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I '" VOL. VIM Til IS POPULIST IMtOt'AUAN- t I > A. - I 1 Arrival Of lieu Terrell Ami < X licrs of Thai I IK. N ?ws ami Cniuier. 1 'oi l m in a, September 24 ? Spc- ' cial: The advent of Ilea Terrell, the j Alliance apostle, and others of the same stamp int- this State means ! j much in a po'iW rM sense. The lea- j ders are for the present keeping the ^ matter somewhat quiet, and it is j evidently theii intention to try and spring a mine on the farmers. The announced purpose of the mission of Mr. Terrell is to arouse the Alliance 1 ( spun in mis ouue. i no leaders i ' have ut last conic to recognize the faci that the Alliance fuelling in South Carolina is very dormant. They are saying that the Alliance sentiment is still here, ami that . when the elections come that this fact will he shown. It is now the intention to have the , farmers, who they think ought to j join the Order, to become active and, , what is more, contributing members . af the Alliance. The present purpose as an lion need is to arouse the Alliance feeling in the State, and in ' that way increase the membership, which is now, hy the way, painfully small. It is said that an effort is being made to get other prominent ^ Alliance men to come to the State at the same time; among them President Loucks. In a word, Hie intention is to make a bold stroke at this time ami if possible arouse the < Alliance spir t to the highest pitch. From what can be learned Prcsi t dent Kvans lias not very much to do \ wit h this "booming" idea. < )ne of < the men in the counsels of the Alh- l am o and Keform party was asked 1 about the political significance of u the visit of Mr. Terrell and others, ? and whether it was a mere cover to t starting up a Third Party movement in this State. 11e said: i "Whether it will result in a split t in the Democratic party remains to \ be seen. It is very evident that there are two very different factions and t with very different views in this t Sta'o, and there is no power; so far t as I can see, that can keep them g together." f "Then there is to he a Third Party c in this State?" U "1 can't tell who will make the a split. Both sides, I expect, will try j? and keep the name of the Demo- t ciucy. i 111? >vuik is tu 111y miiia a y part of the plan to get a closer alii- c unce between the States of the ( South and West, and so something in that line will be done at the Con t volition that is to meet in St. Louis i next month. The West has really t never had any affection for high c tariff, hut has always believed that with free coinage they could stand it, hut they now see that the Kast is wedded to a high tariff and the use ' of as little silver as possible as money; so you see there is every rea- e son foi the South to combine with i the West for its own protection." t "'What part do you think Cover* t nor Tillman will take in the propos- cJ ed combination? 1 "lie will be very high up in the i counsels of the new movement. He c recognizes as much, or more than t any one else, ino necessity lor just I such a combination. If he iias any r aspirations higher than those of c being a United States Senator, lie s must recognize the fact that tho only s way he can achieve any success is by j a combination of the South and t West in some big political move- j nient. This is perhaps the best time c to begin just such a movement, and a if it is going to bo successful I think the next eduction is the lime." t "What effect do you think such a 1 movement would have on State poli I tics?" n "I do not think it will make much ? difference so far as State politics are o concerned. I am, however of the t. opinion that those who go into the <] ne<v scheme in national politics will I take the same position in State poli- a tics, and by that 1 mean that they t will have to stand together. It is r not going to he nominally a Third I Tarty, for the use of the name Dttinoernov will he contir lied, rl There may be two wings of the 1 Democratic party, and tho new fac- g tion is going to he as much against e Cleveland and his policy as can very j well bo imagined. t "The Anti-Cleveland Democracy