The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 23, 1890, Image 4
COMMITTEE'S ADDRESS.
THE APPEAL OF THE RECENT CONVENTION
A Statement of The Situation, with Suggestions
to the Democratic Party of South
Carolina.
In accordance with the instructions
of the Democratic Conference which
met at Columbia on July 10th, the
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IOLlOWUlg auuiess nits uccu issucu uj
the Advisory Committee:
To the Democracy of South Carolina:
All white Carolinians worthy of
the race from which they spring and
of the name they bear, and entitled
to share in the traditions of the past,
the prosperity of the present and the
hope of the future, are Democrats.
To such, and only such, we earnestly
and confidently appeal.
All that we have and are, all that
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our children depends upon the continuance
of white supremacy in this
State, and this supremacy upon our
united devotion and loyalty to Democratic
principles, unity, harmony
and organization within party lines
obedience to the rules, and faith gin
the justice and success of Democratic
aims, proposes and methods.
To each succeeding generation of
our race is entrused the ark of civilization,
and upon each devolves the
sacred duty of defending, preserving
and transmitting our racial heritage
of civil and religious liberty, the
fruits of labor and of thought, the
garnered stores of material and intellectual
wealth?all that is good of
what our race has won and held by
hand or brain, by valor, industry or
wisdom, throughout the ages.
Is this generation of Carolina
Democrats equal to the trust? Judging
the future by the past, we unhesitatinly
answer, yes. It is, however,
true that "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty,'' and the least vigilant
must now perceive that-grave danger
is impending over us. At a time
when our State is prosperous beyond
precedent, waxing each day stronger
in material wealth, leading in the
race for mechanical and industrial
supremacy, qui; people living and
thriving under laws made by legislators,
interpreted by judges and executed
by officials of our own race and
choice, with peace and security at
home , respect and credit abroad, we
are suddenly confronted with such
danger as has never before threatened
the Democracy of this State?the
danger of division in our own ranks.
Infftllihilitv and t>erfaction are
divine attiibutes and have never yet
been granted to human wisdom or
human institutions. If injustice has
been done, errors have been committed
or mistakes have been made,
remember that to err is human: and
remember also that the great party
" to which we belong is broad enough,
strong enough, wise enough and just
enough to right all wrongs, correct
all errors, rectify all mistakes and
ma!n nnf /"srti-iol itr?T\orlio1
iiiciv vuu v\|ucu <ULiv* miipuu. tiux j uowvu
to all men. Remember that all true
Carolinians are Democrats and as
such entitled to a full, free and equal
share in the management, control and
policy of the party, and that it requires
the combined and earnest efforts
of all Democrats in the State
to keep the Republican wolf from our
door. As Democrats we ki.ow no
class. Brothers in blood and race,
destined to stand or fall together, we
deprecate all efforts from whatever
source to destrov the unifcv and in
tegrity upon which the strength and
life of our party depend.
In order to better understand the
position we now occupy, let us recall
the history of the movement which
has resulted in the conditions now
confronting us, and take counsel together
on this extraordinary emergency
in our party affairs.
A convention composed of farmers
representing not less than twentysix
counties in the State, held in the
city of Columbia on December 1st,
1887, unanimously adopted tne 101lowing
resolutions: "Besolved, that
it is not the purpose of the fanners
of the State to make their organization
a political body hostile to other
classes, nor is it their intention to attack
the integrity of the State officers
nor their policy to arraign or dictate
to the Legislature." "That we believe
in the thorough organization of the
^ farmers of the State with the object
and firm purpose of developing its
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agricultural resources.
These resolutions were reported by
B. R. Tillman as chairman of the
committee on resolutions, were
adopted without debate at his request,
and expressed the purpose and
scope of the movement inaugurated
by him, and the will of the people represented
in that movement In Novo-mVuvr
1SS9. nr>nf,}ipr r?<mvArtf,inr> nf
the Association was held in Columbia
with a small attendance, which
elected a new executive committee,
having G. W. Shell as president and
chairman ex-officio. No meeting of
the Association was called or held in
1888, and the Shell Committee held
over, their successors not having been
appointed. In November, 1889, this
committee met in secret without instructions
from or notice to the Association,
and authorized G. W. Shell
as chairman ex-officio to issue a call
for a convention to meet in Columbia
on the 27th day of March, 1890.
Perverting the authority thus given
and in wilful disobedience of the ex.
pressed will and purpose of the Association
as set forth in the resolutions
of 1887, G. W. Sholl, over his
signature and in his official capacity
as president and ex-officio chairman,
and with the connivance ol Jts. JK.
Tillman, as Tillman himself declares,
issued the call now known as the
Shell Manifesto, in which he says
"we will draw up the indictment
against those who have been and are
still governing this State." thus seeking
to array the fanners in the position
of hostilitv to other classes of i
Democratic citizens, and to poison
their minds against the officials to
whom their part}' had entrusted the
administration of the State government
since 1876. For his own selfish
purposes the farmers have been
taught that to criticise Tillman is to
abuse the Farmers' Movement, that
to oppose his methods or nomination
is to oppose the farmers themselves,
and that to declare him unworthy of
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support is w say mao tue lairnas
have 110 right to meddle in politics or
to suggest either men or measures to
the party. We beg our brother Democrats
to disabuse their minds of all
such ideas, and listen to us as friends
who are equally interested with them
in the true welfare of our State.
Not one farmer in ten believes the
charges made in the campaign against
the Democratic party or its officials.
Every fair minded advocate of the
Farmers' Movement sincerely regrets
that such charges have been made,
ana rejoices that they have not been
sustained. A majority of the Demot
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crats who axt; fc;inuictct*u. m imo
ment have just begun to realize the
strer-gth of the organization and to
recognize the fact that in their hands
rests the political power of the State
under Democratic control. We believe
that these neither endorse Tillman
nor his statements or methods
as such, but that^their sole desire is
to promote the success of their own
movement. This brings us to common
ground. A majority of the farmers
in the movement care not so much
for Tillman as for tne success 01 tne
movement; the great majority of other
Democrats do not object to the
movement but do object to Tillman.
