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/$. f \v')L. VII. A GRESHAM S BIG AXIt Decapitates a State Department Fossil?For Over a Quarter ot a Century He Had Held OfficeThe St. Louis Republic. Secretary Grc3ham took a swing at the official ax-to day ami us a result tl\e head of tho venerable fossil of th(jrn7oi)Sular Bureau now lies in the basket, as it were. This veteran 1 is named F. 0. St. Glair. For 28 years he had been in the State Department and for the past 12 years Chief of the Consular Bureau St* Clair had been so long in the department that he became of the belief that he was the supreme master of all the consulates. He succeeded to a great extent in appointing many of his friends to | fat oonsultates, and he made it a practice to change Consuls around so th*t hi? favorites iuvariably drop- 1 ped ii^fb fat places. 11c also made it a practice when complaints re garding Consuls were sent to him if any of them affected his friends, to put them in his pocket. But if the complaints were in regard those ' ho was not interested in particularly ! he always promptly fild them in the.archives of the State Depart- 1 ment. St. Clair had been so long in the ! bureau that nobody thought he could he got out. Secretary Ore sham, however, who is now a vigor- ! ous Democrat, if not very long in ' the party, did not hesitate to call for i St. Clair's resignation and notify tenipoarily by the subordinate chief. REASONS FOR His D1MISKAI.. There are several reasons why tbe dismissal of St. Clair is entirely proper. lie aidded a young man named Curry from New York a week or 10 ten days ago to humbug the department. Curry was Consul : General to Yarktnouth, Nova Scotia, during the former Cleveland administration and for a couple of years under Harrison. While at Yarkmouth Curry because a good deal of a cror.y of St. Clair's. A couple of i days after Mr. Cleveland's inauguration as President and while he was hold ng a general reception Curry appeared in the line, and, taking the President's hand, greeted him formally, stating that be was his former commercial agent at Yarmouth and was a candidate for the same place. Mr. Cleveland knew Curry slightly and told him to go and see Mr. Quincy at the State Department. Curry immediately went there, had a confab with St. Clair, was introduced by St. Clair to Mr. Quincy and informed Mr. Quincy that the President had sent him to him to jay that he should he given his old place at Yarmouth immediately. Mr. Quincy, never, doubting tbe truth of Curry's statement in fact confirmed in the belief bv the presence of the t 1 Chief of the Bureau of Consular 1 Service as his ohaperone, immediately issued a commission for Curry's appointment Later on, when the commission was sent to tho President for his signature, he made some inquiries regarding it and then the whole story came out. The appointment of Cuf^/ was revoked. A BIG TASK. Judge Gresham and Assistant Secretary Quincy will have a deal of work to do before they can put the Consular service on the high plane desired by President Cleveland. The * Republican administration took pains after the election last November to fortify many of the politicians of the party in places where they were not likely to be disturbed for some months at least after tho entrance of the new administration The outgoing administration did not content itsef, moreover, with filling actual vacancies, but arranged a series of transfers is make certain men]f. ore securo. Children of the Rural Districts. BY MILDUK1) MYERS. I >?iiwr n farmni',Q wifa T Con ? it /I I i ?(* uiv i o n ?iu, x ovvj nuu \ licar much that pains and distresses < me. In conversing with my neigh- ( bors, 1 often hear mothers make i lemarks like this: "My girls will t never be teachers, and I shall not * try to send them to school only for i them to become good readers and writers." Fathers say, "I shall make ? farmers of my boys; they can get < along as 1 have;, they don't need 1 much schooling." Invariably, such ( language is made by people very 1 limited or no education; and I al- i ways want to cry out (indeed, 1 have { till I have offended some.) You I have no right to send your children ( out in the world crippled as you I have been." If our girls marry far* ] mers and spend their lives on farms ' is that any reason why they should t be ignorant, uneducated wives and 1 mothers? Although they may do i their own house-\> ork (which is no 1 disgrace, especially if they do it well) i shall their minds be so untutored t that they cannot enjoy reading a : good book, or mingle on terms equal- j k . , __ ity