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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. GOOD STORIES OF THE PRESENT DAY. The Story of a Chashier Who Bob bed the Bank. Our bank was the First National ' Bank of Scottsville, a town having a population of about 10,000. There were two pr three private banks, but no other institution having the capital and dignity we carried. The stokholderc numbered nearly thirty people, and all werr ' resident of the* city and county. Among them were four .or five widows, and quite a number of minors and orphans were also represented. At that date I was a young man of 23, and acting as ckshier-arid bookkeeper for a manu facturing concern. I had $3,00fj in cash, and with this I bought s tock in the new bank. The organization had been completed, and the institution waa ready to ' open when the President sent for me and said: "James, I have4 known you for| the past three or.four years. Every body in the town seems to speak well of you. Your employers tell me that they have the utmost confidence in your integrity, and each one of our- Executive Board has spoken in your favor. I have purchased $2,000 worth of stock in your name to bring your holding to $5,000, and am authorized to offer you tiiie position of cashieri" Yes, I had many friends. I was ambitious and in dus tri ons. I was also honest, No man could sayT had ever wrongedhim in any man ner. I don't mean to convey the idea that I was an: exception. There has never been any scarcity of thcrougt dy reliable young men. nor will th ira ever be. I accepted the position with a feeling of gratitude toward those who had tenderest, and I m ide up my, mind to prove myself competent* ,and^worthy in^y0v5particu^r|^ In one "ye ar we had grasped .half the bn'tiinesB of- the county-/ In two ?^years' them . was only .one , private mwwreasyrerms, am whenever an extension was wanted j it was cheerfully granted. I had d"ne more than any other man to bring about this state of affairs. Bay so because all the officers and stockholders said so. In two years my salary was advanced three different times. No man could have been more fully trusted than I was. My advice was sought and invarsiably followed,and everybody complimented the bank on its sagacity in securing my services. I had been with the bank two years and four months when a singular incident happened. One evening as I sat reading in my room the thought came to me like a flash to rob the bank and escape to a foreign country. I pledge you my word I was frightened for a moment. It waB as if a voice had whispered in my ears. Bob the bank 1 Why, I would chop off a finger sooner then embezzle a penny 1 What could have given birth to such a thought? I was upset and indignant and yet I could not shake off the idea. To my alarm I found my self beginning to reason and speculate. It was as if I had a double, and the double said so. "Yoa are working getting a fair | salary, but it should be double what it is. Why slave away for years to get a f ew thousand ahead when you can lay your hands on a fortune any day? It would be theft, but then we all steal. You are young and full of energy and ambition. With $50,000 to back you you can go to some foreign country and make millons and become a nabob in a few years." I should have trampled such thoughts under foot on the instant. No man in a trusted position turns thief in a day. It is only after he has fought with temptation and been overcome-allowed himself to bo overcome. I made an effort to rid myself of the thought, and it Would have vanished but for a silly action on my part, a weekjlater as I smiled in contempt at the idea of my turning robber. I allowed myself to speculate on what would happen in case I did. That is. I wondered how much I could get hold of, what country I should go to, and so forth and so on. When I suddenly found mj self greatly interested, I jumped in shame and confusion, but half an hour later was deep in imagina tion again. It seemed as if the evil one did everything in his power to aid me after I had finally determined on my course. I had the "luck" to meet an American who had just returned from South Ameri< He mentioned sevtral eure thin; in the way of speculation, ai painted such a glowing picture ? the country that I was excite and impatient. The bank ht large deposits that fall and on tl 'I6ti day of September we ht nearly $70,000 of what was calh outside money. This was cash ter porarily deposited by the Conni -Treasurer and by the cashieis < three or four manufactura establishments. I had been wai