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;e a woman
* “ Th«» that U your )ut word, Edna?"
“ Ye*, Dr. L**l.r.-’
“ A«d will Botbinr I cao *ay alter
your doolaioo T"
Be rtood looking down at her face,
hla owti etoeedingiy grave ; a tell mao
About 28 yean of age, with black bair
and a strong looking shaven face. He
looked reaenredand r*lf-fcontained. —
Edna shook her head.
“ No," nh* naid; *' nothing, I am
afraid." ^
Be drew In bis upper lip between
bln teeth, and bis forehead wrinkled
&»> be *tUl lingered. ~
“WeJV’ . be said, ‘H am. immensely
norry., I don’t want to bother you ;
besides, I suppose it would not do a
scrap of good/
Raising his right hand, he pushed
back bis hair. v ‘It seems a little
diffleuit to realise just yet; 1 counted
on a different auswer.”
“That was hardly my fault," she
■aid, lowering her eyos. They were
dark blue eyes, remarkably dark con
sidering the fairness of her hair and
skin. Edna was a small woman, below
the average as regards height, uno
girlish In figure, though she had
passed her twenty-first year.
“ Your fault! No, It was merely
my own folly. It doesn't matter what
one calls it. The name won’t alter
the fact. Of course it is play to you.”
“ You have no right to say that, Dr.
Lester. I assure you, 1 dofi’t find it
tho least amusing. 1 am very sorry—
not that 1 suppose it will be quite your
death.” ; . , .
“No," he returned. “Mon don t
die of that sort of thing. Hut life will
be wretched, Edna.”
He took his hut and went away,
Edna standing by the window watch
ing him as he dejectedly crossed the
garden and passed through the gateway
and disappeared. A few minutes later
the door opened and a woman entered,
n few yenrs older, *®d severnl inches
teller than ffkrself. This was Mrs.
Sinclair, Ednas sister-in-law, wife of
the Town Clerk of Uppcrcombe.
“ Well ?” \
Gertrude stopped just within the
door.
, “Oh, don’t look as If you didn’t
know all about it!” cried Edna, im
patiently.
“ You don't mean to look mo In the
face and tell me vou hare refused
him?”
“ I told you this morning—”
“What a girl says beforehand goes
for nothing. Elua, what a fool you
are! You know Alfred will be just
wild about it."
“Alfred did not think It necessary
to consult me," wa» the answer. “Of
Cbursc,” EJna added, drawing near
and placing an arm atmul Gertrude's
waist, “of course u would bo all the
same If he had, darling ”
• Still, it does seem a pity,” Gertrude
persisted. “Though he ha» only been
a year In Uppercuinhe, «vrrjb«Hjy nw*
a good woru for him- or near y every
body. He has lacre as* d old Dr. An
drew's practice enormously. I begin
to think you are one of the new young-
worn, n without a heart.”
“I don't think it’s a true bill, Gerty.”
“Anyhow, the organ isn't very ea»lly
placed upon, dear
“1 — 1 am not sure. 1 don't see why
you should »ay that.”
“ Dr. Lester is a mao a good many
girls wouiU —
'* Jump at! 1 know. That is
exactly what I feel about him. lie is
too eligible—Isn't that the wordy—too
eminently desirable."
“You have always seemed to like
him.”
“ 1 do like him, Gerty.?
“Then, why in the name of good-
ness don't you marry him and have
done with Ur”
Edna slightly shrugged her should
ers as she turned toward the window
again
“Honestly, I don't quite know.
r
lee
respon
Alfred. “BlmV n..,,.p said All
that Leeter would go too far. Wi
be has gone too far. I natoad of oallla
la an expert, be operated bi
and everybody will bold him
aibte.”
“ Do you think it «1U damage hfk
practice ?" Inquired Gertruda.
“ You can’t have been listening P
cried Alfred.
“ Why, Alfred, I heard every word
“Then, why do you ask such an
aburd question r\ Injure hi* practice?
Of course It wilt. Lester Is too young.
People, don't care to be practiced on —
carved about. 1 shouldn’t be sur-
|VT passing L-xter-iHouse at
: Oue uiuiutng7 abm.t fou? «nonttsy^;, 1(w(lf *^ ln(y nn ., an , lf h
later, Gertrude’* eider girl awoke
feverish.
“Alfred,” she said, as her husband
rose from the table after iirenkfast,
“you won't forget to call at Dr. Hleak-
lusopp's."
“ D^, Hlcnklnsopn's?” asked Edna
when/e had closed thvrthHir.
Yes, dear. 1 tfainlr Wmn^^ught
Hut be did not
directly. He threw out
wblcb bis sister Ignored, till oee eight
about a month later, be arrived home
la good spirit*.
“ Lester Is going away," be said.
“ Has be sold his practice ?" asked
Gertrude.
“ Bo would hardly go'without. Not
that there .is os sub to sail."
