YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. L. m. geist 4 sons, publishers.} % ^[amilg Jletrsgaper: .Jfor the fjromotion of the political, Social, gtgricaltural, and illorometrial Jntqresta of the fjeople. {mM8nrecmSmf1"8' established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1901. NO. 93. THE COURIER BY JUXjI CHAPTER VIII. mHE blow which had strncl Michael Strogoff was no mortal. By swimming li a manner bv which hi ha(l effectually concealet IfljSjaB/l himself be bad reacbe< the right bank, where hi fell exhausted among the bushes. When he recovered his senses, hi found himself in the cabin of a mujik who bad picked him up and cared foi him and to whom he owed his life For bow long a time had he been th< guest of this brave Siberian? Hecoulc not guess, but when he opened his eye: he saw the handsome bearded fact bending over him and regarding bin with pitying eyes. He was abont t< ask where he was when the mujik, an tlcipating him, said: "Do not speak, little father, do no1 speak. Thou art still too weak. 1 will tell thee where thou art and everything that has passed since I brought thee to my cabin." And the mujik related to Michael Strogoflf the different incidents of the struggle which he had witnessed?the attack upon the ferry by the Tartar boats, the pillage of the tarantass and the massacre of the boatmen. But Michael Strogoff listened no louger, and, slipping his hand under h.'s garment, he felt the imperial letter still secured in his breast He breathed a sigh of relief. But that was not all. "A young girl accompanied me," said be. "They have not killed her," replied the mujik, anticipating the anxiety which be read in the eyes of his guest. "They have carried her off in their boat and have continued the descent of the Irtish. It is only one prisoner more to Join so many others which they are taking to Tomsk." Michael Strogoff was unable to reply. He pressed his hand upon his heart to restrain its beating. But. notwithstanding these many trials, the sentiment of duty mastered his whole souL He remembered the errand which he had undertaken. Indeed never by day or night was bis emperor's mission for even a moment absent from his mind. Not the presence of the greatest danger, the tortures of huuger and thirst, the weariness of excessive fatigue, not even all combined could cause him to forget that a momentous matter was intrusted to hl3 courage, bis zeal, his fidelity and his endurance. Michael Strogoff was worthy of this trust "Where am I?" asked he. "Upon the right bank of the Irtish, only five versts from Omsk," replied the mujlk. "What wound can I have received which could have thus prostrated me? It was not a gunshot wound?" "No; a lance thrust upon the head, now healing." replied the mujik. "After a few days' rest little father, thou wilt be able to proceed. Thou didst fall Into the river, but the Tartars neither touched nor searched thee, and thy purse is still in thy pocket" Michael Strogoff gripped the mujik's hand. Then, recovering hHnself with a sudden effort, "Friend," said he, "bow long have I been In thy but?" "Three days." "Three days lost!" "Three days hast thou lain unconscious." "Hast thou a horse to ?el'. me?" "Thou wlshest to go?" "At once." "I have neither horse nor carriage, little father. Where the Tartar has passed there remains nothing!" "Well, I will go on foot to Omsk tc find a horse." "A few more hours of rest and tboi wilt be in a better condition to pursue thy journey." "Not an hour!" "Come, now." replied the mujik. rec ognlzlng the fact that It was useless to struggle against the will of his guest "I will guide thee myself. Besides,' he added, "the Russians are still it great force at Omsk, and thou eouldsi perhaps pass unperceived." "Friend," replied Michael, "heaver reward thee for all thou hast done foi me." "Reward! Only fools expect rewarc on earth," replied the mujik. Michael Strogoff went out of the hut When he tried to walk, he was seizet with such faintness that without tin assistance of the mujik he would hav< fallen, but the fresh air quickly re vived him. He then felt the wound it his head, the violence of which his fui I'up UUU Ica^CUl'Vi. ft 111! IUC VUVJ^J which lie possessed be was not a mai to succumb under such a trifle. Befori bis eyes lay a single goal?far. distan Irkutsk. He must reach it! But In must pass through Omsk without stop ping there. "God protect my mother and Nadia!' he murmured. "I have no longer th< right to think of them!" Michael Strogoff and tue mujlk sooi arrived in the mercantile quarter of tin lower town. and. although under mill tary occupation, they entered it with out difficulty. The surrounding earth work had been destroyed In man; places, and there were the breache through which the marauders who fol lowed the armies of Keofar-Ivahn ha< penetrated. The mujik was conducting his gues straight to the posting house when in i narrow street Michael Strogoff. com ing to a sudden stop, sprang behind , jutting wall. "What is the matter?" quickly askei the mujik, much astonished at this su<] den movement. . OF THE CM is vzizua-ii. "Silence!" hastily replied Michael z Strogoff, with bis finger on his lips, t At this moment a detachment dei Knrmhori from th?? nrlnrlrml ROil&re into i the street which Michael Strogoff and 1 his companion bad been just following. 