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HISTORY Ol? ROAD BUILDING. A.s ARTICLE OY INTKKKST TO ALL (ON('i;i:M'!> in TUB oooL> KOADS MOVEMENT. Tin- following brief historical view of road building lins been prepared by Secretary Wilson, of the South Cnro line Good Bonds Association, it con tains eotno facts worh reading : It is a trite remark that the roads of a country are ;.n Indox of its civiliza tion ; that tboy are the physical ?ymbol by which to measure the progress ol any age or people. "If tho community is Stagnant Iho condition of the roads will indicate Iho lad; if they have no roads Ihoy are savages." Roads are not only the Ural product of civilization, but reacting thc> become the chief factor in its advancement. Look where we will in history we llnd thai road building and piosporlly go together, that i very great people have made this om; of tho foremost industrial ques tions. "In Peru Iho Incas built groat roads, the remains of which attest their mag nificence." Humboldt in hls,4A8pcc< of Nature" speaks of the mountain road from Quito to Cusco, as "A mnrvtl lous w.n-k, noi inferior to the most hn posing Roman roadways." It wasfiom 1,500 to 2,000 miles in length, 20 feel wide, pavid with stones lu foot square and had a running stream and road of shade tl'CCS Oil each side. I'roSCOtt Bays : "It was conducted over sierras covered with snow ; galleries were tit through living reck ; rivers were cr^ss od by means of bridges swung sus pondod in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed, and ravines of hideous depth wi re filled up with solid ma sonry.'' Tho streets of Habyloil were paved, it I9 said, 2,000 years B. C.,nnd the highway leading from Babylon to Mem phis was paved at an early dale, and along it arose the oilios of Nineveh. Palmyra, Damascus, Tyre, Alltioch and othci grcnt commercial towns. Tho importance of the roads to jinx, welfare of nnliotujwjg^.jHrt^^^ lO the (irceks.?'ffnescnalO Of Athens, i he,^?"fToveinnienls of LilCCdoniCU, Thebes and other Stales of GfCCCO he stowed much can* upon them. The Carlhngiuiaii8 also were system atic and scientific read makers ; and not a liitle ol their commercial and military importance, is due to that fact. The Romans learned the art of road building from Carthago, and in their hands it reached its highest develop ment. Tho earliest and greatest of Rom.Ml roads, the AppiaU way. was commenced in 312 B.C. The city of Home was afterwards connected with all the chief towns by paved roadways. Later these, hues of communication weie extended through Savoy. ?UU phine and Provence ; through tier mail}', every part of Spain, through Caul, and even to Constantinople;' through Hungary, Macedonia and to tin mouth of iho Danube. Noithoi did Iho interposition of seas obstruct the labor or daunt the enterprise of this gnat people. The lines of com - inunicatiou thus constructed to the shores of the continent of Europe were continued at corresponding points of the neighboring islands and conti nents sieily, Corsica, Sardinia, Eng land, Africa and Asia were accordingly penetrated and Intersected by roads forming tho continuation of tho great European lines. These gigantic works were tlie ni"st solid Stl'llctlltCS of their kind which have been formed in any age, and many of them still remain, often forming the foundation of mod ern roids, and in sonic instances con stituting 111?- road surface now used. A trench was excavated the entire length and width of the roadway ; and in ibis the road materials were placi d in lour layers, having a total thickness Of abolll Ihne feet: (1) lltC strut 11 incn, comistlng of large tint stones laid in in >it ir ; (2) the rod us, com posed of broken stone and mortar well consolidated by ramming; (."{) the nucleus, a mixture of broken brick, tilo, gravel and lime; (I) iho summa crusta, a pavement of stone, closely jointed, and fitted with the utmost nicety. Although these roads were emb onlly curable, they wore deficient in tho Other qualities requisite for a good road, and I lor i CO stales that tllO\ were "less fatiguing to people who travel slowly." They were remarkable chiefly for their lavish disregard of every obstacle, and are monuments rather of military despotism than of engineering skill. During the reign of lawlessness fol lowing ihe breaking up of the empire these roads were infested with robbers and cut-throats, and were avoided and neglected by iho people, and soon be came impassable; such intercourse IIS was maintained was conducted over rude paths. With the reconstruction | of society the roads gradually became passable' for pack animals and the rude vehicles of the time; but no serious attempt was made anywhere to replace the public highways until the middle of the 17ih century. Road building wat taken up in France about KJ0Q Iry Louis XIV., who had several line roads made in the yieuiity of Paris. Tncy were very wide, but weie paved only in tho center. The people very soon began to appreciate the advantages of good roads, but it was not linlil the advent of Napoleon that tho njodorn system of magnificent highways was inaugu rated. "The. material lud financial prosperity, thriftillOHS ami contentment of the French people has long excited the admiration of the yvnld, neither revolution nor defeat froii abroad ap pears to have entailed upon them bur dens too heavy for them tolbear. Stu dents of economic problems ascribe this marvellous coudi'ion lo the far reaching and splendidly maintained system of highways, on Winch the obstacles to economical transportation have been reduced to the mnimum, The almost incredibly bill state of tho roads In England lowardjihc latter part of the 17th century apjoars from the accounts cited by Macauky, (Hist, c. III.) Encyclopedia BrlltaTlca says ? "It was due chiefly to the stile of the law which compelled each Wish to maintain