"We all agree that within the Democratic
lines the farmers of the State
have a decided and available majority,
and can, with the assistance of their
Democratic brethren of other avocations,
so control the policy of the
party as to secure to all classes their
proper share of influence in the administration
of the Government. The
attainment of this result requires the]
free and cordial co-operation of all
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elements 01 tne i^emocrauc pari).
To secure such co-operation it is es-;
sential that the nominee of the party
for the high office of Governor of this
proud old commonwealth should not
be a man who has besmirched her;
fair fame, slandered her officials, dis- j
ortded her history, outraged her
dignity, betrayed the confidence of I
his own supporters and endangered
the integrity of the Democratic party
by sowing the seeds of dissension
among its members, and there are
grounds for apprehension that in tha
event of the refusal by the August
Convention to order a primary^ elec
tion and of the nomination of ?5. It.
Tillman by the September Convention
a large number of his opponents
while acquiescing in such a result on
grounds of party fealty and political
necessity, can not be induced to give
him that active support which alone
will insure the election of the Democratic
nominees in case the Republican
party puts a ticket in the field.
In the eyes of all true Democrats the
r\f n/hi+n ciiYvromn/'v in
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the State and the preservation of the
blessings of which that supremacy is
the only guarantee, are of paramount
consideration, superior to the aspirations
of any individual. The free and
untrammeled expression of the popular
will within the lines of the party
organization, will constitute an authoritative
declaration which must
command ready and willing obedience.
But Jsuch an expression can
only be obtained by the adoption of
the primory plan- This plan has
been demanded by the March Convention;
the demand has been reiterated
by the Democratic conference
fl.?QPmKlpr! in Columbia on Julv
10th, and express the confident hope
that it will be further reinforced by
the voice of a united Democracy.
From a verdict thus rendered there
can be no appeal.
The crisis confronting us is the
gravest that has arisen in this State
since 1876. The highest patriotism
can alone prove equal to its exigencies.
It is time for . demagogwes to
be sent to the rear and loyal and unselfish
citizens brought to the
front. It is with this conviction and
in this spirit that this address is issued
to our Democratic brethren.
That men who belong to the same
household of political faith should be
alienated from each other by the artifices
of ambitious politicians, is as
dangerous as it is unnatural and must
redound to the lasting injury of th?
party 'and the State unless the breach
is healed.
[Signed.] John D. Kennedy,
Iredell Jones,
Edward McCrady, Jr.
L. W. Youmans,
J. S. Fowler,
T. W. Woodward,
W. R. Davie,
W. D. Johnson,
Waltee Hazard.
Columbia, S. C., July 17th, 1890.
IT WAS A CRUEL JOKE*
Two "Wags Create a Panic in a St. Louis
Public Bath.
St. Louis, Mo., July 17.?A most
amusing practical joke was carried
out successfully at the Natatorium,
corner of Nineteenth and Pine streets
yesterday, but the perpetrators are
to-day threatened with prosecution
by their victims, Claude Martin and
Thomas Grouch, two horse dealers
who are widely known practical jokers,
prevailed upon a hostler to dress
in policeman's clothes and go to the
Natatorium. Thither also repaired
Crouch and Martin. The two jokers
were soon engaged in a seemingly
desperate fight, and the sham policeman
rushed in to separate them.
Like a flash he was tossed over the
railing into the water among the
throng of bathers, who had been
open-mouthed spectators of the
struggle. Rising to the surface the
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policeman urew m? xevuivci ?xiw. ucgan
firing with the wildest haste and
recklessness. The now panic stricken
bathere hurried from the water
and rushed from the building in various
stages of deshabille. One of them
was arrested as a lunatic two blocks
away. Others ran through the streets
creating cansternation among pedestrians,
to seek safety in saloons and
doorways. In the melee the jokers
escaped. It took the bath attendants
a long while to sort and deliver clothing
to the mortified fugitives who
were in hiding at various points in
the neighborhood of the Natatorium.
Without Food Tor Sixty Days.
Galena, Ills., July 15.?John Roth,
who outdid Tanner in his celebrated
fast, died yesterday at the county
asylum, having passed his sixtieth
day of absolute abstinence from fo?d
of any kind or nourishment, excopt a
small quantity of water ; which was
forced into his stomach every twentyfour
hours. For such an absolute
fast his record is no doubt the longest
ever made. Recently Roth worked
at Scales Mound, near this city, until
attacked by progressive paralysis
about two months ago, which incapacitated
him for work and he was
unable to eat. After a week of fasting
he was brought to the county
asylum on the 23d of May and there
lingered for fifty-three days without
food.
?Emperor William, who seeks to
imitate in all tilings liis illustrious
ancestor, King Fredrick the Great,
has recently adopted the latter s taste
for white horses. Since the death of
the hero of the "Seven Years'War,"almost
130 years ago,horses of that color
have been excluded from the royal
and imoerial stables at Berlin. With
in the last two or three weeks, however,
both the emperor and the empress
have repeatedly appeared in
public in carriages drawn by white
and cream-colored horses.
HE CAN CRAFT BRAINS.
A ->CW iorA our^uu x ruv co t. uai ui ajiu j
Tissues Can be Interchanged. ' I
The progress of surgical science
in New York and the success with
which unusual demonstrations are
attended have attracted the atten- j
tion of the faculty in every centre of j
technical learning in Europe. Regularly
the profession is regaled with
'histories:" as they are called, of
nliQiinmari'il /vr\ovotiruic In' nvftminpnt
surgeons in this city. One of the
most famous of these operators is Dr. '
TV. Gilman Thompson, professor of
physiology in the New York Univei- ]
sity College and visiting physician to 1
the Presbyterian and New York Hospitals.
