Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IN THE NIGHT. Souletines in the night when I sit and write, T I hear the strangebt things, As my brain grows hot with a butn11g thoulit 'lint struggles for form and wiigs. I can hear the 1eat of my swift blood's ect As it speeds with a i ush I,nd a whirr, Yrom heart to brain tud ba-k again, Like a race-horse under the spur. With my soul's line e.r listen anI hear h'lle tender silence sieak, As it leans onl th brast of night to es And presses his dusky het-k. And tho darkness turns in its :lvp id Yearns For something that is kin And I hear the las of a scorchitig kiss. As it folds and fondles sill. in its hirrying race thro' leagues of space I can hear the earth catch h eatl, As it heaves and imoantis and shudders anld groans And longs for the restof death. And high and far fiom it distant star, Whose name is unknown to me, I hear a voice that says, "Rejoice! For 1 keep ward o'er thee!" Oh, sweet and strarge are thle Soiids thl' range Thro' the chamber of the night-IF1 Va14in, And the watcher who wai!*-w dark gates May hear if he ]is,; Mn l'i 1.--Diuncan E-:;gin, a ATLeks.u 'horrible death yesterday dimn. Iie was blown from the i:0 1nvottom of a well, twenty feet deep, and e ni feet above the opening, teari:eg his body itn half id othermise to1titilating it. Eagin was a well-digger mnd has for some time been at work in Bell wood. .lard rock was struck a few days ago in a well ie was digging and it was iade necessary to (o some heavy blasting. Yest erdty he was preparing to make a blast., and was alone at the bottom of the well. EverytItiig was in readiness and in place when he found it nceessary to (to more drilling. [it stead of' removing the dynamit e lie at tIlpted to do the work while it was inl ilaev. 'I'ho striking of Iite i hard St-el againist. the rock "oon 1r1-cired the nee essary incentive I o thte powd< r, and a lold explosionl t ook plice. i ist ait lY th we worki it otitsid! wete hoirified to see the bedy of -:agi:l shoot, fromlt the Ilouith of the well :11nd oit up 111to the r. A tn1-Sot (iti, fraiglt'tsof Stonle amd "iroke a-cotilplical th bioly and rained downl 11 1io I hose about. l01sh ing to Eagiu, t hey Iound t he body h-r ribly tntiflated and the t11:1t1 un11con1 scious. 1'owdcr st;lilt : iin isurs cov ered the face mtul hanls. The hair and clothef., were :41 orchteil. lIlo(14l poillred t rom his nose, vars id ctit s in his Ilt-it. 'lhe loy was torn Otiwl, in tw\o parts and presenticii a -o.rty1i 1 app-arallee. lIe was picketl up m1id caIrit.d to his hotie. ANedical italdan11cf was s1in1 111oted, bit. it was impossihle to do inore thIan reliev.e I iiia(. silf' rilig, and b-fiort' l riotlin l' w \ lctMi. Takell t a Itcni'. G L : w it>) 1 SI' i Ni.* t C l, , Nov. g. - G. W. Price. Stilt c D r. II' Wee t1 Chi c:go, A. ('. Fivisce'.mr an11d .1. l) 0-bb, V. 11. I 1ilbbard ft ing \alley. m guide, otitt tei ht: tani I htmred for two wel-bs' 11111tl th11t'w lM.ld"tly Th'lley cillm et ill 1 'r-tllv p.rk, ;t 11( head i,1 'l'hIPomp1sei erk. m it I Pilkir (!oulty', ill I plai cAlt-l 01,1's Inug oit. Somo tilie ditiing I lith Ilight .lr l'riee, \lio, it is cl:unite. :s a mitim hui* wenit. out stul- of th litu ig-out leavilig thi- othIt:.i asitTp. I'litill liii returtli, a-i it' cr'to wled int o thec 1'0011) O1 all lours. I! tbbardi-t awoke:utld catllet dog, but aus 1te dug h eratine fr i.gh1tenter anid nto antswcr woas gi' en. Iliart <xelaimed: "I h>ys, I bel i've it 's a btear * yae mue a guntt<piitc,"' aitul ( 'ulbb hastill haindvd himii a 41- 'a iboi' r l'olt's revolver aund without, lurthetr thotghtt lired twt shots, oln' of' whticht pssed Iturighi th tolp ohf l'rice's head(, itto his b-odl , cans ing his dleat h int about t o hioir. 'I'll btody~ to lariont, wOhtere ant e'nginte wma prtocutred, ltad all c:ta to ( Uenoo< Spring-. ('oronerci ( . (Clark iinth ate I8y11 summoted a juiry anid a ver'dict ol accident td sho ot intg rcendered. SA.Nrilaoo, Chlili, Nov. t*. New-pa pers hete hav I for severaOt.itl da:y.s bieer pubtlish tinmg wihl stories( abtout a conl spiry ti4 Iormed amnorg theW retlugees a the Amuericani legaltjion to kill ( senera Canto. N obee was c'ircutlatedt to-dae calling fotr a tteetinog of then peiolek ii the plaza, to denounie te contsiracy Egatn, the lInited 'States Mlintister, itn fortmed the .J unta I hat threats had beet tnad(e to attack i'e o'ited States lega lion and cap1ture' ite ref uigees, arxd It warned thle .1un ta Iitat it wout he heh responsible for sutch actioni. Later i te (lay several thtousandti men assem bled ini thle plaza alt a :pplautded kevert incendiary speeches itt which the sur posed( conspracy and1( the Unitedl State il'gatiotn were denountced. 