its roads by atnlurt labor." A hundred years later it does\ot soem to have boon greatly improve!. Air. Arthur Young, writing in 177<\of one, of the principal highways, saw: "I know not in the wholo range Of Ian guago, terms sufficiently exproMve to dofeciihc this Infernal road." \ It was attempted to relievo tiu in tolerable condition.by a system kt toll roads, and about 30,000 miles Iwcro built by the end of the century; but they were so badly built that lhey>woro ^ eoon in as bad or a worse Condition. "They were managed," says the ?icy clopodia Brittanica, "by ignornnt and Incompetent iuen, until Telford and ( Macadam brought scientific principles and regular systoni to their coiistiuc tion a:.d repair." Tho iinmo of Qol ford is associated with a type of rted wh'di had been used by Tresagliet'lO France GO .years nofore ; "and A? in often chayaclcrfce roads on which all his prc^pUi arc Iis some respects rivals, to those two men England owes uer present Bystom of roads. Dickons says: "Our shops, our horses legs, our boots, our hearts, have all boou bouefltled by the iutro duclton ol* .Macadam." Most of paragraphs above have i.e n condensed from "Highway Con struction," I))' A. T. Byrne, and from the Encyclopedia Brittanlca. They would have been quoted OUttight bad space permitted. In .lie United States the road ques tion came Into prominence at a voiy i arly dale. At the beginning of the present century Congress set aside a certain part of the proceeds of the sah1 of public lands to road building. The ninth Congress nnssed an act pro viding for the construction of the "Cumberland road," from Cuu.bor land, Maryland, into Ohio, and from 1810 to 1810 appropriations were made lor continuing ibis work amounting to ?080,000 and 060 miles were built. In 1817 John C. CalhoUU introduced a measure in Congress providing that the bonus and dividends received by the United States from its newly char tered national hank be set aside for roads and canals, ntnouutiug to about $050,000 por year. In support of this Mr. Calhoun said in part : "The man ner in which laeility and cheapness of intercourse add to the wealth of a nation has been so often and ably dis cussed by writers on political economy that I presume the house to be per fectly acquainted with the subject. It is sulllcient to observe that every branch of natiotud industry?-agricul* iure, innnu'acturing and commercial ? is stimulated and rendered by it more productive. The icsult is to diffuse universal opulence. It gives to the interior the advantages possessed by the ports most eligibly situated for trade. Il makes (he country price, whether in the sale of the raw pro duct or in the purchase of the articles for consumption, approximate to that of tho coiih'hetetal"iottTflg; ? Ift--facf if we loojrinto the nature of wealth we J]nJ^"tiiat nothing can be more favor able to its growth than good roads and canals. . . . Every portion of the community, the farmer, the mechanic and the merchant will feel its good effects ; and what is of greatest impor tance, the strength of the community will bo greatly augmented and its polit ical prosperity rendered mot'O secure" Henry Clay also spoke in favor of this : measure, defending its constitutional ity, but it was votocd by ! resident Monr oc on the ground that it was un constitutional. From 1800 to 1838, In addition to ihc Cumberland road Congress expended S1 ,<i00,()l)0 on various highways; one leading from the frontier of Gcoigia towards New Orleans,one from Detroit to Chicago, one from Memphis into Arkansas, and one from Nashville to Natchez. From 1S?4 to I860, another period of activity, $1,000,000 was ex pended chiefly In the territories. South Carolina took up the road pinhlcm very early in her history. On the 20th of May, 1082, the colonial assembly passed the fust road law en titled "An act for highways." In ll'M an act was passed directing a road to he built to Orangeburg from "the head of the path that leads from Dorchester to Ca;:t. Issard's cow pen." In 1742 nu act was passed providing for a ferry across Santec river and a road made in connection with il "to facilitate the passage of travelers from Charleston to Williamsburg and others, the north western parts of this province" From 17?"5 to 17S(i the following roads were provided for : From Kutaw Springs through Manchester, Camden and Lau caster C. 11. ; from Fort Motto to Fishing Creek ; from Society Hill to llenuottsville, Marion, (Sonwayboro and Georgetown ; and from the same point to Darlington, Klngstreo and Fort Motie, from Orangcburg to Ninety Six, Abbeville and I'cndloton ; fioin Augusta to Edge Held, Ninety-Six and Fish Dam ; and Iron. Friday's lorry on Congaree river to Augusta. In 17SS a general road law was pass ed requiring 12 days' work or a com mutation tax of $2 per diem, and in 1780 the funds derived from tavern licenses were appropriated to road im provement. These early roads were, as a general thing, located with remarkable skill, and well built, as the present condition of many of them will prove. Dray ton's "View of .South Carolina," pub lished in 1802, says : "The roads in the State are well adapted to traveling and transportation, even to the moun tains ; and hence wagons find no dlfll Clllty in coming from the uppei coun ties, bringing with them the commodi ties of that distant region. Cross roads to and from each court house are made throughout the Suite and a wagon road has lately been made from the north fork of Saliida river over the moun tains to Knoxville, in the Slate of Ten nessee, by which wagons have passed carrying loads of 2,600 po in '.s weight. And at this time a carriage and four may be driven from any part of this State to the othci, from the sea shore to the mountains, without any other diflicully than such as naturally arise in long journeys. As a further proof of the high do grec of efficiency of these old State roads, the cost of transportation hy wagons between Columbia and Charles ton, in 1821, as given by Mr. Robert Mills, was only 17 22-100 cents per ton per mile. Standard authorities give the cost at 18 cents per ton per mile on ihe very best earth roads, white the average cost in thh> State now is variously estimated at from 25 to 40 cents. Since the beginning of the railway or' in the 80s the history of tho public loads in this State has been entirely without interest, recording only a steady and unbroken decline. An elTort was made about 10 years ago by the writer (?"