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This powder never varies. A marvel of JrorHyv strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold, in competition with the multitude bf ?ow tesl, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING ^POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. SALE UNDER MORTGAGE. TTNBER AND BY VIRTUE OF A POWER of sale given under the provisions of a certain "Mortgage, executed by J. N. and K. EL Carnes, (J. N- and R. E. Carnes trading as such,} on the 12tb day of November, 1884, and by them delivered to Isaac V. Bard i o and John H. Murdoch, copartners trading as Bardi n & il ardoch, on the same day , (said mortgage being duly recorded in the office of tbeRegister of MesneConveyance for Sumter, S- Cv in Volume 12, page 774, and Chattel Mortgage Book, Number 7, page 782, ) we w?ll sell at public outcry in front of the Court House in the Town of Somier, County and State aforesaid, on TUESDAY, the 10th day ?f NOVEMBER, 1885, at ll o'clock in the forenoon : All that Tract or parcel of Land known as thevL. P. Husbands place, containing eight and one-half (8?) acres, lying one mile from Bishopvi?e, (west) in County of Sumter and State aforesaid^ bounded on the North by Public Road leading from Bisbopville to Car? ter's Crossing, on the East by Raccoon Road, -on West by lands of Rev. W> A. Gregg, and South by lands formerly owned by John S. ".Bradley. : ?f^ermsCasb. - - ISAAC V. BARDIN, JOHN H. MURDOCH, Trading as BARDIN & MURDOCH, -Oct 21 _ Mortgagees. 3>8\l2? W MILLINER Y. Mrs- WHITE -AKD Miss MILLER TJE70ULB. INVITE the attention of their \y friends and the ladies generally, to their stock of FALX, AWD WINTER MILLINERY, Consisting of : - Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS in great variety. FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, Ac., - - in all the new shades. ZEP?RTR, CA??VAS, EMBROIDERY SILK. Our Prices are Remarkably Low ^v.. THIS SEASON. We wiH.be glad te show our goods, and ask that you give us a call before purchasing. Oct 20 _ PECAN CULTURE. rpHF PECAN FLOURISHES WHEREVER X TEE HICKORY, grows, and a well Crown tree yields a net annual income of I $25 to $50. Mr. A. C. Daniel of Crawford, Ga., (Oglethorpe Co.) has a tree that bears froar,TEN tb FIFTEEN bushels of fine nuts. They sell readily at from $4 to $5 per bushel. The trees begin to bear when six to eight years old. I am now selling fine two-year trees, of the best and earliest bearing variety, at the following very low prices.: Each * 50cent8 Per Doten S 4.00 -Pe? Fifty 10.00 Fer Buudred 15.00 . No-charge for packing. Trees ready for shipment November 1st. 8. W. PEEK, Proprietor, Hartwell Nurseries. Hartwell, Ga. Author of "The Nursery and the Orchard." Price in cloth $1.25 per copy, in boards $1.00. Send for copy and be your own ?arserv mao. A NEW EHTERF2?SE . IN COLUMBIA, S. C. FROM THE GROUND UP. T>LANTATION WAGONS, LOG CARTS, .IT SPRING WAGONS, or any Style of Vehicle desired, and Harness for Buggies or Wagons. Northern and Western made Bug? gies in stock. P. MOTZ. Oct 27 THE AIM AR HOUSE, CORNER OF Vanderhorst and King St? HAYING BEEN LEASED BY fl /{Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,) 18 SOW* OPEN for th? accommodation of Boarders. Parties visiting Charleston will fud this House conveniently situated for baai Bftss, and directly on the line of Street Rail wey. ? Terms? per day, %l 50? 'Jehl* THE NEW DEAL. , -o OFFICE OF DUCKER & B?LTMAN, DEALERS IN General Merchandise, SUMTER, S. C. 0 To the People of Sumter Tovm and County : DEAR FRIENDS-For the past six years each and every one of you have no doubt heard of the Business House owned and con? ducted by DUCKER & BTJLTMAN. We now come before you again, and have no hesitation in saying that at least two-thirds of the inhabitants of this 'Game Cock' County have had some business transaction, be it ever so small, or be it large, with the above named firm, during those six years. Again, for the last three months a!l the newspa? pers in this State have been writing about 11 The New Deal" which is likely to take place in our political affairs, and we say, right, they are, to advocate it, provided sufficient reasons can be given that our present rep? resentatives have not managed our affairs in the right and pro? per manner. Let this be as it may, we have neither time Dor space to dwell upon political affairs at present. Should you desire a change you can assert your rights when election time comes. Not only have the people a right to change their representa? tives in the legislative halls, but they also have a right to change the places where they have been trading in past years, when they find that the man with whom they have been trading is im? posing upon them by charging high prices for inferior goods ; and at this very time when the so-called "King" Cotton is low in price, it is every one's duty to get fall value for his hard-earn? ed dollar. Proud, yes highly delighted, are we, to inform you at this time wbeu every? body is advocating a "New Deal," not one of our friends and customers has yet said in our hearing, "I am tired trading at DUCKER & BULTMANN, I want a new deal and a change. To the contrary, we can safely tell you our business is increasing day after day, and whilst times are hard we are now, as well as in the past, ready and willing to sell all of our goods in accordance with the low price of cotton. We have made it a rule, and hope every one in Sumter County will do likewise, Never Advance Backward, ] hut always go forward, and let the past take care of itself. For instance, if a merchant buys a stock of goods and keeps them in store say thirty days, it is, in our opinion a very poor idea to tell his customers that he