'Th'e Jlunt nIpont receiviltr E'gan's letter, sent troop (of cavalr'y to guard the Unite States legaltion, aund as the mreetintg i the plaza c'lose'd, the .1ntetndente pui lished a notice saying that the storli (f conspiracy were dievotid of found. tioni. Serious trouble was dhoubtle: av'erted b.y this not ice. LIi'ienamrd's (Ctot I'icter. AT L ANTA, (ha., Nov. (L-What-t pron ises be to otne of the g reat est inv oentio: of modern timet~s is W~allis Lispenlard: cottoni picke t that has just beent exli bited htero in a cottont field tneair th: city. For some timie there has been rumor floating around relative to Li perfection of a cottn picker. Yestu dlay hunttdredls of cotton growers fro dilfferenit parts of the South wvere at tl Piedmiont Expositioni and witn!essed putblic test of the mtachinte, Its wor tng was, from a mechantical standlpoil J perfiect, antd the piec-er performed i work in a satisfactory manner. Gre interest, is manifested by the pteop here, and1( cotton growers every whe are tondly looking for the reahizatic of their dreams. Fromt the p)resent 0r lo.k, it is thoutght that next year's cre of cotton will be picked to a great e tent by cotton_pickers. Jerry Stimpson in New Oirleans. NEWo ORLE~AFs, Nov'. 5.G.herry Simi son, the "socklers statesman" oIf Kat Baa, arrived In the~ city today antd w lecture tonight in~ the inte'rest of t: third party move1 ent in this Stai Mr. Simpson mnade a score otf spe(ech in Ohio during thte recent camtpaig and is surprnise.d thait Campbell wasc feated, IIe is dJisappointetd at t small vote cast for the third party ct didates for governor. In his ownI Stat he says, the fusion of the D)emocr: and the Republicans Injured the Al ance party, while railny woeather ki many farmers at home. She Blew fier Jiralns Out. JASPER Tenn., Nov. 6.-Mrs, J)a' wife of one of the conviet guards at man, whore one or the largest conv camps in the state is located, comn ted suicide. She blew her brains< with a shotgun. She left a note to I htisband saying that she had rather L dead than to be living wiri. him. Tht bme mystery about the matter, a It~ibelieved that the iphumanity .ebviet Iabor -bore heatvily enl I tOWA PRESENT BOIES. tic M HE SECOND PLACE ON A TICKET be WITH CLEVELAND. r T I Le Mit. 'r 'rildo In her Governor Does utt A,i Iie IIevoud the Vice Presidenev -.sit, 'met oi the Higher Ofileo. iI MO 1 INES, loWA, Nov. 8.-When 11 < 4. (f Iowa voted last Tuesday ilf a Governor for theiselves Ih k . iso u---eSted a candidate for the iv-*deicy for tihe Democ atic pari N, It wouh' be dillicult to decide wich -he 1 )emocrats of the State think of o or lloHorace Boics, the Governor ship of his State or his noinitatlo, a the t!eIet ot their party next vf" I candida,te Ur Vice Presid-'c )ecn sent N , dlu't dispItc' '.crats here ex from,i enithuias*..u ot two or three Irel-tsiv" I"VMrnor Bloics has in him paper 4, of Presidential timber. There _io'ineeI 90noe such expressions, but i.iey di) not. conc from the leaders of the party and are imdulged in without con wultation% with the Governor himself. Strong as is the desire to have a repro sentative on the Democratic ticket, the feeling in favor of the nomination of Grover Cleveland is still strongar. There is devotiou to the Governor, who broke the long record ot Republcan sue -Csses and who has just added to it the distinction of re-elcetion. le is idolized 4y his party and they want to see hie name gracing a National Democratic ticket. Mr. Cleveland's distinction is, how ever, looke(l u)oi as greater stili. While Mr. Boies nide a new local record, Mr. Cieveland's feat was -t ill greater in that lie broke the national record. Besides, in the nund of the average I)eniocrat, M was the ulection and administration of Cleveluind that Imade possible the sue echs o! li. party in 18S9, and its Second .uIcesS in P0.11, with the interTening eltctiil in wlich the party elected a ma Jori-ty (' the delegation in the 52d Con ifre s. I Iorace Boiesi was nominated for Governoii by Mr. Clevel-and's closest frienids, 1ail was elected because they illade Npevial ifforts in his behalf'. The trolbiiion1 issue, to which much of the Fredit must be given for this result, had been anl :Ictive one for many year. It Was only whe'Ni it was supplemented by (he tarilT i(forni issue and the magnili cent tnministration of national affairs from I 5 to 1SS9 that such ail effective uiaion of el'ort, was nade possih1,. As h:t been said, neither Governor 144is 14r his special friends have ever tihou1gh it, 01 the 'reshlency as a reward 'r hil -it the present- time. Th.at they have h:l1 an eye to second place dirin till the 1114,1ntes of tie canvass just closed is no dtlubt true. They have worked to this en,1, ain sought such outside aid ias was lieces ary with this purp)se in view. They ha y ene so far, since the Goyer noj's liutitle spIeech inl New York last Dect-iler, as to sounad tie leadiix Il)eilt-:ra't-i of leighborilnv States, and a IM <' ht41inl a "ool imany assuranees ' S Y syioathit :111d RIIpp)ort. 1B r. they ihave it i. the I'residency in view. To ' he nIma whit knows the sentiment, (t the oane on the IPresidential ques tio it is 'atliie lo talk 1f' any other name t:an that oI" Cleveland. )uring all the Scanviiass pist aver lis name hats beetn the onei' n conjui rc with ev'erywi~here. In I sp ite~ ao! ti- :aict