Dr. Thompson's latest experiment
was the grafting of the brai* i
of one animal upon that of another. <
His sucecss opens the question of the (
possibility of the grafting of the brains
of human beings. Dr. Thompson
says; ^
"It occurred to me recently, while 1
studying cerebral localization in the <
lower animals, that it would be interesting
to ,
GRAFT A PIECE OF BRAIN TISSUE
I from one side of a doer's brain to the ^
other, or from one animal's brain into i
another's, and study its vitality. Of ]
course I had no expectation of being ]
able to restore abolished function by i
the operation, but the question of <
vitality of the brain tissue and the ]
cause of its degeneration are subjects ]
of very wide interest. The first ex- ]
periments were preliminary, made 3
in order to ascertain whether the !
transplanted brain would be imme- <
diately absorbed or would slough
away. j
"I cut open the skulls of two large \
dogs and interchanged pieces of the i
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Drain tissue or eacn. un tne tmra
day both dogs were killed, and the
transplanted pieces of brain looked
normal, and in each case they were
so firmly knitted together that it
was impossible to pull them apart
with a forceps without laceration.
"The nest experiment was with a
cat and a dog. Three days later the
cafc was killed. The transplanted
dog's brain was found where it had
been placed, firmly adherent to the,
cat's brain. No microscopic examin- :
ation was made in connection with i
the experiments, as they were intend- 1
ed only to determine the possibility
of the transplanted tissue adher- 1
ing. Being satisfied in regard to this i
matter, I proceeded to another ex- '
periment. !
procured a street mongrel dog, 1
opened his skull over the left lobe of 1
the brain, and through the opening 1
removed a small portion of brain tis- 1
sue. A cat was simultaneous by operat- ]
ed upon in the same manner, and .
the brain tissue of the cat and dog i
were interchanged. The openings :
were closed and treated. The dosr '
made a good recovery from the operation,
although he was very feeble for '
a few days and had to be fed artifi- <
cially. Subsequently he appeared nor- 1
mal in every way, except the loss of <
vision. He was biled at the end of ]
seven weeks, when the piece of trans- ,
planted cat's brain was found firmly <
adhered to the dogs brain, with the ]
pia mater intact. *
"Now, the features of interest in i
this experiment are the facts that, ]
first: Tnere is complete union through j
organic connective tissue of the con- 1
tiguous portions of the two brains;
second, after seven weeks the cat's
brain still maintained enough vitality
to be distinctly recognized as brain
tissue; third, brains of animals of two :
very different species were thus made
to unite. I think the main fact of
this experiment, namely, that the
brain tissue has sufficient vitality to
I survive for seven weeks the operation
of transplanation without wholly los
ing its identity as brain substance,
suggests an interesting field for further
research, and I have no doubt
that other experimenters will De re i
warded by investigating it.?New i
York Star. '
He Left Disgusted. i
United States Prosecuting Attorney i
Colonel Patrick Henry Winston is i
completely disgusted with Spokane <
Falls, and says that he never wants s
to try another murder case in that i
country. <
"What is the matter with Spokane?" i
asked a friend.
"Well, I will tell you," replied Mr. ?
Winston. "I tried a case there re- 1
cently, and thought when I started it *
that I had a dead sure thing. I 1
proved conclusively that the woman i
who was accused of committing the ]
murder bought a pistol the night that
the deed was committed, and then (
spent an hour hunting around town i
for some cartriges to fit it After <
getting the cartriges she went to the t
door of the victim's house and rang <
the bell. He answered it, and when (
he opened the door she filled him as i
full of holes as a sieve. Seven peo- 1
pie saw her do it Se died inside of 1
ten minutes." 1
"Well, I should think you had a 1
pretty clear case/' observed his
friend. 1
"That's what I thought," replied ?
Mr. "Winston, ?<but it seems that I i
didn't. Tho defense did not pretend
to rebut any of the testimony of the
prosecution. They simply put about
a dozen medical experts on the stand
who swore that the man died of
Bright's disease of the kidneys, and 1
the jury found the prisoner not guilty
in less than ten minutes. Bah!"' and
Mr. Winston walked down the street i
with a very disgusted expression on ]
his countenance.?Seattle Press. t
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General Fremont's Career. i
Gen. John C. Fremont, who died in ^
New York Sunday, had an eventful 1
career. The son of a French immi- s
grant, he was born in Savannah, C.^., >
in 1813, and received a collegiate ]
education. Appointed to < i lieuten- 1
ancy in the United States corps of
engineers, he penetrated the Rocky i
Mountains at two points, and won <
the title of "the pathfinder." He also i
defined much of the geographybe- 1
fwop-n Ttonkv Mountains and the t
Pacific Coast, and bore a conspicuous j
part in the conquest of Upper Cali- i
fornia. He represented California in ]
the United States Senate from 1849 i
to 1851. The first candidate of the ?
Republican party, he was defeated *
for President in 1856 by James 1
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JtSucHanan. wenerai x1 remom serveu v
as a major-genera! in the Union army ?
during the late civil war and at the
present session of Congress was i
placed on the retired list, with the J
rank of major-general. i
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As an evidence of how the culture 1
of tobacco has increased in Nash <
county, N. C., where the culture was (
introduced in 1884, a local paper
states that one thousand tobacco 1
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barns have already been erectea m i
that count}*, and that many more will *
be erected before the crop matures. ^
Many of the farmers of that section 1
have cleared from $300 to ?400 an ?
acre on their tobacco, figures which t
are rarely ever equaled anywhere. c
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MARION'S MEETING.
IT IS MARRED BY A VERY EXCITING
EPISODE.
