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MADRIGAL OF LOVE. If every rose has its thoin, I wonder where is thine: It this heert's love could find it, I'd claim it, dear, as mine; And in my heart I'd wear it To relieve you of its pain, 'And wish you'd never ak it Back from me again. If every star that shines, dear. In Gid-s fair, purpling skies, Would add its glorious beauty To the lustre of thine eyes, To me you'd not be fairer, 0, first love of my heart; Ah, thou art not or earth, dear, But of heaven itself a part. If every bird that sings, dear, With passion in its breast, Would sing his songs for you, dear And brought unto you rest, 'd wish their tenderest music Would whisper unto thee, That I loved you and only you, For all eternity. THE ETERNAL REST. There is no Peace Here, but a Glorrous Existence in Eternity. BRooKLYN, Aug. 2.-Rev. Dr. Tal mage, who is DOW in Australia on his globe girdling tour, has selected as the subject of his sermon for today through thepress the words, "Everlasting Life," the text being from Micah i, 10, "Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest." This was the drumbeat of a prophet who wanted to arouse his people trom their oppressed and sinful condition, but it may inst as properly be uttered now as then. Bells, by long exposure aud much ringing, lose their clearness of tone but this rousing bell >f the gospel strikes in as clear a tone as when it first rang on the air. As far as I can see, your great want and mine is rest. From the time we enter life a great many vpxations and annoyances take after us. We may have our holidays and ou seasons of recreation and qatot. but where is the man come to midile who has found en tire rest? The fact is that God did nt make this world to rest in. A ship might as well go down off Capt Hatter as to find smooth water as a man in this world t find quiet. From the way that God has strewn the thorns and hung tht clouds and sharpened the tusks, from the colds that distress us, and the heats that smite us, and the pleurisies that stab us, and the fevers that consume us, I know that he did not make this world as a place to loiter in. God does every thing successfally, and this world would be a very different world if it were in tended for us to lounge in. It does right weil for a few hours. Indeed it is magnificent! Nothing but infinite wis dom and goodness could have mixed this beverage of water, or hung up these brackets of Ptars, or trained these voices of rill and bird and ocean, so that God has but to lift his hand, and thp whole world breaks forth into orchestra. But, after all, it is only the splendors of a king's highway, over which we are to march en to eternal conquests. You and I have seen men who tried to rest here. They builded themselves great stores. They gathered around them the patronage of merchant princes. The - voice of their bid shook the money markets. They had stock in the most successful railroads, and i2 'safety de posits' great rolls of government secur ities. They had emnblezned carriages, high mettled steeds, footmen, plate that con founded lords and senato% who- ak-t their table, tapestry oo~hich floated the richest designs o ~ign looms, splen dor of avsu the wall, exquisite 'less of mu 'riing among pedestals of bronze A dropping, soft as light, on snlo 5i sculpture. Here let them rest. VDack the embroider~ed curtain, and you te up the pillow of down. Turn li te ghts! It i11o'clock atnight. Ltslumber drop upon the eyelids, and the air float through the half opened lattice drowsy with midsummer per fume. Stand back, all care, anxiety and trouble! But no, they will not stand back. They rattle the lattice. They look under the canopy. With rough touch they startle his pulses. They cry out at 12 o'clock at night: 'Awake man! How can yon sleep when timgs are so uncertain? What about those stocks? Hark to the tap of that fire bell, it is your district! How if you should die soon? Awake, man! Think of it! Who will get your property when you are gone? What will they do with it? Wake up! Riches sometimes take wings. How if you should get. poor? Wake up!" Rising on one elbow the man of fortune looks zatinto the dark ness of the room and wipes the da mp ness from hi' forehead and says: "Alas! For all this scene of wealth and magnifi cence-no rest!" I passed down a street of a city with a merchant. He knew all the nest houses on the street. He said: "There is something the matter in all these houses. In that one it is conjugal infe licitv. In that one, a dissipated son. In that, a dissolute father. In that, an idiot child. In that, the prospect of bankruptcy." This world's wealth can give no permanent satisfaction. This is not your rest. You and I have seen men try in an other direction. A rea says, "If I could enly rise to such and such a place of renown; itlI could gain that offize; if I could only get the stand and have my sentiments met with one good round of hand clapping applause; if I could only write a book that would live, or make a speech that would thrill, or do an action that would resound!" The tide turns in his favor. His name is on 10,000 lips. He is bowed to and sought alter and advanced. Men drink his health at great dinners. At his fiery words the multi tudes huzza! From galleries of beauty they throw garlands. From housetops, as he passes in long procession, they shake out the national standards. Here let him rest. It is 11 o'clock at night. On pillow stufied with a nation's praise let him he down. Hush, all disturbant voices! In his dream let there be a hoisted throne, and across it march a coronation. Hush, hush! "Wake up!" say.. a rough voice. "Political senti ment is changing. Hlow it you should lose this place of hono:? Wake up! The morning papars are to be full '! de nunciation. Hearken to the execrations of those who once caressed you. By tomorrow night there will be multitudes sneermng at the words which last neht you expected would be uiversally ad mired. How can you sleep when every thing depends upon the next turn of the great tragedy? Up man! Off of this illow!". The man, with head yet hot from his last oration, starts up suddenly looks out upon the night, but sees noth ing except the ilowers that h~e on his stand, or the scroll from which he read his speech, or the books from which he quoted his authorities, and goes to his desk to finish his neglected correspon dence, or to pen an indignant line to some reporter, or to sketch the plan for a public defense against the assaults of the people. Happy when he got his first lawyer's brief; e~ xaltant when he triumphed over his first political rival, yet, sitting on the very top of al that this world offers of praise, he exclaims, "No rest, no rest!" The very world that now applauds will soon hiss. That world said of the great Webiter, "What a statesman! What wonderful exposition of the con stitution! A man fit for any position!" That same world sait, after awhile, "own with him! He is an office seek er! He is a sot! He is a libertine! Away with him!" And there is no peace for the man until he lays down his brok-n heart in the grave at Marsh licld. Jetfrey