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WHERE WE PLAYED. Of all the worl, the dearest spot, That memory fond Jrve; thought to-dac, Is one which ne'r can be forgot, Where I with others used to play. My mind oft wanders to it yet; And then, as in the days of yore, I meet with those I there have met, And play before the cottage door. There often, when the sun was low, And evening shadows ran out long, As westward fast the light woild go, And night-birds sang their mellow soi'g. We'd meet in childish glee to play The games so oft played o'er and o'er, And pass the evening hours away With joy before the cottage door. With marbles, tops. and other to, s. That children always love so well, Which add far more to youth's bright joys Than either tongue or pen can tell, We played; glad songs in glee were sung Sweet joys, we never more can see; Such pleasures are but for the 3 oung, And only once we young can be. Long years since then have passed away, And some of those whom there I met, Beneath the sod in silence lay, While others linger with we yet. The cottage stands the same to-day As In those happy days of yore, And other children gladly play As we dId then before its door. --:0: A &TOM( OF WISTERN LIFE TROM1" P. MOXFO. CHAPTER XX. AUNT NrTCULLL SPEAKS. Hiram soon became as placid and selF-stitisfied as ever, and the next morning he went down town to his of fice with not a trace of the late dis turbance either showing in his features or rankling in his conscience. For several weeks everything went along smoothly with him, and every day he fell more and more in love with his charit able qualities and his, hristian virtues. Hiram Blatchfdrd was not a man to give way to any insignificant feeling, and he did not allow conscience to de ter him for any great length of time. He at one time felt that he hadn't al ways done just right, but he managed to shift the blame of his wrong actions to some:othcr. person's shoulders, and --zaceededto his own satisfaction, in exonerating himself completely. But another bombshell was destined to fall in the Blatchford camp. and it fell with terrible effect. This bombshell camein the shape of an elderly maiden lady known as Miss Mitchell Blatchford, sister to Hiram, who for some years had ived. entirelyX. isolated from her brother. She decided to pay Iiarm a visit, and, accordingly. one day some weeks after the Christian aid society meeting she alighted at Hiram's door. Hiram was not particularly glad to see his sister, for to tell the truth she had an uncomfortable way of speaking her mind that Hiram did not like. Ile distinctly remembered several occasions when she had freely spent her opinion of him and his way - of doing, and she had not always considered him in the light of an injured innotcnt. lie -knew .that she would soon discover the relation existing between himself and -his daughter. andl he felt morally cer tain 3hp-hersympathies would be with thihttetl' and .thnt a "blowing up" for him~ 'NuId be the result. Sarah was not glad to see Miss -Blatchford either: and she not only shared in Iliram's feelings, but she was inclined to look upon any of his people as interlopers when they presumed to visit the house that ought to be sacred to the Spicklers. She feared, moreover, that this strong-minded woman would jar en her nerves, for she had under stood from her husband how Miss Mitchell was inclined to give vent, in no uncertain terms, to her honest opin ions. Sarah felt that she was a good. saintly creature: yet she was not anxious that anyone should speak the truth *about her in her prsence. If she could have-had her desire in the matter, she ~4vould -have had Miss Mitchell's visit postponed indefinitely. Of course Hiram and Sarah made an effort to welcome her, but the effort was very much constrained, and was lacking in warmth and feeling. Miss Mitchell either did not notice this, or ignored it for reasons of. her own, and proceeded to make herself at home in her brother's house after her own pe e uliar fa~shion. Aunt Mitchell, as she was usually ::alled by those who knew her well, was -af a bold, taciturn disposition. She was distant and unsocial toward those who were her best friends, and toward strangers, or those whom she disliked, she was frig'id to the last degree. She had a knack of forming a pretty correct estimate of people on first sight, and -4er first-formed opinion of Mrs. Blatch 'ford was anything but ilatter-ing to that lady's Christian character. Mr. IBlatch ford attempted to make up to her erratic sister-in-law, but on each occasion met with such a cold repulse that she soon gave up the effort. Aunt Mitchell preserved a quiet, cold , dignity in her deportment to her brother and his wife, and avoided their society as much-as possible. When she was forced into their presence, how ever, she maintained the bearing of one who is making a strong effcrt to hold herself in cheek. By her constrained manner, she not only succeded in making an icy atmosphere in the house, but she caused the household to feel uncomfortable, and gave Hiram a spell of nervous fits. Every one felt that she would not keep up this rigid deport ment for many days, and they were as sured that when she did break loose there would be a terrible explosion. Thus for a week Aunt Mitchell kept the family ou the needles of suspense. Mrs. Blatchford grew'so nervous in the meantime that every unusual noise caused her heart to cease beating. Blatchford worked himself up to such a point of uneasiness that he stood in mo mentary dread of