\n Angry Colloquy Between Captain Till?
man and >Ir. Hughson o 1 the News and
Courier.
(Augu.-U Chronicle)
Marion*. S. C.. July 17.?All of
Marion county turned out at the
campaign meeting today.
There were about two thousand
people in attendance, among whom
were a large number of negroes.
"With the exception of one incident
it was one of the quietest and best
ordered meetings yet held. This in;ident
oceuired during Capt. Tillman's
speech and came near precipitating
bloodshed. For sevenil ruinates
the situation was thrilling in the
extreme.
It has been the custom of Capt.
Ellman in all of his speeches to reject
severely on The Charleston News
Hnnricv Tr? fhp r>rknrcf> nf Viic
remarks today he paid his usual compliments
to that journal, referring to
t as that infamous lying sheet which
continually misrepresented him by
lying head lines and otherwise. Following
a statement of this kind today
tie told his audience to watch this
meeting and the report of it in The
News and Courier and observe the
iifference.
The meeting was being reported
for The News and Courier by Mr.
Shirley Hughson, one of the staff
members ot that paper. He was
seated at the same table with The
Chronicle correspondent, and as soon
is Capt. Tillman made the remark,
tx?l ,? a
till - -LLLL^LLbUH Bpi cU-l^ 4/V JJLAD iCCl OX1U.
said: "Capt Tillman, if you mean
to say, sir, that I have ever misrepresented
you, you are an infernal liar
and the truth is not in you."
The two men were within five feet
of each other, and the eyes of both
3parkled with, anger and resentment.
Capt. Tillman turned around and
Eaced the newspaper man, making
some remark which was drowned by
the noise.
They stood glaring at each other
for a moment or more and in the
meantime the audience began to sway
with excitement. A chorus of voices
said: "Put him off the stand, put
him off the stand," and there was a
wild rush made for the platform.
Gen. Earle, Gen. Bonham and other
friends on the platform advanc 1 and
placed themselves at the side of Mr.
Hughson, while a score or more of
inti-Tillman men crowded on the
stage with open knives and other
weapons of defense.
Agam and again the cry rang out:
'Put him off, put him off, put him
3ff.'' In obedience to the command
three or four policemen with drawn
slubs clinched on the banisters of the
platform and started towards Mr.
Hu?hson, who stood with one hand
m his hip pocket and defied them to
put their hands on him. Mr. Hughson
in the meantime was completely
surrounded by his friends and the
policemen were forced back to the
jround. The platform literally trem
aled under the weight and strain,
md every moment threatened a
land-to-fcand struggle between
twenty or thirty men.
Capt. Tinman appealed to his
Tiends to keep quiet, but the only
;hing that prevented a row of the
nost. serious nature was that the
jandidates and others blocked the
intrance to the stand and thereby
prevented the friends yf Capt. Tillnan
from mounting it.
"When the excitement was at its
leight several of the candidates approached
Mr. Hughson and comnended
his action, while he received
m ovation at the hands of the antirillman
men generally. Large numbers
called on him at the hotel durng
the afternoon to offer their congratulations.
Many of Capt Till
nan's friends, however, regarded the
leclaration of Mr. Hughson unnecessary.
They claim that Capt Tillnan's
remark had no specific application
to Mr. Hughson, and was not
ntended to reflect on him.
Capt. Tillman concluded liis speech
is soon as the excitement subsided,
jut before doing so he called on his
supporters to hold up their right
lands. What appeared to be threeburths
of the crowd raised their
Lands.
Capt. Tillman, as on yesterday,
:ommented severely on the proceed
ilgs U1 tuc auirxiiuiAau vvmxva v-Aivv
>f Columbia. He referred to Col.
roseph Barnwell's speech and other
lemonstrations as embodying threats
)f assassination as a means to prerent
him from being Governor. This
Drought about an exciting colloquy
between him and Gen. Earle, which
ed up to the episode with Mr.
TnoVtson.
The speeches of Gens. Bratton and
Sarle were strong and aggressive,
md were listened to without interruption.
LACY JUMPS ON EARLY.
rhe General's Private ana ruoxic uecuru
Bitterly Assailed.
Fredericksburg, Va., July 14.?In
esponse to the interview -with Gen.
Sarly, which has appeared all over
ihe country, denying that Gen. R. E.
Liee ever told Maj. Horace Lacy that
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vould recommend Gen. Mahone as
lis successor, Maj. Lacy has published
i card, in which he deals not gently
vith Gen. Early's record, public and
private, both before and since the
var.
In his interview Gen. Early deT
Toi T,q/>v as a liar and a
lUUUVtu ?t-wj ?
;rank. In his reply Maj. Lacy says
n substance that Earley's non-recolection
of what passed at Richmond
it the unveiling of the Lee monument
between himself and Early, concernng
the conversation with Lacy, is
Droof of his debauched condition on
;hat day. He says Early is not only
i miserable liar, but his private charicter
is in keeping with the lie which
-.ao c+omrvflf} V>i? Vitdw pvpr since this
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jontroversy began, and tkat what he
said was literally true.
Then Lacy turns on Early's miliary
career, and says that whether in
;ent, at drill or on the parade he was
nvariably drunk, and the only noto iety
he has attained since the war
,vas his love for gambling-houses and
)ther places of ill-fame, and his coniubinage
with a negress.
His card closes in this manner: "I
tm a Democrat, and have no sympa hy
with Mahone or his tactics, and I
tm opposed to him as a politician-1
[n justice to myself I feel I should i
eiterate what I have already sa-'J,
md I regret that I have to deal with
his miserable cur, who is tryin? to j
>xchange drunkeness for braver,."
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A SOUflCE OF WONDER.
How > .Newspaper torrraimuucuv Aavw |
Lshed a Company of Cossacks,
A newspaper correspondent, David '
Ker, traveling in central Asia, came '
one evening upon a Cossack camp.