has, in order to sell his stock, advanced prices back? ward, because it only shows that the stock was marked too high at first. j We never, or hardly ever, sell at cost, ! for we must live on the profits ; but we never mark our goods more than will j pay us for handling them, and unless we have a lot of old goods, you will never, we hope, hear us cry "Advance Backward." We are willing to sell you goods with small margins above cost, and thus we arc always able to offer New Goods at New Prices, and I hence no need to Advance Backward, ' because the people buy our goods fast ? enough to avoid having old stock. We have recently enlarged Store, and don't you forget, our Stock has also been increased, and we have a good force of polite and attentive Clerks, and, adding \ to this our low prices and good quality j of Goods, we don't hesitate to say but what you will continue to patronize us in future as well as you have in the past. To those who Juive never traded with us, we would say-Give us a trial when you are ready to buy, and also when you are ready to sell your Cotton, for we are in position to pay the highest prices, according to market, and we GUARANTEE FAIR DEALING. Well, remember that we carry the BEST LINE OF Fancy Graes ai CeaMom IN THIS TOWN, and we also carry a good stock of DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Shoes, Hats and Clothing, and we have jost opened a case of PRINTS which we will sell you at 4 cents per yard, and a case of STANDARD PRINTS which we will sell you 5 CENTS. These are Clioice Goods, and are worth 6 to 8 cents. These are REAL BARGAINS, and you should not fail to secure some of them. More next time. Respectfully, DOCKER & BULTMAN. CAKBISTOFS GIFT. By HUGH CONWAY. Author of "Called Back;1 "Dark Day?," "A Family Affair? etc [TOLD BY PHILIP BRAND, M. D.. LOSDOW.] TART THE FIRST. f" " ~ . CHAPTER TX A day or two after I had witnessed what I must call Carriston's second seizure we were favored with a visit from tba man whose services we had secured to trace Madeline. Since he had received bis instructions we had beard nothing of bis proceedings until he now called to report progress in person. Carriston had not expressed the slightest curiosity as to where the man was or what be was about. Probably he looked upon the employment of this private detective as nothing more useful than a salve to my con? science. That Madeline was only to be found through the power which he professed to bold of seeing ber in his visions was, I felt certain, becoming a rooted belief of his. Whenever I expressed my surprise that our agent bad brought or sent no information, Carriston shrugged his shoulders and assured me that from the first he knew the man's researches would bo fruitless. However, the fellow had called at last, and, I hoped, had brought us good news. He was a glib-tongued man, who spoke in a confident, matter-of-fact way. When be saw us he rubbed his bands as one who had brought affairs to a successful issue and now meant to reap praise and other rewards.' His whole bearing told me he had made an important disco very; so I begged him to be seated and give us his news. Carriston gave him a careless glance and at some little distance from' us. He looked as if he thought the impending communica? tion scarcely worth the trouble of listening to. He might, indeed, from his looks have been the most disinterested person of the three. He even left me to do the question? ing. "Now, then, Mr. Sharpe,1' 1 said, 'let us hear if you have earned your money." "I think so, sir," replied Sharpe, looking curiously at Carriston. who, strange to say, heard this answer with supreme indiffer ence. "I think I may say I have, sir," continuad the detective, "that is if the gentleman can identify these articles as being the young lady's property." Thereupon he produced from a thick let? ter case a ribbon, in which was stuck a sil? ver pin, mounted with Scotch pebbles, an ornament that I remembered having seen Madeline wear. Mr. Sharpe banded them to Carriston. Ha examined them, and Isaw his cheeks flush and his eyes grow bright. "How did you como by this?'' he cried, pointing to the silver ornament **XH tell you presently, sir. Do you recog? nize it?' "I gave it to Miss Rowan myself." "Then we are on the right track," I cried, joyfully. "Go on. Mr. Sharpe." "Yes, gentlemen, we are certainly on the right track; but, after all, it isn't my fault if the track don't lead exactly where you wish. You see, when I heard of this myste? rious disappearance of the lady I began to concoct my own theory. 1 said to myself, when a young and beautiful--" "Confoundyour theories!*' cried Carriston, fiercely. "Go on with your tale." The man gave his interrupter a spiteful glance. "Weil, sir," he said, "as you gave me strict instructions to watch a certain gentleman closely, I obeyed those inst, ucii ons. of course, although ? knew I was cn a fool's errand." "Will you goon?" cried Carriston. "If yon know where Mus Rewan is, say so; your money will be paid you the moment I find her." "I don't say I know exactly where to find the lady, but I caa soon know ii" you wish me to." "Tell your tale your own way, but as shortly as possible," I said, seeing that my excitable friend was preparing for another outburst. "I found there was nothing to be gained by keeping wat?h on the gentleman you mentioned, sir, so I went to Scotland and tried back from there. As soon as I worked on my own lay I found out all about it. The lady went from Callendar to Edin? burgh, from Edinburgh to London, from London to Folkestone, and from Folkestone to Boulong." I glanced at Carriston. All his calmness seemed to have returned. He was leaning against the mantelpiece, and appeared quite unmoved by