some great misfor tune. As for old Mrs. Spickler, Aunt Mitchell knocked her clear out of the ring at first sight. The icy bow and the piercing look she gave that old lady on the occasion of their introduction ~-v8sufficient to terrorize her for all e to come. Mrs. Spickler was the r of considerable spirit, and ~any people had quailed before her ~gz, but she was not equal to Aunt Mitchell's cutting glance. She tried to S avoid Aunt Mitchell's eyes after that .first meeting, and if by chance she did cthaglance from them she wilted and shrank until shc felt t'iat she was but an atom of humanity-namere speck et flesh and blood. One morning the Blatchford house hold were assembled at breakfast, when Aunt Mitchell came in a little late. A glance at her face as she cold . ly nodded her salutation was enough to reveal the fact that her feelings were struggling vehemently to break loose. She sat down to the table with a snap, and putting herself in the most rigid at titude, preserved a perfect silence. Elatchford was detailing to his wife the particulars of-a plan for the repainting and repairing of th'e-chxurch. "It can be done for a hundred dog lars," he said, "and that amount can lx, easily raised." "Yes. I1 h al.a1 rat ten for-- and ia nd Auntn drew a bm rn T ha fi\1L and,'r -:. "its m e lir w. r :. !!--m stoh os tu:;-1t r.rend i would*,, dasep altge.- to) a'.,": lttiewhile ell r:-p.-at d fer:.-ii rac :t~ lt wo r r. ' ou I :;. I you ni.: s ayrlge.Eur yn. an ar.'lu ft r -dt s i-k -Doll' r' - 1r wnl ;k :n m i O -C-1 t- %%- .1 l wvorit orr :n r myu ble n 1 atchfor, :' you her'.''t p8t .s muc rrtaa his astois ink:):., --Don-t 'whyt'' me, Hia. .u: talking o bout, u I: id ti emeI, ibe heathen :m:pn. ' hac n l that sort of thV;.we y-eon hl may beC starving'fo 10> .Es i and a m-oc . ::e111 wondr bu:t Yod fit helping. to. '1V.oner 1eh0 he: l 1 14~ Afr:isa that isa: oeh'.i towvard his oefi'. : * 1 2m.- r toward yo.rrs, then s nyE pity: him:. Oh you may wine. H: , know it's the truth F'm speaking . Dc I~ K l you suppose God -1. g:oing to re a place in Hleaven to amnwho has no place in his hom, ne or his heart for his own child? Not Much C won't, and you can't buy yourself into I11isfavor, as youi do into kheedle'swt the gIift ofe~noey As [O sidoe ard a foo and worse. alk~ n piclen o it in h hous and thr ain' hi one oyor this hnows what Chistianityi.? Not snl n muc ll :>onyou ndw ay anre about yohrisean itWhand a's i.'- itof:oct.A Aut 3Iitchrell Why, hefan gain't a artindo sth ineas hsek, and her ait thoe ofme yok that lady, what Chsizeany is. weloth atruthon of assis ofryo words ant fore athwrstian ityuthn ae ac olegdnyhig At aite casot ahefntlanceim arfuto as ceaedtentr and haolr bhe fines tos.d:~ frdlst "notc hell shis is oy hase ad. whl gvu reai cintmptuhou woud. ha ecent wrsect for all teg anrd the wIushallt eain in thisd house an-l ithr ay iream,"or heuntrithel hie lfed. ce"Ieel n, and ihv toer rombe firesstaid: m owne "Mhel. this s wrhoenou on while y o relcome indi I wS o would oav "Islntremainedin thisnyI hoped an plied. youel w are. Yo have feklt froemont thi stin that nthng here y oul imardly hoetu n ar doing aoet hisa houty. whnYour Oltno ispoctiticaomeoandsionsuld notehand reatey hbraaneo thinkOfi hou et a foodo mar. Yu hark y wod about yohedyowil coe heny You wild disoe imain you hae wofull misda Christian 'sut alkYou liten tn flattery aborld, aif non this, youre let of your daughter will rise up against you and make you wish you had never been born. The time wvill come when the compliments and flat teries of Wheedler and the Pickleses will not soothe your soul." "But, MIitchell, listen to me-" Hiram began, only to be promptly shut up by his sister who went on: "There is no excuse for your conduct, l~am, none at all. Your daughte: may have done wrong in marrying against your will, but she could no, have done greatly wrong, since you ac knowledge that John Green is a good, honest, sober, industrious man. But wrong or not. her crime was not so great that you were warranted in maic ing her an outcast, while you fill .-ou house with those w ho care for you :mly so far as your dollars and cents go. Ik you think God will forgive yot and take you to his bosom sc long as you remain obliviou: to your daughter? Never, never. I; you ever expect to get to IIeaiven take some of the money you are subseribing here and there, and devote it to you; child's needs. Better a thousand time: let the church go unpainted than to lec that child suffer one maoment from want. Now I've had myV si.y, lIiram, and I hope my words will set you tc thinking~ and acting more like a Chris tian and less like a heathen, and that before vou throw away another dolliar in the useless effort to buy favor of God, you will act the part of a civilized father. 'Woe unto you, Phamrisees, hypocrites.'' liavmg thus brought her lecture to finish. and feeling hecr soul re'lieved oifa mighty' burden, Aunt NIitchell ar'se fromi her seat and, ;nvmng a withrinmg look of scorn and pity\ to those at the table, swep~t fr'om the room, and am hour later left ]Blatchford's hou.e. liis siste'r's wIord1' hiad " te:;in"' 'ffct on iat'hford. They'. etimde;an he cot:il net rid himrsthi of the uncomo fortalm~ feeling they awakened. Het realize'. the truth of he r wor.an hem grew' smnall in his own etimatien. He un1.'stfld faily thie futlh o: 'f is liberal !inansrcial gifts to t church and the mhechen and he was less inclined to praise an'd pat himself~ than he had bcen for " long time. Sister liltchfnr tried her old tactics to rallyv ima. bul the c'.eked ~ their old"- ime e.iica\y, ad he left the house that morning m n sad, d jected state of mind. Rm"ehing his oitneo he phmge'd inltc hi busi"n s du'ties with unuawal ener. gy x ra little ;'hihl'e'!,1i them but soon his thoughts w.andern'd back tc the scene at home. andl betw'es:n lin is~a~~mrthcrfltta ~ - to I aia :1,1d to is 1, Cif .L . di* tIat it wa.im' sile to e.C . 