The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 20, 1897, Image 4

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"I don't complain When the Lord sends rain? When the tanks in the sky run over? For the rain, you know, MakeB the corn hladcB grow An' gives a lift to the clover. "My plans ain't erost When the Lord sends frost An'the hills and the plains look wrinkled; lt*s a season sweet Fer the things 1 eat? TUo spice by the angels sprinkled. "I jes' take all From the spring to fall, As it comes fiom the One vho sends it, An' my heart'U heat Like it thought life sweet Till ?est in the tobcs ends it." ?Philadelphia ledger. A BROKEN HEART. 1?V MUH. MA Itm VV. M A K ICY. Christiun Observer. How vividly I recall the morning when she became for tho lirst time an object of special Interest to mo. Hotsoy, my mother's maid, was re counting to an eager audleneo of ser vants and children tho wonderful things which had taken place the day before at tho " big meetin'." 11 Do baptl/.ln', do shoutin' an' do preaebin'; 1 ain' uovor hoar notion' like it; 1 feel like judgment day done come fur she, and as to Milly, she jest faint right away." Milly, a pleasant looking, good natured girl of seventeen, who came sometimes with a message to tho "grot house," and who had more than once stopped a moment from her work of binding Bhoavcs behind the reapers to hand mo up a bunch of cockle (lowers, whon my father bad carried me to look on at tho harvest fields, now sprang into a herolno of romance. Young as 1 was, L understood some thing of tho terror inspired by tho preaching of tho law, and to "faint right dead away" seemed to mo liku tho. falling to tho earth of LSaul of Tarsus. When late that evening I was roused from an absorbing book by Mllly'a voice, asking that 1 would "tell Missis dat Milly wai.t to speak to her," I looked upon bei dejected mien and toar-swollou faco with something like awo. Evoning aftor evoning 1 saw ?my mother, liiblo in hand, retire with her to that room which even now seems to mc a sacred place ; and when at night Bho knelt to pray with her own chil ron, she said to us with emotion that wo must all pray with her that (Jod would givo light and comfort to poor Milly. Boforo many days had passed, Betsy, my frequent Informant, announced that "Milly dun come thro'." Like Betsey, I believo 1 was dis appointed. Milly's quiet happiness, her eagerness to learn the whole truth of God, could not bo mistaken; but Aunt Amy's visions, and AuntCritty's hen^ing over hell "by do hyar of her haid" were so thrilling that Milly's experience seemed tamo In comparison. I heard my mother tell my father that Milly was a brand snatched from the burning, and had indeed entered tho kingdom of heaven as a little child. Boforo tho year had passed away. Betsey, clothed with authority as being Milly's cousin, gigglingly announced to tho maids assembled in the sewing room that " Milly dun gin to list'n to Edmund agin, an' 1 'speet taint gwine bo long foh he come to ax Marstcr fur hor." So it chanced ; for ono bright night In Juno 1 slipped away from the tea table, tired out with a political dis cussion, and secretly indignant that my father should sit talking of such unintorestlng people as Clay and Web ster and Jackson and Calhoun, when ho know I was waiting for his promis ed stories of Sir Walter Kaleigh and Sir Frauds Drake. 1 forgot my historic heroes, however, In tho interest inspired by the tableau on tho piaz/.a. At the farther end were gathered a laughing, jeering crowd of men and maids, while at the othor end, and not far from tho open door of tho dining room, stood poor Edmund, who had evidently run the gauntlet. "Hummako you don't go long, Ed mund V" giggled tho irrepressible Bot?ey; "I gwlco to toll Milly how you hang back. I b'liovo you dun givo outdo notion." Even Gary, tho stately butler, relaxed a little from his usual dignity. " HI, boy, what you mean by hanging 'roun' do white fokes' door dis way ?" Tho goaded Edmund replied: "Hum mako you all fokes don't lemme 'lone? I aln' hanging 'roun' nor hanging back nutbor. Does you all spoct 1 gwino hurry Marater at ho supper ?" Upon this hint, I spoko : "Father has finished his supper, Edmund. I'll toll him you want to speak to him," and away I sped, hearing tho sound of scurrying footsteps behind me as his tormentors lied, well knowing that my father, who was a firm be liever in tho rights of "everyone in their several places and rolations," as the Shorter Catechism says, would by no moans approve of tho baiting of poor Edmund. Perhaps ho had not yot "screwed his courage to tho sticking placo," but It was too lato to draw back. 1 had hoped to bo allowed to stand by my father and hear tho interview, but ho put mo gently back and 1 could only watch from tho window to see Edmund vanishing down tho lawn in tho direction of Milly's houso. I was in a moasuro satisfied when my father, returning and aadrcssine, my mother with tho smile which be never wore to any other, said: ."Well, dear, I havo arranged for a wedding next Saturday evening, whon our good friend, Mr. B-will bo with us. Ah, that wedding ; what a dolight it was 1 I bollovo 1 may safoly say that there has been but ono sineo in which I have been moro dooply absorbed. Tho gay rldo to tho neighboring storo where I was permitted to bo tho proud purehasor of a simple wodding dress; and whoro I forgavo tho young merchant his too evident amusement at my hesitation and anxioty in decid ing between the Btrlpod and dotted and plain muslins which ho laid boforo me, when ho insisted on .adding a fan to my purchases, as his gift to tho bride. From Monday to Saturday seemed a -wag tlmo to wait, but tho great day came at last. From tho brldo's cake, which Aunt Nancy had graciously permitted mo to stir a little, to tho roses fashioned by tho doftost and dearest hands Into a wroatii and bou quet, everything was satisfactory. As usual, my