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THE QUAKER'S WOCING. Once a Quaker went a-wooing, (Who should say him "nay")? Such a charming Quaker maiden, In-her gown of gray. But whene'er be asked the question (Lack a day, a day!) 9- Wth his hand his throbbing vest on, "Nay," she answered, "nay!" Bat the persevering Quaker To himself did say, Woo I will until I make ner, Make her answer "yea." in vain, his suit a-Dressing 6 ("Listen, Ruthie, pray," 4 Urged he), while his love confessing. 6till she answered "nay!" .TiU at last, the wily Quaker, (Lack a day, a day!) Longing ardently to shake her, Stole across the way, And unoted stood beside her, Not a word did say, Though his twinkling eyes deride her, In her gown of gray, Suddenlybe cried and clearly (Much to her dismay), "I have loved thee long and dearly, Little Ruthie Grey; Darest say thou dost not love me? Answer quick, I pray." HalTconfused and all unheeding, $#Nay," she answered, "nay." -:0: A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE -BT TEOMAS P. MONFORT. CHAPTER XXII. .. TE SNErpr SHOWS is HEAD AOAn. V A long time John remained there on the prairie trying to decide what step -to take next. At first he was inclined togo back and find the man who had bought the property, and try to in ince him to annul the sale; but he realized that such a step would be use less, since it was not probable that the man would consent to the proposition, even if he could be found, which was not likely. Then he could not consent %to surrender the money. So he put that idea away, and de eided to go on home. On the morrow bewould go to Mills and tell him of the sale and pay him a portion of the moLney. This seemed like a fair way of proceeding, and John had no doubt that it would be all right with Mills. Hav ng pome to this conclusion, he felt re Ldeved, and continued his way with less Smisgivings. The next morning John prepared to return to town to carry out his plan, wand as about to set out from home when he saw two men approaching. Be soon recognized them as Mills and Jearson, and with a feeling of fear and dread awaited their arrival. " Green," said Mills, after the uSual salutations, "I came out to see ,you on a little matter of business. I Saminformed on reliable authority that you sold yout wagon and horses yester 13day. Is such the case?" "This," said John, "and I was just ~startingto your office to inform you of the fact, and make it all right with SMills smiled rather incredulously at this statement, and John winced under j'the expression of the money-lender's -sinister eyes. "uhmay possibly have been your la btentions, Mr. Green," Mills replied doubtingly. ""I do not pretend to know ~ whayLs in your mind. But the fact that 6., yu idlposed of the property right at nl office without saying a word to me Sabout it is rather damaging, to say the least It seems to me that you could as ~eisilyhave come to me then, as to have Scome home and gone back this morning. ~The affair looks a little suspicious, y. sure. ~ You don't mean to imply," cried G t~een ivith a gleam.of anger, "that I 6Rprpdsed at'g dishonorably?" "N, oh no, I doni't mean to imply anything.-- I am just stating the facts of..the matter. I have a perfect right toimy opinion, though, I presume." I suppose you have, but you have no h'~t-to make any assertions. I ac knwedge that I did act imprudently, 'butlIwas driven to it. You know what Smy situation is, and you ought tobe Swilling to make some allowances. ~However, I 'will now pay you that part ..of the debt for which the horses and 'wagon stood as security, and that, I suppose, 'will make the matter allright." "No, I can't accept such temis. It would be setting a bad precedent for my e, ustomers, and would lead to no end of trouble." "What do you mean to do, then?" Johnasked with trepidation. ."I can do but one thing," 'replied -.Mills, "and that is to let the law take its course. I suppose you know what thatwifllead to." -"Great heavens, man!" John cried, "remember my wife, and show that you have a heart. Would you send me away to prison for no crime and kill my poor wife by the act? Surely you cannot be brutal enough to do that." *"I shall not do it, Mr. Green," Mills replied coolly. "I am not the law, and neither can I answer for the law. You have placed younnelf in the law's grasp -and you will .have to abide the conse quences.". "Can't I do afiything to satisfy you and avert th!! atvful fate?" asked John. "Not that I know of," said Mills. "You will have to make your plea to t~he court." Mills turned to ride away, but Harry Pearson, who all this time had kept quiet, motioned him aside, and for some time they talked t'ogether earn estly. Finally they came back to Green, and Mills said: "For the present. Mr. Green, I will let this a~fair rest, since my friend here -so much desires I should. H~e agrees to stand responsible for you, and I have promised to do nothing for a few days. I do not know what may be done eventually, but just now you may rest quietly. Good day." Pearson went away with Mills to avoid John's thanks, and John returned to the house greatly relieved by the turn matters had taken. "Pearson will see me out all right," he thought, "and there will be nothing more of it. He will compel Mills to ac cept the money and remain quiet." In this reckoning John was correct to a certain extent, but he little dreamed how dearly Pearson meant to charge for his good offices. Two or three days passed and then Pearson came again to John Green's house. John welcomed him with all his heart and embraced the opportun ity to thank him for his services ren dered a few days before. - e "It is nothing," Harry protested, " nothing at all, Green. to make a fuss over; and yet I'm glad I was able to help you. Mills is a bad man to deal with, as I have lately discovered, and I am sorry you borrowed that money