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WORTH WHILE. It is easy enougzh to be pleasant While life Ilows by likft a song, But the man worth vlile is the one who will smile When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouleh, And it always comes with the years, And the smile'that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent When nothing tempts you to stray, When without or within no voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue Until it is tried by fire, And the life that is worth the honor of earth Is the one that resists desire. ythe cynic, the sad, the fallen, o had no strength for the strife, The world's highway is cumbered to-day; They make up the items of life. But the virtue that conquers passion, And the sorrow that hides in a smile. It is these that are worth the homage of earth, For we find them but once in a while. AN ANGEL OF MERCY Miss Fannie Gary's Noble Act of Self Sac rifice. CHICAGo, ILL., Aug 0.-Miss Fannie Gary. the talented daughter of Judge Joseph E. Gary, has worked for two weeks in a Division street tailor shop and has proved herself a worthy member of the GirPs Friendly Society of St.James' Chirch. It was several years ago that Jens Anderson deserted his wife and ceildren, leaving them penniless in the worst 'quarter of Milton Avenue. The day soon came when there was no food in the house and starvation stared the in mates in the face. Death was hovering near when a knock came at the door and Miss Gary entered. With the aid of her associates she soon saw that there was plenty to eat and to wear for the in mates of the little home. The two girls Mathilde and Mary were secured posi tion in a tailor shop, and work was also provided for the mother. Miss Gary never lost sight of her charges, and three weeks ago she noticed that the hard work and long hours. were telling on Mary Anderson. So she offered to send her to a prety resort on Lake Wis consin, "I can't go," sobbed the girl, who is only fifteen years of age, when she called at Miss Gary's home a few days later. The boss tailor will not allow me to leave unless I find some one to take my place , and I can't find anybody.' Miss Gary thought a moment, then said:"You go and enjoy voursell, and I will see that your place is taken." Mary left, and the next nw: rning as the train was speeding the litt'e worker westward, Miss Gary. clad '.i a plain black gown, entered the tailr shop and announced 'that she had couc in take Mary Anderson's lace. All that div she stitched way at the coarse cloth.,.nd on every morning for twc . -eeks she was at her self-appointed task. Leaving her father's home at 6 in the morning she did not return until 7, and it was not until Mary Anderson returned that it was learned that Judge Gary's daughter had worked for two weeks in a tailor shop. A Prolific Family. DALTON, GA., Aug. 6- "Are you de scended from one of the twenty-three?" is the first question asked when you in troduce Mr. Camp which is explained as follows: Thomas Camp of' Rutherford County, N. C., had ten sons and one daughter by his first wife. He married agamn, as his second wife. Miss Margaret Carney, of North Carolina, and had by her ten sons and two daughters. Then he died. The twenty-three children of Thomas Camp were, as might have been expected, a prolific and stalwart race. Only one of them; a daughter, approached the fath er's record, however. She had twenty two children. A't a reunion a few years ago in Doug las County, Ga., fully 3,000 descendants were present, Yesterday, at the resi dence of the late Majer Win. A. Camp, near Dalton, Ga.. assembled all of his seven sons and their descendants in a falmily reunion, the occasion being their mother's seventieth birthday. Mr. W. A. Camp. of Augusta. Ga., is compiling a record of the descendants of hisgrat grandfather, Thomas Camp. of North Carolina. and wishes all the Camps to write him a history of their branch of the tree. They were Tired. In order to prevent being "stuck" on his papers yesterday a newsboy cried out: "All about the war with England!" A young man sitting in front of a Gris wold street hotel heard the cry, slapped his leg, and exclaimed: "That's the stufif! I'm ready to go again!" "Were you in the war of 1770?" asked a stranger who sat near. "N-no,I don't suppose I was." "In the war of 1812?" "Perhas not." "In the Mexican war ?" "Were you even able to toddle around as a baby during our civil war?" "I-I was only a year old." "But you spoke about going again. What did you mean ?" "None o'your business, sir. There's always some old shell-back like you sitting around to throw cold water on a young man's partiotism, and it makes ~me tired." "Does, eh? See where that finger went to! - Observe this wooden leg. Want to feel this scar on my head! liwas there. I am also tired. I anm tired of hearing squirts like you talk about war. Go home, bub--go home and have your mother change your bib and wipe your nose."-Detroit Free Press. A Riot in Alabama. Nzw ORLEANs, La., August 14.-A special to the Picayune from Birming ham. Ala., says: "Late last night Deputy Sherifi' C. H. Hanson, of Sheiby County, came to town in quest of speci al oflicers, and reports a terrible state of affairs in the nighboring Counties and the Shelby Iron Works. IHe says a great riot has been going on all the week at the iron works, and that three men and one woman had been killed in the melee. The negro laborers about the camp are in a fearfum state of anarchy, and the presence of' a full posse of officers *is necessary. The riot grew out of' the presence of dissolute women who haunt these camps. A body of special of ilcers left last night for the scene of riot. The Western Corn Crop. KANsas produced last year 240. 000, 000 bushels of corn, about one-tenth the production in the entire country. If the Kansas crop this year proves to be-'only 20 per cent. of last year. as is now an nounced, say 48,000,000 bushels, and the loss in adjoining states. ot which Ne braska produced 150,000,000 and Mis souri 218,000,000, is proportionately as great, the shortage on the entire cror will reach 400,000.000, bushels for these states alone, or one-lifth of the total crop in the United States. A Thief's Awful Fate ANNA, Ill., August 9.