thrucht that if he could only be judge that w( 'd be the makino of him; !.,(t to be judze and cursed the day on which he was born. Alexander wanted to submerze the world with his zreatnesp: submerged It, and then drank himself to death because he couM not stand the trouble. Burns thouaht he would give everything if he could win the favor of courts and princes. Won it, ard amid the shouts of a great enter tainment, when pets and orators and dnchesses were adoring his genuius, wished that Le could creep back Into the obscurity in which be dwelt when he wrote of the Daisy, we, modest, crimson tipped Sower. Napoleon wanted to make all Europe tremble at his power; made it tremnle; then d ed, his entire military achieve ments dwindling down to a pair of miii tarv boots which he insisted on having on his feet when dyiu. At Versailles I saw a picture of Napoleon in his tri umphs. I went into another room and saw a bust of Napoleon as he appeared at St. Helena; but, job, what grief and anguish in the face of the latter! The first was Napoleon in triumpt; the last was Napoleon with his heart broken. How they laughed and cried when silver tongued Sheridan in the midday of pros perity haranged the people of Britain, and how they howled at and execrated him when, cutside of the room where his corpse lay, his creditors tried to get his miserable bones and sell them! ?his world for rest? "Aba," cry the waters, "no rest here! We plunge to the sea." "Aba," cry the mountains, "no rest here! We crumble to the plain." "Aha," cry the towers, "no rest here! We follow Babilon and The bes and Nineveh into the dust." No rest for the flowers. They fade. No rest for the stars. They die. Norest for man. He must work, toil, sufi'er and slave, Now, for what have I siid all this? Just to prepare you the text, "Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest." I amn going to make you a grand ( fIer. Some of you remember that when gold was discovered in California large co-n panies were made up and strated off to get their fortunes. Today I want to make up a party for the land of gold. I hold in my hand a deed from the proprie tor of the estate, in which he cfff'rs to all who will join the company 10,000 shares of infinite value in a city whose streets are gold, whose harps are gold, whose crowns are gold. Ycu have read of the crusaders-how that many thous ands, of them went cff to conquer the holy sepalcher. I ask you to join a rander crusade, not for the purpose of conqueting the sepulcher of a dead Christ, but for the purpose of reaching the throne of a living Jesus. When an army is to be made up, the recruiting of fier eximines the volunteers. He tests their eyeaght. He sounds their lungs. He measures their stature. They must be just right, or they are reicted. But there shall be no partialitay in making up this army of Christ. Whatever Iyour moral or physical stature, -hatever your dissipation, whatever your crimes, whatever your weaknesses, I have a commission from the Lord Almighty to make up the regiment of redeemed souls, and I cry. "Arise ye and depart for this is not your rest!" Many of you have lately joined this company, and my desire is that you may all join it. Why not? You inow i your own heart's exve " a hat [ have said a.bbii this world is true that it is a place to rest in. There are liniiieds here weary--oh, how weary with sin; weary with trouble; weary with bereavement! Some of you have been~ pierced through and through. You car y the sears of a thousand conflicts in which you heave bled at every pore and you sigh, "OYa, that I had the wings of a dove that I might fly away and be at rest!" You have taken the cup of this world's pleasures and drank it to the dres, add still the thirst claw at your tongue and the fever strikes to your brain. You have chased pleasure through every valley, by every stream amid every brightness and under every sha dow, but just at the moment when you were all ready to pat your hand upon the rosy, laughing sylph of the wood she turned upon you with the glare of a fiend and the eye of a satyr, her locks adders, and her breath the child damp of a grave Out of Jesns Christ no rest. No voice to silence the storm. No light to kindle the darkness. No drydock to repair the split buwark. Thank God], I can tell you something better. If there is no rest on earth there is rest in heaven. Oh, ye who are worn out with' work, your hands calloused, your backs bent, your eyes half put out, your fingers worn with the needle that in this world you may never lay down; ye discouraged ones who have been wag ing a hand to hand fight for bread; ye to whom the night brings little rest and the morning more drudgery-oh, y e of the weary hand, and of the weary side, and the weary toot, hear me talk about rest! Look at that company ot enthroned ones. Look at their hands. Look at their feet. Look at their eyes, It can not b-e that those bright ones ever toiled? Yes, yes! These packed the Chinese teaboxes, and through mission ary instruction escaped into glory. These sweltered on southerrn plantations, and one night after the cotton picking went up as white as if they had never been black. Those died of overtoil ins the Lowell carpet factories, and these in Mancbester mills; those helped build the pyramids, and these broke awray from work on the day Christ was hounded out of yerusalem. No more towers to build. Heaven is done. No more gar ments to weave. The robes are finished. No more harvests to raise. The gardens are full. Oh, sons and daugiers of toil, arise ye and depart, for that is your Scovill McCalluan, a boy of my Sun day school, while dying said to his mo ther "Don't cry, but sing-sing. "There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary." Then putting his wasted hands over his heart, said, "There is rest Thr me." Oh, ye whose locks are wet with the dews of the night of grie'; ye whose hearts are heave, because those well known footsteps sound no more at the doorway, yonder is your rest! There is Davd triumphant, but once he bemoaned Absalom. There is Abraham enthroned but once he wept for Sarah. There is Paul exultant, but he once sat with his feet it the stocks. There is Payson radi ant with immor~tal health, but on earth he was always s~ck. No toil, no tears, o partings, no strife, no agonizung cough tonight. No storm to ruils the crystal sea. No alarm to strike from th cathediral towers. No dirge throb bing from seraphic harps. No tremor i the everlasting song, but rest, perfect rest, unending rest. Into that rest how many of our loved ones have gone! The little children have been gathered up into the bosom of Christ. O2e of them went out of the arms of a widowed mother, following its father, who died a few weeks before. In its last moment it seemed to see the departed father for it said, looking up ward with brightened ccuatenance, "Papa, take me up!" Others put down the work of midlife feeling they could hardly be spared from the office or store or shop for a day, but are to be spared fcom it forever. Your mother wznt. Having li-ed a lite of Cnris tian consistency he.re, ever busy with kindness for her chldren, her heart