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H?r pvrouta handicapped h?r at tho vory baitlamal fout, for tho name bo stowed v>on her, Mehltablo Hopkins, was onough to mako a spinster of tho lovolieat girl ever l>orn. When she loft school they boro her olY to Kurope, whore, \?bllo her liyo years of travel gave her an cxoollont knowledge of mon in tip composite, man as an indi vidual w|s entirely unknown to her. Then folhwod her father's death and ioothor's ting yearn of Illness, wbon all tho daughter's thoughts and onorgles wore couoeitrated on tho sick room. Finally, to complete tho bands which all her lifo had boon (o-god to koop hor in single blessedness, sho fouod horsolf at 35 with 8j very comfortahlo fortuno and not a sign of a near relative with whom to sh?to it. So that sho hadn't even that questionable oxcuao of be coming marred for tho sako of a homo. If Mohltab'.u had been a poor girl 8ho might huvo proved a genius, for eho could paint so cleverly as to make hor rivals decidedly uueasy. Uut now that sho found horse)f a lonely woman, with cruely plain silver lines over her temples and no lonifor any traco of the old-tlmo dimples whore tho sharp knuckles now ?bowod, her only re 60urco was tho palitto. One thing she Btoutly rofusod to do, however, and that was to mak a workshop of the old family home. Shout last hit upon tho tiny brown i ,tago in tho next 8(iuaro, where a the surrouodlng, towoiMufi, residence 1 toked in heartless disdain on tie tun.bio-down framo bouse which th<* ownei, a weak-voiced little old man, had dung to desperately in Bplto of all his fashionable neigh bore' scorn and tho tempting olTors of frantic real ostato lcalers. Tho old man had been found dead ono morning that summer with tin rising sun's rays trying to warm his ttin, white cheeks. Thon all tho residents on tho sqtiaro sighed in a roliovol way and the shrewd real estato mm began to hunt up tho heirs with new proposals for tho valuablo bit of ground, when lo and boh'.ld! it was ditcovored that tho poor doad owner's wiB was being cou tostod by a prodigal BOO., and therefore tho house would have to remain whero it was until tho question was settled. Again tho fashionable*quare squirmed and Hutted, for it was evident that no ono with any self-respect would want to occupy the innocent cause of all this trouble while thoro was tho terrible possibility that BOme sacroligious laundress might rent the little brown house and mar tho whole landscape with hor out.ugccus signs and long lines of Haunting, shameless sheets and potticoats. At thia uoint of suspomlod hostilities Miss Hopkina conceived tho brilliant idea of transforming tho disputed property Into a tornporarj studio, to bo used until tho long legal quibble should end. Whereat tho entire neighborhood was enthusiastically grateful. At last it was llnlshcd, and its tomporary ownor held a reception to tho residouts of tho wholo tquaro. They came, ono and all, and went away fairly delighted at tho result. Tho low walls had boon done in an unbroken g' ay-groen and tho tloors laid soft and smooth with something a shade darker. The poor, battered woodwork now shono in a dark rich red,owhllo tho tiny window panes, formerly so pitifully cheap-looking, wero now voted quaint to a degree. The chintz* covorod couches woro tantalizingly in viting and tho simple draperies added wonderfully to tho artistlo wholo. And throughout it all thoro had not beon dono ono thing to mar any of tho old house's original charm beyond tho necessary naila and braces tu steady tho poor little wreck. for the first time in her lifo Miss Hotty had timo to be really happy, and tho big family houso up on the cornor rarely know her excopt when eho cropt back there at dusk to her solitary s.ate dinner and tho undis turbed night's rest in tho big, quiet chanson on tho second Iloor. Can Vases seemed fairly to tly from beneath hor tireless fingers, aud pretty soon everybody camo to recognize her works bocaueo of tho inovitablo old man, with a thin, palo faco, who always stood out against the background of the old, blanting brown house. When sho ono day showed tho last things eho had dono tho wholo square tip-toed, wet eyed, out into the streot again, with many a ponitont promise never again to speak 111 of tho battered little bouso and lta erstwhile ownor. l<\>r Miaa Hotty'a mastor-pieco plcturod the doad, quiet faco, there in the early aun, with tho abadowa of tho morning glory vinoa across bis high-lined fore head and with one huge, rosy blossom trailing in at the open casement as though trying to lond somo of its boautiful warmth to tho wastud, pa tient cheok beyond. "Now that I have so many, I think I shall try to soli tboin, for tho orphan asylum on tho next streot is in sad need of money, I boar. But I think I'll not paint him any more," aho added, soltly, "for he's doad now, you know." And poor, fond, foolish httlo Miss Hetty sobbed quietly as aho laid hor trembling hand tenderly on tho beloved canvas. It was that same evening that Mrs. Wilmarth brought her brother, Major Doano, to see tho little collection. Mrs. Wilmarth lived just across tho streot from tho big Uopkins houso, and Miss Hetty had alwaya found a good deal of comfort in tho bright, busy young matron. She had heard of the Major's intonded visit with no little, interest, for sho remembered him as a tall, handsomo toy with a hint of a soft brown mustache and a pair of bonnio brown eyoa. Ho had kissed her, then a white-frockod little maid of ton, as ho wont off to don his first gray coat at West Point. Some way tho tiny, wl?e eyed girl never