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r THE DAY'S WORK. | Do thy day's work, lay dear, | Though fast and dark the clouds are drift- f in g near, , j Do thy day's work, though now The hand'must falter and the head must | bow, And far above the falling foot shows the j bold monutaiu brow/ Yci there is left for us, Who on the valley's verge stand trembliog thus, A light that lies far in the west?soft, faint, but luminous. ^ We can give kindly speech. And ready, helping hand to all and each, Ane patience, to the young around, by smiling silence teach. TT"a no? omt-ci front!? f llAlirrTlf' End charity, by life's long lesson taught, And wisdom, from old faults lived down, ! by toil end failure wrought. "We can give love, unmarred { By selfish snatch of happiness, unjarred j By th? keer aims of power or joy that; make youth cold and hard. And if <?av hearts reiect The gifts we hold -would fain fare on unchecked On the bright roads that scarcely yield all that young eyes expcct. Why, do thy day's work still, The calm, deep'founts of love are slow to chill, And heaven may yet the harvest yield, the -workwo' n hands to fill. A ROMANCE OF ??^ nn-nr-r^T^ r^i \ __^-~TYVO UJttU 1 JUliJKIS. | BY EDGAR FAWCEXT, Author of "The Confession of Claud," "The Evil That Men Do," "J. f New York Family" Etc. [_UopjT;gmea. i>y iuv auluui.j Clyde expostulated, but vainly. Ilere was madness indeed, but of a sort with which his whole pharmacopoeia of drugs had no power to deal. He had seen the men who had brought "Perdita's" body to Gerald's rooms and had tried to wring ** from them a confession of that sort of robbery in which the rope of a weddingring might be included. But the men were rough fellows and yet keen-witted ones. They seemed clearly to understand that when hiring them as he had done, Clyde had laid himself open, in his character of a physician connected . | with Bellevue and consequently with [ Its a.QJdC0Hl> mur^UC, X.KJ vx tuv k gravest and most injurious charges. SSffi "Good heavens," thought the young ffl| physician, one night, after a stealthy M conference that had teemed for him 8? with humiliating rebuff. "I feel like Hr some compromised person in a Bowery . W melodrama. And this comes of not keeping the wheels of one's existence well within the ruts of the ordinary! Ah, imagination, what traps you can set for the unwary scientist!" Dreading the ridicule of his co-workers, he refrained from breathing a syllable about the elixir. There were times when he doubted absolutely that it had ? - * ?1 f P revitalized ner wnom uci<iiu uu?? adored. Again he would keenly regret the accident -which had caused him to overturn that flask of the fluid, and vow to himself that he would soon borf row his young friend's formula and turn alchemist with sturdy zeal. Meanwhile he greatly regretted the absence of Thorndyke, and at last wrote him another letter, far more copious than the first, in which he described Gerald as bent upon a perilous and reckless union with a woman whose brain and body were both disordered and who might bring upoa herself and her suitor calamitv almost worse than death. "Lear^, if you can," he counselled, "the tangle ol your present affairs, anc come eastward with speed. You have already written Gerald that your real losses arc slight. All the better reason, my good friend, why you should seek at this hour the mad boy who hurries to a bourne that may prove his lasting grief and disgrace." Somewhat strangely, it must be owned, on the very afternoon when . Clyde sat in his study sealing and directing1 this letter, Gerald, with flushed face and brilliant eyes, pushed himself unannounced across the threshold. "Wish me joy!" he said, throwing his strong, lithe frame into a chair. ''She has consented to marry me. Ifefc. _ She loves me, and has agreed to link her fate with mine. It must happen in a few days, Clyde?a very few days. We shall go straight to join dear old Dr. Thorndyke after our marriage. I feel I've neglected him horribly. But when he sees Perdita he will pardon me, I'm certain. And we shall live out there? with him, if he'll let us." "Where do you mean?" asked Clyde, , wiping his pen. and giving a sad little sniff to the autumn tuberose in his coatfront. "Chicago? It can't be very comfortable there just now. considering that most of it is in ashes." "Oh. we'll find some other place out in the West," said Gerald, with an excited toss of the head. "There are lots of them. It Will be a new life, and that's just what I want. You forget that I only need a little time to work . again at the elixir and realize from it a i monstrous fortune." Clyde made a plaintive sort of tattoo ; on the desk before him with the well- > ccpt finger-nails of one hand. "All, ; res- yes. indeed," he muttered, in joyi ess monotone. Not lore' afterward, | ae posted his copious letter to Thorndyke. and then had a conscience- , I stricken feeling- that he should have spent a small fortune in sending1 it all by telegram. I CHAPTER X. I "You are ready. Perdita?" said Ger1 ^ I.AMM-L? An n ^ L ill 1.1 W ltil VIA % iV~*iV C?0, V-Uk Ci. VV-* morning1 just three days later. Yes,*' she answered, standing- before him in a simple dark dress, with a bunch of flowers at her bosom. Then, as he raised her hand and held it to his ; lips, she went on: "Who is waitingthere, Gerald?"1 ' Down in the drawing-room? 2so one except the clergyman who is to marry lis and our good friend. Dr. Clyde, not , Mgjaa||!