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BY E. B. MUBBAY & CO. ANDERSONS. P., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBEB 16, 1884. VOLUME XX.?NO. 14. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Caeolina, Andebson County. .In the Court of Common Picas. James S.:Ix>Ris,PJatatifF, tb. Henry Craw? ford ajid JepUjaHsrper, Defendants" Com ? ~ pt?nt fo Jforec^ PURSUANT to an Order of Sale, bear inrdate June 20,1884,1 will sell at AndersoH 0. 8. C, on 8ALESDAY IN ? NO\TJnOEIt'neixt,!tne Land described in '' the Complaint in this case, to wit: , ONExRACT: OP LAND, containing sixty-one acres, more or less, situated in. Anderson County, on branches of Twenty six Mile Creek, adjoining lands of Elizabeth ^3$mms, Mariah Smith, Pick Mattison and (others. Txsxs or Balk?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers._ W- W~ HUMPHREYS, Master. ?;- Och. 0,1S84 .13 4 T[ ? MAS^ElVa SALE. | < STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Andebson County. In the Court <tf-Common Pleas. John B? B.McXain, Plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth ? McLaic/ et ai, Defendants,?Complaint 'for Partition. PU3BSUANT- to; an- Order of Court inJ above case, dated June 18, 1884, 11 - -r-wiUrSelfcafrAnderson O. H.-, 8. C;onSAIiEi ' BAY IN NOVEMBER next, the follow mgjlescribetl>JjaB^ - . V xTRACT N?o2, situate in Anderson Co.?| ' onLiddle'sCreek, adjoininglands of Mrs. McElroy, Bird Martin and Estate of John McLain,- and containing. 101 acres, more or j TRACT-NO. 3, situate oh^doTe'B Creek, .adjoining J 0: Moore, A B Bowden, Thorn- I as E Dickson.and ethers, containing 85[ acres,. mpr& sr less. Teems or SiLB^ne-third of the pur? chase money to be paid in cash, the hal . ance on' a credifc.of twelve months, ..with 'faterest from, day of sale* secured by bond 'and mortgage, with leave to anticipate pay? ment at any time. Purchasers to- pajmex tra for papers. _ ?'? -. -Tw^W.:BE?MPHEEYB<-Ma8ter. ?I -.0019,1884 V; 13 : ? 4 j MJlSTER^S sale. T: ?r?ia of^Soctb; Oab?lina, And?bs?n : Cotraix. :Miriam a Wilies,;Plamtiff, vsi Warren-B. Wilkea,-:M: L. Wllkes, et al., Defendants. mnii ^fa^?um, Belief, &c "T>IHiSUANT to an Order of CoorL dated. JT: March 6,1884,1 will sell.at^derson CtU'. S. C-on-SALEDAY IN1J0VEM BER next, the Lands described in the. ^ONE ^bMcT;, contouring* 40 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson' County, on west prong of Broadmouth Creek, adjoin? ing lands of George B TetfWd, GnnrF A Moore and. others. . One other TRACT OF- LAND, contain? ing 48'acrevmore or less,' adjoining Grant A Moore, wm Ellison,. Wm: Tetfordjand. others. Txbms of Sale?One-third of the pur? chase money to be paid cash, the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, the purchaser giving bond, with approved surety, and a mort? gage oT the premises, with leave to antici? pate payment, in whole or in part, at any time. Purchaser to pay extra for necessa 17^W. W. HUMPHREYS,-Master. Oot0,1884 18' ;4 MTEgS SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, CountyorAndebson. In the Court of Common Pleas. Martha A. E. Masters, as Heir at Law and - Administratrix, &c, Plaintiff, vs. Joseph . Tii Masters, Reuben B. Masters, et al., Defendant?.Atfion for Partition, <?c IY virtue of an Order to me directed by _) his Honor AvP. Aldrich, Prodding Judge, bearing date the 7th October, 1884,1 will sell at-Anderson>C. H?. S. on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER' next, the fbUowingdesaibed-r. . - TRACT OP LAND, As the Real Estate of Wm. Bryant ters, deceased, to wit: - All that Tract of Land, containing two hundred and ninety acres, more or less, situate in Rock Mills Township, in An der son County, adjoining lands Of Toliver Bolt, S. C. Humphreys, and others, and known as the White Place. Teems or Sale?One-third cash, and bal? ance on a credit of'twelve months, with in test from day or sale, to be secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to purchaser to anticipate <payment, in whole or in part, at any time. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. W. W. HU^HREYS, Master. Oct9, 1884 13_4_ MASTERS SALE. Sttate or South Caeoldja, AnDEBf on County. In the Court of Common Pleas. James B. Carpenter, Plaintiff, vs. Nannie E. McCrary. and others, Defendants.? Complaint for Partition, Belief, <tc "DURSUANT to an Order of Const, bear XT . ing date June 20,1884,1 will sell at Anderson C. H.. S. C, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next,-the following describ? ed Real Estate, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing 200 acres, more or less, lying in Broadaway Township, four miles East of Anderson C H., bounded on the East by Broadaway Creek, on the North, West and South by Solomon Geer, Miss Jemima Nevitt ana I others. There are four good tenant houses and j 140 acres In cultivation on the place. These are fine Broadaway lands, with 20 acres of rich bottom land. Tebhs of Sals?One-third cash, balance on a credit of one and two years, interest from day of sale, to be.secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay- extra for papers ALSO, ^ I will sell the Personalty of the Estate, consisting one Mole, one Wagon, and oth? er property. Personalty sold for cash. Plats of the Land can be seen at J. R. Vandiver, Esq.; office. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct0,1884. , 13 4 MASTER^ SALE, STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County or Andebson. In the Court of Common Pleas. Wm. W. Phillips, et al., Plaintiffs, against Nancy Phillips, David Phillips, et al., Defendants.?Action for Partition, Arc. BY virtue of an Order to me directed in the above stated case by his Honor A. P. Aldricb, bearing date the 6th October, 1884,1 will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY. IN NOVEMBER next, the following described Real Estate of Martin Phillips, deceased, to wit: TRACT NO. 1, containing one hundred and fourteen and one-half acres, more or leas, situate in Brushy Creek Township, in Anderson County, and adjoining lands of J D Bitten, Esq, Mrs - Acker, and others. TRACT NO. 2, containing one hundred and . nineteen and one-half acres, more or less, situate in Brushy Township, in Anderson' County, and adjoining lands of P. Wyatt, J D 8itton, Esq, and others, TRACT