Fires were blazing, and round them
were stretched the men, resting after i
a hard day's march. The traveler had
been long on the road, and with his
white Russian forage cap and travelstained
clothing looked so much like
the Cossacks themselves that he entered
the camp quite unnoticed. Then
he sat down on a stone and took out a
colored map of the country, knowing
well that the strange sight woula
bring the men about him immediately.
"So it proved. I suddenly became
aware of a gaunt, sallow, grav-musw
tached visage?so criss-crossed with
saber scars as to look like a railway
map?peering over my shoulder. Then
another and another came edging in,
till I was completely surrounded by
wild figures and grim faces.
"'What's that picture, father? We
can't quite make it out.'
" It's not a picture at all, brothersit's
a plan that shows me the very way
by which vou have come here from
holy Russia and all the places you have
passed through.1
"Then, seeming not to notice the
looks of unbelief and the meaning
grins with which my hearers received
what they considered to be a most out
rageous lie, I went on:
"'Up here, at Orenburg, you passed
the Ural river and then marched eastward
to Orsk, where you crossed the
frontier and turned to the southeast.'
'"So we did, comrades!' shouted hali
a dozen voices at once. -He speaks the
truth?so we did.1
"Then you passed Fort Kara Butak,
crossed the Kara Koum desert, and
halted here and here and here,1?naming
and describing the various posts.
"The Cossacks listened open-mouthed
to the familiar names, and the excited
clamor was folk wed by a silence
onuramont.. Then onfi said:
"Father, can you show us Ac very
place where we are now?"
"'To be sure I can, mv lad. See,
that black spot i3 the village yonder,
there's the river twisting and winding,
and here is your camp.'
"There was another pause of blank
bewilderment, and then the scarred
veteran with the gray mustache asked
in awe-stricken whisper:
"But, father, tell me, for the love of
heaven, if we've. marched a thousand
miles since le-'.ing holy Russia, how
can it all go into a little scrap of paper
ao bigger than an Easter cake?1"
xwo Fools and TJdeir Money.
The eccentricities of the late Dr.
flenry Hiller and wife of Wilmington, J.
Mass., whose fad was magniiicen^jT 1
earved and luxuriously upholstered
Tburial caskets, have been described in
the press already. The dptffofs funeral
took pltcf a year agc^nd the corpse
was carried to.its last resting place in
a silk-lined, goTcPplated. elaborately
carved casket of solid mahogany.
Not satisfied with the ghostly magnificence
of a year ago the widow has
been at work on the construction of
new caskets, one for her husband, the
other for herself. Each casket is in
two parts, the basket proper and tha
sarcophagus. The material in all fcur
is solid mahogany, imported specially
from South America. The upholstering
inside is as elaborate as money
eould make it. Corded silk of the
value of $40 a yard is the material used.
mi _ if J_ J _ _ ? a.
j.ne lias are maae 01 separate paaeis,
highly polished, richly carved, and
fastened by solid gold hinges, with
knobs of solid gold for opening them.
The doctor's new casket is fastened by
a heavy brass door of Gothic design,
having a knob i?uuI?.of six pounds of
solid gold. On the paneis are solid
gold tablets ascribed with the occtor'a
favorite passage of Scripture.
Mrs. Killer has also made for herself
a burial robe of which it may be truly
_j al _a. i j tl?
saia mat it Deggars uescripnon. jllio
dressmaker completed it after four
months1 labor ana an outlay of $20,000.
The robe is made of white ottoman
silk, corded heavily. There is also a
wilderness of white silk lace running
in perpendicular panels and tucked
and gathered and fluted until it stands
out to a distance of five inches.
The total outlay by Mrs. Hiller will
be asi far short cf $500,000. The
mausoleum will be of hammered granite.
In the four walls will be built
windows, through which it is planned
to have'rays of colored light eDter, a
different light to each window, which,
blending, will fall upon the caskets
Ziit&aK side by side within.?Baton
Bargaining In Algiers.
Yon select your goods with slow deliberation,
pile them together casually
in a little heap, eye them askance with
an inquiring glance, and ta^fe a coi>
templative pull or two at the inspiring
weed in solemn silence, says a writer
in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mohammed
Ali responds with a puff from
his cigarette in grave concert Then
yon walk once or twice up and down
the piazza slowly, and, jerking yoni
head with careless ease in the direction
?? your selected pile, you inquire, as if
for abstract reasons merely, in an offhand
tone, your Moslem friend's lowest
casn quotation ior uie iul hs it tuiuus.
Two hundred francs is the smallest
price. Mohammed Ali paid far more
than that himself for them. Me sells
simply for occupation it would seem.
Look at the work, monsieur. All
graven brass, not mere repousse metal,
or real old chain-stitch, alike on both
sides?none of your wretched, com
mon-place, modern, machine-made embroidery.
You smile incredulously, and remark
with a wise nod that your Moslem
miicfr. surplv hp. in error. A mis
take of the press. For 200 francs read
50 francs.
Mohammed Ali assumes an express
sivc attitude of virtuous indignation
and resumes his tobacco. Fifty franca
for all that lot! Monsieur jests. He
shows himself a very poor judge, indeed,
of values.
Half an hour's debate and ten successive
abatements reduce the lot at
last to a fair average price of 70 francs.
Mohammed Ali declares you have robbed
him of his profit, and pockets his
cash with inarticulate grumblings in
the Arab tonsTie. Next dav vou see in
the Rue Bab-Azzoun that you have paid
him at least 30 fraDes too much for
rour supposed bargain.
Justice in Ireland.
Mary Ryan, an evicted tenant, who
iared to return to the estate in Ireland
from which she had been turned off,
aas just been released from prison,
where she had served two years for her
aeinous offense, which was contrued as
% contempt of court.
