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i w ? -S -7T . « Mr'i Pnr. \ f\ \ iHK , -V VOL. XVII. \ t Barnwell court house, s. c., march 15.. 1894. NO. 27. Non* of the San . And the great* white awan Prom Palmlco Sound. Wounded, pale and wan. Died from Grover’* wound. And dying It aang , . * ■ Till the low ah^rea rang: “Honk! honk! in my lily-white bream There’* a hole as big as your nat; And in various spots there are other shots: I guess I’m a Democrat. , “Honk! honk! In my long, slim ne^', ♦. I have got It on the flat. Which makes me think with uiy dying wink That I am a Democrat. •jionk! honk! in my soft pink eye, .1 have got a.Grover spot. Which makes me sigh as I ..lowly die, That I am a Democrat. “Honk! bonk! one Inst honk more. As I float off to the blue; ( ' Oh, why was I born a swan, forlorn. Instead of a awoat cnckooT”- And the great white swan »■ Prom i’almlco Sound, Wounded, pale and wan. Died from Grover’a wound. —•Sew Yors Snn. MAD ARCHY. A Tale of the Renlti^n. 11. ly jcc winner Shunt’ Stories- By Claude M. Girardeau ■ in Matv-lt rmmbee of Copyrighted. Andre Michaux. the old bolanisl, wa» digging diligently* Tn the garden at (he Oaks, .too much engrossed in hls_ab- sorbing occupations to notice the no- proach, or to heed tlic exclamations oT his daughter, who had hurried to him from the house. She looked down at his stooping lig ure despairingly. ’’Mori pen*!” she call ed again, this time i>en<1lng to his eat so that her curls fell over his neck — '‘mon pere! the British have taken Charleston. lainl Cornwallis is in the <'ity. They say he -is to send troops to harry the low country." The T>ld man looked up at last.' ‘‘My flowers! my idants!" he gasped, stag gcrlng to his feet. ’’Do yoti think they will touofy them?” He spread out', his arms a.> if to ein -. brace the garden The • vision of the detested red-coats ' rampltng d<vwn ‘he prim box hedges, destroying the rare exotics and maiming the trees—»jier- chance his precious Oupressus lusitatii- ch nnd his accllma’od camellia; japoni- cas, planted by his oWn liands. for t ir first tittle in (he'New World flllod hr.n with terror. . • The garden was ablaze willt a regal splfrndor of color from the blossoming avenues of azaleas and thickets of roses.’ The lovely Nelumblum luletinV. brought by MJchai'x froth HlndoataM. spreau its golden-tinted, magnolia-like challees upon (he eloar waters of tiie artifleial lake behind the nianor-houae. The house Itself rose amid its pome granates, its oranges and moss-drapjd oaks, white-pillared, wide-roofed, with imposing wings and turrets; the Wing ed Sheaf of its 'English owner, in relief . above the spacious, doorway, and upon the stone shields of casement and cop- ’ ing. Nobb* Jiy birth, the owners of ihe Oaks had ever h«*en republican in prin ciple. They _ head -d the revolution y /£ ., agaiuKt tk^vLorda Proprietors In 1719 j^ne Of them had been a Royal Gover nor. with letters patent from William, Karl of Graven, , Palestine. One had been a niember- of the Assembly- n, 1749. One was speaker of Ihe same body in- 17M. and afterwards President of the Continental Congress. Laier on, the 1*>ii of this president signed a fair name to th* Declaration of Inde- pcndence, and thutf cut off his jieopieS atrl liimself effectu.iIIy Vrom hope of Tory preferment. ’ • Ills wife's sister married th'* last of the Royal Governors, Lord Wiiliaii Cainpbell, brother to the Duke of At gyle; but the Colonial - patriot dared to propose the imprisonment of his brother-in-law when Caroling drew hei sword i« defenef of her rights, und for this liigh treason himself languish ed for l w‘<i?3 c e!rr* , *-!ii a Florida prisb.y, liis family detained in Charleston; his b«*autlfui Jjome left to the chances of war. x - 'rfie old botanist Mlcbsux. had [dalli ed the gat'd‘it at Ihe Oaks and adorn ifcd the place with his own hands, and had left h|s owr dwelling to care for his patron’s desolate *tmd deserted home. He had but one Joy In life—the col lection apd cultivation of rare plants, iKitli exotic and Indigenous. The flel is and swamps of tin* rice country re warded his -search with many curious semi-tropic specimens of orcnldaceoiis growth. Indeed, so absorbed was hi 1 in this delightful pursuit, lhat he w is indifferent to, or oblivious <>f tlfe-fa -l that his daughter .vas growing up .’in side Ills flowers, as rare an exotic .-is any one, of I hem; ' , 1 His louuger, maujKJtided days had taken thi' tMitauist all over tiie world, in unost, not only of curious plants, but of strange adventures. in one of Ids travels he- houglil Ispa han. a, Circaasian. whrftn b • afterward married. 8he l>bm him but one chill, and dbnl la*fom'.bis lirst voyage to the Mew World. He ’ni'vpr marrleil again, but -bcrHi'iie completely absorl>'d m his work lyiid settled Jo Charleston.' content to et the French and Kuglish colonists, tin Dissenters and Churchmen, tire their brains over religion And polities, while h? |tottered among his plants and pre sented his pa'ron’s wife with the rare blosaoms of the camellia trees or the uncanny flowers of the fleshy orchids. Today, therefor*', lie looked aDnit hint, quaking. He scarcely knew who Lord, Corn wallis was. Names, save of plants, sift ed through his brain as though It were a sieve. Rut he khdW what unrestrain ed soldiery could do, and he trembled for his flowers. His daughter trenibb'd.