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C>od and Our Native i.umt VOLUME VIII. CAMDEN, 8. C., i FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1807. NO. II. -MM. W fRANCOIS .COPPEf EVER I" or led Bouiguoil, rising w;.Jh violeuoo and throwing hia nap 'kin on the table. "Never! Do you hoar mo? Never 1" And tho old maa tor mason paoed up and down the cozy ?mmg room, turning on his heel v iutioualy, like a boar in a oago ; while poor mother Bourguoil, her tearful ?yes lowered on hor plate, was discon solately nibbling almonds. For two years tho saijjo dispute had beou springing up botwoen tho old couple ? just as now at tho ond of thoir evoning meal. I?or it was two years siuoo they had fallort out1 with their son, Edward, who, in spite of thoir oppo sition, had marriod a woman picked up ? somewhere in tho Latin quartor ? just when he was about to take his dogreo as a lawyer, too. How they had loved him and petted him, this Edward ? this long wishod for ohild, who had come after ten long years ol married life, when thoy had almost givon up liopipg for a bo 11^ The happy Bour gueil, then only a simple bnilder, had rubbed his hands, saying to his wife: "You know, Olomenco, that smart fol low Hausemann is improving and changing tho whole of Paris, from one end to anothor. Hero is a good ohanoe lor mo. If things go on this way, 1 can make ft fortuno in twelve or fifteen years. And I know one thing, tho lit tlo rascM of ours won't need to olimb up into scaffoldings, like his father, nor come home every night with spots of plaster all over bis gray vest, and fit to drop with fatigue. We will make n real , gentleman of him, won't wo, Clemence?" All BMTrgueil's ambitions had boon realized. At college Edward was a brilliant pupil, and the old peasant who had corao to Paris many years ngo, carrying his shoes ou his baok nnd a Jttle silver tied up in a corner of his handkerchief, bad the satisfac tion of seeing his Bon congratulated and loaded with prizes by tbo Minister of Instruction himself. What ft futuro the boy had before him 1 Ho would ]>ass the most difficult examinations without anyjyroublo ? tb$y. would bo a mere joke tor hxiii~ftn<i then choosa any career ho had a fancy for, "Wo will leave tho boy a good 25,000 frincs j income," fathor Bourgneil wonld say, cheerfully, slapping his wife's shoulder with his strong, broad hand. yAnd, eaperiotiel we wiii make hidi many *'?0U NEED HOT KXTECI A SOU PBOM BTTHBHOFVS." right soon. It wiU be easy to flud some pretty girJ, with a good educa tion like hie, who will make him happy, and of whom wo can feel proud I" Ah, those lovely planer 1 where had they gone? The kind old parent* had been foolish enough to furnish a room in town for their boy, that he might be more independent. Then ho met that woman, and immediately his studies wore dropped. At twenty-fire f he had not even taken his licentiate's degree. They were dreadfully disap pointed, after having built such fine eastles; still they did not give up all - hope. ?' They consoled themselves, wing: "He is so yonngl It will pass. Let him alone awhile." But one day the imbeoile had the audaoity to inform- them that he had adored this'girl, and was determined - to make her/his wife. ? ? This waj/too mueh. If Bonrgtxeil did not finl with ? stroke of apoplexy it wasa miraole Indeed; the reins in hie neck were swollen like cords. He ordered his j eon out of the honse and oat off his / income. "If tou dare to give your name to that woman/' the old man roared, . . crimson with wrath, "you need not a son from either Of Wii long ' ?i we live." Bel ike stubborn, ungrateful boy had outraged them fto the end, end; now lie wee married toWUedollof his, and living .on a wretehil etetk'e eal ary,intheaahbtbofihaeUy-.like tome vagabond! Poor old eoaplel I Hnw iia~mTe eo^^ m mm tkem m*** twq kotviUe :-VjeetefrJ^*ae % plemtiM , USkufrytfca srtestiee again and again. And At every now attempt Bourguoil w as furious and made a torriblo ?oono. ? Their homo beoamo a purgatory. Theso two old podplo, who had nothing to ronroaoh thomsolvos with, who had Ittttd oaoh othor faithfully, who had ^od and toilod side by Bido for moro than thirty years, boyatne almost hostile. Evory night at the dinner table ^tho quarrel broke out anow, and it alwayH ended with some of those stinging