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? Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture. Domestic Economy, Polilo Literature, Politics aiiu iiio Current Mews of the Day. XXI.?N KM Si: It IKS. UNION C. II., SOUTH UAKOMNA, A Hi I ST s. ISVtO. NUMBER 32. Tin: TWO (11 VIKMI'X. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CAPT. SHELL AND COL- HOYTi A l'ro|tonil ion liy tin- I.tiller llejerteil l?y llic ! Former 1 iie l.cttern in l oll. i (11 eon v 'll? Ni-v 'J'iif followiiim letter was addressed i t<> tin? members of the State .Demo crntie Committee: Rooms of the State t Di.MochATto Executive Committee. S Coi.i'muia. S. C., July 17th, 18'JO. Dear Sir: It liar. b. a u suggested liiat. as a means of allaying the ex< iteinrnt and eontention within the linou <>f inn |iiiii,i* in tliis Hitiii-, the Executive Committee shall invite a conference at .an early <lay in the city of Columbia, to l>e composed (in addition to its own member) of members the Advisory Campaign Commit CHLm'k, hciuled respectively by (.'apt. G. W Shell and Gen. John 1). Kennedy. It is believed that such a conference will further the object had in view by the Executive Committee, in ordering the August Convention, so as to bring about an orderly and peaceful settlement of the existing differences, and use the combined influence of the St ate Executive Committee and the two Advisory Committees in securing such an agreement, on all sides, as will prevent any cause for dissatisfaction in the final outcome of tie present agitation, thereby assuring the unity and harmony of the party when ii come * to confront the common cue- ' iny* iii the general election. ^pressed with the force and perti uericy of tins suggestion, coupled wi ll the de-jv prase, vo intact the organization of the Democratic parte i ,iiv tii.- mutter for vi>ii'" cou adoration, whether or not you will authorize in?: to invite such a conference with the A !\isory Committees aforesaid. If ( you rebuilt the mutter favorably, ami iliinl; such a conference is advisable, please telegraph at once to the Secretary. Wilie Jones. Esq., Columbia.S. C.. or semi him a message to the contrary. if you do not approve the proposed meeting. Yei y li uly yours. Jamf.s A. llev r, Cliairman State llxecutive Cons The aus'.vctavelurncd to tins letter authorized the eha iman to invite the conference whenever lie was informed that the Advisory Campaign Committees would unite .nieli a confer enee. The following letter was addressed t.o C;.pt. (1. \\ . Shell and also to Gen. John ! >. Kennedy as representing the A lvisory Connuittei s: I'oLVMJiiv. S. C., July 111, IS*.Hi. M\ Dear Sir?I have asked the State Democratic Executive Com initt.ee to authorize me to invite a eoni'cri nee in this city at anci.rly day. to be composed of the said Executive Committee, together with the Advisory Campaign Committees, presided over by yourself and ('apt. G. \Y. Shell, for the purpose of agreeing, if possible, upon such a line of policy by each committee as will best insure t lie unity ami Harmony 01 tnc party iu tins State when existing dilVoreuees are settled. The object of this con, fereuce is to talk frankly and freely over the situation, as Democrats, and to use the influence o: the several committees iu bringing ar .ut a better state of feeling among our people. If you are willing to unite with your campaign committee in such a con f.-rciio;- for the welfare of the party as a whole, will you at the earliest practicable moment, so that Imayeall the conference without delay, if the Kxecvlrvc Committer approves the suggestion. Address me at (ireen villi. Yours truly. .1 ami;S A. HOVT. Chin. St. Drin. Kx. Com The following reply from (lovernor Kennedy was promptly received: Coi.t'MitiA. S. C., ?Tuly 17, isprt. I oi. Juim sA Jtoyi. i lminnar. Diaic Committee: My Dear Sir I am instructed I>y the Advisory Committee of which L have the honor to be chairman to say nieetin.u:referred to in your letter of July l'Jth insf., is called we will aceej)l the invitation and attend. We appreciate the motives which actuate you and will co operate in every consistent luauni in enVctiiiK the patriotic purpose you have in view. jCv-iiiin- further ad1, ice. lam. yours truly. .! i) |< i;nm i v. Chm. [Captain Shell r: plied that he was anxious to have an interview with the chairman of the Stall ICxeeulive Committee l>iit was prevented from eom II m to ( !< oil villi* on aeeount of court eonv< ! in Lanr. ?>. and asked for a v; it from the eh.inn n lie w;is xn diiiuj !' >: a roni'eivnee between the St.. a Locative ('ominittee md the (<'ainpa' ;ii Commit tec of tin f anner-. Association, and i xpn std hi.