quite forgot the boauti ful, manly boy, mthough sho bad nover soon him since, an tholr achoola and travels had contrived to koop thorn apart. But. sho romomborod vory well that when aho waa a aweot girl gradu ate she. was confiding in maidenly shy ness to ber doarost fvlond her' ideal husband, whon tha'.. friend laughed gayly and cried: "Why, how funny 1 You've boon describing young Capt. Doane, who waa horo visiting bis sistor, Mrs. Wil marth, only lust week." Poor iletty blushed ?o< rod as though she had been roallv guilty, and now that tho famous, dignifiod Major Doane had actually como to soo hor, tiny Miss Hetty grew pink to tho tips of her little oars, until Mrs. Wilmarth found herself wondering if it could be possible that Miss Hopkins woro really pretty after all, Whilo tho el oar-eyed matron watchod the delighted hostess and her big, handsome brother aa they quite forget hor over thoir tea oupa and die famous pioturea, t suddon new lirfu* |camo into hor eyos, and the match-making Spirit ! n he rent. In every happily married woman quietly began its dexterous work. Things wont on famously. It was tho Major who advised that the collec tion of paintings bo kopt for a time and exbibitod ono day in tho woek for the benefit of thoorphans. When Miss Hetty shrinking ly demurred, ho pointed out that the ohlldren would bo the gainers in the end, and so sho re lented. That winter found tho whole neighborhood in tho throes of an ex* travagant social whirl, for there was an unusual number of pink-and-white debutantes, with tho still more unusual accompaniment of handsome, el Ig "do men. Before she knew it, Miss Hop* kiuH found horsolf iu tho vory midst of tho mad jollity, even laying usldo her all-black gowns for those with hints of violet about the throat and wrists. No tea wus qulto perfect without tho dear ijttlo artist's presence; no girl felt quite satisfied if sho bad not bad a chat with Miss Uopkins between tho dances, aud oven tho broadsbouldored, fresh-voiced boys liked to creep Into the softly shaded little studio to ac company its owner homo at dusk. Her Monday"afternoons grow famous, and tho orphans ou tho corner had enough now shoes aud quilts and real puddings for Sunday dinners to mako them ovor lastlngly grateful to tho happy hearts In tho tiny brown bouso ou tho uoxt streot. Miss Hopkins always bad the prot tiest girl in town to pour on these oo oasslous and generally somo ono with a really good voico or au unusually skil ful touch ou tho violin could bo found to mako music. Thon, too, tho pieturos themselves could boar re peated visits, for tho poor, sweet old man grow very doar to them all now that bo was not thero In llesh to trouble them. Furthermore, it was almost as good as going to confession to creep up, stilly and gently, before tho last of thorn all, where Miss Hop kins always kept a bunch of freeh vio lets standing beneath tho sweot little canvass, with Its livo morniug-glorles and Its sleeping man. And tho host thing of It all to llttlo Miss Hotty was tho Major, the tall, courtly Major, who was so attentive to her and seemod to enjoy being with her more than any man in all her life bad dono. When a woman waits till sho is thirty-six before she loves, the result is going to bo terrible in its in tensity. Mrs. Wilmarth saw It and trembled, excepting for tho fact that her brother really soomcd to see no ono olso but Miss Hetty, except, of course, the girls?all that season's buds ?who Hocked about tho Muj-r because bo was so different from ord.nary men. Miss Hotty know It and held her breath. The boys and girls saw it and smiled gleefully. Iu fact, everybody scorned to recoguizo it except tho man himself, who wont blindly on, heaping poor, fluttering Miss Hetty with com pliments and making open lovo to all the young girls who gave him his tea and sat In open-eyed admiration as bo related his thrilling stories of army lifo on tho Western plains. Hut at last oven tho Major knew it, and bis great, manly, innocent heart fell liko lead. It was ono blustering evenkg lato In the winter and that mighty military ma.i was tramping valiantly along tho streot on his way to Mrs. Wilmarth's. Hut as bo passed tho little brown cottage bo noticed tho l.ght within and, turning up tbo un even hoard walk, ho rang tbo old-fash ioned boll bravely; for tbo puzzled Major bad all at once made a mighty resolve, aud when ho once decided to do a thing bo novor retreated, whether it was to tako an enemy'j camp or to bravo a woman. Strango to say, he found Miss Hetty alono thero in tho warm, rosy little room, with Its queer old china, glisten ing silver, odd pictures and rich russet bound books. Tho tiny llttlo hjstcss saw tho determination in her caller's face and sank into her deep chair, knitting hor thin, beautifully kept lingers together in desperate hope and fear. The Major refused tbo proffered toa almost grullly, thrust bis bands into his pockets, tried another chair and finally strode across to the tiny low window and, with his back bravely turned toward her, he began: "My dear?friend, I?or?I want to ask you something to-night?I feel that wo have kuown each other woll enough for mo not to be afraid now. My doar Miss?Miss Hetty," and ho wheeled about, faeing her so abruptly that sho almost gasped, "tell me honestly, as though you wore speaking for yoursolf?tell me, am I too old to marry?" Sho had been hoping for It for months, but when It came sho folt the little brown house rock cruelly. Tho open tiro, against which her groat, handsome Major outlined liko a magni ficent rock of refuge, swam beforo hor, and hor