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VOL. XIX. PICKENS, S. C., rlHURSDAY, AU,UST,190. TilE TWO UHAIlRMEN. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CAPl SHELL AND CMt.- HOYT A P'roposaii i: 6: :m LaLer ul-jected by ti1 Feat er4' The4 I.t- iers lit F'iin. The followinlg letter was addresse to the members of the State Deio cratic Comuittee: R .ooMs OF TE S'A'E I)mocr.vric Exi:crviv Comirr'rI:.1 CoF-An7,i111A, f. C., July 17th. 1890. Dear Sir: It liat, been stIggeste that, as a means of allaying the e citemlenft anld contention within th lines of our party in this State, ilh Executive Committee shall invite colference.-, at atn early day in the cit of Columbia, to becomposed (in add tion to its own member) of member of the Advisory Campaign Commi tees, headed respectively by Capt. G V. Shell and Gen. John D. KennedN It is believed that such a conferene will further the object had in view b, thu Executive Committee, in orderin; the August Convention, soas to brini about an orderly and peaceful settle imeut of the existing differences, am use the combined influmnce of th State Executive Committee and th t w(o Advisory Comimlittees iu socurii slch anl agreemo1 it, oi all sides, a Vill prevellt any causefor dissath:.t4a tion in I lie finial outcoic of the prep (.it :git:ttion, therey assuri! tl unity1 an harmnyio par-ty v.helv it4omstocnf onuu u imy ini tle genera '. .l. Nmp- 4s 1 rsi1 i1reand perti neyo this sag V tn couple( w-ithl. the desire t o inI tt th ornllization of thl D[m,ir pAti( a the mattor for. your coniiderationl whether or rot you will aulithoize im Io illvite suc(h a conferonce with ,h Adisory Committees afor<-said. I you regard t fiUn 4., faLvorably, am tbink sich ia oit-1. i advisab ple- tolegraphi at once to the Seere tuary, Wiliv ons Esq., Coh)n i)a, C.. M' (n l 01111 imgni to Ilhe (on tro y, if yoi do not approvc the prc posed iee i1g. Vei y truly yours., JAMEs A. lYrr. Chairman State Executive Com. The answeis returned to this lettc authorized the chairman to invite tb conference whenever ho was informe that the Advisory Camign Con mitte,-s would unite atmh a confei ence. The following letter was addresse to Capt. G. W. Shell and also to Gel John D. Kennedy as representing th Advisory Committees: COLCUIA. S. C., J Lly 16, 1890. 1y Dear Sir- I have asked th State Deiociatic Executive CoI: it 'cc to authorize me to invite coI ferenco in this city at ai eai ly dJa. to be composed of the said Executiv Committee, together with the Adv sory Campaign Committees, presidle over by you.rself and Capt. G. \ Shell, for the purpose of agreeing. possible, upon such a line of polic by each committeoi as will best insur the 1uity and harmony of the part ini this State when existing differenec are settled. The object of this com ference is to talk frankly and free] over thr situation, as DemlocraLts, an, to use the inlluence of the severt conmittoes in bringiiig about a bette state of feeling among our peCople. I you are wviling to unite with you campaign committee in such a coi ference for the welfare of the part as a whole, will you ait the earlies practicable miomen~it, so that Imiaye a the conference without delay, if th Executive Connnittee approves th suggcstion. Address me at (Greem ville.. Yours truly, JAMEs A. Hiovr, Chm. St. Dem. Ex. Corn. The following reply from Uovernc Kenne dy was promptly i.eceived(: COLUMmIA, S. C., July 17, 1890. Col. James A. Hoyt, Chairman Stat Committee: My Dear Sir-I am instructed 1b the Advisory Ciommlittee of which have the honor to be chairman to sa that, if the meeting referred to in you letter of July 16th ist., is called w will alcept the invitation and1 attei( *Wo aippreciae the motives which a< 4 tuate you andit will cO opera'lte in ever consistent mannihler ini (Ihectinlg th patriotic Purpose5 you have in viev Awaitinigfurther adsvice, Ia,yours5 t ruly. J. D). KmNNEy, Chm1. [ Captain Shell replied that lhe wi anxious to have ani interview 'with t11 chairman of the State Executive Con: mittee, but wias prevented from con ig to G*reenville on neount of COml conveming in Laurens, and asked ft a .visit from the chairman, Hie~ wa wvillig for a confer.ec between ti Sta t3 E xecutive Committee and th: Campaign Committee ->f the Farmer Associat ion, and ex pressed his desii to restore peace and haimnony to tb party.' Futrther correspondence e] sued, andu resulted in a personal ii F' terview at Lauronis on the 23rd inst in which Captain Shell was urged t make a definite answer to the prop< sition, and which was followed by th annexed letters.] LAUREtNs 0. H., 5. 