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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOiiO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1890. N0- 30 a?mm"?' mi The Haunted Chamber. BY "THE DUCHESS." Author of "Monica," "Mono, Soully," "Phyllis" etc.. etc. CHAPTER XL Every day and all day long there is nothing but rehearsing. "In every corner two or more may be seen studying together the parts they have to play. Florence Delinaine alone refuses to rehearse her part except in full company, though Mr.'Dynecourt has made many attempts to induce her to favor him with a private reading of those scenes in which he and she must act together. He had even appealed to Dora Talbot to help him in this matter, -which she is only too willine to do. as she is secretly desirous offlingine the girl as much in his way as nossiote. Indeed anything that would keeo Florence out of "Sir Adrian's sight would "be welcome to her; so that she listens kindly to Arthur Dynecourt when he solicits her assistance. "She evidently shuns me," he says in an aggrieved tone to her one evening, sinking into the seat beside hers. "Except a aovotion to her that is singularly sincere, I know of nothing about me that can be regarded by her as an offense. Yet it appears to me that she disiikes me." "There I am sure you are wrong," declares the widow/ tapping his arm lightly with a fan. "She is but a girl? she harrtlv Imnws h?r n-nm Tnin^ " "She seer 3 to know it pretty well when Adrian addresses her," he says, with a sulle.1 glance. At this is. Talbot can not repress a start; she grows a little pale, ana then tries to hide her confusion by a smile. But the smile is forced, and Arthur Dynecourt, watching her, reads her heart as easily as if it were an open book. "I don't suppose Adrian cares; for her," he goes on quietly. "At least"? here he drops his eyes?" I believe, with a little judicious"management, his thoughts might have been easily divertintA OT?/*\4"nor r>V?" V\A i-UVV MiiVWiLA "You think so?" asks Mrs. Talbot faintly, trifling with her fan. "I can not say I have noticed that his attentions to her have been in any way particular." * y "JSot as yet." agrees Dynecourt, studying her attentively; "and if I might be open with you," he adds, breaking oi? abruptly and assuming an air of anx- , iety?'*vve might perhaps mutually help , each other." "Help each other?" "Dear Mrs. Talbot," says Dynecourt softly, "lias it never occurred to you j how "safe a thing it would be for my cousin Sir Adrian to marry a sensible woman?a woman who understands , the world and its ways?a woman young and beautiful certainly, but yet conversant with the convenances of "so- ' ciety? Such a woman would rescue Ad rian from the shoals and quicksands j that surround him in the form of mer- 1 cenary Mends and scheming mothers. Such a woman might surely be found, j 2s ay, I think I myself eould pu* my hand upon her, if I dared, at this mo meat." Mrs. Talbot trembles slightly, and J blushes a good deal, btt says nothing. 1 aHe is my nearest of kin," goes on < Dynecourt," in the same low impassive 1 voice. "Naturally I am interested in ] him, and my interest on this point is i surely without motive; as, were he ' never to marry, were ne to leave no i heir, were he to" die some sudden death" i ?here a remarkable change overspreads his features?"I should inherit all the < land you see around you, and the title ] besides." Mrs. Talbot is still silent. She mere- i ly bows her head in ascent. 3 "Then, you see, I mean kindly to- j ward biro when I suggest that he i should marry some one calculated to sustain his rank in the world," contin- 1 used Dynecourt. "As I have said be- i fore, I know one who would fill the position charmingly, if she would deign ] to do so." i , "And who?" falters Dora Talbot nervously. 1 "May I say to whom I allude?" he i murmurs. "Mrs. Talbot, pardon me if ] I have been impertinent in thinking of j you as that woman." 1 _* Uttle flickering smile adorns Dora's 1 lips for a moment, then, suddenly re- i membering that smiles do not become ] her. she relates into her former calm. 3 "You flatter me," she savs sweetly. 1 "I never flatter,"* he responds, with 1 telling emphasis. '"But, lean see you are not angry, and so I am emboldened j to say plainly, I would gladly see you \ my cousin's wife. Is the idea not alto- ] gether abhorrent to vou?" < "No. Oh^nol" " < "It is perhaps?oardon me if I go too ; far?even agreeable to you?" \ "Mr. Dyne-ourt," savs Mrs. Talbot, i suddenly gb.acing at him and laying 1 her jeweled .ngers on his arm, "I will 1 confess to y< u that I am tired of being alone?dependent on myself, as it were s ?thrown on my own judgment for the 1 answering of cverv question that ' arises. I w-.-uld gladly acknowledge a 2 superior head. I would have some one ! help me now and then with a word of in fthort T -would have a hns- " band. And''?here she lays her fan against her 1'ps and glances archly at i hun?"I confess too that I like Sir "Adrian as?"well?as "well as any man I know." "He is a very fortunate man"?gravely. "I would he knew his happiness." "Not for worlds," says Mrs. Talbot, with. well-feigned alarm. "You could not even hint to him such a thing as? as?" She stops, confused. "I shall hint nothing?do nothing, except what you wish. Ah, Mrs. Talbot"?with a heavy sigh?"you are supremely happy! I envy you! With your fascinations and"?insinuatingly?"a word in season from me, I see no reason w&y you should not claim as your own the man whom vou?well, let us say, like; while I?" "If I can befriend you in any way," interrupts Dora quickly, "command me." She is indeed quite dazzled by the gicture he has painted before her eyes. an it be?is it?possible, that Sir Adrian may some day be hers? Apart from his "wealth, she* regards him with very tender feelings, and of late she has"been rendered at times absolutely miserable by the thought chat he had fallen a victim to the charms of Florence. Now if, by means of this man, her rival can be'cept out of Adrian's way, all may yet be well, and her host may be brought to her feet before her visit comes to an t-nd. Of Arthur Dynecourt's infatuation for Florence she" is fuTy aware, and is right in deeming that part of his adml rauonxor ta? uenuuiui gin utm gimui out of his knowledge of her moneybags. Still, she argues to herself, his love is true and faithful, despite his knowledge of her dot, and he will in all prooaDinty maKe ner as gooa a nusoana as she is likely to find. "May I command you?" asks Arthur, in his softest tones. "You know my secret, I