- desire to restui e peae- and hai inony to the parly, further eorrespondeiice en sa -d. and resulted in a personal in tervicw at Laurens on lh" 'Jhrd inst., in which Captain Shell was uracil to i.. .. i.. 11..0 i <i 111 am ii K II 111 M ; i > \\ n n? ! nr | M < j J M? Hit.ioli.iind whieh w:i-; tollowe 1 I?y the { annexed letters. j LaI'KINs C. ii.. S. .July -jt. | S'.IM. j ('ohdatiiOH A. Hoyt. ('hnirumn State j iTPhioeratie I'.\eeni iw Committee, ! (iivenville. S. (' : llesii'Sil* I ii. ve y>? ii . 1 ? i of oiu in. ; view of eslerday rueful | tlioiurli.. - ! tl e in v.-.- ii<> reason t<?j ehuugi *ii.\ > ' ? ! uon previously, itlutlo to you. 1 will Iej?. ,i! tliat it i.-i my desire that unity and; good will be restored to the body ; |Rh^^?olit^M hat in future, instead ol' the HHflfifagtifl^^^iet ions indulging in abuses ami bitter denunciations,criminations, a'l true Democrats should be willing to unite in healing tin- wounds and injuries complained oi' and let the Democratic party present to the world that magnanimous spirit characteristic of South Carolinians, remembering that "to err is human, but divine to forgive." For the State Democratic Kxecu tive Committee I entertain the highest regard, so also with my distin guished friend (Jen. Johul). Kenned}*, lor whom I feel more than ordinary concern, but lean not, to save me, see any good that could result from a joint conference such as proposed by you. The August Convention meets in twenty days. Its action will be conelusive as to the matter of primary or no primary?the latter condition being most probable. 1 deprecate the thought ofprecipitatiugaprimary upon the people during the campaign, and nothing could be devised thai would contribute so much to divide the Democratic party. The very least friction just now is the most desirable thing hoped' for, and the adoption of any suggestion looking toward the perpetuation of conflictitir* uii/ili nu lt'/Mllil 1'PClllf I lijf^ iiui ill ill i nuv 11 un hwuivi ?* 'nni, from a liotly contested primary election, a quarter of a century would hardly heal the breach incident to such a proceeding. It is my opinion that the, compaction of the ^August Convention will relh ct tin- ultimate result of the September Convention, which if true, would be sufficient to satisfy all reasonable minds, and would also give abundant time and opportunity to lieal all the bitter disappoint meats caused by reason of defeat. For these reasons I most respectfully decline to invite the committee over which I have the honor to preside to participate in lh conference proposed h.v you. I have the honor to be. very respect fully. Your Obedient Servant. <?. \Y. SlIhM.. Ch in Cam. Com. Farmers' Ass'n. S. C. Ci 1IKENvii.le, S. C.. July 1800. ('apt. (i. \Y. Shell. Laurens, S. C. Mv Dear Sir?Yours of the 0-ttli inst., was received last evening. L regret that you adhered to u decision against theproposed conference. as I am sure you have misconceived the main object of conferring together upon the political situation. It is also unfortunate that our interview (.which was held at your request to avoid such a result, as I understood it i should have failed to impress you Willi tne rem purpose <u me comer euee. I sought to convey the idea that the paramount object in view was the concent rat ion of forces to a particular ciuh namely, the unity and perpetuity of the Democratic party in South Carolina, at the close of an exciting and eventful campaign. It was not my purpose to make the conference an occasion for urging the adoption of the primary system in in choosing delegates to the Septein la1. Convention. That matter will lie settled at an early day, but as you seem t :i hinge much objection against the conference on this score.allow me to say that I do not at all agree with you us to the elfbets of a primary elect ion for delegates, such as I proposed for the consideration of the August Convention. The people are going to have primary elections in every section of the State, and to elect delegates by this method is not "preeipating" anything they do not want. It would be easy enough to arrange for tlu> election of delegates at the same time the county otlicers are chosen in this way, ami it is possible to do so without friction or unnecessary excitement. 