0., July '24, 19 Col. James A. Hoyt, CIhairmau Stat Democratic Executive Commuitte< Greenville. S. C.: Der Sir-I have given the su bjet of ot interview of yesterday caren' thou it, anid cani see' no' r: on I .chan my concluisioniPO peioufl] mad knowvn to you. I will reper that is my desire that unity an A-good 'ill bo rostored to the bod polit that in futiure instead of fl1 aid bitt ,r denunciations,eriminations, all true iemocrats should be willin to unite inl healing the wouids and iIJurLI-ieB Coml11AiUed of and let the DeMInocratic pirty preleit to the world that lagnanimous spirit char aetEristic of South Carolinians, re meiiberintg that "to err is human, but divine to forgive." For the Siate Democratic Execu d tive Committee I entertain the high est regard, so also with my distin Iuished fi iend Gen. Jolm D. Kennedy, for whoin I feel more tlhii ordinary conew'n1, b)Iut I (all not, to save m, se v anly good that cou1ld result fron it joint conferenice Suich i) propoie.d by The Atugust Convenitioin meets in twenty days. Its action will be con * elusive as to the iattf.r of prill'v e or ito prilmary--the latter conldition a being most probable. I deprecnte the thought of precipitating it priliry ulponl the people during thecamllipigl. and nothinlg could be devised that - otll col.-tribute so muc11h0 to divide the Deinotratic party. The very least friction just now is the most (U-sirable tlhing hoped for, and the a1doption of any suggestion looking toward the perpetuation of conitict ing inftluences, uitich ias would result from a hotly ,'nlt,"sted primary Clec tion, a quarter of a century would iardly heal the ~Oreach incident to suchl at prcceedmil. I t ii my opinlim that thle omplec 1on of t he An:td Conven id ion w ill I ll i uall he u iutt eu l the '::p k-.um1ber Con))I vent 1(in,. whih J- ti te. ou h nixa'ele' toui t: ii x al e aren oo aty to ( V] YOR-41011 (1 kii orI Citl . all hll t r diuic "e( caed byA-V r aIIO of t o *t'.011, reos dOs r(olT tull ,( - emeu tobncte ofs ofermitheovter upnwhic e thetial .tton itids paro ei.Oiletat o inttssafrnerpoiew y vIu I hld:ve a your - to bet tY respetin Ci y.1rsl,aI iertd YO i;J ou iOednt ie sslnt. Ch']- Camit - Coe I I'.a1 ters' os, c C. - O.Imvn.uS. C., Jcolvy 2. e. CaIpt. G. W. Shelluelns. S. C. My Dearamou s ofct'. in t vie ad,ai.s the o erdi on ofernce, a asiulro have mliscoleived th ! main object of Conferring loethe uponi the poltical t;iualion. It is also unforLimute that our interview fevhichi was hield at your request to a aoid such a restilt, as I understood it.) shoilld have failed to impress you I- wittet tll o Of the Confer - ceie. I sought to convey the idea that the paramiount object in view d was tho concentration of forces to a I- particular enld, namiely, thle tunity and o perpetuity of the Democratic party inl South Carolina, at the close of anl exAiting and eventfiu campaign. It eWats no0t mly pur11pose to ma1:keflhe Con ferentce al oclcsiol for lr-ging 1the W aoptioll of the primary astle it i delegates his d le to the Septem b)e,. Convention. That matter wvill be settled at anI tely day, but ats yo seem t. hinCe much objection aainst the coneence oil this Score'allow me to say thilt. d o1t not at all agree with you a to) hei Wet of a primiary e electioln for dltes,iuch - i pro aos d ford th e O,, (c 1 i(1eltion of the Auhuse Convntio,btne.rhe ole Ir ging tl have mary thelecton e n evert isecio the ts apetead t o eet de lleate brhi fmeeo isi noere-g of Oipinio" ann they oliia n'ot wat. ro Ith wouldte, easy enog ton arranget ag te orle fction, 1 dlgtes bit lte r' same timegive cony gais hoet Ichosnieionso il wy, anld lsititosileV Yo dhe soriethou rtion eorstnn e adptionf thftios methd of11eliting e heleat egendehe inthee withaihe are dnodinogrs uo representativefo gior tle futriaroplan te