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Swrv '"VOLUME. VII CA.U??t. FOR THANKFULNESS, ' . For *11 that God in moroy sendat ? Far health and children, homo arid friends. For oo ro fort la the time of need, For every kindly word Mid deed, For happ^ thought* and holy talk, Fox g?fcd*ftoe iu our doily walk? ! Vfit everything give thanks! For beauty In this world of oans, For verdant grass and lovely flowora, / For son g of bird*, for hum of bees / For tho refreshing sunnmt?breeze, ' htU *nd plain, for streams aud wood, 5jr tha great aoean's mighty flood? , For everything give thanks ! For thoaweet ateep that comes at night, w For tho returning raofcdng'H light, * For the bright ?uu that shine* on high, i For thenars glittering in tho sky, i For theap and everything wo see, %&ord ! our hearts wo lift to Thee? FOf everything give thanks! ^ ?Ellon Isabella Tupp^h * '? ? XT'4 3 Mien' Barbara's Lover. . S . V, ? A TWANKfWlVIwa BTOBY. BHALiL! There was wrath in Miss Barbara's ./ tones and deter mination in her countenance. ' "Bui, auntie ? " "I shall ! I didn't make this "ttarden for the ?Benefit of the , n$ghkora' hen#, and I will bill one if I oan. Just see that? and that 1" Her indignant finger indioatod the iftj^doeg lying in red ruina at her flc^jlien the ragged oorn that rose f&ft&toty further on. Tho otirrant bushes w?ro still stirring where the last mar&idor had scuttled through. Syitia, suddenly smiled. "Auntie, it's a fowljtbtUt," she said, ft 8 JL"caii't i stop it by fair means, lMjL fcfy fowl?' responded " " ?3tfis8 5ajb*t&, gfimly, beginning with ^restitfmcd vigor to . gather up the u^Dsed tomatoos and lay thorn on the tyrapo troll : ? * "Are you prepared to go in l(iwi auntie r' "J^am propared to do anything ? on my'aide of tho fenco. Go into your embroidery, Sylvia ? you'ro of no nse ae*a soareerow." She waved ber trowel martially, and Sylvia fled in laughing haste. - OPbeeuence that ia vocji' with birds ..and inlets and rustling leaves settled over the garden', where Miss Barbara's energetio figure bade defiance to the thdrinometer. . Charles Dudley War .. ner onoe spent a summer in a garden, ^ and has remarked in consequence that Tib likes neighbors and likes ohiokons, ; - but he does not think they ought to -ba United. Miss Barbara agreed with bim wiirmly, 8ho endured much bo pfoife. informing her genial, easy-going y neighbor of the mischief his hens - wrought daily in he* garden. She had ' ? ondured more einee tho complaint, if complaint it could bo 'oalled, ..bad proved a failure, and neither faitb, hope nor charity remained to soothe - litrtij;- Suddenly ?tr inquiring k" attack ber ear with the effect el fectrio battery. I\ Came from ? , iutr aide of the fentifc. A yellow leathered head protruded through the ] pickets, the round, unwinking eyes of . * hen surveyed the premises, another .?iwne v ''cluek'' aounded, and the i plump oqjy followed the head. Miss ?Barbara cautiously arose, h?|r expres sion full of martial Qre. ?Pneonasiona otia*pendinfrovil the ' "era wriggled their way ' throngtr | * large and cheerful company assembled. -In pleasant expeot they gathered around the laden tomato vines. Suddenly and with T^fei^fdr foroe a missile descended into their very midst. . Squawking wildly ^ the startled heiu scuttled into tike currant bushes, under the tomato , plftntB,? radfig the corn. A pause . Cquai to a legislative deadlock f ol g lowed. 4Fhen one hen after another Cit^tionely ' ettfrged and presently gravitated toward the tomato vinos. "Again Miss Barbara seized^ on ven- j -ggeanoe and the ' stove wood. Stiok F^i^er stick of it flew, like a kind of hail, telling npon ibe tomatoes if not tppon the hens.' Mise Barbara was not unaware of the facta in the casa, but felt that if she could not kill ii was a Irt try. Qns audacious old hen j .in paction 1st aroused this murderous Down tho grape walk, over j " the b&et 'bed, up to the door "she chased^tiat hen and shied her last j ?tick, after it as it flapped wildly around the corner. To her horror a ' sharp ejaculation in a man's voice cut the air. Her fl;n*l effort had made an v impression, but. not -upon the hen. j She turned the corner hastily and bo betatostranger pressing both hands agaiiSvtJis battered head as he looked