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^CRl S?MTKB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. C?vwliaaiefl Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Trutii's SUMTER, ?3. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1838. THE TK?E S?UTSKON, Established Ju?c, I860 XeTT Scries-Yoi. VIH. Ko. 2L fe'^rv W?ia??4 ?TT?ry ISfcdxiosday, N. GK OSTEEN, JP*' SHUTER, S. G.. TERMS: V "fwo Dollars per CDOUFO rn ad vane. H * X> V S.RTI&B BKNTS ? -ne Square, frrs* iasertion. $1 00 P^very sobseqqent insertion. 50 ^ A?O?tracts for three months, or longer will z ^aaacteai-seduced rates. AtU iXmmnmc&ilcns which su;-*9erve private ? ? te tewsls w ?fthe charged for as ad vertisemen t3. \GoUu?r?e6"and tributes of respect will be . .barged for :^ HBST AND CHEAPEST." pU. 80?BS GUARANTEED. ? . Primates furnished bj retara Marl. W>- LARGE STOCK.- PR?f?PT SHIPMENTS* ? tTOLK S O)., ' ?AHtJFACT?RERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN MiKyift Bli?, -v MOULDING-, S SUEDING MATERIAL. I Om? a ad Salesrooms. 10 ?ed 12 Hay ne St , .'f..^- CHARLESTON, S. C. ?a? 25 o I BBQ., COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, ?fLATES, LIMB, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR PAINTS, OHS AND TARNISHES. pp?BTER WHITE LEAD, The Best k> the Market. '-iSpecial Attention G ?cea to Ordert $y Ma?. ; C. O. BROWN &.BR0., ^*%-' Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. ^ SHIFT'S SPECIFIC IsenV?JcJy & vegetable preparation containing no Mercury, Potash, Arsenic, or omer poisonous ^swiyrsAspEciFic Has cn rad hosilretlsof cases of Epithelioma or Cancer of fee Sfchu hoc sands of cases of Kczpm a, Blood Hnnacra asd Sk:a Diseases, and nun dreds of thfccsaccs of cases cf Scrofula, Blood. Poison, aadjfclood Taint. SWIFTS ftPECIFIC Has rchcfcl thonpmds cf cases of Xercnrial Poisccigg, Bhermrerioi, and Stiffness of the Joints. / WHAT BffrsicxaKS SAT OP TEE SWIFT Sracxnc. -, W4?ppcnd the statement cf a few: J^lbxfe nscd S. S. S. cn patients convalescing frcm fever jin Ai rem measles wita thc best rcs c lt s %. ^N.<^n.sxrr,iL D.- Eilavh!?, Ga. >%. ULSBXX, CA.-Willie White was aCScted with jrse^cftfe seven ye~^. I prescribed S. S. S., and I to-day be is a fat cn - robust boy. f. C. W. PARKET;, 3L D. EicamoacD, VA., B-C. 15.1883.-1 have taken Carce bottles of Swi?t's S-jcci?c, for secondary Wood poison. It ccts rs neb better thanpotaab or tear other remedy I nave cvcr?r?eA. B. F. WxKTXKLD, IL D. Hook on Contagious rioo-i Poison malled free. AD dracists reH S. S. TEC Swnrr SPECTTTC Co.. i>rawcr 3, Atlanta, Ga. 2?ew York, 756 . Broadway. 2 muz N?TIGE. rpHE UNDERSIGNED, who are commis- ; |_- sioned as a ?ioard of Corporators to open books of subscripti-.-: of t4THE BANK O^-STJMTER" a proposed Corporation, the purpose of wh?c_ is to <v.rrj or. a- yeneral banking business, the principal place of which business shall be the City of Sumter, ia tl?S:ate of Sooth Carolina, hereby give DOtice that they will open books of subscrip? tion to the said Capital Stock, at the law oflk?of Hnrneworth A Cooper in said City, 03 ?he?th day of O'-tober 1888; said Nooks to remain opea until the CHI.?tal Stork of Fifty Tbcasiod Dollars shall have been sub? scribed. W. F B. HAYNSWORTH, A S BRO TN. E W. MOi.-E. J. D. BLAND1NC P 30NAGHAS Sumter, S C.. 8<-pt 28, 1388. 1889. Harpers Young People An Illustrated Weekly: HARPER'S YOUKG PKOPLS begut- U- tsntb to'ume with i he first nuaber in November. Hering tho year it wi i contain five .?-erial 1 .or?es, including 'Dory-nates," by Kirk .Mon? roe; "The Ked Mustang," by W. 0 Stoddard?; a>,d "A D;-y in Warland." by K. K. Munkit ( :ek; -Nels Tturh??'? Trial." by J T. Trow? bridge ; "Thi? Taree Wi*bc?." by F. Anstey *B?* Brainier V?affhew?: a p*-rie* of fairy t.-:!e? written and illustrated b> Howard Pyle ; *?l!ome Studies Natural H?s:(.ry." by Dr Felix 0#w?M; 'Little Experiuiems." by S phi.. B Herrick: "(ihrs. -e- of Child tife ?som Dicken.-.'" h;, M:}TS*T-:- fc. Gangster; arti e;es rtn vanou? -pott" a??d p?tsthues s'.!'>rt .caries by th- H.-.?t writers, and hutB<-r?.us {.apri.? pott p .om?. wi;h many bundred.? of :liu> tr!Ji?n? ot excellent quabiy. Every line in th<? r.aper is su bj vt?, a to the most r-.;i<i ?difori?l secn'riuj order thai nothing 'utruifal mav enler its coi- ; - - Aa epitome of ev*ryth?ng that i* at?r?e*?ve . and desirable in juve: ile literaiur??. - Boito Courier A weekly feast ofgeod thipgs! to the fc>o\s ami Ifirls io every family which it visits -Brooklyn JJtion. It is wondrrfolin ?ts wealth of pictures, :ci"r? mation, and interest-thri?tian Adocate.S Y. TERMS. PORTAGE PK EPA ID. $2 A YEAR Vol. X commences November 1> 2888? Sfieeimeri Copy *cnt on receipt, of a two-cent ?tamp. StsQLK Nt MCERS. Five Cent* eaeb. Bsmx|tances should be made by P-st OfBce j Stoney Order or Draft, ta avoid chance of Joss. tiewtpnpzj* ure not to copy thtt advertisement I withontjJie cxp- r** order of H AKPK* ? Bn-iTOERS. I AiMrass I1A&FE& ? BROTHERS. New York. ! ?auty ?s desired and a?mircd bj* all. Among th? things which may host be done to enhance personal beauty is the daily uso -of Ar er'a Hair Vigor. Ko matter what the color of the hair, this prepa? ration gives it a lus? tre and pliancy that ?M SStpS^s charm. Should tho i -jiglfei;^? hair be thin, harsh, t^ipr"^ dry, ?r turning gray, Ayeres Hair Vigor will restoro the color, bring Out a new growth, and render ihe old soft and shinyv For keeping the scslp clean, cool, and healthy, there is no better preparation in the market. ara free to confess that a trial of Ayers Hair Vigor has convinced me that it is a genuine article. Its use has not only caused the hair of my wife and "daughter wO be Abundant and Glossy, but it has given my rather stunted mus? tache a respectable length and appear? ance."-?. Britton, Oakland, Ohio. "My hair was coming out (without any assistance from my wife, either). I tried Ayers Hair Vigor, using only one "bottle, and I now have as tino a head of hait^as any one could wish for." -E. T. Schmitten, Dickson, Tenn. " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor in my family for a number -of years, and re? gard it as the best hair preparation I know of. It keeps tue scalp clean, the hair soft and livery, and preserves tho original color. My wi io has used it for a long time-with'most satisfactory re? sults."