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BUND THE RULING SPIRIT. | 'ills rOMI'l.lCTK. IMIOtilt \>l ( A It II I I- 1> 'I'll IIOI till . Fiti-:r. hii.vku wan ir.NA.MMOi hi,\ Nuiuii W III UI lillllHlltlHO ?<?? I lit* < mlKrv h?m?h? Hy Southern Associated Press. 1'crtle Springs, M<?., Auk '? At 1-; 30 i* ?n. the Democrat Jc State- Silver convention w?r called to order l?y Vice Chairman John Hearoll. lit* stated tho purpose of tho convention ami In- j t reduced Hon. 1(. 1'. Hland as tem porary chairman Mr. Miami began I on a h pooch, which lasted l>ut a few minutes. He Hlated that It was the desire of the delegates that the State committee should be cnlargt-d, ami ho hoped that this enlarKement would be made In such a wuy uh to leave n<? bit tor feeling or disappointed hopes. After the unual committees had l?< en delected, tho convention took a recess until 2 p. m. The Committee on Resolutions sprung a surprise l?y electing as their chair man Congressman lloarinon, of Hates county, and they limneillatoly la-Kan l heir labors. Tho Committee on Per manent Organisation ha<l decided up on Hon. H. P. Hland for permanent f chairman and the temporary organl vcat Ion wuh made permanent. It was recommended that tho pres ent State committee he enlarged l>y the addition of one committeeman front each Congressional district l?y the election by the convcntloir*T>f four committeemen at la rice, makliiK thu total number 34. The proposition was carried. The ltesolutlon committee report was read at 4:40 p m. and was adopted. The preamble and resolu tions are as follows: TIm* Federal Constitution names silver ami gold toHellier as I'll*? money inotaU of the United Stales. The llnd ael p.isK j.. I hy <'oiiki'o*?h under tlio I'ltMlliillun |iia<ie t lie silver of equal value anil ail tnltted gold "> fre?. coinage ill a rail<? measured by 'the nilver dollar unit. From tho beginning or the llovci niiiciit foreign policy formulated hy Th?m;is Jelierson and tlrmly established by Jackson. tlio Democratic thirty has heen the party of bimetallism, favoring I he free coinago <>i I hoi h Silver a.ud gold ai i he national minis ^ -u^nd opposed t^ fa lining oui to banking coyporatlons thy Uovei-nuicM'# sovereign powyr of Issuing' and controlling the in-m ?-y uKthe pct><ile. "T^Hy^m^-'of 1h4':i. dt-mmictl/.lng silver, W,'M wwrrcpt 1 1 lously pawned without the ?approval or kimwIi-tlRt- fir the American^ people and from the time w'heii tin- tlieyt of this ael. Ill fasletiing upon the erritn. try tho single gold standard. was urn dcrstnod, the Democratic party has eon siwu-ntly and persistently urged thai tin grievous wrong be 'righted. Failure to aeeompllsh this object liao reunited ill H steady apppreclat Ion ot goltl, a oorrowpoiitllng fall In tin- prices <it com moduli* produced by the people. A ln .i\ > Increase In the hurden of all debts, pun lie and private, the eiirlcliiinni .if tin moiicy-lejnling class, paralysis of Indus try and I hp Impoverishment of J *<?? pen pie and unexampled <llstre<-s In all gold standard countries. Kxperh-i h is iJm? n that 'While under this single gold stall lard fit here may In- an oociiwloiial revival of Wiilslne** activity, aecoinpanh-.l by in * ha need prices of a limited number of commodlt les. such revival is ? I < n ? to ;iri| tidal and temporary causes and cannot peninineiWly alleviate the stiffcrrtigs due . to 'falling prices, brought about by the I appreciation of gold ami I lie luadeipia.e supply of primary or redi-mpt Ion inoiicy Inity to tin- people i i i|irlnn t ii.it the parly continue tin- battle for hliiiotalllsui. Its efforts are cihwiiihI with success. Therefore, he it Hewolved. That we, the- Democrats of Missouri, In convention assemble. I, ib maud the free and uniliniieil coinage of silver and gold into primary or redetup lion money, at the ratio of b! to I, wltii out waiting for tin,- action or approval of aqqr other nation, and second, Hesolved, That we are irrevocably op posed to the substitution fof metallic 1 1 1 ? ? 1 1 ey of a panic brccuing corpora I ion credit currency bh'Hcd on a. ?in?le metal, the sup ply of which Is so limite.l that it can tic. cornered at any time by a few hanking Institutions in Kurope and America, third. Itesolvcd. That We are opposed to the policy and practice ? ? t -urr. nd.-rint; to the holders of obligation.-, of the t'liiled States 1 he power nvsi-rve.l by taw to the i i.i\ < i m meiit of reducltn; sucti oldu;a! Ions in either silver coin <lr ?;old coin; fourth, Hesolved. That v\ > ale oppose I to the iMSUillK of illl?-re>l bearili.: bond-, of lile 1 'nlted Stales ill lime of peace an I es pei-laily arc We opposed to placini; tile treasury of the < Jovei nuieiit under the control of all) ii li'-a :e of ii. inkers, and tile iMSIianct of liotidis III i.e sidd by tin-Ill at an eliortnoiis protlt tor t tie purpose of Mippi\tn?: tiie tr< ism y v\ i 1 1 ? ?olt to .main tain I he policy of gold monotin t i||Tsm Addlllomil ri-Kitlutiniis were adopted Instructing tli^ State cotiiiiiit tee to eitll a convention not lat<-r than April 1.r?. to select delegates to the National convention . The resolutions wt.ro mlopteil amid enthusiastic applause and without a dissenting voice. The delegates from I he different i'oii gresslonnl districts then named tln-ir cantllilates for :? rl rl i t loim I nu-mbi i s . I tin- Stale eomniit tee. iind i In v w> r< unanimously elected The election ot commit t eeiiien at large is regarded as a victory for "Silver liollar" Itlaiui and a severe blow to the "Francis and Maflilt faction" of tin- party Alh-n anil i-'arr are straight out ami out I '.land men. while Kyle is pb dg.-d to <;?|\'. Stone. The convent bill S'-Ilt tell* grams of greeting to the I ?? mod a t ic etui vent ions in Iowa. Texas and Mis sissippi ami took a recess until to night . The work of the convention u.is practically ended when the committee men were electeil, but it was the ib slroAif the delegates that a nit-. shin be held in oii|< i that tin v may listen to a free silver speech from Senator ('ockte)l < ?o\ Stone was Urged to make a Speech, hilt <b elite d on account of fatigue. The most Int'-i .