dear nurse and Gary woro the ohior managers. It had boon ar rangod that the marriage should tako place on the lawn In front of tho houso. Toa was hurried ovor boforo sunsot, that the houso servants might bo roady for tho fostlvltlos. At last, after many false alarms, wn were assurrod that tho procosslon had sta.'ted. My fathor and mothor and Mr. B-wont out upon tho lawn, where my brother and I proudly hold the tall candlesticks on each side of tho minister. How vivlQly the scono rlsos boforo me. Our own people and tho visitors from neighboring plantations walking in orderly procession?about twenty boys ' taring lighted torohes at Inter vals?the whole body joining In ono of thoso plantation ehorusos with Impos sible words and nevor-to-bo-forgotten melody. The music stopped as they drew near, the crowd filing on either fide while the torch bearers forn.od an aisle through whioh the bridal party advanoed to the waiting minister. The sacred rite was soon performed ; uiy father and mothor shook hands with tho young couplo, aud tho rest of tho family game down from tho piazza ' to add their good wl?hoa. Tho pro- | cession then, in reversed order, pro ceeded to tho house of tho bride's I grandmother where tiio wedding sup per was to bo served. Upon tho pro inise? of Oary and Mam Uiy that wo should ho kept out of mischief, and sent baokbefore ten o'clock, tho happy candle-bearers wore allowed to follow. At tirst, 1 was placed ou a little stool by tho sido of tho aged hostess, but 1 Oary seon lifted mo to a seat beside' my brother on tho top of a largo cup- | board in one corner of the room, from J which coign of vantage we could onj.>y . the games which wore substituted for dancing, in deference to tho wishes of tho briilo ; and certainly neither these nor the good cheer that followed were more highly appreciated by any other guests. Time passed on, and another harvest had come, when, on my return from a visit, Mammy told mo with a smile, as sho was taking oil my bonnet that, Edmund wanted to speak to me on the piazza, whore ho was waiting to see my father. Ho handed mo a little basket, as lie said with a face wreathed in smiles : " Hero's some patritch aigs 1 foun' fur you. little missis, an' Milly say you must come down dar and see do little maid she got fur you." Milly's baby ! A trail little atom of humanity, but almost as interesting in my eyes as in thoso of hor proud and happy young mother. When Milly said, "I dun give her to you, an' you must bo mighty good to her," 1 felt that a solemn compuct hail been entered into. My daily visits, my unsuitable gifts, and my eager admiration, vere a source of general amusement. My intcretit laid not Magged, when some six weeks later my grandmother took mo homo witli her for u fort night's visit. When tho carriage came for mo, with my nurse and younger sister, Mammy did not un&woi my questions about tho baby. 1 noticed, too, that sho not only checked my little sister more than once when she wished to tell mo something, but that when ray grandmother talked with her about something in my mother's letter, they evidently took care that 1 should nut hear. 1 felt that all was not right. 1 was not long to be left in ignorance, for tho carriage was hardly In motion, and Mammy was still busy in arrang ing the various packages entrusted to her by my grandmother, when the child, with the more eagerness for her previous repress, Q exelaimed : '? Milly kill her baby !" It was useless to stop her now, and Mammy was frightened at the violence of my feeling. 1 fell against her, speechless with horror, and, when 1 recovered my voice, screamed : " Sho didn't ! She didn't I" Milly, ray good Milly, a murderess ! My very soul wa sick at tho thought. Mammy took mo in her arm, as she nad done in my infancy, and soothing mo with loving words, made me un derstand at last that though Milly had ? undoubtedly caused her baby's death, it was an accident, aud that I must try to comfort her. She had taken her baby into her bed intending to put it hack into the cradle after nursing it, but had lallen asleep, und thrown her arm over tho little face, and so had stilled its breath for ever. When, an hour later, I softly entered the room, which had beun so interest ing to me in tho past weeks, 1 almost shrank back. in tho centre of the room stood the little cradle, covered with a white sheet, and prone on the Moor beside it, her face buried in her arms, was Milly; while beside her sat my rnotlu r, repeating In a broken voice thoso blessed utterances which had comforted her heart in her own be reavements. At the slight n ise of my entrance, Milly raised her bend and, seeing me, sprang to her feet. Her face was of an ashen hue, but her eyes were bright and tearless. I fell afraid of her. Before my mother could stop her, she snatched the covering from the cradle, and cried out: " You come to seo yo' little maid again but I dun kill her I" 1 had promised mammy to bo quiet, but at tho sight of tho little form, rigid in death, I burst into u passion of weeping. In another moment, the unhuppy mother bad fallen on her knee- and, clasping me in her arms, rocked to and fro with moans of tear less agony that haunted mo for many a year. Late that evening she stood, sup ported by her husband and mother, at the heail of the little grave, but at the first sound of the earth falling on the cotlin, sho sank senseless into their arms. A fow h^urs later, the doctor announced that she had brain fever, and only a week had elapsed when she was laid in u grave beside that of her babe. As ! out between my parents in the twilight of that evening, my father repeated some of the views of the doctor as to her case, but my mother turned her face upon ray head as it lay upon her bhouldcr aud said, with emotion: "She died of a broken heart if ever there wus one." GASLIGHT AND WATER. Bill Arp Discourses <>n i in- Disadvan tage of Poor Lights on (he Streets