1-- wanderin a ti and unal - -- "~~e endure the thibis~ his f::n'y bre, i threw down lhis na pors ::: pe:1 ndl fled from the ilice. il. wa.. d :a:lv dIwn the Street. hav i:: I, . is dstination. having no c -earse, intent on but one ti . n th w .vas to escape the thou: ' 1banited him. On and on hewl i. il he passed through the tolwn :: .e, i:nto the country, nor did he !mIt intil he came to the river hank. The 1. sat down, and removing his hat f rlt hi n, throbbing brow. ,-~y G.h my God," he murmured, "wh:- hh I one: My poor. lost child, how l I e-ver forget you so: Low have r-,tten your mother and my promise ic her. Oh, God, spare n. and let m,1- live to undo what I have done. Let :e but .we my child once mor:- and receive her forgivencss for all of my neglect and cruelty." A lng 1-:n- he sat there gazing down into t!he deep Ilowing water, and miore than ncc he was ineined to throw him self into the current and find relief at once for his tortured soul. There, he thou it, e could escape the awful Sthou::ts that haunted him, and lie fancd that the cold water would he welcome to his burning brow. 1;ot fini:v t'h desire to see his dater once ne're and atone to her for his cruel nelrect got the better of himil, and he arose and went toward his of As he rwalked unstcadily back he Wondered V.hy pCople stared at him so, little draing what a change a few hours of mrent:! anguish had worked in his outward appenrance. Ile did not know that his face had become hag ard, and his.-ves bloodshot. lie did riot real'.c that th- fires of hell that burned witlia hin had scorched and seamed him outwardly. Ie was nearing his office when lie met Rev. Wheedler, and that gentle man instantly noted the great chanre in his vahed parishioner, and irmme diately sought to assist irother I'latch ford home. Ile approached to take the old man's arm, but Islatchford waved him off, and almost fled from the spot. Uis action surprised Rev. Wheedier beyond anything, and he left that gen tieinan perfectly dumfounded. Rev. 'heedler looked after the fleeing figure for an instant, undecided what to do. but finally he concluded to follow. After a chase of a couple of blocks he caught up with Blatchford. "Brother," he said, "you are ill. Al low me to see you home." "Don't touch me," liiatchford fairly shrieked as lie glared viciously upon the minister. "Don't come near me. You heni'lped to do it. Goaway Iron. iis dying of want. I feel it. I know it. And you helped to lead mse away from her and blind me to her rights ani claims. Don't speak to me again. I want my poor, wronged child, and I'm going to find her." Then, before thc astonished minister could collect his scattered senses, the 01(1 man was gone. Hie passed around the corner and1 erntered his ollice, where, sinking into a seat, he buried his face in his hands and wept. "Oh, myl (God, my God," he 'groaned "what have I done? Ilow cruel, how heartless have I acted toward my own flesh anid blood-myn only child. Ilow blind anid brutal I have been, andl how bitter is the awakening to tihe enormity of my sill. Oh, for one sight of my child, one word of forgiveness from her lips. I nmust find her. I mullst search the country from endII to end for hecr." At that instant the door openied and a clerk emneli in. H~e annroanched the old manlf d iriidenitly, foir hie could not help seeing the p-reat change that hadi come over him, lHe laid a telegram on the desk anld without a word withdrew. Bllatcliford opened the telegram at once and read: "Come immediately. Do not delay under any circumrstanees. Tile most implortant matter of your life. Come quick. ScsmxGos." Thle old man sprang to his feet in an iniriait- and rushed wildly out. -CHIAPTMtr XXI. . calzII5 st~ Moun1 'IsevY Asn cars 1T. Louise thoulght it best to say nothing to her pare'nts of h arry P'earson's pro posal. the v'ery naturally concluded t hat the matter- was at an end, and knowing the anxiety that weighed on her father's mind already, she was loth to add anytlhing to it. Johnf had not forgotten Serags' words, but after watching Pearson closely on the occasion of his visits, saw nothing to warrant him in adopting Seraggd idea. IHis dleport meat was alvays that of a perfect gen tleman. and thecre was absolutely noth ing' inl it to indleate any intenltions, honorale or otlier.wise, relative to T vo we eks passed quietly aw~ay after 2 xes' coE 2~l M Har'u"s proposal, and during the time as raginmg with h iimsome declica eie for the sick woman. IL' often ex pressed a wish tol reader .Johni more sub'stanti ami, and John had alw.ays accepted the wish for the deed. D~r. I:as'. m~ ade regrular dlaily visits tI ''is paient, but as yet thme improve eeItible. The fever 'wa Ising" its' pow'er. it is tre 1.ut lit ha hadl I long run. 'and 1 r b)d was\ l burned i up byp it and 'tie ""as weak1 andt feeblle. '1h1i 'n a1f"i *ar to recover,' the doc(tor annon1 1 ed: "bu she i so near 1the ver'i' of 'te ra" notat i w-m0d requir bt beJitle ti plice herit. Ihe need the t. ar wthmt nd--:i aior toge buId un' itr iostituione, Gand fimod is nt ahn mose ftad ms in nhue.