believe. Ever since that last meeting at Brighton, when my heart overcame me and made me show my sentiments openly and inyourpres- J ence, you have been aware of the hope- j less passion that is consuming ne. I ! mav be m?d, but I still think that, j with opportunities and time, I might j it- loact t-nlprafcpd nv 2VilSS ! jLiXJ OViv ^ -- . Delmaine. Will you help me in this ; matter? Will you give me the chance | of pleading my*cause v.ith her alone? j By so doing"?with a meaning smile? | "you will also give my cousin the happy j chance of seeing you "alone." Dora only too well understood his in sin nation. .Latterly sir Adnan ana Florence have been almost inseparable. To now meet with one whose interest it is to keep them asunder is very pleasant to her. Twill help vou," she savs in a low trmp "Then try to induce Miss Delmaine to give me a private rehearsal to-morrow in the north gallery " he whispers hurriedly, seeing Capt. Kin^wood and Miss Timers approaching. "HushI Not another word? I rely upon you. Above t all things, remember that what has occurred is only between you and me. It is our little plot," he says, with a curious smile that somehow strikes a chill to Mrs. Talbot's heart. She is faithful to her word nevertheless, and late that night, when all have ?UUC7 IAJ WLiCUL X \J\JLLl0-) ^Ut9 VXl XlOi. aressing-gown, dismisses her maid, and crossing the corridor, taps lightly at the door of Florence's apartment. Hearing some one cry "Come in," she opens the door, and, having fastened it again, goes over to where Florence is sitting while her maid is brushing her long soft hair that reaches almost to the ground as she sits. "Let me brush your hair to-night, Flo," she says gayly. "Let me be your maid for once. Kem ember how I used +A ^ /\ if AV rrAi? cvrvrwftf VT-?V? /%>-? ttta I w uv xu avi jv/u. ?i_ic?u. vr u were in Switzerland last year." "Very well?you may," acquiesces Florence, laughing. "Good-night, Parkins. Mrs. Talbot has won you your release." Parkins having gladly withdrawn, Dora takes up the ivory-handled brush and gently begins to brush her cousin's ; hair. After some preliminary conversation leading up to the subject she has in hand, she says carelessly? "By the by", Plo, you are rather oncivil to Arthur Dvnecourt, don't you think?" "Uncivil?" "Well?yes. That is the word for ! vrmT VIAVI o vinr him T fVnnV TV* . you know, I am afraid Sir Adrian has noticed it, and aren;t you afraid he will think it rather odd "of you?rude, I mean?considering he is hia cousin?" "Not a very favorite cousin. I fancy." "For all that, people don't like seeing their relations slighted. I once knew a man who used to abuse his brother all day long, but, if any one else happened to say one disparaging word of him in his presence, It put him in a pretty rage. And, after all, poor Arthur nas done nothing to deserve actual ill-treatment at your hands." "I detest him. And, besides, it is a distinct impertinence to follow any one about from place to place as he has followed me. I will not submit to it calmlv Tf". a nnsifivA rw?r?p<*nHfYn V - V. V rv*VVV^WiVA*. "My dear, you must not blame him if : he has lost his head about you. That ] is rather a compliment, if anything." "I shall always resent such compliments." ^ "xle is certainly very unmanly In all j other ways, and I must say devoted to < pou. He is handsome too, is he not; . and has quite the air of one accustomed :o command in society?" ( "Has he paid you to sine his praises?" ? asks Florence, with a little laugh; but i ler words so nearly hit the mark that t Dora blushes painfully. i "T mpinxi " sfiA at last, in a rather hurried way, "that I do not : ;hink it is good form to single out any 1 )ne in a household where one is a guest; ? :o show him pointed rudeness. You itive all the others acting in this play i ample opportunities of rehearsing alone t with you. It has been remarket! to me i by two or three that you purposely ] slight and avoid Mr. Dyrlecourt. a *3o I do," Florence admits calmly: t adding, "Youx two or three have great r l^rspicacity." s "They even hinted to me," Dora goes Dn deliberately, "that your dislike to f turn arose from the fact that you were f piqued at his being your stage lover, instead of Sir Adrian!" r It cost h. * an effort to utter these srordsjtoit th? eflecs produced by them Q is wexth the effor c Florence, grovaiig deathly pale, releases her hair from her cousin s grasp, ana rises amcjtiy u> cer iecu "I don't know who your gossips may 5' to," she says slowly; "but tnev are D tvrong? quite wrong?do yon near? My dislike to Mr. Pynecourt arises 8 Erom very different feelings. He is dls- f Wasteful to me in many ways; but, as I " ? - ?:? _t u a mh tuaaesirous zn&z my maimct sxiuuiu jive occasion for surmises snch as you ic aave just mentioned to me, I will give & turn an opportunity of reciting Ills part ? me, alone, as soon as ever he ? iriftUes." 1 "I think you are right, dearest," re- . roo.nds Mrs. Talbot sweetly. She is a ? Sfcle afraid of her cousin, but still f maintains her position bravely. "It ia ? always a mark ?f folly to defy public J opinion. Do not wait for him to ask * rou again to go through your play with aim alone, but tell him yourself to- ? morrow that yon will meet him for 1 uaat purpose m uie uujtuu gjuxcx * sumo fime during the day." " ? Terr well ," says Florence; but her 1 face still betray dislike and disinciina- \ tion to the course recommended. 1 "And. Bora, I don't think I want my x hair brushed any more, thanks; my * head is aching so dreadfully." " ? This is a hint that she will be glad of j Sirs. Talbot's speedy departure; and, * that lady taking uiat hint, Florence is f soon left t? her own thoughts. \ The next morning, directly after { hraaVfast. she finds an onoortunitv to * tell Mr. Dynecourt that ske will give him half an hour in the north gallery J to try over his part with her, as she ( considers it will be better, and more conducive to the smoothness of the , piece, to learn any little mannerism 1 that may belong to either of them. To this speech Dynecourt makes a \ suitable reply, and names a particular ; hour for thsm to meet. Miss ueimainc, , having given a grave assent to this ar- \ rangement, moves away, as though ] glad to be rid of her companion. , A few minutes afterward Dynecourt, meeting Mrs. Talbot in the hall, gives > her an expressive glance, and tells her in a low voice that ne considers himself . deeply in her debt. 3 1 CHAPTER III. j "You are late," savs Arthur Dyne- ; court in a low tone. There is no anger in it: there is indeed onlv a desire