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VOL. XVII. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1888. NO. 33. MILLIONS IN A IIOTEL. A VISIT TO THE WONDERFUL PAL ACES OF FLORII)A. A I)eserlptlon of thesM Magnificent Estab llehiments-Talks With the Proprietor of the Ponce de Leon and Alcaxar. (Correspondence of the Atlaita Constitutlon.) Sr. AUUsTINE, Fr,A., May 2.-There were only four of us. And yet the party represented sixty million dollars, not counting me. It was on the "Oneida," Commodore Benedict's famous yacht, from the upper deck of which Thomas Bailey Aldrich vomiting into the ocean, groaned with watery eyes and pendulous lip-"rejected contributions to the Atlantic." Behind - us lay St. Augustine, ancient and lazy. To the front the ocean boomed, the white caps growing under a westerly wind. Over head a flock of pigeon, re minding one of that other Venice, drifted here and there, their wings breaking against the sunshine of the upper deep, as the crisp waves broke two hundred feet below. But who made up the party thus com fortably circumstanced? Let the writer rest under the nom de plume which your journalist carries, as the Spanish gallant carried his cloak-to hide the rapier with which he went a hating or the lute with which he went a loving. Let Mr. E. C. Benedict, prince of good follows, rest after his cruise through tropical seas, before he is put through his paces in print. Let Mr. I1. B. Plant, tremendous developer and builder, prosecute his great work in peace for a while. It is with the fourth member of the party that we have to do at present. And one of the most remarkable men of this day he is. A steadfast face--featuros reposeful but not inert-gray eyes that gaze at you unwinking from beneath steady lids -square and resolute jaws--a broad, - deep forehead-a finely-shaped, well poised head-a slow-motioned man, con voying the suggestion of repressed en orgies-soft-spoken and deliberate of speech-laughing low, but not infro (lueltly-alert, but with the quiet watch iulness of the waiting eagle poised in the blue-charming, in the deeper sense of strength with kindliness-that is Henry M. Flagler, the most talked of man in this country for the past year-the build er of Ponce do Leon Hotel. A marvellous career has Mr. Flagler had! Briefly this. He left western Now York where he was born, a poor young fellow and went into Ohio. There he formed a partnership with Mr. Rocka feller in the oil business. Through years of struggle these two men carried their business in Cleveland, until the partner ship was merged into a stock company, the capital of which was $1,000,000. Now watch the growth of this young company under the management of Messrs. Flagler & Rockafeller. In 1872 the cipital stock was increased to $2,500, 000-two and a half times the original. In 1873 to $3,500,000 and in 1885 to $70,000,000-seventy times the original issue. This last stock is now selling at 175, making the cash value of the origi nal partnership $112,000,000. Of course, much of this stock has gone into other hands, but the management has practi cally rested, from the first, with the unen who organized and built up the business. Many outside investments have been made by the company. A single investmont of $12,000,000 in Michigan suggests the stupendous scope of its operations. "The "$tandard Oil" men, for so the company is named, have uniformly hung together in their invest ments. In the Penceo de Leon outlay Mr. Flagler is alone. "I suppose," he said, with a quaint smile, "1 was the only fool in the company-so I uam alone in my investments hero." Now, let us see about that investment! Mr. Flagler will have spent $6,000,000 on the Hotel Alcazar and grounds when ho has finished. This is stupendous, but it gives him the finest hotel in the world. General Sanford, who was minister to Belgium, and who has spent years on the continent, says there is nothing in Europ)e to approach it in beauty or magnificence. Mr. 11. B. Plant says: "'I have studied it closely, and it is the greatest individual enterprise 1 have any record of. It is amazing that any man should have had the courage te spend millions so lavishly in an old and dead city." Lot me explain the investment. The "Pence de Leon" is the hotel proper the "Alcazar" is a separate builing across the street. It was originally in' teonded( to hold the cafes, baths, bar billiard roomy, tennis courts, etc., foi the great hotel, but it has outgrown ith original design. TIho Pence do Leon ha: been open for the winter, the Alcazar ii not yet finished. The Pence (10 Leox cost about $2,500,000; the Alcazar wil cost even more. The P'once de Leon has been rep)eat edly described. It is a hotel for the accommodation of 800( to .1,000 guests with a court of several acres enclosed b: wings having two rows of rooms, a con tral hall, and immense brick piazzi wtays, coverod,. It has immense Moorisl gateways for entrances. Over $125,Q00 was specnt in dlecorating the walls amfl ceilings of the rotunda and dining room and $17,0090 was sp)ent for one mantle p ieee alone. The splendor of the hote has been the avonider of the world for season. But the Alcazar will outstrip it ii beauty and elegance. Th'le 'lcazar cover twenty-eight acres of ground. You ap preach it from broad asp)halt streets. I is fronted b~y an open garden, throngl which runs walks as smooth as marble turned at the sides with white copings Within these copings aro flower-beds e an.describable richness, In the centra waLks are enormous marble basins f ror - .