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THE IOUNTM A 1%rOUu0 mn4 A»mmrkntlw Utmry L Ib the (ell of 1^70 I wee trerellog •eatwerd in e ■tege-ooech from PltU- burg over the mounteloe. My fellow' trerelere were two gentlemen end i ledy. The oldeet gentlemen'a ep peerance Intereated me ezceedinglT. leyeert he eeemed ebout 60; In elr eno meaner he wee calm, dignified end poUahed, end the contour of hta feeturoa were aingulerlv intelleotuel He oonveraed freely on different toploa, until the rued beceme more ebrupt end preotpitoue; but, on my directing hie ettenlion to the greet eltitude of e preciploo, oa The TerM of which bur coach wheela were leiaurely rolling, there oeme a marked change on hia countenance. Hia eyea, lately filled with the light of intelligence, beceme wild, reatleaa end enxioua—the mouth twitchtd apeamodloelly, end the fore head wea beaded with,a cold pern pi ra tion. With eaherp, convulalfe »hud der, he turned hia gaze from the giddy height, end clutching my arm tightly with both hande, he dung to me like a drowning men. “ Uae thia cologne,” aald the ledy, handing me a bottle, with the laatlnc- tlve goodneaa of her sex. ^ I aprinkled a little on hia face, and be became more composed; but it wee 1 not until we had entirely traversed the mountain, and descended into the country beneath, that his fine features relaxed from their perturbed look, and assumed the placid, quiet dignity that I had first noticed. " I owe an apology to the lady,” said he, with a bland amile and a gentle InollaatloB of the heed to our fair oom- panlon, “and some explanation, and to my fellow-traveler also; and perhaps I Cannot better acquit myself of the double debt than by recounting the cause of my recent agitation.” -Vlt may pain your feelings,” deli cately urged the lady. “On the contrary, It will relieve them," was the respectful reply. Paving signified our several desires to hear more, the Traveler proceeded : “ At the age of 181 was light of foot and'l fear (be am lied ) light of head. A fine property on the banks of the Ohio acknowledged me sole owner. 1 was hastening home to enjoy it, and delighted to get free from college life. Ikie month was October, the air bracing, and the mode of conveyance a stage like this, only more cumbrous. The other passengers were few—obly three in all—one old gray-headed plantes of Louisiana, his daughter, a joyous, betwitohing' creature, about 1 17 years old, and his son, about 10 years of aas. “The* were j«et returning from PVnnce, of which country the young lady discoursed in terms so eloquent ns to absorb my entire attention. “ The father was tsmlturn ; but the daughter was vivacious by nature, and we soon became so mutually pleased with each other, that It was act until a sudden flash of lightning and a heavy daeh of rain against the windows elicited an exclamation from my charming companion, thnt 1 knew bow the night passed. Presently there oeme a low rumbling sound, and then Several tremsdous peals of thunder, nooompealed by successive flashes of lightning. The rain deooeaded la tor rents, aad an angry wind began howl aad moan through the forest trees. “1 looked from the window of our vehicle. The night was as dark as eboay;but thn lightning showed the danger of our road. We were oa the edge of a frightful precipice. I oeuld see at Intervals, huge, Jutting rooks, far away down Its side, aad the sight made me seJtcltlous for my fair paalca. I thought of the mere hair breadths that were between us eternity ; a single little reck la the track of our eoaok wheels, a tiny Ml let of wood, stray root of a tempest-torn tree, restive horses, or n careless driver. Any of these might hurl from our sublunary existence with the •peed of thought. “ “Tie a perfect tempest,' observed the lady, as 1 withdrew ay head (rum the window. ' How I love a sudden storm I There Is someth log grand about the winds when fairly loose among the hills. 