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Our Family Story. S.s for me, 1 was just ouu of the thousands that camo Wc-bt to grow up \sith the country, und, not many months after, had good reason to bo lleve that 1 was gono up with the country iiiBtoud. After a while 1 drift ed into Gold Cross camp, it was in ttio days before Cold Cross bud come lO the front as a good thing, and the big mills that uro now eating the sides out of tho hills up thoro hadn't been thought of. ThO boys woro running rockers down in the gulch then, ami most of them didn't muko more be tween meals than they could eat?aud drink?up at grub time. There realiy wasn't much lifo to the camp, and most of tho inhabitants woro tho kind of people that try to make you believe llio Almighty lias picked them out for mi especially favored brand of martyrs. And it was pretty quiet when IV/.eu Bill Johnson came to towu. Hut 1'ujn Hill woko up the oamp. Hill wasn't at nioro than oho place at one time, but his reputation was every where at ouco in the diggings, and It didn't improve with ago, either. Wil liam was dressed to kill. Whenever ho moved you were apt to sco the handle of another weapon that bad escaped your observation oeforo, stick ing out from somo ne v angle. His record was worse looking thau ho was ?which is saying j. good deal. You might lay his u^iy looks to some dis pensation of I'rovideuco that you didn't quite soo the drift of, but few people would care to charge a disposition like his to anything but tho Devil. Borrow was his shadow, and tho wailing of widows and the crying of orphans had followed him out of more than ono camp. Hut, somehow, when he struck Gold Cross, tho general air of condens ed shiftlossness seemed to take tho place of his usual original oussedness, aud, being abovo working, be'just settled down and drank between meals and ate between drinks. Finally, ono day, ho developed enough energy to climb up Hamper Hill, which is arstCOUSln to a precipice and is on tho west side of tho gorge. After that ho made several trips up tbero, generally after tho sun bau closed up bis day's business, and by and by ho lot it leak out that ho had located a tirst-class quartz claim on a ledge whore the pitch was not too steep to pile rock, and also volunteered the statement that tho name of his new bonanza was tho Twilight, so christen ed becajse ho found it bettln' to work up there after nightfall ; las explana tion being that it was too hot to do any locating or anything else up there in the day time?which explanation was probably as near tho truth as he usually got. in thoso days wo mostly thought that quartz mining was the calling of arch idiots, it being so much easier to run d placer, and so a good many of the boys laughed at him on tho sly ; but those who had beard of him most, and therefore worst, just shook their heads and surmised ho was up to some thing. Not being interested in tin cemetery business, they didn't ti y to investigate. As for Fixen Hili John son, when ho got his claim located to suit, he just sat down and waited and waited. I camo to Gold Cross on tho hog train, and, being discouraged with mining that didn't pan out. board bills, took the first job that offered itself, whieh happened to bo that of bar keeper in tho Golden Oriole ; for, when a man is a hundred miles from nowhere, without money and without friends', Iiis conscience gets sleepy v hen there is a promise of bread and butter iu bight, unaccompanied by the prospeot of a term in jail. Tho Golden Oriole was in a niche in the side of the gulch, where somo en terprising idiots hail washed out a few hundred tons of dirt in hope of finding something rich, but had finally con cluded that there was nioro money am) considerable less work in holding up stage coaches. Then a jag-promotcr from Sacramento appeared on the econe, and, judging from tho looks of tho thirsty inhabitants that there were hoveral good openings that needed lilliug built a board palace on tho ruins, "heedless of tho tled,T' and shortly afterward there was revelry in car load lets in thut neighborhood. It was a pretty solid castlo for those days, and hugged up close on ono end to the *ido of tho gulch. An auction piano lurnished inspiration at ono end of the big room that constituted tho interior of tho joint, and I, witli the valuable ns?istanco oj tho bar, furnished tho in spiration at tho other end. There was a window at one ond of tho bar, the sill of which was on a level with a burro trail that the miners had spoiled when at tho innocent work of laying a foundation for our house, and I used to retire through it vo gaze upon the awe inspiring scenery outside and meditate upon the beauties of nuturu and the comfort of solitude, whenovcr the gue?ts got to hurling solid arguments at each other and commenced shoot ing oil' somelhing besides their mouths. It really was a big institution for Gold Cross, and tho proprietor consumed considerable time and whiskey in try ing to makeup his mind what to call it, not boing able to decido whether " palace" or " pavilion " was the pro per handle, and