1 confess that the adoption of this method of selecting delegates would interfere with the prevailing mode by which a few men are deciding upon representatives for whole counties, but nevertheless t give the primary plan the preference in all cases. lint, I wish to say on the main point at issue that it was expected to meet in conference for a free interchange of opinion upon the political condition of the State, and not to gain advantage for aiA'- faction, nor to bind any one to a given eourse against honest convictions of duty and responsibility. The strained relations existing between the factions and the unusual heat engendered by the campaign now in progress do not augur well for the future harmony of the party in South Carolina, and my chief ob jrri hi ; uyj^esi 1111; 11ic ( ouiwm'.mh was to secure adherence to regular methods an I recognized usages, so that there will 'oc no reasonable excuse I'or splitting the party in twain, us ins been threatened in certain eon timjencics. nor justification on the otliei hand for the enactment of nn as ures that will prove offensive or de grading* to any portion of our party. We are f< llow iKmocrals, and what cv? r itfcct m one of us will surely touch the oilier in our political relations. So loii;; as there are open questions to he considered, there will continue fri t ion and eonlhctiuoinlhieiicc-i, and it is idle to tell ;rrown inen that they can see... place I?y an ignoble stir render. J'. ' when the contest is ov : hetwi enilie ..-el ions.there will lathe test of true niaiunfr>S- "*^,1 e\alte?l courage as to who can hesi <erve a united party, the manifest ?h!" of wliieli is to preserve the honor audi uphold tin- integrity of our uueient eoninionwealth. I'm lie vim: that the | patriotic impulse- of the i*4*iitl?*iiit-ii J c<.iiipr:-in?? tlio >oVeral committees | w< aid readily surest lie means fori i! at most desirable end, and re'vinu I wilii confidence upon their willing I lie; sand r 'a line- to serve tin whole' S' ue. i made tin siie^cslion lor an j early consultation as to these means, ami very much regret that you have declined n> meet us for this purpose \> the newspapers *rc already sur mining as to the brief interview we i luul the other day. and to prevent any possible misunderstanding of its ! purport, 1 will furnish this correspond- ! ' euee for publieation. With sincere ; regard. Very truly yours. Jamks A. Hoyt. Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com. ITEMS OF INTEREST. ?It has been suggested that in- 1 head of M ;ss Susan .Anthony ought to be put on the silver dollar. i ?Miss Louise Imogene Guijiey, the poetess, thinks nothing of walking twenty miles on her poetic feet. 1 --Mrs. Adare of Rathdore, Ire., lias refused an offer of ?150,000 for 1 per cattle ranch somewhere in tho West. She holds it at $2,000,000. ?The fat and particularly venern- , ble Kalakaua, king of the Sandwiches, ' will visit England in October. His ( sister. Princess Lilino. is going with , him. , ?Olive Logan, the pioneer of news- 1 paper women, lias the honor of being elected a member of the incor- i porated Society of Authors, of which : Lord Tennson is president and Wal- . ter Besant the secretary. ?The largest fruit farm in West 1 Virginia is the Becker farm, near liar ' per'a forrv. It containg 5,000 apricot 1 trees. 07,000 peach trees, 0,000 plum trees. 5,000 miscellaneous fruit trees, 1 ami 05,OOt) grapevines. 1 ? Kobert Melhenny of Plainviow. : Adams county, Pa., is the possessor ' of a turkey hen that laid ten eggs while she was hatchin: she hatched out an even dozen of youn.s: turkeys. ami is still laying an egg every day. ?All through New Mexico. Ari/o- ' na, some part s of Colorado and also in old Mexico, no rain has fallen for [ months, and thousands upon thousands of range cattle are lying dead ( in the parched valleys and thousands , more are dying for want of grass aud j water. -J'he most monotonous city in its i buildings is Paiis. the houses there > being almost alike An attempt is i now being made to vary this by build ( ing houses of the style of the ltenais- . sanee ami Louis XI.. and hope i.-v ex- 1 pressed that tiie example will be fol- 1 lowed generally. t - -A wounderful wedding dress was i recently made up in Russia l'or the < I daughter of a great Russian artist. 1 It is of regulation white satin, but on t the satin are innumerable little pic- 1 lures, chiefly allegorical, painted by '< her fathers friend. What may be its value in years to come? 1 ?A. Montefiore. who has been ' traveling in Florida ami devoting care- \ i'ul study to the fruit growing dis J tricts of that vast State, calculates j that the Americans eat more meat in ' the course of twenty-four hours than ! all the inhabitants of Great Britain. 