campaign will begin about tho 1st of y October and it will be an interesting fact to note who indentifles himself with the new party and then to watch the future movements of that g particular individual in tho political arena. The Alliance is starting its s national campaign very early and evidently wants to get in all the I work that it can before the State v campaign opens." * I The Story Teller Gets Mixed Up. t (From the BrookIj n Citizen.) a The country store in the sunny I South is tho rendezvous for all the 1 village inhabitants, large and small, i black and white, where tho news is ? oiiculated and the jokes perpetrated, a A group of loungers were seated < in a store of this kind when a coffee- 1 colored coon, with sloping shoulders 1 and cars at light angles to his head, c ji' * P' Dariu'S, ^eolor ;d)ren O jli?filed through the door way. "Hello, Pomp,'' laid one of the loungers. "You're looking just like that lion I saw this morning.'' ' Lion!" said Pomp, with his hair )n ends "Where was lie?" "In Jake Smith's livery stable," "Sim! Wliat'd lie looked like?" "Oh, ho had legs and body and long eurs.\ "Dat wasn't no lion, vo' poor tvhito trash, ' returned the darkv, I lisgnsted. "Dat was a jackass." "Well, you look just like him," luswercd the lounger, with a grin, i Porno saw the joke, though lie! lidn't like it to he on him. .lust iw... .. ..I......... ??u...,i iiv.il <1 uvi^nuvi 111^ I'ldiiiii CUIUIOU lie store, mid the negro saw a banco to repeat the jeit at another's expense. "Morning, Massa Johnson," said ie, "you look 'list like that lion 1 law yesVrday. ' "Where did you sec a lion, you fool?" was the courteous response. ' Down Massa Smith's lib'ry sta>les. Had legs aid body aid big ong ears." "That wnn't a lion,1' said the da nter. "Den what was it?" said Pomp jagerly. "Why, a looking glass, )Ou black ;ooii, answered the planter contemp uoiislv. and a general roar of laugher. Our Coat Of Arms. 'oluinbia State. Historical facts are wanted con rerning the origin and meaning of he coat of arms of the State of south Carolina. Coventor Tillman tas looked up the matter a little and le confesses that he cannot find out my thing accurate about it. No one ibout tiie JStjito Capitol knows anyhing definite on llio subject either. There are several designs of what s alleged to be the real coat of arms, nit the Governor does not know vhich is the correct one. Ho has been thinking for some imo of getting some one to look up bo history of the coat of arms. Yeserday his desire to obtain it was ;tiniulatod by the receipt of a letter torn Mrs. Mary Cecil Cantwill, diairman of the board of lany managers of the World's Fair, asking for itch a history, and sketch of the hate flag. She wants the in formaion for use in getting up a book vhieli will contain histories of the mat of arms of each State in the nion. Governor Tillman has written to he professors of history in the leadng colleges of the State asking them o collect such historical data as they an and forward it it to him. The Roanoke Tragedy. ilorning 8t:ir. Uoanokk. Sentember 2fi Th? oronor s jury rendered a verdict to light ?s a result of their invcstigaion into the cause of the deaths of he eight men who were shot down luring the reign of the mob law on ast Wednesday night. Their find ng is to the effect that the men ame to their death "by weapons in he hands of men or soldiers of the ioanoke Light Infantry, under commind of Oapt. John Bird and other ilicers," and that the evidence howed that he was acting under intructioiis of Mayor Trout. The urors think it best to recommend hat the grand jury or other com >etent court or authority take charge if and investigate tho legality of the cts of tho said officials. ('apt. Bird was cross-examined by he jury this morning and reiterated lis statements made yesterday that le considered himself dealing with a nob, and not with citizens. lie had five'n the order to tire in a low tone if voice to the four men called to lie window looking out upon the toor, being battered in by the mob. t was procuced on tho evidence of mother witness that Eddy, one of he hoys wounded, had just thrown a ock through the jail window