thant the State Convyen la tin a<l 1t.d a fireilver phmnk, the ts it' ue. was never thoughL~It of as a tive coti Itribultinig elemnt, ini it. Iowa was the first S 1:111'ei t' ecover froml the grteen batcik eize, and the inif tre of' that move menit hast been fo)1!owedt by the develoti ment,o a b arge conservative ehemienit ini favoir of a sound financial policy. As the resuit, ol this, Mr. Clevehmnd not, onty lost not hinig by reason of his Anderson let ter, h-ut his piositioni was strcngthienied as soon'4iii as this sentiment hadl a chance - t) show itself. Wi ith the Vice l'residency in vicw, thme electz i of the I )emocratic candidate for Governorl be'iIicms ani imniortant fai ttor in the cotest, t) hbe made before the -next National Conv'ention. In Samuel 12. bestow, wvhot ran t wo years ago for this otliec andl was dlefeat.ed, only to be chosen thiLs year, the party tias a man in whose Llands it is wIlling to trust the Governorship, lie Is a New Yorker by . Wt>irth antaningr, a farmer of' large ex Sdtoine good work in his new party reIna - ion, and1( a man of good ability. It may. e therefore, he put dlown in the country Sthat the Denmocrats of' Iowa wdil pre Ssent thme name of' lorace Botes to thc next Convention, but it will be as acan didate for second place and not for first. SAnd 1no amounitt of' local pridle can lea< a them to make the mistake of asking fo a much in order that they may the more dj surely Let a little. n If' the ticket shotud be Cleveland an< - Boies it would be an interesting lac tB thait Erie County, N. i'., had f'urnishe< - both candidates. And they would no IS be strangers, either, as in 1865 the caime near to running against, rat,he than with, each other. It fell out i .. this wa): Mr. Clovelanid had made al as exellent record as aissistant dlistrict at a torney, and was nominated in the yen .- just namedi~i as5 a cand(idate for dlistrii is attorney. TIheit Republicans recognizei a evetn then, that tie was a st,rong cand ie (late before the people. Tihtey cast ab)or r- for some time for an available man I in pit, against him, and finally pitchied c :ie hlorace Boles, tben in the act,ive prac a lice of' his profession in one of the 1lar. k-towvns outsidle of Buffalo. iIe had nevi it beeni ver active in Rpbia oil at although the lad servedh a single termni lo Assemblyman at Albanty. As the coi re test cointied Mr. Cleveland's strengi >n b)acame miore atpparenIt, and as this Cat it dawned upoii t,hem more and more t,h >p b)eame nmore and miore imnpressedl wit x- the fact that thecy must choose oine t,heir best known meni as his olpponen Among the then active p)oliticians< p. the county was l,yman K. Baiss. Il n. was a man of' high standhIng at t,he ba ll a good canvasser, Widlely known at> le v'ery popular-, and withal was a partn' to- of' Mr. Clo ;c'land, the man whom it wi es desired to dlefeat. Almost at the lai Smoment, just the night before the cot -i vention, the managers induced Mr.RBat jtiop. iIe (lid so, and was elect,ed I ts about 500 majority in a county that the ill. gave 5,000 or 6,000. spt All this explains why Mr. Clevelati and Mr. Boies, who are likely to run te gether next year, did not oppose eac other in 1865. .ioon after, the now Gol aernor of' Iowa came WVest, bought hi Slarge farm near Waterloo, and settle dt (own to the practice of his professlot mit giving almost no attention to polli eand even noting the rime of his old frieri be with interest 'qithout its rousing amih re tion in his own breast. HavIn becotr nid a Democrat and voter for levelan of hisi election to 'he Governoutp in 181 -e isso known asa' es hp If Io' thas its way next year and the ket i' Jileveland and Botes. these two 3n wi' , If elected, go to Washington e aiing elations different from any two en sin !arly situated in all the check ed hiE )ry of our polttc.-New York e imes. i* CL' VELAND'S AVALABILITY. al 'ery Cright Outlook for the Ex-Pres Ident in Ninety-Two. 4) WASITNOTON, Nov. 7 .-0-is oil itster-C 'eneral Don M. I essions i11 Vashiwn,toux attending. &1ik"'in 01 ni Vaeshpemeto atd-o discussed the ki he Supreme Coutt-s at some length st -ith a rethe, -morning. tta r-:e," he sald, "every one who tit ..ociated with Mr. Cleveland's ad- la 'aistration must rejoice over the re- ct uilt in New York, Massachusetts and t1i owa. Mr. Campbell made a glorious ul ght In Ohio and deserves great credit fo or it. I regret that he is not to serve bi [nother term os Governor, but McKin- it ey's election is not much of a victory ol or the Republicans. To be decisive, ie should have carried the State as Gor- al non carried Maryland. With the na- d ional party organization straining every d ierve in his behall lie should have been g Aetled by a very much larger majority It .han he got. From a party point )fview t1 ls election, I think, will prove a benefit d Lo the Democrats, inasmuch as it will n ;ompel the Republicans to stand up to i light im) defense of the McKinley law. ti T'fhat is, of course, what the Democrats t want. It McKinley had been beaten