eventually compro mising on "Golden Oriole." There was a big table down tho centre, whieh Was sometimes used for an exhibition dance and sometimes for laying out a corpse, and surrounding it were a lot of small tables, where tho boys p. ed pokor and pedro for tho drinks. The winning party in these games wne givon away by tho express agent, who used to have a standing joke about two-thirds of tho bullion output of Cold Cross coming through the Golden Oriole OD its road to civilization. Ono day I'izen Hill Johnson's wait camo to an ond. Tho young fellow that got off tho stago was so awfully greon that 1 couldn't help looking him over to soe if ho didn't have an express tag on, which, in some measure, would account for his boing able to got so far away from home, ^ut tho boys were feollng pretty blue about then, and he made a kind of pleasant contrast of colors. Ho hadn't more than passed one meal timo and sampled a llttlo of our St. Patrick's aversion ?snako pro ducer?till Pizen B. Johnson, who was a smooth smilor when bo tried to be, had him in tow and knew all about him and all his folks. And pretty soon after f observed that ho was show ing tho youngster somo of tho finest speolmons of free milling oro from his Twilight bonanza that a man ever stole. Thereupon somo of the old minors who woro hanging around smiled in a self-sath-fied sort of a way. having no particular interest in the young man's prospects. I rathor pitied bo fellow, but then I know that if I had any money, somebody would get it mighty quiok. and besides li. John on had onough to answer for without my tombstone casting any reflections on character. So the announcement text day that ho had sold a two-thirds Uorest In the Twilight for #1,800 to to young ohap from Boston was not togethor a surprise. And then, with ?aim and satUfied air, BUI decreas \tho number of his meals one-half \ doubled the number of his drinks, \oh was equivalent to a notlco that ?ie< beginning to celebrate. \o next two days it rained, but Vrcen young man from the East Id to thrive out in tho damp, for rked away developing his salted ht mine, while tho patrons of the mountains began to bhed water lively, and the liltlo orewk that tumbled through the camp grew into a torrent and began to spread itself promiscuous ly over tho elam s aloug its bed. Tho clouds went to work in dead earnest, and when you got out from uncer si ? Itei'i it wasn't a dltlloult job to imagine that some lire, departlUOOt wus taking you for a coullag ration, and you were bhort y much put out. Ami so when Kddio Freeman, drip plog wet, tlid in with a gustof wind through tho door of tho Oriole that night, tUU racket inside didn't begin to compare with that which the creek now taking on the airs of a river, wus making outside. 1 felt uneasy about that creek, and wondered if tho fol lows who had tacked their eahius up against tho hllUldo hadn't shown con siderable horse sense after all. Hut there was a sparkle In Kddio's oyo und Biypb joy in his voice that I forgot ail about the creek for tho time being, wheu lie slammed the door and hove Up to the bur. Then ho skipped over to where Pizou Hill .vas absorbed in .?< Ilection and gin, and lit Id out to him a sack of ore. Hid smiled after the fashion of the ovil oue : but when lie went to diving into tho rock as big a change came over his face as a land slide makes in tho side of a mountain. In another minute wo wore all examin ing some of the finest specimens of i gold-bear lug on: that was ever found In California. There wasn't any doubt about it. Bill Johnson's salt was merely spice for a mighty line pudding. Thon the venom in Wl lam J.'s na ture showed itself in his laco, but bis words were uncommonly pleasant. "That's a mighty line mine yor have," ho said, and 1 am mighty proud that 1 am the man that's put yer in the way of sieh extraordinary luck. 1 kuowed l wuss glvln' yer a great thiug, but bizness In other places wouldn't allow me to put in my timo on that, and besides 1 tuk a big fancy to yer, CZ I ullus did to sma'-t youug men, and wanted yer to come out on top ov tho heap. Hein' uz I'm partner in this yore great luck, supposln' wo do a lit tle celebrating Hot's likkor up and then hov a little soshul gamo to com memorate this great event." Freeman evidently thought a little v hiskey would bo a welcome change from tho rain water ho had been dab bling in mid pretty suou there was a Jivoly four-handed game in progress, punctuated with orders for various kinds of refreshments. Hut about that timo my attention was divided, not to say scattered. 