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SUMTER. S. G5" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. New Series-Yoi. XXIII. Xo. 12 gabBahad Svery "Wednesday, JNT. Gr. Osteenj SUMTER, S. C, T?RHS : ?l 50 per annum-ic advance. A O V IBTZ 8 1VIST! Ose Square -first insertioa..,,....$1 CO fe?ery subsequent iosertiaa... 50 Contracts ?or three months, or longer wi! i tte made at reduced ratee. AJI communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries asd tributes of respects will be charged for. fifi GLOUO LIFTS I? FAR EAST. Better Sedition Appears From ?s Reports-Peace Say lie Preserved. London* Oct. 13.-The ttrend of to? day's early ii?forrn&tion regarding the far Easters s&uation is tess alarming. The ^asnfeferter Zeitog, whose-sen sati?ua>^s3ancement, ?f the occupa? tion of Ha San Phe i*y Japan yester? day occasioned disquiet, publishes a ielegc?m irom Shanghai, saying that there is BO conjarjnat?^ of the report? ed cccapal?on of that place. The Koelnische ZeStong prints a re? assuring telegram from St Peters? burg, repeating the telegram from Port Arthur, stating that Viceroy Ales?eff bas is?ed * contradiction of the reported ^movements of the Jap? anese troops in Korea. T?e SMtytrng of 33 ri tish admirals at Singapore has no connection with any special tem sica at present existing in fie far East. SENSATION !LESS GRAVE. Bering 'Oct. 08.-The foreign office bete cow loo&s upon the situation in tie lar East as being less grave. Both Japan and 'Russia appear willing to arrange ?modus vivendi concerning Korea, which country, and not Man? churia, is sfche -extreme point of differ efiee^ Bassia, ?t is asserted, would consider it a casus belli were Japan to land troops at Ma San Pho. . The foreign office says that The laondoa Times' statement that a secret agreement-exists between Great Britain aid 'Grsonany -relative to East Asia is wholly iecerrect HOSTILITIES NOT OPENED. Yokohama, Oct. 13.-All reports emanatieg from Shanghai of the open? ing of hostilities between Japan and Russia may be dismissed as absurd. Eussie-S'apanese affairs are marking time. The second secretary of the Russian legation left Tokio on October 12, w&& -secret dispatches for the Russian viceroy of the far East, Ad rnitral Afecieff. An important confer? ence of veteran Japanese statesmen, including Marquis Ito, is held at the grassier* ??fhce today. E8MEST HAYWOOD ACQUITTED. Slayer of ludlow Skinner in Rai ei$k a free Man-Verdict Ren? dered in Fifteen Minutes. Eaieagh, iL ?L, Oct 14.-After be? ing oat ior l? minutes today the jury in tine trial of Ernest Haywood for the anrtderof laidlow Skinner returned a verdsct of not#silty. There was wo demonstration, but smiles of deligbt were on the faces of Haywood, his-counsel and three broth? ers who lia ve been constantly with hi?. Haywood ?shook hands with his eowweiaaad OThon ?he was discharged wera ai case t&tibe jjnry box and shook hands with each juror, returning thaa&s. "Hast he went to Judge Pee? bles and did the-same. Gol .TL H. -Arge closed for the de? fense this morniifig, urging self-de? fense for Haywood and a persecution of him asd- the witnesses for the de? fense. Judge Peebles next commented on $he evidence ?nd .charged the jury. It was a charge very favorable to the defendant. Haywood shot and t?&ed Skinner in front of the postoffiee here on Feb. 21. Prelim i nary hearing was waived and at the March term the trial was post? pone ou plea of absent witnesses. At a habeas corpus the 1st of June, Hay? wood was released on $10,-000 bail. In the case seven lawyers appeared for the defense and five for tine State. An acting solicitor was employed as the solicitor declined to act because of his relationship to Haywood. The de endant did not testify. Jamestown, N. D., Oct 13.-A mob today entered the office of The Journal at Kensal, spilled several cases of type in the streets and wrecked the interior of the office. Editor C. L. Allen has been fighting a lawless element in his paper and it is believed the members of that gang committed the outrage." Middlsbboro, Ky.. Oct. 13.