~ whuichl rise fountains with counties sprays and jets. This garden cover 'lr,' ar four acres, and is simply <h, uam of light and color. The Alcaza sta nds5 square against its farther end brosken in the centre by a superb arche gateway, through which you~ go into seonld coort, called "The Court of th Lions," A xr oro ravishing picture tha this is seldom seen. The superb Alcazi rises on ovry side. Behind is tli arobed iv'ay th1'ouigh which you entero< In front the gorgeous dining room and offices of thu hotel, above which rise three stories of splendid architecture closes the view. On either side this in psing pile oontinues, the ground floor being given up to dainty shops and booths. The footways are exquisitely tiled, and the walks are of asphalt toned into beautiful colors. Above, the fronts of enormous lions, artistic and impros. sive, look down on the court. In the centre, the asphalt is cut into a running way of crystal water, thirty feet wide and a hundred feet long. From the water rise delicate fountains, under the plashing of which are masses of Zanzi bar lilies, rare flowers from the Nile, and lotos plants. On every aide are acres of flowers and grass, fashioned in curious beds and growing with startling luxuri ance of color but blending in reVoseful harmony. The (lining room looking out on this court and through the broad archway into the court beyond, will seat 1,000 guests and is as handsome as the view it commands. Beyond this stretches the Alcazar proper, and a nobler pile it would be hard to find. There are lines upon lines of rooms en suite and single, finished with lavish but tasteful hands. The bar and billiard room when finished will put to blush the tawdry finery of Stokes's famous Hoffman H3ouse Place. It is estimated that $100,000 will be spent in decorating and equipping the saloon alone. In this part of the Alcazar are the ofllces of the hotel, fitted with a splendor to be compared only to the -'once do Leon. Beyond the Alcazar proper come the baths. These are simply marvellous. There are hugo marble rooms for the Turkish baths. Great concrete spaces in which an ordinary house might be placed, and enormous pools for the plunge. I believe the rooms and pools for the Turkish and Russian bath alone occupy more space than the Markham house entire. But the wonder is yet to come. Back of these rooms is the sea bath. This is a stupendous cave of solid concrete, 184 feet in length, 81 feet across and from 4 to 30 feet deep. Do you get these di. mensions? The builder who built the base of the Bartholdi statue declares that the ruins in Rome show no such mason ry or concrete work, and that this bath stands without a precedent in sacred or profano history. Into this cavernous depth Mr. "lagier wriii literally let the sea. Above it rise the three stories of the Alcazar, leaving the view clear, how ever, to the glass roof 90 feet away, through which the tropical sun beats genially even in December. On the first floor are hundreds of drawing-rooms, just as at Cape May or Coney Island. On the floor above is a cafe, the tables so placed as to overlook the pulsing sea beneath. On the next are bachelor quarters, fitted with the utmost luxury. Here a gentleman can leave his rooms in the morning in slippers and bathing suit-descend by elevator to the sea for a plunge or swim-can splash to music from a band suspended mid air above him--return one floor, and while he reads his morning paper eat such a breakfast as Delmonico could not sur pass, and return to his room to dress for the day. About the bath and above it will be flowers galore in hanging gardens and terraces. After going over this amazing build ing, with its tennis courts, archery, grounds, bowling alleys, etc., with Mr. Flagler and Senator Cameron, a promi nent New Yorker said: "Now add a million dollars more to this and make a Monte Carlo. You will then have such a resort as will at-tract visitors from every quarter of the globe the year around." "I am too much of a Presbyterian," Mr. Flagler replied, "to establish a gambling house. Besides I have a firm belief that if you give the American peo ple wholesome, innocent and healthful amusement they will be satisfied. I have spared nothing to do thiE--but nothing shall carry me further thaui this." The Pence de Leon was biilt in eightoon months-the Alcazar will be built ini less time. TIo spend 66,000,0(00 in building in less than two andl a half years is a big undertaking. All the time Mr. Lagler has asked but one question: "Is it the best-thbe best that money can buy or ingenuity dlesire?" That answcred, lie said: '"Buy!" When ho is away from St. Augustino he has photographs taken of the work every Saturday night, so that he can see pre cisely how it has advanced. At first ex ouses were sometimes forwarded with the pictures. "'I will have no excuses," he replied. "'I want results. 