of him. But having got you into his hands I feel it my duty to help you out. But there, we'll let the matter drop. How is Mrs. Green to-day?" "She is doing splendidly," said John. "Improving rapidly, and if nothing in terferes to give her a relapse she'll soon be well enough to get about. She has had a trying time of it." "Indeed she has," replied Harry sym pathetically. suggesting a walk t i..ouis-, ana s.. feeling somewhat in d ity bound ac cepted his proposal. Together they walked out across the prairie, Pearson doing the most of the talking, and for some time confining himself to trivial matters. But at last, when they came to the bank of the creek, they sat down, and Pearson proceeded to speak of something of more importance. "Louise," he said, "I have brought you out here to-day to speak to you on a subject that lies near my heart, and which I cannot bury, though I've tried often. You know what it is?" "I'm afraid I do," said she. "Afraid?" he repeated. "Then you have not changed your mind?" "No, no, and I never can." "Louise," said Pearson quickly, "you can change your mind, and you must. I love you better than any other man ever did or ever will. I'll do anything to win you. I have busied myself to help your parents in every way that I found pos sible, and I did it all for your sake. I'd d-o anything for your sake, and I've sworn that you shall be mine." "0h, don't talk so, please," pleaded Louise. "I know how good you have been to those I love, and it hurts me to deny any favor you ask at my hands. Don't compel me to say what I said once before, and what I hope never to have to say again. Please say no more about it." "But I will say more about it, Louise. I said just now I had sworn to have you for my own, and I mean to do it. If 1 can't win you one way, perhaps I can another. Look here, you must consent to my wish to save your father. Do you understand?" "To save my father," Louise repeat ed, looking up inquiringly while a great fear smote her heart. "What do you mean by that?" "Do you know thathe is in my power, practically? Do you know that only I stand between him and state prison?" "No, no," Louise gasped, turning ashy white while her heart stopped its beating. "I do not understand. Tell me, oh, tell me what you mean. What has he done?" "He has committed a penitentiary offense. He has sold mortgaged prop erty, and nothing but I stands between him and the law's penalty. If I step aside then the law takes its course and your father must serve a term in state prison-a convict among convicts. You know what such a result would be to him and what it would be to your mother." "Oh, God! oh, God!" the girl wailed, "can such a thing be? Can my poor dear father be in danger of such a fate?" "It is too true, Louise,"Pearson went on. "I have told you truly of his dan ger. But you can. and you must serve him. Become my wife and he shall never be disturbed. I will continue to protect him, and no man shall raise a hand against him. Come. say you will, Louise. You shall never regret it. I will raise you from this life of suffer ing and want and make you a lady. You shall have everything your heart can (esire. Say yes." "01. no, no, a thousand times no," the girl cried. "You do not know what you ask of me. Yoa do not know how my soul revolts at the thought. I thank you over and over for all you have done for us, and I wonid be willing to do al most anything for you in return, but you askc too much. I cannot love you and I cannot marry you." "Not to save your father's name and honor and your mother's-life?" Pearson asked. "Remember how much you have at stake, Louise."-. "Can't they be saved bothouV'that?" "Wiithout your giving yourself to me? No. That is the only terms upon which your father can be kept from the law's grasp." . "Surely, surely, Mr. Pearson, you will not require .such a sacrifice on my part. You know why father did that, and you or any other man would have done the same. You know all this, "I BAE To YOUTBUL or ID - G EB. and ou on~ notbe o hartlss s t fosk i no. "Wh soul pu . sl toan plid."exep itiefo: or ae andeyo wore notgto earthlesso areo aLouie soke in eding ons, and hen til coninue hm inteiprpstnte. Refs y oldr an Iput myself n furtnhrt forc you paet hmcoy es pliae "ehept itown for your n sakew othe atentigtve, dleae you re lthoe as lou minh. Youe cande come win condtsaue myou intreintseor yoRa efuse my offer and ubt yel uther onsfqueces."toacptm trs I avnspketmkon tosu Pasnd arose ynd twealerntiv and eavgte ounke coice moie adsav bour inasrentsand doubts. That was the most trying hour of her sad life. She knew only too well the awful doom that hung over her poor parents, and her heart bled for them. She pictured to herself her loved father clad in a convict's garb and locked up for years in a terrible prison, fo'r "a crime savyn that of trying to pro *de'bread for 'his starving wite and child. She pictured her mother'sgrief and death, which she knewv would fol low her father's arrest. She pictured all the misery and suffering that would come with the law's enforcement, and she became sick at heart. "No, no," she said. "that must not, shall not be if I can prevent it. I will make any sacrifce to save my loved ones." Then oc the other hand she thought of Paul, and up from the past Iloated remembrances of the happy hours she had spent with him, and of 'the bright pictures her fancy had painted of the futur'e when she should be. Pauul's wife. She re::uiled all his tender words and glnee>?.. andl now in this hour, when slhe was .'dh'ed upon to give him up. she felt he.r .;nl going out to him as it had, never go'ne out before; and she felt how uttrzly' hnponu~i'le it would hA' to live happily witihout hin, and in spirit she wailed: "Oh.