to 1 E.iow how tedious have been the moments spent apart from her. "TT 1 V>AA1? AT* /IA nave you urouglll/ YUUJL ucrviv, Ui uw you mean to go through your part without it?" Florence asks, disdaining to notice his words, or to betray interest in anything except the business that has brought them together. MI know my part by heart," he responds, in a strange voice. "Then begin," she commands somewhat imperiously; the very insolence of her air only give's an additional touch to her extreme beauty and fire3 hi3 ardor. "You desire me to begin?" he asks unsteadily. "it you wisa it." "Do* you wish it?" "I desire nothing more intensely than to get this rehearsal over," she replies impatientlv. You tafce no pains indeed to hide vonr scorn of me" says Dynecourt bitterly. "I regret it, if I have at any time treatea you with incivility," returns Florence,with averted eyes and with in creasing coldness. "iei 1 must aiways think that, for whatever has happened, you have only yourself to blame.* "Is it a crime to love you?' he demands boldly. | "Sir,"she exclaims indignantly, and ; raising her beautiful eyes to his" for a moment, "I must request you will : never speak to mo of love. There is ' neither sympathy nor common friend- > linsss between us. You are well aware / d w;t?x wiiut sentiments l regard you."But, vfhj am I alone to be treated with contempt?* be asks, vtiOi swlden passion. "Ail other men of your ae quaintance are graciously received by you, are met with smiles and kindly words. Upon me alone your eyes rest, when they deign to glance in my direction. witn marked disfavor. All the world can see it. I am signaled out from the others as one to be slighted and spurned-." "You forgot yourself,0 says Florence contemptuously. "I have met you here to-day to rehearse our parta for next Tuesday evening, not to listen te any insolent words you may wisi t* addresa to me. Lai us bearm"?openiar her Vs/V^lr "TP TT/YTI VnftW 17AT7V T\*T?f" ( ? ATI * JkJk. JVUAUVM J V VAJL U, ? V VAX* "I know my part only too ttcIj; it Is to worship you madly, hopslwslr. Tonr very cruelty only serves to heighten impassion. Florence, hear mel" "I will not," she'savs, her eyes flashing. She waves bim Back from her as ho endeavors to take her hand. "Is ii not enough that I have been p?rsec?tr ed by vour attentions?attentions most hateful to me?for the past year, but vou must now obtrude them upon me here? You compel me to tell you ia plain words what my manner must nave shown you only too clearly?that vou are distasteful to me ia every way, that yonr very p^sence treubles me, that your touch fe abhorrent to mel" "An," he says, stepping back as she hurls these words af nim, and regard my ner wren a xace aiswjnoa uj passion, "if I were the master here, instead of the poor cousin?if I were Sir Adrian?your treatment of me would be very different!" At the mention of Sir Adrian's name the color dies out of her face and she crows deadly pale. Her lips quiver, but her eyes do not droop. "I do not understand you," she says proudly. "Then you shall," responds Dynecourt. "Do you think I am blind, that i. u*n xiuv 900 uujt vuu n<tvc givoju .yuui. proud heart to my "cousin, tnat he has conquered where other men have failed; that, ?ren before he has declared any lore for you, you h^ve, in spite of your pride, given all your affection to him?" "You insult me " cries Florence -with piiveping lips. She looks faint, and is trembling visibly. If this man has read her heart aright, may not all quests have read it too? May not even Adrian himself have discovered her secret passion, and perhaps despised her 'or it, as being unwomanly? "And more, goes on Dynecourt, exalting iu the torture he can see he is inflicting; "though you thrust from you m hmirivaMA lnvA ffir nriA that livPR nn y in your imagination, I will tell you :hat Sir Adrian lias other views, other intentions. I have reason to know 3iat, when Le marries, the name of his wide will not be Florence Pel main e." '"Leave me. sir," cries Florence, rousng herself from her momentary weakioss. and speaking with all her old fire, 'and. never presume to address me igain. Go!" She points with extended hand to the loor at the lower end of the gallery. 5o standing, with her eyes strangely aright, and ner perfect figure drawn up ;o its fullest height, she looks superb n her disdainful beauty. Dynecourt, losing his self-possession is he gazes upon her, suddenly flings limself at her feet and catches her Lress in his hands to detain her. "Have pity on me,B he cries implorngly; "if is'my unhappy love for you hat has driven me to sr>e?k thusl Whv s Adrian to have all* and I nothing? He has title, lands, position?above ind beyond everything, the priceless reasure of your love, whilst I am banfcnpfc in. alL Show me some mercy? ome kindness'" They are both so agitated that they ail to kear the sound of approaching ootsteps. "Release me, sir," cries Florence imperiously. "Nav; first answer me one question,3 ntreats Dynecourt. "Do you love my ousin?' "I care nothing for Sir Adrian!" relies Florence distinctly, and in a oraewhat raised tone, her self-pride eing touched to the quick. Two figures who have entered the allerr by the second door at the npper ad of it, hearing these wopds uttered 1 an emphatic tone, start and glance t the tableau presented to their view >wer down. They hesitate, and, oven s they do so, they can see Arthur >ynecourt seize Florence Delmaine's ahA, and, apparently unrebu&ed, Kiss fc passienatelv. <JThen I shall hope still," he saya in a >w but impressive voice, at which the wo who have just entered turn and >eat a precipitate retreat, fearing that hey may be seen. One is Sir Adrian, he other Mrs. Talbot. "Dear me," stammers Dora, in pretty onfusion, "who would have thought t? I was never so amazed in my life." Sir Adrian, who has turned very ale, and is looking greatly distressed, aakes no reply. He is repeating over ,nd over again to himself the words he tas just heard, as though unable and m willing to comprehend them. aI care lothing for Sir Adri an!" They strike Ike a Knoll upon his ears?a deathmen to all his dearest hopes. And that ellow on his knees before her, kissing ter hand, and telling her he will still lope! Hope for what? Alas, he tells limself, he knows only too well?her ove! "I am so glad they have made it up," Dora goes on, lookiag up sympatheti- . :ally at Sir Adrian. v,r\V T >>o/l t?a t,h.AT iliauo 1U UK/i A UUIA 4AV vere more mart ordinary ana very new tcapamtances." 