1 knew that William oi the tribe of Johnson was up to some evil job, r,?r be was getting the young ster, whose beverage before be crossed tlie mountains had evidently been cof fee, to do most of the drinking, ably assisted by the other two players; but the storm outside seemed to be putting up some kind of a bad job ou us ail, and pretty toon the crowd commenced to thin out, und 1 could hear tue min gled sound of profanity and splashing of water as the miners stepped out, by token of which I judged that the back water of the creek was visiting us, and ?o 1 sauntored over to my b^r window and unfastened tho catch. About tho time tho fun over in the Card party's corner began to get hilari ous, the water began to creep across the tloor in black rivulets, looking liko mocassins socking holes, and lho last of the uneasy guests sidled out, except ing my interested company in the cor ner. It struck me that it was a good tune of year for them to leave, but a glance atPizen Bill's countenance gave me to understand that it wouldn't be altogether to my interest to makesuoh a suggestion, and besides tho proprie tor, who was pcacofu.ly snoozing up In his cabin on tiio bill side, would give mo an everlasting farowell if 1 turned out payiug patrons. So 1 -tayed, with one eye o.i the window, ono on tho parly, and both oars out for the storm. The rivulets on tho floor had spread out. and pretty soon wo hail a good foundation for a nalatorium. Talk was getting pretty loud a round tho card table, and young Freeman's face held a better Hush than his hand could raise. Hut even ho noticed that it seemed to bo rising tide time, and ho remarked : '? Don't want (hie) to get my feet wot. Losh go up In the balo'ny." And Hill's mouth curled up at the corners while they tossed tho small table on tho larger One, and followed after with tho chairs. Boozj had made them all reck less, and Hnl had an object worth tak ing risks for. The candles flickered along the walls and the black water eddied beneath them. They had tho table decorated with some large bottles, to save or dering ; and, while I sat on the odgo of tins bar and longed for home, sweet borne, the gamo went on. Bui's yel low face loOKC? more demon-like than ever, and the shadows of tho players made fantastic figures in the dim light ou tho water. Hut it was a triumph ant dovil that was looking out of his eyes, and I knew that tho Twilight mine was mighty near within hin dutches again. Two of the players had dropped out on u hand of William's deal, and were trying to look Intelligent and interest ed in spite of the loads they were car rying. Freeman's brow looked troubled, and his face had kind of whitened. "Weil." said Bill, deliberately stack ing bis pile of chips, which had absorb ed ail the others, " I thought you wu/. a man uv nerve. Supposin' yor are bustedV Wot's the matter with the Twilight? I'm a gentleman, an'I got san'?an' I s'posed thar was others wot we/, present. Ef yer bev a good ban', thar's a mighty tine chance for yer to show it. I hev hero a loetl' fortshun in chips, an' out on the hill I hev a third part en tho Twilight. Just to show yer 'hat I'm a truo sport an that, no gent, this side of hell kip run er bluff on Hill Johnson, whether he's frum Oailforny or lliinoy, I'll put up them valyabh a agin yer interest in the Twi light, i didn't want tor skeer any body," he added, contemptuously, as ho saw Freeman's faco grow u little whiter, "but I hain't bin us't tor doln' bi/ness with cnybody but men, an' never bed eny expecryenco with ehickcn-livercd cusses wot's afearod ov tho dark." Tho blood ran up in Freoman's face t' 1 It was almost black, and his voice . d the' snap of a steel trap in it as ho <! dotly said ? " I take that bet. And I don't want anything but fair play, cither," and he laid a new revolver, not long from some store In Sacramento, on th stable. Now, Hill was an export wltii that weapon, and so his smilo grow a little sardonic, uh be bitched around till ono of his numerous destroyers was within easy grasp. As for mc, I si d along tho counter aud opened my private exit somowhat. There aro times when we wish to bo alone. And, as tho win dow slid up, I heard a peculiar roar?a deep growling above the minor raekots of the storm that made mo wondor. Ab jut that timo Pizen Bill Johnson mot with tho second of tho throe sur prises to which ho was treated that n'ght. h0 felt reasonably certain, bjlng fairly sober, that he bad suc cessfully fixod tho cards ; but fOmohow that best laid plan didn't work, and Froeman spread out four aces and a king to Bill's'three kings, a jack and a ten. For a momont tho men sut there and glared at each othor, while I rouch od for tho window, and as 1 did so the meaning of that growing roar flashed upon me. Suddenly thoro was a movemont at tho tablo, aflish In tho yollow light, and Plzen Bill had his man covered. His voice sounded like the rlpplrgof a buzz saw. / ' Yor would play Pizon Bill, would ye-" but a mighty rear drowned the rest, and as I slid rapidly through tho window J felt the building twist and shake, and moro than once, as I scrambled up the hill ?lde, tho ix?d?ju water reached after olonNHH w CTG to go .i ?.,w.h trvinif ! and it takeB more to .'? *?. E'l- ?>??? ?T Si! ' ? Vfom tho ?tri. 4? th.n.. it i? ?i* i ?o?"<?*?.tx?;!.sr?o^?' s! i an exoeyTmly wringing out "I g^ coat, hanged,\ was born to oe my conai utter receiving Johnson*** " i saw Bill tho gulolv on a bush down think the\ added, "and I But I bt IIa him was saved, was buriedbst of tho outtit San KiaiuiAiiden Oriolo."? et)Uid pick Aud co sary??even towels and bad them passed\ *?"