-J. L. G reer 0;ybed a train at a station about twelve miles from here, and with the aid ol skeleton keys got into the mail car. IlI threw out several pouches, then gave the signal to stop). As the train slowed ur he jumped, bat fell uinder the whieeh and was fatally crushed. H e lived just long enough to say that lie was trying~ to rob the ear. ie was the son of the Rtev. J. W. G;reen, a very prominent preacherat C(nfrali_ Ill. THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Adopted by the Democ ratic ('onventionU Recently Ilh! in Vo"lumbia-The Full Text of the Doe~tuntt-'rimarie- V'ro vided for all Elections. Article 1. There shall be one or more Deinocratic clubs organized in each election precinct, each of which clubs shall have a distinct title, "The - - Democratic Club," and shall elect a president, one or more vice presi dents, a recording and a corresponding secretary, and a treasurer: and shall have the following working commit tees, of not less than three members each, viz: A committee on registra tion. an executive committee and such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Article 11. The meetings of the clubs shall be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an ad dress at each meeting, if practicable. Article IIl. The president shall have power to call an extra meeting of the club, and members of the club shall constitute a quorum for the trans action of business. Article IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate un der the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club to be nomi nated by the respective clubs and elected by the County Convention and such other members as the Convention may add, but these powers to the said executive committee do not carry with them the power to pass upon the elec tion of members to the County Con vention or their qualification to sit as members, for this power belongs to the members of the Convention through the appointment and action of a com mittee on credentials, whose report shall be acted upon as the members of the Convention may deem proper. The executive committee, when elected. shall appoint its own officers and fill all vacancies which may arise when the Convention is not in session. The term of office of the executive committee shall be until the first Monday of May of each election year, at which time the county committee shall be called to gether to reorganize the party, or un less sooner rembved or suspended by the County Convention. Article V. County Democratic con ventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one delegate for every twenty-five mem bers. and one delegate for a majority or fraction thereof, with the right to each county convention to enlarge or dim inish the representation according to eicumstances. The county conven tiois shall be called together by the chai.-man of the respective executive comuittees under such rules as each count, may adopt, and when assembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the Convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer. The clubs recognized by the respective county conventions at their last meeting shall continue to be recognized as the clubs from wh m delegations to the next county convention shall be sent and no others, unless by a two-thirds vote of any convention to whom application is made for the formation of an additional club or new club is formed, except that in all cities with a population of 5,000 and more there may be two clubs in each polling precinct, and they shall be organized in obedience to this consti tution, as are the clubs elsewhere in this State, and in organizing said clubs they may have representation in the county conventions respectively, as said conventions shall declare in ac cordance with the provisions of this constitution. Article VI. The State Nominatingr Convention for the nomination of Gof' ernor, Lieutenant Governor and other State oigicers in 1892, and thereafter, shall be composed of delegates from each county in the numerical propor tion to which such county is entitled in both branches of the General Assembly. Said delegates to be chosen by primary elections to be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, the delegates to be elected to receive a majority of the votes cast; at which election only white Democrats shall be allowed to vote, except that negroes who voted for Gen. Ihampton in 1876, and who have voted the Democratic ticket continously since may be allowed to vote. The club rolls of the party shall con stitute the registry list and shall be open to inspection by any member of the party. and the election under this clause shall be held and regulated un der the Act of the General Assembly of the State approved December 22, 1868, and any subsequent Acts of the Legislature of the State. Article VII. The officers of the State Convention shall be a president and vice-president from each Congressional district, two secretaries and a treas urer. Article VIII. The State executive committee shall be composed of two members from each Congressional dis trict, and eight members at large, one of whom shall be from each judicial district, said members to be nominated by the dlelegates from the Congression al and judicial districts respectively, to be elected by the Convention. When elected said executive committee shall elect its own officers, shall meet at the call of the chairman or any five mem bers, at such times and places as he or they may appoint. The member of the .National Democratic Executive Com mittee from South Carolina is to be elected by the State Convention in 1892 and every four years thereafter, and when elected shall be ex-otlicio member of the State executive committee. The executive committee shall have power, by the vote of a majority of the whole committee, to call a convention of the Democratic party of this State, at such time and place as it may designate, but after calling a convention shall not have power to revoke said call. The State executive committee is charged with the execution and directi-on of the policy of the party in the State, subject to this constitution, the orinhci ples declared in the hnlr. or princi ples and ech lustructions by resolu tions or ohierwise as the State Conven tion may from time to time adopt, and shall continue in ofice for two years from the time of election or until the assembling of the State Convention which meets in 1892, for the purpose of electing delegates to the National Con vention, unless superseded by the ac tion of a State Convention which may meet earlier. Said executive commit tee being a creation of the Convention can be superseded by it at any' time. If any vacancy occurs on the State ticket by death, removal or other cause the committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy except that in the case of the ollice of Governor if sutlicient time remains to call a convention they shall do so, but if not they may 1111 the vacancy. Article IX. When the State Conven tion assembles it shall be called to or der by the chairman or the State exe cutive committee. A temporary presi (lent shall be nominated and elected by the Convention, and after its organiza tion the Convention shall proceeed im medliately to the election of permanent oflicers and to the transaction or busi ness. When the business has been con eluded it shall adjourn sine die, but this shall not prevent a recess being taken if deemed necessary. Article X. There shall -be a primary election in each Congressional district in this State on the last TIuesdav in August,189l2, and every two years there after, to nominate candidates for Con gress, but this shall not prevent a pri mary or convention in each Congres as each district may provide to be con ducted and managed, as hereinbefore provided in the election for delegates to the State Convention. the vote to be received, tabulated and announced by the State executive committee, to the chairman of whom the result of this vote shall be transmitted lv the re spective county chairmen. and on the last Tuesdav in August. 