1 am too old to deal with excuses," and after that no excuses were sent. 1He secures the best men, regardless of p)rico. Hie heard of a man who made a buoiness inl Los Angeles of raising Asiatio plants. This was the muan h le wanted for his Zanzibar lilies and1 Nile plants. So lie brought him over from California and installed him at the Alcazar. Ho p)aidl over $100 a (lay for an orchestra for (lie Pence d1o Leoni, and hung a $6,000 Bridgemon on his parlor walls, though $1,000) would have bought a choicer picture. hBut has it plaid? Yes. Contrary to the expectation of every human being, except, perhaps, Mr. [Flagler, it hats paid. For sixty days this season people were turned away Ifrom the Ponce do Loon. Frequently one thousand peop)le sat down to (linnor, and the receipts for the sixty (lays were over $300,000, or $5,000) a day. TIhe i running expenses could not have been more thau $2,500 a (day, and( it is saidl $2,000 would cover everything. At the higher figure the profits for the sixty days would ho $150,000, or six por~ cent. - on $2,500,000, the cost of the hotel. But for the thirty days preceding and1 the thirty days following this flush periodl there was an estimated p)rofit ofI $1,000 a day-so that the p)rofit of t h fhotel, which in this case means the rent, 1 were not less than $200,000 for the sea son. With the Alcazar opened, th< s capacity of the enterprise will be doubled a and its earning cap)acity more thai: adoubled. r The rates? Five dollars a day an( ,upward. Eight out of ton visitors p) I $5 a dlay. T1he other two, taking privati ' parlors or extra rooms, pay from $8 t< e $100 a day. T1he suite of rooms engaget ti by Mr. Pulitzer were $650 a week. TJhe r Dunke of Newcastle paid $580 a week fo e his rooms, ordered in an extra sideboard L. and kept them while away two weeks i southern Florida. A lady paid $l,00( for two weeks for her apartments. The bridal chambers cost $40 a day-not r steep figure for the young folks. Thi price for dinner is $2-simply becaus< the boats and trains bring scores o1 sight-seers every day who take dinner hear the concerts, explore the hous from the picture gallory and gardens tc the sheltered roof below which and fai away the ocean unrolls its thunderoui majesty. Mr. Flagler said to me: "The Spaniardl tried to do something with Florida, The French tried. Both failed. Now the American Yankeo propose to try hit hand." And the Yankeo is making things hum, Florida never know such prosperity such fullness and plentitudo of pros peri ty--as this season brought her. iIo? much of this was due to the Pence dt Loon cannot be measured. Thousaudf upon thousands whoso faces were sei westward, were turned southward by tht stories of this amazing palace. What it has done this year it will double an treble next year. For with the Alcazal added-the whole enterprise made per. feet-nowhere else on this earth can the wayfarer live in such absolute luxury and enjoyment. \Vhat else of Mr. Flagler? Nothing. Except that he lives quietly at his Now York home in winter and al Long Branch in the summer. At tht latter place he hias a stable of fine trot ters, a half-mile track, his trainers, liik yacht, and his friends, lie gives th( summer to rccuperation---and whcthei lonfing at Long Branch or cruising through smiling seas, he gathers hir friends about him. lie is known far and wide for his charities and his general helpfulness. President (Meveland onet said to him, after studying Pence do Leon, wide-eyed with surprise: "Tht man who built this ought to be secretar of war of this republic." ''My politics forbid in the first place, Mr. President," he replied, "and did they permit my inclination would not. But if I were a )emocrat and were you secretary of the treasury you would not long be troubled with a surplus if I took a notion to continue building hotels." And so Mr. Flagler goes quietly along, In spite of his double score of million and his enormous investments in ti North and West, his heart is largely sol on the wonderful peninsula that must ii time become the winter sanitarium ani tropical garden of the continent. Ti millions he has spent there are but ai earnest of the millions to come, if the. shall be necessary to prove that th< "American yankee can rehabilitate wha has wasted under the hands of th Spaniards and French." TUHlE MONKEY Ae rO+. The Entertaining 1'erformanco of liroclf mann's Troupe at the Slar Theatre. A company of actors consisting o famous monkeys, remarkable dogs, die tinguished ponies and one estimable goa took possession of the stage of the Sta Theatre Tuesday night. A very large audienco applaunded animal intelligence and the first nigliters were there in dresu suits-those mysterious first nighterc who neither toil nor spin in a journalistic way, and yet possess some kind of claim on the managers for free seats; inscrutabh people who see more of the drama and know less of its principles than ordinary folk. Many (lermans were there. Young people holding the hands of old people marched in, filled with anticipa tion, and at sveral points in the per formance made comment in loud voice. Altogether the most wonderful exhibition was the firston the bill. It was "A Baniuet at Newport." At a table were seated Mr. Blackberry, a dude, who, after the manner of gentlemen monkeys of social position, wvoro a tail and shiny silk hat (luring the feast; Miss Terrini, whose deportment andI bustle were alike unex ceptionale, a dlemnre and sly hass: Colonel Axiotree, a ret,ired army ofhicer, with a three-cornered cocked hat, a rumii nating and severe v'isaiged gentleman oh the old school, and Mr. Fox, thme clown, whose loft hand knew what his right one did, and both were imhilustrious in abstraci ing1nuts from~ neighboriing plates. Mons.Bouilon,a S->(,t)0ti imtporteil co:>k, app)eared at comtmand1. lIe wme dressed like the French chef doc cuisine, and was very cunning anti iiat.ty. Bletty, maid of all work, had a umincing walls andi was entertaining. The dJoings at the table were comical. Mons. iBouillor was very amusing when he leaned fai over and watched lovingly the people at the board dirinking wine, lie woult then poetulantly turn in his seat, reilee tively look up at the ceiling, shake hii head and steal a backward look at th< proceedings. lie ex pressed his apprecia tion when Mr. Brockmtann gave him glass of wine. With a parrot or two it the comi,an - there would be the dhenei to play. 