NO. 3, containing one hundred and sixteen acres, more or less, situate in Brushy Creek Township, in Anderson Co., and bounded by lands of H O Hendrix, G A Smith and others. Teems or Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of Bale, to be secured by bond and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate^ayment, in whole or in part, at any time. Purchasers to pay ex? tra for all necessary papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct9,188t 13 ' 4 OiVE OF THE ELECTRIC LAMP. THE parlor or drawing room brilliantly lighted by a single Lamp I. A Safety Lamp; with a steady white light. Especially adapt? ed for lighting Stores, Churches, Hotels, &c. Produce-3 the light of several ' Lamps, with a consumption of a trifle more oil than one common or ordinary Lamp, because of the more perfect combustion, which makes a whiter, stronger " light. Eorsaleby , WILHITE & WILHITE. CHANDELIERS, BRACKET, STAND and . PARLOR LAMPS LANTERNS, SHADES and CHIMNEYS of all kinds, KEROSENE OIL, ASTRAL OIL, And everything in Lamp line at Lowest Prices. You will lose money if you don't see WILHITE & WILHITE be fore buying. JOHNSTONE'S 01) ON TINE Is the "best preparation on the market for Cleaning, Preserving and Beautifying the TEETH, hardening the gums and imparting a delicious odor to the breath. Recommended and used by A. P. Johns to u e, D. D. S. WILHITE & WILHITE, j Proprietors. WILHITE'S EYE WATER : IS A SURE CURE FOR SORE EYES, Or any common form of inflamed eyes. WE SELL IT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene? ficial or effect a Cure, ? after directions have been carefully fol? lowed, the sum paid for it WILL BE REFUNDED. It has been sold on these conditions for the past FOUR YEARS, and as yet we have Nerer M a Gompleliit of It, Or heard of a Case IT DID NOT CURE ! IT IS NOT A NEW PREPARATION, AND HAS BEEN USED FOR THIRTY YEARS, But has been only four or five years on the market as a PROPRIETARY MEDICINE If you have never used it, or know noth? ing of its effects on SORE EYES, Ask your neighbdr, or some one who has Been it tried. It has cured SEVERE cases in from six to twenty four hours. WILHITE & WILHITE, PROPRIETORS. Sept 35,1884 11 ly THE RADICAL WAR CRY. Bitter Tilliflcation and Abuse of the Re? spectable White People of the State?A Formidable Array, of Unblushing False? hoods. Rooms of Republican . . State Executive Committee, Columbia, S. C, October 6, 1884. Fellow-Citizens : The Republicans of South Carolina enter the campaign of 1884 with, unbroken ranks. Tbey renew their allegiance to the National Republi? can party, and pledge support as enthu? siastic and unswerving as was given when its success depended upon them. ^ . In spite of the malignant spirit and criminal conduct of their adversaries in this State they stand together united and determined to do their utmost to defeat at home the organization whi"h, having Btolen power in 1876, has by misrule, injustice and oppression failed to stifle the convictions or silence the protest of those people who, through compulsion, yielded to a minority of more than 80,000. We know that the means by which they have retained power in this State are not less fraudulent and un-republican than were the methods by which they obtained it revolutionary and criminal. We have waited with fortitude for our deliverance from this political bondage, and endeavored through the peaceful agency of the ballot alone to free the State from this usurpation; not because there was not abundant cause for revolt, but because, under the conditions as they exist' in the South, and such effort as was necessary to obtain our rights and right our wrongs would result in conflicts and consequences so disastrous and unequal that we could not do otherwise. Those who reproach us for our submis? sion little understand our circumstances, and feebly realize the situation of affairs in the old slave States. We likewise cannot comprehend bow the loyal people of this country can be apparently. so in? different to the real- condition of their fellow-men at the South, or will suffer the law-abiding citizens of a great section to be tyrannized and dominated by those who so recently were the known enemies of the country. If all the misdeeds charged against Republican governments at the South were true it could not begin to equal the crimes committed to overthrow them, or the fraudulent pi act ices by which power is retained, or the injustice and vicious acts which have characterized the Bour? bon administrations. The adroit Southern leaders, by work? ing up the race prejudice which unfortu? nately prevails dormantly at the North, and stimulating the mercantile spirit, have closed the eyes of the country to the sub? version of those rights which are vital anil fundamental, and without the enjoy? ment of which rightful government does not exist. Startling aa it may seem, we declare that there is no political offence commit? ted for the benefit of the Democratic party in this State, ranging from assassi? nation to the pollution of the ballot box, where the authors and instigators are not safe from punishment and which the ruling public sentiment does not sanc? tion. . A truthful recital of the outrages and wrongs inflicted on Republicans could no more be credited than could those unfa? miliar with the South comprehend the extremes to which the Bourbons would go to maintain their power. We challenge history to show an ex? ample of greater fidelity and more thorough devotion, under equal dangers, sufferings and sacrifices, than that exhib? ited by the loyal and unflagging support of the emancipated and enfranchised citizens of the South to the party which gave them freedom and the ballot, and whose plain duty it is to protect them in their guaranteed rights. We hail with satisfaction the bright prospect of Republican success in those portions of the country where the ballot is free, the count is honest and intimida? tion does not prevail; and feel thankful to God that the malign of the solid South is not to be extended; we believe that in our illustrious standard bearers, the two leaders best able to break sectional oppo? sition, have been chosen to conduct us to I assured victory, and are firm in the hope that they will prove, with equal zeal and ! power, the champions