1'2. and each fourth year thereafter the election for solicitors of the different circuits shall be by primary. subject to the same rules and regulations, and to be an nounced in the same way as before set forth for Congressmen. At the elec tions of both C'ongressimen and solici wors only those persous shall be allowed to vote who are herein allowed to vote for delegates to the State Convention. The provisions of this constitution shall not apply this year to the election for Congressmen in the 3d district which.is soon to occur. in which a pri mary is now in progress. Article X1. Before the election in 1-6!02, and each election year thereafter. the State Democratic executive coin mittee shall issue a call to all candi dates for State offices to address the people of the different counties of the State, fixing the dates for the meetings and also inviting the candidates for Congress and for solicitor in their re spective districts and circuits to be present and to address the people, and at such meetings only allowing such candidates to speak and none others. Article XII. It shall be the duty of each county executive committee to appoint meetings in their respective counties to be addressed by the candi dates for the General Assembly and for the different county offices. 1'istol and Stick. GREENWooD, S. C.. Aug. 13.-The county campaign still rages hotly. Although the August convention is in session. the interest imaifiiested ill it is not so Ireat as in the county's alairs. The people are certain as to the result ofthe convention. but still have a spark of hope for the county. There was a campaign meeting at Ninety-Six Monday. at which the majority of county candidates ad dressed the people. The speeches were said to be the same as elsewhere, and the only deviation from the routine was au unfortunate personal altercation, in which the principals were Ilon. C. A. C. Waller, candidate for the Senate, and. a son of Hon. James N. King, candidate for re-election to the Legislature. As near as the cause of the altercation can be learned, it is this: In a speech in the county, Captain King spoke of Mr. Waller as being bribed. To this Ir. Waller gave Captain King the lie. Cap" tain King explained that he had not meant bribed but influenced. 'Mr. Wal ter told him thatl he was uufortunate in his use of words and it seemed as if the affair should have ended there. but young Kin-- took exception to Mr. Wal laer's remark to his father. and sought personal satisfaction. It is said that young King drew a pistol and attempted to shoot 'Mr. Waller, but the piece failed to go oil 'Mr. Waller, it is said, used a stick, but be''bre any damage was done the parties were separted and the affair ended. The affair was extremely unfor unate. Mr.Waller. of course. expresses himselfas regretting it greatlv Captain King has not been seen by this correspon dent. but he is a thoughtful man, and is doubtless grieved himself at the occur rence. There was a large crowd at the meeing. Ninety-Six is an anti-Tillman precinct.-Greenville News. What Tillman Says About It. COLuMBIA. S. C., Aug. 15.--Tlhe Augusta Chronicle of to-day, has the following from its special correspondent who caime over to rep~ort the conventio n. I had a brief interveiw with Capt. D. R. Tillman before lie left for home at 6 o'clock this morning, and he did not seem at all disturbed by thle turn things had taken. When I asked him if he had attended the all-night session, lie saui: "No: sir; I was Iii my bed at tile hotel, but when they told me about the wran gle of the constitution. I did go up) there and try to get thlem to let the matter go over till the September convention, andl compromise on a new executive com mittee. There was no cause in the world for the withidrawval of those dele ations, but they wanted an excuse to split." "What wvil be the result?" "Whv. I will go to the September con vention stronger than ever, and in the new elections will be certain to carry the Fairfield, Georgetown and Beaufort delegates. It is all right, and they can't beat me to save their lives.'' Rotten Borough States. The wrong perpetrated upon the older States by the admission of six new States for party reasons is made clearer by the result of the new census. Dakota was credited with a population of 586,000 in 1888. when its admission was urged, but now the two States made of it have together but 518,542 inhabitants. Mon tana, which before admission was credi tedl with 175,000 inhbaitants, is now found to have but 128,1633. The reason why a reapportionment is not to be ex peted from Congress at the present session can be gatherer from the result in New York. The State is found to have 5,998.993 inhabitants. On the basis of 64,('00.000 for the Union and 181,000 for a Congressional disariet, New York would lose one memiber of Congress. This loss would cause the entire delega tion from that State to be elected on one ticket. if the reapportionment were madie before the next Coiigressional elections. Thins elected they woule probably, all be Democrats. IHence no reapportion ment till after Noveniber. State Elections. riections took place on MIonday last in Alabama and Kentucky. On Se ptem ber 1 the State election takes place in Arkansas, on Septeber 2 in Vermont, and on September 8 in M1aine, Georg~ia follows on October 1. No other elec tion will take place until November. The tendency of leislationi has been of late years. mi mnost Staites, to change the late of election so thatt it may fall uni formly upon the first Tu esdlay after the first Me2day in N ovember. Twenty years ago Caliifornia. elected its State oiers in September. Connecticut in April, Indiana antd Iowa in October, aine in Septenmber., N ebraska in Octo ber, New IIampshin e in MIarch. North Carolina in August, Ohio andl Pennsyl vaina in October, Tennessee in August. and South Carolina and West Virgina in October. Preliminary elections in' Amsrican politics are now almost a thimg of the past. Wholesale Desertion of Sailors. NEWv Yom, August 7.-The acting superntendent' of the police sent out a general alarm to all the police precinets to-day announcing the desertion of 300 saliors and marines from the mecn-of-war Chicago and Atlanta. and ordering their arrest. Bly 10 o'clock to-nighit lifty of the dleserters had been captured andl lodgedl in the Eldrige and Elizabeth street poilce stations. A New Species of Cotton. A planter in Alpharetta, G;a., has an acre of cotton every stalk of which is Of a ldep redl color, leaf. 1bull and blooml. This novel cr01) is the product of sed derved three yeairs ago from two stalks of red cotton found in a cotton field. There is a fort.une in this new variety if it canl be perietuated. Dashed Over Niagara. Nix(;AxA i'ahnis. August 14.