> awaken some interest in the subject, bid it uns soon e-owded out by other issius. It is to bo hoped that the present movement maiks a turning point, and that with the beginning of the 20lb century, an era of great activ ity in road building will be commenced. Chas. C. Wilson, Secretary. An editor recently went to sec his best girl. Sho had yawned six times, looked at the clock four times, and pretended to be half asleep three times, but the young editor who was calling upon her was so much in love that ho did nol observe these manifescations of weariness. At length sho Raid : "Most newspapers have mottos, havn'i they ?" "Somo havo." Has yours ono?" "Yos." What is it?" "Wo arc hero to stay." "I could havo sworn it was something of (bat kind," ?.he said with a sigh and ll.o silenco was resumed. At Hie recent State Fair at Syracuse, N. Y., there were 2,000 fowls shown. About every known breed was repre sented. One man's fowls were award ed $300 in pri/.os. This exhibitor ^Circuit of tho fall fairs with a of rowls. A competitor, who so had a groat 'many^owls, bought | lUccoMful prize w?Mil?v.Cutiro TRANSFORMATION By ROBERT BARK. [Copyright. 1897. by the Author.] 80 strange a combination is that mys tery which wo term liumuit nature that ? touch of adverse circumstance may transform a quiet, peaceable, law abid ing citizen into a malefactor whose heart is filled with a desire for venge ance, stopping at nothing to accomplish it. In a little narrow r.lreot otf tho broad ' Ruo do Bennos, near the great terminus of Mont Parnas80, stood the olookmak lug shop of *ko brothers Deloro. Thu window was filled with cheap clocks, and depending from a steel spring at tached to the top of the door was a bell which rang when any one entered, for tho brothers were working clockmakers, continually busy in the room at thu back of tho shop, and trade in tho neighborhood was not brisk enough to allow them to keep nn assistant. Thu brothers bad worked amicably in this small room for 20 years and were re ported by the denizens of that quarter of Parifl to bo enormously rich. They were certainly contented enough and had plenty of money for their frugal wants, as well as for their occasional exceodingly mild dissipations at thol neighboring cafe. They bad always a little money for the church and a little money for charity, and no one had ever heard either of them speak a harsh word to any living soul, and least of all to each other. Ono eveniug, just as they were about to eloso tho shop and adjourn together., to tho cafe, the boll rang, and &&m*h went forward ta-rc ?rB- vrrf?r-Wfis want od.. -4te found waiting for him an un kempt individual of appearance so dis reputable that ho at oueo made up his mind that hero at last was tho thief fer whom they had waited so long in vain. Tho man's wild, roving eye, that seemed to search out every coiner and cranny in the place and rest nowhere for longer than a second at a time, added to De lore's suspicions, Tho unsavory visitor was evidently spying out the land, and Adolph felt certain ho would done busi ness with him at that particular hour, Whatever might happen later. Tho customer took from under his coat, after a furtive glance at tho door of tho back room, a small paper covered parcel and, untying tho string some what hurriedly, displayed a crude i.icco of clockwork, made e?f brass. Handing it to Adolph lie said, "How much would it cost to make a dozen like that?" " What is it used for?" Tho man hesitated for a moment. "It is n part of a clock," ho said at last. "1 don't understand it. I never saw a clock made like this." "It is an alarm attachment," replied tho visitor, with some impatience. "It is not necessary that you should under stand it. All I ask is can you duplicate it and at what price?" "But why not make the alarm ma chinery part of tho clock? It would bo much cheaper tiiau to make this and then attach it to a clock." Tho man made a gesture of annoy ance. "Will you answer my question?" ho said grullly. "I tlou't believe you want this ns part of a clock. In fact, I think I can guess why you came in bore, "ropiled Adolph, as innocent as a child of any correct suspicion of what tho man was, think ing him merely a thief and hoping to frighten him by this hint of his own shrewdness. His visitor looked lowcringly at him, and then, with a quick eye, seemed to measure the distance from where ho stood to the pavement, evidently medi tating llight. "I will hoo what my brother says about this," said Adolph. But before Adolph could call his brother tho man bolted and was gone in an instant, leav ing tho mechanism in the hands of tho bewildered olookmokor. AlphoUSO, when he heard the story of their belated customer, was even more convinced than bis brother of tho dan ger of tho situation. Tho man was un doubtedly a thief and the bit of clock work merely an oxcuso for getting In sido tho fortress. Tho brothers, with much perturbation, locked up tho estab lishment, and instead of going to their usual cafe tlmy betook themselves aa speedily as possiblo to tho odlco of tho police, where they told their suspicions and gavo a description of tho supposed oulprit. Tho officer seemed mach im pressed by their story. Buforo morning tho man, who gavo his name as Jacques Picard, was