prefrnce yin ll ucarois.liycie h r aet ise c.it theat it'cec was epce ome to confederence o fre iti rcang of" oiion ueonite political codthat I of te Sitt,d n(th oit oUta invnt .' gon to ien pcourse001 aginst hones oI convitions of duO y ean responsibilt v. .0 The stried relat'ipons iisine b~e r Stween I t hte is and thejll~ u sua e heto) egenidere'd by hie~iI(0 campaign' '- fno mti 011 prg ess oi.nio augur'o well fo ith de toutel harmonyo mth par y cn Houth' parlia,b and my ief ob . ,ieibsest tihe conference' wasb )- coseure adhr c to r egular moth od unitd prtyognized uslties, sot ta therecwl e to pr reasote eenorsei jor upoliitin he-.. intgiyoou ,aint.a 0 Coas beenothrat.miinceta ton 1-~) jotir h: 1)d1or ohfene ten gofitens :'oigrading thn spral Co ournt' >r Weii lit is tsbeellow-eor]. a11d J'(lhnt o xth 'ot.he lor 11oli tenl int Wihns. it State,ng ad the are ope tn <ot' ns (1t e constidertoed, ter il oinuelI Y rco and ymchnflictn int yotne axnd e 1 idele to mteu oroe thpupbse oA unteary nethaer maies ledytir-o miisig as to the brief interview v had the other day, and to prevcl any possible isunderstanding of i purport,I will furnish this correspon ence for publication. With sincel regard, Very truly yours, JAmEs A. Hoyr, Chairman State Dem. Ex. Con. ITEMS OF INTEREST. -1t has h,bee suggested that t1 head of 3h iss Susan Anthony ougl to be put on the silver. dollar. -M1iss Loutiso imlogene GUtine:, thc poetess, thiiks nothing of wall lg tweUty miles oi her poetic feet. - -32I. Adare of Rathdore, Ire hats refused Li offer of X350.000 ft her cattle ranch somewhere in tli West. She holds it at $,000,000. ---The fat and particularly vener ble Kalakaua, kig of the Sandwiche; will visit EIngland in October. H sister. Princei s Lilino. is going wit -Olive Liogan, the pioneuer of Iew; paper women. has the honor of b< ing elected a ueiber of the inco: porated Society of Authors, of whic Lord TO1nnson is president and WIt ter Besaut the secretary. --Tht largs('t fruit farm in We Virgiiiia is the Px,cker farm, near Ha: per's ferry. It containg 5,000 apric( trees. ;7,000 peach trees, 3,000 phu tices, 5,'A10 m1iiscellaieous fruit tree; and g'>. *1 grape viNCs. -Kobert Melbeiinny of Plainviev Adalis county, Pa., is the possessc of a turkey hen that laid ten v--, while she was hatchin; she hiatche out alu even dozen of young li keys. mal is still layingfi an egg ever day. -.1 through New Mexico. Ariz< ia. som1e parts of Colorado anid uls inl old exico. 110 rain ls fallen fC months, and thousands 0 upon thol sands of range eat tle are lying den in the parched valleys and thousand lmloie alr .-iT for want of grass au wvater. 1'he mot4 m1onoitonous city i it buildings i: Pui!, the houses ther be lig aba1o.,A, alke. An aItLempt i 11ow b"i-me) valry thisbyl)buih ing houses of tile style of the Rlenaii sauliCe md Loui 1 XL. and hope is e: pressed tha t th exaniple will e fo lowed generail. ----A wounderful wedding dress wi recently made up in Russia for l daughter of t -rcat Russian arti. It is of regulafion white satin, butc the satin aru innumerable little pi tures, chiefly allegorical, painted I her father's friend. What may bei value in years to come? -A. Monteliore, who has bec traveling in Florida and devoting car, fil study to the fruit growing di: tricts of that vast State, calculat that the Americans eat more meat i the course of twenty-four hours tha all tle inhabitants of Ureat Britaii France. Germuany, Austria, Belgium 1olland and Switzerland put t( gether. ---An oculist in Breslau has re centl treated 300 eases of defective ey< sight, for which the cause was nc apparent. It rose as suddenly as a epidemic, and was confined to men ei t irely. At last he found the reaso for it in a new fashion of very tigi shirt collars. He made the young mec unbut 10n their collars and1( their ey( got well. --In Maine a man has been founm wvho has sold1 liquor freely for (lI p)ast, thirty years, and who has neve missed attending district, coun)ty an St ate conventions and advocating anm voting for r'esoluttionis asserting aw hesion to the principles ot prohibit10 amnd demanding thorough and effecti4 enforcement of the law. Well, lie is cur 1iosi ty. ---There is an