VOid'M F, i.
\ kinihjsun,.
i
( I'l'Ot/t I'll' fl'ti'f.)
i
' 11 A !' i I:K V.
Winter \vn on the wine when (lie |
eou'.tshin !>v et?rre--mmleneo entne to ,
it f tl 1 I
an mid; it resulted in an enoaoenient :
winch. I ? 'nil the '.nth, was reoaud
rd both b\ Kleanor and .luck as some 1
what venturesome. Thorn was no I
?l ml?t about tho >1111>1 t rospectabil- !"
it v n" all putic- concerned, or to be _
privi-m, fii ? til cn noojdo concerned.
.1 mk nad confuted !ii . nfFairs to no 1
one, reticent a'most to a fault;
K! enior dreaded ridicule from her J
oir! friends, and was silent upon the
subject of Ii"r cominyr marriaoe, oniyj I
sa\ inn- she intended to leave the cit v ,
f for a few months, a littl" later on.
v \?n! Mr. Km h, rather doulitfu! about
F** tlie propriety of the thine-, yet nn\-,'
io iifor Ki m ?; to tnarrv. and pleased *
With .1 tc!\, followed Ins usiut I motto
4'Len::t said is soonest tnended, ' '
wliich thonjrh somewhat trite, had at
least heen of untold value to liiui.
II" never diselos?'d his plans until '
they had heen carried out. Then, 4
those which proved successful, lie I
mentioned in a (piiet way. those that '
miscarried lie never discussed. In '
this manner he actjnired t he reputa-1
tion of heinn* wond* rfullv shrewd and i ^
far-seeino. and so, in truth, he was. j 1
It i$iio-51i lie well etioiioh. he areuied,
to tell the story of Mleanor's court-j '
ship all' i she was securely settled in!'
iife, and .lack had become popular in '
t Icir set; uiiti' then it was host to say;?
littl" about it. I'
Tlie wedt'iujr was lixed for the last 1
of l'Vbrunr : Kleanor and .lack were
iroini; to /Florida for two months or 1
more, ucfordinnf to whet her ilie sprint*
i i .. i >.. . i : .:. _ a... '
was oarir? <>? mh1. ?>\ uu> imih* um*
uumie.j pair would have become in:- |'
I with each other, and the '
month "i May tineht he spent in Now j
York, when .lack could attend to his)
business and Klearor have a spring 1
i reception or two, and both prepare j'
for a -umnvir in Kurope; Mr. Keith)
wouid join tflwin there, and return
with pun in the* autumn, and a i?*ay
wine r would probably follow. These
plans s?)iuuled well, Mr. Keith
tliouelit, and .lack and Kleanor pro- 1
pared to e-irrv (hem out with a threat
deal of /est, until the w dditin- invitations
wert: i-.sued.
'I'Jm'Ii (lelin 1 pton p nineed upon
Kleauor ijnd ' crated lier in a most
irrieved time, for iter hick of cottlidenee.
"\\ ini / : .lack \ertou she asked. .
' A e'eiit'.email," return' d ICIcanor. 1
*d?ut seareely anybody knows him '
J l
in our set.
' All the better,' replied 10 lea nor. | I
"lie is not a society matt, thou eh as 1
well-born, as well-bred, and as well- '
educated as anv of us."1 1
"/Jul tiobudv knows his family; are '
they all of the same retiriu?.?\ waste-' '
their sweetness oii-the-desert air (lis-!
posi t ion : ' 1
"His immediate family Jire cluedy I 1
dead." * !.
"That's ?ro(?(! news for vou, Klejin-; '
* I
or. 1
"II"' ha* two sisters living, but 1
the v are at the other side of the '
world, and i do not xpeet them to
miiiov inn in any way. Stay, I have 1
their photographs; how do you like
t Item ?"
"Stylish," eoinmented ('elia, re- '
oairdiiio- the first with curiosity. 1
"l^istininiisiied looking in the ex- 1
tieme!" as she took ill) the second. '
"Foreign appearing, both. Nowd
where is the ohoto of thoorand Duke h
. himself?"