'ut is quite a year since we first metArthur in Switzerland," responds Dora lemurely, calling Dynecourt by his Christian name, a thing sh^ has neverlone before, because she knows it will tfve Sir Adrla? tie impression that! ;hey are on very intimate terms with* lis cousin. "He has been our shado jver since. I wonder vou did not notice* ais devotion in town/' ' I "I noticed nothing," says Sir Adrian ,-j miserably; "or, if I did, it was only to I form wrong impressions. I firmly be- j u?nra co?incr Mifw T)?lma.rne and At-3 I thur together here, that she betrayednothing but a rooted dislike to him." ' "They had not been good friends of late," explains Dora hastily; "that we all could see. And Flore'nce is very peculiar, you know; she is quite the. dearest girl in the world, and I adore her; but I will confess to vou"?with another upward and bewitching glanca from the charming blue eyes?'*tnkt she has her little tempers. ISfot very naughty ones, you know"?shaking her head archly? but just enough to make on# a bit afraid of her at times; so I nevei. ventured to ask her why she treated * -41 v ^ Vim* pIotta or. pOOr ATT.flIIT1 WilU icauy JO J_IOX 01 aiv; fcjv cruelly." "And you think now that?" Sir Ad? rian breaks off without finishing the sentence. ' "That she has forgiven him whatever offense he committed? Yes, after whai we have just seen?quite a sentimentallittle episode, was it not??I can not help cherishing the hope that all is again right between them. It could not have oeen a very grave quarrel, as Arthur is incapable of a rudeness; but then dearest Florence is so capricious!" "Hi-tempered and capricious!" Car the girl he loves so ardently be guilty of these faults? It seems incredible t Sir Adrian, as he remembers her sunn smile and gentle manner. But then, j it not her dearest triexia wno is spsaj? in? of her?tender-hearted little I)or? Talbot, who seems to think well <f every one, and who manners sucf pretty speeches even about Arthur who, if the truth be told, is not exactjf "dew" in the sight of Sir Adrian. "You tirmtc t&ere is, or was, an ec i cacament between Arthur aixd MjS I / ? -* * f , v < ma?wnMcanUO? Deimainer- ne oegins, witn nis eyes fixed upon the ground. "I think nothing, you silly man," aavB the widow playfully, "until I am told it. But I am glad Florence is once more friendly with poor Arthur; he is positively wrapped ut> in her. ixow, uas luai utteresuug luvuxiu vc su nearly interrupted given you a distaste for all other pictures? Shall we try the smaller gallery?" "Just as you will." -"Of course"?with a girlish laugh?"It would be imprudent .to venture again iato the one we have just quitted. By this time, doubtless, they are quite reconciled?and?" "Yes?yes," interrupts Sir Adrian hastily, trying in vain to blot out the picture she hits raised before big eyes ?f Florence in her lover's arm*. 'What y>i\ h^ve just told me ha? iJtlre taken me by 1:7rise," he goes 00 iiervously. "I should never have gucwi it froc Miss Delmxine's manner; it iniis misled me." "Well, between you and me." says Dora, raising herself on tiptoe, as though to "whisper in his ear, and so comi*g vary close to him, "I am afraid my dearest Florence is a little sly! Yes, really; you wouldn't think it, would you? The dear gir! has such a sweet ingenuous face?quite the loveliest face on earth, I think, though some pronounce it too com. jbut; sne is very self-contained; and to-day, you see, she has given you an insight into this slight fault in her character." "She has indeed," agrees Sir Adrian, with a smothered groan. ""Woll" ? triumphantly ? "and yet, here we find her granting him a private audience, when she believed we were all safely out of the way; and in the north gallery too, which, as a rule, i3 deserted." "She didn't know we were thinking of driving to the hills," gays Sir Adrian, to aging a feeble effort to find a flaw fn his companion's statement. "Oh, yes, she did!" declares the wid V VT UgitVlJ. J- IViU .U^JL XalTOUlZ) HIVUV two hours ago, that I intended askinjr yon to make a party to go there, as I aote en lovely scenery; and I dare say" ?coquettiahly ? "she knew ? I mean thought?you would .not refuse so 6mall a request of mine. But for poor La<iy FitzAlmont's headache we should be there now." "It is true," admits Sir Adrian, feeling that the last straw has descended. And now that I think of it," the widow goes on, even mere vivaciously, the reason she assigned for not coming with us must have been a feigned o*e. Ah, slyboots that she is!" laughs Mrs. Talbot merrily. "Of course, she wanted the course clear to have an explanation with Arthur. Well, after all, that was only natural. ?wt ane mignt nave trusted me, whom she knows to be her true friend." UJ-tempered?capricious?sly! Aud all tlxese faults are attributed to Florence by "her true friend!" A quotation assigned to Marechal Yillars when takingleave of LouisXIV. oecura to him ?^Defend me from my friends." The words return to him persistency; but then he looks down on Dora Talbot, and stares straight into her liquid blue eyes, so apparently gmieiess ana pure, and tells himself that he -wrongs her. Yes, It is a pity Florence has not put greater faith in this kind little woman, a pity for all of them, as then many heart-breaks might have been prevented. [Continued.] A CANING AT CLAFLIN. Tue Maftuto lhaplain Beaten by a White Professor?A Race War Theatened as a Result of the Affair. y Charleston, S. C., March 4.?There J are symtoms of a race trouble at Claflin i University, one of the largest colored uairersities in the South. This morniog Professor W. 8. DeTreville. white, ad ministered a caning to J. If. Cardoza, the mulatto chaplain of the College. The chaplain was badly beaten, ia fact ( w-s knocked senseless. On hearing of the fight, the colored student's to the number of several hundred, gathered and proceeded to the depot with the avowed intention of lynching DeTreville. The white people of the town of Orangeburg also assembled and * conflict teemed inevitable. Dr. Dunton the pres dent of the college, however, heart? i of the affray and soon quieted matters by ; sending the students back to the col- ( lege. Professor DeTreville claims that C&rdoza made certain remarks in a class room reflecting upon him and that this ! was his reason for punishing him. j Cardoza is a brother of F. L. Cardoza, who was State Treasurer under Frank Moses' administration as Governor of South Carolina, during the reconstruc- , tion period. He is a minister in^the Northern M. E. Church. i Claflin College is one of the largest , universities for colored students in the South. It has upwards of 800 pupils on its roll and is