interest ing sehieni ior establishing a Iloating hotel Hong Kong. The vessel is t.o has three decks. the1 lowver b)einig arrange for dining, hbil .3, smokingand (cat roo11ms. T1he( ma!tin deck wvill (contii a drawving room,. twenty-on1e bet( roomsi1, (eaih withI a full sized bat and dressing l'Ooml, wldle tlbl uppe Or spapr 0 ''k, iit; l '('en zirianged as --l.hll ladies- are4 adopting il waiit at tal' iin liv. ry. The skir are plai 0''i Ihes.e livery~ gowns anm ofii'i the . h ab ('olor of lie houis All thle pi ts I aire thrown behimn Thien thle waisj.te(oat and14 jacket m tr'inined w,ith 1i4 hi .Iandis, buttoi and1 ere('ts or 1monogro'a1us in1 1m1t1 A h igh stitY w hite collar, wvhite euf and ai tiniy whiute cap 'like a topin. Ti.40.1 hmit 1>1.( lda VTh ill will ne4ver COmle up. TJl' Sena ill COnun4ittee' which is coniside im si -nw vety hltle, ab)oul it, an,1 t he ethi'r 'a b lienii Senators kno none b,4 likel. IC bm -i for(weks. Tis~- wa tnli' way ini which a < Pubi ilcan S(nat 41) , wh~ i in j 4poitie to1 kniow- jOui his foot upon0i Ithe stat< 11mn whl ich iwa.s giv~en out to-d(ay ft the benefit of Iihe lte-publienin rad (c1a~ls wh mre thir-sty for noddin phun44e; anid gleatminmg b)ayonlets aittla polls, t ha:t it econidera('4tion of tL b ill wais nearly complemted and th at wou aih 1oonbe reported (4 t.o t-h('Jtepubll) t,ioils. -- New1'Y i t i r - altd. -Tjhe Georgia S~iuic.a Court lui refusedl a new trial for To~m WVo follg who i mrdered nine members< his famnH)in Bibb co unt y. I'V ON T1114 BOY'COTIT. it - WHY HE THINKS THE SOUTH SHOULD USE IT. A PatrIotic Appeal to t lie icn alil Wlmen nfi tihe Sunny Souithl. Atlanta Cous it ution. "Well boys, let's qIuit, pilying with "io. They won't pliy fair and they e tu :ays lussing at us, :nd they it steal our balls anld Imardr., aid the less we have to do wit I *4n the better. I thinik that will be 1het.i. Mr f ll concerned. We won't iabor with I 'en. We can pass and repass like the fllei did with his bull, but it's high time to cut ol' allintimate rat liiolis. What the South wants is to be inde npt olent and self-stistaining. That is wlhl anlyboldy aid alny communiit - v wamnts. The farmn r who raies the mnil .I.. s everythitig that Ie needs is the best I oil. We have paid tribute aId hfowll age to the North long enough. Let 3- its all begin econoiy at holm. and4 do without the luxuries that our own section can't furnish. Mn. Arp says I she will wait for a carpet utilti I vl 1- get her one at home-waiits atin ix imiinster, I recon. She knovs how i do without luxiuries. If shf ean ('i them she wants them, but if h-lne it can't she don't. She tried doIng n without during the wvar whon we liaI to live on rye coffTee and -si a tea m11id sIokehouse salt 1 ma ly.. soap. and sorghum im1i cornbrea(d. ali the children wore shoes liale of inilf :stannled leather. andf their clothl".'L ;A hiats Vere made of scraps. "Oh. y:s. she said, we did it in war and I reckon wAe can do it inl peace. Solomon says, Eat not the bread of him that hath an evil eye. ieither dc-ire thou his daiity meats." Well I oIld like t 0 little luore codfish and mackerel andl cheese. but I willdo without it. Cobe says he's done quit even long ago for the war left him with inothing hul a yellow mule and all he buy's is coffee and tobacker. He says he'll be dogged if he won't eat roots and drink branch i water if it's necessary. Well now, - speaki.g seriously, the South cam do s without the things -ihe cannot ml1akew or rai.e or import. She wolidit suler a day for food or clothing. Wagon factories and carriage atd 1- buggy factories anld lu rniture fac tories would spring up here like magie. is and give employment to thousands of IC ou' young men. in a few years there t. would be thousands of small indus mn tries. We would in ufaet mre every c- thing from a hairpin to a locomotive, >y and keep our money at home. ts Friends, countrymen, patriots, let us do that. Let us form a league that will do something sure enough and do it for all classes. Let the North keel) all that she has got aid trun tile oNernmit a( shiniy oil A her own side tId ve'l shinn"y Onl 011S n and (it plying with them until they cr(et friendly. We are tird- tiredl. "A