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REST. earied and my hands are tired. oppressed esire what I have long desired Rest-only rest. 'Tis hard to toil-when toil is almwost vain In barren ways; 'Tis hard to sow and never garner grain in harvest days. The burden of n days is bard to bear, But Godkrows best: And I have prayed-but vain has been my prayer For rest-sweet rest. 'Ti hard to plant In spring and never reap The autumn yield; 'Tis hard to till, and when tilled to weep O'er fruitless field. And so I cry, a weak and human cry, So heart oppressed; And I sigh a weak and human sigh For rest-for rest. My way has wound across the desert years And cares infest My path, and through the flowing of hot tears I pine-for rest, 'Twas always so; when but a child I laid . On mother's breast My weasied little head; e'en then I prayed As now-for rest. And I am restless still; 'twill soon be o'er; For down the west . Life's sun is setting, and I see the shore Where I shall rest. A ROMANCE OF TWO BROTHERS. BY EDGAR FAWCETT. Author of "The Confession of Claud. "The Eri That Men Do," "A 'Yew York Famili," Etc. [Cop~yrighted by the Author.] CHAPTER 1. .If I shut my ey6s real tight I can sec -it," Sylvan would sometimes de clare; and then his little brother. "er aid, would try to see it in that way. .oo. and dismally fail. lie had not Yet reached that imaginative age of child hood when we may summon at will the genii of mental vision< Then, too, Gerald had been very young when he and his elder brother had lived in London. Sylvan. however. perfectly recollected those transatlan tie lodgings where both boys haa passed many early days. For good cause the abode bit itself into the memory of Sylvan. You could easily find it if you strolled along Marylebone road where that faseinat ing old thoroughfare stretches between Pqrtland place and Baker street. It was a small house. and it lay beynond the somber. ochre-tinted brickwork of the walls that rise to left and right in this dreamy and drowsy region. The boys' father, Egbert Maynard. occupied the lower floor of a big building that grimly overbrowed a long. ivy-clad gar den. Sylvan could recall some exquisite spring days when those wonderful white English clouds, in all their sun dr'enched flocculence. floated over the green tangles of that damp old garden and made a smile touch even the sad, faded face of his mother. Once, on such a day, while they stood in the flagged pathway that led be t6ween the mounds of freshened and shimmering ivy she wrapped her arms about him and tenderly said: "Doesn't this beautiful day make you happy to breathe its air, Sylvan. and catch the smell of its new leaves, its timid young flowers?" "Yes, mamma," the boy answered. ".And don't you feel, darling, that - nerely~for being allowed to live in so lovely a world you should grow very grateful to God?" "Oh! yes, mamma." "What rubbish you do talk to that child," said Egbert Maynard, who had been watching and listening from the 1mTBBIHYUD TL OTA - cm." nea poch Hespke oldybutno wih arhnssan cam in alitr inasn a ontesesit the garden. He wa a anwih are rawrfe ys afc nelhl al an aconum tive sto o h "erOh Egbet spoe lyth child ithl crhumsperdcamin you lte phmiabentwyonth!"psit the,".adni wayasrd with latregin hisay Ameriae oeye. a"amon heaThily youe anud mak conpive oo of thbe shock.der nhno yucudd th adsamverwth child's e.and hle seo Stld rsrvp her tooptinge.'' Hise crifsheed, inpain preSyla cOer toherrt. her the child!n, agouse aways tno v preeatreas aged withl ircuspectra in yurgle bhair aapathtid aydo atithelz core in hiserouh bu yiesterAyoas t werks Sh ha cud mak te aughfret of aBcoun and paron, cauelln th fanes pcopua bridge, whieri Egbertn Myuarud hdo come fulel wiyoth uln ad toaprdly a courson oul chmstp and lookysice.My Hisd wias aschueresman drwh hylan n closertedig brasth Hasvad woan atthiseogat success, in his na-t aeheritok acelef y inf.An swe, tall most thne ofaan ofghish ln whena-s nrd chad marught hrsoinfa tiae aoeay, noweorinatuelwyn age wh netrhreame htlvecudsi its gamous ofetween hmeglfdan hi henthetidroo at o the rnes uni thersiest of ltearth ly.uibos Soe amben wae inugter lofe, coutng, tery asnd dellrinditfaerec frowsm bdero whr. Egbert Ma~narda comkte ulaottedr coon almosue be fore of ceitr anod physics ofMay. sion was ah lassanwhottsmn ho shaud after hisve dreae succesin his wife Teheroiane ilehceb an uneorgia's being thwast lgon. he lidino relae boynt pietye sruhta cyicisme tofte, s neerda, her faterorposelwn, but sineve iddeed at ercoulditlin itsn wihamr btwen faihmadself adorher swiftlound at efhe gratet woo hersiclonearwth.dci rno tal mar me an w ha lo ng g redie from aohrfhd. e believed too nthen late couie, and amost amae eve thaver deame ofmn his w aife.t tune with a tg fawhs adyers ade of h'r exitece. Itypery. nowever, son camre fatally easy to hiun. Georg ina's beliefs clothed themselves with that same shinig tissue of svce':-' whic'h invested the turn of her wh, vrist or the curves of her still pear throat. He wanted her just as sae was and in aimorous hatred of d.pleasingZ he-r he reekle..y forgtL ,he gravity of his owi falseho ods. But her father, h"'dged in 'y XVhat he lat hed as the most autocratie conserva tisis. became such a keen bore to him during the tera of courtship that one da he hailed with secret relief the (aaity of the old parson's abrupt death. MTaynard's last year at the uni versitv had then just ended. (eorgin had suddenly been made all orphanl and one dowerless to the degree of renury. This fact expedited the marriage which in any ease would now shortly have oe curred. And a miserable marriage it had rroved. The brides awakening was inevitable: it was also erielly speedy. The very word "infidel" had long been a horror to her. She was now called u.pon to meet that horror, palpable and persistent, at aihnost every step she took. Sone woimein might have lovtI a husband all the inore dearly because disillusion had thus roughly handled him: there are feminine aTvetion hoarding that s if-ereativc energy of renair wvhich is like the way its recu rent grass heals the raw gash in a meadow. But Geor ina was not wrought of that elV. SlIe bore May nIard two bovs. ar.d by this time her love had grown as autumnal as her look. To save these babes from the with ering blight of her husband's in piety was alike her purr-ose anl her prayer. There were monents when her sira: ned min-1 came near breaking itS bonds of sanity ,md reeling init:' tha .