ing for such an opportunity, could have taken from $20,000 $35,000 and almost any dayt out. had planned to- practically clea out the institution. Between the 4th and 11th < September I planned, the detai of my flight. I knew the tin tables of the different railroads should pass over, what day I ihoul take the steamer, and every deta had been carefully worked out. might be pursued, but I flattere myself that I had laid my piar too well to be caught. I planne to go to the bank at 9 o'clock i the evening and secure admissior The watchman would not hesitat to let me in, I would then assaut and overcome him. He could' nc give the alarm before norning, an I would then be fdr away; planned to make my escape on th night of tho*l?th. *At the close c business on the.afterr/o?n of tba day we had $108;000 in greenback in the vaults. After a banx ha closed its4oors to the public at o'clock P. M. there is work to kee; th? force busy>?r an hour or more For :? year I. had always been th last one to leave,;and my:hour;ha< been 6 o'clock. The trusty da; porter was -t??en left alone until ! o'clock, when he gave place to th* regular night watchman. At hal past 5 o'clock that afternoon an< just ali the, clerk h^cl'departed th* night; watchman came- to notif; me.that his wife h?d died sudden ly. and to ask. that ' a snbtitute b employed.,;i&?ttamed a man, bu own arrangements. ^ When the watchman haddepar ted I notified the day porter tha he might leave at 6 o'clock, as '. had work which would detain nv till about 8. Five minutes af te 61 was alone in the bank and it funds were under my thumb. Th< train by which I should leav town was not due until 10:50. an< I was therefore in no hurry.; '. locked up and went to my boardinj house to supper. At 7 o'ciock : returned to the bank, pulled dowi the shades, lighted the gas, and ii the course of twenty minutes h ac packed every dollar yi the vaulti into a satchel provided for the pur pose. This satchel I placed on ! chair outside the railing, and had sat down for a smoke when there was a rap at the door. I knew il was one of our force, but hardlj expected to see the President him self. "I expected it was you, he said as he entered : "always the last to go. You are working too hard and must take a rest. At a meeting of the Board to-day it was decided to give you a month's leave and a gift of $500 in cash. You have been fait-if ul and efficient, and we wish you to know how thoroughly you are appreciated," I don't remember what I said in reply, but I do remember that something like horror seized upon me at the idea of my own baseness. Bight there within reach of his hand was the money I intended to fly with*and yet he was lavish in hie praises of my integrity He remained only a brief time, and soon after his departure I went outside to walk about and plan a little. I hadn't given up the idea of robbery and flight, but a still small voice was whispering to me. On the first street corner I en countered a tramp. I was very much perturbed, but I shall always remember what he said. When he asked for alms I suppose I stared at him, for he added : "Yes, I'm ashamed of myself. It's my own fault that I'm down here. I let temptation get the bet ter of me." That was another prick of con science, but he actually hurt me when he said : "Thanky, old man. May you never know what; it is to lose the respect of the world." Within twelve hours it would be known that I was an embezzler and an absconder 1 Not only that, but I was robbing widows and or phans and helpless old men ! It seemed tome that I could already hear the newsboys crying ont t headlines of the article telling my shame and dishonor. I sto looking after the tramp us walked away, when a hand was la on my arm and I turned to c front the leading merchant of t town. I knew him well and favc ably, although he had never be a patron of our institution. "Look here." he said, as we walk? along arm in arm. ttJ1\o ?lwa done business with Gleason t cause I fouud everything all rigl but Fm going to begin with y to-morrow, Gleason is as good gold himself, but I don't fan? his new cashier. He's a hi< roller, I hear, and some day J may turn up missing with a the boodle he can carry. No fe of that in your case." = And I had $107,000 all packe and was only waiting for tra: time to become the meanest ar most contemptible A robber ev heard of in the State ! "Everybody is speaking in yoi praise^..he continued, "and ye deserve all that is said; Just kee a level head and you'll find ti road to honor and wealth;"/ ^When he-left me I had to lea against a dead wall