~ Paul. Paul. how can I give you up? Ilou'w can I lose you? Godi. Thou art just an.l righteo. us, and surel'y Thou hast not Cforb.ken mec in thzi, dark hour. lelp mec. Lord, to save my parts,S hut do not require me to do it at such a cost." Pearson returned and stopped before "Well." he said, "have you deVidi?" "o",ereplied, withou. ;Poking up, "I mnust have more time. Will you wait unti! to-morrow?" -I np;,ose I must if you require it, but I e no use in it. You ougzht to be able to <h-eide how you will !-t without much thought. It is a simple question. On one side is your father's honor and happines.s. your mother's life, and riches for yourself. while on the other side there is nothing but your own fancy. You oi to he able to choose between the two evamily enough." "I mur.t have time. It is a matter of more importance to me than you say. I must ash ,Gd to help and direct me." Pearson gave a light laugh at this, and the girl shrank farther from him. "To give up dear Paul," she thought, "is enouh to break my heart, but to become the wife of this man makes the sacrifice unbearable." She felt all her old loathing of him return, and if only herself had been in the question, she would a thousand times rather have gone to death's em brace than his. "Well." said Pearson after a little si lence. "if you must have until to-mor row to decide, suppose we go back." "I would rather go back alone," Lou ise replied. "You*need not wait for me." "But you see. Louise, that would not do. Your parents would suspicion somethmg, and if you are to take this step to save them, they must not know it. You would not want them to know it." "No, I would not," she said. "But before we go, I must make one more appeal to you I must beg you on my knees to save them and spare me," and as Louise spoke she kneeled before him, and with clasped hands and streaming eyes begged -piteously for mercy at his hands. iHe let her proceed to a finish, then with a shake of his head, replied: "It is useless, Louise. I ama resolved and nothing can change my purpose. I will come back to-morrow, and I shall expect your answer then. If you de cide to accept my offer. I want you to be ready to go away with me to-mor row night. We will leave a letter ex plaining everything to your parents, and after getting married at Magic City we will take a train for the west where we will spend a few months. I have a reason for going away which I cannot explain now, but which I will tell you later. Now you know all my plans, and if you decide to be my wife you know what you will have to do, and you must make your arrangements ac cordingly. Now if you are ready we will return to the house." "Mr. Pearson, can I not reach your heart and prevail on you to. be more merciful?" Louise asked. "No, I tell you it is useless to talk. I am not to be influenced from my pur pose. You can marry me and insure the welfare of those you love, or you can refuse me and let them take the consequences." Without another word Louise arose, and in silence they walked back. Pear son stopped only long enough to admon ish Louise that she must positively de cide by the morrow, then mounted his horse and rode away to Magic City. He knew what her decision would be, and felt'secure of his prey-as secure of it as though he had it already within his grasp. He knew that Louise would not sacrifice her parents.. CHAPTER XXIII. -e Tn smERPE's VIcroR. All that day and all the night fol lowing there was a bitter conflict rag ing within Louise's heart. 11cr soul re volted at the thought of gi'ving herself upto a man she so utterly loathed as she did Pearson, and she found it hard to bring herself to the great sacrifice. She felt that in joining her life with his she bade farewell to the last vestige of happiness and hope, and plunged into a never-ending gulf of misery. She realized fully the awful results of the step she was asked to take, and the whole future rose up be fore her a picture of the blackest hue. And yet, she reasoned, the step must be taken. The saerifce must be made. It was not only her duty to save her parents, but she felt that it ought to be a pleasure. She felt that she ought to be glad to suffer anything for the sake of those whom she so dearly loved. She tried to persuade herself that being able to serve them so well, at even this great cost, was a blessing for which she should feel thankful. Reasoning thus she would almost succeed in recon eiling herself to her fate, when there would come up in her mind recollec tions of Paul, and she would lose all the resolution she had gained. "Poor Paul, poor Paul," she would groan, "what will you think of me after such a base deed? You will never, never know that I did it for the sake of my father and mother. Oh, God, to make the sacrifice and lose Paul for ever is enough to kill me. but to know that I am misjudged by~ him, and be lieved by him to be false and heartless, is more than I can bear. And yet I must bear it." Thus long the conflict between love and duty raged, and at last duty pre vaild and Louise for once and for all decided that the sacrifice should be made. She would surrender everything and become Harry Pearson's wife. Having formed this resolution, she tried to put away all thoughts of Paul tried to become reconciled to the inevit able, and even attempted to persuade herself that in time she would learn to be happy in her situation. She tried to hope that she might learn to love Pearson. After settling the question so, Louise became calm and quiet, but it was a sullen calm that comes with defeat rather than conviction. She went about her duties with a light step, and a smile lurked about her features. She had one source of genuine satisfaction, and that was the knowledge that she was saving her parents such untold suf fering and misery. All through the morning hours she kept a watch for Pearson. She dreaded, yet wished for his coming. She would have giveni worlds to know that she should never see him again, and yet