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VOL, III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1888. NO.16. QICHADSON RENOMINATED THE EXT l STATE TICKET NAMED TO*SNCOEED THEISELVES. Proceedings of the State.Democratic N omi nating Convention at Columbia, with the Resolutkans Adopted--Some Eloquent Ad dresses-The -Plaform Adopted-Clee land and Tharman's Nomination and the St. Louts Co'nvention'sPlatform Ratibed Incidents of the Convention. The Democratic State Convention! met in the Hall of the House of Representa tives, at Columbia, .on last. Thursday, September 6, and was called to order at nine minutes past 12 o'clock by General James. W. Moore, Chairman of the State Executive Committee. After the reading of the call of the Convention by Secretary R. M. Anderson, Chairman Moore nomi nated Colonel James L. Orr, of Greenville, for Temporary Chairman of the Conven tion. He was unanimously elected and thanked the Convention for the compli ment implied in his selection. ColonelJohn T. Roper, of Marlboro, and General Wm. Stokes. of Hampton, were elected temporary Secretaries, and Mr. R. M. Anderson, of Columbia, Reading Clerk. On motion of Col. John C. Haskell the temporary organization was made perma nent. Chairman Orr again thanked the Convention for his election. The following Committee on Platform was elected: W. H. Parker, Abbeville; Jas. Aldrich, Aiken; M. P. Stribble, Anderson; John eon Hagood, Barnwell; J. S. Reed, Beau fort; H. A. M. Smith, Berkeley, Jos. W. Barnwell, Charleston; G. W. Gage, Ches ter; D. T. Redfearn, Chesterfield; J. F. Rhame, Clarendon; F. C. Fishburne, Col leton; J. W. Bessely, Darlington; B. R. Tillman. Edgefield; John Bratton, Fair field; J. H. Reese, Georgetown; J. A. Hoyt, Greenville; W. S. Tillinghast, Hampton; E. Norton, Horry; J. F. Shan non, Kerahaw; R. E. Allison, Lancaster; J. T. Williams, Laurens; G. E. Leaphart, Lexington; W. J. Montgomery, Marion; . I. Pegues, Marlboro; J. A. Sligh, Newberry;'8. Y. Stribling, Oconee; J. L. Sims, Orangeburg; R. A. Childs,-Pickens; J. C. Haskell, Rchland; G. R. Dean, ; A. B. Stuckey, Sumter; W. unroe, nion; C. E. Spencer, York; T. M. Gilland. Williamsburg. The following Vice Presidents were elected: First Congressional District, W. P. Murphy; Second, C. J. C. Hutson; Third, W. T. Jones; Fourth, A. N. Talley; Fifth, M. J. Hough; Sixth, C. S. McCall; Sev enth, Richard Singleton. Captain Wile Jones, of Columbia, was .elected treasurer of the Convention. The report of the Executive Committee .as to the campaign meetings attended by the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant -Governor was received as information. The offering of resolutions came up and, -among them the following from Captain 'Tillman: Resolved, That the constitution of the Democratic partyof South Carolina be so amended tait hereafter all nominations for vIi t~l of 'the people aliili ie by ,pcimary.e ~m. 4. =" A Tift the Ge eAIse^Abey re qased to provide by statute-for the con trol-of- party primary elections and- to pre fntraad, intiidation or bribery at the .ss ea:.. . - .? " "8"That such primary eleeions shall be held in every county in the State on the same day; to wit, the first Tuesday in Sep tember. At 1.- Mr. Sampe Poe.of ewberry ~iced :that cnvento~ntake gecess al UO. -b rmotion idICnot prevall. On motion-of Colonel John C. Haskell the onventlon.weat into the nomination-for Governor ofSouthAfarolinla. golonel- J.-.Knox Livingstone, of Marl boro, arose and- sid that he would place before'the Convention a man whose devo tionio true Demsocracy.appeals totbe peo ple of Soutli Carolina to sustain him. I appeal to thjdeople of South Carolina that John Peter Richardson [a perfect hurricane of applause lasting aminute and obliging the speaker to stop] tifrough him the Dem-. cc-perty asks that its acts be justified. He represents the 'Democracy of South Carolina, the Democracy of Cleveland four years ago and teDmoray -of Cleveland today. I submit to the people of South Carolina the name of John Peter Richard son for Governor of this grand old State. [nafening applause.] The nomination was seconded by Mr. C..A. I~ouglass~of Winnsboro. He called on the blue seas to unte wth the grand moun .tains that. South Carolina might say to John Peter Richardson, "well done, thou good and faithfiul servant." fContinued ColnlD. K. Norris, president of the Farmers' Association, now arose and nomi nated Gen. Joseph H. Earle, of Sumter. He was loudly applauded, and the nomina tion was seconded by Mr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, who said that the time had come for a change, and that the material was a little too precious to be drawn out forfour years. This was also greeted -with great applause. Mr. Gaillard, of Sumter, now arose and, in a deliberate tone, announced that he was . authorized by General Earle to state that he was not a candidate before the Conven tion for Governor, and that hie was in no -way responsible for his name being brought -Apt this point there were remarks from -the Tillmanites and counter-remarks from the antis and deafening cheers from both -sides. After -order was restored the roll Du tecalling of the roll Gen. Earle's ibrother arose and said that his brother: would most positively refuse to be a canI didate for Governor. This produced con fusion and an attempt was made to stop the voting, but it having begun, the chair .mn ruled it out of order to stop. - The roll call went on under circum stances of the most absolute interest. Thie delegates in the rear crowded forward and vied with each other In making the utter ance of his choice effective. Thunderous applause was produced when a delegate advanced to the middle of the hall and said, "I wish to have my vote recorded with the 'R' possible." The: -result of the ballotwas 9B, liarle1 -4 * - he~IlSanite5 saw that the pre nnerance of the votes was irr- favor of ll adan, -they gave up the fight, and Captain Tililman, rising, said. --Mr.,Chairmnan-As those Democrats opposed to Richardson have had an oppor tunity to put on record that opposition, I move to make Richardson's nomination unanimous." [Loud applausej .Richardson the Nominee. 