own voice soomod miles away when ??she finally found courage to answer: "We lovo with our hearts, Major, and hearts never grow old." Sho saw tho tine, strong faco boara, and ho came to her, vory closo, it seomed to her, although she could not have put out hor hand and touched hlirt, and tbo soft lamplight fell on bis beautiful silver hair liko a holy bone diction. Immediately ber thoughts went back to that far-off day of long ago, when this same hair was heavy and brown and he had kissed her. Then his voleo recalled hor to tho present, and she heard him say: "You can novor know bow glad you have made me by saying that, for thoro is no woman in tho world whose opin ion I value more. Still In all my doubt this wintor I have often foared that It would bo wrong for mo to tako unto me a wifo. I bavo maybo only a vory fow years yet to llvo," ho added, look ing at hor appoalingly. And again she answered softly: "Wo may hope that your yoars may be many. Hosides, oven tho fow years will be very doar to?to your wife." Ho was standing back of her chair now, with ono hand so noar that she folt its touch on hor hair. "Do you think." ho pleaded almost in a whisper, "that sho lovos me?" "Do you lovo her?'' came the roply, with a touch of coquetry ncvor absent from the feminine, heart. "Detter than all else in tbo world," camo the bravo rojolndor; "better, I sometimes think, than tho world to come." "Then," and she olosod hor oyos to hldo tho happiness In thorn, "then I may confess that she lovos you, better, far bettor than she over beforo thought it possible for anyone to love." Tbo Major sprank from bis placo be hind her and, seizing her hands, orlcd joyfully: "Ol my dear Miss Hetty, bow do you hK.w? Has sho told you? When? Tel' .i.i just what she said, so that 1 may bo tho happiest, proudest man on earth." All tho light burned out of Miss Hetty's face, leaving only tho ashes of hopeless douoair. Then she asked: "She? Who?" ?'Why, Kittle Harper, of conrso. You surely know that I meant herV" Kittle Harper, tbo gayest llttlo black-eyed debutante that had dancod that season and the foremost of tho flattering coquettes that had practiced their budding blandishments on tho gallant old Major. "Yes, Of course, I knew, but you soo I wanted to mako you confoss," she re I lied at last, with a laugh that would have wakend any moro sane man. Then she went frantically on in roply to the unsuspicious man's oagor ques tions. "No, sho never roally told me?but ?but I know when a woman lovos." All this time the elatod Major was putting on his coat and gloves and at last he asked, with a return of his old time courtliness: "I want to thank you, Miss Hetty, for you havo done mo the greatest favor woman ever did man. It is old fashioned now. I know, but both of us are old enough to remember, are we I not, when a gontleman showed his re spect and homage to a lady by kissing her hands?" Without a word she extended her Eoor, trembling little band and be laid Is lips rovorontly to her cold fingers. Hut she could keep in no longer, and the startled Major board Urst a stifled sigh, then a moan, and ft laut a great, oruol nob rose to her pale, quivering lips and Miss Hotty had betrayed bor solf. Ma] ?r Doano staggered back and his face grew torrlblv whito. ''I beg your forglvonoss a tl msand times, madam," ho said at last in u Strange, low . voice, "1 never dreame? until this instant?" Hut Miss Ilotty sat bolt upright in hor high-backed chair, clutching the carved lion heads ou its arms, and raised to him her poor, hurt oyos, wild with desperate appeal. '?Will you please go, Major DoaneV And as for droamiug?you ure mis taken, for there is nothing for to dream." Th. n sho rose from her deep chair, still holding the lion's heads till her nails bit Into the hard polish, and said: "And ploaso toll Kittio that Miss Hotly sends her?her?hlosstng." Ho closed the door behind htm as gently as though there wero somo one dead In the little brown cottage. Tho liro In tuo shallow grate had died to a low, even glow ween Miss Hatty dually stirred from tho high backed chair and took from its place tho dear little painting of tho dead owner of tho house whieh now shel tered her. Propping It up on tho low table In front of hor, she set the vio lets beneath and then kuelt down be fore It, bonding hor tired little head to her quivering bands. Tho last ember on tho tire turned bluck, tho light In tho rosy-shaded lamp burned lowor and lowor and finally tlickored out. Tho servants up at the big house felt no apprehension at tho non-appearance of its mist.-ess, as sho had told them sho wou'u spend tho night with a friend further down tho block. Tho hours ororit ou, the storm wrecked the little brown eottago, and dawn revealed tho crooked old stops drifted high with suow. Thoy found her that morning, with tho d'm light falling Icily on hor tiny, gray faco. Just above wt< the canvas with the other dead eyes and lips, but there was no gleam liko tho morning glories in tho sweet, pathetic, fragrant loneliness of tho violets against which tho silent woman's cheek rested. LYNCHING AS A PRLVENTIVE OF CRIME, NKGUO FIENDS MAKE LIFE A TKltlL ON FARMS. Hill Arp .inNiiiies the Lynching of Mom Cor Outrages Upon Women? Every Parent mul Husband Is uii Avenger or thin Crime. I had not Intended to wrlto anything more upon lyncn law, but recent Utter ances from tho press and the pulpit provoke me to i?ay that tho people of Georgia do not deserve the conuomna tlon of friends or foes for their consent to lynchlngs when the crime Is one that Is nameless. Oar peo| lo are as humane and law-abiding to-day as they wore thirty, forty or tifty years ago, and the records of tho courts prove it. In 1801 there wero 210 whlto convicts in the penitentiary ; now there are but 100, and wo have a greater population. There is f>0 percent less of felonies in New York or Massachusetts, according to population. Of course, 1 mean amoug tho whites. Now set that down. An Ohio paper has recently Investi gated tho record of that nameless erimo for the past ten years In that Stale and gUestho llguros which show 1124 cases, and the regro criminals out number tho whites six to one in pro portion to population. In Georgia thoy outnumber tho whites sixty to one and it ie because of our scattered and un protected population in tho rural dis tricts. Uefore tho war that erimo was unknown and almost unheard of in the South. 