-A feud ou Clark Fork in this county between the Sowders aad Par ton families has resulted in the killing of James Par ton. Parton alone defied a number of the Sowders crowd-, and was killed. Several arrests oav.xbeen made, in? cluding three member Nf the Sowders ima i ly. Rydales Liver Tablets. By dales Lirez Tablets cure all liver trou? bles. Tbsy act specifically on the liver, the bile, bladder, and bile duct, the intes? tines and bowels. They stimula"? the liver and cause a perfect flow of bile into the bowels, keep the bile duct healthy, increase the peristaltic movement of the intestine? and thus restore a htalthy action of all these organs. Rydales Liver Tablets are easy to take, being small chocolate coated tablets. They act promptly and can al? ways be depended upon. Price per box of 50 tablets, 25 cents. All dealers. IRE ST. LOUIS FAIR OF 1904. The 60,000-Horse Power is to be a Notable Feature. The floor space of the Machinery Hall of the World's Fair, St. Lonis, 19??, has been applied for some four tines ov?r. It is now practically finished, and the adjoining Steam, Gas and Fnel building is over 60 per cent completed. This latter building is a steel, fireproof strncture measur? ing 326 by 300 feet. The total length of Machinery Hall is 1,000 feet and along more than one-half of this dis? tance will be found prime movers constituting the power plant of the en? tire Exposition system. It was originally supposed that 40,030 horse power would suffice to perform all the functions devolving upon the power plant at the Exposi? tion ; but more than 60,000-horse power is now planned for installation in the Machinery building, and of this amount a trifle more than 50,000 horse power has been assigned work in the World's Fair. The principal units will comprise gas-engines, high-speed steam engines and turbine engines from various parts of the world. One offering comes from as far east as Stockholm, while still another unit comes from a point as far west as San Francisco. There has been allotted a good reserve of power for each particular line of work, and the units utilized in common ser? vice will be found grouped together. Take, for example, the Intramural Bail way. This road has a length of about sove? miles and is a doable track trolley system throughout, with standard gauge and standard type of open cars. The motor equipment, the brake equipment and the power p?ant for the operation of the road all con? stitute exhibits ; and one of the uaits of the power plznt comes from San Francisco, another from as far east as Berlin. The Intramural Sail way power plant will be located in the ?cen? tral portion of Machinery I 'i. It is proposed to utilize r tangen? tial water wheel built and orbited by the Abner Dobie Company, of -Sam Francisco, CaL The cosnbiD?fion will consist of a steam pump built by the Janesville Iron Wc rks Company, which is planned to deliver 1,200 gallons of water per minute ?it a pressure .of 300 pounds; the water is conveyed through a pipe line and delivered agaiast the tangential water wheeL This later will be directly connected to a Crock-, er-Wheeler generator. The water wheel will be incased ia. plate -glass, and when making SOO ?r?volutions per minute 1,000-horse power will be de? veloped, incidental features, will be a Lombard governor on the water wheel and a Venturi melter, measuring the water delivered. At the Paris Exposition the pump? ing service called for 45,*d00 gallons of water per minute i at St. Lonis the re? quirements a: ' ?0,XKX) gallons of water per minute. Tnis water is to belifted by three centrifugal pcanps of the Worthington type, which are entered as exhibits. Each is planned to deliv? er 30,000 gallons of water per minute against a total head and suck of 158 feet. The energy required for the op? eration of this lea ture alone ecgnals the total energy had from the .Niagara power plant by the Pan-American Ex? position and the total energy used in i ila mi eating the BclZalo Exposition. The maia waterbay consists of a grand basin with lateral lagoons. The. water ss delivered iii to this basin if tom a niche in front of Festival Hall and from loBLB??iMk? in fient ?of iteto ornate restaurant buildings which Hank the Terrace of States. iFrom these three points it ?ows over ?cascades, and it is to be illuminated bj electric lights placed under the lip ?of each ?fcep. Speaking generally., about .-80 .per cent, of the energy developed by the power plant will he in?6V600 voit alter ; nating eurreat for the general lighting! and hydraulic work of the Exposition; but there will be a material amount! generated hy foreign exhibits and used for arc lighting, and .theare will .-be the 550 volt direct current, ?or the .?pera? tion of the Intcamnral Railroad. In addition to the foregoing these will be minor installations for ?the genera? tion of both alternating current and direct current of standard voltages and characteristics for the ?notar .