One of Franklin's Stories.
In the third year of the revolution
the British government proposed to
make peace and grant the colonies the
privilege they had demanded on the
condition that they should pay the ex*
penses of the war. Franklin replied
that the proposal reminded him oi
something that happened when he
livorl in T>nnrir?n. A Vrpnr.nman. who
was a little out of his head, heated a
poker red-hot and then dashed into the
screet, exclaiming to the iirst man he
-met: "Me stick dis into you six
inches." "No you don't." was the reply.
"Well, den me stick it in dree
inches!" "No, sirP1 was the more emphatic
reply. "Well den. sare, you
will of course pay me for heating de
poker."?Sew Haven Palladium.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
?Stephen B. ELkins once more de- (
aies that he is a candidate for Con- <
gress.
--"Judge J. N. Lucas and Wife, 1
Attorneys," is a legal shingle in Lansing,
ilich.
?The Buclicss of Malborough
sends to New York for most of her
dresses. (
?F. Marion Crawford, the no list. 1
ic IVia Vifmrvr fflflipv of twins linni Jit i
Sorrento, Italy, 011 April 17. <
?Miss Frances Courtnay Baylor, tlie ]
novelist, is convalescing from her j
long illness at her home in Winches- j
ter,Va. <
?The soldiers of the Russian army
are taught to swim in battal- ,
ions, at the same time using their ,
weapons.
?Turkish engineers say that the ;
liver Euprates might be made navigable
the year round by an expenditure
of 8100,000.
ATi*m ^r? ^ nrt/1
UJLLLuaLCi J.icuciiv^n. VJHOJJLU auu
Mrs. Grant are taking a two months
holiday in the north of Germany and
the Scandinavian countries.
?The Maori women of New Zealand
are killing themselves trying to
wear corsets, since they have seen
them on missionary women.
?The mortuary report at San
Francisco for the year ended June
30, shows the death list at 6,378, an
increase of 649 over the previous
year.
?H. A. Martin of Bennington, Vt,
has started a novel business by selling
privileges to fish in his trout
streams, the angler paying so much
per pound for the fish he catches.
?Bandits have captured the son of
Mahmoud Djelaleddin Pacha, a re
lative of the Sultan, and demand as
his ransom ?19,000. The raid was
made at Sinckil, near Constantinople.
?Orison last winter scrub animals
wer? swept away by the severe
weather wl^le those bred from pure
blood bor6 the season remarkably
well. It jjras an illustration of; the
survival ctf the fittest.
?Lady Sandhurst has been given
the freedom of the city of London,
and is^he only woman upon whom this
honot has been conferred in 300
years. She has made a reputation as
a LiWal organizer and orator.
?Sir. Charles Kendall Adams,
prejident of Cornell University, was
married on "Wednesday last at Lon?
d6n, Eng., to Mary Mathews-Barnes,
widow of Mr. A. S. Barnes, the wellInown
book publisher of New York.
-? T .
?concise XLuswry uj. ajuiiiaiaxiaCeded
to Spain in 1762, ceded back
to France in 1803, sold to the United
States in 1803, admitted to the Union
in 1812, and purchased by the Louisiana
Lottery Company in 1890.?
Chicago Tribune.
?A young lady of Altoona observed
by the roadside a wild rose, upon one
of the branches of which was growing
a small bunch of burrs, healthy and
perfect in every particular, as was
Alvs. wrV?i/>li fliov
CU.SU LUC I USC UXOilV/lL IJ\j ITXU^U tuvj
were singularly attached, a freak of
nature which is unexplainablel
?The little Princess Elizabeth of
Austria, the daughter of the late
crown prince, can't take outings with
her mother, Princess Stephanie, because,
by the will of her father, she
must always remain in the immediate
neighborhood and under the eye
of her grandfather, the Emperor. .
Blow Your Nose.
Alas, too often an admonition of a
mother to her child. The poor in no
"cent hasiprobabiy- inherited catarrn
and is not responsible for its sore
and filthy nostrils. Did you know
that tender soft thin skin lining the
nostrils, called the mucous membrane,
extends all over the body.
Every organ in the system and avery
orifice at the surface has this thin
delicate lining as a protector. So you
see what a fix the body is tin own into
when the mucous membrane becomes
irritated and inflamed by the constant
friction with poisonous matter
in the blood. Catarrh, leucorhoe and
piles result frequently from this condition
of agairs. These diseases are
mere symptoms of impovish blood.
v -r> T> T-> ?"D-i. -R^l
J>OW X). x>. x>. urx>utuuit; ? ""
will by enriching the blood cause all
sucli symptoms4to disappear. Give it
a trial.
Henry Reeves,Shellman,Ga.,writes:
"Any man or woman who is suffering
from piles and will not use Botanic
Blood Balm is a fool, and it takes me
to tell them so, for I suffered two
years with bleeding rales, and B. B.
B. relieved me at once."
J. J. Hardy, Toccoa, Ga., writes:
"B. B. B. is a quick cure for catarrh.
Three bottles cured me. I had been
troubled several years."
James W. Lancaster, Hawkinsville,
Ga., writes: "My wife was in bad
health for eight years. Five doctors
and as many or more different patent
medicines had done her no good.
Six bottles of B. B. B. have cured.
A \J 1/1U/ JUMU1VO.
There are thousands of ladies
throughout the country whose systems
are poisoned, and whose blood
is in an impure condition from the
absorption of impure matter, due to
menstrual irregularities. This class
are peculiarly benefited by the wonderful
tonic and blood-cleansing
properties of Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium?P. P. P. Roses and
bounding health take the place of the
sickly look, the lost color, and the
***"1 """ T> P
geiierttJL wian. ui oj otv^u. .
P. is the cure?be sure to get it once.
Pianos and Organs.