~ of now-ood wholesomte naeto andnt sef it." e i fhugr ndIko "Ys"sidJh,"btta, er shal not ayl to gxeti. Whatr. I tav dose dothe? Watdohat 1 can raide ,.*dL 1'd up youn. lhat I c.m-t. I a workin:: for n i;:, for m::te have' n.: a.~;'y to p' a me ani I L.ve scarcely a to ';ve on. .ha'I t a dollar. A'* aI you sou d bare a :u. of it. l I 'tl'l seeo if I e:m'Ct m n e in some way to raise smr mi:: for you". I don't kr'u what success I'll have. and r can't encLouira.. you to hope' for; anythine. I can only Iy It i, not nte ary r me to e. and see the 1*Ant a1dn for sever .1 di::.% 'wt if Ii nate as do anything f ; I'H me at ornce." "Th.m You. doctor." aiid John fer vently : .in clhasped the old doeto'rn hand. -You hae ari placed ine under a world of obPlig.1tion's to you, and if I am never able to repay you, God wil." "Oh, nver mind that. Green," the old man sai!. "never min about that. We're -l hmman bein;z. arni I an no more than human in dow: what I do. There's -::othing in it but what anybody ought to do.' "P'erh ms not." said John, "but it's what fe'.v do neverthless. My heart is full, doctor. and I cannot express my feelings. liut this I can say: You have done inore for us than any eoher per son on earth, and my heart, my thankis and my prayers are yours. You came to us a stran::er, and you have been a source of light to us. You have stood by us like a brother. and you have saved the life of my d-arest one. God bless you,. doetor, God bless yots" John could say no nore', for his feel ing overmastered him, and he bro!:e down conpletely. The old doctor was seriously disturbed, and for awhile he fidgeted about nervously. He was a modest iman, and whatever good deeds he performed were performed solely for the good there was in them, and not for the sake of the praise they nht 1ring him. le had acted the part o. fri'endI to Johl GIeen't' aUd 1is wife si:':lI because he f1At it hi: ut "Gre::," he said, laym.:: hi:b hand on John's:. :ouder, "don't talk that way. Let' rot make any fuss over tr' matter 'ike that. I'm glad my efforts in this ease have not been unavailingz, and I hope your wife will soon be recov ered. 'o)w, see here, You must make an effort to get a little money, and I'll make an effort and between us I think we may be able to accomplish something. Continue my remedies ae-' cording to directions, and if anvthing happens before I return, let me know." And -; ith that the old doctor went svay, followed by a thousand bless ings that flowed from John Green's heart. The next day John went over to Magic City to see what he could do in the way of raising money. He first went to Nills' office, and after a long wait socured an audience with that gentleman. He laid his condition be fore Mills in its true light and begged for a small advance on his loan. "I would be glad to accommodate you, Greon," Mills replied, "but I'tind it impossible to do so. I let. you have at first entirely *too much money on your security, and I am fearful that I shall not be able to recover on it. I can't advance another do::ar." "But I must have it, M I cannot let my wife (lie for the want of food. Do you understand?" "I und~erstand perfectly, Mr. Green, but you shoul remember that this is not a placc of charity but a place of business. I cannot undertake to bear other p'ople's burdens, nor to furnish food to the hungry. I am not responrsi ble for the suffering among the set tiers, a2:' I cannot afford to give :.way every'th ng I possess to alleviate it. As I said. anm sorry 1..r y.- and-ympa thize with you. Good day'." Johin :atempted to speakc further. but Mills hurried him out of the oficee, say ing: "There are customers in waiting, Mr. Green, and I have no time tc waste." John nextt visitedl the b~ankc but met with no success there. Then lie tried all the places where there was a bare hope of getting money, but his efforts were all unavailing. There was but one chance left and he would try that. So. with fa'ltering courage, he went to the ofliee of Mr. Scraggs. "Scrat"rs offered to aid me once," John thotught, "and perhaps he will do it now. I can try hinm at least." But when he reached Seraggs' office he found a y'oung man in charge, and Seraggs was nowhere about: and to his inquiry for Scraggs the young man gave Green this answer: "Sorry von were not a few minutes earlier. Mr. Green. as Mr. Serags has just gone away. There goes his train now. Hie will not be beck for near a week." For ani instant John stared blankly at the young man, and his head reeled and hec felt as if the earth was slipping from under his feet. Htis last chance for raising money was gone~and he saw nothing before his sick wife but death from want. The clerk noticed John's manner o~d was alarmed at it. "Mr. Green," he said, "you are not well. Take a seat am'l rest a moment. Can't I dosomethi:.:g for you?" "No." replied John, ras he dropped into thu nearest seat. "I will be all righit in a:omn. Tlhere ws :.)re than disappointmnent and discoure-men~t ailing John. ile was iel , we::k and hungry. For days "GRltEN, DON'T TALK TUAT WAY." he had overtaxed his strength in car'ing for his sick wife. ie had gone on short diet, ha I lost sleep) night after night. HeI was pale, hiaggatrd and aged. Hie was sic in body as well as soul. "Wa your business with 3Ir. Sera'.gs ver pa' ticular?" the clerk asked, when John recoveredi himself a little. "Yes, said John, "it is a mnatter of great i:':portance to mae." And he stated the o"b''et of his visit and told some ting o the necessity that forced him to seek i 'e loan. "I wvsh you had come before Mir. Srai"" icit," the