and tho messing ol' Good Water. I wondor if there is a town or city in the world whoso gaslight and water works satisfy the people, i know that it is chronic to complain of corpora tions, but 1 am obliged to consider my self an injured person. Almost every night I have to go down town to help nurse and comfort a littlo sick child who is very dear to me, and although tholstreet has a gaslight, 1 collide with somothing or somebody or fall into a ditch every dark night 1 travel. I run against a big fat negro woman the other night, and sho used disrespectful languago at mo. Lust nigiit I hud inuny hand u bucket of blackberries that my daughter gave me, and 1 fell over u stepping stone and spilt them all und skinned my aged shins und dropped ray cane, and it took mo some timo to lind it. l'vo a good notion to bring suit for damages and have a receiver ap pointed. That so-called guslight does not throw its t ITulgent rays a hundred foot, and is not lighted more than half the timo. and now thui. lightning bugs have. come, again, I think tho compuny ought to catch sumo and put them in u bottle und do away with tho gas. But f don't seo any uonse in huvm," gas with tho lamp postu u quurtcr of u milo apart. Wo don't want to carry lanterns and pay for gas, too. That's all l'vo got to say about this gas business, and ray folks havo hinted that tho fault is more in my oyos and my legs than in tho dim, roligious light, but I know bottor. I am not on tho superannuated list by a good deal. I work ovory day in my garden and got all In a swoat of perspi ration, and then cloan up and feel good and honest. Tho long drought hurt mo pretty had, but tho garden surviv ed it, and now wo have vegetables abun dant. Tho waterworks man nover caught mo stealing moro than my sharo of water but once, and ho didn't mako rauch fuss ubuut it. Ho is a very con siderate man. Up north tho companies put motors at ovory consumer's rosl dor.co, and ho pays for what ho uses, hut wo havo got moro water hero than tho town can uso, and don't have to bo stingy. What a hldssod thing It is! Water, plonty of water I Wator in the kitohen and at tho back door and In tho front yard and tho gardon, bcnido a bathtub upstairs and downstairs. l'uro | water, frosh from a big spring that gushes from tho hillside. No river nor pond nor rosorvolr nor Altering ma chines nor microbes nor bacilli! No well rope to break nor windlass to get loose and knock one of tho children in the head. No oleaning out and finding I dead chickens that wo had boon drlnk in:: un. Thu fact id, 1 nuvor knew tho comfort of wator, abundant water, un til we planted our waterworks In Cur torsvillo. Strange to say, thoy never camo until wc abolished whiskey?that is, the saloons. A great English poet and jurist says : "Its cool refreshment drained by fevered lips gives pleasure more exquisite than nectarean juice," and Coleridge's sum of human agony was to bavo? "Water, water everywhere, Hut not a drop to drink." During tho late long heated term in .luuo it was alarming to read from the weather bureau that tho world was slowly butuurtly drying up, and the rainfall was decreasing every year. What an awful calamity is to eomo to somebody some time ! Cod grant that it may not come in our day, nor our children's uor children's children I God grant that it may not come ut all ! Hut tho Scriptures do say that this world shall be burned up, and I heard Pro fessor Proctor, tho great astronomer, deliver a lecture on tho "Birth, Growth, Maturity, Djcay and Destruc tion oi a World" that made tho hair ulmost stand on end, for ho proved that tho world had passed its meridian and was now on a rapid down grade of do cay. "Kapid, rapid, did I say ? Yes, rapid for a planet, but it tna\ bo a mil lion years distant." That let us down easy, and that night tho young people danced and the sports played poker as usual. Just postpone the judgmontOUt of sight, und human nature will tuke the chances. Hut the blessed souls that hold the rain in the heavens have at last been opened, and once more man and beast and nature rejoice in a temperate at mosphere and u moistened earth, it was distressing to read of tho sun strokes and tho suffering in the great cities, and to think of tho little inno cent children and tho invalids in the garrets and crowded rooms of the tene ment houses. Oh, when will tt.e gooil things of this world be cqua'ly appor tioned Y Many of us have lar more than our share, but wo are stiil ungrateful and long for more. My opinion isthat, independent of all revelation, there is obliged to be another hfe in aootl or world just to equalise things. "Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime recelvedst good things anil Lazarus evil tilings, but now Lazarus is com forted anil thou art tormented." That Is a good text for us all to ruminate about once or twice or thrice in a while. 1 tell you, my friends, it is a fearful thing tobe rich and sellish, I'm afraid to risk it. Hut sometimes 1 do catch myself wishing that 1 had a rich old bachelor to die and leave mo a pile of money to frolic with in my old age. ().? that Mrs. Arp would realize her part of that Holt estate 'n England. Good gracious! she should have a carriage and a pair of Kentucky bays before next Sunday to ride to church. Hut it is an old proverb that if wishes were horses wo would all take a ride. And there is an old Persian fable that tells how un, old man was always wishing for tome thing and one night as he and his old wife were brooding over their poverty uud wishing for different things, a genius came in and told them they ruighthave three wishes, and he would grant them. Of coarse, they were hap py beyond expression, and as the old man was hungry, ho wished right away for a plum pudding. Immediately it was set before him in a silver platter, und this foolish wish mude tho old wo man so mad that she exclaimed, "I wish that it was hung on your nu?o." Presto, ipiick tho pudding jumped up and was lastened to the old man's nose. They had but one wish left, and the old man had to use that in wishing the pud ding loose again. And so the good genius left them as poor as they were before he came. 1 suppose that fable was designed to teach us that it is bet ter to trust the Lord and he content with our lot. Nevertheless, most of US would try tiic genius if he would come. Bill aki\ TILiLiMAN SCOltES A VICTORY. Tho Senate Passen His Hill (o strengt ben the Dispensary System Without u Di.