1 At the bead of the detachment, comi posed of twenty horsemen, was an officer dressed in a very simple uniform. i Although he glanced rapidly from one , side to the other, be could not have r seen Michael Strogoff owing to bis pre. cipitous retreat. i The detachment went at full trot Into I the narrow street Neither the officer } nor his escort concerned themselves i about the inhabitants. Several unlucky i ones bad scarcely time to make way > for their passage. There were, there fore, a few half stifled cries, to which the thrusts of the lance gave an instant t reply, and the street was immediately I cleared. > When the escort had disappeared, "Who is that officer?" asked Michael Strogoff, returning toward the majik. And while putting the question his face was pale as that of a corpse. "It is Ivan Ogareff," replied the Siberian, but in a deep voice which breathed hatred. "He!" cried Michael Strogoff, from whom the word escaped with an accent of fury which he could not conquer. He had just recognized in this officer the traveler who bad struck him at the posting bouse of Ichim. and, although he had only caught a glimpse of him, it burst upon his mind at the same time that this traveler was the old Zingflri whose words he had overheard In the market place of Nljul Novgorod. The mujik and Michael resumed their way and arrived at the posting house. To leave Omsk by one of the breaches would not be difficult after nightfall. As for purchasing a carriage to replace the tarantass. that was Impossible. There was none to be let or sold. But what want had Michael Strogoff now (or a carriage? Was he not alone, alas? A horse would suffice him, and, very fortunately, a horse could be had. it was an animal of mettle, capable of enduring much fatigue, and Michael Strogoff, accomplished horseman as be was, could make good use of It. The horse cost a high price, and a few moments later Michael was ready to start It was then 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Michael Strogoff, compelled to wait till nightfall in order to pass the fortifications, but not desiring to show himself in the streets of Omsk, remained in the posting house and there partook of food. There was a great crowd la the public room, It being the resort of numbers of the anxious inhabitants, who at this eventful period collected there to obtain news. They were talking of the expected arrival of a corps of Muscovite troops, not at Omsk, but at Tomsk, a corps intended to recapture that town from the Tartars of Feofar-Kahn. Michael Strogoff lent an attentive ear to all that was said, but took, no part in the conversation. Suddenly a cry made him tremble, a 1 cry which penetrated to the depths of his soul, and these two words, so to speak, rushed into his ear: "My son!" His mother, the old woman Marfa, was before him! Trembling, sne smiled upon him. She stretched forth her arms to him. Michael Strogoff arose. He was about to throw himself? The thought of duty, the serious danger for his mother and himself In this - unfortunate meeting, suddenly stopped 1 him, and such was his command over himself that not a muscle of bis face 1 moved. There were twenty people In the pub1 lie room. Among them were perhaps spies, and was it not known in the town that the son of Marfa Strogoff belonged to the corps of the couriers of " the czar? ' Michael Strogoff did not move. ' "Michael!" cried his mother. "Who are you. my good lady?" Ml1 chael Strogoff stammered, unable to c speak in his usual firm tone. "Who am 1, thou askest? Dost thou 1 no longer know thy mother?" r "You are mistaken." coldly replied Michael Strogoff. "A resemblance de1 celves you." The old Marfa went up to him and. . looking straight into his eyes, said: I "Thou art not the sen of Peter and - Marfa Strogoff?" J Michael Strogoff would have given his life to have locked his mother in his i nrmc hnt if he Yielded it was ail over r with liiru, with her. with his mission, f with his oath! Completely master of 1 himself, he closed his eyes in order not f to see the inexpressible anguish which t agitated the revered countenance of his : mother. He drew back bis hands in order not to touch those trembling hands which sought him. ' "I do not know. In truth, what It Is 2 you say, my good woman," he replied, stepping back. i "Michael!" again cried his aged mothi er. "My name is not Michael. 