-ort of medea-:ike bloodsh'-d whib now and then besatter' the colamrs of our newsptapers. Hecr su1,rngs nroee as those four lit tle childish cars in-ew matutrer cndl more receptive. Maynard world b0 su r to try andinre inate the hLearts of either son wi 't hi dvil ish :heories. There began to g1'mn' a hope concerning Sylvan, hoever. The lad showed igns of having inher ited hIs mothers -nent. iec"Leina felt that the levotions *hih she impcsed hinom u were far frei annelCo:fne. Ge r11 on the other hand, wid often yawn and pout with an ir eVC:enee that se.med zull of dark fore bod ings to the' vigilant iaternal eye. Manwhile MaynarC who had been blanixerorthy f.r not hav.ing told his siweetheart that he was quite without all conventional arced until the law' had made them one, now aeqsitted himself amiubly and gently in the extreme. Perlaps the bitterest thing that he said to his wife for a long period after their marriage was the following chain of sentences, delivered more in depresion than reproach: "Well. Georgina, I suppose there's no use of my asking you to sponge off the slate and begin all over again. You probably think some things are there which no sponge could wipe out. And upon my word, if you were to say so. I should quite agree with you. Only, they're not all marks of mf making. Heaven knods." "Heaven:" she repeated. "What a strange word from y/our lips, Egbert:! Do you believe in one?" "Who is so devout," he answered, "not sometimes to find such a faith very hard?" "Oh. I won't listen to abominable thoughts like those!" cried Ge'orgina, hurrying toward the door. She paused before quitting the room, and hurled forth angrily at her husband: "As if any better proof of Heaven's goodness were wanted, Egbert MIaynard, than that you're permitted to stand there ad insult it without being struck :lead." "What conceivable satisfaction would there be for it in striking me dead," be gan MIaynard, "if, as you state--" But he had fled from his profane presence, and so he left the sentenee unfinished. He did not usually wound her like this: he indeed sedulously avoided do ng so. She was always ready with some attack, peevish or irate. One sum ner day~, a few months later, seine com >ulsory visit of courtesy took them past. :he immense pillared pile of 3Maryle >one Church. Gushing in rich umbrage~ from behind their solemn brick walls, -ose the maple-trees, plenteous and~ oal; through the iron bars of oldi ratewvays the passer could glimpse oeca-I ional gardens rad~iant with geranium Lnd rose. Bathed in the moist. silvery ir of an English June. over this entire uarter brooded a witchery not woven > beauty alone. You felt that behind :hose dingy walls a prodigious amount >f life must have lived-perhaps some of t poetic or dramatic-and that the nmur nurs of the big boughs overhanging hose secluded doorways might mean oine sort of airy saga concerning it. .The lusky' and stately church, with allth e muge columnar sobriety of it~s architect ire and with the beggars and other oungers along its steps, gave to the un's bright search many a steel-gray o'r mokcy tint which gloomier weather vould have left h id. 3!aynard, though of late his days had emne more than ever dedicated to cinee, loved the pictorial element in hirt with a .hearty fondne~ss. "low lorously sunsine and good weather mnrove this town of ours!" he said to~ is wife as they strolled onward. "I; ion't believe there is a more fascinat ng part of London than just this strip >f road; and as for the etiect of that ~eda te old church yonder, it is simply nchanting in the absence of cloud, fog >r rain." Georgina gave a pained start. "What!" ~he queried, with grimn ircy."T idmire a churchm under any circumn stances, Egbert! I'm greatly astonished : hear you say the least good word for mfe.", MIaynard sighed in a wearied way, md touched her arm in transient re nonstrance. "Gecorgina," ' :' appealed, '"will you lways keep harping on our different riews? Lots of husban'ls live happily with their wives though as opposite from one another in creed as pole from pole." "Creed?" sh? "' Iti'ni. with a sullen iardness. "I (lid not know that you iad an~y creed wl:atever' ie laughed propitiatingly. "Well, I Lavent, in your sense. ]But. come LOW, you've thle best of one: you've ~ot the children to bring up in your wn faith! E >1t you do j'. t don't t'ry o ah the bltte lhaps ngnoiens. ~t s c oncession sur k at Our' n'eihai'-r. the \Iloa.ue~ras-. n a sjaami-- at:ihlie: si,-. anEnlh Eps apdia.- Yeat he for'es: her to biin' u' their to' airs and: three boys ith a *tremona re.'et for Ma:SS, (01na n, a.nd a.. the' lRomlan ea:C. Am . ot r1h'.'' tx t iti- .a. I. -. aa ii on hrn itet I h '.' You na g1ra iha' :r dc' . '- In.a !t1rl1. and ( i -I the tip of 1he d'i: though '~he was, with a fuihmnderstand inig of hlis true teiets. Senor Mosquera nevver ' eeeived her tnfare rlae. Gerina pronouvnea. 