arrost ed, but tho authorities made littlo by their zeal. Adolph Deloro sworo posi tively that Picard and his visitor woro tho same person, but tho prisoner had no difficulty in proving that ho was in a cafo two miles away at tho timo tho visitor was in Deloro's shop, while Adolph had to admit that tho shop was rather dark when tK con . ersatiou about tho clockwork to'k piano. Picard was ably defended, ai i.is advocato submitted that, even if ho d been in tho shop, ns stated by Dolore, and had bargained as alleged for tho mechanism, thoro was nothing criminal in that, un less the. prosecution could show that ho intended to put what ho bought to iin |Mupji' uses. *\h well arrest a nmu w/10 entered to buy a koy for his watch. So Picard was reloascd, although tho po lice, cortain ho was ono of tho men they wanted, resolved to keep a close watch on his future movements. But tho siis pootod man, as if to savo them unneces sary trouble, left two days lator for London, and thoro romaiuod. For a week Adolph slopt badly in tho shop, for, although ho hoped tho thief had been frightened away by tho pro ceedings taken against him, still, when ever ho fell asloop, ho dreamed of bur Slars, and so awoke himsoli many times nring tho long nights. When it camo tho turn of Alphonse to sloop in tl shop, Adolph hoped for an undisturbed night's rest in tho room abovo, but tho fates woro against him. Bhortly aftor midnight ho was flung from his bed to tho floor, and ho folt tho honso rooking as if an earthquake had ps^soel undor Paris. Ho got on his hands and knoos In a dazed condition, with a roar as of tbnndor in his cars, mingled With tho sharp cracklo of hroaking glass. He mado his wny to the window, won nering wnerner no was anicop or awaae, and found the Window shattored. Tho moonlight poured into tho dosorted stroot, and ho noticed a cloud of dust am* jmoko rising from tho front of the shop. Ho gropod his way through tho darkness toward the stairway and wont down, calling his brothor's namo, but tho lowor port of tho stair had boon blown away, and ho foil noon tho dobris below, lying thoro half stnnncd, envel oped in suffocating smoko. When Adolph partially rceovored oonsoiousness, ho became aworo that two mon wore holping him out over the rums or tho shattered shopv Ho was still murmuring tho name of 9% broth er, and thoy woro telling him, In a re assuring tone, that everything was all tight, although ho vaguely felt that moir anna iiiiucd in nis, and no stum bled helplessly among tho wreckage, seeming to have lost eontrol over Iiis limbs. Ho saw that the whole front of tho shop was gone and noticed through tho wide opening that a crowd stood in tho street, kept back by the police Ho wondered why ho bad not seen all these people when ho had looked old of tho shattered window. When they brought him to tho ambulance, he resisted slightly, Bayiug ho wanted to go to his brother's assistance, who was sleeping in the shop, but witli gOUtlo forco they plaood him in tho vehicle, and lie was driven away to tho hospital. For several days Adolph fancied that bo was dreaming, that ho would soon awake and take up again tho old pleas ant, industrious lifo. It was the nurso who told him ho would never seo Iiis brother again, adding by way of conso lation that death had been painless and instant, that tho funeral had been one of the grandest that quarter of Paris had over seen, naming many high and im portant olhcials who had attended it. Adolph turned Iiis face to tho wall ami groaned. His frightful dream was to last him his life. When ho trod tho streets of Paris a week later, ho was bet tho shadow of his former portly self. Ho was gaunt) and haggard, his doth hanging on him as if they had bee- made for some other man, a fortnip it's Stubby beard ou tho face which had always hereto I fore been smoothly shaven. Ho sat si ! lentlynt tho cafe, and few of his friends recognized him at lirst. They heard ho had received ample compensation from tho government and now would have money enough to Bnfficohiin all his lifo Without tho necessity of working for it, und they looked on him as a fortunate man. But he sat thoro listlessly, receiv ing their congratulations or condolences vvi*h cone.! hy Qyeg ho ??-'?.Ike;1. ,.asi ] rtho shop. Tho front was boarded up, 1 and glass had beeu put in tho upper windows. Ho wandered aimlessly through the streets of Paris, some saying ho was iu 61U10 and that ho was looking for hif brother, others that ho was searching for tho murderer. Ouo day ho entered tho police offico where .o had first made his unlucky complaint. "Havo you arrested him yet?" no asked tho officer in charge. "Whom?" inquired tho offlcor, not reoogulzing his visitor. "Picard. I am Adolph Deloro." "It was not Picard who committed tho criino. Ho was in Loudou at tho timo and is there still." "Perhaps I could help. I am going to London. Will you givo mo Picavd'a ad dress?" "Hero is .his address, but I think 3-011 lie fell upon the debris, below naa netter teavo mo caso aiono. iou no not know tho language, and you may merely arouse his suspicions if you in terfere. Still, if you learn anything oommuuicato with 1110." Tho former frank, honest expression in Adolph's eyes had given placo to a look of cunning that appealed to tho in stinct of a French police officer. Ho thought something might come of this, und his instincts did not mislead him. Deloro with great craftiness watched tho door of the bouse in London, taking caro that no one should suspect his pnr poso. Ho saw Picard como out alone on Bovoral occasions and onco with anoth er of hl# own stripe, whom ho took to bo Lnmoiue. Ouo evening, when crossing Leicester Square, Picard was accosted by a stran ger in bis own language. Looking around with a start, ho saw at his side a cringing tramp, worse than shabbily dressed. ""What did you say?" asked Picard, with