-ser? vice of exhibitors in Machinery Hall. Economical illustrations in the Steam, Gas and Fuel building will commence with the eoal in fifty-tot, hopper bottom, self-cleaniag steel cars, controlled and operated by the Exposition. These cars bring the coat; from the mine to the Fuel building, where it is dumped and automatically conveyed to and from bunker and crusher, or either, and thence to the mechanical stokers, gas producers and briquetting machines Over 2,000 lineal feet of conveyor lines are re? quired in this automatic coal handling system. Bituminous coal, anthracite coal, briquettes and crude oil will all be used for the purpose of providing lines for comparison and to illustrate as fully as practicable the broad sub? ject of the use of fuels for power pur? poses. Every attention will be paid to the avoidance of smoke, and spe? cial facilities will be accorded stoker builders to substantiate their claims in this direction. In this building will be found a line of marine water tube boilers representing nearly all the more distinguished types in ser? vice in the world today, and a separ? ate stack will be available if called for by any one exhibit, provided at least 1,500-howe power is involved. mm ? . . ? mmm CHEAP RATES VIA SOUTHERN R.Y. To Columbia. S. C.. Account of South Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Fair. On account of the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all points in state of South Carolina to Columbia. S. C., and return at rate of one first class fare plus 75 cents, which includes one admission to the fair grounds. Tickets on sale daily October 24th-29th in? clusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Columbia prior to noon of October 30th, limit- I ed to return until November 2nd, 1903. For full information, schedules, etc.. apply ? to any local Ascent of the Company or, R. W. Hcirx. D. P. A.. Charleston, S. C. IMPROVING STAR ROUTE SERVICE. Contracts for ail Routes in South Carolina to be Let. Speculators Prohibited From Taking Contracts. For years and years the Star Route Mail Service has been in the grasp of speculators and grafters, and the ser? vice has been, in consequence, as in? efficient and unsatisfactory as it well could be. Speculators have made it a regular business to take contracts for hundreds of routes scattered from one end of the country to the other, and haVe then sub-let the contracts at a lower price to ignorant or uninformed persons who had no conception of the real worth of the service they bound themselves to perform for a term of years. These sub-contractors were frequently induced to sign contracts by misrepresentation by glib talkers sent out by the star route speculators, and when they discovered that they were tied to a losing job they have not known how to get out of it. All of which was as detrimental to the service as it was profitable to the spec? ulators. Under the new regulations the speculators are barred out and only persons living contiguous to the route are permitted to take the con? tract for carying the mail. The fol? lowing extracts from the notice invit? ing bids sent out by the post office de? partment gives all the important par tculars relative to the letting of new contracst. Proposals will be received at the office of the second Assistant Postmas? ter General, postoffice department, until 4 p. m., of December ll, 1903, for carrying the mails of the United States on the routes and by the sched? ules of departure and arrivals speci? fied in the Stalte of South Carolina, from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1908. Decisions announced on or before feb? ruary 1, 1904. Contracts to be execut? ed and filed in ttie department within sixty days after date of acceptance of bids. No bid submited under this adver? tisement will be considered unless the bidder shall agree in his bid that in the event of the service being awarded to him he will give his personal super? vision to the performnace of the same, and will reside on or contiguous to the route. The words "on or contiguous to the route," as used in this section, j are to be construed as meaning within the territory regularly served by a postoffice on the route. A contractor who shall fail to give j his personal supervision to the per- ' formance of his service, or to reside . on or contiguous to his route, as' agreed, may expect to be declared a! failing contractor, and that the sex- j vice will be re-let, and he and his J sureties held liable for any damage; that may be suffered thereby. All persons are cautioned not to al- ' low their names to be used as bidders unless they intend to personally per? form or supervise the service. Every bidder is required to make oath "that' the bid is made an good faith and with the intention to enter into contract to perform service an ease said bid shall be accepted.99 A ?person subscribing to such oath, bent mot intending te en? ter into the business of carrying the mail, either in .person or by aa em? ploy?e, is guilty of perjury and is sub-, ject to the penalties prescribed rfor such offense. In addition to carrying