savagely at ber. Consternation, con trition, mortification, animated her countenanee ; self-mastery slowly calmed' bis. "Did you hit one, auntie? I hope if* that old rooster ft sounded sud - diulj ftrom the woodshed." The face j of the ftranger turned ghastly. "I thought it was a mv? lived in the moon,!' he murmured. "What made you hurl it at me?" ' Mtsa Barbara's face grew white. "Wee this aft escaped lunatic? The man's fading eyes brightened as they * whU Md..aX3X lw his Me oat uncer it. harts too xsttch lo ihero^I he muttered, and aank groan upon the steps. ? fr** wide, *taartied eysr m*t >laUsr lain her. Anger motioned towards the Within fire minutes sev aroaad EYEUY HIR1> HAS HIS DAY* ' acoidont with an inscrutnblo oounto nanco. Ho was a calm, koon-oyod roan, whoso resolute orders soon cleared the liouso of superfluous attendants. His attentions wore received with in gratitude by his patient until he held au oilroous substance near tho injured face and said gently: "I want to. holp you ? I am a dootor ? it's all right." Tho dull oyos wavered an instant on his faoo. . "Is it? I thought it wawn't ? I hopo you know" ? with this murmured re sponse the rofraotory pationt sub mitted to tho touch of tho skillful hands. "History repeats itsolf, ? lTordham." Tho spoakor, a seronq-fajied man of imposing prosonoo, advanced loisurely into the private olfloo of a woll-known lawyer in' Bombay: "So J; have heard," said tho lattor, glancing np With a smile of weloome. Tho visitor sottled loisuroly iuto a seat, where ho recoived fchobenefloenco of tho punkah swung Iroiu tho ceiling. Both in on worn full sUits of white linen, "that, despito ' the unutterable heat, rotainod their frosh crispnoss. "Marrying and giving in marriage ?the world koops on in tho saino old way," said Emmett, comfortably. "This haft been borne in upon mo sinco the arrival of the American wail yesterday." "You had news from your brother I" "1 believe so! I have just grown aocustomed to tbo pleasing certainty that all the wolds in his lettorjj will bo spelled according to tho dictionary ; possibly you can comprehend tho shock I experienced yesterday on readjng in his own handwriting that ho iB ongagedto be married. " "I congratulate you, Emmett, on the- acquisition to your family ? probably your examplo recommended this step to your youthful brother as eminently desirable. liet us see? he must/be about twenty-five now?" ^ ^Possibly? by tho^Shaaanao, bat to my recollection ko is still a bidder for tips and spankiWs. The next mail will bring oat herpictureend his, and these, with, tho coarse of events, may compass my comprehension of his present legal age. I shall reply ? on yoar assistance. Ford ham. The mofet charming gift-^in tho world, you know,?.' * "Of course"? an answering sm?D sparkled. over Fordham's dark faoo. "Knowing that you had honored. the, State, of tfr> wnndon nutmeg by heing born there," continued Emmett. "I thought ?t> barely possible that you might knoif something of the family of this young lady, arid I shall be glad ot any information you may bo ablo to impart, prpvided your fee is reason able." * r "1 believe it i* ono of your maxims, my friend", that time equals money it is a perioff of seventeen years, moro or loss, that you desire mo to cover. I will nodertake the case for 1000 ru pees down." "Done I You recollect that I always pay. in brass. Wall, tho name'of this youn^ lady who will soon havo the good fortnne to become my relative js Nutting? Miss Sylvia Nuttipg*~and she resides at present in tho town of Brampton, county of Brown, State of Connecticut, U. 8. A. Bo any of thftiff o iuee the chords of memory to vibrate in your patriotio breast?" " "Yes," said the lawyer, laying his pen carefully across its raok, "I had a College friend of the name of Nutting. He was two or three yeafrs older than I and married very yftnng. As his house was in Brampton, this young lady is probably his daughter." "I hope that will prove, to bo tho case," said Emmett. He proceeded to impart the Information given by his lif other nspon " the subject, which proved -beyond doubt the identity of the yoang lady's father with' Ford* ham's coljjge friend. "Yon mil appreciate the first meet ing, Ford ham," said Emmett, in con clusion ;it was out