Edna sat quite silent. Her fa* was
pale and her eyes ware moist. It was
all she could uo pq prevent the tears
from falling till she reached her own
room. At dicncr she scarcel spoke,
and that evening went to bed though
not to sleep, early.
The following morning she happened
o'clock, and, seeing no sign of him,
turned and repassed the door ten
minutes la or. He was just coming
dowu the steps. v 1
* “ Don't let me hinder you," she said,
when he stopped. „
“ I am merely going to the post-
office," he am>worcd(T ^
“ I—I jtni going that way, too,’!
Edna, and they walked together. “ is
to have some medicine.”
“Hut why Dr. Hlenklnsopp? Why
not Dr. Lester, as usual? You have
had Dr. Lester ever since Dr. Andrews
went away."
“1 should never forgive myself if
Winnie died like poor Sir Edward.”
“ What utter nonsense !” cried Edna.
"I may be very foolish,” said Ger
trude rather, plaintively, “though 1
don’t see w by vou should tolj^ me oo if
Alfred does. 1 never'~jfirSkmied to be
wise- BJt‘1 have lost confidence in
Dr. Lester. So has everybody else
Dr. Ulenkinsopp has got ever so many
of his patients. ^ '
“it is mean !” Edna retorted. “It
is like kicking a man while ho is
down."
.. " I can't help it, dear. Don f t look
so fierce. 1 am hardly to be expected
to let Dr. Lester experiment on Winnie
if I don’t believe in him. How can ■
anyone believe ^h him in the face of in , < ! v/u , y ’ • »v,i
Shat is being said about poor Sir Ed- ^ iaclalr; th '
ward ?" ^
“ Ob," cried Edna, “ it makes me so
wild !"
A little later she set forth into the
town, U> walk off he*-111-humor with
things in general, and Dr. Dlenkin-
sopp in particular. She had not gone
far beforu she met Lester himself.
Though he would have passed ’her by
with a bow, she stopped, bolding out
her hand.
“it is unusual to see you walking,”
•he said.
“ Ye—es. The fact is, one gets so
little exercise that 1—l have sold my
carnage." v - - ———
" Well,” she faltered, “it’s—It’s a
lovely morning for a waik. You don't
come to nee us now.”
“ ILrhaps you remember the last
it true you are leaving Uppcrcombe ?"
she a«ked presently.
“ Perfectly true." r
“Then you have sold your practice?"
“ Well— It was principally a question
of getting the house and so forth off
my hands; hut I have every reason to
believe thertnatter .will be settled this
afternoon.”
“ Dr. Lester,” Edna exclaimed as he
halted at tno post-office, “if I were
you I—l would not-run away from it:
but, perhaps, you have some enticing
place to fly to."
“ No,” he answered; “lam fortu
nate enough to have the wide world to
choose from—except this one spot,
aud,” he added, “ this is the best and
the worst on the face of the earth.”
“ Surely you can-you can stay if
you please,” she said.. By tacit con
sent they
I
don't t^e why 1 should dissect myself
for your edification. He Is very bum
* little too Bice. 1 tried to p* rsuadi-
• myself—there, you sc*, Tin nothing if
not candid. Only—1 dpfi't know wnat
It Is; somehow, ibeefJint didn't move
ms.**
When Edna was following Gertrude
from the dining room that evenmr
Alfred Sinclair celled her hack.
“ Permit me to remind you that you
are twenty-two," he said, taking out
his cigarette case.
“ accurate, Alf. Twenty-two and
two months.”
“ Of course,” he continue!. “ I
need not tell vou we are glad to give
you a home b* re as long a* you re
quire It. Hut If you ask mo -a woman
is much belter in a place of her own."
"The first that offers Iteelf ?" asked
Edna.
“I don’t think Lester was the first.
He lathe best of the bunch, though.
A fellow who is bound to get on—”
“Of course, that's everything !”
“Oh, well, If you can’t treat the
matter seriously, 1 don’t see Vim good
of talking.”
“ Neither do I," E ina answered.
Ouo afternoon Alfred came home
from his office looking more solemn
ths.n usual, though tho dignity of his
position gave him ae air of extreme
solemnity at the best of time. Like
Edna, ho was short, but carried him
self at his full height; liko his sister :
again, he was fair, and appeared more
youthful than his years. He wore a
moustache which looked too heavy for
his pink and white face.
“ Sir Edward Strangeways is dead,”
he said, pulling up his light-colored
trousers as he sat down
“Then,” remarked Gertrude, “tho
operation was not successful.”
t'Now, if it had been, don't you
imagine Strangeways would bo alive,
Gerty?” he said, testily. “A bad day’s
work for L ister.”
- “ Why ?” demanded Elna. “Dr
Lester cannot be expected to. work
miracles. lie cannot cure all his
patients."
“Saul amongst the prophets!” ex
claimed Alfred » “One doesn't look
for Lester's apologist over there, Edna.