Mr. Sharpe's clear statement as to the route Madeline had taken. "Of course," continued Mr. Sharpe, "I was not quite certain I was tracking the right person, although her description corre sponded with tho likeness you gave me. But ts yon are sui* this article of jewelry be? longed to tho lady you want, the matter is beyond a doubt." "Cf <5ours?," I said, seeing that Carriston had no intention of speaking. "Where did you find it?:' "It was left behind in a bedroom of one of the principal hotels in Folkestone. I did go over to Boalong, but after that I thought I had learned all you would care to know." There was something in the man's manner which made me dread what was coming. Again I looked at Carristom His lips wore curved with contempt, but he still kept ^silence. "Why not have pursued your inquiries past Boulong ?" I asked. "For this reason, sir. I had learned enough. The theory I had concocted was the right cn?, alter alb The lady went to Edinburgh alone, right enough; but sue didn't leave Edinburgh alone; nor she didn't leave London alone; nov she didn't stay at Folkestone*-where I fomid the pin-alone; nor she didn': go to Boulong alone. She was accompanied by a young gentleman who called himself Mr. Smith; and, what's more, she called herself Mrs. Smith. Perhaps she was, a?? they lived like man and wife." "Wh 'ther the fellow wa* right or mis? taken, thi> explanation cf Madeline's disap? pearance soome-1 to gi ve me what I can only compare to a smack in the face. I stared at tho speaker in sr o^ch'e-ss astonishmeut. If the tale he told so glibly and circumstan? tially was true, farewell, so far as I was con? cerned, to belief in the love or purity of women. Madeline Rowan, the,t creature of a poet's dream, on the eve of her marriage with Charles Comston, to fly, whether wed or unwed mattered iittle, with another man! And yet shr; was bat a woman. Carriston or Carr, aa ska only knew him-was in her eyes poor. The companion of ber flight might have won her with gold. Such things have been. Stil: My rapid and wrongful meditations were cut short in an unexn?cted way. Suddenly 1 saw Mr. Sharpe dragged bodily out of his chair and flun?; against the wall, whilo Car? riston, standing over him, thrashed the man vigorously with his own asa stick-a con Carriston, stfinPiiiig over him, thrashed Vts - man vigorously. venient weapon, so convenient that I felt Mr. Sharpe couti not have selected a stick more appropriate for his own chastisement. So Carriston seemed to think, for ne laid on cheerfully some eight or ten good cutting strokes. Nevertheless, being a respectable doctor and man of peace, I was compelled ta inter* fore. I hold Carriston's arm, while Mr. Sharpe struggled to his feet, and after col? lecting his nat *ani his pocketbook stood glaring vengefully at his assailant, and rubbing the while such of the weals on his back as ho could reach. Annoyed as I felt at the unprofessional fracas. I could scarcely help laughing at the man's appearance. I doubt the possibility of any one looking heroic after such a thrashing. 'TU have tho law for this," he growled. "I ain't paid to bo beaten ty a madman." '.You're paid to dc my work, not anoth? er's," said Carriston. "Go to the man who has overbribed you and sent you to tell me your hes. Go to him; tell him that once more he has failed. Oat of my sight!" As Carriston showed signs of recommenc? ing hostile operations, tho maa fled as far aa the doorway. There, being in comparative safety, be turned with a malignant look. "You'll smart for this," he said; "when they lock you up as a raving luna?c, i'll try and get a post as keeper." I was glad to soo that Carriston paid no attention to this parting shaft. He turned bis back scornfully, and the follow left the room and the house. "Kow are you convinced?' asked Carris? ton, turning to me. "Convinced of'what? That his tale is un? true, or that ha has been nisi ead, lam quite certain." "Tush! That is not worth consideration. Don't you see that Ralph has done all this? I sei that man to watch him; he found oub tho espionage; suborned my agent-or vom* agent, I should say ; &mt bira here with a trumped up tale. Ob, yes: I was to believe that Madeliuchad deserted me--that was to drive ms out of my sense* My cousin is a fool after alli" ""Without further proof I cannot believe that your suspicious are correct," I said, Dut I must own I spoko with some hesitation. "Prcof! A clever man liko you ought to see ample proof in rho fact of that wretch having twice called me a madman. I have seen bim but once before-you know if I thon gave him any grounds for making such an assertion. Teil me, from whom could he have ?earnod the word except from Ralph Cariistou?" I was bound, if only to save my own repu? tation for sagacity, to confess that the point noted by Carriston had raised ccrta:n doubts in my mind. But if Ralph Carriston really was trying by some finely wroug'at scheme to bring about what ho desired, there was all the more reason for great caution to be exercised. "I am sorry yon beat the fellow," I said. "He will now swear right and le^t that you are not in your senses." "Of course he will. "What do I care?" "Only remember this. It is easier to get put in an asylum than to g*>t out of it." "It is not so very easy for a sane man lik9 myself to be put in, especially when he is on bis guard. I have lookoi up the law. There must be a certificate signad by two doctors, surgeons, or, I believe, apothecaries will do, who have seen the suppose^ lunatic alone and together. I'll Ake verljK good care I speak "to no doctor save youf^lf, and keep out of the way of surgeons and apothe? caries." It quite cheered me to hear him speaking so sensibly and collectedly about himself, but .1 again impressed upon him the need of gieat caution. Although I could not be? lieve that his cousin had taken Madeline away, I was, after the affair with tho spy, inclined to think that, as Carriston averred, he aimed at getting him, sane or insane, into a madhouse. . But after all these days wo were not a step nearer to the discovery of Madeline's whereabouts. Carriston made no sign of doing anything to facilitate that discovery. Again I urged him to intrust the wholo af? fair to thc police. Again he refused to di SJ, adding that he was not quito ready. Ready for what, 1 wondered! CHAPTER X. I must confess, in spite of my af ection" foi Carriston, I felt inclined to reb-jl against the course which matters wore taking. 