with well-informed, intelligent r men and women? Strongly do 1 i plead with the parents among the t hills and valleys, to educate the c children?body, mind, and heart; do \ not allow the God-given talents to t lie dormant, hid in a napkin, for >ou ? parents, will bo largely the ones He t will call to account for the unim i t proved abilities. I I speak whereof I know, when 1 say 1 that an educated woman makesa beti l >i .1 .. lur >> i iu uiiu uiutiiv i ^ unit a 11 1 t ^ one,than one with untrained mental powers. In the country, where there ure so few opportunities for recrea- | tion (and at times the busy house- ( wife cannot avail horsolf even of i t these), very many hours, otherwise i dismal and gloomy, maybe pleas t fintly and delightfully passed in 'I meditating on the lessons of pist ^ school days; in reflections ccneer 1 ning the beautiful and instructive c things in nature, or the workings of the human mind, intelligently and t, sensibly, because of early instruction I in botany, physical geography, men r tal philosophy, etc. t And the boys?why should not c farmers stand intellectually equal j with clerk, the merchant, the doctor, c cr the school toucher,; I mean, in r general information and knowledge; t for while each one must have special training for special lines of busi o ness, yet each one, every one, may i acquire a fund of useful, general r knowledge. Fathers, do not think t all your boys need to he taught, is f liow to get a living from the soil, to t drive a sharp bargain, and make 1; money. Send them to school, stim- 1, ulate in them a desire for clear per ? ception, and understanding the na .1 turoof things; help them to make t the most of ?itheir natural abilities. Do not keep them out of school to t work while in their boyhood, merely t to make a little more money; better to have your bodies plainly clothed und your houses meagerly furnished, than to have the mind neglected ind uncaretl for. I like that remark of the mother, who, when a friend spoke about the plainness of her litto girl's attire, Said she hud no time for rubles or tucks, Iter boy was getting oltl enough so lie was inquiring about .1 chemistry and philosophy, and she I was looking over her school hooks f 30 as to be able to answer his queries; and when he arrived at manhood t she did not want him to be ashamed c af his mother, so she had no time to 'J make or wash and iron furbelows* t Ciive us more such mothers, and we s will have a better educated, more r influential rural population, from a which comes the "bone and sinew of 'J the land." t i How Farming Pays. t Wilmington Star. * You ask, "Does Farming pay?'1 a We answer, emphatically, yes. a There is no legitimate business 1 where one gets as good results for as v little risk. It is true the farmer has f very little ready money, but the pru- c lent farmer needs very little. The C lawyer, doctor and tradesman get ready money for what they do, but they arc compelled to spend it for what the prudent farmer has in t store; their little surplus is deposi- H ted in bank to be invested in real es- 1 t,ate or stocks, when ihey have saved j mough to invest. Thus there may 8 tie periods in their history when they i lave some money in bank, while the [ iverago farmer may never have one i lollar to his credit, simply because q le does each year what they do once ^ n a lifetime, i. e. inveft his money c u real estate. i It is the object of every in tell i - \ ;ent business man to provide for his \ )ld age a home where he can be free s from want and the annoyances of c ictive business life. This the pru- f lent farmer does by devoting his g turpi lis {time) to improving his farm c ind home, lie digs new ditches, j dears new land, sets out fruit trees d md vines, and does many things to (| ncrease the value and profits of bis j farm and make his home nirse at- t raetive to himself and family, there- 'J 5y lessening the desire to seek plea a mre abroad and spend the little rea- y ly money that the> may have. He d )an be lord of all ho surveys, with h very comfort that life can afford, H vithout having one dollar in ready n uoney, which is more than can he y ;ni/l r\ f n V* ?r rAnnh/tn ?