colitilal dropping 'will wNvar, away' a stone. I wouldI't, trlit D Democrat teni steps who vould stay inl partner ship with a bloody-shirt R(Iepublican. The New York Herald makes a big blow about New York going fifty . thollu1sand RepublicaII m1ajority if the South boycotts her trade. Suppose sh'de dloes! Sup)pose theiy give a hmunt Ltdred thousand, what is that to uis? SWhat is she doing for us nmow? Ever since the warii the South has given heir solid vote to hell) the Northlerni D)e. m1iiocrlacy, and( w~hiat hais that Demuoc .e racy'. done for us? Whlat is it doing r for us ntow? Amios CJunutninigs is the d only''lit num w hIdepend up)on princi il pie. If' a ma is a fr'iend, whyl3 dont 1 lie show it ? Why don't thle Noirthern n D)emomicrmat hoh 1 pub111 ie mee'tinigs and -C den'louncet all this unholy wvar upon01 us! I- WVhy dhon't they quit the church that aillows its lpreac(hers' to abiuse? us anid e tell lies upon01 us? Whly (lon't they Lt do somuethiug or' move out. (If that e country? You catit take up a Nor'th d1 ernt nmagaine that hiasn't got somew (d malicious scanudalouis piec'e inl its i ('ohlums. Thle very last "Cenito y' is I- still hariping onl Andiers~onville. and1( r', t('empt iblIe euss abl.out our using blood a hounds to caitch runlaway netgroes he fore thme w~ar, and1 says' it was1 at coml in mon0 thing. It was a v'ery unciomi o won11 thing. as) everiy ob1l-ftime negr'o ts~ will fell hnim. But supp)fose it was, (a wlimt gtoodl e'nn 00om of suc(h at discuis .. ( sin n1ow? What tair' mided editor ". would admit such things? It is all .e for hamte andt venomI, and1( the( myustery~ isof it all is, what maiikes thiem keep on .l ha11ing us5 It is said thait Mr's. Can is1 le l~ iihsbanud wasi: dreadfully imor't i - )t 11ied about his wife's let ter' beinig pub ihed. That's allk lHe wais not 11or1 iit I that she felt thIat wayv, but bt caus t~e hIem' feelings got inlt.o I the papers. h Why don't lhe ('duc(att heri to .eel )4- some other'i w'ayn? Th le trutIh is, lhe bel('ieve- I thatot way himoself, or lie a wvou dld i't v marruie(d such'i a1 v'icius r- mal0ic'ious woman . I' hei. was really dI fr'iendly to flhe whiit e people of the wv South, he shmoutld have mamde her' stop d talking that way or' <uit hier. wit h such a1 people' Let the New n Yorkh Herahii~ . aund all1 thle ofther HIer rifabIs, fthreateun us wit h incr'ieased lie ir publ)1icai ntmajorit ies. A hundred i- thiousandmt is 110 worse) than mahbundred. g The r'esuilt is 1111 the samne. What e goodi has our11 forb)ear'ance dlone? Arte e niot the re(lationsH between uts getting| mt more'( uiend'CI(ly ev'ery3 year? It is i- ul'ssM 'i' y peac(e when ftre is no10 Il isn . 'Lii Con[ ' is torgin g the' n . to iubisman'I, not oily to them, buit Thn (anfields are'a tiSIhiick iup there as5 ar't "thle leaves ini Vallamnbrosa's I Now, let us all work tog othier and fbuild up the South. Let us invite all conserva tive people up Northl to come dowi itl( h-l11 us bnild u). Thei are solue who tlt have.visited uis tn mingled with us ItId know what N are, and how we live and how th negro is treated. There are man who have alreadv made investinent here nItld have prospered. We wi. give :1l welcoie to all who (oml kind liearts and good intentiomt Chicago has got the World's Fail Now lct the South have nothing i do( with it. Herloud 1nouthed reprc entatives howled over that Fore hill anud swallowed it whole. The blon.. to the Caifield stock, and w wN%I!tt none of tli.r fair. The Nortl :a put us iuder tlie h), and Ia] tilat eve itheir Deinoerviacy. iwts oi 1 :levtoral votes If we ar igiA akw i Ibolt this we will take alie ine thi ungs tNhat we have said. bi not ill It they enure anythin for u they have 10-il their influence witl t heir Ibor.. Bi. AmI . A TERRIFIED COMMUNITY. V.n it ch I twtq 1 .1 f4 InR ohio 1:npica tII St ran1g TIOV.. onsmori'Ti, Ohio. July 211.