1tose la t two words whi a mor- telling emphasis. Naynard1 dirooped.a his ha''d a littl.a.* 'iand ti walked alon Iin silence for several second. 11 1at last he- said. soft I- aid ahnost de.-spairingly, while tie sweet bareeze ristled aha maples and tosC monstrous argosies c-f white clatnd w.ii.ch Tirner and Constable painled in su-: perfection rolled over headi th-ourgh the lueid zur-e: "I understand you. You mean never to forgive." T hoe words 'ae-re at once a chal-lnge a.d rasignan. From that da-: May niard 4iall unfderstood the iltl'exileA T ure of his wife. lHe attempT. ni Iute. exnstulation. He doted him selft e zealouisly to his saknii sudi*' ithe chamber which he had al re'ady' filleda with phials of chemial with ei-ctrie batteries. with anazonmi eal charts, with a hundred aids for his egr (1d alL, pusuits. a I - -: W ifk! had sCon giao to lot Tbe; r prewented what shit icld to bae t ate-rialsm! "o hi -; min. Fr:r a1 goad v.-hile. she aseted t4 inore them -l.: b t at len.T'in '-i ''m'r(d. pfrn::')-. 1 y 1- ' hisaiel pased . s. rp i lute2r' certa-" cue' ous --- 'elv ems to' bad." 4h "-i n "at -.- shoul be living i fashion. Our -n r a :a'i, v knmov-. Tihert. And iH ::O fur f - 1e m1iuch more com-ra1. ,A he woud onlv .o somethi' He e no.4) met the least hit o self-he tra..a, -rep Into his face. "I su'pae, then. 'a u t'hink me the 2rost idle sort o.' elio ." h said. -You certainly do .It appear to do any ral w-ork." she re:o-rted. bristling a 'Lt teas thmou1gh she scented c-ert rude ness. "'!ou pot:er here amoaa your lavden iars and your bad-smelling d it anothing c':mes of it." "Nothin, eh?" he Inutered. as trouh he Spoke more than half to him stlf. --:urely no money comes. And we may not need moncy though we want it." '1 see. I see. he mid, with his eyves downcast, and his beard caught rumina tively in one hand. If he had still cared for her as he did in the old days, or if he had not felt certain of the aisgust and sorrow his irreligion had roused in her, he might at once have addressed her in a way both confessional and exultant, but as it was, his lips remained sealed. This projedt of his, which had now grown a dominant passion with him, she would hear of without a sign of graciousness or sympathy. Oh, yes, beyond a doubt And yet, pondering the matter for several days, he finally resolved that he would tell her all. To do so might put a spoke, as it were, in their matri monial wheels, whielh now seemed slipping down some sort of risky slant, he hardly k-new what. On the other hand, he dreaded her almost scoffing ridicule, mixed with that accusative melancholy to which he had now grown drearily u~sed. But. all in all, he de ided it was best to tell her. The faded color's of his pristine love might revive, by this means, below the tender stress of some new congenial warmth. IHe made his determination, and chose 3. certain hour for their fateful talk. It sas now the end of June, and that per feet weather which sometimes visits London at this season had tempted him to quit his laboratory by about four oclock in the afternoon and take a long walk through Hfyde Park. He enterecd this noble stretch of city-girt landscape at the Marble Arch, and gained one of the bridges that span the Serpentine. Here he paused, and tried to let the green glory of his environ ment calm and soothe his rather tremu lous nerves. A few swans were float ing in all the dim pallor of their lovely curves along the silken gloss of the sin uous river. Slopes of emerald turf stretehed from either verge, dying away under the shade of mon~atrouts trees. TIhe bastle and flare of Oxford street seemed miles -aloof. lIe felt how ripe ly and caindidly pastoral it all was, how Aradiain in its bounty of stream-cleft verdure, how averse fromn the secret fever of his late longin? gs and dreams. And when hi" expla'ne t ahese moods oXf unrest- to: h-s wiufe, with vathat manner of rea- sewoud e 'ameet them? He wanited. to be quit colleted when the time for dise-aosure -ame. If she only eCwt soa.. of his own cornsumig fire -"ri-ap's a joyful semnblance of their! a.eria d p. .t woultd baless them both. When (- ame back to dinner he f >ur, d' .er u'nwontediy graLv . A large tr'c "-a's hill had just been sent in, 4m Ihe t h'Iii .: it wit'a a racaning 1:;. li nwer-ed her so ibliely- and indi:Terat'; that she stared at him in ('o ad spise. 'rie boys were more jcunda -ad claaM-otus than usual and onc-e r t'ee he renrimandied them w tlith a. rorn and. ai sharp word; but Maynar playd~ty lk ther parts and ve-n ara-:e traec- for themi as regarded a scn hea i- pig (af acessert, while they v'a-'cheid im with astonished ey-es, k'nowi"ng well that papa was never' fro ist - a. likemmma and vet that such a rop~- ic a. lem'eney in him was pinly~ rae. A ftr d ~iner it was still bright with al1 the limpai lure of an English vernal gloaming. The bovs went out into the ivied gar-den, and their merry voices camie to May'nard as lie waited'( for the' moment in which the interview should bxgin. His vwife gave a few orders to the maid, and then was qu~itting the roam. vha.' he softly went up to her side and said in a lowu voice: "I want a little talk with you. I mean noaa. Wall yout come into thiatd den of mine- I'd rather speak the-re, if you dont mind." Sha. turned and looked at him in a stur prsedl and petulhmt w~ay. "I had some UE JMLEO AD PtT HisUANDjN KE Her mi",adprthshado e that , ith us, Georgina." She bit her lip, and a k.egn gleam prick 1 the dullness of her eyes. "What do yo i mean" she asked. lie 'ilmost whispered his next words, now, for the maid was still present, maki! .g her little offiEcial tinkles with the g.asses and forks of the deserted :linne --ta'ble,. "I nean that Pve a great and precious secret to tell you, my dear. At times my bi eath almost fails me as I think of it. A kind of accident has put me in the way of making an immense discov ery-one that shall not merely enrich rou : nd me. but one that shall be a zricel ss boon to the whole world!" (To bi continuea.) THE CIRCULATION FRAUD. The I eport of the Investigatinlg Cowmlt tee Presented ftni Adopted. Ci' nuA s. C.. Dce. 1.