the n Itepublicans would probably be now look- n ing around for some ther issue. V "I think the Democracy is sure of I success in '92 on the tariff'issue. The tarifl will be the issue upon which the a uamIIpai wtl Will be f >ught. I do not think t ti.at the silver question will figure ii the r -ampaign. I think there will be legis- j lation ot' a tentative character on that c subject by the Fifty-second Congress. i I doubt its being possible to get a free < coinage bill through the Senate. The margin is very narrow, and in the list the force bill fight had a great deal to do I with the vote on silver. Blt ifa free i comage bill should be passed by both houses of Congress the probabilities are that it would be vetoed, and this consid erati )n will probaly lead to sonic ex perimental, perhaps temporary, finan cial legislation, which will carry the whole (itistion over tititil after the na tioinal election.1' !r I Dickinson said he thought the resuill ol' Tuesday's vote made thiin,gs look particularly bright, for Mr. Cleve hand. AI do not think," Ie said, "that there is ani3 t .ng in this talk of great hostility toward NIr. Clevelteld oi the partof Alr. Hll an(I his Iriends. I think it will be tndtsl iat the larty in New York is uinited on Clevelalnd.' "Do Nou tidnk the Dlemocrats can hold lowaey' Bleiyond qiuestion. Iowa nay be counted as a sale Democratic State on the tailiU issue. H1er electoral vote will be cast iir the Deilocratic candidate lur -i esideullt i " II ow abouit M assachu isettsy'' "The vote ol' ianchusetts will be t. l*or Nir. Cleveland if he is the nomi in V. Nir. clevelaind can carry the State. lie caln rarry Wisconsin Idso." "Does th- C-cetion of a lepublicain to fill the %ic acany in the I oue cauised by the deic; h of'Mr. Ford signmi y that, the De)cmocrm is are losing the ir hohl(1on M ichi i'any" "Not. at ail. The'lieplubllictimscanniot carry iAI.chiganm on the tariff'issuie. Th'le reamson lie Bcjiublicans elected thieir mienmber this timie wa:s that, thle vote, wvhiebchi properly Decmocrat,ie. was di vided b)eiveenn t wE caudIidaiites. TIhe coin bi;ed voi.e of the strab:ghtoumt Democrat and( oh lihe inihdsrial candidate was very muchu hur;.er than the v'ote b)y which thle lIe~publ i:ani wais elected. Ini a niational campnaignl the vote will go to the D)emo cratic canthdie. '1Time Little Cihduresn thaat are ie~. Why d., they come, asks the Chicago Advance, these little ones that enter our lionmes by the gate-way of sufTerinig, aind that linger with us a few months, ut.terinig iio wordls, smiling in a mys teious silence, yet speaking eloquently all the time of the purity and sweet ness of heaven?~ Why must they open thme tendlerest fountain of our natures only to leave them so soon, choked with the bitter tears of loss?y it is imipossi ble wholly to ans wer such questions of the tortured heart, but one can say3, in general, that these little temporary wvainderers from a celestial home, come andl go because of the g reat love of God. It is an mnestimable blessing to have been parent of a child that ha~s the stamp of heaven upon its brow, to hold it in one's arms. to minister to it, to gaze fond(ly down into the little mil turned face, aind to rejoice in the uin sullied beauty of its smiles, and t,ben to give it back to Godt at his call, with the thought that in heaven, as upon01 earth, I it is still our own child, a iiemiber of I the household, still to be counted al I ways as one ohf the children whom God t hath given us. Such a love chastens y and sanctities the hearts of the father r and mother, carries them out beyond Simne anid sense, and1 gives them a hold Supon thle unseen. As things of great value always cost, It is worth al1l the sorrow to have known this holy aifec r tiIon, and to have thiis t reasure in heav' Sn. 'rrain obiery ait unmnha. 03(1AtiA, Neb , Nov. d.-Passengers or the Mirsouuri Pacific train which lefi Omaha at 10:30 last night wore treate( to ain old-fashioned "nold-up" at Weal 8S(1e Suburb at 11 o'clock. F'our mask e ed1 men took charge of the train whet it stoppled at the st ation, one covering 6 the enlgine0er amid fireman with a rihl La while the others, withi drawn revolvers I- proeeed' to plunder the train. fIhe: hi approached the coaiches ant orderet t the passengers to throw their handsup y A t the door they retreated and attacken h the mail car. By threateninig to blov t. openi the~ door with dynamite the mes Ssenger wvas induced to admit the rob '~ bers, andi the car was plundered. T1h oflicers refuse to give aiiy iinformatio! O a totheamount of booty obtained, b Sit Is said that large sums from Kansai dI City and St. Louis banks were taken ir The oflcers went in pursuit of thei rob. is bors, who are armed, but on foot. TfirE PIESs AN IIANNER directs thb ' attention of the Legislature to the es '8 tablishment of a State poor house 1 - place of the present couty poor houset Y It claims that there Is no more sense I1 a having a county poor house than ther would be in having a county peniten d tlary or a county lunatic asvlurn .