-siitur part of tin prfM^eetllngs |ot|ay was the light o\.-r tin*, platform in the meeting of the ^Committee on Itesolntlons. St-xeral men were In favor of ft .|ii<-sl ing I In rt-slgnatlon of ('hairman Mallitt and other gohl-bug nieinlii rs <d the com- | mil tee. others argued in favor of a resolution providing for tin- election of ? a chairman of the committee by tin State convention. A few were de sirous of adopting resolutions cetisnr lnK*the committee for its alleged an tipathy towards the convention, and some wanted resolutions endorsing Hland for President ami Stone for United States Senator to succeed Sen ator Vcictl The Kreat tight, however, wax tWftde on a resolution, introduced by Col. Hell, of St. J^ouis. urging the President to use full' power of the Keneral government In 'obtaining an international agreement, whereby both Kold and silver may bo freely coined and u*c? as money in tho trade ot tbe world. The wrangle lasted nearly two houru and al Uiiicm tsomu highly personal language wuh hurled buck and forth The conmrvatl v?> element tinaily succeeding defeat ing each of tho renolutlonu referred to, and only the resolution* which wore adopted by Hit* con vent Ion were agreed to. At tonlght'n session th*. only feature of Intercut wiih tho speech of Senator I'ockrell. At Km conclusion the con VHiitloii adjourned nine <IU\ Thi'it' uro many hearts burning aim?iiK I ho*? wllo here with gubernatorial hooniH. The moat prominent of them I w<t?* I .<?n V. Stephens ami Judge .'as Olhhob, of Kansas City. Tho mii a.ess , of Miami destroyed their chance. I (laud dominated the gathering com* . pletely. il>-- huh temporary ami pc?-| mancnt ehairiaan ami In opening the ven t Ion, Ntivti'il ? I ?*l t hera t ely (hat the time had come for them to assume control of the party machinery and 1 11 n it with a view of aecompllHhlng their ends Idund's hlea of ro-organl /.atlon is looked upon an had politics, and It wttK a ( ?? 11 1 1 > l< ? slash at the old .State Central < 'oiomlt tee, whlcfi was the Muflltt Francis administration machinery . The relations between the turned lown eoinmltteeiiieii and their party rolleaguch are so strained t tin t In the ?tuning campaign, If conducted on a free silver basis, they will practically lie without party alliances. Miami's light was won after a bitter ?uncus with Senator Cockrell, (lov. Stone mil other prominent leader* ivho counselled <'oin promise. Tho dol ?gates were' with him and his pro gram was cnthuidaatlcally carried out. The convention was notlceablo for lack of Hpooch-maklng, oonaM^rlng the weighty nature of business transacted. There were no lights on the floor of the convention and the re-01 ganl/.a (lon of the committee and the adap tion of tho platform were carried l^v a practically unanimous vote. ( '?? ii veil t Inn Jackson, Miss.. Aug. <? M Is estiiua- | ted there are 1.000 strangern in Jack son tonight, and 11s many more will conn1 In the morning to attend the ' Democratic State convention. The ho tels and boardliiK bonne* have run out of rooms already and are putting cots and pallets In their parlors ami halls at the earnest solicitation of would be guests The streets or the usually unlet city have assumed a regular Christinas or circus day all*. Tents ami eating booths have been estab I I shed In every available space where ladles of the several churches are raking In a few honest pennies lor the preacher. The candidates for all principal olllees have establlsheil headiiuarters either at the hotel or In the State hoiiiie and are working like IteiiV' rs. The city was never before In such a state as tonight, but all as pirants are presenting thair claims on high grounds so that no real hard fet lings' iliive heel. engendered There Is some discussion as to who will be made chairman i>f the convention, several names having been suggested Put the most generally heard is that of ex Congressman Stockdale, of I'lke II, ,M .1 It Mot. the, of Sard lit, who Is chairman of Hie State executive com mit tee, is on hand and will call Un delegates to order about noon tomor r< >w . \ 11 4 UK on 1*1 11 U I* roll Mil Hon |'.\ Soul lo rn \ -*-??<? 1 1 1 <? I Press. Marsh. tlllown. I 1 . A'm ?< Tie- l..wa | ,||i,-i ;i I Iimkoi-s I ? l.t Si a 1 1 iii?-.- 1 i 1 1 1: - to ? lay ln-glnnlng lit II o'clock The h-ai;Uf vv.is on; 1 11 r/.cil III :iiii.i?foiu/.r ! > r ? > 1 1 1 1 ? i t l.ui I |( Sici; f r Id a ' lnveiiport |.i?- -Ml. ? I . Suei-ellm W.-ie ni l Ir I ? >' i II II III !??- 1 of .Hill prnhltittionists II was determine | 10 xvi.k in a noii |<.irils.ui manlier to sei-ure .1 law | icr 111 1 1 1 uu; the manufacturing of ||<|iiors In Iowa. Manufacturing Is now prnlitl'iicd. although Midi 1m h-uali/.ed. The next meeting of the o-.ikuc will lie held ill SI* ill \ I'ltJ Tkui prospect s are for tin; hottest sorfffl liulit o\er Hie financial i|uesiion in tin' I leniocrat i?* State eonvenlioii which begins tomorrow. I'lie free sil \ e|- element hits developed unexpected stremMh. The leadciv demand a free coinage platform and will not tnlk of compromise. The sound nioiiv.v men have gM ell up llope of keeping the coii lest out of the convention ami both sides are wailitiK for the final test of sircnuth. The Irie coinage delegates who were here held a caucus tills after Sam It. Kvaus, of Oiiiunwa, pi-? si. led About 'Jill were present. Midi e. : I addresses were made liv < 'ill I'. II MacKi-y. ol Chii-jigo. 1-1. \| ( 'ai l , of Mam hesii-i . 1 ud others. ( 'ol. MacKe.v j ? lei tared thai "I lev ela ml Hirelings, wear i 1111 Wall St reel collars, w ere attempting lii dominate Ihe can .-nt ion, and thit 1 he\ were assi-i.-d by the corporation interest-, .it 1 1 1 e S ( , 1 1 e \ 1 1 1 'arr in tin eoiii.e o| lii-. adilt'i ss. said: "<>itr fore latin r- foiu-hl and bh-d for i-ouuiicrci 1 1 f 1 ?*?*? ???in. \\ , will, if lie - ?*ar\, lighl I lid bleed lot tiliaileill f|-,? , I ? ' 1 1 1 " I'.llll -.p lolS S a ill the I lellloi I .tin pnl\ had bell.-r be de.nl than to longer i ? lo.-i in nut ru I.. I lie in' -rcsi * 1. 1 t h? ' ? noil. Hi |>. .| I. I |?. . ;|tl. lis delel III I III d '?? ll.ll.e .1 IlL'lll to veellle ,-| I f -e ?