a tremor in Iiis voice. "Could you assist a poor country man?" whined Deloro. "I have no money." "Porhaps you could help mo to get work. I don't know tho luuguago, but I am a good workmuu." "How can I help you to work? I have no work mysolf." "I would lio willing to work for noth ing if I could get a placo to sloop and something to eat." "Why don't you steal? I would if I woro huugry. What nro you afraid of? Prison? It is no worse than tramping tho stroots hungry. I know, for I havo triod both. What is your trade?" "I am a watchmaker and a first class Workman, but I havo pawned all my tools. I have tramped from Lyons, but thoro is nothing doing In my trado. " Picard looked at him suspiciously for & fow minutes. "Why did you accost mo?" ho asked at last. "I saw yon woro a fellow country man. Frenchmen havo helped me from timo to timo." "Lot us sit down on this bench. What is your name, and how long have you boon in England?" "My uamo in Adoloh Carrier, and I havo been in London threo months." "So long as that? How havo you lived all that tiuio?" "Very poorly, as you may seo. I somotimcs got scraps from tho Fronoh rostaurants, and I sleep wdiero I can." "Woll, I think I can do hotter than that for yon. Como with 1110." Picard took Dolore to his honso, let ting himsolf in with a latohkoy. No body seemed to occupy tho placo but himself and Lamoino. Ho led tin. way to tho top story ami opened a door that communicntod with a room entirely baro of furniture. Leaving Adolph thoro, Picard wont down stairs agnin and oamo up shortly aftor with a light ed eandlo in his hand, followod by La moino, who carried a mattress. "This will do for you for tonight," said Picard, "and tomorrow wo will soo if wo enn got yon any work. Can you mnko clocks?" "Oh, yos, and good onosl" "Very woll. Givo mo a list of tho tools and materials yon nood, and I will got thorn for you." Picard wroto in a notobook tho Horns' Adolph reoited to him, Lamoino watch ing thoir now omploycoclosely, but say ing nothing. Next day a tablo and a ohair wore put into tho room, and in tho afternoon Picard brought in tbo tools and some shoots of brass. Picard and Lamoino woro somowhat suspicious of their recruit, at first, but ho went on industriously with his task and made no attempt to communicate with anybody. They soon saw time ha was an expert workmuu and a quiet, in oleaiilng up thoir roowa and going cr randa for beer ?no! other necessities of lifo. When Adolph finished his first ma chine, ho took it down to them and ex hibited it with pardonable pride. There was a dial OU it exactly like a clock, al though it had but one hand. "Lot us seo it work," Bald Picard. "Sot it so that tho hell will ring In threo minutes.1' Adolph did ns requested and stood back when tho machine began to work With a scarcely audible tick tick. Pi card pulled out his watch, and exactly at tho third minute the hannner fell 00 tho bell. "That is very satisfactory," ?aid Picard. "Now can you mako tho next ono slightly concave, so that a man may strap it under his coat with* out attracting attention? Such a shapo is useful when passing tho customs." "I can mako it any shapo yon like, and thinner than this ono if you wish it." "Very well. Go out and get us a quart of beer, and wo will drink to your success. Hero is tho money." Adolph obeyed with his usual docili ty, staying out, however, somewhat longer than usual. Picard, impatient at tho delay, spoko roughly to him when ho returned and ordered him to go up stairs to his work, Adolph departed meekly, leaving them to their beer. "Seo tnnt you understand that mn ohino, Lamoino," said Picard. "Set it half an hour." Lamoino, turning tho hand to tho fig ure VIon tho dial, set tho works in mo tion, and to tho accompaniment of Its quiet tick tick they drank their beor. "llo seems to understand his busi ness," t-aul iaunolno. "Yes," answered Picard. "What heady stuff this English beer is! I wi h wo had Koino good French bock. Tina makes mo drowsy. Lamoino did not answer. Ho was nodding in bis chair. Picard throw himself down on his mattress in ono corner of tho room. Lamoino, when I'd foil from his chair, muttered an oath and lay where ho fell. An hour later tho door stealthily opened, and Adolph's head cautious'y reconnoitered tho situation, coming in to tho silent apartment inch by inch, his crafty eyes rapidly searching tho room and filling with malicious gleo when ho saw that everything was as hu bad planned. Ho entered quietly and closed tho door softly behind him. Ho had a great coil of strong cord in hiH band. Approaching the sleeping men on tiptoe, lie looked down on them for u moment, wondering whether the drug had done its work sufficiently well for hint to proceed. Tho question was sot tied for him with a suddenness that nearly unnerved him. An appalling clang of tho bull, a startling sound that seemed loud enough to wake the dead, made him spring nearly to the ceiling. Ho dropped his rope and (dung to thu door in a p: uio of dread, his palpitating heart nearly suffocating him with its wild heating, staring with affrighted eyes at tho machine which had givon such an unexpected alarm. Slow ly re covering command over himself, ho turned his ga/.o on thoslocpera Neither bad moved. Both wero breathing as heavily as ever. Pulling himself together, ho turned his attention first to Picard as tho more dangerous man of tho two should an awakening come before ho was ready for it. Ho bound Picard'? wrists tightly together, th n Ids ankles, Iiis knees and his elbows. He next did tho Bamo for Lamoino. With great effort l?? or\* pi cam ui a seated position on Ins chair, tying him there with ceil after coil ol tho cord. So anxious was ho to make everything secure that he somewhat overdid tho business, making tho two scorn liko seated mummies swathed in cord. Tho chairs he fastened immovably to tho floor; tin n he