thrusto that wound the heart. "Do you want mo to tell you what I think, Bourguoil?" the old woman would say. "You aro without pity I" "And you aro u ooward to want to givo in," tho mason ropliod, leaving tho room with a stamp of his hoavy toot. Left alone in the soft light of tho lamp in the oomfortable parlor, the poor mothor, who was still true to her white linen oap^, would quietly drop burning tears on her knitting and pray for her bo^. Bourguoii had lo$t a\V lovo for his. homo, now that hohrid oontinually a ead faoe to look upon. He had got into the habit of joining Borao friends iu a cafe oloso by whore they waited for him for a gatno of maoilla. In doaling out tho oardstho ? irritated mason made long and violent spoechos against tho pre*ont state of morals, whero paternal authority was dotted by ohildron. But ho s^ore that he, at least, would set a good ox pmplo ; ho would bo stern to tho end. Bo oould cpeak of nothing olso, and his partners proclaimed him "a tire some old follow," as soon as his back was turned. In his presence, however, they deplorod his ill luck in having suoh a scamp of a eon, and highly praised his Urmncos. One man in the group, especially, invariably hailed the mason's imprecations with an ap proving irord or two: "Bravo 1 Fathor Bourguoii, you are a Roman 1" Bourgueil was from the province of Warohe, and possessed very indistinct notions on antiquity. Still, ho had some inkliug of tho story of old Brutus, and felt highly ilatterod to be com pared to such aporsonago. Yet when lie left tho cafe and found himself in the oold dark night, be would say to himself ? oh I very Boftly ? that Brutus must have had a cruel, hard heax't, and that it was a horrible thing to con demn a son to death. Esster Sunday has oomo ? a joyous, bright, happy day, merry with tho chiascs cf bells aud the promiso of warm spring days. Tho city itsolf looks gay and coquettish. Women are ooming homo ^rom churcb, and all are carrying a bunch of box plant that fills the air with sweet, fresh odor. Even the old cab horses have a bit of it stuck behind their ears 1 Bou rg u"o i I, "who sat up last eveni ng at ?he cafe till midnight, wakes up very late. He is in a horrible mood ; and what man would not be, 1 ehould like to know? Last night, at the usual hour, he had again to listen to his wife's absurdities. She again men tioned Edward, and tried to soften him, Bourguoil 1 She had mado in quiries, eho said, and learned that theit daughter-in-law, for she was that in spito of all his anger, was not the bad woman tbey had first thought. A poor girl? Yes; sho had worked in a store. But what of that? What were they themselves but simple working people, even if they had become well off? Could they expeot their son to marry some rioh marquis' dauglitor? And ever since Angelina ? an ugly name, but it wasn't the girl's fault after all ? ever since Angelina had been his wife, no ono could breathe a word against her. Sh% was a model little wife. "Can it be that you will not have pity on these poor childron ?" the old mother had asked him tearful ly. ' "They are poor, very poor. What do you think Edward ear-* that in surance company whero, he has found ? placet It breaks my heart to think of it ; only 200 francs a month t .As ] much as you spend on your oafo and your oigars, I don't ask you to see themrb^t won't you help them, just ? little ? We . are living . ia plenty, while they ? " and receiving no answer from Bourgnoil, who was ponsively turning the glass h* had just emptied ] between ?is fingers, the old woman h adnata from her seat and come op tol?im patting a trembling hand on his shoulder, silently pleading. Tain effort ) Bourgueil, suddenly remem bering- that ha was a llomao, had again poured forth maledictions and fail formidable "never..* And on this lovely Easier morning he ia mora than usually sad and ill temper#} ? this strong minded OA masea. ? He ieele very aetroas ; he has ent bis ohin twioe while shaving. Oh, no * he wHTnoi be <wa?