>i I \ i I eei: t . r I ?? Ueye-nl ? Ii.iii lilili \ ? ? mii in i > ? ? . w ., - v |?| ? iili i d to i.-, i o in : it. full tie. ? I I \ . I \ .a. I.. I . p. I, I Mll , I, . I ila I e ai at anotlii-r i a i let l to I... |,,.l j ii tin- n i> a in in: .V I'.i-e w i. s.'l. ' I. "I I.. pi. -.-Ill t|... Jl.'Ill III, I- of till -i,V el .1 III. -Ill . ,, I I,, Tb. \ w ill n* it |* 1 1 - i - J ..ii i men 1 -it 111 te if I. Ill W ill aee. |.l " " 1 1 1 1 1 1 : I ? ? ?" - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ? ,? 1 i r . 1 1 i ? 1 1 1 in t a . . 1 1 ??I the I esl.ir I t i/.|t i.| vllv.t- |., ,1^ 1?,N| 1 I'l na |.> i In- . | lie. ii- ' i/. i | ,,,|| ;l,.f I s; : I lie sound ill. III. \ lea.lei s. in, ] 1 1. 1 1 1, ?? ' ' l.i. hard-on, una. . I, -r , I the n i """ 'I ' loiiiilie. . I I t. h.-r I low aid eliaiiaiian lit.- Stit.< coiiim 1 1 1 . , l| I loot. I- ,.| I ?,sM .ilf-J, I 'le, I I let "r 1 ' IM ep,oi. a inl all. ,- XX . 1 1 K,?,n I, i>:iit\ W'.rleis, ??!-,. 1 1 . ? I ,| a eaiteiis this ?tf'enioon Tli.-y vi.ler.f,.,} eMnlidales :.. I I" -iipp'n i.-d 1 1 \ III* si, an. I inoii.-v men j I 1 " "II I In- col ill..,, oil lest > 1 1 1 tnu.e .ii,, | ;| || .1 IliTe. I f . . i- the oil' III i' l'i.m of He ir fort es Tl?.v ,-,,n | 'In- siihjeet nl candidates and 1 that the ft llow ini.' would be leeeplil.!. C.oernor tT* I p.ilil,. ,,( \| , pleasant ?f h" Will .-, ce.pt- licU'elliint irove-noi. Will WIT, of Council UlufTs; Stale "in- rioleiideiif. I. It Marshall. ..f M ? ii, ,|, , i j i | i) rool ci mi miss Ion. - r, I ' | ] Who in:- or I. C lt|-|?,p;v?, me iudg ?. '? I ? I . I tela no ..r S 1) llasiwr :i|| .,f w limn :i n- caiuli l if. ^ I In* vi|| ,.|- i||i*n II I e not discus ?? *. I e.a ii'ti.la I. s Thev e'aim to he a-sur ? 1 of the I . 1 1 1 ? v of ?>H) lll'leiratos 'lilt of I '?i.i in it*#* i-oiiient io|i Their ?ip|ion"ii'?i ? Oil -I*.I|. I hem '!lMl T'i*' fill) ?'el|l ioli w ? 1 1 %'e Nathaniel |-'r? u.-li, of flu .*np.r? . a sound i"?.ii?*v man. for t"?iin?irnrv <-hao man. \earl.v f i . 1 1 ilelecalious ire prom r?,?* *llvrr In TriAi. forth Worth, Texas, Aug. 6.j? Th? ^ State I>cliiocrutic flee silver <*?>n volition I ivud (illicit to order at noon today, anil i lie attendance xx as a ('unHlde'raldc* nur* priuc to those who li<?d predicted u small I ma out. A*i out l,?x>t> dcb-Kiites woro pri'Hfiit when Hon. A. P. OtvHloy, of Oenloti, called for order. Henry Hr.vau wax made temporary i-lia rimtu and Hryat) Drew, of Kaufman, ami \V . H. 8cr* ncanl, of Hunt, were elect oil temporary secretaries. < 'oiiniiit tees wore a i > i > o 1 1 1 1 < ? . ) on roso lilt ions, pi ruiaiiont oixanivstition wiul l>.? ?*! -n of' ropn h *11 1 a t iuii . lOx-Hvtiator 1 1 ? * i i *?; j 1 1 1 w a* Invited i i u'l'Irt'H.H the con vention in die afti riioon. Most of liie iriOViiiUK '.X "Vt'ltl W*tf ' jjjcJ |,v a Mi llion tluit a <<>iii|>l*t<* list of Kai?-? In- mailt' out in order to trive flit) lit- io t hoKi- ncw-tpapcrs that hud lioon t-iyiiiK. ?*m! xxmiid continue to say, that i no silver conventions wero iniitlo up chiclly of Uopithlloaiiti Ut'Kl'uo* ami I'opullHts, with a sli, lit fipriukliiiiC of 1 louptora t h . The after mi >u K?Mit| jii vv a h ilmoHl entire l3" taken up vviih speech making. ox Hou.'v. tor lie. .nan making t,he leading speech of I Ito lay. Tlic i >iii Hi i ! i < in on Iti'solui Ions ami plat tufin could not count to an agreement, l?ui ? ho (.'oiiuiilii (<>? on OrganUal ion I'oporiod the following ollloors: Chairman, .1. \V, lialhy, of Cook, secretaries, Malley. l.an haul ami Crane, who mailt' ?pecehos whl.-h w?it? received wlili voclfcrous t lit huMasni. I.oitcir. were r -atl from Senators Mor. Kau, of Ala*! una. ami Jones, of Arkansas, ami a telegram from It I', liland, clialr man ot th?' l>onioorailo Suitf silver eon V'litlon, of M litamrl, In session at I'erlle Springs. ,'IMif' convention thou adjourned mi i II tomorrow. At the night so*>sloii rosolut Ions woro pa?Ked declaring in favor of thti ifroo coinage of sllvor ai Iti to I, Imlopt inlonl of International agreement an I oomloumlliK 'I**' lln.iin l.il |io||i'y of the I I roso u i administration. Iliirrtim o I u llt'iitlNinuu'M Memories. A curious hook of personal memoirs has rt'.'iiii.v been puhlishctl. It is 'The lliary id t 'has. I lotiri Sanson," w ho was . the first of the family who for several Konorii t ious hold the ollico of public executioner in Paris. It Is said thai his aristocratic hearing lirsl earned for this lunch headsman the Mihrii|Ucl o| "Monsieur do I'aris." I lis Ismk is said li> he full of interest in*:, if gruesome, details ahoiil notable figures ami event* In (''leiich history. The Argonaut prints some evlrarls from the volutuo, a low of W liicll we copy . Charlotte ('onlay was olio of I he fain oils persons whom Sanson sent oiifxol I ho world 1 1 is account of her death is av follows "tin lliis ilav, Wednesday, .luly 17th, lirsl year of lite one and iiuli visa bit* re public, I executed Chnrlotle Ponlay. On rc.'ic him: her cell in Cotieiei gerio, we found her writing. She looked iu my di n lion ami asked me lo wail. When '?he Imd linishfd, she look oil' |u-r rap and told me to rul her hair. Since M de la Itarro, I had not seen cournKe I t-tpial lo her-. We won* in nil si\ oi ? seven men, whose profession was any | thing I ? 1 1 1 wdieiiinn. and she was less | ninxetl than we were. When her hait ! was cropped, she nave part to the artist i win- had taken her portrait, ami some to j the jailer's wife I nave her the red ! skirl which she arranged herself. A- j I prepared to piniorf lher. she rei|Uested III keep oil her /;loves^' liccaUSe wlli'll j she was arrested the cords wore so light | ih.it her skin was broken. I said she ; could if she liked, bill licit I COIllil do I it without hurting her. She smiled, and i-ay iug. ''I'" be sure jmi ought to know l how to do it,' held out her naked lend- j There w as thunder and rain when w <? re. 'i diet I I lie ipiays. but the clowtl wis ' thick \t a window of the Hue Si ! I I o| io|'e, I SJIW Kobespierre. t'ainille. and ! I 'anion They looked attentively .at | l he culprit. I myself often looked at ! her. Not on account of personal beauty, irreit as that was, but il scouted iinpos si hie that she could remain so calm and j courageous. I said 'Von lind the wny loin.'