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> i S I p The Haunted Uham&eF, BY "THE DUCHESS." Authvr of "Monica," "ifona Scully* PhyUie " etc., etc. Rg^.'- CHAPTER vn. Reluctantly,- yet with a certain amount of curiosity to Ifnow what it is he may wish to sav to her, Dora wends her way to the gallery to keep her appointment with Arthur. Pacing to and fro beneath the searching eves of the gaunt cavaliers and haughty daraes that gleam down upon him-from their canvases upon the walls, Dyne court impatiently awaits her coming." "Ah, you are late!" he exclaims as she ? ; ? approaches. There is a tone of authoritv about him that dismays her. " ?? * i.l-.-iTw n I -sios very, jl mniii. sue 1 c^uuuo i pleasantly, Seeming conciliatory measures the best. "Why did you not come to the library? We all missed you so much at tear "Xo doubt," he replies sarcastically. "I can well fancy the disappointment my absence caused; the blank looks and regretful speeches that marked my defection. Pshaw?let-you and me a't least be honest to each other! Did "ptorfmca. think you. shed tears because of my non-coming?" This mood of his is so strange to her that, in spite of the natural false smoothness that belongs to her. it renders her dumb. "Look here," he goes on savagely, "I have seen enough to-day up in that accursed room above?that haunted chamber?to show me our game is not yet won." "Our game?what game?' asks Dora, with a foolish attempt at misconception. He laughs aloud?a wild, unpleasant, scornful laugh, that makes her cheek turn pale. Its mirth, she tells herself, is demoniacal. "You would get out of it now, would vnrtV" Tip "Tt is too late. I tell you. You have zone some way with mo, you must go the rest. I want your help, and you want mine. Will you draw back now, when the prize is half won, when a little more labor will place it within your grasp?" "But there must be no violence," she ga3ps; "no attempt at?" I "What is it you would say?" he inter- I rupts sternly. "Collect yourself; you surely do not know what you are hinting at. Violence! what do you mean by that?" "I hardly know," she returns, tremb?ling. "It was your look, your tone, I^^think, that frightened me." vonr nerves in vour cosfeefffor the futnie"-^3Xclair^coarselv: "they axe not -wanted where I am. !Nbw to business. You want to marry Sir Adrian, as I understand, whether his desire lies in the same direction or not?" At this plain speaking the dainty little lady winces openly. "My own opinion is" that his desire does not rim m your direction," continues Arthur remorselessly. "We both know where his heart would gladly find - - its home, where he would seek a "bride to place here in this grand old castle, but I will frustrate that hope if I die for it." . - He grinds his teeth as he savs this, - * ? - t - -J.1 J- 1 j. ana ioqks wim nerce ueu;uio vy c? ao wd long rows of his ancestors that line the W walls. "She would gladly see her proud fanface looking down upon me from amidst this goodiy company," he goes on, apostrophizing the absent Florence. "But that snail never be. I have sworn it; unless?I am her husband?unless?' I am her husband!" More slowly, more thoughtfully he repeats his last phrase, until Dora, affrighted by the sudden change that has disfigured" his face, speaks to him to > distract attention. "You have brought me here to?" she ventures timidly. "Ay, to tell you what is on my mind. f:~ x nave saia you want to uiaxrv Auiiau, I mean, to "marry Florence l)elmaine. To-day I disliked certain symptoms I i:. ' saw, that led me to believe that my own machinations have not been so successful as I could have wished. Be^ fore going in for stronger measures, ? ~ there is one more card that I will play. I have written you a note. Here it is, take it"?handing her a letter folded in the cocked-hat fashion. "What am I to do with this?" asks Bora nervously. "Head it. It is addressed to yourself. You will see that I have copied Adrian's handwriting as closely as possi^ ble, and have put his initials A. I), at ^ . jfed yet!5?jotir-a-diabolical smile?"it is no forgery either, as A. D. are my initials also." Opening the note with trembling fingers, Dora reads aloud as follows: "Can you?will you meet me to-morrow at four o'clock in the Hme-walk? I have been cold to you perhaps, but have I not had cause? You think my slight attentions to another betokens a decrease in my love for you, but in this, dearest, you are mistaken. I am yours heart and souL For the present I dare not declare myself, for the reasons you already know, and for the same reasons am bound to keep up a seeming friendliness with some I would gladly break with alto-" gether. But I am happy only with you, and happy too in the thought that our hearts' beat as one. f- "Yours forever, A. D." Dora, having finished reading the let-, ter, glances at him uneasily. "And?what is the mean in? of this letter? What is it written for'/ What am I to do with it?" she stammers, - beating the precious missive against the palm of her hand, as though in loathing of it. "You will show it to her. You will speak of it as a love-letter written to you by Adrian. You will consult her as to whether it be wise or prudent to accede to his proposal to meet you alone in the lime-walk. You wiH, in', fact, put out all your powers of deception, which"?with a sneering smile?. I*. "are great, and so compel her to believe.; - the letter is from him to you." ^ "But?" falters Dora. "There shall be no 'but' in the matter. You have entered into this affair with me, and you shall pursue it to the end. If vou fail me. I shall betrav your share in it?more than your share ?and paint you in such colors as will * shut the doors of society from you. You understand now, do you?" "Go on," says" Dora, with colorless lips. "Ah, I have touched the right chord ^ at last, have I? Society, your idol, you dare not brave! Well, to continue, you will also tell her, in your own sweet innocent way"?with another sneer that makes her quiver with fear and rage? "to account for Adrian's decided "and almost loverlike attentions to her in the room we visited, that you had had a lovers' quarrel with him some time before, earlier in the day; that, in his fit of pique, he had sought to be revenged upon you, and soothe his slighted