He weht the wrong way to cure this
one. I was talking to Bleukinsopp
•bout the case ou'y yesterday. HlenK-
iusopp wou d have bad a surg-tur
down from London. Money w’as no
object. The plain fact is, Lester is
overconfident.” < ■
“ I suppose,” said Elna, “ the
Strangeways wished Dr. Lester to
operate ?”
^’That won’t count. Nothing suc
ceeds like ituoeess, and no'.h.ng fqi »
like failure.”
“I dare say Dr. Lister is qu ; t'rs
skillful as any surgeon In London,”
Edna returned.
•* He may be or he may not. How
Odd It is that a woman can never see
the essential fact of a case ! Unt 1
now, Lister has carried all be fore him.
He has us d the knife wh« re the
steady-going old practitioners would
have let their patients slip. Of course,
tie's very up-tu-date. 1 dare **jr Le
has saved a few Uvea—”
“Oh, that's nothing T* cried Edaa. -
“ You seem to have bad your fur
v«y
“Oh," she cried, brui-quely, “]
never remember uuphasaut things.
I thiok mv •♦»ter weeitl brr very
pleased, whenever you have time to
i»pare."
“ Time to spare !” he said bitterly.
“Tin re is little difficulty about that.
Of o>ul-•l , , you know what ell the
(own knows. My practice has fallen
away from mo aa if it wore a gar
ment.”
"Hut." she returned, trying to speak
cheerfully, “ it will com-- luck aguiu !
It t« o > a matter of time.”
“ V. ry likely. Hut, yeu see, Miss
glacialr, one has to live somehow
in an while.”
Ho were.*, he went his rounds more
Jiljlheiyt than usual, and at 4 o'clock
that afteruion, after a long debate
with hliuself, turned hU st-p# towanf
Sinclair s bouae. II * bad rot cat- red
Its door since tnat day ho «sk-d Eina
to be his wife, and she rvfu-ed. Ai*
though be wn« no longer in a position
to a*k any wo.naa to be his wife, he
could not r«»Lt the temptation to act
on her suttgustloo. There wha note
soul in Uppcroombv with whom be war
on terms of Intimacy, and her sympa
thetic manner had seemed Very sweet
this u orniiig.
*• Hut, on nearing the house, he saw
Hlenkinsopp s carriage at tne gate
and a few yards further on Sinclair,
las load of entering, as he had pur
posed, Lister passed the brougham,
then came face to fact witu Alfred,
Who appeared some what cm bar rasaod.
“ Mrs. Sinclair all right?" inquired B rt . | oW r
Laater
“ Oa, quite—er^lt’s only Winnie;
littlo lavarlsb. lyiuk here, Lawler
you know what women era."
“ Kslhcr rash to boiMt."
“ You see," Alfred blundered Pn,
“ if it were myself It would be dif
ferent. You can't reason with a wo
man, and with your wife you should
ueVvr make the attempt. Mine took
it Into her head to have |i lfl °kin
sopp "
" My dear fellow,” said Lenter,
"your child could not be in better
hands. I hope she will soon be all
right again.” And be walked on
swiftly with his eyes on the ground.
Depend upon it,” Blenkinsopp, a
stout, gray-bearded taan of sixty, wai
saying as Alfred entered the drawing-
room, “It is better to be a little slow
and quite sure, my dear lady. The
experience of generations is not to be
upset Tn a day by a few callow youths.”
“ I have just parted from one of the
uufi<'dged,”said Allred, when Ulcukin-
sopp had gone uud-Edna re-entered the
room.
"Dr. Lester did not see , Oh.”
cried Gertrude, “ I would uot have it
happen for the world."
“Gerty hasn’t the courage of her
convictions," said Edna.
“ Dr. Blenkinsopp says he has lost
nearly all his patients," Gertrude re
marked.
“The population of Uppcrcombe js
.If) 000; mostly wise persons !” exclaim
ed E ina contpinptuoiftly.
“Gerty,” said Alfred, alone with his
wife that evening, “what is the matt- r
with Edna? I cannot understand her
to-day."
“J always thought yop underotood
women so thoroughly, dear.”
Anyone would think Lester had
retained her for tho defence,” grum-
oled Ajlred. ‘ Not that 1 wish to bo
down on the man.”
I—1 think he has.” said G-Ttrude
Hut she refused him. I Lave con-
gTatulated myself on the fact more
than once. ‘
ngs are too
unpromising.'’
“ Hut you will Uvekit down,” she
urged. “ Suppose the same—the same
misfortune had happened to Dr. An-
urows ”
“He could have borne with it; Ms
reputation was made. Mine has been
spoiled in tho making, as far as Upper-
combe is concerned. Honestly, 1 am
positive that no power on earth could
have saved atrangeway's -life. I am
equally positive that I was injudicious
in performing the operation myself;
so tnat, in a way, I was to blame. Any
how, it has cuiucilmy yractic**."