-In both braneces of the General Ass embly to day t c rero.'rt of the j'mn't committee which h: investigated the alle:ed faud as to tLhe award ot advertsnz to The le-.ac - ai the paper Mi !argest circula tion .a Columba. was presented and The report is as follows: CoLUMIA. Dcc. 1G, 1891. To t' I onorable Snat2 and House of Rep'resentatives: r I m.'N:-The~ committee of the wo ouses appointed under a concur :-ent :,'solu:l to invetigate the charges rd ;,tt have beni made in public prir. m ic a ard o, the advertisement for cie .ulie print'n-;, resp~ectfully re port t:- ou honoral bodies that they have en mile the ,eneral statutes of the --.:e of' Soui 'aro!ina and find that it is rquired1 of 0he clerks of the two sto adver-ties ti:e call for proposals for t pube priLitig.m a daily news paut in oumiaal CI.i(harlesion hav in '" ar e.,t dath circliauon. and tat at *""d advert~isednt shall be a b .e n tE ireitla of thle s'eass-ion. T. 1- u:-"r Gu'Ld 1tt the two cierks e i -a ct.cal p:Inter to decide the que-. ..n LIe te two ClumIbia pa perkz Thet lkiste'r nud The State, and! ." !i.ojicI;o was made to 'he ar'p -: e t * - hey fur"t:-r iind that. so far as the ' er' o' the Senate !ud the Clerk of t' )u.-e -f RCpr.H'tatives are con crrnc , no fraud has heen practiced by ihsof them 0 in the appomtment of tc: :eiresentative. -r iin the awerd of t6he miretnent. They hare acted etl .-r a the report of theirappointee, that ,!r ing as follow: COLUMBIA. S. C., -Nv. 12. To ; -. Smnson Pov:e. S. C.. and Gen. J1. *T . Gray, C. 11. R .: (';TJEMEN:-As your special agent to w:ert1n the circulatioa of the daily aptr-' published in Columbia, I find, from evidcuve given me, that The Co lum.; Reg-ster has the largest circula iom. Respectfully, etc.. [Snea] W. M. RODGIRS. Yoar me c)mmittee further report that they dnd the above report of W. M. Roge: s was false, and that. from evidence belore Tour committee the daily circula. ion (t 'The State, on Nov. 12. 1891, was 3270 copies. and that of The Register 1044 copies. Ar. I our committee condemn the ac tien - W. M. Rogers in practicing fraud and deceit upon the clerks of the Senate and House oft Representativea. Respectfully submitted, KUIURY S. T UPP ER, Chairm an. A. H1. 9 1ILLIAMS, H. F. A BBorr, COLE L. BLEASE. since the above report was wxitten and signed W. M. Rogers requested a heatur~s auld submitted the ioilowing afidavit: South Carolina, itichland County. Personolly appeared, W. M. Rogers, who being duly sworn, says: The evi dence submitted to me by Mr. C. H. Beard, bookkeeper of The Reaister, as to his circulation were the subscription ooks of the daily and weekly and city route books and mail hsts. My atten tion was not called as to shether the names on the books were expired or uergired subscribers. If there was any fraud or deception it was not on my part, .and from tihe evidence furnished me I ased my report. W. M. ROGERS. 10 idLY S. TUPP'ER. Notary Public. DUPED BY HIS BROTH ERS. How . Ci t zen of Columbia Was In duced t o Go West. CO~.m;'LA, S. C., Dec. 1.-Lewie Stroyer up to a couple of months ago was a comparatively prosperous man and lived with his family in peace and contentment. Now he has not a cent of this world's goods and his two broth er ar' :-esponsible for his condition. The story of his rise in life and his fall is an interesting one and is here given. Stroyer was a private in Sher man's army and was wvith that Genera] wheni he captured this city and burned it ;to the ground and left its people hardly a thing but the ground upon which they walKed. Str ver did not go on with the army. but dtai here, though what induce meli could have rme him do so prob. ably' be himself could not tell. But he staid. .md after things quieted down he wen' to work and by industry and rug alt ,e'got quite astart in life. He was a r'an of good business instincts and grc: Iyaded to Is possessions until e g med a fair competelice. Hleowned a steu back of the utate House, where he d isa ;ood busine:; and also owned a s'l ~1farm near the city, which orob 'ht him additional income. That was (isecditionl up to about nine wees ago. Hie hlad never told h;s famny wh ere he was anid they supposed e ws dead. Umit happened that his two brothers d'ritted to this city nine weeks since nd cidentally discovered their long most .,rother. Tlhe reunion was a hap pv one and many were the Inquiries nad" on either side as tc personal ex~ prences since they ha-.l last met. The two brothers told Mr. Stroyer of their home In Ohio; how they and their tath er had "struck it rich" and owned evral oil wells; how the "01(1 man' lon'd to see his face again and by such ralk tinally persuaned him to go to their tomae in Ohio and share the for tunes produced by the oil wvel. Air $tro)yr decided to go and s'uld all of his propetty in this city at a sacrillee of about fitly cents on the dollar. -le went to Ohio and saw, and was dis~ guisted, to say it mildly, at the deception practiced upon him by hi-- brothers. The oil wells were a myth, or about the stce thing as far as paying handsome y is concerned. He found that he had been at great expense in taking his fawly to Ohio and after staying there a while he determined to comne back to South Carohina, because. he said, "that was thme poorest country in the world." ie camne back and when he got here he found that the proceeds of the sale of the property had dwindled away to not hg. He will make a new start and ulopeS to retribve hi:; fortune, which all w!o read the stor y will sincerely hen'may.