feelings by feigning a sudden Interest in her. You follow me?" "Yes" replies the submissive Dora. Alas, how smcerelv she now ^y.isJies sna naa never entered into tins naierui intrigue! Then when you have carefully sown lies in her heart. and seen her ' proud face darken arid quiver with pain beneath your words"?oh, how his own evil face glows \> itli unholy satislu . faction as he sees the picture he has just drawn stand out clear before his eyes!?"you will affect to be driven by compunction into granting Sir Adrian's supposed request, you will don your hat and cloak, and go down to the lime ^. walk to encounter?me. If I am any judge of character, that girl, so haughty to all the world," will lower her pride for her crushed lover's sake, ana will follow you, to madden herself with vour meeting with the man she loves. j?o her, I shall on this occasion represent Sir Adrian. Are you listening?" She is indeed?listen ins: with all her might to the master mind that has her in thrall. "You will remember not to start .when you meet me." he continues, issuing his commands with insolent assumption of authority over the dainty Bora, who up to tliis. has been accustomed to rule it over others in \ her particular sphere, and who now \ chafes and writhes beneath the sense of slavery that is oppressing her. "You will meet me calmly, oblivious of the JLclUl wLltlO JL OlK4ii V.UH1 in xivvu.?iii ^ light overcoat, the one of which Miss Ifelmaine was graciously pleased to . v sav she approved yesterday morning." ^ V His eves licrht asain with a revensre TV j V... ...[' r. , 1, , .LLi.-'- . jlUI SaC_as ne cans to mind the flight praise Florence has bestowed in a very casual fashion on his coat. Every smiie, ev y kindly word addressed by this girl to his cousin, is treasured up by him and dwelt upon in secret, to the terrible strengthening of the purpose he has in view. "But if you should be seen?be ; J - * * marKea," nesitates jjuxu Ktiuu>. "Pshaw?am I one to lay my plans so clumsily as to court discovery on even the minutest point?*' he interrupts impatiently. "When you meet me vou will?but enough of this: I shall be there to meet you in the lime-walk, and after that you will take your cue from me." "That is all you have to say V asks Dora, anxious to quit his hated presence.' "For the present?yes. Follow my instructions to the letter, or dread the consequences. Any blunder in the perr>f t>)-c I Shall lay to your charge." "You threaten, sir!" she exclaims angrily, though she tumbles. ';Let it be your care to see that I do not carry "out my threats." he retorts, with aii insolent shrug. The next clay, directly after luncheon, as Florence is sitting in her own room, touching up an unfinished watercolor sketch of part of the ground round the castle?which have, alas, grown only too dear to her!?Dora enters her room. It is an embarrassed and significantly smiling Dora that trips up to her. and says with pretty hesitation in her tone? "Dearest Florence, I want your advice about something." "Mine?" exclaims" Florence, laying down her brush, and looking, as she feels, astonished. As a rule, the gentle Dora does not sees lor wisuoin iroia ber friends. "Yes, dear, if you can spare me the time. Just five minutes will do, and then you can return to your charming sketch. Oh"?glancing at it?"how exactly like it is?so perfect; what a sunset, and what firs! One could imagine one's self in the Fairies' Glen by "just looking at it." "It is not the Fairies7 Glen at all; it is that bit down by Gough's farm," says Florence coldly. "Of late she has not been so blind to Dora's artificialness as she used to be. "Ah, so it is!" agrees Dora airily, not^ in the least discomposed atjjgr^mls- j UlK?. "-rVnci SO HKt; it iuy* IUU mca genius, dearest, you are really, and j might make your fortune, only that ; you haverme made already for you, fortunate girl!" "You want my advice," suggests I Florence quietly." "Ah, true: and about something important too!" She throws into her whole air so much coquetry mingled with assumed bashfulness that Florence knows by instinct that the "something" has Sir Adrian for its theme, and she grows pale and miserable accordingly. "Let me hear it then," she urges, leaning back with a weary sigh, "I have just received this letter." says "MVc Tnlhnt. takinsr from her Docket the letter Arthur had given her, and holding it out to Florence. "I want to know how I shall answer it. Would vou?would you honestly advise me; Flo, to go anil meet him as he desires?' "As who desires?" "Ah, true; you do not know, of course! I am so selfishly full of myself and my own concerns" that I seem to think every one else must be full of them too." Forgive me, dearest, and read his sweet little letter, will you?" "Of whom are you speaking ?to whose letter do vou refer? asks Florence, a little sharply, in the agcfcy of her heart. t-T?7/v*?/vn"Whrvco TVYYnlH T JL 1V1 VXLV/V TT HV.JV AVVWV4 " vvuv* a wv... 'sweet' except Sir Adrian's?" answers her cousin, with gentle reproach. "But it' is meant for you. not me," says Miss Delmaine, holding the letter in her hand, and glancing at it with great distaste. "He probably intended no other eves but yours to" look upon it." "But I must obtain advice from some one, and who so natural to expect it from as you, my nearest relative? If, however"?putting her handkerchief to her eyes?"vou object to help me, Florence, or if it distresses you to read?" "Distresses me?" interrupts Florence haughtily. "Why should it distress me? ii you nave no oojecuon iu my reauuujj your?lover's?letter, why should I hesitate about doing so? Pray sit dc >vn while I run through it." . Dora having seated herself, Florence hastily reads the false note from beginning to end. Her heart beats furiously as she does so, and her color comes and goes: but her voice is quite steady when she speaks again. "Well," she says, putting the paper from her as though glad to get rid of it, "it seems that Sir Adrian wishes to speak to you on some subject interesting to vou and him alone, and that he has chosen the privacy of the limewalk as the spot in which to hold your tete-a-tete. It is quite a simple affair, is it not? Though really, why he could not arrange to talk privately to you m some room in the castle, which is surely large enough for the purpose, I can not understand." "Dear Sir Adrian is so romantic," savs Dora coyly. ^Is he?" responds her cousin dryly. "He has alwavs seemed to me the sanest of men. Well, on what matter do you wish to consult me?" "Dear Florence, how terribly prosaic and unsympathetic you are to-day," says Dora reproachfully; "and I came to you so sure of offers of lave and in^acisnip:' jl" want you ro ten me ir you think I ought to meet him or not." "Why notr j "I don't know"?with a little simper. "Is it perhaps humoring him too much? I have always dreaded letting a man imagine I cared for him, unless fully, utterly, assured of his affection for me." Florence colors again, and then grows deadly pale, as this poisoned barb pierces her Dosom. "I should think," she says slowly, "after reading the letter you'have just fhown me. you ought to 'feel assured." "You believe I ought, reallv?"