|y poor, dull, obliging- Mrs. 1 gPS? 11 rawac.'' He was going to add, in hu- 1 raorous afterthought. expensive Mrs. B Brawne. 1 might also call her." but suddenly preferred not to speak the words. fjgfo Instead of them he gayiy said: "The > Wk sun is shining as merry as if it were one ' gSSv of my old English May mornings. And sun is shining in my heart, too. I do so hope it's the same with Her eyes swam in tears as they dwelt ron iiis face. "Uh, herald, sue s;ua, "whatever that blotted-out past of mine \ may have been. I'm certain it never brought love to me. never, never!" She bowed her head on his shoulder. "There is no forgetfulness that could cloud such love as 1 feel for you. It is this thought that makes me sure I can not ' be doing wrong. And yet who knows? 1-nu-lion 1 those hidden rears are like a monstrous lie said, "ready to save you from any rseit iwlsra fate. And remember," he went on. with a kind of boyish catching of the breath in his hope-stirred tones, "there is somewhere a new life prepared for us in a land SYLVAN TOOK NO NOTICE OF TEE OUTSTRETCHED HAND. that is new. He who so long has been my benefactor will not desert me now. By degrees, my dearest, you will begin to forget that you have forgotten. Even the reeolleetion that I found you homeless and shivering in the street at night will melt into the brighter consciousness of how much mutual joy that meeting has borne us both. Come, now; let us go down; they are waiting. iTViato T'll kiss awav rnur tears. 1-bove all things that the sun hates to | sline on, I'in sure it must be a tearful I brde." | Tiey went down-stairs together into f the little front drawing-room. The 1 placid^facect ofinqyman (unconscious of her mental trouble"; had taken Per| dita's hand and was saying <iomething i kindly or perhaps jocose to her :zl a ; lowered voice. Just then a servant I slipped up to Gerald's side and handed ; him a card. Gerald turned toward Clyde. "My , brother, Sylvan," he said. "Can he have ^Art**/! /\^ wQwiorfaO" Ui iUJ XiiCiA. X V ' /did not tell him," Clyde returned, neutrally. "Where did you show Mr. Maynard?" said Gerald to the servant. ' Into the next room, sir," he was answered. A pair of heavy folding-doors (in what is now a somewhat old-fashioned style for New York) separated these two apartments. These doors were tightly closed. Gerald turned to the clergyman with a smile. "Just excuse me lor a moment. { please," he said. "I promise you I'll return directly. I haven't got frightened enough, to run away." He quitted the room by a side door, passed through the hall, and speedily came into the presence of his brother. He was smiling1, and instantly put forth his hand. It seemed impossible that he should hold a shadow ox malice, that morning, toward any human being ?and least of alL toward one so near of kin. But Sylvan took no notice of the outstretched hand. He was extremely ~ '2 4-t-v^v T".* vs o 1 n Arr 4*Vi n + tVtrdilf ?Jtt I tT , U.11U. l/iic iUU^-iUCfcJLCblljr VUUV WA4* v?v ened him was plainer, now, in his glassy eye and hollow cheek. "I would not have come here," he said, 4"if it had not been for a most extraordinary matter. In their searches for iflv wife the two detectives I employed appear to have been very keen. They insist upon it that they have traced to this house (with final private f ifeli $ > H'*hjfc -i ^ fiA V;;f>^M.,.?; X&rttpMt SHE SAXK TO THE FLOOK. aid, I believe, from one of its servants) a certain female whom they believe may very possibly be Lucia." Gerald thought of his delayed marriage. Besides, his brother had just behaved with insolence in refusing to take his hand. He half turned away, with a blight curl of the lip. ' I know very few of the other people in this house. You should make inquiries of the landlady here. Mrs. Brawne is her name." k*T fAmol-A "trrvn " J. 1/iWW1W?VU?..vU.n ~ said Sylvan. "I preferred it because I have learned that the lady whom the officers have suspected of being1 Lucia is in a certain way under your protection and that of Dr. Clyde." Gerald started, frowned, flushed and then grew deadly pale. "She has entirely lost her memory," pursued Sylvan, "and?" "Stop there!" broke in Gerald. He spoke as if a co'rd girt his throat. "What deviltry is this?" he went on, gaspingly. "Who dared to tell you such a lie?" He stood staring at Sylvan with a fixity that was full of both defiance and bewilderment. "I have mentioned my informants," replied his brother, coldly. "Perhaps they are mistaken; they have not claimed infallibility: but I am sure they have not dealt in falsehood." A sudden impulse as of desperation took hold of Gerald. '"The lady to when- you have so distinctly referred," he said, "is here. Look for yourself." And quietly, but with speed, he unclosed the folding" doors. In a moment the two rooms became as one. Gerald moved forward, his brother following". She whom they sought stood, just then, between the clergyman and Clyde. Mrs. Brawne, with commonplace visage and a queer, festive flutter about her toilet, was slightly in the background. Having approached within a few steps of the woman he meant to marry that momin.tr,Gerald drew back and indicated Sylvan by a quick wave of his hand. ' This." he said, looking straight at Perdita, "is my brother." She grew very white, and remained for a few seconds motionless, with her gaze on SyIvan's face. Then she sprang to Gerald and clutched his arm. "Your?your brother'?' she questioned. JLC5>. ?aiu VV1UAU. She had not taken her eyes from Sylvan. Clyde, who watched her now, never forgot the surge of intelligence mixed with frightful agony that soon swept across her features. In another instant her clasp on Gerald's arm loosened. She stagg??BMB|^^Wvan Her eyes had now dragged 'rom their^B pure throat beoa^flHB as of strainiu^^fl "Oh! my comes backlH w In that o:9HSa9B^HMBB if damned by a sense of either its own despair, misfortune or disgrace. 