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? > ?F ? K I r An Echo From *90. No higher compliment can be paid to a man by a State than that which Senator Tillman is enjoying at the hands of South Carolina. Although there are thousands of his constit? uents whom he has gratiously offend? ed, although there" are hundreds and the sons of other hundreds whom he has personally and bitterly assailed,' he is permited to receive a unanimous renomination. His opponents, bury? ing their wrongs forgetting the days when his teaching destroyed even free speech for the time, and consenting to the opinion, whether they told it or not that he is honestly striving to achieve good Vesults for the whole State and the whole country, have omitted to set up a candidate even as a protest ? to his continued elevation. Perhaps it may be answered that they saw the hopelessness of a contest against him, but even that may be true and the further truth remains that a vigorous Y : candidate meeting him on the stump t would have much disturbed his com r fort. Undoubtedly the opponents of Till? man fear him. A considerable num her of representative Carolinians who have much at stake are quite willing to suppress their not unnatural re ^ ?entment when the alternative would he to unleash a man whose skill in fir? ing the popular heart to frenzy and in stirring discord that may be mur? derous in its consequences-such a discord as bore such fruit in more than one instance in the early nine? ties-is not to be matched perhaps in the country. They endeavor to per? suade, themesieves that Senator Till? man's impulses after all are for the general good and they have schooled themselves to overlook his asperities, Iiis angularities, his excess of speech .?nd his coarse vituperativesiess. Now what is their reward? He re? joices in Columbia that the old fac? tionalism in dead. If the embers .smoulder, who would fan them to living and consuming flame? Who has assailed him? What reason, what j .excuse under Heaven, has this man to travel to and fro in South Carolina ! -and hurl maledictions? Surely it | -cannot be that he is so poor in ideas that private wrongs and ancient griev? ances are his single resort in this time, when the faces of the people are "turned to the morning" of their happiness and prosperity and they ; ^are eager to accept him as a fellow ? "builder rather than a -destroyer. We, all of us, are quick to praise | his good deeds and to ackno\vledge ?our pride in his success as a natiorial ? legislator. There is not a newspaper i In South Carolina, not one, that has j not gladly held up' his hands in his | battling against enemies from with- j .out. Not a newspaper in South Caro? lina has denied him its columns; he "has used them with a freedom that no other public man in the State has rivaled, and yet what spectacle have we before us? This same accepted leader, for the very lack of other op? position, turning in the insanity of rage to bite like a blinded serpent at "the friends to whom he is most be? holden-preaching a crusade against newspapers! True, it is one of no im? pedance, the foe he spends his strength against is a creature bodied forth from the exhalations of his own uncontrolled passions, and the time "has come when the people, however they trust Tillman, are indifferent to his ravings against the press. But the spectacle grieves the judicious. In another direction Senator Till? man may transgress too far. The -tragedy of Tillmanism was the defeat of Wade Hampton. Even should his- ? tory record that Tillman was a re- i former and a benefactor, that sacri? fice is ever in the records to confront him as needless as well as impious. Cannot the Senator see the folly of .allusion to it? Though he may not, ?cannot understand, the affection in which the immortal Hampton's name is held by his friends and those friends of the State who believe that his de- j feat is an indelible stain, it seems that the living Senator, having no | part, nor lot with them, might respect the silence which they preserve about an episode that wrote "Ingrate" on the shield of South Carolina. Let the .Senator harangue and let the mob shout; let him rant and let the wise tolerantly smile and think upon his better side; but leT. him beware the ?in of desecration, let not his tongue j name Hampton! Let him not trouble the sleeping; let a Sout.i Carolina which he never can kno*v be alone .with its dead.-News and Courier. Modest Claims Often Carry the Most Conviction. ?When Maxim, the famous gun in? ventor, placed his gur. before a com? mittee of judges, he stated its carry? ing power to be much below what he felt sure the gun would accomplish. The result of the trial was therefore a zreat surprise, instead of disap? pointment. It is the same with the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Col? ic. Choiera and Diarrhoea Remedy. They do not publicly boast of all this remedy will accomplish, but prefer to 1er. the users make the statements. What they do claim, is that it^will positively cure diarrhoea, dysentery, HEYWAKD THE SCAPEGOAT. ? _ I Thc Governor Accused of Butting in j and Spoiling Lyon's Investigation at j the Most Critical Moment. There are a great many people who are unable to understand why there was no thorough personal investiga gation of the members of the former board of dispensary directors. As to what the members of the committee, other than Messrs. Lyon and Chris? tensen would have done, is a matter of speculation; but it is just as weil not to forget that the action of Gov? ernor