i"l shall show that to no one," de- '
elated JOIeauor, decidedly. "And no
friend I have shall sec him until the '
weddine-. I am resolved, so don't
... i
waste breath in petitions. I know I ['
am not like other people. I have nor
desire to Is1. I have consulted lio j (
one but papa about my inarri any. lie i I
and I arc pleased, and I hope and |'
pray Jack Norton is." j 1
' l)o teli t'ne one thiner more," ur?*-! 1
edFHiu. 4. )f course I'll not breathe '
a. wor?i of it if I'
"Why. what in the world are you j
trv in if to sav?" asked Kleanor, alarm- ' 1
ed ?.'Hill's manner. i
. vn, lOieanor, is lie very poor?" I
Poor!" echoed Kleanor, "why of i
eon ray not! lb* is worth much more ;
t han I ?im." i t
('elia\appcare?l greatly relieved,
but she was shocked at so many i
other thitv/s the day \mih a most trv- <
iii.Uf one to Kleanor.* No reception t
? after the WvHUtijict, no bridesmaids, i
wiiv sue iiov -r heard of tin; like.' i
Married at ?Inxk in the church, and \
hurry off as if on* wore ashamed, it I
jlhsili (I!" I
What rij/ht have you to (jiiestion 1
nu< and |>08* judgement imon me in
such a manner?" asked K leu nor, Jit i
length, "it was to avoid all this 1 i
kept the matter quiet, hut I inijjdit i
as well have published every word of i
y it from the lirst, as to have you break (
in upoi ino in this abrupt way, and j t
disturb my last few dav* of timet!" j
The end of it was Colin wont away ?
nnijfi'V, and said of course it was no >
affair of hers, but Kleanor Keith act- (<
cd in so strnnoe a manner she for j 1
one, was at a loss to account for it.;
Kleanor, in consequence, though not t
expected to appear in public after the j
invitations were issued, or to receive | t
any but the imsi intimate friends,' i
" j>3D rj?j=e"ur:E
va- annovnd i>v mils from o von oastai
af-Mjiiaintam't's win.? insisted n|>??ii
'just a !i\c-niiiP't^s" < 1?at.'" and who
iskcil ii.T more <jn<\stions than polite
>eople a-k. and commented noun
ler nervousness, and told her she
ookod d!. until tin* ijnl was almost,
mon th" vri^a af insunits, and lint*
'ath? r rt.niiaiiK'd at homo on omard a
>ortion >>i the time, am 1 iorlmde her
iooiiiif my one, when 111' was ni'cos.
arilv absent.
ut the i'liriosit\- <>1* friends eonconit?<_r
Kleanor's inurriaoe to .> man who
is yet, thouufh supposed to 1??' livinjr
i) New York, was altopether invisi>!c,
was not tltf only thine* which ;
>r<-vc<l upon lie: mind. Whatever j
lie fears of her .friends 111i<>*111 he,
hey certainly could not compare
ivith her own. Now that the mar-|
iajfe day was close at hand, she heran
to regard it with uhsolute terror.
"There was not a man I knew
'mild ever hrinjf myself to marry,"
die thoujfht, "and \et ! have become I
'noaovd to a stranger who. perhaps,
ins nothing inter,istino* ahout him ex ept
the faculty of writino* letters
hat seem honest. afVectinnate sod
nanly. No douht i shall tire of him
is s i.>n as i am pledged to him for
ife. How could I ever i onsenl to
to foolish a thine? ,\nd how could
ia pa a I low me to do it ?"
In her distress she sonjfht her faliea
s sympathy and counsel, deter
nined, if ho consented, to hreak the
'n* ":!eement, thoupdi she did not newest
it. and was afterward if lad she
lid not. Sympathy was not :n the
least in Mr. Keith's lim . yet lie did
uiceoed in com fort injf his daughter
in no small dlieree.
'd understand your fears," lie said,
lmt they are altogether oroundless.
lack Norton is far superior to any
man you know. ! am sure of it, and
I am jmlife of men.''
'dint, papa, von were praisincf tiiat
ilreudful Mr. Holmes t?? the skies;
>nly ji short while ii'.ni."
"My dear, don't lull into iha unwise
h:d>it of tilings.
Mr. Ilolmos is ver\ rich, an honest
mail, and not in ro tiresom t} < n tie
111:111V poorer and \oun<rer men wl.oj
delighted in In vrrinn about \oil. !
used to dislike .M r. Ilolmos. but \vln*n 1
I omno to know liim wof' I found 1
tliero whs more of liim flian i at first
supposed. lint .l?<*k Norton is a differont
sort ail^iT'dhor. i like him e\- j
treimdv. "'id so. in time, will you. In J
Fonlino" anxiety al?out your inarriano j
you are precis.dy like any other woman
of even an ordinarily sensitive
[einperament. Why I remember dislinctly,
if it had not been for fear of
I >111>1 i e opinion I mean 1 lie ridicule
>f her friends in mineral your moth
r would have broken her enoajjrenent
with me after the invitafions
nit. And she saw me every day,
loo."
And hen' Kleanor's sense of hn
uior rose in spite of her heaviness of
mind; she laughed, ami her father
joined, thou<r|i the luu<rh was ao'.ainst
liim; however, it must l>e said his
merriment wan chiefly caused by the
thoiieht that KlNutor inioht be won
from her melaneholy, after all.