. I fear?" Wo matter,' replied she; 'we .-h ill reach the scaffold sooner oi I later.' When we reached the Pbu-e ?b- j la Itcvolulion, I tried to hide il from hei j by standing up Hut she said: 'I have ! a rinht to be curious; this is the tlrst time I see it.' She ascended the steps j nimbly. ( >ue of my men suddenly snalt hot) away her neckerchief, ami she strolched out mi the weinh plank of her ow n accord. AltlioitKh I was mil ready. I Ihoimht il barbaroiir. to proloni; I he poor girl's suffering's f??r an instant. I made a siirn lo my man, and lie pulled llle rope." Il\en more shocking; is this account ol an incident of his work: "A very unfortunate accident happen cd today. < Milv one convict reuialiied. all Ins companions having been e.\e< tiled As he was beliiK strilppeil down, my son, who was attending to the baskets, called me, and I went lo him. tine of the assistiiutt* hail foi'Kotleli to fe raise i be knife, so that when the weltfh plank was lowered Willi the com id l/aroipn sirapped upon it. has face struck' the edj;o of the kniTc. xv h irh xvas bloody. Ill' lit lel'eil II lei lillh- sllliek. I 1*1111 Up. lifted ibe plank, and hastened to raise the knife. The convict trembled like a j leal The mob hissed lis ;i 1 1 ? I threw j ?.loin s III l|s. Ill llle cvcnluu, I lll/ell t'oiiipiier r- e \ i ? I'e I y ri'prima inli'd inc. I diverged his bla llle, for I should li.lxi been ill IIIX ll>?Ual place. t'iti/.ell I'otl ? I 111**1 >:iw I w is \e y sorry, and ills III ism *i I llle Willi liloie kindness til hi I ? p! . led Thirteen executions." I till ing- I lie lb Vohltioli, Sall-oll's sel Hie< Were III colistillil I'ei 1 1 1 ir. it toll . II' i. I!- o| his n-s ulsioii for his bloody work. I I-. follows; "I'l.-irial \ lei til de dax's work', Ilie uuillol ine devoured lifty four vie ] inns \ I \ strength i>- at an end, and I aliuo-t tainted axxax. \ ca lb a I in-e has In en show n lo me, in which I am i epn-scii led pnillollniiii; myself in the I noddle of be;ilth. 1 1 ? \ I'll -i I with head i-?..- f hollies and boilx I.'SS lle.ids I do II"' ho isi ol ? x I raonlinary sipn-a niishm ss I li.it i ? seen loo milch blood Hot to II" ! e.illvlls I'ol' Millie time I have bi'1'1, I ? louhli-il x\i!h lei r i 1 1 1 1 - \ isioiis. M> hands , li'-mbh- so lh;il I hate been compelled I 111 nixe Up eultillk' llle h.'lil' of the i!oo|||oi| i I i isi.iieio I I'll II liot eoiix illce ill x self , ot the rea'ilx of these wecpini; and pray inn \letims The preparations arc like j ([ ill'cam. W lill h I Stlixe lo dispel. Tlleli | eollles till' I blimp of llle kllife, wllicll ? minds im-n of I lie horrible reality. I can ' not hear it now w ithout a shudder, l-'m ( n>t t inn my own share in it, 1 abuse the 1 I pie who look on without raisinn a , tinner in their defence. 1 abuse the sun [ which built* the scene. I leave the j scaffold to weep, fhoitnh I cannot shed a < tear Never x> ere Ihefc sensations more x ii >li -it I than today. We xvciit to fetch j a number, amoiin xvhlch xvcre an actress of the Italian theatre and her servant. [ Nicole: the latter only eighteen year* ; old, and so t bin and delicate that she | did m?t appear mrtVo than fofirteen When the |M.or little nit I held out' her bands to l.nriviere, he turned to in> head assistant ami snid: 'Surely this is a joke?' The little one, smillnn throunh [ her t oaf s, answered, Wo, monsieur, it In MirioiiM.' Nici/ie asked to lie in 1 1?*? Hit nit* rrtrl with li?*r iititit i-?*mi?. The crowd wan very lai^c, and wlteii the poor little child waK seen i lu re wmh a r?>ar of in dik'nation. t'rit'H of 'No children!' were niiliicroitN ami loud. Women in tlie Kailltoiii'K St. Antoinc were WceplnK. Nicole's e.veK seemed to Hay to me, 'Vou will not kill Hie!' 'And yet she is ib'tid. I lutd to struuulc with an . inspiration \\ hit li. .tinted, 'Smash ths guillotine ami do (lot allow this child to die!' My an* si^tunls pushed In r toward fin- knife. I I in m d ii way. my leys tre>nb|ed Martin had chart,' c of the execution lie said, "Yon are ill. lio hoiue and liust to me fur the rent.* i, le/t ttie seattohj. A woman hcKKed at Aic in the street. I thought the littlA^rtrl v\mk before nie. This evening I iSncied I Haw spots of blond on the table cloth as I was hi I - titiK down to dinner." I.IUti |lie Kmllnti of .IiiIIiim I'uemir. The 'Jot h ot March, IS* ? I , was the day on which tin* Kmpcror 1'iiiit of KiikhUi was assassinated . I'nnl received mmdo whispers of the plot against his life, and had arranged to leave St.' Pitcrs burjf the lidluwiiiK 'lay and j;?> to Moh cow, where lie fancied lie niltfhi be safer. < Hi Hie evetiliiK the 'Jot It he retired to rest nt an early hour tb.it he might i h ? ? ro 1 1 ;d 1 1 y rem himself before coin liieiii Iuk his join u< y . At II o'clock ubollt a score id the conspirators - ollii'crs holditta lii^'i rank In the army appear ed at tin- nate of llio palace. It tt'liH closed. hut the ulliccrs presented an ol der. signed by the Kuipci'or himself or rather wllli a forged signature attach 'ed and, inlnriniuK (lie sentinel that they were calh'd to bold a council of \var with the Cy.ur, were admitted. Tin- Kuipcror'u aid de camp was one of the foremost of the conspirators, and went in advance of tin others to Paul's I ><?d chamber, before the door o| which was a Cossack soldier oil guard. "UUie Kmpcror sleeps," said the man. ^ must rouse him. There is a lire in the city," replied the treacherous aid. The ( 'ossack. seeing I lie others push for ward. shouted out to alarm the Km- | jieror and immediately fell pierced by t lie sv <ords of the conspirators. l'aul I i ' tulii'ited to l.olt the door, h'l., h'dllg it ti bl< ? to do so, sei/.ed his sword and turned boldly on t lu,'in. "What Is your design V" he demanded of Count I'lato '/.oiihoff. "and what do these men want I wliii are with you.'" "We demand your alnll itioii,'' replied /.oiibolf, who then lead a formal deed, which bad been pre \inislv prepared. " \\ iia I ! 