1 never was your son! I am Nicholas Korpa noff, a merchant of Irkutsk." Y And suddenly he left the public room, s while for the last time the words reI echoed: J "My son, my son!" Michael Strogoff, by a desperate eft fort, had gone. lie did not see his old a mother, who had fallen back almost Ini animate upon a bench. But when the a postmaster hastened to assist her the aged woman raised herself. Suddenly J a thought occurred to her. She denied I- by her son! It was not possible. As for being herself deceived and taking anolher for him?equally Impossible. It was certainly her son whom she bad Just seen, and If be bad not recognized her It was because be would not. It was because be ought not. It was because be bad some cogent reason for acting thus! And then, her mother feelings arising within ber, she bad but one thought?"Can I unwittingly have ruined him?" "I am mad," she said to ber Interrogators. "My eyes have deceived mel This young man is not my child. He bad not bis voice. Let us think no more of it If we do. 1 shall end by flnflinv him everywhere." Less than ten minutes afterward a Tartar officer appeared in the posting bouse. "Marfa Strogoff ?" be asked. "It is I," replied the old woman In a tone so calm and with a face so tranquil that those who bad witness* * the meeting with her son would not have known her. "Come," said the officer. Marfa Stro-. 1 goff, with firm step, followed the Tartar officer and left the posting house. Some moments afterward Marfa Strogoff found herself in the chief square and in the presence of Ivan Ogareff, to whom all the details of this scene bad been immediately reported. Ivan Ogareff, suspecting the truth. In- ( terrogated the old Siberian woman. ' ) "Thy name?" he asked in a rough 1 voice. ' "Marfa Strogoff." ' "Thou hast a son?" "Yes." "He is a courier of the ctarf* 1 "Yes." "Where la her 1 "At Moscow." ' "Thou hast heard no news of hlmr "No news." "Since bow long?' 1 "8ince two months." ' "Who. then, was that young man 1 whom thou didst call thy son a few 1 mnmonto ncrn n* fllo nncflnir linllUP?" IUU1UCU19 Hgv U V vuv pvwv. Mvw.w . "A young Siberian wboui I took for him," replied Marfa Strogoff. "This Is the tenth man in whom I have thought I recognized my son since the town has been so full of strangers. I think I see him everywhere." "So this young man was not Michael Strogoff?" "It was not Michael Strogoff." "Dost thou know, old woman, that I can torture thee until thou avowest the truth?" "I have spoken the truth, and torture will not cause me to alter my words In any way." "This Siberian was not Michael Strogoff?" asked a second time Ivan Ogareff. "No. it was not he," replied a second time Marfa Strogoff. "Do you think that for anything in the world I would deny a son whom God has given me?" Ivan Ogareff regarded with an evil eye the old woman who had braved him to the face. He did not doubt but that she bad recognized her son in this young Siberian. Now, If this son had first renounced his mother and if his mother renounced him in her turn it could occur only from the most weighty motive. Every circumstance went to confirm his suspicions. If be could but lay bis hand upon this pretended merchant of Irkutsk and strip off his diaguise, would he not find a treasure lnd*ed? Would not his superiors well reward bis adroitness and his success? Would not the czar of Russia scowl with rage when be learned that bis courier was in the bands of bis foes? y-v 1 > ma JAMKf I van uguren uau lutmure uu uuuui that the pretended Nicholas Korpanoff was Michael Strogoff, courier of the czar, seeking concealment under a false name and charged with some mission which It would have been Important for him to know. He therefore at once gave orders for bis pursuit. Then he said: "Let this woman be conducted to Tomsk," returning toward Marfa Strogoff. And while the soldiers brutally dragged her along he added between bis teeth: "When the moment arrives, I shall know how to make her speak, this old sorceress!" to be continued. A West Point Critic.?MaJ. Charles ID. Woodruff, of the medical department of the army, on duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, says that It ought to be reasonable to expect that a large proportion of West Pointers would become famous, or that at least some of them would become noted or successful in life. "The fact is the very reverse occurs," he says, "for it seems as though the best way to extinguish a man Is to send him to West Point." In the course of a paper which he has written on the subject he makes some Interesting and original observations, among others that absolute discipline kills aggressive initiative; that scholarship is too often mistaken for ability; that the most successful military leaders have been noted for their ignorance of general topics and hatred ] of books, and that these same great < military leaders are, as a rule, undisciplined and insubordinate in the lower , grades. He says his object in presenting these facts