11.. .1....1.1...1 ..iw.i ..r it...
marriage at lirst, but he. had mat .lack
Norton a number of times, and was
rcry much pleased with h in; so,
lioutrh the manner of the wooing was
lot quite what lie desired, he felt all
nndit lie well in the _nd. for liiin<elft
his physician had warned him
in* to look forward to a ^reen old
toe; though it was a secret between
I lie two he It.low he could at most,
live lmt a \orv few years. I lis only
son proved wild, unable and unwor:hv
to succeed hi in in business; the
fotiiic man would have ruined his
father lone since, had not Mr. Keith
?ent him faraway, and allowed him
mly a certain amount of money,
paid oftm and reeularly, in small
nuns. I'llis, by his will, was to be
ontinucd dnrinjr the son's life; the
'cmaindei of his estate was to ?ro to
Klcanor, who already had moderate
fortunate bequeathed bv her mother.
In view of all these facts, Mr.
Keith irreally desired Kleanor's mariai^e
with a man who was worthy of
tor. and especially one who could
are for her. fortune, and protect her
uid it from her brother's iinporfniiiies,
if need lie, and keep the whole
natter a secret, besides; there was
lot hi nn' ho feared so much as a breath
>f scandal, lie felt that .Jack Noron
was the man for the occasion;
mil if it were possible to keep Kleaior*s
spirits up until the ma mam.
vas over, .lack's <o,od sen so would
?e equal to the task of winnnijr her
lpart in person as li ; had in a men
ire, by letter, ami all would bo well.
The woddin?r-dav camo, and Kloa
w?r carried herself calmly through it
intiI sho was dressed for tlie eereino1
y. Her father insisted that the
narriniro should be performed in I
hureh, and that Kleanor should wear i
. .1
he usual bridal livery -white satin
md a veil. She inierht choose to bo'
xelusivo about it, that was all i
rery woll, but the rite itself must bo
iolemni/ed in public, so all would!
<no\v they were not ashamed of it.
Kleanor was quite ready, in a rich,
rained gown elaborate with lace and
)oarl embroidery, a veil which pariallv
concealed her face, her neck
u?d arms loaded with diamonds. Mr.
i io "ro cxxe -wohd CONWAY,
S
Koith, who ?!? :?? 1 y lovctl u ?>l?;?c?i*t11 t
11it\ lor display, wits liiolii\ wnitili *d t
I>y her appearance, and Kloanor, olad !i
to see |:ii;i so iuuc!t pleased, was ldos- I'
to rod up i>v liis admiralion until ho a
[liacMil ho.- in th' carriage tliat was 1 <1
to carry them to tIn.* oiinroli; then ho h
was seized wit!) what almost sooticd i:
I r 1 . n
11KO "Siuoe I ri <_r: i'.
I lor father, wlm kept. up u eon- f
slant elinttorino- t<? direct. her mini]. ju
saw |>laiui\ she iliil not hear a word i!
lie nttt*r?*?1? ami that she was trons
blin^, not violent I v, I??t( yorv ' b\i p
ously, ami, by leaniuo hack in lue.l
earriaoe, ami clasping her hands lo- e
nether, 'c was Irving I ? conceal the! ti
fact thai -he was so o it a I! \ aoitaicd. I
"What is it, ilauchloi?" lie asked
at lenot It.
"I think I'm cold,'' she said. I I'
"There'* inv liravc iprl," ho an ,d
swered, j.uliinir her rich white^Afcik i
c lose I v about "! p
a e >
a 11
hour, and send word there wi nrHm
no marriage to-nioht. Hut I dolHl??
lif e it nr, ehihl. and I know whiiWpajS
am savintr " 'XKfy
1 Jiavc co wish to turn hack,"' mx?
inanajfd to say. hut her !:ns were ^
very wiiile.
\> Ia n they entered the church she
reeov er? d a trdlc, rnoiijiii to look in
her father's face and smile.
possessed bride," some one |
commented in so loud and aside both j
slm and h r iatlier distinctly heard
ami she fell as tl)OU?ril lliO careless
whisper sa'. ?d her life. it carried (|
her up the able, and until the mo. j
ment cone for Mr. Keith to nave
away the hrid.e. slie felt no further j
fear. It mioht have carried her
through the eeremon , that and tliel.
thought it brought. that the rves nd (1
all her friends w re upoh her and' .
I she mil -t lrear herself villi dmi it\*, .
| hut when .lack came to take her
i I,. i'.,il '. I,..,,.I ,i i . i. .