for snppor The sound of his footsteps was sti in my ears when I suddenly fe ttat I was saved. There had bee a terrible struggle of consciene but right had triumphed at last, was pulling myself together 1 return to the bank when a woina 'accosted me by .name and said : "How" lucky I happened to se youl I waa on toy. way down t Black's to see if he wouldn't t?k charge of this package till to-moi row, It's money I got only 'tw hours ago-$2,000." "Come in here and I'll give yo' a receipt." "Never mind that. We all kno1 and trust you." : Her parting words gave me shiver Efow little they knew me 1 A hundred rods away was e vide nc to make me an object of cor :teinpt in the eyes of every mai .wot?brat?iM^ commur ity 11 had one more trial to ur dergo. Almost at the door of th bank I met two business men c high standing who were holdin an animated conversation. "Heard the news?" asked on as I came up. "What is it?" "You remember the clerk in m; brother's office in Philadelphi who skipped out two years ag with $30,000? Well, he's bee: overhauled. He went to Peru, n doubt expecting to have gran? times. It Beems that everybod; soon knew he was a thief, and h was an object of general contempt He wandered about, always i marked man, and at last was s< overcome* with sh?me and deg-rad ation thai .lie asked to be arres ted an^^njl'.back. He was despi sed; ins??itedyand plundered, am did not- have one hour's solie comfort out of his stolen funds He will go to prison for ten oi fifteen years, and he might as wei die thesge^/Say, isn't ita curioui thing tftat men will so destroy thejnselvea?* "TSfce jottr. own ease," addec the^ther as he placed a hand or my shoulder. "You are young but fe?pe'cied,-trusted and honor ed, and on the sure road to wealth. You might crib $100,000 from the back and get away, but would that compensate you for the sacrifice? No 1 Even a million wouldn't. I tell you, the man who has got tc outlaw himself to enjoy his plun der must see days when he would almost give his life to be set back in the position he once held.', I passed into the bank and care fully locked the door behind me. My knees were so weak that I had to rest for a good twenty minutes. Even my hair was sopping wet with perspiration. When I felt strong enough I carried the satchel to the vault, opened the doors, and replaced the money and it was not until the iron doors were locked again ' lat I felt sure I had won. There would be no watchman that night, I had plan ned it so. I took off my coat, kicked off my shoes, and made my self comfortable in an armchair. I aid hot feel sleepy, but when the day porter came at 7 in the morn ing to relieve the watchman I was sound asleep. It got to the ears of the officers that I had sacrificed my night because of the death ot the watchman's wife, and the President feelingly said : "Bless the dear boy! He's a man out of a million !" Am-1 still cashier? Will, never mind about that. J am still regar ded as an honest man, and I doubt if you could make any of my business friends believe that I had ever been tempted for an ins tant.-Ny Sun. AMONTE CARLOH?GH>ENT~i Utilized His Revolver to Make a Stake Instead of a Corpse. At Mento Carlo a few day ago I was witness to the following peculiar incident : I was seated at a table in the cafe of the Paris Ho- ; tel, which adjoins the Casino, with a group of tourists, when a haggard and disheveled Frenchman en tered hurriedly, called for a glass of absinthe and seating himself. proceeded to write vigorously a sheet of note paper in front of him. My attention was attracted, by his nervousness, and my inter est was deepened when I saw him take from his pocket a gold-plated revolver. He examined the weapon very carefully^ as though he' con templated using it and wanted to see that it was in proper order, then hastily" put it back in his pocket and*ret?umed his writing. By this time the attention of the whole group had been attracted^ to the man, especially .as they saw him remove the revolver from- his pocket and toy with it nervously. A stout florid Englishman sat near me. s He leaned over ?nd whierf pored to me : "My dear fellah, the} chap means to do away with him self. I take; it." Then, before I could reply, he quickly turned to the Franchman and said i "You wish to sell that weapon, sir.?" The Frenchman drew back in astonishment. He gazed in amaze ment at the EngUshjnan and hesi tated as if he. had been insulted. Then ther?