since she must give herself to him she wished to have it done and over. Slowly the morning hours wore away, and as often as Louise gazed out across the broad ex panse of prairie nothing greeted her vision save the parched plain. At last near noon she saw a horse nan approaching. He was far away, but she was sure it was Pearson coming for her answer. "It shall be as he wishes," she mused, "and our interview shall be a short one. Thank God the worst will soon be over." The minutes passed and the horse man drew near. Louise, who had rested her face in her hands, looked up again, and as her eyes reached the ap proaching figure she received a shock that took her breath away. Her heart ceased its beating and her form trem bled so that she could hardly support her weight. The man she saw was Paul. Paul come back to her with all his great love beaming from his eyes. But how different was his coming from what she had thought but a few hours before. Then she looked and longed for it as the happiest hour of her life, but now she would rather have seen anyone else. She had hoped, after mak ing up her mind to accept Pearson's of fer, be aredw the nain of a meeting with I ui. She Ltempted to run away and hide some, aere from his eyes, but her limbs refuse I to bear her, and with shame,re morse and grief gnawing at her heart she av 2ited his approach as a doomed man t -aits the end of his sentence. Pau sprang from his horse and with a sm iag face came forward to greet his love. He opened his arms expect ing her to nestle within them, but she moved not, and looked not at him. He came up <iuite close to her and stopped. Ile spoke her name softly, but she made no reply. "Louise," he said again, "do you not know I am here?" Still she neither spoke to him nor looked at him, but sat with her face buried in her hands while the tears streamed through her fingers. Paul was nonplused completely. lie knew not what to make of this reception. "Louise," he continued, after a short silence, "what does this mean? Have you no welcome for me? Will you not speak to me?" "Oh, Paul, Paul," Louise cried. "Why did you come? Why do you stay to break my heart now? Oh, God! oh, God! this is more than I can bear!" Her words were so impassioned, her manner so vehement, that Paul was struck with awe. Ile could not under stand her meaning, and was at a loss to account for such irreconcilable conduct. She showed plainly by her tone and actions that her love for him was not dead, while by her words she only too plainly manifested a desire to escape him. ie knew not what to think of her -what to make of the change in her. After a short silence, lie said: "Louise, I cannot understand you. There is something wrong with you, but I am unable to account for it. I never dreamed that I should receive such a welcome as this on my return to you. Never a day, since I left you, has passed without thoughts of you and this meeting thronging through my mind. I have dreamed of it by night. But I never thought we should meet thus. Louise, tell me what has wrought this change." He paused for a reply, but none came. She longed to tell him all and show to him that her heart was un changed, but she dared not. Her lips must remain sealed, and with a great effort she kept down the longing of her rEE CONFLICT BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY thng Ti supnei wreta eat. Tel m whtyumen n syy oul.Sen atha as notd. on oe thi. Thre uspensoe isecretans for all this. Tell me what it is." "Oh, Paul," cried Louise, "do not ask me. I can tell you nothing, nothing. Oinly spare me, Paul. Go away and spare me the bitterest trial of my life." The girl's tone was piteous. It was as that of one pleading for life. Paul was struck by it, and forgetting the pangs that were wrenching his own soul, he felt his heart go out to her in pity as well as love. "Louise," he said, "I would spare you all pain possible, but I cannot leave you like this. I love you to-day more than ever I loved you before, and I feel, I know that you love me. I must know the cause of your action. I will not leave you until I do know." "I cannot tell you, Paul. I must not. You must go away from me and never see me again. That is all I can say." "Be reasonable, Louise, and remem ber that I have a heart. Remember that I can feel and that every word you speak pierces me like a knife." "Then leave me and do not make me say more. God knows I would spare you the agony of this meeting." "Must we part, Louise?" "Yes, yes; and never meet again." "Is it your wish?". ''It is.'' "And you will not tell me why?" "No, I cannot do that." "Then it shall be as you wish. I will go away, and I promise not to see you again. But Louise, I will never forget yon. You have this day broken my spirit, destroyed my happiness and wrecked my brightest hope, but I will love you still. I little thought that the great purpose that has cheered me on to the greatest efforts I was capable of making should come to this. For your sake andI in the hope of one day claiming you for my wife, I have applied myself well to my studies, and I have graduated with honor. I have one everything for your sake, and the guiding purpose of my life has been to gain a home fit for you. But now, that is all at an end. My hopes are blasted in one short hour and my castles have fallen down. You say that you will ever be mine?" "I can never marry you, Paul." "Then good-by, Louise," and as Paul spoke he advanced and reached out his and. Louise could almost feel his pres mene, and she longed to throw herself n his arms and cry her heart out. But she restrained herself, and never so nuch as looked up. "Won't you tell me good-by. ouise?"' Paul asked. "Good-by," she murmured. IHe said nothing more, but after look ing at her a long time he tore his eyes from her and strode rapidly away. She eard him pass through the gate, and a