4'Lucia!" exclaimed Sylvan. He ad- ] vanced as though to meet her. But even then she sank to the floor?sank with collapse so quick and terrible that no arm of those near by had enough ' mingled force and swiftness to break her fall. Gerald was the first, to raise her. and as he did so a wild cry of sorrow j broke from his lips. He had told himself, in that single fleet glance at her bluishly altered face, that she had 1 ceased to live. . . And soon after- I ward, when she had been borne to a cn-fa Clvrlo: bent over her and verified the ghastly conviction. 'Her heart has been feeble for weeks," i he said, when no gleam of doubt as to 1 her death longer dwelt with him. Rising from the sofa, he gazed with great gentleness and compassion at Sylvan, i saying: f "She was your wife, then?" ? "Yes," answered Sylvan. < At this point Gerald tore something from an inner pocket. "The manu- 1 script and the letter!" he cried, in a voice throbbing with misery. "Take f them?burn them! you are right; they 1 are accursed!" 1 Sylvan received the envelope in a dazed way, with shaking hand. The morning, in spite of its sunshine, had ? been somewhat chill; a fire of big black 1 coal-blocks flashed and crackled below t the mantel. Sylvan examined the papers, for a brief space, as well as his keen f agitation would permit Then he almost reeled toward the grate and flung y. them in among the yellow, coiling : flames. Nearly a month had passed when one f 1 - * * -3 T> - evening1 uiyae ana nis ineuu Tliorndyke sat together. "It is charming," said Clyde, "to think of Gerald's devotion to his brother nowadays. Instead of that horror having divided them it has made them better friends than ever before." "Poor Sylvan is doomed, I fear," said i' T7iq father's old maladv has^im in its clutch." I ' Yes. ^here seems every sign of an , incurable dtiay." The two friends < were seated in Clyde's charming study, , full of books ard 61 util&tic tdu&flfo \JL . the way of picture, bust or tapestry. Clyde let his eyes wander for awhile among these various proofs of his own taste and culture. Then he slowly said, with a half-smile playing between his lips: "If all record of the elixir had not been lost, its powers of healing might be tried on poor Sylvan now. I don't refer to any gre-iter powers it might have possessed, my dear Thorndyke, so don't watch in me that half-contemptuous T II ias>iuou. j. mcicij menu? But here Thorndyke grave his gray beard an impatient pull and flung one leg irritatedlv aeross tho other. "Oh, Clyde, Clyde!" he protested. 4'I often wonder that imagination of yours has ever allowed you to become the brilliant practitioner you are. Upon my word, I , believe you secretly think there was something sane in Egbert Maynard's queer decoction, after all." ' I can't help but wonder, sometimes," [ returned Clyde, "at the resuscitation of that drowned woman." i "Wonder at it?" echoed Thorndyke I with unsparing scorn. "Why, how many thousands of so-called drowned rxw>li> have been revived bv a dose of I stimulant!" "Then you admit?" "That it wax a stimulant? What else could it have been? But no more so than brandy?and perhaps not as , much." Clyde got up from his chair, with both hands thrust into his trousers pockets and with head reflectively drooped. "No; I won't admit that,'''' he said; "I simply icoiCt. There were novel methods of dealing- with electricity pointed i out by Mavnard in that formula which might have astounded the greatest living-chemists." "Pah!" scoffed Thorndyke. "I should : have liked to see any great living chemist give it five minutes of serious atten- i tion." There was now a silence, during which Clyde stared up atone of his rare j engravings. "Well, well," heat length murmured, "it's useless to talk now of what merit or humbug the strange compound may have concealed- But one i thing is sure: it ha3 wrought grief and ruin enough to have been the shirt of Nessus or the 'poppied shell' of Medea, i And Gerald! how it has drugged him! Do you think he will ever quite recover * trora its eirectsv" "Yes," exclaimed Thomdyke, with a heart.y emphasis that was somehow both 1 manful and sweet. "He's young yet, i and he's got all the world before him. Besides, you know, he has my warm i friendship while I live, and he'll have i what's no doubt a good deal more valuable from me after I'm dead." Clyde turned, with glowing eyes, and 1 went up to his friend's chair, laying a ! I "BURXt THEM! YOU ARE RIGHT; THEY ' ARE ACCURSED." ' hand on the elder man's shoulder. "You dear old chap"' he laughed. I ^ r> j ! ".No wonder tne ^mcago nre spareu j your goods and chattels as it did!" i "Nonsense," muttered Thorndyke, in I his "beard. "It ruined many a better i man!"' ] [THE END.] < ( Sad Work -with the Birdj. 