1 sever enoounterec a night like this, but Byron's msgni floent description of a thunderstorm in Jura recurs Vo my mind. But are oaths mountain yatl” toward me ns If Imploring assistance; aad I could ana the bold gleaea of van boy finshlng Indigaant defiance at the ' 'war of elements, and the awful danger that awaited him. There was a roil, a desperate plunge, a harsh, grating Jar, a sharp. pie>ic:ng screnm of mortal terror, and I bad hut time to clasp Louise firmly with one hand around her wulst, and aeize the fastenings attached to the ooaob roof with the other, when wa ware precipitated ovfF the precipice. “loan distinctly recollect preserv ing consciousness for a few seconds of time, how rapidly mv breath was be ing exhausted, but of thnt tremendous descent I soon kut nil further knowl edge by n concussion so violent thnt I wan instantly deprived of nil sense and motion.’' Tho traveler paused. His features worked for a minute or two as they did when we were on the mountain he passed his hands across bis fore head as if in pain, and then resamed his thrilling narrative. “On n low couch in an bumble room of n small country house, I next open ed my eyes in this world of light and shade, jey and sorrow, mirth and mad ness. Gentle haads soothed my pillow, gentle feet glided across my chamber, *od.a gentle voice for a time hushed all iky questionings. I was kindly tended by a fair young girl of about 16, who refused for a while to hold any discourse with him. At length, one we uucon- w. M ‘Yes ; we have begun the aeoent. " Is It not said to be dangerous ?' “ 'By no means,”! replied, In as easy a tone as 1 could assume “ I only wish it was daylight, so thnt <-* wn might nnjoy the mountain scenery. But what's thnt ?' and she covered her eyes from a sheet of lightning thnt illustrated the rugged mountains with brilliant intensity. “Peal after peal of thunder instantly succeeded;. there was a very volume of rain coming down at each thunder burst, and with the deeper moaning of an animal in dreadful agony break ing upon our ears, I found tjiat the coach bad come to a dead bait. . • "Louise, my beautiful fellow-travel er, became pale as ashes. She fixed her eyes on mine with a look of anx ious dread, and, turning to her father, she hurriedly remarked : “ ‘We are on the mountains.” <" ‘I reckon we are,’ was' the cerned reply. ‘ "With instinctive activity, I put a head through the window and led to'the driver, but the only answer wa* the moaning of an animal, borne past me by the swift winds of the tempest, I seized the handle of the door and strained in vain—it would not yield: At that instant J felt a cold hand in mine, and heard Louise faintly articulate in my ear the follow ing appalling words: \*“Tbe coach Is moving backwards.” " Never shall I' forget the fierce agony with which I tugged at the coach door, and called on the driver In tones that rivalled the fierce blast of the tempest, whilst the conviction wps burning on my brain that the coach was being slowly moved back ward*. " What followed was of such swift occurretme that it seems to me like a frightfuldream. “ I rushed against the door with all my force; but it withstood mv. utmost efforts. One side of our vehicle was sensibly going down, down, down. Thn tnobnlng of the agonized animal become deeper, and I knew from bis desperate plunges that it wan one of our horses. Crash upon crash of thunder rolled over the mountain, and Tivid fisehee of lightning played over ear heads. By lie light I eefild see for a motnent the old planter sending erect, witn hi* hands on his son and daughter, hia eyes rained' to heaven, eafijtts lips moving ns If U pmfes. FedEfi ane fkmie tan her ashy cheek morning, finding myself sufficiently re covered to lit up, I Insisted on know ing the result of the accident. " ‘You were discovered,” she said, ‘sitting on a ledge of rock, amidst the branches of a shattered tree, clinging to the roof of your broken coach with one band, and the insensible form of a lady with the other.’ “ ‘And the lady !’ I gasped, scanning the girl’s face with an earnestness that made her draw back and blush. “ ‘She was saved, Sir, by the means that saved you—a friendly tree.’ “‘And her father and brother? 1 1 Impatiently demandeil. "‘We found both crushed to^death at the bottom of the precipice and we hurled them in one grave by the clover patch down in our meadow.’ Poor Louise ! poor orphan ! God pity you !’ 1 muttered, lo broken tones, utterly unconscious that I had a listener. “God _plty her. Indeed, sir,” she id, with a gush of heartfelt sympa thy. ’Would you like to see her ?’ she added. I found her bathed in tears for her kindred, and she received me with sorrowful sweetness of manner. 