'T? mmuggstin ihay comrtfhe.t itself to Mr. Blrockmnann. The drive in Central Park was brief but lively. A monkey driver and three monkey occupants of a comacht, ti whici two (logs are hatrnessed, are overt urnted andl when they pull themselves togethie they assmne positions and1( look af. each other in amazement. 'The dogs arte wel trained and e~xlhit, what is ratre, n1o ftea of their taskimaster. TIhey arte not noisy A monkey walked tihe tight re Another performed on the flying t rapeze D)ogs dianed. D)ogs jumped throng] hoops) from the back oif a running horse 'Te ponies are beautiful and gracefu movers anmd diancers. Thec numierou tricks of the dog were clever, but th principal features of novelty mare thI "'lianqluet at Newport." and "'Ihe D)riv in Central Park." 'Tho goat, sinme Victor Hugo associated it with i'smerald in his novel, "'Notre D)'.mo," has no beon without romantic ii nterest. 'This on is fairly interesting. T1he Germans aro thme groatest c animal trainers, and thme students oif th universities spendl much of their timotie bringing up ploodles in tihe right way Brockmnann uses poodles exclusivohy It is a great show in its etntiret,y fu children, and the "mifonkey luistmess has features oif interest for anyb)ody3. "I1 kniow that youi love 'tie,"' she en: sentinentally, ais he held her ti h'is vi's "I1 know that you love," shie rep eanted ;"h cause wh'Ien I laty mty head against ym breast your heart bieats 5(o loudh it nn bi ht.'' "T'hat,'" gasped the poor fellow, thne aw futl truth dhawnmedl upfont him;~ "th SIs not my hteart. 'That's my Waterburt r watch." Chewinog gum is forging to the front 1 a remne for seasickneos THE NEGRO IN TIHE CHURCH. Action of the I)locesan Convention of the Eplrcopal Church 1il,on the Troub,lesome Question. E The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina met in Anderson on last Wednesday. e There were fifteen churches repre sented, as follows: St. Helena, Beaufort; John's Island Church; Church on Edisto Island; Trinity Church, Columbia; Christ t Church, Greenville; (irace Couroh, Cam- t don; Christ Church, Wilton; Trinity Church, Edgefleld; Church of St. Thud dons, Aiken; Church of the Holy Com munion, Charleston; Church of the holy Comforter, Sumter; Church of the Na tivity, Union; Church of our Maviour, Rock Hill; Trinity Church, Abbeville; St. ,John's, Fairfield. The Bishop announced that the Con volition was duly organized, and up pointed the usual committeo on creden tials. The committee retired and the Bishop proceeded to read his address. The Bishop declined to discuss the question now agitating the diocese, stating that his views were well known. He confined his remarks to the work of the diocese during the past year and made some recommendations, which were referred to the proper committees. The Rev. J. ). McCullough was unan imously re-elected secretary, and Mr. F. A. Mitchell treasurer of the Conven ,ion. Under the head of miscellaneous busi ness Mr. J. R. London otlered the fol lowing: That the constitution be amended so as to read as lollows: "Article 3, Section 2. The Bishop, the assistant Bishop, wheu there is one, and every other presbyter who is at the time in actual charge as rector or minister of a paristi in union with the Convention shall be entitled to all the privileges of the Convention. "Section 3. Every other presbyter in good standing and acting under the ecclesiastieal authority of the diocese shall he entitled to all the privileges of the Convention, except the right, to vote." RI ferred to the committee on consti tion and canons. The Rev. Ellison Capers offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That a commission be raised I by this Convention to consist of clergymen selectett by the clergy, and laymen to be selected by the laity, which commission is hereby charged to prepare a constitutional t amendment, to be submitted to the next 3 Convention, providing for the separation of the colored race into a distinct organ ization under the Bishop. Resolved, That the said commission ho instructed to revise the Constitution, - Canons and Rules of Order, so as to in corporate therein all provisions relating to the organization of the Convention. Resolved, That the election of the said conILisson be made the special order for Thursday at 12 m. Mr. Capers supported the resolutions I in a strong speech, while the Rev. E. E. Bellinger opposed them in remarks of great length. After a recess, the Rev. Benj. Allston, of Georgetown, offered a substitute pro- ( viding for the election of a commission t to consist of four clergymen and four c laymen with the Bishop as chairman, to i whom the troublesome question should c he referred and whose duty it should be to deviso some plan for the adjustment of the same and report to the Conven tion next year. As a substitute for this the Rev. J. D. t McCullough offered the following: c Resolved, That a commission of - I clergy, to be selected by the clergy, and i laymen, to bo solected by the lay- t meni, be appocinted to whom shazll be re- t ferred all matters which have disturbed t the peace of the diocese. T1hat they 11 considler them deliberately and plresent i the result of their deliberations as to a I remiedy to the next Convention. Col. JIno. C. ilaskell expressed himself : as favoring more decisivec action.