ortfit ordlnsry line. Tom was deeply impressed? -'in /act, hard bit. About the middle of thic .cummer he was wandering about the country on Ac of those solitary pedestrian tramps he pretends to en joy, and happened to pass through this little town of Brampton. It was what they eonsider there ' a hot day. Top* had oCTered a stretch of ten mites or so, an#, happening to behold a shiny tin cap on the hvdsantin a yard ha was passing, he suddenly felt con suming thirst. Without regard to neaa et tuna, ha proceeded towards that hydrant, but he never reached 1t.tf It chaneed to be one of those caca^ jtoue when tho innocent suffer for the guilty, and Tons rsesired on bkrhead a stiek of store wood, harlad by the Mat of bis fittere Saneee at a sin fa I old hen that feed t?ltuy flroea its right art*** the Moiraaa rtyhaoofced HWigriygWtJ .utjs H I from tho woodshed, Miss Sylvia carno on tho scene inquiring: 'Diil you hit odo, nuntie? I hopo it's that old roos ter- ' And then Tom raw llroworka and Ml the stars. He was half sonseloss ? they thbughb he was a crazy man.* LWell, they oalled in a dootor, and he kept the boy a prisoner thoro for six weofcn__ho and Mis4> Sylvia? and the result, you see, is a sister-in-law." "A oharming rosult, I havo no doubt," bftid Fordham. "It's a strik ing story." They loft tho office together and on torod the lawyer'a gharry that stood waiting in tho street. Tall and stato ly ' white buildings oast woloomo shadow along tho wide thoroughfare, and in tho aroados of thoir lowor .floors wore heapod jowols, silverwork, wrought brass, silks and shawls. Thoi squatting morohants guarded their treasuros with sleepy-looking, koon. eyes ag thov patiently waited for cus tomers. Crowds of shoppers, idlers,^ coolios and water carried filled tho street, and the tropical sunlight ferought 'out the glowing ri<Vhn?s? o? brilliant-lined brocades and silken shawls, tho dazzlo of whito garments, tho satiny shino of bare bronze limbs and ohests. Little public haokcrios, or cabs, curtained with bright deep oolore and drawn ]by brisk little bul looks, rolled oonstautly by. Hump backed cows strolled plaoidly among the throngs, and a pot ram with gilded horns accompanied its Brahmin mas ter. Prosently the gharry turnod into a narrow side street where luscious fruits were heaped up in rioh-hued piles that freighted .the air with Bpioo and perfume. DttBty roads appeared when tho business portion of tho city was loft behind, and they rolled tho palm^fringed roads of hill,^ the residence district of the wealthy" foreigners. At the entrance to hij bungalow Emmett alighted and Ford- ] ham tolled on toward his own home.'* It Wa? not far. and he was sonn enjoy ifig the renovating effoot of a bath. >. He- replaced his white garments with a nogllgoe of India silk and beoaino ac Cassible to his little daughter^ a lovely child with pale little facelikfe a flower. She had been motherless for a year. He took her on his kne^and drew oat the little story of her day ; then ho told her fairy tales? dainty fancies, exqaisite jesting tfcrft aider and less intimate listeners t would havo boon amazed to hear from the keen-tongued lawyer. Then the little ono's ayah came to harry hex to. bed. Miss Barbara was walking slowly homeward through tho dusk. Faded loaves dropped softly about her and the mellow air was smoky with bon fires. These Indian 'snmmot days heralded the approach of Thanksgiv ing, bnt the remembranoe gave hor no pleasure. I?or soma, reason? sho at tributed it to Sylvia's repent romatico ? her thoughts persistently rovortod to a long-gone Thanksgiving Day that hid begun for her.with happinoss and end&l with sorrow. On that Thanks giving h^d arisen tho never-set tied quarrel that had parted hor nnd hor young lover. He had gono immedi ately abroad and hastily married there. Not nntil then did Miss Barbara dis miss the man he had accounted his rival. Their world had hold her blameworthy in tho affair ? perhaps she had hold herself so. Certainly life had looked darker to hor in thoso dayH than it looked now. Sho went slowly up the steps of her pleasant homo. Far/vithin a girlish voieo sang happily anrffthe rooms were clioery with mel low lamp-light that revealed Miss Bar bara a fitting mistress for the lovely old house. Snddonly