otood back and gazed with a sigh at the two grim seat ed figures, with their bonds drooping helplessly forward on their corded breasts, looking like sih nt etligies ot tho dead. Mopping bis perspiring brow, Adolpb now turned his attention to tho machine that had startled him so when he first camo in. Ho carefully examined its mechanism to seo that everything was right. Going to the cupboard, ho took up a falso bottom and lifted carefully out a nnmbor Of dynamite cartridges that tho two sleepers bad stolen from a French mine. These ho arranged in a battery, tying them together. lit! raised tho hammer of tho machine and set the band so that tho blow would fall in 00 minutes after the machinery was set in motion. Tho whole de adly combination ho placed on n small table, which he shoved closo in front of the two sleep ing men. This done, be sat down on a chair patiently to await the awakening. Tho room was situated at tho back of tho house and was almost painfully still, not a sound from the street penetrating to it. Tho oaudlo burned low, guttered and went out, but Adolph sat thero and did not licdit another. Tho room was still only halt in Harmless, for the niOOli Shone brightly in at tho window, re minding Adolph that it was just a month before when ho had looked out on a moonlit street in Paris w hile his brother lay murdered in tho room bo low. Tho hours dragged along, and Adolph sat as immovable as thu two Seated boforo hiin. Tho square of moon light, slowdy moving, at last illumined tho seated form of Picard, impercep tibly climbing up, as the moon sank, until it touched bis face. Ho threw his head first to one side, then hack, yawned, drew a deep breath and tried to Btrugglo. "Lamoino I" ho cried, "Adolph! What tho dovil is this? I say, hero! Help! I am betrayed'" "Hush," said Adolph quietly. "Do not cry so loud. You will wake La moino, who Is bosido you. I tun bore. Wait till I light a caudlo. Tho moon light is waning." "Adolph, you fiend, you aro in league with tho policol" "No, I am not. I will explain every thing in a moment. Have patiene.o." Adolph lit a caudle, and Picard, rolling his eyes, saw that the slowly awakening Lamoino was hound liko himself. Lamoino, glaring at bis partner and not understanding what had happened, hissod: "You Imvo turned traitor, Picard) You have informed, onrsoyoul" "Keep quiet, you fool. Don't yon seo I am bound ns tightly as you?" "Thero has been no traitor and no in forming, nor need of any. A month ago tonight, Picard, there was blown into oternity n good and honest man, who novor harmed you or any ono. I am hi i brother, Adolph Dolore, who refused to muko your infernal machine for you. I am much changed sinco thou, but per haps now you recognize met" "I swear to (Jod, "cried Picard, "that I did not do it I I was in London nt tho timo. I can prove it. Tborois no uso in handing mo over to tho police, oven though pnrbaps you think you can ter rorize this poor Wretch into lying against me." "Prny to God, whoso namo you bo lightly use, that tho polico you fear may get you noicro I am obnowTtn yo??. In tho polico, strnngo as it may sound to you, is your only hopo, but thoy will) have to conio quickly If thoy are to aaW yon. Picard, yon hevo livod perbaJj 85 years on this earth. Tho noxt nil U106O j entf?. ' Adolph put tho percussion cup In ita place and Btarted the mechanism. Fora few moments Its quiet tick tiok was tho ouly Bound heard in tho room, l?o two The doomed wen Med Ineffectually to cry out. hound men Staring with wide open eves at the dial of tho clock, while tho whole horror of thoir position nlovdy brok~ upon them. Tick tick, tick tick, tick tick, tide tick, tick tick, tick tick! Bach man's faco was paled and rivulets of sweats ran down from their brows. Suddenly Picard raised his voico in an unearthly shriek. "I expected that," Haid Adolph quiet ly. "I don't think any ono can hear, but I will gag you both, so that wo may run no risks." When this was done, ho said: "I havo set tho clockwork at 00 minutes. Seven of thoso aro already spent. Tboro is still time OQOUgb loft for meditation and ropeutanoo. 1 place tho candle hero so that its rays will Whine upon tho dial. When you havo made your own peace, pray for tho souls of any you have sent into eternity with out time for preparation." Doloro loft tho room as softly as ho bad entered it, and the doomed men tried ineffectually to cry out as they beard tho key turning in tho door. Tho authorities know that sonio ono had perished in that explosion, but whether it was one man or two they could not toll. THK UNIX TELL Til 1*. COOK To rub tough meat with acut lemon. To use bacon fat for frying chicken or game. To try dipping sliced onions in milk before frying. To use U nder hoih d aspntngus tips for a nice omelette. Thai lemon and Ol'tOgO peels arc line for Unvoting sauces. That fried sweet npplcs are excel lent for sorvillg with liver or kidneys. To sic tin stale rolls or a stale loaf oi bread until fresh and warmed through bofoi o serving. Thai a BfjUCC/.O of lemon improves scrambled Cggs : and it should be added while ihey are cooking. To Bqucc/.e Ihe juice of an orange and .pale a little nutmeg in the lemon ade just before pourm;.- ii into the glasses. To add a few drops of vinegar to the water poaching eggs to make them si t propci ly and keep (he while from spreading. That stewed potatoes, grated cheese, and U couple of finely chopped boiled sausages is a line sauce to serve with fried eggs. That fresh Cgg8 taken from the shelf and boiled in half a pint of SWCCl cream, and seasoned with pepper and sait, form a delicious breakfast dish. Yhey should only cook two minutes ill the boiling ci cam. That appetizing mint sauce is best made from lh roe tablespoon fills of finely chopped mint, two inbl-spoon fuls of granulated sugar, and a teacup of vinegar. Wash the mint and free it from grit, chop it finely, and pui iu a tureen with the vinegar and sugar, and cover closely for an hcillY?Good lieaclint/. HER SIMPLE EPITAPH. "I .