? , fffing the goodness of her caus or each one to wash tMir 1 and- n.- MnUg ? s&tUS, as Dearly as it 0? The gins ?*refully4 turned up the ? 1{ which the argumc in ed taking cold, $60, and that is a now. So let the THE WE \|> CHOPS Valuable Inf wrested ln?> TIioho The following****1011" issued hy the fitly bulletin lumbia as to thfjreau at Co tho Slate : ul crops of Columbia, The lempcrutui 18, during tuo week ul normal until near the ol06tUQ uights unusually cool fo?y became weekly moan for Htm. The from temperature r deduced was 72, ami the nornl places, approximately 71. . week is ture for tht) week xtonpera and Now /.ion on IGthOoeraw 11 ih at Liberty. I on the Much needed and i. rain fell during the wheavy entire Slato, in tho feT tho generally. In Lexinjpwers and UulOO lands were 'shaw places. In Colleton,ut In Hampton, and In soattelster, over the State the rain waRles and more would prove btiate, generally there was enouhut tho present need of grow for tlon, im !? measurements at** half an inch wero reportean 0.?0 to 1.00 ; 27 from 1 to > (lover iwt) inches. Tne greaVu ly measurement was 2.40 at^ least at C.emson (Jolleg. age for the Slato 1.16, and thV normal is approximately O.if inch. \ There was about an average shine. Tho winds wero light fell at two places and no uam| oroslty to suited. The wcok showed a provement in crop conditions the com warmth ami generally ture. All crops, both staple anil minor.*" nnother up to a gootl average condition. Ij'ei"8 inc. gtn? iMi?ia>v cuffs, but the boys just slushed their hands in tho water ro ""UJ ,lf soat taring their sleeves have sent ice create around in saucers, for I know that the girls wou.d be sat lstkd with two, while tho boys, as a ral rule, could ho persuaded to 1 don't hlame them, ice cream surely is a harmless anil throe Its own de to he, has relied chu ll> main cause, in just gene take ouo inoro. Good strawberry good thing and --- moderate queers have never hurt me Mv wife will have auothei 011 *u y "cks and I shall insist on yet day iu two we more ico cream. Well, we have had an evolution *X our house that has astonished the na SKot our dohiloll.. That fawwM a power which nothing coui ffettlnff old, and bad been often repair td? Recently the city fathers pass ? ? tho cow ordiuauco for good, ami forthwith in a day 1 had removed every vestige 01 that fence. It looks very odd ; in fact, it looks like South Caro lina. My wifo does not know whether she likes it or not; says tho place looks iiudrcssed, and site feels like hut it will save me ahout big thing with us, evolution go ou. 11 a sign of progress. Since we have lived here, hogs nave been abolished : 010 lor any uuu v? honor him-eif does not and will nut know until he has studied aud reviewed the entire subject do novo. Mr. Bryan renumed his argument this morning, and for ov.-r two hours ho brought to hear upon the Slate law 1 of analysis ar.tl dissection I escape. The ui t 01 n uuiuK ?m varrled to the hist analysis, and led one to doubt if any men iy mortal legislation was ever coubtructud that could withstand so searching u test. Attorney General Barber replied to Mr. Bryan in an argument con lined within somewhat narrower scopa than thatof his adversary. 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In 1SS5 American cotton w h lirst sown in Asiatic Uus*la. The Kassian factories now make about 8tlO\),0'H).000 wor'h of goods annually ; K i -01 has 00.000,000-beep, bearing 178,467 tons of wool each J 1 ar. FA r line: IIBTW 1.1 M Oharlestou and Columbia and Upper] South Carolina, North Caro lina, and Athens and Atlauta. con drn8rd 80h H l>0 LK THE LAURENS BAR. 88T : next have tho saloons Peon ruled and last, the cows oil' the streets, and the bins after 0 o'clock at night. V\ e In the stiado not far away O'c.fc^ , .. .... . from the forehead, without parting, in a raven mass over his head ; with a line open countenance and well-modulated voice, ho seemed to impress boll, court and spectators with the justice and moderation of the views which he pre* sented. lie declined to ful'ow Mr. Bryan, iu the main, into his hair split ting r? hoementS, but contented him self with adhering to the patl a uod precedent* bluz'd out by tiio courts and relying for the goudnoss <? f his cause upon these. Atone point in re ferring to the charge where the thirsty und the weary might have rest. These."tile attentions doo'teos mnoh and make both place and ncople at peop UMtl"rVhe"llttle things make up Urn sum of our life's happjnes, lUo pageant that celebrated the 1 of General Giant's now r in a day, but his gen I,-fat Appomattox, and nis 8 to .the South alu-rUio war. grand dedication tomb was over in a . ...... of "sniveling bypocrhy" which the counsel bad y> s tet'day preferred against the Slate, he departed from the oven temper and good feeling which he had displayed throughout, to remark that he could hack in Iii? own coin and for the ultimate ohinoi 1 uot to obtain for Van other foreigners tin pay counsel with interest ot his suit wut dereook & Co. or 1 elioscd all his victories. Grant n?? , 1U*ke?ense enough to know that his triumph nt in crop conditions &??f?