the mails to the various post-offices on the ?tar routes covered doy this advertisement, ! the carrier <?m ?each route (exoeptj where otherwise ?specifically stated) will be also ragnired to deliver mail i into all coses <and hang small bags; on cranes or poets that may be erected; along the route, and to collect mail; from boxes, asd .to ^collect the iaags! or satchels from the cranes or posts; .under the following conditions : Any person living on or near any ? star route herein described, and not! within the corporate limits of aoy: town pr within 00 jrods of any poet-; (??Bee, who desires this mail deposited ! at a given point ton the line of tbej route by the carrier on said route may j provide and erect <a suitable box or! crane on the roadside, located in such ? manner as to be reached as convent- \ ently as practicable ?by the carrier without dismounting from the vehicle j or horse, and such peer on shall. file with the postmaster at the postoffice to which his mail is addressed (which shall toe one of the two postoffices on the route on either side of and next to the box or crane) a request in writing for the delivery of his mail to the carrier OQ the route for deposit at the designated point, at the risk of the addressee. The small bag or satchel above mentined, as well as the box or ezane, must be provided by the person for whose use it is intended, without expense to the department. it shall be the duty of the postmas? ter at every such postoffice, upon a written order from any person living on or near the star route, to deliver to the proper mail carrier for that route and mail matter-placing in the respective satchels, where* such are used, the mail for the persons to whom such satchels belong-with in? structions as to the proper mail box or crane at which said mail matter shall be deposited ; but registered mail shall not be so delivered unless ex? pressly requested by the addressee in his written order. No mail matter so deilvered to a carrier shall be carried past another postoffice on the route be? fore being deposited into a mail box or hung on a crane or post. The mail carriers must be reliable and trustworthy persons, of good char? acter and of sufficient intelligence to properly handle and deposit the mail along the routes. The department does not prescribe any particular design of box or satchel fco be used foi this service, but the person providing either should see that it is of such character as to afford ample protection to his mail. The box or crane should be so located on the roadside that the carrier can deposit the mail without leaving his vehicle or horse, and yet not where it ' i will obstruct public travel. Full informatiion relative to sched? ules, distance, and namber of trips of each route, will be found in book of advertisement on file at each postoffice. The following is a list of the routes in this vicinity that are to be let out by contract in the near future. The bond required to be given by the con? tractor, and the amounts now paid an? nually for the service on each route are stated. This does not indicate that new contracts must be made at the same, or lower figures than the contracts now in force, but on the contrary the Department desires bet? ter srevice and is wliling to pay a rea? sonable price for the work. Bids are invited from responsible persons and if the lowest bid exceeds the price now being paid, or heretofore paid, the con? tract will be awarded to the lowest bidder, provided only that the bid is not excessive for the work to be per? formed. No. 20200-Smithville, by Heriot to Providence. Bond, $700 ; Present con? tract pay, 8168.83/v^tsaii No. 20202.-Pisgah, by Braun, to Rembert Bond, $800; Present con? tract p?y, $105.23. No. 20203.-Sumter, by Mechanics ville, the McKain road, and Rural, to Mannville, returning by Rural and Mechanicsville to Sumter. Bond, $1,200; Present contract pay, $332.50. No. 20205.-Bloomhill to Wedgefield. Bond, $600; Present contract pay, $200. No. 20204.-Mayesvilie, by the Black River road, to Goodwill, returning by the new causeway, the Concord road, and Muldrow's crossing, to Mayes ville. Bond, $700; Pr?sent contract pay, $123.65; Sub-contract pay, $90. No. 20206.- Wedgefield to Stateburg. Bond, $400; Present contract pay, $180. No. 20207.-Claremont to Catchall. Bond, $400; Present contract pay, $103.66. No. 20208.-Louellen to Hagood. Bond, $400; Present contract pay. $82.65; Sub-contract pay, $60. No. 20210.- Turbeville, by Shiloh and Ashton, to Magnolia. Bond, $900 : Present contract pay, $374.45. BOYCOTTING THE BELL. Spartanburg in Arms About Her Poor Telephone Service. Spartanburg, Oct 10.