-Two mni ini a boat were c'augh~t in the Rapids on thec Caniadiani side of the river to day,. aind were swept over the Falls. It is iot known whio theyv were. They madc desperate attempts to save themselves. One jumped fromi tile boat and at A SPLIT IN DE PARTY. Bsoth Miller and Urayton Claim to have been Nominated. The Democracy in the 7th Congres siontl district will have a complete walk-over in the coming Congressional election if there is no change in the Re publican programme before that time. Both Miller and Bravton are candidates, each of the'm claiming to be the regu lar nominee of the Convention at Lin colnville. Altogether the Lincolnville Conven tion was a very complicated affair, and it would take a dozen Philadelphia lawyers to unravel the tangle. There were gross irregularities in both nomi nations. Miller secured his nomina tion under a temporary organization, and Brayton was nominated by a self appointed Convention. Of one thing there can be no doubt and that is that the Convention was one of the most disorderly ever held in the State. The first business yesterday, third day of the Lincoinville Convention, was to knock down and drag out sever al of the delegates. The fight was re opened by the Berkeley delegation to replace Ostendorff and Middleton by alternates. Chairman Green, after listening to the boisterous arguments for some time, ruled the discussion out of order, as the Convention had no jurisdiction over the actions of delegates. He then, upon motion, placed the Johnston dele gates of Sumter on the roll. Then he announced the name of Miller as candi date for nomination and proceeded to an election. The roll-call was dispensed with and the result was announced as being-Miller 21, Brayton 11, Murray 7. This vote is accounted for as follows Miller-Georgetown 4, Beaufort 6, Colleton 3, Orangeburg 3, Williams burg 3, and Ostendorff and Middleton, of the Berkely delegation, making 21. Brayton-Berkeley 9, Richland 2, to tal 11. Murray-Sumter 7, total 7. After the chairman had announced this vote he declared the Convention adjourned, and the Miller men, having accomplished their purpose, retired. Then the Brayton men took charge. They perfected a regular organization, seated the Tuomey delegation from Sumter. substituted two delegates on the Berkeley ticket to replace Osten dorff and Middleton and seated the Brayton delegates *rom Colleton. R. 11. Jenkins was electeb chairman and Brayton was declared the nominee of this second convention, with a vote of 23. This total is accounted for as fol lows: Richland 2. Sumter 7, Berkeley 10, Colleton 3, Charleston 1. A committee on resolutions, consist ing of E. D. Bennett, A. G. Spears and R. K. Washington, was appointed, and R. K. Washington, of the committee, gave the Reporter the following resolu tions as adopted by the Brayton Con vention : Resolved, That we denounce and con demn the action of John H. Ostendorff and Daniel T. Middleton. delegates from Berkeley County, in voting contrary to the explicit instructions of the conven tion of said county, and unqualifiedly endorse and approve the compliance of the delegation with their instructions, in excluding said Ostendorff and Mid dleton therefrom and replacing them by two others loyal to the trust reposed by the people. Resolved, That the action of Mr. Mil ler's friends, influenced by him, in bolt ing the regular convention of Colleton County indicated the course to be pur sued in this, and we call upon the voters of the 7th Congressional district to place the seal of their condemnation upon said action by giving their undi vided and hearty support to the regular nominee of this convention. Resolved, That the arbitrary, unjust and unscrupulous course pursued by the delegates who left this convention call forth our unsparing condemnation and denunciation; that by said course they have proven themselves unworthy the sacred trust and confidence reposed; that they can find no justification for their action, and must thereby forfeit their clai ms as true representatives of the interests of the people. There can be no doubt of the fact that the two opposing candidates will fight each other to the bitter end. Eith er one would prefer to see Congressman Elliott re-elected than to have his ene my victorious.-News and Courier. A Tragic Death. ATLANTA. GA., August 1.-From Highlands, N. C., coimes a horrible story of Ihc tragic death of one of South Caroli na's leading citizensVYanderhorst Lewis, of Charleston. Lewis, his young wife and child have been spending the summer at Highlands. one of the most popular of the Carolina resorts, they having a cottage there. . Yesterday these three, with a Miss Vanderhiorst, a neice of Mr. Lewis, were walking near the edge of the precipice, at Glenn Falls. about two miles from Highland. Suddenly Lewis slipped and, before the horrified relatives could (d0 anything to prevent, fell over the precipice, a distance of a hundred feet. to the rocks belowv. There was no way to get at him and no help nearer than two miles. A hundred feet below lay the husband and father apparently lifeless. Miss Vanderhorst ran at the top of her speed to Highlands for assistance, while the almost crazed wife stood by the edge of the precipice watching over the body of her dear one below. For three hours she was compelled to endure this suspense. Then help ar rived and the men succeeded in getting to Lewis. ie was not dead, and by hard work, wvilling hands got him to the top and then to his cottage home, two miles off. There was little hope and withi the day Lewis died. His body '.s taken to his home in Charleston today. No newvs of his terrible death was received until today, as no telegraph olice could beC reached at Highlands. A Coffin Trust. And now there is to be i coilin trust. A vast combination called the National Casket Company has been formed b~y the three gr-eatest manufa urers of cas kets in the country. Just what the ecm~ buc p~ortend~s to the nmanufactur-ers and jobbers of tile great cities is not certain. It is believed in sonme quarter-s that a complete nmonopolv will be the final result of the movement. The big firms in tile combination already have sales men stepping over the local jobbers' heads, and they may establish offices in every city when thle proper time arrives. Even the grave, it seems, provides no refuge from trusts. They preside over the inaugzural howl of tile infant Amern esn as lie is deposited in his trust cardle, and ride with the remains of the centen arian as lie makes his last journey. North Carolina's Congressmen. A correspontdent of tile RichmondI D is patch says that the North Carolina Con gressional dlelegationl will be made up as follows: 1st dlistrict, W. A. Branch; 2(1. J. M. Newbor-n; 3d. B. F. Gadv; 4th. B. H. Bunn; 5thi,A. HI. A. Williams; (5th, S B. Alexander: 7th, John S. Berdison; thi, W. A.Graham; 9thR. B.Vauce.A. of them. excepting Hecndeirson and Bunn. arc Farmers' Alliane mcen, and with tile same exception holding, the delegation well be made up of men who have never been in Congress. Heavy Storm in Connectient. NiEw H-AVEN, Conn., August 11. The most terrific thmunder storm that has visited this section in twenty years swept up Long Isltmd Soumnd yesterday after nioin, and crea-~ted havoc all along the shoec. Hail stones as large as walnuts tell for- half an hour. The crops. et pecially cor-n andl tobacco in Southern ad southeastern Connecticut, are REPUBLICANS WEAKEN. AN OFFER TO COMPROMISE ON THE TARIFF AND FORCE BILLS. uay Proposes to GoriLan to Let the Force Bill Drop for this session if the TarllY, River and H arbor and Public Buildings 1ins1 are Passed. WASINixTON, August 12.