1 France, Germany, Austria, Belgium ( Holland and Switzerland put to get her. ?An oculist in Bresluu has recently ^ treated cases of defective eye- i sight, for which the cause was not j apparent. It rose as suddenly as an | epidemic, and was confined to men en ?, tirely. At last he found the reason | for it in a new fashion of very t ight ' shirt collars. He made the young men unbutton their collars and their eyes , got well. ? In Maine a man has been found ] who has sold liquor freely for the , past thirty years, and who has never | missed attending district, county and , State conventions and advocating and | voting for resolutions asserting ad- | Iicsion to the principles of prohibition and demandingthoroughand effective , enforcement of the law. Well, lie is a curiosity. . ?There is an interesting scheme I for establishing a floating hotel at < Hong Kong. The vessel is to have t three decks, the lower being arranged < for dining, billards, smoking and card i rooms. The main deck will contain < a drawing room. tweity-one bed- s rooms, each with a full sized bath ] and dressing room, while the upper, I or spar deck, has been arranged as a 1 promenade. I ?English ladies are adopting the 1 fashion of putting their ladies who 1 wait at table in livery. The skirts 1 are plain of these livery gowns and 1 of the heraldic color of the house. All the pleats are thrown behind Then the waistcoat and jacket are ' trimmed with livery bands, buttons ' and crests or monograms in metal. ' A high stiff white collar, white cult's ' and a tiny white cap like a tonnot \ complete this livery. I The Hill is l>pn<l. < i'hc cold, palsied hand o! death has been laid on Mr Lodge's bant- ! ling. 1 "The bill will never coine up. The 1 Seii.it' committee which is consider- 1 ing it know very little about it, and ' the other Republican Senators know > h ss. No caucus has been called and 1 none is likely to be for weeks." This was the way in which a Re ' publican Senator, who is in position to know, put his foot upon the state ? ment which was given out to day for I tlx' benefit of the Republican radi- 1 cals wh > aie thirsty tor nodding pi u... * -,d gleaming bayonets at the I poll-, that ..'>e consideration of the ' lull was lirarjy coiupieuu aim mai u ; ' \v<mlil soon la rrt')')vlc?l ??111? 1 {r j?nI?1 ' ' i:? cauru-v ') hB^t is that tip- hill ; I is liouhel'r la-ar^^^B'to (la* satisfaction IJt*|?n 1 ?li<*.?ii !ii< mix 1 i t a nc inii TS? Altr ON IIIK BOYCOTT. 1' | I WHY HE THINKS THE SOUTH SHOULD l USE IT- ! , | i i% Patriotic Appeal to tin* Moil anil Women | | of tlie Sunny South. | , | i Atlaulii Constitution. , 1 "Well 1 toys, let's quit playing with 'em. They won't play fair and they ' ( lire always fussing >xt lis. and they > e....i! our halls and marbles, and j the less we have to do with "em the better." J I .think that will be better for all I concerned. We won't nubor with em. We can puss and repass like the feller ' did with his bul!, but it's high t'fclV ! > u( oO'oil itiliiliink i cldt lOllS. \\ liiCl the South wants is to be independent ! Mid self-sustaining. That is what anybody and any eominunity wanis. The farmer who raises the most of everything that he needs is the la st otY. We have naid tribute and hum nge to tlu North long enough. Let us all begin economy at home ami do without the luxuries that our own } section can't furnish. Mrs. Arp says 1 she will wait for a carpet until I can J got her one at home?wants an ax ( minster, I recoil. She knows how to ' do without luxuries. If she can got ' them she wants them, but if she can't she elon't. She tried doing ' without during the war when we had ' to live on rye colleeand sassafras tea , \ and smokehouse salt and lye soap, j and sorghum and c??rnbread. and tnc j : children wore sloes made of half ' tanned leather, and their clot in - and i ; hats were made of scraps. "Oh, yes," j she said, we did it in war and I re? k<u ' we can do it in peace. Solomon s ..vs. ( 1 Eat not the bread of him that hath | ; an evil eye. neither d< s:re thou iiis j dainty meats." Well l would like a little more codlish and mackerel and < cheese, but 1 will do without it. (J* >be < says he's done quit even long ago for 1 the war left him with nothing but a yellow mule and all he buy's is coffee 1 uid tobacker. lie says lie 11 be dogged f lie won't eat roots anil drink branch ; water if it's necessary. Well now. ; speaking seriously, the South can do ' wilho it the things she cannot inak >i raise or import. She wouldn't : iuil'er a day for food or clothing. 4 Wagon factories and carriage and ' buggy factories an 1 furniture I n ' .ories wi r.ld spring up Ik re like ma n . < lud gi\e employment to thousand of ; aur young men. In a low years there 1 would be thousand . ?