Sylvia's head gleamed in a distant doorway. "There's a letter for you, auntie,"} she called softly ; "suoh a queer look- \ ing thing ? I laid it on the piano." It was a foreign-looking letter, ond bore trades of a long journey. Miss Barbara examined the postmarks curi ously. When she earried the letter to her room a moment later her face looked pale. Behind her locked door the next moirient she sat down to read it. With deliberate care she opened tho envelope. It contained many thin sheots written over in a cloar, manly hand. She sought methodically f</r the signature, and read tho name that had onoe been dear to her. A strange, familiar look i?- wore. Muoh was written between the lines of the story he told briefly. He haft left his native land hot with passion *mi the ?HO?rt of thefr broken engagement. Shortly after his arrival in India a report of her marriag? had reached him, and, not donbting the truth of it, he paid ! fepurt to and hastily married' the pretty but shall?* .daughter of an English Colonel stati*?edlitare. Out ing the years -tha* followed. he had strive* to -bear the <*>nseqaenc?s of hie ot? Mistake, and he had Ugrab ntitt nntil the burden /eU Iroia Wi, MWUU ?i n *- xg. - f-r if, iV^rr , his child iu words that to tho reader's oyes and tbo^ V turned passionately to ^ " ' and questioned hor of tho 'ul*rf I Tho letter fell from her Angers She felt a* ono must fool with tho darthj ! rock UK under foot. W?8 the old loY* i dead in her heftrt -dead like tUa mother of his oliild? Bho thought of that giave under tho Indian palm* jud 1 feeling rose *>w and strong out of her hoart. No Mi part W her ? Hfo rhftd ended years before. Sho did not hold hersolf blamoless, but sho hud | Buttered onoo; sho had no wish to suf- j for again. Sho could not ohango bo .doawnt, aottlod l,o?uJ?n?? ?t ? life. Toxv at A bim aud toward that lit tlo obild of his her though*# would ever go kindly but hU.'part in her Hfo was over. Hho sent her answer before she slept ; ?nd life went on as if it bad not paUBod. On tbo ovonuig before Thanksgiving Sylvia went ^u lv to choir practice, and Miss "Barbara Hftt down to read tho city paper, wMoh had juat arrived. A glowing llr snapped in the grate, half a dozen i oar nations scented the air, and Ophelia, the cat, purred lazily at intervals. Outside a round full moon shone high iu tho sky, and tho frosty ground anarkled in its radianoo. "Firo! lire I Aro r?ht*ulod a voico in tho street. Misa Barl^ rushed to he window ; before eho Veaohed it thu do monieo shriek of tin)' liro whistle, pro longed nkid awful; smoto upon her ears. Thou oaino tho sound ol run ning feet. Snatching up a shawl, sho hastily looked tho door and Joined in a wild race toward tho swolling mur niurs that roso tumultously in tho nir She was soon in tbo midst of tho. oxoitomont, but paused in the out skirts of the crowd. It was a bain tin was burning, and it stood out against tho amoke-blftokonoil Bky ? 8l??? maqs of triumphant Are. ihtro was "longer hope' of ?avi ^' U tUougU tho hose still played upon it. lbe rescued horsoK stamped nud?ioighod, *ho ilromen slioutod hoarso ordors, Jogs barked and a baby cried Sud denly tboro arose a cry : Look Ij?Ono?ot the frightened animals had Bpi-ung iooBo; and ohargod wttaly Mini uarbara relt .hor8?l snatched up and borne persistently through the shrieking crowd into a deserted street white with moonlight. Her roscuor rnado no motion Hrolo^9? her and, startled and annoyed, Bho tumea 1>M (two .V'iLnnml h? next instant bor broatlj stopped. . her. face turned whito. STowm gazing m to tho faoo of tho moo oho onco lovod ?the man whose lottor she had lately ,,3. A flook of gillot(u. l?u?h iuc and calling into tho stroet. Let mc go? there are peoplo about?you Sit lot mo go," Bho Whispered sharp ly. His rfrms dropped from her waist, but bo walked oloso to her side. Sho moved away towards tho further edge of the walk. ^ Moosorb7ard .hot enddonly down :?udor hi? feot-tho othof o,.a woat up, -MUts Barbara went down. Bho tried to rise, but fell book hylplessly. Ford ham dropped on his knees beside her, i mm m m white and sot, "it is only .my toot-I am afraid 1 must have ? triage. Many weeks elapsed before Miss Bar bara was able to vyl* again. l>itrjng those weeks FordlOn received