-Th. little co:linuility of Little TwinlCree) in Nile township, Scioto cokuity. i ilst t present stirred from ceniter t circuniferenct over the advent of wha they believe to be . veritable witch il Tiswoniani iinwi to tle platc fiI' u ag1-o. and siwce has hwel leadil.g at I.stcrosl life, taiil has he cowiv (he tlk of the tire ei-gv ho hlood. lIn th da ILY tiiII ,;hw wvalerv naot Lt.he country vsidf. frnil on, house Io ther itn -taining th silniple houtsewivetjs witi strnilge tale of dist:iet uoitntr. wi 'ic. ha< visited. anid 1of :irau- supernatui-1 phenoinieia which she has wititessed andl(] of ome e of whicl. shte In tv been ; Imlrt. ter stuclk of wlitch lor I bondes,andA.1 1heiudert4ands Ilh ebinii as well as the Imudicinl1 pwi (rties of every phIait inl the field o wVOods. A t ilhdit sit ill SODiW NI V lia ptears, ald. althodugh (lit st-vera11l ock.: sionis she ha1.s b ])((n wtchled, sit. im always luamaged to elude her spi( and make liei IoctinIIal visits to wit cl Land iuatte -nded. IRecently she as 1en making.solII a0tonislinlg (xlibitiois of Ir al I CouIAeCtiOn with Ia Iuls. Sam ( '1o of thlt, nieigIbAorIood, wh1o for yeal has been sufl'ring fromI a iervou aleetion Of the miu1scles of it r liec so that she could not keep her hva still. The witch told her that sI was uidetr the spell of i crtlni inlm of the comiunity. whom sthe de.-lril ed, and if she would eximnine the bh anlid pillows whereupon she slept s would find thirty-three witch ball The examination was made, an Curiously enough the exact nonb<111)( of' balls, ingeniously formed from ti feathers, woro feund. And now night has been appoilted. when 1 the h1otu of lmiiaiihit these balls al to be burned, and at such tine th Croon1 declares, the n1anl who is wiek ing the spell will die at once and th woliani it ouece be curld. The pt ple are anxiously awaitilig the hoim adl(] in the imieantintim the Inan tdescril vd by the mysterous woianl is lo ing erivously about and is lilplea an1y11v conscious (f 1b'ing ome of thi mamtil chiantors inl at most. swrioll tr ady rI a most r'idicu.- louis fI-Ar. A Newsboyt.'s Gr'eat Lutk. A br'okeri sttepped out of the IBroa< ,t r(.et do,or of thle sttock (exchanllg ye'ster'day', apparenltly atfter hiaviin mtade somew mon1ey. He It(Spied a lit tie mito of a ragg'td netwsboy, noe thriee' feet high, aind a p)hihlumhropi niot ion took f)ossesion of himii. IH ca~ught up thei little bon-h ii of rag anid, ('arryinig it Iit a igar stmal, Ifrt cured ani emipty e'igar b ox. Thlis Ib planed ini the diized't boy's handi(s. Tmn thle broker (hashed into th exc'hantge wvithi a wvild w~l( hoop im directedt. geneiral attenitioin to hin Inmstanitly lie wias surrondedijl't by crowdl, anti Broker Dick Halsten threw a 'oin intto the bxx seized Ith boy, paissedl hiim to J1. Wi. Bass, wIh also Passed him on after tdrop)ping conitr'it ion i nt( the box. C oin antilbills began to rain into it. T1h sugaIr trust cron ' was invatded, thle tile New England crowd, and the pi] of mioney in tl.' box grew rapidh~ The yells. the sight of the mionel and thle general niovelIty of his tii were' beyondt t he lit tle fellow's con prehension. lie simply stiared b lantl ly. inall*y lie was released. Tlhiere muns have b)en 850 ini thit botx. He( slha ouit oft the extchianige. and was lie seenf ruiniJg ump Nassau Street ln. ginig the box tightly tof his bren s Who lie wats, wherle he lived, t. what he would do with his fortuni no0 onel knew. -New Yorlk Special. A Maruintyr to i)iy hat C~ongess1numt Jamies P. WValke. of thliat Stte,t' who it) etd s uddleni Satinutrday last o~tftjapopletxy, wats marityrS t t duty. JIt' Wats canlvas5sin his Sdist rit't fr renom'inalii t ion, bunt hmi ri('d bac1k to W'ashinugtono to( Vot againist the ftorce ill. TJh e lon1g ti cause of his teathI. Colinentin1g o0 this the li(pulhfite-m aptly says: 'Le D emoucratic abteesiL'i iln Waishinigt.o who neglect interests of their c'onsti tuenots, though abinosl wvithinlg soun1, of the Speaker's gavel, remiembiler thi saiice of Walkert ill leaviung it clost by 'onitested ('nivass and t ravelini aL thiousantd miles Ithrough thme broi inig heat w~heen his vote wias netedi1 1. --A (o)lisionl has occurretd (fn t hieNe Manc he(ster ship canial cut betwee twvo trains lilledi with workingmec; Teee instantly killed and ajn sixty were injured of wvhom probi bly thirty are fatally hurt. A blui der of a switchmnan causedl the caulax ity DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATH. W113 emakblC Effect of thC Bite of a TeXU Old stories