>f .small nidus ries. We would nmnufacture every ( lung from a hairpin to a locomotive. ? ind keep our money at home. < Friends, countrymen, patriots, let ] us do that Let ?is form a league l .i l ii - - ? . -i ii.ii wni tin o<innmmhint I'jiou^n * ind do it for nil classes. Let the * North keep all that she has got ami I un the government ami shinny on '> jer own side and we'll shinny on ours 1 iml quit plying with them until tlmy I ?ct friendly. We arc tird? tired. "A < ontinual dropping w>ll wear away a ' done." 1 I wouldn't trust a Democrat ten I dtps who would stay in partner ' ship with a Moodv-shirt Ecpublirau. ? Hie New York Herald makes a big i alow about New York going fifty > housnnd Hepubliean majority if the ' South boycotts her trade. Suppose < die does? Suppose they give a hundred thousand, what is that to us' What is she doing for us now.' Ever -iure the war the South lias given her ? solid vote t help the Northern Democracy. and what nas that Deinoc- ] racy done for us? What is ii doing \ for us now ' Amos Ciuumings is the ) only man who depends upon princi- , pie. If a man is a friend, why don't In- show it.' Why don't the Northern Democrats hold public meetings and lenounce all this unholy war upon us.' Why don't they quit the church that illows its preachers to abuse us and lell lies upon us.' Why don't they lo something or move out of that jountry? You can't take up a Northern niatra/.ine that hasn t srot some malicious scandalous piece in its ] olumiis. The very last "Centui;v" is . still harping on AnderHonville, and , iias a conununication from a eon- j teniptihle cuss about our using blood- , bounds to eatcli runaway negroes be j lore the war and says it was a com- ( mon thing. It was a very uncom- 1 moii thing, as every old time negro , will tell him. Hut suppose it was, < what good can come of such a discus sion now' What fair minded editor j would admit such things.' It is all "or hat and venom, and the mystery ' )f it all is, what makes them keep on ( bating us' It is said that. Mrs. Can . h Id's husband was dreadfully niorti . lit d about his wile's letter being jnib lished. That's all. lie was not mor i tilled that site lclt that way. but be ' , ause her led ngs <- >t intothe papers. I Why don't he educate her to feel some other way' The truth is, he believed that way himself, or lie ! wouldn't liavt man ied such a vicious, < in (liei.ms woman li' he was really J frieiidl\ lo the white people of'the j i South, lit should have math' ht r stop j bilking that wa.v or <juit her. i i \\ hat 1^ the use of b mpori/.ing ; with such 11 people' Let the New I i \ork Ileral I. and all the other Her-'W ilds. threat u us with iueieased I'* , i publican majorities ,\ humlnii thousand is no worse than ahundred The result is all tla s uue. What 'l >1 >1 1 11 I H I 111 I' I I I ' 11 1"! 111 I I II >) 11 ' \ not tin* IV'lllt if?lis !)t|Weell IIS more imlre'iull y every year.' ft 1 > |,.s-. ji, i*j'y p< ae. wie-Ji there i- 1 i(e:u\ . ('otr.'ii - i lot'tpm; l i ii.iMis t? 1> 111i us aiel "ur ehihhvii ?> siibniiv i<>u. >i ( il !i> ill* ei. lit ?> the iloiuuiation of :>n ine-rior rai e rile ( ' 11) lie! Is iil'e ' tfliefv ! p t liei ? .? ire " the leaves in \ allambi osa s rale." j Now. let us all work together nn<l huilil up the South. Let us invite all 1 onservfttive people up North to come ! lown ; .1 help y. build up There j ire some who have visited us ami , ninglcd with us ami know what we j Kl tiv. and how we liw and how the , logro is treated. Thorn are many j vho havo already mado investments j (ll iri'i' and havo prosporod. Wo will | , rive glad wolooino to all who oomc ' 1 dud hoarts and good intentions. j 111 Uiicago has got the Worlds Fair , 15 Sow lot tlu South havo nothing to | )V lo with it. Iter loud mouthed roprc i >ontativos howlod ovor that Forco | hill and swallowed it wholo. Tlu\\ , ,v ho long to the Canti' Id stock, and wo ( tl ivant none of their fair. Tlu North n: lias put us under the ban. and all li I hat oven their Democracy wants is b jur 1*>:$ electoral votes If we are a mistaken about this we will take back h iuiu?- t.i.oigs that \\ c liave saitl, but ti not all. If they eare anything for us n hey have lost their intlueuee with p ihcii^nabovs. lln.i. Aue. ll >) A TERRIFIED COMMUNITY. \ ll it? li Muhi'i in iililn I H[il?'ilMliil? ^ siiiui),-!1 iiiii% n rviursMof ill. Ohio. July 2!?.?The 'i ittle eonumiuity of J jit t le Twin Creek n Nile township. Seioto county, is '' ust at present stirred from center to ? iremiifercnee over the ad vent of what 11 hey believe to be a veritable witch in s' i. i a ? IKC'li II1HIM. 11 This woman came to the place Sl iome tiiuc ago, an.I since has been S( ending a inysterous life, ami has be:ome the talk of the entire neighbor- V lood. In the day time j- he wandered 11 shout the country side from one louse to another entertaining the ' bmple housewives with strange tales * >t distant conn ems winch siic had ,l dialed, and of rtrauyc -upe.mound J*' [?b -no'iiena which she h witnessed, * in 1 of some < . .vhich sh ha - laen a part. lie 'toe', ?