?with a fine show of eagerness. "-Sow, you are not saying this to please me?to gratify me?" "I should not please or gratify any one at the expense of truth.'r "Xo, of course not. You are such a high-principled girl, so different from many others. Then you think I might go and meet him this" evening without sacrificing my dignity in any way?" "Certainly.'" "Oh. I'm so glad," exclaimed little Mrs. Talbot rapturously, nodding her "honorable" head with a beaming smile, "because I do so want to meet him. dear fellow! And I value vour opinion, Flo, more highly than that of any friend I possess. You are so solid, so thoughtful?such a dear thing altogether." Florence takes no heed of this rodomontade, but sits quite still, with downJ - x - 11 ease eyes, tapping me sui;m uiuie neur her with the tips of her slender fingers in a meditative fashion. "The fact is," continues Dora, who is watching her closely. "I may as -.veil let you into a little secret. Yesterday Sir Adrian and I had a tinv. oh. such a tiny little dispute, all about nothing, I, assure you"?with a gay laugh?"but to us it seemed quite important. lie said he was jealous of me. Xow just fancy that. F3o: iealous of poor little me!" "It is quite possible; you are pretty? most men admire you;' Florence remarks coldly, still without raising her eyes. "Ah, you flatter me, naughty girl! "Well, silly as it sounds, he actually was jealous, and really gave me quite a scolding. It brought tears to my eyes, it upset me so. So to tell the truth, we parted rather bad friends; and, to be revenged on me, I suppose, he father neglected me for the remainder of the uoy. Again Florence is siler-1, though her tormentor plainly waits for a lead from her before going on. "You must have remarked." she continues presently, "how cold and reserved ne was towards me when we were all together in that dreadful , haunted chamber." Here she really ' shudders, in spite of herself. The uel eyes of Arthur Dynecourt seem to be i oh her again, as they were in that ghostly room. " "I remarked nothing." responds Flore>Ttra ioUTI - ~ - - - - ? - VwVfi "No?feailyV "Well, he was. Why. my dear Florence, you must have seen how < he singled you "out to be attentive to you. just to' show me how offended lie was." "lie did not seem offended at any , one, and I thought he was in particu- * lar good spirits," replies Florence 1 calmly. J Dora turns a delicate Dink. * ' Dear Adrian is such an excellent i actor." she says sweetly, "and so proud; ] he will disguise his feelings, however . keen they may be. from the knowledge of any one. "no matter what the effort may cost him. Well, dearest, and so < you positively advise me to keep this i appointment with him?" j '"I advise nothing. I merely say that 1 I see nothing objectionable in your , walking up and down the lime-walk : with your host." > "How clearly you put it! Well, 3 adieu, darling, for the present, and 1 thank you a thousand times for all the time you have wasted on me. I assure ,vou 1 am not worth it"?kissing her hand brightlv. For once she speaks the truth: she is j ^ ~ ~ -1 ? w.Av?ta?%f of not/ lnueeu wuruu vnv wumcuu vi > time Florence lias been compelled to , expend upon her; yet, when she has , tripped out of the room, seemingly as free from guile as a light-hearted child, Miss Delmaine's thoughts still follow : her inclination. She has gone to meet him; no doubt to interchange tender words and vows with him; to forgive, to be forgiven, about some sweet bit of lover's folly, : the dearer for its very foolishness. She listens for her footsteps as she returns along the corridor, dressed no doubt in her prettiest gown, decked out to make herself fair in his eyes. An overwhelming desire to see how she has robed herself on this particular occasion induces Florence to go to the door and look after her as she descends the stairs. She just catches a glimpse of Dora as she turns the comer, and sees, to her surprise, that she is by no means daintily attired, but has thrown a plain dark waterproof over her dress, as thou<rh to hide it. Slightly surprised at this, Florence ponders over :t, and finally comes to the bittei conclusion that Dora is so -rare of his devotion that she knows it is not necessary for her to beueck herself in finery to please him. In hi&eyes of course she is lovely in any toilet. Soon, soon she will be with him. IIow will thev greet each other? Will he look into I)ora's eyes as he u^ed to look into hers not so very long ago? Arthur Dynecourt read lier aright when he foresaw that she would be un - ? ->?- ? rv?_ <1016 to repress tne ucsuc uu iuhuh ?svra, and see for herself the meeting between her and Sir Adrian. Hastily putting on a large Rubens hat, and"twisting a soft piece of black lace round her neck, sue runs downstairs, and. taking a different direction from that she knows Dora most likely pursued, she arrives by a side path at the lime-walk almost as soon as her cousin. Afraid to venture too near, she obtains a view of the walk from a high position framed in by rhododendrons. Yes, now she can see Dora, and now she can see too, the man who ccrmes eagerly to meet her. Ilis face is slightly turned away from her, but the tall figure clad in tlie loose light overcoat is not to be mistaken. He advances quickly, and meets Dora with both hands outstretched. She appears to draw back a little, and then he seizes her hands, and, stooping, covers them with kisses. A film seems to creep over Florence's eyes. With a stifled groan, she turns and flies homeward. Again in the privacy of her own room, and having turned the key securely in the lock to ? .