*L to boast of, consider.ou bincd lufluonee of seaso^JJ ?* ? ? three soldiers to and generally sulhcleut 1 u'*b, ..... million men, 1 considering our one, r a million men, ???now miluou on tin! pension oven old Jaca Bat ged over such a Why not work is as far advanced as usual, If" wou n>i*Vi>liked"Ooneral Grant cept in isolated sections, aud lields a?"0*"' s aifieru man, and hie wife generally well cultivated and fri ?rn womttn Be' owned slaves from grass and weeds. , , the verv day of freedom, ami Corn bhows Improvement both i y S?helr hire, ee says los blo stand and color, and is growing well" ?' .nt.,..u James Grant Wilson, Tho recent rains quickened germlnavj ' tum and st.oids, altnough Irregular as*^1' ?o generally good, except that 2?*\Z, " u?it'ieT-cd all through the that m on bottom lands out ami heart worms have been Very destructive, neoesslta* tlng,muohireplanting,ln some instaucoc I the sccjnd and third time. Wu.ms j have been unusually numerous over I tho entire State. Planting continues i and reports indicate a considerable 'area yet to plant. Fields aro well cultivated and cloan. Clinch hugs attac' ig corn in the north central counties. Considerable of the cotton which it 1 was believed necessary to replant, camo up after the recent rains and stands are consequently more promis ing, although irregular as to size. Its ! color has improved but little, ami the cool nights at the . lose of tho week checked tlio growth of the plant some what. Cuopping to stands is progress ing slowly and is nowberc mucli more , than haif finished ami over the wes tern COUUtles only fairly begun. The 1 crop is reported olean, except in lhck j ens and Kershaw, where liclds aro becoming grass/. Some reports indi catc perfeot stands, aud many only j read all t j fair, with spots that are very poor: , On the whole, the plant is in a good \ average condition lor tho season. I Warm weather woultl help cotton. Oats are ripening in the southeastern counties: their condition is generally more promising due to the recent rains. Wheat has also made marked improve ment although the straw promises to be short. Sonic complaints of rust ap pearing. Tobacco it about all trans planted and growing nicely. Rice planting is practically liuislied and latO sown is coming up well. Tho cool nights of the latter part of this week ciiccked its growth so mo what, but it is nevertheless in fine condition. Melons arc not doing weil in Ba,-nweli; the pt nts not growing well aim tho seed did not germinate well. Pastures have improved very much, except where rainfall was too light. Blackberries promise, to bo exceeding ly plentiful. Gardens freshened won derfully. Truck improved and prac tically made by the lato rains. Irish potatoes doing bet. r, but Colorado beetles troublesome in tho North cen tral counties. Sorghum-cano seed very scarce in places. Farm labor re ported plentiful. Sweot potato draws growing well and many sot out in tho lower portions of the State. From the national bulk-tin of M.ty 10: "Cotton has not mado favorable progress over tho central and eastern portions of the cotton belt, tho weather being too cool, and complaints of In jury hy insects and bad stands boing quite general, while rain is needed in somo sections. In Texas the crop has improved generally." J. W. BAUER, Director. r.lMi A IIP A < ilii,l> AGAIN. . Grant said In St. Augustine a ugo that ,hor sympathies :to bo - for her husband's sak.-. t before, and I sity it again. Ih at ill professional soldiers will offer ^swords to the highest bidder, lave v preference, of course, but j^lsta Is not as big a thing as pur r'.'uccess. If a man could Bee be J*\e soonos he would lind many ^.instances of this. Then, what ? jdstory ; what a hypocrite Ih '""ir. Johnson said that " pa I , ,?is the last rOtUgo of a sOOUn 1 I _ e meant pretended patriotism, ,t:o Milton expressed it better JJ '^'.'said that " brave men and worth tnols ,vro four to God aud lamon I] ttgC8,?? i{ut a soldier of '?rtunl ugh! linywny.Vt) f,?. a 0ttM8 mat is tll)lu rjuaoral Lor ing u,l?. m'at he OOUld have (ought ?f f? 1Khedive just as honorably as For h4f ,ne |)()rlU0? u,ui th t pay ? hatl been. . . 1 .. . islactory. i ,, i t mean to ruminate en ?uns iine.hftve jjroat respeet for ^t's memory, but when 1 gush ami parade over those cere,, Rnd UOttrd the shouts uu Krftn0 wmy j Wftfl ob. gea tt> th of , ur Blde an(J Uu: l>ulU " 11'-v I wanted to make privilege of doing business in the I State, a pretense that deserved to ba characterized as "sniveling hypoo rloy." but l>u -brow the business opeu to poople within the State. -?mMy * * ? Pleasant to Live With. "Jane is a very pleasant person to live with," said Mrs. Horton, speak ing of her sister-in-law. 1 listened to this information be lievingly, for I knew something of Jane myself. But, at the same time, i 1 felt sure that if she were really pleasant to live with it was because she exercised good sense and sou nil reason in her effort to live agreeably with others. 1 had noticed that .Jane seldom omitted her daily walk. 