1 The beautiful little mackerel gulls, l which, a few years since, were so plen . i tiful in our Maine bays and estuaries, < have entirely disappeared, and are now i never seen. The cause which effected 1 this was the demand for plumage for 1 the decoration of the fall and winter 5 bonnet So exacting was this that taxidermists established branches near the J supply, that they might prepare the skins of these and other birds as soon < <&?> ivilltJU. CUX iiiOUiktAWl ft U1A W paid ten cents each, a price so remunerative to professional gunners that these birds were in the short space of two years practically exterminated. All of the snipe family were also in great demand; even the little ox-eye did not escape, for a single order was placed for 600,000 of these at three cents each to fill an English contract.?Lewis ton (Me.) Journal. Lots of Thieves. Easterner?Have you any horse thieves ' in jour section? ' Westerner?Lot^^em. Good News. jH^h Better. 'r ^fewas born with j ?, Mr. Sappy, ] ^dedfane?? ^ THE WORKING OF THE WEED. Practice? Hint# on the Cultivation of ' Tobacco. Mr. Henry J. Fe mod, tobacco agent it Qunicy, Fla., writes as follows to the lugusta Chronicle: Dear Sir: I ben to ofier the follown? suggestions upon I he cultivation of ;obacco in this section, and fully believe ,hat an observance ol them win produce Jie most satisfactory result: 1. Selection of seed. < a. Seed from the Vuelta ie Abajo District of Cuba is beyond doubt the >est for this section, since it produces joth a good filler and wrapper. 2. Time to plant seed. a. The proper time to plant seed is in Fanuary, February and March, the two ormer months producing the best re mlts, while the sowing in March is necissary for resetting and late planting. 3. "Location and preparation of seed i >eds. ' a. It is well to select two locations r>r bed* if nossible. one in a low ' " ? i -f lamp place, and the other in rich upands. B y this, disastrous result of a ( vet or di-y season may be ayoided. b. Upon the spots selected burn an ibundance of wood and brush for the . purpose of killing insects und the ashes j .0 serve as fertilizer. ( c. If any roots remain remove them, 1 it possible, and work the ground ; .horoughly with a plough or hoe, pulrerizing well, sloping the surf?,ce slight- ] y to prevent water standing on the >eds. j d. Sow the seed and rake it in. One tablespoonful of seed should be jown to each square rod of land, whicu 1 vill produce sufficient plants for setting ( )ne acre. In order to sow the seed , ivenly it is well to mix it with meal or i ivood ashes. Should the weather coninue dry the bees must be watered as j na^ be necessary. 4. Transplanting. a. Plants are ready to be put out when from three to six inches high, and ;he work is done similarly to the manner in which cabbage plauts are handled, rhe roots should stick or fork, and-care .Bed not to bruise the plant in any way. - Soil for fields. a. Coft J^en manure and cotton seed , compost make 'j^vfouHzers, of the , id IACI i i 11J tu uut. uuuuibu wu<r*?*? ? i ; the acre should be used, according fo'Jlft L land. 7. Preparing fields, a. The fields should be weil worked, and made as mellow as possible and fertilizers well worked in. b. The lleld should be made into small rows, (two small furrows thrown together,) rows to be from three to four feet apart, aiid plant set from fifteen to r-iyhteeu inches apart, depsuding on the richnets of the laud. 8. Culture of plant. a. Fields mustbe kept well cultivatedr and free from weed>. The soil must be kept mellow, and if it for any seasou becomes bard or crusty :.t mu*i at once be worked with a learn or hoe. b. As soou as the bloom shows the bud should be broken off, leavin. on the top of the plaut a good healthv-looking le>f. Some difference of opinion exists as to the best time for toppiug, but the best results have beeu obtained as above. c. Alter the plant is topped a aucker will grow to each leaf, which should be picked offwhen two or three inches long, and never allowed to remain on the stalk and be gathered. 9, Harvesting. a. Tobacco should be harvested by rvlont ^ r*. if i Q UUI>L1U? LUC CUmt JLJ1HUV nuiu iu w thoroughly ripe, and not by stripping its I leaves from time to time, as is some- ! times done. b. A plant is sufficiently ripe when the leaves near the top will snap when pinched on the under side between the stems. The ripeness of the plant cannot alwajs be determined by it* color. 10. Tobacco sheds. a. These should be so built as to give a good circulation ot air from bottom to top, and arrauged to be closed when necessary. b. A shed GO by 32 feet, with 12-foot posts, is of sufficient size to cure five acres of tobacco. 11. Hanging in sheds. a. After a plant is cut it should, if possible, not be laid upon the ground as sand may adhere to it, causing trouble when the tobacco reaches the factory. b. Plants should be hung seven or eight inches apart both ways. c. They may either be tied to a lath or pole or the stalk split and a pointed lath run tnroush It, putting six or eight 1 ? ^ l-At. _1 1J Plants on a Jain, roie xams suvuiu ;i? hung in a manner that they will best economize space. d. Jhe shed should be well ventilated 1 until the tobacco is well wilted down ii Eind the plants hang clear ?f each other. 