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\ > 'U.l ' "I " ',^^^^^^M^P?^^^^^^^llg^^l?^^ I?MMMMMig?WM??BMW?MMBB VOL. XLVL WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ?, 1890. NO. 51. ' ' ?^?S ----- : ?'%! THE TWO CH AIRMEN1. ! I I CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CAPTSHELL AND COL- HOYT! A i'roposition by the Latter Rejected by the i Former?The Letters in Fall. Greenville News. The following letter was addressed to the memo, io of the State Democratic Committee: Rooms of the State ( Democratic Executive Committee, ) Columbia, S. C., July 17th, 1S90. | I Dear Sir: It has been suggested that, as a means of allaying the excitement and contention "vvithin the lines of our party in this State, the Jommittee shall invite a t an early day in the city to Decomposed (in addi. m member) of members ory Campaign Commitrespectively by Capt. G. . Gen. John D. Kennedy. . that such a conference j he obiect had in view by I ye Committee, in ordering (Convention, so as to bring derly and peaceful settlei existing differences, and tnbined influence of the itive Committee and the y Committees in securing reement, on all sides, as any cause for dissatisfactrifll onf,c.mne of the nres Ha, thereby assuring the Burmony of the party when confront the common enereneral election. ed with the force and perti[this suggestion, coupled esire to preserve intact the >n of the Democratic party fce. I resoectfullv submit Kter for your consideration, or not you will authorize me H flme such a conference with the ^Ensory Committees aforesaid. If B^^ou regard the matter favorably, and think such a conference is advisable, please telegraph at once to the Secre^ tary, Wilie Jones, Esq., Columbia, 8. C., or send him a message to the col Btrary, if you do not approve the proKposed meeting. || Vei y truly yours, mm James A. Hoyt. Chairman State Executive Com. B The answeis returned to this letter m authorized the chairman to invite the P conference whenever he was informed I that the Advisory Campaign Ccm| mittecs would unite i_ ouch a conference. ? - ? -?-i i i The following letter was aciaressea to Capt. G. TV. Shell and also to Gen. Jolin D. Kenned}- as representing the Advisory Committees: Columbia, S. C., Tuly 16,1890. i My Dear Sir?I have asked the I State JDeinopratic Executive Committee" to authorize me to invite a v - "conference in this city at an early day, to be composed of the said Executive Committee, together with the Advi sui\y vxtinpai^n wiuiiii over by yourself and Capt. G. W. Shell, for the purpose of agreeing, if possible, upon such a line of policy by each committee as will best insure the unity and harmony of the party in this State when existing differences are settled. The object of this conference is to talk frankly atd freely over thj situation, as Democrats, and to use tae influence of the several committees in bringing about a better state of feeling among our people. If you are willing to unite with your campaign committee in such a conference for the welfare of the party as a whole, will you at the earliest practicable moment, so that Imaycall the conference without delay, if the . rt ill? Jiixecuuve vjoiniiiittcc itppiuvco wuc suggestion. Address me at Greenville. Yours truly, James A. Hoyt, Chm. St. Dem. Ex. Com. The following reply from Governor Kennedy was promptly received: Columbia, S. C., July 17,1S90. Col. James A. Hoyt, Chair-man State Committee: 3tly Dear Sir?I am instructed by the Advisory Committee of which I have the honor to be chairman to say that if the meeting referred to in your letter of July 16th inst., is called we will accept the invitation and attend. We appreciate the motives which actuate you and will co-operate in every consistent manner in effecting the patriotic purpose you have in view. Awaiting further advice, I am. yours truly. J. D. Kennedy, Chm. [Captain Shell replied that he was anxious to have an interview with the chairman of the State Executive Committee, but was prevented from coming to Greenville on account of court convening in Laurens, and asked for a visit from the chairman. He was - * e +1, wining' iur a uvuucuriitc ucm CCJU mx; Stato Executive Committee and the Campaign Committee of the Farmers' Association, and expressed his desire to restore peace and harmony to the party. Further correspondence ensued. and resulted in a personal interview at Laurens on the 23rd inst., in which Captain Shell was urged to make a definite answer to the proposition, and which was followed by the annexed letters.] Laurens C. H., S. C., July 24, 1890. Col. James A. Hoyt, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee, Greenville, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have given the subject of our interview of yesterday careful thought, and can see no reason to change my conclusion previously made known to you. I will repeat that it is my desire that unity and good will be restored to the body politic: that in future, instead of the opposing factions indulging in abuses and bitter denunciations,criminations, all true Democrats should be willing to unite in healing the wounds and injuries complained of and let the Democratic party present to the world that magnanimous spirit characteristic of South Carolinians, remembering that "to err is human. but_divine to forgive."' For the State De.