clerk replied, "for I 'am Kxr' lie would have given you the as sstance you want. lBut it is too late now. 1e has no money here that I can handle or I would take the liberty of maing the advance. If you can get along for a few days, however, I am crt'in yuou can count on him for the favor whien lie returns." "If I can (10 no better I shall have to wait," John replied, as he left the of iee, "but Glod only knows how we are to keep the breath of life~ in us unless we iave food." John returned to his team to go home, but the thought of going back with no money or provisions was a It t t don by\ his w'agon and graze:d vaantlv aross the street at the display of gOods in front of a grrocei 6tore. "There is plenty over there," he thonuht, "to keep oli suil'oring, yet for the ivant of a few doflars I rmust go II! lgy w*1hi!,::n wife dies of Want. I cannot go back to ny home empty haaded and sit down there to wait for starvation. 'There is food in the land ind I must have it. God forgive me, b if I can steal some food I'll do it." Never in al his lifo hal the tiough1 of such a Cri:ne co:n: muth .M n Green-s 1:::d. Neve'r b-ure h:1d he heven igh .qne onis sann of sLh a deed. r:. :ev'r wou:d he have Ir:::ne 'x:.t t.- time wou.l er Vewen he 0:>uariousl ccnteinpt-:e turning thief. lut no one knows to what ext- zit hunger will drive him until he has Felt its pangs. John Grcen resolved to becone a thief in the eyes of the world. lie resolved to take by force and stealth that which was necessary to preserve life, and which he could secure by no other means. And with this determination firmly fixed in his mind he arose to put it in exe.ution. lIt scarcely had lie come to his feet when a strange man accostedhim, saying: "My friend. you have a very fair wagon and teara there." "Yes," replied John, mechanically. " 'Would you sell them?" the stranger asked. "Yes," replied John, eagerly grasping at the opportunity of getting some money, forgetting everything else in the thought of his wife. "Do you want to buy them?" "l wrant to buy a wagon and team to take me fzinil.' back to Missouri, and if you will sell yours at a reasonable price I may take them. What do you want for them?"' "I don't imor," replied John. "I had not tho'ught of selling them. But I sup psc tlt'y ou .ht to be worth a hundred The imu S.hook his head. John saw the hetio and said: "How mich . 1jill you give, then?" "I'll gieC you seventy-five." the man renlied. "t is a small sum. I know, but moerv is .alu:able in this couitry, and verything else, save fool, is cheap. That's all 1 can afford to ol r you." John was in no moo.1 for carilinx. and so without further parley he accepted the man's offer, and the money and team changed hands. No longer forced to the nccesaity of stealing food, John started off home ward, cons;iderabiy lighter of heart. "Poor Mary need not starve now," he thought, as lie walked across the prairie. "This money will buy food to tide us over a few mo;re months. and hv "woULD YOU swr.i 'r..'?" TuIs s-rnAN seure empli:.-inent." In the cent ':mphat ion of the good the money woulhi bring to his lovedl Ond' John compktrly forgot the faet that he had conaiottetd a grave crimne again:st the law in securing the :,neyv as he had. Bunt at last it camne back to him, and with a sudden and terrible shock ie was made to feel the tuil conse ueces of his act. ie stoJpped~ in h is tracks and a cold shiver ran over him. "ireat God:" hc mnurmunred, "I h::ve so. mo~rtgaged property. and opened a wa- to the state pris~3n for inyself. Whiat ant I to do? What can I do?" And he sat down and buried his face in hi- had: and tried to thiuk: but he coihl tltdak of nothing and see noth ing but the prison door yawning before him. .': e~ a4;~ -- - 'rill The States Respond ? ItenMOND. V'irgmil., Nov. 18.-Mrs. J,Ierson Daivis atnd her d:mgiater. Miss W iieI, iet tum ei'y to-day for M'-i dils. Te'nn. Tihc eiueoiud Dispatch t-rrwin -n editorial on Mrs.Diavis wil say: "The Southern Stat's (ou'ht to vote a perT:sion to .\rs. Jetierson Da is arid Virgw~ia shoul ~v h oe m iiint. 1: ;s nthinPg but fair and pro per that we shovld put her upon the 'ane factong that the Unite-t States Government plaes the widows of its iresi dents. The (iuty dievolves upon th" Statec tha- comipos.:d th~e Contfeder av is a thiu j"'tte past. It cani'L be a very ca'uy', recen (t for us, mnas wuch as thr m~- ve"r will b~e. tsuothier ..;iadIr. e', and ther"fre wiver ?.n a u r ~W!iev :- o Conederteg Presi Fdte "' '72,'tXt" r fai'ure of ' :e c'orn a:.- t.-ani crop:' thi stt,yowing to the dronthI. is 't'' g~ 1~ in ons su$rim amr-ng the ttir The pric" of corn has risen to an inmiense 'ugur", selng ini some parts n ' te' stah- at ove o"r01e dod ar per bush el The Xb' r'ng element of -Durarngo h -ve neither ''ork nar feed. The be1; t r elass"", '::o 're so fortuunah~ ias to o-food,. are coiup -li-u to guard t! eir [p"I , b' tof ~eet the farn 90tor'e from~ robbing thuem. Onxy the s' ar msui s of the. governmeunt so sH*ua.1-'To N, S. C-.C thi' - ~"' -iC(le m. n' t)-d::y whiih~ lastI Several hou.'ne o.:eedo.. wetre "se'ret. b- 't 's -nid t'at ste-ps -.ill be taken to hry i, ok cas teently d-idled by . wie fi~o.His ako sal. that the g ieI o 'r e::erd ha Is writteni a red u 'i o C (ount Auiditor, io hih-h m,,'*ie'- is el- to N:ectwns '''anvd f'lu 'f th.-' Generel .Stat;-t'5, -hiflJ ~ t i provid.Iiimm i:,u:n br per r' u'ing' I m'i-- tr * a turnst. or a i-,g 'GO e eurul-. yor>.'. t '. Nov 1 .