12. Preparing lor market. a. VV hen the main stem of the leaf can be pinched near the seed and show no sap the leaves are ready to be stripped. b. The leaves should be earefully , sorted, ragged, poor and green leaves being placed together, and respective of 3izes, also some coarse leaves from the top. The good leaves should be divided is to size, long together and short together. J c. They are then to be tried into pack- 1 ?f>pa. or hatids. of about thirtv leavas ?ach. In placing them m packages each , leaf should retain its natural shape as : stripped from the sialk, and not in aiy 1 iase be smoothed out flat. d. la bulking *?7ay or boxing keep Llie difi'erent grades or kinds of packages oy themselves, and pack by lappinjtbe Lip3 of the packages. When btxing use snly cl?ar dry 'boxea, leaving small space between the ends of pakages and oox to prevent moulding. D* not let the boxes remain on the ground. 13. Insects. a. Insects may threaten plants at any ;ime. The cut worm usually appears .mmecliateiy aner transplanting, ice 330st effectual remedy is one tablespoon- ( ill ?f Paris green to four QuarUrs of seal or liour, mix well and sprinkle the plants. A perforated can or pepper box I lan be used for ibis purpose. b. The horn and budworms appear 1 while the plant is in its growth, and ' must be quickly picked oft', or the plant : s ruined. The horn worm flj can be lestrojea Dy us? 01 jamesiuwu son) wead blossoms, p?isoned with co- ' jalt. Place the blossoms la tke field at light on a stick, and the fly i3 killed by 1 sucking the poisoiei hone jr. ! It will aflurd me pleasure U give you ' my further information desired. Address all communications to Quin t, Florida. Yeurs truly. 1 Henry J. Fenton, ! T?baeco Agent. J Th? Usual Result. 1 Hoanoke, Va., Feb. 12.?Will Laven- i ier, a colored man wno attempted to i issault Alice Perry, a white girl, Mori- ' lay night, was taken from the officers ibout 1 o'clock this morning ana hang- ' id to a tree. He was captured near the < nty about 3 o'clock yesterday aft*r- 1 ioon, taken to the station house and re- i noved from there to a policeman's i louse about.? o'clock.?ie coniessea :o i Times reporter that he was the *nan K-ho committed the assault. A lumbering 150 people searched the city ,; )ver and finally located the man. lie s-as guarded by three officers who vould not let the party into the house. ; They broke open the door and took him . Tom the officers. .^The negro was car- ; ied to the riv|2h| ^g^ade^jj THE POLITICAL PULSE. ! i THE GREENVILLE NEWS' POLL OF THE STATE. What Tillman'* Friends :;nci JEti?*:nits | Say of Ills Chances for Ke-ElecUou-Th? Governor Hold* His Strength in Some Counties aud Lo.es ia Others. In January last the Greenville Daily News addressed a letter to one trustworthy man In each of thirty-three counties In the State, asking "for the names of ten intelligent and honest farmers in each county, half TillmanLtes and half Antis. No names were asked in Charleston or Sumter comities. After receiving the names ani addresses, me ionowing circulars w*re i mailed: 1. What county do you live in, aud in what part of it V 2. Is there in ycrur neighborhood any noticeable change of feeling toward Governor Tillman since the campaign of two years ago r O T? Wft nViirk -f m T'Ar r\v? ? rtrai r?c?f t). i.3 tur unaiifcc in x0k y vi v*. \jl o^aiucw the Governor ? 4. What do you gather as being the sause of the change, if there l>e any ? 5. What 1s the voting strengih of your club or preciiict V 6. How do yo& l eliere, at a guess, from what you know, your club or precinct would vote now a,s between Governor Tillman and another strong man thoroughly Identified with the Farmers' movement? 7. Hew many men in your neighborhood, if you can recollect, who were for Tillman against Earle and Bratton, bavetold you or others they are against Tillman now ? 8. How many who were against him are now for him ? About 300 circulars were sent out. One hundred and seventy-eight an swers were prmieu, u ten uanu^ uccu thrown out because of the omission of name and county, etc. These answers are from sources as follows: Tillman men 71 A.ntis 54 Unclassified 53 178 Of the 54 antis 9 report uo change in sentiment. Abbeyiile, Beaufort, Horry and York have one each, of these, Chesterfield 2 and Kersfcuw 3. Forty-five antis report changes against LLLC U'JYClilUljlUU^lLIg Jiiuui ?uj C115U1/ 1 to overwhelming, ing or^decided' changed SffSTnst him. Of the 53 unclassified 3 report changes in the Governor's favor, 17 report no change, 33 reported changes against hiui, most of them "decided" or "considerable." The unclassified reports of "no changes" are 1 each from Abbeville, Kershaw, Newberry and UDion; 2 each from Colleton, Marion and Orangeburg; 3 from Lexington and 4 from Oconee. Of the 71 Tillman men, 30 report no change, 1! report, a change in the Governor's favor, 24 report a change against. him m-""" The taree kinds of reports ruay b* generally summarized, including all the classifications of "Tillman," anti- j Tillman" and "unclassified" (presumably about qually divided between the two factious) as follows: Change ill favor of Tillman 14 ! No change 62 Change against 102 178 The Greenville News, from which this article is taken, thinks that the auove ngures is especiawj siguiucauo when we remember that almost beyond a doubt a large majority of the returns are from men who were supporters of Governor Tillman in 1890, and that his avow?d former supporters number more than either of the two other classes. The total returns by counties were as1 foliows: Abbeville 91 Hampton . .9 Aiken 7 I Horry 8 Barnwell 4 J Kershaw 8 Beaufort 5 } Laurens 5 Berkeley 4 i Lexington 7 Chestey". 