-.i. -11 j m -u? ^14 seep out an mtruuers, sue jLiciaeij. upon her bed and cries as if her heart would break. ******* Not until her return to her room doss Dora remember that she did not get back the false letter from her cousin. In the heat of the conversation she had forgotten it, but now, a fear possessing her lest Florence should show it to any one, sne runs upstairs ana &noe?3 at Miss Delmaine's door. "Come in," calls Florence slowly. It is three hows- since she went for her unhstfov walk to the lime-irrove. and now she is composed again, and is waiting for the gong-to sound before descending to the drawing-room, where she almost dreads the thought: that she will be face to face with Sir Adrian. She is dressed for dinner, has indeed taken most particular pains with her toilet, if only to hide the ravages that these past three hours of bitter weeping have trace'l upon her beautiful face. She looks sad still, but calm and dignified. Dora is dressed too, but is looking flurried and flushed. "T beer vonr rani on." she savs: "but , my letter?the fetter i showed you today?have yon it?" . "Xo." replies Florence simply; "I thought I gave it back to vou; but, if not, it must be here on the table"? lifting a book or two from the gypsytable near which she had been sitting when Dora came to her room early in the day. Dora looks for it everywhere, in a somewnat nerv ous, inguueneu maujuci, Florence helping her the while; but nothing comes of their search, and they are fain to go down-stairs without it, as the gong sounding loudly tells them they are already late. "Never mind," says Dora, afraid of having betrayed too much concern. "It is really of no consequence. I only wanted it, because?well, because"? with the simper that drives Florence nearly mad?Uhe wrote it." "T cTiall fpll mv maid ?n Tonic for it. arid, if she finds it, you shall have it this evening," responds Florence, with a slight contraction of her brows that passes unnoticed. To Florence's mortification, Arthur Dynecourt takes her in to dinner. On their way across the hall from the drawing-room to the dining-room, he presses the hand that rests so relucts antly upon his arm, and says, with an affectation of the sincerest concern? "You are not well; you are looking pale and troubled^ ana?pardon me if i am wrong, dud i imnn you nave t>een crying." :'I must beg sir," she retorts, with excessive hauteur, removing her hand from his arm, as though his pressure had burned her?"I must beg, you will not trouble yourself to study my countenance. Your doing so is most offensive to me." "To see you in trouble, and not long to help or comfort you is impossible to me." cro6s on Dvnecourt, unmoved by her scorn. "Are you still dwelling on ! the past?on what is irrevocable? I Have you had fresh cause to remember | it to-day?" There is a gleam of malice in his eyes, but Florence, whose gaze is i turned disdainfully away from Mm, i fails to see it. She charges color indeed beneath his words. i-[:t makes him no reply, and, when they reach, the dining-room, in a very marked manner she takes seat far removed from his. There is a sinister expression in his eyes and round his mouth as he notes ' this studied avoidance. ILontinuea.j A*Fatal Explosion. VVTT TT FQP. i T?T?Tv. Pft.. Anvil 3.?A fcer-I rible explosion of gas took place in No. i shaft at Nanticoke this morning. Twelve men were in the lift at the time of the accident. Eight were : brought out at noon seriously burned and one dead. The three other mii-n v ir . l. j ners stni an me snare. it. is ueueveu, have been suffocated. ?Tlie production of gold in California began in 1S48, the yield that year being 89.000:000: in the year folio-?ving. ?40.000.000, and ?50,000,000 in 1830. The total gold product of i that State to date is estimated at $1.125.000.000. ? [ ?Premier Crispi. of Italy, is a millionaire. although thirty years ago he was one of the poorest of the revolutionary exiles. A BRUTAL MURDER. lit* Killed by his Wife ami a Ne* 1 7i? 'liu 11, IVlib Whom BfCiiusp 1 ufu!unifd. On Sunday night, 23rd of March, a \ iiost brutal murder was committed ( near Trades villein this county. About < 10 o'clock that night the neighbors of HMinis hf.ird liim lipccnnc . :or mercy. They would have gone to ais rescue, but his pleadings soon ceased and they supposed he was wrong. The following day some one < Df the neighbors in passing the house j inquired of Hennis's wife why her , husband was begging so for his life 1 the night before. She protested that 1 she knew nothing of it and that her ( ( 1 J "U ? J 1 v_ { ausoaiiu nau. ieiL name eariy m tut; . morning for Brewer Mine. Her ae- ; tions aroused the suspicion of the party quizzing her and by Wednes day it was ascertained that Hennis ' was not at the Brewer Mine nor was : be expected there. This made suspi- j cion of foul play very strong and some ! of the neighbors determined to make search for the body. Roxy Hennis. . the wife of the murdered man, joined : in the search or pretended to. Shortly after noon on "Wednesday ' the body was found by a woman by the name of Wright. It was lying in a ditch about 300 yards from the house and (jpvered over with leaves and trash. The body was taken out and it was discovered that' a most foul murder had been committed. From the waist up was beaten almost to a jelly; part of the scalp of the head was removed, one ear was gone, half the nose was cut off, the cheek bone was scarred up with a knife, the throat was cut and there i 1 ^,.4. were a numoer 01 siaDs m and back. A gentleman who saw tHe " told us it was the most horrible sight he ever saw. On Thursday Justice Funderburk summoned a jury of inquest. Meanwhile the wife of Hennis and a bright mulatto negro named Rachel Cato, who lived five miles distant but who was seen in that neighborhood on Monday morning, were charged with the crime and arrested. At the inquest th? woman broke down under the questions and related the w"hole affair. By an agreement witn tne negro slie was to serve him one year if he would kill her husband. On Sunday night Cato went to Hennis' house, carrying with him half a gallon of whiskey. He and Hennis took several drinks when Cato proposed to go. Hennis insisted on has staying all night. Cato induced Hennis to go out with him and show him the public road. Hennis went and was thereupon assaulted and slain. His body was concealed as stated above. Cato claims that he had help in his foul work. That Wm. Clybun, colored, TT-ai+inrf /vr> nn+cif??