-Trhe tri 1 of S 1. j'':' for ' & kiflig' of ('at - *he jury,. at'ete nmg out : Int-- L elurid a er 7 y. The erd 'et vn:, j.st e a av been la oinion to thery *al ir. U itau' lion i ' c1at lum -' ' ~u:'ro:: r . ( . - 'J- -0- l'h re a 3s sm !: liv sen'l'' 'ini the nt*ean thrU thr': was atsjlutely no ruh in :. crs and' clan,,ing O- -"s jun' hat'I1 thi" statemenits of questi~ ion werev false snt m ntft FUU ~f' TWO AND TWO. 'I THI-EGCNZLES BROTHERS ND THE TWO CLERKS. 4 ' i: er Newtpaper Circulatlon Do TeopiA in't) 6 M:xed Row-scuffle In a Iiotel Lobby Which Leaked Ugly, But Ended Wiih T.ittle Damage. < oLiumm.A, S. C., Nov. 24.-The sen ,a1 ;ii of ;rne nig ht is an encounter that >e d b--t'en N G.Gonzales,editor a iii St* , a!itl A E Gonzairs, gen- t -r a eP .4 rh.- ,ame paper. on the r .J. WalV-r Gray. of Green- I C11 an ll.aem Pope, of Newberry, I iek n-l.eLiVrly of the house and I wa:e. en *he otter. The law requires that clekS of the .o legilatye b.d:es shall award ad ciertisemnt1s of lroposals 'or the State printig tie daily nrspaper in Co umbia hi.ng the largest circustion. ray and 1pe deputei ithe duty of de (ro'.ilo9 :he question of cuculatlon IV. M. Rodgers, a'.sistant clerk of hi houe, and an ol.i Register com- t p.sior. B.>(gers made his report and ( tast night thi clerk, awarded the ad- c vertising to th' Register ani for orarued I c mm uueation'. to the Stgte, saying -at acording to Rodger's report the Register tad th largeet circulation. To-dav I hA State cortai ned a -evere iditorial calling trip award an ''in taOuS swindl'," andt the ret> rt "a tlagrarit and vilfful lie." The editorial aid that Rodgers "in making his report ad Pled deliberately and maliciously with intert t injure the State. which 1 e hares, and benefir. te Register, whIi he supporls," and that he knew the Register's circulation was not halt is arge as the State's. The tditorial t lso said that Gray and Pope in accept- I 4g and endorsing a report so made have broken their oaths to perform thir duties, and have carrisd out a 2onspiracy to defraud the State of its reputatlon und to give the Register a reputation which It could not other wise Gray ;nd Pope were charged with iutrageous partisanship and fraud. 1 To-night ths matter culminated when I A. E. Goneale mi-t General Gray in he ecowd'd 'obby of the Grand Cen- I tral h..tel. The occurrences that fol- j [owod are conservatively given accord ing to the most dispassionate state- I mbums from witnesses obtainable. G:nzales said to Gray: "I have been uexious to see you to tell you some thing I have been saying about you all day. Yuu, or Pope, or Rodgers, or whoever ;s rrspon:-ible for aw-arding he advrtising to the Register, and ine statempnt that the Regis ter has a greater circu!aticn than the S'ate Is a G- -d liar and a fraud. Any one who will assert that the Reg ister has half the circulation of the i state tells a willful lie." Gorizales repeated this, and said that it was an ou-rage on the tax payers of the State to have the award given to a paper with not half the State's circula ion. Gray asked if Gonzales had received is communication. About this time N. G. Gonzales came into the lobby, and, hearing n is broth er's voic-e came up to him. Gray then said so there are r.wo of you, are there? Have I a friend here!" At this appeal a number of persons I immediately rushed up, and the cry I was heard, "Yes, fots of them." Gray excitedly threw of his overcoati and Irew his pistol and said "Any man who says that I am a fraud is a d-d liar." At this junrcture Sampson Pope came up and shouted "That's what I say, and suv man who accuses me or fraud is a d-d liar." N. G. Gonzales asked him what he iaid, and upon his repeating it struct him in the face with his left hand. 3r. Pope is said by t wo eye witnesses s haaWmade two attempts to draw a1 ito wen ne anic uoui1sa iomw iW on each othe~r. The two maen fell to the floor, clinch ing each other, Gonze.les on top belab ormg Pope. rope stuck bis angers in Gonzales' eyes and gougod them. Gon 'zales calleci out to him to stop gouging him. Gonzales states that he did this because Pope's :friends had hold of his arms andi he could do nothing. In some ay the men were soon pasrted, nither doing mutch damage to the other. Gonzales believes that he was struck over the hand by at stick in the hands of somefl one in the crowd. In the meantime A. E. Gonzales h-a ben facing Gray, who stood with drawn pistol. Gonales advanced one step, called Gray a d--d eoward and told him to throw away his pistol,as he hid none, and rignt it out. rTe strug gle between Pope and the other Gon zales g~ot these two separated, and Gen eral (Gray remained in a corner of the lobby for fully fiye minutes standing erect wvith drawn pistol and pale face. A. E. Gonzales continued to curse Gray and his friends, telling him he could1 whip any three of t hem. Bly t2ras time sofle of (Gonzales friends~ had bee-n at tracted into the hotel aind the two brothers were taken up stairs. The afiair created the most intense exiteent. and no~thinig else is talked about. It ts probable that tomorro w wil bring devsopmnents in the mnatter. Suits tor perjury are talked of. ANOTHER n10W COLt MnIA, S. C., Nov. 25 -Auother encouter follo wing on the heels of last m~ght's tight occurr ed tod iy. This time it was between A.E.Go.zalesanDd M. F. Tighe, correspondent of the News and Courier. Gonz.