of the bite of the tar S antula inducing an uncontrollable desire to dance have been recalled to mind by the death of little Maurice Benton. soin of Lemiuel Benton, a prouinent lawyer; which occurred yust-er-daty. The little fellow had benii playing oin the lawn of his fia 2 ther's residenlce anid ran into his Iimother, complaininl?.g that something I had s1 tIck inl his bare foot. The mem b her wasexamiled by Mrs. Benton and a small red wvoiud. such as a i large sized Ieedvle mi,ight, have pune t tured, wils ounmi1d, but was accoiipa i nied by no swelling, and but lit te I pail: so applyiig a little calphor !q) the place, his mnotber thoutaht no! more,4 Of it. During the night, hwtver. si Was tUi 1s'd by tho chilId's tm-11si him out of his bed, nii1i to iwr rIm -' discoveied tht the inittitre limbd) :ad4 tllrIed ia purplish b0.i A phy.si - Cianl Was senit for, hi bwfolv hetar t rived, the boy wis inl coivulsionls. of 80 I)ectliir (har1terI that tihlie doctor it .oice suspected the preseice ofi Some1 unusua'Ml poisonl. Thf. spasmru: s(eled coifilled to the mitb, which . wIr S s N'io enIltly' aILd cintilnuouly11IV -CoIN,,vIe as"to keep the child (1ane1 1ing up1 and <1mvwn. t browIng. ikt :u-ms wild1N lylil twitchlinl. its ng r. , Th se ptinfl c nt et i istlstea un, til the littl!. f,4l}1w sanlk exhate11id .1n 1cIln-cious. inl whicb state II reIallatled :111 the Iexll t bI ll y. i ll Tie body wats pert lv fi-:id . wit i greo spqts (f discoloration e:uall P bhwkcl (n thie 1Lhbs on!(I:tonel-hi, wlI!e it p i( ellia. tf : k tlb f,tilt ti appi-ilrance it t l Olie par! i 'ps. 1The, physicil h wereuu 11u)zit 114 t d to " t(illit fmt ilt -va-w atti t1j l111n1 wvas st) sw 'IdI411 a1- IA. re lt-1 -, aIliv ex;anillatioll t)f tlw woulild 11in1,01. ii t l ettlel s say that from i t e ohdcript 0ion of* it and 6t C(oVil't Sions, producedl, that it was undmubt - C tdly casllsed iih it1e ofba the raul. Tc T een dreadful crea ihvei ir vely rare ilt tlaes. parts, So they werv n IO iti irst though t o f ill coill etioi wit "iI t vcasc. REVNVAL OF C,ANAL BUILDINC. e lave the I :tyi 111d t o eet tre 'x d OneV oIf thit fillclil JAphe01oa of 0il o th country.and, indved,of theNt orld ' hsbt theie tIQ IVi, Wita revival oasf d 1r t-wenty years, of till interest inl teit( e prOjectiono and Con str . uction 1 of, artifi a cial waterAilys. A11 gnii erationt and moreiago the canal waI the popular mtiean itintllsportation ofi freighlt. in 18 bc ara innu ti i ilway build ing. The exarnple of the iBlackstone calinl our State, show6s ofl Irsult of this new mithirtaking. As the building. of the Povide pester railroad was ihte dcatiblifw to the prosperity (f tlhe Ntbiestone vnali, so it was to universialy. ^* BuIt tHeC year 1870 marks a revival of am1tert ist e.nd tb ilig i hss *t ul'a fay and ('i itts ' expl:uut titiar dsusditn the its ect of tIhe ,utelicaton of tmie:m Econo ruieAssoctiaOtt'ion, by E<hun J'1*ames,l (I vani, P. Jaestirst calls t tuti one cototry.In~I ArutaadinFac this inieet ohaso beenver eite.'I theEast aBeugla' is W rats if con structo'ii tlt tllfhIithmu ofrgi C'orint, niin'ga hiwters fonf the Egattit sof LImuId h Gl. o pno thle Manchiest'.rshpanlrero je oiltrea' t conneriinpotnce a' *' *'e find he chi i fef't lause i th 10 fNofn 50 r'ulit-hy robs Co.l a'as leit f publi Paishippers uiliinis t shouledn ta h previol.sharge of rira it h hrsFr iench aoddGirnum. ADWaggeistife NO TROOPS A Tj POLLS. THE REVISED FORCE BILL A MUCH MILDER MEASURE. lloatr Says the lprovislion for Troops IfaS iCen Stricken ont-Edlmuulds Still Holds 4ut Anaih.t iL Change rf tihe Jtulej. Tle \ashington coreslponldelit of the Macon Telegraph writes as fol lows: The Republica Senators were not numerous at church-Ch today. They were at home, rendilg the sixty-page iubst.itute for the 'venty-five page Davenport-Lodge f bee bill, which Nessrs. Hoar aid .'oiier have pre mired. Tie Chaiing- were matc,de by liese two Senat, - without much ,On: llt t ionl with hir Repuiblican 'ohlh-.'ui sc tih,e election committee, le;rs. Frye. Evml I>. and Teller, but 1 dfie-ne to thI, well-known de n for a miiler im tsure. The es titl d-'ire' of Mess -. Frye, Evarts ui'l Tilhr was for ii elimiition of lt proovisimn