I " "CO II
I iMuld not seo hint ? !?* ).! \ !>ei anse of ()
her agitation iikI the lion tine; misty
l \ ..;l ?rt? ii >r I've-. !) :uv ii: ve
I .n mail M'lircclv inorc l' -tii t? 01 (
I llii'i (* iiii'Ik's taller t han !ier e!f. :i11<' ! (,
the hand that iim'; hers. though
neatly gloved in the vor\ shade fash I (j
ion had latest ord -red for hrido- \ |,
(jToiini'i. and hidden from view, was j j,
almost as small as :> wotutin's. i |(
It was not lh man who had res- |,
tored her satelie!, not the man of tall, ! p
eoiiiintmdine- jnesence, speaihine- j .
hiat'h ves, and lone-, shapely hands. I j
I? w;i Hut th- man she had dreamed i
ahmt, upon wh? se mainly heanty and |(
dehouaii uppt aiainee in eenoral she :
had prided lier-self; it was, in truth, a p
perfeet strannriM* to whom ..h ? was 1
eivino- herself for life, to promiso i.
love atul lideiit until they should lie v
parted I>y iloatIt. i.
She saw this, ami for the spaier of :
ai few seconds the lights seemed to o
emuit around her; she forgot where (j
she was, and what wtt required of
her; only one thin?f site reineinhered, j
that titer were people ahout and |.
she tnlist not faint, no in liter if ii^ht (
innl Invadi ami strentdii Ii<I fail. She (|
braeo ' the inmm'ios of her limh- ami j
body to koep from f:iiIi11?rj there was ^
a haul hitzzin<r in her ears; perhaps
the oriran was plnvinjr a^ain. And p
then she remembered cvonvthintf,
I 4 t >
feeling not to oo through the cere- ^
tnoiiv, hut must cr\ out before them
all that it was impossible, when, all p
uno.\])"i,te(lly, help came. It was a u
little tiling, perhaps, lait it ehanoeil
in a slight decree her feelinc toward
the man heside. her; it niiclit ho ow- r
inc to some suhtlo mesmeric power, r
lait he held her hand with a clasp ^
that was warm and .-{ tie- and mas
terful. and just at the moniout when '
slie w s hocinninc to realize that
this was hrinc'nrr her back to herself I <|
4t<f:iin, he held his head and whispereil
distinct! v, though scarcely ahove .1
a hrouth: , p
"May I put my arm about you, mi- ;
tier your veil?" i (|
Thank yon," she managed to say,'
hut I 'in bet ter now." 1
The minister, soeiiic notliinc1 ?
wrono, hee-an the ceremony, and in a 1
few iiioments pronounced them man |
and wife. !
in the invitations to the weddino, (1
reception cards were enelosod, hear- ! jt
ino date two months hence; this, too, (
was Mr. Keith's desire. Since lOlea- (j
or insisted he would have no recep- s,
tion on her wedding day, hid 01 re- (|
turning from the church shouhl don sj
truveliiiir dress niwl set mil 1 i?w<'
n ------- ,,v ' i ^
with her husband f< ?r the train that | t<
w?s to take thriii southward, Mr. I p,
kritli insisted that eard < fi r the re 1 u
rrption on their return, should he en- ()]
<1 ised with the wedding invitations. ! y,
Though she had intended to give
time enough, l?t-tween the ceremony
and tlie hour for the departure of the;
train for a substantial dinner, it so
chanced that for soft to cause, the time- ' .\
table was suddenls changed; the n
through train left the city nearly an in
hour earlier than when the trip was p
planned. So while 10 lea nor, with the w
lie I p of her mind, was making all p
haste to remove her wedding j^owii i ii
and array herself in a traveling cost | tl
uine of soft gray and slate-color min- i
gled, brightened by braiding pow- !
dered with line steel beads, with j it
jacket, bonnet and gloves to umteh,' tr
Jack, having made iiis own traveling* w
'-' '^ jl
poem ??''! H
E. l\?>vi ll, and py' / [] S
s ,\^ AJ$/ J J'
wsrsl
^.3sriD ~sro~a*:re wo:e?
. r.. thi;i{si)a v, \i:
nilot in half tin; titno, \vi- down in
ho dining-room willi lis father-in
nw, ma!\in<r ;i heart v ni al on oysnrs
and honed-turkev aid so forth,
nd rtooivino- all manner of eonfiItMU'oA
concoriiino KlonmrV. faint i
loart n! tho last moment, and nrotn ino
everything for tho future.
Kloanor hooded to ho excused
rotn dinino". saving thoio was not a
IIMIIllllll I il I I I fe ft i , ' . i i ?- I - . ... I I - ?
, .w... ..V ? '? 1II1M , .*41*1 DM" ruuni fill
milling; Imt Iter man had heen
?i;'>twI into per.-wadino her to lake
omelhino- in her r< oin. and so fo!
owed lii'i' mistress al?Mit with hot
oil'ee and various cdil)hs until htlealor
drank tin* eolfee and told lior
lllirpl V to put the oth ; J! tirrf out of
ioht.
Mr. Kei'h slipped a letter into
Cleanor's hand at partii and they;
rove away, without a shown!' of
iee, <> 1 i shoe*. ??r other missiles sup- j
Ki.s'd to indue ;;ood luck to follow,
wl\ uefrned to 'i's, prohahlv the
lost unhappx I ar.il perplexed
room of the sonI
(/ /urn; 'inn /.)