>1U VI '? '* IVV/UVIUU nuun II ID U1VII* I zed man. r The imprudent and reckless far- t uer who plants all cotton with an j| iye to having ready money to spend jt :rom home, and continues to plant it n ;ach year regardless of t be profits or t oases, is like the merchant who in- t rests his whole capital in a class of t foods that he is compelled to sell jelow cost, and goes back the next leason and buys the same goods with v ike results, and continues to do this, a Ele must fail; he deserves to fail, c I'he farmer who spends a good part f >f his time from homo, at the neglect of his stock and many lesser but mportant details of the farm, he is f like the n erchant that does the same r hat in his business; be fails, and de- I ierves very little sympathy. The t Southern farmer has advantages en- t joyed by few; he can raise everything i ,(Be True to ^ onsrwAY. s. c lecessary for tlie camfort and happi- j loss of man, and his failure to do his implies inooinpotency or inexitisable neglect. If our farmers vould look around their own homes o find something to profitably on jago their time and keep away from he towns and country stores and teep out of politics, they would be nore prosperous and happy. Try it, irethren. 10. I'okthu. _________________ < War Among tlie4'lioetaws. N?'Ws atul ("ourior. Koht Smith, Akk, March 29.?A iglit took place to-day, at Antlers { 3hoctuw nation, between ttie Chocaw militia ami the Jackson faction, n which twenty men are reported ;illed and twenty-one wounded. Phe light is reported as still in pro ;res8 tit 0 o'clock. Antlers is one lundred and twenty live miles south f here. i The trouble is the outgrowth of he election last August for chief, n September, before the council net, four Jones men were assasinaed by Jackson men. When the ouncil met the militia were there to >reserve order. Jones was declared hief. Twenty-two men were arestod charged with murder in Scpember and are now in custody. Dick Locke, a prominent merchant if Antlers, was charged with incit ng these murders, but was not arested. The militia was sent out o arrest him and others, when their riends rallied to their support and he result was the battle to day. A ate dispatch says that the nrlitia .avo been arrested by the I'nitedj bates authorities, and Governor! ones lias been telegraphed for to go o Paris at once. Later telegrams just received say hat the militia attacked Locke's par y at his private residence, which ( vas riddled with bullets. 10 very rindow was shot out. Three of f .ocko's men were badly wounded, 'ifteen of the militia were woundei ( ,nd five are reported deed Nineeen of the militia were arrested by Jnited States officers and taken to .Wis, Texas. Loeke has no objoe ions to being tried, but fearid to J ,llow himself to bo arrested by ! one's militia and hence resisied. le stands high and has many | rionds. ' Three hundred men took part in t ho battle, each side having about I me hundred and fifty supporters. I Phe latest advices say ten men were ; tilled and fifteen wounded. One 1 ido represents the Choctaw govern- i nenfc, formed the national militia I ind the others are followers of V.I d. Locke, who resists arrest, fearing ha the will be killed instead of tic 1 ng given trial by law. The United < States ofiicers arrested nineteen of , bo militia at 7 P. M. and took them < o Paris. All is quiet at present. I All tho Choctaw elections last ummer there were charges of fraud, | md four men were astasinated. ( I'liis lod to a factional war which vns surpassed by the United States , orces. The present trouble is the | uitcomo of the election when Jones j lefeated Jackson. Stand Firm. 1 Now is the time for the farmers to mild up and strengthen tho Alii- j nee. Attend your meetings rogu- ' arly and help to make them both { deasant and instructive. Do not lay at home when duty and patriotBra demand your presence in the Vlliance to aid those who aro work- ' ng for the cause. There are many * luestions and matters that require 1 our attention, and tho place to dis- 1 iuss them is in the Alliance. Do 1 lot forget that the causes that led 'on to organize still remain, and it ' vill require years of constant and : teady welfare upon the oppressors 1 >f labor before they can be removed ( rom power. Tho enemies of pro ] ;ress and reform are watching ytau ! Iosely and hail with delight and Jeasuro every movo that has a ten-11 lency to influence you to become in-' lilTerent toward the Order and its] irinciples. It is yonr duty to watch 1 hem as diligently as they wateli you. 1 I'hey are constantly forming plans ( nd schemes to breed dissensions in i our ranks in order to disrupt and i lestroy the organization; and noth- t rw. mmi 1.1 Hww.. I..... . 