6! Marion 8 prtioiH ft ! Xfwhprrv .fi Coiletou 7 { Oconee 7 Darlington G j Orangeburg 9 Edgefield 6Kichland 4 FairGeld 81 Spartanburg 6 Florence 4 Lnion 5 Greenville 4 Williamsburg 7 Georgetown 5 York 6 The general results we gather are that the Governor is holding his strength ia Kershaw, Chesterfield, Oconre, Lexington, Marion, llichland and Union; that he has lost heavily in Xewberry, Edgefield, Colleton, Darlington, Barnwell, Fairfield, Chester, Greenville, Laurens and Williamsburg, and that in most of nAtmflAd Ka lAof coroa n?rAnnrl OLIW UlliCi WUUIflCO lie 1UOU QUIUV givuuu. li, is a curious and significant fact that in ail these letters from intelligent and observing supporters of the Governor there is no mention of act or acts of his which have won him popular favor. One or two men say generally Urv Vnft *V?rtWo rt r+f\T7CXT1*\ /*?T* Kl'o ^ITI LAC JULOO uiauo a r viiiui J Uio AJ_Ldependent course" is spoken of and an enthusiastic citizen in llichland approves -'the sand in bis old craw." Most of his friends, however, declare that the point in his favor is the abuse of him by the newspapers, or the belief that the feeling against him is against the farmers' movement. Lotltlo;; to Sumter, S. <J.; Feb. 18.?A number of the leading lights of the Hujhson or Urnitfhtoni, faction of the Sumter Couutr Democracy met in caucus yesterday, presumably for the purpose of discussing the political situation in Sumter County, and to de-rite some means of uniting the Keels and Hughson faction ind effecting a settlement of the present political controversy. It was rumored that they decided to select Mr. W. F. ]3. flaynsworth of Sumter to call a mass meeting of all classes to be held in Sumter, in which both sides will be allowed to nut forth their claims as to theilerrall ty of their respective organizations, the matter to be settled by a majority vste. i'our correspondent called upon a prominent leader of the Straisrhtout faction who was present at the caucus, but wb? declines to allow his name to be used. Ee said that the meeting was called in the interest of harmony and for the sole purpose of effecting a reconciliation between the opposins factions. When further asked if Mr. W. F. J3. Haynswor .h had been selected to call a meet ing of both factions, he said he was not positive as he left the meeting before that put of the business had been discussed. He however, was almost positive that Mr. Hajnsworth had been selected ts thai was in a measure th? 3entimeat of the meeting prior to his departure. Th? conservatire element of both factions look upon the action of the caucus as a probable solution of the controversy r> nf iyA/7 /"vf nVQCOnt , ?3 UUbJU iCLL-L1UUO ail tul^\u v/a uuv |>ivvjvu? , condition of Jafl'tirs and any fair means to seLLle the dispute will meet vrith tho approval of both sides. Any adjustment of the matter must, from the nature of thiajs, be extra constitutional, a* Chairman Irby, of the State Executive Committee, hai decided that both the Keels and Hughaoa organizations are illegal, but as to whether either faction will recognize Chairman Irby'a decition to be legal remains to be seen.?Columbia Register. A Slayer Slain. Denver, Feb. 17?Robert Ford, who acquired widespread notority by killing Jesse James. th? Missouri outlaw, In 1882, was shot and killed to-day in a 3aloon row at Creede. the new mining town some distance from here. For some time Ford had been drifting fcnong the mining camps. He hraa TUC Cll V/PR MPN r.ONPinENT That iiic liouae Will P?m The Jilaud^ Bill. Washington, Feb. IS?The free! coioag'f Democrats la the House have secured the signatures or a majority of Democratic meu.bers to the petition requesting the committee on rules to set apart time, at an early day, for the consideration of the Bland free coinage bill. Mo attempt will be made to get any more signatures, but the petition wiLl not be presented to the committee on rules until after the return from Boston of Representative Catchintfs of Mississippi, a member of the committee on rules, it being desired to have a majority of the Democratic members of the committee present when the petition is acted on. Mr. Catchings is expected to return this week, but the free coinage men will not present the petition until several days after his arrival here, in order to give the committee a chance to set apart a tim6 for the consideration of the bill without being influenced in doing so. This, it is believed, will strengthen the cause of free coinage in the House. The free coinage men are much encouraged at the success of their effects in securlnar a majority of Democratic names to their petition, and they contend that, with the free coinage Republicans, the Farmers' Alliance men and a number of acknowledged free coinage Democrats who did not sign the petition, there "will be no difficulty in pass ing the bill. The anti-free coinage Democrats are evidently alarmed at the activity of their opponents on the silver question, and ihey will endeavor to have a Democratic caucus called for Thursday night of next week to consider the Bland bill and the silver question generally, with a