& aaonga lb pajraa income to &U nndatif al son. Would old Brutus have relented? Of aoaree w# And fcetnigkthe wm on the point of yielding T is what . Shay from ohureh with a larpfo bnnoh of box plant. Hhn> places it on a little Ride tablo, and suddenly the vrholo room ia filled with the strong, frosh odory Bourguoil in no poet; ho has noy& very refined nature. Yot ho is im pressionable for all that? liko you or me ? and tho tight of tho green branohos recalls far oil momoiios. While the old woman is busy taaipg apart tho twigs to deoorato tho t oo&? with thorn, the ponotrating perfume afifeots his old hoart. Ho reinombora a certain Easter morning-- ah, so long, long ago? when ho was nttll ft work man, and his young wifo a dross* makor's apprentice. It was thoir honovmoon, for they had marriod a fow Jays before Lout. Thon, too, she had returned from ohuroh with a fra grant bnrden aud made , thoir only room bright and festive, llow pretty she looked, and how ho lovod hov ! Aud by a rapid oflort>of imagination ho rooalle in an instant thoir loug voars of |n^rrled life ; s^p has ovor boon so industrious, so thrifty, so de voted. And now he tortures her ? this good, bravo woman ? ho makos hor suffer on aooount of his wioked son. But is Edward really so wiokod as all that? Of oourso a follow ought to honor his father and mother, and obey thorn ; but thon, aro not youth and love sufficient oxousos tot many a fault? Ho watohoB Mother Bourguoil with moist oyes, as she goes to plaoo a spray of box above Edward's pio turo on tho wall? a piottiro of thoir boy in his college stilt, whon thoy felt so proud of him and of his studios. k "What is tho matter? The old mason hardly knows what he is about. His hoad swims; it is that strong odor of the plant, doubtles. But his heart Alls with something that 6oema vory muoh liko moroy and pardon. ile goes up to his wifo, takos hor hands, and, looking at tho picture, mutters, his rough voice grown strangoly soft: "Say, Olomenco, shall wo ? forgivo him?" Ah ; tho cry of joy that bursts from tho mother's lips I And he haB called her. "Olomenco," just as in their young days. Ho has not given hor that nai^e for more than fiftoon years. Aud sho ^understands that he loves her still ? hor husband, her old com* pan ion. She throws horsolf in his arms and kisses him frantioally, all ovor his faoo, takes his hoad in both of her hands, and whispers in his ear. Tho Other dny ? she oouldn't help it, really ? sho went to soo thoir boy. Ho is so unhappy to havo offended them. And it he has not oomo a hundred timos to bog thoir forgiveness, it is simply bocauso ho did not daro. "You know," she adds? aud hor vofoo bo comes soft and carossing ? J 'you know I havo soon his wife, and you really cannot blame him for loving hor, she is so sweot, and as frosh as n rose. She just worships our Edward ? ono pan see., that at onoo; and sho keeps their little homo in auoh apple pie ordor." Bourgueil feols opprossed? he is choking. Patting a trembling finger on his wife's lips: "That will do l"'ho says. "Send for a cab. Let us tako some of those sprays to thom in sign of peace, and bring them home with us I" - And while the old mother, stunned with joy, falls sobbing on hor hus band's shoulder, Bourguoil? the Ro?. man, the old Brutus ? begins to ory iioftly, like a child. Easier Ihonghts. ' It seems dear that a puro spirit will arise. from the seed of a, puro body, and a loving epirit'frou) the seed of a loving body. 11 the body wq sorrow fully put aside has been one full of oharity, helpful, kindly, nnd eager to speak tender, pitying words? ono that has thought no evil, and has bolioved ail things, and hoped all things, and endured all things? oan any one doubt what should come of suoh a seed plant ing? The natural comos first, /fted aftetlhat tho spiritual. But ''as is tiya natu^aU so is the spiritual.^/ It is td r mor6 gi<&ious, but aftor all ? the /Daniel ? So we may bring Easter, witl^ its wonderful deep meaning, into thetife of ovory day. How? By toaohing ourselves to oomprehend the truth that while We live this human life, and develop this natural body, it is not alone the natural body we are orcat ing, but the eeod of the spiritual body whioh is^to oome after. This is not a nlystieal doctrine. AH those who in this life havo attained some knowledge, of their spiritual na tures will testify to it* truth. The change from a natural to a spiritual li+ing is like the growing Of a plant whose seed we havo sown. The right plant surely grows in ft man who has sown th6 right seed. As the spiritual nature of suoh a man begins, to develop, the pu^er, higher elements in him