—buC for^her- self and him. ntdiug -wijdr a pang ji« preoecupation and bewildered itullffer*. enee to her safetyy “What shall we do?" she exclaim*"I, glancing nervously behind her. "WhitU- o V- er shall we go! We cannot rep»fnn here, and alone. How can Colonel Mar rion with his handful of. vffen defend us against a vlctoriotja kfmy. Oh, my falher, I am so ntraid." She crept trembling to,her father's breast. The old man h^d an yrchld In one hand, and Jotfked perplexedly from It to her. en he held it carefully off at a dis tance from danger, while he put an un%ccustomed arm about her shaking figure. ^ , “Do not cry p’ttte. ^ook at thia Ik It not beautiful? Observe,, the brown spots, the rich dep'h of the purple in the cup. * v* * Ah, If Mistress Mid dleton were but here to see it. Shb Is a woman of learning and apprecia tion in these tnatreys. Perchance 1 can send a negro to Charleston with it.*' He ga/.ed itemused at th.’* stran-ge flowiT, his lipip arm dropping from his daughter's sftm waist. "Camllie dried her tears and began to laugh a Buie. "Dearest, nvist impracticalilc of fa h ers! you have forgotten already (hit the British are in Charleston. Listen, we must pick up our few belonging'’ here and find sortie place of safely, else the good God alone knowsr^Whil may chance.' Come, come! we have, i*.o time to lose. The ground burns my feet.” , . % < . . She stoo’d on fl[itoe with nervous Im patience. f > "In: a moment.” muttered Michaux, grovelling nt the root of a plant again ~ Caiiiin - RT-sTTiTTeil a—tin'tm'nl,' ttfl.Hl her bare shoulders m a faint, destiair- ing shrug, and flew-baok to the house gfie gathered up wbatever of plate and valuables had beerf lef'Itehind when the fam.jy had' been detained In ‘he city, not f(*rgetting various papers of 1 nlpbr'faiT< : 'e~'nltd ghtTV'"m»!Wy l lielrmg* ing to her fath*r. The greater part ?l the Middleton [date was stored in a closet in one of the lumber rooms. She- knew It might as well he spread upon the nlazxiis. But where to hide it. wa* the question. Tin y ■ ould hot go h\vh\ aj.d- le^tve it, for pillage and soldiery slaves. She went distractedly from room In-room, •agedy looking out of every window as sh' - passed it. racking her brains’ to diK'over not only a hidinga.place for gold and silver, but for her . father and herself. She. pans ed in the hallway, and looked^ long at a panel In the wall; then [tressed a boss in UM carved border of leave’s and flowers, and ,it slid aside, revealing a confined spaii* in wni h not only pUit * hut human beings liad before fqvnd shell *r; bnt\ the thought of Are oi enr- ^d to her. Und sin* let the jiatH’l 'li[i noiselessly int.i ida -e again. it was late in the afternoon, and a’ sunset the old botanist came into the 4unU|C. forg.*4ful of everything save tin fa of that lie had iliscoviyed a ioo% biivmi on ;r long dis.uiiiointtng plaiit He ilecants'd at greit 'lengih upon it.- eftitlng. hia. s.ipi'cr,-'bsent munb'dl.v. and net seeing that <’aml! 1c at*' nothing ot all. luit sal opposite him. white with apin-ehensdoii. . r After su[q*er the old man buried huii- sdf among hi' Ihhiks and dried spe d- mens, while Caiuille. accomiianieri . by. a bfftok ’Wiftnatv. with a. branched can dies tick, went about the house s'curing it as I*est she could. The night w is bright, and at the hack door r’amilte 'teppel tip«n the pia/./.a li* look nlidut bar; Two horses were standing .i> shadow near the st 'ps, held by’ a .man who looked like a otldler. although ne was not in uniform. Camllb* spoke lo him; he replied in a low voice Slo’ sent the woman to the slave-qiirrvril. and tk.'tit inlo the house, much lighfet of heart. ' ““ As she tuitmil the drawing room a figure, cloaked and spurred, met her at the door, took the candle from her and holding it aloft, studied her fair face in- i iw fi , _ . i. ‘•Fraiwts!" she exchtimeil—“Oolonel Marion, 1 mean.” tdte addetl. blushing deeply. “You here .... and the Brit; ish?" •’Yes 1 know.' said Marion, with g smile, lie act the candle down and drew her to a sirfa, taking both of her hands in his and kissing ihem ardently. * ‘(’amille!” he said, hurriedly, “forigve my presumption* bluntness. 1 love you _|„ve you. 1 cannot tell why 1 have waited all this time to say it, vyhe" m ' V Imart has said it every’ day. ever since 1 laid eyes,upon you. 1 was afraid to say it hefor;*. . . . but now . . tin- thought <|r Anhihald Campbell • Camilfi* shuddered. “’Mad Arcliy ! Do not mention^ his hateful name. Why should you speak of him now?” “That swaggering. fighting English man?” whispered Camille, scornfully. "I detest him.”, ’’Could you love a.swaggering, fighting Frenchman, and a Hugenot. to boot?” whimpered l»«ck .Marion, his bearded lips jjpt two mohes from her lagighiug rosy ones. ; “Ah. mon Itieu”’ she exclaimed, let ting two tears illuminate aud contradict her 'smile, “Francis!” "Ah!" she <’Heil. drawing back. “Ah. Francis, you must not stay here a mo ment longer. 1 think the beating of my heart is the sound of British horses on the ’road. . . . But what is jaiy father to do? Where shall we go? . . . la.R safe for us To stay here?” She began to tremble again, even in his embrace. "My deurosi,” replied Marion. "1 came "to tell yon that it is' -not safe to remain a. day'longer in this [ilnce. . « . You niiiet go bark lo the house near the Roc torv. Would lo heaven I could lake you with me, ImW half of th** time we are in the savatup aud eanebrake or in the deep morass; with iiotliiiig to eat but pota toes atwl few enough of thent,” he added, ruefully. “God knows t what'the end will Is*. With Charleston In the hands of the British, . . . with Moultrie a prisoner of war. .and Colonel’1 layne. . . .’’ in the doorway, his oigtail trembling w'itii rage and sorrow, his glnsM* blurred with team. . Camohell aprang uo from the table, followed by the others. Their horsea were at the door. They leaped to the saddles. Mad Archy grasped Michaud by an arm. and struck out .diagonally across the gardens. On they rushed, tramping through hedge and flower-feed, whacking at blooming bush aud curious tree with sword and rapier until they reached the pond, into which Campbell ing skiwljr back to him, “and tie n ma dras over liny hair? niuois! Besides, my ear* are not pierced, ami 1. would not wear the brads hoops if they wero. And then, think you I could find'a ptiir of russet shiK*s lo tit that?’