*lvs produced a News and Courier- and read Tlighe's account o lat night's t1hat. Wheu he came to the words "A. E. Gonzales raised both hands, say log he was unarmed," he told ige it was a d-d lie. Immediately 'gh, r thi-d his right hand and struck Goztes in the Lace, drawing blood from his nose5. Gonzales responded by hitting Tighe untIer the left eye, mak ing a gash which bled profusely. TVhe two men clinched and fell to the floor. They struck and gouged each other for a short time when they were separated. After i.eing separated Tighe saia: '-You are my phvsicasl superior, but I'll ig t ou in any way a gcentemenl ought. and you have got it to do." Gonzles repiled that TI'ghe could get ll th figiht '.ut of him in any way :'nd tiialv time he chose The light ocentrred just outside the door of the chi Amber of the house of rep rseratvs and many legislators rush e & to the s ne Morly thereafoer Represent.'.tive Burn broig at rhe affair to the attention of -- ho,. but action was postponi .-Gr-er.vill' News Thet ReTalationI Ia Chias. SirAYoiAi, Nov. 26.-The special crrespodeniii ia lna of the Unite res is aim, on the best authot ity. to sIte that the rebellion (for it is really a ree;llin) is spreading rapidly in the n t~rrhern provinces, so that there is con cderable alarm felt at Peking and its nieiorootd. The rebelsa are advanc iz in mrs upon Pe~kin, and are bemng irined ea route by reinforcements 1rm theg people arnd from the army. Several sqiadrus of the so-called regular caval iv have already joined the rebels, im ad d~iiin tr' ha,.ds of des~erters from the toos clan-edi as regular infan try. Fiu ally, the rebels have been jeined by a nuuber of mandarins, and each day tneir sret and audacity have been increas mng. Ali the Christians at Kmechow have bees massacred. V1ta lBoilor BxplouiE'3. ('urrT AN01. Tenn., Nov. 20.-Tlo ayat Mentaafrt-venisblo lytlnfg two young sons of the pro irietor, TV. P. Batteni. A saw dust weevr had his leg brokvn and Mr. Batte3 had an arm broken in two paces. Port onls of the boiler were hrown threc hndired feet. M. A. HOYT, [Snccessor to C. I. Hnyt 5 B-] Largest and O1dest hlwely Z:ore n SUMTER, S. C. 25 A very large stock of Britannia wate, the ve.:v best silver plated gods made. 550 Gold Rings on hand. i1inof Clocks Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, anmpeca cles. A big lot of solid con silver just re ceived, at lowest prices. My repa.ring de partment has no snperior in the State. Try around first and get prices, then come to me. You will certainly buy from me. The BaileyLebby COMPANY. 213 Meeting St., Opposite Charleston Hotel CHARLESTON, S. C. Manufacturers' Agents. Machinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention mill men! We are now offer ing the best aid latest improved - I'D C;-riLs-t 2Vis Iron, Steel, Pipe, Nail, Fitting, Belt Lacing, and a full line (.f Phosphate and Mill Supplhes. .t"ate agents for THE SCIENTIFIC GRINBING MILLS., rfr-Send for our new illustrated catalogue and lowest prices. Agents wanted in every county. EAT AND DRINK I have opened a first-class liqor saloon in tie city of Sumter, in the Solomons building on Liberty street, where I will keep the choicest brands of LIQUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS and ill kinds of smokers' articies. My sa loon will be managed by a first-rlass bar tender, who will prepare all the latest in fan cy drinks at the shortest notic, I have also gone to considerable expense2 in preparing i First-class Restaurant in the rear of my saloon. My tables will be filled with the very best the market affords, and this branch of my business will be un der the supervision of one who has served as chief cook in several line restaurants. The trade of my Clarendon Friends is respectfully solicited. Come to see me, ake a drink of something good, and then sit down to a meal that will serve as an invi tation to call again. WOLKOVISKIE & CO., Sumter. S. C. PIEDMONT GUANO CD., CHARLESTON, S. C. IMt)RIE~s, MXANUFAoTUREts, & DEALERs JN Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved B'one, Solubles, and Amumoni ated Manipulated. Handled by Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. Get prices~ before buying. WM. BURMESTER & CO. Hay and Grain, AE MAEUFACUERl OF Ell & KZL Opp.* Kerr's Wharf, aind 23 Queen St., CHARLESTON, S. U. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO VIS ions of an act of the General Assembly ratiied on the 9th day of February, 1882, 1 will be in the court house in Manning, in the office of the clerk of the court, the first Monday of each month, for the purpose of allowing persons comning of age since the last general election to register, and to at tend to anyv other business~ pertaiming to my oficial duties. S. P. HOLLAD)AY, Supervis. r Registration Clarendon Co. P. O. Address: Panola. S. C. S. THOMAS, Ja. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr.& Bro. JEWELRY, SilVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods .ce'Watchsand Jewelry repaired c inetent workm-:nJ. 25/7 KING STREET, CHIARLESTON. S. C. Carrington, Thomas & Co, -DEALERS IN WATCH~ES. JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS No. 251 Kiug Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN3BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, .LL1A*NCE. OXi iN Ussr. 'hePreslde.nt of th- GeorgiA Stale Alil an-ce Makp an Address ArGUSTA. Nov. 25.