grow stronger, and one by one the baser sort die. Hate dies, and revenge, and anger. Cruelty dies, and all unkindnerfs. Nar rowness of mind dies, *nd oontompt , lor the frail tie* of others, A. The part that Ifres and grows stronger is lore. Parity and truth and courage are.irat parts of love, and, as it grows greater, by andbv comes the soreness of knowladga, and faith itself is ewal* 1 ,, ? . l ^ _ ? r a - .... lowmi up in mmion. Thia ? the dftijjr burial of the old man, who wae "earthy," and the daily risiugqf the new, who is the "Lord from Heaven." TonqhsMEaatw eosaee every dfty. ?Harper's Baser. NEWS ITEMsjcONDENSED. Southern 1'cjioU Pointers. Jn thocaso of Hatfield ft jury ' hi Williamson, W. Va., bus returned a verdict of involuntary manslaughter tor tho killing of Ivan ltuthorford. The latest dovelopmontsin tho Knox villo, Tenn. , lire aro that at least six persons lost their Uvea in the Hotel \ nox. Tho hotel register has not bcou found. Suit has boon brought against tho oo>op6rativo town company of Lbza bothtQn, Teuu., asking for a roceiyor, that the property of tho company shall ho subjuotod to tho paymout of the company's indebtedness, amounting to jjt,tXH>,(K)0. It is chargod that tho com panv was insolvent whon its property was transferred to, tho Wautauga Land company, more than a year ago. At Macon, da , Charles Ivcid killed L. W. Iialstoad for insulting his wife. The American Railway Association met at Richmond, Ya., in annual ses sion, with oighty roads represented by 135 delegates. The exocntiye com mittee reported that tho ft<;sociat ion em - braced 2-M companies operating lo<,uOO miles of railway. li Tho exports at Newport N?w'&, Va. , during Mar oh aggregated $8,8^8,002. Th second convention of tho itvclus trial agonts of tho 8ei0)oard Air l^ino railroad mot in Charlotte, Tho at teml an co was very large. Clark Howell has suocoodod his father, E. P. llowell, as editor of tho Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. Efforts are being mad? at Norfolk, Ya , to have Congress oroct a monu ment at. Hampton ltoads to tho memory of Commodore Maury, Clinton It. Woodruff, secretary of tho National Municipal League, bas pre pared a program for the couforeoco to be hold in Louisville on Mayfttli, ot-n 7th. Among tho speakers will bo ox May 01' ^John l'\ Fickon, of Charleston, ' ' ? ' ? Alt tho North. The Now York Assembly passed the Groator New York Charter bill oyot Mayor Strong's veto, by a voto of 100 to 32. A company capitalized at S2, 000, 000 has been foruiod at Minneapolis, Minn., to manufaoturo sugar from bootB and fight tho Sugar Trust. Tho largost flag that over Hew from a polo will bo flung t<> tho breeze .on tho 27th from a fitafi' 'near tho Orftut MoUtt* mont, in Now York. Governor Jones, of Arkansas, .bss called an extra session of tho Legisla ture to meet on the 28tli. A Montreal Court has dismissed tlio action against tho Amorioau lobaeco Company, of Cauada, stating that it has a right to insist that its customers shall not sell goods of any manufactur er. Tho proposition to admit women as dclcgatos failed in tho Methodist Con ference at Lowell. Mass., and Manches ter, N. II., for lack of a thrce-foutha vote. /> The Poughkcepsio (N. Y.) glass works has been burned. Tho loss is fully 8100,000; insurance, 890,000. At Albany, N. Y., tho Northern As sociated Press, a corporation, has boon formed for tho purchase, sale, collec tion and distribution of news, aud the conduct of tho business of ,a press association in ftll its bronchos. , Tho noxt .convention of tlio Republi can National League is to be bold at Detroit, Mich., July 13, and 3,000 dele gates aro expected to attend. In Pittsburg, Pa. , a bridge collapsod aud a freight train fell fifty feet. lwo of the orew wore killod. Highbinders in tho Chinoso quarter of Sau Francisco, Cab, liavo levied an assessment of ?15.000 on the merchants and a ronewul of personal violence is I expected. ! Tho Greater Now York bill will prob ably bo passed over Mayor Strong s I YCtor A cy clono destroyed the town of Chand ler, Okla., east of Guthrie A dozen or moro pcoplo wero killO'i anu j_)jLObably 100 wero injured. Mrs: -Margaret J. Proston, "tlio Mi mosa of Southern litorature, died at her iiomo in Baltimore, Md., on tho 20th of March. Miscellaneous. j It is announced iu London that tho Venefcuelean treaty will shortly bd rat ified. At Washington, D. 0., Monda/, tho first meeting of the new executive com mittee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs met. A large attend ance was present, among them Win. ,J. "Rryan. Too report showed 0,000 clubs in. existence. A fund was raised for carrying on tho work. Whilo mass was hoing said in a church near Costrcs, Franco, tho roof collapsed, killing soVen women and one man, and injuring ?0 persons sori ontrfy.