-ii <-rutic Execu -j tive Committee I enteriain the highest regard, so also with my distinguished friend Gen. JolrnD. Kennedy, for whom I feel more than ordinary concern, but 1 can not, to save me, see any good that could result from a US? WilBii I twtm I ! I joint conference such as proposed by yon. The August Convention meets in twenty clays. Its action will be conclusive as f" the matter of primary or no raimarv?the latter condition being most probable. I deprecate j the thought of precipitating a primary upon the people during the campaign, and nothing could be devised that would contribute so much to divide the Democratic party. The very least friction just now is the most desirable thing hoped for, and the adoption of any suggestion looking toward the perpetuation of conflicting influences, such as would result from ft hotly contested primary election, a quarter of a century would hardly heal the breach incident to such a proceeding. It is my opinion that the complection of the ^August Convention will reflect the ultimate result of the September Convention, which if true, would be sufficient to satisfy all reasonable minds, and would also give abundant time and opportunity to heal all the bitter disappointments caused by reason of defeat. For fVioco rooc/mc f rnncf. vfifinAfitfilllv dc cline to invite the committee over which I have the honor to preside to participate in the conference proposed by you. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, G. W. Shell, Ch'm Cam: Com. Farmers' Assn. S. C. Greenville, S. C., July 26,1890. Oapt. G. W. Shell. Laurens, S. C.' My Dear Sir?Yours of the 24th inst., *.vas received last evening. I regret that you adhered to a decision against tkeproposed conference, as I i j i."u ^ am sure you nave misconceive*.! me main object of conferring together upon the political situation. It is also unfortunate that our interview (which was held at your request to avoid such a result, as I understood it) should have failed to impress you with the real purpose of the conference. I sought to convey the idea that the paramount object in view was the concentration of forces to a particular end, namely, the unity and perpetuity of the Democratic party in South Carolina, at the close of an exciting and eventful campaign. It was not my purpose to make the conference an occasion for urging the adoption of the primary' system in in choosing delegates to the September Convention. That matter will be settled at an early day, but as you seem to hinge much objection against the conference on this score,allow me to say that I do not at all agree with you as to the effects of a primary election for delegates, such as I proposed for the consideration of the August Convention. The people are going to have primary elections in every section of the State, and to elect delegates by this method is not "preArv r?nf irorif Lip^L-m^ an J bum uxi^jr UV uvi; *? u^v. It would be easy enough to arrange for the election of delegates at the same ft me the county officers are chosen in this way, and it is possible to do so without friction or unnecessary excitement. I confess that the adoption of this method of selecting delegates would interfere with the prevailing mode by which a few men are deciding upon representatives for whole counties, but nevertheless I give the primary plan the preference in all cases. But, I wish to say on the main point at issue that it was expected to meet in conference for a free interchange of opinion upon the political condition nf fhp State. and not to srain advant age for any faction, nor to bind any one to a given course against honest convictions of duty and responsibility. The strained relations existing between the factions and the unusual heat engendered by the campaign now in progress do not augur well for the future harmony of the party in South Carolina, and my chief object in suggesting the conference was to secure adherence to regular methods and recognized usages, so that there will be no reasonable excuse for splitting the party in twain, as has been threatened in certain con tingencies, nor justification on the other hand for the enactment of measures that will prove offensive or degrading to any portion of our party. We are fellow-Democrats, and whatever affects one of us will surely touch the other in our political relations. So long as there are open questions to be considered, there will continue friction and conflicting influences, and it is idle to tell grown men that they can secure place by an ignoble surrender. Bat when the contest is over between the factions.there will be the test of time manhood and exalted courage as to who can best serve a united party, the manifest duty of which is to preserve the honor and uphold the integrity of our ancient commonwealth. Believing that the patriotic impulses of the gentlemen comprising the several committees would readily suggest the means for that most desirable end, and relying with confidence upon then willingness and readiness to serve the whole State, I made the suggestion for an early consultation as to these means, and very much regret that you have declined to meet us for this purpose. As tlie newspapers are already surmising as to tlie brief interview we had the other day, and to prevent any possible misunderstanding of its purport,I willfumish this correspondence for publication. "With sincere regard, Vorv frnlv vnnrs. James A. Hoyt, Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com. A Substitute foi Leather. Mr. Younghusband: "Isn't there a piece of old leather in the house anywhere, Bess? I want some in the worst way." Mrs. Younghusband: "No. Charlie there isn't. (Happy thought strikes her:) "But, Charlie dear, there's that steak you bought day before yesterday, you know." I The ilacon Telegraph says: "Ben Tillman made liimself ridiculous by engaging a detective to accompany j him while he was in Chaileston on | his recent visit. Tillman