*apparently ensued a re vulsion of feeling, for a smile over spread his haggard face as he ex cl?iraedVwith a shrug of the shoul ders : "If von wishj BIT." He placed the revolver mechani cally upon the table ? and picked up the gold piece laid down by the Englishman. Then he drank his absinthe with seeming satisfac tion. He brightened up'. JHis entire manner underwenfTcfiange. ? few "minutes later .he walked leisurely out of the cafe and we saw him again enter the' Casino. The Englishman and myself concluded to follow him. We were surprised to find on entering that luck was evidently with him, for a small pile of gold and silver lay before him on the roulette table. We learned later from one of the attendants that he had won 1,200 francs.-Chicago Herald. Valuable Information tb Busi ness Men. Demand notes are payable on presentation, without grace, and bear legal interest after a demand has been made, if not so written. An indorser on a demand note is holden only for a limited time, variable in different States. ; A negotiable note must be made ]teyable either td bearer, of be properly indorsed by the; person to whose order .it is made; Ifl^ae; indorser wishes to' avoid: ref sponsibility, he can indorse "with out recourse." A joint note ie ono signed by two or more person s-.Who-can each become liable for ^fre . whole amount. Three days' grace al&we# on all time notes, after the tirhjs .^for payment expires j.if not tfce)a -t???id, the indorser, if any, sn'?u)j?| tbe legally notified, to be holden.' Notes falling due Sunday, or on a legal holiday must be paid the previous, day Notes dated Sunday are void. Altering a note in any manner, by the holder, makes it void. Notes given by minors are void. The maker of a note that is lost or stolen is not released from pay ment if the amount and conside ration can be proven. Notes obtained by fraud, or given by intoxicated persons can not be collected. An indorser has a right of ac tion against all whose names Vere previosuly on a note indorsed by him. Many people suffer for years from troublesome and repulsive sores, boils, and eruptions, with out ever testing the marvelous curative propensities of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The experiment is, certainly, worth trying. Be sure you get Ayers Sarsaparilla and no other. The license law of Sweden for bids any person buying drink without purchasing something to eat at the same time. Headache, toothache, backache and almost any joint ache may be relieved by heating the feet thoroughly with the shoes on. FARMERS ALL AX CE. on of Loucks May the Order to Split-Mac Favored by the Southern .bera. rphis, Kov. 16.-The. situa ong Alliancemen aa to who their president is be comein g ^complicated and the fihgt be tween the two factions is getting more fierce as the timo for election approaches. The' scoring that President Loucks gave the Demo cratic on account of the alleged rdbbmg of Kolb of the Governor ?hig^^?-J^bama streng themed th& <rq>pjsitioh to him on the part of; certain Southern delegates and made him a prime favorite with those who favor throwing the Al liance as a body into the third T&fy. Those opposing these radical views of Loucks and John % ;MacDowell of this State held a chubTfls and decided to support Macnns o? Washington. L?ucVp, election means that the thir^ party will capture the Al ling, In this event there'will be ? combination made by Texas anti'the eastern delegates, and the result will probably be the diins t?gr?tion ofjthe order. On the other hand rank third party men insist that'if Macune is elected they will draw.but of the Alliance and or a new order in the Northwest. Th#conservatives of both1 factions favor a combination ona third man, and they may be able to present the election of Loucks or Maoune. Mr. Tillman, member of execu tive'; board, who sent out Demo cratic campaign liteiature from Walkington during the recent campaign, is roundly scored by follow ers of Weaver, who are den&nding his expulsion from the ord?r. Tillman says he has not hing to be ashamed of and courts investigation and insists that he has.'as much right to send out Democratic litertured as other rs bad to preach third party k J ..... ,.'