-Nciit ing Vote. The Wa&hingLon correspondent of tho Atlanta Constitution says that Senator Tillinan scored a rather unique victory, when ho not only secured u nanimous consent for the consideration of his bill, designed to strengthen tho dispensary system, but got thut bill through tue Senate by u unanimous vote. The bill amends what is known as tho Wtllson law, by eliminating from that law the expression " enacted in furtherance of its police powers.'' It Is upon this clause that tho recent de cisions of the courts arc hung, it being contended that the dispensary act is not a law enacted in furtherance of the police powers of the State. Tho act as it will stand if tho .louse endorses the action of the Senate is as follows : "That all fermented, distilled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or terri tory, or remaining therein for use, con sumption, sale or storage therein shall upon arrival within the limits of said Stato or territory bo subject to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquors or liquids had been produced in such Stato or terri tory, und shull not bo exempt there from, by reason of being ii trounced therein in original packages for pri vate use or otherwise, and such States shall havo absolute control of suoh liquor Or liquids Within their borders by whomsoever produced and for what ever uso imported ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall bo 000 Btrued as affeoting the internal re venue luws of tho United Slates or liquors in transit through a State or territory." Whether ho will bo able to get con sideration for the measure In the llouso Senator Tlllman Joes not know. Ho denies tho story published in a Charleston paper which put Speaker Heed in the attitude of laughing at tho proposition. " I had no such talk with the Speak er as thntallcged to have, been quoted," said tho Senator. " After the bill passed tho Senato today- ' did see him and say that I wouhi like to have him look into It und If possible get It beforo tho llouso ut this session. Ho suid ho would look into it" Whether wo will get action at thl* session or not, 1 cannot, say." Hew to Cure Hkadaoiib.?" Wo man's eurso, the ordinary nervous head aohe, brought bone almost always us ono of tho acquisitions of a day's shop ping, can bo greatly relieved and gen erally cured by a very simple remedy," said u physician. "Simply soak a sponge in water as hot as Itean be homo and apply It to the back of tho neck. Repeat this many times, also applying tho sponge behind tho oars, and soon tho tightly drawn muscles and nerves which havo oausoil so ?much misory will bo felt to relax *nd tho pain quick ly disappear, ft doesn't cost anything. Try it tho next tlmo you havo head ache." _ WHEN mo.Vky is closk You want to sayo doctor bills thon ? for you want tHo Host, Surest and Quickest Itemed/ for all pains, such as Kboumatisni, Nouralgia, Headache, Toothache, Ci/ts, Hrulsos, Hums, Sprains, Stiff Joints, oto. Ulco's Gooso Groaso LlnlnuM "cures all those at onoo. It also/rolievcs Croup, Colds, Coughs and l'?lns in chest and sldos at once. Alw*y??old under a guarantee by all drugtfists and gonoral stores. Made by Goofo Groaso Liniment Co., Groensboro, fi- C. ?Lifo, aciordlng to tho Arable pro verb, is con/posed of two parts : That whioh is past, a dream; and that which Is to come,? wish. Ar EXPERT'S OPINION. Will theCottoo Planter Got any Ben efit from ilio Duly on Egyptian Cotton. Mr. Alfred 13. Shepperson, the fa inou? cotton expert, contributes to Tex tile America a most Interesting Ut'ticlo on tho proposed prot -olive duty on cot ton, lie does not believe that this tax, which will apply practically only to Egyptian cotton, will havo anything like the effect that is expected Oy its advocates, anil the producers of Sea Island cotton. The cultivation in this country of the fancy varieties of cotton with which Egyptian cotton cou.es most directly into competition has decreased materially within the past few years, but Mr. Bbepperson says : "I do not think, however, that the reduction was caused by the importa tion of Egyptian cotton, but was due to the fact that because of its la-ger yield and itnoro ready sale it was found more profitable to grow the shorter 'Stapled variety in common use." Mr. Shepperson does not bjllovo that the price of Sea Island oott iii will bo alTeeled by a protective duty. He gives as follows some excellent .vasons for this faith : "The fact that tho Senat ) had voted on the 8th iust. to impost a duty of twenty (20) per cent, on raw cotton was known in every Important market in this country and Lurope )y tho next day and has had no ell H whatever upon the price 'of 'Sea Island' or any other kind of American cotton. If merchants or spinners believed that the elTeot of the duty wood bo to en hance the vajue of any ihtcription of cotton, they would have bought so free ly as to have material^ advanced prloes long befol'O now. They would not wait for the actual enactment of the law. On May li^ tbeollicial quota tions of 'middling upland cotton were 1'i cents in New York, und 1} pence in Liverpool and to-day's Quotations (.Inno 28) are exactly tho sawy in Now York and of a penny lou r in Liverpool. The (|notations of 'Soi t>b Carolina Sea Island' cotton in Charleston and of 'Georgia and Lloridasea Island' cotton in Savannah to-day are precisely the same as on May 