-The force bill is about dead, so far as the present session is concerned, and Congress may adjourn early in Septenber if not sooner. This result is said to have been reach ed after a poll of the Republican mem bers of the Senate under the lead and direction of "Boss" Quay. . The first intimation that a comprom ise was contemplated occurred in the Senate chamber this morning, when Quay was seen to leave his seat on the Republican side and go over to Senator Gorman and engage the latter in con versation. It is the first time since these two men have been in the Senate that they have been seen talking to gether about the Capitol. It was ob served that Quay did the talking while Gorman listened attentively to what was being said. Republicans and Dem ocrats, as well as the spectators in the galleries, watched the two political gel erals as they sat with their heads close ly together, evidently talking most earnestly. Later in the day, just before the Sen ate adjourned, Senator Quay offered a resolution to postpone the consideration of the force bill until the next session. His resolution also provides that the river and harbor, public building and tariff bills shall be disposed of during the present session, the debate on the tariff bill to terminate on or before the 30th instant. The Republicans sat in their seats andendeavored to look unconcerned, while the Democrats could not disguise their approval of the proposition. Sena tor Cameron walked up to the clerk's desk and read over the resolution his colleague had offered, and then went back to his seat. Senators Sherman, Edmunds, Allison and the other Re publican leaders did not relish the dose apparently, but they made io objection. Senator Hoar looked vexed and ex claimed, with an insinuating snarl, "Who offered that resolution?" "Quay,' replied several Republicans in chorus. It is said that this result was reached yesterday when it was ascertained that at least < ight or tei Republican Sena tors declared that they would not re main here after the tariff bill is out of the way for the purpose of assisting in the passage.of the force bill. Their con stituents are not interested in that measure, and they are anxious that an adjournment shall be reached as soon as possible. Senator Quay, it is said, was authoriz ed to make a bargain with Senator Gor man that the tariff bill shall pass with out unnecessary obstruction, provided the force bill is abandoned for the pres ent session. The understanding is that the majority must by resolution in open Senate declare that the force bill will not be called up for consideration during the present session. Senator Quay has carried out his part of the programme, and when the resolu tion comes up for consideration to morrow morning it remains to be seen whether the majority will sanction -his bargain. It must not be forgotten that Senators Edmunds and Hoar have resolutions pending to limit debate, and Senator Blair has an amendment to the rules pro viding for the previous question alsc pending. The Democrats will not con sent to the consideration of either of these resolutions, but they will permit the Quay proposition to be voted upon. The minority are fully aware that their opponents may be setting a political trap for them to step into, hence they are or the lookout for snags. There is blood upon the face of the Re publican moon to-night and Matthew Stanley Quay is being rou.ndly denoun ced for his action. Senators Hoar, Sher man, Spooner, and other friends of the force bill declare that the Quay resolu tion does not retlect the views of~ the ma jority of the Republican party in the Sen ate, and deny that Quay was authorized to make any deal with the Democrats on the subj'ect. They also claim that those Senators who are supposed to favor the Quay resolution will not dare vote for it if the party caucus decide against it. It is further charged that Quay, be cause of his hostility to the Administra tioni, is seeking to get control of the sit uationl with the aid of six or eight Re publicans and the Democrats. The ad vocates of the bill declare that it wil] not do for Senator Quay and those Re publicans who are inclined to follow his leadership in this connectionl to talk about postponing action until the next sessioni of Congress, for a postponement means the defeat of the measure, and the Republican party throughout the land will so understand it. They alsc censure Quay for not attending the party caucuses recently held to consider this matter, and declare that he would be the last member of the Senate selected to take charge of such an important question. On tile other hand Quay claims to have the support of many of the ablest and best men on his side of the chamber, and while they might not vote against the bill if it was before the Senate, they are satisfied that no good can come of trying to force its consideration at this lata hour in the session. Among those who are said to entertain this opinion are Senators Wolcott and Teller, of Colo rado; Paddock, of Nebraska; Plumb, of Kansas; Mitchlell, of Oregon; Came-on, of Pennsylvania; Washburn, of Mfinne sota; and 31c3ilan and Stockbridge, ol MIichigan. There is an Eastern Republican whc talked quite freely with the representa tive of thle News anid Courier on this subject to night, and he said he could not see any good reason for delaying all the other public business in order to push through the force bill. There is suffici ent authority in the statute books now~ to control elections, besides the Farmer's Alliance is doing tile Rep~ublican party more service than will result from the pssage of the proposed election law ie wvill tote for the bill should it come up for consideration, but lie believes it will hurt the party in some of the North ern States. ie prefers that the tarifi bill, tile river and tihe harbor bill and two or three other measures in which his constituents are directly interested shouldl be passed and Congress adjourn. 'The D)emocratic Senators are keeping qiet, for they appreciate the advantage of silence at this particular point. They say it is a family quarrel within the Re publican party and it would niot be court eous for them to intrude. The Quay resolutionl will p)robably cause a lively discussion in the Senate to-morrow. News and Courier. Breckenrldge M1ust Go. WAsHINGTON, Aug. 5.