. Committee T?ni- cbnstrt??on'^ and bylaws reported. Several changes were made. The salaries \oi all officers are scaled down. The president will henceforth receive $2,000 a year and expenses instead of $3,000. The secretary's salaries was reduced from $2,000 to $1,500. The National Lecturer will receive $4 a day and expenses instead of $3,000 a year. ?Members of the executive committee will receive $4 a day instead of $5. In the future the executive committee will be composed of five members. The president is one of the members and the other four will be elected annually to serve only one year. The constitution was als0 j, amended so that members of th order can be taken from cities and towns of 5,000 inhabitants or lessi Memorial services were held to hight in honor of Hon. L. L. Polk, formerly president. The election of officers will probably tjake place to-morrow. Honesty the Best Policy. These events demonstrate once more that honesty is the best policy. Mr. Cleveland was severely criticized for hiB alleged break in 1887, and was mercilessly con demned after his defeat in 1888. The groundswell of 1890 and the landslide of 1892 leave no doubt .that Mr. Cleveland's tariff message in 1887 was the most sagacious, as -Well-as the bravest step any Democratic leader has taken since Jackson's time. The probabilities are that he has secured to his party a lease of power that may be as long as that before 1860. If so, the sacrifice of the four years past will prove a most profitable invest ment.-Montgomery (Ala.) Adver tiser. Wanted to Break Party Bonds. CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 10.-Gen. Lew Wallace, who is here on his way to Asheville, N. C., thinks the result of the election is not at tributable to the tariff,the force bill or Mr. Harrison's personality. "But there was a great feeling of unrest," he says, "I do not take it that there was so much of an in sane desire for a change merely. Our people vote thoughtfully, as a people. But there was a desire to break away from party bonds. "People sometimes become so held in by party that they become restless and will break out. That is what it was this time, and just what the reasons behind it are no one can tell at this moment." Sunday Seletions. One of the greatest causes of rouble in this world is the habit teople have of talking faster than hey can think.-Summer fille 'ournal. The trouble is that man will per ist in trying to extend hie ace ou n abillity tc God's actions. He dil wear out his heart and brain h worry over consequrenes which -elong to God. And while thus mdeavoring to do God's part, he is *iven toneglecting his own. rtestern Recorder. Sorrow for sin only because it ?reposes to punishment, is not true epentance. He that sorrows after i godly sort would not sin, though ?scape from the consequences possible, for his heart is changed, ie is renewed in the spirit of his ?ind: h& loves God and his i,r - ,. . ... service, and has lost his relish for ;he pleasures of sin.-G. Walker Christianity is everywhere ag gressive; heathenism everywhere >n the ?defensivo, and in many jases demoralized, and its leaders raticipating defeat. If the Lord's people will only do their duty, are mother century rolls around, the vhole world will have been evan gelized, the gospel preached to ?very creature, and the heathen jiven to the Son for his inheritance md the utmost parts of the earth "or his possession.-T. P. Bell. The secret of Buccess in life is :o keep busy, to be persevering, patient, and untiring in tho pur suit of calling you are following. The busy ones may now and then make mistakes, but it is better risk these than to be idle and inactive. Keep doing, -whether it be-at work )r seeking recreation. Moton is life, ind the busiest are the happiest. Cheerful, active labor is a blessing, fin old'philosopher says: The fire ly only shines when on the wing ; 30 it is with the mind ; when once ?ve rest, we darken."-British Printer. ... We can n? more please God fffffiout ahiffi selves from the world than we can fly. I know some professed Christians who dance, play cards, drink beer, violate the Sabbath, and do many things which can only fail to characterize one as a true follower of the Christ om Lord. Would to God we could dc or say something to cause him to shake off the yoke of bondage which sin has placed on him Now brother, sister" All thing are possible to him that believeth." W. H. Mayfield in Americar Baptist. Why should Christ be chastised for my peace? How is it that the ground has to be wounded by spade and plow, and put under harrows before it will produce bread fo ns? How is it that the grain mus? be bruised under millstones be fore it will make bread for us' How is it that plants, flowers anc fruits yield their tatent virtuei mly when bruised? Why is vege table life sacred to us? Why ia mimal life slain for us? Finding ;he answer to the question wil] >pen higher question.s-Pulsford. "I love to feel that I am serving he Lord twenty-four hours in the lay." This remark was made at i missionary meeting by a lady vho in her home and in her church lought to meet all her Christain >bligations. Her remark was an migma to her friends. How could ihe serve the Lord during her lours of rest? She replied : "While ! am asleep my representative is it work on the other side," She lad been endowed with wealth, md was supporting a missionary n Asia.