1 need not detain you by describing th#efforts I made to soothe ber grief, but briefly acquaint you that at the last 1 succeed ed, and 12 months after the dreadful occurrence which 1 have related, we stood at thn altar as man and wife. She still lives to bless mtf with hpr smiles, but on thn anniversary of that terrible night she secludes herself In her room, nod devotes the hours of darkness to solitary prayer. “ As for me," added the traveler, while a faint blush titged his noble brow, " ns for me, that accident has reduced me to the condition of a physi cal coward at the sight of a mountain precipice.” "But the driver,” asked the Indy passenger, who had listened to the story with much attention, “what be came of the driver, and did you ever learn thn reason of*his deserting bis post?" . " His body was found on the road, within a lew steps ef the place where the coach went over. He bad been •truck dead by the same Hash of light ning that hlln Jed the restive horses." And thus ended the thrilling remarkable story of life. THREE TAKESOF ROMANCE. Tbs Deke*s Vendetta. »• Story of Venice and Houston walls upon t r'ldes to the lilvoll springe out. The duchess hastens to meet him. < ^Did you kill him?" abe whispers. " f dii not.” “ What! Did you fail In your mis sion ? It Is possible that a lUvnll could declare a vendetta aad then let it go to protest ?” " Pesos, Flammetta,” says the duke. w I do not deserve your reproaches.” " Wbat did you do to him ?" " I left him running a weekly news paper In Texas.” Thn duchess sinks down, coven her face with her bands and shudders violently. “ Oh, Luigi!” she sobs. “ Revenge Is all right, but was there any need to be so Inhuman ? You should have killed him.”—Houston Post. SLAVES AND SLAVERY. Wactt and Figure* From the Hie- tory of the Truffle. a deep star- Over the scene studded sky. It Id midnight In Venice. On the balcony of « magnificent ducal palace on the water* of the Adriatic site the CoUntess GiuoctolV B» ber side le Pete Skidmore, the talented young American painter. The brilliant hut soft light of an Italian moon floods the marble stepe of the palace and the crystal sea where shadowy gondolas wind In and out like the maxy figures In some half-remem- bered dream... “Do you love me?" asks the cous in low, over-ripe tones “Easy," says Pete, kissing her jewel ed band. As he speaks a black gondola glides past, and something Is thrown and falls at the feet of the countess. “Copo di Bnccho!" she exclaims. " It is a vendetta 1" The gondola glides past again, and some one in it hisses some words in Italian through his clenched teeth. That must be a steamboat.” says Pete, “ and tbe escape valve L out of order.” It is the Duke Rl oouutes*. , “He loves me to diutrac tion, You must ly.” Why?” ■ - \ He ha* declared * \cndetta." 1 What’s that u Anything IHce a dividend ?” “Do n^tjait. Ply, oh, fly, ere it is too late. One kiss, and then fare well.” As Pete Skidmore kisses the coun tess another prolonged hissing sound comes from the gondola. Pete look* up kt the summit of Mount Vesuvius in theTlUtance. Sounds like wo were going to have another eruption,” he mutters to him self. Pete then puts on his shoes and roes back to the palace where he wards. II. It was twenty minutes to 6 o'clock In Texas. Pete Skidmore has finished his art studies in Venice and has returned to Houston. He has arisen early, and,* to oblige an old friend, is painting a barn a dark-red color for 04, one-half in advance^ , ~ Ho often sighs when he thinks of Venice and the dark, languishing eyes of the Countess Giuccioli, and through his head runs the refrain of a song she used to sing . “ Barcipa setta muppa ganon me.”. Suddenly the ladder is jerked from undet him, and he falls Into a bucket of paint. He oolrirs quickly and rises to his feet. The Duke dl Ittvoli stands before him. “Zi* ces a vendetta to se death 1” hisses the duke between hie clenched teeth. “I have come to keel you." “ What for ?” asks Pete. " R*r-r-r-revcnge ! 1" says the duke. " Por what ?" asks Pete. "I tPicrrlfui sooountess —- m. ■Moonlight on the Adriatic. " The Duchess Hi veil, nee Oinochll, It is estimated by competent author ities that for every slave brought from Africa to America ten Africans were killed in their native country during the capture. The same authorities assert that of the number started from the Dark Continent for the new world one-fifth died during the voyage and one-third before they became hardened to slave labor. The first Kngllsh ship regularly engaged in the slave trade was commanded by Sir John Hawkins and was named the Jesus. Queen Elizabeth commissioned the comman der, and gave him as a crest a fettered African slave. During the last century the British Parliament passed laws regulating tbe slave trade. Their provisions were intended to regulate the attention ( :iven to slavs* on board *hlp and to nsure a plentiful supply of food and water. ia47Wslftve~y was abolished tr Pennsylvania by gradual