full of that meek and quiet spirit that is in the sight ot God of great price, suddenly her countenance was tranfigured, and place amid that great cloud of witnesses that hover about the throne! Glorious conso:ation! They are not dead. You cannot make me believe they are dead. They have only moved on. With more love than that with which they greeted us on earth, watch us irom their high place, and their voices cheer us in our struggle for the sky. Hail, spirius blessed, now that ye have passed the flood and won the croWL! With weary feet we press up the shining way, until in everlastinz reunion we shall meet again. Oh, won't it be grand when, our coaflicts done and our part ings over, we shall clasp bands and cry out, "This is heavet.?" TH E WEATHER AND CROPS. The Weekly Bulletin of the State Rnareau for the Past Week. The following is the bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the state for the week j st ended, as issued Tuesday by State Observer Bauer: During the week ending, August 27., the temperature fluctuations were somewhat below normal limits owingto more than the usual amount of cloudi ness, especially during the hottest por tions of the day which prevented very high maxima, and at night which re tarded radiation preventing low mm Ima; the resulting average temperature for the week did not vary more than two degrees from the normal in any portion of the State being generally slightly below. Highest temperature for the week, 95 at Oakwood on the 25th; lowest 63 at Greenville on the 22 1. in most sections of the State the sun shine was deficient averaging some what less than 50 per cent. of the pos sible over the entire State. The rainfall was local in its charac ter, although fairly well distributed on the 25th and 26%h; the showers were heaviest in the southern portion of the State. The amount of rainfall varied greatly, ranging from nearly four in ches in pertions of the south and south eastern counties to a trace or none at all in the upper counties. A cloud burst was reported from Orangeburg county that did much damage, and washing rains from various other places. There was severe bail storms in Sumter county, however, causing no particular injury, and a severe wind and hail storm in Greenville county breaking down corn and cotton. The excessive rains of two weeks ago were very destructive in Darlington county, damaging old corn and ruining late planted, and it is estimated that cot ton was reduced in propect 40 per cent. Communication with the town of Dar lington was interrupted for nearly two weeks by the high water. The diversity of soil and topography of theState makes it improbable that the same weather cond1tions would be equally favorable for crops in all por tions of the State, and the condition of cotton at the present time exampli ies this very strikingly; owing to the heavy rains for the past few weeks cotton on sandy soil is a poor crop, con tinues to shed too freely and rust is developed very generally, while the plant's growth has stopped with scarcely any top crop; from this condi tion cotton grades up to as good fields as can be produced any time or where, but taken all together the prospects fall considerabl of an average crop. -elare maturing and opening rapidly and prcking will, in a short time, be come general. Corn has received nu setback, ard fodder pulling which is ending in the low counties, is general in the "up ountry." One correspondent who has traveled extensively throughout the State, states that In his opinion the corn crop has been over estimated and will not prove to be much, if any, great er than an average crop. Tobbacco suffered severely during the first of the month and the rains ruined to a large extent the very pomis ing crop of July. Rteports from the rice counties con firm previous estimates. Peas are giving evidence of bearing and are growing luxuriently. Syrup making Is the prevailing oc upation in districts where cane is grown extensively, and the gener al opinion is that the yield of syrup dc es not come up to expectation, although the cane is juicy. Potatoes, turnips, gardens and p's turage continue to do well, the war-n moist conditions having been extremely favorable. Truck farmers are begin ing to prepare their lands f or winter and spring vegetables. The wet ground is causing Irish po tatoes to rot in places. scuppernong grapes are ripening and are reported plentiful in portions of the State, being about the only native fruit grown in any abundance this year. Bagging and Tare, We referred the other day, says the Atlanta Constitution, to the complaints of cotton spinners and bnyers in regard to excessive bagging. It appears that farmers have been covermng their co> ton with old sugar and grain sacks and putting more on the bale than the ta re established by the Liverpool associa tion of buyers. The extra weight of bagging over and above the tare comes out of the spinners' pockets and these gentlemen are much more care ful about the nimble thrip than the cotton growers are. The matter, ho w ever, is of importance to Southern farmers In more ways than one. In the first place spinners have combined to gether to reject all cotton with an ex cess of covering. Naturally this agree ment will have an effect on buyers, and during the present season such cotton will not be marketable. It is important therefore, that the farmers con form to the requirements which origi nated in Liverpool. An excess of bag ging over and above the 6 per cent that represents the reduction In weight made to cover the ties and bagging is a clear loss to the spinners, and it is no gain to the farmers to put on the bale a less amount of bagging than will, with ties, weigh thirty pounds. The average weight of a bale of cotton is 480 pounds. The tare on this amounts to about $1.75. If the bagging and ties weigh less than twenty-nine pounds the loss comes out of the farmer's cotton. The matter becomes very simple when we take into consideration the fact that thousands of bales come into mar ket covered with six yards of I% bag ging. A deduction of 6 per cent. is made in the weight of the bale,and the farmer Is thus compelled to pay for twenty-two pounds of bagging, al though he has used but ten and one half. The price of eleven and one-half yards comes-out of his cattain and goes Into the spinner's pockets. The price of eleven and one balf yards of jute bagging, taken out of 5,(A00,000 bales, amounts to the price of 57,000,000 yards and more of bagging-a pretty round sum, when the calculation is made at 5% cents for bagging. So far as bag gig is concerned, the jute trust seems to be doing business at the same old stand. While the price of cotton has fallen considerably during the past twelve months, jute bagging is three quarters of a cent a yard higher with an upward tendency. The farmers made a strong and successful fight an the trust a few years ago, but it seems to be getting the upper hand again. Every bale of cotton marketed In the South should be covered with heavy cotton cloth, it is impossible to im agine a wilder or more reckless scheme of economy than that which Is in volved in sending to india and the far East for the raw material with which to prepare American cotton for mark et. Raw cotton should be wrapped in cotton cloth. This would materially add to the demand far cotton and aid in keeping up the price. This whole question ought to give our farmers +nood for thonghtr GIVES IlS REASON. WHY CLEVELAND LET THE TARIFF BiLL BECOME LAW. It is a Vast Improvement on Existing PrC tecton Lawr-He Scires the Denocrats Who Belped to Pass the SC-Called Tariff Retonn Meanr. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-President Cleveland has written the following let ter to Representativa Catchings of Mis sitsippi, in which he sets for:h his views of the new tariff law and 2ives his rea sons for not approving the bill: EXECUTIVE MANSION. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 27. Iion. C. T. Catchings. My Dear Sir: S nce the conversation I had with you and Mr. Clark of Ala bama a tew days ago, in regard to my action on the tariff bill now befre me, I have given the subject lurther and most serious consideration. The result is, I am more settled than ever in the determination to allow the bill to be come a law without my signature. When the formation of legislation, which it was hoped would embody Dem ocratic ideas of tar:fl reform, was lately entered upon by the Congress nothing was further from my anticipanion that a result which I cculd not promptly and enthusiastically endorse. It is, there fore, whith a feeling oi the utmost dis appointment that I submit to a denial of this privilege. I do not claim to be better than the masses of my party nor do I wish to avoid any responsibility which, on ac count of the passage of tnis law, I ougbt to bear as a member of the Democratic organization. Neither will I permit my self to be separated fcom my party to such an extent as might be implied by my veto of tariff legislation, which, though disapp-inting, is sitl chargeable to Democratic effort. Bat there are pro visions in this bill which are not in line with honest tariff reform, and it con tains inconsistencies and crudities which ought not to appear in tarift laws or laws of any kinds. Besides there were, as you and I well know, inedents accom panving the passage of the bill through the Congress which made every sincere tarifi reformer unhappy, while infliences surroun:ed it in its latter stages which interfered with its final co'istruction and which ought not to be recoitniz -d or tolerated in Democratic tariff reform counsels. And yet, notwithstanding all i its vicissitudes and all the bad treatment I it received at the hands of pretended I friends, it presents a vast improvment J to existing conditions. It will certainly lighten many a tariff burden that now rests heavily upon the people. It is not only a barrier against the return of mad protection, but it furnishes a vantage ground from which must be waged fur ther aggressive operations against pro tected monopolies and governmental favoritism. I take my place with the rank and file of the Democratic party who believe I in tariff reform and who know what it is who refuse to accept the results em bodied in this bill a3 the close of the war; who are aware of the fact that the livery of Democratic tariff reform has been stolen and worn in the service of Republican protection and who have marked the places where the deadly light of treasin has blasted the counsels of the brave in their hoar of might. The trusts and combinations, the com munion of pelf, whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten or orgiven. We shall recover from our astonishment at their exhibition of power, and if the question is f~rced upon us whether they shall submi~t to the free legislative will of the people's representatives, or shall dictate th'e laws which the people must obey, we will accept and settle that issue as one in volving the integrity and safety of Ameri can institutions. I love the principales of true Demo cracy because they are founded in pa triotism and upon justice and fairness toward all interests. I am proud of my party organization, because it is conser vatively sturdy and persis'.ent in the en- I forcement of its principles. Therefore, I do not despair of the e l~rts made by the House of Representatives to supple ment the bill already passed by fu:ther legislation, and to have engraf ted upon it such modifications as will more nearly meet Democratic hopes and aspirations. I cannot be mistaken as to the neces sity or free raw materials as the foun-1 dation of logical and sensible tarifl re-1 forui. The extent to which this is re- 1 cognized inc the legislation already se- 1 cured is one of its encouraging and re deeming features; but it is vexntious to recall that free coal and iron ore have been denied us. A recent letter of the Secretary of the Treasury discloses the fact that both might have been made free by the annual surrender of only about1 $700,000 of unnecessary revenue. I am sure that there is a common hab it of underatimating the importance of free raw materials in tariff legislation, and of regarding them as only related to concessions to be made to our manuf act urers. The truth is, their influence is so1 far reaching that if disregarded a com plete and beneficient sc'heme of tariff reform cannot be seccessfully inaugu rated. When we givc to our manufact uere free raw materials we unshackle American enterprises and ingenuity and these will open the doers of foreign mark ets to the reception of our wares and give opportunity for the continued re munerative employment af American labor. With meterials cheapened by their freedom from tarit- charges the cost of their product must be correspond ingly cheapened. Thereupon justice and fairness to the consumer would de-1 mand that the manufacturers be obliged to submit to such readjustment and modifiation of the tariif upon their fin ished goods as would secure to the peo ple the bene it of the reducci cost of their manufacture, and shield the con sumer against the exaction of inordinate profits. Ii will thus b3 seen that free raw material and a just and fearless re-< gulation and reduction of the tariff to I meet the changed conditions would carry to every humble home in the land the 1 blessings of increased comfor t and cheap er living. The millions of my countrymen who have fough t bravely and well for tarff reform should be exhorted to con tinue the struggle, boldly challenging to open warfare and constantly guarding against treachery and half heartedlness in their camp. Tariff reform will not be settled until it is honestly and Wcrly settled in the in terest and to the bo th; of a patient and long sulfering r~eople. Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVELAN1). Koib'i Scheme. MEMNITs, Aug 24.