28. My latest Liver pool quotations of ^la island ootto'j aro lor lTih lust., and die the prices for 'Georgia and b\ori i Sea Island' cotton were the same as i . May 27, the prices of some grades of 'South Carolina Sea Island'cotton wore a little lower," Mr. Shepperson does not think that the' present low iriee id Sea Island cot ton is due to the competition of Egyp tian cotton, nor does be believe that it is possible io ra jo the price, of Sea Is land cotton by tho proposed duty, lie Says on tnis pe nt : "The fact of .air placing a duty on COttOn COUld not possibly have any ef fect upon European markets, except that just lo tho extent that Egyptian shipments to America might he curtailed, the supply availa ble for Europe would bo luoreuscd. The Iduropeun price necessarily fixes the price id cotton for the American markets, a- it would be utterly Impos sible for tho purchasers of only thirty (?M) per cent, of the crop to govern the price to be paid by the buyers ol the other seventy (TO) per cent. Tho price of our cotton Is not controlled ty the views of i's owners or their comrslssion merchants, but is regulatod by what the European spinners aro willing to pay for it. and no one can protend that the Imposition by us of aduty on Egyp tian COtton would make our co'ton any more valuable to European Bpnncrs." Mr. Shepperson believes that a duty on OOtton will not only not hell the cot ton planters of the South, but will prove a posl'ivo injury to tbeiu. It will in crease the cosi, of the Egyptian cotton, which nur manufacturers Use and they cannot well substitute Sea liland cot - ton for the Egyptian. In bmuo casts they might do so, but "It woiid be quite as unwise as it would be for acontractor to use marble instead of graute for the foundation walls of a bouse when the price stipulated to he paid fcr the houso was based upon.the, foundation being of the cheaper material." The greatCft daogcr of Hie duty on coUou is thus set forth ly Mr. Stiep person: "Instead of In Iping the cotton grow ers. 1 think a duty upon cotton will prove to be a positive injury to them, as it will undoubtedly capo the plant ing next year of larger .Tops of 'Sea Is.ami' and fancy stapled cotton when the present production o these cottons I already so great that rices are bo >.v a remunerative polnl To Increase l,o supply without a COjl'Ospondlng in crease in the demand ifast inevitably result in still lower prUos." THE ANNUAL C<JnVENTIO.\\ South Carolina Humiy School Asso ciation (o be Hell at Catiulen, Here is the otlicial cal 1 for tho an nual convention of tip South Carolina Sunday School associtlon, w hich is to be held in Caindcn fiis year, Aug. 2-1 to lib. Tho programme for the State Sun day School convei<ion is now being proposed and will no published in a few days. It is qpootod that some prominent Sunday id.ool workers from abroad will be prfent this year and a practical, hclpfq meeting is hoped for. Let no active S fid ay sohool worker, whether o 111 cor, tiohercr pastor, who desires lo IraoroO himself and bis school, miss this ftcasioD. The people of .'.linden are making arrangements f Of royally entertaining the eonvc ntion. Let every deU-'ato and worker ex pecting to attojl notify Mr. C. VV. Ulrohmore as sifi as possible. Keduccd rateion too railroads will be promulgate] from junotional sta tions in ample fee. County Btafltlcal secretaries are urged to at oeo proceed to perfect their statistic^ reports and forward to Prof. K. O. siis, State secretary, at GalTnoy, S. C.| County treiurors will also forward to the StatoClivontlon treasurer, K jv. VV. I. Herbei at D'lorenoe, S. O., any funds duo on/ledges, etc. The counv vico presidents will please see tint tho county convention is arrungodfor, a practical, helpful programme fprepared and assist in every possifo way to make it a suc cess. Also Id, every county president prepare an/ forward to tho under signed or King to tho convention a report of th condition of the organiz ed work in/iis county. "Organisation" will bo one of thb principal miles for discussion at tho approachli,' meeting. I'Yatcrnullv. r Chan H. Caklislk, CbalrmanlCxeoutlve Committoo, South Carolin* Sunday School Association, Spartaipurg, s. c. ?The /truly courteous person will ttiko parioular pains to be courteous to poor |ioplc, Working people, and ser vants, ji|t the BftDie uh the truly grout and bralo mini will scorn to uttuck a weak urson or a helpless animal. GoorgefVashlngton astonished a friend by taklitf oil his hat to a poor negro whom jo know and happened to meet on thoitrcot. ?Caling on an insuranco man the othor lay with i oforonco to getting a policy!for her house, a Maino woman saidtjtho agent: " Yo sec, square, wo hiven't had it insured for sotno tlmo,lvo'vo boon kinder trusting in tho llrd for bettor 'n seven year; but to invmind, in thoso days, it's tor'blc riskw* i i? i i ?Thoro has como to light In a Now YorihoBpltiil a queor case of abnor mal jovelopmtnt In tho shape of u Hi tie /irl about 12 years old who has thrfa perfectly formed hands on hor riglt arm. Kaoh of tho hands has foul fingers and a thumb, over all of wbfoh tho girl has perfect control. Mrs. Babcoek's Outing. -Mrs. 1 bibcock hud been induced to lay aside her many tasks, and take a I day's rest. She bad spent tho whole I day with a cousin in a neighboring ( town?a most unusual event?and after her return' the assembled fam ily listened with interest to her ac count of the day's adventures: "Well, I Started from here on the electric cars, and I guC88 it's a toler 'ble pretty ride. Folks say it is, but 1 declare 1 didn't see nineh of it. Thtro wis a youngster goin' up to school, ami lie stood in front of me on what they Call the runnin'-board, ami 1 was SO afraid he'd trot his head knocked off by the posts that I could not take my eyes oil' of htm, lie come within a foot of 'em every time, and my heart beat so lookin' at him that 1 didn't take