view to deciding on a policy that will be for the best interests of the party. Copies ot a petition, drawn by Representative Ilarter of Ohio, requesting Mr. Holman, chairman of the Democratic Caucus, to call a caucus on the night named, were circulated industriously about the House toda# by Mr. Harter, Messrs. Andrews and Hoar of Massachusetts, and several others. Mr. Fierce of Tennessee, who isj^ter" Bland's chief lieutenant on the con^mittee on coinage, weights and mtf^sures, told a United Press reporter^fl^tha^ the fr<?e coinage 1 ing to have a ca^^ETon the silverques tion. Thej^-s^ be said, such a large majority ffaat ff ee coinage would be sanctioned without trouble. However, heoT^ot see what good such a caucus could do if its action were not made hirn-Hi-KT rvn whri Atit f?nd "xuv*i"6 "?v ? he had beard one of the gentlemen engaged in circulating the petition for the caucus sa>s he would not be bound by its decision if it was in favor of the free coinage bill. The following request for calling a Democratic caucus nas been signed by fifty Democratic member of the House. It is addressed to Hon. William S. Holman, chairman: "We as* you to call a meeting of the Democratic"members of this House for Thursday evening. February 25,1892, at 7:30 o'clock, to consider two resolutions which will be presented. These are as follows: "1. 'Resolved, That we are in favor of the continued us* of both gold and silver as money, and that we unalterably opposed to any legialttlon which will drive either metdl out of general circulation.' "2. 'Resolved, That in justice to the Democratic party, and with dueconsld-. erttioa for the general business, industrial and financial interest of the Nation , Y7e deem it the duty of the Democratic members of the Fifty-second Congress to defer aDy dennate action on the subject of free coinage until the question of its wisdom and justice is distinctly made in the elections of 1892.' "We ask you, further, to iuvite the Democratic members of the Senate to this conference." [ This the resolution prepared by Mr. Harter. Th*ir T?ron Accepted. I Columbia, S. C., Feb. 19 ?Mr. Colleen, the agent of ihe Union Store Comnanv. who was here some time ago, i has returned, and last ni?ht held a conference with Col. D. P. Duncan, man! ager of the State Farmers' Alliance Exchange; Rev. J. A. Sligh ol 2vrew| berrv, and Dr. W. ZjC. Timmerman of Edgefield, a special committee of the directors of the Exchange. This committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Cofleen with reference to the adoption in this State of the Union Store Ccr.ipanj's plan ol business. This plan was published in The Register at the time it was presented to the committee at a previous conference. Certain features ol the plan were not like i by the committee and were vigorously objected to. MV I liar? nn n'.ror nvilrp anv JJJLi.# VV11V/VU UUU i-L\J v ?? v**. VVT v*?_ J changes ia the p!aa originally pre sented by himself. He therefore went to IN'ew York and laid before the chief officials of the company the changes in the plan that were desired by the committee. It is stated that all of the concessions demanded by the committee have been or vrill be granted by the officials of the Union Store Company. The conference last night was merely preliminary, and another will be held to-day, at which the matter will be finally settled one way or the other. If the Union Store Company gains a foot Q0IC1 in tDis ocaie it win ue uu verms m which the rights and advantages of the farmers have been carefully looked alter. The fertilizer business of the Exchange will not be given to the company, but will be retained by the Exchause. Then, too, the company has conceded another of the demai_ds of the commiltee, that is, its business will be so conducted that no liability for any debts or contracts vrill attach itself to the Alliance or storekeepers. This provision will be embod ed .in a written comtract | if the ?ffer of the Union St?re Cosj; ncnv and it is extremely probaSetDaT'TS?^aB^otber ways the farmers' interests wn^wH^refully cared for if tLe co-operative is introduced. It is probable that there will b3 no general surrender of the Aliiance Ex change at present, but that a few stores will bo started at onee as a 3ort ot experiment. Newberry, Edgefield, Marl* boro and Marion Counties will be the vrlioro orii?rimpnt \cil1 hp first tried, act'1 the results will he watched , carefully.?Columbia Register. Away Aheadiof l<ast Y ?'. New Orleans, La., February 13.? , Secretary Hester's weekly Cotton Ex- ; change statement makes an increase ir ' the cotton movement for the past week : of 04,601 bales over the seven days ending February 12 last year. The quantity marketed for the first twelve days of February was 358,772, agaiDst 261,- ' 422 last year. These bring the total of the cotton crop marketed up to date to 7,531,097, against ?,105,852. Foreign exports during the week were 173,220 bales, against 142,3G0 last year. Foreign exports thus far for the year have : been 4,461,130, against 4,007,493 last . year. Tne total of American mills I Xorth and South thus far for the sea- j son have been 1,980,349, againstl^MI| 440 lust year. inrfffljffii To Wasiiixgton^^JB George's resolu^H me nt comi^^HHHHft9|Hfl^HR cause of t.hp dpnres^fl in the ered^g| ciJh Electropoise. Why suffer with sickness or disease " hen you can bs so easily