* She thrust otit one little red-shod foot and smiled into his eye*. , He-drew her to hisdar ling,” said the Colonel, slowly, ‘‘you must do something of the kind or my _ _ __ heart will hurst. Kettcel!- I ivuimit tossed Michaux^ rsmsbUkrabty-tnuro dead.. COLLEGE ROWDYISM." TUB KM BUM B \ .V’S ll\^ttt KT _AT t’OHXtOl.l. « tiXIVKRMITY. A ' —^T' \ - = CTJTTOB OIKK WHO IS THK.KK TKM.S THIE STORY. THK near to [irotis-t you . . . the Gov- 1‘rnor is in prison . . . Lord Camp- Is-n and his rutfian hrwtJier are- not ten miles away, with the British army in Charleston. Do you think your poor fath er will lie able to protect you in these time* . . . my beautiful? I cannot bike you with me. I cannot hide you as I would a bale of silk or a string of Features Soi roandlng Iks I'osltlon of CottonTfiiv* Grown Slronircr. New York, Friday Morning, March 9. —Hnbbard, Price ft Oo, say: Although the market is practically unchanged in the matter of price# from the date of our last letter, the features surrounding the position of cotton have grown stronger, and there Is a distinct change in the sentiment pervading the commer cial and financial community. Whether than alive. He fell like a lump of lead into the midst of the Sacred Lilies. A scream came from the opposite bank. A woman, in Ihe coarse dress of a com mon slave, stood wringing tier hands and eoreaming. ■^"Save him—save him! He cannot swim! Oh. save my father!” Campbell .pricked up his ears at the last words, dragged the poor, drowiug pearls. You must hide yourself. The dye L Michaux from the lily-pods aud entang- wlll siMin wash- off; if the shoes are large i stems and flung him on the bank. SO much the better. These little feet ! He then swam his horse across and gave weed* I—tH bee-me e sieve timid.” Hun no Fountlnlion “But,” she said, quietly, “suppose the British remain in Dlmrleston? Sutfsisi- the war ends with the suluntssion and not the indejiendence of the Colonies? What will you do tjien?” ~'rrr-" i>ifl lief grdtrfy -nvun ntm .ffnrt gor ttao* Itia jwp "I could not survive the ruin of my country,“ he said, •hoarsely. "You know Lord Corpwallis WouLl give you a colonelcy in his army to-mor row," thi’vswci-t voice iuntimVed. “Archi i-Ua8o to the flying figure. He soon over- A r;re*t l)e*»^T !r«Mn«naif-iti ni«y | change In fe*4ing is more than aen* timent is as yet uncertain, but it is dis tinctly a change for the bolter, and there is more business doing in all linea than for some time past, baaed upon this more cheerful tone. The returns from the English Hoard of Trade published yes terday show that the exports of yarns for the first two months of this year are some 9.000,000 pounds greater than the same time in 18S>3. and for cloths 200,000,000 yard* In.exeesa of the ex port* for the Same two months o{ last season. > ^ Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 28.—There seem* to ’j* a jitrtsiu clues of people inbuMtlng J- this country who apitamitly *ti> in wilt I for an oiiportuulty to ellfy tiij .ounlry f with a homily on “college rowdyism.” Their efforts are uo doubt praiseworthy,, for we must believe lhat they are sincere in their conviction tliat ctHli'^F’gfe con sists of a scries of melees in which ‘‘the' survival of the fltteet ’ is clearly ^dcinori- etrated. Thaeo article* glowing with ap- her madrae. THte suulight flashed from her Hut folds of hair. They looked flame-red against her bronzed akin. --‘Ah* ha.. Camille!’’ shouted Campbell* catching her about the waist. He held her Indore him.on the saddle aud spurred | down the road. ^ 1 Her shoes dnroped '‘.olir. cnine down. Her lover lyokml at h»-r lo (‘amille; it fairly unmans n His emotion’at the recollection of the •b-alh of that gallant soldier choked him. ■\ “Cicl!” exclaimisl i'anitllc, “do silty here and meet his fate. I beg, I implore you to go at once!" mgingly, ‘‘Oh, me to Itsik at you! Can yon not cover up these glori- ops curls? But spectacles before the* subduing 1 c.vci*? Ihsgtiise thia sylph's figure? Yoti must, my darling; yuti lunsi. Put—mi the Madras handkerchief and Ihe homespun dress, Ihe russet shoes and the brass earrings. Dye this dazzling skltf a dingy brown; and Ik* for a time , your father's htmwekeeper. Promise rpe; Camilbt.” He looked a'pjiealinglvjet' ner Slie pickisi up the oandh* be'had'put down, and went to a lurffor. wtciuhed with roses aud nphtCd of gildtsl chcr- ubs, suiilingjaf'licr reflection therein. Her sluijl-vvaisleil gown caught her nn- der _tbo arm*, with an airy puff over her felling bn-ast and a ripple of lawn aud lace midway Itetween hnatst and throat. The skimp skirt displayed a slipper of red morrtHo, aud fitted almost without a fob! fYqm thigh to knee, revealing th« Mender roundneas of her elegant figure.- Heo^lovely arm* were covered .from shoiifter to wriat, but with V lawn ao fine that their Very dint pie* were visible. She turned her head archly over her shoulder and glanced at the distracted lover, who leaned from the lounge and watched her intently. "Dye my while skin," she sail, com- \ r.