- t fiocrctary Oago has issued a circular instruot!n& ofticcrs of customs to delay further orders and final liquidating of entries of an$"merobandise arriving at I ports after alter April 1st. This action ' is because of the retro-aotive clause, of the pending tariff bill. The Borithern Railway company, it is stated, is consoler ing the plan o( estab- : fishing railroad ' hospitals at 'various point* on its system,-, says the Manu facturers' Record. N. The State Department at Washington has reoeived response from Spain, i France and Great Britian will aend war vessels te .participate in the dedicatory ceremonies at New York,. April 27, when the Grant monument# is to be turned over to the city. * Mai. Sandoval, of thaataff 'of the aptaU. general, left Havana Friday for R, on a special miaeion. special . sayi: t(jndar*Iav? oi alloonoasned, the United State* bat tleship Iowa has been given her oflMaT trial aver tfcaHape Aasa ?""* l AN.MIVKKSAKY OV JISKFNUSON. W. il, Hryan Wiu (ho (iuPJt of i llonor. The 101th anniversary of Jeftoraon'a birthday was coleluntod Tuosday night J at (ho Metropolitan Hotel in Washing- ! i ton by u subscription dinnor given { nil vlor thA auspices of tho National A a* j sochviion of Democratic Clubs. Tho j lir#t culobraUon of tho anniversary of j .JotVorwn'n birthday occurred at tho same hos(olry, then known as tho In dian (x)uoou.v * rreaidout Jackson was ; tho f*uost- of honor and tho occasion was made memorable by tho presence of Yieo I'reaidont Wohn 0. Uolhouji and others, Democratic loaders o{ that day. j Win. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,, the lato Domooratio candidate for I'rosidont, was tho guoat of honor. Senators, ltoprosontativos and others conspicuous in tiie councils of the Democratic par ty, wore present,. Many of thorn wove Irom a distance. Covora woro laid for two hundred, and. a numbor of people were denied seats for want of Bpaeo at the tables. The docorations of tho room woro simple., Tho columus woro entwined with Southern umilax and a full-longth portrait of Jotferaon. draped with Ainerioan lings, was hung bohiml tho seat of Uovcrnor ltlack, of Ponn bylvania, the president of tho associa tion. Upon his rifjht were Mr. Bryan and Representative McMillin, W'lvo acted as toastmaster, and on the loft woro Senator Jonoa, of Arkan sas; Representatives inland, of Mis souri; Lontz, of Ohio; o.vRopreaonta tivo Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and An drew Lipscomb, of Virginia. Mr. Bryan was grootod with a lusty oho or aa ho en tered tho hall. Tho mouii was oareful ly proparod and was similar to such a dinner as might havo boon sorvod dur ?' ing JolVorson's days. Tho dishos woro all Amerioan oroat'ions ond each courao, as far aa puesiblo, represented ono aoo tion of tho country. Tho diunor began promptly at 8 o'clock, an orchestra playing national airs, blondod with Southern melodies to conform in sym pathy to the spirit of the dinner. The toasts woro briefly ros ponded to excopt in tho case of Mr. Bryan, who spoke at length to tho toast., "Thomas Jeflor fon." 3jll5r.li COMPANY WINS. A Decision in ? Suit Involving Five Million Dollars. Tho Supremo Coitft at Washington, I). C., has domed tho petition for a writ of certiorari in tbo coso of tho Amoricau Boll Tolophono Company vh. the Weat cm Union Tolograph Company to com pel the Circuit Court of Appeals for the first oirouit to ccrtify the case to thO' Knnromo Court. Tho t'aso involve* the question or royalties claimed Bell company ^>y the estei n JUmoi company, and was originally brought in tho Circuit Court for tho District of Massachusetts to secure an ft there of royalties. About 000, 000 is involved. After instituting suit the Western Union sought to ha\o missel, and after it wfta d^uiiBBod tho iu*ll ni nan v appealed to the Oirouit C?rtof