1 >o K on. who have been loilil ?d with bounties .by inc. turn thus upon ! your master i< I the Km,icror . Y'ic; are n'? ringer oi;r inasier." re- [ P 1 1 ? ? I /.iiubofl, "Tue iiit i i- mi lias provided! >011 a successor in I lie sh *pe of your j >i>ii A b \a nder . " I '.ill I at llii.s laisid his sword, niiil the t "ii>pi: a 'mi s, who I id in Inspected him | to show so much courage, drew hack. ? with the exception of a man named I '?? 1 1 i ugseii, who urged the others for w i id. mi v lug: "If \ ?>ii hesitate, you are lost." 'I'le ii Count Yah ii m /.-labi-fl j tiiick the lirxt blow, and the others quickly tidiuwed Ills i \ ?i n i pi i* . As I'.ii.l .still si i u^Kleit an olli er's sash v. as passed! arounn his neck, and the life iviis i ho|;- j ed out of 1 1 i 1 1 1 . hi; last words being. ' An I you. loo, my Cons!. inline!"? I 'u tshurg I Msji.i i.-t) . lit tIM.lK ICHS 'I'll It 1\ I\?. Tlicre \ re liter SI* lliimlreil Urn iitln.| for People to I'll ew . '>ver fifty years ago < hewers of mini | were as rar" as .1 1 1 1 1 > * loins in the win ter time, bei-ausi' there u is no irum factory. Now tin re. are hclwct n < M h > and T?H? brands of chewing Ram on the market. Yet the inanufnct uiv of chew ing f; ii ii i Is said to he in its infancy. Only within the last four years has the article been ilia nufac! ured in Chicago, and the frontier of the chewing cum Industry today Is cniilined to the early West. Kansas City, is the outpost, the Western skirmish line of gum factor lef . In t hicapo there are not more than ti\e factories, thoiitdi within the last year the consumption of cum has been enormous in tlic Windy City, and it is predicted that the craze will attract ? it In -i' fciini ma nil file tuners to try their lin k there. Cleveland. Ohio, Is named the -"tium City." There are twenty one fir^ns iiliut manufacture eli- wing kiiiii there. \Jp tin I'aeilic Coast, where the kuiii traile l/? usually brisk, espi'eially in California, strange to say. there is not a i'hewin?r kuiii manufactory -4o be found, tmi all the uuiu ionics fl'um the Kast. It was nearlv fifty years ago when t'hiin. Stevens, a confectioner of < tg (b'usburi;. N. . put the lirst cln wliu Kiiin nil the market, thereby hltlliiK the nail of fortune on the head ami snhsc ?jiiftitly .a rt in? on t riches for himself. t 'iiiciiiua ti is a good kuiu town, aid lea lees have Komi words for Covington. I low ii on front street, ni*ar Walnut, ill 'lie Keel tisiou of a basciiiellt, thrives a en n i faelnry 'if tin* olden stvle, one that has uo| yol indorsed the machine ii i ? t hod . A yoifmr tlcrmaii Is proprietor thel'e and tilid^ the luisill'SS ipiite pro litabb . II- i/. con t ? 'ii I to iiianiifacture pine uuui, which is generally sold in ill places where it is tile fashion to ? hew kuiii. lie .si^lis as he remarks that tin ,miiv'i of Invention is takltiV bread from 1 1 : . ? niieiths of the old school Ktimniakers. as Is the e,,se In many ? ?t hi hidifft ries. Tin- priiiiipal i n _? r> d i ? - 1 1 1 "f i omnioti. ? udimiry ehcwini; irnm is Kute chicle, tin- si i' i l>>ii <d an Cast Indian tree, to this is add' d sii'^.ir and tl:'. vorlrc. 'I he most c\|n usixc jnm is the pure spri.ee. It ...mis )i i_ h because the country has he- ti lapi'llt ? haled up and tin' product i- ciowitii; S' ..ri i i every yiar. S( ret ?? and pine pitch are considered to be p'od i t rials f ir chewing kiiiii. They are extensively used ill tile colltposll |o?| 'if uiedb ineH. pine pilch beiiiK used in for lv i iglit and spruce In tw?-ni\ e|i;|it .lit I'. 1 1 nt. ..me '. I'liysli-l'in-i and drills. sts claim that Kum chewing Is healthful, if not carried to exi ? '' i-s liable l.i i a llSe t\ ellk il?r Wiiril I'iKiir The word "i'l|{ar" Is U'lieveil to ? o.ne I roin the Spanish ci;;nrra, mcinitiK n Krasshi-pper, and at tirst the AiKnili i a tee and proprii ty of the term seem i|ucst lou.ible Hut In Spanish a cardeii was a eij^arral or the place where the Krassiiopper sanis Toll, ti e. i was usually ;r'i? n in a ciKarrn, and vlieii the leaves were rolled up and brouuhl to a gucnt. the liosl specially to rccoiiiinend tin* pr< duct, was careful to state that it was Krown In his i.v\n cU'arral. Thus the word which means grasshopper came, iu a l odlh'il form. !?> lie applied to |'.e haln t ii. of the Krasshoppei. and lilially to the ? iuar wl.ose hi itcrl.il was kTowii liM-re. I lef. iider may bienk a ?alT now and thcU. but nhe's lb? wck ot tile waik, CKOI'I.K vol HKAII A IIOI T . UKIC1) "I a.n riding for my liealih,^ Speaker lUW lold un interviewer. "1 wan it good run town before l got my whoyl. Sow.'' hv drawled. "other .?people arc." ttliA I It JoIiii I. Ulalr. tin- Nov Jersey railroad king. who ha* over ? ;..,iwu.uw invested In Wenicrn railroads >,oa,,|s Ihat he has never I .ought <4 road merely for speculation an. I that nam' of hU mom y ha* been inii'li' l>y bulling or bear ing HtOtkl. lit 1 KIN llul Kin U the llrst Chinaman ? t.j i,o ordaliu-d a-' h Christian mlnlaier til t lio Kaatei it I?irt of the I idled States. lie !>? a rr.iHl.yu.rlun. an.l loo. Uvvd in Now Vol k. idnco ho Oame lo tl.U uo*ihtry t wepty years ago. I I ICNIVAII. In. I\ J Knrulvatl. Who in aft eminent authority on I ho Knghirh language un.l literature of ihe kllua hot han ota, Hays that Hhakojipoarvri naiiio was pronou.u od. "Sl.ankspal . ??a" havlhg t ho sound ??f ' a In father ami t ho "earo" *<nu tiding ?? "jalr. lt(i|!KllT8t>N- A fupd has been utarte.l In Now Month Waif* for tho pni|.os? of raising a ineinorlfcl ovor the grave or Sir John Uober*KMi. who caino out of iho bush to govern tho colony. It 1? aald thait ho had not an enemy. wall.-, yellow or black, and that his purse was alway** upon lo tho needy . SI1I0KM AN? tlardner M. Sherman of Sprlnglleld. Mass.. has 5? specimens of I ml laii rollos that bo lilmsolf ha* picked it., an.l ono of Who mud remarkable cob loot Ions of !h O*o rollos In Now Kngland It- not outside of tho HniH ?i?