« v VD'i'-’ . . t Lcwswcci bald .... Lonl William said as miK'h. If ti'il . . ’ "“Well, and if not?" said Marion. “If IWL swvclbcarl?" She raised her dark, eyes to his stem face. . » *A'~"' ”1 rmthF not lire ina cam4>rake,” she said, with an enchantirig smile, shaking her delicate^lK-ad. _ . ■'N’pr shall you.” erii*d Marion, kneel htg la-siilc her and kissing her passinnalc- ly. "My dariing, my while lily of France, my IViwiuu rose. . . . But the Cohe iiii*s will’never despair while Washington nnd Gates survive* Aud CaroKnn will never yield while Pickens. Sumter. Jars*, and Marion "Have a sweet |«itatn to eat and a swamp to livu in,” she finished, laugh ing A little. "But listen; I have rucked my hi-ains to find a hidnigpluce for Mis tress Middleton's plate. . . . Aud now I !liiuk. . V she whispered ol his ear. .In spite of his trouble he langhtvl atul chokisl,. and-langlioil again, and caught and kissist her, then -let her go to fetch her cloak. As they went into the hall. Camille pri-ss»si h finger on the wall and tin' panel slipped aside "Did you know of this?" she asked. ‘'No. I am glad you showed It me," raid* the Swamp Fox, finding the boss and impressing its [msitiou upon his memory. Then the young orderly -who held the horses helped'bis . <ft>!onel to carry the heavy boxes of plate and money to the spot Camille selected. The old botanist liad fallen asleep in the library, so they did ihit disturb him audal last the work Was thuie. "And ■ now, Famille,” said Clarion, earnestly, standing by his horse,' “you and your father must positively* return to ymr home lomoirow. as early as pos silile. It is more sis-iuibsl and much aafar .titan tlje Oaks. . . And promise me to put on the slave's dress!" “\ery well." s;tid Camille, with a sigh*. "I will." A lojig embrace. A last kiss. He was gone. -■’-T The ney.t day, whatever of hangings and iMctnres “could Is; 'taken d<Vw h Ca- mille tlirust into tiie sisret rootn, and telling her father what Colonel Marion had muiL, ItHlneid him to i^iVc his be- loycd garden .and the Daks. They took up their ‘alssle in a small,■ valueless" house near’old Nt. .famed. Camille, with tnatN qualmg. atal much distaste, darketi- isl her dazzling face and neck and arms with a dye cunningly devised by her father, to whom, in his lucid moments, the disguise commended itself, though he frequently forgot her existence. Her bright hair she folded dose under a slave's madras: hid her elegance be- ueulh a dull, blue homet*puu, and shuf- lled alsmt in russet shoys two sizes too targe for her. Nhe kept within doors aud sat at her wheel, slipping off the despised shoes while she spun, thinking of Marion and his men. The old botanist often stole away to the gardens Hk the Oaks, and' sotr*'tunics would be gome all day uuUl Gamine sent a fiuithful slave for him at nightfall, while she herself indulged in many a cry.when she found hers'If foiqrottei nnd alone, her heart in her mouth at the snapping of a twig, f One day a slave rushed' in with the newa chat the British wisre at the Oaks. '' “Mad Archy an’ de Britishers dey een tie bonfse an’ dey ax fuh de silber [dates an’ de pictures. An’'dey done a-tic np, de drilior fuh mek urn tell, ’e mos’ but uo klfl tell 'a euty know. Dey chop up de ground " ‘ . “The ground!" shrieked Michaux, wringing his hands. “Not dje garden?” “Yea.- uns-sa," said Oongo. grinning. “Dey ride dey hoses hlier de flowerfeuids. an’ swim mn een do oop’.D^ TIiis was enough. "Mon Uieu!" waiJed Mdtdiaux. frantic with grief,-“my Gupresaue, —my Nelum- Utittm. mF orchids, -my azaVas . . , Orel!” . - 7 . He ran out of the house and wna cone before Ida daughter or Oongo could touch him. - Archibald Campbell and several others of Cornwallis's officers sat at dinner drinking and carousing, waited uikiu by ihe tremblinc blacks. Campbell, famil iarly called “Mad Archy" on account of his ungovernable temiier, pas a **w*[f- nering, bumneering fellow of tLyur seven and twenty, with a great, spreading yel low’ beard and bold, ingnifnig eyes. lie was a reckless darf^deril and a hot Tory, breathing death and destruction to the Repu<t>Iicau colonists. He was iisipi* than half drunk when Jis"' dining room door flew open and Michaux. greatly excited, entered, bpre- headpd anti breathtefw. / • “Hello!" shouted Mad A.nfliy. as he c:ime in. “what have v on I lone with the Middleton plate and money, old nnm? Where have von hidden them and,- by God! your lovely (laughter?" ~'~ Surprised at this unexpected onset. Mi chaux l(x>ked about him helplessly. “What have von done with my flow ers?” be stammered. “Some one has destroyed the Cupreasus lusitanica. th* sacred tree of the Grand lama, ami th£ Sylnhide is ruined. He wrung his bands “Sylphide be damned." cried Campliei; furiously. "Where the sylpb? And where are the plate and the pictures?*’ “I know rot,” muttered Michaux. dis tractedly. “And the hedge of geranium, the flower OT the Holy Ghost* the cam phor-tree and the champakj Who has dared to ride across the flower-hede and terraces on horseback F* • The drunken company gave a great shoo* a« the old botturfst stood shaking ’ *' D- . . > Her hair" Stic rolibed mid screamed as they hurried past the little house and Stopped at th« dupr of old St. Jaincu. Tiie rector wan within. “Come out. worthy sir!" bawled Arch- ilbiild the Mad. The reverend doctor np- iK*areu at the doer “Miirrv us imiiK'ditifely.” >diotil(sl Cmiiinlicll. drotaiitig to tiie ground with his armful. ’Bii' f . but . . "stammered the doofeir. ^ “Oh. iVstdr liO .Tan!" shrieked |H*or Camille, struggling to escnin* her would- be bridegroom's iron crssii. “Do you nof know me? Camille Michaux! For God's sake do not marry me to thia devH of a iiian.”'. . .- “Marry us Instantly.” cried Cainpbell, drawing a huge pistol, “or. by heaven, I'll put a bullet through yon, parson or uo parson.” uate from the pens ol people who are In competent to Judge of these affairs slts-e they lack the'most accessary of all quali- flcutlon*—that of expcrlelicr. Most of-'flese worthy reformers nave never seen a class rush end get ell their information from senseil.sisl—ii»wm|i»[i>.is.