|t The Rev. A. Toomner Porter, D. D)., of Charleston, getting the floor, stated that the perplexing <iuestion which had becen sc) long agitating the diocese hlad given hma great dheal of trouble, that he had given it considerable thought and had prayed over it earnestly, and preuaired a set of resolutions which lie believed would remove the difliculty and restore' peace and harmony to the diocoso. loIe then read the following piaper: "'A fter long, anxious and earniest ef fort to solve the great problem which has agitated this diocese for thirteen years, resltig i th alenaionof heclergy and laity, and the withdrawal of seoveral piarishies from this Convention, it is applarent that the interest of Christ and this Cihurch among both races are in great jeop)ardy, and events have fored' upon01 us the conclusion that an absolute necessity has arisen for the separate organization of the two races in this diocese. TIo this end b)e it ''Resolved, That in the judgemnent of this Convontion such a separation, entire and compllete, is now essential. "eoved, That this Convention, recogmizing that it cannot compel an organized congregation or a imissioni to complly with the termis of ite legislation, but believing that such parishes or missions as now exist have the trite inter ests of the Church at heart. " 'lWSesolved, Thait a commiission of three clergymen, selected b)y the clergy, and three laymen selected lby the laity, with the Bishop as chairmian, h~ reques Sted anid a ithorized to consult with the vestries of St. Mark's, of Charleston; St. luike's, Columbia; Church of the EpphanyhLI3, Suimmerville; Calvary Church and the cioloredl clergy in thist diocese to cifoo~t a complete sepiaration into two or gantiiza4tion under the J3ishiop of the 3 "Resolved, T1his Convention will give all aid and assistance in any ahplications which these or other p)arishos or missions may miake. The General Convention shouldlgislat if it ho found necessary to put this into full operation. "'htisolved, TIhiat this commnission will report the result to this Convention at th.e next meeting." "'Itesolved, T1hat the election of this commlissioni ho made the special order r for to-morrow at 1 o'clock." s T1hecse resolutions seemed to meet che aj hearty approval of the entire Convontieu, y and were unanimously adopted. When the vote was so hearty and was is declared unanimous, Dhr. Porter said in a cler, distinet voie. "Thank (God!" The Bishop announced that the Con rention would he adjourned with prayer mtt thought it would be well if the or lanist was in the house to sing "lorit n Excelsis." This was sung and a gen >ral good fooling seemed to prevail siter which the Bishop led in prayer an djourned the Convention until Thurs lay at 10 o'clock. The gentlemen who did not go iutt he Convention held a meeting, and eon idero,l the propositions embodied it he Porter resolutions. Their delihera ions were secret. Thn ComIruuotiM IO "oJet el. ANDERSON, May 2.--It was the gene si opiniou at the adjournment of th spiscopal Convention yesterday after loon that the resolutions ollored by )r 'orter and adopted by the Conventio vould meet the approval of the seceders ' othing could l>e ascertained, howevei is to what etfet they would have on th >ourso of that party. A long meeting of the seceders wi iold last niglit in the Kniighits of I lone 3all. Rev. Ellison Capers, 1)r. Pinckueo md Dr. Wilson were present to urg ipon the soCoders the importance of al roving or accepting D)r. Porter's resobt ions and the implortamnce of coming int he Convention this morning. Tho ei reaties of these three gentlemen wer( towever, of no avail. It was finally agreed at a late hot hat each member of the seceding part ould do as he pleased as to coining inti he Convention. Nearly till the sceeders left the cit his morning on the south-bound trait The roll of the Convent ion being eal l Ilr. E. A. Beil, of Grace Cimrch, Ar lerson, and 3t9srs. It. . I)' portes an :. W. Seibels, of Trinity Church, (;< umbia, who had boen in the ranks < he secelers, responded to their n ames At 1.45 the Convention atdjourned t neot next lay in St. T'haddous Church tiken. Before the adjournment Bishop Ilow nad a brief parting address. Ho aid that le came to this Conven ion, as, no doubt, inay others camt vith a heavy heat t. lie felt t1hat thi Id diocese was about to go on the rock ,d he could see no way of escape. I1 elt that the conscientious dilterences o >pinion were so strong that there was nt >ossible chanco for conciliation. Bt iow lie could go home, as many other ould, with a light heart, lie felt thr he Convention had (lone all it could d .0 heal the breaulh, and while it. had n< lone all that the htit.y deutanded, it ha 3xtended to them the right hand. if th aity refused furt her to take the extemt 3d hand, the fault could not ho place upon the Convention. The 3ishliop (: pressed the hope that when the Cot vention met again it would n it wit fuller hearts and fuller ranks. 