for troops at the polls. .'his, Messrs. Hfoar and Sherman say, I hey have Ktrickeii out, but it does iiot io appear from the copies of the reso hition they hi e furnishod their Re Imblit-r11 volleal'!ws. Th<- SeAtion re fert t1 to. \whith tI- ute( s the civil righ-'t!; law,.euu md-rd 'I'le 011 hIr hp(,rtnIlt clillges have btin stat,d aI ti.e wik was bVinl ilmwn. The hill is SO muchi(li milder that it will riiv1 1 aoll but :1 few votes 'tt the caulcul: tomiorrowM )i-ght, pr1ovi h-A IHoar 1111. ".)poonler demtonstrate hat ile provisiol for troops at the pools is re.d!y out. But its piasmage m Aill nitI pr le4) IlI.'k11cItl, for it A nl n1ott he a.ied witmhoit him el qging the rile';.an11d 1.lihma11ils stilll-ads aheroic litilc br.t i of ()Ilp niitts to nily Such ;-tion. (o lonm at he :talls limIII it WTil! ot lIe dlonw. t) NiE: 1'' II. \'-'* '.IATURFS. "n)I- of the most daiigerous pro visions of thit Fedtr1al election bill is tli poss"ibility of the iappetirance once mOrof I'nikt -A Statk troops at the polls, whiei miy be pot under the 1mr1iniimg order of anly United States Iutmrslil or eflieer,'' said Representa tive MitcIhler of Pnnsylvania to the Sunday Gazette. "It I a curious thing that the very view which was ilacted by the Re publiian or in f the heat of war tiII(,-; to put a stop to the outrages against the elective franchise cow: mittel by UTiited States tirops on the bordor states should furnish the first pietext for the oxci-ise of that power. but so it is. The net in ques tioi was desigled to restrict the use of troops. It has. however, bc n pros tittied to partisan purpo-'Ivs. so as to Jestroy the( very ohljv t for which it wais elaeted, an1ld tit) little clause to keep the peace it the polls hias seirved as a pretext for the' n1uIIerous iliilu oices with state alud federal elections which were so lmtillerous un11til the Cinge of policy inaugurated by the nyes a(iiiillistration. No < UNIIN1:I) T') THE soUTrl. "11e tIsV of United States troops at the polls on (lectiOl days has not beeni conli ned to thle South, as some pe.ople supp~ose to lbe the case. They wee( usedt in Pennsylvania at a state r'Iectioni ini 1870. Wit hout. the req(uest if the State Or munilicipal authorities, in armed body of United States ma rinei(s wvere br'ouighlt to the polls in the lifth ward of .Philadelphtia. took pos. 'u'sioni of them, kept them closed for il htour,. and 'eercised thle right of (Ieatry, a distinigutished Republican, whovas governor at t he time, pr'o Lestedt agintist tiis high-handed out 'n'e, and1( in a imessage to the State I .tgislatturte den'lounlced it in vigorous hanigage. 'The occulrrente' cited in P2ennsylvaniia was at an election for State' oflicials. rTaoOPs2 AT NEWv YoRK P'oOLs. "'A miore dangerous attemp)t was mtade' ini Novemliber, 1870, in New York, under the provisions of an act which it. is now I)'proposd to r*etive, onily ini a miore diangerous form, to oreria we v'o i'rs ant d St ate oflicials aind bu1 r tifor the lirmnmiess of Governor Ihoff hm and1( the yielding of the President to ilder counsels on the evening be fore thme e'lection. scenes of riot and of' loodshed antd conflict between Sl ate and Federal trloops might have Ocetrled t hat would have startled the 'ounitry." '1Too (zret'u amm Ia t her':'Jobn,i whly don't you~ go to w .ah' You're old enough now to John11: "Ahm, fathier, butt you don't understand. Clar'a says 'she (on't care for ric'hes. Shte loves mae for' my N(elf alhone. Suppose I should becomne rich. D)on.'t you see, it would sp)oil eve'rything?" A 4ubst it ut e fi I,entherll. Mr'. Youinghumsbanid: "Iwn't there ai plierc- of iltd leatherti in thle house taywherme. Dess.' I wantt somei( ml lie worst waiI. there isn't (Happy thought str'ikes her1:) "'Biut, Charlie dearm, there's that steak you bought (lay before yester dayQ, you kntow. Thbe MIaonm TeLklegraph)l says: "Bien ilhiiani malde hiimself' ridiculous by tIngagIig a detctttiv'e to accompany hinutiwhiile he was in Chamleston oin Ilb., rtct.5!f visit. TIillman seems to feel that lie has done something awv fully men. Th'e people1 of South Carolina laugh at his silly pretense that lhe is in danger of bodily harm as he envorts throngh thle State."