supported partly by the State aud .partly by the Agricultural , Land Scrip. The trouble appears to be fisrionfl. The Quorum Question. The programme to be pursued to test the constitutionality ox the transaction of any business by the House ol Representatives without a quorum, present and voting, has been substantially agreed upon. It is proposed ^iat Mr. John 0. Pendleton, who was E?seated by a vote of less than a Borum, shall make a claim upon the Bpasurv for the pay to become due him as a member of the House of Rep A /I resentatives trom tne Jtfirst v^ongreafiional District of West Yergiaia. Upon the disallowing of this claim- by the accounting officers he will proceed to bring suit in the Court of Claims, and endeavor to have the case advanced for immediate tiial, and in case of an adverse decision take an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, where a motion will also be made to advance the case, as one aflecting great public interests. In case the hearing in either the Court of Claims or the Supreme Court of the United States should be very much retarded, another plan has been suggested. It is to nave Mr. Pendleton bring a mandamus suit to compel the auditing and payment of his salary, on the ground that he is still a member of Congress as he could not be unseated by less than a v -institutional majority, and that the auditing and payment of his salary i3 a Durely ministerial act.?Washington Gazette, i I What the Flood Accomplished. ! Caieo, Ills., March 6.?The Ohio 1 river is now over fiftj miles wide at this point. It extends from the Cairo levee, which holds it backed up 45 feet ab?ve low water mark, into Kentucky, till it strikes the hills there, forming one solid sheet of water, except for the narrow strips of rock bound earth upon which the Mobile and Ohio aad IUinoii Central railroads run south. A mile below here it joins the Mississippi, whicji in , turn extent into Missouri another 50 miles, making the combined width ol the , two rivers over one hundred miles. ) I } r. ' . ; WHAT IRELAND WANTS. C 1 ~~ THE NATIONAL AGITATION DEFINED BY MR. T. P. O'CONNOE. Ft-d-ratJoB, N?t Separatieu,?A Viccroy, a. Cabinet and One House or raruamem Are (he Feature* of Ireland's Home Rale. London, Mch. 6.?T. P. O'Connor, editor of the Star and member of Parliament, wasseen by a reporter at the of??9 of his paper today engaged in Writing leading articles and was asked this que3iion: "What improvement or change in the internal government of Ireland, short of absolute independence, would the Irish party cocider satisfactory?" la reply Mr O'Connor said: "At the outset let me say that no member of the Irish party regards absolute separation a? possible. Nor is there a single member who reg&rdgs this severance favorably, even in the thsory. The finding in the report of the Par .u~? 1 xr_ ueu cue mat auuicmcuiuci ui wc national party and joined tk? Land League with a view to even!nal disruption of the empire is not only false, but to all Irishmen acquainted with the actual facte of the case and the character ol ?the gentlemen named, was a misapprehension so grotesque as to deprive the report of the Judge's opinion on Irish politics of any solid value whatever. "I am glad to see that the American press coincide with my opinion that the net result will be an immense gain to the cause oflreland. TheJndgee I who acquitted us, as a matt r of fact, ; partially condemned us by inference; in other words, their lordships acquitted individuals, but convicted organizations. But the acquittals will be remembered, and the convictions forgotten. How absurd it was to let three pedai/tic black-letter lawyers pronounce cn a movement which is so vast in scope and so portentous in consequence, and which, in view of the fierce passons aroused, and the enor ? a ?ArV/\1 n UIUUB ilJICrCDU) iWCOUOVIj JU9 ML Cb I tionary character. "Then you must remember that the three Judges were pronounced political opponents of the Irish cause. Two of them were bigoted Tories and the third a liberal Unionist. Why, sir, did not Sir Charles Russell prove in his speech yesterday in the House that the tribunal was intentionally packed by the government? "However, the Irish party is confident ef what it wants and will have it at the next general election." "But what style of government," asked the reporter, "will satisfy the party of Mr. O'Connor?" With a superb gesture, Mr. O'Connor repled: "A Vieeroy aided by a responsible Cabinet?a National Irish Parliament consisting of one chamber only. The party of Ireland mate no | common cause with any labor movement beyond a general sympathy with the poor and oppressed all over the world. "We, as a party have no affiliation with socialism or any other ism. We are content to follow the course marked out for us by our fathers in the glorious though short time of Ireland's free Parliament, when loyalty to the Crown and to the country were the distinguishing characteristics of such men as G rat tan, Saurin and others, who, though differing in creed from the mass of the people, yet bent their best energies to the common cause of their countrv. and under whose influ ence Ireland prospered to an extent unequaled by any nation of the world. THE COUNTY MEETINGS. As Satiaato ?t tb* Prabable Tot* o* tha Matter ! Naatiatltii. The returns from the county mast meetings of farmers collected from the reports to the Greenville New* and other new?papert give the following r emits: Edcefield, Laurems and Marlboro instructed their delegates for March nominations and B. R. Tillman for Governor. Union sends a delegation instructed . to vote for March nominations. Greenville, Fairfield, Andersen, Chester, Colleton, Marien, Aiken,Lex iagton and York tend uninstructed delegations. The Fairfield. Cheater . and Aiken delegations probably contaim I strong majorities favoring nomina- | tions. The others are equally divided or contain maj orities opposing nominations in March. Oconee, Abbeville, Orangeburg,Sumter, Clarendon, Barnwell and Fioreice send delegations actually er virtually instructed against nominations. Charleston, Hampton, Richland, ' Kershaw, Horry, Darlington, Beaufort and Berkeley held no meetings. ~ j- ? spstrutuourg St*UUK UViiLCauoj am.VI opposing delegations. Lancaster, Pickeni and Newberry are to hold meetings later. Georgetfcwn, Williamsburg and Chesterfield are not reported. The indications are that 11 of the 35 1 counties will l?e unrepresented in the March convention. The remaining 34 J : ? J , J arc Uiviu.cu.Ro iviivno. a For March nominations, 4 Against, 7 Uninstructed, 9 