smancipation; in New Hampshire in 1784, and In the same year this example was followed by Connecticut and Rhode Island ; em ancipation came in Vermont In 17911, and in tflo same year in N*w York ; in New Jersey the slaves were compelled to wait uctll 1804. In 1816 the National Colonization Society was formed, comprising ns members many men of prominence in both the Northern and Southern States, its object was to assist the emigration of free negroes from this country to Africa. The only substantial result of the movement thus inaugurated was the CBtablishmont of Liberia. la 1787 a society was organized lo Pennsyl vania to,ameltorate the conditio* of tbe slaves in this country. Benjamin Pranklln was it* first president. A little 'ater a New York society for the same object was formed. John Jsy was its first president, Hancock its •eoood. Similar societies were soon formed la Mveral other States. In 1783 the Supreme Court of Massachu setts declared thnt thn clause lo the constitution “ all men are created free and equal," was a bar to the ex istence of slavery in thnt Common wealth _ In 1870 serf liberation came In Rou- mania. Tbs Boyars, or country land lords, were allowed the option of giv ing half their farms to their foranr •erf or telling the whole atlMshilliag* per acre. Toe word slave or slave* occurs only twice In the Bible, onoe In Jeremiah 2: 14; tbe other time In Revelation 18; 1& The word bond man. servant or their equivalents, Is o', very frequent occurrence. In Sparta young lads were trained to beat aad even murder slaves fur amusement, or as a pradios in arms. During one night no lens than 3,000 unfurtuoatss were thur massacred la the streets of Sparta. On# result of Russian slavery is the fact thnt nearly all Russian estates are mortgaged to the government until 1V12 as security for the advances made by tbs exar at the time of the manumissisa of the serfs. After thn Jewish war and the capture and de struction of Jerusalem by Titus so many Hebrews were sold Into captivity that the prion of slaves la the East. Asia Minor and Greeoe, went down to about fifteen shillings. The slave trade ia Africa has desolated a tract of oountrv extending fifteen degrees on each side of the equator and claar across the continent, having an area | of 4,000,000 square miles, or a fourth | larger than tue United States. Russian emancipation of the serfs look place is 1861. At thattime 22,000,000serfs who Thn Missouri thn attnntlne of legislators at times from 1817 to 11821. As l«u as I860, 4,000 African slaves warn an nually transported from the Dark Contineat to Cuba. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise by the enact ment of the Kansu nod Nebraska bills wds la 1864. The number of slaves emancipated In tbe United Statu by Lincoln's proclamation Tn 1863 was 3,980,000. A doctor brought in the •lave markets of Rome from 8200 to 8600, according to his reputation for •kill. During tbe sixty years ending nith 1847 1,62,000 slaves were Iran •ported from Africa to the America*. It Is e*timated that not less than 180,000,000 African slaves have perish ed to glut the avarice of slavo traders. FHfi CODUGE CflUHI IT CHICAGO. BHjVBK STILL LEADS THE RACE. The Trend of Opinion le Towards a Pf*e Silver Platform In Chicago and Candidates to Match. « The New York Journal hu received from tbe Democratic leaders in nearly every State in the Union opinions u to the probable strength of silver or gold in their delegations to the nation al Democratic convention at Chicago. Many of them also discuss the proba bility of the adoption of a unit rule by their delegations. This canvass *eems to show that the West and South will In 1840 all serf in the Austro-Hungani, 1)0 i* 1 **® 1 * for sliver, while tne East lan district were liberated, their owh? nndtbe middle States will declare for gold, or at any rate against free silver. These opinions from their character clearly indicate that a crisis in finan- clal matters will be reached when tba era being paid in government scrip* In the Roman slave markets slaves were always sold naked, and those that ware-not, warranted sound wore a cap. After a Roman victory slaves were often sold on or : near the battlefield in great numbers for a few cents each. Roman slaves were often educated men. Tbe doctors, musicians, actors and meq of other callings were often •lavis. Tbe Emperor of China is said to^bave have 230,000 slaves. Wealthy Romans often owned as many u 10,000 slaves. During the Saxon and Norman times In England children were publicly sold