> OTirl ?UO JULL W CkJL VM uuv V* V^-.V?W that they together despatched Hennis. Clybura fled after the inquest and has not been arrested. The sheriff has several deputies out in search of him and if he has not left the State be will likely be overtaken. 'Cato and the woman were lodged in jail at this place Friday. The woman is about 19 years of age and was married to Hennis about two years ago. The negro is a mulatto about 27 years old. Hennis the murdered man was from New York. He was a painter and came to thi*? country about three years ago. JtLe nas a iatner ana brother living in New York. They have been -written to and informed of his death.?Lancaster, S. C., Ledger. BLEW WHEAT OUT OF THE GROUND. Trick# ! tUe Late T?rnniIo It. Southern Illinois. St. Louis, April 7,?Information from parts of the tornado-swept recn nn nf Southern Illinois and Ken tucky is to the effect that fifteen families in Bay Bottoms, near Golconda, Illinois, were rendered homeless and most of their members injured. The storm literally swept growing wheat from the ground. Ten dwellings were totally wrecked and all bams and other outhouses destroyed. Several hundred head of cattle were scattered and killed. In Livingston county, By., directly across the Ohio river from Golconda, Jacob Schwab had his farm house blown awav, his barns and threshing machine wrecked, and was himself carried two hundred feet, dashed against a tree, mangled beyond recognition, and died instantly. The house of William Bell was torn to pieces, his* furniture blown into the river five miles away, his barn demolished, stock killed, and of his family of five, every one had an arm or leg broken or -was otnerwise injured. Eli Bobbett and family were at supper and although his house was carried away and demolished no one was hurt. Some of the dishes on the supper table were found on the other side of the Ohio river. At Henderson, Ky., it is estimated that over forty persons were killed or fatally injured in that vicinity, and twice as many more wounded, but no names are given. On Friday men went over to Circle in skiffs, and transferred people from trees and roofs to gin houses, which are generally substantial buildings, These houses are now packed with people, hundreds of people bein cr in snmp of them. Mr. Coombs took to Helena one hundred. and thirty-one persons and one hundred and ten cattle. Many of the planters in the Circle are utterly ruined, and the remainder have no seed to plant, even should the waters subside in time to put in a crop Suffering has been and will be great, and aid of all kinds will be necessary to carry the people through their affliction. St. Louis, April 7.?Information from what is known as Laconia Cir cle, a section of country .between Helena and Arkansas City, which is practically surrounded by the Mississippi and "White rivers, is to the effect that people there are in a deplorable condition. "Water poured over the levees on both sides, and in three hours the Circle was filled even with the surface of the river. The water averaged eight feet deep. This occurred so suddenly that the people had no time to do anything, Their houses, stock and everything else they owned were in the water, and in some cas?s swept away before they realized what had happened. PEOPLE LIVING IN LOFTS. The citizens of Helena sent the steamer Houston Coombs down there last Thursday as a relief boat, to aid the people. A correspondent on board writes that when the steamer arrived at the Circle, a number of houses were found blown off their blocks or stilts, and others were careened. The peple had been living in the lofts of some of the low houses and when these careened they could only escape by knocking holes in the roofs. Several people were blown into the water and swam to others, where they remained Thursday night, and a number of cattle were drowned. COLONEL COIT DECLINES- | He State* that He Does noi F?i!y Knd?r??* ! the Platform, Col. J. C. Coii who was nominated 11 :'or Lieutenant Governor at the re-! ' :ent convention in Columbia, lias ' jent the following lftter: "Chzraw, S. C- April 2. iS'yO. i , ZJaptain G. AY. Shell, chairman. and | others. Executive Committee of the ] Farmers" Association: Gentlemen?Having waited a rea- ' sonable time for an official notitu*a-', ;ion of the action of the March eon- j ( mention in placing my name before1 ' t " j x? t 1 the people as a candidate 101- juicu- . tenant Governor, and not having1 re-:J seived such notice. I deem it not im-!. proper to address this communication to you. "While I fully appreciate the unsolicited compliment which has been paid me and desire to express thanks j for this evidence of confidence, yet I j am satisfied that my name was pinforward under a misapprehension. "It cannot be doubted that the j j! j/i- - ic 1 purpose 01 tut? uoiivt;.u.u.uii mm w; place upon the ticket men who were in full sympathy with the letter of the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Farmers'Association (Captain Shell) in calling the convention together?men who fully endorsed the platform adopted, and who could and would canvass the State upon the . issues therein made. ' Without retelling to any objections I had to the letter of Captain Shell, or my views as to the policy of making nominations at this time, it will be sufficient for me to say that I do not fully endorse the platform, and for this and other sufficient rea SGB?-CttMtot enter upon a canvass m its support as required by the eleventh section of the platform. :<In justice, therefore, to myself as well as in justice to the body whose executive you7 are, I beg leave to withdraw my name from. the ticket suggested. This action will also relieve you of all embarrassment in substituting a man who will represent the views which prevailed in the convention. "It is but proper for me to say ? 