-Benjamin M? Johnson, M. D., Thomas Hill, Mo. " My T?air was becoming harsh and dry, but after using half a bottle cf Ayer*s Hair Vigor it grew bia Sk and glossy. I cannot exoress the joy and gratitude I feek?-Mabel C. Hardy, Dela van, HU * Ayer's Hair Vigor, pasrAEED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer Sc Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. n TZ * CATARRH Cream BalMp^T^a Cleanses the Nasal P^geNBm^^S?] Allays Paio an, -wj^^0^ INFLAMMATION Eff?*^^^M?jM Heals the Sores.fe- ? ^flj SENSES OF TASTK^^M^^^^^I >od Smell By^^S&ij TRY TU, ^ HAY-FEVER .s a disease of the mucous membrane, gener? ally originating in the nasal passages and maintaining its stronghold in the head. From 'his point it sends forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through the digestive organs, corrupting the blood and producing other troublesome and dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied tuto each uostril aud is agreeable. Price 50 cents at Druggists ; b v mail, registered. 60 cents." ELY BROS., 56 Warren Street, New York. PLAIN TALK. I nish to inform those wno hare not yet examined my beautiful and cheap stock of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, LADIES' AND GENTS' HATS, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, tba; by fair dealings und Low Prices, my trade is increasing daily. If they will give me an opportunity of showing them through my stock and ?iving them pnces, I am satis? fied I wii? add their names to my fast increas I i og lia; of customers. I Polite and attentive clerics will take pleasure in showing goods. B. J. BARNETT, r Alain Street, in the Beud, ! Oct. 24 Sumter, S. C. ?1 in* rt J ?tvs tho iorpi?! liver, s?rentrt?? esis zjEvedijsrcst?Ve or<u?i'?. s - s*?:?'i?e$? ino bowels, aiid ure une^ualcc? as ou s??T?-ef?G?s wmrnm, ?:> malaria* ??is?rif ts their virtues are \\ Ulely rceoirssized. as they $>t??.sess r.< uliar properties ?w f ree?iij? tife>? s<e:n from teat poison. Eteirioaily instar eoa?ed. Dose ?mall. Price, ^->ci.s. Seid Everywhere. Office, 44 Murray St., N??VP York, "B* WI. TJ?T! WHOLESALE Ai?D B?TAJL P. J. O'CONNOR'S BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY, ?. have on hand and will keep during the season a Urge stock of Fruits of vari? ous kinds, which will be sold, wholesale and retail at LOWEST PRICES. My Bakery and Confectionery continues to receive my special attention, and will be kept supplied with the choicest good3 to be found io the city. Orders fe?QI the Country for cake, plea^ bread, &c., will have prompt attention. Oct. IQ. The Getfe?al Assembly, j - A Condensed Account of its Pro*- ! ceedings. - i FRIDAY, DEC. 14TH. SENATE. The following bills passed their third reading : Bill to incorporate the People's Building and Loan Association of Sum- i ter. South Carolina. Bill to amend an Act entitled 'An | Act in relation to forfeited lands, de? linquent lands and coliection of tales.' Bill to provide for the establish ment of a separate school district in the city of Sumter. Bill regulating and restricting the rights of railroad corporations and indi? viduals acquiring additional libes of railroads or interest therein, and limit? ing the rights of such corporations and individuals in the use of stock in rail? roads in ibis State, and conforming ali railroad charters to the provisions hereof. Bill to charter the Wilson and Sum? merton Railroad Company. Bill to protect primary elections and conventions of political parties and to punish frauds committed thereat. This bill provides for the punishment of managers of primary elections guilty of fraud, and of voters at such elections guilty of false swearing. Bill (House) to abolifh the of?ce of Superintendent of Highways Bill to provide for the establishment of separate school districts in the sev? ero! cities, incorporated towns and vil? lages if: this State 5 lo authorize the levy and collection of special taxes therein, and to authorize the levy and collection of special taxes io Xhe several school districts now formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorpo? rated towQ8 ard villages HOUSE. The Clemson College bill passed by the House by a vote of 67 to 47. The entire Sum'er delegation voted for the bill. Mr Abney, of the Richland delegation, opposed the bill and his i speech aras a brilliant and masterly effort Col. Fiaskeil and Mr. McCrady, opponents of the bil! also made pow erfuS and eloquent speeches. Mr Benet, of Abbeville, the principal ad vocate for the bill deserves great praise for the noble stand be has taken iu this matter. SATURDAY. DEC 15TH. 8EXATK. The bill to apportion the representa? tion of the several Counties of ?his State in the House of Representatives upon the basis of the United Statts census of 1880 was taken up for a sec? ond reading, and it was rpjected HOUSE. ' A \trge portion of the lime of the riouse was taken up in the considera- . tion of the general appropriation bill , The bill in its present shape makes the usual appropriations for the executive. legislative and judicial departments of the State government. Gives $5.000 , to the State Board of Health for pur- j poses of fumigating and disinfectiug vessels at quarantine ; gives to the City , of Columbia an additional thousand dollars for use of water supplied to the J State ; raises the appropriation for the asylum from $88.000, which was the J amount cf the last appropriation, to $98,000; appropriates $35,000 for 1 carrying on the work cf thc State House, ' and makes several small appropriations * for repairs and incidental expenses in. the varions educational and charitable { institutions of the State. The bill 1 passed its second reading. * Tho supply biil, which also received 1 a second reading calls for a State levy ' of 5? mills, and various County levies, ' includive of levies to meet past iudebt- 1 odoefi:. and for payment of interest on 1 township bonds Sumter County is 1 assessed oh mills. { _ i MONDAY. DEC 17TH. ' SEXATE. The biil to establish and maintain a home for disabled soldiers and seamen 1 of the Confederate States army and j navy met its death by a vote of 25 to 5. So the soldiers will still receive their pensions, but the amount will be limited to ?50.000 per annum. j The bill to chancre the salaries of the Stite officers was indfGMteiy postponed 1 The bill to establish a new judicial j and eleciiou County