1 pledged his strongest supp:>rt to th 'llorts that may bo mado to effect. teparato organization of the colore church in the diocese. The correspendent of the News am Jourier says: "Tho members of tht Jonvention appears to ie uneoncernee l out the matter, but there is in th ommnunity a feeling of regret thant thu ecedors did not accept the conidition: f the Porter resolution and restorc eace antd harmony to a once) uniite< Jhurcht. The prevailing opi ion seemi be that the clerg; have made such oncession as the Christian spirit wouihi ceaiand, and that the layman is the dio ordant factor ini the diocese." A Queer itiiatIon. One of the queerest reoidenees amon lie mtany oddities of the modernt tash an ho found on the Great Kanawht liver in \Vest Virginiu, not more han ve or six miles above the conluience o: Lhat streami with the Ohio. 'The resi once referred to is at mnonster sycamnort ree, which (10outless wias a mi'mtreht ii giant forest wvhten Cornstalk and hit 'arriors contestedl with the pale for su romacy in t hat beautiful valley, i crhaps cast a gratefl shtade utnde: hich the chieft aini w hen wearied w it.l lie chiase or coni flict often reclinedi. T1hili uionster tree is now hollow fromi it: cuntre to within a few inchles oif its eoute ur face. So large is the openii Sluie tha family consi,tintg of two) mten, at womii tid two c1hildlren have takeni up thii bode within its recesses. TJhtey live, eat andt sleep in it., antd t, 11 applearances are as hapqpy as tiian >wners of brownstone fronts in P'it.ti >utrg. '"Yes, we are pretty well satisfie< vith our quarters,'' one of the mteni ri >died ini answer to a <query. "T1hte laud ord ntever thtreatenis us w ith a writ e joct tint b)ecauise we dloni't paiy the reni ve niever have anty rep)ai rs to make; thI 10tise hoer needls pai titintg ; thle taii ~athierer neve'(r bothtlers uii, andt then w lever have the b othmer of hmo vinhg. Ta'ke altogether, we think we're better off tIa great many people." Struck wvith thei initenrely briliant imi iot. glat jng lighit issintg fron t ott l'welfthi street, the premises of the Webli iach ini'onditCieset ( as i ght C omp any~ I1iiTme. rep)orter went ini last ntight 't nyestigate. As exphlaineds to him, tht tw Iburnuter, wItich is likely to revolui :iotizo all ptresenit systemstt of lighttig s very Hintple(. An i ord inlary' I itrse xirtter, stusp endted taboive whIicht intsidl ito glass atid lheld by a platinumin wire i Scone or mantle of cotto not tt. Thi ruanttle hais untdergonie aI chemliica} pri aration bty solution, antd t hiought of in ire will last from six to tw -lve mtonith )rinary coal gas is used, biut thue inttetn iity of the bright, whtite light ias the ht becomes5 ini stndescenit is astortishtirig. It is dhiflictult to explin the cotlr t ]he light; perhaps ant initensified dtaylighi best expjresseu it. C olors retaini thii ratutral liue, the mos ct de,licto tits bhin uianalfcted by it.s rays. Anit ingentioutsl aonitrived arranigeni-nt, wvhicht shiow itripts of silk unider the two lighlts, deuin otnstrates better Itan atny fling the siupmi it,of the Welsbaech, ini all c.ises th fabrics tunder the ordl inary gas-ligh having a to)tally dfferenit color thbant the bore by (lay light. Other advatage ilaimed for it are its economy, perfi< ]eomlbustioni and chcapmness. P Iliade] It hais beenm fiured iut bty a statist iu 'iftietal tibat therue aire tirityitone crtiminao 0 oeey t houtland hailelor ,i tod etil :lev':' erhihnds to every Ithoustunt utnitric menu. From this showhuig hie ariguie tI mtrimonty restrains mitt fromt crimte, nui ughtI, thlerefore, to bie enicoiiuged by le station and otherwise. - TIlE IAW 1'I lE PARTY. IiElEi iJICATIC ItF(IU1.AT1ONH IN Do1JTI C. itl1. N A. , TIh (:orMi ,it tit In A inentlci by Cie Rtit Cl'nve(ntlotn. Augst H, l886. Almwi,.t I. Thero slall be one or more - Denweratic clibs orgattized in each t election precinc1, each of which clubs - shall lave at (listinct title, '"'h, I)einocratie club," and shall elect a I'resident, one or more Vico-Presidiets, - a Recording anid (Urresponding $ecreta a ry, and a Treisurer; and shall have the - following working committees, of not lessj than three etubers each, viz: A SConlniittee on 1eistration, an EXeCt tive Coumittre, and such other connit te'H as to etcli clb niay ttem expe(lient. Aleir. I1. The meeting of the clbs should be frequent after the opening of H the canvas, tal sonie inembner of the r chili or inivited sp)etaker deliver au ad Y dress at each meeting, if practicalble. , A A'. IIl. '[he presideit shall have power to call an extra ineting of the club, :int - - meniber s of the litb thall u CtnFt tut a <ional for thr transaction - of iIines l A rr. I \. ii club in each county shall Ie held t getlit r anli operate nunler i the ('oit r ,l of a (;oi utv Ixtentive (oin .mittee, whticlihi hall consist of one mecnt her from each club, to lie noinatt'd by the ret petiv(' clibs, a1li1 elected byli the coiity cnei nlltinIII, aditI such other membiler: u4a the convoentiun mtay addt. lTe I I ,xective (Cufloiiuitti t', vhnit elect e , s.. all itloiint itn w1'n otli(t eri atd till I all vu'. lie's whirl nity