seems to feel that lie has done something awfully mean. The people of South Carolina lau<?h at his silly pretense that he is in danger of bodily harm as he cavorts thron^h the State." A ARP ON THE BOYCOTT. WHY HE THINKS THE SOUTH SHOULD USE IT A Patriotic Appeal to the Men anil Women ol the Sunny South. Atlanta Constitution. "Well boys, let's quit playing with 'em. They won't play fail* and they are always fussing at us, and tliey steal our balls and marbles, and the less we have to do with Vm the better." I think that will be better for all concerned. We won't nabor with'em. AVe can pass and repass like the feller did with his bull, but it's high time to cut off all intimate relations. What the South wants is to be independent and self-sustainiug. That is what anybody and any community wants. The farmer who raises the most of everything that he needs is the best off. We have paid tribute and homage to the North long enough. Let us all begin economy at home and do without the luxuries that our own. section can't furnish. Mrs. Arp says she will wait for a carpet until I can get her one at home?wants an ax minster, I recoil. fc>ne Jmows now to do without luxuries. If she can get them she wants them, but if she can't she don't. She tried doing without during the war when we had to live on rye coffee and sassafras tea and smokehouse salt and lye soap, and sorghum and cornbread, and the children wore shoes made of halftanned leather, and their clothes and hats were made of scraps. "Oh, yes,'" she said, we did it in war and I reckon we can do it in peace. Solomon says, "Eat not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats." Well I would like a little more codfish and mackerel and cheese, but I will do without it. Cobe ^/^ama 1/vno ocm fnv ^OlJ Q O UUiiO V^Ct-LU IViljj XVJ. the war left him with nothing but a yellow mule and all he buy's is coffee and tobacker. He says he'll be dogged if he won't eat roots and drink branch water if it's necessary. Well now, speaking seriously, the South can do without the things she cannot make or raise or import. She wouldn't suffer a day for food or clothing. Wagon factories and carnage and buggy factories and furniture factories would spring up here like magic, and give employment to thousands of our young men. In a few years there would be thousands of small indus~W7 /-\ TT*yMi1r] fiTT/lTV. Ul UC ? \J U-LK. VTWJthing from a hairpin to a locomotive, and keep our money at home. Friends, countrymen, patriots, let us do that. Let us form a league that will do something sure enough and do it for all classes. Let the North keep all that she has got and run the government and shinny on her own side and we'll shinny on ours and quit plying with them until they get friendly. "We are tird? tired. "A continual dropping will wear away a stone." I wouldn't trust a Democrat ten steps who would stay in partnership with a bloody-shirt Republican. The New York Herald makes a bigblow about New York going fifty thousand Republican majority if the South boycotts her trade. Suppose she does? Suppose they give a hundred thousand, what is that to us? "What is she doing for us now? Ever since the war the South has given her solid vote to help the Northern Democracy, and what has that Democracy done for us? "What is it doing A wac? rrc* ia flio JLVI UO " ^liUiVO wuiuiwinps) 10 vjL*.W 021I3- man who depends upon principle. If a man is a friend, why don't , he show it? Why don't the Northern 1 Democrats ho]d public meetings and . denounce all this unholy war upon us? "Why don't they quit the church that allows its preachers to abuse us and ] tell lies upon us? "Why don't they onm^fViinor nv move out of that l country? You can't take up a North- ( em magazine that hasn't got some < malicious scandalous piece in its < columns. The very last "Centuiy'; is ! still harping on Andersonville, and , has a communication from a con- } temptible cuss about our using bloodhounds to catch runaway negroes before the war, and says it was a common thing. It was a very uncommon thing, as every old-time negro < if ttoo j W J_LL LCi-i. IIII1I. JL-?UU 1U IFU.KJJ what good can come of such a discus- ? sion now? "What fair minded editor ] would admit such things' It is all i for hate and venom, and the mystery j of it all is, what makes them keep on hating us? It b said that Mrs. Can- ? field's husband was dreadfully mcrti- 1 tied about his wife's letter being pub- < lished. That's all. He was not mor- r tified that she felt that way, but be- 3 cause lier feelings got into the papers. < "Why don't he educate her to feel 1 some other way ? The truth is, he j believed that way himself, or he wouldn't have married such a "vicious, 1 malicious woman. If he was ?.eally : friendly to the white people of the J South, he should have made her stop 1 talking that way or quit her. i Wiiat is tne use 01 temporizing i with such a people? Let the New J York Herald, and all tlie other Her- 1 aids, threaten us with increased Republican majorities. A hundred thousand is no worse than a hundred. The result is all the same. "What good has our forbearance done? Are * not the relations between us getting : more unfriendly every year? It is J useless to cry peace when there is no peace. This Congress is forging the 1 chains to bind us and our children 3 to submission, not only to them, but to the domination of an inferior race. The (Janfielcls are as thic? up there as are "tlie leaves in Vallambrosa's vale." Now, let us all work together and ; build up the South. Let us invite all conservative people up North to come down and help us build up. There ! are some who have visited