Heyward had the effect of out I ting a stop to the committee's efforts I I in this direction. Immediately after the Parker testimony, and so far as is known, without any intimation of a desire on the part of the committee ; f Dr such a proceeding, Governor Hey ward ordered the attorney general to prosecute. That ended the matter so fa** as the members of the state board were concerned. The gover? nor's letter to the attorney general impli.?d charges and the accused could not be forced to testify under the con? stitution. Even the committee could not make them give testimony that might tend to incriminate them. That the action of the governor was pre? mature there is very little ground for question. The testimony of Mr. Par? ker was very important, but it was every b'it hearsay and would not have* been sufficient to? convict a negro 1 loafer of simple assault-not before a jury sworn to render a verdict in ac? cordance with- the law and the evi? dence. The best that can be said this testimony is that it gave specific corroboration of facts that the public already knew to be true. If the gov? ernor had been less precipitate the members of State board would have no doubt been induced to throw a lit? tle more indirect light on the situation. But as we understand it the commit? tee, or at least Messrs. Lyon and Christensen, had nothing to with the butting in of the governor-Yorkville Enquirer.. THE PLAINS TRIBES Typical American Indians of the Great Northwest. The northwest plains Indians is to the average person the typical Ameri? can Indian, the Indian cf our school day books-powerful of physique, statuesque, gorgeous ia dress, wich the bravery of the firm believer in destination. The constant, fearless hunting and slaughtering of the buf? falo trained him to the greatest phys? ical endurance and gave an inbred desire for bloodshed. Thousands of peace loving, agricultural living In? dians might climb down from their cliff perched homes, till their minia? ture farms, attend their flocks and at night time climb back up the winding stairs to their home in the clouds and attract no attention, but if a fierce band of Sioux rushed down on a hapless emigra^ train the world would soon learn of it. The culture of ali "'primitive people is necessarily determined by their environment. Th's, of coarse, means that aii pla: 15 tribes, 'hough speak? ing a score of languages, were in life and manner broadly alike. They were buffalo hunting Indians, and only in rare cases ?.did they give any attention to agriculture. Buffalo meat was their food, and the by products their clothing, and implements. The plains tribes in earlier times were certainly true nomads. For a time, in the depths of winter, they camped in the shelter of some forest along the streams. Other than that wherever roamed a heard of buffalo, there also wandered the bands of northern Indians. The very exist? ence of these tribes seemed bound to that of the buffalo. From the skins their lodges were built, while the hair of the hides furnished the robes for the body as well as mat? tresses and bed covering. The meat prepared in many ways, with the ad? dition of a few roots and berries, furnished their entire food. Advan? cing civilization has swept these countless herds from the face of the plains and left their human compan? ions stranded.-E. S. Curtis in Scrib? ner's Magazine. j ?Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar I is the original laxative cough syrup i ? and combines the c ualities necessary i to relieve the cous. and purge the system of cold. Contains no opiates, j All druggists. The Mullins tobacco market open en Wednesday, 74.ooo pounds of to ? bacco being sold. I - Saved His Comrade's Life. I ?"While returning from the Grand Army Encampment at Washington City, a comrade from Elgin, Iii., was I taken with cholera morbus and was j in a critical condition." says Mr. J. E. j Houghland, of Eldon. Iowa. "I gave : hiir. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and believe saved j his life: I have been engaged for ten years in immigration work and con ducted many parties tc the south and j LOS ANGELES SALOON PLAN. No 'Treating. Only Purest Liquors City Gets Profits. This city will in ,the near future voie >n a plan for regulating saloons which promises: No treating. On .y the purest liquors to ^e sold. Bartenders given a percentage of all "soft" drinks to push the sale of non-intoxicants. No violations of existing laws. No liquor sold to minors or drunk? en ' men-. No women allowed in saloons. The city to reap the profits. I This will be inaugurated in Los An? geles, if the city will authorize a co? terie of citizens known as the "Goth enburgers" to acquire the saloons and turn them over to a holding company. They are all men of independent means who believe they see in the plan a :ational solution of the saloon problem. Los Angeles has a novel provision in the city charter for direct legisla? tion. Ey this the people may obtain by direct vote any ordinance which the council refuses to pass, provided its urgency is backed by a sufficient number of voters. Only twice has the methcd been invoked-once upon a proposition to banish all slaughtering houses in th? city and once to close all saloons. Both failed. Petitions signed by 15 per cent of the voters at the last general election form the first step. With the peti? tions is a drafc of the proposed leg? islation. When enough signatures are secured, the petitions go to the city council, whose duty it is to pass the legislations without amendment, or