1 was a prosaic matter-of-fact medical man; doing my work to th"? best cf my ab.'iity, end anxious when that work was done that my hours of leisure should be as free from worry and care as possible. "With Carris? ton's advent several disturbing elements entered into my quiet life. Let Ralph Carriston be gu"if or innocent of the extraordinary crime which his cousin laid at his door, I felt certain that he waa anxious to obtain possession of the sup? posed lunatic's person. It would suit his purposes for his cousin to be proved mad. I did not believe that e\*en if the capture was legally effected Carriston's liberation would be a matter of great difficulty, so lon? as he remained m his present state of mind ; so long as 2, a doctor cf some standing, coule1 go into the witness box and swear to his sanity. But my old dread was always with me-the dread that any farther s'aock would overturn the b?dance of his sensitive mind. So it was that every hour that Carriston was cut of my sight was fraught with anx? iety. If Ralph Carriston was really as un? scrupulous as my friend supposed; if ho had really, as seemed aim opt probable, suborned our agent; he might by some craf ty trick obtain the needful certificate, and some day ? should come home and find Carristou had been removed. In such a case 1 forosaw gr^at trouble and distress. Besides, after all that had occurred, it was as much as I could do to believe that Carriston was not mad. Any doctor who kn-jw what I know would have given the verdict against him. After dismissing his visions and hallucin? ations with tho contempt which they de? served, the fact of a man who was madly, passionatoiy in love with a woman, aud who believed that she had been entrapped and was still kept in restraint, sitting down quietly, and letting day after day pass with? out macing an effo.-t towards finding hor, was in irsolf prima facie evidence of insan? ity. A sane man would at once have set all tho engines of detection at work. I felt that if once Ralph Carristou ob? tained possession of him he could make out a. strong case in his own favor. First of all, the proposed marriage o<t of the defendant's own sphere of life; the parsing under a false name; the ridiculous, or apparently ridicu? lous, accusation made against his kinsman; tho murderous threats; the chastisement of his own paid agen? who brought him a re? port which might not seem at all untrue to any oiie who knew not Madeline Rowan. Leaving out of the question what might b3 wrung from me in cross-examination, Ralph Carriston had a strong ease, and 1 knew that, once in his power, m j friend might possibly be doomed to pass years, if not his whole life, under restraint. So I was anx? ious, very anxious. And I felt aa anxiety, scarcely second to that which prevailed on Carriston's account, as to the fate of Madeline. Granting for salie of argument that Carriston's absurd conviction that no bodily harm had as }'ot Leen done her was true, I felt sure that she, with brr scarcely les? sensitive nature, must ?feel the separation from her lover as much as he himself felt the separatum from her. Once or twice I tried to comfort myself with cynicism-tried to persuade myself that a young woman could not in our days be spiritxl away-that she bad geno by hf?r own free will-that there Aras a mau who had at the eleventh hour alienated lier af? fection? from Carriston. But 1 could not bring myself to believe this. So I was placed between, the beru s of a dilemma. If Madeline had not lied of hor own free will, some one must have taken her away, and if so our agent's report was a coined one; and, if n coined one, issued at Ralph's instance; therefore Ralph must lx> the prime actor iu the mystery. But in sober moments s ?ch a deduction seemed an utter absurdity. Although I have said that "Carriston was doiug nothing towards clearing up the mystery, I wrong him ir: so saying. After his own erratic way lie was at work. At such work, tool I really lost all patience with him. He shut himself up in his roora, out of which he scarcely stirred for threo days. By that time he had completed a large and beautiful drawing of his imaginary man. IJQ TL :'?i^l He completed a drawing of his imagina man. This he took to a well-known photographer and ordered several hundred small phoi graphs-of it to be prepared as soon asp sible. The minute description which he h given me of his fanciful creation was print at the foot of each copy. As soon as t first batch of these precious photographs TV sent home, to my great joy he did what should have done days ago: yielded to s wishes, and put the matter into tho han of the police. I was glad to find that in giving deta: of what had happened, he said nothing abo tho advisability of keeping a watch on Ral] Carriston's proceedings. He did indeed off an absurdly large reward for the disco ve: of the missing girl, and, moreover, gave t officer in charge of the caso a packet cf ph tographs of his phantom man, telling him the gravest manner that he knew the ori ina! of that