-To-day was Uliauce day at -:c Exposition and reidenovinsto;, of tie (Georgia Al ance. was here acln made au address to everal hundred ,-eorgia and Carolima armers this afternoon in Music Hall. Ie was introduced by the lion MariLn 1. Calvin. Mr. Liviugstun -ega.. b explaining he principles of t..e Alliance and the uvaning of ile 1ujrasucy il. as lie ehevedl 0 at mnala' ui:ce, nit -einlz mbesof t Orderr. :2 0 1.o0: :now cieirly v.ha in ;i:ri-uSS .f t!e Uliaice were. He was ver earnest In ts talk nlidw . at Ptis '' cvc rv ord he utter..d. IL sail he had heard rumored that th; liiince d d not have nough money to pI:, h d es w Who tIended the Nation:l Curv mion in In liauaipolis last w, k. 111 I e aid he would or.i itiuet:. tihe re-r: un rue. lie -di.h the pur s ,of tie rdtr were lixed aLr' .Jdrui nd1 tfar*1 :rs were. b 0 at on avn .he iuancial ystem chianged. 1i_ ke thero was truni! oppoiition :: in: All wce. but its neibers did not tm- d t!.ai; in :ct rather ike it. for by dicussi'n of questions armat-s would be -ducated and would be ble to fiually errike ou sonie p au that vould give them reliet. le said that tL! e .ub-trasury b1i1 wa< he only scheme tha:. had yet been tound hat could furnish :nprovemen'. and if y better plan cruld be scgetted the armers were ready and -i lling jo accept t. The only hindrance to the Order. he Colonel said, was from within and lot from without their ranks. He em yhatcally said that this country is in a lepressel condition, and that merchants, )akers and cottou nen ve. e trembling n their boots simply ou account of the incertainty of tha liuaucial condition. le said what farmers demanded was inancial relef and iux relier, and when hey aet those two things they w ill have >lenty and live happily. In substautiatwon o his char-c of tile incertaiiv of finraueial affairs, he re narked that Bradstrect reportol that )2 er cent. (f busmess was done on ,ime. Lack of confidence is the c.-use >t this uncertait, he . said, aud he roved it by sayiu- diat money could be )orrowed in New York at a ow intere. ubject to call, but not On time. As to he Ocala piatform aid sub-treAu: v bil o1. Livingston said th?.v were not un leniocratic or impractizable, as some vriters think. Relerr:ng to Fedezal axes the speaker said that ia 1880 tiere vas forty-three b:llion dollars of busi less done in this country. and out ot hat amount only seveuteen and a half )illons was taxed. Mr Livingston said that farmers were mulrers by all taxes not being paid. le said there is a cry that Lhere is over >roductlon of cotton, 'out it is co:. so. i'othinz is overproduced except fools md rascals, that Divine Porvider:ce. who rules over the unive- &e, never wasted Iis gifts. He said farmers were selling otton now at .less than it cost them to nake it, and it was because of the poor inancial banking system and because peculators are- hold:ng cotton. In his mperieuce cotton ahways brought the ighest prices wtien currency reached ,he biahest point. One, great trouble was h~e said, that 91 per cenlt. of the wealth of tilis cou1Ar y was controlled by ie Eastern S:ates oaitside of where the ~rops of this coun ry are grow . He dvised farmers this year to !Jrat make trops of tile necessaries of life needed at iome, and then afterwards to plant cot Col. L.ivingston referred to the talk hat the strezt" .r Wa- .O Se emnamer o~ -aic rder would on be d.ssolved. I aun Wer to that satid that thu wish wats father to the ,hought, foir the Aillane was stronger iow thu ever bedore and that it was oing to tenaciously hld togetheur andl ecomplish its object, th~outh it will take rears to do it. lie said he wanted East in political domniuatio h roken: that the orth not only' controlled the linances tnd commerce. Lhey even are isters, lictators and ecuLt ollers of political af airs. Hec said that the East is so) strong :hat it elects the Pcesideut and that a :ombnaton of Southern and Western States could not destroy their power. le aske.d who is g.!ng to finii the S.>uth in its elorn s to have the Government mproe the Savanoah Rivuer and deepen the harbors on the Southern coast of the Atlanec? Ne v York and Massachusetts are States which a ill tighit it becouse iI he improvement :s madde it ma) give the South commierciai freedo -t to the etriment of the North. Wuioie Familyi Ashy~uxiated. ANDE~tSON, Ilad., Nov. 19--An u-uire family was suffocat~ed by gas at Latpelle last night. Mrs. Mary Hluffmain and her two sons, Peter an:d Ne~wton, both grown, irtire~d fo: thle night aind jef: the gas burning a.t high pressure in a stove. Somehow i he drafit w'as impeCr feet and the blaze was extinguished during the night. Gais potured into the room and aspnyxi-ated lie whole fam-. ily. Their condition was not discov red until a late hour in the mowrning, when a neigh uor called and tried to ga in. The doors were lockedi, but peering through the windows the lifeless body of Newton, the youngest, was se-en lying n bed. The doors were b:rLoken open aid Mrs. liuffmdn and the older sonm taken out into the air and: a physician hastiy sumnoned. Atr wor king with tnem for an hoar or two ammen~ ion returned, but they cannot live. The younger boy was dead when dis' covered.__ _ _ _ A Cyclone in MtIssissippI. MEitIoiN. Miss, Nov. 2d.-A. spec ial to ae News rorn Newton. Miss., says a cyclonai struck the town of Litw rence abouit 3 o'ciock p. mi., and blew down the Method'st church,. also the hose of Dr. ltavi. kt!!ing his little girl and injuring Mrs. Davi:;. Oth-r houises were blown down, but the full extent of the injury is not known mat thils time. No partculars are gathered as to the amage dorne by it before reach~ng and after eaving La;w.rence. POWDER Absolutely Pure. , CRE AM OF TA RT AR B.AKING power. I ighest of all in' leaven ing strength.-Latest U. S. Government James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. [IGH GRADE LIQUORS 199 Meetng t. CHARLESTON,.S. C.