—jitorls's which I must admit nre^Krossly inaccurate. Wliat I say refers to offleial act as'i»f mi IlfBcae Usuftily the trrule expects that tv de-. cline inf silver will canae a falling off in the trade of England with the balance of Jhe world, wlff> pay her in that metal. But the greatest revival* which have occurred In the cotton wade have been following a depression In the price of silver, as it ha* l>een found that, on a' deeliaing exchange- market, the foraiy" merchant* seem to lie able to abso All in a flutter, the reverend doctor 1 „ „ . ... , ......... eprend open his book of Connnon Praver. '‘""^^e Imaginations of -orrospondc.,.* and began in » trembling voice. Tlier^ newspaper. « orb f 1111 ! a. quantity of 'gbtMls beyond the moot ‘C ■Vtongui-ne expectations. This is one of The recent unfortunate results of the i thp most eurioiia and perplexing features Freshman banquet at Cornell t'olYcrstty i of the silver question, has been a good chance for some tPe*»retlctf)v| ! Eurots-on spmtierH seem to be witTIfig pvrut<>clinlcM on the-suliject of “college liru to purchase all the chiton lhat they can lality” and It *1s untiw’esssry to mention : procure on a haul* of about 4d., nnd lhat it has been seised upon and exagger- j the cotton is leaving America with great ated to a reprehensible extent. Indeed if** rapidity'. 'Hiere is a little more demand tine stories had not the name of tiie I n! in the Southern markets from the veraffy In them [hey w ould .never have to-en American spinners, hnt it is so slight recognized as accouiils of the Frcstimnu luinquet tragedy. Thia Is the first time tn Ihe history of Cornell University that the friction be tween the Freshman and Sophomore elasyes has resulted In a fatality. They have had tuctr eonteats and class "sersps” hut be yond a few bruises and Hpruius - perhaps, —ere has ts-en no sertous Injury done ex cept In Ihe minds of a few fossils and the was another shriek from the bride, a trampling of, horses, a confused sound of struggling, of hand lo hand lighting, and many savage oaths from Mad Archy. oBut Marion and his uii-n hail seized their prey. (’ampbell whs tied upon his horse and then, taking Ua* half-fainting girl There la a certain amount ot energy stored np in Ihe rivalry between Freshman and Sophomore In all colleges and until the become very large at Cornell the ”cKtie- ruah" was probably ms g'lod n way as nay of \£dug iqt lhis force. In spite ‘if Ow-lr ap parent flercetiess these rushes were very liy the hand. Colonel Mfirimi whispered j harmless and good natured ami those who a few words in her ear. She looked i with a shudder at the cursing, foaming I fed-coat atrapped to his horse, blushed | ccarlet through her lived skin, and said- in iT small voice. “1 will.” ,, The reverend doctor opened his book again, and this time the ceremony was read without interruption. The. bride' groonr kisseu the bride, hjs med uiur- mured their Imaty c-ongratufiltiona, while I lu* shoeless bride dung to the parson, hidiug her mortification fmm her hus band's eyea. Mad An-hv swore many a strange and fearful oath, and in the UvinklinS of an eye tiie baud disappeared as silently and as swiftly as it had come* . The poof old ‘botanist wa« heart-broken over the destruction ofliis plants ana so injured by the mnM ruh that he fell ill of a fever and died in a few month's time! For a year or more the fate of tin* Carolina* wavered In the balance: 'Cornwallis and Greene. Tarleton and Marion. Rawdon and Sumter, cnaaed <*ok part In then generally came nit with their elotnes suffering more than their bodies. Since the ,‘V:aue-rush" ,hus l^ei'n abondoned there have been tu> orgatjlzed rushes In Ihe Uulverslly; .every' now and then, however, ^ome special ocean!(in, at the carrying of a Freshman flag, will |in>- voke a small conflict. Cornell has been exceptionally free of hazing of aU kinds. 'With the exception of feeding milk to some very fresh Freshman. I have never known nor beard of a case of hazing as ft ts practiced In other col legee. - At these harmless flag rushes and the like If a student happened to Ik* knocked n.jivi or to receive a slight scratch, all sorts of wensatlonol stories were sent out over the w!res. It was pictured in the most harrow ing details, making the students the most diabolical fiends Imaginable. 7hen as In the present instance there was a horde' of penny-a line comprants who used the facts of the case at s basis for (V-tlotis which xiteys of jetlgw.ba<Jt now pursued, like so many spectres v At last Stewart was penned by Greene after ; the Moody victory *of Elitaw Sittings. (Count de Grasse flung a French aword into the trembling scales; and in October the Htiteh WaVlinieh went about the street of Philadelphia, crying: n “Baat tWolfe o'glock und CorfivalHs es dngen!” , .•!; Governor Middletoh. released from dur- Trh.'o.v; KMKi h " •”"» t sx a . ’ i , , *, .* all over the Totintry from anxions parents Marion, now a general, took lys wife 1 to the Oaks, where the mistress ol th* tqgnmon was seeking in vain for the family plate and papers. ”1 daresay we cart tell you something of- them.’.' said the General, slyly, glancing at his wife, who looked like a Mohammedan’s dream of paradtee as she sat talking to the novels turn green,with envy. In the recent catattropby one correspondent reported tlfet half the freshman class had been rvnwone'i and were wt denth’e door. Another went still far'her ami reported several men giving their names, as having died from ita effects. One poor mother telegraph* d Preal- ftdent Rchurman to send ho.oe the body Dif her son. The telegram wits aent to the student's room and he had gone out coast tng-ftio it could not be conveniently RlUp- inqulrlng about their sons. 