*onlan l? stiuto'. Not only Is Mr. Sherman an enthusiastic colloolor, hut also an ex ph.ror of indefatigable patience ami he has Ihi'Ii an omnivorous reader of ?'ll that peelalns to thfc?, h's pet study. for over a quarter of a century, lie Is a mi'j ehullc and ha* had to take the odds ami ends of l?V? time for this work. ^ , .Maria Hnrbert. one of t lie "rights" which woman h;M never l.al In ihla country equall* with man Is the right to be handed. II Is tho rarest iht g thai a female iniii durei pays the extreme penalty of the law /or he." crime. Tho female murderer not ha lined, not l.<-eau?e she !? Jot a guilty as a male murderer, but simpi* lio( i.ixe t>h? Is a woman. Juki now a groat ado I* ),ctntfmmU'?Vor ,h() ,aso of Maria Karberl an who has boon sentenced t'? ucw York I licit y for murdering a ... in In M ^w \?rK. She is oUiJuro. Ignorant and dtp.avo-l; lit.' sho Is a woman, and not only movement for her par being made In Vw York, but i>ooplo in many .art* of for oxocutlve clemency In he. I thalf. The New York Sun. speaking ol '"''??The ^j'ury who found this wretc^l 1 1 "I .-.1.1 ""'l; '!r,/Ao. .leu roe rendered a verdict >" K,ri~\, . EoH;^::rh;f;=b,^^ <l||1(.1|lN for his outrage^ by promise to mat r> In., ? -j 1,1 She commit tod the murder, and si)/, was .loolircd gull'y ol .ho or mo. a d she ought to bo punlsh-d for it ? 1 ? wreaking of private vengeance by killing , ,o le no matter what their oflonces in y u. is not tolerable In ol vili/.ai ion 1 o - ,uL .o barbar^m. If Maria Harbor! h d ii H.. ?ul. ted iH-eaiif.' of .he wrong and Die outrage which provoked her to tin ' n?,o an example of terribly evil conse ipionce to society would have been fur nlshed. and It would have Leon made tin excuse for murder ?>y vile and violent women who set snares for men. H? what t pu.iishme.it shall be Is another mat I. oat. not bo death by electPicl:y Without out rag.ng every heilihy sentiment an. I every honorable Impulse In the com lnm,lly. - The thought ?that ...on are ;o gather iabo.it this wretched and di* t rang lit girl, hi rap Her. a wouihi. .o a chair, and .l.on stand by to waU li hoi killing by an electric current. Is horrible in t lie extreme., No .locc.it man would bo Willing to take part ill snob a proceeding No tlovernor ought to .subject manhood to li Killing a womb. i in cold blood Ik not ,t hifdnefts for men. It ontr .gcs humanity. "l'udoubto.||y, ('.ovornor Morion will oommuto the centoncc of Maria Harbor^, The Courier Journal agrees with .Mio Sun that the Covornor will commute the Hontoncc of this girl. Kut It should not I t'he ground that "no decent man would be willing." because of her sex. to take part In her execution. Sex Is not. and should -.not Ik>. recognlwl In the law against murder. Maria Harborl should not bo punlshe.l with death, not because ^ho is a woman, but because her pro vocation, while not recognize. I by the law. |? recognized by society, whether the jiiur ? lerer l.o man or woman, in this coun try .he man who shoot* down the be trayer of 1 1 i>-> sister or wife, though guilty of telle. ileal murder, does not receive the .loath penalty of the law. Only yesterday i man in Nashville murdered another who had wronged his sister, lie will never I.o hanged, although he may not be cheer el in court as was a man not long ago who h id commit se.l a similar deed. The ??higher la.w" which acpilts men for avenging the honor of womon alt?. acquits women for avenging their own honor. Thai is why Maria Itarbeii shoukl not sufi.-r death for her crime.. ? IjO.ib'vllle Courier Journal. Ilouril (iriiWIli Of a Ijlfctliuc. If you are proud o/ a frc:<fi bl.avo mid a snmoih face y/.n visit the barber at l.asl twice a \vei(k or probably other day . Sit;. pose j'ou e...ii.ucii. ? -1 tills pra.tl.e at the age <?! IT ?ml .out Inm-d i, up to the age 7<?. have v.?u any idea "f the total lyiigth ol the beard I I,., I would be removed ill >!'.it u >?<? If \ ,,tir b.ard grows as r.ipi H\ is 'hit Hi.- av.r.ige man you uiusl have nboiil ?>???' til a I. <d ?n "i li rein. cd ? acli w -.-k ,.r tell an.l I u.. -lilt lis liieties . 1" - ~ ? ? a^l. r.. tu.?n tin ages of 17 and years year* must intervene, and each ..t Ili.se .">?"> fells gl\es alniosl a :??>t ol I.. .11.: gr?.w n?. or a total of inches. ,\.lusi\c ol fraction, or. to be- more ex actly exact II feet - inches ol beard! The ab..\c Is all ligurcl on the assump t ion Hi it the lilani. nis of the beard maintain tie ir average growth of on. I'. fill <>: an Inch during l!ic period men I lolled. ? lllell. of colllS", i-? out ?>f tll? .|i4.*sl loii . Tli. re i> all the .liffercnee ll. tile world- in beard-growth. Nunc Hie;. .Ml imi^t a "st ul .hi. field" one fourth of an in *t In length, while another will hardly raise enough lo roughen his face. Then, again, we do not wish to he ?n .!<? i stood as saying that a man wotill grow a half a hundred feel of heard in a life time, prot id<-.l h. never shared 1 the contrary. the average man vOnuld not grow more than two and i half (? el . <>>? reaching a length of IS t' J?t Inches I he l.eard invariably becomes brittle ..r Its and after tlii* the' growth I*. vet v slow or * eases . ntlr.'ly * rrd Krnni Droanrd. ISy Southern .\8?<Klated Press. Tampa. Kla.. Aug. fi.? While boating In the bay Krcd Kranz fell ovorl?oa.d and was di owned. Kran/ came hen: a boii J a year ago New York. Cincinnati. O.. Aug^" bTf > "****+ Hoot <<o., one of the oldest rylJUng firms in this vicinity. mftd*v an ..as signment this aftern/H.h.' 1'|W ' t) are given at 1200.000; lftit>tlltf^ stated Shrinkage In' values is the cau*e assigned. _ . , _ ! sii.vich 1% <;kohgi%. Carroll Dreo I'rvu: What U (he eau?-e of thv shrinkage of value* and stagnation generally? Kvldenilv the gold ?tnndurd. I'p to 1KU3 silver hau some sort oT re cognition. Ii wa* true It was hoi re monetized as It should have been, but i hero Witt a recognition of i( in the lllaud AllVsou riburumii acts which guvc it #ome *tnudlng. Knt when the Jln.tl slab wax given to tlid white metal in lfcifcl hy tho repeal of the Bhertoan law without any substitute legislation, uiivler th? dicta. Hon of < .'levejand, I hen came the grand tumble, which east a blight over the land in the midst of Uhe urtalwl plenty. Thin shrinkage of values has been the mill of thousand* of people, who have I ... .. . .. . 0 . 1. 