1sh ba11at was not announced and thi motion was put and carried. delegates rising and cheering until hoarse. The chairman then announced that the Hon. JOHN PETER RICHARDSON is the nominee of the Democratic party of South Carolina for Governor for the ensu ing two years. Cheering ran riot and sounded like the rushing of many waters. The Chairman appointed Messrs. Living stone, Tillman and Douglass, a committee to escort the nominee to the presence of the Convention. When Tillman was an nounced as one of the committee a hurri cane of laughter was raised which brought him quickly to his feet. While the laughter went on he held his index finger poised In the air and when it subsided spoke as follows: Gentlemen, I take this occasion to cor rect some statements made in the Conven tion and in certain newspapers. When I parted with Governor Richardson at Black ville, I told him I bore him no ill will and we shook hands and parted as friends. I will go home now and I pledge you that every Democrat in South Carolina will give Richardson a unanimous vote." [Applause loud and long.] Mauldin Goes Through Serenely. The nominations for Lieutenant Gov ernor being in order, Mr. Munro arose and nominated the Hon. W. L. Mauldin for re-election. His name was put to the Con vention nem. con., and the chairman an nounced the Hon. WILLIAM L. MAULDIN, of Greenville, as the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. [Long contin ued applause.] The Governor was now gracefully es corted in by Captain Tillman and the others of the committee, and when the thunder of applause died away, after a. flattering in-. troduction by Chairman..rr, h'e. addressed the Convention in a speech of burning elo quence. Governor Richardson's Remarks. Gentlemen of the Convention and fellow Democrats, one and all, if I were to repeat to you the old set phrase that my heart is too full for utterance, it would be utterly inadequate to express its real feelng."- I thank you from the bottom of my heart for endorsing my administration, my cdn duct as an officer and my character as a man. [Applause.] If I ever had an impulse of my heart or a throb of my bosom that was not for the welfare of South Carolina, I don't know it. If I ever have committed an act in the thirty years of my public service that has thrown disgrace on the State, I don't know it. Every throb of my bosom, every pul sation of my blood has been for South Carolina first, last and all the time. Allow me to congratulate this Convention and to thank each and every one of my particular friends and those who were not exactly my advocates. I bless God Al mighty that I see before me still a united, triumphant and ever conquering I Democracy. I will never believe it tainted with corruption until I see its proud ban- 1 ner trailing in the dust. Our duty is to ;f see that the interests of the State are pre served in every department of the govern ment and in every section of the territory. I tell you I realize that there is a strug gle before. us; greater than any we have ever-yet gone through. Everything is not sosecurein the State as we might imagine. The greatest problem is yet to be solved, but God is directing the counsel ~of the people and-wlll be solved in -time.---Then South Carolina will be seen established in permanent glory and honor and power. t As long as 1 live I shall thank you for i your action today. I pledge my honor as a 1 man and citizen of-South Carolina that every , effort of my nature, every power of my in- t tellect and body shalt be consecrated de-. . votedly to the welfare-of South 'Carolina t and the success of the Democratic party. [Tumultuous applause.] Lieutenant Governor Mauldin's Remarks. Lieutenat Governor Mauldin thanked he Convention forthia expression of con- - ience aznd-ndorsement of his past acts. e was notiafraid to stand upon'his record iid wouida contin'iie. to~work for a united1 )emocracyl [Deafenihi applause.] .,A motion~ was carried to the-elrect that he rest ofthe Stateogicers be rdbominated. tiae kiiozn. iThis- was reconsidered ad the Convention to'ok 4 recess until 1 'clock 's - - -. .~ ~Te E'vening-ission. The evening ~session sif the State ;Con-] ention bepn at, 7.25, Chairman Orr offi. :ating, and at one proceeded to the nomi ation oC4hie gemaining officers' for the State ticket.) All the present Incumnbents 1 were unanimnously ni6minated amid great < pplause. 