am . Greenville.1150 am 100 pm Laurens. 1 :->o pm 7 00 jiin Aixlcrson. 7 00 am (irrenwood . 2 28 pm Ar Augusta. ?OOjpm 11 10 am Lv Spartan burg . li 15 am Greenville.... . 11 60 am Ar Clinton. . 2 10 pin Ne\vbo**rv. 2 57 pm Prosperity . 3 13 jmi Columbia. i 30 pm Sumlcr. . U 12 pm Charleston . '.?30 pm Lv Charleston. 1 00 am Sumler .... .... ;?35 am Columbia. n mi am Prosperity.... .... H5Sam Nev bcrrv . , . 12 1(1 pm CL don. 12 50 pin Ar Greenville. 3 00 pm Spartan burg . 3 oo jun Lv Augusta . Ar Allendalo. Fairfax . Ycmiissec_ .. !i 30am Bentfurt .to 3 >a in Port Itoyal.10 50am Savanna i . Charleston. Lv Charleston. Savannah.... . l'ort itoval. is 55pm beau fori .... .7 10pm Yemassco . 15pm Fairfax. Allendalo. Ar Augusta. Close connections at Greenwood for all points on S. a. L. and C. ?v.u. Itailway, and at Sparianhurg with Southern Kail way. Por information relative to tickets, rates. Bohedules, etc . add r ^s \V, J. CUAlG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augus ta, Ga. B. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Nugustn.Oa J. s. Cureton, igont, < . it. .Speights G?n. Agent, Greenvillo, 8, c South Carolina and Georgia Railroad C(< " THE CHARLESTON MNK BflhedulO In OffOOl March 10. 18wv. COIjUMMIA DIVISION.?Kant IiouM.1 Lv Columbia. t> 50 Ar BronuhvlHo.'?. i' "'? ? Lv llranohvllio. n an Ar Charleston.n ikihp Lr Columbia. 1 20 prr Ar Charleston. s 40 pn Wont nound. Lv Charleston. 7 v ntr Lr Columbia.;':r. Av Charleston. 5 :J0 pn Ar Rrani'bvitio. 8 uu pre I.v Brannbvihe.?. H ifi pn Ar ColumMa. 10 10 pn AUOU8TA DIVISION.?West Houn Lv Columbia. ".vum 4:^1 pnr Ar Itranohvllle. . 7:tr?iini i'.m jm Lv Branchvllle. '.??;<> pm 800pn A Augusta.1816 pm 10 4.>pa Knst Dotnd. Li A turnst?. 3 40 pf? Ar RrnUOhvlllO. ? 2A prr I.v llrmtrlivillo. 1 1(1 a . ArColtonMn. 10 It i OAMDRN UK A NO II.- Kai; H : : Lv Columbia.tih'-> Ar Cum.Ion.1!! (A pa West Round. Lv Camdcn.,.8 W pn Ar Columbia.10 10 pr/ CONN KOT ION. At Columbia with Soulbern Itnllwn v Ito nr d from all points in upper South and North Carolina. Through (ruins botweon Ohitrlo. ton and Asheville, N. 0. Any other Infotmatton, inldnrs, moos ?:te will bo furnished ? "oplicat.C") *o R. 8.1IOWKN Oo Mntictper, Co.utoblt s'l.*A. RMKR80N Kanagor, OharlM ton, 8. o. _ Q. H. PARKS, Travel . Ag-ont. Columbia SOUTHERN RAILWAY. riBDMOXT AIU UNB. OoBiIrnirJ s.",<- lul ? of Pi nonirer Train?. Iii KftYat J.m. 18 1891. NortliUnuml Lv. Atlanta CS.T. " Atlanta, IS.'f. M J.'i ri'i??_ ?* Uuford. " Gajuesville.. Air Co? rtn'la. . Lv. Mt Airy. " T>w>t\. Woatiulrtfttcr " trni":r. " CVntral . " Greenville... " Si nrthtihurtf. ** ?nffney?. ... " Dlackitburg .. " KiUKI " Gastouta. Ist. Cbnrlotto Ar. Dnnvlllo . Ar. Richmond Ir. Washington. " Rallm'aPRR M l'hliadol] Ida * Now York .. Southbound Lv. N. V..P.R.R'. " lJh! .