>" wh.tch Ion is K s.undl - . an 1 sire understands the ' l harm a wt 11 a- li.e tin dicin d prop y L'i'tics cii" t vt r\ plain in the field or {! woods. ?' At night she in some way disap ]' pears. ainl. although on several o? en. 1 -ions she has been watched, sin- has il llwavs manage d to elude her spies s uul m >Ke her nocturnal visits t- >\\ itch- ' m l ur.ath ml? d Heceutly -he has been making some istonisi ing i \hibitions of ln-r art in ' onneetion with . Mr- Sam Cooper v 3? that neighborhood. \\ ho foryear-i " las been etlei ig from a i: rvo.ts vtiled ion ei the muscles oi In r lie.-'c ;o t li.it she could not kee p her lu ml still. Th< witell told In thai she was undo itie speli of a ? cj tain n an jf the eouiniuniiy. whom siied, scribal. and li she would examine tiie hod uid pillows whereupon sh<> slept she j would find thirty three witch balls. j( rile examination was made, and ?uriously enough the exact number 1 >f balls, ingciiiouslx formed from Hie p feathers, were found. And now a v light lias been appointed, when at :he hour of midnight these balls are | [o be burned, and at such time the!" Toon declares, the matt who is wield | J n^ the spell will die at once and the " woman at oueee be cured. The p? o (' l>le are anxiously awaiting the hour. ? uid in the meantime the man doscrib I by the mysterous woman is niov ' n?i nervously about and is unplens- t uilly conscious of bein.ir one of the nam characters in a most serious ' ; rnyedy or a most ridiculous farce. 11 A Newsboy's CJre.it (nick. A broker stepped out of tin? Broad j Street do-'i <?1" the stock < \<mange ^ yesterday, apparently alter having , niadi some money. Ife espied a lit j lie mite of a ruffed newsboy, not three feet hi??h. and a philainhropic notion look jiossesion of him. 1b ( caught up the little buneh of ra^'s and, c arrying it to a ei?*ar stand, pro crurcd an < mply ci?jar box. This he / placed in tin dazed boy's hands. 1 Then the broker dashed into ilic h exchange with r. wild whoop that j| directed general attention to him. Instantly lie was surrounded by a L( L'rowd, and Broker Dick Jlalstead j, threw a coin into the box. seized the ' hoy, passed him to .1 NY. Bass, who j. also passed him on after dropping a contribution into the box. Coins s and bills begun to rain into it. The ' ?i?ar trust crowd was invaded, then J^jrNew England crowd, and the pile i, of money in the box grow rapidly. The yells, the sight of the money, and the general novdty of his trip were beyond the little fellow's com- s prehension. He simple stared blank lv- . ' ti Finally was r#'lf-asr< 1. There- must I a 1 1 . ~ - . W * A * . 4 1 . If i ! iM t !l C >r- ill lUf MO* ilr SfJOl I jut of 111< < \d i*.a!id was last ; 1, >('( 11 limning up N issau St ret t hu^ w ijing the box L'iil'y to Iiiw breast. < Who ho un 'A .'fj? ho lived. o." I s what ho woul i do with h;s fortune ! o to < i.e km \v Now York Special. 1 u A Mai l) i' to Duty The St. Louis Ih puMiouii States: 1i.it Conipcfc-innu -J uu< s !'. Walker, ! . ?f that .Stilto, who died Hiiddcmly | f Saturday ho-t ??l apoplexy. was a martyr to duty. I Co was eunvassii.)^! ' his di^tri t lor ronoiniiiat ion. hut hurried liaol: to \\ ;i liin'ton to volt i iLT irtist the ln'i'r bill. Th.o Soil" trio in LUe ihii 11 '? heat wa - primarily the r fifAt 1 (.'oiniiu nliii'.' on '! I ins tin- ItcpnHican aptly -nys: Let ( Democratic al>>0' '.< < - in "Washington ivlio m tried int*.'-!- of their consti luontf. though rdiu< i withiiiff fcotind nt ll i Sp ;!:< : > .; ? !. rein* iii!j< lii i.aeriliee of Walhe, in lea.ina'a e!os< < \\ cont led i;i i a s am! trn\elimr H i tinc.- a 1 DiiU a -i liioi Ill : V. ii.'ii hi-, vol" Wis needed ' jt \ '!li i' >11 'misoci ""cd i>i, t in-New ' < \fnnci'i ;r?i <1 ? canal cut IkI\v< ii l\vo {, 1 lis tilled \? h Workingine.i Ten wi ic ili.itaiiliy ?ilit* i and -k^iiic sixty were injured, of wlioiu prolju ti lily thirty are fatally burl A blun- t der of it -vvilehmtin enu red the calam 'J ity 1 DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATHI'liimkulitc ol Ilia- I; i t < nl' i Ti'xn lllMH-l, OKI stories of the Kite of the tar it ulu inducing 1111 uncontrollable rsive to dunce have been reealletl to tiiul by the dentil of little Maurice enton, son of Lemuel Benton, 11 ronlinent lawyer, which occurred usterday. The little fellow had ecu playing 011 the lawn of his fa ler's residence and ran into his lot her, complaining that somet hing ad stuck in his bare foot. The lueiucr was examined by Mrs. Benton nd a small rod wouud, such as a trgo sized needle might have punc ircd, was found, but was accompaicd by no swelling, and but little aim so applying a little camphor to lie place, his mother thought no lore of it. During the night, however, she as aroused by t he child's uneasi ess and complaining, so she took nil out of his bed, and to her horror iscovered that tLi?