'he'nominees were escorted in1 y a- committee and made brief speeches in aknowledgment of their nominations. ENERAL EARLE'S. PERSONAL STATEMENT. During his remarks Glen. Earle took oc asion to say that he had received a tele ram asking him If he would consent to be candidate for Governor. He replied that e could not consent. He was approached esterday morning and to each and every1 oe he stated in distinct terms that he was 2o. a candidate for that position and would nt be. Some tinme agaene of his, friends ad propounded to him a very, important uestiorp~ "Would you accept the nomina tion for Governor if such a condition ex isted that it would be your duty to the State to do so?" He replied that he had no ex pectation of such a call, btit that no citizen had a right to refuse a call of his State. He wished to state in no uncertain terms that ~hose who had kindly placed him in nomi nation .did so withouthis consent. He had sent a friend to them and requested that it be stated that under no circumstances would he accept the position if tendered to him. THE HOOKER RESOLVTION ENDORSED. The following resolution was offered by Hon. -D. P. Duncan, of Union, 'and by unanimous 'consent was adopted without reference to the-committee: "Resolved, That the Democratic Conven tion of South Catalina approves of the resolution offered by Representative Hook er, of Massachusetts. in the Congress of the'United States, authorizing the Presi dent to remit the. duties on foreign bagging used in baling cotton, and urge In Congress the prompt passage of the resolution, and that a copy of this resolution be transmit ted by the secretary to the Senators and Representatives from South Carolina."* PRESIDENTIAn ELECTOBS, The District Electors and members of the State Executive Committee were then selected, as follows: First District, F. W. Wagener, of Charleston; Second District, Claude E. Sweof Aiken; Third District, W. 0. Brde, of Abbeville; Fourth District, C. C. up, of Union; Fifth District, 0. W. Gage, of Chester; Sixth District, Lucius McIntosh, of Darlington; Sevnth District, Richard Singleton. of EXEOUTIV OOrIIT'rEE. First District-,T. F. Izlar W' H. Brawley, W. J. Fishburne. Second District-L. T. Izlar, M. B. McSweeny, 0. F. Cheatham. -Third DistricT-J. '. Boggs, E.. B. Murray; E. B. Gary.' Fourth District-S. A. Hough, Wilie Jones, N. B. Dial. Fifth District-W. J. Cherry, .M. J. B'ough, W. A. Evans. Sixth District-C. S. McCall, J. F. Rhame,.C. A. Wood. - Seventh District-'-Isaiah Doar, J. M. Rhett, R. D. Lee. F. W. Dawson, of Charleston, mem ber of Executive Committee, ex-officio. The Platform. Col. John C. Haskell, on behalf of the Committee on Platform and Resolu tions, presented the following platform, which was adopted: The Democratic party of South Caro lina, in Convention assembled, reaffirm ing their allegiance and devotion to the principles of the Democratic party, de clare the following to be the principles and policy of the Democratic party in State and Federal affairs: 1. Wise and just legislatiot, the im partial administration of equal laws, efficiency, with economy, in every de partment of the State Government. 2. Popular education is the bulwark of her institutions; liberal support for the public schools for the. whole people. 3. The present protective tariff taxes the many for the benefit of the favored few. The duties on imports should be decreased. An early repeal of the duty on cotton ties, on the machinery usedin the manufacture of cotton and wool and on tools and agricultural implements, will stimulate manufactures and be a re lief to the farmers of the country. 4. The public credit, national and State, must be maintained. 5. In the conduct of affairs in -this State the Democracy have been actuated by the desire to promote the greatest good to the State., Democratic =unity is public safety and private security. 6.".in the State, jtstice ani equity for l to insure harmony and good will be tween the races. In the Union, no sec ionalism in policy or feeling-an indis oluble union of indestructible States; 2ne flag, one country, one destiny. Resolved, That the administration of President Grover Cleveland-has givefi to the country a government in accord with the principles of its founders, pre ing peace and tranquility within its borders while maintaining with firmness d decision the character and integrity >f American institutions, and securing he blessings of freedom and the promise )f future prosperty for the entire coun ry. Resolved, That this Convention here yratifies the nomination of Cleveland md Thurman as the Democratic candi ates for President and Vice-President )f the United States, and pledges to hem the earnest support of the Demo tracy of South Carolina. Resolved, That this Convention en lorses the declaration of principles dopted by tlie-National Democratic Jonvention at St: tionis. Eeporting -the)-Resolutions. -- - The first and third clauses of the resolu ion offered by Captain Tillman, published n TaE RECORD yesterday, were unfavora )ly reported by the committee, and for the econd clause the following was offered by he committee as a substitute: 'That the General Assembly be requested o provide by statute for the punishmeut of erjury, fraud and intimidation at- party >riary elecions." SOME LIVELY -DEBATING >curred, participated in by Capt. Tillman, br. Murphey of Colleton, Col. J. C. Has ell andl others, on the question of the Ldoption of .the unfavorable report of the :ommittee as to the first and third4 clauses eferred to above. : . The vote then came up on the adoption tf ~the committee's unfavorable rep'ort and esulted in its adoption by a vote of- 182 to TO-nREAK DEADLOCKs. A resolution of Mr. T. J. Kirkland, of i'rshaw, was brought back by the the comn nittee in the following shape