K ?- . ./.? *9
V ltilldinu' 41 Mi- |>('Ut l.it'e.
Bv, jior; ;ern CM'h.iu^c state- that
laiikliii . Muse i> (Ivii)U' in a Masaciius(.'lt>
prison. Mo.-cji has discovred
tiiat thi people of {lie north are
lot so humanely disputed towards
riminals as tiiose of his native state,
hul as ho was, In; would hardl* lie
oti to die in a South C.'an Ii;ia pris n
\ petition won it 1 ! .< siened le his reuo\{il
and the gowrnor wouhl parIon
him. I'oor Moses, htvis paying
t ar for his sins of the past, am! denth i
lone ean rehaeu him from |iis -ulfer i
..... iu... .f 1 ' '
i i??- |???iiwn til iiit'in n \ % llif
;ili<4 - ?il ?' misci<'hit. the course fare
mi iony c nfincmont !> !?mi* theprisii
bars have completely si altered a
(institution winch was never very
tionw. Should in1 die in prison lie
ill be buried in n felon's L'rave, and
i .i few months afterwards all traces
i' it wil be lost.
Mi -erable indeed is the fled wliieli
wails the native, radical ex-wovcrnor
f .South Carolina. but lie bvpuwht his
oil!>1 is upon himself. \\ illi the p<>ition
in society wi.icli his birth entled
liiin to. and bis brilliant talents
e could have been an ornuueut to
is state instead of the e.Uivict he
o\v is. lint 1'rank Moses, had no
onor in Ids coin position, ai?d he preirred
to lead the life of .in aecoin
lished rascal to that of a yentlemaii.
le loved nioiH'V and would Sloop to
n\ mean action to obtain '. In Ids
alive town, Sumter, he commenced
is career l?v ^ettinn- all the credit
e could, and never thought of pay
ay. hone before lie turijed radical
i.i face was not yood lor a nickel's
orth ol anyliiine- wherove)-he w:n
noun. J >n t his father's money and
dinence keep him up, and durinw
lie war he h"hl a wood position nner
t he state woverniiient. lie boast
il of boiliir tin* tire) in.... o, /I....... <!...
uitcd States lino from thestsdi of
'oil Sumter, lull imuinoed tj? keep
ot of danocr durino the baUnce <?f
tic war. Notwithstanding l.-ts faults
c was well liked in Sumter,mid be>re
lie. eon ected himself with the
,ulieal party, was a centre ot attrae
>ii itinouo youno men at the social
aiheiiiies in that. town, lie was at
no time editor of a local pnpjir there
nd the articles from his pen reflected
10 brilliant intellect of the vouiio
i ~
I Iter.
Kditino a ie aiper, however,
as too slow a w?t\ i making money
a l''rnuk Moses, and soeino in the.
ulieal parts a rich lie 1 d for harvest,
? determined to turn traitor and
>in it. Ilis political career is too
'ell known in ?South ('arol/nu to
"(piire comment at this late day. i
'lie people s money was stolen and
plundered, and Moses always ju-t
ie lion's share of it. it has already
ecu said that he would do anything
ican for money, and during his adlinistralion
the prices for pardouino
imviets rattoed from * ? upwards.
Ie was a lihevtine, spendthrift and
liiher hy nature, and when his party
mild no longer stand him lie turned
harper and ool money hy falsely
Mire.sentino himself abroad; hut in
orthern cities lie was soon oaoed,
ml since his departure from South
'nrolina he has spent most of his
me in prison. Like all transomsjrs
he iinds the last road hard and
illieult to travel. \\'e have no dere,
howerver, to add a feather's
< itrj11 to his sulTerinos and regret
> know that a man of such brilliant
arts as I''ranklit) Moses should sink
ito ft felon's grave, ' unwept, unlion! ??<
1 and unsun". CIt'li'/rifoii />/.?<n
ft left.
?
Shot at a Moiiso.
(i a i \ksv i i.i.k. Tijx as, March '31.
t Whitebread Hill, Indian Trrrito-1
a man named Foster shot at a
cm e in his cabin with a small toy
istol, Imt struck a can of powder,
hich exploded, blew the house to
ieccs, kdlcd his own children, and
ijured Foster and his wife so badly
icy may dio.
As soon as it is known that < >hio
i bigger than Baltimore, the conol
of the Baltimore and Ohio Koajl
ill be removed from Baltimore.
.A/JC^TD "STOTJ-J?. OCX
i KCPI :n . ISST.
(JKT)H)MiV !'<><; ^ <U KiANO
V iliiii (o Some impecunious
ill Soillli ('.U'oiilia.