“ Hut ifvyuu could only stay your
"would come Pack. People
aievery flck>e. It isn't every doctor
who can buy a practice, yet they man
age. How Uo they do it ?”
He held open a gate for her to pa-s
through into a meadow as she spoke.
The sun shone brightly and the hedges
wars f agrant with wild ruse and
honeysuckle.
“O i, there are various ways," he
rip.amed. *• Some take parish work,
bfit i and too unpopular to attempt to
get Dial, even if there were an open
ing at the. mo nent. Others receive
reaidctiLpatlenW—lunatics, bypoeben-
driacs an i ao forth.”
“Then 'couldn't you take patient*?
Would not that enable you to-to stay
at Uppercoinho?”
“On, y-s; only first 1 should have to
take a wife, Misa Sinclair.”
lie terned u» l«N»k down at her face,
and at the same moment Eioaleane i
aaraaa Ute dltefi w> p uck a spray of
honeysuckle. No sooner bad she re
covered her ha I a nee than she began to
pull tbe bhvaoni to piece*.
“Well, Dr L>Mter?” sheaaid, looking
up suddi-niy.
“ Ah ! that sort of a thing U over as
far as I am ronowroed," h* answered.
Hum beat bee loot patoieeUy oo tea
grass.
“I—I don't ae* why. If it would—if
It would really help you.”
He leaaad forward eagerly. She
bent her neck to smell the boaey-
suck i*.
“Kina." he muttered, “you are
trifling with me I”
She shook her bead slowly.
. “ Hat you- you said—”
“ Is it gen irous to remind on* of a
mistake ?" she retorted.
i position. Things fire
hh "
B Rwono BOLT.
Tn* Junior Senator Pavtng in# Way for
Trouble at Ch caao—What Will tha Senior
Senator Do About It f -> j
I • ileiuviLLK, S. G, Feb. 6, 1896.
Hon. B. R. Tillman, Wnshington, D. 0.:
Dear Sir: After my kindest i^garda
to you personally, I write today to sajr
that I have read with great pleasure
your speech in the Senate chamber on
the SUth ult. It has tbe ring of your
speeches in 1890on State politic*,which
first drew my attention to you and led
me to admire your good Sense, courage
and ability, andunade me a a lead fast
friend and supporter. I was born and
reared near John C. Calhoun and have
always voted tbe Democratic ticket.
While I am a Democrat of the type of
Jefferson. Calhoun and Jackson, I am
thoroughly disgusted with such Demo-
crlcy as werhave exemplified in Cleve
land, Carlinfb and their supporters. It
is only a name—a shell; all the princl-
rom it.
I presume that in the month of May
our Democratic clubs will be called to
gether to send delegates to tbe Nation
al Democratic convention which meets
n xt July in Chicago to nominate can
didates for President and Vice Presi
dent. My religion and my patriotism
have produced such convictions of
right, truth and duty that my con
science forbids me to take any part
whatever in sending delegates to an
other National Democratic convention
since the control of the party has fallen
into the hands of the Shylocks of Wall
street.
As you have doubtless seen in the
papers, the Populists and the free sil
ver men wifi .both hold national con
ventions in St. Louis on the 22d of July,
and, after having adopted their plat
forms, will, by conference committees,
turned their face* toward agree to ndr.inato tho same
for President and Vice President. I
am convinced that our only hope to em
ancipate the toiling masses from the
rasp’ of
I’rhsp of organized monopoly and io
drive the money changers out of the
temple of our liberties is to enlist under
this banner, and I have determined to
do so. I agree with you that our pres
ent financial system is a “patent con
trivance with thieves atone end and
dishonest officials at the other to rob
'be American people.”
The follow log I think would he a
good plan to car-y our State toto the
national reform ranks. You are aware
that the reform movement in South
Carolina in 1890, under your leadership
• aptuied the State’ Democracy. Can
we not capture it again this year for
the genuine National Reform party on
the issue of the free coinage of silver,
and send our delegates to the free sil
ver eon ven lion st St. Louis? Will not
this fusion ttexet command the support
of all true Reform elements in the Un
ited Stales, and give us a-glorious vic
tory over covetousness and corporate
greed, which arc the chief causes of
allour trohbles v On the silver issue
me Democracy of our State will be
nearly a unit.
Will uo: such a course send you into
the silver i-ooveqUoo with an undivid
ed Slate at your hack, and Iccraaae
your ebaocee of nomination (or Preei-
tiobi? This is what your friends io
South Carolina would like to see. I
beJeve that the candidate who receives
thejoiat nominatioa of tbe PopulisW
and free silver men at St. Louis will
be our nrxt President. Msy God so
order it, is my humble prayer.
It seems to me that you Tanwatry
the Slate without any serious division
am ing the D mucrats Such a course
will heal our divisions, and prevent the
orgaa<i«tion of another palitioal party,
and give us again true Democracy, it
may be under another name, but
“wbet'a in a name ?"