before icing hit and that John Mills was motig tho mob near the west side loor whore the demonstration was oudest. The verdict is received with ;eneral favor here, it being considred, in fact, all that the jury could ustifiably find from the evidence in he case. Yhnt Do You Take Medicine For?" Because von are sick, ami want to ret well, of course. Then remember, that Hood's Saruj><irilla Cures. All we ask is, that in taking Iood's Sarsaparilla you will do so vith perseverance equalling or ap)roaching the tenacity with which 'our complaint has clung to you. It akes tune and care tooradicate old md deep seated maladies, particu arlv when they have heen so long lidden in the svstem that they have iccome chronic. Kemomber, that dl permanent and positive cures are wrought about with reasonable joderation. Ilcod's Sarsaparilla macks disease vigorously and never eaves the field until it has conquerid. i / I uestsus church which has realized su a very Hy permission her pastor 31 this memorium to he placed ypto**- ,4Ho Truo to 1 ON WAY. S. ( ., ? , SAYS rr IS V CIKNH. A Itnriiwoll Man Who Doom Not Think Mr. Tnnlrr Can Kollinin in (lie Itupiisl Church. ('otuinbia Journal. Tho following letter has been sent to ('ommissiotter Traxler, and its publication in the requested: "Baunwfi.i., S. C y Sept. ^7, 1803. ".Mr. I). 11 Traxler^ Columbia. S. (5.: "Dk.vh Si it: You have not sought un expression of my views on the moral nor the religious aspect of your accepting and retaining the position of State v'oinniissioner of South Caro- | lina's Dispensaries, but inasmuch as you have caused to have published ill the t/ourna/f a copy of your letter to the ministers and laymen of the I church, 1 deem that you thereby invito sill who may have the success of the church at heart to an expression of their convictions on the subject. "Now, Mr. Traxler, 1 want to assure you before proceeding further that after tne Dispensary act was passed and before it was put into effect, 1 thought, as you seem now to think, that it was a stop in the direction of prohibition and it was the next best thing to it. But, iilas, what a delusion. The dispensary is a curse to our land. My place of business is diagonally aoross tho street and in full view of the liquor issuing hole called it dispensary in this town. The hist time tho county board of control mot here there hap- i penod to bo sitting on my piazza, | talking to me, tlnee young men who had come in from the country. As j Dr. J. C. Miller, chairman of the board, passed on tho sidewalk, one Til. ? 1 \ l . I lil ui mom sum: ".mv mother taugnt 1110 that it was sinful and demoralize in^C tt> drink whiskey, hut as Dr. Miller is one of those who are direct ly issuing it out to us, I suppose he I being a deacon in the Baptist church, if mother were alive now she wouldi. think differently. So, boys, let u go over and get some. They did gover and they, or at least two them, got drunk before they l\/.i>: town that day. How any man \\r,ro has any respect for himself, after s ing the debauched condition of t men who drink tho liquor hong'0 there, can he satisfied to he longvo i connected directly or indirectly, g you claim you are with thodispetq(\ ^ t ies, is more than 1 can comprchcn ^ It is all nonsense to talk of its ta1' ing the temptation to drink out no' the way of the young. 1 have In as more liquor offered mo and beci asked to ilrink more in the last three months than I have had offered inee in all my life before. The men who buy it, not being allowed to drink if in I o mi t lintr 1 u i ir t 1 w. i r? lvi\i iu <1 I1U1U VIIV/J Ul? J ) l?U\V 1/I1UI1 uv;t i ties around to the stores where are employed hoys and young men and 1 drink there, asking all present to drink with them. They almost al-: ways supplement their invitation to drink with such remarks as: 'This is Deacon Traxler's and Miller's bottling. No longer any wrong against church or State to get drunk, so drink and be merry.' "No, Mr. Traxler, I do not, for one, think you ought to expect the j Tiinmonsville Baptist church or any church to continue your name on its books so long as you are connected with the sale of liquor. Yours