-Sowers and Reapers. Our children may not abide he earth sounds hollow to the foot -it is so full of graves. Ah 1 how ew gardens are there where death ms not left his footprints, when ie came to steal away some of our iweetest flowers. Few are the trees itanding on the earth, from which me not lopped off some goodly )0ugha. In this world, have I not leen one and another stand bleak md branchless and oh how blessed or the father who has laid the ast survivor in the dust, and returns from ?the saddest uneralto find God waiting for lim in his desolate home. ?uthrie. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer is unquestionably the best preservative of the hair. It is also mrative of dandruff, tetter, and Ul scalp affections. Cleveland Loses Calif orna. SAN FEANCISCO, Nov. 16.-The combined official and semi-official returns from 1,882 precincts in Californa give Harrison 92,675, Cleveland 86,102 ; Harrison's plu rality 6,992. Hon. E. fi. McCrady, Sr., Dead. CHARLESTON, fi. C., Nov. 16. Edward S. McCrady, Sr, the oldest living graduate of Yale College and senior member of the South Carolina bar, died here to-day after a long illness. * Killed in an Election Bow. RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 16.-On election day, Duncan McPheter, colored, and others created a riot at Spring Hill, he being the leader. Sheriff Livingston went to arrest him, and whilejroading the warrent McPhater knocked him down with a gun and then shot, killing him instantly. Murderer is still at large. The diffculty at Spring Hill, election day, was brought about by Third party men. The Alliance Senators. MEMPHIS, NOV. 13.-Louckes, of Huron, S. D., president of the National Farmers' Alliance, ar rived here to-day, to attend the meeting of the order in this city on Tuesday. He said that in the event the Populists hold the bal ance of power, in the United States Senate, theywbuld support a meas ure looking to the reduction of the tariff. He thought the Republican party was done for, and in the fu ture there would be but two great parties in the country-the Peo ple's party and the Democratic party. Simpson's Re-Election Assured. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 16-The official returns from J?rry Simp son's District give him 1,400 ma jority. Two years ago he was elec ted By 7,432. It is now believed that he is a candidate for Senator, Leaders of the fusion party foai . thatanew?M would be defeated in thai; district,, if his seat in Con gress was vacated and a special election held. Mrs. Lease says Jerry is s straightout Democrat, and that he is using the People party, and thal the members do not seem to real ize it. At two Democratic banquett since the election, Simpson ap peared as an invited guest, and ir his speeches is credited with the statement that the Democratic party would now take the place ol the People's movemant, and carr} on the reforms inaugurated by it He denies that he is connect?e with the alleged plot to assassinate himself.. He says he is in favor ol a Democrat for the Senate, bec. is< "they played fair with us thii time and we will need them in th( future." It is' probable there will be i lively time in Kansas before th? new Populist State officers tab their seats. Charges of fraud an made by leading Republicans, ane the State Central Committee is in vestigating the matter before an] definite action is taken. The Popu list or fusionist State ticket it elected by about 3,000 majority. An old woman walked into t bank the other day in Scotland threw down her deposit book, and said she wished to draw all hej money. Having got it she retired to a corner of the room and counted it. She then marched up to the teller and exclaimed : "Ay, that'll doe, ma man; jist pit it back, ] only wanted to see if it was a: right." Scrofula is one of the-most fatal among the scourges which afflict mankind. Chronic sores, cancer ous humors, emaciation, and con sumption, are the result of scrofula) Ayer's Sarsaparilla eradicates this poison, and restores to the blood, the elements of life and health. When the Almighty made this earth He made it right. If the subsoil should have been on top He would have put it there. Those who run their turning plows deep should remember this.