I hope yeu wilt give me your views
os the pisn I have suggested. Your
reply will not be made public without
your permission. SUmpenclosed. With
best wish*** for your succ-ms, 1 remain
yours respectfully,
It. H. IUID.
Usuyo STATfcrt Senatk.
Wahui.ni. ius. D. U, Feb. 7, l«9fl.
The It* . R H. K<id, Reidvlile. S. C
Dear Sjr-lliaic y^ir l***” " f
February oth and appreciate very
much your kind words of commend*
llfl
POUTICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Ssme of fhe ProbaHs Fsatums o< ins Next
Campaign—Th# Ganaidstss Ssnatcr and
Governor.
The Columbia State furnishes the
following aega and gossip as to ths
pending campaign in this State :
The first struggle will be early In
May, 'Vhsn the delegate* to the May
convention a-e selected. Senator Till
man and the State administration ring
are already deeply concerned in the
result of'that election. There seems
to be little doubt that In the early
summer Senator Tillman is going to
make his long expected break and will
endeavor to take with him to the west
or any other section offering the big-
geat inducements, the solid Reform
voteof South Carolina. The first move
to the successful accomplishment of
this end will be the capture of the
May convention and tbe State execu
tlye committee. This (bine, the con
vention will refuse to send delegates
The
tie CoiumMa
The tide will flow again,” she said, I tion. In order to preserve the unity
“and and 1 have three hundred a 1 of the white Democracy of South Car
year of my owa." olina we can not act on yoursugges-
“ What will your brother say ?“ | tion not U> send dt legates to then*
“ You seam
gaMafe mb a
" She refused him when he wan pros
perous.”
Ho can’t be described as prosper
ous now.” said Alfred, “And upon
my life l don’t see what there Is tn the
oss of his practice to make any dif
ference.” C.
“ D m't ymi ?” asked Gertrude, with
a superior smile.
“Youmf*an to tell me," he cried,
‘that the fact of this-call It a mis
fortune—has caused Edna to—to care
for him ! Tho trirl must be an idiot.”
That is just it, dear. Girts art*
idiots."
* Anyhow, I shall have nothing to
say a'lout it-—
"Elna is twenty two. You can't
pfCViUTTiOTr -aid NTrs Sinclair "T
alm< * wish 1 had not b^l Dr. Hienkin-
r*
Oh,” the cried, " I am not a child.
I am a won an. r*4 have a right to
plraae myseif; though to be sure,” the
added, “you may not think I have
pla.vod a very womanly part this morn-
lag.” <•
She looked very demure, very pretty;
as she stood dissecting the honey
suckle, and perhaps he would have
been more than human to have re
sisted.
“We will face it together,” he said.
“You will ho my comrade as well as
my wife—my best beloved vou known
you have been since the first week I
saw you ”
UreiK ntly she hinted at the desirabi
lity of retursin^.
'-Ah; ya**. :i he answered, "I might'
to lose no time in seeing Sinclair.”
“Come around after uinner to-night,”
sh>* r.iul, and r■■turned home alone, not
without trepidation.
That afternoon she took Gertrude
into her cor fldenoe.
Now,” she concluded, “you must
tell Alfred. It isn't thatfam afraid,
on'y I don’t want liim to say anything
we should both regret all our lives.
Nothing he can .say will make the
slight* st difference, so ho may as well
yield with good grace.”
Y"i know, darling;” sa^ Ger
trud'’, “ yoJ will mLs things awfully.”
“ Wait for a year," was the answer.
You w«H see by that time. Hy tho-
bv,-of .tll« , course you "must make an
excuse to Dr. H eukinsopp.”
/.* Oh, of course,” said Gertrude. “In
f.i ‘t, between ourselves. I have never
b.'*i u quite sutii-fi d. Oh v I d° hope
AKF’d will come home in a good
huui >r !'' ' “
As- a matter of fact lie did, and,
without Itiu ,'h'lot-s of time, Gertrude
broku The oiqws. Duriny the ensuing
pLrfjcnu d the blgbesT
tional conventioo at Chicaga
We have already raptured the State
Democracy. We are the State Democ
racy and we iuu*t go to Chicago as
such, prepared to bolt if need be, and
ally ourselves with tbe free silver men
,"f-orihe West. It would ho a fatal
fruder not to send delegates to tbe
National Democratic convention and
would only bo placing it in the hands
of our goid bug enemies.
if tbe National Democratic conven
tion does not adopt a platform to suit
us and put a man on i» above suspicion
as to his loya'ty, we can then leave the
party, but not b fore.* «
The effort ofalTtrue friends of sil
ver and ffnai.cia! reform should be di
rected to having t5t; State Democratic
convention compos* d solidly of men of
.tkclr way of ttanking so as to have it
act as a unit.
I return your Lth r with tVis so as
to give you.too lib rty of publishing
your letter and my roplyvff??uid you
nee fit and so desire.