-aw a rude, roughly hewn stone above the grave on an eastern Ken lucky hillside a few weeks since,** said Ml*. Walter Wade, a stale insurance solicitor, "thai was placed there before monument makers nourished in thai part of Kentucky. There were hut I wo graves in the little unfenced snot, and they Were in the center of a sa-sa fras thicket. This old stone, over which the ivy had 01 opt, Well nigh blotting out the inscription, bore these words, which SCClUCd lo have been chi-eled by a tiembling lingered novice: 'Jane Lnwlor, ilcd Agus, 1840. She wuz allus kinc lo evrybuddic.' I thought as 1 stood (hero by iho wecd-creslod mound of what a World dt moaning there was in those tew simple words, '.she wuz allus kinc to ovrybuddio.' When I shall have composed my weary limbs for (ho last sleep I would ask no greater boon than thal^such a compliment might truthfully bo placed on ihe tomb above my silent form. It was so different from any of the chiseled platitudes one sees in large cemeteries. I wondered what loving heart could have inspired il, and stopped to ask about the woman whose gentle life could merit so louder a tribute. "Noboby on either the Kentucky or V In the old days of til Christian martyrs it wa not unusual for the sai age Pagans to cast ianr. cent women into a del of lions, to suffer liorii ble agony and tear be I? fore death finally cam to their relief. _ Ii this Christian ajf and this laud oi civilization ten of thousands o: V iJSk '^[^ women daily sul Hui '~ I ' *^ '... f?r lnc s,<>w to? in fills of a p proaching death They do this because of a false delicacy fre qnently inculcated by their mothers. There is a marvelous medicine for womei that cures all weakness and disease of tin distinctly feminine organism, It acts di rcctly on the delicate and important orgam Concerned in maternity nnd makes then ?trong and healthy. It is Dr. Pierce's Pa vorite Prescription. It allays inflammation heals liberation and soothes pain. It jjivei rest and tone to the tortured nerves. Undo Its inaKic influence the headaches and pnini j hi the back and sides, the dragging nn< burning sensations, the nervousness, weak ness, lassitude and despondency that resul from SO .called .emale weakness are ban Ished. It fits f< rwifehood and motherhood Taken during the period of solicitude, i' banishes the usual discomforts nnd niakei baby's entry to the world ensy and almost painless. It insures the new comer's healtl and nu ample supply of nourishment Thousands of women have testified to it) marvelous merits. All good dniKtfists sell it Mrs. Ursula Diinlmm, of Slstcrsville, Tyle? Co., W. Vn., writes: " My bnhy is now nearly i yenr old. After she wan t>om I lin'l local weak ness. I could not stand up. I took thrco bottIn of Dr. Pierce s Pnvorite Prescription nnd it hal cured ine. I can now do all my work." \\ ? It is better to d? Dr. Pierce s ^^^?? damage is ? \ww\ than wait until the whole structure is readj to fall. Constipation in the one, all etubrac Ing disorder that is responsible for man) other din- -^g eases. I)oo tor Pierce's I'lonc/mt Pleasant Pellet? cute 1 ?VC??Ctlitl. Jt nr?e f;l?ta sell them. They never gripe. Ofll ittle "Pellet" Is a gentle laxative, ami two a mild cathartic. They are tiny, ?uj .r - coated granules. ?-^ tt N?* dug else is "just as KPllPTQ * *d.?? A permanent cure. 1 ^??513? Virginia side of the mountains know! much of tho Lawlcr family, hut one old mountaineer said ho had been told i the woman was the wile of an old woodsman who lived and hunted on I Mount Elkhoru in ihc Urst hall ol the proseul contury. Tho palsied band of the loving husband doubtless Iraccd tho last testimonial of reverence." Louisville Post, L'aste That Will Kekp.?Uis solve a Icaspoouful of alum in a quart Of warm water. When cold, slir In Hour enough to give it the consistence id' thick cream, being careful to heat up all the lumps. Throw in half a ill /.en i loves, and stir in as much roSIU as will stand on a penny. L'our Into 'he mixture a tcui upftil Of boiling water, stirring well all the time. Let it remain on the stove a lew minutes, and it will be of the consistence of mush. l'our it into an earthen or china vessel, lei it it cool, cover it. and put in a cool place. When needed for use, soften a portion with wann water. It will last a year, and is better than gum, as il docs not glo^s the paper, and can be written upon.- United I 'n sbyti rinn. \V. 11. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauuens, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts of Ibis State Attention given to collections. II. V. simpson. c. I). uarksdalf SIMPSON & BARKSDALC, Attorneys at l.av,-, LAUUENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims u. W. BALL. Ii. W. himkin8. W. W. BALL BALL, SIM KINS A BALL, Attorneys at Law, Lauuens, South Carolina. Will practice in all Slato and United Stales Court. Special attention given collections 60UTHERN RAILWAY. e"5ouilen?o<l SOiodnU la Efffrt JUlYl, I ?07. STATION?. I.v. ObnrT?ii'.on_ I.V. fjolinnbi? ... Proauority.. Newovrry .. Ninrty-six,. Ar. Orst?uwcod. " H<l<l|JO(l ..... Ar. AbbwtuTe.., A r. Bo) t on. ?r. Alulornon .. Ar- (n eeurlTlit^ Ar. Atlant? ? STATIONS. n?. El rinn? B&IS i 3 I a 1 N I M 4 8j_S> Lv. Gi eenville .. ?? Piedmont... ? " Wllllsmston i.v Anilci ?i>a ... hod.. Ar. Donusldl. Lr. Ab"bovhi?_. ". \.y. Bodgos. " Hi ?.-nwooi\ - NItioty.SU . m Newberry.. ?* Prosperity. Ar. itolnmbi* ?r. Charleston builv ~\ )aily I No. V No.iaj taujii 7 t?* i.v. STATIONS No. ft. 10 11 t a n usja "ird8 ft m * ? f B ins 5 5 bX?~p~m 1 00 p M 1 24 p ra t zt p s 'ft Eg 8;vi? 11 :>)n " . eu?\ 18 I6p ... In Wn l 8&p . . lO'.i'ie, 208p " ... JO8'?tp " ... 10 .Mio 887p " ... 11 !f5? a hip Ar.. 11 bSUp bv . 