-A meeting of the chamber of commerce was held at the court house last night, at which a resolution of disapproval of the pres? ent service of the Bell Telephone com? pany was passed. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by business men present results since^atfee consolidation of the two systems-the Bell and the Home-and the following was the reso? lution : Resolved, That the chamber of com? merce of Spartanburg, feeling its re? sponsibility for having inflicted the present telephone conditions upon the people of Spartanburg, by recommend? ing the exclusive use of the Bell tele? phone, suggests to and urges upon telephone patrons that they refuse to submit further to the present unbear? able conditions^ and furthermore re? commends that they refuse to pay for present service, and that a rebate of at least 50 per cent, be requested on all bills previously made since the con? solidation. The chamber of commerce also ad? vises subscribers to immediately notify the Bell Telephone company that un? less firsfc-dlass service is rendered by the first <day of November, 1903, all conditions -df their contract, referring both to the .exclusive use of the Bell telephone, .and to other matters, shall mo longer be in force after that date, foam faifame <of consederation, and tfthat they retese to pay the November -balls. Yesterday morning Judge McLure had occasion to have a document .signed in Ibis office by ?colored woman. As soon as it was given her. she turned it upside down and took the pen in her left hand. Judge McLare was inclined to offer some advice as to which was the top of the paper, but she indicat? ed that she knew what she was about. ?61*6 wrote her name neatly and plain? ly, top side down, with her left hand, and said ali iver writing was done in that way.-Chester Lantern. Society Hill, Oct 12.-Last Satur? day the sheriff of Jones county, N. C., eaptared Cyrus Dixon, white, who was working at Clements' saw mill near here. It seems Dixon or "Lonnin" the name he went by, had been trie'd for murder, convicted and sentenced to death, but escaped, and came south by water routes, leaving no trace, till about two months ago, his affections became so great for the widow of the man he murdered he went for her-or went to meet her. She was tracked with the above result. After being recaptured he gave himself no concern, apparently, but his pleadings for the woman to be al? lowed to go was very earnest. There is a law on the statute books of New York that provides heavy pun? ishment for anyone who strikes a man whose eyesight compels him to wear glasses. Several persons have been 3ent to prison for violating its provi? sions. New York is said to be the 3nly State in the union thatfhas such EL statute. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. No one who is acquainted with its good qualities can be surprised at the great popularity of Chamberlain's Cough Reme ly. It not only cures colds and grip effec? tually and permanently; but prevents these iiseasei? from resulting in pneumonia. It is also a certain cure for croup. Whoop ng cough is not dangerous when this remedy is given. It contains no opium or ither harmful substance and may be given is confidently to a baby as to an adult. It s also pleasant to take. When all of these 'acts are taken into consideration it is not surprising that people in foreign lands, as yell as at home, esteem this remedy very lighly and very few are willing to take my other after having once used it. For ?ale by China's Drug Store. COMMERCIAL STATE OF CUBA. Interesting Review of Conditions in the Island. TRADE WITH UNITED STATES. Exports to This Country About What They Were Before the War, But imports Have Fallen Off. Washington, Oct. H.-"Commercial Cuba in 1903" is the title of a mono? graph just issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor, through its bureau of statistics. It appears as a part of the monthly summary of com? merce and finance, and will also be printed as a special report, separate from that document. It contains a large amount of information concern? ing the trade and industries of Cuba, which will be fonnd especially timely and valuable at present and in the im? mediate future. The monograph begins with a gen? eral review of Cuba's physical feat? ures, soil, climate, natural produc? tions, etc., its population, and the va? rious occupations of the inhabitants, and a description of the principal ag? ricultural activities, such as the raising of sugar cane, tobacco, fruits, vegeta? bles, coffee and live stock, the mining of iron and other metals, and the pro? duction of timber, vegetable fibers, etc. It is shown that although nearly ail of the land in the island is of ex? cellent quality and susceptible of a high degree of