1 ' i 'i */? - .1 !i-"U here that 1 am wnoiiy laenimeu >\ilu the agricultural interests of the State and am in full sympathy with the farmers in their efforts to better their condition, and to this end am heartily in favor of their taking an active part in the control of legislation, both Fed! eral and State. But all must admit j that honest difference's of opinion as ; to the means and measures which will furnish the needed relief may well exist between men actuated by 11 " 1 " ?L i-- n/\Al^r>/v +1^ O j 1116 DeSt motives unu accfl 1115 iw complishment of the same ends." a rumor about capt. tillman. Charleston, S. C. March 31.?A rumor ran like wild fire through the city to night that there might be some change in the Tillman tactics. The rumor is to the effect that Captain Tillman may withdraw from the race for Governor in certain contingencies and that the executive committee of the late convention will substitute ex-Mayor "W. A. Courtenay to head the ticket. It is said that if the op position to Captain Tillman wincn has been developed continues to increase he will be willing to withdraw in which event some other name will be sheeted by the executive committee. It is impossible to say what importance, if any, can be attached to the riunor, but it is said to come from a new spaper man connected with a journal that supported the Fanners' Movement. i Captain Courtenay is in Alabama 1 and doubtless knows nothing of the rumor. There is no doubt that he - i.1. _ could command a large vote m me low country if he "was nominated by j the regular Democratic Convention.? ' Greenville News. j Stopped His Paper. Nowadays, when a subsrciber gets j so mad, because an editor differs i from him on some trival question, : that he discontinues his paper, we remind him of the late Horace Gree ; ley, the well-known editor of tJtie ! New York Tribune. Passing down I Newspaper Row, in New York City i one morning, he met one of his readj ers, who exclaimed: . "Mi*. Greeley, after that article you ! published this morning, I intend to stop your paper." I k;Ohrno!" said Mr. Greeley, "don't | do that." "Yes, sir; my mind is made up; I intend to stop the paper.7' The angry subscriber was not to be appeased, and they separated. Late in the afternoon the two met again when Mr. Greeley remarked: "Mr. Thompson. I am very glad you did not carry out7 your threat i this morning.'' "What do you mean?" ! "Why, you said you were going to stop my paper, didn't you?" "And so I did. I went to the office and had your paper stopped." "You are surely mistaken. I have just come from there, and the press was running, and business was booming." I "Sir," said Thompson, very pompously, "I meant, I intended to stop my subscription to the paper." "Oh, thunder!" rejoined Greeley, "I thought you were going to stop the running of my paper, and knock me out of a living. My friend, let me tell j ou something. One man is just one drop of water in the ocean. You didn't set the machinery of this world in motion, and you can't stop if- fl-nd when vou are underneath the ! ground things upon the surface will i wag on the same as ever." Clemson College. Greenville, S. C., April 2.?[Special]?The executive committee of the board of trustees of the Clemson College met yesterday at Pendleton, every member being present. The purpose of the meeting was to locate the place of the respective buildings and propose and prepare suitable plans for them, to be submitted to the full board of Trustees. It was decided to recommend plans for the main college buiding three stories high. 90 by 112 feet, with a chapel attached, 50 by 75 feet; the main building to contain twelve lecture rooms, two society halls and offices for the president and treasurer: a complete laboratory two stories high, 50 by 80 feet, to be built according to latest designs from Germany: two dormitories for 150 students, a mess hall and a kitchen; a two story building for the mechanical department, 40 by 100 feet: ten professors" houses with from four to six rooms. I except the president's house, which j will be much larger. It is estimated that the cost of all j will be ?100,000, and all buildings ; 1 TWo ! WILL oe OULLl OI Ul'lCJh. iuwiuv.a. jl-m-w... , is abundant clay for brick on the | place, and also stone and nearly j enough timber for the woodwork. j j ?The Hon. S. J. Randall is now j able to attend to his correspondence 1 and hopes soon to resume his duties in Congress. : rFh ic P-aiic/i T>o t r* I ? An ache or pain is not of itself a ; lisease. it is but a symptom, and! the sufferer that there is some- j thing the matter with his physical j jrganizafioii. Weak kidneys, bad j, blood and nervousness are frequently the source or cause of the many mysterious achinc fliflf afflict the body. You can remove the cause }f such distress by using B. B. B. 'Botanic Blood Balm). C. H. Roberts. Atlanta. Ga., writes: ily kidneys were disordered and ?ave me excruciating pain. A single bottle of B. B. B. helped me wonderfully." "Win. N. Nelson, McDonough, Ga., writes: "B. B. B. has benefitted my daughter very much. She was afflicted with severe nervousnes. I think it the best family medicine*" W. R. Ellis, Brunswick, Ga.. writes: "I have tried B. B. B. and it is a great tiling for the blood. It also cured me of rheumatic pains." Diseases Peculiar to women, especially monthly disorders, are cured by the timely use of Bradiield's Female Regulator. A R(-:iu!