any com fort." "But how did you find Cousin Amu ?" asked one. "< 111, she was well. I didn't get there till IIOOI. The ears broke down, and we had to wait three hours in tho hot sun before we could get goin'again. I do/.ed a little at lirst, but there was a woman with a baby next to me, and she gave it a button-hook to keen it quiet, and I was so worried for tear it would gel that hook in its eyes that I didn't take a minute's peace." "Weren't they surprised to see you ?" asked another. "Well, yes ; ami pretty glad, too 5 for the youngest cue of the children had got a bug in his ear, and they didn't, know how to get it out. Anno was determined to try to haul it out witli a crochet hook ; and we all got pretty tired and nervous until 1 thought about oil, and then we got it all right." "Cousin Cy drove you home. You must have liked that."' "Well, yes; now it is over, 1 sup pose i can say I did. Bui he har nessed up that ihm go r coll, and you know the way he has of kicking the gravel lip. I had to keep my eyes shut most all the way. so I didn't seem to sense the scenery. I asked Cy whether the coll Wllfi safe, and he tried to make me comfortable by sayin' he wasn't, just the kind of an animal for aa old lady to drive round the depot in a box buggy, hut he was real smart to go. I gllC8? 1 enjoyed get tin' out 'bout as well as 1 diil gcttin'm." "Well, mother," said Mr. Kabcock, "I tun afraid you didn'i have a good change." "()h. yes," was the cheery reply, "plenty of change. I don't believe I could 'a' stood any more change; but when it comes to gcttin' actual rest, 1 guess next time I'll lake a good dose of valerian, and go to bed. 1 guess I'd stand a better chance." ? Youthen Companion, 400th Anniversary of Cabot's Dis covery ot America. The present year is the l<?nih an I nivcrsary of the discovery of the .North American continent, and the event will be celebrated in America and England. The citi/.ens of Uris : tol, England, have resolved to eoni I incinerate the discovery by the erec tion of a memoria] to .lohn Cabot and his colleagues. Tins monument will take the form id' an ornate tower, and will In- placed on the summit of llrnndon hill. The site is in the heart of the city, and the conical hill, twenty-live acres in ex tent, overlooks 1 he upper readies of j the port from which, in May. I 197, ?13 Matthew sailed on her adven turous, successful ami epoch-mak ing voyage. The foundation stone was laid on Juno ?I, the anni versary of the day on which, ii is supposed, the const of North Amer ica was lirst seen by a European navigator, .lohn Cabot settled in England probably in 1-191. II is son, Sebastian, probablj accompa nied him on Ins lirst expedi tion in I 197, ami conducted done the expedion of I 198. Tho ('abuts gave England her title to North America, ami made it the heritage of English speaking people. It is appropriate that London now should bo re minded of the great sailor's services by the admirable statue of Cabot and his son Sebastian exhibited at the New Uallory. The group c nnes from the chisel of Mr. John Cassidy, an Irishman, who was horn thirty years ago near the little village of Slime, in County Mcath, only a few mile 1 from the famous Tara's hall. Th< i*C his father's family had been fanners for generations.?North western Advocate, Qeorgc Prancia Train, 1 li e fa - niotia sngc of absolute truth, " I am n child myself." Youth is not a mutter of years. Happiness is not a question of experiences. Youth is happiness and health it youth, The healthy person, young or old, will be a happy per son. It 1? a Simple matter to ?el the body into a healthy condition and then to keep it there. Di. i'ieiee's Golden Medical dis covery is the greatest of health makers and beattii savers, It is the great b^ood maker and flesh-builder. It makes the appetite keen, the digestion and assimilation per fect, tlie liver active, the blood pure, the mtlSClcS Strong, the brain clear, the nerves steady and every vital organ in the body healthy and vigorous. it makes firm. healthy flesh, but does not make corpulent people more Corpulent, It does not make flabby flesh like cod liver oil. It purities the blood and drives out the poisons of malaria and rheumatism. It is the best remedy for blood and skin diseases, It cures 98 per cent, of all eases of consump tion. Giateful patients, who had bt en given up to dio, have permitted their experi ences, names, addresses and photographs to be reproduced in Dr. Picrce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. The sufferer wdio wishes to investigate may write to any of these. The ' Golden Medical Discovery ' U sold by all medicine dealers, and only unscrupulous dealers will try ?0 induce a ?UStomef to take some worthless substitute for the sake of a few pennies added profit. Send 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost ?'i mailing only, for a cony of Dr. Pierce'a k>o8 - page*) illustrated book, ?" Common Sense Medical Adviser," in paper covers. Addrass Dr. R. V. Pkrao, Buffalo, N. Y. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alnin and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Bakino Powder Co., New York. Supporting a Wife. Wheu I hear of u man and a fann er "supporting" his wife, it gives me that "tired feeling" that no patent medicine can cure. I>ul you?any of yon, fellow-citi/.eus?