of Republican citizens at the South as well as of Amer? ican citizens abroad. , While we heartily endorse the princi? ples enunciated in our national platform, and are particularly glad that the great subject of protection to American indus? tries, especially in the interest of the laborer, has been so wisely and bravely championed, we hold that the most vital question to be determined at the ap? proaching election is the establishment and maintenance of the political rights of the people; and we call upon Con? gress to enact such laws as we are con? fident President Blaine will recommend to overcome this travesty on free popular government at the South. If there be not the constitutional power to legislate so as to give all citizens equal rights in State elections, then we demand that in Federal elections the registration, as well as the management of the election, shall be under the supervision of the General Government. We denounce the registration and election laws of this State as a horrible conspiracy against the rights of the people. The registration of the voters of this State as practiced is a sham and would be a delusion but for the fearful reality of its injustice and deprivations. Not only is every Supervisor of Regis? tration an active Democrat, but the po? sition is looked to as a reward for parti? san services. Under the provisions of the law every qualified voter who failed to register prior to the election of 1882 is disfranchised forever, without the Super? visor in his discretion deems it advisable to allow a subsequent registration, so that in effect the disability attaches only to Republicans. We charge that while Republicans are required to personally take the registration oath, that it is not only a common practice for Democrats to register by proxy, but that in many instances local politicians have received the certificates of those Democrats in their vicinity who failed to obtain them through indifference or otherwise, aud tbey remain unissued without the person votes the regulation ticket. We further charge that every possible obstacle is put in the way of Republicans getting new certificates in case of loss or change of residence, while every facility is extended to Democrats similarly cir? cumstanced. Instances have occurred in which the registration officers have unblushingly stated that they regarded the law as intended to operate against Republicans, and that they should dis? cbarge their duties* so as to effect that end. The registration books cannot be ex? amined, and a list of the names cannot be taken nor will they be furnished, while a suggestion that the names be published would be regarded as puerile and ridiculous. But even this registra? tion confers no important right, as the voter can only cast his ballot upon pre? sentation of his certificate of registration. Jt is the boast of the Democrats that this law has been bo manipulated that 30,000 Republicans are disfranchised. The twin brother to the registration iniquity is the eight ballot box fraud. The Commissioners and Managers of Election are Democrats, selected for their willingness and ability to serve their party successfully. Under the law no one is allowed to read or explain to the voter either of his eight tickets. The Republican voter has to enter the polling 1 place alone; he sees behind the boxes hostile managers eager to entrap him into a mistake. They rejoice in his bewilderment and credulity and often disgrace themselves in joining in the levity of the Democratic bystanders, who poke fun at and seek to embarrass the ignorant and timid but honest and earn? estly sincere voter. At some places he finds the boxes on a revolving table, to prevent his acting on information about their respective locations: at others their positions are frequently changed, and innumerable other devices equally detes? table resorted to to distract and cheat the voter out of his purpose to cast an hon? est ballot. With the Democratic voter, however, everything is made easy and pleasant, especially if they are illiterate. They find the desired ticket on top of the appropriate box, and but little need is given to the presentation of their cer? tificates. Innumerable instances aro known in which the Republican voter has been asked Jor bis certificate for inspection, audits being returned with directions to vote it, which through embarrassment is often done, thus losing his ballot and disfranchising himself. These Democratic Managers and by? standers engage in a festival of fun as tbey toll'on and mislead illiterate Repub? licans and witness their mistakes. The polling places are located in ob? jectionable and inconvenient places? sometimes at the top of a pair of narrow stairs, sometimes in a cellar, and, invari? ably, where scrutiny is impossible. After the closing of the polls no Republican is allowed to witness the count, and under the laws of this State, which permit the excess ballots to be drawn out where the votes exceed the voters, a very carnival of crime is perpetrated. And yet those managers engaged in this pastime of frivolity and iniquity are sworn officers, who prostitute their sacred offices and thus trifle with and nulify the most im? portant rights ef citizenship. To such an extent has this prostitution of sacred functions been carried on, and so notori? ous have been the frauds and perjury practiced, that the public conscience has been debauched and the morals and minds of the people disbased and famil? iarized with crime. Holding that laws which utterly dis? franchise every Republican who was qualified and failed to register in 1882, and make the presentation of the certifi? cate of registration a prerequsite to vot? ing, are not constitutional laws, we call upon the Government to test the ques? tion in the Courts. This is a matter of vital moment to us, and we demand that instead of the time of the Court being consumed with the trial of irritating cases not involving the fraudulent acts of Managers of Election or tending to.establish the conspiracy of those high in authority against the elec? tive franchise, that an honest, determined effort be made to have declared null and void these obnoxious and partisan laws. We denounce the failure nf the Demo? cratic party in this State to keep faith with the people. The