truly, "J. L. Ellis." UNDER PCRFECfcONTROLMaj. Hannibal Spar hawk was one of the largo and heavy men of our town, lie was a born hero and a warrior. His spirit was martial and comtnonding. IIe stood six feet two inches in his! stockings and turned the beam of uj truo and trusted Fairbanks at two hundred and ton pounds avoirdupois. He was the acknowledged leader of his party in our town and his party was in the ascendant. The major was not quarrelsome, hut he was opinionated and unyiold ing. He was too big a man to quarrel and too conscious of his own powers to yield a point in anything. Maj. Sparhawk had lived a bachelor to the ago of forty. At length, however, the erotic dart touched his ( heart, and he offered to take a wife and make her mistress of the wife's , appropriate departmental his, house. Sylvia Aspen was a small, delicate woman, pretty and accomplished. For several years she had taught the primary department of our common school, and the suDorintendiner I * " committee was forced toacknowle* that by no other teacher had the scholars ever been bo thoroughly governed. She had seen thirty years of life I and for reasons best known to herself she had rofused all offers of marriage. And now Maj. Hannibal Spar hawk offered her his hand and his heart. "Miss Aspen," ho said, in his blunt dictatorial way, "you have known ine j long enough and well enough to know something of the home I can provide. If you take me you will take a rough blunt man who must be his own master through life. "I have my own peculiar views of the true marriage relation. The man is the head of the household. I can love and provide and protect; but I must be master. As 1 nfn 1 offer ch loss, rail- IthiU'II igh School a uggests leglute Instiutc. on her This well known Institutio broad features and an o> no k course of study, will open N 1893. It is the in /" tlio four Word, Your Work, and THI BSD AY ( myself. You will not be deceived." j Sylvia smiled 0110 of her sweat,! electric smiles, and, with her small white hand resting confidingly upon I the major's arm, she told him she had accepted tho situation, ou me sure?" ho queried. "I am sure of ihis," she saiil, look ing up into his face with caudal for- j vor, "[ lovo you well enough to mar i v you, and or for domestic govern! ment the result must be as the result is the world over the weak must depend upon the strong.' Hannibal Sparhawk kissed the little woman unu assured her that he would never be tryannicat or unjust and the day for the wedding was fixed. People wondered, when it was pub lished, that Sylvia Aspen was to be come the wife of Maj. Sparkhawk. i "She will bo a slave and a drudge!" was ?he general opinion. "You don't know what you are doing," said a friend, who had known the major long and well. "Hannibal Sparhawk will wear and fret the life out of \ou. lie litis the officers of his regiment at his house as often us once a week; and when they come they nniKO a night of it. It's dreadful the way they carry on; and the punch and tho wine that is drank and the tobacco that is smoked is beyond account. You don't think lie will give up these things, do you?" In due time?early in autumn Hannibal Sparhawk utul Sylvia Aspen became man and wife. Tho major had planned to have the wedding a grand affair?to have his military friends present in full pan j oply, with a lull bum! of music and appropriate fixings, but Sylvia persuaded him not. She said but little, just enough to make him understand that it V'.wuld please her to have it diff?nil. clu'l)! vconclunod to ]?!eas o I ^ce;.vo Tui> tHe Jr. married two weeks IV>D1). ^ J proposed that he *nJf ollieers of his reej. (Jo%stalT and lino, about y Mulw musiear !l (''ll,,or "leans Prince's ^ Aid plenty of it?" .t0 11,0 bition toC01ulc(1 i101. jlus. in youi jn our my fpiemls to tmxionslv posed / t0 treslt j |lcm JiC_ from our ^ ^ l*lashion of the times." hink they *or Ibal, 1 would rather ! the mat- V? lnemi * . j*i"hed at the ahsurdt her; but -?-4 , ., . . ' ?-f* whim, nylviti was a brazen f she said, with a smile ith (Jiu ^ do in this matter as you p.case." "( If I'oiirsd I will* di'i-hired tho husband, emphatically. 