arise when the "(nlvpntiuon is tot lin steltitn. The tenure Sullie of the I:xt citive C[on ittee ttInd huntil the n(xt generl campaig, unh'lt snHtler reinloved otr IIunedet bI I he teounlty ConUVetio IIOU. Air'. \. Counity 1)eiuocratie conivot Iions shall bet t'iom iised of thlegates eleeb(1 by the several It ion t clubs -- one delegate for every club, ad an uatlltion al delegate for every twenty-live ('.) en rolled mcmbers iwith the riglit to each county conventin to ttlarge or diimin i islt the retpreseutnlion, according to c eircuiustance.i. Iis convnt'tiion shall t o called tugether by the chtairman of t the executive Ctn iut tee, uit r such r rules a each utcounty inay adop, ata t whn ItassIei sletl btl 1le ctlled to order by the chairtau of the executive coin t mittcc, antl proceed to elect frtm amoung its nni b(mbers it Presiletit, one or more e \'ice-l'residetts, a Secret ary and Treas urer. 'Th to nrvtiontiuu shotll pruceed to it busine", ad whetn t Ie sane is trnis acted it st1ld aljouru sine die. A e.\ \ I. 'l'ht+ itnode autl Ianner of Ii niOntintii;g candiidtlates f<r' coiit ily otlicuis or for the .t ito, Julici I iul (ongres o aional convonlions +hall be rogulatetl in aci Ih county by tie respctiv. county I conIvenltits. Atrr. \' II. ''he State ( iiOventioi shall be cbompose1 of delegtaute frotm ecuh p contt", ii the iunierical pi'Jartion to Siwliic i fhitt et uit,y is t,titled iii both ul)ittches t,f the (nicrial Asseruhly. Aat. \'l l1. TIhe tlliuter.-t nhrt' be a P'reside(nt., ne \ie(1 I'rtesident from1 eachi on: r'iitonatl I)istrict, t wi Secretariet I antI a It Irettsirer. A l. IN. I'te State I:xecuviti (Jom initttt shill b cmiitsl of I iiee frotu each ( 'tigressional I istrit.. 'Tlhe diie gates froni the cointic e.tn lrising the Co tgtressiotial Ilisti aIitt li t uiu iuit ti the cartlit from tl that distrit, alit the convention Shall thte troceed to an electiton. TIhe merinber re prestenting. South Caroliua on the Natiotil I )etmo cratic ( onimittee Hliall be ex - Ilieio a nietbilter of the State I)uocrutic Corn niittee. A rr.XN. The IEx icuitiv ( 'ttomitteo shall elect its oiwli ellalirialil iti ttlier ollicers, andi s.hall Ineet. at thte call of the chiairmnan or attny live lil 'mbI e '5, at such tinies anIl places its Ito o r t.,bty nitay tap ]Hitlit. A ir \ I. Thle IK\etutivt C >mmt~itee shall ltive innvewr, b y I t vte ofl a ntiji t o ( thle whotlte cinnimitt.et, to call e on veniltin of the I tiiincratie ptarty oif ii Statt at such itiines and lace's t~is it Ince ugnatte; unI is chrtgeiI with the ini thet platforirtn, andh such instrutciitns, bty resoiiut ion itr th erwise, ats t,be State tConvenuti nur aiy fiot tilt n to. t t.ime a tu;i aiud sltiall ctttt111 itie i tlitien for Itwot yeats fruui t tiuni oif (lec'tittn, ttr unittil te asseiungf tof the in xt Slate fState ticket, un tlts superse ltd lby flue an ily vacancyt tin tIle Stat' Iickt. be occsioneditt b y dheathi, ireiitval, ort tither tot fill the viaenneay. IPrtovided, thtis. shall nt appIly fto the itllite tof ( atverntor t cratie conlietion astsembeih Is il shadl beut calledl i t torder lby the ilodri lal iof thte - State ktcntivte ( inuinitttt'; shall tlttt a ,teniporiary IPresidlent, andt s-hail procetedi i iullict'rs anti the t.rantsai tin tif buitl iess. . IlT ctinvetion, wthenu it has con eliudhed its bii~unss, shaill adtjiurnl sIine , ty t he lxxecutive Coihnilit.t.e, sitchI conl a veliliiti shal lbe c(tilitiset tof itiwly - tiial andt Coniugressulilial conllvenlt ions l .sliull be, tit tIht siniu basis its ill Stat,.t t.t egates shall lie present it ta centi onli.t l to co(iitit.tite a <ititrum for noriflaitnglf a f caidtate eit.her' fuor ( Iongress ir Solicitiur. t Thle dlegationu oif eacOh countty in a (Con r grtessitorit or Judtiicial citnvetuionl sil I Inave ptowar to fill anmy vacancy ini the y thelegatiion. Andit whitnevert tiny ciutitfy a is oir shtatli e siibdiividled alimng two or - moltre ConlgrssuionaLl Ilisirict the tel -ogateui tot thet conveniitns if the several e Conigresional I )ist riots shall lbe elected t. by Ithe coun mty I )ernorarit Id conivenLtiln, y anud apptti onedi atiung It'e S respecti ve s ( onigrtssionial sit1lal iv~isionts of the coilityv 4 in propiorLtin to hpopullation. - lIn every con von tti to noinaito aI cantdidate for Congress or for theii office of Soiitot4r, a mlajoriity oif Ithe votes shall bte necessary toi a chiei, and the votes shall bet tkten viva voce iand recorded, unless there is butit oetandidlate,ini which tvenut thet votet rity bo taken by accla hilt nuijit. Ax soo ti s a Con t( lgriesionaIl or Sit thidicial conlvtenti hasi nomtiniate'd the t, prt.y canidiate for C ongress otr Stolicitor it . o.t aduinen 10nn (ien nt whienievo.. candidate to fill an unexiired term of either office has to be nomrnated, it shall be done by a new convention of dele gates fresh from the people. The exe cutive committee of each oon nal district or Judicial circuit shall consist of the several county chairmen of the respective counties and parts of counties composing such district orcircuit, which committee shall elect its own chairman, secretary and treasure, who shall con tinue in ollico for two years in a district and for four years in a circuit, respective ly, or until their successors shall have been elected. It shall require the con sent of a majority of the whole executive committee in any district or circuit to call a nominating convention. The executive committee of each district or circuit shall be .especially charged in its discretion, except as herein provided, and subject to the State platform, as well as under the supervision of tho State Executive Com mittee, with the conduct of every election for Congressional Represenatives or Solicitors in such district or circuit; and said committee shall meet at the call of the chairman or of any three members at such times and places as he or they mayL appoint. 