'Hie facts of the case, are deplorable enough without exaggeration and such sen Mutlonal reports do luestliiiabic damage lo Hie name of the University. A poor woman lost her life as the result of ap***ffempt to break up a freshman banquet. The perpe- II HI -- -WS yet that JWs searcely more than an in dication of what may occur should the present- sentiment in trade circles crys- talize Into an active demand for cotton goods. AU aeleemen returning . report that the supplies in retallera’ hands are at a very low ebb, and during the pjist week there has been more business done in the dry goods centres of.Chicago and New York than for several months. It is contended on the other hand lhat this demand simply represents tin* actual con sumptive wsms and that there is yet no indication of anything more tMB-JLhfeMc to month luisint*ss on ihe i»art of mer chants. However,-with stocks Bedueed to such a low point, the, hand to mouth [Milicy is sufficient to create a decidedly better loin* in dry goods circles. Although the receipts at ihe ports are in excess of the earlier estimates it is plainly seen that the stocks at the interior towns are being depleted at a more rapid rate than last year ftod the supply of cotton in this cbnntry today Is smaller than it has tieen at any. time since 1H90, as shown by the stock* at the porta and at the interior town*. Whether the zltqation will fttialiv at- ract the attention of the American snin- ner is the problem of the market. Fhe king interest in the market appears to be entirely liquidated, and the effort* of the bears to utilize tHb well known bearinh feature* of the wloation jo further depress prices is met 'With resistance which is not traceable to any special source excepting from the ab sence of seJlers. At the same time it must be confessed that there is au a.b- senoe of speculation for an advance. In fact, we find many of our Southern friends and correspondents anxious to sell cottar for a turn, basing their cal culations npon the fact that the market has for the last two weeks declined from that <*>f reaction that ha* occurred. Should the revival in speculation now in progress on the Stock Exchange and the better tone in coramerctM circle# finally lead to an Investment demand, the strength of the statistical position of cotton in America will undoubtedly sist in bringing about;r# sharp advance in prices. On the other hand if the present improvement disappears com-, pletely. and the American spinner should remhin out of the market, tb« cotton still remaining in this country i* disposal of the European spinner at his own terms. ROIUH TIMES AT SKA. Governor, her dazzling coropk'xion whiter tratova of the crime got Into the building than ever from its temporary eclipse. !l “d t<M»k [HmaiuMlon of a room lielow the "Forgive me for forgetting them,” said banquet hall. From th.*x> they bored hole* Camille, “but this terrible war drove | through the celling and attached a hose everything out of my mind. I believe I thought of nothing but Francis for a year. . me from a chlorine generator. It haiqiened idai ^ 1h«> liole* were not underneath ihe banqhet ..Now, if you will come with hall, hut hi' the kitchen and the fume* . I coming.up drove the servanta out. 'Mary Ju -kaon. a colored woman’wan suffocated ■by the gnu and died- ahirtly aTterward from the effect*. Hirme of the Junior* who were trying to aaccYtMln the source of the ■paa were effected, but none seriously. No freshmen were injured and the banquet wa* mit even broken up. It has alwava been the custom of the. Sopfii>m<>re* lo tyy to break up the Fresh. ,man banquet. They have kidnapped the toastmaster, .cut. the ca* pipes and played other harmless tricks. It ,1s absurd for Ihe blame of the affair to be cast on the whole SophotmUBP class as it has been by some newspapers . The mistake was made by a few individuals, who took the responsifia itv entirely upon themselves without, any knowledge of it being intimated to the class the members of which arc a* ignorant of She smiled at her husbaud as they followed her. In one corner of an inclosure near the “quarters” was a pen full of pigs. A motherly sow with a promising litter of white and black, roiled nnd grunted in the mud. “Well?" Huid Mistress Mid dleton as they looked over the fence at her. "We have always had a pig-style here, and not even a revolution has been able to clean it out.” Camille laughed. “I thought it would bq* tiie last place in the world a British soldier toffhink of exploring for buried treasure. 1 am sure Madame Grognar^e is wallowing on the very ap'd' General Marion and one of the Unoleau’s helped* To dig the hole ’flu* complaining occupant of the style L* 0 ^ Hn,, *» anxious to bring as unceremoniously ejected with t kv™ to Justice as any otfier p«ple mrte meetUni’ litter nnd me hnron 1 lllveralty. IlHlccd, it has not been prOVefl was sfiuealing litter, and tfte boxes found, just where they hftd been buried.KA,, “Not even the slaves suspeefed ''the place»” said C« ml lie. delightedly. “Did you know,” asked the Governor, of alarion. ns’ they went back to the house “that Cornwallis was actually in bodily fear of you, General? He would never sit in a Hli-angi! house in the country, but always on ihe piazza or in the yard —continually on the watch for the dart ing of the luiw k. ■’ .* '1'he Swamp Fox smiled. “I under- sfand," he re|4ied, “that his officers oomfjtoHittd l>ltterly Mm*use I ‘would not fight like a Christian and a gentle man.