'These out ings, doubl 1 ss, had great power in her temper serene keeping and her feelings fresh and happy. A happy person is generally a plea8ant person to live with. J>ut one cannot, he happy who is weary, bored, exhaust ed. In such a state the tendency is to be "difficult," jealous, easily j11 red. Sonic times Jane went by house in the morning with n satchel on her arm. Once 1 out to give her a bunch of sweet peas. She told me that she was go ing foi an ancient oanoe, with a gondola bow and an open top. The sole is made of wood, and tho upper <?f in lai-l wootl and cloth, and the exte rior is elaborately ornamented in col ors, ami with gold and silver. The Mussulman's shoo is of heavy leather. It, is adjusted to the foot by a wide leather s1 rap which runs from the heel and buckles over the instep. The only ornamentation is the fas tening of two feather pinnies on the right side of I ho to The saudal worn by the Bgyptians is composed of a sole made by stick ing together throe thicknesses of leather. This is held to the foot by a band pa>siug across the iustfp. The sandal Is beautifully stitched with threads of different colors. The Grecian shoe is made almost entirely of leal her, ami has a thickly padded sole with a sharp tu rued-up toe, which is surmounted by a large ball of colored wool or hair. The shoe is ileece lined, and is gorgeous ly decorated with beads aud orna mental stitching. The Hussiun boot is composed of many pieces of morocco in several colors, put together in a shape to please the tascof the wearer or maker. The foot of the hoot is beautifully embossed with thread in bright col ors. The Hungarian shoe,or moccasin, is made of rawhide, prepared by a sun-curing process, it is bound to gether by many thongs of rawhide, j Loops, or thongs, extend upward round the ankle, and through these loops is passed a strap which is buck led at t lie side. The clog worn by the Japanese is of wool, and, as viewed from the side, is t he shape of a boy's sled. It is fastened to the foot by a striug which passes between the great und second toe, aud across the former. \ strap, an inch in width and lined with linen, is carried across instep. I. T. JOHNSON. JOHNSON AL ATTOllN K Y S OKKici: Pluming 1MCHKY, at LAW. ?rl bent Going Wosl. No. 02. 7 00am* Lv 8 20 1135 10 56 Ar ? 11 0? 12 If pirn 12 5ti 1 16 3 01 5 10 ji5_ 7J l >' n H 20 3 4 '20 8 I ? t> ul 7 00 * Daily. . Charles toi ... banes . . .Samier.. . < '.?luml ll . Proaporh .. N owben .. .Clinton .Lnurei'fl . (jrcfiit wooi . ?bbevilU .Atlic Atlant Wiu'islioro harlotle. . .. QfOpCllVli ... .Hparlftnln ii ondersoiivil .. Aehovlllo, side of I'n'die Squart II, V. SIMPSON. 0. I'- I1AHKSDALT-J SIMPSON AL BAIUtSI>ALK. Attorneys al Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAUOL1NA Special attention given tothu >ny ttl gatlon of titles and collection Ol man s NOS. harleoi 1 rough I'aiiin. '??> ??.?it? .Vi Soil heiwoot ?on! ? ar? ston at \V. II. MAHTIN, Attorney at Low, LAUHBNS, - HoUTII Caroi Will praetiee In "II Ootirlsol lt?l Attention ulvnu 1.UeoHons. SOUTHERN ILV/AY, ,1 N \. . Stilt t, W. IIALIi. L W. KIMK1N?. W. VV. IIA LL BALL, SIM KI NS & BALL, . Attorneys at Law, Laurkns, South Carolina. Will praetiee In all Stale and Kl nie rolle Court, tions. speeli attunl 1 SOUTHERN RAIL WAV. ??n^tinsctl SollOClUta Iu KiJ**0? NOV. 10, 1KU0. r pa No. T16" 111 un little went complete by oblseling on its caps to b0me tigures?only u : few figures thgtraugers who visit it ! might read a WOnder, and Inquire 1 where do those,Oplo live who fought that light. VcV) "S;ul| hassliin his ? thousands, but>ayld his ten tbou i sands." { y\nd now I w cool off on some ice i cream and go bV and play with the ! children. Bli.L Aul?. tin a little excursion. "I didn't really feel much like it," she said, "but I find that if I do not break up the monotony of life by frequent changes, 1 get cross." Wise Miss Jane! As she went gayly down the street shilling at her llowers, 1 resolved to follow her ex ample. 1 more than half guessed at an olln r of .lane's ways. I felt sure that she conscientiously refrained from criticising her housemates They were not perfect, but they were the persons With whom she spent her days, bound up with her in one social body. One would not pur posely injure one's own hand or toot, yet in the body of the family the in -ofall. An irseif Justus you want |0mj sstoI' .. If i.wl iv Choose 11 ??'?"? U1 ^ ?sell, today. 0110et? ||48o| BSSpl-. B4Qpl TOOp'Ar . ? Ashy I ?. "P." r>. nt ? Victoria, in her girlhood, ?;u-> spending the day with an aunt, who, wondering how to entertain t he child, made a rash oiler: "Victoria, vou shall amuse your to amuse your anything, aud \<m shall do it if it is possible/' The small guest took in the gravity of the situation, medita j ted carefully, and announced her de cision : "1 have always wan let! to wash windows." The word of an Knglisli woman held gootl; tho usual pail, chamois skin, etc., were pro vided, and the future queen of Great Britain scrubbed away diligently to her heart s content. vi v.r. tin Court tnjed - ??'> m1 1 |.. I'.ll. : Ko.