from portions of Dar'ingtcu, Marion. Williamsburg and Clarendon, to be known as Floreore . County, and to adjust the representa- j tion of said Counties io the General Assembly, was taken up, and passed < its second reading. ? HOUSE. Mr. Barkley's $1 00 a day per diem \ and mileage bil!, and Mr O'Brien's I bill to make the loaning of money on i usury a misdemeanor were killed i l?iU to exempt school teachers frrjm ' ? road duty whilst engaged in tesehiog, ' and the bill tc repeal an .Act entitled "A?? Act to requisite '.he traffic in seed cotton in the Counties of Abbeville. Aiken Sumter, York. Edgefield, Berke? ley, Kershaw, llichlattd, Orangeburg, Charleston, Chester and Uuion, so far as it relates to Berkeley County." j passed their third reading. TUESDAY DEC 18TH. SENATE The biil to accept the devise and be- j quest of Thomas G Clemson, passed the Senate today by a vote of 17 to 15. . The n suit was rather a surprise io tl e | advocates of both sides rf thc question. The debate lasted over four bo?r3. The bi'l providing for the payment j by the state of thc expenses of proseen - I tions in criminal cas^s, passed ifs third j reading. A motion tc recommit was ! lost HOUSE The bill to reorganise and confirm j the incorporation of the several town-? 1 ships, and to authorize a subscription ! hy them to railroad corporations, was j called up ! Mr. Brawley moved to amend by striking out all aftter the title of tba bill and inserting the following as sec- j j tion 1. ! Section 1. Tbat the township bonds .' heretofore issued by county commis I sioncrs as the corporate agents of any ownships i? tbis Stau? io aid of any ailroacl by vote of the inhabitants of aid townships, are hereby declared to >e debts of said townships, respectively, laving authorized tbe isaoe of tbe same : ind the interest and principal thereof hall bo paid according to the terms of fh'e said bonds, or tax, by the assess - neat, levying and coHestion of an an? nual tax opon the taxable property in aid townships as may be necessary, io ike manner and by the same county ?f?cials as the tax levied for county >onds ia aid of railroads is assessed, evied and collided. Mr. Brawlcy then moved to amend Section 1 of his "first amendment by idding tbe following, which was idopted .: 'Ali dividends by Cr for said town hips on stock in railroad companies, ?fhich have been aided by said town j nip bonds or debt, shall be applied by j he county commissioners of the county n whioh said townships are respectively 'ituafed primarily toward tLe payment or etirement of said bonds or debt, and the lurplus sba il be expended in the im )rovera*ent of highways within the ter itorial limits of said townships.' The .iii theo passed to a third reading Our State Contemporaries. Columbia Record. .General McCrady, of Charleston, is itill earnestly working to diminish the ! inmber of local or private measures that I ;rowd the calendars of the General As I onibly Upon his nrotion, the Soiic tors were recently requested to inform he House what percentage of t?e laws macted in the pant three years were of \ private nature, aod their estimate is hat that class includes one-third of the .?/hole number of measures enacted. Pbis is a very startling exhibit, and uruishes strong argument io favor of he peuding bin to require railroad loropaoies and some others to deposit a ee before getting their proposed chsr er considered The proposed law con emplate* an abatement of a very great ivil, aod it should be passed notwith? standing the difficulty of making each jeneral Assembly observe its provis? oes-th st body being within certain toostttatiooal ?mitatioos, a law uoto tself The Clemson College. Lancaeter Ledger. The Mississippi Agricultura! 0"!lege. ifter an existence of eight yeats, an ?xpenditure of $400,000. and 3n ur jeut need of ?11,000 more for equip? ment, ha> turned out only sixty-six graduates. Besides this, there is no *>ranch of 'Mechanism' attached to the College Mississippi is sick of the ex jerime?t Notwithstanding these facts, which the figures prove to be correct, ;he South Carolina Legislature (Mouse) [>as passed a joint resolution accepting he Clemson bequest and recommend* io appropriation to establish the Clem mo Ag-icultural College. What next? $5,000---Paid Up The policy of insurance on the late SV. ?) Crosland for five thousand doi ars bas been settled by the 'Equitable.' brough its agent The proofs reached Sew York on Nov 2G:h, and the meek was drawn on the 27th. That h he way they settle losses -Marlboro Democrat. Now, friend, what is there in this jaragraph that it should be published ? is there anything strange io the In? surance Company settling its debts? Was there any necessity or object io nailing attention to the fact that the egatees of the deceased were in pos? session of ?5 000 ? When a reputable Merchant io that section pays a debt, or when a farmer settles an account or ien at any of the stores, is such act Dublisbed in the newspapers? lt loo?. :o us very much like the publication of ( he above paragraph is an implied re lection oo the former conduct of the usuraoce company -Press and Ban? ter And why not publish the instances where after many payments have been nude tb? policy lapses and the insur? ed mau loses all from inability to pay onger. Another thing: some men insure heir lires with money that ought to go 0- the payment of debts which they eave unpaid when they die. aud those who get the insurauce mooey let these iebfs remain unpaid -Christian Neigh? bor. Pkecent eveuts in Birmingham, Ala , > h o aid serve to impress upon every ?ommunity the importance of well reg ilated militia. The Columbus (Ga.) 5uu nuts the case none too strougly io ? OJ laying that ''there is oo telling at what :imc an emergency may arise which will render military assistance impera ;ively necessary. Such an occasion irose in Birmingham, a city of nearly ?O.000 souls The call was made and sixteen beardless boys responded. These boys did their duty bravely and unflinchingly, yet had thc fury of the mob been directed against them their mightiest efforts would not have been a feather's weight, and the city of Birm? ingham would have been without pro? tection unril the troops of the State had been ordered to thc scene. Every city should take pride iu sustaining ami en? couraging her military organizations There is uo telling