at once to call a special election. Should the petitions contain less than 15 per cent and more than 7 per cent, of the voters, the subject is placed upon the ballot at the general elections bien? nially. The main idea of the plan comes from Gothenburg. Sweden, which has practiced with success this meth? od of operating saloons for thirty years. At present Los Angeles has 2,000 sa? loons and over 200,000 inhabitants. The district in which the saloons op? erate Ss confined to the business cen? tre. Each pays a license of $75 a month to the city. The men who are backing this plan are William Meade, bank president; Homer Laughlin, who made a fortune in potteries at East Liverpool, Ohio; Dr. John B. Haynes, millionaire and socialist; E. L. Doheny. who controls the oil output of Mexico and vice president of the Salt Lake Railroad, and Abbott Kinney, founder of the famous beach city of Venice.-Los Angeles Herald. Feel Impending Doom. ?The. feeling of impending doom in the milds of many victims of Bright's disease and diabetes has been changed to thankfulness by the benefit, deriv? ed from taking Foley's Kidney Cure. It will cure incipient Bright's disease and diabetes and even in the worst cases gives comfort and relief. Slight disorders are cured in a few days. "I had diabetes in its worst form," writes Marian Lee of Dunreath, Ind. "I tried eight physicians without relief. Only tiree bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure made me a well man." Durant's F armacy. Sam Sharp, a 12-year-old boy, was killed ir Richland county Wednesday by the accidental discharge of the gun of his uncle, Mr. D. D. Sharp. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. Tiie Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of The Perfect Way. Scores of Sumter Citizens Have Learned lt. If yon puffer from backache, There is only one way to cure it. The porfect way is to cure the kidneys. A bad back means sick kidneys. Neglect it, urinary troubles follow. DoanY Kidney Pille are made for kid? neys only. i T. H. Bobo, employed at the cotton mill. I Qrangeburg, says: "Doans Kidney Pills did r:;v more jrood than any other remedy I ever used. .?My wife also used them for backache with the san?e sood results as I obtained. I don't know whether her back was worse than min;* or nm but both of us had been ailing for ! some t wo or three years, and at night we | tried rubbingon liniments, coal oil. turp?n- ! tire. etc.. but the old pain came hark again and nothing we could d<> seemed to help us until 1 got Doan's Kidney Pills. Pince usiti? the pills we are like different people :'.-r the j backache disappeared. Doan's Kidney Pills are a wonderful remedy. :m<? are wortheverv cent they cost." Plenty more proof lil,.- this from Sumter people. <'al! at Dr. A. J. China's drud store i ,. , ....,. ^ an'i ask what luscustomers report. For ?ale by all dt-ah. rs. Price 50 cents: I Foster-Milbufn Co., Buffalo X. v.. sole agents : GELN. STOESSEL CONDEMNED. Commission Recommonds That He Be Shot and Gen. Peek Imprisoned for Twenty Years. St. Petersburg. July IS.-The com? mission appointed to inquire into the surrender of Port Arthur, has flied ft-s report. The commission proposes that Gen. Stoessel. who was in command during the seige be sentenced to death and that Ger.. Peck, a member of his staff, who urged the surrender, be condemned to twenty years confine? ment in the galleys. NEW MEXICO SHAKEN". Fort Worth, Texas, July 19.-Two more earthquake shocks are reported from Sorocco. X. M., extending south to El Paso. A street car was thrown from the track. E. M. Fiik. who has just returned from Sorocco. says: "While I was eating dinner at the Winkler Hotel a shock knocked all the plaster from the walls.. When I tried co walk it ap? peared as if the ground was rising under my feet. Two-thirds of the houses in the town are cracked and tumbling down." Silk From Gun Cotton. Science threatens to put the silk? worm ont of business. French chem? ists have discovered at least three dis? tinct methods of competing with the old reliable but extremly deliberate silkworm Perhaps the most interesting of these is the manufacture of silk from guncottou, which also serves as a base for the most powerful of modern ex? plosives. The viscous finid from which the silkworm spins his thread is chemi callv*duplicated by a process describ? ed in The Technical World. The fab? ric thus produced is inflammable, and in order to remedy this defect it is treated witn an alkali sulphide solu- j tion. I The founders of the new industry have kept in view not so much the exact reproduction of natural silk as the production of a substance which embraces its valuable properties. Natural silk possesses to a large de? gree qualities of brilliancy, elasticity, strength, affinity for coloring and bleaching materials and when hand? led a peculiar instling sound, known as scroop. Perhaps the brilliancy and scroop of silk are the best known of its qualities and it is in these two, re? spects that artificial silk most closely resembles natural, its brilliancy being greater and its scroop slightly less. New York Sun. Asthma Sufferers Should Know This. ?Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of asthma that were con? sidered hopeless. Mrs. Adolph Bues ing, 701 West Third street, Daven? port, Iowa, writes: "A severe cold contracted 12 years ago was neglected until it finally grew into asthma. The best medical skill available could not give me more than temporary relief. 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