1 ? . .. ? I *... . V. r ; r to m tot debts against lliein under the new order of things. They contracted debl# un>ler one valuation of the dollar ami ex pooled |o |xty back in the sa me valuation, Inn the lawmakers by legislation, in the meantime, raised I'he valu^ of the dollar and as a necesnafy consequence lowered i ha prices of products,"" and iIiuh the debtor Is Pushed. When the great day of assises comes, from which court there will be no appeal, rtohie of one so called statesmen will have a fearful ae.cotlnt to meet . I'JIberton Star: Mississippi has declared unmistakably for Democracy and free sil ver. lyvery vertigo of hope has been swept .it way fron^ under the administra tion a,ud goldbug element. They have seen the handwriting on tho wall, *iul so long as the people stand true to Democ racy they will stand (rue to free fcllver At the primaries in Mississippi every coun ty wont overwhelmingly for free silver, sweeping th?? goldbug candidates from the political face of the earth, maintaining only free silver candidates. As It is in Mississippi now st) will ll be in Georgia next yoar. I'lke Counly Journal: Some of thfe ad vocates of the single gold standard say t tie Democratic party of Georgia may have been for the free coinage of Mil ver In 1X!W, but not now. They acknowledge that Hie policy of i'he Domocratlo party for years has been to coin gold and silver on equal 'terms, and in the same breath they say that the free coinage of sllvpr Is strictly a l'opullst measure. They breed the thunderbolts that strike Diem. Jmic.thoro Knterprlse: The cuckoo or gans are still engaged In advertising Ihe liwportanco of the recent Stale bimetallic convention. Their puerile efforts to dis parage only nerve to prove that 1t was one of the most significant and important gathering's ever held in the State. Meriwether Vindicator: Some papers will be kept busy for some tline in ex plaining the groat slump in property values In Georgia. We refer to those pap ors who are con-llnoally lighting silver by showing how great prosperity Is bless tug the land. Silver In Alntymif* Mr. Joseph l?x. Johnston, the well known Alabama banker and Democratic loader, has t lit- following In The New- York Mer '.*ury: "I favor the free coinage of sllvrr ,be. cause I am opposed to falling prices for wages, commodities, and land, and prop ci ty ; be< auso I favor preserving the parity bet ween, money on the one bund atul property and labor on the other; because the average annual increase of the world's population reaches Acn millions, and the entire product 4?f both silver and gold, available for money purposes, would not give mory- than $15 pet^cnpil a for th'.s Increase. "In the I'nltod Statoa we have about Slio.iKm.oeo of gold . Against this, papyr money, in the shape of treasury nole's. cert iliei tes, national bank notes and other paper IndobtediMrss. reileemnhle now In gold, aggregates nearly or quite $750,Uio, ? mm. In other words, there are about two paper dollars now demanding or authoriz ed to demand, gold to where mere is one dollar to answer that demand. No wise man would Increase this unequal struggle for redemption, and therefore no paper currency can be had to supply the legiti mate demand for moiiev. "I oppose tiie gold standard because it 'would require the world's product of gold (available for money), for ten years, ad ded,>to our own -stock, lo pay the lax?*? alone demanded annually of the people of tlii! United States. "No country ever prospered with a small circulating medium. The ('tilted States, being ail undeveloped country. requliVs more money than Kngland or Kranrv. There is not enough gold money in the world to pay the ^fobt of the railroad coin pnnles of 'the Dulled States. "I favor the coinage of silver because I believe that tho very day our mints weiv Opened to It every* silver-producing and Mlver using cou ntry \ln the world would eommence Iransfcrrinft-diielr trade, to I ho I'nltod StaloH; and that wiTStiouTT w:,ili>o>< a tremondous dovolopnient of our rnanu facturing intcreHts, and that the demand for our products would bring widespread and lasting prosperity to our country. "The people of those countries would prefer to trade with us because I hey could pay In their own money, and not l?e forced to sell it for gold In order lo settle their debts. "I favor free coinage because 1 believe it will enhance I he value of our products jwd the wages of our laborer*, and be cause T believe no permanent or healthy growth can be had when the producing classes cannot get reasonable rewards for their labor and skill." 41 si k ini'.n win mo ii^vk l,iiin xert Wim Oni'fl <? I'rom I lien I (,'!<!sen. My Southern Associated Pros*. Atlantic City, N. J.. Aug. I. A. W. I, unbel t. for several years manager of ilie Hallltnoro and Ohio Railroad Com pany hotels at lJeur l'ark, Oakland, and Berkley Springs, VV. V.. and formerly a well known and respected citizen of \>i ginia, commit teil suicide here late vester day afternoon. 1 1 e came from New ^ oi k City ab">ut three weeks ago and obtained a position as night clerk at the HotcP Randolph, where he proWd himself a ?-a refill and painstaking olliclal. He was there I >t 1 1 a short time when he. was found to be a heavy drinker. While Intoxicated ho left his position and for several days wandered around the town. Upcoming penniless ho called at the AlblMi Hotel where, after explaining Ids position ami < oiidition, he was given a room ami board by the proprietor. It was at that hotel that lie look his life yesterday. A two ounce vial of laudanum, half filled. A two for Itself. It had been purchased by the ? bad :na ii yesterday at a drug store on raoitle avenue. Across the label W?S written. "Don't blame the doctor. 1 told him a story binibert." After viewing tho body, I lie county pny. sli t. in deemed an Inquest uniiecessai > . \ relative who had been advised of l.ani bert's act came lo the oity and look the body away for burial. MH8. COIIirHTrS DIVORCH. * ol 1 1?