when they will be needed to quell riots and protect her peaceful and law-abiding ci'izens. The mer? fae? ?h-tt a city has r-C^J-cTgantzeu j ana well-J^ .:"..':;;:ei ti ditary companies ! C-.u.es her citizens Lo feel secure in time of danger/' A very queer race struggle is ininti neut in Charleston Upward of 100 Chinamen have recently arrived in that city, and every incoming Ktcamship from New York brings more ot the Ce? lestials. The immigrants itu m ed ia tidy on lancing oyow a laundry, an institution hitherto almost uekaowo iu thc city, where the washing and ironing of 50. OOO white people is done by negro washerwomen. The Chinamen have opened up laundries ia. almost every section of the city, and as they under? work even tho negro they are drawing trade away from the latter gradually, but sureiy. There is much indigna? tion among the negro washerwomen, and there will be trouble unless the im? migration ceases shortly. COLONELQ?ARITCH.VX. By a RIDES HAGGARD. I CONTINUED, "i CHAPTER V. TEE SQETRE EXPLAINS THE POSITION. "I don't know what is coming to this country, I really don't; and that's a fact," said the squire to his companion, after they had waiked some paces in silence. "Here is this farm, the Moat farm. It fetched twenty five shillings an acre when 1 was a young man, and eight years ago it used to fetch thirty-fivo. Now I have reduced it, and re? duced it, to-fifteen, just in order to keop tho tenant. And what is tho end of it? Janter -he's tho tenant-gave notice last Michael? mas; but that stupid owl, George, said it was all nothing, and that he would continue at fifteen shillings when the time carno. And now* to-night he comes to mo with a face as long as a yard arm, and says that Janter .won't keep it at any price, and that ho does not know where ho is to find another tenant, not ho. It's quite heart breaking, that's what it is. Three hundred1 acres of good, sound, food producing land, and no tenant for it at fifteen shillings au aero. What am I to do?' "Can't you take it in hand and farm it yourself P asked Harold. "How can 1 take it in hand? I have one farm of a hundred and fL"ty acres in hand as it is. Do you know what it would cost to "take over that .farm?" and ho stooped in his walk and stuck his stick into- tho ground. "Ten pounds an acre, 6very farthing of it and say a thousand for tho covenants-about four thousand pounds in all Kow where am I to get four thousand pounds to specu? late with In that way, for it is a speculation, and one which 1 am too old to look after my? self, even if I bad the knowledge? Well, there .yon are, and new I'll say good night, sir. It's getting chilly, and 1 have felt my 'chest for tho last year or two. Cy the way, I suppose I shall see you to-morrow at this tennis party cf Ida's. It's ail very well for Ida to go iu for her tennis parties, but hov/ can I think of such things with all this worry on my hands? Well, good night, CoL Quar itch, gcod night," and he turned end walked away through tho moonlight f. Harold Quaritch watched him go and then started off home. He entered the house, and having told Mrs. Jobson that she could go to bcd, sat down to smoke and think. Harold Quaritch was, like many solitary men, a great smoker, and never did he feel the need of tho conso? lation of tobacco more than he did this night. A few months ago, when ho bad re? tired from the army, he found himself in a great dilemma There be was, a hale, active man of three and forty, of busy habits and regular mind, m suddenly thrown upon the world without occupation. What was ho to do with himself? While he was asking him? self this question and waiting blankly for an answer which did not come, his aunt, old Mrs. Massey, departed this life, leaving him heir to what sho possessed-it might be three hundred a year *n alb This, added to his pension and tho little that he owned independently, put him beyond the necessity of seeking further employ? aient. So he had made up his mind to come to resido at Molehill, and live the quiet, somewhat aimless life of a small coun? try gentleman. His reading-for he ?-as u rxeat reader, especia1 ly of scientific works would, ho thought, keep him employed, seo lng that "in addition to reading he was a thor? ough sportsman, and an ardent, though ow? ing to the smallness of his means, necessarily not a very extensive, collector of curiosities, and more particularly of coins. At first, after he had come to his decision, a feeling of infinite rest and satisfaction had taken possession of hint. The struggle of lifo was over for him. Ko longer would he bo obliged to think, and contrive, and toil, henceforth his days would slope gently down toward the inevitable end. Trouble lay in the past; now rest and rest alone awaited him, rest that would gradually grow deeper and deeper as tho swift years roiled by, ti J ? it was swallowed np ir. that almighty peace to which, being a simple and religious man. he had looked forward from childhood as the end and object of his life. Foolish nasa and vain imagining! Here, while wo draw breath, there is no rest. We must go ou continually, on from strength to strength, or weakness to weakness; nc must always bo troubled about this cr that, and must ever have this to desire or that to re? gret. It is an inevitable law within whose attraction all must fall; yes, even tho purest souls, cradled in their hope of heaven, and tho most swinish, wallowing in tho mud of their gratified desires. And so our hero had already begun to find out Here, before he had been forty-eight hours in Hon ham. a fresh causo of trouble had arisen, l?o had seen Ida de la Solle again, and after an interval of between five and sis years had found her face yet more channing than he bad before. In short, he had fallon.in love with it, and being a feasible man, ho did not conceal this fact from himself. Indeed, the truth was that he had been in love with her all these years, though ho had never looked at the matter in that light. At the least tho pyre had been gathered and laid, and did but require the touch. of tho match to Kum up merrily enough. And now this was supplied, and at the first glance cf Ida's eyes the magie Hame began to hiss and crackle, and he knew that nothing short of a convulsion or a deluge would put it out. Men of the ?tamp of Harold Quaritch generally pass through thrco stages with reference to