us and mingled with us and know what we are, and how we live and how the negro is treated. There are many who have already made investments here and have prospered. We will give glad welcome to ail who come kind hearts and good intentions. Chicago has got the "VCorld's Fail*. Now let the South liav? nothing to do with it. Her loud-mouthed representatives howled oger that Force bill and swallowed Jwhole. Thev belong to tlic Canfic' & stock, and we I r has put. us under the ban, and all J that even their Democracy wants is | our 153 electoral votes. If we are mistaken about this we will take back some things that we have said, but not all. If they care anything for us they have lost tlieir influence witn their nabors. Bill Arp. A TERRIFIED COMMUNITYA TVitcli Makes life in Ohio Unpleasant? Strange Tales. Portsmouth. Ohio, July 29.?The little community of Little Twin Creek in Nile township, Scioto county, i-> just at present stirred from center to hvumferenee over the advent of what tfley believe io be a veritable witch in their midst. This woman came to the place some time ago, and sincc has beeii leading a mysterous life, and has become the talk of the entire neighborhood. In the day time she wandered about the country side from one house to another entertaining the simple housewives with strange tales of distant countries which she had T-ioifo/l on/1 nf cfvnr>cr?? siTnATnflfnr.1.1 T V& tJVA -y v. j-s v? phenomena which she has witnessed, and of some of which she has been a part. Her stock of whitch lore is boundless, and she understands the charm as well as the medicinal properties of every plant in the Held or woods. At night she in some way disappears, and, although on several occo. sions she has been watched, she has always managed to elude her spies and make her nocturnal visits to witchland unattended. Recently she has been making some rr /wTnlvt f i/vn ^ VlAV ITl CCO LV-Ui-kJiUi-ICj \/A MVA fcw? V --connection with a Mrs. yam Cooper of that neighborhood, who for years has beep suffering from a nervous afiectici of the muscles of her neck so that she could not keep her head still. The witch told her that she was under the spell of a certain man of the community, whom she described, and if she would examine the bed and pillows whereupon she slept she would find thirty-three witch balls. TVi/a iiTomirifitinri wnc morlA ftnrl curiously enough the exact number of balls, ingeniously formed from the feathers, were found. And now a night has been appointed, when at the hour of midnight these balls are to be burned, and at such time the croon declares, the man who is wielding the spell will die at once and the woman at onece be cured. The people are anxiously awaiting the horn-, and in the meantime the man described by the mysterous woman is moving nervously about and is unpleasantlv conscious of beinc one of the main characters in a most serious tragedy or a most ridiculous farce. A Newsboy's Great Luck. A broker stepped out of the Broad Street door of the stock exchange yesterday, apparently after having mads some money. He espied a little mite of a ragged newsboy, not three feet high, and a philanthropic notion took possesion of him. He caught up the little bunch of rags ana, carrying n 10 a cigar sianu, pro-1 cured an empty cigar box. Tliis lie placed in the dazed boj *> liands. Then the broker dashed into the exchange with a wild whoop that directed general attention to him. Instantly he was surrounded by a crowd, and Broker Dick Halstead threw a coin into the box, seized the boy, passed him to J. W. Bass, who also passed him on after dropping a contribution into the box. Coins and bills began to rain into it. The sugar trust crowd was invaded, then vr? tti?ij uut: new juiiguiiiu uu>vu, turn iuc jjjuc of money in the box grew rapidly. The yells, the sight of the money, md the general novelty of his trip svere beyond the little fellow's comprehension. He simply stared blankly Finally he was released. There must have been ?50 in the box. He shot out of the exchange, and was last seen running up Nassau Street hugTincr fVio 1-?av fioplrf-.lv to liia Tvrftftfif,. wv. " Who lie was, where he lived, or ivhat he would do with his fortune ao one knew.?New York Special. Acres of Lumber Burned. Chicago, July 30.?A disastrous jonflagration broke out tonight on ;he lake front, at the foot of Michigan street. It began on the docks oi' Fitzimmons & Connells, and quickly 5t>read to the lumber yards of E. E. iyer & Co. and "Whitcomb & Co. rhe place was a small street inaccessible for fire engines, but the fire joats provided for just such an jmergency remedied the difficulty in i measure. The scene of the fire is penetrated by the tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, ;vhich crosses the river near by for unction with the Illinois Central and Eastern trunk lines. Skirting the Sorthwestem tracks are the lumber fards of the Peslitio Company and S. Paehcke & Co. Ten acres of lumber were consumed, together with :orty freight cars. The direction of ;lie wind alone saved the shipping md warehouses in the vicinity. The oss will not exceed $300,000. The Virginia State Fair. Richmond, Va., July 30.?The board Df directors of the Chamber of Commerce tonight decided to have a public meeting of citizens at the Y. M. C. A., hall tomorrow night to consider the expediency of holding a State fannext fall. So far 86.250 have been pledged to a ?10,000 guarantee fund, which the society requires before they will hold the exhibition. The committees of the Chamber of Commerce appointed to solicit subscriptions for buying a $60,000 lot for a seven-story building for the organization