-ilrlphia . " Baltimore...; " \\ :t. r.i rgtoo.. Lv. Itichmoud ... iV, DAiirllla . OllAI ,..'.lo . Gnntoiiln. ).,? ? ? -'It llltl Gal Bjmi tnuburg Grwu .1:?... Ci rural. unrg f> 60 r1 '1! > p 0 85 a 10 ? ) v . 10 ? ) v \V? - i mlnator Towoa. Mt. Airy ..... Oiirnvlla. Llllft. U alne-tvUlo.. Buforfl _ ri 01*01*014.... , Atlanta, H, T 10 46 a 11 l p .in ; h 11 !'7 A 13 ! n 12 !? p 1 I ;i 1 15 p 'i > a 1 05 p -' 1 11 0 I II 1 t l vo 2 <? 8 1 I i fti. 5.' ? I 2 16 i ! 3 . j ti 8 18 p i ? a U Ul^p, 4 . > a 4 Ki p Iniitu, U. T. 3 .V> p| 5 ?) a "A" a. in. "1'" p. 111. "'..{" Noi.87nml!W- Dally. WinC irei''-: n V? ? HI Uli Limited, ilaeptugcara h<-t\vcnn Now \ lean, via Washington, Atlai c. y. anil h'ko bot ween New 1 viawaalitiigton, At Inn to n. id pimi r.ia-t.;-1 1 k 1 are between '. OrlenuMt In connection with |ie<i" iinlus for Sau Fume' l*:?Villip .ir;sv y Ulty Tue? ; 13 teturuinR, leave Now Or unn Saturdays. This not? ul? ? Augusta slopping <:.?*.??? lute. Chat lotto. First o)b.?*? tho between Wftaliiugtoii find A. serve all tneal? ou route. Kos. !K'l Mid Bfl?United run* ?11? 1 lie" ween Wftshlu Ifriiun, vtn Southern Rtdlwny ei?l L. & N. It. B.. belli? <?? ear and oonolioii, turongn ?*. paasouKcm <>f all olUHaen, r<-oio Bleeping cars bot wee New Orle h, via Atlanta Leaving Washington eaoh fc Bleeping car will rua thron Itlgion k:i?1 t-'nn Kran? icr-o w*! Nrn. ;>l nutl .Ii.'? New York llcxl. YestPnUod ttniu 1m : \i St. An ({list lue, via Wash I mk lumiiin, Siivunun? and?!? -I. of Pullman drawing room man compart incut cam, l'u oaii-i and dining oarH, Ickvj fct. Augustine (torminal p< Buuday. This train alsociv drawing 100111 huiTol alee An:* ? ?? ? nnd Now Vorlt. No*. II Mid 19-Pullmnn ah IMehniond and 1 (am illo, Tlio Air ! .iuo I tollo 11 - Im tweon All inta and Cornell Hun-lay. V . H. GRRIiN, Gen'l Supt., Washington, D. a W.A.TURK, B. H. GOU'I PttSS, Ag t., A: .j' oon. .. .nir' ?u k Plirouitl irlc aju A Mil! ?li lt HI: rl !truilu.". ow w i the "Bun ??0, ?!?;. 1 and & I YV..V . ? M rl'-* i ?.vi Dai mghri p aaia. ?tatevji 1 ?('??) Itlld A ,t ' ? puiol o i' .in ei .'i. Ihm n . Jor-j'-y aal Met iturdo >'. Ii lietw? Ivii l < >' < dl V o e:i Nf >*. on, Olm. invlltt. ? Ictipln : 1 man ? ? ? lt<a> <". . i*>i lv ?Hi cat 1 \in Ex. ?Jn.i. OH a 7 *5 a 7 4S a H? a p| S> :t0 a uj 8 .<0_ft " night, d S-mth l'iiilmn<> New Or [onlgorn? lemnlita, ?on. 1'iv'l mv Ho*.V ,et f,lni? i-weoklJ', -UVliwj Ht <?.' ?s :u-.*l r! iiiiin 1 rille i'i\d ? r:?ch?.''i ilng earl ist Mb A M? (?aggirno lair-^ fcr drawtBK CM \* in.-. t;f:in?rr. 1 lonrlii 1 ?a \\ aai-. ila Lilm Vorkajia otto, iN .1 U> '.:-s. Pull? I i fttll a :lC ftlxi ?XCtf i > soutloa beuvecu ping on botweoo Oiu ) 1'asH. Ajrt., WaahiiiKtaau D. O. SOUTHERN N(^. 