-It took just ten minutcs this miorning for tile House committee on elections to adopt tile re p)ort drawn up by Lacey. declaring that Representative Breckenridge was lnt elected in the second district of Arkansas. This would have been done last week. but the Democratic mnembers did not attend the called mee-tmns, and no quo rum was obtained. By means of tele graphic notices. however, a full attend ance ofRepublican members was obtain d this morning and the report was adop ted, with but a single dissenting vote aainst it that of Representative Maist, the only Democrat presenit. It Wasi WVen Guarded. PARKEnlsBERO , W. Va., A ugust 12 Four express cars containinig silver bul lion to the amount of S15.NX.000) passed throigh here on Saturday night enI roulte from Washington to the New Orleans HOW THE LAST FIRE MAY COME. A Terrible State of Affairs in the Vicin .ty of Shelbyville. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 14.-A Sentinel special from Shelbyville says that much excitement prevale over the recent gas explosion. It is now discovered that the whole neighborhood in the vicinity of the young volcano Is sattuated with natural gas. and the soil is full ofit. One can run a crow bar into the ground at any place and then light the gas, which proceeds from the soil in various quan tities. This would indicate that gas froim -rgas well has found its way up, and in many places fractures in the stones permit it to escape. This bear out the theory *that -as for some time has bech escaping from the sides of gas wells and diffusing itself in the sand and gravel below the limestone. In Vanburen township, twenty four miles north of the late erup tion. where water wells have been sunk tweLty to thirty feet, a few feet below the superetructure of stone, gas from wells three miles awa, has broken into them, and people have abandoned the use of the water, have cased the wells and are now using the gas for fuel. The whole township seems to be filled with the combustible, and the inhabitants are threatened with disaster. There is no telling but the lighting of a match may blow two or three township into smith ereens. It is altogether probable that the diffusion of gas into the soil more or less affects tha growing crops. A great question may yet be raised as to the advisbility of sinking gas wells, or, if they are sunk at all, whether other methods should not be used to case and confine the explosive material. Pockets of gas are no doubt forming beneath the limestone all over the region ot the gas belt, and it is only a question of time when it will break forth in terrific force. It is - reported to-day -that boys were roasting corn by gas jets produced by sticking canes down in the soil a few feet in the vicinity of the volcano. Such being the case, the citizens will soon have to abandon their homes and firesides. The fissures of the ground blown to atoms on Monday are now filling with water, throug which gas occasionally forces its way. A Lesson for School Boys. We were sitting on the veranda of a hotel at Niagara Falls when I noticed the man on my right look sharply at the man on my left, and presently he got up in an excited way and walked about. After a bit he halted before the other man and asked: "Isn't your name Graham?" "Yes. sir," was the prompt reply. "Didn't you use to teach school at Elmira?" "Yes, sir." "In 1863?" "Yes, sir." "Do youremeber a boy named God kin?" "Very distinctly, sir." "Do you remember that he put a package of firecrackers under his desk and touched then offl?" "As if it happend only yesterday." "And you basted him for it." "I did. I licked him until he could hardly stand, and I've always been glad of it." "You have, eh" said the other, breathing fast and hard. "Do you know that that boy swore a terrible oath?" "I presume he did, as Af was a thor ough young villian." "He swore an oath that he would grow up and hunt for you and pound you in an inch ofyourlife." "'Bnt I haven't heard from him yet." "You hear from him now! He stands before you! I am that boy!" "Well?" "Prepare to be licked! Mv tIme fhas come at last!" He made a dive at the old pedagogue, but the latter evaded him, made a half turn and hit him on the jaw, and Godkin wvent over a chair in a heap. Thea the whilom schoolmaster piled on to him until he cried" enough," and it didn't take him over three minutes to (10 it. Then he retired to get on another collar and replace some buttons, and I helped Godkln up and observed: "You didn't wait quIte fong enough, I guess" "Say! That's where I made a mis cue!" "he replied. "I see now that I ought to held off' until he had got to be about 150 years old. The old devil is all of 70 now,. but lie licked me right off' the reel, and I'll never have the sand to stand up to him again. Here's thirty years of waiting for vengeance knocked into a cocked hat in three min utes!" The Cotton Crop in August. WASHINGTON,D.C.. August 9.-The August cotton returns of the department of agriculture show a slight advance in the condition in the Carolinas. Tennes see, Mississippi and Louisiana; a fall of 1 point in Georgia and Florida; of 2 in Alabama. 4 in Arkansas and 7 in Texas. The geneecl average is 89.5. It was 9I. 4 last month. The condition is, there fore, still relatively high. The improve ment in the Mississippi River bottom is from the rapid growth of the late plant ings of the submerged areas, Fair stands, vigorous growth and abundant fertilizing are generally reported. There are fr'equent reference to droughts in some instances of severol weeke' dura tion followed by a sufficlentrainfall, and, in some cases, by excessive rains, yet there has been no general drought and local estimates indicate small reductions. One section of the countryis reported dry, while another is too wet. Storms appear to have been quIte local over a portion of the cotton belt. Sandy soils have been benefited by the ramns, which have dam aged the bottoms and clay uplands. The averages of condition are as followvs: Virginia 93, North Carolina 96, South Carolina 95, Georgia 94. Florida 90, Alabama 93, Mississippi 90, Lou isiana 99, Texas 82, Arkansas 85, Ten nes'see $3. A Peculiar Accident. YoRKV~ILLE, August 7-A v'ery lpecu liar accident occurred about a half mile from town yesterday evening, in which Taylor Cornwell, a negro, lost his life. Ie had been sent out with a team by J. 0. Walker to do some hauling, and wh'len lie did not make his apperance as usual at night, Mr. Walker went in search of him. IIe was found crushed between one of his wagon wheels and a ti'ee and dead. The mules were still standing where they stopped when the tree wvas. struck. It is supposed that the team ran away and lie was throwvn from the wagon. The coroner's jiury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts.-Charlestsna World. A Democratic Victory in Alabama. BIIRMiNon1AM, Ala., August 5.-Re turns from all over the State Indicate a a large Democratic majori:y. In Jefferson County few negroes caime to the polls5, stating that they did not care to vote. A special to the Age-Iherald fronm Selma says there was dhanger of serious trouble in Dallas Count'y~at one timec yesterday afternoon. The negroes Lad plannedl to capture the ballot box at SaIford when the polls closed. aind a tet armed men fronm Selma, uinder orderB from the Sheriff'. went out and dispersed the mob and brought in the box. The negi'oes dispersed quietly. Kill the W~hole F'amil.. AB BEVI LLE, Aug. 10-Friday night in tihe Diamond I111l section Ned Bur ton, colored, killed his wife. Julia, and then killed himself by hanging himself with a trace chain from a joist of his cabin. Domestic trouble was the cause. WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. CONGRESSMAN TILLMAN OPPOSE TO THE SUB-TREASURY. lie Enters Into no Discision of the r lQuestion-Ie is an Alliance Man and a Farmer. but He Will Not Support the Measure. WAsIGTON, Aug. 1.