(j118'' think of it for a minute)?support her ? Indeed, if sin- was the house girl you would have to pay her at least two dollars per week, and she would do nothing but the house work. Hut the average farmer's wife raises poul try enough t<> clothe herself and children, and the eggs she sells pro vide tho groceries and household expenses, lie puts money into line stock, farm machinery, and more land, rarely giving any of it to her, and he growls like a bear if she hap pens to need anything, <>r "just a little nionoy." But he is supporting her; she is hi.s wife, and he has a right to he hateful. Another thing; a farmer's daughter, when she is married, usually lias a cow and a horse. Now, the usual rule is put ting out, stock at half' the increase, j but tloes a farmer's wife gel it ? Not nittcll. lie hardly I'enielllhel'S l.o get her a birthday nr< sent, and if ho dot(8,it is something needful?as he Bays, "something useful"- a pair of shoes, or, maybe,a calico dress. How 1 hate and detest such presents! It seems to mo like giving a preacher a donation, and taking it oul of his salary. If a woman does the liou.se work, cares for the sickly pigs ami lambs and a calf, raises a man's children and teaches them till the virtue she knows, doesn't she earn every blessed cent s.lle gets? Let her die and him hire a housekeeper, and then lie will see what a helper ho lnis lost : that she saved him money, and earned as much as he did, and he was not supporting her at all ; that it was a partnership af fair, and ihai she had earned fully half, but didn't get it because lie was enjoying the manly privilege of "supporting her."?Joe, fcvO UTH H R N R A IL WAY. tmdtnird Schedule In KSVr* NOV. 10. 1880. STATIONS. f??htmbta . * PviaperUjr Ax. Nrwun rv Af. b?lnet y-Hx. Orfteuwoud " floU^es ..... St. AbTjovTlST Xr. BeUon. Ar Alliiert* it . XV iJrerinvilla jLr. Atlanta STATION* id c?i?'i>us-in? . " Pteitmont ... Wtlilwmetoi An'terwoa_j ijv PiMton Ar. Donnald* _^ tV. ?lfrevfile . tv Ffodgea.. . M OnxiDwood, i " Nltioiyislx. 1 \ft- Nftwbarrf . I *? Prosperity. I Ar. ColntnbUv. i ?} Oi?ftrie*Btonl ? BijESI" : lliep; I Ioa T.v._ IVu'm u "**.'*;,r . . (ji.iuiiibli to 13 lop -. Alatoit. I Ol; 1 2f>t>j ". 8n ut no rirg ? 55" * ? Ii u p ? It h p a 1 26 p o. ijipn 2 U j> k I M li n ?.!' I ' ]"< rj 8 35 g ? 4 80 p ill 4 siii 2 u "Tikl'W No Is. lU f/0 ? it lo w u n II is ? m ti ? a n ;-?> s ii w m p w TT ?jjji '10 5u p m 1 00 p n 1 25 p m 2 Jo p ii I ?7 ? ra 3 SO ? _? STATIONS. TChnrteaton Ar. i t>>i.Tl ??S :'j 5 ?'-V>| ^ ftff> . a 46p (i *>? " I l irpl 7 OOp - I <.>..p 7 W| . ?? 'i2 y.p ? w> . *? 12 tip od Lv tl KM ? JCT ti ll fr'a! rt?^i Lv. b 20*J 8??J ? hH i?Jpt ?. L'ntnn. 16 80n SSdpl" .. JonnavllW 10 5in. 3tl7p " ..... Pao?>k?t ... [t WA II 1 up Ar Ppiir'nnVurg. 11 i.'.u 88Bp|Lv Bp* 11 KDotire JUOpi 7ivpAr _ A<lmv?le. "P. p. m. "A*" f? m. Trains ? ami 10 carry elegant Pulfmxt ile*pinf cart between OulvimhWi km) Ar.hovll!? ?rtr?ni? ?iiily betwoaa JiU'ksouvUle and Cttnoli* Mtl Tratna inave Bpartenbnr?, A. & 0. iininto? ?orthbound. 8.? a. m.. fiv*t p. m , 0:18 p m. (Veatlbula LlniltadH ?onthboaind U:*) a. m %:lf> p. m.. Il:ff7 a. m., (Vattlbula I.linitntl.) Ti mil. it r.\? (troonvOJa, A nmi ?.: i'ilvtalo? MrthbouilH,ft:45 ft. m., 3:81 p. rn itn 1 .N.il? p. m (V?itl\>al<i(t Limite 1^ : ? >.illiboinul, I A) a. m. <?J p. o> 18:1? p in (Veatlbuled l.lmUadV i*ii 11 in ?.Ii Sarvtoa. Piillman palauo ?ler'pln( oars od Trr.tna 36 M SS, M an<l as. on A. anil O. ?tlvldion. V.B ORKEN, J. M. OtTLP ?en. Buiierint indenl. TrnlWo vy?. Waahuurtoo, D. o. Wi- him tr,n, o V. JL. T?RK. I. B. HARpwlOKT V%n. Pw>?- *U'V Aa'tUon. Pb<m? A^ waul) I raablnaton D. a At ?.e* X ATLANTIC COAST LINK PASSRNQEK DKI'AKTM KNT. Wilmington, N. CJ., Jan. 19/A, 1897 fast line: - HK'l'W KKN? Charleston and Oolltmbiaantl Uppe South Carolina, North Caro lina, and Athens and Atlanta. DONDRNSRD m<:ii V DU LR doing \\ cut. Going ?''???l N o. 62, N Oi 63. 7 (xinrn* i.v....Charleston?Ar 93upn 8 20 .Lanes. 7.1? 085 .Bumlor. 6 85 1065 Ar.Columbia, Lv 616 11 bH .Prosperity. 8 13 IS 10pm .Ncwbcrry. 2 67 12 60 .Clinton.2 10; 1 16 .... I.aurcns .... 1 45 2 33 .... Greenwood. 304 .Al)l)Oville. 6 10 .. ..Athen Ga. 146_Atlanta. 6 l5ptn ? .Wlnnsboro,H, O. ? ll 4ta? 8 2Q_? .Charlotte, N. (.?.. !>36 i >|im Ar ... Aiidorann, 8, G.. Lv llo?air 'J4 20 .... Grcoenvillo .... HI 3to .... Spartan burg..., 1145 603 Hondoraonvillo N.C. 0 15 7 00 ..Ashoville.N.C... 8 20 ? Dally. Nos, 62 and 58 Holirl trains hotwoot Charleston and Columbia, 8. 0,, and earn through ooaoh between Charleston ar. Atlanta. H.M, KMKUHON. Ass't Gen'l Passonger Agt. I, K, is KN i.V, T. M.KMKH80N, ttcn'l Manager. Tratllo Manag*' I ?An eleotric contribution box Is tho latest Counootlcut invention. The minister touobes a buttoo, und small silver curs, lined with velvet, visit each pew simultaneously, running on ' a slender rail back of euch pew. bach ear returns to a luck box at the pew entrance, ami the deacons collect the receipts after service. ? It is said that the hottest mines in tho world are those of tho famous Comstook lode. Un the lower level tho heat is so grout that the men can not work over ten or fifteen minutes at a time. Kvery known means of regu lating the beat has been tried in vain. I CO melts before it reaches the bottom of the shafts. ?There is a man in Glasgow who, when he goes to church, notes the hour when the sermon begins, and if it does not exceed "JO minutes lie sub scribes two shillings, sixpence to the collection bag ; if over minutes he subscribes one shilling ; but if it goes over that time ho buttons up Iiis pocket and gives nothing. ?" Any letter for me ':" asked a young lady of a postmlstrosi In a coun try town. " No," was the reply, " Strange I" said the young lady, aloud, to herself, as Bho turned away. ?'Noth ing stranlie about it !" cried tho po t mis trees over the counter. You ain't answered the 1 ist 1 ?tter ho writ ye." ? Death keeps it* own secrets and takes nobody Into Its con lldoocc, What it is to ilie, we can actually know only by dying : and tho knowledge thus gained wo can never give to those whom wo have loft behind us. ? "My daughter is entirely too young to marry," snorted old Geldbrlok. "Well," repliod the rejected suitor, " what would you say to my taking her marriage portion now ami waiting a few years for the girl ?" CHARLESTON - AM? - "Augusta and Ashovillo Short I.inc." Schedule inotToct l''eh. 7, 1800. I.v Augusta.040 am 1 10 pm Ar (Jrconwood.12 17 pm . Andersen. (110 pm I.aureus. 