In tbe streets of English towns for slaves. By the law* of the Twelve Tables debtors might he seized by their creditors and held as slaves until the debt was discharged. British emancipation In the West Indies took place in 1834. It Is estimated that 780,000 slaves were freed in that year. Slavery was abolished In Cuba in 1880. The Danes were the first to abolish slavery in their West Indian posses sions. In 1817 the United States agreed with Spain to abolish the trade in African slaves The John Brown-raid spread the wildest excitement through the country in 4859. The serfs of the Middle Ages were bought and sold with the estates, like the cattle. In 1781 serfdom was abolished in the Ger man Empire by Joseph ll., then em peror. In 1867 the Spanish govern ment declared slave trading on the high seas to be piracy. .S«Vfi in the Ottoman Empire, Persia. Arabia, S'am. nfclhs, and tbe interior of African countries, slavery is now extinct. In "the Southern States oi this country from 1833 to 1847 it is stated that 18,600 slaves were manu mitted by their masters. Every weal thy Greek and Romas had slaves who did his oopylng.—81 Louis Globe- Democrat. PEABODY BCHOLAKBHIP, To be Awarded to Those From State. This Democratic convention assembles and that the silver mdto will very likely cofitroi the convention. ' The deductions from all these re ports can be s^en by a glance at the following table. SILVER. Southern States—West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina,' Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas. Western States—Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Now Mexico, Colorado, Mon tana, Idaho, .Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, California, Oklahoma (Ter.) GOLD. New England States—Maine (divid ed), New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Middle States—New -York, Pennsyl vania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land. Western States—Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota. Southern States—Kentucky. Doubtful States—tBdUaa tarvTdedJ Obio v Alabama, Florida. The situation in Indiana is thus sized up by one of the fairest-minded and brainiest men in the Hoosier State, the Hon. John W. Kern, of Indianapolis: “Indianapolis, April 17. 1896. In my opinion fully one-baif, if not a greater number, of the Indiana dele gates to the Democratic National Con- venttwr wttr fte fdr Tree sTfver. only two districts that I regard as cer tain to send souPdf money men are tbe evenlh and twelfth. This is due to .he fact that the silver men have been -ggn-ssive, while the sound money uen have been temporizing and very unservative. It L possible mat the delegation may be equally divided. There is no unit rule In Indiana, and our position la that every delegate should be allowed to vote ns he pleases, both in the adoption of a platform and in the Domination of candidates. » “John W. Kekn.” though there are (rounds for doubting that. Thn unit rule, it Is generally held by thoee who put themselvee on record, will prevail at thn Democratic national convention. " MILLIONS IN IT. Strong Company to Develop the Onl- ~ boon Falls Power. r' Applies ecrotary atlon has been made to the Secretary of State tor a com mission for Patrick Calhoun, Alex. .C. King and Wm. P. Calhoun of Atlanta ano Granyille Beal of Abbeville to serve as corporators of the Calhoun Falls Com pany. Under the new law, the fees for the commission amount to 8211, which is turned into the State Treasury. The Calhoun Falls on the Savannah River are known far and wide. There thousands of horse power has annually, but the proposed this tremt He Is Gives Mx Days Tlnse tu Cuba or Else be Further Punished been wasted, but the Dropuaed com pany intends to utilize this tremendous volume of natural energy. It asks for authority to build plants to develop this water power aad transmit it by electricity to its own property, the property being described as 12,000 acres of land in Abbeville County, S. C., and 4,000 acres in Elbert Cpunty, Ga., tbe Savannah River dividing the tracts: to build and operate factories and to sell their products : to lay out towns: to dig canals and waterways; to build electric plants and transmit electric light and power : and to build connecting lines of railway. The com pany 1* to be capitalized at $2,050,000. in 20,500 shares of the par value of $100 each. At least $1,050,000 is to be common stock, while the company asks to be uutborizfd to issue another mil lion dollars of preferred stock. The site selected by