>Iiea:i committee of the Repul.iifioi Uoiis-fc of Representatives has adrniucd that there is a color line and has? drawn it deep and dark. It has reported favorably a bill giving J. S. Asbury, a negro, the right to erect on the government reservation at Fortress JJomoe a hotel to t>e run "exclusively for colored guests " H^ie is a piece of home news taken from a Northern paper: "In ?outh Carolina recentlv two superstitious colored persons, so it is reported, becoming frightened by the darknes- which preceded a storm, sank to the ground and expired almost instantly." When and where did this happen? It costs somethiog to defend a monopoly, especially when it rests upon a patent the validity of which is disputed. The litigation expenses of the Bbli Tek phon? Company in 1888 were ?222,000, and last year they yere $144,000. As there was a net revenue frnim rh#> l-.nkin#>s> r>f thft nornn&nv Of numerous millions in each of these years it managed .to proceed in spite of lawyers' fees. It has ; een said that the money al- | ready saved to the commerce of the United States by the use of Mathew F. Mury's charts weuld erect a monumont. r.f nr*rinns stones snArklicff with ! diamonds, and yet it is doubtful if Congress will vote the simple shaft which it is asked to erect to memory of this great and useful man. The Congress of the United States, at least wheu controlled by a Republican majority, doe.sn'tcare much for sentiment ?crccpi the seniiment that is absorbed in the desire to keep control of the government. The German companies which hoped to rival in East Africa the' success of the British East India Company are about bankrupt and the colonies they have founded will soon be transferred to the German states. This will lead to consolidation and perhaps to a more energetic administration than has heretofore marked the conduct of affairs. Still, it is very doubtful whether Germany can build up an empire in Africa. Her government has begun to deal with questions of domestic politics that will, for a long time, absorb most of its energies. Mr. Richard J. Dodge, statistician of the Agricultural Department, is acrtf/worotot.in c f.hft VftlllPS of the V/UOUU u i \/ r v? v?v . - annual agricultural imports into this country by $100,000,000 As Mr. Dodge prepared bis figures s? as to bolster up the protectionist claim that there is not an over-production of farft crops in this country for the home market, his work is probably satisfactory to the powers that be, regardless of the actual facts. Protectionists stand constantly in need of something to bolster their position. When facts cannot be had, misstatements answer almost as well. Making Papev from Cotton. The increasing demand for paper for printing and writing has induced investigation and experiments, with a view to utilize as many different fibres as possible in the manufacture. The latest suggesiion on this line is to use the sborS lint taken from cotton seed by re-ginning. The fibre of this sbort lint is unfit for geat ral use in fabrics, and has heretofore been trade into batting. It is claimed, however, that it can be utilized in making paper of a good quality. On this point the Boston Journal of Commerce says: "There is a Western company, believed to be more or less controlled by those connected with the cotton seed oil trust, which has been conducting a plant for the last two years for taking cotton seed hulls and separating from thftm the short lint that clings to them alter the ginning process. The clean 1 hulls are converted into a meal, while the lint is sold to paper mills. The sale of the lint has become an important and growing branch of the business. The machinery for obtaining these products is very complex and is the result of much expense and patient experimenting. We have, for the inspection of any one who may be interested in this matter, samples of the crude lint as it is delivered to paper ? :n~ tlio lint. ofKAr if. hie hnon ILLillSj ouu va wuv 4*ww bleached at the mil], also of two o? three grades of paper made from it. The texture of the paper, or one grade of it used far correspondence purposes, we have had tested and find that it compares very favorably with many American makes of so-called linen paper. It is about half the average strength of genuine linen paper. That is to say the breaking strain is thirty pounds to the square inch." The Journal is mistaken in the idea that the reginning of the coiton is | something new. This has been going on for some time. The use of the pro duct in paper making is of recent in troductioR. The Atlanta Constitution pertinently asks why the cotton oil mills in the cotton belt may not combine in a mill to mauufactureall their short lint into I paper. Why not? fa IPAP/rS WASipw 1 A, J~3~ - J .a. \ . js, .y Jv. ?. ^ *>S ? ? - : i < ! r? -:. * - - i . [ mm - MUTUAL . LIFIi - 1 ?' of O "S757" ii ectititn to your first consideration, sic< tbe Life Insurance Institutions r.f the : in all tbe features of business:?. together \* 1 Tr 10 tl-.o Alienor xO*:tr^? Tif^ Ttrs?Tfnn#?f? 2. It is the Largest Life Insurance Cornpa: 3. It is the Strongest financial Institution more than Oce Hundred and Twenty-s i. It is tbe Safest Company in which to iu 5. It is the Cheapest Company in which to ducir.fi tJ,e tinal cost of insurance buIoN 6. This GP.-.AT CORPORATION has ean in Cas> Surplus, ic twoo:;-one ycare', is Lea y elevec million dollars nto'f * tbe r it TWO leading companies. Pianos and Orgaus. N. W. Trump, 134 Main Street. Columbia. S. C.. sells Pianos and Organs direct from factory. No agents' commissions. Tlie celebrated dickering Piano, jtfatlirsek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, light-! ness of touch and lasting qualities.; Mason cc Hamlin Upright Piano. ; Sterling Upright Piano, from 822 i up. Arion Piano, from ?200 up. " tt i .Mason jc namun *_/rgiius. by none. Sterling Orgeans. 850 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' tii.tl, expenses both ways, if not satisfactoro. Sold on enstalhnents. ?It is whispered in Washington that Bridget Sweeny, a trusted old servant of the Tracy family, set the fire which cost several of the family their lives in February, while under the power of an insane impulse. The only ftire Core for Corns. S:?>p?a!I p-.tn. Ensure ^wfort to the feet loc. at 11 rscv x & Cb., .VA. 0 '*0 ^ 3 y J isTj ? 8 V E flnvc roc Consrli. liivnchlti.-8. /.sr.iur.*, i;.'ii^">tion! Use OARiCER'S CIWCES TO?fip, U ha^cuntf (bo ? ui >1 cases a:u. u t t?e iy 11 i.-rnfc_- r *!I Uls arising ! -oci 'iiCective su! Taio Li' Ti *ad SI-CM. |^pPM HA'iR^HSLQA33 | Nev^r Fails io B?tora Gray j CD?rX:T?*" ?;~5 V"V^' Ik4J2&5& rSsfcSitf i nl?:# >. i" : -t-* Bed Cro?5 Ui.s:i=v.;:cl ? -uu ii/1 Theoolr reliab'.J pi" ! r fi'-ri I I V i7j sore. Ladle*, ??Ji i/r-ic;:' Iri.> . '. - f ( mondiirnnti,in red wvwij V*3" A* WHO Diucncoou. A (stamps) for partleuliirs iw JlS.'c? ?'.<? Ladlem" in letter, ty n??n. -Va.i.- .'