- There is force in the suiggstion. Th h paupers could be better cared for In ,State institution. __ Is ilorrors orFannDine in Russia, d ST. PETERSBUno, Nov. 10.--Terribl Sscenes are resorted from the famine di .tricts. At 'helabiunk a woman kcille dher three children and then hanged he: pself upon being refused a smail loan c money by. a rich neigebor in ordert b.fod for herself and her famishin buls One hundred amnd twenty pei 9sons have died of hunger and tyamphol ar teyer in the one parish of Ksgors, Rui ATERPIBLE PLUNGE TO DEA1 H. renteen Men Killed and two " l( Kniured. cc BUTTE, Mont., N .-Seventeeu w m met instant ' n an awful form Lb the grea conda mine near here t. The time bad come to pi le gang of men, and a cage full C( miners returning from work al ipped out into the open air. Their aI ices were at once taken by nineteen 01 mn, who were to take up the work they 2, d just abandoned and the cage was c %rted toward the depthe belov. The is pe had been unwound but a couple of nes from the slowly revolving wh1d as, when there was a sudden snap. A y y of horror from the shaft, in which tj e cage was but a moment before, went c ) from the men who had a moment be- 9 rf come to the surface. The rope had .oken, and the cage, with Its nineteen b mates, was precipitated to the bottom 1 the mine. 5 It was some little time before assist- t ice could be sent them. The shaft i own which they had plunged to their mth was useless, and other ways of 3 Atting at the place where they had fal in could not be found. Fortunately, I iere was some help for the dead, and t ying in the mine itself. A number of j finers, who were through work, and ,aiting to be relieved, were at the bot :m of the shaft, waiting for the cage to ike them out. Amidst them narrowly i iissing some, the cage dashed. It br*ke, i nd before their horror-stricken eyes I rere the mangled hodies of their com anions, whom they were awaiting. When they had recovered from the hock word of the accident was sent btrough the mine, and from the dark ess came men hurrying to the relief. L'here was little, however, that they ou'd do. Of the nineteen men who ande the fearful ride, seventeen were lead, their forms crushed out of all emblance to those of human beings, v,hile the two who were yet breathing iave no hopes of recovery. Their con nades bore them out of the ruin, and owaited help from above, but any aid that could have been given them was aseless. The Anacnda miic is the biggcst in tiis territory. it employs .100 mien, and iws redpened, after a long closmng, Oc ober 23. The fact that it was reopened )1n a Friday was commented on at the Lime by superstitions miners, and many were afrald to work in it. Monument to Mr DaviA. 1ITC11MOND, VA., Nov. 5.-A commit he representing the Ladies' Holly wood Meinerial Association called on Mrs Jlfforson Davis to-day with the view of expressing thei desir-e of that associa tion to be allowed the custody of the renmains of Mr. Davis. Various places of septulcher were talked of including the grounds of the White House of the Confederacy. Mrs. Davis said that her husband had oftet expressed his aver sion to any public. noisy thoroughfare as a place of burial and had desired a quiet, secluded place for himself, where his whole family might rest near him. Sie said she had finally decided on I olly wood Cemetery, but had nt as yetselected the exact spot. She assured the ladies that as soon as her selection was made and the interment took place she would then turn over the whole section to the lIollywool Memorial As sociatiou. Mrs. D)avis has a son (.Joseph) buried in llollywood. Itis also the place of interment of sonme eighteen hiousanid Confederate soldiers. Mrs. D)avis expressedl her earnest dlesire to make lUichmond her I uture home, and snitt it was no longer a qutestion of any thing but means. If she can make sat isfacetory financial arrangements she will soon be back here to spend1 thme rest of her days. Th'le site of the mouinment to Mr. D)avis will be left in the hands of the Davis Monument Association. Cheap Schooi Hooks. There is no q1uestion about it our school books cost too munch, and we are glad to know that there is a proba bility of the people being able soon to buy them cheaper. The matter of great est importance that came up before thme State Board ot School Examiners at its recent meeting in Columbia was the re port of the Superintendent of .Educa tion, touching his efforts to secure a re duction in the prices of the books on thme. State list. T1he report shows a con siderable reduction made from the orig inal prices. For instance, Web>ster's Academic Dictionary is reduced from $1.75 to $1.50. Most of the firms cor responded with wrote that they would sell books to dlealers at 20 per cent. dis count so that they could be retailed at the reduced prices. Various firms write that they are ready at all times to co operate with the board in any ;neasure to remedy the hi gh prices at which ho. cal dealers are selling books. As to the best means of securing sale at reduced retail prices. Mr. Mayfield suggestedI that ani official bulletin be hung ini each school giving the prices of books, together with a statement to the effect that if the books are not furnished thereat by local book sellers they could be procure:i at publishers' rates. P'rociaimns II isel D)ictator. him0 DE .JANERiO, Nov. G.