A ie|?iv;rntativo of the A iir<un<f
('otty/fi' had a talk toda\ with a
t!f(M?tIonian, whoso modesty i:n 1 u? ?*:hint
to withhold his name from tin*
| >n i >i it*, i mi i w ho mas he rotted on as j
omi' of the most proirressivo ami patriotii*
of our citizens our who takes
a d'op interest in tlm advancement of
our anrirultural ami inunufaeturiuo
interests, and whose acquaintance
with such interests is laroo. This
o'iMitIonian said:
' Tin' irivalosl need of tlm South is
capital. II tlm fanners could jjol
cheap moimv for a fow years the or\
of 'hard times? would l>o hoard no
more in tlm land. Why can the\
lot borrow mom v at low rates from
the I'll; italists of the North and Kuropo.V
Tlm answer is easy. The
nionox lenders doubt the security.
Not that real estate is not the Imst
collator 1, Init because there is a sentiment
pte\niline aoaiiist. the forei?ni
inone\ lenders that make a foreelos
lire of a jpori eaoe unpleasant and
sometimes dilVmult. ('onseipieutly
wiieii inoin v is ioaued to our people
such rates of interest are demanded
a - will cover th eontinovney of possible
losses. i haw e often talked
with Northern men w'ho were coiltemplatino
in\estinents in Sautlmrn j
enterprises, and in uearl\ every ease
they wanted a part of the stock taken
by residents in order t ert timhenelit
of local interest and influence in
the enterprise. Now if our people
can devise some means for makim/
ui<* security o<???ti ami coniinne witli
(his nd\:i n t a * local influence I
bave'nt (lie slightest doubt but (h it
all tin* 111<111(1 11st*\ need can bo ol?
taiimd a( low rates of interest.
"As a lieeim:it:<?- in this direction,
1 would sne-t(est the orn'uui/atinii of
wiial illicit. In1 called :i Land 1111- ;
provenionl ('oiiipan\. I here are
thousands of men in the State who
are 'land poor.' The\ have e\teii-I
sive acres thai are simply a Inirden
on their hands. Now my |>lan is to I
iilili/e tin . '1 lauds l?v inahine- thern
the basis of a latere loan which can.
let used, not on!v for the develop <
inent of the lands, hut for the inaneuratiou
of other yreat enterprises.
This result can lie etlected in various
ways, hut I think, tie- most practical
plan would lie to oreani/e a company^
with power to purchase land, build
railroads, canals, factories, \*c. Let
| every man in the state who owns unproductive
land sell il to this company,
and rcycive in payment '.licit1
for stock of the company at its pur
value. As soon as the company shall
have acouired sulheint land in this
way, say, *">00,000 worth, the company
can issue, say, >0,000 of do- j
hcntiirc bonds secured by iiuirt^ajro
of these lands. Some reliable \n-j
tional or State bank could be constituted
the trustee for the bondholders
and the morteaoe deposited with I
such trustee; . Loans can then be
raised by the sale of the bonds and I
the louder has then no more trouble
to collect his interest than to dotueii'
his coupon and present it at any
hanking house in tlio country. Tim I
mony thus raised at a low rate of interest
can he loaned to stockholders
of the cotnnanv at the rate it is borrowed
or invented in various o terprises
us tlie board of directors of thf*
I company may decide.
' S on will observe that under this
plan the lenders avoids the trouble
Sand expense 'if recording inortoa<res,
foreclosing the same, and p-(>ts rid of
ntnnv other similar vexations, while
looeivinjr better security for his money,
and has associated with him men
who are in evor> way identified with
the people of tiie State. I here will
be no disputes about the titles of
lands because the land lias already
boen purchased ami paid for ny the
company, and the company, as a < or
poration. has jriven its iiiortoaee.
All homestead claims would also be
trot ten rid of.
" The company would own lands of
every character, timber lands, miner'ill
lands, pasture and arrricultural
lauds. A part of the money raised
on the bonds could be used in devel
opin?r these lands and in saltlinir
them with thrift v colonies. A part
could be used also in various other
profitable schemes, h'or instance, the
('obunbi i ( anal ?uhl be (juiekly developed,
a line of steamers could be
placed between the Up-country and
('harleston. factories wouid be built
_ I . ?
iiiiu msiiiv o- ''I' ent#'rj?ri' <;s in .itoiirated.
' Tlio loan tVould not be couiined
to ono issii? of bonds. As fast as the
iuoim'V borrowed was profitably in
vested new stock would he i-sucd, a
new series of Iannis put on the market
and now loans effected. fri conversation
recent I y witli an editor and
hanker from New Kmjdaud I laid
this plan before him and asked his
opinion of it. lie replied: klf von
can carry it through successfully von
can oet all the money yon want on
your bonds in New Kfi^land at, certainly,
<> per cent, and very possibly
at r>.