1 novor heard of a caso In north Georgia. In 1852 i had occasion to visit Cedar HlutT In Alabama and my companion, JudgoUndorwood, stopped tho horse to show mo a pile of stones that was heaped up arouud a dead and blasted tree. "Those stones," said ho, "mark tho placo where a negro hruto was burned two years ago and ulso mark tho place where ho committed tho erimo and then murdered his vic tim." That was tho only case that came to my knowledge. Daring the war, when in hundreds of families tho only protectors of women and children wero negroes, not a deed of violence or a betrayal of trust was hoard of from tho l'otomae to tho Uio Grande ; and General Henry It. Jackson eloquently said of them, "they deserve a monu ment that would reach tho stars." How is it now f Nearly ;i,U0'j colorod convicts In the chaingangs und loss than 2U0 whites, and tho nameless crime is committed by negroes somo whoro overy day in tho year. What is tho cause of this alarming degonoracy of the nogro T I heard a preacher say the other day that lynching for this crime or any other was tho evidence of a depraved and lawless public senti ment. Ho is mistaken. It Is rather tho evldcnco of minds charged, per haps overcharged, with lovo and re spect for wives and daughters, and no man who has neither is a Gt juror to try tho casa. Ho is Incapabio of un derstanding or appreciating tho com mon peril that, like a shadow, hangs over the farmer's home,, bo It over bo humble. Parental lovo Is noarly all that thoso pcoplo have to give to their children and thoj givo that and oher lah them and will defend them as a tigress defends her whelps. What is the majesty of tho law worth to a man whoso child has fallen vletlm to a brute V What Is It to his neighbor who ail those years has boon from tlmo to time ai>prp-',"'v,,"? a similar visita tion ? Wh?t *oes a young man, wheth er preachor or;oditor or lawyor, know about it V Joan Ingelow (God bloss bor sweet momory !) makes tho old fishor man to say : "I fool for mariners on stormy nights and feel for wlvos that watch ashoro." Who knows the perils of tho deep liko lishorman ? Somo of thoso learned judges and lawyers and pi-f-iic.he.ru of Atlanta have given vent to language that is hitter and malig nant against lynchings for any erimo, but It Is to bo noted that they,have long lived In call of the police by night and by day and within brick walls and with neighbors at hand on overy side. What can they know of the poril of tho farmer whoso wifo vIbHs a neighbor, or whoso children have to go a mile away to school. Perhaps somo inquiring mind mill auk what do 1 know about It V Twent j years ago 1 moved from the city to t'io country and farmed thcroforten vcars, and all that time tho <M>i?-^uonsion grew stronger an'1 stroii?ei, for there wero negroes Ml around mo on the farms, and nooio negroes not far away working In tin mines. 1 nevor ex pressed my feai ?, not even to my wife ; but whon our tvys all left tho farm for other avocations, - ml 1 had to bo away most of tho tirao, my wifo became alarmed, and I immodiatoly loft tho farm and moved to town for security. So did overy noighbor that 1 had, and oursohool was broken up and tho whole settlement abandoned and turned ovor to negro tenants. Tho sohool house was a mile away, and I usod to look with parental oagorncss for tho first appearance of tho children's hats as they rose Into vlow ovor tho distant hill. Until then 1 mwer realized the common peril that environs tho country people. I havo a poor opinion of opin ions unless thoy come from thoso who are competent to judge. "Groat men are not always wise," salth tho Sorlp tures. The nearor the press Is to the people, tho country people, tho more ready it Is to apologize, or even to jus tify, th* speedy" exeoutton of this class of orimiu^ls. The preaohors and tho press may fulminate and the governor proclaim) but I oannot help rejololng at every capture and every execution. The law's del*/ has nothing to do with It. Ii is tho spontaneous outburst ol omotlons long felt and long smothered, and those emotion* are basod upon love?love for homo and wife and chil dren, love and respect for tbo wives and daughters ef tho neighbors. Lynching negroes for this crime Is no ovideneo of law'essness among our peo ple. Tho crime stands out by Itself as an utroelty for which uo law Is ado quate and no remedy has yot boon iound. Why It should bo on tbo In crease In defiance of lynchlogs we can not tell. It may bo that since tho war northern philanthropy, supplemented by southern oflico-seokors, have so ex alted his eonserjuooco and hit desire for social i quality that his fear of pun ishment has been allayed. Hut certain it Is that tho race has not yet been greatly intimidated by lynchlngs, and thoy aro considered martyrs by most