reported that they have received pledges amounting to S32,000. which probably guarantees the sue cess 01 tne cnterpnse. committees were appointed to confer with the Grain and Cotton exchange with regard to their occupying the building with the Chamber. ?A collision has occurred on theNew Manchester ship canal cut between a x. * IAVU UitUIS lLUtiU WiLil \\ Ux l\ i Ten were instantly killed and some sixty were injured, of whom probably thirty are fatally liurt. A blun-! der of a switchman caused the calam-1 ity. NO TROOPS AT TOLLS. THE REVISED FORCE BILL A MUCH MILDER MEASURE Hoar Says the Provision for Troops Has Been Stricken Out?Edmunds Still nolds Out Against a Change < f the Holes. The Washington correspondent of tbe 3Iacon Telegraph writes as follows: The P.epublican Senators were not numerous at church today. They were at home, reading the sixty-page substitute for the seventy-five page Davenport-Lodge force bill, which irAAMin AV./-1 CvNAAVkAW "UftTTA ltLCSSI S. JULUiU. Ullll kJJJVUAACA ULU.JC J^JL C" pared. The changes were made by these two Senators without much : consultation with their Republican colleagues on the election committee, Messrs. Frye, Evarts and Teller, but in deference their well-known desires for a milder measure. The es pecial desire of Messrs. Frye, Evarts and Teller was for an elimination of the provision for troops at the polls. This, Messrs. Hoar and Sherman say, . they have stricken out, but it does not ' so appear from the copies of the resolution they hrve furnished their Republican colleagues. The section referred to, which re-enacts the civil . rights law, remains unaltered. A MUCH MILDER BILL. The other important changes have been stated as the work was being done. The bill is so much milder that it will receive all but a few votes at the caucus tomorrow night, provi- : ded Hoar and Spooner demonstrate that the provision for troops at the pools is really out. But its passage i is still most problematical, for it cannot be passed without changing the rules, and Edmunds still leads a heroic little band of opponents to any such action. So long at he stands firm it : will not be done. ONE OF IT'S WORST FEATURES. "One of the most dangerous pro ? it, ? i i^;n Y libiUilb Ui tue JL' CUCi ciJL CACUUiUil UJULl ID the possibility of the appearance once more of United State troops at the ! polls, which may be put under the . marching order of any United States . marshal or officer,'' said Representa- : tive Mutchler of Pennsylvania to the Sunday Gazette. "It is a curious thing tnat the very view which -was enacted by the Republican Congress in the heat of war times to put a stop to the outrages against the elective franchise committed by United States troops on the border states should furnish the lirst pretext for the exercise of that power, but so it is. The act in question was designed to restrict the use of troops. It has, however, been prostituted to partisan purposes, so as to 1 destroy the very object for which it tvas enacted, and the little clause to : keep the peace at the polls has served as a pretext for the numerous infiu ences with state and federal elections j which were so numerous until the ( change of policy inaugurated by the Hayes administration. ( NOT CONFINED TO THE SOUTH. . "The use of United States troops 1 at the polls on election days has not been confined to the South, as some people suppose to be the case. They i were used in Pennsylvania at a state 1 election in 1870. Without the request ] of the State or municipal authorities, 5 an aimed body of United States ma rines were brought to the polls in the fifth ward of Philadelphia, took pos- ' session of them, kept them closed for < an hour, and exercised the right of 1 challenging voters. Gen. John W. 1 Geary, a distinguished Republican, 1 who was governor at the time, pro- ' tested against this high-handed out- ( rage, and in a message to the State Legislature denounced it in vigorous language. The occurrence cited in Pennsylvania was at an election for . State officials. TROOPS AT NEW YORK POOLS. "A more dangerous attempt was made in November, 1870, in- New 1 York, under the provisions of an act J wmcn 11 is now prupuseu tu revive, only in a more dangerous form, to ; overawe voters and State officials, and ! but for the firmness of Governor Hoffman and the yielding of the President to milder counsels on the evening before the election, scenes of riot and of bloodshed and conflict between , State and Federal troops might have ( occurred that would have startled 1 the country." j ( Staved Off till September. ] Washington, July 30.?Mr. Hoar ' went home to Massachusetts tonight. < weary with the delay of the Senate ! in taking up the force bill. He spent ' another afternoon in the pleasant : company of Johnny Davenport, shut ] up in the hat committee room with 1 the substitute bill, trying to change 1 its amendments so as to conciliate a few more Republicans. But he did : not feel like reporting it to the Senate before he left. He will not have to hurry back. The tariff bill is being very slowly debated, only three pages having been disposed of. and it will be set aside Saturday for the appropriation bills whenever necessary. Next week will be given to the river and harbor bill. Perhaps it may run into the week after. It will be September before the force bill can get a chance. Carlisle's Maiden Speech. Washington, July 30.?Carlisle made his maiden speech in the Senate today to a very attentive audience. The Republicans have as much repect for his intellect as the Democrats, and they heard the tariff truth from his lins as thev would not have heard it