-A special to the commercial-Appeal from Birmingham I Ala, says: A prominent Republican who was active in Kolb s interest dlur mg the recent campaign is authority I for the statement that the Kolbites will, in 4ovember, when the regular Legislature meets, convene a Legisla ture cf their own, elect a United States Senator to succeed Morgan, who witl, it is thought, be a Republican, and ad journ. The~yy will then let their Sena-C tor contest with Morgan who will be re-elected by the regular Legislaturei for the latter's seat. The Kolbites hope to have their man seated, as they 1 believe the Republicans will control the United States Senate next year. I This will, ft is thought be the extent ofJ the dual government.of the Kolbites, as( they cannot hope to prevent Oates1 rom berng overnor Stard by Democraev. The Augtsta Chronicie very truly says that "the two great parties of this :ountry are the Democratic party and the Republican party. For years these parties have been nearly balanced, and the popular majority is on the side of Demccracy. For years the Democrats bave waged war upon the policies of the Republican party, and twice in the past decade have triumphed at the polls in a Presidential election. The last time the triumph extended not only to the Presidency, but to both Houses of Congress, and for the first time in a generation the Democrats ha.ve centrol of the legislation of the country. But in every party there are those who do not oincide fully with the advanced ideas .f the platform, and lean to more con servative teachings, and sometimes ac ually favor certain tenets of the oppos ing party. When therefore, an issue ::omes up in which these policiES are to be voted on, and the two parties are venly divided, it is not a matter of great surprise that compromises have to be made, and concessions allowed to those men who do not go to the full ex ent that tieir party goes on certain is mes. Such has been the experi 3nce of the Democratic party in ts tariff legislation. But- the ex stence of these men in the party with views at variance from the majo ity is no reason for Democrats repudi ting the p-rty, but seems to offer a eason why they should stand closer to :he party and elect a suflicient number )f Democrats next time to legislate in lependently of these conservative nembers. They certainly cannot j ustify hemselves in going to the Repulican ?arty which they have fought all their Ives, and they are giving up the sub tance for the shadow when they pro pose to go to the Populists. Everything *iat is material and desirable in the opulist platform is Democratic. What s good in it is not new, and what is iew is not good. Democracy has ilways stood for lower taxation; 'or the masses against classes; ;ainst combinations and trusts; md for a free ballot and a fair ount. "Equ al rights for all and pecal privileges to none" is not a new loctrine of the Populists, but has been he Democratic motto for-generations. oVhy should an honest Democrat, even bough he be disatisfied and disa ppoint d by the work of the present Congress, rom which possibly he expected too nauch, turn to a party which is in a iopeless minority and expect it to ac :opish what he desires any sooner han the Democratic party can? The xpectation is preposterons, and as )emocrats who go to Popultsni cannot ossibly accomplish anything by that neane, they are simply strengthening he hands of their old enemies, the Re >ublicans, by weakening the ranks of )3mocracy. Democrats who prefer he reign of Republicans rather than )emocrats are acting in a way to bring tepublicans back into power by con orting with Populists. That Republi ans realize this is plainly shown by he Republican found sent into Ala >ama to help Kolh. Senator Hoar cares io more about Koib than he does the :ing of the cannioal islands, but when Colb made him believe that he could rip.>le Democracy in Alabama and reak the Solid South, he quickly re ponded with the Rtapablican boodle to assist in the work. Democrats who oin the ranks of Populism are simply ncreasing the strength of Republcan sm jast by the amount they reduce he strength of Democracy. Democrats ave been disappointe' in not getting 3il they wanted, as fast as they wanted t,-at the hands of the Democratic par y, but that is no reason for kicking ut of the traces, and jining a party rom which they will not get what hey want in a hundred years. W ise )emocrats will stand true to the party Lnd rest assured that in its triumph le their only hope of accomplishing he reforms for which they have fought. here is a hope of obtaining them in a ew years if thiey will only keep their fwn party in powrer, but 3f they let he Republicans get back into power hey will find that taey have abandoned he ship of state for a little cat-boat of ?opulism that has no chance wahtever >f making the harbor. Stick to the emocratic ship." What Tiliman S ays. COLTJmBA S. C., Aug. 30.-Governor 'illman was asked yesterday by report ~rs for Conservative papers to explain he light Reform vote throughout the tate. He said: -'Until somebody explains why the 3nservatives of Columbia and Char eston did not turn out and vote, it is iot necesssry for us to say anything tout the light Reform vote. The 3nservatives have everything their vay in these two cities and the Re ormers have everything their way in he country, and they didn't exert hemselves. In most of the countiesi here was no opposition ticket to spur he Reformers to action. Tfhe reitera .ion of the cry of a ring is not going-to care anybody or muster up any votes. give notice now ;hat we are not go ng to have any Alabami business in outh Carolina in November. If these >eople want to warm this black snake nto life and join forces with it, under he plea of Democracy, we are ready to neet them and give them the worst Irubbing they ever had in their lives. Ihe defeated politicians who cannot et a majority of the white vote, and ant to get elec~edl by joining forces vith the negro, may as well understand his. I'll never belive until I see it that my considerable number of the Con ervatives will make this desperate ef ort to regain political power at such errible risk, for every sensible man mows that when the negro is brought n as the balance of power bet ween the :ontending white factions the State viil sink into a deeper gulf of misery mna misgovernment than existed from hat which we emerged in 1876. All he otibes in the world are not wor th uch a price. Mv D emocracy means vhite supremacy. I and those who iave backed me will not join force with he negro. Let those who do justify it o the people." B ow 1HS:;ands. At conm)NG to the Boston J~ournal of 3mmerce, 22 members of the present nited States Senate served in the Jonfederate armnyandl 13 in the Federal rmy; and 58 members of the ouse sorved in the Confedarate army ad 519 in the Federal arm y. O ther wise lassilield the Senate consists of 58 awyers, 1 physician, 1 clergyman, 3 ewpaper men, 2 banigers, 3 manufact rers and 2 merchants. Senator Roach, f North Dakota, "calls himself a farm r," and Lodge of Massachusetts gives s calling as "literature." lIe repre ents the manufactuirers in fact. The et are "canitalists." In the Ihouse here are 229 lawyers, 12 newspaper nen, 4 physicians, 5 teachers, 16; man facturers, 9i merchants, 8 bankers, 10 public ollicials," 34 farmers, 5 planters, lumbermen, 3 real estate dealers, and ne each of the following occupations: peculator, wool merchant, hotel pro >retor, railroad manager, civil engi eer, coal miner and railway builder. Gght report no occupation. Counting he planters as farmers, it is seen, griculture is represented itn Congres y only 40 farmers which accounts in arge measure for the comparatively mall favor which their industry and terests have received from the N-tt - onal Jegislature. The Color Line. FOsTORDT, 0.. A'ug. 26.