-Rlecord. Tm;: NEW ORdLEANs DELTA says the ~rols or the Louisiana Lottery comn ~any are $30,000,000 a year. It is not surprsing that the lottery men are mnakig a hard fight to hold their grip, and i!. looks very much from the reports of to primairy meetings recently held that :hey have it. ____ Tjt CInctLATION QUEsTION be twee: the 'w' Columbia papeis has een .settled at last. The State has a -ircu ~tionf of 3$0 and the Rlegister a cicu ienl of 1,044. We are glad that the : at er has bieen setlied according to tL mpihainle of right and instiee. CLOSE OF THE SESSION1 WHAT WAS DONE BY THE LEGISLA TURE THE LAST WEEK. No ConAtitultional Conventien and No tmpresentarion at ths World's Fair-A Lively Discus-.ien in tho Romr--A sui mary of Otther Bnuiness. COLUMA, S. C.. Dec. 25.-The Legislature adjourned ine die lat uigl, and if the body at its iute session did not pass miany acts (, importance, it showed a concervausm that is encourag ing. and which proves that the mem hers at least did their own thinking. The morning session of the House on Tucsday iias devoted to business and the calender was attacked and rapid pro gress made thereon. Several bills of minor importance was taken up and passed. About the only matter of particular importance done was adverse action on th World's Fair bill. The bill, which had been recommitted on last Monday night, came up again. Tuesday morn ing the bill was reported lavorably and immediate consideration was requested. Ten mermbers, however, led by Mr. Norton of Marion, objectcd and unter the rule the bill was laid over until Wednesday which killed it. At the night session of the House on Tuesdav a bitter tlit over the consti tutionai convention was the feature. The bill was u' ior its third reading. Mr. Sarrati moved to recommit. Mr. John Gary Evans made a forty minutes' iery and impassioned speech proclaiming the need for a constitutional convertion. Ie said the people wanted a new constitution. le objected to the clause of the constitution forbidding the payment of "rbel debts" as a stigma unon -he States a proclaiming to the world that the brave and true South CarJlretans who fought for their consti tudionca rithts were rebels. Mr. Burn made a calm but deeply earnest speeck a-ainst the bill. He was olposEd to any consdtution which would de, away with the homestead law and tlhe two-nills school tax. Mr. Boozer said he was not on the floor of the House as a Reformer or an J-Refrmer. as Tillmanite or anti-Till manite. \: une could whin him into line. He was there simply to do his duty toward ie citizens of the State. le did not thinik the source o anything an argumenit agaist it. What did the source of the present constitution mat ter if that instrument was good? A good constitution was something to be arrived at slowly. Mr. Evans had urgei against the present constitution that it had nineteen amendments tacked to it. This was a good sign. It indicated that the constitution was just getting into the proper shane. If there were any more defects they could be remedied by amendmente. He remembered the time when it was considered an honor to be called a rebel. The motion to recommit was with. drawn and a direct vote taken. It re sulted in the non-passage of the bill by a vote of 51 to 35, two-thirds being nec essary, as fodow.s: Yeas-Speaker Jones, Alderman, Blease, Bowen, Breazenle, Brown, Buist, Carwile, Connor, Cox, Crum, Dean, DuBose, Dukes, J. E. DuPre, lEaddy, Earle, Eider, Evans, Finley, Folk, Fuller, F. B. Gary, T. A. Gra ham. Gregory, Gunter, Hardy, Harvey, Hicklin, Jeff'eries, Kinard, Kirkland, McCall. McFad-lin, McIntyre, D. W. McLaurin, Moseley, .Norton, Patterson, Rast, Riley, Scott, Stackhouse, Tocdd, Townes, Traylor, Ulmer, Watts, Wolfe, Whvte and Yeldell-51-. Nays-Abney, Attaway, Anderson, Bissell, Blake, Booz.er, Brennen, Brice, Burn, Charndier, Fields, Fowler, Fox, Goodwin, S. A. Graham, Harrison, Haskell, Hazard, Hutto, Hughes, Mears, McMillan, McWhite, Miley, Patton, Rsavenel, Rowlard, Rutledge. Sarratt, Sinmons, Sullivan, Tupper, Von Kolnitz, Wigg and Wilson-35. The H~ouse Committee appointed to Investigate the treasury reserve fundI made a voluminous report showing that everything wvas as it shonld be. It will be remembered that Treasurer Bates in his report requested this inves tigation. The proceedings, of the Senate on Tuesday were especially interesting. Like the house, the Senate disposed of Imuch important work at the morning session and made a big hole in its calen dar. Quite a number of bills of 'a local character were passed. 