Contested, 1 ? To meet, 2 | Counting bj delegates, so far as reported, the conventien will open with its members divided thus? For nominations, 34 Against, 64 Uninstructed, 82 To control the convention the advooates of March nominations must capture more than two-thirds of the uninstructed delegates, and thejthree coun ties which are likely to send delegates, but have not yet done so.?Greenville News. Boston Street Car Manners. Tbe BostoD Transcript relates this little story of street car manners: "A ladj and gentleman enter a car at the same moment, the former by the rear, the latter by the front. Tbe gentleman hastily appropriates the only vacant seat, which happens to be next to an individual who 13 evidentlv net a total ab staiDer. The inebriated party, rising from his seat, offers it to the lady, re marking at the same time: 'Madam, I offer you my seat; I am drunk today, but tomorrow I shall be sober; as for that man there,' pointing to the one "Who bad just sat down, 'he is a hog today, and will be a hog tomorrow.'" This is a striking instance of in vino veritat. ?Edwin Cowles, editor aud proprietor of the Cleveland Leader, died Tuesday, aged 65. A CHECK TO CHANDLER. The President Said to be Opposed.'to Ex* treme Lezlslatioo lor the South. In course of the last two or three months the President has had numer ous conversations with Senators and Representatives oa the subject of Southern affairs. As intimated in his annual message, he is in favor of the passage of a supplementary Federal election law, bat it is understood that he is not willing to go to the extreme length advocated by such malignant demagogues a* Chandler and others. Any law designed to control the manner of elections must be formed to meet his views; otherwise he is not the man to sign it. It is not believed he will be inclined to favor any meas ure the effect of which wouia oe to interfere or influence in any way the local elections in the South. Mr. Harrison is a strong partisan, but he has alwasbeen a strict constructionist of of the constitution, and according to the reports of those who have talked with him, he finds no warrant under ! existing circumstances for any attempted interference by Congress with local government in the South. 1 TJifl Tirtna an/7 duoiim ftf m?n flfl 1 | A MVI MV|/W OJUU U?sllgU VA wuvu w? ? *- | Chandler is to pass a measure broad |! enough to make federal appointees f1 practically supervisors of local ele> 1 tions in the South. The initial step in this programme was his presenting in ' the Senate yesterday of a "cooked 1 up" petition relative to the Arkansas State election of 1888. There are Republicans in both houses, however, who share the opinions of the Presi dent and will not be inclined to gratify Chandler's malignity. Whatever election measure is finally passed will in aU probability be confined to regulations concerning the manner of elections of members of the House of Rep- j resentatives. The idea of the Repub- 1 licans is that a law can be framed .the . result of which will give to them a sufficient number of congressional districts in the South to overbalance any thing short of an overwhelming tidal wave in favor of the Democracy in the North. The President and some other leading Republicans think the party should be satisfied with this. Such calculation is not sound because it is based upon the assumption that the entire nergo vote is to be held in perpetual slavery by the Republican par- ^ cy.?Baltimore oun. THE ALLEGED SLATE. * c Whu ii dal4 ?r It kr Ob* of tkej Alleged j Caadidates f Id the Newi and Courier of Wedues- c day, there appeared an article purpor- g ing to give an interview with a dram- ^ mer, who profeised to have discovered i in ni8 traven inrouga tae aiate a cicicec c which had been already "cut and dried" a for tbc March convention in Columbia, i The alleged "slate," as far as it goes, is r as follows: c "For Governor, Benjamin. R. Till- j man, of Edgefield. t "For Lieutenant Governor, John W. i Ferguson, of Laurens. t "For Secretary of State,M. L- Don- \ aldson, of Greenville. i "For Attorney General, Y. J. Pope, j of Newberry. ? "For Adjutant General, Hugh L. j Farley, of Spartanburg. i "TT/vr flnTrinfrnTlai- "CI T1 l Stackhouse, of Marion. ( Hon. M. L. Donaldson, State Senator from Greenville County, and manager of the State Alliance Exchange, is, it will be noticed, put on this alleged "slate of 1 Captain Shell" for the office of Secretary ? of State. Mr. Donaldson was seen at his * office in the Cleveland block, by a re- * porter for the Daily News yesterday, * and asked his opinion of the so-called 1 slate. Mr. Donaldson expressed doubt as to whether the publication, being purely I j *1. r 4.1 _ t l J 5 auu oc us iace ugauiDoncmve, anouiu be noticed at all or not. The statements 1 attributed to the "drummer" did not, 2 certainly, bear any evidence of friendli- " aeas to the cause of the farmers, and there were ear marks about the article that might lead oie to doubt that the alleged "drummer" was a drummer after all. Speaking for himself, Mr. Donaldson said that he knew nothing whatever of th? "slate"printed in the News and Courier. Ha was at a loss to know where the "drummer" obtained his in'ormation. He waa not in posseision of any such information himself, nor did he believe the information was correct. "I am not," Mr. Donaldson said, "a candi date for any position on the State ticket. 1 My present position at the head of the ( State Alliance exchange I consider a ' highly honorable and responsible one and my time is wholly taken by it. As to my name being on the 'slate' for any ] State office -whatever, that is a mis- ] take." j Mr. Donaldson said that he was, of j course, thoroughly and heartily ia sym- i patby with the Farmers' Movement and ; he was glad to see it growing among the people. At the proper time, either now or later, he was in favor of the State ticket being put in the field to represent the purposes and principles of the Farmers' Movement. "Who should be ob that ticket, he could not sav and he certain!? ' ? V did not kn?w of any ticket being "cut and dried for the March Convention." He did Dot believe there was any *'slate" at all.?Greonville News. Another Victim of a Feud. A special to the Cincinnati Enquirer from Barboursville, Ky., says: Sunday at Flat Lick, Sheriff Calloway Carnes : was fatally shot by a desperado named Bill Smith, leader ofthe Smith, faction , of the Smith Slushar feud. Tie de puty : sheriff attempted to arrest one of the Smith party. Their leader objected, and opened fire with a Winchester