> 4'hii Ile-?M??r r>. Hut Jiiuinlc ( it ii not. Ry Southern Assoiialed l'ress. New York. Aug. 2.? Judge (IIM-t sieve. In the Superior Court, signed a decree today granting Mrs. Ollle Cor belt an nbsolulc divorce froni h< r hu: - babd. l'uglllst J;is. J. Corbel I. The decree was signed upon the recom mendation of Refexoe Jacobs, who hoard the testimony, and who report < d that the evidence showed that Corbet t had been guilty of Improper condui t with a woman named Vera. The de cree provides that Corbett *shnll pay his wife $5,200 a year alimony. In ca?e Mrs. Coriwlt mnrries she will forfeit the alimony. She Is authorized to re sume her maiden name of Ollie ],akc. and can rc- marry. Corbett cannot re Lmarry until his wife Is dead, r* Thflr Onl>- Chancr * D.?h.\. Wafterson. and Crisp ought "to ftit" ,W|P>HiW'"whllo in I'Juro|>e. There will little opjiorliinlty when they got back homo. ? Chicago Inter Ocean. i Wl- THINK TUB UHST I IS GOOD liNOIWJII for our < iistoiiK-rs, hut wc want ihiun to have the l*st. We have learned how to make the lust Doors, Sus<!i. >*liud>, Moulding- Kam y Woodwork, 1 uinU'i, Shii'ylfs, tic. When l>ui)t|iity> a house you make a perinaiKtu inviMment, ami liTtsir.iy to have the U st made and most dut<d>lr material to j.ut into it. Writ* for<>ur I'ricc 1-1m. UGUSTA LUMBER CO AuauarA, <ma. " I'vy f/ tSt Miitsr." THIHU-TKHM TALK. Iiudead of encouraging the tHird-torm Idea *o 4i h Jo work up to iho grand hls toitcul tableau of "Olfvi'luml ICof ttMlnx the Pri^ddcnoy" Mr. ?' Cleveland should .limply say now 1 1ml he 1ms not the slight est Intention of running again, and that those who speak of him in ? onnebtlon with the nomination are eitlict' fool frlenVlw or disguised cnemlatt. For If he w^JIh too long sitinc Democrat lo conventions might declare they did not want him again, ami that would l>o mortifying Chicago Tri bune. The largo number of eoinmunlcatlo.i? that are appearing In the newspapers rm now urging a third term for Pr^ald &n I Cleveland Indicate* that ho tftlll haw left a very considerable personal following. And that Is about all they do moan. ? Providence Journal. ?' l?eavlng out of view the fact that audi a movement would constitute the ob?o (piles of the Democracy nx a national par ty. at least until It recovered from the shock, we are struck with surprise that in view of recent developments Mr. Cleve land should Imagine that his "enemies" are circulating talk about a third term. Without exception the third lerm talk has developed within the naered official precinct* at Washington . It was never heard of until iho olflco-liolders wero given the cue. ? Atlanta Constitution. Iiooklng at the matter seriously and leaving tradition and sentiment out of the account, only one contingency can be named which would glvo the faintest chance to get Cleveland a nomination next year- 'lite ??oappearaneo of Ihe oil. ver Issue In an acute phaso ? St. l/ouls Globe-Democrat . Inasmuch as it is not in the power of anybody or of any aggregation of bodies to present Mr. Cleveland with a third term, he will not waste his time writing a lei lor deellng it Chicago Timen-Iler. aid. < 'biff-Just Ico Fuller says thai Mr. Cleveland Is strong with the people. Since when has Cfclef-Jimtiee Fuller mingled with the people? Since llial Very pecul iar opinion of hi* on -the income tax law? SI. Doiils I'ost -Dispatch. Inasmuch as the charge is made t'hat Democrats are "afraid to nay a word" on this subject. The Herald is perfectly willing to afllrm that it Is inflexibly op ncxed to a third term of the Presidency for Mr. Cleveland or anybody else. Wo believe Ihe precedent sot l?y Washington should stand unbroken. There Is no law compelling ol*<ervance of that precedent, but public sentiment enjoins such, obser vance, and public sentiment still rules the coirniry. Mr. Cleveland's merits as a wise, sa.fe, and able President do not en ter into the ciueellon <U all. The objec tion to the, third term l? a popular con viction not referable to any prejudice ag-ilnrtt Individuals. D was powerful enough to defeat and humiliate Gen. f.rint I efure drover Cleveland was elect ed to thejmavorallty of Puff a 16, and it will bo piVvaslve and supreme, we hopo-? ?i nd bellevV when the pr??ont generation of ciUxem^^ha" faded into Hie procession of the past. Such Is our view of iho third term question, and ?uch. we are con vinced, Is the vie^ of President Cleve land Rochester Herald. Til ft COXVK.\TION Tl??? Primary DclcKiitcN Will Mot lf? 0|ii>on?m1 . Anderson, S. C., Aug. <?. ? (Special.) ? A Democratic mass meeting wiim held hero vesferdny In the conrl house; it was largely attended. The object of the meeting was to discuss the advisability of putting t delegate* to tlio constitu tional convention who were iu favor of refering the constitution back to the people before it was adopted. After considerable discussion from some of the best men in the county it was de cided nof do put out delegates in opposi tion t?) tin' ones nominated III the prim ary. S Ail effort was made to get the meeting to endorse the delegates to the constitutional convention and to vote for them at the general election. Tliisi was ruled dowp. The sentiment that prevailed was /hat they could not sup port delegates/ who were not in favor of rofering the 'constit ut ion back to the people for approval. DOD?K, '"l'ho Knhbor Man" Kill) Iter SimnpH 10c. line, Wax Seals OOo. Seals lor Notaries |*J. Seals lor Corpo rations haters to $1.25. Pen ami Pencils IV, Self- 1 nkcrs 8"?e.. Kver Kettdy l'ml< l"? to ,'IUc. Linen Markers .'."ir. I mli'li l>lc I nk Jir. hot llrol jjes I2rt. ?' W DODGE. IIO 71M ST . AOOIJS' A OA ORGANS Special Sale. {Special Prices. Special Terms. GREAT CLEARING SALE. Til reo II u ii (I red "T, mill ( liunli from li?>< inn l<?>r i. i?l . I'rlum Coat to rttilucr itlut U. Mint l>f> milil. KI<?or* lirrnklni; iluuii. J'mi't rurry tlicm tlirmiifli <1 II i 1 nil tit im r. (ml too niMiiy, I'l lrc no olii'Tt. I'rollt not cnn ! hI<Ikic<I. Alum uuIu.kI. Kim I rut |ios*|l?l?? trrnm for par I infill. Only WI.OO, tl.AO, n't. ?:?. monthly. Oiie-liuM mv<'<I by bny ' 1 11 c now. I Itiirualn Hi cct* Itouily. Wrile j for *1 !? 1*11*. M nil Ion thin u<l vi-rllsrinoiit hiiiI I'uper. 1 LUDDEN & CATES, | '? SavaDDab, Ga f <J. P. CO No.l 3' '95