'A message was received from the House informmng the. Senate that it disa greed to the appropriation of $65,000 for completing the biuilding and equip ping Clemnsotn College. Senator Evans moved to concur in the refusal of tge House. Senator Donaldson asked for a com mittee conference and stated that a gen erally accep'.ble plan had been reached. Senator Smythe explained that it was proposed to authorize the State Treas urer to invest the proceeds of the Clem son estate in notes by the Board of Trustees due at such intervals that the payment would not crimp the institu 'ion. This wculd make part of the per manent fund available for immediate use. Senator Evans withdrew his objection and the President appointed as con frees Senato)rs Donaldson, Evans and IStokes. Senator Evans called up the concur rent resolution regulatinig the use of the !halls of the State House to such pur poses as shall not be in the opinion of Ithe Secretary of State injurious. Senator Stokes mioved to table; Iost, eleven to flfteen. Senator Stokes then made an address against the use of the Stite House halls by the ladies and gentlemen of Colum bia for balls and dar ces. and continuing said it looked like child's play to pass resolutions one year and go back on them the next. Senator Evans hoped thbat the Serate would arree to the resolution, and was in favor of allowing the ladies of South Carolina the privilege of assemblingr in the State House once a year. The res olutlon was not comnmandatory, but leftt the w bole matter to the discretion of the Secretary of State. Atrsveral addresses the final vote was taken, and the joint r'.'uttion was agreed to, 21 to 11. Senator Evans th~en moved to :lis Icharge the comniatee on conference on Ithe Clemson College amendment, and assigned his reasons for the motion. A fter some discussion the yeas and nays were taken on the motion and was a lopted by a vote of 19 to 8. Several hours were consumed by the House Wednesday morning in discus sion of the majiority and minority reports of the committee appointed to investi gate the action of the phosphate com mission. Those who tt~ought the dis cussion was going to be acriimonious and per sonal were pleasantly disappoint ed. The debate proceeded in strictly parliamentary style, the most cout teous utterance being observed. After con siderable discussion the majority report was adopted. Mr. Moses moved to recommit the bill to establish prohibition in Williams burg County, He said he had been re quested to make such motion by one of the Williamsburg deiegation, who said the pe'.ple of the County were not yet ready Jor prohibition. He himiselt was opposed te ordering prohibition for the County undi the popile of the County had bad a chance to express their wishes. The ywas and nays were called on the motion to recommit and resulted in a failure t-) recommit by a vote of 30 to 42. A lively spat was indulged in over a resoluti)n to allow the Secretary of State, the guardian of the State House, to perm .t the use of the Hall of Repre sentatives and other rooms for such pur poses as be deemed proper. The reso lution was intended to bring about a restoration of the condition of affai-s wvhen the State ball was held in the State House. Mr. Wilson made an eloquent appeal for the members to grant the ladies of the State the right to enjoy themselves in the State House. Mr. PaLton stated that the South Car olina Society w )uld pay all damages, if any. resulting from the ball aad intro duced an amendment providing that the Secretary of State shall not grant the use of the State House without proper security to pay for damages. Mr. Burn made a plea for fair-minded treatment of the reasonable request of the resolution. He opposed exclusion of the beautilul young women and sal lant youtg men of the. State from the State House. A strong showing in favor of the resolution was made by Mr. Ernest Gary, who showed how beneti :ial was the social intercourse of the young men und women of this State and of ne~iboring States. Mr. Boozer opposed the resoludon. Mr. Buist called the State ball a bac chanalian revel and uized church mem bers to vote against granting the use of the State House for balls. Mr. Hazard said he had never before heard the House called upon to defeat a measure on religious grounds. This was the first time religion had ever been mjected into legislation. Mr. Norton said "equal rights to all! and special favors to none" should be a rule to be observed by the House. He was opposed to granting the privilege because there was discrimination; why was ti-.e Governor not invited to the ball? "Tikte is a time for all.0hings," said Mr. Blease. Mr. Boezer: "I you can tell me when's the time to dauce, I will vote for your resolution." Mr. Blease: "When you feel most like it." On the resolution an nye and nay vote was taken resulting in a defeat of the resolution by a vote of 28 to 30. .The Legislature met in joint assembly at 10:20 p. m. to elect seven Trustees of the South Carolina Industrial and Winthrnp Normal College. The first ballot resulted in an election as !ollowls: Breazeile, 80; Joynes. 70; Elder, 61; McLaurin, 57; Patterson, 52; Fuller, 51; Buist 50. The Committee on Pablic Printing re ported that bids of the State Publishing Company, the Alliance Puhllshing Com pany, the Bryan Printing Company, C. A. Calvo, Jr., and James H. Woodrow had been submitted to it, and the bid of James B. Woodrow being considered most advantageots to the State, bad been accepted. At 3 o'clock the House went intc a committee of the whole with Mr. Wil son in the chair. Mr. Hazard in a pleas ant and earnest speech introduced a re solution of thanks to Speakers Jones for the impartial and courteous manner in wbich he had performed the duties of his position and expressive of good wishes for the future. The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Wilsen reported the action et the comamittee to the House and made an eloquent eulogium of the splendid ser vices of Speaker Jones. Speaker Jones thanked the house cor dially for the appreciation of his labors. lie said that when he had takes the seat he had promised that lie would know no faction or partybut would only further the wishes of the House. whose servant he was, Hie felt that ho had kept this promise. He hoped that jrtbe members would on their return home find their Families in good health and would have a happy Christmas. The Senate'-began work Wednesday with the obsegnies