4,\On know what I (old you in the beginning?I must be master in my own bouse." "But,'' interposed Sylvia, with the sweetest smile imagmablo, "suppose I could show you that the' greatest possible amount of comfort and joy you can find will come from pleasing | me?" "Eh?M She kissed him and then ran away. Already Maj. Hannibal Sparhawk felt a nipping at his car, as though something was biting it. Day J and weeks passed and the officers of the grand old regiment were not invited to the proposed re union at the major's. It was whispered that his wife would not allow it, and yet when t(,e officers individually had occasion to | call at the major's residence Sylvia treated them so kindly and so considerately and bestowed upan them so much careful attention as friends of her husband that they went away j loud in her praise. It was on a pleasant evening of U? r .ii ... .1... .? i iiil* luiiuwuig spring mat uit) suciai circle connected with our religious society met at the major's house. Late in the evening a knot of gentle men wore seated ir. the grout or'el of the hack parlor, while at the center tahle near by were a few of the ladies at work. In the oriel the conversation turned upon national affairs. Deacon ltich advanced an idea in opposition to the cherished political opinions of his host. The major was fired in a mo moot. ' [ will tell you. sir!" he exclaimed smiting his huge list upon his knee, "the political sentiments which?" Mark! It was the tapping of a knitting needle upon the arm of Sylvia's chair The major looked up and mot the glance of his wife, lie coughed and stammered, and then smiled as he said: "We won't enter into a political discussion in the presence of ladies. At another time, deacon, I will give you my opinion upon the matter." On thoir way homo Deacon litch and Squire Lewis walked together. "Well, deacon, what do you think now about poor little Sylvia's daring to say her soul's hor own in the presence of her husband?" "I am amazed," confessed the deacon. "Why, bless me! she rules him with a rod of iron." "And yet/' suggested Lewis, "ho seems happy and contented." "Aye and there's the wonder. 1 can't comprehend it can you?" "I think 1 can. There is one way, and one way only, in which a small, % "| M0NTERE1 " w!lh 1760 The Monk s Remedyitensive j tontion Y< Ml! < < M 1111 r\ /' 3CTOBER 5 li* we ilv woman can entirely subjugate ami control a brusque, herculean husband. The major is not governed against his ivill in fact, his wife does not directly govern him at all. She leads him to govern himself." Other people wondered as Deacon 11ich wondered, for it was nparent to all that the doughty man of war and muster nail become a model hushntul. Tho only man, perhaps, who did not wonder was the major himself, lie was content with the prize he had gained. Once a friend uskod him if he was not governed by his wife. ".No, sir!" was his emphatic reply. "But you do her bidding, never theless." "I do just what ples tscs me," said tho major, loftily; "ami if it pleases J me to please my wife whose business: is it?"?lioston (ilolx. ? -* ? The .Money of (lie World Acting Director of the Mint Bros-j ton has prepared a table of the monetary systems of the world. Tho table shows that the aggregate stock ! of gold is $3,582,00."),000; silver, $1,042,700,000; uncovered paper, $2,035,873,000. Stock of gold possessed hy principal countries is as follows: United States, $00-1,000,000; Ureal Britain, $550,000,000; Franco, $800,000,000; Germany, $000,000,000; Uussia, $250 i 000,000. The stock of sliver is as follows: United States, $015,000,- | 000; Ureal. Britain, $100,000,000;' Franco, $700,000,000; Germany, $21 1,000,000; itussiu, $00,000,000.' The stock of silver is ditided as follows: United States, $538,000,- ' 000 full tender, and $77,000,000 ' limited tender; Ureal Britain, no sil- : ver full tender, $100,000,000 limited tender; Franco, $050,000,000 full tender, $50,000,000 limited tendet ; Germany, $103,*>00,000 full tender and $108,000,000 limited tender; Uussia, j $22,000,000 full tender and $38,000,1 oOO limited tender. The ratio prevailing in nearly all principal countries between gold and legal tender silver is 1 to 