pledges tbey gave have been broken and their promises are unfulfilled. The retrenchment guaran? teed has not been established, and instead of offices being reduced they have been increased and without a view to the pub? lic good or convenience, but to afford an asylum for some aristocratic citizen or favored son. Laws have been passed which were never intendod to be impar? tially enforced?like the Concealed Wea? pon, the Prohibitory and the Poll Tax Acts. Large appropriations for higher educa? tion and military training have been made at the expense of the common schools, notwithstanding the last census shows an Mliterate population of 321,780 over ten years of age, of which 59,777 are white, being about one-fifth of the entire white scholastic population of the State. Republicans have no representa? tive upon the Boards of Registration or Election or at the polls, while the State Board of Canvassers, composed of the State officers, all of whom are now can? didates for re-election, have had confer? red upon them judicial powers in matters of contest and protest. The State has been redistricted in a way to put to shame any gerrymandering scheme known elsewhere. The polling places have been increased to accommodate Democrats, and reduced and put at in? convenient places where it will operate against Republicans. Republicans are excluded from the jury boxes, except in rare instances, and colored teachers are threatened with dismissal if tbey take part in politics. Judicial terrorism prevails, because the inferior courts are in the hands of magistrates who are activo politicians. Where Executive clemency is necessary the sentences of Republicans are commuted instead of free pardons being granted, thus perpe? trating their disfrancbisement. And when an effort is made through the United States Court to punish ballot-box stuffing and other political offenses, the Governor directs his prosecuting officers to defend the criminals, and the Legisla? ture appropriates $10,000 to prevent conviction. For these and kindred reasons the Democrats find themselves brought to a reckoning and numerically weaker to-day after nearly eight years of power than they were in 1876 ; for, besides the utter failure to break the solid Republican phalanx, their party has been reduced by the withdrawal of a large number of men who feel betrayed and are disgusted with the perfidy, intolerance and misrule of those who, with power to do so much for the whole people, have proven false and incompetent and become thoroughly Bourbonized. The Republicans of the State, acting in harmony with the national platform and desiring to manifest the liberality of their organization, as well as to encour? age and distinguish that body of white citizens who have risen superior to race prejudice and, defying the ostracism and hostility of Bourbon intolerance, have come out iu open revolt against the Democratic parly, iu favor of equal rights and in unrelenting opposition to political fraud and violence, have formed an alliance with the Independents of the State and made in conjunction with them an electoral ticket, composed of five Republicans.and four Independents; and we enjoin the Republican voters to sup? port the ticket with the most perfect good faith. Fellow-Republicans: Though deeply mindful of the grievous wrongs we have suffered and fully aware that the ma? chinery by which the Democrats, under the forma of law, have fortified them? selves in power, makes their rule seem well nigh impregnable, we are not with? out hope that a better day will soon dawn. For despite the life-long prejudices and blind hostility of Southern white men, we find them now, by the course of events, espousing doctrines they Lave in the past violently and conscientiously opposed. For instance, a marvelous change has taken place in public senti? ment about the effect and rightfulness of slavery, and while most thoughtful men now see and declare that slavery was a material curse to real prosperity, very many feel the condemnation of i ts sin ful? ness. They admit the war was wrong or unwise and that their public action after its close was snort-sighted and obstructive to the peace and welfare of the State and the best interests of the people; while the mere mention of the Black Code causes their heads to bang in shame. Contrary to all their predictions that slaves when made free would become lawless and indolent, they now agree that the freemen make the best laborers and are law-abiding and useful citizens. The hostility to their ownership of land has almost passed away and opposi? tion to education has not only nearly ceased, but a majority of the white peo? ple honestly favor taxing themselves to educate the masses,* and there is no sec? tion of the country which has more openly denounced the action of the Democratic party in Congress in defeating the beneficent educational bill than the people of the South, who in this and many other respects are in advance of the politicians. These and other great changes in the minds and conduct, of Southern people, inspire the hope that even the Democrat ic conscience will be touched to the j iniquities and oppression now visited ? upon us, and to the demoralization and j degradation which is being instilled and nurtured among the people by the pollu- ? tion of the ballot box and the trampling j upon the rights of the elective franchise, j Fellow-citizens: Upou us is cast tho ; duty of being true to our high destiny, j We must be equal to our needs and i responsibilities.. Whatever be our dis- | couragements or the misrule afflicting us, we should stand firm and steadfast and do our utmost for the triumph of the j grand principles of the great Republican party; and if by force and violence we are denied the success we hope to achieve we will have the proud satisfaction that Buch success was deserved and honestly won, and the reproach for its failure will be upon those who have wrongfully prevented it. By order of the Committee. E. M. Bbayton, Chairman. Henby A. Wallace, Secretary. What is John Kelly's Game] Washington, September 30.?Nearly ! three months ago I telegraphed you au account of a conspiracy to defeat the j Democratic ticket in this campaign, in? forming you that the chief conspirators were John Kelly, Whitelaw Reid, S. B. Eikins and a certain Massachusetts Gen? eral. I maintain that the conduct of both Kelly and Butler at the Chicago j Convention sufficiently corroborated my | information. But such a howl was raised j after the publication of my letter, such ' vigorous denials were made by John Kelly in his organ and otherwise, that the bulk of Democrats were disposed to i regard my information as not entirely reliable. I was told it could not be true j ?that no matter bow bitterly Kelly I might be opposed to Cleveland, tho sen-1 tiraent of the party throughout the country would compel him to swallow his personal mortification and support the regular ticket in good faith. My re? ply was "Wait and see." Now, everybody who is not wilfully blind must see that my information has been fully verified. I, therefore, beg leave to repeat my assertions v 1. A full understanding exists between Kelly. Butler and Eikins. 