O?u'vho? tl.o ? the Circuit Court was rovorsod. Ino Western Union Company sought to have the case reviewed, by tho Supreme Court but tbo opinion rondorcd donios this petition. This t&koa the case back to tbo Circuit Court for i^Y?7?crry"S"?h? Doll Toteplione Company .and it is said this company ?will at oiico go into tho telegraph nolu, while tho Western Union Companywil be shut out from tho ielephonefield. \n expert, speaking of tlio possible ex tension of tho telephone ? company into tho lolegrapb field, said "mt the njw telephone- wires oould be-utMMieimulta nrouslv for both telephone and tele g?aph service, so that the two wou*d not conflict in tho least. PURIFYING MISSISSIPPI WATKB. The Largest and Besfrtfllter Plant in tlio World. Tho largest, tho costliost and b oaY] plant in tho world has just boon ooJnV plotod at Davenport, Iowa. Practical;, mon. whpso experionco has made their opinions worthy of respectf ul attention, accord in>\to tho Chicago TimeB-Herftld, Bav tllat ibis plant. really solves the wuior Huuplv question for nearly all Western cities Tho coat of the plant is ai 200 000 Th^i toll double filter shells, which con t ain the immedia^ water supply, have a capacity of 7.f>00, KW 3E 'i be water is taken from the SfiJoU'i* li'ver at a ,>olnt above any iwSr wato? 1* i Naturally aaratwl and oii dized by tho presence of rapids. STARVATION in china. Hundreds Dying for Lack of Food, poor Klt'orls. A San Francisco, Cal., speoial says thenativoain tho vicinity of Iobang, China, arc dying b)T hundred. of ?tat ^m^tolT?>.anu.t?d . Jfttf harvest of death has begun. -JJJf cials are making efforts * in for the starving Pfople by ending ?n rice, but tho supplies they *re nbie t contribute sro so small of those in dircot new} ?s bo great tnat little good is accomplished. _r. Or eat Lose of Cattle. Between blizzards and high water eattl* on the range* throughout the Northwest' hare been having sisilto . ? r Help Going Pro?Pi1*' i The first warrant SSawgjE^ Psnsntf r Tins room' still i>ivii>ki>. Mplvrr nn<t tSavy vs. Pope etui Jonert in thoOconce Dispensary Chip. The Supremo Court rocontly decided another important and record breaking rase. Christian, of Oconee, \v?s con victed of keeping liquor on his premi ses for his own use, which did not bear tho stamp of tho comlmissiouor and was not bought from the dispensary. The court was divided, Justicos Pope and Jones deciding with tho circuit judge, from whose rulings tho fti p%>al was taken and cliicf justice and Justice u ury hold that Jticlgo i'owusoad wua wrong ami voted against him. Under tho rules the opinion of tho lower oi)nrt holds when tho Supreme Court- i8 uiVided. hief J ustico Motver stated the caso. The defendant, was found guilty and sentenced to pay a line of $tut) or go on tho cliain gam? for throe months, for having in his possession two aud ono half scallonn of corn whiskey which had no fctato tamp on it. On this judgment an appeal was taken to tho Supremo Court of tho Stale. lleeonoludos by Raying "inasmuch an this opinion was originally prepared betpro tho rccei't decisions of the hu prom? Court, of the United Stater, in Donald yh. Seott, 10."> T S (?H was an nounced 1 desire to avail myself of tho opportunity now presented of adding that it. seems to be absolutely neces sary to adopt tho conclusion wliieh I have reached in order to avoid a con flict with the decision of the Supremo Court of the United States, which it must be conceded is a final arbiter of all questions involving a construe tion of the constitution of the United Statefi." JuBtioo Gary concludes by saying: "A construction contrary to that* which we place upon the act would even make n man a violator of the law who took u drink of wliiskev 'unless it came from the dispensary. Justices Pope and Jones hold that the question is one of construction merely. "It is simply our duty to declare the law. Wo have nothing to do with its wisdom or its severity. " They hold thero was no error in charge appoalod from election for lliblor and Codar Springs townships April 2-1, A) LIV1CS 1?Y 1IIM8KLF, Tho Ilomarkablo Story of a Conforinr* aio/6olillor ? Knows Nothing About Courting. "MoD, IV writing front Vrivotcor, Sumtor county, to tho Nows and Cour ier bays: * 4 Lft a quiet, out of tho way part of this township is a very old-looK lng