1 15 pm 7 no am ^Greenville. 300pm 10 15 am Glenn spring's.... 4 01pm . Sparianhurg. 300 pm '?> '..'?> am Haluda. 6 23 pm ...._ HeudersouvillOi .. 551 pm . Ashcvillc. 7 no pm . Lv Asheville.s20am . Sparianhurg. ....1145 pm 4 00 pm Glenn Spriiern ... 1000 am ... Greenville .I'fiOam 4 00 pm Lauren i. 1 gin 7 mi pm Anderson . .7 00 am Gre.-iiwood .?_' 28 pm .... ArAi.gusin. 500;pm 11 U? am Lv Spartanliurg . 11 I? am 11 rccnvlllo.... . II 50 am A r Clinton. . 2 10 gm Nowbcrry. 2 67 pin Prosperity . 8 13 pat i lohtmbln . i ?"'1 pm Sumier. U 42 pm (iharlcsteu .. . '> '?'?'> pm Lv Charleston. 7 00 am Suinicr. !i 85 am t lolumhin. II 00 am Prosperity. .. 11 5H am Nowoerry. 12 10 pin (Clinton. 12 50 pm Ar Greenville. 00 j m Sparianhurg ...._:i iki pm l.v Augusta. 2 66 pm Ar Allondalo. ;"> 00 pm Fairfax. 5 16 pm Yemassee.... .'.' .".earn Scan fort .10 35am Port I toy a I.in 50am sa\ aunnh . Charleston. Lv Charleston. . 050 am Savannab. li eo am Port Koval. 05 'gm 7 10 am tteaufort . 7 10pm 7 ? ><> am Yem.isscc.3 15pm 0 I" am Fairfax. 10 20 am Allcndnlo. 10 35 am A r Augusta. 12 40 n'n ('leseconnections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and C. itG. hallway, and at Sparianhurg with Heidhorn Railway. For information relative to tickets, rates schedules, etc . address \V. J. CHAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Angus ta. <; \. K, M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, Oa .1. s. Cureton, Agent, H. .Speights Gen. Agent,Greenville.8, (' THE LAURENS BAR. W. II. 31 AKTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauhens, - South Carolina, Will practice in nil Courts of this Stale Attention given to collection!*. j. r. joiinson. \v. It, R10HKY JOHNSON & RICIIKY, ATTORN k ys AT LAW. Office Pleinluu 'Corner, Portliest si?n< of Public Square. n. Y. st.Ml'soN. C. l>. UARK8DALE simpson & bahksdal?:, Attorneys at Law, LAUHKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention glvoo to the Investi (ration of titles and collection of claims II. W. HA 1.1,. 1.. W. SIM KINS. W. W. IIA I.I. BALL, SIM KINS .V HALL, A t t ornoys at Law, Lauhkns, South Cauolina. Will practice in nil stain and United States (.louri. special attention Blveu rollcetions. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Co?it in >r Northbound I.t. Allr-nta, C T. " All tilt* It T. " Ruford . .. '* Oali-tiivUln. " t.Hu. Corui'lla. Mt Air/ Toocoa . Wwatuttaator " Kauena . .. ? " Outral " Oirfiirllln . " ?vnrtauuurg " Oafl'nnv?. " UlankyUUra;. " King'* Mi 4 (-Jusi'inl* I.V. Clmrlotta A.r [IkiivIU* t; Ar Itir-hmond ... Ar Washington " Haltin'ePua " J'liiitt.tel^i.ju " Nc? York l?ntlit)nnnd. - 1<, ! m Ml Ali-7 OotnaUa &n?T~.v inn rrrpail ?3 " Philadelphia i 0 BO a ? w p| paHlim.i c . .1 6 2: a 9 20 pi Wa&lagU>a..|ll 16 a|lO 49 \>\ I.t RlchmoaU I.v t) to villa ... .1 'to Ar QliurlotU) . .lio >i0 OnsloulH.;lvl 50 ?? K ug'a Mt n aukabnra, 111 3? p'10 40 " HatTiify? . ..ill 47 p ? " Spartaaburg .12 26 u lt 97 - OraeatUia.... " Cantral. " Sl-n?CM. " Waatmtuafar <l 10 10 Lit la. (tulneavtU*. " Huford " Nororoaa Ar. Atlanta, IC T.l . Aj. A Haut?, 0 TjJ 5 jo ?^ajrf JLJjy.P; 9m f "A" h m. "P" p. m. "M" noon. "H" night. Nos. :i7 and 3i~l)utiy. Wathlagtoa ?nrl ijoufh? woaturn Vn^tiimie Llmltad. Through Pnilaiaa ?lecpinq enrw Iratwean Now Yor* aud Maw On leiiitv ?in Washington, A'.lantn nml Moiitgouv err. nnd alao liatWOOD New tirk nndMoinplna via W.nhlngtou,Atlant? nnd Hlriiiln^hHin. Flr?4 chi** thoioi.t/lifaie oonchaa bat woau Wuhlnr toil and Atminu 1 >11.11.jf oara novo all raoall ?it rout*. Nni. i$6 nnd WV Ut)tt4<] Stntod Faat MaU ruua solid bf. wwo Waahlng'on and Naw Of 'eanij, via Souiaora a*Jiwaj. A Ji w. P. K. ft., uil t. Jb N. ri tt.. baintf ?Om?oaOd of bnggag? ?r and j')?.-h^s, throuflfli Wllhunt ehanga f*| pas?mxer?i of' all olatkna. Pii'.lmtvh drawtna fooni iiiopviluc aara \i?l\?u?n )ifew York *M I j.'.-xv OrloMis. via Atlanta and ISontfooa?i-y. ! l.nnMui. WMhingtOO ?*?h Saturday, a Ui\iHa< tlfp;iinj oar \CiJ run through betwetn WMlt igton and ^an FrnncJiiro without ohaotf*< I No*. 11. S." f.nj U?Pullman ?l??|>luf .>ar? Ra> I iwaeii Itinhmoad aud Ohirjo ra. ti i Uanrin* i aouilihonnd Nd? || and norwboUnd No IS Th* Ac l.om Ball? Cram, iio*. I' ojj < la, ba> ' twoaa Atlanta ani Mount Ali.r, (4a., ^aily aa? I eept Rundar. ? w n ?ulcl?N. i. k ctJur. ?en'l ?upt., TraiS? VI g'r.. Waahlaftoa, D. O. Waahtngtha, O- ? W A. T?RE, S. R. RAKOWIO*, Um I Hds?. i|'t , Aaa'tdna'l Pa-1* Ag^, Waihiiiji"o, t> *' ' ^ Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. Cut Prices On Pianos, .Organs and Sowing Machines. W? drive our business these hard limes by Sellin??' at Cut Prices. We don't sit down mid croak about the scarcity of money like the old fossils who let purchasers pass on when they won't pay them great long profits. If you want to purchase a Piano or an Organ come and set; us and we will sell you. We have on hand tin; largest and best selected stock of Pianos in the State, including some of the best makes on the market, and we arOifoillii to sell them. We guarantee our prices to be lower than any other reliable dealer will make Our terms for iiiiKj purchasers arc easy. Only a small cash payment required and wo make the sailing smooth. For Spot Cash Buyers we will soy, you can buy a Piano or Organ cheaper from US than irom.any concern in the business. We keep constantly on hand a Cull stock of small instruments, consisting of Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Auloharps, Violins, &c. Also the vurious parts, strings and supplies for same;. We are selling Sewing Machines at ridiculously low prices. If you want one, just intimate it, and you will be surprised how low you can buy one. Our stock of sheet music, both vocal and instrumental, is kept full, and you can get any of the popular and up-to-date songs and music at any time. Yours truly, ALEXANDER BROS & CO., GREENVILLE, 8. 0.