Very sincerely ^ours,
B U. Tillman.
sopp, and I feel sure those powde
won't agroe with dear Winnie. ’
“I Stall speak to Edo*”
tm ramutp
I'pin'ou of Edna s diplomacy, it was
quit: .as w. II that her sLter-in-hiw
va- not proeot. The strongest man,
huv. ver, m-st bow to tho inevitable,
nn,l Alfred possessed tufficlcht. dis-
crxinintt-uia iu pai’gfldm. Ihat he was
now rl< s- to move his obstinate sister,
lie rqved for some time longer, then
-.ent for Edn i and propht sied all kinds
of i vil -a prophecy destined to re-
nuir. uafuifli|cd. “Uoon my word,"he'
cone u led, “ >*ouVe--you’re just like a
.worn tn." „ -
Ah i. on (he whole, Lester met with
t mi rt* oordial reception tbaj) he antU
cipatod.
Thk Rain Pboulem—Tbe New
Orleans Picayune says: “Th* rain
making exprrhncnti conducted hy the
government w> ro ou’y pnrtialiy suc
cessful. Somtimes it rafnec’, and
s.im"times-it did not, an<f, even when
a min't-it shower was produced, it was
at silch a enormous ex penoituro of. ex
plosive that it wculd have been cheaper
to have kept t ie dionght. Inventors
arc still working on tbs artlfical rain
prubiero, however, aail a Karsas man
has p itejilcd n.ticvJae-by wblok he e« provided* - -for*
IV'ct 1 - hi pr-niuce rain at will at the
in-ignillcsot price of $0 per shower.
H 8 apparatus isaspcci-tUy constructed
gum fpurtoaa feat long, weighs
pounds, which, when loaded with the
requisite mat* rial, discharges a mois-
ture-prodUeing sub<tunce to a height
of eighteen niHes. This invention
renders a man independent of provi-
denc'. io the matter of rains. It has
often been notic' d Dial it always rains
on ladies’ day at the races, and tha} 1 a
Sunday rchdol picnic can generally bo
(syol+cd on to break up a drought. Now,
/when men got to running the Eflin. tihey
%ifl jirran^'e to only have it ruin at
nights, or to breakup tho opposition
parade. In d;*y Umcs, Johnny will
only hayo to get his gun, and tu«o aim
at th • c'ou'is, Ur bring^On a* much ratn
as his drops n» o is."
—\Y iritg hii-hst on the bsck of j,.,
hi* h '-ad is i ti,i of t!>e ways in whh h * —E'c/m b ’8 half a» many people a-
yr-TTTT r Tuini'mtett ev ?ryb»idy he don’t f Uiitted State*, bfi( her national
« no v ninth.
—I/some men were as big as they
think they are. the world would bhre
to cm oulargwd.
debt is twice as grejt as ours.
—The love of ’.pleasure betrays us in?
to pain; and many a man, through love
of fame become* infamous.
to meet in Cj)ie&g<?; and the State
executive committee, alleged to be
Democratic, will rule that in national
affairs the Silver or Populist or the
Silver-Populist, as it' may then bo, is
t(io Democratic party. There will
possibly be little restrictions in a State
primary.
But some leading and active Reform
ers and enthusiastic silver men are
opposed to deserting the * old party
They maintain that the money questit n
is a policy and that the free bijvcr
can be obtained as well in the Demo
cratic party as out of it. Se that on
this line the third party people are
going to find strong opposition in Re
form ranks.
Unless, however, tho ring combina
tion do underground work, it is not
expected that they can capture the
May conventlou, nor that Tillman
over uX), “perhaps only
20.000, Reformers into another party,
whatever the purposes of that party
may be. If this draft is made on the
ranks of the .Reformers, the deserters
will consist principally of those rabid
and blind followers of the modern
Moses, apd their absence will make
the Reform faction—from the Straight-
out standpoint—a very much more
respectable organization. It is there
fore advLab'e from every view that
those white men oppos'd to ring
rule and in favor of a respectable,
honest government, should remain in
:he Democratic party. The time when
their votes will count may be at hand
\i:& to go astray now is to scatter their
sirengtli..^-
Next in Importance will be the cam
p ttgn for John L. hf. Irby's successor.
On the stump will apoCar the incum
bent and Governor J >hn Gary Evans,
arj perhaps it third Reformer. This
is going to be ouu of the must in
ing political spectacles In recent
yaara. Thu third Refornier will be-a
representative of tbe conservative
element of that faction. Enough fur is
expected to fly in these joint debates
to make—to be Iriab—a feather mat
tress. . The two known candidates win
each be supplied with a car load of
ammunition and the* will not b»-
particuiar as to bow they shoot it off
Th* possibilities—it might be sale
probabilities—in the race for tha gu
bernatorial nomination are John R.
Harrison, U. B Watson, W. T.G Bates
and W. U. Eller be. None of these
have announced themselves bus oeitfcer
would decline if the honor tarusi
upon him. As soon as they have felt
their way and ascertained the probable
chances of success their minds will b*
made up. Hut the bees are In their
bonnets.