11*^ TYUUIU pJUHOU 1> 11 v> 111 IIIUI U ( I J ?I I I IU ? eo you forsake tho Alliance and bondon the work so well begun. If on relax your vigilant, merciless oes have prepared for you, tho I >riviloged classes, ever ready to 1 ake advantage of your apathy and I ndifference, will pursue their devil- 1 3h schemes of robbery and extortion aore aggressively and arrogantly ' ban over. Stand by the Alliance, 1 hen, as your only hope of salva- j ion,? TVinsboro Advocate. If you want a reliable dye that I vi 11 color an even brown or black, ? ,nd will please and satisfy you vory time, use Buckingham's l)yo i or the Whiskers. ] A little girl said, ' mamma, 1 I annd your religion in your trunk," . eferring to the usual church letter. . Jnfortunatcly, not a few of these runk Baptists have more religion in < heir trunks than anywhere else.? V. C. Baptist, ^ i 'our Word, Your Work, and Til U RSDAY GOING BACK ON THEIR RBCORD Strait Latimer and McLaurir Swear they are Democrats. Special to The News and Courier Washington, March 5i7.?A son pation occurred here to-day in tin ranks of the Tillman faction of tin South Carolina colony when it was discovered that Congresnien-elect Strait, Latimer and McLuurin are blacklisted at tliu postoflico department. Morssra Strait and Latimci came hero in response ton telegram from Senator Irby to attend a conference of the delegation relative tc the distrihution of Federal patronage in the State. A KUHlMtlSIC FOU DOl ltLK FAOliS. This morning Messrs Strait and Latimer visited the postofllee department and oalied upon "Headsman" Maxwell, who presides over ttoe Fourth assistants. When they on deavored to discuss postal affairs in their districts they were mortify and surprised after conversing with Mr. Maxwell, to niml "their pictures turned to the wail and Third Party marked across their name." In oth?r words they were black-listed as not being Democrats and, therefore, not entitled to name the fourth-class post masters in their respective districts. Mr. McLuurin is also in the jaine boat. A I'lMiA hi NO L'< > TICK M A ('III N K. They wont immediately to the [lapitol and consulted Senator Irby, ivho accompnied them hack to the pnstofliec department as soon as the Senate atljourne I. Senator Irbv said to Mr. Maxwell that he appear mi tii?*r?? as chairman of the State I >omocru?'v, and Cot as a I nited states Senator, to say in l>ol>alf of these gentlemen, Messrs. Strait, Latimer and McLanrin, that iliev have never been other than l<?y?| and consistent Democrats. They were the nominees of tlm Democratic primaries and were elected by the Dem icratie party on the same tieUot with the (Mevehmd electors, and any prescription J would he indignantly esonted hy himself and the orga lized Democraey.of South Carolina. SU It I' It I SKI) AT I If It Y 8 CHEEK, den. Maxwell seemed surprised at his statement, and invited Senator I t hy to a conference with Rostmas Ler General Bissell. The same argument was repeated to Mi. Bissell, ivho said that after the present rush s over the matter would he given full and careful consideration, and that justice would ho accorded these Representatives. lYlHTLINti TO K K KI' Ills COf It AUK UP. Senator Irhy said ho knew from what Mr. Bissell said that Messrs. Strait, Latimer and McLanrin will be treated and recognized as other Democratic Congressmen. Upon ?1 1 - C I. 1 i * ' uciii^ usneu u ne kiiow who Had caused this "black-listing," Senator rrby replied in the aflirmative, but iddcd thait his information was con fklential and he was not at liberty to disclose it. nik max who denounced clevisnan i) as A root, or wai.i. sthEKt. Congressman Latimer, who was present during the interview, said lie understood that the custom has prevailed in the departments of allowing Fx Congressmen, deefated by Llepublicans under a Democratic Administration, to dispense tho Federal patronage in their respective iistricts. lie said he would not mbmit to any such rule being applied to him in the interest of the gentlemen whom he had defeated. Messrs. Irby and Latimer said they lo not blame Mr. Maxwell or the Administration, but they denounce t as "a sneaking, dirty trick" of some me. They declare it is the greatest insult that has ever been offered to ihe Reform element in &outh Carolina, and it will be resented by their oeoido at. the limner time. i - i? ASM A M Iil> OF Til Kill FAST. Both Latimer and Strait den our.c<, he charge that they are Third 1'ary men as absolutely false, as they jlaim that it is eontrndictod hy every /ote they have east and every speech hey have del vcred. Thoy say hey have never voted anything hul he I )entoeratio ticket. -o- 'I'he Wire to If onoliilct. The Annexation of Hawaii will jU'esumably be followed at once by .tic laying of u telegraphic cable Loin California to Honolulu, a dis lance of 2,100 miles. The project of running an electric wire across the bed of the I'uoifin