N. W. Trump, 134 Main Street, Columbia,
S. C., sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents' commissions.
The celebrated Chickering
Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness
of touch and lasting qualities. Mason
& Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling
Upright Pianos, from $22 up.
Arion Pianos, from ?200 up. Mason
& Hamlin Organs, supassed by none.
Sterling Organs, ?50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years"
Fifteen days' fcripl. expenses both
ways, if not satisfactoiy. Sold on Instalments.
Malaria.
This disease yields quickly to the
wonderful powers of P. P. P. (Prickly
Ash, Poke Root and Potassium.)
People living in miasmatic countries
should never be without P. P. P. A
word to the wise is sufficient.
Those who for the first time are to
become mothers should use the
Mother's Friend. Much suffering
will be saved them. Sold by all druggists.
All monthly disorders peculiar to
? ?? cnf
woman ill t; UUIICUUCU tiUVA muvu WUA
fering avoided by use ofBradfield's
Female Regulator. Sold by all druggists.
Cure your corns by using Abbott's
East Indian Corn Paint. For corns,
bunions and warts it is great
/
Plenty of Exercise; I
High Priced Doctor: "You are now
jonvalescent, and all you need is exercise.
You should walk ten, twenty,
;hirty niiles a day, sir, but your walkng
should have an object.
Patient: "All right, doctor. I'll '
t - - > x * i. 1,^ '
travel arounci uymj? uu uuuuw
mough to pay your bill."
?Cadet Edgar Jadwyu of Hones- :
ilale. Pa., took the highest honors in
the graduating class c t West Point
this year. Four years ago the class
entered the academy with 124 members.
It came out with only fiftyfour.
In battle this would be called
rough slaughter. It is but the average
at West Point.
T n?j-1. ?,u? jj:?
?<j allies v^us.icii, w uu msuutacu
Jolrn C. Heenan in Califojuia in 1849
or 1850, and brought him east to
fight with John Morrisey, died at St
Luke hospital, in New York, on Wednesday.
By a curious coincidence
his cousin, Nicholas Landon, who
also led a sporting life, died the same
day at Beilevue hospital
"^TrsIFIFSIK
ii?aiUv
female,
. .Regulator
/arfjstruat!on
1?" DURING CHAMGt OT Uft.
SUFFERING WILL BE MfOlDSB
JZO OK TO"WOMAN "JWiEDfBES
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA GA
sou) by ail oausaar,s?
CHARLOTTE
FEMALE INSTITUTE.
The building is now modernized and
improved as a boarding school until it
is second to none in the South in comfort
and conveniences. The Corps of
Teachers engaged for the coming ses
sion is the best tbe institute nas ever
had. No otherinstitute in the South can
offer advantages superior to those offered
here in the Literary, Music and
Art Departments.
Mr. Maclean continues to be the
Director of Music. The patrons of the
Institute, whose daughters were taught
by Mr. Maclean during the past session,
are referred to in proof of tbe
statement that he is the best teacher of
Music who has ever taught in Charlotte.
As originator and director of
the June Musical Festival in this city,
his reputation has extended throughout
the South Wm. r. Atkinson,
Principal.
The Tozer Engine Works
(Successor to Dial Bouin Works.)
JOHN A.WILLIS, PROPR.,
117 West Geevais| Street,
MANUF A.CTUBERS OF?
Tozer Steam Engines,
And all sizes of both Locomotives and return
Tublar Boiler*.
fi?~Fonndry -work in iron and Grass Repairing
promptly executed.
GILDER'S LIVER PlL-lfS!Remove
the bile fiora the system,""cnrc all
bilious .troubles, and prevent malaria.
easea. For Rile i>y all druggists j.nd mer
chants at 25 cents a box, or mailed oa roceipt
ol price by
BARUErr DRl'GCO.,
Augusta, Ga~
TAKE GILDER'S PILLS.
JERSEY FEaTS!
Chill and Fever Cure. Larte bottles CO enta
and guaranteed to cure *uy case of Chills
and fever, Malarial, Intermittent ai k Re*
mittent
> THE BARRETT DRUG CO.,
. . Augusta, Ga.
TRY JERSEY FLAT549*Ask
for catalogue.
TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tenn
WRITE TO
HOLLER & ANDERSON
HUGGY CO.,
KOCK HILL, S. C,
For then* Catalogue giving Prices,
Terms and ^References of Buggies,
Carriages, Wagons,Koad and Phaeton
Carts, Harness, etc. AH first-class
work made by hand and warranted.
Prices lower than any other of same
grade. Our Vehicles are running in
every county in South Carolina, and
in mm counties of North Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. All inquiries
promptly answered. In writing please
mention this paper and don't forget
to give your Postoffice address and
sign your name plainly.
Holler & Anderson Buggy To.,
?MANUFACTURERS.?
ROCK HILL, S. C.
TALBERT & SON'S
ENGINES AND BOILKrt*,SVW MILLS
AND GRI.ST MILLS
Are acknowledged to be the best ever sold
In this State.
When you buy one of them yon are satsfledi
that you have made no mistake.
Write for our prices.
COTTON CINS AND
COTTON PRESSES
AT BOITOM FIGURES.
t
I can save you money. '
V. C. BADHAM, Gen. Agt.,
.COLUMBIA, S. C.
?3^Homc office and Factory:
IUi'iimond, Vn.
I
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A .. V'J-V
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fa tiuppo? tun urn utii t
iU-riiiumn auu mm lfisii;
For Estimates on
STEAM SAW MILLS,
Grinning, Harvesting and other Machinery
write to .the undersigned, V
wno will guarantee the goods they
may offer in all respects, and make
matters interesting both to consumers ^
and competitors.