If there is anything certain In poli
tics Lieut Gov. W. H. Tim merman will
be the nest State treasurer. Dr. Rates
will not be a candidate for re-election
Dr. Timmerman will be a candidate
for tbe oQo'- and it is extremely un
likely tbnt be will have any opposi
tion. If there was opposition, hi-
honesty and worth is so weill reoug-
nlx<4 by all who know him, that it
wouid ainobwt to ootbing.
in the u-ual course of events, Col.
John T. Sloan will be a candidate fo*
lieutenant goveenor. There are oo
announcement* for other ^ioers, but
It L (.resumed Abe tacumhAu will
in tbe ring. However, th.ire
to be an undercurrent of seotimeol
among some influential Reformers to
have oo the next State ticket two or
three individuals who affilialod with
the Conservatives When tnat faction
was In good stending. Whether tbi-
plan la carried- wut or not, the nex*.
state officers will aot be extrome men.
•iml in tho campaign Kefor.u r- w W
pour some pretty not shot into
present administration.
State bps made a contract with
Electric v i>ffht *•*
Power Co. to da all the fighting, and
hereafter tbe Hospital for tbe Insane
will be lighted by tbe Columbia com
pany, instead of its own plant.
BOARD OF ^GIST-RATION.
0‘f c.si List o* the Men Who Will §upsrviss
“ ■'C tfie Nsw ElsCiroh Ca W.
The, following appointments have
been made by Governor Evans and con
firmed by the Senate, constituting the
boards of Eegistration in this State :
Abbeville—J. D. Carwile, S. S. Uolfes,
J.T. El'IsT
Aiken—H. M. Sawyer, S. A. Wowk
ward, D. F. Turner;.
Acdvrson—J. L, Glenn, John
Hays, J. N. Vandiver. *
B*rnwell—L. A. Thompson, C.
Clayton, I. G. Jennings.
Beaufort—G. W. S. Jenkins, J.
Harrison, J. S Berg.
Berkeley—H. W. Harvey, A.
Doings; JohzrR Spi res. ~
Charleston—W. J. Mott, L. E. Wil-
TJB
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THE STATE ASYLUM.
Intsrast.ng Ns*s About Tnis ExcsEsnt Inst-
tution.
The State.
What has heretofore been known ss
the Slate Lunatic Asylum is now pass
ing through a most important epoch.
The institution was founded in IKJJ,
‘ '* vas dei-tled '
should remain in the city of Columbia.
At the ro lent session or the General
Assembly various acts wuro passed to
close up the affairs of the old lunatic
asylum and start it out as the Stat
Hospital for the’ In-nne. Tbe b)tid
>f regents will meet t.'Jsy to put these
into operation.
On the recommendation of the re-
kent«, Supt. Babcock and Gov. Eivans,
the Stato will purchase the Wal .ice
property, which lies adjacent to an i io
iront of tho present oroperty. T:iis
lot of land consists of 108 m res and has
upon It throe buildings-which can be
made serviceable in relieving—the
crowded condition of the asylum. Be-
foAa the buildings can bo brought
within the enclosure of tbe hospital it
will be necessary to close up part of
El'mwood avenue and to change the
ourse of tbe old Asylum road. Anti
cipating this, tho General Assembly
-cxtenRion of BuTT
street and the deflccti >n of the Asylum
road so as to give greater privacy to
wards occupied by white female pa
tients. Tt ts matter of cfianghig tin
roads has been pac'd in the hands of
throe commissioners, on** to bo Appoint
ed by the board of regents, one to bo
named by the city council and the third
by the county commissioners. Until
the road is determined upon by this
commission the Wallace buildings
can not be used for the purpo-e of thi
sylum. The purchase of the Wa'lac*
property is -to be met with the Doro
tha Dix fund and » small spec al appro
priation to bo asked for eaeii y a-.
The General Assembly has provided
for tho admi sion of manifestly violent
coses of insanity as emergency cases
upon the c a rtificates of two or more
physician), and the order of a local
ttictr, such as a magistrate, warden
or alderman, who shall be under bond
of 8I0U to procure ihe regular order of
commitment within five days.
The U"UAl quota of-convlct* will be
supplied the institution for tbe mak
ing of tbe brick to bo used in tbe new
building.
liama, H. M. Lofton, jr.
Chester—R. H. Mills, Jos S. Hardin,
A. W. Love.
Chest*.;rfiMd—C. W. Teal, James A.
Craig, E. F. Malloy.
Clarendon—G. W. Worsham, E. D.
Hodge r ,S. E. Griffin.
Colleton—C. C. Tracy, T. S. Acker
man, H. A. Jamison.
Darlington—It Lee Dubose, G. II.
Cyaway, J. S. White.
Edgefield—W. A. Cheatham, H. W.
Dobey, H. H. Townes-
Fairfield—W. W. Crosby, John H.