likeness had something to < with the disappearance of Kiss Rowan. Tl officer, who thought the portrait was that a natural being, took his instructions good faith, although he seemed greatly su prised when he heard that Carriston kne neither the name nor the occupation, : fact, knew nothing concerning the man wi was to be sought for. However, as Carri toa assured him that finding this man woui insure the reward as much as if he four Madeline, the officer readily promised i combine tho two tasks, little knowing whi waste of time any attempt to perform tl latter must be. Two days after this Carriston came to m "I shall leave you to-morrow," he said. ""Where are you going?" I asked. "Wh do you leave?" "I am going to travel about. I have i intention of letting Ralph get hold of m* So I mean to go from place to place until find Madeline." "Be caref ah" I urged. UI shah be careful enough. FA take cai that no doctors, surgeons, or even apothi caries get on my track. I shall go just t the fit seizes me. If I can't say one da whare I shall be the ?ext, it will be ii possible for that villain to know." This was not a bad argument. In fact, he carried cut his resolve of passing quick! from place to place I did not see bow 1 could plan anything more likely to defei the intentions with which we credited h cousin. As to his finding Madeline by I doing, that was another matter. His idea seemed to be that chance woul sooner or later bring him in contact wil the man of . his dream. However, now thi the search ?ad been intrusted to the propx persons his own action in the matter was n< worth troubling about. I gave him man cautions. He was to be quiet and guards in words and manner. He was not to coi verse with strangers: If he found himse! dogged or watched by anyone hs was t communicate at once with me. But, abov ali I begged bini' not to yield again to h mental infirmity. The folly of ? maa wh could avoid it throwing himself into such state ought to be apparent to him. "Not oftener than I can help," was all tb promise I could get from him. "But see he I must sometimes, or I shaii die.'' I had now given up as hopeless tho comba with his peculiar idiosyncrasy. So, wit many expressions cf gratitude on his par! we bade each other farewell: During his absence be wrote to me nearl; every day, so that I might know his where abouts in case I bad any. news to communi cate. Bnt I hal none. The police failed t find the faintest clew. I had been calle? upon by them once or twice in order tha they might have every gram of informatioi I could give. I took tho liberty of advising them not to waste their time ia looking fo the man, as his very existence was prob lematicah It was but a fancy of nr friend's, and not worth thinking geriousij about. I am not sure but what, after hear ing this, they did not think the whoje affai was an imagined one, and so relaxed thei efforts. Once or twice Carriston, happening to b in the neighborhood of London, came to sa me, and slept tho night at my house. H also b^ad no news to report. Still, he seemec hopeful es ever. The weeks went by until Christmas wa over and the New Year begun; but no sign word or trace of Madeline Rowan. "I hav< seen her," wrote Carriston, "several times, She is in the same place-unhappy, but no1 ill-treated." Evidently his hallucinations were still ir full force. * ***** * At first I intended that the whole of this talc should be told by myself: but upon get? ting so far it struck me that the evidence ol another actor who played an important pari in the drama wouid give certain occurrences to the reader at first instead of secondhand, so I wrote to my friend Dick Fenton, o? Frenchay, Gloucestershire, and l egged him, if he found himself capable of so doiug, tc to put in simple narrative form his impres? sions of certain events which happened in January, 1666; events in which we two were concerned. He has been good enough to complv with my request His communica? tion follows. fTO BE CONTINUED.J Republican Office-holders The Hampton Guardian discussing the singular fact that notorious Repub? lican politicians are retained in office under the Democratic postmaster, at Charleston aptly says : "Of all the places in the Union Charleston bas been wost terribly Rad? ical-ridden in the past, and it has not been so long that the people have for 20'ten the riots and bloodshed incited by Republican politicians and officials for party purposes. The Democrats were shown no favors and given no quarter. Now Republicans are retain? ed in office and Democrats excluded, with the Democratic party in control of national affairs. There may bc reason for this neglect to kick tho rascals out; but it's passing strange and wc fail to see the wisdom of political sagacity or justice of such weak-need Democracy.'* The "Way he Got Rid cf His Goods. \Marian Star.] A merchant of our town told us, last I Saturday, that a gentleman came into j his store, living about 30 miles below j Marion, and asked to see the shoes Lc 1 advertised in thc Star. Oe bought j the i-hoes and a nico bill of g<>odi?. A j promiucut druggist told us the same jay that he had some medicines that bc ! had not sold a bottle of for two years. He concluded to advertise and i ir me* diatcly received an order for some If i you want to push your business adver i tise liberally. i How hard it is to find an eminent person who loves au equal !