tin. wevn America and Asia lias been for many years under consideration, rhe British havo planned a lino connecting Australia and New Zealand) jv way of the Fijis, samoa and Haw iii, with British Columbia. An American lino would aim to conned San Francisco with China and Ja pan. But there have been obstacles tc both schenioH. One is that with tin Atlantic and the Contenontal linet America already has round.nbou telegraphic communication wit! China and Australia, and a ucv wire would have to complete witl those existing facilities. Anothe Your Country.'" A.PKIJL (?, 1893; <' obstacle is I lie great cost of so long a submarine cable, traversing a ; route certainly not so favorable as j I the one furnished by the Atlantic plateau. So vera I years ago Admiral Helknaps survey showed a trough of extraordinary depth, known to exceed live miles and a quarter, and *1 hitherto resisting all attempts at 5 full soundintr. extondinir ulnmr tho o/ r? O ' oast coast of Japan, under the Kuro ' Si wo or Slack Stream, from the I Knrilo Islands southward. In other j parts of tho Pacific there are known i ' i to bo very slmry and extreme ehanII ges of level along the bottom. The j very dotting of the ocean with is 1 j lands or mountains tops tells the j ' difference between it and tbo AtlanI tic. As to the more restricted project for a cable between tbo United States and the Sandwich Islands, 1 litis, which has also repeatedly been before Congress for authorization and aid, has until now been exposed to the objection that the islands do not yet belong to ns, so that no national obligation arises to lay a cable to them, while a purely commercial enterprise for laying if is hampered by the doubt whether there would be business enough to repay it. With aimcxation, all such obstacles to a Hawaiian cable might disappear ai once. .Strategic necessities, current (iovornnient uses of the wire, and the great development of trawl and trallio would carry the scheme through. If (Jrenl liritain has found it wise t<> lay a cable from j Halifax <> I term tela, with the small popui.it ion anil the productive mi port unco of th<? latter, certainly telegraphic communication would bo equally nlvisublo between San Francisco and lluwaiv '/'m///<-. LICIIT I'OIC CIIIC \<;o Ca|h. Krliloj id Illuminate tliej l ilv froiii i or Soy? ii >11 Ics. Ki'vv YorcU, March 27.?t apt. \\ . S. Schley, I S. .N., who won much faiuo during the Chilean riots, in which poor Kiggin lost his life, and who is now in charge of the Third Light House Pistrict, the headquarters of w hich is at Tompkiusvillc, StaLcn Island, will start for Chicago this morning to superintend one of the largest electrical experiments that has ever been undertaken in any country. Capt. Schley said ton Recorder reporterjyesterduy: "If the now experiment is successful, it will be one of the grea'est achievements of the modern age, and will revolutionize : the navigation of our harbors." It is the intention of the government olliciuls to light the river front at Chicago by the means of electric buoys lor a distance of oyer seven consecutive miles, the current to bo furnished from one station. The present system of lighting buoys in our channels is inefficient and very , expensive, and can only be utilized on short circuits. In Godney's channel three wires arc insulated and fixed in one ruble, which runs to a junction box at one end of the channel, while one wire branches off to each light, which lights the three buoys on the north side of tho channel. A separate cable runs to the south side to light tho buoys 011 that side. By the new system with which Cnpt. {Schley hopes to light the Chicago water front, a power station will he erected at 0110 end of the line and one cable, laid tho entire distance they propose to light. The wire will ho of very small calibre at tho dynamo and taper up to about an inch at the return end. It will be made in this manner to save any 1 loss of the current by friction. It. is proposed to send 1,500 volts : over the entire lino from one station, anil a sufficient current will ho 1 taken off by the means of a converter to supply each individual light. Fourteen miles ?>f cable have been shipped to Chicago to complete tho ' return eircliit. ! Capt. Schley said the cost of tho experiment would ho about $25,000, r and that is what the intention to j r make it 0110 of tho World's Fair ex j , hihits. I le also stated that the sev-j on-milo range could not he lighted 1,1/ >iii .il.l . it/illi/mt ! tin irtwr. I t -SJ .... 1 J * * ?