-Congress- L man George D. Tillman of South Caro lina. the brother of Farmer Ben Till- 2 man, who is to be the next. Governmr of the Palmetto State, has written an t alliance letter, which will create a sensation. Ile is brief and pointed, and in answer to the sub-treasnury question firmly replies "no." The let ter is written to an alliance committee of Barnwell, composed of Messrs. W. B. Rice, W. G. Simms and J. R. Smith. a Ile says: I have received your official letter, as the organ of the Barnwell County Farmers Alliance, requesting my views as a candidate for Congress in the I t Second South Corolina District on cer tain measures of proposed legislation indicated in live interrogatories. . Understanding from your conniuni cation transmitting the interrogatories that you do not want a long letter. but M t only categorical replies, I shall be as brief as possible to define my position without equivocating, by merely quot- c ing each interrogatory separately and making absolute answers thereto. Will you, uninfluenced by party caucus or otherwise, support the fol lowing propositions in the National Congress. First-The abolition of the national banks.and the substitution of legal ten der treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on a cash basis? Yes. Second-A freer, unlimited coinage of silver? Yes. Third-That Congress issue fractional paper currency in sufficient quantity to facilitate exchange through the mails? Yes. Fourth-Do you approve, and will you support the financial system known as the "sub-Treasury plan" adopted by1 the National Alliance and Industrial Union at St. Louis. December 7, 1889?) No. Fifth-The enactment of such laws as will prohibit the ownership of lands by aliens? Yes, but this has already been done by an Act of March 3, 1887. Permit me to add that for thirty years I have had no industrial occupa tion but cotton planting, which ought to identify me vealously with the wel fare of cotton planters, who not only constitute the bulk of my constituents, but have repeatedly honored me with high commissions, and that if re-elected to Congress I shall continue in the future as I have done in the past to support whatever I believe to be the best for the interest of my class and section. I myself am a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and deeply sympa thize with the purposes and efforts of the organization to relieve the wide spread and long continued agricultural depression, but the South alone cannot correct the fiscal and financial abuses of the Federal government, which is now and has been dominated by the Eastern States ever since the war. The West must co-operate with the South before success can be achieved;1 let me take the liberty of advising the Southern wing of the Alliance to move a little more cautiously till it shall haye been demonstrated that the Western wing are in earnest about taking the proposed new departure of abondoning sectionalism and uniting with the Soutn for a redress of mutual griev ances. Very respecfully, G. D. TIL LMAN. Ini speaking of his letter to-night Colonel Tillman said: "My letter tells it all. No one that reads it can fail to understand my position,"-Augusta Chronicle. Pandering to P'opulari tv. Whdec rcading a book on characer the 1 other day we came to the following striking "head-lines, "Pandering to Popularity." In treatmng this subject the writer, rcfcrring to some men. said. "They are readIy to be unprincipled and unjust rather than unpopular. It ist so much easier for some men to stoop, to bow and to flatter than to be manly, resolute and magnanimous. It requires 1 strength and courage to swim against the i stream, while any dead fish can float I with it." Does this apply to anybody nowadays? Which man would you admire most, one who agreed with the masses in order to be popular or the one who always stood by his conscientious convictions of right, even at the sacrifice of popular ityy Which man do you admire most, the one whio agrees with you in order to gain or retain your flavor, or that onet who sticks firmly to wvhnt lie believes tot be right even though lhe ditf'ers with you?t Never ask nor encourge any one to de- i viate from his real covictions in order to gain your favor, Rather let him under stand that you respect him for an honest difference o1 opinion much more than you would for a servile pandering to pop-I ularity. Otherwise you place a price1 on the latter. Try to convince men that you are in the right, but falhng to do this do not offer a price for what you are nnblc to get by reason. Admire that man who has the moral courage to say, when occasion demands it. "Thou art the man."-Anderson Intelligencer. Were They Train Robbers ? CHARLOTTE, N. C., August 13.-As assenger train No. 53, North bound, on the Richmond and Daniville Railroad. rached a point six miles North of Lex ington last night, two s trange looking men who had got on the cars at Lexing ton palled the bell cord. Conductori Morris saw the act and demandled ant explanation. --You'll see," was thet only answer lie could get. The con- I dutor hurried into the next car. signall-r ed the engmneer to g:o on and then ap pealled to R. P. Dick, a Federal Judge. to arrest the men. JIudge Dick sum moned a posse, but the two strngero seeing them coming ran to thme platformr and jumped ont' thme train. which was going at agoodl speed. It is supposed the object of the men was robbery as they were heavily armed. The Mighty Fallen.t BUENOS AYRES, Augt. 12.-A mob to-day attacked the residence ofex-Presi dent Celman and threatened to burn it to the ground. Tile government has plalced a cordon of troops around the house for its protection. The cabiniet will meet to discuss measures to be taken in the evenit of' any provinces re sisting the new government. The new president of the national bank refuses to take his post wtthout formal verification of the alleged securities in the bank. Great uneasiness has becen caused here by the report tilt thme governmentr of tile Province of' Cordova is mobilizing a national gtuard. Negroes Worryi ng Reputbl icans. SAINNA. KANsas. August 1l.-A convention of four hundreCd negroes from all paits of' the State met here to day to decide upon a coloredl man as a candidate for State auditor at the comina Republli can State ConventioQ. B. K. Bruce, of Leavenworth. presidled. John L. Waler, of Kanisas City. Kansas was ,J the chosenu candidate, and a committee of fifty was5 atpp)ointed to press his claims .y before the Conventionl. ResoltUins I were adopted dlenmnding representation ii n ilm State ticke. f TAXING COTTON TIES. enators V3ance and Daniels Protest A;.inu- It. WVA-Smf1wr1*N, Anga,41St 8.