and adopted y the Convention: Resolved, That |it be made a ptuvision >f the Democratic constitution of the State at any convention in any Congressinal listrict or judicial circuit assembled for the urpose of making a nomination, be em yowered to order a primary election for hat purpose instead, "Provided that this resolution shall take ffect after the general election in Novem-. yer next." >ANIDATEs TO BE INvITED HEREAFTER. Mr. Rhame's resolution was adopted in le following shape, the amendlment being ffered by Captain Trillmian: Resolved, That Article 14 of the consti ution of the Democratic party of South Darolina be, and the same is hereby abol shed. Resolved, That the State Democratic @xelutive Committee shall reqluest each Dounty Committee to call meetings in their espective counties. to which all candi lates for State offices shall be invited. TILLMIAN FOOLs WITH FIRE. After the result of the voting for pri nary was announced, Captain Tillman aid: "I want to give you farmers a few lots. That committee tonight was comn posed of twenty-five lawyers and eight Earmers, and we are always whipped out by the lawyers. They fix things up to suit hemselves. You farmers send lawyers ere because you are too lazy to send good tarmers. You let them hoodwink you." Col. Haskell answered by saying: "That remark comes with bad grace from the enteman from Edgefield to attack the Lawyers. Two years ago he put up a law ver as a candidate for Governor agaimst a Farmer, and this morning he seconded the somination of a lawyer against a farmer. [Tremendous cheering.J 'I ask him now, was he too lazy to select better men, or idn't be have any better .sense?" [Ap plause and laughter.] Mr. Tillman-"They were too lazy and they didn't have any better sense. ELECTORs. AT LARG;E. The election for electors at large resulted in the choice of Charles A. Douglass, of Fairield, and John T. Sloan, Jr., of Rich land. On motion of Col. John C. Haskell, the Convention went into committee of the whole with Hon. W. H. Parker, of Abbe ville, In the chair. Col. Haskell offered resolutions of thanks to Chairman Orr and other members, which were adopted unani mously. After a few eloquent remarks from the chair, congratulating the Conven tion on harmony, etc., and predicting the triumphal result in the campagin for the Democratic party, he at 11.10 o'clock de ated the Connvention adinurned sine die. >I1ITS FOR FALL 1)RESSES. FASHION MICTATES TO THE FAIR SEX FOR THE COMING SEASON. Sensible andSinple Garments the.RuIe The Tourntre to Remnain-in Vogue--The Directoire, Empire and La Toesca Coe tummes and Their Features. (Corresponldene.Ow.ork star.).. There having been no end of talk and inquiry:regarding the gqestion of' the tournure, and whether or not dresses will still be made with reeds across the back breadth of the foundation skirt. I have been to all the leading retail and whole sale houses and seei 1l of the importa tions for this fall; and I can state - posi ively that the. tournure will stillbe worn. All the imported . cloaks, jerseys and suits are made for just about the same amount -of bustle that we have been wearing through spring and sum mer. The suits are made with reeds or steels in the back, although different modistes vary both the number and the way o; placing them; some using two, others three, and others again four, but they all obtain virtually the same effect, and that is a modified tournure, enough to lift the skirts a few inches from the back, relieving yoiu from the heat and weight, and giving a foundation upon which to arrange and drape the skirt. Women's dresses were never made more sensibly than at present, being just long enough to escape the ground and save the. braid and facing from being cut out or soiled. The skirt is in the standard four-gored shape with back breadths, across which the reeds ar range and hold in place the customary bouffant back-should be. about two and one-half yards around thie bottom:(a trifle wider for very stout women). This width gives ample freedom in walking yet there_ is .no unnecesssary fellness and--there is just sufficient bustle to supp rt ;the weight and give- a graceful dottoiir td the back of the skirt and drapery, which latter can be most effectually arranged nd firmly tacked to the reeds in the lining. Fashion is this season certainly upon the side of the 'econ'mieal woman and home dressmaker, for her edict is that skirts must be much more simply made and trimmmed than they have been for some time, and also allow wearing waists different in color and material from the skirts. Blouses of maroon and dark red, of surahor foulards, look beautifully with black silk or cashmere skirts, and which of us hasn't several skirts bereft f their bodices that can be turned and made over for house or home wear with one of those pretty-bloses? Of course any pretty contrast or combinatioi n of skirt and waist can be used, according to one's taste and the wardrobe. For more elegant occasions there are the Direeoire jackets. From the front edge of these the broad directoire rev ers are turned back from the neck to a lit tle below the bust (about two inches from te, waist line)... Between, the revers is visible the closely fitted waistcoat (or vest), which is longer than the jacket, showing about two inches below it. Thus you see considerable of the vest, which may be of different and very elegant material, or can be richly embroidered in gold and silver;or else