is to show that the ! young man who graduates from West : Point is a nervous wreck, and that he i goes to his duties as a commissioned ( second lieutenant in a state of collapse, worn out by hard work, ceaseless ' drills and pestered by the exactions of i his military instructors, too often stunted into a uniformed mimic bear- , ing a military title.?Leslie's Weekly. Found In a Bible.?The following story is being told in Hamburg about 1 a most welcome find of money in a Bible, writes our Berlin correspondent. A business man, with a large growing family began to find himself in serious monetary troubles. His wife fell ill, and the doctor sent in a very long bill which he was unable to pay. The debtor in his distress made up his mind to sell the family Bible. On turning over the leaves before taking It out of the house he found a sealed letter inscribed with the words, "To the finder." He opened it and found the following inside: "In the sure knowledge that man does not turn to his Bible to read the Word of God until he is in the greatest distress, I have placed ?100 in notes between pages 141 and 142. Hamberg, 17, 1879."?London pijsteltettMUg Reading. SENATOR McLALRIN IN ATLANTA Deliver* m. Great Speech on Extei Ion of Foreign Trade. The annual convention of the Soutl ern Cotton Spinners association we held in Atlanta last Thursday, and a: ter the business of the day was tram acted notable speeches were deliver* by Dr. J. H. McAden, ex-Secretai Hoke Smith and Senator John L. M< Laurin. Senator McLaurin's subjei was the Extension of our Foreign Trad When the senator arose to speak, ac cording to the Atlanta Journal, he we greeted with vociferous applause. K spoke in part as follows: I appear before you tonight not f< the purpose of entertaining you wit pleasing words or an expression of tl grateful welcome with which you ai received In the Gate City of the soutl I feel that my presence here would t In vain If In some way I cannot assli In making the important object < your meeting more successful than would be had I not come. I feel th limitations which surround me; but ac dress you In the hope that some sug gestion of mine will assist in you deliberations, make the work of you convention easier or lead to a dlscui 3ion of matters which would not othei wise be discussed.. i To my mind the meeting of this af sociation upon southern soil Is fraugh with great possibilities for future goo< not only to my section but to all sec tions. I realize that I am talking to me who have made a life study of th manufacture of cdtton; and it woul be presumption in me to attempt to en plain or direct them in the avocatio ibout which they are much better in formed than I could be. What has been done in the manufac ture of cotton goods in the south is bu i commencement of the work tha there is to do. The necessities of mar kind are generally defined under tw leads: Food and clothing. The basi if clothing is cotton and wool. Whe the country adapted to wool and cot ton growing Is utilized for that purpos throughout the United States, as 1 the future It will be, the United State will control more than half of th Nothing supply of the entire world. 1 now produces the material which cor trols the cotton clothing supply of na :lons. Atlanta In Its infancy was hemme n on all sides by older and larger cltie within short distances, it seemed 1m jossible that merchants enterprlsin ;nough to build up a trade could be lr Juced to locate here. Without wate iransportatlon and not in the sectlo >f the great southern staple, with n :oal or other minerals, there seemed t 3e nothing upon which to build for th future. But the men of Atlanta Ir /Ited the men of the north to co-opei ite with them In the upbuilding of th :own. Both worked together and th esult Is a city of which If any cltize s not proud he should be banished froi t. There Is no limit to the posslbll ties of this object lesson as to whs lan be done when north and sout work together In a common enterprls< [f the gentlemen who are now confei Ing together for their Individual goo< which. If attained, will bring abou general prosperity, will consider thl natter wisely and the south and th ?ast will combine their efforts, they ca :ontrol the cotton Industry of the en :lre world. We are at the dawning of a new da it progress In the history of the worlc Until very recently commerce was nc leemed a proper subject for govern nnntol MnolHorn Mnn The mnvlr jonslderatlons prompting the settle nent of the Chinese trouble were com nerclal. The time will come when th nest minds of every country will b ;alled upon to adjust the complicate questions of foreign trade. We, a Americans, must prepare ourselves fc :he new duties and responsibilities de solving upon us as citizens of the r? nubile. We have successfully met th llplomats of the world; we have van julshed their armies and navies; an ve must now meet