2. In exchange for the aid Kelly is to give secretly to the Republican ticket valuable assistance is to be given to Kelley in bis efforts to gain further con- i trol of the fat offices under the city government.' This has been so far faithfully carried oat on the part of Kelly. 1. He did all .in his power to throw ! cold water on the ticket by declaring j falsely that all tho workingmen were hostile to Cleveland. 2. When heand his lieutenants return- , ed from Chicago the meeting of the j Tammany committee was purposely post- j poned in order to prevent an expression of opinion favorable to Cleveland. His private morning organ was Bet to : playing all the Butler music of which i its unpracticed pipes were capable. | 4. When the Tammany meeting was finally held, the business of endorsement, : which had become imperative in order to keep up the appearance of fair dealing, was transacted in the most spiritless and unenthusiastic fashion. Kelly said not a word in favor, and Grady was allowed to empty his vials of wrath over the head of Grover Cleveland. 5. AH the while the so-called Tamma? ny organ was publishing everything likely to give aid and comfort to the Blaine and Logan ticket. Everything that could be scraped up against Cleve? land was published in the most exagge? rated and unfair manner. Not a Tine calculated to help the regular Democratic ticket was allowed to appear. 6. The Tammany city convention were called, and then the public began to hear that all overtures for a united local ticket would not be listened to. Tammany was determined to nominate a straight city and county ticket and allow the other Democratic organizations to shift for themselves. This meant a clear defiance from Tammany Hall, or rather from Kelly, to the county Democracy and Irving Hall. It meant more, for it in? volved a contest in the city purposely devised to split the Democratic vote, and bo injure Cleveland's prospects. Sure enough, when the County Convention met this programme was carried out. Now, do you wantauy further proof of this conspiracy? Look at the prompt endorsement of Tammany's county ticket by the Tribune and all the big and little Republican sheets, which were all, with singular unanimity, ready with their cue. Can anything bo clearer? Why should the Tribune pronounce immediately, and almost enthusiastically, in favor of Tam? many's ticket? It is a Republican journal, and ought to favor Republican city nominations as well as State and National nominations. It is useless for me to accumulate proofs of this conspir? acy, which no fair minded Republican or Democrat who takes the trouble to investigate can for a moment doubt. How to Save One Who is Choking. Do not lose an instant, Force the mouth open with the handle of a knife or of a strong spoon ; push the thumb and fingers deep down into the throat beyond the root of the tongue, and feel for the foreign body. If the obstruction cannot be grasped, a hair-pin bent ioto a hook and guided by the left hand will ofton bring it out. If this fails, get some one to press against tho front of the chest or support it against the edge of a table and strike several hard, quick blows with the open hand on the back between tho shoulder-blades. Further treatment must be applied by a physician, who should have been immediate! v sent for, ?Dr. William While. DROUGHT. By B. Pnryear, IX. D., Professor^of Chem? istry in Richmond College. Who feela liko work, who can work, under this dead September heat? Will scientists explain why the same temper? ature in June and September is so much more intolerable in the latter case? Is the September beat u-'nolarized heat? Certain it is that a tei.._ 'are which we can easily bear iu June is grievously distressing in September. Who will rise to explain ? One would think that, having been accustomed to the heat of Summer, we could better bear a high temperature in September than in early Summer, but it is not so. But we are contending now not with heat only, but with a severe and protrac? ted drought. The drought now upon us is severe because the atmosphere is ex? tremely arid. Droughts occurring at the same seasons in different years, and with the temperature of the atmosphere the In one case the blades of corn may twist and wilt in ten days after the drought sets in ; in another case, not for three weeks or more?perhaps not at all. Why ? We must remember that seventy five per cent., and frequently more, of living vegetation is water, and that this water is just as much a part of the plant as the condensed solids that constitute the vegetable skeleton. Now, water is always passing, by evaporation, from the leaves of plants, and the rate of evapo? ration depends chiefly upon the hygrom etric condition of the atmosphere. When the atmosphere i3 very dry, it sucks up moisture from plants rapidly; when the atmosphere is humid, evapora? tion takes place slowly, and is arrested altogether when the atmosphere is satu? rated with aqueous vapor. It is obvious then that evaporation may take place very rapidly during a drought, making the drought disastrous; or very slowly, so making the drought comparatively harmless. For more particular illustra? tion, let us say that it has not rained for two weeks, and that the atmosphere is very dry. In such a case plants lose water by evaporation rapidly, and im? mediate and serious damage ensues. But if, while no rain