of their preachers aud teachers and editors. How many more outrages there would bo If these lynchlngs should stop wo can only conjecture Bishop Turner proposed a day of fast ing aud prayer for tho deliverance of his people from theso horrible lynch lngs, but not a word about tho outrages that provoke them. Butlt iseurlous aud somewhat amus ing to read the different counts in this general bill of indictment against the peoplo who resort to violence. Somo ussert vehemently that there is a de fect in the law's machinery, and somo say not. One preacher says that U8 per cent of thoso lnuleted escauo. One more would come square up to Judge l)oo!y'? estimate when ho said: "(Jon. tlemen of the jury, I chargo you that tho ninety-nine guilty ones havo al ready escaped." Ono learned lawyer says that Kyder would cortaluly havo been tried aud couvlctod in September, aud doubtless boon speedily executed. Another says ho would have been sou', to tbo usylum as a lunatic. Judge Bleckley says tho law needB no reform ing?that It is right now. The Bar as sociation havo resolved that it does need reforming. One preacher tiuotos sorlpture that says "The land must not bo ''etiled with blood," but doos not give tho context that says "Innocent j blood,' and tho further context that j says "Deliver him unto tho hand of tho avenger of blood that he may die, and thine eye shalt not pity him." Lifo for life, hand for hand, etc. "Let thorn stono him with btones," eto. It seems like a burlei-quo for any preacher to go to the old Mosaic law for a text against' summary punishment of hoinouB crimes. Tho avenger of blood was on tho warpath all the time aud even tho man who unwittingly killed his neigh bor, not bating him beforehand, baa to lly for his life to tho city of rofugo lost tho avenger of blood overtake him, and being hot shall slay him. Yes, being hot shall slay him. Those avengers of blood must havo been blood-thirsty fol lows indeed. It was an awful code of law, but tho children of Israel were an awful race to deal with. I woudor what, tho boys of this generation would say toalawliku this: "If a man havo a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or his mother, then shall his father lay hold on bun and bring him to tho elders and say this, our son, will not obey our voice. And all tho men of tho city shall stone him with stones that ho die. And Israel shall hear and fear ?" What a horrible death was that! Aud yet it was a common and a frtquont punish ment. If I was a preacher I wouldn't go to tho Old Testament for a text against lynching. 1 wouldn't oven quote Caiu, whom the Lord marked, lor It foetus very certain that If tho Lord had not interfered tho people would have lynched him. Josephus says that the Lord protected hi in be cause of his offering and bucauso ho entreated and said : "Is my sin too great to bo forgiven V" To my mind tho sum of tho whole matter is that neither the law's delay nor Its uncertainty has anything to do with tho impulses and emotions that control men when they pursue and overtako and identify and execute a negro for his crimo against helpless In nocence. Kvery parent and husband and brother In tho neighborhood imme diately becomes an avenger of blood. 1 ( the brute has already been caught by tho otlieers of tho law and securely placed in prison, then let him stay thero and moot his doom accord ing to law. I would not tako any pris oner away from an honest and faithful sheriff?unless perhaps tho victim was one of my family, nor ovon thon unless it could be dono without shodding the blood of ( Ulcers or frionds. For all other crimes tho laws wo havo are good enough for all gooc. clti/.ms, and I feel no great concern for tho bad. 1 suppose that at lea-t half tho lawyers carry concealed weapons, but they don't carry them for me. Certain it Is I wane, no advice on this subject from press or puipit, from judges or law yers, and especially from young un married men or thoso who live in rook bullt citloa. I had rather hear and heed tho volco of tho women of this Southern land, tho mothers and daugh ters who alono aro tbo victims when peril comos. If It comoB at all. What do thoy sa y P Bill. A hp. GRANT AS A FRIEND. HU Treatment of a Confederate Gon eral At .'er the Snrreader.. Tho late Gencal Lafayette MoLaws, of Savannah, was an Intimate friend of Coneral Grant. They wer? at West 1'oint together. When Ceoeral Grant was president tho friends of Gonoral McLawsadvised him to apply for tho Savannah postcfllce. One of his friends, tolling of It said : General McLaws hesitated to make the applica tion, but he was dually persuaded to do It. So he took the train and wont north to see tho prroldent. General Grant had left Washington and was at Long Branch. Lie wan.d'reoted to the cottAge where the president was stop ping. Tho ex-Confederate had some misgiving* as to the manner la whioh Grant would greet him. They bad not met In years, and the for mar cadet wan now president of the United States and one of the great figures In tho world's history. General McLaws wondored If his buccospos had swelled Grant's head. As ho approached the cottago he saw tho president sitting on the veranda with his feet on the rail. The presi dent was smoking one ( f those cigar* which finally killed him, Grant looked at his visitor rcther curiously as ho ad vanced. The- president had left Wash ington to got away from the office sookors, and It was well known that be did not want to bo disturbed In his re treat. But whon tho Georgian roached tho steps the president called out : 'Hollo, Mac ! Whero did you ootne from V I am truly glad to see you. I came over her j to escape from the offioe sookers. Hull up a ohalr and tell mo how you havo boon getting along." Tho greeting was so cordial, despite the remark about tho office soeker*, that General McLaws found it an ea*y mattor to bring, up tbo Savannah post olllco, and announced his application for appointment as postmaster. Gen eral Grant said that he should havo It and that he oould rest perfectly easy on that score. Then they talked about tbolr boyhood days and tho war and their experiences. In some respeotB tho two men woro alike. Neither had tho faoulty for aooumulr.Ung money. Gonoral MoLaws oor> Tossed that he did not havo It, and addressed the question seriously to the prosldoot: 'Cau you toll mo, General, how to mako money?' 