cultivation, not more than half of the area has been even partially developed, and only about one twenty-fifth of it reduced to scien? tific and advanced cultivation. While the total area of the island is about 28,000,000 acres, the acreage of Cuba's magnificent cane fields is less than 500,000 acres, and her extensive crops of unrivaled tobacco are grown on the insignificnat total of not to exceed 100,000 acres. The comparison be? tween what Cuba has been and is do? ing in agricultural lines and what she is capable of doing, as presented in this work, is striking and full of sug? gestion. The same is true as to the statements regarding the manufactur? ing industries and possibilities of Cuba, and her abundant mineral for? ested wealth, as yet hardly begun to be exploited. A chapter is devoted to the reorgani? zation of the administration of the isl? and-under the United States protect? orate and the new Cuban republican government, and it is pointed out how greatly the business interests of Cuba have been advanced and benefitted by the reforms in the laws, in the curren? cy, in the tariff and tax regulations, in the municipal systems, in the public sanitation, etc., so that Cuba has now been transformed into a healthy and .well-ordered communiy, solvent, self governing, reliable, and prosperous, with its business affairs settled upon a solid and stable financial and govern? mental basis. Oae of the most important features of the monograph relates to the recent tariffs of Cuba with relation to their effects upon Cuban trade and com? merce. A comparison is made of the tariff rates on several leading articles ofcommerce in the last four tariffs, namely, the old Spanish tariff in force previous to 1890, the reciprocity tariff of 1891, the Spanish tariff of 1897, and the present tariff framed under Unit? ed States auspices in 1900. A tabular list of the exports of these articles from this cuntry to Cuba under each of these tariffs is also given ; and thus it becomes easy to at least approxi? mate the practical effects of the vari? ous tariff rates upon our trade with Cuba. The different reciprcity agreements and propositions of the past, with their practical results, are narrated, and a history is given of the recipro? city negotiations and debates of 1902, with the full text of the bill of that year and also of the pending Cuban reciprocity convention. Full tables and other details of Cu? ban foreign commerce are presented, including particulars regarding immi? gration, revenues and expenditures, customs receipts, tonnage, steamship lines of communication, etc. It ap? pears that the volume of Cuban foreign commerce, which naturally suffered a serious diminution during the recent war, has lately experienced an encour? aging increase, and promises soon to outstrip the record of its palmiest days before the war. During the insurrec? tion no official returns were made of the commerce of the island as a whole, but it is known that its volume was greatly curtailed. For example, Cuba's most important export, sugar, which amounted to over 950,000 tons in 1894, and will amount to over 1,000,000 tons in the present year, was only about 200,000 tons in 1898 and likewise the Cuban export of tobacco to the.United States, which will equal $13,000,000 in value in 1903, amounted to only about 54,000,000 in 1897 and 1898. So also Cuban imports from the United States, which have amounted to 820,000.000 or ?25,000,000 annually since the war, were only about $7,000,000 in 1896 and 1897. A table showing the total com nerce of Cuba in 1894 and 1895, and ?ince the war, with the share of the United States therein, is as follows : It will thus be seen that the United States trade with Cuba has nearly re? tained its antebellum proportions, but ;hat there has been a somewhat dis? quieting decrease in our exports to 2uba durin^he past year. Other interesting and valuable feat ires of the monograph relate to the ex ent in Cuban enterprises; the posi ion of Cnban sugar with relation to he world's market; details of Cuban obacco culture and manufacture; the aws of Cuban railways, patents, and opyrights; the live stock industry he mining concessions and analyses of ?res; highway improvements; labor ompetition of American and Euro pean manufacturers in the Cuban mar? ket, etc. The work includes Consul General Steinharte recent official report from Havana and two supplemental reports from the same source. A very valuable feature is the pub? lication entire of the present Cuban tariff, with all its modifications and rulings down to September H, 1903, which will be a great convenience to the American, business community, as the modifications and decisions have been very numerous, and