falls, the atmos? phere all the time is humid, evaporation will take place slowly and plants will suffer but little, if at all. The loss of water by evaporation from the leaves, when the atmosphere is humid, is so small that it is supplied, or nearly sup Elied, by the water constantly introduced y the roots, and hence the drought may be much protracted before inflicting seri? ous detriment on growing vegetation. A drought then of a given length and with a certain temperature may be disastrous. In another year and at the same season, another drought equally lung, and ac? companied by the same temperature, may occur and do but little damage. In the former case tbe atmosphere is dry, and evaporation is rapid; in the latter the atmosphere is humid and evapora? tion slow. Have we any remedy against droughts ? To no inconsiderable extent we have, and that remedy is deep plowing. L Deeply plowed lands receive, when rains are abundant, into their substance all or nearly all tbe water that falls; none or little runs off from the surface. Such lands have therefore a larger store? house of water, from which plants may draw their supplies?crops will stand a drought better for this reason. - But tbe farther tbe water sinks into the substance of the soil, the smaller is the amount which the hot sun of Summer will evap? orate. Twelve inches beneath the sur? face) the soil is many degrees cooler in Summer than the surface, and hence if the soil be once saturated to that depth, much less water is dissipated and lost by 6olar heat. Deeply plowed lands, there? fore, not only receive into their substance more water when rains are copious, but hold this water with greater grip and tenacity. 2. A deeply pulverized soil is permea? ble by tbe atmosphere, and the atmos? phere, how dry soever, always contains some aqueous vapor. t In a perfectly dry atmosphere our bodies would shrivel iu a very few hours into mummies; all plants would wilt aud die in a day. When the atmosphere can descend deeply into the soil, the cool soil deprives the aqueous vapor of heat, and so converts into water and deposits it just where it is most needed, about tbe rootlets of plants. In other words, in deeply plowed lands dew is being deposited in varying quantities all tbe time about tbe roots. Here is another reason why crops stand droughts better in deeply plowed lauds. 3. Water is always rising from below by the capillarity of the soil, but it rises ,lowly through a hard and compact soil ?with ease through a deeply pulverized soil. Hence the more deeply the soil is plowed, the larger will be the amount of water drawn up from below by capillary attraction. Can philosophy draw comfort from a drought? When the fields are dry and parched, when the water courses are fail? ing, and our domestic animals are pinched both for food and water, and the farmers' hopes are blasted?are there no compensating advantages? We think there are, and we give them for the com? fort of the despairing and despondent. During a drought the soil i3 collecting its forces and recuperating its energie." for better work in the ensuing season. Let us Bee. If from a damp cellar we take a cube of cut sugar and touch a point of water, the water will strike slowly through the mass of sugar. But if we take a cube of cut sugar made perfectly dry by expo? sure to tbe hot sun, and touch it to water, the water in a moment flashes through the lump. Tbe difference with which tbe two lumps receive water is striking and obvious. The dry lump in a tenth of the time will receive teu times as much water into its substance as tbe moist lump. It is just so with tbe earth ?the dry lump of sugar represents the earth in drought; the drier the soil, the stronger is the tendency of water to rise from below to the surface, where it is evaporated. But water never comes to the surface simply as water; it must come charged with all tbe soluble mate? rial which it has encountered in its ascent to the surface; it brings with it the nitrates, the sulphates, the alkaline salts and compounds, which have been exposed far below to its solvent action. When a solid is dissolved in water, it is no longer solid, but is as liquid as water and must go wherever the water goes. It can part company with the water only at or near the surface, where tbe water changes its form and becomes vapor. But these salts lately dissolved in water become solid again when tbe water is lost by evaporation. The more severe and protracted the drought, the greater the depth from which the water will rise, and hence the greater its opportunity of | meeting and dissolving solids and briug- i ing them in solution to the surface, where they are deposited for tbo benefit of tbe ensuing crop. During a drought then, that mightiest power in the uni? verse, that exhaustless source of all pow? er, the great sun, is drawing up from i depths inaccessible to the spade and the ' same, may be very unequally plow, the soluble matter of the earth, and putting it where it is most useful to the farmer, in the surface soil. This water as it comes up brings what the far? mer needs, and only what he needs. It brings up only soluble matter, and is j only soluble matter in the soil that can i feed the growing plant. The substances that the plant derives from the soil arc I solids ordinarily; but they did not get I into the plant as solids?all came up into i the vegetable circulation in solution. Again, no mechanical reduction could 1 put this material, brought up by water, in so comminuted a condition. It was I lately dissolved, more finely divided than could be effected by the boasted machine? ry of our day. When the water leaves it, it is therefore in the best possible condition for solution again. It is fully and freely available in consequence of I its excessive comminution, far more so than if the same amount of the same fertilizing material had been ground and bolted by the most perfect machinery at our command. A year of hard drought is sure to be followed, if the seasons be moderately favorable, by a year of plenty. The crop gets the advantage of all the solu? ble material drawn up and deposited near the surface during the drought of | the preceding year.?American Farmer. Myers's ?ffarvelons Power. York, Pa., October 3.?The publica? tion last week of an