settlement, which is very near a swamp. Tho only person who now liven tliero in an ox-Confedorato soldier, aged between 45 and <10 yearn. At present no othor person lives near or this settle ment than threo-q'uarlors of a mile. Ilis inothor, an aged widow, lived tboro with him until her desth a few years ago. This old soldior may rightly ho called the hermit'of Privatoor. Tiioro is probably not another instance just "like this in Month Carolina, so an ac oountf.pf the hermit is sent for publica tion. h-YOur correfpondent visited him ono afternoon recently. He agreed to allowWimself to bo "written up" on condituyx that Jiift liatno should not bo ?nontion?di-u "inside his houso looks like any othttr farm house. He showed hit! be-, room. Things aro bettor kept about Tiis houso than ono would imagine. Your correspondent sat in an arm obair which }io said was 100 years olfl and bad belonged to his mother's, father. A lit tle nogro lad, who was working for the hermit, was tho only other person in sight, -. His story, as he told it, is a re markable one and is as follows: " '1 was in the war four years and was captured at J31ackeley,Ala., and for three or four weeks was a prisoner on .Ship Island. Bince my mother's death I have lived hero by myself. 1 do my own houseSvork and get my sow ing done yis I can ? generally buy my olothing ready -jhade. I do my own cooking. ^. JKdon'fc know .anything about cour^ni?r:tf?al is one thing I nevcr'learnt. 1 jroclTon it has^ boon twenty years since |l have'bben in- ' Vido of u church. I don t go to Sumter more than two or throe times a year, bkt J ip?ed "to go regulary. f. plant abointwelve or aorca, and formerly did all the work myself, but now I have it done. 1 spend my time in reading newspapers and feeding my hogs. My life is not much happiness to me. ' "I oui't answer the question why I, never married; it iB too hard for me. I dou't think X over had any idea of miirrying. I have not cast a roto since tho M'ar, and believe this government will finally go todentriNtiou?" ' . ?m i ? 11KYAN TO llri A8KRD. Notable Speakers to Do Secured for Min Tlr/.ah Kncmnpnirnt. Tho Stato says'tlioNannual encamp ments of tho Alliance atTirzah, in York connty, havo long bocn notablo events, attended by thousands of f&rmore from all about tho uppor j>ortionof tho State. Already tho Tirzah Alliance has begun J to maketbe preparations for this year's encampment, which will be held some? time in .fnly or August. . The committee, on invitations, con sisting of Messrs. Elder, Wilborn, and Edwards, has a) read* extended invita" tiona to several imminent speakers. Senator Tillman aitd Sibley haw been invited; so have all the Congressmen from this Stale. The oommittee pro posesto go on to Washington- shortly and extend a hearty invitation to Win. J. Bryan, thi recent candidate for the ] Presidency, They will make j$rery ef?. I fort to secure Mr. Bryan's attendance. ! If he?_co?e*. ibe .certainly . be of Alli&noe forces e 1 , ... "fipell ferment, five Its defint^ Hon," reqaested the sciK>olteaet*er." "F-e-r-m-e-n-t, ferment, to ponded the diminutive matdem "Now\ placelt la n, sentence adtlHKT pay 'mM ? mtMWHfrf; 1<1FTY-M KTH <;<)NOK KSS. Iteport or the Procoetflnga from I>ay tn Day. BK^'ATK Wkhntsoay. Tho President'** moa* sago asking for relict' whs road in tho Sonata jiiid \vn< followed bv tho intro duction mid i assist* of a joint rost>Ju tion appropriating Sl^O.MOU for that i>ur poso. Before this notion could bo com* municated to tin* House a joint resolu tion wan received from that body, ftp* pvopriating &>oo,OM() for tho ttnmo pur pose and including tho Hod Kivor of tho North, in tho territory to bo aided. This Home joint re-solution wa:< imme diately passed by tho Bounte- action oh tho other one, and on Mr. Pates' joint resolution on Monday, being reconsid ered and annulled, morgan continued his speech in Hupport of extending bol ligorant rights to both in tho Cu ban resolution, TnrnHPAV. Morgan resumed argu mont on his resolution declaring that a state of war o^ist* in Cuba. April 2?