-John i Wesley. What Our Editors Say. Pish and Ward. Columbia Register. The two model rascals of modern New York have been tried, convicted and sentenced to tee years each in the State penitentiary. Tbcse are ou ly specimens of a numerous class of handy villains in the Empire State. Whilst New York wears the honor of being tho Empire State of thc Union, she has also thc un? savory reputation of producing tbe big? gest villains in the country. She nev? ertheless, docs try some of them and convict them. She did the business for Fish in tolerable time, and she now sends Ward to join his brother villain with creditable dispatch. Of coarse there are many graceless scamps left in the same snap, and some others who were let alone because they were be? lieved not to have sense enough to know what they were doing. Among these unhappy innocents the Grants stand. At all events, it must be said for New York that big money cannot every time defeat justice there. She sets us an ex ampio in that regard at least. She does convict her rascals and disturbers of the peace sometimes. Protection and Labor. Chester Bulletin. If it be intended by protection to ben? efit not only the employer but the labor? er, why should not the latter be pro? tected as the former is-directly, by a tax of ?100 on every able bodied labor? ing man, and $50 on every able-bodied laboring woman that comes to the United States from foreign countries ? Of course, the more nearly prohibitory such a tax should bc made the more decisive would be its effect, because then our labor markets would not be flooded with competition from Europe and Asia. This would be protection that the workingmen and everybody else could see and understand. It would, of course be a gross violation of the principles of our government, but no more so than a high protective tariff is, as we now have it. It would be undemocratic and tyrannical, but toen all protection io favor of one class of in? dustry at the expense of others is that. But such a tariff, "for the benefit of labor," would be consistent with the Republican theory, and their doctrine, if put io force at all, should be logically carried out. The Eevenue Reform Convention. Aiken Recorder. The object (Revenue Reform) thus indicated is a worthy one, but if tbe purpose is to inculcate ideas of absolute free trade as expressed in the first res? olution, then the work of this body will be up hill all the w?y. The good old Democratic doctrine of 'a tarif? fcV rev? enue only' is good enough for us," and will in all probability bc good eoosgh for all time to come for th? people of .these JJiaited ^ta^,s^^jy~e adhere to the doctrine that a tariff for protection only, is injurious to the best interests of the people, in-as-much as it takes money from thc pockets of the consumer for the enrichment of the manufacturer, but a tariff for the production of sufficient revenue to meet, with liberality, the expenses of government, is sound pol? icy, ?nd the policy which must necessa? rily obtain io a country of such diversi? fied inter?sts as the United States of America. Thc absolute Free Traders may send out their pamphlets and other documents until doomsday, but they will never succeed in inducing the people of this country to consent to direct taxation to meet the wants of the General Govern? ment. The people experience sufficient diffi? culty in meeting their municipal and state taxation, without incurring an? other system of direct taxation for the support of the Federal Government. Collection through :he Custom House, of the necessary expenses bf the General Government is the least onerous method by which the burden of Federal taxation can be borne, and no other system will ever be tolerated in this country, save as a necessity in time of war. If the so-called Free Trade Club wish to subserve any useful purpose, they bad better make up their minds at once to suppress the Absolute Free Trade Bugaboo, and modify their extreme views to the time-honored conservative Democratic doctrine of 'a tariff for rev? enue only.' # Thanksgiving. Augusta Chronicle. The President's proclamation for thanksgiving is indeed a model docu? ment of thc kind. It is simple, terse, comprehensive aud not lacking in the fervor that makes even dignity benign and reverential. It should awaken res? ponsive chords in the souls and hearts of his countrymen, irrespective of race and creed and party. The touch of liumauity iu it makes indeed 'the whole world kin.' Let us reflect on the fact that though commercial depression of a certain kind has rested upon this country, it has baeo insignificant, indeed, compared with the distress af other lands. Here, if enormous prosperity has not obtained io all departments of business, fair re? wards have come to the industrious and thrifty. This is not the case in many foreign lands. IJere, too, we have thc blessings of abundant crops, of peace within our whole domain, of liberty obedieut to law, no great staudiug ar? mies, no social convulsions, no pesti? lence. Behold how fearfully smitten and apprehensive and down trodden are many of thc countries and peoples bo? yton d the sea Verily this is a domain of plenty, of freedom, uf benediction ; and, instead of com plain tug. there should swell over all thc lund and fir out into thc lakes and the oceans and the gulf, a grand Te Denni of praise and gratitude to the Giver of all Good who has So smiled upon and favored u* above all other uat?o?s. As an echo of thc President's proc? lamation, and iu advance of the day set apart for retutniug thanks to the Almighty, we have felt it a most pleas? ing duty to utter these sentiments, which must rise, like incense, in the hearts and homes of mon and women, whether dwelling near the bleak Cana? dian border or by tbe balmy zone of St. Augustine, by (he roar of the Atlantic; or the murmur of the Peaceful Sea. Without Judge or Jury. Daily Record. There are some people io this ?tate who ?eem to think they have the right to punish criminals, or persons supposed I to be ctimtnals, without giving them the chance of judge or jury. They seem to forget what