1 Ga? . - ||. Ct' Trail ? Wash! iA UK '. .tva't T ? yi 1(1 IX. I . taooi'. P. R VILW AY. Ce-edeuted Sehudul la BfA*1 NOV. 10, 18 'O. STATIONS. Lv, OhTletton, ~ Lv. Oolnmhia. " Proaiiority. Ar. Ne^ borrf. Ar- winoty'Suc. Oroenwoed. " HodafMI . AV? M:t- lie . . Ar. Boltoni Ar. An!\e:*S"i). Ar Oieen HTle~ Ar. i Ho- t? T. ..... .. STATION tV Lv. Ureeuvllie .... " PindnmHt. " Wllllamolon .., . . f.i* A adorson t.v. tleTi?11 . Ar. !> .1(1? ....... t.. Lvi Ab".. . ute" ~ ._2 LvTYi 1 ,? ?..' . ?? d:v ,. rood. M Niaet*-tilx. Lv, Newhovry. 11 Prnepo l.y. ... At. (Viluiiibla . Ar. Ci?rluHi?n... Raflv l')altVI r :,u fit K STATION'S f V-h f.v.7. -i*.V Ar II I.vi . Tii"i?:tl DM " .(.*??. iiitnrf V 07a IS 15 AI si on,. 100(11 ISfiW " ... KHIHUO... lo-Av' atrjp ... i;nl -u . lOiWa 2 ' - tj " Jono.hv I0I?4m ati7p'" . ..I ?? ? ? II V r, iiI ? Ar !?'* : .1 ! II 11 1 vi . . i.v : 1 vi ' I jj_i.ij>. ! 1? uj Ar A -I i" "P." p. lit "A. Tr/dni .1 and Jd pa tlepplug earn lielwiMMi I eitroiilo ii:.iiv 'ft ? J ?. -. ? 1 Ti .ilns loave Bpartite UOI?: lilMiUlld li 4 .* .*. , :. 1,4, (VfMilbi le i.lrnlte I 1:10 p. in.. 11 .li? a m. < \ . nil Tiiitr.i leav* Orodiivi ia. .?> Bortlibotii .45 a m., s?:Ui 1 (Veatlbulp. Limit 1 1 ? 4:30 p. Ul., 1 J:2s |. Ill V . ? ii Ptlltitlft.il ?? r PviUmnti iwiiace ? ?? r..:i? 6A, ST! en! A, on A. and 1 di W. tl. Of.'l-JKM, J M '.;t 1 r Gta. !-';: . l int Midi ill '( .', > \Va-i itlon, l> <i. W ?r, A. Tl UK. B. K H tan. Pam. Ag't .? t -.irt.-i.ii. waiililrvtoo. D, C i'j a .-I 1 ?l a i-> ill p m 2 .' p m '. &e p in I ': p 11 ''Opa 1 ? j) 1. i :v.> i?j i IV?hr I .r.: II I" J th 11 IU 11 i\ 111 '. ;j 11 i .j I ii p ni I ki p m 1 ..* p in 1 ;> p' ?1 ? ;.. p in 1 ?' IJ_?? ' 00 V ra ?'.:.-i?j.v ? .. >.ft if J5(; ?: 1 !<25|< lap Ui'i 7 ir ? ? -'.in 7 ri, ;!?* : <U.'-. 1(1 tj 1 ?. .'?i Qlrl>l 11 -J*.**.. 1 :n. el?w 1 ? ??? a id < ri: nvllje a n A .< 0 4' p IV.. ? 111 ?1.11 1 I .1? Ml 1! and ' I? h!) 1 1OUII1I. i ilod Lim loo. ATLANTIC GO VST JNE PAR8ENGKH DKP: RTM T Wilmington, A. C, Ja I. 10'/ iKh7 FAST L. Nf ?OBTWKBI - Charleston and Oohun ?inni lrj>pe) ?South Carolina, X rth ( rc linn, and At.tio. a and Atliinla. 0ONDRNSBD SOU JOD B Ool ft Knot, v ?. 113. iCharleston ....Ar it'tipm l.snoi .. < Ohimbia.I.v . Prosperity. .. NowiM rry .... .. .CHaton. . i.-urona ... Grot . wood .... . AbhovtllO Going Wom, No. 52. 7 OOam* i.v a iti ?I.-> in 38 ) 1 r>s 12 lOpna 12 kl 1 IS 2 :3 .? i 6 M 14rt \' lanta. "6 15pm . iTvinnsboro.s < .. RfiO Charlotte. N. T{~Vipm .'>."... v r.d' n <m. !~ < .: ?1 20 .... GreotmviMo. .... 8 10 ... .Spanan bur; .... 60S Hflnoowotivllle |,C. 7 00 ..Aalu vlllft. N. ? uau*. No?. :'.! And 6S Solid ainn I Charleston and Columbia) . 0?ai tbroit b ooaoh betweon ( larioa AUftlUft. K, M KM KU )N, . Aes't (Jcm'l Pas* .to or A I U. KKM.Y, T. M. CW KlU JJN, 7 48 tl ,{i 6 ! ? 3 13 2 . .7 2 10 1 4S 1 Ham ?I M _ i OAam ??0 SO ) f. it 15 H '>0 twecn carry .r ax* fiau'l Manager. Traffic Manager