-in ??hu a. IKI'.l.Ml ,y. Atlanta, ?,?? c. 1 : ? Ail uila, k t. " Nur..'|.n 1 .'. ?' ? 1 " Kwtoi\l (tMltlVAVlllll.. noruollu. .. .ill -? ;? SI * u?-r. Tuocon* .II NVtitUnlnsUir I -' ? fiTATIOMa. 5tJ 0rtrxric<?t? larablK .. rcBpcrity . ?wberrr ? , Inoty Slx.. (imuwtxiU - HotlfOA k*. Abb?vflf if - Bslton. Kr Au?A*rson^ ir.75re?rnviii? jLr. AUnntiv Lv. Oreouvlllo " Plrvhiioiit.... " _)vhllnniKiorj tv. AudernoB Lv iv,t<i!i Ar. I tOUUHlda l;r. ?Klwt i?n 2 " Cv. fiiMlgos. " Oi rcn wo?d . " NinoljT'tiix... Lt. N#wborrT ... " Prosperity.. Ar. Cohimblw Ar 1' mi lci,ii>n &<t|y 1 i?Tlr 's njNo.fB' TKrpj T 10ft Ly... .?linl festoS, i 1 RUa ii ftVj?l ' ! Our;. 13 I! p 10 Uta 1 2 ip 10 2>*ftj ?O'Jii - (!i>ntral ? ? * Wrfonvlllo snai'tRHUurii '? K||lttk?^UV<| . l<u..:'s Mi . 1 wtMtwulo. .. ? I.v. t!Un 1 ,ri ? A.i n iiviii? Ar. Rl( 1 111 " BaHliunro " SVn?'.ui^i?<ii Lv V'.ifl'.nivnA .. I.V. UlUV'11? . . . >r. Oharioltv finslobla.... A lie's M? .. l ; ti.;K?hat'K UaiYMtijrn . . Bi>tirtiuibars (onvillo. 10 ?W I? uifi m ! (? it.I *jl 8C p 1- ?1 ? I'jl !<';.'.! ..114; n .19 ?'>> IM . ?*? *1 si AvUvi. < . ntral.S n.-i 1? W l> <f J t> n.i l.i \\N.otn?U4tor .-ii-vJ B*l HI *nn. \ ii 7! ? '. Maua .. Jut. Airy. C'v.ineiirt. Let . ??< ilncsvlllo. Kufortl. Nororosa Ar. AMuulo, B. T uln, 0. t , d II W 1. 4 >..) 4 Si p V p B 0 M 1 8 04) 1 ?ct 8; II ?1 Ar. A oa. "A ' ii ?m. "P" l> i S?.,v .": roitl '? '? Dm jresitirn VitMlbiU* . ?lA^pInK Ct?V! lUBMH, vi-i Wl -.. ll >\r\ :\ ? ii 111 Ci 1 1 f. a pi . . ...1 007 p 7 . ,. 0 Ifl p 8 27 ? . ? IVS -.Hi Up P W a . : M jijjl ) ;i| K Hi^j ; ii. " M' llitoil, ' 'Ji" nt^ht. ly. Wft ? ai e:' 0:1 lUttSoUlhM 11 nil01) 'Ii... 4 Pidlnuui ill Ni - V. .11 l Now Or" I ill, y . .u.. UniilgAm* tvy, ?W\ lliliri ??-? w .?? Nov. ? ! Mi'|i||kiI* vi?VS'Raltlni(lon,Ai)iuitMiud ??? bir Von. First r 1 ? nil menu T." P T.-mni. I? and 10 cttirj ?je?*?* *' ?iMnluK cars between l>> jnibln Riid A.ili r?teSlly t??.v,.-.- Jaelwonvlllo ?11 RUti. >e t>A Pin Ann liti ?Hiijl, IHR 1> i simon sa y ON TRIAL Judge Blmonion \u lie view tho Knt Ire Law?Uejslon Iti'aerved ft>P Tell Days. The Vandercook cap in regard to the shipmentand impotat'-OO of liquors under tho dispensary ttw, which was heard by .Judgu Simonen a few days ago in Charleston, w.h most ably argued on both uides, aid attracted a good deal of attention. \tt >rney Gen eral Barber appeared on behall of the State, and Mr. f. P, lv Bryan repre sented tho California I quor dealers. 'J'hu correspondent Of tue Columbia Register, In reportKg tho last day's proceedings, makes tho following &tate ment: Judge Simonton said that he would givo tho matter earful consideration, ami he invited eoun???l *<> nlann lief.n-e HoTuktS Part i 11 t he < iu iiii-h n ml Kais Hlraw berry Ico Cream atllio (-'/ill dren's Parly?The Uedioatlon ol Qen. <. 1 ?> m '?. Tomb. Another blithday in tho family. There are ton children and ninolucn grandchildren and somehow evory one of them has a birthday about once a yoar. My wifo romembers them all just like she knows her aiphabet, but the alphabut keeps lengthening out as tho years roll on and sho says her memory is weakening. There iH but ono orphan iu all the I lot?a littlo black eyed girl who live* with us, ami so It was agreed that she. should havo a birthday party, for sho was just eight years oid today. It was a mighty big thing for a little girl and will last her as long us she lives, 1 reckon, antl sho will never have a hap pier one, Sho goes to BOhOOl and all hor littlo friends had to be invited Forty Hi le not'.h had to be written and forty littU onvolopes had to bo backod and put in bho postolHco and ibis after noon at 4 o'clock forty little boys and girls camo up the wioding way through the grove an l in course of timo v oro playing on tho lawn as happy and as noisy as a Hock of black hi 1 us. Thoy played everything 1 xc \ t baseball and football and other college ciorioulums and wound up with "many, many stur? aro in tho M<y." 1 broke in 10 the ring myself In that game and kissod a protty littlo girl aud got kissed by an other. Ago has Its privileges and those aro of them. By and by tho piano announced that tho party was prepared, the feast was ready, and so all these littlo folks wore H>on circled around the ion,, table and tho side tables, whore the lee cream a.id tho strawberries and tho cake and tho I flowors wore nestled In luxuriant abunds.nco. Eight 0little red wax candles we.ro burning In the cen ter and oight vases filled with flowers significant of hope that tho littlo girl mhybt have a light to her path and Oer way be strewn with roses jury of one is the injury unkind remark is sure to react upon 1.1 m who makes it, while at t he same time it involves all in the pail) that follows. 1 have no doubt whatever that one reason of Jane's pleasantness was her good health. But in order to have good health at her age, one must not overtax one's nervous ener gies. Though the road might be en ticing, 1 was sure that Jane did 110I walk so far as to tire herself out. I believed that she did not. read at night till her eyes gave out, t hat she did not Bacriflce a week's pleasant ness in order that sonic piece of work might be done at the exact minute determined upon. Happening once to be i'\ Jw/.