- A decided ensation was created here by the mar age last night of the Rev. Mr. Thomp on, of the Methodist church of this ity, to Miss Bibbie Ihawk, whuo is a nulatto. She is an attractive young roman, well educated, reilned aud a :reat church worker. She was a mem per of the Rev. Mr. Thompson's con :regation and for the last live years, he as been paying her marked attention. his congregation remonstrated vigor usly, and finally, a few weeks ago, he gas given indefinite leave of absence nd thea church wras cloed. SENATOR 1. C. BUfLER WITHDRAWS HIS PLEDGE TO ABIDE BY THE PRIMARY ELECTION. Which Means That the Members of the Sata LaaiMature are -o be Fonght For in the G->neral Election t November. The Negro to Come In. COLUXBIA. S. C., Aug. 28.-Senator Butler has withdrawn his chances for the Senate from before the Democratic primaries and he and his friends are going to make the tight in the Novem ber election. That was the startling and unexpected news received in Co lumbia yesterday and it will furnish a sensation throughout South Carolina. Many people will find it hard to believe, but it is a cold fact; a fact which means serious times for this turbulent little State and her people; a fact which ap pears to mean an appeal to the negroes; a fact which means bloodshed when the negro again tries to loom up as the balance of power. The die is cast and with it is cast the politcal fortune of the man who fou2ht the negro harder than any other man in 1878. Not only is the fortune of General Butler at stake, but the for tunes and lives of hundreds of others are involved. General Butler's determination was announced in the tollowing brief tele gram to ). H. Tompkins, Secretary of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, and came yesterday about neon: Washington, D. C., Aug. 27. "I hereby withdraw the paper I filed with you on the 16th or 17th of June, announcing my candidacy. - "M. f'. BUTLEIL" When the newspapers first got hold of General Butler's brief telegram yes terday they were in doubt. It was sub ject to two constructions-one that Senator Batler had withdrawn from the Senatorial race altogether and the other that he would no longer submit his claims to the primaries. So that there would be no doubt on the matter the city editor of The Register at once telegraphed General Butler for an ex lanation of his telegram to Colonel Tompkins. The following ans wer was received: "Washington, D. C., Aug. 27, 1894. "To W. W. Price, Correspondent Co lumbia Register: "Replying to your telegraphic inquiry just received, I beg to say in withdraw ing the paper I tiled with Tompkins, ecretary of the Democratic Executive Committee, announcing my candidacy, I am following in the footsteps of dis tinguished Reformers who are unwill ing to submit their claims to a primary, where eveiything from coroner up has been cut, dried, packed and salted down by the ring; where the result is slated and known by the ring before a vote has been put in the ballot box. "M. C. BUTLER" A copy of the Tompkins telegram was shown before General Butler's an swer was received, to Captain John G. Capers, who was supposea to know just what it meant, and in reply he said: "The telegram must speak for itself. Certain it is, however, that it places General Butler entirely independent of the action of the primary on the 28:h. You will know a great deal before ten days elapse, and you can rest aasured that Senator Butler Is still a most act ive factor in State and national poli tics.' The news of Senator Butler's first telegram ilew over the city rapidly and was talked of on every corner and in every bnsiness place. It caused hun dreds of comments and will cause hun dreds more. The bitter element of the Conservatives rejoiced over it but it produced no joy among that class of men who believe in standing by the Democratic party, no matter what its woes or Its tribulations. The alleged cause for Senator But ler's action appears to be the failure of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee to grant the separate box which Senator Butler asked for. General Butler's action, even with this, is strange in view of the fact that In his campaign speeches he made eloquent appeals for white unity and suprema cy, at times urging this with tears in his eyes. There was always something peculiar, something apparentiy hidden, something which appeared to convey a warning in these appeals and this was noticed. Captain Capers, in his remarks, inti mates that the public will know a few things in the next ten days. The Till manite leaders believe that they kno w the plans of the Butler men without waiting ten days for them and sum them up like this: In six counties-Richland, Charles ton, Georgeto wn, Sumter, Beaufort and Egefield-the Butler men have legis lative tickets in the field in the Demo. cratic primary. They believe they can win in the primary in these counties and are Democrats, excepting that if they win the R eformers will have to vote for thier nominees IlL the regular election. It the thirty remaining coun ties there are no Butler candidates in the field before the primiaries- It will be in these counties that the Butler men will put Independent candidates for the Legislature. With the members of the Legislature from the six counties that are to stay Democratic and with what few they hope to elect in indepen rent counties-there is the politic ii tce-o'-lantern which the Butler men are following. The next hops of the Batler men is that if they do not succeed In electing a maj )rity of the Legislature theywlli iid some ground for a contest In the United Statas Senate, using the pretext of fraud, etc , as a basis for the contest. They presume that Butler's popularity n the Senate and the hatred for Till man will lead many a S enator to vote against Tillman. It is a game in which two desperate chances are being taken by desperate men, but it is a game whch will be blocked. Tilimanite leaders say that Senator Butler obtained his seat ini the Senate by a contest and that is what suggested the plan t. him and his friends this time.-Rtegister. Killed in the Surf. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. IG. William Carr, agen 20 years, was in stantly killed this afternoon, by a bolt of l:etmang. while in bathmne in comnpany ith two younr women. H~e had jut entc red the surf and had but risen from a dyve beneat'i a breaker, when the h~sh ulme, the first intimation of a oming storm, and a bolt struck him with fatal shock.Uhis cmpanions,the Misses F'arnun, were within ten fe-it ot him, whn the balt descended. They suflered a severe electrial shock and were also prostrated by fright at sight c I their :ompanion's liteless body. There were hundreds 01 people in the surn near by and thcusands on the stand and beazh ho saw the fatal flash and the mark it struck. There was an instant panic among the bathers, who more or less :eit the radiatingphock, and they hurried >ut on to tne stand as it fearful of an ther visitation of the destroytng ele nent. Although restoratives 1 ere rCmptly applied, young Carr could not se revived. His death is said to be the i-st by lightning ever occu:ring at this esort. A Thousand k'erished . SrTANorhm. Aug. :31.