"If the owner* <?f unproduetive
*??
lam I s in South ('arolimi will perfect
some oi?'h or^ani/.-ition and have it
properly e< inducted I am sure they
will mioii receive a handsome revenue
I'roui what is now a Inirden to
t hem."
I'hore is the snijo'estion of action
as well as tluuijrht in tins statouuMit.
South ( 'arolini. more than unv other
Southern State, needs t? day the eo- 1
operation of her people in Imildinir
11 * * i* up. I v< ?n? 1 any other Stale she
requires mtanimity of aim ami let.
Sim will In* tlif last State alVected by
the <k Alabama boom" or unv movement
from without. There can he
no question thai she must help herself
before sin- can expect others to
help tier. Any movement to place :
her ahreast of lie. more fortunate sister
must must he originated l>\ her
ow n suns. When the\ undertake j
with wisdom to help themselves they
can rely upon outside aid.
Tim experience of every Western
Slate ami every Southern State now
enjo\in?r a "boom" shows that a most
potent fa tor in material development
is the "Improvement t'ompany,"
an organization which b\ nimbinino
the resnurees of people unable
individually to act effecti\ Iy, [
seen res the capital ami management,
necessary to make it powerful fort'no |
oeneral oood. The plan proposed j
by the jrentlciiian wiiose views have j
been oiveu is one which lias been, in
all essential features, adopted satisfactorily
in the Nort Invest. T here i-mo
reason why it eannot Ieuually
elf s tive in this State. It run lie
in;t<I an aoeiit'V to attmet outside sittentimi
to Soutli t'arolina, tis well as
to develop resources within the Slate
which will male* it in time independent
of foreign aid V? ttn<l \
r, rr.
<? > ? #
on (li Triu;;ri\
i i:ka \ a, Tews, March I'd
Walter Kidjo'lev, a wealthy farinci
livine; twenty miles North of this
place, shot and killed two ferrymen
on Wednesday for trying to collect
exorbitant ehnroes from ii St. I .onedrutniner.
The senitei resulted in |
the death i?f two more men yesterday.
1 tie leo-.al fee for ferriage is o<> cents',
but the drnnimor was eharo'ed so,
w hich he refused to pay . I lis I>21 <r
fjfajre yy'its seized in I {epemeyer's
store and I'ideeley interfered in his
I ie|;a I f.
The ferrymen denounced ami
insulted the farmer and attempted
to draw their weapons when Uidoeh-y
shot I hem both dead. Upon
examination Kid|?'e|ey yv:is diseharo'ed
iniinediately. John Murphy, a
brother of one of the men killed, and
it... ..it i i ' i ?
Ill* WIIM I urtui lll.il! > lllM ir, hWtin'
Ili<%y would kill Ifidoeley <>n sudd.
I .asl 11i?* I?I Ui(l;r<>|i?v wns returning
homo <>:i horse-hack from a nei?din
bor's, uimI on .Miloriny a strip of
woods was final on from ambush.
Tim horse fell (lead, lint, trnnoe to
say, ulthouj/h the saddle was riddled
with Indict-, Kidmdev escaped nil;
harmed and rolled over on the opposite
side of the horse to that from
I which the proceeded. The two l
would- let/murderers, who were none!
other than the nnele and brother
mentioned, thinking that Kidoeley ]
was doftd, approach,id. When with- !
in about ten feet, Ifidjodey smldentlv j
rose up and, with his Smith & \ves- I
soil revolver, shot hoth assailants
dead in their tracks. I ie surrendered
but the Justice refused to accept his
arrest, as the case was one of selfdefense
and the community declared
that no examination was necessav.
This makes four men killed over a
simple ferryboat transaction, anil it
is thoiieht more blood will How.
I?iile, lev i- a fearless man, and Miir
! phv, one of the last men killed, was a
noted desperado.
The Mother ot ruins at l^i^hty.
City of Mkxi?? March ~l. -A
letter received from a gentlemen in
llotun, \ ncabm, tells about an Indian
woman named I'etrono ('bin.
who is eighty years of aoe, and
last week oavo birth to twins. This;
is said to be the inosf extroiho ease i
<?f tin? kind on record.
?M "Sumo
idiot lias |hit inv lion where
I can't find it," ^lowlotl A*, M;rity i
tins inorniiio a.-> lie rooted about Ins
' oOicn desk. A!i, aw, yes; I thought
so added in a milder tone, as lio
iiaulcil the writing utensil from out!
behind liis car.
Kxposure to rough weather, getting vet,
living in damp localities, are favorah!" to'
lie contraction of diseases of the kidneys
and Madder. As a preventive, and for the
cure of ali kidney and liver trouble, use
that valuable remedy, Dr. .1. II. McLean's
I.h er and Kidney Ihilin. $1.00 per Ixvttle
A h;>\ was teasinjr his little In-other
about the bhapo of his nose, when
the little fellow tjnietly remarked:
"1 can't h(d|? it; I did not Imy it ntvself;
it was a birthday present.' ^ i
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NUMBER ."><>.