covered with braid. The fall fashion show three distinctive ly new styles o(.dressea--the Directoire toilette, the-Empire gown and La Tosca costume. - -The special feature- of the Direetoire cstume is the waist, the waist, the broad. evers and'higlhfollar and caffs. Theam are always of theemanatei-ial as the waistcoat which isusually differenitfrons he body lof 'the-toiletroften-not only of ifferent anaterial, a~t ofL contrasting clor. Three labgettonsdecoatmg meah front below .he-revers, .arei,n fact me feature of the Directoire gowns and ay be of silver or-gold filagree,.or of Fiench porcealin handsomt. painted-to atch the costame. -They--are - eegant' bt very expensive. T lhe second style, orEmire gown, is lite new, havingshort (or r-ound) waisfs made with- all -the seams and darts re uired for a snug, basque-.like fit, with ull surplice-like pieces sawed in at the houlder seams and ari-anged broadly on he fronts, crossing each below the bust. A velvet facing covers the visible por tion of the front between the surplices, imulating a vest which may be framed y a prettily shaped rolling collar of elvet that extends to the bust with the affect of revers. The sleeves either have a puff at the op or are cut slightly full and gathered on top before sewing into the arm hole; ad the fullness at the hand is contined y several rows of shirring forming the uff. The straight round skirt goes with ie costume, and may be bordered or rimmed around the bottom. It can be leated on to the band or have at the op five rows of shirring (an inch apart), orming a deep yoke of shirring, and is swed firmly to the round waist, about which, as a finish, is worn a broad sash r girdle of ribbon or surah, fastened at the left side and having two long ends ma loops falling or hanging straight own nearly to the bottom of the skirt. This is a very pretty and simple way to ake your house dresses. The third-style, La Tosca, which may e said to be a modifier Directoire, has he basque front opened and finished with revers which reveal a shirred vest front; ad has a broad girdle finishiing -across the waist, giving a short waisted appear ane, although in reality it is cut rather long wristed. IDo not be induced to place a full riche t your neck. Use instead black or white Pict-edged ribbon (a color is not good form); or else a bias fold (milliner's folds are good) of crepe lisse, de China or bolting cloth; or any of the. many flat band ruching that are found in the dry goods stores;. only don't wear anything ~hat is flouncy or that stands out from the neck; and be particular to wear the same ruching in the sleeves that you have at the neck. Cloaks this season are very elegant, and the preference seems to be for very long garments, reaching to the bottom of the dress. Shapes in long cloaks are much.more elegant than any we have ever had, and they are made of hand somer and more costly fabrics, are elaborately trimmed and have linings of silk, sometimes of contrasting color. Pleant naariage wrans will he linea with handsome brocades of showy colors, thus making them both sumptuous and gorgeous in the extreme. There are, of course, many styles of short wraps, but nothing prettier than the trim, neat, tailor-made walking jackets. This last is sometimes finished with military trim mings of metal, silk or wool braid. The most elegant thing in handker chiefs, both for lad'es and for gentlemen, is the plain white styles, which, as well as all your linen, should have a fac-simi lie of your signature embroidered upon it in white or in color. White and red are most usual. POWER OF WOMEN'S MIND. A Question as to Whether or Not They Are Capable of Serious Thought, The most striking paper in the Univer sal ileview for July is entitled "On a Certain Deficiency in Women," and is written by Miss Fletcher, the author of "Kismet," "Vestigia," and one or two other delightful stories, who veils her identity under the nom de plume of George Fleming. The problem proposed in this paper is "Have women a capacity for serious thinking?" a question of which the wi'iter plainly espouses the negative side. And the one great reason for their failure, she alleges, is one so fall of force, of unerring insight and of actual truth that it is impossible to deny it-the reason that women are practically never alone. "In the present writer's eyes," she says, "that disability consists almost entirely in the feminine incapacity or radical disinclination (the word matters little) for serious concentrated and continued thought. "And this gan derives in a great meas ure from the o3 owded life, the gregarious habits, the sntep-like failing and halting of educated women. Whether it is im posed on them or accepted by them the result, so far as art and morals are con cerned, remains the same." There is a depth of significance in this. To a wo man in what is conventionally known as good society the love of solitude is utterly unknown. She is chaperoned anzescorted and~companioned till she has not only no clear idea of her own identity, but no very clear identity of which to have an idea. The achieve this result is, under circumstances that very frequently occur, a tax that becomes a serious burden materially, as well as a constant clog mentally. "A man may betake himself to any place or resort he pleases, be a spectator of its life, and yet remain, if he likes, the personal solitude of the primeval wildness; but if a woman would go to the mountain, to