>th vol made tho day for tho ro-organi/.a* tion of tho wenato eomniit teos. Tho Bonato a Ijourned until Monday. Mommv i ho donate mot at noon, for tho first timo since tho death of ox Bonator Yoorltoes, who, until a recent day, wan a eonapicuou.s member v?f that hodv. I ho opening prayer of Kov. 1 'r. Miltiurn, tho blind chuplain, mado elo quent ret'oronoo to .Air. VoOrheos - Ms brilliant talents, impassioned ardor, kindling eloouenee, genuine patriotism and the unselfish dodieation of his "rent powers to every cause, human and di vine, whon entrusted to hiseavo. Con solation was invoked for tho family of tho man who had inscribed his name on tho tablets which perpetuate the gieat orators and statesmen of t|iO goiliii'fttion. Immediately following tho prayer, tho . .Senate adjourned. Tukmoay. ?In tho Bonato Morgan, of Alabama, concluded his long spoeqh on the resolution declaring that a state of war exists in Cuba J to did not ask for a, vote on the resolution, but announced that ho hoped to uoeure a final vote at an early date. Tile bankruptcy bi 1 was taken up at y o'clock, Lindsay, of Ken - tuoky, dofonding the measure against criticisms made against it. .During tho (tayJ)avjs, of Minnesota, chairman of tho committeeon foreign relations, gavo notice that he would endoavor, on Thursday, to proceed with the urbitra tk>n treaty in executive session. At *10 tho Benito went intooxocutivo nes-/: sion and soon afterwards atljouri?ed. HOUSE. \Vm?\n??nAV. ? Tho Houno was in bos sion an hour at which time it passed tho joint resolution appropriating $${)0>(KH) for tho roliof of flood snfl'orora in" tho Mississippi valley, and enjoyed a little sOnsntion sprung by ttimpsou (I'op. ), of. , Kansas. Tho rolioi rosolutioir ?w as in troduced by Catchinga (Dom.), of ..Mis sissippi, and was agrood to nnnnimOUH ly. Walker (Hop.), of MoHsachiiBftjtia, and Cannon (Hop.)) of Illinois. - oriti oiaod tho appropriation, llov over, tho latter hoping that it was tlio last that, would bo necessary booauso of tho fail uro of tho .StateH to put thomsolvos into a position whoro thoy could constitu tionally talco euro of their own people. ' 7 Walkor gavo notice that ho would iti ' tho future, object to tho passage or any ' similar resolution, believing it to bo . debasing in iin effects upon tho recip ients. iJouso then adjoUriied until Saturday. Hatuhday. ? Tho House had a polit i<;al debate, as it had 110 business on hand. Jerry SiuipHOQ, of Ivans&s, de nounced the Speaker's power,- 'and llailoy (Dom.) wanted tho KonUblicana". to proceed and return tho country iaC. prosperity, saying the country wafi- de manding financial; legislation; And th?\ llopubhcan party shpuld bo given a \ ohanoe to show what it could' do, and ' should not Mttr idly for-two or thtw-" months. CYCLINC NOTES Paris lias a blcyol* club composed of act fOMCS, . - It l? estimated that thcro are mor? than 1,500,000 oycllstR In Great JJrltuta. Tlio Cyclists' Tourlog Glut* of England had rccontly a bank balance of t84,000. Thn King and Qucon of Wurtemberg and, , jcho Prlucosa P&uttna have become bleyclUte, ' Already tho bloyole Is showing lta effects dii tho box oflloo recolpts of New' York City theatres. The IUir. Charles IT. Parkhumt and hUl , wlfo arc tho latest recruits to the knight# 0+ Ihebicyclo. Cycling politics now angagrs all tho time of many cyclists who in the past have been noted as riders and touriste. Two companies have been organized In England for the purpose of Insuring eyoHsts who may h^vo baopmo involve J la lawsuits through accidents, etc. The tmpresMon Is growing that Columbia University, New York City, wilt lead alt the oihor ?o|lo?es this year, whea It oomeo to the latorcollegiate bloyole raoing. Although the Russian authorities bare re luyo.l to allow the formation of a oyollsta* union, they have granted permission for tb* organization of atouring ciub. "" Two Delaware (Ohio) women hare re- - turned home after a year strip througn Eng land, Scotland, Germany and Fraaoe. They ? rode 4000 miles on their wheels. ' C. W. Miller, the abpaeed ttdar, broke the two-hour reeord at Chicago, riding fOrty-Ure ? mliee and four laps. The record was made Ip the Second Regiment Armory. 4- - ^ / A recently patented glove for cyclists, la which thp flngfw are InoteiedJa sheath, has the forefloger a .srtjWIllwr eheath, eo as to give greater ppwrerw Of - pnlation. Among bicycle dealer* it Is said fjiat the demand from women cyclists now f an (important factor la the mark number of women riders is attadlfy in#,- and they are showing mo*e J~ buying than formerly. " mm