the courts are in? tended for. Some of them are now in the hands of the law and will find* out what the courts are intended for befor? the courts get through with them. It ?3 well that they should, and it is tim? that an example be made of regulators, lynchers and outlaws generally. Men, regardless of caste, creed or sect, must be made to understand that they will not be allowed to drag criminals, or supposed criminals, from the bauds of the law and unmercifully whip or shoot them to death. The only way they can be made to understand this is to bring them before an intelligent and impartial jury and let them abide the consequences. If found guilty let them serve their sentence out in jail or peni? tentiary, just like other criminals, for criminals they surely are when tbey dye their hands in human blood in defiance of the taw. To ut*e plain words, there is nothing brave or noble in masking op to drag a defenceless maa out under cover of night and shoot him to death, or to waylay him on the highway and beat him with many stripes. It is cruel dastardly and shockingly revolting. We have used our columns freely to prove that there is no such thing as lawlessness in this State, and think that we have succeeded in doing so, but will use them just as freely to condenio crime from whatever source it may come. We have firm faith in the jus? tice of our courts, and write to warn those who think they ?ave a right to take the law in their own' hands that they will be hunted down and severely punished. There are sorise crimes so horrible that outraged relatives may feel justified in bunting the perpetrator to the death, but we cannot see What strangers have to do with it. Now let cs see if we cannot give the courts a chance to do their duty for awhile, and it' they fail there will be time enough to resort to different measures for the pun? ishment of criminals. The Runaways. We have never seen this story in print. It is attributed to Colonel A. S. Colyar, of Tennessee, and is illustra? tive of the force of habit i A well-to-do old farmer, i? oh? of thc best counties of Middle Tejr?e?see, owned a large number of slaves, ?ud among them one old darkey about his own age;. nd whom he had known all his life, io fact, he was one of the 'o?d family negroes'H^ght. out from Tir gmia. Old 'Sam' was a:'fa?totb?r>?QC?le creature, a great favorite with his m'Ss^ ter, and ? sort of privileged character cn the plantation. The old fellow was industrious and exemplary in his be? havior ali the year round, except during that period dating from the time wheo roasting ear3 begin' to ripen a ad the earliest appearance of frost. Sam was invariably seized at that period with ao invincible d?sire tb 'run away;' It re ; curred as regularly as a fit of 'hay fever,' i was as incurable, and like that unpleas? ant disorder could only b? tr?ated by change of air and locality. Sam under? standing this, preferred to take his case in his own hands and administer the treatment ia his own discretion. Of j course, in such a cass, the usual pria* I isbment inflicted on 'runaway niggers* j was not to be thought of. Remon? strance was unavailing. Sam declared, 'He jes' couldn't he^p hissef,' and it became a settled and understood ar? rangement that be should go, and that thc neighborhood should condone his raids on corn fields and potato patches. After many such escapades, bis old master asked him on one occasion, when the matter was under discussion : .Sam, do you really enjoy running away V ''Deed, Marse John,' said Sam, *I dtyes. li its de m oas' fun io dc wurl.' Coon nuntin' slot no tfhars to hit.* 'Well, then,' said Marse John, 'just let me know thc next time you take a notion to start, and I'll go with you, and try it awhile myself.' Sure enough, in due season Sam caine up, saying: .Old Mares, de time's mighty, nigh when I 'bleeged to lite oat. Ef you guine w?d nie, you better b? g?ttio' ready, for when de time comes I got to go quick 1 .Old Maree' kept a bright lookout, and when Sam started he was do band. They had a delightful time. They fished occasionally, caught 'possums, robbed orchards and watermelon and potato patches, picked blackberries for recreation, and hujited the greenesfeand shadiest nooks of thc forest, ali of which Sam knew well. 'Old Maree' had never enjoyed a summer so much; In fact he was so much pleased that regu? larly afterward he accompanied Sara when the latter went into annual retreat. At length Sam died. The old master grieved for him sincerely. He was sad also over the reflection that bis summer pastime would in future be denied him. But to the amazement of all his friends and not le.^s his own, when roasting ear time came again, the fit seized him as strong as ever, and he ran away by him? self.- Southcrh Bivouac. A snake liar near Tuscaloosa, Ala., claims to have killed a snake some days ago that had just swallowed a hog and that it was nineteen feet in length and twenty-eight inches in circumference. Ile further says he found a United States buckle and spur in the snake, which goes to prove that it swallowed a Union soldier during the war. This puts Alabama ahead on ihe snake ques? tion by a large majority* The planet Venus new sets about an hour after the sun. Mars rises soon after midnight, in the constellation Cancer. Jupiter rises only about two hours before the suu. So that Saturn, which fs nearly stationary in thc west? ern part of Ge m rn i, and rises about half past nine, is practically tho Only large planet which is visible in the evening. You will never see a sadder face than the face of him who wears the anxious look of one who has loaned a lead pen? cil and is momentarily expecting that it will not bo returned. -Boston Trans? cript. William Gilmore Simms. . In a sketch of this author, Eaj?l H.