the sea. to the city-any where she will-she must have at least a woman companion with her in the guise of a chaperone, friend or maid. Other wise she will acquire at best a reputation for eccentricity, and at worst something even less desirable. And thus she never tastes the sweet of solitude. She never knows the silence of her inspirations. "There is scarcely one man in a thousand," says Miss Fletcher, "who at some time in his life, has not- felt and indulged the impulse to step out from the rank and file of his familiars and his con temporaries and envisage his own nature, strippedof its forms and surroundings; not a man worthy of the name but has searched for and found himself, has hewn out his own conviction and wrest led, like Jacob, through the long nights of his youth, with the stern-browed angle of some revelation. And all that implies voluntary solitude; it implies an impas sioned interest in the impersonal and a continuous habit of the mind. - And are such things, then, finally denied. to the larger half of adult population?" As society goes .hey are; and, it is hardl.an extravaganceto say iat ,this dnia&~f individual freedom is the most. ins eal influence to'wo' an's intellectual achicements., To a w'oman living with out nidebers of her family this unwritten law becomes a 'severe fm~ancial tax. In at least half the affirs 'of her life she must...duplicate her expenses.- When ever she takes -her :walks abroad, so to speak,~she must invite adlady cmpanion, and as her companion is her guesV she must be entertained, both in the sordid matter of bills paid, but in what is often more-in giving her time and energy to her guest. Thus she is severely handi capped for intellectual work. She is cabned, cribb'ed, confined. She can command no conditions for 'serious thought. And "without serious thought behind it-a serious habit of thought--" as George Fleming well says, "tilent of which the world is full lowers to the merest money trick of the imagination; a thing thing pliable to fashion, at once reigning over and dependent upon the idlest whims of the day." Before And After. A few days ago, as a Ridge Road car was coming up Lake avenue, the driver stopped on being signaled by a young man on a crossing not far from Driving Park avenue, says the Rochester Demo carat. The youngman was accompanied by a rather pretty young woman, who was dressed in a light, airy summer at tire, and carried a fancy-colored sun parasol. The young man jumped abroad the oar first, and rushed inside, teaurung the only seat vacant, leaving the young woman to follow as best she could. Of ourse every one expected that he would give up his seat to his lady, but he did not do so, and she, after standing a while, holding on to a stap, concluded to have a seat anyway, and, without a word of warning, plumped down on the lap of her escort, saying as she did so: "I'm as tired as you are, darling, and you will have to hold mne until J1 get a He gave a grant of the hog kind and said in plain English that "she could stand or sit on the floor for all he cared, but he wouldn'tholdher." At thisseveral male occupants of the car offered their seats to the young woman, but she de clined their offer and said: "He is as ale to hold me now as he was before we were married and I will sit here where I am." The passengers were up to this time silently smothering their laughter, but the last was too much for them, and as one remarked: "The car will be thrown off the track if we don't sto laughing so hard." Realizing the fact that he was making a target of him self, the young man rose hastily, nearly throwing his darling wife on the floor, and made a rush for the door, saying as he did so: "You take my seat; I'll walk home," and left the car. The wife was not dismayed in the least, but sat there quietly enjoying the fun as well as did the rst of the passengers. BATTLE BETWEEN BULL. They Met on a Precipice and Fought to The Death. Mr. Thos. S. Moore, a well known and substantial citizen of Garrard county, tells a graphic story of a desperate en counter that occurred on the crest of a knob of his neighborhood several days ago between a couple of enraged bnll4, in which both were killed. The animals had wandered to the heights, and upon sighting each other at once engaged in s duel to the death. Those unacquainted with the instincts of such creatures can not easily imagine what extreme ferocity they sometimes display. In speaking of the incident, Mr. Moore said: "Being interested in the study of geology, I happened to be on the knob at the tuie, and was. startled about 4 o'clock in the afternoon by a fearful bel lowing. Looking some distance ahead, I saw the animals advancing toward each other with noses on the ground, turning this way a'id that and casting dust into the air with their fore feet. When only a few yards apart they sud denly leaped to the attack with a fright ful noise and began to gore each other with hostile energy. Ahove the fierce and noisy trampling could be heard the grinding of their interlocked horns and the violent snorting of brutal rage. The breeze blew aside the dust, and revealed the tigerish character of the onset, as with wide set limbs and tails curling in the air, they charged again and again, stabbing with their pointed horns. Tiny streams of blood shot down their necks and sides, while their distended nos trils emitted a reddish foam. The prodigious strength of the magnificent animals