'My doar Mac, I havo not tho sligbtest ldoa in the world,' ropllod the presi dent. Grant novor could save money. Ho had no business lnstlnots or facul ties. Before the olvll war he had as hard a time as any man In Amerloa. And after he loft the presidency he was an easy \ '.otlm for schemer*, who used hlra in swindling scheine?, whioh ho thought were honest until their dis honesty was exposed. When Qonoral MoLaws returned to Savannah he re ceived his appointment as postmaster." Morals of the Bathtub. "It is very easy to find a direct connection between the cleanliness of a people and their moral stand* ard," writes Edward YY. Hok, edi torially, of " The Morals of the Bathtub," in the "Ladies' Home Journal." "Of all the external aids to a moral life none is so potent as tidiness. An untidy man or woman soon becomes a moral sloven. Let a man be careless of Iiis surroundings, of bis companionships, of his dress, of Iiis general appearance and of Iiis bodily habits, and it is not long be fore tho same carelessness extends into the realm of bis morals. We are all creatures of our surroundings, and we work and act as we feel. If a man lives in a home where a carelessness or untidiness in his dress is overlooked, he very soon goes from one inexactitude to another He very quickly loses himself. The moral fibre of a man, line of itself, can soon become coarse, if the inllu ence of bis external surroundings is coarse. I believe thoroughly in the effect of a mau's dress and habits of person upon his moral character. " I do not say that neatness of ap pearance and cleanliness of person constitute the gentleman or the man of honor. But 1 do say that they are potent helps. And I would like to emphasize the importance of this belief upon the women of our homes. For it is given them to be an im Eortant factor in these helps to the etterment of the world's morality. I . . The man who makes a point I of keeping himself clean, and whose clothes look neat, no matter how moderate of cost they may be, works better, feels better, and is in every sense a better business man than his fellow-worker, who is disregardful of botli his body and dress, or either. He works at a distinct disadvantage. The external man unquestionably influences the internal man. 1 would give far more for the work done by a man who has the invigorating moral tonic of a morning bath and the feeling of clean linen, than I would for the work done by a man who scarcely washes, and rushes into his clothes. . . . The time spent upon our bodies is never wasted ; on the contrary is time well invested. A machine of metal and steel must be clean before it can do good work. So, too, the human machine. A disregard of the body and disorder in dress soon grow into moral sloven liness." It is a Mistake.?To work when you are not ill a lit condition to do so. To take oh' heavy underclothing out of season simply because you have become overheated. To think that the more a person eats the healthier and stronger he will become. To believe that children can do as much work as grown people, and that the more they study the more they ! laru. To .jo to bed late at night and rise at day-break, and imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. To imagine that if a little work or exerci80 is good, violent or pro longed exercise is better. To doucludc that the smallest room in the houae is large enough to sleep in. To slsep exposed to a direct draught at any season. To think any nostrum or patent medicine is a speeilie for all the dis eases that llcsh is heir to. To imagine that whatever remedy causes one to feel imediately better ?as alcoholic stimulants?is good for the system, without regard to the after effects. To eat as if you had only a minute in which to finish the meal, or to eat without an appetite, or to con tinue after it has been satisfied mere ly to gratify the taste. To give unnecessary time to a certain established routine of house keeping when it could he much more profitably spent in rest or re creation. For the washing of blankets let there be in readiness plenty of very warm water and of soap, if the water is hard, soften with borax or some good preparation, and make a strong suds. Soap should not be rubbed on the blankets. Wash until thoroughly clean, then rinse through at least two waters of the same tem perature as the soap-suds water. If any soapiness remains about them, they will be sticky and disagreeable to tho touch. Dry in the sun. The young married couple who arc crown ed with good health are really a king and queen. 