-The British runboat lied Pole has saile l from CheJ Ejo for Part Arthur. Janks arriving at Che Foo from New Chand reportL bat a large Dumber of bodies of Jap mese are floating in the water at tne< nouth of the Tfatung river. Fire< itarted yesterday among some hundreds >f fllwer boats that were moored to ite in the Canton river, and nearly al of the craft were desrtoyed. The] oats were mioore~d in ileets and thosei impoyed onU tn-m lived on board. Eundreds jumitped overboard and were Irowned, wnile still greater numbers t were burned to death. At least 1.000 eronserished. UPRISING OF NEGROES. How a Few Deterinelu, Norvy Whir' Men Prevented a Rtot. An embryo race riot started on Mon day of last week near Vances in the Eastern part of Orargeburg County, and for a time things looked squally, but an open riot was happily averted by the coolness and nerve of the white men in that section. Two or three tel egrams were sent to Governor Tillman about the matter. The first, from Trial Justice 0. 13. Whetsell, read as follows: Harlin City, Aug. 290. "Governor B. I Tillman: "Order out the Santee R:1lemen to my aid, as a race riot is imminent. Eleven prisoners on hand and can't commit them because of trouble by ne groes. 0. 3. W1IETSELL, "Trial Justice." The second telegram was from Mr. M. R. Evans, First Lieutenant and Commander of the Santee Ritflemen, ana was as tollows: "I have been notitied by Trial Jus tice 0. B. Whetsell that he has asked for the Santee Rilemen. I am ready to respond upon your orders." Governor Tillman sent the following telegram to the trial justice: Columbia, Aug. 27, 0. B. Whetsell, Trial Justice, Harlin City, S. C. What is t he cause of trouble? Don't attempt to move prisoners to jtil till tomorrow. 11. R. TiLLMAN, Governor. The Governor also sent the following to Lieutenant Evans: Columbia, Aug, 27. M. It. Evans, Lieutenant Commanding, Harlin City. Hold your company subj ect to orders of Trial Justice in maintaining the peace and enforcing legal process. B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. A dispatch from Parlers to the Co lumbia Register says the negroes are holding meetings all about in that sec tion of Orangeburg County for the purpose of making a strike on cotton picking. They are pledging tnemselves not to pick for a white man for less than fifty cents per hundred. and forty cents for negroes. Some of the best element among the negroes are opposed to the strike, as many of them have nothing to eat, and a great many have got money and goods from the whites with the promise to pick it out in cat ton at a fixed price. They threaten to whip any one who disobeyed this de termination. As a result of the agita tion one old negro, Pater Pelz r, was taken out of his house last night about 1 o'clock and severely whipped by about twenty-five negroes for picking otton for Mr. A. R. Ithame for forty cents. Most of them were recognized and Trial Justice 0. B. Whetsell will issue warrants for the parties today, which it is hoped will break up the strike in this section. The following is Trial Justice Whet sell's statement concerning the diflical. ty. He says: " When the cotton season first opened the regroes in our section organized Into a body, about 250 strong and re solved not to pick cotton for less than 50 cents per 100 pounds. If any one violated this rule in picking for a white man for less, lie was to be taken out and whipped. These rules were to be enforced against all negroes, wheth er the offaeder be a member of the or aniz ition or not. List Monday, Peter Plzer, a 'ion-member, picked some sotton for a white man near Vance's For less than 50 cents. He was prompt ly taken out and given about 100 lash es by a mob. Pdz r, as soon as he got ble, swore out warrants before me against seventeen negroes, all of whom b recognized in the mob. I deputlz ed seven men to arrest the seventeen in dicted. They were brought before me and given a preliminary hearing. The evidence adduced was strong enougn to send the cases up to the Court of -~eneral Sessions. About 250 negroes bad gathered around the ofliae and in the house, who swore tnie men should not be taken to j ail. Some were armed with pistols, guns, axes and billets of wood. They were cursing and deiant. Those who were unarmed went home, got guns and returned, leaving a sufl eent number of the men to guard the offiee until they returned. About one dozm~ white men were there and they drew their pistols " A riot was imminent, an'i things looked squally indeed. H~e told tne white men to stick to him and gave them authority to shoot the first man who iuterfered with the prisoners. He teleraphled the Governor for the Sau tee Riiles as above stated. Tne negroes were raging, swearing and tossing their glittering weapons about their heads saying. "d-n the RiA es." The white men and constables were all armed; they stood together with pis tols in hand and marched upon the ne roes, who at this time loosed like blood was all they wanted. With that characteristic nerve of Carohmnans, the whites neld a solid front and marcned the prisoners out of the ofli e into a vacant place. Tzhence tuey were brought without molestation to Branchville and turnel over to Sheri ff Dukes, who had been telegraphed for. Tne Sheriff lodged them in j ill, where they will remain until court meets or released on bail. Fortunately not a shot was fired. If the negroes had lired one time there would have been a bloody riot. The negroes saw the nerve and determina- - tion of the whites and it caused them to Iluk, although they had twenty live to one. Justice Whetsell says he is going to arrest the whole mob, but will get the ringleaders first. lie says he fears that a general race riot will occur when he attempts to arrest the others. He madie an oflicial call upon the sheriff to assist him with plenty of depties. The Santee Rils hold them selves in readiness to' obey the orders of Justice Whetsell, but it is hoped that their services will not be needed. T wo of the prisoners have turned State's evidence and have been discharged. Fatai Fiee in New Y .rk. NEW YOnK, Aug. 29.-The six story building, 221; Rivme~ton street, was burned at 2:30 this morning. With one exception all of six iloors were occupied by tailor shops. The fire started on the third iloor in Fabrici Levene's tailor shop at 2:3), and in less than ten minutes4 the lmes had started up the stairways to the roof. F iremen were on the ground in three minutes after the alarm was sent out and ladders were nut up against the iron lire escapes. Fireman Timothy Collins first started up the ladders. Hle had niot cilied more than ten feet when a wild yell was heard above the noise of shouting tiremen and roaring flames. The peo ple were horriiied when they saw a boy, clad only in an undershirt, shoot Out f rom the fifth il or. Tne boy landed :n Collins, who had on a rubbier helmet. Te boy and firemen went to the round together, the boy being killed almost Instantly. Collins was knocked usensible. lie is seriously injired and ls recovery is doutful. Wnen the limes were~ extinguished the firemen [ound on the litth iloor the bodies of a watchman named Herman and a boy. B~oth boys were Herman's sons. Tne property los.s was small. I i le oingf. N~W Yong, Aug. 29.