thus brought into violent activity afforded a spectacle both tumul tuous and thrilling. The exertion of the encounter added to the pain of each newly inflicted wound, inflamed their combative spirit to the pitch of tem pestuous fury. One of the balls, fol lowing up a temporary advantage, plunged his horns into the chest of his antagonist, and, with a quick upward jerk of the head, ripped open the flesh to a depth of several inches, while from this gaping wound jets of arterial blood began to spurt. In a towering passion, and with gleaming eyeballs, charging furiously upon his adversary, the wounded bull drove his horns into its abdomen, making a horrible opening, through which the entrails gushed. The impetous and stormy nature of the con test had carried the combatants to the verge of the cliff, but blind with deadly fury they saw no danger. Eslh, mortally wounded and weakening momentally from continued profuse loss of blood, waged the battle with that fiendish des peration shown only in wounded animals. It was evident, however, that a crisis was near at hand. The situation had resolved itself into the grim condition of the death struggle. With lowered heads they backed away a few yards, eager, defiant, implacable, and again collided with a force that seemed to split their very skulls. This terrific shock staggered the bull with the chest wound and forced his eyeballs from their sockets. He sud denly plunged forward to his knees on the brink of the precipice and remained in a quivering stupor, with his open mouth burrowing in the dust. The other tottering and covered with blood, but still terrible in his weakness, charged heavily upon his kneeling and senseless foe, struck him in the flank with the force of a ponderous projectile and hurled him headlong over the precipice. The body executed a somersault in mid air, fell with a noisy crash through the tree tops upon the rocks below, where it was afterward preyed upon by vultures. The remaining bull, seemed to realize in a stupid way the danger to which he himsdlf was exposed. He drew back from the brink over which his hideous muzzle had been momentarily thrust, and with his entrails trailing on the ground staggered a little distance off, fell prone to the earth, rolled over on his side, shivered a moment and then ay still in the embrace of death. The battle lasted nearly an hour, and in point of sanguinary details and tragic horror has no parallel within the limits of my recollection." HEAD TOWARD THE NoRrH. An American Physician Thinks It the Eignc Way to hleep Well. There is no doubt in my mind (writes a doctor in the SL. Louis Globe Democrat) that the belief that human beings should sleep with their bodies lying north and south has its foundation in true scientific facis. Each human system has magnetic poles-one positive and one negative. Now, it is true that some persons have the positive pole in the head, and tbe negative pole in the feet, at~d vice varba. In order that the persons sleeping shou'd be in perfect harmony with the magnetic phenomena of the earti, the head, if it possess the positive pole should lie to the south, or, if the feet possess the posi tive pole, the head should lie to the north. The positive pole should always lie opposite to the magnetic center of the continent and thus maintain a mag netic equilibrium. The pcsitive pole of the person draws one way, but the mag netic pole of the earth draws the other way, and forces the blood toward the feet, affects the iron in the system, tones up the nerves, and makes sleep refresh ing and invigorating. But if the person sleeps the wrong way and fails to be come magnetically en rapport with the earth, he will th'er probably be too mag netic, and he will have a fever resulting from the magnetic forces working too fast, or he will not be magnetic enough, and the great strain will cause a feeling of lassitude, sleep will not be refreshing, and in the morning he will have no more energy than there is in a cake of soap. Some persons, say the doctor, may scoff at these ideas, but the greatest scientific men of the world have studied the subject. Only recently the French Academy of Sciences made experiments upon the body of a guillotined man which go to prove that each human sys tem is in itself an electric battery, one electrode being represented by the head, the other by the feet. The body was taken immediately after death and placed upon a pivot, to move as it might After some vacillation the head portion tr.:ued toward the north, the body then remain ing stationary. One of the professors urnd it half wiy round, but it soon re gained its original position, and the same result was repeatedly obtained nnl oranic mnvemants finally essed. A BRAVE ALABAMa BEROINE. Romance and Reality of Mrs. Annie P. Shackleford's Life. (From the Boston Globe.) Alabama gives to the world a true heroine, whose life furnishes many striking incidents, bringing out in full relief her remarkable nerve power -and streng: h of character. History may furnish examples of heroic conduct in one particular direction, but none to equal that of Alabama's fair daughter, Mrs. Annie P. Shackle.ord, of Pleasant Hill, Dallas county. None who behold this charming wo man's faultless form and winsome man ners would ever suspect that in that fair form dwelt a will invincible, a spirit irrepressible, a nerve power that enables her do and dare what few women ever can or do. A few years ago she gave her