moment later heard his horse clat ter away across the prairie. Then she lifted her head from her hand, and with longing eyes looked after his re treating form until it faded out in the distance, and when she saw him no longer she placed her hand on her heart and moaned in the deepest an guish. That meeting had been a sore trial for the poor girl, but she steeled her heart against itself, and with the great est effort withstood its pleadings. She felt more than once that if the inter view was prolonged she must break down and give way to her love. But she had come through it safely and the worst was passed. All day she watched and waited for Pearson's visit, but night came on and Pearson failed to appear. Was it pos sible, she wondered, that he had changed his mind, and that after all she would escape him? But P'earson had not changed his mind. Hle remained away for another and a more urgent reason. As Paul galloped back in the direc tion of Magic-City he met Pearson on his way to Green's. Pearson recognized ar 4 Le . v fi'i n iro f?.uas loL~s what had been the result of his visit, .4!~ /* "GOOD-BY" sIM MUR.CRD. and his nature was such that he could not resist thje temptalion11 of slightily exulting over his vanquished rv al. Paul would have passed on, but Pear son prevented him. "I did not know you had returned, Mr. Markham," Pearson began, "and I suppose you have been back but a short time." "I returned last night." Paul replied "Only last night? You have been out to your father's. I suppose. to-day?" "I .don't know that it is anything par ticularly to you where I have been," Paul answered a little angrily, for he was in no mood to have his affairs meddled with, and especially by one who was little more than a stranger. "Oh, of course not." said Pearson with a light laugh. "Though I think I could guess where you have been were I to try. How are the Greens coming on?" The tone in which thi-s question was asked together with the leermg manner of the speaker implied a direct insult, and Paul took it as such. lie had, moreover, had an intimation of Pear sons visits t) Green's, and he now as sociated him in some way wivth Louise's conduct an felt in lined to hold him responsible for i e w'as sensitive, and it re pdi but little to iuise his temper, and it was not strange under the eircumstances that Pearson's words stung him, and that he should reply sharply. "If the Greens are anything to you," said he, "and y'ou are anxious to know how they are coming on, I suppose you have 'he privilege of goingthere to find out for yourself." "Thanks." replied Pearson, "I shall do as you suggest, and I hope. in fact I thTk my reception there will be differ ent frora yours." The next instant Paul had lost all self-control, 7nd with all his strength put into hi arm lie gave Pearson such a troke with bia fistha t It sent.him roll ing to the ground limp and apparently lifeless. Paul did not wait to see what had been the extent of the damage of his stroke, but galloped on, leaving Pear son to the care of a couple of men who at that moment drove up in a wagon. "Is he dead?" asked one of the men as the other bent over the listless body. "I think not," said the other, "but he got a terrible lick, sure, and it will take him a few days to get ovcr it. We had better get him back to town if we can, as there is no place near here to leave him." "Guess we had," replied the first, "but I wonder who that man is that hit him. I saw him strike." "So did I. But whoever he is, you may bet I(don't want him to strike me. Myv but that was an awful lick, and I'd about as soon be struck by lightning as that man's arm." "Wonder what It was about, any how?" "I don't know, and I guess it don't onern us what it was about. Let's get this chap in the wagon and haul him to town. lHe needs some sort of at tention." They raised Pearson up to put him in the wagon, and he opened his eyes and looked about him. 'Where am I, and what has hap pened?" he asked in a weak voice. "You're right here," said one of the men, "and it looks as though that chap who hit you come nigh taking your bead off. ie gave you a terribly black eye, sure." Slowly Pearson began to recall what ad happened to him, and he grew an gry and tried to spring up.. IBut he found that he hiad sustained a greater injury than he had thought. One of his limbs had caught under him when he fell, and had been thrown out of posi tion. With a cry of pain lhe sank back to the ground. "Curse Paul Markham," lie muttered. "fe has put me in a nice pickle, and laid me up for a week, perhaps, wvhen here is not a day to lose." The men got hi~n in the wagon, and vithin an hour left him in bed in his room at Magie City. [To be coniaid.] Planoa and Organs. N. WV. TRU~.P, 134 Main Stree~t Co umbia, S. C., sells P'ianos andc Organs, direct from factory. No agerats' com missions. The celebrated Chic'ring 'iano. Math ushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of ouch and lasting qualities. Mason & Bamin Upight Piano. Sterling Up right Pianes, from $225 up. Mason & Bamin Orgurms surpassed by none. Ster ing Organs, 850 up. Every Instrtument uaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Inst:uments. ~A Ccicone in MiadaiPpI MER1DIAN. Miss., Nov. Zr>.-A spec al to The News from Newton, Miss., says a cyclone struck the town of Law rence about 3 o'clock p. mn, and blew own the Methodist church, also the house of Dr. Davis. killing his little girl nd injuring Mrs. D)avis. Other houses were blown down, but the full extent of the injury is not known at this time. No particulars are gathered as to the amage done by it before reaching and after leaving Lawrence. The Same Old Cheatnut. WAsIINGTON, Nov 29.