tho other sex. They begin in their youth by making a goddess of ono of them, and finding cut their mistake. Then for many years they look upon w man as the essence and incarnation of ali evil and a thing no more to be trusted than a j-iguar. Ultimately, however, this folly wears itself out-probably in proportion as tho old a?Fce ticn fades and dies away-and is replaced by contempt and regret that so much should havo been wasted on that which was so little worth, Then it is that tho danger comes, for then a man puts fort h his second venture, puts it forth with fear and trembling, and with no great hopo of seeing a golden Argosy sailing into port. And ir' itsiults or is driven back by adverse.winds end frxiiVtil??g skies, then there h an end ..f h:.? legitimate dealings with such frail merchandise. And now he. Harold Quaritch, was about to put forth this second venture, not vi hi* own dcsiro or free ""ill indeed, but boc:.use his reason and. judgment wero overmastered. lu short, to put it briely, ho had fallen in lovo with Ida de la Molle w hen ho first saw her five j'ears ago, and was nov.- in the pnveess of discovering the fact. There ho sat i.i his chair in tho old, half furnished room, which he proposed to turn into bis dining room, and groaned in spirit over this portentous dis? covery. What had become- of bis fair pros? pect of qui;*t years slopinaf sroixi 'y dr?? jvward, and warm with the sweety CzCZZj' Vz*'* ?f .?iftf-rr^;.,; was it that ho had not known those things tint belonged to his peace? And probably it- would cud ;:>. nothiag: wus it likely that such a splendid young woman as Ida would care fora superannuated anny officer, with nothing beyond four er five hundred a year and a Victoria cross which bo never \vor?y-to recommend him? Probably if she married at all she would try to marry some ono who would assist ? > re? trieve tue tallen fortunes cf her family, v. hich it was absolutely beyond bis power to do Altogether th? outlook did n?-t pl< ase him. as bo sut there far into tho watches of the ru. and sucked at his empty ? ?"w-- iio little <!:d it please bini, indeed, that when !--t bo rose to find his way to !.".>: ii]) tho cut oak staircase-tho only imposing thing in Mole? hill-he had almost rondo, up his mind to giva up the idea cf living at Hcnham at alb. to sell the place and emigrato to Vancouver's Island or isew Zealand, and tims place au impassable barrier between himself and that sweet, strong face, which somehow seemed to have acquired a touch of sternness sines las'*-he had looked upon it. Ah, wiso resolution of quiet night, whither do you go to iu the garish light of dav? To heaven, perhaps, with the mist wreaths and | tho dew drops. When tho squire got back to the castle he found bis daughter still sitting up ia tl drawing room. "What, not gone to bed, Idar ho said. "No, father, I was going, and then thought that I would wait to i:ear what a this was about Jauttr and the M0~ t fann. . is best to get it over." "Yes, yes, my dear-yes, but thero is n< much to tell you. Janter has thrown np tl farm after all; and George f,ays there is n< another tenant to be hed for love or mono; Ile tried one man, who said that hevruui not have it at 5 shillings a:i aero, as pria aro." "That is bad enough, in ali conscience said Ida, pushing at tho firo irons with h( foot. "What io to be done?" "What is to be done?" answered her fathc: irritably. "How can 1 tell yea what is to I done? 1 suppose that i 'must take the plat ia hand, and that is all." "Yes, but that costs money, docs it net?" "Of course it does; it costs about foi thousand pounds." "Well," said Ida, looking up, "and whei is all that sum to come from{ We have n< got four thousand pounds in tba world." "Come from? Why, i suppose that I mai borrow it cn tho security of the land." "Would it not Le better to let the pbco g cut of cultivation," she answered, "rathe than risk all that sum of mone}"?" "Go out cf cultivation! Nonsense, Idi how can you talk like that? Why, thc strong land would be ruined for a geiierati? to come." "Perhaps it would; but surely it would L better that it should bo ruined than that vt should be. Father, dear," she said, eppea ingly, laying ose hand upon his sbouidei "do bo frank with mo, and tell me what ou position really is. I sec you wearing youl self out about business from day to day, au I know that there is never any money fe anything-scarcely enough to keep the bous going; and yet you never tell mc what w really owe-and 1 think I havo a right t know." Tho squire turned impatiently. '?Girl have no head for these things," ho said, "s what is the uso of talking about i ti" "But 1 am not a girl ; 1 am a woman o ?ix-and-tweuty; and putting other thing aside, I am almost as much interested in you affairs as you are yourself," she said, wit determination. "1 ca:in< t bear this sort c thing any longer. I seo that abominabl man, Slr. Quest, continually hovering abeu here like a bird of ill omen, and I cannc stand it. and 1 teil you what it is, father, i you don't teil mo tho whole truth at once, shall cry,'' and she looked as if she meant it Now, the old squire was no more impervj oas to a woman's tears than any other marj and cf all Ida's moods, a ?id they were many he most greatly feared that rare one whic! took the form of teal?. Besides, lie loved hi only daughter more dearly than anything i; the world except one thing-Hon ham Cast! -and could not bear to give her {iain. "Very well," ho said, "of course if yoi wish to know about these things you havo i right to. I have wished to spare you trouble that is all ; but as you aro so very imperious tho best thiug that I can do is to let you hav your own way. Still, as it is rather late if you have uo objection, I think that I ta< better put it off till to-morrow." "No, uo, father. By to-morrow yen wil have changed your mind. Let us have i now. ! want to know how much we r-??; owe and what wo have got to live on." Tire old gentleman hummed and hawed < little, and after various indications of im patience at last began: "Well, as you know, our family has fo: some generations depended upon the land Your dear mother brought a small fortnni with her, five or six thousand pounds, bu that was, with the sanction of the trustees expended upon improvements to the farm; and in paying of? a small mortgage. Well for many years the land brought