-'s room, I saw that she had ft-flhelf full of sn . ;, helpful'l/ifvtfs. As I look ?1 at them s!'? tool me timt o.ie oall 1 lhern her wing strengthened, //hen, like a tired bird, her spirit lamo falling to earth, a glance at some radiant sentence would set her oaring again. Ah, if Jane was leasaut to live with, there was rea ?1 for it! The llowers of human ure do not grow without CUltiva rtbbonntl. . esllbuletl Limited!:* ?? ?)S0v>. w 1.? P. m iVe Ii ile I LI .in n Pullittfcn Service. it 1 on Tr iistlfi f.intfc liioroutfufnre . i,.-..- > tun mid Atlituia, Diiiluu ?11 ri at*. No?, ah en.t r*- Unlt^J runt ?.-iMd wetwoon Y'h, ' Kmli?. viA BuUthoril 'Vr-. v. him L .v M. t? U.. h ? OW* anr) eoaelies, Ihroujfli ? bSMenjfciii ul n'.l elnw 1 V n r*>?sn bI.r.it/ in ? 1c Ki't.' Orlvtuis, vi* A tint ? 1 'Leaving Wim itagtpti ???? : ?:<.^;nui; r?nr tviil iim IBtflon i*u t - 1.11 1 : ti H Now' ,\ft ? p. Ii ?~>i if lie^fftWl inn pl( mn 1 rtrnwlH4 Voi-U ni' ulymnei^ , , . W :i.*il> ' Op n^r On 0NK occasion, as we arc told in the Life of Uoger !S her man, Mr. Sherman's daughter, Mehetabel, opened tho door for the President of the United Stales, as he was leaving. Washington, putting his hand on her head, remarked: "You deserve a better office, my little lady." "Yes, sir V she replied, with 11 courtesy? "to let von in!" This young lady afterward became M Kvarts. Nel son, Hon, William M. Kvarts, often heard his mother repeat this story. PuhniMV 1 ?.Hu* sl*epl ,' ' 1' ?0, ?7 *n<i .W. na A. Ritti ? . ? W.Ii ORRBU. . ?' ? - Qhsn. Biuierlnt ?ti Wkviifn 1'iim ?1 ? ?f.X.Tt:?^ ; v [Ll HP l':. ;.? AfJ t. . . - . trx*HJ .it., ? ?u '. Nu4!} Lteit a No-. IL SI und ?' twou Rir.hnianti > '' go dlilioua;) Nda 11 niu J ?r ,. A.. Lino IV? ' . ?? tv ., At-laniu nail Mount ? ert:.! >-.iui!i?" \V II HRICUIN, J- ;'! "wilsUlil'sion, d.o. W M &!} V7 A TiTiX. s. U HA ?p>k)k O.m.'I S'.is?. Ate"' ? ^ ? ' 1 '? WiWhtittfl-ia. I? 1' (t)Ua, ira.a Who is Will Whitener ? f]V. CHARLESTOM C ._.\N D~ (I LUUINQ Augusta and Aehevillc Phorl Line." Schedule in effect Feb. 7. ikw. 1 10 prr . <) in am ,12 17 pm hie especial and fragrant pleasant s 1 must not omit. Jane was en to praising her friends?not July, not flatteringly, but their ulness or their cleverness was sure ipprcoiation from her. Life has y clouds at the best, cserved praise is natural and 'ssary sunshine. Woultl that e were more Janes! ? Mary /?'. Is, in Con(jrcgatioiuUi8t, Shoes of the World. ic Portuguese shoe has a wooden in I heel, with vamp made of t leather, fancifully showing csii side of the skin. e Persian fjotgear is a raised >, and is often a foot high. It is ,e of light wood, richly inlaid, > a strap extending over Lv AuguMa.1 Ar t irec'i wood.... Anderson.... . Laurens. (irecnvillc. Olenn Hprlngs Spartanburg... Baluda.... Hendersonville. .. ri M pm _Aahevillc. 7 <hi pm Lv Ashevllle..... 8 20 am 1^0 WHO mm, I'M l I? pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 3 111 pm pm 1; pi pm 7 00 an> 111 1") am 0 '2 > an the in My observation was that all theso Bftidrnn b.h^vBfl or* 11 ..v.t u. I t o hi g fo di. ph cee lab in th 00 th be fa op an on St Bparlanburg Glenn Springs. llreenvilli). Laurens. Anderson .. .. Greenwood . ? ArAugusla . Lv Spartanburg .. Greenville.. ? ? Ar Clinton. Ncwhcry. Prospority. Coluin bin. Sunder. Charleston ? 11 15 pm 10 00 am 11 .Mi am I 30 pm ' 'j 'jfi pm 5 00 I ? in ?1 00 pn He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Si aver BENDELL.A HOTEL. ?IN Lv Charleston... Slimier .. .. Columbia ? Prosperity... Ncwbcrrv Clinton. Ar Orcouvlllo... Spartanburg. 4 on pm 7 iKi pin 7 ou am lY it. am 11 IS am 11 M) an J in pn '_' a7 pn :i 13 pn I .." i>" 0 12 pm 0 30 pm 7 (hi am ii :: > am II en am 11 ?S am 12 10 pm 12 50 pin 300 jnn 3 mi pm 1 WE )gS 10 Algerian shoe in appoaranci t. unlike the li^ht English wood I Iiis shoe is made 1 ntnely ther, in the simplest form, and without any ornamentation. \rtm-nian shoe has a leather I heel, without a counter anil mi ter. The vamp is made of d is beautifully ornamented eediework, done in colored silk Muscovite shoe is hand woveh ooden frame, but little attenv ing paid to the shape of th?i A-ather is sometimes used, but] ?dal is generally made of col-l ? -l^m i, i Lv Ani?tifta Ar Allendale... Fairfax. YemasBCO 0 ."..in Jtoruii'orl .10 8 ?am 1 >ri lloyal.10 60am rjavannnii . Charleston. 2 00 pm fi 00 pm .r> l"> j> 1 I) 'Jo pm 7 20 fin 7 80 pn k 00 pro K 08 j>m ?; :>o am 0 .in am 7 in am 7 5(1 am 0 in am 10 20 am 10 85 am 12 40 n'n WANT TO EXC HANGE Pianos, Lv Charleston. Savannah. Port Itoval. h 65pm Poaufort .,.. 7 10pm Yemadsco ..'! 16pm Fairfax. Ailoodalo. Ar Augusta.^. GloROconncetioiiH at (Irconwontl for all pointflou S. A. L. antl C. AG. Railway, and at Bpartanhurg wiMi Bouibern Railway. Kor inforniaiion relative to tiekots, ratci) sehodulo^, etc , luhlious W. J. CIlMG.Oon. Pass. Agent, Aug.10 K. M SOliril, Sol. Agont, Augusta, Ga ? FOR -Good Horses. Alexander Bros. & Co.