-residetnt D)eodoro Fonseca has been proclaimed dictator. After the troubles in llic dJaneiro last Tuesday between riotoum citizens andl the soldiery, in which sev eral of' the for met were killed, the chief: of the army requested Fonseca to as sume the functions of a dlictator,saying that the emergency demanded it. hiI app)eared~ to dhem ur f or a time, but al length gave his consent. iIe issued(i decree, relatmng the causes of disagree -ment between him and the congress anm defending his position. Wednesday con ference of ministers was held. A its conclusion F"onseca issuedl anothe decree, In which he proclaimed himnsel d.(ictator. lie said that the dictator stup was to last until the political rt -voulutions were at an end andi haw Imakers learned to keep in progress wit mepuiblican ideas. A dictatorship, hi - asided, was the very best thing for thm - dhis racted country. iIe dischtimed an intention of prolonging It after peac Ihad been restored. D)ynamiting a I)octor. VEmmsAIrLL.'s, Ky., Nov. 10.-An a -tempt was made to assassinate Dr. V C. Parker, of this place, at 2 o'clock th Smorning. IIis bed fernierly reste against a door which opened( out on am Salley, and only a few days ago he mad a hnein the arrangement of til Stingly, saved his ownm life. A born' shell was placed against the door, ti Lbuilding was almost destroyed and 1) Parker received slight Injuries. T17 other occupants of the building wei thrown from their beds. 'Thle town wildl with excitement over the at temp ed assassination. Water Being Sold. 11 CoLunus, Ind., Nov. 6.-There is [ -more prospect of rain than than thei f was two mniOthS ago and every bo. o views the sjituation with alarm. WVel I g streams and ponds are completely di rin this entire section, and since the fi d ties nothing like this has been knowl i- In many inland towns, lke Uharie toyn water in haing sold. Soho I Childr n of tI d State. Saturdai Superintendent of Educa in Mayfield co npiled other figures ncerning the schools of the State, tich are even more interestin than ose alrerdy given. The statistics fol wing are taken from his annual report, I id show the comparative numbers of ipils, by races, for this year as com impared with last year. In the average ,tendance the figures presented show a ight decrease, but Oconce County is itstanding and last year its total was 415, which would in ike a uniform in -ease. In the enrollment figures Oconee also loft out. TOTAL ENRoLLMENT. White-Males, this year, 46,491; last ear, 46 360; increase, 131. Females, is year, 43,588; last year, 43,102; in mease, 486, Total whites, this year, ,079; last year, 89,372; increase, 707. Colored-Males, this year, 55,137; ist year, 54,131; increase, 1,006; 'emales, this year, 60.336; last year, 8,757; increase, 1,579. Total colored, [ns year, 115,467; last year, 111,888; icrease, 3,579. Total males-This year, 101,622; last ear, 100,491; increase, 1,131. Total females-This year, 103,924; ast year, 101,769; increase, 2,155; grand otal, this year. 205,546; last year, 203, 41; increase, 2,403. AVERAGH ATTENDANCE. White-Males, this year, 33,766; last, 14.093; decrease, 327. Females, this ear, 32,024; last, 33,092; decrease, ,068. Total whites this %car, 65,709, ast, 67,185; decrease, 1,475. Colored-Males, tnis year, 38,203; ast, 38,263; decrease, 60. Females, this (enr, 42,195; last, 42,351; decrease, 56. Total colored, this year, 80,398; ast, 80,614, decrease, 216. Tatals-Males this year, 71,069; last, 72,356; decrease, 387. Total females his year. 74,249; la-, 75,443; decrease, 1,224. Grand total this year, 146,188: ast, 147,799; decrease. 1,611. Horrible Eabtern Stories. SAN FRt4NCISCO, November 4.-The following Chinese advices have been received per steamer City of Rio Janeiro: The particulars of a serious riot in the province of Erukien have reached Hong Kong. The scene of trouble is Teppua, which was attacked by three thousand insurgents. One unfortunate fellow fell into the hands of the insurgents, who nailed his hands and feet to a board and cut him up. The victim was considered to have been made a sacralice to the 11-g. For three days the city held out. The insurgents seized a favorable moment to send a large force under cover of their own lire to storm the defence. The walls were low and were easily scaled. A bloody struggle ensued, re sulting in favor of the attacking party. The leader. Chen, was the first one to leap over, and rushing straight to Mag istrate's Yamen, lie first liberated all the prisoners and then searched for the magistrate and his family. The depu ty magistrate was last seen lighting hand to hand against overwhelming foes, disputing every inch of ground. At