of the prohibition bill. Senator Evans moved to lay on the table that bill and the Timmerman substitute. On calling the yeas and asys the motion was agreed to by 23 to 2, Senators Mason and Williams voting no. The committee on Privileges and Elec tion reported unfavorably on momoiial of the Democratic Executive Committee of Berkeley County to unseat Sena:or Jenkins. The unfavorable report 'was adopted. Senator Moody called up the special order for 1 p. m. The special order was the bill which has been carried over in the calender since the opening of the session to reduce salaries of State of-~ hers. It was discharged by a vote of 19 to 13. Senator Mason got up a bill to prohi bit persons from allowing any one to sell or hand out any spirituous or malt maL liquors through any sliding door, shding drawver. revolving door, hole in wall or .ther device or contrivance. Smythe objected tA) the bill on the ground that it would Interfere with a man's conduct in his own house. lie had Charleston exempted from opera tions of the bill and Senator Jenkins had Berkeley exempted. The bdll then pass ed.* The railroad bill was take'n up at half past twelve o'clock Wednesday night, and after being amended, was passed. The i'ual resolution of thanks was passeedi and the Senate adjourned sIne die about six o'.lock Thursday morn ig. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Crusade of Cranks. NEW ToRK, Dec. 22.-The World says that Russell Sage, whom the bomb thrower, Nor -ross, tried with dynamite to do out of *125,000, has again been threatened in a similar way. Since Nor cross attempted to assassinate the ven erable financier, Mr. Sage has re.:eived nearly 1,200 letters from cranks in all parts of the United States, and even from trunpe. Some were in other Ian guages than Engiish. The only thing Mr. Sage did was to tell Inspecter Byr ues. The inspector said that he would begin a "crank crusade." He persuaded Mr. ae tc give him some of the letters, or copies ot them, and translations of foreun onee. With the doing of that, Mr. Sage rested content. Saturday evening, a few minute after 9 o'clock, there was a ring at the door 1ell. One of the servants went to the do.r. Standing on the steps was a young woman. of rather uncouth appearance. She saked, "Is this No. 509 Fifth aye nue" The sorvant answered that it was not. Scarceiy had she spoken when a man jumped before her and cried, "I have come to kill Mr. Sage." The ser vant was astounded, for but an instant, then she exclaimed, loudly, "Well, you get right out of here." The man said again, "I have come to kill Mr. Sage." The servant told him to got out. Just then Mrs. Sage came to the door. The man asked if she had got his letter demanding *2 500,000. She re pled that she had not. He said that if he did not get the money he would blew up the house. Mrs. Sage ran at him, and chocked him and pushed him down the steps. The police were notiied, and the house has been closely watched ever slce. Died at she Piano. JESSUP, Ga., Dec. 24.-Miss Eula Beach, Williams, pianoist for theo Bijou Theatre~ Company, while performing the overture Saturday night, at St arsels' Hall, dropped forward her head on the piano, then stiffened back on her chaIr, gasped once or twice, was taken behind the scenes and was dead in five imutes, ithout spearing. Too Iuch Cotton. In the Augusta Chronicle of last Wednes lay we find considerable inter esting statistics concerning the cotton crop, wich thit enterprising journal compiles from "Cotton Facts," pub lished by Mr. A. B. Shepperson, which is a compilatior from ofdicial and reli able sources of the crops, receipts, ex ports, stocks, home and foreign con sumption, visible supply, prices and acreage of cotton for a series of years. The Chroie* bays "Cotton Facts" is the most complete work of tne kind ever published, and should be in the h4nds of eyery cotton producer, mer chant and manufacturer in the United States. According to Mr.Shepperson's figures t he crop ot 1690-91 reached the enormous total of 8,674,417 against 7,297,117 for the previous year. The cotton on hand at the end ot the season on the plantations and in 1sterior towns would swell the total to 8,900,0UO bales. le estimates the crop of this year at 8,050,000 bales, but when comparison is made with the crop of last year, he thinks, there should be added to the present erop the equivalent of 300,000 bales for its higher spinning quality, thus making it equal to 8,350,C9) bales of that crop. Aading the ports stocks of Aug. 31 to 8,050,000 bales would make supply _or the new season of 9,173,000 bales having a spinning capaci ty of 9.473,000 bales of the previous crop. Mr. Shepperson gives it as his opinion, based upon the probable crop of this year, that the yield will be far more then the requirements of Ameri can and European spinners. Prices are undoubtedly, h.. says, below the cost of production, but that fact will not ad vance the market. The grain growers of the West are being enriched by high prices while the cotton producers of the South are being impoverished by low prices. Mr. Shepperson says that. speculation may temporarily effect or impede its operation, but 'a the end the law of; supply and demand in its relation to values is inexorable. The low prices, are the uatural result of over-produc tion, and their remedy lies in the re duction of the cotton acreage. It seems likely that the losses to planters and merchants during the past and present seasdns would result in an enforced curtailment of :.he acreage of the next crop. If not the disLress of the planters will continue. And all classes in the South will suffer from the natural re suits of