her let tor, which bad been forwarded from Bombay. Ho had been too wise to await it there. Bmmott had smiled genially as he changed the address upon that letter. Ho had always known-tbat molfof Fordhnm'w heart lav in the onbR his .ohild than iu the gravo of his wifo, but had not before divined that bis own comfUnioations concerning "United Status bonds, as So would hovo phwodlt. wore OT?' HiWlo for bis friend's sudden J?1?0/ ?ro ? tho li- Fordhaln Wd the let ter Mtioponod in Mi? Barbara'- lap. llo kuow'tho answer it oontaiuod, but tiio writor had Torballjr admitted that with only ono foot to go npoo ?ho Found it impofwiblo to eaeapo from fato. A? AlMlniuul Thankaglving Winner. Bronco Peto ? "YVbar'a th* turkey?" Alkali Iko ? "I sot him ontscJo to oool, au' th' cat cthim." Jjionco Pote ? "Whar'n tho cat?" , Alkali Ikr ? *'A cayoto ot htm." Bronco Pcto ? "Wuftf's th' cayoto ?" Alkali Iko? 'Th* groyhonnrf ot him." Bronco Koto ? "What's th' grey hound?" / Alkali Iko? '"An Injun ot him." Bronco Boto ? "Whar'a th' Injun I" Alkali Iko? "A grizzly ot him." Bronco Poto ? "Whar'a th* grizzly?" Alkali Ike? "Out thar." v * Brouco Puto? "Waal, wo*U^iaTo tor out th' grizzly, Iko<J bnt ^oato tor tuko th' loavin'a uv '^,XB^k?giving torkey liko that."? Harpor'a Bazar, it m / A November Wall. [ The wild Novoinber comes at last \ Boneath a veil of tain; The nlprht wiml Mows its folds aside, H?r facets ft?tt of pa|n,v But wait till wild November's KM"*, When #lnd Thank/wlving'* f?ro la < nlen, with its pies ivnd enke.*, Thnt i-ain will l?? elsewhore. Anticipation. tfftfoy ^Cnrkuy ? "M iram*, ??o wo oel*? i>r.ito' Thjmktgiriagt'' Ik Matntn* Tnr>?r ? "No. ibaUftjie're Inekj ..'w w*U wBfatafri ilV> jjtf. jatftf. "j* "7^-rr: :^y ? r* .?*?? ..??? . ? ?'""HX MENTION p Y PROCEEDINGS. MKMIWliS OK I II!-; C'O.NVNN I IOX voted Tiei??flve? $1 Per l>uy. Till man S7T^?^??> l*lv<l4<Ml Much. Tho constitutional convention Tuea day continued th?> consideration <?f the article on education and at 2:'20 p. m. it pa?Hod to, 11 third reading subject to a good many amendments then to bo consido>*<r ' Theelause providing1' for a iy<gro V;<iioultniul, 1 1?? UiKtrij ami Mechanical < 'olloge was aiuj so as to divorce tho presen^i lalliu C'ollego from (Mull in. University, ami allow negro teachers to ly employed. Tho article an adopted |t?s tho dispell nary profits, oxelusi vyjfi those |*i vtMi to counties and cities, i/t<> tho annual public school Cumin, r p Tho constitutional /omentum had a rogular parrot ami Zionkey show at night. ThoTjegishynuo last yoar fixed tho | ????? dioni of tl/o members at S-! " day. An oj'diuaiwifo to provide for t lt<* <1 ml mi i 'HiMiinit of tho $30,000 appro priated to defray tho expenses ot the ooiivouUon was taken u>> and it pro vidod lor u por diem <?f a day for momborfrftfter Oct. 15 lant and to llnul adjournment. Tho convention rushed ahead and adoj/ted thisand then in-' creased tho pa4V of nil employed .uutil tho per diom . provided amimutcd to about $115,000. \ Kight v-nino members camo to the hart pledged to vote thoni Helves $1 a day, ho Senator Tillnmu* stated on the tloor. And ik#ouo domed tho assertion. When they realized what they had done, htfiv much (hoy had voted, an attempt was mtulo to re call tho action -by conservative-minded members. Amid the greatest con fusion tho convention finally left all the em ployes with a low rate and voted to themaolvcN a per diem of SI, thia con clusion being reached a tow miiiutCH before midnight. -? ? NICAKtMi t ft !?: f)N?>. The Convention ({unites TMhj?* - to the Ivx posil Ion on Ciuolimi |)nj, T)l(' Cofuity Ulll.' I'uhhoiI to ?1'lilrM A?c of Coil sent. 11 Ycni'S. Tho ciyisiitutional convent ion Wed nesday morning had under cou.sider; tion n propoeitlqii fif I die a recess t?l go to*A tlnntn next. Wednesday South Carolina Day. This wan 'voted down". Then resolution was adopto I >i | > pointing u steering 'committee to a ? range for completing tin* work of the convention iih soon impracticable. The article on now ? counties an 1 county government was tujiceu up and scvoinJ sections have passed their third re.ul ? iug. ,M?vny amendmento wuie proposed aud voted down and thus fur tin; ar? ? ti^lo stands unchanged. At the. night Hussion, jho balance of the article on