* . > - “Whal has become of that ‘Christian and gentleman,* Mad Archy?" inquired Mistress Middleton. i Camille slijqKMl a hand tinder her bus band's arm and trembled. ' » He smiled down into her eyes. “He is in England aud is married, I am told, to a woman of rank.” "I am sorry for his wife,” whispered Mistress Franks at the hall door, and the General stooped and kissed her. “Pray tell, us, General Marion," said Mistress Middleton, stnllling demurely, “How you ohafleed upon the oeene just j on the nick of time that day.” ’ Marion put out a hand as they passed along the hall and pressed the boss. the panel slid aside. ? - ! "I ha(\ been hiding here for several { hours,.,pitching the British officers and liftetwnjff to their unguarded speech. | yet that it waa dOne by a Sophomore ror even by a student in the University, thongti there Is every reaaon to believe that it waa and nothing will be neglected to diacovfr the |M*rKons and compel rtlem to make flue reparation for ther Inexcusable pie-e-of c;areb>io»ne«M, Tiie (Uni veralty haa approprta,- ted kV«» for the em[>loyment of a detective ■ o work on the /•«»<• und it Is h'lped the offenders will soon l>e discovered. The ban onet did not occur within the confines of the Uulveflrtty as has been erroneously staled by parties-Ignorant of tfie aff-flr Ihore lias iieen no effort made on the part of the faculty to shield the guilty ones. It is strictly against the discipline of the University for clasa-ru*hes to take place an I Ir.Varlably the leaflers of such affaire •are severely dealt with and usually expell ed. Indeed. I think If there la any logical cause for the repent tragedy it was owing to the policy of the officials against any ac five display of clan# spirit as Is permitted In -many other colleges in a mild way. Whatever Is done st the risk of having It discovered tad the probability of severe measure* being taken .Kiatnat the partici pants. The late oecuranoe wns the outcome of the anlrit of Jeslotjay existing among Sophomores whWh take* ettect In some form or other and It Is evidently t.ctier Mat It should be allowed to ;»e decided bv a dis play of strength tn “fane-maJita” than in such a disgraceful affair ns ha* lust been performed. It Th said fb.it the-Fscuffy haa passed resolutions forbidding tbe future generation of Freshmen from bolding a bsn- qnet Tbe unhappy circumstance of tbe Who Tr> Iiik .Time# of .Four We*. Had a Yarrow Ekscape. st. Johns, N. F., March 11.—at noon today a lifeboat was described making for the Cape Ra'-e Signal Stallm. which two hours later proved to be One belonging to the steamer Briscoe, containing First Mat* Mackey and four men in. an exhausted condition They reported the Briscoe lying about sixty miles fe. 8. \V. of Cape Ra'c. They left her at midday Friday. 0 it after pulling four ‘Riurs it was dlscov et-ed that tha compass had gone wrong due, undoubtedly, lo the iron ballast carried by the lifeboat. The compass defeat was not discov ered untll\he Briscoe was again sight ed after their four hours hard work. The boat was again launched Saturday morning, and at 11 f*clock of that dvy until their arrival at the signal station today, the men had not a morsel''t food to eat: They also suffered con siderably during he ’ night from cfild, and were' 1 nearly fvoxen. The Briscoe left Hamtvrrg December 8. hut wis found to lie In nudd of repairs, -ihe put back and left Again January 1 She encountered terrible weather, aid her decks were swept by high sets Coal and food ran out. and the crew nearly starved, Two vessel* havp gone in seiihch of her. ,V .A VICIOUS KIGHT. | 'Hianks to tbe wine they drank, I dls-. covered 'exactly what Cornwallis intend- banonet of *94 will no doubt serve as an ed to do, I had stationed my men about ! *** ,n ^ >, * fnr t* 1 ** future, 'fothiug. however, the fields, and ‘Mad Archy’ "was not tbe CBn from public-opinion *he effe-ts only bird we bagged that day.” of tbe exaggerated reports w hijfh have !«een A Content That Seemed to Have Been Between Urn lea’. tires ton, la., March 11.—’tbe Ryan McCoy fight advertised to take place in Creston. could not be held on account of the stubborness of Sheriff Davenport and his force. The sports chartered train and went south, just over the line into Adams county, where the fight took place. . . ‘ .. The mill was for a purse of $500, be tween Harry McCoy, of Burlington, la. and Jim Ryan, of Ban Francisco. For the fitst and second rounds Ryan rushed the fight* and seemed to have it all bis own way, landing several times on Mc Coy, knocking him down repeatedly. In the eighth McCoy unexpectedly came fresher than be had been at any time during the fight and was the ag gressor till the end of tbe fight knockini Ryan down several time*. Ryan trie<> hard to rally tout to no avail. In the eleventh a knock oat would bave granted but for a mistake of the keepers. When the twelfth was called MoCoy landed a vicious blow full on the noint of Ryan’s jaw. He fell on his face and waa counted out. It waa vicious fight from start to finish but McCoy showed himself to be the more scientific man of the two. B dsy« ..^P . The Governor and his wife went into the drawing room. The Marlons paused at the door. ..."Moo-an»i,” said Camille with an adorable blush, “I want to tell you that I was mi a taken 1 would Uveln a eaftefcmke before I would live ,tV spread ovesr -the « untry about the lute de plorable accidents. CORN ELL. The Atlanta negroes have sailed for Liberia, but they have the address of their friends in their pockets. Ohio Gets It. Cleveland. O., March 11 Congressman Tom L. Johnson. owner of U>* Johnson steel works of Johnstown, Pa., authorised tbe announcement that tbe mammoth works will be removed to Cleveland is srranga- laeuta can be conceded. The company will ersot a 'tt.ouO^OO* plant in this city, thousand men will be employed.' fHtmg Heard to VIM Iwwsm “Tonne love Is paaalotiate. old levs faithful; but the tendersst sweetest thing in all the world. Is s love revived." -~r-r^ Dinah Mart**. Young love Is warm and wild and sssripa at* ■ vV‘" Not lighting op tbe shades of adverse fate But wavering, aelflsh. ardent, bold; Flitting from phase to phase, but never, cold. 1 “Old love Is faithful,” clinging strong LBTffif purely, loyally and mar Secure and steadfast, exempt from chant* , e- ing jro' all th« mellow shads* of feeitsg ranging. Look you fur tendemesaT ’twill be found Hidden like nawleas crystals, under ground , In quiet darkened shadow* are the sweet est boners hived And the sweetest thing Is .the world, ts ■ love revived. —MBL R. COUIUITT. TIMIXG HY TKI-KTHOXB. nliinr Details of the World’s Ai tear skating ChaNuriowafclgL ,::.