-. -. CUcie*tcr Chemical Co., iladlson fc-Q, i'ULkidi^ i Agents wanted to. wrrt It 5s a perfect sell Pinless Clothes iw |J wiuter line. SumLines; no more pie iine sent by clothes pins needed. -- ? mail lor also It holds the boa vest T"a5TaTjr< -'Oft. line by and finest labrics jai^i mail $1.25 prewithoat pins. a paid. For circuClotbes do not freeze to ! lars,price list, terms it and cannot blow off. j address the PINLTCSS CLOTHES LINE CO., 17 Hermon St.. Worcester, Mass. MADfc wnri BUii-ir-io wn-.i-n. GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA MADE WITH 3GIU-NG Mli-K. ESS?3?rer*?J? ?ij.53,v.3 How Lcsi/ : ?v fiegairsed, J. S m- / m* " : ' TH? SCiEfcCE Cr L.5i-? A Scientific and Standard Popsi.-c Sfcdica! Treat rsa on the Eni.rs of Youth,rr^wuif.r-.. sxLse,Xe.v?>ug and PbjKfaal Debility, Inijuji:'1? o/ tixc jJiced, i{ct;nltinjr from Folly. YIcc, Ignorance, Excesses or 0\ ertaxailion, Jviervatinz and unfitting the victim for Kork, Business, thcJIarriedor So<>-<! Relation. J Avoid unskillful pretenders. .ithispreat iv-^ric. It contains 30C pa<jcs, royal.. . Beautilul i-hiding, embossed, full pile. Pri-i ? j $1.00 by U.S.L1, postpaid, c icealed in plain '> x]>cr. Ilhis:rative Prospeclu.. Free, if you ; cow. The distinguished astuor. V.'k. H. Parit'., Iif. D., received the GOLD AM) JE\VELLLl> DOEDAL ;roni tne Minonai meaicai Association lor tiiia PRIZE ESSAY on NEilVOUS cj;<1 PHYSICAL PEBILIT Y.Dr. Parker and accrps of Assistant Physicians may be consulted, co^tldcntially, by mail or in person, at the office of THE PEABCUY 3IEUICAI. INSTITUTE, No- 4 BclJineh St., Boston. JInsn.. to whom all orders for books or letters for advice should be directed as above. __________ mmmm /Sr-Ask. foi- catalogue. TERRY M'FG CO.. :4ashvill?. r' 'Talbott & Sons. ' R!?g3039, vl, Manuf actur.^r s Will i'uiaL-h lowest c^i.i:uatts ?Y> ;i|l kinds of MACHINERY. ENGINES iND BOILERS. vhttc a vn ?,?rr T COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY, PLANERS AND WOOD - WORKING MACHINERY, W.-i"c to ne for ;;ri e ^.fr. buying. V. (\ BADHAM, Gsn'j A-cot, O-him^ia. g. C. DEPOSIT YOUR SURPLUS MONEY IX THE COMMERCIAL BAXIv. nir ? \yjL ? COLUMBIA. S. C. One dollar and upwards received. Interest at the rate of i per rent. per annum, paid quarterly, on the first days of February. May. August and November. Married women and minors can keep account in their own name. Higher rates of interest allowed by special arrangement. C. J. Iredejll. President. Jxo. S. Leaphart. .James Iredell, ! "Vice-President. Cashier, j 1 REMEMBERING. 1 r>s, reroember that j -j uNSUUASCB - COMPANY, 4 York.,-^ . ^ :e ic colds the foremost place among vorld. and oilers superior advantages ; 'Hh unequalled financial security. ? ompanv : this Country. ?y ia the World. . . t_), iq the World?its assets amounting to aN i~ Millions of Dollars. ^ 1 5 a sure, its large dividend recurns rev ibat of any other Company. ^ scd for and paid out to its oe enormous turn of $73,WU,ww> :;:n the Combined Returns attained by ED WARD L. GERNA2SD, J General Agent, Columbia, S. C. | 7 r fl filo^rEafMWs 1 >,\SucccsBor to dixl Si^in? WoriM.) JOHN A. V/1LL1S PROPRIBTO ' f 117 West Gee vats Stbeet m 'Aim iSssi ?g t 1 i *?al 3 1 mmttlT KAI-TTJFACTU^ERS OF TEE- ' ; ^ tor Steal S1 A>i> ALL SIZES'0F-]|OJ'H LOgDttfft: i - - J &S&- m Foinp&inra^; iK-r^oN AND BHa^ a ? V P ,\ i.UINQ PROMPTLY E2E2B8XBD. H : ~ -. y &~cm ?H| rpO ri-i'-JfTiSKS AJNT> mi ? ? ''?* ?, j ' I For Estimates on * 1 fleam's AW sells, . : J . Ir.jg. Harvesting ohter Ma 'fl c: resery .vric? to.the undersigned, who ~J i guarantee the getodfi they may wfftfr irr sli rasppcfcs, and. make jaaitens H iateresjiag fx.th to consumers and competitors. . We vrill also furnish every $ung i 1 Ufceded ua the line o? supplies; B^lt .bj^, Gijs, Fipingj Firtlcg^ Valves, In. 3pirutors Injectore, P*mp8,&ei&c. W. H. GIBBES, Jb, & CO. * Colombia. 8. C r ?r. A. Ci-Axai, Pres. T. C. Kobebtsojt, 8 ' flj -TEE? j s^'lmabis Phosphate Go j ? ?;STe:8 ;o ttie cruJe? GRi'.K AC1V PHOSPi 1 &.TK. -jf i.ui: AitilOKIATED ^f.fcTiLTZE Gf^v; >.N IT.' WT- f<? soda. " ^ < i &! t*: < ii a?lca.U 1 :? m 1 .. 4 iiOl" ./ i- .-tjs; ? >t tri-fc. Prio f.-j- So* iei* t? a?-a?r.ste and m? rutJieaclactars* o> . / TITH 3AB.It2TT DBUG 00. ' . A.V&PBT . 4L& v | * -T.'; ? . , Langlay Mmi. ' 1 I -> ST.. i s- <' 5 J '<? iir.CtliKIii.o yf ' 1 ; i > i' Underwear. Pine ^e># I >. : -^tcia'ty. Dirtctioa* tor measurine-M. Ik iepjO-iin j/HH irggycryTjiMv:r.^ ^ lHTKK^MtS READY r.K^? "1 sparine bars. >. C, o'^RSI'Y FLATS , * . CJalli Fever Cure. l^rK? <|fl ..yles ?C<S*is?, an-j ??ur&9tccl so curt \-z * ibMi!*!. Iarjsrroi?*?u; AH ieiftiiseatieycrs. b' THB-2AE.RJ3TT DRC&CO, S X Asccsta, o i .'W TSJIfliiir jrr.iC'K (v.. ELDER'S . LIVER ib? bile fro fa the syt tsm, ctre <: ecabi?:. std pr-rcnt mslr.riil 4is?-?-*v J - r .?al? b> ni! -lra?^!?s a-ad icercba*te ,.?$ ? ti . boj. o- zizi.v-i ?d reccipt 'e"price bj ' mi* 2A B.RETT I>EV3 CO. * Av-JCdrj,"- ~VJ>j - K't\lU'SPIVZ *?>' :* ' < ?r~ v .T-rz* *w-v?\ " *>*." "?? 5J ' '- J--. V:.-^fer-r. ? BBHHBBSBi , 1 PITTS' CARMINATIVE \:U ??0R COBRSCTI^G NAE$EA, DYS > .. / <A i cntory, Dicrrhosa a.ad Cholera >1; ' fjaiura. A pleasant citdfetc? of inqilciV'f m b;** :>;<th in the borac circle for ch#.: ot , . .J a?!u)i. it is popular, plea.saol ana eincv-i - _ ' Truly a mother's friend. It soothe? c '"S heals the mucous membranes, and eh* ihe mucous discharge- from head, sto:~ S: rnd botv.els. The mucous discharge t:- :v be btau and itings arc as promptly iicv?*i by It ns the mucous discharge f'-t x-~'< r.ii< bowels, it is at&de to relieve : : 7ucous srstem and ;:ure nausea, an;i *' .Jowrlt. [t makes Lh? crit'ical pwiotf - i ' teething children sale fted ea&y It vt,.nra5es and builds, up die system wh * . -j it is rcUeving and curing Uie wasted tis?:.-. . . v i 1 f. in n^fiTnWi-nflr.'! *nrl used ]?r<T^lv t>\ tf'jpians. For sale by Wartnaiflake. t< ' ?\Ii1etxv Co., Columbia. "S. C., and wiiou ulf: by "Howard & "VVillett, Augusta, G* >1 t.i at^IB ^ (C A r "r in? *? vC r-j 2jJ 2. d tfj*, 'j n )rlv;rii. , ------ _ -f MENSTRUATION . !; or mcmhi-v s:ck.v?;l-5 5lr tawtn j'0'ri\ui "v\tt. ^ sweat c-kftcsr^su*. -.: v .> 2z&wel moor; tcvcs-.-v: . wirm j.\ sraqmlu iissu'iti: ..> : \. \rwtrnsa ' h m-i Ofhs *r. p*!>J?SS * ?A0 M1S?S CU??3Q? \ gsa fiS Sa reck-8 i>t<sibi? TUBtJLAf EAt mm CSSKitJKS. Whispers hoard. Cornfartablf. ^umufiil naertill Biwdle fill. Sold by T. HBCOI> Wilj, 6i3 lir'dwij) s?" *ork- Write or book ?Tp H*t? fKXX.