-?V hw, ernmeut going to an expense. If the harbor of Chicago is lighted, and tin; experiment proves success, Capt. I Schley proposes to ask the 'govern' meat to allow him to lay a ship; > ohannol with electric lights and bolls from the outer side of (iednoys Channel, np near Hobbies' Hcef. 5 f ho buoys in this channel would bo so arranged that a red light i would show on one side and a green light oji tho other, and on each huoy there will bo electric bells of dif, ferent tones, so that the pilot can tell just the location of his vessel. The electric hells will be arranged so t as to have a gong on one side and a , jingle bell on the opposite side of the channel, and at the bad points, > like tho South Spil, where vessels s have to change their course, a jingle i that will ring continually will bo t placed. i Capt. Schley says that by this imv provomcnt in the ship channels tho l dangers of navigation would bo very r materially dimimshod, and it would # guide pilots coining ill from sen, and make it comparatively safe for them to come over the har and anchor in a safe port in foggy weather. ? ? ?v ? (MtKilNOF Mill IN Si KAMI: Koundril Mtoiil 1 us the It est 111 of I n ? est ig ul inn (iniiiet of ( linnee. It is a curious fact that tlie "doctrine of probabilities," or the scientific basis unon which all insuranno rests, had its origin in u game of cards. That is to say, the foundation upon whioh this great economy depends, and upon which it owes its claim to the confidence and patronage of the community, originated from investigations regarding games of chances. As related by the North American J Review, it happened in this way: About the year 1050 the Chevalier! de Mere, a Flemish nobleman, who was both a respectable mathematical) and an ardent gamester, attempted to solve the problem of dividing equitably the stakes when a game of ckuncc was interuptod. The problem was too dillicult for him and he sought the aid of tho famous Abbe Blaise Rascal, a Jesuit priest, author of "(light Throughs" and one of the most accomplished mathematicians of any age. Pascal solved the problem, and in doing so enunciated the "doctrine of probabilities, or laws governing so called chances. I pon this depend not only the laws governing insurance of all kinds but also the laws governing the mottions of planets in space ami, in fact, all astronomical science. This doctrine or theory Pascal illustrated by throwing dice. When a single die is thrown the chance of turning up an ace is precisely one out of six, or one out of the total number of sides 111' !n*#W l'nt ll i ! nnrn 11 111??1 w? r ?vf throws arc made it will Iks found i that each face will bo turned up a number of times. From this I'escal laid dowi* the proposition tlfat results which have happened in any grout number of observed eases will again happen under similar circumstances, provi ding the number he suflioient for the proper working of the law of aver age. Thus the duration of the life of a single individual is one of the greatest uncertainties, but the duration, or rale of mortality, of a large number of individuals may be pro dieted with groat accuracy by com purison with the observed results among a sullicient large number of persons of simdar ages, occupations, and climatic influences. The iloll' I >a\ is ltcmo\ a I. Nkw Oiu.kans, La., March ^7. -Mayor d. Taylor Kllison of I tit; li niond, Va., arrived in this city Thursday and held a conforenco with General Glynn and staff of the Louisiana Division of Confederate Veterans upon the removal of .Jefferson Davis to Richmond, and came to these conclusions: That all the details for the remov 4k 1 I It XT Allf I lelnonu n ha lnft f/ t f Ito . I I* . HI 111 u i / i I'UHI.I (ii u II;I t tw liii, ? ? i rcotion of General Glynn as commander of tho Louisiana Division U. C. h\, and General Glynn will name the escort to occompany the remains to Richmond. Leo Camp Confederate Veterans in Richmond will make all arrangeat Richmond. The JelTerson Davis Monument Association will seloct the route and arrange on transportation of remains and escort. Mayor Ellison returns to Richmond to morrow. Ho says that the reinterment will take place in Hollywood cemetery at Richmond on May 3. The plot has been selected by Mrs. Davis and will 'no reserved for the Davis family. The monument will be erected in Monroe I'ark, and it is expected to lay the corner stone and begin work next year, and to complete the structure within tho next two or thr^e years. .