~ Not the least remarkable feature of Uk* world's amateur skating champion- sbtps near Riaakholm was ilia Ingenuity with vritich the promoters aurmounted au appalling army of difficulties. Hie nu-ea were held ou^ifeb. lO and 11. The unique circuirtstances disclosed’ in Tbe 1 zuuloii Field's detailed report make vury iiitcrewtiug rending. tt appears that at the last moment the location of the toiirnainent had lo lie changed. 'Hie Field’* correspondent on tbe scene write*: ]‘7“~ _ v '! /I *. Pin* Government authorities forbade tiie iHihling of the meeting on die Norra- bninnsvikott, a large lake on the osit- sklrts of Stockholm, us they feared tbe crowd that would collect on tbe ice mighr break- .it .-Bp. " and a serious sed- dcttt,.hHp|K'fi'."“' { Hijw“'deei*iou was only come to'’bp tbe Wednesday before the dale nf fhn msrtftng and canoed greet IriMiWe i« the eommittee. However, they set to work energetically, and vie* ii«*(i tiitltKjobaden, a seaside place, some twenty miles Inflow the fjord on wtoiok Ntnekholm is situated, where they found that »he iep on the Negllngevtken,. one Of the numerous bays in the neicbboriiood. was Kuffirientl/ strong to enable tbe racing to take place on It, though per haps it would not bear a large number of people. And It was not nee- esHury that It should, for the Negllng- viken is formed by nature for a racing track, pn the' two' sides rocky bUia rise precipitously out of tbe water, sod make natural grandstands, tbe bay being amply wide enough for the track, but with nothing to spare, so that tbe tutors bad a splendid view of thlnj£ that took place. As area gen erally expected would prove to be tbe case, uo competitor xuceeeded in Win ning three races, and ttraa bscomlog amateur ehatupiou of tbe world, and so the prize offered by the King of Sweden and Norway to the champion, if there should be one, according to tbe conditiom, fell to tbe winner of tbe 1.500 metres race, and tbe handsome cup was presented to Kinar HaJoorsen by \ the Oown Prince. * The course had been most ooreufUy stale cd and roped out', ribs mssstfrsmsnts being made half a metre away from the itruer rope. Each competitor had a* scf>arate track, and croased from-one to the other once in each lap, except for titpi 500 metres, when tbe extra dlztsnre of 15.70 metres that one bad to travel was allowed for at the start Them was l>ut a single turn for this race, and, as it would bave been dlfflcuit, U not imiKisaibJe, to tale the time accurately at the start and finish a* well, a tele phone wits brought into use. The time keepers stood at tbe finish, and the — starter speaking into the receiver as be gave the signal, they were able tt> start their watches at the proper moment. Unfortunately . the meeting did net pass off without one regrettable dream* stance. Eden started alone, and wvMf the be* time, was congratulated on being the winner. To the general Sur prise, Fredriksen was started soon after, / and tied with Eden’s time. Mattan - were, therefore, in a very unpleasant state. Tbe committee, however, de cided that it was a dead beat, and set tled that the two should race again tbe next morning. Eden declined to do thia, fearing to endanger hie chances for the races that followed, and preferred to draw lots in accordance with rule 10 of the conditions. This is: *Tn com of a dead heat, it will be decided by draw ing lots who shall be oonsidsted ten winner, unless all agree to ran over again," The lottery, therefore, took place, and Frewrtksen woo, the ffst prize at 500 metres being, to coo— quence awarded to him. '. “The incident was than closed, bat,- in, view of tbe future, it may be asked - whether such a rule is a good one. It »#em* to be a great mistake to moke championships, or. Indeed, any contests, depend on^a mere question of ehoneo. An it turned out, it did not affect tbe cham pionship, but it rery easily might have done so, which would have been a very unfortunate circumstance.”—Exchange. t Ham’s Latest. T wa* stnUtlng, around a while today with a targe hot-houve rose on my lapel I walked up to the Nicholson House ci gar stand this morning and bought a cigar, and the sweet young lady who sspkf It to me, picked out a beautiful rose from a tray, came around he counter, and with a mode ri blush pln- ngd It on my lapel. It was done *> quick I did not have time to tell her I was a married man, so I bowed and strutted off feeling sorry for her, and thinking what a pity It waa that this facq of mine wav so irreatJMe. Then I happened to notice severs! other fellows standing about with roses on their coats, and I took my thumbs arm holes of my* ve*t. Just - tbeil *he pinned,, one on a one-eyed Irishman, and happening to g,anoe up 1 saw a sign “Roses free to customer* every Sunday.” In half aif hour the whole place was so full of dude* y »n could stir them with a stick, and they all got roses with their cigars, and they were pinned on by the earn# fair hand. And then rqy blgttnese took n. big tumble, and I sneaked up stairs and took mine off. I guess my fiss* Js all right for every day uo*. but.I will not try to pick rose* with It * after. But how ts this for on the part of tbe cigar, gta Cracker. " V'