We will also furnish everything
needed in the line of supplies: Belting,
Oils, Piping, Fittings, Valves,
Inspirators, Injectors, Pumps, Etc
-rf /^t-n-nnn t o /m
YV. n. IjJJOiSJliO, .JEV <E UO-,
Columbia, S. C.
pTSpring Medicjoel^
1 FOR TIRED \m
g m AND WOMAN. JH
iy.
P. P. T. will purify and vitalize your Bfl
blood, create a good appetite and give your
whole system tone ani strength. H
fA prominent railroad sn-.rxrintendent at BH
Savannah, suffering with ^alaria, Dyspep- IB
sia, and Rheumatism sa? " ?"iLing |B
;-"J P. P. P. he never felt bo well in his life, and BIB
ftH'ls as if he could live forever, if he could
vj always get P. P. P."
If you are tired out fr .. ?? and I
aIaoi* /^Anfln?iir>pnt tflJfA B Hi I
3 If you are foelln? b~dly In tile spring
sorts, take
fS If your digestive orgevs need toning up, I
^t!lke IBI
" If you suffer with headache, indigestion, fifl
debility and weakness, take
i If you suffer with rervous prostration, IJH
5 nerves unstrung and a general let down S I H
of the system, take |
IP. P. P. jH
For Blood Poison. Rheumatism^Scrof- fl
nla, Old Sores, Malaria, Chronic Female fl H
Complaints, tako
Prickly Ash, Poke Root V
and Potassium.
The best blood purifier in the world,
LIPPMAX BROS., "Wholesale Druggists, 3 I
2 Sole Proprietors,
' ! Lippsus's Block. Savannah, Ga.
'rsuMiiiWi m 11 m
ayoc Consumptive.
Have you CoagS Bronchi tip, Asthma, Inlijrertion?
Use PARKEE'S GINGER TONIC.
It has cared the worst cases and I? the best
remedy 11 Uls nrisine from defective
cStritlon ke In time. 50c. and SI.
M B?HESS A KEA8 NOISES CMElby
t&B &k Sal i'cck'a IKVIsUiIJi TUBULAi EAX
CUSHIONS. Whisper beard. CoaforUbl*.
SoMn*hl?W?aU SMbjrr.HISCOK
Mir. MSBr'dwar, H*W York. WriU&r bo?k*f yrMb J1LE(
HIRES' J
^2sl HIKES' IMPROVED 2Se}M
|ROOT BEER!I
'I ItLOCTS. kb IKMUSCSRSntAlNIMC tAULTKADC S0
T?:?:;-.iikva2 MAXES HVfCAttOSS. 0
RBOT'BEEH
r>- -nost APPETIZING- and WHOLBfOM*
T/MPEKANCE DRINK la th* j
;"-:.cioas and Sparkling jH
AsSc your Dragglat^gi; GrOCfr^
C- E. HIRES. PHILAdHPhH^ 9
DEPOSIT H
YOUR SURPLUS MONEY IN TE>.I
COMMERCIAL BAM, |
7 - COLUMBIA. S. C. q|
One dollar and upwards receivec
Interest at the rate of 4 per cent pe;
annum, paid quarterly, on the firs. 9
days of February, May, August ant
November. Married women an*. m
minors can keep account in their owi m
name. Higher rates of interest a. m
lowed by special arrangement M
C. J. Ibedell, President fl|
J>*o. S. Leaphaet, James Iredeli,
Vice-President Cashiel
UPPXAX BEOS., Winded Drifg^ ^
Sole Proprietors, Uppman's Block, SsTtaiuh^G*,
Hrj TD GUARANTEED TO OCB
rl . XT Sick Headache ana Con<u
o chAvt i I rvy a Prouontfl oil Mo'o
i9U|KbliiVU tO O OMWi V ?miuv< a ?t4 ???4wrial
troubles. Price fifty cents. For sale by
druggists and merchants. Manufactured by
the Barrett dbug co.,
Aigiuita. Ga.
_ _?!5. Piano-}813). Catalogue free
U15 oUSd. F. Beaty, Washi gton, N. J S
Hindercorns. i
Ttaeonly sure Cure for Corns. Stops all pain
Ensurod comfort to the feet. 15c. ai druggists fl
Hisoox & Co., N. Y. fl
detectives I
Waited is tterj Coast?, Sbrovdm?a to ?ot udtrisKraodM*
in oar Secret Serriee. Kxperieaea cot veoaurj. F?rtle?lanftMb
Sxaonan DcKctlre Bare&a Co. H Aradc.ClsrfsaU.fc V
BARKER'S \
BKAIS3 BALSAM
.! !.! :?:n:tiO/? tlie hale.
t'romott* a. luxuriant growth.
Nayir Fails Si R^storo^Gray
Ciuu,Mil|ii>iwur> * rmJr falling
S0c.m?1 tt.?'*tt>rnCTlyrx. ""
DITiT'Q PADMIXTATIVP I
nil o uaiiJiiiiAi 11 n:
T^OR CORRECTING NAUSEA DYSENTERY
r Diarrhoea and Cholera Infantum. A 1
Eleasant medicine of incalcnable merit In the
ome circle for child or adult. It Is popular, J\
' pleasant and efficient. Truly a mother's * j
frien . it soothes and heals the nooboas mem- { J
bmnea; and checks the mucontf" discharge
[ from head, stomach and bowels. The mucous a. M
discharge from the head and lungs are as f a
I DromDUy relieved by it as the- mucous dis- j fl
I charge from the b we!s. It is made to relieve t f
J he mucous system and cure nausea, and it J ~~W
does it. It makes the Crisica! period of teeth* 1 jm
iisjjchildren' afeand easy, it invigorates and
builds up the system while it is relieving and Vl
i cuiiHg the wasted tissue. It is recommeudcd [ 9
and used largely by physicians. For sale by. I 1
W&nnamaktr <t Murray Co., Columbia. 8. C., f '?
andjwholesaleby Howard & Willett, Augusta^^^^i