rifle, one ball passing through the ; dunutv sheriffs bod v. Carnes a broth er-in-law of the Messeres, four of the most desperate men in the mountains, ! who are also members of the Slusher side of the feud. They rallied their forces and started in pursuit of Smith's " crowd, but have not yet come in con- I' tact with each other. Should they do so, a battle will be the result. Either side numbers over 35 men. well armed. A Brutal Murder in Liaurens. Laurens. S. C., March 4.?A negro named William Ray ford, livingon Tom Wether's place, about six miles east : of this olace, disappeared several days ' ago. Foul play was suspected and , search was instituted, and his dead ' body was found yesterday in an old well near by. It had every appear | ance of a. mo*t brutal murder. At the I {msinaaf i-Via TLri-fo <->f ^ Aflfl ! VUiUUVi O iU^UWV uuv fiMw V* vmw ? negro testified that Bob Sheldon, colored, told her that he had killed her husband, and this with other jircumstances led to the arrest of Sheldon. The accused refuses to talk. He is in jail. w KILLED THE WOMEN. A Terrlle Table *f African slaves In sc. Tine ot Tkirtt. A letter from. Zanzibar says that over a year ago a caravan ot isw Araos left the East Coast to go into the interior to trade. They have now return*! and one of the chiefs relates their adventures. Arriving at Kaviron- i do on the northeast shore of "Victoria ! Hyanza,, the Arabs saw that the natives had a good deal of ivory and that they had no guns. They attack- , 1? chnnt.ivior vtt LUC LilUCj <?11U VUVi *-/ I'HV had gone 011 long the natives were J willing to do anything to make peace. , After a long palaver with the chiefs j the Arabs agreed to leave the country , upon the payment to them of two hundred tusks of ivory and two hundred young women. The natives were glad to get rid of the enemy even on these hard conditions. As soon as they received the ivcry and the women the ( Arabs started for the coast. They had , a terrible time in the Masai country. There was a drought and they almost 3 perished of thirst- Then provisions , became scarcer and scarcer ana tne whole party was in danger of starvation. Finally tlie Arab chief decided that in order to save themselves and their ivorv it would be necessary to sacrifice their femala slaves, who were very weak from their deprivations and could inarch no farther. That night all of these 200 young women were shot to death, and their bodies were left in the camp for beasts 3f prey. The victims bappily had not i moment's warning of their impend- 0 ng fate. Each murderer selected his ^ victim, and the horrible crimt was ac- s ;omplished so speedily that fe:v of the ? ivomen me-ae auy ouicry. >y na euen orce3 thus summarily reluced the ^ ILrabs were able to pull through the c lesert region, obtaining little more T bod th j.n barely enough to sustain ? ife. j The chief who related these facts n Zanzibar showed no compunctions j( whatever for the terrible crime in yhich he had assisted, but he mention- r )d the massacre only to arive an idea * >f the great loss they had sustained by ? .he necessary sacrifice of their 200 ilaves. It is a curious fact that some )f the murderers were troubled in nind because their necessities had g impelled them to eat rats and other g mclean food, which is prohibited to a Mohammedans on the march. c Does Farming Pay? t Tiiis question is constantly asked and ilways provokes discussion. Whether * arming pays, says the Columbus Enjuirer Sun, depends more on the farmer han anything else. Among the many * arm^ra in f'no Slt-ofa Mn 9n?tH?r C utuIVia iU vuv KJVUbV ?tuv vmu mmwi v. ??w . jtury affirmatively is Hon. James M. 1 Smith of Oglethrope county. H? is now without doubt the iargest and wealth- . eat planter in the State, a plain, practi- * ?I, commomeense man who began life * ifter the war a poor boy without a dol- ^ ar's capital. We get it from a gentle- * nan who recently risked Oglethrope tounty that Col. Smith's receipts from last * rtar's operations ranged somewhere be- j: ween $150,000 and $200,000. One big tew was his crop of 1800 bales of coton. Besides there were thousands of 1 >ush?ls of corn, wheat, oats, etc. Col. Smith also runs profitably an oiL mill ? ind fertilizer factory, to eay nothing of t short line railroad, of which he is J iresident and general manager. All this * mmense business was built up by a 1 'armer on his farm.?Aucusta Chroni ;le- . I! A Human Hand. Petrified. ? Mr. W. H. Jones, of Atlanta, made a ^ emarkable find in Florida a few days f igo. Tbis is no more nor less than a pe- s rifled human hand. It was found imjedded in the satd, only a few feet rom the surface, between Cockledge ^ ind Cocoa, on the Indian river. "The hand," says the Times-Union, < 'must have been severed many years ago )erhaps by the Indians, 'l'&e lingers ire partially, closed, the thumb resting < ightly against the fore and middle fin- ^ jera, and it was a young woman's hand j ?one of the most shapely, refined and g ielicate that could be imagined. The :ap?ring fingers, naij and dainty wrist i jelODged, one must imagine, to a lady >f great beauty. Near ihe wrist joint j s the clearly-defined mark of a brace- -i et. Tracings of the veins, muscles and j irterie?, and the porous condition of i land and wrist, indicate tnat it is tne latural human hand, petrified. The ( ;rease* in the palm are perfect. No itone or marble of which we have any knowledge, at present, could present mch features, and if it was the work of in artist his name would rank with that , >f the f nest sculptors of ancient or modern times, nor would such a work likely lave baea thrown away or lost," jfi Should Keep Her Half Still. A lovinevoung husband of Cincinnati ! possesses a pretty young -wife and sweet: ; little baby who is as good as he can be! in the daytime, but who has a penchant for making the air resound with hia cries. The dear little thing was giving bis usual concert several nights ago. His audience was tired out. The i4happy father" was trying bard to persuade the old sand man to fill his eyes and transport him tc :be]and of nod. Still the baby yelled. "Dearest," growled this loving young husband, "hadn't vcu better gefc up and walk around the room and get your baby quiet?" "My oabj," responded 4'Dearest.'I: "well* I think about one-ha^f of jt is youra!" "Oh, I don't care how much. noise iny half makes,T' answered the villtan. "You just keep your half still."