the Calhoun Falls Company is an excellent one for such an undertaking. The Seaboard Air Line and the Port Rojfal and Western Carolina railroad will afford { j fine rai!road facilities for the company. Recently fourteen thousand acres in Calhoun Falls was purchased by Mr. Patrick Calhoun for $46,000. It was formerly owned by James Edward Cal houn. * ‘ ‘ % For more than a hundred years the Shakers have been studying the re medial properties of .giants. Tbf'y Ttu. have made many discoveries, hut their greatest achievement was made la*t year. It is a cordial that contains al ready digested food and is a digester of food. It is effective in removing distress after esting, and create an ap petite for more food so that eating be comes a pleasure. Pale, thin people become* plump and healthy unuer its use. It arrests the wasting of con sumption. There never has been such a step forward In the cure of Indigestion as this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist will be glad to givn you a little book deecriplh Havana, April 22.—Rev. Albert Diaz, the American Baptis} mis sionary, and his brother, Alfred, who were arrested Inst week, hate been set at liberty, but have, been order to leave the coiuntry before tbe expire tion of six days from the time of the! release. * Messrs. O’Leary and Darby, repre- seutatives respectively of The Phila* delphia Bulletin and Harper's Weekly, who were arrested at Matanz i*, have been released on ball which was furnished by the American vice con sul. Late last night this message was re ceived by Dr. Tlcheno/ : v . „ "Ki& West, Fla., April 22.—Tiche- Atlanta, Oa.—Do uut come, buT * n j ed j 3 Tiotr quick comer military Diaz.” wired tbe cou- to Secretary ' Mr. -nor, I need protection trial. -; Dr. TIchenor .it once tents of the message Olney. Congressman 13lack and Hoke Smith, at Washington. Dr. Tichenor has received thousands of sympathetic letters from all over the States, so many, in fact, taut it has been impossible to make even a formal acknowledgement of them all by mail. They are all road with great watifac- tion. however, and are placed on file. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Osadsassd Sohsduls la EITsot FERROABT SSrd, 1890. •tXtions. tv. Chair'.es’on Lv. QolozilEia.. Prusi/anty.. Nswhsrry .. Nlnsty-bix. £ ftrssawowd ’’ Hodess .. jir. A^bsvtils BsltonT Ar. iadsrson Ar- drssnviiis St JLOspta fiafly ■ No. U, rsrfg • a 9 uj £. TTlu 12 21 12 82 3 1 HU p jr T^.p.q S 15 p m £J 5 4 36 p ta • STATIONS. t/V. OrtsnvILs T. • Piedmont • WlUlemston ■ Lv. Aulerson. .. Ar. Dbnan Lt AWbsrliTe If*. Mnlnre. ■g.i bad been the property of 1U3,UU) noble men were given their freedom. Tne cost of the emancipation to the gov- moot was £65.UU0,0U0. Tbe prosperity of the newly manumitted serfs In Rus sia Is showe by tbe fact that in 18' the former slaves owned 186,000,066 acres of land. In 1815 the Congress of Allies, which assembled at Vienna to readjust the affairs of Europe, passed a strong resolution against the slave trade. It is computed that 10,060,006 In dtan slaves perished from Spanish brutality during tbe century and a half that followed the discovsry of America. During the “ hundred days” Napoleon, in the midst of his prepara tions for war with all the rest of Eu rope, Issued an edict abolishing the slave trade. in the Dutch West.Indies the slaves were emancipated in 1863. It is stated that 46,006 were freed, their owners be ing compensated at the rate of £32 for each slave. During tbe sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries uo less than 3,000,000 slaves were car ried by English', French and Dutch ships from Africa to America. In the Ruman slave marts, slaves from beyond the sea, that is, from Africa, had their feet chalked and their eyes bored to indicate the place whence tbqy came. The King of Da homey and other African monarchs estimate their own dignity by the nuiuber of skulls of beheaded slaves they are able .to show about their houses. The Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America and Peru, took back with them to Spain /real number* of Indiah slaves to -m- lauce their dignity. In Romo the slaves of a man of rank gave them- solves airs on account of the position of their master, and their precedeuce was admitted by the slaves’ of humble men. The undertakers of Rome kept fumale slaves to act as professional mourners. Oue who could really shed tears and simulate grief with success brought as much as $700. '' ..Slavery was abolished in Bet ail in 1889, when tuero were freed 800,000 