in abou two thousand a year, but somehow we al wa3^s found it difficult to keep within tba* income. For instance, I found it necessary to repair the gateway, and you have no ides of the expense ia which thos:> repairs landec nie. Then your poor brother James cost i lot of money, and always would have th( shooting kept up ia such an extravagant wey. Then he went into tho army, and heaven only knows what he cost mo teere Your poor brother was very extravagant, my dear, and-well, perhaps I was foolish-1 nover could say him no. And that was uol all of it; for when the poor boy died he lefl fifteen hundred pounds of debt behind him, and I had to find tho money, ii it was oniv for thc honor of the family. Of course you know that, wo cut the entail when ho carno o? age. Well, and thea theso dreadful times have come upon tho top of it all; and, upon my word, at tho present moment 1 dent know which way to turn," and ho paused and drummed his fingers uneasily upon a book. "Yes, father, but you have not told mo yet what it is that wo owe." "Well, it is difficult to answer that all in a minute-perhaps twenty-fire thousand, on mortgage, and a few floating debts." "And what is the place worth?" "It used to l>e worth . between fifty and sixty thousand pounds. It is impossible to say what it wouid fetch now. Land is prac? tically a drug in the market. But things will come round, my dear. It is only a ques? tion cf holding on." "Then if you borrow a fresh sum in order to-toko np this farm, you will owo about thirty thousand pounds, and if you have to pay 5 per cent., as i suppose you do, you will havo to pay fifteen hundred a year in interest. Now father, yon said that in good times tbs land brought in two thousand a year, so, of course, it can't bring in so much now. There? fore, by tho time that you have paid tho in? terest there will bo nothing, or less than nothing, lort for us to iivo on." Her father wiuced at the cruel and con? vincing iogic. "No, no." ho said, "it is not so bad as that. Yon jump to conclusions; but really, if you do not mind, 1 am very tired, ami should like to go to bed." "rather, what is tho good cf trying to shirk tho thing just because it is disagree? able?' sho asked, earnestly. "Do you sup? pose that it is mora pleasant to mo to tan: about it than it is for you/ 1 know that you are not to blame about it I know that {.ocr dear James was.very th.QUghtlecs and extrav? agant, and-tba- ??? \are crusb-'*" ?-l ?e-goon like tblsisoniylo go to ruin, lt troulJ bo better for us to live in a cottage ou a couple of hundred a year than to try to keep cur head.; a?jove water her?, which wo cannot do. Sooner cr later theso people Quoit, vs whoever they aro- ? ?ii want their money back; aa? tuen, if they <*a:i not havo io they wll! WAI tho ??lace over our Leads. 1 beiicvo ihat man Quest wants to got ?: him self-that is what i believe-and set np a- a country gentleman. Father, 1 know it is :i dreadful t hing to say, but we ought to Lavo Uotibam." "Leave HonhamI" said .ho old gentleman, jumping np in i.is agitation. "What non? sense you talk, Ida! How can 1 leave lion ham ? lt would kill mo at my age. How can I do iii And, besides, who i.s. to iou:* ofter the fa rms and f-ll tho business? Ile. uo. v.o mast bango:! ?nd :rv.-^ t? rV?v:dene& Things may corny round, something may happen: one can never toil in this worLI." "If wc do not leave Honhani. then lion ham vd ll leave tis," answered Li.? d.tnghter, with conviction. "1 clo not b iiovo ri . lian? es. Chances always go tuc w; ong way a<*ainst thesa v. ho are 1 ?oking for then. Wo j shall bahbs?lu?c?j rub.cl. that itali." J "Well, perhaps p ti aro right, perhaps you arc right, my dear,' said thc-o?d geiVuem^'?, ; weai?y. "i only hope that my time nay j como first i hay . lived b-:r? i ii uv Lie, ; and l know that I conic RCS livo anywhere ? eise. But Cod's will beil?no. Aud.aow,~iay dc'-r, go to bed." Cr-o leaned c'uv.n and kissed Lim, .-od ns she did .--o *.-'."?. iLat Lis eyes were filled with : tears. Not inistiag herself to speck, for she felt for Lim too deeply to do so, she turned ; away and went, leaving tho o!d;uan .sitting . lhere with his gray bi ad bow ed upon his \ \?r,cast. _ . CHAPTER Vi. LAWYER QUEST. j The J9.J following the conversation de ! scribvxl hi ibo Inst chapter was ono cf those i glorio "s antun?: mornings v. hieb sometimes comeaos a faint compensation for the utter viieuess and bitter disappointment cf tho ? season wbieli, in this country, we dignify by the name of summer. Notwithstanding his \ igil and melancholy of the night before, tbs squiro was up early; and Ida, who between j ' one thing and another had not had the best ; . of nights, beard bis loud, cheery voice shout- j iug about the place for "George/' Looking out of her bedroom window, she ? soon perceived that functionary himself-a j long, lean, powerful looking man with a I melancholy face and a twinkle in his li?tlo ! 1 gray eyes-hanging shout tho front steps. : Presently her fJ:Iber emerged in a brilliant j but ancient dressing gown, his white locks ; waving in the breeze. "Here, George! Where are you, Georgi?" "Here I he, sir.'* "Ah, yes; then why dont yen say so' i Here I karo beeu shouting myself hoarse fdr j you." '.Yes, squire," replied the imperturbable George, "? have been standing here for tho last ten minutes, and I beard you." "You heard mel thea why the dickens didn't you answer?" "Because i didn't think that- you wanted mo, sir. I saw that you hadn't finished your : letter." "Well, then, you oug :t to. You know very well that my chest is weak, and yet I have to go hallooiDg all over the place after you. Now look here, have you got that fat pony of yours here?" "Yes. squire, the pony is here, and if it be fat it beaut for the want of movement." "Very well, then, take this letter." and fae handed him an epistle sealed wir.h a tremen dons seal. "Take this letter to Mr. Quest at Boisingham, and wait for an answor. And look hero, see you aro about tho place at 11 o'clock, for I expect Mr. Quest to soo me about tho Moat farm." "Yes, sir." "1 suppose that yon have beard nothing more from Janter, have you?" "No, squiro, notbiug. He means to get the place at his own price cr chuck fer" "And what is his price?" "Fivo shillings an acre. You seo, sir, it's this way. That army gent, Major Boston, as is agent for all tho college