their financiers an ihelr operators of great business enter nrises In this conflict for supremacy 1 jommerce. They are upon us and w must meet them. To those who fall t see and give heed to the signs of th limes, I can only say that they hav my earnest sympathy and my hop :hat they will awaken to the new cor lltlons before It is too late to take ad i-antage of them. This new commer :lal movement is not going to stop an f Individuals stop, it will simply pas them by. If we as a nation stop, th nther nations will so surpass us tha none will be so poor as to do us rev srence. I announced myself during the las session of congress as in favor of subsidy for an American merchant ma rine, because I felt that It was esser tlal to adequate material defense an development. Our weakness upon th 3ea Is the one great danger that cor rronts tne nation. If ships could be built In the Unite States as cheaply and operated und? our flag as cheaply as they are und( other flags It would be unnecessary fc our government to do more than 1 offset the ^subsidies, bounties, naval r< serve retainers and other methods b which foreign governments attra< capital into merchant ships built an managed by their own people. We must not Imagine that America capital Is dependent upon national lef islation In order to make ship ownln pay. We have ample evidence of larg American Investments In forelgn-bui ships, manned and operated by foreigr ers in our foreign trade. Shortslghi ed people may say that if Amerlcar own the ships the problem of an Amei lean (?) merchant marine is solvei Jt But this Is a fallacy, for however much our people may have invested in ? foreign ships they are unavailable under International law when at war as naval auxllllarles. The merchant marine not only carries the goods of a nation; but each ship is a missionary of trade adveri tlsing the goods of the nation whose i? flags she carries. f- A ship owned by Americans and cars' rying American goods; but flying an :d English flag, advertises England in y stead of the United States In every :- port. If It be known In a foreign port that the ship Is owned by Americans e. and loaded with an American cargo :- and yet of English register, It is an adis vertisement of the fact that the Unite ted States refuses or neglects to give the protection to an American ship >r that Is given to an English ship. ;h From an economic point of view le there is every reason why the south *e should desire an American merchant ti. marine. More than 35 per cent, of the >e nation's exports in 1900 were shipped Jt from southern ports, valued at $490,>f 343,912, while but six per cent, of the It imports, valued at $52,413,541, entered le southern ports. Right here we find one I- of the cardinal reasons why the traffic of our southern seaports is not larger ir than a present. ir The great bulk of our staple exports i- originate either in the Mississippi val> ley, that drains into the gulf ports, or In the south itself. Cotton, corn, wheat >- and provisions form the bulk of our it export trade. I have gone to some pains to investigate, and I find that of the vessels entering the ports of the United States n in 1900 from abroad, 20 per cent, en ie tered In ballast in North Atlantic, 28 d per cent, in Pacific and 60 per cent, in South Atlantic and gulf ports. n You may be sure that this is a handl" leap of the most serious nature restrictive of an increase in the trade of " southern ports. It means that 60 per. lt cent, of the vessels coming to southlt ern ports must earn enough on the export cargo to pay for the entire round 0 voyage. Perhaps you never thought of is that, but it is certainly worth your n most serious consideration. Another reason why the south is in16 terested in American ships, is that n when the Isthmian canal is construct8 ed, we may be able to utilize lt with e our ships and commerce. We do not want to see the Isthmian canal become merely a foreign highway of coml" merce. We do not want our millions expended merely to become a bounty to d foreign shipping. It should be an Amer18 lean highway, and we should so del" velop our mercantile tparine that with 8 the opening of this great canal our l* own flag shall predominate at the !t> masthead of a majority of the ships n that it accommodates. 