-Trhe Post in the morning will say That an ex United tates Senator, wno is an ardent ad mirer of President Hairrison and who predicts the latter's nomination' is autho'ity for the statement that Mr. Blane will this week make formal an ouncemnt of the fact that he is not candidate for nomination at the hands of the Republican party. Blown to Pieces. NAcK, N. Y., D)ec. 2.-A dynamite factory at Hlaverstraw was blown up this afternoon. The shock was felt for many miles. The engineer and three workmen emnployed in the building were blown to pieces, and another man, who was in a boat on the river some distance from the wrecked b uilding, was also instantly killed. TAco~IA, Wash., Nov. 29.-Three la borers on the Northern Pacid I''. Iailroad have made aflidavit that twent-ive or more men were killed by the inndslide at Canyon Station, on the line of the Northern P acitie. Wednesday. The statement was publiahed. that oly3 two men were killed. BarnG(d to Deat.i LITTLE RoCK, Ark., Dec. 2.-Captain Maxwell's store at D~e Wi.t was burned last night. Three children asleep in the earo f the store peristhed. AN IMPORTANT MEASURE NOW BE FORE THE LEGISLATURE. The Omcae4 or Countv Commissioner to be A iolish.W and the Office of County Su p;rv1iso to be Created-Full Text of the Co ui.u nu.%. S. C.. Dec. 4.-The fol l iu] bill. which was introluced iU the i0on-C la1sL Monday. is no. before the Leaishlture, and the chances seems to be that it will become a law substan tial* in its present form: Section 1. All Acts relating to the elceton, duties, powers ard rights of County Comm:;ssioners are repealed. Sec tion 2. There shall be an election held at the next general election for State otlikers in the several Counties of the State for one County supervisor, and at every general election thereafter, whose term of office shall be two years. provided that immediately after the pas sate of this Act the Governor shall ad point one discreet freeholder in each of the several Counties to act as supervis or until the election shall have been held; Section 3. The bond of the County supervisor shall be in tie penal sum of $5,000. Section 4. The County supervisor shall have general jurisdiction over all public highways, roads, bridges and fer ries, and over the paupers, and in all matters relating to taxes, and disburse ment of public funds for County purpos es and in any other case that may be necessary for the internal improvement and local concerns of the County; be shall have power to administer oaths in reference to matters pertaining to his odiie. Section 5. The Governor shall appoint one discreet freeholder in each township i the several Counties, who shall be known as the township road commis sioner; whose term of office shall be cotermindt! with that of the Governor wh-o appwints him. In case of the re lutal of any person so appointed to serve as commissioner he shall torfeit to the County $50, to be applied to the County road fund; provided that no per sor: shall be required to serve more than once In every four 3 ears, and said com missioners shall, during the term of his ofice, be exempt from ail road and jury duty. Stciou G. The County supervisor and the connuissioner of roads shall consti tute the beard of road commissioners, the supervisor to be chairman. Section 7. The townshtp commission ers and the County supervisor shall or ganize aL soon as practicable and shall meet thereafter on the first Monday in January. April, July and October of eaci year at the County court house, to transact business. The chairman may call extra meetings, and shall be re quired to do so, upon the written re quest of three members of the board. Section S. The supervisor and the commissioners shall lay off the roads, bridges and ferries of the several town ships of their respective Counties into convenient sections, which shall be numbered, for the purpose or lettinga out the same to be worked under contract. Secton 9. The County supervisor shall advertise in a newspaper in his County once a week for three weeks and by posted notices for bids for operat'ng the several sections of hig!hwars, etc., the lowest bid made by a responsible person to be accepted. Section 10. The contractor shall enter into bond double the amount of his bid. Section 11. In case of failure to per form conditions of bond the board shall delare the same forfeited, and the-So licitor shall enter suit for the penalty thereof, the money re :overed to become a part of the County road fund. Section 12. The board shall have power to reinove defaulting contractors and to relet the contract, Section 13. The County Treasurers are authorized and empowered to receive from persons liable to road duty the sum of $1.50 as a commutation tax in lieu of all road duty, and all money so paid shall be set apart and known as the County road .und. This tax shall be paid on or before March 1 ot each year, or when the State and County taxes-are paid. rSection~ 14. The County Treasdier shall furnish the supervisor a list of those who have paid their cormmutation tax, and the township commissioners shall furnish the supervisor a ha3t of those liable to road duty, and the super v sor shall check off the names of' all ersons reported on the list of the Coun y Treasurer as having paid their com mutation tax, and all persons named on the list so checked shall be require i to perforta road duty not exceedinr eight days. Section 15. The contractor shall al low the b'oard of road commissioners not less thau 50 cents per diem for the labor of any person assigned to him under Section 14, and said sum shall be -.red ited upon the amounit due said contrac tor by tl-e board. Section 16. In csee oft refusal to pay1 comuation tax or to perform road duty.