from any other member of the Senate. This was not his formal speech, which is to be made later. He simply saw that the Senate needed instruction, and gave it some incidentally. Too Great a Risk. Father: -John, why don't you go to work? You're old enough now to earn your o\\u iivrn. John: "Ah, father, but you don't understand. Clara says she don't care for riches. She loves me for myself alone. Suppose I should become rich. Don't you see, it would spoil everything?" \ DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATHRemarkable Effect of the Bite of a. Texa Insect. Old stories of the bite of the tarnntnla rndiiftinor fin uncontrollable desire to dance have been recalled to mind by the death of little Maurice Benton, son of Lemuel Benton, a prominent lawyer, which occurred yesterday. The little fellow had been playing on the lawn of his father's residence and ran into his mother, complaining that something had stuck in his bare foot. The member was examined by Mrs. Benton and a small red wound, such as a large sized needle might have punctured, was found, but was accompa"kvr Yin evrollinrr or>rl Tmf lifflo pain; so applying a little camphor to the place, his mother thought no more of it. During the night, however, she was aroused by the child's uneasiness and complaining, so she took him out of his bed, and to her horror discovered that the entire limb had turned a purplish black. A physician was sent for, but before he arrived, the boy was in convulsions, of ? ? n in. 3. .1 I so peculiar cnaracter mar ine doctor at once suspected the presence of some unusual poison. The spasms seemed confined to the limbs, which were so violently and continuously convulsed as to keep the child dancing up and down, throwing Jts arms wildly and twitching its fingers. These painful contortions lasted un til the little fellow sank exhausted and unconscious, in which state he remained all the next day. dying in the evening. The bodv was perfectly livid, with great spots of discoloration nearly black on the limbs and stomach, while a peculiar fungus growth made its appearance between the parted lips. The physicians were much puzzled to account for the case, as the limb was so swollen as to render any examination of the wound impossible, but old settlers say that from the description of it and the convulsions produced, that it was undoubt edly caused by the bite of a tarantula. These dreadful creatures have grown veiy rare in these parts, so they were not at first thought of in connection with the case. REVIVAL OF CANAL BUILDINC. Have the Railways Failed to Meet the Ex pectations 01 easiness. One of the financial phenomena of the country, and, indeed, of the tforlcL has been the revival, within the past twenty years, of an interest in the projection and construction of artificial waterways. A generation and more ago the canal was the popular means of transportation of freight. In 1825 began an era in railway building. The example of the Blackstone canal, in our State, shows the result of this new undertaking. As the building of the Providence and TVbr cester railroad was the deathblow to the prosperity of the Blackstone canal, so it was to universally. * * But the year 1870 marks a revival of Lnterest in canal building. This singular fact and its explanation are discussed in the most recent "of the publications of ihe American Economic Association, by Edmund J.James, Ph. D., of the University of Pemisylrron^o Po .Tomes fivsrfc nails attention T mine*} JL. w. V to the increased activity in this class Df projects in Europe and in this country. In Prussia and in France this interest has been very great. In the East a canal is in process of construction through the Isthmus of Corinth, uniting the waters of the iEgajan sea and the Gulf of Lepanto. The North sea and Baltic canal and the Manchester ship canal are projects of great commercial importance. * * He finds the chief cause in the falure of the railway to realize tlie expectations entertained of it. It has failed, he says, to secure as low rates is the public and shippers insist should prevail. Charges of railroad extortion, he claims, are life under ill systems?American, English, French and German. A New Compound Lard Bill. Washington, Suly 30.?The House 2ommittee on agriculture today desided to report favorably the bill introduced in the House by Mr. Conger > i-i. 1/1 ^.3 do regulate me nimiuiauLuie auu ??ic Df compound lard. The bill is similar to the amendment of the bill already repoi*ted by the committee, the Drily material changes being a few small reductions in the taxation and the purpose of reporting this last bill is to facilitate action on the subject by substituting it for the amended bill, the first reported, and thereby it V UJLUJ-LISJ Lliti IICCCOOIOJ' 1U1 ot^ax u. o^VOteS on the numerous amendments made to the original bill. A Wasted Life"Ah, yes, his was a wasted life,; sighed the bald-headed gentleman. "Was he dissipated"? Had he antipathy for work? Was he a gambler, a lover of fast horses, a?" "Nay, nay, interrupted the baldheaded gentleman: none of these; but' worse, far worse. He spent ins lile endeavuring to raise vegetables whicli should remotely resemble the gorgeous specimens he had seen in the seed man's catalogue." Longed for a Carriage Ride. The professor's .wife complained that on a recent visit of curiosity to the new cemetery he did not go with her. "But you must come with me some time, won't you, dear?" she said wheeclingly. "I shall take the greatest pleasure in doing so, love. And what is more do not put it off too long, either." First Burglar: "I've got a scheme." Second Burglar: "What is it?" 