band and heart to her young heart's choice. Her happiness was complete and- un alloyed, and when the household was glad iened by the advent of a cherub she thought that nothing more could be de sired or was desirable. But the dread scourge of consumption came and swept away her companion, leaving her "en veloped in sadness and gloom. The very brightness of her married life made her sorrow the darker and gloomier. Her father and mother having passed their three score and ten, being invalids and helpless, she, with filial love and heroic determination, resolved to make it her life work to take care of them and her little boy. While attending to their wants daily and nightly, as -well as t0 the duties of the household,. she eon ducts a large farm, overlooking every detail. The pressure upon her time and energy is enormous, and her nerves must be of steel to resist so much and keep up the daily round. Some twelve months ago she had rid den up on horseback from the farm, and hitching her horse outside, entered her room to write an order for some supplies she needed. While writing abe heard the shutters of the window. opening out on the porch rattle, and snatching a pistol from the mantel, jumped behind the door. She had scarcely gotten there before the shutters opened andin walked a burly negro, over six feet high, weigh ing over one hundred and seventy-five pounds. He did not see her and went straight to her dressing case from which he took all her money. Mrs. S. triedto shoot, but the pistol, being unloaded, simply snapped. This attracted the at tention of the negro. With a howl he rushed at her, grabbed her with one hand, while with the other he tried to cut her throat. He succeeded in inflict ing several wounds in her arm and- one in her breast, the latter a painful and severe one. Our heroine, tiLnding that the muzzle end was powerless, 'evered it, and rained blow after blow upon the negro's head. This felled him to the flocr, and as he fell she sprang -past, and, procuring a loaded pistol, cocked it and brought it to bear upon the pros trate negro. Just as she was about to pull the trigger, the negro made a leap through the open windo ' and ran-like a deer toward the woods. Although every wound was bleeding profusely, and the one in the breast extremely painful, Mrs. S., pistol in hand, ran out and, leaping into the saddle, pursued the fleeing negro. As soon as she got within shooting distance she: took de liberate aim, and brought the-mieozant down, having shot him. through the thigh. She stood over him with the cocked pistol in hand for thiee-qcarters of an hour, until the officers arrived and carried the negro off to jail,' In the conduct of her farm this:year she went on the bond of twelve of her colored tenants for supplies, in sums from$S200 to6S300. T wo of them, one for $?400 and the other $300, skippedout of Dallas county on July 4, leaving Mrs. S. to py the amounts. But they had not then calculated on ~her push and nerve. On the 5th of July ahe left home, determined to run them down and in. The run was a long one. Start ing from Selma. she visited Montgome ry, Calera, Shelby Iron Works, Birmn ingham, Pratt's mines, Alice mines, Atianta, Augusta, Macon, Rome, Jack sonville, Fla., Montgomery again, Cald well's mills, 'Greenville, Miss.; Mobile, New Orleans, back to Shelby Iron Works, Montgomery and Birmingham. While at the Richards House she saw one of the negro men pass by. He did hot see her. Hastily procuaing a pistol she started in pursuit on August 1 at noon, and the sun was hot as fury. By this time the negro had caught up with the other man she was in pursuit of. They discovered her, and for fiften blocks the race was a lively one. But the plucky and invincible widow won. WVhen she got near enough she shot at random several times, and demanded the fugitives to halt or she would kill them. Reiembering the sureness of her aim, they halted. The police came up and placed handeutfi on them. Fifty dollars being demanded as the price for delivering the negroes to the sheriff of Dallas county, the plucky widow refused to give it and took them herself. At 4.20 that evening she started with her prisoners to Selma, ex pecting to go through without delay. Bat at Calera she had to stay until 9.54) the next morning. Here she guarded them all night, and it is said a cold shudder crept through the darkies' frames whenever they saw the "cold iron" in the steel-nerved hand of the widow. They were as quiet as lambs. On the 2d of August she turned them over to the sheriff of Dallas county, after a race of twenty-seven days. Rescued in Mid-Ocean. BOSTON, Sept. 5.-The Belgian steamer Pieter de Coninck, which arrived here to lay from Antwerp, brought Captain Iver sen and crew (fifteen in all) of the Norwe gian barque Anna Delrus, from Water ford, Irebend, August 10, for Saguenay. Captain Iversen reports that on August 22 the Delruis, in latitude 5(U degrees north, longitude 3i7 de'grees west, encountered a weiterly gale 'nud the hak was thrown on her beanm endis in the fearful sea. Her tallast shifting, she strained heavily and began to leak badly. The crew were kept at the pumps) about 108 hours. On the ,normaug of August 25 the German ship )eutschland, from Hamburg for New York, hove in sight and took off all hands. ()n August 27 the men were transferred to the steamer. White oak firkins are recommended as best iu which to make cucumber pickles, and net to that stoneware.