8 "_C<i|i Ar ?pH Trains 0 nod nplng ffWpiir n? T *1? 1 Wp !t" &p 2 46p 1 liftp 1 o.\p 119 SAp OMp Il2 Up fl 47p i.v n iAa e i"i.p A- 11 '.JS* 6 06p I.v s -me e06p ???mit Pull-. >t All.nvill* . Cnai teuton. .. Colnmiifs ... A lalon. . . . . t-'niitud . . .. Union. . . JonettvtllS .... I H.-.ilet. . . Spnrtanhnrg, . Hp-ii iiiiil>iirn A -l.tvU'.o " p. m "A," f lo curry ? ,\ ( mi ('?.' anil stiroute dstly bsiweaii Jnokeouvllle audOtaels ""l'lBlim leave Spftrtanburc, A. * C. dlvitton. northbound. 11:10 a.m.,, B:fl p m., ?1? p.m., (Vestibule Limited); sonihuounu 18:36 s. 0 k> i>. in., 11 :j: i?. in., <' itlmils Limited.) TrSllI* ISSVS Ol eeiivn -. A. ?n<l 0. dlvlrto?, port kbouud, 6:4? ft, in., 8 .tl p. in. ?nd 5.1)0 p. m., iVttillbuled Liiiilled)' nontlilKiUiid. 1 :S& *. ??.. M i>. in . W:8j p. in (V^UImlod l.liu!t?d) PlllllllMU Korvlc?. . <|>lniT ''mi on Ti bint 80 aa4 ana 0. dl vision. J U.CULP PnllniBn pa'.n.-, frfl, tt? ?n.l 88, on A \V. n. hukic: . ?Tratnoirg'fw WsHlifngtou, L>. ejL w. A. TURK Gt*n. l-a.it. r't. \s>?iiing >u, d. a WllhlitllgtOB 0. R. II A HI) WICK. As'l e.en. I'aft. Af *, ho. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, rirnMONi aim n^n. flafcarlula af Payi**n?ar TwwAm* Im KoTaot Maf ?. 1**1. n?.h!n?. ml |N*. s? ?'?'iTt i>altr.| la*. Marllibonud. >. AMf-nt*. O. T. AH tut?, K T. li>f?ir<l. " GaliifMvltln.. " Luis " Ooriiollk. Ar. M>. Alrr. Ly. Tooooa . .. .1 " Waat inlnntor " 8au??? . .., , " ?'.?? trill . ? Gr*nii*tne . " t*|>ni'nuliurg " ?:i'TnoTa. . * ninokiburf. " Kiu*-'< Mi ?' GaVonla,.... Lt Cliartotta .. Ar l>unv|lU . T 80 a IS CO ra ? 1? h 1 uo v,! 9 HI a| lOU-l a . . 1') .16 n! i 21 p II 00 h| < ?0 p ii f.; 11 'Al A 11 M a It) hv ra 12 48 p 1 ;w t> 2 111 p B 47 p 4 2? p 4 47 i> 6 111 pi 5 I? pi l> 40 p' 8 ?5 u 4 is v 4 45 ') t ;?j p o u p T 08 pi I An Ar. Riohmmd . Ar Washington. " H iMm'i) PUR. " I 'In l?<lolplii?. - IsVw York ... 1W? p 12 Ou a 8 Oil ? J 8 Ou a "IT? ... ?00 . .. .10 15 .n a m u 6 2*p i 08 p 7 48 p 8 08 p 8 :i5p 8 ;op naiiy. 1J ?? 1 * 111 ? IT. 4 M ? 4 r ? 4 6? ? 8 a ? er* 7 18 ? TU I 7 W I 8 20 a t 80 I 1 80 t Ti? i 8 10 ? II 88 I 4 16 * ? \6> Bout 1, hcmwid. Ik?i.mi V.o. |No 85 No. 87 I I ?al I T ? 1 l)?l I ft Lt.M. 7..P.!i.!t: iriT Philadelphia i 8 50 " Ralthiinr? I ? 21 " YVm'.bwtou l) 15 "HC p ft 55 P 0 30 pi ?|10 4J pi Lr Richmond . |l2 U pj 2 IX? Lt. I) mr'IU ... .1 ft % Ar. Olmriotto . Mo 00 Lv. (4ii.stoiilu.!lU 50 K ng ?. Mt ....... HiftoViburi 111 31 piio 40 ?itfTuxy? . .. ill 47 No.H Um.I1/ 5 vj 0 25 " Bpnrtanburf .1 " (I .-enrllU.. 1 " C? itral. *' Pcm?ca . - W ?? ,i mtnatar M T-Kjooa. " Mt Airy. " Cornnli?. " Lula. " Onlnoavtlkt... " Rufor?. " Mororosa Ar. Atlanta. K. T Ar. A?ant?j_C T U M Mil 97 1 20 2 ua 2 2(1 8 15 aj I'd* 4 88 8 10 12 28 pj a is s la 8 81 p eoo ?i 8 0S a ii u H 1 11 pi 1 85 p 2 00 p I 28 p 8 10 p 4 AJ p M5 p 6 40 C 88 V ??8 p 7 80 p 7 84 p 8 08 p 8 85 p 9 07 p P 43 p Sift Ex. Haw. ~rm 68A ? 887 ? 7 90 i 7 48 t 8 37 I 10 HO pi 9 80 ? 4 68 p ,|5 J0 h, 8 65 p| P 80 pj 8 90 j "A" a aa. "P" p. in. "M" noon. "N" might. No*. 87 and 88?Daily, W.,^!iu;on aad UoutV traa'ern Vnilitiula l,iinltn<l. Through Pwllinaa, alrnplnfj nnr< li?i WO?n Now York ami NtwOr lcHito, via Washington., Allauta nnd Mnatfoia >rjr, ami atno Satwean NT?w York nnd Mami)l>ia Tin Wf?jhlii(tton, Atlanta and Birmingham. jHral olitHy thorowtt'lifai ? oniuliav bot won Waahln? ton nnd Atlanta Diuln| earn ttrrc all aiaall aa rout*. No?. 88 and 8fV UntUd Statad Faa4 Mall runn wjlld b?>tv?aon Wa?l\lng'o:? and Saw Or laann. via Snu'l<nrn HallwaT. A St W P. K. and U, X- \ H lt.. li.ilng u?in ,io?ad of baKV*C4 oar ami (lOMhM, tnrow^li vrlthont nhaaif? fa? paiiasn|cera of all nlnsKna PiiUmsn drawtai room ai?aiii:n oam baiw?tfn Nuw York mm Now Orloann, via Atlan'a and Montfoiaaty. LaavlTif Wav^htnirton ^a<ih Sat urda v. a tourtal tlnnpmg oar Aid run through bet.vaan Wm? ? ?ton and San Fiajioixco without ohknM Nns. 11, 8 mi.I 12?Pullman tlMptnc oara Im> l v- :, Riohmxiid and Oh tl'lo to. vi i l)n:tvlll% ??uthbnund V<>? 11 md 3". northbound N'o If 'I'm. Air i.xnb Us In tu.in. Noa. 17 ami lit, 0? Iwtjep Atlanta aud Muunl Ali.v, 01a.. daily *?> patit Suudav. w h ?liKijN. j. m. qpi.p. flan'l Supt., Tronic .^f t'Tj, WaahlnRton, D. OL Washing?o?, D. t? W. A. TUKK, It. M. HAHDWIOX Qt^i'l Pnaa. Ag't^. Aaa'tfrttn'l Pa** Vg*% War.htnatAK. pHAUI.ESTON & WK8TKKN CAKO v> linti Railway t'o. " Augueta and Aahc* villc Short Line." Schedule in effect Oet 3rd, 1S!<7. hv Augusta. 940 am I 40 pno Ar Greenwood.1217 pm . I.V Anderson. 0 10 am Ar Laurena. l 16 pm 7 iki am Greonville. 2 00 pm 10 M) am Glenn (Springe. 4 06 pm . 8partanburg.3()()|im '.) '25 am Hnhida . r>nm . Hendersonville. ?? (i03pm . Ashevillc. V 00 pm . Lv Ashcvillc. 8 20am . Spartanlmrg.1145 am 4.'!)pm Greenville.1155 am 4 00 pm Laiircns.... .. 1 15 pm 7 .". > \<m Anderson. 7 00 am (irceiiN.'ood. 2 28 pm 9 35 pm Ar Augusta.S I8i pm 11 lu am A r A ikon. ti ?ti pm Lv Greenville. ... ll&uam Ar Clinton . 2,10 pm Newberry. '2. 57 pm Prosperity. 3 13 pm Coluinhia. 4 SO ptr; Suinter . .. 0 42 pm Lanes.... _._ 7 4H pm Lv Charleston. .. 7 ?Ti am Lanes . K am Su inter. 9 35 am Columbia. li <*> am Prosperity. .... 115* am Newberry . 12 10 pm Clinton....., , 12 60 pm Ar Greenville_ . 3<nii>m Close connection*, ai lireouwooa lor ai points on S. A. L. and C. 4 (1. Railway, and at 8parlatilmrn with Southern Railway. Kor information relative to tickets, r^t t schedules, etc. address v% . .1. GBAIQ den I'ass. Agent, Auguota, Ga .1. K (irilli i. Ageni ; 0. H Bpeight?, Get \i'ptit ??re^nvillfi H. P Who is Will Whitener ! He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shavt r. -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. Mill Men, Now is the time to place your orders for Saw and Grist MILLS. We are Headquarters for each in their respective lines. Write us. W. H.Gibbes & Co., liiiBj, Wife t apd Mill talk