0 The south will be the immediate ben0 eflciary of that great waterway when e it is constructed. Our gulf ports will become great marts of trade, and our products will e invade Mexico, South and Central e America, the . West Indies and the n Orient in ever Increasing volume. I.et n us be ready when the time comes. If we hasten the construction of our ? shipping, we shall intensify the necessity and thus hasten the construction " of the Isthmian canal. The exports to South America are ' mainly from England and Germany, and they consist largely of products 8 that could be furnished bv the United e States, especially the south. This is n particularly true of coal and all kinds l" of cotton manufactures. With an assurance of return cargoes, the round y voyage could be made extremely pro' fltable, once direct, regular and frequent sailings of steamship lines were established. g In the senate last winter when the shipping bill was under discussion, a senator stated that he personally knew of several steamship lines that would d be established to run between southern 8 seaports and foreign countries If the | measures were passed. One of the great southern ralroads Is [ anxious to establish a regular line of fine American steamers between south16 ern ports and Brazil, and develop d markets for southern coal and manud facturers. But that piece of new de, velopment is held back awaiting the n action of congress. Within the past 90 days arrange? ments have been made to establish two 0 French lines In connection with the 10 French steamship company which operates a line to the West Indies, for 1 the purpose of taking away from us I the bulk of our carrying trade with the West Indies, gulf ports and Brazil. d Out of nine lines of steamships running from the port of New Tork to e South America, only two are run un' der the American flag. 1 mi A Mo . A lie OUUllI AlllCUVail lucuio mo uwv In Europe for the Imports he purchases jt here, sends his products to us and with a the money we pay him meets his oblinations in Europe. Thus Europe Is i- both the merchant and the banker, we d being willing servitors of our Europeie an rivals. i. Europe buys its raw cotton from us, carries it across the Atlantic, manufacd tures it there, and sends the finished article to the people right at our doors. ;r If she can carry this cotton twice >r across the Atlantic and find a profit, ;o why are we not able to supply them ?- directly from our cotton mills? ,y The trouble all lies in the lack of ;t ships running regularly and frequently d to the markets of South America. Until the government comes to our aid, I n see no prospect of establishing new r. steamship lines to the south. lg We may attempt to blind ourselves ^ to the fact if we will; but that does not It not change conditions. The merchant i- ships of the world are sustained in a t- large degree by the aid of their governis ments, and if we are to have a merr chant shipping, we must do likewise. 3. We are told that subsidies are not paid by this or that government, tha; It Is merely pay tor carrying the malls that subsidies and "bounties where pale have proved failures. The remedy proposed Is free trade, especially In ships There has been the freest trade at between American and foreign shipping in the carrying of American commerce for more than half a century aye for three quarters of a century. Upon the Atlantic our foreign carrying trade Is monopolized by enormoui steamship lines, that are now circling the globe with their ships, that hav< emperors and kings, nobles and commoners, as their patrons, stockholders advocates and friends. Let us remember that less than three per cent, ol our entire trade with Europe is carried in American ships. Let us remember that but one line of American ship* regularly plies across the Atlantic, and that were it wiped out of existence?ai it is the aim of its foreign rivals to accomplish?less than one per cent, ol our trade with Europe would be undei the American flag. When you are told this and appreciate its sinister significance, you can readily understand whv It la that all the venom. vitUDer atlon and misrepresentation of which rival trade, malignity and fear is capable, is heaped upon the owners and managers of that sole carrier of the American flag across the Atlantic. Why, England alone during the past 60 years has paid out $250,000,000 in subsidles, and today as a consequence she is mistress of the seas. Free trade in shipping has no potency with the British except as a means by which to delude their possible foreign rivals. And what of the Orient? There is at present on the other side of the Pacific a trade of $2,000,000,000, but about 1C per cent, of it is with the Unted States, With Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines we have #huge stepping stones to the Orient, friendly ports under our own flag. Our newly discovered oil deposits promises to furnish a cheap fuel that will transform the south into a great manufacturing centre, and we shall be obliged to find newer and larger markets for our surplus. Let us begin now. " Let us drop theories that have bound us hand and foot for generations and support those governmental policies essential to our fuller and more prosperous development. In China with its four million square miles and its vast population, there is but four hundred miles of railroad. The markets of the future for iron and steel products and cotton goods in China is almost incalculable. The business of raising and manufacturing