-Seinator 'ice n Md an amISing speech in idicile of the claim that the farmer erived any benetit from the tariff. The ianufacturer of woolen goods, he said, -ho got 75 per cent. protection on his oods said to the farmer: "If you give Ie 75 per cent. protecti:)n on my wool n goods. against the English and reneh manufacturers. I will give you 5 cents iwr bushel protection on your heat and 11) cents per bushel protec ion on your corn against England," hat does not grow a bushel of corn nd does not grow one-fifth of the ;heat that her people eat. One got cash and other promises. :ash was "the short run," and promises ere "the long run." Whenever the ianufacturer got tired of reaping tha enefit of the bargain on his side he greed to let the farmer get his "in ings." So far, the manufacture had roved remarkably long-winded. He ad not shown the slightest evidenceof eing tired. The nature of the bargain etween the farmers arid the manufac urer was well illustrated by the offer f one urchin to another: "Jim, if you ive me a bite of your big red apple I ,ill show you my sore toe." [Laugh er.] It the Senators iusisted on tripling he existing tax on cotton ties, might ot, he asked, when some of them were n the hustings about protection to tnerican labor, some man in the audi nce say, with great propriety, "That i a lie. You know th it you are not or protecting all A merican labor; for ,u00,000 bales of cotton are oppressed vhen prepared in the loreign market y a tax three times higher than that mposed upon many other articles." le confessed that he hated to see anew adustry rise in this country, because I was sure to be a pauper saddled on he Treasurf. Hoar inquired whether that feeling .ppliEd to the industries already exist g. Vance replied that it did not; he hop d to see, before he died, the American anufacturers flourish. just as the L m e rican agriculturists flourished. Propets and kings desired it long, bnt lied without the sight." He hoped to ee the American manufacturers flour sh by the sweat of their brows and by heir own honest industry, instead of >y the sweat of the brows of his people ad of their honest industry. Every ime that a new mine was discovered, new industry established it was im nediately fostered upon the public reasury, and now for fear least there ight come "a king who knew not Foseph." in other words, the Democra ic majority which did know the people, t bad been thought necessary to pro ride by the last will and testimony of a epublican Congress for such paupers Ls might hereafter be born in lawful vedlock to that community, or in un awful wedlock either. So here was to > an opening made for some manu acturer of cotton ties, to be establish d, and it was said to be the duty of the enators not to provide for an infant hen it came, but to provide for it be ore it came. "Who," he asked, "was to be the re ipitent of the taxation on cotton ties efore that infant was born and bap izedi? There was no way, he declared n which the proposed increase of the uty on cotton ties could be looked that vas defensible-not a single, solitary e. The most deserving, because the nost useful in a commercial point of iew of all the agricultural products of he United States, was taxed to death in 1I the processes of its growth and pro uction, and was then taxed a farewell hot as the bale left the ginhouse 103 per ent. on ties that flowed in, and this not or the benefit of American manufactu ers of cotton ties, for there were none; Lad not for the benetiit of the Treasury, . or the bill was one to reduce the reve ue; but out of pure 'cussedness,' and >ecause the Republican party had got so ised to tatxing things that they could lot stop." Tu'rpie made a spee'ch upon th ene -al subject of the tariff and in opposi ,ion to the pendinir bill. Danfel made a speech on the question f the pending bill in general, and of he proposed increase of duty on cotton es in particular. He spoke of that pro oSed increase as characteristic of the elentless war which the Republican arty was making on the agricultural ndstries of the United States. On vhat principle of free trade, of protec ion, or what economic theory of any nd, he asked, could the proposition be ustained to increase the tax on cotton ies, an article of indispensible necessi y? But the Republican party, he said, iad decleared war, and war to the knife, igainst everything that agriculture pro luced. It did not intend to give to a icrlture anything except a little sop Lere and there, to placate the ignorant id to disguise the false intention that urked under its some time pleasing >romnises. The bill proposed to triple the tuty on cotton ties, to take the duty off f sugar and to reduce the duty on rice, hus attacking three of the great indus ries of the South, while it attempted o delude the farmers of the West with creased duties on barley, oats, rye and rheat. It fed oats to the ignorant voter and ooed the coy maiden of agriculture Coming Through the Rye," and did not irotect wheat to the value of one mill o all farmers of any one County in the nited States. In other words, for the tmerican farmers there was in the bill irotection wherever it did not protect rd there was no protection wherever I would. The Pistol Was Not Loaded. Chaley Napper, aged abont 6 years, ras shot and killed on Sunday afternoon v his brother Earnest, aged about 10 ~ears. The ball took cifect in the neck evering the carotied artery, causing leath almost instantly. .lytmest--hak~ one out from home and his little broth r wanted to follow him. Earnest didn't rant him to go, and to frighten him [rew back an old pistol (which lie hought was unloaded) on him. The pis ol iad no main sprmng. but happend to tave a catridge in it and lired with above esults.-Lancaster Ledger. Texas Cotton Crop. GALVESTON. Aug. d.-Tme News 'ill publish the last of its series of crop eports to-morrow morning. W'hile not o favorable as those published during he latter part of .June they are most en ouragig. They indlcate that the pres t crop of cotton will be one a1 the irgest. if not the largest ever raised in lie state. - A Rabid Dog in King Street CALESTON. S. C., Aug. 0.-The rhole of Kmng Stree t, the main thorugh .ire of this city, was terrorized this after .oon by a huge mastitY which was suf aing from rabies and which ran a muck rom the upper to the lower end of the treet. The dos startedi out at two clock. an hour when the street is rowded whlith women and children. Excellent Advice. Mis3s Kittenish: --I wish to select a ccktie." r Smilax: "For yourhubn? Miss Kittenish:"'No; tile gentleman am engagedi to." r Sniiilax: --Well. I[guess you'd better :t him come around and pick itout him elf'. You might break oir~ the match." No Truth in the Report WA s11N10N, August 5.--Imme~d .tely upon the announcement of the re lort of the wholesale expulsion of the ws fr'omi Ruissia, tile Department of tate cabled to the American Legation ini t. Ptersberg asking ii there was any mdation for tile same and has been nforedat ,.. r w--a no innndationfor