Neill, R. W. Hollis.
Florence—John T. Wright, B. B
McWhite, H. S. Rose.
Georgetown—B. Hugor Ward, Wm.
F. Pauls, J. C. Lowrimore.
Greenville—,!. A. Oavcqport, W. A.
Nisbit, C. O. Goodwin.
Hampton—B. H. Thous, Amos J.
Harrison, Preston Phillips.
Uorryr-Samuel J. WHson, Wm. H.
Howell, E. V. Dusenberry.
Kersnaw—W. R. Hough, Manors
Rabon.
Lsncastor-^W. G. A. Porter, Robert
J. Ebynu, Robert M. Kirk.
Laurens—W. L. Cunningham, A. Y.
Thompson, J. D. Sullivan.
Lexington—W. II. Meetze, James B.
Add}’, Goe. W, Round.
Marlon—J. L. Mclnnls, I. P. Stack-
house, VV. H tyd Evans.
Marlboro—Alex. E- Pearson, Frank
Manning, D.-L- McIntyre.
Oconee*—W. A. Barron, J. L Shank-
iio, W. N- Bruce, - - — : jc
, Orangetmrg—Brigg ' D. Rt^nMjn.’
James H. Fanning. Julius A. Edward*.
Pickens—J. H. Kennetnur, J. Tyra
Lniper, H. W. Farr.
Richland — W. Brig is .Green,. W. J
May, P. B. M' Coy.
Sumter—VV. S. James, J. D*Wilder,
J. M. Knight.
Nervous Prosiration
Cared by Dr. Miles’ Nervine.
Unioo-J B Lanoaster, A. H Filter,
R. 8. Speacar.
WiUiamsburt|-fD. G. Caotle#, c
Leaesne, W. 8. Eddr.
York-I. B. Gordon, J. R Wither
spoon, Thomas C. Beckham.
Saluda—L. M. Wertx, Frad Katnp-
son, James M. Forrest.
*
A Close ShavA.—a Nsw Yorker
tells this story of a close shave: “ I
was lying back in the chair of my fa
vorite barber, enjoying his skillful
manipulations, when all of- a sudden
M* eyas bulged out as if they loU ndt d
to pop from his head, and the iczur
droped from his hand. Tbe pent min.
ute the usually staid old German began
doing a close imitatlor of an Apache
war danee,'all the while bolding firmly
to a square bit of paper well covered
with lather. When the old fellow had
sobered down a.little he pointed to an
advertisement on the bit of paper ask
ing for ififormation concerning the
whereabouts of a certain man and stat
ing that an inheritance of 160,000
af ailed him in Germany. My barber
was the man. Tbe piece of paper was
the one-of many torn from an old
newspaper to be used as shaving paper,
and it bad happened to fall to him out
of the half dozen barbers in the shop.
He had finished using it and was about
to throw it away, when his eye caught
his name printed on it. Another in
stant and his 650 000, or, rather, fata
chance of getting it would have been
gone, or. at least, indefinitely postpon
ed. If that wasn’t a close call I don’t
know cue when I see it.”
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I UM«t tse bottks of I'r Mih-o' New
Cure for my heart tnuiMc, and two of lir
Ulioa' Kostontive Nervtso for n y fN-rnyu*
oeao and feel better than I ever e-.p» u*d t<
feol again. I can oprak for hours without
tiring or having my heart flutter as it for
merly did. and I have you to thank that I
am ailve today.**
On sale by all dm "gists. Dr. Miles’ Book
on Heart and Nervous Disorders KKEE by
nialL Dr. lilies tlcJli-al Co., Elkhart, I rid.
Dr. Milos’ Robots Krslore Roiilth.
125 Coiikifis Stove
OCTTTT rom
03JTL-Z- $12.00.
Deltvarad to your railroad depot,
ail freight okarrss paid. Read this
dseeription carefully. This splaadid
Cooking Stov* is No. fl; has Tour 8
Inch pot holes; 16x16 inch oven; 18
Inch firs box, 14 tnehss high; 61x36
tneh top* aloe smooth casting. I
hart sum this stov* mads for my
trad*, after my own idea, combining
all the good points af all medium
priced stoves, and leaving out the
objectionable feature*
Beyond all doubt the beet Na fl
Cooking Stove made, for the price.
Fitted with S pot*, 2 -pot covers, S
•kellets, 6 griddles, 3 baking pans,
3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1
lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iron
tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to
make customers and friends in svary
part of the South, for the purpoee
of introducing our buaineas to new
people, and to renew oar acquaint
ance with old frienda.
We will ahlp thie splendid Cooking
Stove and tbe above deecribed ware
to any depot, all freight chargee
paid, for only $12.00 when the
cash comes with th* order. Thie
stove la a good one,-well made, and'
will give entire sat! af action. Our
illustrated catalogue of Furniture,
Stoves aad Baby Carriage* mailed
fra*-. Ad dress
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