?Times. Regulating Hours of Labor. Richmond, Ya., March 6.?The bill to regulate the hours of labor in factories where females and children, under fourteen years of age -are employed, passed both Houses aacL 'went to the Governor a few days ago. "The bill provides that no child under: the above nge shall work la any xaciory more invn icu uvum a day. Sine?. i.ts passage, the Goverr" has received numerous protests against it from Lynclr.burg, Danville and other prominent tobacco manufacturing points of the State, -with urgent requests to withhold hi^ signature, unless ne wished to see the Victories ruined. Notwithstanding thest- applications and protests, the Governor io-aay signed the bill, and it is now a law, ?A. suit I ia? been brought for $100 by Charles-' Le Baw, a detective, against Mr. Charles A. Stevenson, the actor, as s- ois.se for certain injuries which, he t tags, were caused^yajn Stevenson7 s?sts and bootg^fl H sault is sai 3. to have been^H fVifi nmnlm r?nanY. nf Duv vui ?u?/uv v* Kate Clax ton, who vjM being info: Xned. of kttgfl merits. ?The cieatfc M Easton, "Mass., widow of Olivc^ ty-sever.; fears READS LIKE REED, The Faraser* Split en March KaniiatlMi. Pursuant to the call of Capt. J. W. Striblibg, County Chairman of the Farmers' Association, abeut 150 farmers met in the Court Home on Monday at 12 o'cleck to elect delegates to th? convantion to be held this month in Columbia for nomiaating a State ticket, Capfc Geo B. Dean was elected Chairman, and B. A. Laacaster Secretary. Dr. B. M. Smith moved to appoint a committee to nominate delegates. Mr. Eber Smith wanted the delegates elected by the convention and moved to lay Dr. Smithy motion an the table. He was secondedBy'tJi^P^^^ Stribling, UTT.? ?* X OUT UIUUOU ? vuw VI viuvi u? blared the chairman. "Why?" came in amazement from Mr. Eber Smith. ' You are hostile to the objects of ;he meeting and have no right to rote." It fell like a bortfb shell, and pandemonium broke lcose. Good farmers wanted to know why Capt. Dean had ;he right to judge their motives and to lecree that they mere not entitled to ^?* speak in a farmers' meeting, to role ?hat the chairman of the larmers~as^' iociation of the County had no right o come into its conventions or to par??-> itc nrrirj*txHnms? an anvaal ' t": ,?7?-? ~T -*X - ? vas taken from tne chairman's rulings Lad he ruled that he would entertain 10. appeal. Things got warm. Mr. T. E. Moore ras pouriag hot shot into the chair, :nd a dozen other men trying to get he floor. Capt. Dean threw up the iponge 2nd asked Dr. Smith to take L.e chair. This did not improve maters. Mr. Moore renewed the motion o table. Dr. Smith ruled it out ot >rder "because he was hostile to the >urpese of the meeting and had no +/N w/ifa "in onru>?1 TTflJ? fffjlfcfln. igau W TVWt 1111 ?. w a . le refused to entertain it. Rebellion was rampant but poweress. "All in favor of appointing a comnittee of nine to nominate delegates o Colombia say aye," said the Chairnan. A score of voices cried "aye'" "It is carried," said Dr. Smith. "Arnt you going to ?puc the other ide?" exclaimed Mr. Moore. "No" aid Dr. Smith, "all who would vote gainst the motion are hostile to the . ibjects of the meeting and are not enitled to vote;" "Well, I'll De aurnea," saia some* >ody in the crewd. D"c. Smith appointed the committee o select delegates. On this committee te appointed Maj. Claude C! Tomer, * ^ me of the most rampant Republicans ? n the State, so conspicuous in the late .lection trials. The committee retired and brought a the following delegation: Geo. B. )ean, Moses Wood, James W. Foster, B. O, Landrum, W. C. 8. Wood, Slias Smith, E. C. Allen, M. P. Patten, ohn Dewberry, N. L. Bennett. Alter* Lates?A. H. Dean, H. L. Farley, B. L Lancaster, Jonn carver ana *. hl. - Jmith. "All in favor of ratifying the nomitation say "aye," siid Dr. Smith. "Stop," said Tom Moore, "are you roing to put the negative." . ?. : "No," said Dr. Smith. "All who rote against the ratification of the Z icket are hostile to the purpose of the ... " . neeting and have no right te vete." > The vote in the affirmative was jretty loud, and the Chairman ven*-^^( lured to put the negative,but the vote igainst ratification was so abruug uuv vhen a division wascalled for he reused it, and declared the delegation di elected. A. 6ECOHD MEETING. Capt. J. W. Stribling, . the County Chairman of the Fanners' Association, ieciding that this waa not a meeting >f the Farmers' Association, called an)ther meeting. This meeting was lomposed entirely of farmers. Capt. JtriViing was elected Chairman, and 3r. W. Turner secretary. They went ntp an election of delegates,wnich resulted as follows: T. E. Moore, 8. Jtt. Mason, J. w. PPofford, Jas. H. Anderson, Jv B. O. Landrum, Moses Foster, J. M/ taapiams J. J. Vernon, N. F. Walker, J. iV. Stribling. Alternates?C. Eber Smith, W. J. Smith, A. P. Lancaster. ?. L. Anderson. They will contest for seats in the '-vJ-SSjjJ :onvention.?Spartanburg Herald. AX INFIDEL'S PHILOSOPHY. The ?xtraordiur7 Last Moment* ?t ? Tieoia UalTeriitr PrafMwr. A most remarkable deathbed scene book place in Vienna three weeks ago. nrH-- 1 -fit- ntA. ? TTATiner nrnfoMAI* 1H6 flCrU VI lb WJ? a j vuja^ j^t vavmmv* . at the university there. He w? a man i of great brilliancy and learning. His M lectures concerning the inner life of the soul were famous amorA the fl students, who visited them in He was rejzaided by his fellow A scrs in the philosophical facoltfl coming man in the dapaxJsM psychology. Socially, also^hefl man of considerable prominent Bj vras married into a wealthy* H and took every opportunity tA JUS Wilt) auu fanicc viuivuvu^H pleasure which the gay capital affords. At the thea? promenade-Jand at the grfl B balls he was cne of the mosS Four years ago he fell ill S curable disease, and his^pfiy^B warned him that only a radical coH from his gay mode ot life could hicM for a short time- the progress of malady. The young professor an\ swered quietly that he would die as ai philosopher should die, without an\ effort to defer his last day. He ate,; drank, studied, lectured, and danced exactly as he did. before the doctor warned him. A few weeks ago he lay down on his death bed. He read/Tlie c-?*5 same books and talked of the same frivolous amusements *s usual up to one evening about three weeks ago. At 8 o'clock the doctor then told him that he would die within a few hours. The young professor discussed many topics entirely foreign to the subject of his fast-approaching death with" his wife till midnight. "I feel well, very well," he said to her finally, "se well that I would like to drink a bottle of champagne with 4 you before I go. Kiss me?for I m go while you are away?an the wine put ea ice^MBU^