counties. and county gov ernment was pies-'d to its third road-' iug... l^ffortwi were ma !e to get in some, changes that would affect the formation of pew conntiCK, hut after much debute tho linnaiuing sections of the at title werdr adopted without change. The ordiiytnuo to fix the ago of consent at. 16 years ww. amended no as to make it read H instead of Id, and thericr adopt* ed. There wan a l?ig kick' against mil> mitti.ng to the report of tho Ktcciing eofnmittee, which was presented to* night, pr< viding a specified time for .the coiiBideratioji-ofcwP'ery matter sti^l outstanding {-foy-H-hreo^ <{ail.V- fowsions from now <ni, and"*for,ti "filial adjourn* ment on Tuosdoyiiojft. The ifghtf over t tie Vjreport h(fSlci\ for about two hours, amV? cmU'd in thu adoption of tho main features of the report. Tho present purpose is to try to finish in time to get to the Atlanta Ex portion ou Carolina Day. J CONVENTION NF^RTNfJ- AN KNH. 'I'lie Art tele On the .IwtsdJary Depart moot I'nRses Ttjii-d Itcudto;?. The convention Iiiib provided that there shall heiiccfoilhbc four instcud. of three Supreme Court justices to bo elected by the Legislature, as hereto fore having tci ms of eight years in stead of six,, as tit present. By a voto of tn 06 | he convention refilled to allow thorn tu be. elated liy the pcophw I'i idny afternoon and jiight. th?* steer ing committee did good work in the e? vi'iitiou. ft managed to get tho ar t. ,?? on judicial department through h thud trading mid at a late hour ? u M-eond roadiug was given the article on eminent domain mid the ordinance ,to (iioviih: for tho payment of the January interest. on tlie State" bonds, ami providing for the payment ?? t the expenses of tho convention. J iio end is now drawing near. Friday after noon tho convention re fused to make the circuit judges elective, by the peo ple, decided that th"ir term of ofllce should four years, and passed a section providing for -thcr establishment of county courTs^liy the Legislature. Seuator Tillman hud this section put in UiV article:"" "Thexourts shall ttive 1q divorce* from tbo bonds of matrimony hereto fore granted by llie.cotirta of other States of l To Union the. same force and effect in. this State n? in tho 8t.iten whero granted, provided that the mar riage ceremony was actually perform ed outside o I the limits of thin St ite, and there wa? one of the contracting parties^jvho was neither a native o? this Bute nor at the time of the ceiy mony a citizen thereof. " KAY AOJOIJBN TI'KHDAY. The Family of the lynched Party Can Oft $2,000 from .the County. The constitutional convention on Sa^rday. guro > third reading to the Mfjtfei. <m iltehratioB of rigbU and |vri?prndenee. A jjood many ordi* met* were sly* dbjyy?I <*?. V* ollH ! 1 ? ? I *o KN (o >1 1 1< ? SN tllO tHUlilv (,?t" tho person Ismlud to recover $.1,000 from the county having ro<oui*o upon tho lynohois. Tho provision against "released" freight niton by railiottdn wasstrickcu out, but passenger rotes of niioli u character oanuot bo ehangod. A third member of tho eon/ontion, Mr. ?l , M. Scott, has died ami no aftor* | noon session \vrt? held out of rcsyect t<> Lis memory. Jj m I At tho night session inuoti houvy ; work was done, Tho article oh oor* j potations was oomplotoil mi l sent to i la third leading, tho section permitting How idrceet railways to como in ami use thoyTniek of ustublishcd loals bciu'g "'s^nckon out. The article was sent to i^Tlio committee on stylo ami loviHion. Tho calendar was thou tackled, in an aggrcssi vo manner aud no mo 'rfi^ordi nnucoii unci tho artiolo o\i eminenl do main w?Mu^io^t through. Things iiro in fluoh shape now that thoro is no rca hon why tho ctuiYOution oanuot com plete its work on Momla.v or Tuesday ami get to At lanta on Wcdncndny aftor uoon aftor all. 14) \I>M>\V NO IM'WtMAKItYINO. An Art tele to ProtcoLtho Waste Land of thcStutc. To \p|)rui>rlatc OOO for Dcfrny^iK tho Con veu t R.X|>lMlftCA. In tho oonvd|jtion Thursday, tho muorty freight over homestead exempt tion section wan considered ami flnully Adopted. Jt allows an exemption of #l,u?)0 ui realty ami $500 in personal property to hoails of families aud &100 in personalty to unmarried persons. I ho clause regarding tl$> intor-nmr riago of whito persons with