~ a person shall be deemed guilty of a isemeanor, and upon conviction shall be lined $10 and costs or imprison ment for twenty days; provided that if, he neglect to pay the tax the County' Treasurer is autorized to receive the same, with a penalty of 50 per cent. added, if the same be tendered within ifteen days. Section 17. AL claims against the County tor operating roars aball be pre sented to the board of commissioners, and the supervisor shall draw h~s war-1 rant on the County Treasurer, who shall pay the s ame out of the road fund. Section 13. The board shall at the last term of the court make a report to the preslding; Judge, to De by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actmnes and doigs and the condition of the roads for the tiscal year. Section 19. The members of the Coun ty board of road commissioners shall have power to administer oa.h and tot pumsh by' a fine not exceeding '$10, or imprisonment not exceeding twenty-four hours, any persons guilty of disorderly condue, amounting to an open or direct cotemp t or interruption of their procee d is. Section 20. From and after the pass snize of this A :t all the courts and mun i:ipal authorities, which, under existing laws, have power to sentenco convicts 1 to confinement in prisons, shall sentence all ablebodied male convicts to hard la br upon the public works of the County mn w hieh said person shall have been con vited. provided that no convict whosei senten ce shall be for a neriod longer thant two years shall be sentenced.I Section 21. All convicts so sentenced wvili be under the control of the super- 4 vior and by him formed into a County chain-gang and required to perform hard labor upon the County roads. Section 22. The County supervisor shall vrovide guards and appliances for the safe keeping of the convicts. I~e sal provide~ tools for performing the work. Se.:tion 23. The supervison shall bec allowed the same iees and costs for diet mz convicus as are now allowed Sheriffs ad shall be paid cut of the County road ( fund. Section 24. In case any convict shall become ungovernable or unfit for the la bor required, the superviso~r may cam mit him to the penitteniary or the jail. Wen the chain-gang is not employed Stetion 2. Ti 1Su)er'or hall em [lay a yhdam 1 render:nei~al aid to L,, covi ts, his cor.ipensatin as wedl is the medicines prescribed to be paid )ut of the road fud. Section 26. The Governor shall ap point three free-Lolders in each County .o be kn.wn as commissioners oi the ,(or, who;e term ofofiee shall be coter ninal with that of the Governor. The ame provisions are made in the case as with road commissioners. Section 27. The County sapervisor ;hall be ex officio chairman of tie board af* poor commtiislionce . Stection 28. The poor c-ommissli ners shall have general supervision over the paupers, and sLall provide all uccessary buldin!s for their accommodaion, with ufficient tillable land. Section 29. The board shall appoint a superintendent with such assistants as may be needed for the poor house, and >ne or more physicians. Section 30. The poor ccmmissioners shall have power to demand and :ue for all gifts, etc., coming to the board. Section 31. ;n case any poor child shall become chargable to the County, he board of commissioners may bind >ut such child as an apprentice to some person of good moral character. Section 32. Any moneys becoming lue on any rt cognizances given for tne maintenance of any illegidmate child bound out to service shall be paid to the poor commissioners for the benelt of such child. Section 33. The County supervisor shall have power to make all contracts :or supplying the poor house. Section 34. All accounts against the poor house should be presented to the poor commissioners. Section 35. The poor commissioners shall at the last term of the Court if Gen iral Sessions in each year report to the presiding judge, the same as the road :omnmissioners. Section 36. The County supervisor salL procure and adopt a seal, a descrip Lion of which shall be filed in the office :f the Clerk of the Court, Sherifl', Treas arer and Secretary of State. Section 37. Tbis provides for the cases here fets are allovred jurors, witnesses. Section 38. TI.c fees shall be paid by he Treasurers o; the Counties on p.re eutation of ceruicates. Section 30. TIte accounts of the Coro aer and or the. Sheriff for dieting prison ra, and fees for post mortem and for :estifying as experts, shall be approved tv ihe presiding Judge, and tbs Super visor shah draw upon the County Treas rer f r payment of the same. Section 40. Sheriffs, Coroners and Contables shall execute all legal orders rom the various boards herein provided md shall receive the same fees and costs illowed in other cases. Section 41. The reports and settle nents of the County Treaurers and yther officers, now required to be made :o the County Commissioners bball e made to the County Supervisor. Section 42. The County Supervisor, siter consultation with the different boards, shall report to the Comptroller Teneral by November 15, in each year, be amount of money necessary to pay .he expenses incurred by said board, the eport to be .ubmitted to the General Asembly to provide the necessary taxa ion for County purposes. Section 44. The salar.es of Supervis rs shall be paid quarterly by the Coun y Treasurers out, of the road fund in - mounts. Section 45. County Supervisors shall ~ause a record to be kept of all proceed ns of the various boards, which shall e open to publio Inspection, and all ~ecessary material for keeping same ~hall be paid for out ot the funds herein >rovded for the respective boards'. Section 46. All Acts and parts of ets inconsistent with this Act are re >ealedi. ELECTiONS !3Y THE LEGISLA TURE. Mcver Elected Chief Justico and Alien and Tiler Feaitentlary Directors. CouMBIrA. S. C. Dec. 2.-The Legis ature met in joint assem bly at 1 p. m. Ueutenant (overnor Gary announced that the first business was the election f a Chief Justice to fill the unexpired erm of the late Chief Justice W. D. simpson, whose term expires July 29J, 1892. Mr. J. L McLaurin moved that nomi itions be made withou't speeches. 