over-production. There is but one remedy, and that is to reduce the cotton acreage. A prominent citizen of Augusta, who has been engaged in the cotton business for many years, calls attention .o the large surplus or cotton from the crop of 1889-90 carried overinto the crop of 1891-92. le esti mates that there will be a still larger surplus for 1892-93. This surplus, he says, must and will be continued in definitely to future crops, being a quan tity beyond the ability of spinners and manufacturers to consume. The reme dy, he suggests, is a crop of seven mil lion bales er less. In commenting on Mr. Shepperson s figures the Chronicle says "it is very evident that planters cannot have the beneft of any material advance until the surplus disappears. The only sure plan is to materially reduce the cotton areage, and to plant grain and other food crops, and to raise hogs, cattle and stock at home. Unless the all cotton mania is gotten rid of, low and ruinous prices, must prevail to impoverish the producer. Every consideration of duty, of common sense, of self-interest ap peal to the cotton planters of the South to abandon the suicidal mania of all cotton. Over-production is the sole cause of the iumously low price of cot ton." The Chronicle is one of the best posted journals in the country. Its opinion is valuable on any subject, and we unhesitatingly commmiend its vie ws as aboye expressed to our farmers. The cotton crop of 1892-93 should not be over 7,000,000 bales. Then we miight expect a return of remunerative prices, and with them happy and prosperous times for ail our people. Ailiance Topics, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING. When the banker buys a bond that bond draws him interest. That is an in vestment. Then why should the gov ernment issue that nanker 90 per cent of the value of his bond in money to loan to the people at a big rate of' in terest ? The. people should think about these questions.-The Honest Dollar. THE LAND LOAN PLANK. The moment loans from the govern ment shall be granted upon the im proved lands of the country, that mo ment the lands will be in demand. Everybody will find it desirable to have property that is good security for a government loan. The land-loan scheme is the sheet anchor of all our hopes. Every intelligent farmer will stand by it.-The Monitor. 3MUsT MIAKE THE3M LEARN. When the average Congressman earns that it is the duty of Congress to protect the people against the spoIla tions of usurErs and selish, soulless corporations by armed invasions, they will have learned a -little more thant they seem to know at present. The people need protection from internal more than outside enemies at this juncture of ca.r history.-Arkalsas Farmer. - Oil, THIs WOULD BE CRUEL! Whenever you pin down a Southern Congressman as to his views on national banks he will very readily declare that he is opposed to them. If you will push him he will declare in favor of the re peal of their charters. if you will then make him declar- how he will supylv the substitute for the national bank circulation that would be withdrawn, ie will never answer. Why? lie is simply fixing to do nothing in that direction, and the next time he wants to be elected he will have a plan. Nowv is the time. Make them show tip or shut up.--Aliance Herald. FRANCE A MODEL FOR Us. Although there is a circulating me dium of $61 per capita in France, and the ruling rate of interest is 3 per cent, there is less complaint of stringency in monetary affairs. A proposition is be fore the legislative body of the country for the government to loan money t;o farmers on their lands at 2 per cent ia terest, and it is likely to become a law, though not very much necessity exists* for it. France has long since learned that a high rate of interest is not con ducive to the prosperity of her agricul ture, and instead of allowing a set of cormorants to feed upon it and destroyt it, as has been done in America, every safeguard, protection and encourage ment is given. Besides such favorable legislation as is kept upon her statutes, an appropriation of $30,000,000 annual ly is made. to encourage andl develop her agriculture. France is a model for us.-Arkansas Faimer. TE OCALA PLATFORM ALL THE TDUiA This country is in the throes of a money famine, and the masses of the people can realize no prosperity until it shall be relieved. How this relief shall come andl how it shall be secure d, are the question for the publicists ot this counay to settle. TIhe Republican idea is to reduce the volume of currency. The Cleveland idea is to destroy t~he "dishonest money," which means the' same thing. The masses of the people do not embrace either of these remedies, for they are not remedies, but aggra-* vators of the malady. It wouild seem to be monumental cheek for any set of un to offer this remedy to an irntelli-! gernt p. ople, biut these are two leadin ideas as politic:a panaces for the ilils t rom which the body politic is suirering. It requires very little perception to re ize that the demand is not met and can nevtr be fultilled by either of these Sufueated I - , Wt'. ROME, Dec. 2..-- V !e -06 labors were returring I om or': upon the Sulmena and lsernau a .n - thevy were overtaken bY a ;-ri.fi, s w stcrn. Many of the men -ra 2'd it, the drifts and , bers v.e:e iz A to dea!h. Fifteen bo IeS b. T : en re covered and twenty 4f ; t formnate men are stil; miss:. SENAToU PLUMB, 01 K - AS, (lied suddenly in Washmnet,. 1:-t Sunday. This re-duces the Repuier :, majority in that body one v.- -t. H. A. HOYT, [Successor to C. L. H t .t . Largest and Oldest .!ms j Store q SUMTER, S. U. 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