'We'll form an unlimited burglin' company an' get a charter from the State of Louisiana." "But we can't offer ?1,250,000 for the privilege." "We rouldn't nav it cash down, of course, but we might offer to let tlie State go halves." A TIIOUSAM) SLAIN. THE BLOODY RECORD OF THE ARGENTINE REVOLUTION. Five Thousand Wouuded in the Battles Around Buenos Ayres?All Quiet in the City?Disorders in the Country. Buenos Ayees, July 31.?During the insurrectien here the iron clad fleet which had joined the revolutionary movement bombarded the city for two days. Serious damage was done to many buildings, especially those in the vicinity of the Plaza Victoria. One thousand persons were killed and 5,000 were wounded. The ship ping in port sustained no damage. Buexos Ayres, Judy 31.?Disorders continue in the agricultural districts. The Great Southern Kosario railway has been torn up in places. Troops have been dispatched to protect the workmen repairing the road. Traffic is suspended. The chambers are in session. The report that it is intended to establish a forded enrrenev is denied. Exchange is falling. The gold premium is ?2.50. New York, July 31.?A dispatch received in New York from Buenos Ayres today via Galveston says: "The officials of the Mexican Telegraph Company in this city say that the fact that this message came over the Trans-Andine line is an indication that peace reigns throughout the Argentine Republic." London. July 31.?Sir James Ferguson, Parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, announced that the government had received a dispatch from Beuncs Ayres, stating that everything was settling down and affairs were assuming their normal aspect Street traffic in the city had been resumed. Paris, July 31.?A dispalch from Buenos Ayres says: The banks are open but the bourse is still closed. A press censorship has been established. The formation of a cabinet of conciliation is under discussion. The city is tranquil. La Libebtad, San Salvador, via Galveston, August 1.?Communication with the interior of San Salvador has been restored. Advices from the "R V/a^lbOi VI DJUits cvuiuv cm It? W General Antonio-Ezeta ,was ordered from the frontier, with about 2,000 men, immediately upon the outbreak of the revolt, headed by Gen. Rivas. Gen. Ezeta hastened with all speed to the capital. Gen. Rivas's forces had captured the artillery barracks, but the few troops in charge had fought desperately before they surrendered. Indians then pillaged several houses, and a panic ensued. Rivas's forces were finally defeated and neace restored. It is stated that Guatemala has withdrawn her forces from the frontier, and that all is quiet at present. There is no telegraphic communication with Guatemala. A $1,0 CO Beauty Wanted. Atlanta, July 30.?J. M. High, an Atlanta dry goods man, has offered ?1,000 for the most beautiful woman in Georgia to parade through the streets as Lalla Rookh on the top of the float Mr. High proposes sending forth on the occasion of the promised midsummer parade to be gotten up in honor of the lion and elephant expected here for the Gress Zoo. On one occasion Mr. High induced a couple newly married in public and in Georgia-made cotton bagging to sit for hours in his windows to attract a crowd. The merchant is enterprising, but he will not succeed in getting the most beautiful woman in Georgia for his side-show. Beautiful women in this State happen to be a trifle modest. Perhaps Barnum's 8100,000 beauty will have to be imported to fill the bill. The East Shore Terminal. Charleston, S. C., July 30.?The East Shore Terminal Railroad Com pany is gradually absorbing a good deal of the east side wharf property. To-day it purchased Kerr s wharf for ?18,000. This makes seven wharves that have passed into the possession of the company since it secured the franchise to construct a belt line. Counting the franchises and cotton press property already acquired, the company now owns upward of ?600,000 worth of property in this city. It is stated, however, that they paid only ?118,000 for the seven wharves J 1-_- "J. All i-T now owneu uy it. mi wuese wmuvco are below the Union wharf property, and their acquisition is taken as an indication that the Terminal people propose to build their belt line along the entire east water front with sidetrack on every pier from the gi;eat railroad depot to the battery. The Cotton Season in Texas. Sax Antoxio, Texas, July 30.?This year's cotton product of southwest Texas is beginning to come into the market, and buyers are rapidly flocking from New York and other eastern cities. Ginning operations have already commenced in many localities, and "within a few weeks the market will be in full blast. The increase of acreage planted in cotton in southwest Texas is more than twenty-five, per cent., as compared with last year. However, the yield will not be so large this season, owing to the ravages of the cotton wovm. A Maf?aificient New Building. Richmond, Va., July 31.?The contracts for the new church tob? erect *? i VN I J Tfc I _ 1 ea Dy tne <arace orreet baptist congregation, 011 the site of the old building, were awarded to-day, and the structure will be completed by spring. It will cost 855,000, fronts ninety-six feet, is of the Norman style of architeeture and the audience room will seat 1,500 persons, and the Sunday-school rooms 1,000 more. The building will be one of the prettiest in the city. A Murderous Grave Digger. Louisville, Ky., July 31.?Peter McCreary, a grave digger, became insanely jealous of his sweetheart, Annie Stocken, because sho was paying attention to another suitor, and shot her, inflicting a fatal