males and 700,000 females, the owners being compensated at the rate of £80 to £100 for each slave. Tbe beginning of African slavery in this country was in 1619. wnen twenty negroes were brought from Africa to Virginia by a Dutch ship and sold to the colonists as slaves. Tne story of Pollio throwing disobedient slaves into his fish ponds to fatten Mt Cafp’ls told wntr such particularity , by several historians that It U impossible not to balleva in it* truth. * „ N Superintendent of Education May- field rec*l»ed the following from Mr. W. H. I’syoe, who is president of tbe University of Nashville, Tenn.: Dear Sir : The following scholar ships will expire at tbe cloee of this college year: Ella May Brown. Anderson; Annie U. Dean, Dean ; J. D. Dunovaat, Mi Creek; J. W. H. Dyebes, Biackvllle Jennie B. Gulguard. Columbia: A. F Harmon. Lexington: Rebecca J. Leo- eard, Ketdvllle; Media E. Lucas, So ciety Hill; Marlon R McMillan, > Charleston ; Mary Lou Major, Green { wood; Freak A. Miller. Hartsvllle; R. L. Neves, Tygervllle. I For niee of these veceacies I hereby I Dominate tbe following non-scholar- ; ship studeoU, la accordance with Article 3, paragraph 2 of the “Circu lar of Informetioe, e copy of which U enclosed : Lottie P. Crosby, Aodereoo; It F. j Fleming. Greenwood; Janie C. Grey, Wldlamsloe; Menton H. Job ! Conway; Luttie C. Jones, Laurens L M Lausuo. Oats; C. C. Lewis, Joan •toe ; Lou 1*0 K. McIntosh, Dovaevdle; E. Lille KiMer, Newberry After these appointments ere made, there will remain three vaoenoies to he Ailed hy competitive examinations as per Article 4, paragraph I nf the circular. The students will consider It a kind neee if you elll notify them as early as possible of their appointment It will be seen that ea examination for three competitive scholars hips will be held. Mr. Mayfield said that the exam inetioos will beheld in his office on July 21-22. The qualifications for bocoming a competitor for e scholarship ere follows: The eppliceot must not be less than seventeen years of age. more tnao thirty, of Irreproachable moral character, in good health; with no physical defects, eccentricities, or habits which would interfere with suc cess In teaching: end must make pledge of intent to teach for at least two years after grad untloo. Tbe use of tobacco In any form Is a disqualification for e scholarship. Tbe minimum literary qualification* required of all students matriculating for a degree are a* follows : English grammar, English composi tion, United States History, geography, complete: mathematics, 1 arithmetic, complete; 2. Elementary Algebra, com plete; 8 geometry, two books (Went worth), Latin, beginner’s Latin books Colar’s Gate to C;e*ar. When scholarship students reach college they will not be re-examinod. for admission. Tho*^ who desire to compete Lr scholarships would do well to com municate with Superintendent Mayfield at once. BjSYOND Doubt. — Among the the As to the Kentucky delegation following tells Its own story : Louisville, Ky , April 16, 1896 "In n.y opinion, the delegation from Kentucky to the National Democratic Convention will be compueed of 26 sound money men aad 6 free stlvei men. The sound money ■ course, be for Carlisle for A. J. Cakkoll. The Information from Illinois, from all sources, agrees that a silver dele gation will represent that Stain at the national convention. Fiom Tennessee oomee the following | (rum J. Douginas Anderson, secretory of tbe Slate Democratic executive com mittee : “ About 45out of the 96 counties have •elected delegatee to the national eon vealion. AM of these counties have Instructed for Ires silver except three, which are uninstructed for local rea sons, but they will vote for silver. Not a county ia the State will instruct agslnst sitvjr. Each congressional district recommends to the Slate con vtotioa two men as delegatee to Chi go, and the convention pe«*ee on tosse recTudmendattone nod steels four more from the State at targe. All the JelegaL-s will get taeir loslrdcliuns from tlie State convention, and the delegation will vote ns a unit. There ill be no gold men la tbe convention, except by courtesy, and thny will max* no effort to go contrary to their in structions.” From tbs replies of a half doeso eii-isformed gentlemen in Georgia, all of whom agree In the main, but •pea at sea with refereaon to the adoption of the unit rale, thn version of Hon. A. G. McGurry L hero given. Hr sill be one of the most promising eaders of the new senate and is an active candidate for president of the body. He says: " In my opinion the Stole cmvenlion ill certainly adopt the unit rule One district of the 11 in Georgia wi: elect gold standard delegatee, making the delegation stand 21 to 2, bat th«- State will vote as a unit, and that means Georgia's 26 votes will be cast in favor ol tbe restoration of silver to its place a* primary money." Franklin P. Owen, chairman of the Rhode Island State committee, reports that that State will send a “ sound ” money delegation to tbe Cnlcago con vention. From Massachusetts the in formation is that the delegation fron, that State will favor the same. Tb same seems true as to the Now Hnmp •hire delegation, while from Maine will go a split delegation, the delegate: at large, however, favoring "sound money, it is thought. Tbe New York delegate* will be a unit for the gold standard. The same will very likely be the case a* to the Pennsylvania and Maryland delegations. Soutn Caro lina will send a solid silver delegation Governor Evans, among others, re sriptive of tbe product. Give tbe babies Laxol, tor Oil made as palatable as Hooey —A bald beaded mao who has heard that tbe hairs of a mao • head are num bered wants to know if mere is not *oms place where he can obtain the en will, o' back numbers President. ' - 8SU, fw. Xswbsrr/' . *• IVuspsrttf.. Ar (V>lumhU Ar. Cbar’.ssiua ~ Iv.Uail which Is Cas-1 bo.UNo.isj STATIONS Nenous Prostration Cared by Dr. Miles’ Nervine. Frnloer*4 dsraaeswsBt nf to# nervous tyttsm not oaly sfSrta toe brain and men tal powers, but develops disease le Mae nf the vital oceans. Ths bmjss dan*s*roas of tores ladlrwrt results Is ebsa tbe bvert la affnrtrd. Tils was tar rasa of toe lt*r. K. g. Surfare. Pasa U.v*r. Mich., who wrttse sader date of Psb. 14. 1NB 25 : Sun Lv i *hfirt«v # on. ’Ar> t'irp 1 TTi- i r .7 • •• 1 3 4Up 1 TWdk 1up " .. .. Ai«* .a • " * Rp $uu. •• . . " l As, 1 |sm> 1 ip - .. 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Ap a. aaablastoe, IXO._ AMvaia, i*a many good thing* told some year* ago I *ponds to the Journal's request for in- of Colonel Utley, well known a* a W 1 *-1 formation, and says : cpnsjn editor and »(so as thy hero of more than one inillitary story, is a lit tle incident which illustrates his abil ity to make a good natured joke. During the war. while Colonel Utley was In command of a Wisconsin regi ment stationed in Kentucky, he attain ed some notoriety by allowing his mon to Harbor and protect a poor negro boy who had escaped from hi* master. The boy came north, and the master brought suit for his value against Colonel Utley. Oue day the .colonel went from his home to Milwaukee, and while there he met a friend who asked him how his case Was progressing. “Very well,” replied the colonel. "I think I shall win it, although I have the smartest lawyer at the Milwaukee bar against me.” “Why be isn’t our smartest lawyer by any paeans,” said the friend, with evident surprise. “Oh, certainly be U,f responded the colonel, with conviction. "How do you know?” 'persisted his friend. “Know! Why raan alive, he ac knowledged it himself!”' ‘ • . - A writer In the London Sj>eaker declares that the greatest aid lo diges tion is Qonversalion at meals, sqjl that laughter is almost a cure for dyspepsia. "Our State is a unit already on the money question. There is no possible chance ef a delegate going from Svuth Carolina whq is not unalterably and unequivocally in favor of the free coinage of sliver at 16 to 1. They wil support no candidate or platform not indorsing this position. No iastr.ic lions will be given and none but true men having tue confidence of the peo ple will Hu elected a* delegates In Chicago.”, As to ibe Nbrth Carolina delegation those telegraphed seem to agree that at Chicago that State will also be re presented by gentlemen favoring f re e coinage at 16 to 1. Possibly two thirds of the Virginia delegation will favur free silver. Minnosota, it is reported, will ->end a .“ sound ” money delegation, Kan*a.- will send a splitdelogation. » As to the New Jersey delegation, it will be for a single money standard. The same Is reported M to the Wiscon sin delegation. Counecticut, it Is claimed, will send a sound money delegation. Florida seems in doubt. Wyoming will send a divided delegation, some authorities think, though the majority incline to tbe belief that the delegation from that State will favor free silver. Ohio, it is claimed, will send a “ sound ” money delegation to Chicago, •Fourteen years ago I had s slight stroks of paralysis. 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