'ach Congressional convention shall meet within its Congressional convention district, and each Judicial convention shall meet within its circuit. Each Congressional district or Ju dicial circuit in this State shall be at liberty to adopt the method of primary election instead of the convention plan tor nominating candidates for Congress or Solicitor, provided such method be determined upon by a convention regul arly called in the manner herein before specified for that purpose among others. if such a method be adopted, the con vention adopting the same shall fix the time when, and prescribe the rules under which, such election shall be held: I'rovided, That such primary election shall be hold on the same day in each county comprising such district or circuit: Provided, further, That no elec tion, either for delegates to a convention or under a primary plan, shall be here after prior to the first day of September in any year. l0ia'.i, taI,out WVomen. A1 rs. I :ndicott denies that her daughter is engaged to Joseph Chamberlain. This is authentic. Mrs. Ashton l)ilke told the members of the Women's Club of Chicago that she smokes cigarettes and likes deoollete d1 resses. 'l'he important news is chronicled in a Washington newspaper that Belva A. Lock wood's spring bonnet is a thing of beauty. The P'residential boo in it, however, is not especially becoming. Carrie Bragg is editor of the Virginia aneet, liblished at 'etersburg, Va. She is a colored woman, the only one in the U'nited States thus employed. Mrs. Manced Talcott, who recently diad in Chicago in her t;8th year, gave away h),(HH in charity in the last ten years of her life. Ste used to pick up children on the street and buy them shoes and clothes. She established two day nurseries in Chicago and the drinking-fountain in Garfield park was cr'ected through her generosity. 'nlike Imost employers George M. Pullman has as much reguard for the :xecutive ability of women as for that of men., lie is always willing to pay a man's wages if she can do a man's work. lie has a great many women in his employ and a high opinio. of their u{sefulnesr. It is said that Mrs. I)r Schlieman won her husbanud's heart by her knowledge of (Greek. Il o visited her father's house when she was a young wvoman of 18, and she amazed and delighted him by reciting to him a long extract from the lhad. Thel next day he popped the 'j{ucstiOni. The' l)ucliesso Dc D)ino from whose abuindant coffers are said to have come ihe funds that assisted in scuring Gen I oulaniger's election, brought to the eccentric muarqulis an almost princely fort uuii., which lhe appears to have fount availale in furthering his political seemes:, lhe being at Reltpublicatn of thc li 'chiefoirt typet. One of his p)eculiarities, it is said, is to occasionally surprise the Anarchists by forwarding them a handsome clheck. Th'le Duchess was formierly Adele Livinigston Strauss, of New York. and was divorced from her A mericain husb andI. J1osteiry, the p)ianist, has been receiving a good decal of social attention in Wash inigtoni of late. H e remembered having met Mrs. Cleveland when she wra a schiool-girl at Aurora, N. Y. "Have you forgotten how we girls bothered you for your autographs?" asked Mrs. Cleveland. "]I don't believe you ever knew that it was my good fortune to secure no less thian twelve of these auto griaphls, oiio of which, written on the miargini of the concert programme, is still retatine(d by mie as a souvenir of that Says a Chicago newspaper: '"Amelia I ives, thle younig Virginia novelist, has gone 1(o bed sick. overwhielmed by the adlverse criticisms on her latest story. Shte is said to he aghast at the interpro tattioni madetI of it by peopille who saw evil where he0 miitant nioni. Lo~ttters from inidignanit readers have piouredI in on her from ial1 uiartetrs. It is Miss lEves's first experience with hostile criticism, and, even if not deserved, it will have a more wholesale etleet thani tho fulsome adu lationi shte hats b)een fedl on.'' A n I md111iaoRlic. A curious and historic Indian toma hawk has been unearth~ed on the banks of Iiilandt Creek, ini Greene county, (Ga. I ts historic interest consists in the fact, that it has been identified by old settlers as the axe w;ielded by Cusstuggee, one0 of the riiost dreadeod Indian braves who resisted the advaiieos of the palofaco iito this part of tue country. In size the tomuahawkh is as large as an ordhinary axe, b)ut is much thicker and heavier, yet Cusstuggeo is said to have wielded it as though it wore a mere toy. 1t has still it keen edge. As ai pico of workman ship it is p)erfect. It is of block quartz rock, is cut smooth, and weighs seven pounids. It was found on the bank of Richland Creek, suink deep in the carth, where it has lain fifty years. RL requires a elever surgeon to dress Iwounded vanity.