lands down the valley, bc be a poor weak fool ; and when all these tenants come to him and say that they must either have tho land at five shillings an acre or go, he gets scared, he dew, and down goes the rent of somo of tho best meadow land in the country from thirty-five shillings to five. Of course it don't signify to him aDt a half penny-the col lego must pay him his sal? ary all the samo-and bedout know no more about farming, nor land, nor northing, than my old mare yinder. Well, and what comes of it? Of course every tenant on the place hears that those college lauds are going for five shillings an aero, and they prick up their ears and say they must have their laud at the same figger; and it's ail owing to that Boston varmint, who ought to bc kicked through every boll cn tho place and then drowned to dead in a dike." "Yes, you're right there, George; that silly man is a public enemy, and ought to be? treuten as such; but the times are very bad, with corn down to twenty-nine-very bad." "I'm not saying that they ain't bad, squire," said his retainer, his long face lighting up; "they are bad, cruel bad, bad for everybody. And I'm net denying that they are Lad for1 the tenants; but if they are bad for ike ten? ants, they are was for the landlord. It all comes on his shoulders in the long nan. If men find that they can get land at five shil? lings an acre that's worth twenty, why it isn't in human nature to pay twenty, mid if they find that the landlord must go as they drive him, cf course they'll lay cn tho whip. Why, bless you, sir, when a tenant comes and says that ho is very sc:ry but he finds he cant pay his rent in nine cases out of ten, if you could just look at that man's bani book you'd find that tho bank was paid, tho tradesmen were paid, tho doctor's paid, everybody's poid before -bo thinks about his rent. Let the landlord suffer because he cant help himself; but, Lord bless you, if a hundred pounds was overdue to the bank, it would have the innards out of him in no time, and ho kuows it. Nov/, as for that varmint Janter to teil mo that ho cant pay fifteen shillings an aero for tho Moat farm ts noneenso. I only wish 1 had tko capital to take it at tho price." "Well, George," said tho squire, "I think that'll it can bo managed ? shall borrow the money and tako tho farm in hand. I am not going to let Janter have it at fivo shillings an acre." "Ah, sir, that's tho best wa}-. Bad es times aro, it would go hard if I cant make tho interest and tho rent out of it too. Be? sides, squire, if you give way about this farm, all the others will como down on you. I'm not saying a wcrdag'iu your tenants, but where there's money to bo maco you cant trust nc man." "Weil, well," said tho squire, "perhaps you ara right and perhaps you ain't. Right or wrong, yon always talk Uko Solomon in all his glory. Any way, bo oif with that note, cud Jet me have thc answer as soon as you get back. Mind you dont go loafing and jawing about tiowu ia Boisingham, because Lwant my answer." "?So ho means to borrow tho money if he can get it," said Ida to herself as she sat, au in? visible auditor, doing her hair by tho open window. "George can do moro with Lim in fivo minutes than I can i.: a week, and 1 know that he hates Janter. I believe that Janter threw up the farm because of his quarreling with George. Well, 1 suppose that we must take our enance." Meanwhile George nad mounted his cart and departed upon thc road to rkn'sine;ham, urging hrs fat pony along ns though ho meant to bo thoro in twenty minutes. But so soon as ho was wei] out of thc reach of thc squires shouts and sight of the castle gate;, he delib? erately turned up a by laue and jogged along for a mile or more toa farm where ito had a long confabulation with a man about ; hatch? ing some ricks. Thence he quietly made his way to his own little place, .where Lie pu> ceeded to comfortably get nis breakfast, re? marla n-j to his wi to that ho v.as of ? pinion that there was no hurry about tho squire's letter, as "iaryers" wasn't tu the habit of coming to ofii-oo at S iu tito mer::iug. Breakfast over, tho philosophic Gc;rje get into his cart, tao fat po::j having beau tied! up outside, an i leisure] v -V^ve > fae p?ct uiaa.jU? vid lev; - ?r?icj lay at the head of thc valley. Ail elong the mair, street he met many arqua inte, neos, and nub each he found ? it necessary to stop and have:, task, indeed, ! with two he had a modest half j.-at. At ? length, however, his 1 toor over, ho arr-yeu a*< -t Mr. Quest's efdec, thur, ns al! tue uo:si::gha;a j world knows, ii just opp?;, itt* tho chute":;, of j which Quest is one ?-t ?..?. church war- j deus, and which v.as but two years agu beau- ? tifuily restored, mainly owing to Lis e?lorts J and generous eeutribatioiis. Driving up to j tho small and quiet locking doorway cf a j very unpretentious building. George de? scended anti Imocked, whereon a clerk j opened tho doer, and in answer to his in- j cuines ia'ormed bim that Lo believed Mr. Quest had jii.il come over to th?.- ofiiee. Cn: ono: her-mihujte ho was skowu into an ? inner roofiu st-tba- cidaiary country ?-hice j stamp, and there at the. tahle sat Mr. Quest ? ilinv?e?f. I Mr. Qu*?i was a men of about AO years of age, rather under than over, with a paie, j ascetic east oi idee, raul a quiet and \ :easant, though somewhat reserved, maimer. Iiis features were in no way remarkable, with tho exception cf his eyes, which seemed to have be-on sot io I.:.; head owing to seine eu i'io?s error of r.a.; ure. For whereas his gen- , eral tone was dark, Lu> hair in particular being jot black; 'duse eyes v.ere pray, and jarred extraordinarily upon tuen* companion features. Fdr the rest, ho ?a? a roan of some tu*c?eiico. md v.'.'o the maimers of a goalie- ? mun " * "Well, Georgi* ba said, ;dO ls ??f?fii brings you to BcisKighan;? A letter fYvr* . tho squire* Thank you. Take a seat, wiii you, while 1 look through it. I'm; h: Wants mc to come and secdum at ll otic-efc. l ani very sorry, but I cant manage that any way. Ah, i se?.-aiiout tbe Moat farm. Janter I told mo be was going to throw it up, and 1 ! advised him to do noibiug of tee sort; but j ho isa dissatisfied sort Qi a fchow, ?,anter ?s, I end Major boston Uis upset thc whoie cotair ; uy side by his very iii advise^ aci;??:i about j tho coliego lands." I "Janter isa warmint, end Major Coston-r ! Legging his pardon for th'_ !va:^:i:"- - j? oil . t _ ass, sir. Anywhere, t::ei-c it is; Jan ter has thrown up, and where i am to find a tenant between now and raffinas I Uo;i*t fcuow; icfztvt,witb the-coiiege lauda goi::g at five sailings an acre, Chere ain't no chance." "Then wi;at <i<'.