-Farm and Ranch. * A strong solution of alum and tannin dissolved in water will toughen the back and breast of animals liable to be galled in the spring work. Wet the places night and morning.-Northwestern Agriculturist. More United States vessels visit the Mexican ports than those of all other nations combined. Dickinson and Breckin ridge Talk "With Two Big Democrats in Washington. WASHINGTON, NOV. 14.-Don M. Dickinson, chairman of the Demo cratic national committee, is here for a few days on private business. He has received enthusiastic greet ing on every hand for his admira ble and successful efforts in behalf of the election of Mr. Cleveland. ; He takes no especial credit to him self for Tuesday's victory, but modestly attributes it to a general . uprising of the people against Re publican misrule. He does not relish the proposition to call an extra session of Congress, as he does not think that there is any occasion for undue haste in that direction. He has no intention of returning to a Cabinet position, as the duties of such an office are not congenial to him. He may have aspirations in a judicial direction, and it is safe to assume that he will get what he deserves from Mr. Cleveland. Representative W* P. C. Breck inridge of Kentucky, passed through Washington to-day on his ? way to New York. I was with him long enough to learn that hejfcas delighted with .the result ot Tues day's election, especially so be cause it verifies a prediction he made here last winter. He does not feel any ill effects from his able and continuous campaigning, and he is bound for New York to consult President-elect Cleveland on the subject of an extra session of Congress. He says he has not had time nor the opportunity to consult any of his associates. If (the Republicans, are as anxious as they claim for the Democrats to , 'assume the responsibility of man aging the Government there need ? be no trouble' on that score, and . there is scarcely any necessity for calling an extra session pf Con . gress. The people have declared . that they are opposed to the Mc- - . . finley bill. That was determined : at the recent election.* Now the L House-can pass,a bin^r^epealing; .gie j -, Feo^raf'elecffiiTaws; t?el? pei ?y 1 cent tax on State banks and send them to the Senate to join the i tariff bills which passed the House i last session. The Senate can pass : them and they can become laws . without the President's signature. There is a constitutional provision \ authorizing bills to become laws ? without the approval of the Presi i dent under certain conditions, so ) that he need not violate his Re ? publican principles. In this way I the Democrats could take the re r spon8ibility from the shoulders of < . the Republicons without an extra I session. R. M. L., ) * Cor. News and Courier. f - The statement has been make 3 about fifty times that work on the 3 Three C's road would soon bo 3 resumed, but each time something would turn up to hinder the i contractors from again com mencing. Now comes another 3 rumor that work is surely to begin 3 in the spring and Gen. Wilder ) is made responsible for the state [ ment. In a recent interview with the editor of the Johnson City Comet the General said the 1 reorganization of the company is . now about complete and that work i will be commenced on the road next spring without a doubt and completed as soon as possible from t end to end-Rock Hill Herald. ' It is now admitted by the New ' York Sun, a Republican organ, : that the Republicans used no less L than $3,600,000 in the recent ! election. But, be it said to the 1 credit of the American people, it [ does not seem that it did any ? good, but on the conrary it seems to have reacted in favor of Demo ocracy. Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Bos ; ton the distinguished economist, ? studied up the census figures and shows from them that nine-tenths I of the work done in this country ! cannot be affected by European competion and that therefore nine . tenths are heavily taxed that the one-tenth may have what they term "protection." - i A New Jersey judge has im mortalized himself by ruling that i when a young man and woman i kiss each other or walk arm in arm in public it shall be taken as an admission that they are engaged to be married. Whatever may be the cause of blanching, the hair may be re stored to its original color by the use of that potent remedy Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. At St. Louis the republican mana 1 gera bought several thousand votes at 50 cents apiece. The work was carried on openly.