persons of negro bhntd or having aii^'Huoh blood next came up for consideration. At the. afternoon session the negro blood section wus adopted as reported by the coinmitteo: "Tho marriage of a white person witha negro or mulatto, or person who rtludl have one-eighth or more negro blood, Khali bo unlawful and void. " Many efforts wore nmdo to amend bo us to have it rood "any negro blood," but failod. Mr. MoMahan" introduced and tho vvuVwliuuii ciuuplcu u ni'i.iiuu iluaiffJIUtl to protect .tUo wuste laudu of tho Slfto from being gobbled up by foreignera. When tho iAouU its (> o'clock recess it hud completed tbo article on the legislative department iuuI wont it to a third rcndiug. / Thursday night, a long session . wuh hold. Aneffojrfr'was made to have tlu* steering committee done away with for tho next fow dayB. it wuh voted down, i ? The mtiolo oil li nance and taxation \va8 tiUvcn tip and sont to its third reading, TUoro wuh iv dotetttaiued effort to get in * provision to allow tho Legislature to authorize any county or township to tax itself to aid railroads, iih hereto fore, but it was voted down. An ordinance was presented provid ing for the payment of the interest on the public debt duo on January Jut. An ordiuance.wHB also presented authorizing tho appropriation of 800, ? 000, if so much be necessary, -io de-. fray tho expenses of tho convention ami permitting the Htntu "Treasurer to borrow whatever he might need,: tho Legislature being '* required to' make provision for its refunding. The articla on judicial department, was taken up and the tight of tho night wan on the section relating to tho com position of tho Stato Bhpremo Oou rt. tho committee imgommended four jus tices. An amendment was offered by Mr. HugndaJe to leave tho ccfart as it nowTs^Twith threo juft^iceifT After a long debate, M/r*"lTags4ft!d,s amend ment wub kiUcil by a voteof 7ft to 40. The convention -adjourned at a late hour without tj^ifM**ction further on the matter. " ^4^ 'v Twenty-eight momoer? have filed a protest against tho action of . the con vention in turning the business over to it steering committee. : ? - FOR XTrOUNA 1>AV. Superintendent of Kdiicatlon Mtly field's Circular. ' ? In order that tho mcmbrrn of tho Legislature and of tin; Constitutional Con.cntion, the State militia and all otlMtra who aro to represent tho State on "Carolina l>ay" at the Atlanta Kx position irvfty be fully informed as to rates, Tndli 'schedules, etc., and so^hd < iiabiej^lo make all necessary arrange mentstor tho trip in ample time, Mr. Afi^field, who is in ehargn of the mat \4^r, ou behalf of the State authorities Yuih sent out the following circular U tter : . . AY. "ArrnngfimontH have be(;n madewitb the Soul* Carolina nwl Georgia Kail khkI Company. to run special trains to Atlanta fir South Carolina day. ~ " "TbimUsgiving day, Nov. 28th, is South Carolina day. The special trains will go on Wednesday, Nov. 27th, (seo the railroad authorities aa to tho soiled#^ iiles of thoHu truiim; returning, ^ iibf *pceislH will leave Atlanta Sunday afternoon. *. "'Under the arrangements you will have to pay *$3.80 for tho rounxi trip., t rom Charleston. . In order that you nTlW Tie sifro to get a scat on lEeno spe ciul trniiiH write at onee to Super inten^ 'dent L. A. Kmereon, Charleston, S. C., how many seat* you will want, and f i\>m m hat point. Do not* delay thio. ?Writo direet to him,' so there will be no delay, an'd make snre of jour seat*. He i>ire to aay bow many seaUyou will ?ro nt, and from what point Thia ormatiou ia neoeaaary for. bin to* Know* how many coaebea to provide. ] He will give you theachednle and aav? | yott r nimUt for yo^ ~ ~ ~-7^? ? ? Arrangemt ata fatv* ?k? b? a flMMta rvltb the Hot?lb?ra Bailrood Comfmj tn rmi^ rpccial ira^M to AlhKt for Hontb CmoHoI_ TMW" ?i'l?K d?y, K?T. CMS- -nlVrttrt* w%KMM ?f? the PALMETTO POINTERS. i\ n;Ki;sn\<i hkms i uom alij OVKIt TIIK HTATK. Til vp Lancaster. Ijanoawtcr will aoon boola^pd runon# tho cotton mill towns of Houth Uai'H. lino. Homo tiino ago it wan slated v that a cum puny hud boon organised ?; thorn for tho erection of a cotton fac tory. Hi iioo thot time. but littlo haa. boon heard ?f tho project through tlio pious, but tho promoters have boeii working iiiHtoaa of talking. Noarly