and quickly cured without medicinc by the use of the Eiectropoise. Lancaster. S. C., Aug. II. 1891. Atlantic Electrofoise Co, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sir: I have used the Electropoise in my family for more than a year and during this time have had no need of medicine. I believe any sufferer will be greatly relieved, it' not entirely cured, by its use. I think it is the ereat remedy of the day and feel conh dent that its intelligent use will prove a blessing to humanity. Respectfully, MRS. X. P. WADE. Office of York Enterprise, Yorkville, S. C., Aug, 14,1891. Atlantic Electropoise, 222 King St., Charleston, S. C. Gentlemen: For the past five years my wife has been a sufferer from dyspepsia So completely did the disease make a wreck of her former self that life was almost dispaired of. Her nervous system was almost entirely de stroyed, and the slightest nois? would throw her Into a nervous spasra, -wiiich would last for hours. Medical skill failed to bring any relief. Through the recommsndatlon of an eminent divine we were induced to try the Electropoise. After a persistent use of the instrument, the effect has been wonderful. Her nervous system lias been restored to its almost normal condition; her digestion is wonderfully improved; she is rapidly gaining in llesh; and, upon the whole, is making a rapid recovery, which speaks volumes for the wonderful curative powers of the Electropoise, as her case was considered hopeless. If any are skeptical on the subject, let them try the Electropoise and its wonderful powers will quickly dispel all doubt. Yours truly, W. M. PROPST. A 40 page bo?k, describing treatment aud coc taini?g testimonials from all nections' and for the curs of all diseases, mailed free on appllcatiom. Address ATLANTIC CO., i ^g2sa^J^i?Jr.v>>..gfcy l ^tmrnrm \9*j?Zo*omciana4rxS. fftEOg* i#f Freitft j [a. Great Oepes that hay not Asais be repeated, so do 50t delay, "Stbixe While the Iboh is Hot." Write fer Catalogue n?w, and say whai paper yen saw this advertisement ia. Atnember that I sell everything that gtesto furnishing a h?me?manufacturing som? things and buying others im th? largest possible lets, which enables me to] wipe eut all competition IERE ARE A FEW OF MT STAB'l-j LING BARGAINS A 2fe. 7 Flat tep (booking Stove, fuli siie,} 5sl7 inch ovei, fitted with 21 pieces^ of ware, delivered at your ewn depot,! '*11 imtrht charges uaid bv me. for] fonlj Twelro Dollars. * Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole (Jookiy (Range 18x13 inch oren, I8x2? inch frp, tit ted with 21 pieces of ware, for THIS TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight k your depot. DO NOT TAT TWO PBIOE* JO*. TOUR GOODS. 1 will send you a nice plush Parlor suit,! walnut frame, either in combination orl banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,! to your lailread station, *reiglit paid. 1 will also sell yon a nice Bedrumos uii| consisting of Bureau with {lass, 1 hig* head Bedstead, 1 TTashstand, 1 Centre taWo, 4 can* seat chain, l cane sea; aid; back rocker all for l?.5?, and pay ireigfc to your depot. Or 1 will send you an elegant Bedroosa suit with largo glaa?, lull marble top, fori 130, and pay freight. SxHlCe WilUVW 3il?U? UO iquu * IjEnutMsii geaswtar day alclock, 4.04 j ! iWamct ie*nge, T.oo] | L&ca curtains per window, l,eoj 1 caanet describe ev#rythi*g La a smallI I advertisement, but bar* aa iaaeu^ stor?| , centaiaiag 22,60# feet ef ioer r?om, with; {j war? houses and factory buildings m ether ; parts ef Augusta, making in all the lar| jgest business ef this kind under ene ?an| ageiaeit in the iSeuthera btates. 'ihete j jsteresand warehousesare crew*-?, with I ;t?? choicest produclieas of the best factories. ALy catsiej ue containing illustrations ! jot goods will be Mailed if you will kiuul> !! jay wker? you saw ttiis adT8rtis?aieai. l| I !im> iiai4ht. Audre?, L. F. PAiflETT, Fropneter Padgett's Furniture, btovej i Carpet Store, Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.| First Class Work. V ery Low Price*. Busies, Carriages, R?ad Carts, Wagons, etc.. Wan-anted Socond to noae. Inquire of nearest dealer i* tkese goods, i>r send for Catalogue?Mentioning this paper. H'OLLIR & ANDERSON BUGGY COM?ANT, Rock Hill, S. C. VEHICLES AT COST. Desiricg to reduce cur large stock we ^4iLuscIl a number of "A" Buggies and CarnSj*, full leather top and open, jobs at cost, fof^asji^for 30 days. These Carriages, &c., heinx made by the Buckeye, United States, Capital City, and Scioto Cos., of Columbus, Ohio, and other ap JfJ VTCU iU?UUl? 114X^10* Columbus Buggies, Collins, Court land add Parry Carts and B grade Baggies, as well as Old Hickory Wagons, always in stock. Saw Mills. Engines and Cotton Machinery as usual. bare in stock wr?ral small Secondhand Edgines of from 4 to 10 horse power, in good order, which we .will sell at rery low Ogures. W. H. GIBSIS, Jr.. & CO.. C?L?MBIA, S. C. D KIM ART, ACADEMI^fl L ATS and COMMERCM Vocal and lnstrumeital tion, Physical Culture, Gffl Domestic EcouoA studiw^NtaeteachflM M -c^ Talbot & Sons, ? ' Manufacturers of ENGINES, BOILERS, COTTON SEED OIL MACHINERY, and all kinds of TOBACCO MACHINERY, CORN AND WHEAT MILLS ! TURBINE WATER WHEELS, SAW MILLS, WITH RA.PE FEED, or BELT AND VARIABLE rr FRICTION FEED, t? IMPROVED DOGS, AND SET WORKS . 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