cotton should be no longei dependent upon British prices sind control. The next decade should bring about a period of growth which will fai surpass any like period in the history of the United States. In this convention are gathered men with ample ability to solve the problem. What we need in this country today is a non-sectional patriotism and statesmanship more devoted to the building up of our country than the achievement of party success. Great national or business questions Involving the glory of our republic, and the prosperity of our people, should not be dwarfed into mere party questions. I have faith in my country and 1 have faith in its people. I believe that if there is even a possibility of good in any race, it will be developed under our system of government. That system is one of equality under the laws and of Individual sovereignty. If il remains unchanged, no danger lurks in the extension of trade or of territory. But If we lose sight of the high ideals of our forefathers, then the republic is in danger. We can so utilize the power and wealth which our prosperity is rapidly bringing us as to substitute for an aristocracy of intellect one ol dollars; and if we do, we will destroy ourselves. If we retain our present Ideals and use our wealth as an instrument for good, cultivate the intellect and the graces of life, our prosperity will be to us an unmixed blessing. II we create the dollars as the master and the man as the servant, we will bring upon ourselves the disaster which befell the ancient republics. Wherever the nobler qualities ol manhood are subordinated to the selfishness of human nature; wherever some men arrogate to themselves thn control of their felfowmen; wherever a nation departs from tne principles ol Justice and liberty, the avenger's hand will wipe out the injustice and drive the oppressors from the earth. It is only a lesson we learn from the history of the world, but it is taught us in that greatest of all books, the Bible, that the government of the universe and the governments of the earth, the government of families and the government of each individual are all based upon the principle of equality and brotherhood. Our American republic was founded by men who were bound logether by the ties of love, and not by men who sought these shores in the spirit ol speculative adventure. It is the equality of man, guaranteed to him by the declaration of independence and the constitution of the United States, which has attracted to us the most desirable elements of all countries. In the extension of our foreign commerce and in dealing with distant peoples, if we hold fast and true to. the underlying TM. reasons he assigned in that letter. It 1 Is Indicated that unless that letter be r produced by the young woman's moth; er, or If produced unless It shows repre. hensible conduct on tl)e part at Mr. : Crawford, he will get his commission. ' The Show Will be Ready. Says a Charleston dispatch, of Sat' urday: Just two weeks from noon, I Monday, President Roosevelt will press i a button In the White House, at Washington, which will set In motion the myriad of wheels which are to turn at the South Carolina Interstate and West ' Indian exposition, and that great fair i will that instant be officially opened. ' The preparations making for the great show are now, of course, going forward with a deafening rush. The religious , exercises, an elaborate programme of which has already been arranged, will take place on Sunday, December 1st, but the real formal opening at the fair does not occur until the following day as has already been stated. Architect Gilbert has again within the last two or three days, given the board of dlI rectors the most positive assurance that everyone of the two score large ! buildings will be ready on the appoint ea aay. nunareas 01 carioaas 01 ex! hiblts are now daily pouring into the ! city and depositing their wares at the exposition grounds ready to be placed, i in the spots assigned to them. Within 1 the last week work nas been started ; upon a score or more of midway attractions, and the proprietors and attaches of these entertainments are pouring into Charleston night and day over every railroad. The city is thronged already with thousands of persons dlrect, ly or indirectly interested in the exposition one way or another, and the > scenes of bustle and excitement which | are being presented are such as the i staid old city of Charleston has never > before witnessed in her history. Des1 pite all of the prophets of evil who J would have it that the exposition could [ not poslbly open its doors on time, the board of directors and their assistants ' have done their work with admirable IOreSlgTll UT1U SK.hi, ttuu UIC CApuotvivii i here will be more necessarily complete , In every detail on the day of Its open ing than any similar undertaking that has ever been seen In America.