1 bey are possessed of nu armor that ?nable? them to withstand all the hardships and misfortunes of life. Accidents aside, they will live long, happy lives of mutual helpfulness, aud tliey will be blessed with amiable, healthy children. They will sit together hi the twilight of old age and look back without regret over a mutually happy, helpful, useful, successful companionship. There are thousands of young couples ?very day who start wedded life with hut one drawback,?one or the other, or both, du lie from 1)1 health. There cau be no true wedt.ed happiness that is overshadowed by the black cloud of physical suffering. Tho man who contemplates matrimony, and re alizes that through overwork or worry oi neglect, he is suffering from ill - health, ?hould take the proper steps to remedy it before he assumes tue responsibilities of a husband. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery is the best of all medicines for men who have neglected their health. It makes the appetite keen, the digestion perfect, the liver active, and the blood pure and rich with life-giving elements. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It invigor ates and gives virility, strength and vigor. No woman should wed while she suffers fVotn weaknenu and disease in a wo.nanly way. These are the most disastrous of dis orders from which a woman can suffer. They break down her general health. They ttulU her far wlfehood and motherhood. They make ber a weak, sickly, nervous in valid, r Dr. pierce'a Favorite Prescription causa all weakness and disease of the deli cate and important organs that bear the bur asms of wlfehood and motherhood. It transforms weak, suffering, fretful inv.JnU Into healthy, happy wives and mothers. Both msdiejnea are sold at all good m?d fcritio store*. Absolutely Pure. Jbratod for its great leavening ,th and health fulness. Assures thbd against alum and all forms of iteration common to the cheap bru. |yal Baking Powder Co., Now York. Geu People's Convenience. ?V^Ught to think of other peo ple'mvenionee more than we gen eral b. The home is the place where this nightfulness should begin to becuated. One who conies late to bnfast admits that he is guilty of amiable self indulgence, but forgehat he 1ms marred the har moniUlow of the household life and mod confusion and extra work.How often an important COmmta is kept waiting ten minutfor one tardy member, who coniesnitering in at last, without even iiipology for causing perhaps (If teenjnja loss of time that to them was vi valuable, besides having put a fc strain on their patience and goliature. Everyday life is full ofiat such thoughtlessness, which tkes untold personal incon veniencland oft-time hurts the hearts opends.?O/t urchman. Advakok of Sleep.?In reply to the 'jy.'on, Is it wise for :i man to deny' JseYiC and get along with a few ho? sleep V? day, to do more work ? 3la, the grtw.it.electrician, is said toave replied : " 'That is a great mike, I am convinced. A man has at so many hours to be awake, na the fewer of these he uses upeaday the more days they will last?at is, the longer he will live. 1 Ifevc that a man might live two hired years if he Would j sleep most) the time, That is why I negroes oft live to advanced old age, becauahey sleep so much. It is said thaoadstonc sleeps seven teen hours ery day ; that is why his faoultidro still unimpaired in spite of hvreat oKl age. The proper way economize life is to sleep every bmcnt that is not ne cessary or dtahlc that you should be awake." ?Tho man o always acts just as ho feels soldoiets wisely. ?The tongiif tho tattler is always tipped with vhn. ?Tho devtWlll danco a jig any ime to seo twoiristains quarrel. CHALESTON "Augusta and hevillc Short Line." Schedule in set Feb. 7, 189(5. Lv Augusta. 9 40 am I40pn Ar Green wood.. .Ipi 17 pm . A nderaon. ; (> 10 pn I.aureus.? 115 pm 7 00 arr. ?Greenville. 3 00pm in 15 arr (denn Springs. 4 03 pm . Bpartanburg...! SOOpm it 25 an Baluda.... . . 5 23pm .... .. HendersonvilloJ r? ri 1 pm. Asheville.7 (Hi pro . Lv Asheville.8 2U am . Bpartanburg ...it 46 pm 4 ou pn* Glenn Springs.. 0 00 am ... _ Greenville....... 150 am 4 00 pm LaurciiB.j 30 pm 7 00 pit. Anderson .i. 7 OO air (ircenwood.\> 28 pm _ Ar Augusta.\ ixrpm lllt.am Lv Bpartanburg .... . 11 45 air. Greenville. 11 mi an Ar Clinton.,. 2 U? pm Newberry. 2 67 pm Prosperity .I. 3 18 pro Columbia.1. 4 30 pm Sumter.1. 0 42 pm Charleston .. {. !i 30 pm Lv Charleston. .. . 7 00 am Sumler. !?35 am Columbia. 11 no am Prospei ity. .... 11 r>s am Newberry. 12 10 pm Clinton.I.... 12 50 pm Ar (irceiivillo. SOOpm Spartanhurg ..._3 iki pm Lv Augusta. 265 pm Ar Allendale.1,... 6 00 pm Fairfax. 5 16 pm Yemassce. !|>am 0 20pm Heaufort .ld>am 7 20 pm Port Royal.ioi am 7 30 |>m Bavannan .i... s 00 pm Charleston.1. 80s pm Lv Charleston. (irviam Savannah. ti :'.!> am Port Royal. <> [im 7 40 am Heaufort.7 l.m 7 5<> am Ycmassco . II tin !? 10 am Fairfax. 10 20 am Allendale. 1035 air Ar Augusta. 12 to n*n Close connections at Grtiwnnd for all points on S. A. L. and C. <v [Railway, and at Spartanhurg with Bouthej Railway. For Information relative (tickets, rates se.hcdulcR, cte , address W, J. CRAia,Gen. Pass. i;cnt, Angus ta. (la. B. M. NORTH, Sol. AgenlAugusta, fla J. K. Cureton, Agent, CJl. Bpeighte Gen. Agent,Greenville. 8. C > ATLANTIC COAfr UNtf PA8SKN?KK DKl'A KaKNT. Wilmington, N. O., Jan. i/A, 1807 CUNDKN8KO UCHKD^R Going West, joing Kas. No. 62. \ No. 63. 7 00am* l.y... .Charleston .. .W 9 30?r? 8 2(1 .Lanes. 7i48 9 35 .Humter..1 .0 35 10 66 Ar.Columbia. . ,v 6 15 1158 .... Prosperity. 3 13 12 10pm .Newberry. 2 67 12 60 .Clinton.1 2 10 1 15 ....Lnurens.... \ 1 46 2 33 .... Groonwood .... . 8 04 .Abbeville .... . 610 .. ..Athen. Ga.... . j 45_ Atlanta ...... L. 6 15pm .. Wtnnsboro, B.C.. lTi"41air 8 20_..Charlotte, N. C.. 1 0 35 3 35pm Ar . ..Anderson, 8, C.. l4i 1 0.'