account of the re? markable restoration of ex-Sheriff Peel? ing from a condition of helplessness to apparent strength and vigor by Edmund B. Myers of this city, has attracted the attention of a large number of persons who have suffered from various causes which have baffled the skill of *he legiti? mate physician. As a consequence Mr. Myers has been overwhelmed with ap? plications for relief. Among the num? ber whose attention was directed to the potency of Mr. Myers's touch was Mr. James Kennedy, whoso home is at No. 1,424 North Eighteenth street, Phila? delphia. . Mr. Kennedy arrived in this city from Philadelphia last evening. When first seen his condition was so pit? iable as to provoke the sympathy of | every beholder. With a heavy cane in each hand be hobbled along in a painful manner that could hardly be called walking. Immediately upon his arrival he inquired for the residence of ex-Sher? iff Peeling, and sought a confirmation of ] the report published. For more than nine years Mr. Kennedy has been crip? pled by what eminent physicians ofj Philadelphia pronounced sciatica, and for which they had applied all the known remedies without avail. Finding that the treatment of the doctors afforded him no substantial relief, Mr. Kennedy tried, in turn, everything which ppeared, to present a promise of alleviating his suffering, not forgetting Hot Springs, Ark., at which place he recently spent three months, during which time he gave the far-famed baths the most thorough test. The effect was disheartening, and the sufferer returned to his home in Philadelphia. Upon reaching this city and assuring himself by careful investi? gation that the published account of Mr. Peeling's cire had contained no mis statement oi the facts, he summoned Mr. Myers to his hotel. Tha:; mysteriously gifted gentleman arrived at a late hour last evening, but stated that he was so completely exhausted from the effects of | a full day's hard travel to visit patients in various parts of the County that he could not then give Mr. Kennedy's case the attention it required, but made an appointment for 7 o'clock ;his morning. At the hour named Mr. Myers visited Mr. Kennedy at his room iu the Central Hotel. By invitation your correspondent was present. Mr. Myers begun by mak? ing a number of inquiries of his patient. After satisfying himself in regard to-the nature of the trouble, Mr. Myers began his treatment, which is remarkable only for its simplicity. After making a few delicate passes, or, more properly speak? ing, rubs, over the afflicted parts, the operator placed one hand upon the pa? tient's forehead and the other upon the back of his head. This was continued for a few minutes, and then the operator said, jocularly, but with an assurance which was indicative of his own confi? dence : "I must now say, in the language of the Scripture, take up thy bed and walk." ' Mr. Kennedy obeyed, hesitating? ly at first, but more boldly when he dis? covered that the task was not difficult. Marvelous as it may appear, it is never? theless a fact, that a man who was yes? terday and has been for years a helpless cripple, who labored oainfully along with balf paralyzed and useless limbs, to day walked the street and promenaded the office of the Central Hotel with the vigor and buoyancy of youth and without a perceptible halt in his gait. Whether the result will be permanent or the tran? sitory result of excitement, or mesmeric influence, time will tell. Mr. Kennedy jubilantly relates the details of his case to every inquirer. Taking his two canes he hobbles along, saying: "This is how I walked yesterday with two canes." Tben, putting down one of the sticks, be demonstrates with the other bow difficult locomotion was with that slight help. Then he strides firmly up and down the long room, kicking playfully at different objects and swinging his cane in the air as though that article was purely an ornamental part of his makeup. A Funny Paragraph iu Serious Ear uest. It is an undeniable fact that the in? corporated towns of the State have this year been subjected to more sickness and disease, and lost more inhabitants there? from, than during any year since the war. The only reasonable cause to be assigned for this increase in the death rate is the condition of the streets and public thoroughfares of these towns during the summer season. Since the enactment of the Stock law tho municipal authorities, with a small revenue at their command have been unable to keep down the rank and poisonous vegetation and the garbage productive of disease whenever exposed for any length of time to the sun's rays, and which was always destroyed by the cows and hogs running at large prior to the enactment of this law. If this decaying vegetation and garbage is the cause of all the sickness which has con? signed huudreds and hundreds of people to the grave during the present season, we think that an amendment to the Stock law, exempting incorporated towns from the provisions of the Act just so far as their limits extend would be a public benefit, and in no way conflict with those advantages which are derived therefrom by planters and others.?JBarnwcU Senti? nel. ? Did you read those horrible stories of the Arctic sufferers living off each other?" asked Mrs. Lumpley of h.er husband. "Yes, I read all the particu? lars." "Dreadful, isn't it?" "Oh, it's nothing when you once get used to hav? ing people live off of you. I used to kick when your mother and your sister and all the rest of them came to live off of me, but I've got so used to it now that I never complain." SAID TO BE THE MISSING LINK. A Strange Object that Combines Human and Animal Characteristics. New Yokk, September 30.?Mr. Itob ert Filkins, who went to Europe with' the Haverly Mastodon Minstrels, returned to America some weeks ago to arrange for the coming of what he claims is the miss? ing link in tbe chain of evidence support? ing the Darwinian theory of man's tran? sition from tbe monkey state. The being was shown to-day to a number of scien? tists at Central Park, and was compared to tbe cbimpauzee which belongs to the zoological garden of that establishment. In some respects the new specimen proved to be an advancement over the chimpanzee; in some others the chim? panzee had the advantage. For instance, the