nil of tho $1741.000 capital dtook luwt ? I >0011 Hiibtioribod and 2;000,00U brick have boou prosnod ftnd burnt right on tho ground, Lancaster's own fluo clay I'i'ing lined. A contaotov from Vir ginia in building tho faotory mid aK . ready lias tho llrat H^ory orootod. A northern null man who .was thoro rocontly, mi^h tho foundation in ouo of t ho most substantial he has ovor soon.! . Tho foundation ia on aohd rook live or, *i\ foot under ground. JLiko tho! (imnby mill iu Columbia, tbo fififtory is going up in a ootton rtoltT, with cot- ~.J ^ ton upon around it. j Tho cottages are beiug erected now. Thoro will bo 10 of them with thtOO rooms each, aud all pafntdtf. ' Tho machinery has boon bought and it i?i expected that tho mill will bo run- 1 uing by Maroli. CottOU is being v bought now. Mr. LeRoy Springs is president and Mr. Waddy 0. Thomas in decretory and treaBurer of^ tho company. s . ~ ? A liOONK KTittPIIANT On tlio ltunipnK". Uliot nt Hut Not llurineil. .t I ? A Hjiooinl to tho Nowh and CJonirier from tin nipt on- H. O., sayst: TKenf~" luiH boon (piito'A commotion oroated in mid near thin plaee by tho?ln>6aranc?? of an?" elephant of nf'onstroud si?e, tt - . . took id our town on Tuesday, night h to! <liiii.iit'l>iMl iim wluiijborrr rf rriyrr-ftt - ? or our niobt prominent cttreong by its1 cried. Tt then proceeded To ~ two in i lew below horo where it dis-, turbed Rovoral citizens and thetr went- ---V further on toward Alamoda, hut bo twoen tho two places attacked a party of opossum hunters and thoy flod. Tho uoidu which it' made was enough for -them. H then reached Alameda where ? it witH Bhot. by a matt namod Htuarf, watohman for the Houthorn Land and liumber Company, and it ran towards ?;v ami knocked tho man down with its trunk and acarod ovorybttdy^psJUfca^hou proceeded on its journey southward. Premiums Awarded. The award of medals and diplomers for exhibited ibe Atlanta Exposition havo been made, and thejury of rf wards gave to South Carolina 'the following Gold medals: Clemson Agricultural College in tbo. Department of Agridal' ' thro; The Htate of Bouth > Carolina in * the Name department; also the South' ') Carolina Experiment. Station in tfc? / MMiiMnlepartmeuL . .. ... ....1^ The Poo Dee Land Company, which' in tiuder the same management an<V, control us tlie Manchester. and August* It uM road, will b*ve, early in Decern - bur, an auof&n ?alo of town lots^Urog ?;V. are a. number of small towns aloMfc tW. Hum of thn railro?d, h^wee?V.fJihi(iin^rtt| and Sumter, and some of them to bo iti a flourishing condition prospering, audit is oertaia that -jU unleH will, prove of interest to jtty ore. f * . , Capt. A, A. Pollock got his broom, factory at Chcraw in . running order! Tne&diiy and began turning outDrooms. for the trade. His brooms appear toj bo a good articIeT He has raised hlsH own Vroom corn, and it pays well the plant will be enlftrgad next year. Mr. Walter ShUltz, from' Hcottsville, Va. , who is an expert in thaj mHnufaet4Mrey<rf^eoo??ier ' tbo bitstmxM for Oapt. Pollock. tliou>rti Chvraw'B industries are small,' she kdeps np with tne procession, j Thg new county movement iQ: tfe+j L touebbuuraud Hhlldh sadit>&a. oil J Biimter cot/ply is I wlto* di%*ntly* worked. Another meeting was JkWk* lint week by those intereated in thai < establishment of the.t?6tr County, Al ..A . well-informed citizeu of Lynchburg' says the geographical centre of the; ] new county will be Dial's Bey. t Th? Security Construction Company,! tlio concern which propones to build* railroad from Charleston to ttuiWMt,1 mot Thursday end celled- for. the flr^. iuHtallraent on 'ite capital stock. The. hoard of directors announced officially that work would be begnn on thi> new road at the earliert possible date. ' -i'-A Francis PcyeerlPql-cber, M. D. L L.\v\ lh. an emfhontpj^dctan and lwtanist, tlicd at hia homain Charleston Monday night. He wee Ag^mthor of 4 The s wmmw uf tkiutheru FigftH nufl oat," a standard IvitanfrtaT wnrk in the South. ^ Work on the ootton mill at Walfc*ll? is p^>*r?Baing rapidly . The building is neering completion, tte maehieary ' hia begun to oomrfa. The will will be reedy for work by January .' The la*t Statement lamed by thai BrtkerfCindei show a that thb in ??aowra??M?H<4d:- , ?? - - ".?