last accounts 1,000 Imperial troops were on the march against the rebels. News from Vladivostock, on Sep teniber 27, said: Quite a uiiiimber of lately escaped convicts have been re captured recently, some dead and others alive. Russians are paying 50 rouibles premium for live criminals and 75 roubles for dead ones if brought in. At Yokohama the damage cauised by thie violent storm of Sep)temuber 14 was very seriouis to both life and p)roperty. ft is now definitely knowvn that eighty two lives were lost and thirty-seven hundred ho uses entirely destroyed. Seven hundred and eighty vessels were carriedl out to sea or sunk. In acidition great damage was coused to crops. The loss to prope'rty is roughly esti mated at $1,000,000. Impudent scheme of sontae Scamp. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 10.-Two letters have been sent South from ,Jer sey City recently purporting to be writ ten by Miss WVinnie D)avis, the daughter of the late ,Jefferson Davis, begging for $1,000. One was sent to Dr. William Morrow, of Nashville, Tenn., and the other to General Gordon, of Atlanta, Ga. There is little doubt that they wvere written by Studdard, the forger whc lies in Iludson county jail and whc forged his way out of the Tennessee mines by forging a let,ter to the govern or asking for his pardon, purporting tc be signed by the State's attoriiey, and petition purporting to be signed by a' lot of the foremost people of Kentucky The superintendant of police received a letter from Doctor Morrow enclosing the note sent to him, lie turnedI thu case over to the chief of police wvh wrote to Dr. Morrow for thme original A day or two later a friend of Mist D)avis caine from New York brir,ging a note from Mrs. D)avi.s. General Gor don knew the address of Mrs. D)avi: andl her daughter in New York anc knew that they would not needi to wvritu to him for money, so he sent the lette to them to put them on their guard. Meventj Mime" an hlour. WVILKE.sinARnLE, Pa.. Nov. 8.-Early this morning a coal train ran away or the Lehigh Valley road and came down the mountain side at the rate of seven ty miles an hour. The crew of the trairi tried to stop it, but the brakei ref used to work. The brakemen and( the firemar then jumped and saved their lives. T hi engineer, how ever, remained at his post At the foot of the mountain the ruina way train collided with another trair smashing the engines and cars in botl trains and piling up the wreckage to height of thirty teet. The engineel who had so bravely retainedl his p'>sl was buried deep in the wreckage, bul tstrange to say, he was taken out entir( r ly uninjured. N. WV. TRUusrP. 134 Main Street C< lumbia, S. C., sells [Pianos and Organ: -direct from factory. No agents' cow t missions. 'rhe ceebrated Chickerin e P'iano. Math ushek Piano, celebrate a for its clearness of tone, lightness c touch and lasting qualities. Mason e llaumlin Upright Piano. Sterling Ul right Pianos, from $2235 up. Mas,on, I)amlini Organs surpaslsedl by none. Ste ling Organms, $50 up. Every Instrumner Sguiarateedl for six years. Fifteen day *trial, expenises both ways, if not suti Sfactory. bold1 on Instalments. d ~ n "Lost in the. Woouds." e3 Jlit31iN;H A3, Aiia., Nov. 5.-I-asso, eO gers reaching here to-day from Vick - burg, Miss., report that last night - band ot Lwenity- Ive masked me 0 known as "Regulators," boarded il r. train at Lake, Miss., andl took Bob Wu eo lace, a colored sleeping car porter, fro e the train. '1 hey led him to the woou is with a rope around his neck. Nothir t has since been heard of Wallace, and Is believed that lie was lynched. ( his prevIous trip Wallace assauht4 Station Agent (Gilmore at Lake. The fatal Ourreat. y BJIRMINOIHAM, Ala., Nov. 10.-Jot a, Battler, a lineman In the employ of ti y Electric Light Company here, whi f attemnpting to adju sta light on apo a at the Unioa Depot tonight, touched s. live wire and was instantly killed. fa lng forty feet to the grond. k GREAT 0FER TAT MAT-NOT AGAIRt Dp REPEBLTED, F0 DO NOT DVLAY, STRIKE WHILE THE iRON Is HOT." Write for Catalogue now, and say what Paper you s%w this advertisement in. xa6oembr that I sell everything that oes to furilshing t home-manufactur ng some things aut, buying others in the argest post dble lot- which enables me to 1pe out all compet ition. El,RE ARE A FEW OF MY START .LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Fiat top Cooking Stove, full ize, 15x17 inch ov( a, fitted with 21 piecos A ware, delivered at your own depot, il freight charges paid by me, for, )nly Twelvo Dollars. Again, I will sol YOU a 5 hol0 kookin Range 13x13 inch oven, 1d8x26 itich top, Lit ted with 21 pieces of ware, for TIIIR TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the treight tt your depot. DO NOT PAY TWO PRIES FOR YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, walnut frame, either in combination or banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to -our .iallroad station. 