% Mission lleir. A fortune of over a million dollars, consisting of stocks and bonds and San-Eranciseo real estate, awaits Michael O'Reilly if alive, or his heirs, if ho is dead. All this is left by his bachelor brother, John. In 185-1 John and Michael O'Reilly settled in San KrancDco, coming from Dongerey Ireland. John so ..I ?. ?...i .. ?.1 ? uuiuu nun 111 <v aiiwi i time hud accumulated considers bio money, hut Michael drifted into the army and fought through the Indian wars of 1874. The last heard of him was in Chicago in 187.">, when he applied to his brother, now a millionaire, for money and was refused. The missing man is supposed to bo about sixty years of age if alive. The gloomy fears and weariness of i soul, of which so many complain, | would disappear if the blood wore | niado more healthy before it reaches the brain. Ayer'sSarsaparillu parij lies and vitalizes the blood, and thus conduces to health of body and , mind. IfiaantVy cared fcy Dr. MIT**' N?rv1n?. * NO. 38. DRAWS THE LINE AT HAIYIPTONIrby Declaies War against Straightout DemocratsHp -cial t<?> the State. \\ ami i mi ion, March 29.? It is generally understood here to-day that.Mr. X. G. Gonstales' nomination Io !>c Consul General at Itio de Janeiro will he shortly sent to tho Senate. Senator Irby has just been interviewed with roference to this ap' pointment, and, as usual, spoko frankly and to the point. "I am very much surprised/' said he, "at this nomination. I neither protested against it, mr was I consulted with reference to it. As the representative of the organized Democracy of South Carolina, 1 would he derelict in my duty if 1 did not oppose his nomination, because the office does not fit him, and it is an insult to the I )emooracy of my State. I would suffer my throat cut before I would vote for him for an office of that sort, for his appeal to the negro and his opposition to the regular nominees of the Democratic party in IBM). His criticisms'of mo would not necessarily influence my vote, hutas chairman of the party, 1 cannot and will not stand such nominations, I did not object to the confirma tiou of (Ion. Hampton, because both factions, for certain reasons, were not opposed to giving him an office. Hut I want it understood that f am not going to swallow any of Mr. Cleveland's rotten eggs. I will oppose this confirmation, even tf I loso all the patronage in ?South Carolina, even to the small privilege of naming my own postmaster." Not mu m or .v mistake. The South Carolina Ooala Representatives, Messrs. Latimer, Strait, McLuuriu and Talbert, called on rohimnsi'-r ?ionerai dissoii to-uay with reference to thc.r being blacklisted. Mr. Hissell informed tho tie 1 elation that lie had ascertained, since their former call on Monday, that it was through tho mistake of one of the elorks, who was making a list of the Farmers' Alliance and Third party members of Congress and placed their names upon it, that thoy were blacklisted. "This," said Mr. Bissell, "is not an ofllcial non recognition of your claims." lie further stated that neither lie nor Mr. Maxwell were aware of their being blacklisted when they called upon him on Monday in regard to the matter, and it was for | this reason that he was unable to explain why it was they were put on ^ the blacklist. JMnin Talk to runners. The Chattanooga Times gives expression to the following wise words of caution: "There is danger of a relapse of our Southern planting community, from tho sensible policy of farm product diversification, that made a hopeful start in 1892. In a word the outlook now is for a cotton crop in 1G9I3, covering the area (or a greater) of the planting of 1891. This means an abandonment to a great degree, of food and feed growing; a product of from 0,000,0(H) to 11,000, 000 bales of the staple; G-cent prices to the grower, the holding of largo masses of cotton hy the farmers next fall and winter, raised at a loss; with neither food for tho animals nor the families in hand, and no means of buying them. The world dosn't need 0,000,000 American cotton. The spinners won't take it except at prices ruinous to growers. If the planters are bent on working another year for the enrichment of the spinners and tho impoverishment of themselves, we suppose they will, but tho press of the South should, nevertheless, tell the truth and thus clear their own skirts of the responsibility for such disaster as followed the over-pro duotion of two years ago." #IO<> Reward $ 10O The readers of this paper will he pleased to learn that there is at least ono dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh, Hall's Catarrh (' ire is the only positive cure known to the medical frat irnity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. 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