'his motion was rulled out of order, but 2evertheless the nominations were thus ade. Senator Evans placed in nomination [enry Mclver of Chiesterfield. Representatives Blease. JBurn, Finiey, Wilson, Evans and Watts and Senator tokes seconded the nomination. Senat or Abbott and represent itive 5eLaurin were appointed tellers. The ~lection of Mr..Mclver was unanimous, 156 votes being polled by him. The next business was the election of SChief Justice to serve for six years tfter the expiration of the term of the ate Chief Justice Simpson. Senator Evans nominated Henry Mc [ver. Representative Burn and Senator sloan seconded the nomination. The ;ame tellers were appointed and a unanimous election by 156 votes was :he result. The elevation of Associate Justice IcIver to the Supreme Justiceship eaves a vacancy on the Supreme Court tad an election to fill this vacancy will e riecessarv later on. Judge Wallace mud Attorney General Pope are most rominently mentioned for the position. Both have active supporters and the ontest will be close. An election of two directors of the Leitentiary was next held. Representative Wilson nominated E 2. Allen, of Spartanburg. Representative Harrison seconded :be nomination. Representative Evans nominated N. 11. T yler, of Aiken. Seators Donaidson and Beil second ad the nomination. T. 0. Sanders, of Sumter, was nomi ited for re-election by Representative ioses. Representative Hart seconded the iomination. Representativye Brice nominated T. W. Traylor, ol Fairlieid, whose noiua ion was seconded by several members f the House. The same teliers were appointed )ne ballot was taken resulting as fol ows: Allen, 113; Tyler, 105; Sanders, i9; Traylor, 23. Allen and Tyler were leclared elected. ELECTION OF ASSOCIATE JUsTICE. CotaMrA, S. C., Dec. 4.--The one 'event" which occupied and claimed he close attention of every one within he city limits yesterday was the elec .ion of an Associate Justice to fill the~ acancy on the Supreme Bench caused >y election of Justice Mclver to the :hief place. The election was the spec al order for 1 o'clock and long b-fore hat time all the seat ing and stauding -oom in the Ho use of Representatives vas taken, so to speak. There were mly two candidates, Judge William H1. allace of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, md Attorne-y Gene2 al Po'pe. It was mown tnat the race wonid be a close me, tdtxactly howt close no one knew. C friends of both can~didate-s were oniident of their succe-ss, in faict so nuch so that they "backed their judg nent." The total vote cast was 1463, ust 10 ]ess than the vote east on Tuies lay for Chief Jutstice Mclver. Of the vhoe number cast General Pope re - eived 76 andiJudge Wallace 70: giving lneral Poipe a major ity of six vote s. James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LUUR DEALER. GHHI GRADE LIQUORS 199 metng st+ CH..RLETO, S. C. H. An MWT [Sucuess.ir to C. I. No: & 0.1 Largest and Oldest Jev:lIr% Store i SUMTER, S. C. A very large stock ot Britt ania. ware, SUe re.y best silver plated goods made. 550 Jold Rings on hand. Fine line of Clocks Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, e nd Specta es. A big lot of solid coin sil ;er just re :eived, at lowest prices. My repairing de partment h.- no superior in the State. Ti, tround first ;.-id get prices, then come to me. Kou will certainly buy from me. The Bailey-Lebby COMPANY. 213 Meeting St.. Opposite Cl-arleston Hotel CHARLESTON, S. C. Manufacturers' Agents. Machinery, Supplies, Oils. Attention mill men ! W( are now offer ing the best and latest irpoved -AND 4C-rist MJIlls Iron, Steel, Pipe. Nails, Fitting, Belt Lacing, and a full line of Phosphate and Mill Supplies. St;tte agetne for THE SCIENTIFIC GRINDiNG MILLS, p-Send for our new illustrated qatalogue and lowest prices. Agents -amed in every county. EAT AND DRINK! I have openeLl a first-class livuor saloon in the city of Sumter, in the Solomons building on Liberty street., where I will keep the choicest bratnds of IQU0R8, TOBACOG , 3ICARS and all kinds of smo1 ers' ar:ielcs. My sa loon will be managed by r. iirst-class bar tender, who will prepare all . latestin fan y drinks at the shortest notice. I have also gone to considerable expense in preparing a 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 buiness will be un der the supervision of one who has served as chief cook in several flne restaurants. The trade of my Clarendon Friends is respectfully solicited. Come to see me, take 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. FERTILIZERS! PIEONIN GUANO CO,, CHARLESTON, S. C. IMPoETE Es, MANUFAcTUREEs, a DEAE~s JIN Safest, High Grade, and Guaranteed Kainit, Blood Acids, Dissolved Bone, Solables, and Ammoni ated Manipulated. Handled by Mr. M. Levi, Manning, S. C. Get prices before buying. WM. BURMESTER & CO. Hay and Grain, o ANUFACTUREIO Eil & KIA Opp. Kerr's Wharf, and 23 Queen St., CHARLESTON. S. C. NOTICE OF REGI8TRATION State of South Carolina, COUNTY or CLARE;NDON. I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVIS ions of an act of the Genieral Assembly) -atified on the 0th day of February, 1882 1, sill be in the court house i a Manming~in ;he onice of the clerk of the court, the first Ionday of each month, for the purpose of lowing pesn cozeing o. age since the ast general election to regi.ster, and to at :end to any other business pertailmng to my >fficial duties. S. P. Hi1 )LADAY, Supervisor Registration Clarendon Co. P. . Address: Panola. S. G. ESTABLiIHED I830. arrngton, Thomtas & Co., -D)EALERS IN' WET.TCOES. IEWELRY, SILVERWARE ANED FANCY GOODS No. 251 KingS Sreet, CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMAN BRWTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CH A.RLESTON, S. 0. POWDER Absolutely Pure. , CEM(OF TAR.T..R B3AKING C) powdler. Hi.hest of til in leaven g strength.-Latest U. E.Governmenlt