4eigitt paid. wMll alsosolk vou a nicte Budroiuo3 u.11 consisting of Bureau with gless, I Iligi head Bedstead, 1I Washstand, i Centre table, 4 cane scat chairs, I cane seat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay I reigh to our depot. Jr I will send you an elegant Bedroom suit witji large glass, li ulitrble top, I Or $30, antA pay freight. Nice wintow shade on blriug roller 0 ou Elegant large walnutS day cloci, 4.Ui Walnut lounge, M-0o Lace curtains per window, 1.09 Icannot describe every taiiig in a sinall advertisement, but have an immIens store containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta, making in all the ar'l gest business of this kind under one man agement in the Southern btates. These storosand warehouses are crowded Wit the choicest productions of the best facto ries. My catalogue containing illustrations of gooas will be wailed if yoV. will kinial) a)whe-re you saw thli dvertisoeen. ., pay treight. Addrc-., L. F. PAUGETT, Proprietor 'adgett's Fuitture, btove and Carpetztore, LBiJ-l 12Broad btleel, AUG LUbT A, GA %5ALL -1KIN ":Lr S 0.1,4 o c c c th%t hav,& rttt all trttr-,w ctmr?, CURES TeP t , ,i t0 OD . COISo, I. R R powe u O adP OIUe DNt s I enCUR lEStAci * ALARIA r.:.1- 1 Ci wil u tnZ, , an . iod L IPMA oS 1.1., Prpietr s, o.Ro runi ippmnan'sU1lock,. SAVANNAB,G) Leesville College CO-EDUCATIONA '. DRtIMARlY, ACAD)EMIC, COLLEG L.ATEn and COMMERCIAL2 COURSE| Vocal and iustrumeontal Music, Art, Ehuc1 tiont, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cui Iting, Domestic Economy, Weekly Bib IStudies. Nine teachers. Enrollment, la year 180. Pupils from thirreen couIntie Strong moral anti religous influence. 14 bar room nearer thlan seven miles. Jlealthful loeation, 700 feet above il level of tile sea, 400 feet above Columbi -128 feet above Aiken. Elegant bun iln Young ladles can board withm the Presider Only College in the State that makes p)1 vision for young ladies to reduce expuens by doing domestie work. Seventeen yoi la dies aided this wvay last year. Exens~ for literary course anti board for ti mfonIths. $100 to $130; music, $30; bookkoe ing, $:!. Next Sessioni openls Septembl .23d. For catialogu'ie addiress - LB. B. I AY N ES, A. M., Sep 9-3mous I'zesville, S. C - - -. LIPPMAIN BR2S.. Proprletors, Drugglule, Llppmuan's Bloci:: SAIVANNA11. C SFirst Class Worl ~V ery Low Prices. LB ugg~le s, Cm riages, Road Carts, WVago d3tc., WIarrmoLd Second to none. Inquire of nearest dealer in these goo ior send1 for Catalogun-Mentoning 0 lpaper. a tOLLER & ANDERSO RUf.tfY co. oiare: nu.,r 8.00 DO YOU WISH TO V4 EBE26S OF YOUlTt 4M N 1 E N o TOH E. THEN BUY THE THOMAN STEAM PRESS AND SEED OOTTON'. ELEVATOR. It Is the most perfect system in use, Un loading cotton from wagons, cleaning and delivering it Into gins or stalls. Cotton does not pass through fan and press re quires no pulley nor belts. It saves time and money. TALBOTT & SONS' ENGINES ANT) BOILERS, STATION ART AND PORTABLE. OLD DO TALBOTT8 SAW MILLS, IMPROVED FRICTION AND ROPE FRD $200 TO 9600 L1UMMUS AND TAN WINKLE COT. TON GINS AND COTTON PRE88E3. We offer Saw Mill Men and Ginnors the most complete outfits that can be bought and at bottom prices. V. C. BADHAX, GENERAL AGENT, COLUMIA, S. C. THE TALXOTT ENGINE 13 THR BEST Feb 19-1v. COTTON AXPLtiIMROVED ONE CET PER POUN1.DY At the gin of Mr. F. 11. Roberts - Rich land Coulity, just before starti- 1.4is Sailot Elevator one bale had beeii-mined by the old method. Just after starting the Eleva tor another bale was ginned from the same pile. Without knowing !tiis fact the cotton uy r offered one cent per pound more for the bale ginned with the use of the Elev& tor. Read the statenients of the buyer and seller: COPY. This will certify that of two samples of cotton offered us today by Mr. Rowan Rose the market value of one exceeded that of the other by one cent per p0ocnd. [Signed.) I). CR A WFOIt & SONS. COP~Y. Thiss will certify that the two hales of cotton offered as above were both fromn the same plie0 of seed cottox , and ginned in the same gin. One was carried tug the gin in baskets and one through the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. (igned.) .J. R.RO . 'he best Gins. Presses, Elevators IEngines and the best machinerv of all kinds, for sale by TE W. HL. GIBBES, Jn., & CO,, TELARGEST STOCK. MOST SKILLED WORLKMEN, Sonth Caro1ln MVarde W~ori F. H. HY AT T, PRUOPRI ETOR. Isj the best place in South Carolina oi ~'Southern States to secure satisfaction in t-American and Italian Marble ,Work. All ckiuus of st C emetery Work1 Ie ,a speolalt. H E ADS TONE,:. MON UME NTS, &c. Send for prices and full in formatIon. F.H.HYATT' A pril8 1y COLU MBIA; S. C. ~ DviCE~ TO WOMENJ If you wou;ild proctect yourself from Painful, l>ro fuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Men - struation you must use BRgADFIIELD'S FEMALE REGU LATOR Imn edIat fmiy, afe haig umoe r n reotm It aua benfl eiay an reatd btco enyoe 3 usi a effect is truly wonderful. J. W . 3Ts.ANG3. valuabo lorminfto on a odiseanM BRADFIELD 'U.EGULATOR Co., ATLANTA, GA. FOR 5A LB at .ALL DRUGGIA12'WI As E ST AN