wound. McCreaiT then attempted to kill himself with the same weapon, but was overpowered by the police and safely lodged in jail. ITEMS OF INTEREST. ?It has been suggested that the head of Miss Susan Anthony ought to be put on the silver dollar. ?Miss Louise Imogene Guiney, the poetess, thinks nothing of walking twenty miles on her poetic feet --Mrs. Adare of Kathdore, Ire., has refused an offer of ?350.000 for her cattle ranch somewhere in the West She holds it at $2,000,000. ?The fat and particularly venerable Kalakaua, king of the Sandwiches, will visit England in October. His sister, Princess Lilino, is going with him. ?Olive Logan, the pioneer of newspaper women, has the honor of be- s .. ing elected a member of the in cor-, porated Society of Authors, of which > * Lord Tennson is president and Wal-^ ter Besant the secretary. "" ?The largest fruit farm in West Virginia is the Becker farm, near Harper's ferry. It containg 5,000 apricot trees. 37,000 peach trees, 3,000 plum trees, 5,000 miscellaneous fruit trees, and 35,000 grapevines. ?Kobert Melhenny of Plainview, Adams county, Pa., is the possessor of a turkey hen that laid ten eggs while she was hatchin; she hatched out an even dozen of young turkeys, and is still laying an egg every day. ?All through New Mexico, Arizona, some parts of Colorado and also in old Mexico, no rain lias fallen for months, and thousands1 upon thous\? vrt-n/?A nvo 1 rrinrr OCJJJ.U.O KJJ, JLcUUgt; OU.Cs XJXJJ.^ in tlie parched valleys and thousands more are dying for want of grass and water. ?The most monotonous city in its buildings is Paiis. the houses there being almost alike An attempt is now being made to vary this by building houses of the style of the Renaissance and Louis XL, and hope is expressed that the example will be followed generally. ?A wounderful wedding dress was rviorlfl in PnOCifl "fm* fllA lit AVX VMV daughter of a great Russian artist It is of regulation white satiii, but ozi the satin are innumerable little pictures, chiefly allegorical, painted by her fathers friend. What may be its value in years to come? '--_J ?A. Montefiore, who "nas been traveling in Florida and devoting care- ?. fal study to the fruit growing dis.tricts of that vaso State, calculates that the Americans eat more meat 111 the course of twenty-four hours than all the inhabitants of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium Holland and Switzerland put together. ?An oculist inBreslauiias recently treated 300 cases of defective eye- j sight, for which the cause was not - apparent It rose as sudden] ** is an V epidemic, and was confined to men en tirely. At last be found the reason / for it in a new fashion of very tight shirt collars. He made the young men unbution their collars and their eyes got well. ?In Maine a man lias been found who has sold liquor freely for the past thirty years, and who has never missed attending district, county and State conventions and advocating and voting for resolutions asserting adhesion to the principles of prohibition. and demanding thorough and effective ' enforcement of the law. Well, he is a Curiosity. ?There is an interesting scheme for establishing a floating hotel at Hong Kong. The vessel is to have three decks, the lower being arranged f<-vr /Km'-ncr VnTlftrrJe smnUn?and card rooms. The main deck will contain a drawing room, twenty-one bedrooms, each with a full sized bath and dressing room, while the upper, or spar deck, has been arranged as a promenade. ?English ladies are adopting the ^ fashion of putting their ladies who * / , wait at table in liyery. The skirts are plain of these livery gowns and of the heraldic color of the house. All the pleats are thrown behind. Then the waistcoat and jacket are trimmed with livery bands, buttons and crests or monograms in metaL A hierh stiff white collar, white cuffs ^ and a tiny white cap like a topnot ~~J~ complete this livery. Opposing General Wheeler. Moxtgemebt, Ala., July 30.?News has been received here that General Joe "Wheeler, of the eighth district, is to have opposition. The Moulton Advertiser, published in Wheelers district, today contains the announcement *of A. C. Ashfordas the Alliance candidate. He will not submit his claims to the Democratic convention. General "Wheeler, it is understood, will be renominated without opposi+i/vr> Tlio Vtprpfnforp. }>as been working inside the Democratic party in this State, and well-informed politicians do not believe any considerable number will vote against the J regular nominees of the party in any / , of the districts- / V Fourteen Lives Were Lost. Baltimore, Md.. July 31.?The / work of dredging the Patapsco river / in the neighborhood of Fort Carroll f for the bodies of those drowned by the collision Monday night of the excusion steamer Louis and the Norfolk steamer Virginia, was continued to-day. Two bodies were recovered ' > r Trr:n:? xr mine loreiiuuii.? ytjlluc * i,aao ouu Maggie Ellen, a boy and girL The latter belonged to Washington. All the "missing' are now accounted for. The number of deaths now known to have resulted from the collision is fourteen. She Gets Four Millions. San Francisco, Col., July 31.?The celebrated Blythe will contest which , began July 15, 188S, and progressed steadily for over a year, ended to-day in Judge Coffey rendering a voluminous decision in favor of Florence, the illegitimate child of Thomas H. Blythe _ the deceased millionaire, awarding her the bulk of the estate of a total value of about ?4,000,000. Notning so completely robs confinement of the pain and suffering attending it as the previous use of The Mothers Friend. Sold b:' all Druggists. * ' i *