* entire limb had urned a purplish blaek. A physiian was sent for, but befoie he ar ivod. the boy wan in convulsions, of 0 pceuiiar character that the doctor 1 once suspected the presence of oine unusual poison. The spasms coined confined to the limbs, which ;erc so violently ami continuously onvulsed as to keep the child danc m up and down, throwing* dtu arms rihlly and twitching its lingers, dieso painful cont en t ions lasted nil il the little fellow sank exhausted ml unconscious, in which state he emaiiicd nil the next day dying; in tie evening*. The body was perfectly livid, with real spots of discoloration nearly >la< k on the limbs and stomach, .hiV a peculiar fundus growth mad s appearance b< 'tween the parted ps. The physicians were much uzzled to account for the case, as lie limb was so swollciT as to rentier ny examination of the wound imposibie. but ol 1 settlers say I bat from lie description of it and the convul ions produced, that it was undouht?lly caused by the bite of a tarantula, iiese dreadful ereatures have gjrown cry rare in these parts, so they were ot at llrst thought of in connect ion .111 1 he ease KLVIVAL OF CAMAl bUlLUINC. ?:iv? 'in' I: nil way* I'Hlltal l?? Meet llit' !.\|irt't:ilion of i;n-iiit'*r.. One of the financial phenomena of In- country, ami. indeed,of the worlil, as hecu the revival, within the past weiity years, of an interest in the rojcctiou ami construction of artiti ial waterways. A generation and lore ago the canal was the popular leans of transportation of freight. 11 IS'J.'i began an era in railway build ig. The example of the Blaeks?.oiie anal, in our Stati-, shows the result f this new undertaking. As the milding of t he Providence and Worester railroad was the deathblow to lie prosperity of the Blaekstone anal, so it was to universally, hit the year 1870 marks a revival of ntcrest in canal building. This sin ular fact anil its explanation are liscusseil in the most recent of the inblieations of the American Eeono the Association, by Edmund J. James, Mi. i>., of the University of IVnnsylania, Pa. James first calls attention o the increased activity in this class f projects in Europe and in this ountry. In Prussia and in France his interest has been very great. In lie East a canal is in process of con truction through the Isthmus of 'orinth, uniting the waters of the liga an sea and the < 1 illf of Lepanto. 'lie North sea and Baltic canal and 110 .Manchester ship canal are pro i ts of great commercial importance. * ile limls the chief cause in the dure of the railway to realize the xpectntions entertained of it. It has li/? uavc uomp'p 11 si low ViLfPH s the public ami shippers insist hould prevail. Charges ?>f railroad xtortion. lie claims, are rife under II systems-American, I'inglish, Yeneli and German. \ H'aslcil l<ife. *Ali. yes. bis was a wasted life, ighed the bald beaded gentleman. "Was lie dissipated? Had be an i pat by for work ' Was be a gambler. lo\ er of fast horses, a ' Nay. nay. interrupted the bald ended gentleman; none of these; but .'orsc. far worse. He spent his life lidcavuring to raise vegetables which bould remotely resemble the gorge us specimens he had seen in the seed lan's eataloguo l<i>iigc(l lor a ('arriage Hide. The professor's wife complained hat on a recent visit ot curiosity to lie m \v cemetery be did not go with er "Hut you must come with me some imc. won't you. dear' she said rheedingly. * L shall take the greatest pleasure ii doing so. love. Ami what is more lo not put it off too long, ' itliei. I n t Burglar: "I've got a scheme Second Burglar. What is it.' "We 11 form an unlimited Imrglin' oinpany an got a chnrtei from the Itato <>i Louisiana." "J'li W< i aii t (ill'iT V1 ,J.")*).(Kill for i:( I>1 i vih gl Mr couldn't pay it cash down, of oat 1 >;.t \k' might offer to let the . < g<- halves N oilnng so completely rohs con iiiciiient of the pant ami suffering at ending it as the previous use of L'hc Mother's Friend Sold l?v all .)ru agists NO TROOPS AT POLLS. THt REVISED FORCE GILL A MUCH MILDER MEASUREHour Siiyk the l'rovlalon Tor Troop* llaa llwn Stricken Ont ? 