-es lue starre proj/ose to do -tuht- thy hind JU !:U:?.':?'* "Yes, sir. that's it: and tliat's what he want.; to see you about." **2Ion? money, I sc prose," said -lr. Quest. "'.Veli. yes. sir. You see there wi:! lie tho covenants to meet, sad then the farm is three hundred aeres, and r.o stock it pr ?per mesas nine pounds aa acre quito, on this hero heavy land."'7 "What i3 it iliat brines you to Ccisino "Yes, yes, I know; a matter cf fonr thou? sand more or less; bat where is it to como front? that':, the question. Cossey's ?Io cot li!;e land now any more than other bas?s clo. However, Til see my principal about it. Detr George, 1 can't possibly get up to the castle at IL I have got a church warden's meeting at a quarter to-al>out that west pinnacle, 3^ou know, it is in a most dangerous condi? tion; and, by the way, before 3*ou gc I should like to have your opinion, asa practical man, as to the best way to deal with it. To .rebuild it would cost a hundred and twenty pounds*, and that is more than we soe our way to pajT at present, though 1 caa promise fifty, ii they- - can scrape up the rest. Dat about the squire. * I think that the best thing I can do will be io ' come up to the castle to lunch, and then I eau talk over matters with biro. Stay, 1 will jest write him a note. Ky the way, yen would like a glass of wine, wouldn't you, George? Nonsense, man, hefe it is ia the cupboard; a glass of wine is a good friend to have-kandy sometimes." George, who, like mest men of hTs stamp, could put away his share of liquor and feel thankful for it, drank his glass of wine while Mr. Quest was engaged in writing bis cote, - wondering meanwhile what made the lawyer so civil to him. For George did not like Mr. Quest, indeed, it would not be too much to say that he hated him. But this was a feel? ing that he never.allowed io appear; be was too much afraid of th ^* ian for thas, and ia his queer way too much devoted to the cid squire's interests to run the risk of imperiling them by the exhibition of any*a version to Mr. Quest. He knew mere cf his master's affairs than anybody living, unless it was, perhaps, Mr. Quest himself, and was aware that the lawyer field the old gentleman ina bor.dage that could not be brohea. Sow-"* George was a man with faults, ile was some? what sly, and, perhaps, within asrtafn lines, / at times capable of giving the word honesty a liberal interpretation. But among many others he had cae conspicuous virtue; ha loved, tho old squire-as a Highlandman loves his chief, aud would almost, if not quite, have died to serve him .Indeed, as it was, his billet was no easy one, for Mr. de la Molle's . temper wes nono of the best at times:, and* when things weat wrong, as they pretty frequently did, he was exceedingly apt to ' visit his wrath on the head of the devoted George, saying things to him which he should not have said. But his retainer took it all ra the day's work, and nrver bore maher, con? tinuing in his own cadging, pig headed sort*"-, of way to labor early and late to j TOD up bis ; master's brcheu fortunes. Indeed, had it not been for George's contri vings aud prc^rasti nations. Hon barr. Castle and its owner would have parted company long before. Ito BE coxTr:rrx*o.": "TTaif Till I Kill a Kan.%' I? was sitting in James O'Nciiis dressing room at the Dijou-theatre cn Saturday, afternoon during the third act pf "Monte Onto/-' ft was the inn scene, where tho innkeepers wife tries to murder Noirticr. Mr. 0*Xe?"l has a ten minute wait in this scene, and, in thegarbof the priest, wiih'a cigar in his mouth, bc was chatting away about Fechter and other celebrities tliathavo passed from the earthly stage forever.. Suddenly lie arose, iaitUlowu uiscigsv and stepped to th? door ta listen, *^4h, I thought sb/ be saith moment, i have to _ and . disappeared. A mentent later there was a confusion of loud voices on thc sta.cre. colluding with a ring? ing "Ouei* in the ric'i tones of Mr. O'Neill. Then cl ere was tho peculiar* roar into vrhich; .^louse re?oives it? self when'it rei fies the buck cf the stage, followed hy the rumble of thdr falling curtain. "Tye kiiic-d aim.'"' said the priest with a smile, as he fyfo ceeded to cliange his dvess for lhat o? l the Count I may remark en pt?sant that Mr. O'Neill isa most entertaining companion, besides being a sterling actor. -Kitsburg ?u?etin. A Check to ClvilSzatio. Sexual selectioti. wh ich has dottiness greatly influenced the development and advancement of certain races, hes been inoperative in Cluan during many centuries, tettt?^o, ?tn^e*; -prevailing usages, the contracting par? ties have, before espousal, no oppor? tunity to judge of the strength, beauty or ?r:?t iiiovnee of their consorts. Ko? rnau tie love has no peri i:; marriage or its issue. Tl?is may fee-.enc of tho causes of China's arrested civilization, and of thc astonishing I'^ct fehajt. her astt?te people have invented nothing and discovered nothing during hun? dreds of years. -Allele M. Fid de Popular Science Monthly. A Nc rel ?Dcv?ce. A device has been hiv? enables the cngiuccri v.-he to tarn a switeli, which again from the rear of the train, operated tn connection with tb %*shoc," which fe dropped from' ?r? forward .and r5ar true;:.;. This strikes a ei'ai*:!:^ v;hi( ii h overthrown, and tho sn itch c^vxl or opeu?t:, as the caso may be. >R switch left open carelessly may I?M?S becloud by .tuc locomotivo wane at Lirait speed, ora train sida tracked caiiel? ly ia case of danger. Houston Post rco-?ld** V< ho Eat Oi?nsnc. Yon would ho astonished at ; fho nam ber of people who have acquired tile ?uiniE? habit They are far more numinous than the opium eaters and carry their phis hi ?heir "n^ekel ul- the lime. They imagine the c.v;sir-oe&>*-?-* some physical wrong "nd take quinine f as regularly as they cat, in the belief , that it is a cure ali. The facts are it > stimulates the stomach, but not to any . perceptible degree, yet hundreds a""? every day getting-from it the samo satisfaction they would from a ?rink of whisk v.- interview in Chicago. Times. .. . % '