-Senator Wol ot, of Colorado, accompanied by his gift and stepson, were passengers on i Norimndie, jut arrived. senator Woicott s-ud that during his trip abroad e had spent much of his timne in l'ig and, France and Garmi'iy. the tnree ~ountries most interested m the siver uestion. In Germany the feelmng was Smost entirely in favor of biaietalism ut that countr y would m t.ke no move ittil E~igian:1 took the imitiative. In aglad, Blfour and CaiamberljAin fa rored bimetailism, and thought that he system adoptedl in 1adia was not atisa~ctory. Gladstoue was opp~osed 0 binetallism.3 and Lord IR sebery nuIa exnrae no opinion on the pins ROYAL30 POWDER Abcsolutedt Pure. A cream of tartar Danrmg powder Highest of all in leavening strength.-La test lInited States Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall St., N. Y. Ttie Letter Was Not Stoieu. To the Editor of The State: Fiorence, Aug. 25.-My attention has been --alled to a communication in your issue of the 24'h inst., signed by Jobn G. Capers, in which he takes oc casion to libel me. As I have placed the matter in the hands of my attorney, will await ajadicial investigation, con tentir.g meself vith the statement that the publication is a tissue of falsehood aud Was bo kuown to its aihor bfare iving to the press. I make this liAir statement advisedly, having demanded and receivea from J.hn G. Capers acopy of the letter upon which he relied for ubstantiation of his defamatory and scurrilous charges J. 0. BYRD. AFFIDAVITS IN DR. BYRD'S FAVOR. In reotation of the intimation of Mr. John ,+. Capers, that a private 'letter written by him to a Mr. Bass, was ilched from Mr. Bass's pocket while at the house of Dr. J. 0. Byrd of Tim. onsville. on the 14,h inst., Mr. J. S, cCal , of Florence, submits the iollow ng stldavits, together with a letter de ouncing Mr. Capers: FLORENCE, S. C., Aug. 24, 94. Mr. .. S. MCCUALL: At ycur request I will state, that at the Mars Bluff meeting on August 10, Dr. Byrd asked me if I would be at Fhorence on Monday, August 13, as he ad something he wan-.ed to show me. (replied that I would on that date. He ame into my c-bie and showed me a Ipewrzt'en letter signed J3ha G. C >er , and as this was the day previous o the Timmonsville .meeting, the story >f its theft on that date is not borne )t. Yours etc., W. F. CLAYTON. I certify that De. Bird showed me he letter referred to on M ndny, Aug. 3, 1894, the day before the Timmons hile meeting, at Florence. J. E. PETTIGREW. I saw a copy of this letter on Mon. lays, Aauust 13, 1894, at Florence. W. L. HARRELL. I saw the letter abve mentioned at Florence on M )ndav, Aag.at 13, 1894. B. B. MC WHITE. TDioNSVILLE, S. C., Aug. 24. 1894. tats of SOuLh Carolina, County of Fiorence. Prsonally appeared G. W. Atkinson who, on oath, deposes and says that on unday, August 12h, '91, Dr. J., O; yrd was at my houss in Timamonsviale, . C., and sho .!ed to) me a letter written y one J. G. Capsrs to one L. D. Bass n Jaine 27th, '91. Same letter was >ublshed in Daily Rtegistar August 191,h, nd that I read the letter at my house ugust 12;b; and that Dr. Byrd told ue a friend had sent him trne letter from. fAke City. Sworn to betore me this 24th day of ALugust, 1894. G. W.. A TKINSON. . M. COPEL AND, (L. S.) Notary Public fir S. C. Found Murdered in a Cat. MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 3O.-The body of a murdered man was found this morn ng in car No. 11450 of the Kansas ,ity, Fort Scott anid Memphis Railroad ealed and containing grain, consigned o Cleveland Brothers, this city. Thle ear reached here over the Liuasville road via Birmingham and Kansas City road. The car was sealed on both sides with seal e.umber 182 of the Missouri [nsas and Texas Railway and the seals were covered with blood. A witchman in the Louisville and Nash ille yard, attracted by stench proceed ing from the cair, broke one seal and 'pened the door. Tue body was found ying on the strain and blood had soaked nrouge the floor o! true car. Tne Coro ner exaniined the body and fond eight ounds in the back and side of his head ~nae with a Diunt instrument. Lat ters and papers found indicate that the .lead man's name was C tar is A. W. lason, and his home .Jopiin, Mo. 'lhe eceased1 was about 45 years old, six feet tall and index lii3ger or right band ad been cut off at trne second j uint. It s thought tnat thue man was knocked n the bead by a railroad employee at he Station represented by the number i the seal and his body put into the ar and sealed up by the.murderer. Some New Job'. The disappolnted ottiae se,-ter who. failed to secire a few cru ub: of pat onage from the i'residen'iai 'able may luck up courages agaia, says Line Wast. ng~ton l'ost. Wittiin tt:e next fve. ill be in ide in tue intern-il revenu+ service. These new appointes will b ,y mownu as deputy cullectors. T'hdy will be employed to supervise the as tessment and collection of trhe income tax. 'Tney wifi be stationed at the six-s ~y-three internal revenue offices' hroughout the country and their silki ies will rainge~ from S1.000 to $2.000 a ear. In spars.'ly settled coin nuuttles. where only a liiied numbier of per ons pay tine mne xw. L!he diLies will: mum salary will tbe paid. Tue maxi ;um salary of $2,00.) will be given to pety c~llectors in larger cities, par 'culrly in Ne w York, Huston, CiIIes o, 'ailadelpnia, Wasruingtoni and oth r etropolitanl centers. If' you want me of these joos put in for is at oa te $.neaded. LoDoN~, Aug. 20.-A dispatch from 'ie- ein to the imes says: An im perial edict which has just appeared, ondemns the oillicers responsible foe :he recent outrages on missionaries ar4d rders that they be beheaded. Tue ictual criminals are rebuiding the chapels and itberal compeusatiou? will e given to relatives of the victims. A Hung Chang has expressed regret : the Uritish Minister. It 18 reported a Yokohama that lifty Japanese cam hor-makers in Formosa hisve b.en rnassaced. Don't Blame Him. Ewo'. Ind., Aug. 30.-John J. Jones, a Welsh cinplat~e worker, em >oyed in the factory here at a salary of 7 a week, has j ust received word from Yales that an uncle had died and be j'ueated him moaev and estates imounting to $l.0J0000. lie has qut ork, and will leave for WVales at once. TrE Southern farmer this year, with muchi reluctance, turned his ener ties toward the raising of six cent cot ,on. What will he do if It falls to four ,d dalf ? Tney say that Egypt c a nake cotton at from three to four and a half cents a pound, and It Is only a luesion of time until the prices in this :ountry will approximate these figures. 12hat will put cotton raising on a close luargin. it will mean either agricul