1-HlmnndM Still Holds Out AriiIiihI n('limine tf tin- Union. Tlu? Washington correspondent of the Macon Telegraph writes as follows: The Ho publican Senators were not numerous at church today. They were at home, readiug the sixty-page substitute for the seventy-tivo page Davenport Lodge force bill, which Messrs. Hoar and Nt>ooncr liavo prepared. The chaugi were made by these two Senate . without much consultation with oir Republican colleagues on the election committee, Messrs. Fi ve, Kvarts and Teller, but in deference to the: well-known desires for a milder m isure. The especial desire of Ales s. Frye, Kvarts o?.l 'P..11... .. .... r. i:?: ? i:? ?UM ? W.? I n ar? iui .ill I'l 1 UlUUlllOll UI the provision for tro >ps at the polls. This, Messrs. Iloar a ml Sherman Hay, they have stricken out, but itilocs not so appear from the copies of the resolution they lirve furnished their Uepuhliean colleagues. The section referred to. which re t nacts tin4 civil rights law. remains unaltered. a vrcu Mti.niii; iuu.. The other important changes have la-en staled as the work was being done. The hill is so much milder that it will receive all but a few votes at the caucus tomorrow night, provided Hoar and Spooner demonstrate that the provision for troops at the pools is really out. llut its passage is si ill most problematical, for it cannot be passe-1 without changing the rules.and Mdmundsst ill leads a heroic little band of opponents to any such action. So long at lie stands linn it will not be done. onk or it's woiist kkatviiks. "One of the most dangerous provisions of the Federal election bill is tin- possibility of the appearance once more of ITiiled State troops at the polls, which may be put under the marching order ol any I nited States marshal or ollicer. said lteprosentutivo Mutclih r of I'eimsylvania to the Sunday Gazette. | "It is a curious thing that the wry view which was enacted by the Hepublican Congress in the heat of war times to put a stop to the outrages | against the elective franchise coin mitled by United States troops on tin- bolder states should furnish the I first, pretext for the exercise of that power, but so it is. The net in question was designed to restrict the use of troops. II has, however,been pros titufcd to partisan purposes, so as to destroy the very object for which it was enacted, and the little clause to keep tin- peace at the polls has served jus a pretext for the numerous influences with state and federal elections which were so numerous until the change of policy inaugurated by the Tluyes administration. not co.vrineo to the south. The use of United .States troops at the polls on election days has not been confined to the South, as some people suppose to be the case. Thoy were used in Pennsylvania at a state election in 1H70. Without the request of the State or municipal authorities, an armed body of United States marines were brought to the polls in the fifth ward of Philadelphia, took possession of them, kept them closed for an hour, and exercised the right of challenging voters. (Jen. John W. floury, a distinguished Jtcpublicun, who was governor at the time, protected against this high handed outrage, and in a message to the State Legislature denounced it in vigorous language. The occurrence cited in Pennsylvania wuh at an election for State otlicials. tkooj's at new your cools. "A more dangerous attempt was ' ..... 1.. L? Kf .... 1 1 off/k I -. XT uciue 111 nuvi'iiiucr, mm, in ?cw York, under the provisions of an act whicli it is now proposed to revive, only in a more dangerous form, to | overawe voters and State oflicials, and I but for the firmness of Governor Hoffman and the yielding of the President to milder counsels on the evening before the election, scenes of riot and of bloodshed and conflict between State and federal troops might have occurred that would have startled the country.M Too <?real a lllsk. Father: 'John, why don t you go to work' You're old enough now to earn your own livin." John: "Ah, father, but you don't understand. Clara says she don't care for riches. She loves mu for my self alone. Suppose I should become rich. Don't you see, it would spoil everything^' A Substitute Pot I leather. I . Youngliusband: "Isn't there a piece of old leather in the house ur.yv/nerc. ness' i want some in tlio worst way Mrs. Younghusband: "So, Charlie there isn't (Happy thought strikes her:) 'Hint, Charlie ileal", there's that steak you bought ilav before yesterI das. vou know \ t[| The Macon Telegraph says: "Ben Tillman made himself ridiculous by engaging a detectivo to accompany him while he was in Charleston on iiirecent visit Tillman seems to feel that he has done something aw fully mean. The people of South Carolina laugh at his silly pretense that he is in danger of bodily harm as he cavorts tlnongh the State'