they have not until now been accessible in a con? nected and complete form. REPUBLIC SST SAYS JUDGE REAGAN. Sote Surviver of Confederate Cabi? net Looks to Texas as Hope of Free Rule. Dallas, Tex. Oct ll-John H. Rae gan, Postmaster General of the Con? federacy and the sole survivor cf Jef? ferson Davis's cabinet, ;#6o celebrated his 85th birthday last thursday in an interview today said : "I feel that the American Republic is doomed. In that event Texas is the hope of the people for free, representa? tive government. Some day there will be at least 30, - 000,000 more people in this state than there are now. I do not want Texas to be divided. ' * When Texas was admitted into the Union the right was reserved to make five states of the territory embraced in Texas-; that should never be done. I do not base my opposition upon the pride that all Texans have in the terri? torial greatness of their state. The reason Texas must never be divided is this, there can be but two kinds of republics, the confederation of states and the centralized government, the latter of which becomes nothing in the end but a monarchy. "The United States is drifting rap? idly into a monarchical form of gov? ernment. It is not even now governed by men-it is controlled by money. The power of the financial interests is paromount to the power cf the people . The rsult will be the dissolution of the confederacy of states, or a mon? archical form of government. I want Texas to be big enough to stand alone, to be once more the Republic of.Texas, when the dissolution of the Union shall come; that is reason enough for never dividing this state." A LITERARY HERMIT, Old Man Little Known Has Read and Studied Throughout Long Life. The Abbeville correspondent of the News and Courier says : John Payner 88 years of age, is one of this town's unique figures. He is a northerner, but married a most estimable lady of Abbeville, who died a few years ago^ During the war for southern independ? ence he made acquaintance with this community and engaged in the humble but honorable occupation of miller for Mrs. Annie E. Hill - It was soon discovered that a pecu liar genius was in charge of the little obscure water mill, about three miles from town as the crow flies. A maa far above the ordinary intellect, he has been well educated. For over' thirty years he has ground the little corn brought from a circumscribed^ area. He had much spare time for reading and study and no college stu? dent ever applied himself more vigor? ously, but his ambition never soared higher than the roof of his little mill Greek, Latin, physics, astronomy and English literature were his fami? liar companions. There is hardly a prominent author or writer that he is not posted on and keeps abreast of modern thought and general informa? tion. He is a thinker, but has never written ; a talker, but seeks no hear? ers. This man was almost blind for twenty years. He could not(distin guish a black man from a white man ten feet. He could not read a line without spectacles until two years ago his sight suddenly returned. He wears no spectacles any more and can distin? guish objects as far away as an ordin? ary man. The floods swept his little mill away some years ago, and he lias since moved to town, where he lives upon the bounty of his young friend, F. F. Hill. This literary genius recluse bending to the grave, but still poring over his books would make an inter? esting character for another Washing? ton Irving or Nathaniel Hawthorne. ? - ^ The Goebel Assassins. \ Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 14.- The county judge today granted an order permitting the removal of Caleb Pow? ers and Jim Howard, convicted in con? nection with the murder of Wm. Goe? bel, to the Louisville jail, and the men left this morning in charge of depu? ties. Recently, several letters have been intercepted in which it was shown that friends of the men in east? ern Kentucky were planning to liber? ate them from jail. A knife was found in Powers' cell last week. The men are expected to arrive at Louis? ville this evening and wMrbe-taken to the jail where Curtis Jett is incarcer? ated. Confessions of a Priest Hev. Jn?. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark., writes, "For 12 years I suffered from yellow jaun? dice. I consulted a number 'of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief. Then I began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that l am now cured of a disease that had me in its grasp for twelve years." If you want a reliable medicine for liver and kidney trouble, stomach dis? order or general debility, get Electric Bit? ters. It's guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme. Onlv 50.