monkey has no tail, whilo the new specimen, which; arrived last night and was shown to-day by Mr. Filkins, has at least the beginning of one. The new specimen, on tbe other hand, talks in Burmese and slightly in German, while the chimpanzee naturally cannot speak at all. The new specimen is called "Krao." She is nothing more nor les3 than an interesting and engaging female, with several characteristics akin to those of the gorilla tribe. Col. Yule some time ago discovered a tribe of "hairy men" in a remote portion of the world, and Krao wbo was found in Laos, a region near Siam, by tbe distinguished traveller Carl bock, corresponds with the description given of that race. It is said that tbe race to which Krao belongs live in rude huts built in tbe branches of trees, and subsist on fish, which they eat raw, and fruit. Tbe whole- body is covered with hair, which gives a gorilla-like appear? ance. Though Krao's father and mother . were captured along ,with her, she is tbe i on1'* one of the three who was safely brought to Europe; but from photographs of the parents which Mr. Filkens pos? sesses, the public can judge of the appear? ance of the adults of this strange race of beings. Krao herself beara a strong re? semblance to her parents, and affords iu every feature a perfect proof of the extra? ordinary position which she holds as the "missing link" betweeu man and monkey. From the crown of her head to tbe soles of her feet, she is covered with long, fur? like hair, jet black in color and quite soft to the touch. From her eyebrows upward, her whole head is adorned with hair of a rather coarse texture, while her arms, hands, legs and feet and the whole body are completely enveloped in a natural soft fur of black hair, entirely covering her dark skin. The nose- is level with the rest of the face, as in the monkey, and in her full, rounded, punch? like cheeks she will stuff food just like a monkey does. But Krao is by no means ill looking. Her eyes are strikingly beau? tiful, large and full, proclaiming her human affinity. In her habits, Krao is half human, half monkey. As a rule, she is as playful, as gentle, as good tempered as any child could be. She will grin with delight at any one who plays with her, and loves a romp with her feel. She has the unmistakable monkey-like habit of turning tbe soles of her feet up fiat even when sitting down. Although she does not possess an actual talk, she has the rudiments of one, and tbe formation of tbe lower part of her body is altogether more like that of a monkey than a human child. It has often been said that a monkey will not speak because he knows that if he did he would be made to work. Krao, at any rate, can speak just a little. She has a slight smattering of Malay, picked up during her stay at Bangkok, and has added to her vocabulary a few words of English and a good deal of German. Krao, . who is about 12 years of age, arrived in England in October last. She is learning the English' alphabet, and promises to make good progress in the accomplishments of reading and writing. The hair on her body is said to be rapidly growing, and it is believed that by the time she reaches adult age she will have as great- a hirsute adornment as her parents. Her head is covered with d perfectly black shock of straight dull hair, which conceals the ears, the upper part of the forehead and posterior surface of tbe neck. On raising this investment, a collection of hair is noticed on each . cheek anterior to the ears, resembling a short whisker. ' Her eyebrows are large and bushy. A portion of each cheek is free from hairy growth. This, like the remainder of the integument, is of dark chocolate tint. The hands are well shaped and perfectly human, the dorsal surface as well as the palms being destitute of hair. The nails are well formed, differ? ing in no respect from those of a moder? ately dark European. There is no resem? blance to fur in the hair of Krao. On tbe arms, legs and exposed parts'it is a little over an inch in length, but not very dense, so that the subjacent skin can be readily perceived, and even the cicatrices of vaccination, an operation performed in England some few months ago. . The opening of the eyelids is round., not slit? like, as iu the Chinese and other members of the Mongolian.&raily. Krao is not to be exhibited in New York. She was merely shown to-day to oblige a number of physicians and other scientific people who had read of her in the German and English medical works. I was invited to attend among the rest, and I must ad rait that I have never seen any animal at all equal to this in the matter of interest in establishing a strange theory. Krao most singularly combines the character? istics of men and monkeys, and the first exclamation of everybody after careful examination of to-day was, "Old Darwin had it right after all." They Died for Love. Dallis, Texas, September 28.?The bodies of a man and woman were found last night in the woods just beyond the corporation limits, on the West fork of the Trinity Kiver. The victims lay side by side. The man's arms were extended and partly lying on that of the woman's body as if, in the agonies of death, he sought to embrace her. She was appar? ently about eighteen years old, wore,a diamond brooch at her throat, was dressed in good taste and bore no evidences of poverty. The man appeared a few years her senior. Between the two bodies lay a revolver with two chambers empty, tellling the story of murder and suicide. Near by was found a note written in a clear, bold hand, saying : "As we cannot be united in life we will be in death." It was signed by George Faustrick and Annie Maulor. An examination of the bodies leads to the conclusion that tho notice was written before they arrived at the place where they were found, and that, after taking final leave of each other, be fired the pistol into her mouth, ' killing her instantly. He thcu placed '? the weapon to his right temple, and, firing, fell clo.se beside her, dying almost immediately. The young woman was a sister of W. H. Maulor, a wealthy and well-known citizen of Fort Worth. The young man is said to have been a German officer on a year's leave, which would have expired next month. His family * in Germany refused to grant him permis? sion to marry the girl.