* I Hayne, in his article in the Southern' I Bivouac for October, says : j . Aa to the last be was full of arden* j feeling, it is not wonderful that he j should^ have gathered around him; through the forces of sympathy an? genius, a number of ambitious young men, wno enjoyed his conversation, de? ferrer! to bis judgment,' ?od regarded! bfm in literary matters as a guide, phil? osopher, and friend ? ! With us he could unbend, could dis?' pense with conventional restraint?; which" he detested, and be as untram? meled socially as iut?l?ectu'ally. ? sort of informal club was institut? ed, of which he was made pr?sident* Often dur??g th? summer months, when he resided ?n the city; we met at each' other's houses, and after discussing a vaaf' variety of topics would close the eve-* ning with a petite souper, wh?ch' no man enjoyed more, within reasonable bounds' than the creator of the ?hn?sonhi'ca? .Porgy.? * ? m Then it was, with a nowt of pnneK: before him, brewed after th? old Caro-" lina fashion, in due proportions of 'the strong, sweet, and sour/ that Simms shone in his lighter moods, (jf wit; that bright, keen, rapier-like faculty,; which too fr?quent ly wounds while it I flashes, he' possessed, in my opinion/ but little ; yet his ?wnor-bold, bluff/ and masculine-with a touch of sat?r?-. cal inuendo and sly sarcasm?, was gen? uine and irrepressible. Few men have ever comprehended human nature more thoroughly, and he could not refrain from caricaturing its* weaknesses, although there waa never a drop of venom in his heart. Simms, too, was somewhat of a6 . mimic, had an odd kind of histrionic ability, and could; therefore, give effect to many a story which per s? may not' have seemed remarkable. - As to \fii store of anecdotes historical, traditional;' ?nd social; 'their ?am? was legion.' ? writer in' the November Harper*i treating of '?h? Defence ?f oat Sea? ports points out that in nine of our seaboard cities' alone property valued of $3,322,00?".0?fr?s exposed to destruct tion in case of war, because of our tack of sea-coast defences adequate to cope with' the navies cf. tho fighting powers. He sketches the remarkable develop? ment of ordnance atfd armor since oar war; stimulated in ?arg? measure !>?J?U. lesson's, jhutinjybich^we' hsire^SiaSo part. - The ne w^ngliih guns thro'tfrf shot of 2000 pot?nds", penetrating Z? inches of iron at ? distance of a thousand yards, and bave^ an effective range of sir miles. The writer urges that immediate' provision should be made for an estes-, sive torpedo outfit, for gan* factories -?apab?e of producing the modern' guns, amkfpr a general system of coast defence; at an e^oezditore of ten millions i year for six or seventy ears. It H announced that this paper will be followed during next year in Harper's by fritrrffij^iiX ' of 'The British Navy/ by Sir Edward . ?eed; and by a paper on Krupp's gui factory, both fully illustrated. - , y <^ ??????pr ^ . Mr. Grimond, a nurseryman from near London, was. on a journey of business in Norfolk, England, exactly a hundred . and ten years ago; when, riding leis? urely along the road, he perceived.^ rose of great whiteness iii a mill. : He alighted,. and on close inspection, dis? covered it to be a provence rose. He sought an old lady, who was the inmate of the mill, and begged ? flower, which was given to him; for which he present? ed her, to Kef surprise, with! a gaines. In cutting off the flower he cat three buds, which be sent Aat once to his nursery. Two of the bads grew, and in the autumn he sent .and bought the . whole stock for $23. In. three years the plants, known now as the white prov? en ce, were sold tor each*. The okj lady received a present of silver to the amount ot $300. Adam Smith was a cattle-dealer, an? was a very wicked man*. A camp meeting was in progress in Ms locality; and among macy others who were con-" verted were several members of his ram*' ily. At last he Consented to visit the' meeting, ?nd during the progress of they servies che of his daughters came around to where her father was sitting, and iff tears she said td him ? .Father, ? am wedded to th? ?jot?S 'Wedded to who, did yon say, Mar/ Ann V *Tb? Lord, fatter.* - . , .If that's so, tfgosh, thc Smiths hare" got into a good family at last.'-Pr?t* zeVs Weekly. DIDN'T WixT HsS BASS BOXE?. Mother-?Ella, go to bed, say good* night to the governess, and give her f kiss,' ?lla-'No mamma, I don't want to* give her a kiss,' 'And why n?t V .Because, when'any one gives her kiss, she boxes their ears. Ask papa if she doesn.t.' 'Are you superstitious, roy dear Jj, said Miss Birdie McGuinnis to anewljf arrived stranger in Austin, to whonf she had become engaged. 'Not a bit, but why do you ask V replied the youthr .Nothing except you are the thirteenths gentleman to whom I have been engag? ed.'-Texas Siftings. Marriage in high life.-Judger 'John Henry, do you take this woman* to be your wedded wife.' Bride : 'So you ask him if hV taken** mc to bc his wife ? I guess" yon \mijr better ask roe if I taite him. He'tfT only an editor, and I've goir$4:T laidf up.-Texas biftings A CHIP OFF TKT; OLC' BLOCK.-Mosca* Scaumburg. was romping with his4 youngest offspring the other day. In: order to test the child's affection, ho* asked: 'Shacob. vtch yotfrbve?*m?8t, nre OT y ?fit rnxrdder V 'I Inls" you? most by twenty-five per silent. ' Mrs. Bebten?*, who wrote to her lover, 'I wisclrt I hot wings die mine* I wot ffie too y?'jcr and skwis you on' my heart and tell yoffliow I fe? di?* moment,' evidently speHs by car. ? ?At the utmost,' said? an elo?nem? j practitioner iu a Louisville police ebnrrt j 'my client only took a pair of scissors, j which t now have in my pocket a? CoK . lateral for my fee.-'