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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
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__^-~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
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