Itl I. Kits or TIIK It A I MtOA t>tt
Tlw I nliM'-SUitos ('onrnission
\ ill Lust.
"H- 3'f
\N AsiiiMiiov, )larcli "J'J. Ti?o
I 'p'sitleiif lias a|i[iuifitcil tho following
I liter-State . ( 'onunyrre Commissioners:
Thomas M. Cooloy. of Miehigan,
for a term of six vcnn ; William
K. Morrison, of Illinois, five
years; Augustus Seliooumaker, of
Now \ ork, four vears; Aldaee I*'.
Walker, of Vermont, three voars;
Walfor I . Ilragg, of Alabama, two
years.
The fiu'ts tliat Judge Cooler's
name heads tlio list does not noeossarih
indicate that lie will bo chairman,
as tlio commission must elect its
oliairmau.
The following is a sketch of tlio
public career of (lie men composing
the commission, excepting Morrison,
whoso public service are so generally
known as to need no description:
TIIO.M \S \|. < OOl.KV
was born at Attica, N. Y., in IS'JI
studied law in that State and removed
to Michigan in IS Id, whore he had
since resided. In I Sol he was elm-ted
compiler of the Stat' law < and in
lHoS reporter for the Supreme ('ourt.
In I Soft he was chosen b\ the regents
as commissioner to organiz
the law department of the I niversitv
of Michigan, and h" I ins ever since
been connected with it. In |SP|| he
was elected .lustiee of tin' Supreme
t ourt and wn r? eh'clod in IStVd
and 1S7<. lie was nominated by
the liepublicans for re-election in
I8.sr> and was defeated. .luilge
Oooley is the author of nutncrouK
standard legal works. lie was re
cent I v appointed by I'nitod States
.huliro tircshman receiver of the
Wabash L'airoad ( 'oinpanv.
a l.l?a< k i:. wai.kkk
is a \ erinount lawyt r, about I I
years old, a Uepubbcan in politics,
wlio studied law with Senator Kd
tnuiuL, served as colonel in the 1 uion
armv and has sinee then prsic- f
tired law Jit Ivuthuul. In the \ermont
ijenate he lais taken a leading
part in framing legislation to sol\<
the railrojid problem, and has given
iiinrh study to the bueHtiou.
\i ot st si iioon \i \i<ki?,
of Kingston, N. N was born in
I later County, March I S'JS, and
is a lawyer in active practice. lie
has always been a Itemocrat in
polities. ile |u" been county Judge
of his county, and candidate of his
parly for Supreme ('ourt Judge,
lb- was State Senator during (iovernor
l ihlen's term as (iovernor,
and was one of the leaders in the
Legislature on whom Tilden relied
to carrx out his reform measures,
lie was always a close personal and
political friend of Tildon's. Schoonmuker
was attorney general of New
\ ork State in I&78 and IS71J. In
iS/t) he was presented by the AntiTammany
delegate u from New
York, in the I )enioeratie State Convention,
as their candidate for (iovernor,
and he was a delogate to the
I )emoeratie National Convention in
Will and ISfSO, and also to the ( 'liirago
('onventioii in I SSL lie is now
a member of the civil service coinmission
of New York State, havingbeen
appointed by (iovernor Cleveland
and retained in oll'ico bv (iovi
nil
WAl.TKIt I . MUAGO
was born in Alabama in 18H8, but
resided in Arkansas from 18 Id to
181)1. llii was educated at Harvard
Iniversity and Cambridge Law
School, and proticed law in Arkansas
for some years. At the close of the
war h<* settled in Alabama, and for
some years was the law partner of
Senator Morgan, lie lias been u
leading l)enioeiat in that State for
some years, and has served as national
delegate, I'residential elector anil
a member of the Democratic national
committee, in 1881 he was made
president of the Alabama State railroad
commission and scrvod in that
position four years, during which
time many important ipiestions arising
but ween railroads and their
customers were satistai mm adjusted.
The marriage service Waiting
upon a great la/y thing of a man in
the capacity of co ?k, laundress, seamstress
and maid of all work.
A man in the gutter has no desire
to lead a better life. When he gets
uj? he goes directly hunting for the
vile stutY that will send him hack
again.
The loudest gojig at u railway sta
tion calls attention to the nooiest *
dinner, It is a heat oh the yotyrope- <
in plan. I . **- y ?
A bahy is a link which hi mis its I
mother to heaven ami causes ips fath- f\
er to chase all ovex After the pare* *
i^oric hot tic.
Srineco is a biff thiiiff. It makes
suotir from coal tar. it ifttn doevopythin^
except made maple suffer from
Veinont.
The loudest ffenff at a railsvay
station calls attentat to the poor-,
est ('.inner. It is a. heat on the you