?arr 4 20 .... Groeenville .... \10 30 810 ....Bpartanburg.... til 45 6 03 Hendersonville N,0. \9 15 7 00_.. Asheville.N.C... U 20 ? Daily. Nog, 62 and 68 Solid trains ttwno Charleston and Columbia, B. C, arl arr through ooach between Charlestq an* Atlanta. H, M, KM KltHON, Ass't Gon'l Passenger A1 I It, KKW ty, T, M.KMKR81N, ttsn" Manager. Trafllo Mannet To Get Kid of FLIE8.?There are many remedies given whereby the house may bo rid of Hies. Almost as numerous are they as the little pests we see feed upon them and thrive; but the butchers and dairy men of Switzerland claim that the oil of bay rubbed on their shelves and about the walla rids their stalls and dairies of ilies. It is also used in Paris to protect the chandeliers and picture frames from Bpeoking. This simple preventive may be had from any drugstore, is inexpensive and said to be effectual. Pa um PitovEitbS.?Kault-flnding is a fault. No man is wise, who docs not know (iod. They who live for self cannot be Batistied. lie who docs not know (iod is a stranger to himself. it is easier to set up a mark than it is to hit it. Failure is often tho most impor tant step toward success. The quality of our spectacles often determines our estimate of others. WHEN MONEY IS CI-.OSI? You want to savo doctor bills then? for you want tho Heat, Surest and Quickest Remedy for all pains, such as Kheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Sprains. Stilt' Joints, otu. Rice's Cooso Groaso Liniment cures all these at oneo. It also relieves Croup, Colds, Coughs and Tains In chest and sides at once. Always sohl under a guarantee by all druggists and general stores. Made by Gooso Creaso Liniment Co., Greensboro, N. C. SOUTHERN KAIL WAY. <i?<?ni?J Schedule In MRMl NOV. 18, 1800. STATIONS. roBPsrlt/.. f .vlierrT ., limly-Bfx.. ?lr<Mll'woo<l _lodjga. A? JAiSyllW. V, M. P?lUm....\1. Jr. Anderson ..._ ATT?i eeuvlTIe . ? i ii i i UJkM STATIONS. r?<iu villa . lodmout ... U llama ton Ct. Anderiion^^ tr">o'U.VD Ar. Donpald*.... , iama .. -'InetrSIx. ?wbirry .. *roRi?vUy.. hunbliv_j I I I.' I".I a:i TUT? M TTW a 9 Is is bTATIONiV Hop; f l&aXr.. . PhnrToafop... Ar I l*.!n ll 80?! ... CXiH?nU? t> M 1 H p a> No. ii 10 M a m 11 18 g m HeTT'jj IF* ? w l*WjLiB ~T5"3? p ra IS 5 s i'<( p a 2 87 p in ^ oT AlHtoil. ....Huntuo. .... Union. . Jnnntivtll* .. .... PacoJot ?... Bpartanburf. 1-1 i ? :hiVu i; Ashevllla. "P," p. m. "A." 6. nv. Train* ? and 10 carry olt'gan* PmUaaaa ?leaping cara botwee-n QalviinMa and AnhavTlU toronta dally b?twooi Jtuikben Tille and (HSv-IA ?atl. Trains Ivava Bpnrtaubur?, A. o* O. ?ilitw aorOibiiuad, 0 49 a. m., 4:47 n. m., p. m {Visllbul* Limited); jnuthbound 18;* a m. p. in , H Of? a. m.. t \ o.ifi>iuhi Liuviiad.i f rMru laava SreoVHta A. and 0. (Uvlston forthbound. 6i?J a. in., tin n. uv a?i two) p. ra. rw.ibulort IAmln?d)< wu?MttM, 1 %. nv dft p. n> UtsM p. m. (Vcultbvftad UmftadT Pullman Barv-tOA. a Itajaptef ?m en VratnaS&nn A a&d 0. AirUtoa. TUB LAURAS B?K. W. H. MAUTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauicbns, - South Carolina. Will practice tu all Courts of this State Attention givau to oollootioDH. i. T. JOHNSON. W. H. aiOllKY JOHNSON At RIC1IEY, ATTORNKY8 AT LAW, OrriOB?FlomiitK'?ornnr, Nort host ii. y. simpson. C. i>. UARK8DALK SIMPSON & BARKSDALE, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims II. \V. IIA 1.1.. |j, W. SIMKINH. W. W. IIA I.I, BALL, KIM KINS At BALL, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, South Carolina. \\"ill practice in all State und United Slates Court, .Special attention giveu collectious. side of I'ubllo Snjuare, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, ritiPAio.o nu nta i>, hffeot *?? ? ?. o>v?T. Hort libo* nd Lt. AOmiI? O T.J T " All ?Uta. B> T.I ? " K iirciMM . " Huf Olli. ? ?r4l>?'<villn.. ? f.. Ib... ? (Wuolla. Ar. MV A|ry. Lr. Tooooft. Wustirtloator " Houoi? . .. , " ' ' Pin 1. " Oitcn?lll?? ., " f v-mi tiwilnirtf " n^rtvnn. .. " fu?m)tsbi>rr " J\Mif'*l Ml ?* Guatonlti. L-r. Cl>?);i>Ue Ar DuuvU>? , Ar. RWhnVMJd Haut liliunndt --4?-?2t Lv Rjchiydjjii Lv. P \nr[U? , L.v. 0:v*t"tf|> . ? Bf : GR"*.' ? Ml. AI?? W ?nd. W?Diiiljr rr<ii?U?rft Vviiiiul? yinli ?lenjilWI Curd V"!^'?,-^! Xb<& V^k UftSNJl, v\(? >VhiI>1iik?0w, Alluii? ? rj- jud ?Jau bot www N?iw TA vi^\Yu?iOi'Kt<'?,AiUiiiti um) Hli ?!*dk> v|l?rOU^Ufftl 0 ??.?(liOllOr.'tvt Uh> ?tia Aibuila. Dining ort? #1i rouf?. $fn?, f> ?na ? no)\i betur 1?? u Bi<-hiii<ib(i ?h?J On <rlo. to, ibQun.4 ,Vn? Ii iv nJ y;. ao 1 ?ir Un? B?il? trALb, N AJjU>ntA MAi Mouat All/, GfA., Who is Will Whitener ? We Cut Prices On Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. Wo drive our business these hard limes by soiling at Cut Prices. We don't sit down und 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 purchaso a Piano or an Organ come and see US and we will sell you. We huvtj on hand the largest and best selected stock of Pianos in the State, including1 some of the hot makes on the market, and we are?'oin?r to sell them. We guarantee our prices to be lower than any other reliable dealer will make Our terms for lime purchasers are easy. Only a small cash payment required and we make the sailing smooth For Spot Cash Buyers we will say, you can buy a Piano or Organ cheaper from us than from any concern in the business. Wo keep constantly on hand a full BtoCK of small instruments, consisting of Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Autoharps, Violins, &c. Also the various parts, strings and supplies for same. We are selling Sewing Machines at ridiculously low price's. 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., GUvEENVlLtLE, 8. 0.?