154. The ratio between gold and limited ten- I, dcr silver is, as a rule, i to 1 1.33. < The respective ratios in the United [ States are I to 15*98 and 1 to 14*05. The various monetary systems as divided among countries; Gold audi silver -United States, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland. Greece.! Spain, iNettiorlands, Turkey, and Japan. Cold?United Kingdom, (ier- , many, Portugal, Austria, Scandina-; vian Union, Australia, Kgypt, (.'ana-' da, and Cuba. Silver?Itussin, Mcx- j, ico, Central and South America, and India. (>f the uncovered money, South America has $600,000,000; | j Km-sia, $500,000,000; United States;!1 $412,000,000; Au Jtrin, >260,000,000,; Italy, $163,000,000; Germauy, $107,- , 000,000; Franco, $81,000,000; and , (ireat Britain, $60,000,000. The pel capita circulation of gold ( , is; United States, $0.01; United King ( doni, $1 1.47; Franco, $20.52; derma j, ny, $12.12; Russia, $2.21. For oapi- | ta of all classes of money is; Franco, ( $40.56; Cuba, $81,00; Netherlands, , $28.88; Australia, $26.75; Belgium $25.52; United States, $24.34; Uni tod Kingdom, $13 42; and Russia, $7.16. 31 et ropol itan >Ianl in ess. ?SI?. liv.iil in tin* n.innlnr >i nil lin I from the town for the summer fell! desperately in love with her. 15m her heart was in the keeping of a neighboring farmer's soil, and she could not return his metropolitan affection. She had told him so that night on her father's porch, where the honeysuckles hung low in the moonlight and filled the air with their luxurious !, fragrance. , "If you do not marry me," lie! whispered hoarsely, "I will drown myself.'' ' Oh, don't,'' she pleaded for her heart was tender, though another's. "Hut I will, I tell you; I will, lie almost shouted. "You musn't," she begged, laying her soft, white hand on his arm, "there's no place wet enough except our well, and oh, Mr. Smith, what will we do for drinking water?" and there was that in her tone which convinced him that he was not atnphib ions. Oct Wit /'rexx. (*uaran?'?Mi C ure. We authorize our advertised dr.iuripst to ! sell Dr, Kind's New Discovery for Con SMIimfinn l'niii*hv nml I'ol.lu inwui Oilal condition. If yon are altlleted with a Cough, ('old or any I.ung,Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a lair trial, and experience no'oenellt. you may return the bottle and have your money refunded. We could ni t make this oiler did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery could lie relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at Dr. K. Norton's DrugStore. Mr. T. li. Wiley, 140 Chambers St., New York Citv, says that Ayer's Sar.snpnrilla cured him of a dry and scaly humor, from which ho had suf fered intolerable. Flo adds: "I have j not now a blemish on my body, and my euro is wholly due to Ayer's Ssrsn pari lla." ^ m The best way to avoid scalp disease hair falling out, and premature bald- i moss is to uso the best preventive known for that purpose?llall's Hair, Kenewor. 1 I { I MS. I 1 " 111 ' :: f j BURROUG sfcn is'l ine I'I.M K TO tii: 3? ' hikI to secure bargains that w ** roods every we"I !9:3; ( i,i:m:i,am)'ssoimi si:\si; The President Stall's Mis |*osi tlon oil I' i mi nee, t he State. A11.a vi a, (in., Sept. ii7. The Constitution will print tomorrow a letter from President Cleveland to Governor Morthcn, in which the President states his position on the financial question at some length. The letter is in reply to one written ti%* rv.i.tii.it> .... 11.? i*.I. VJJ v \j * V I I I Kf I MVM Ull'M I'M I I 1 C" I ? I I I ilist. Tho (jiovc-.rnor refuses to give Ins own letter out for publication, but it is known that it presented a graphic condition of the political situation In (Jeorgia and the South and urged upon the President the expediency of a public utterance from him more eomprohonsivo than his recent message as to tho proper policy to be pursued by Congress upon questions affecting tho stringency of the times and the needs of tho people. It is understood that in Ins letter, (Governor Northcn pointed out the inroads being made in Democratic ranks by the Populists by reason of tile neglect or delay on the part of the Democrats majority in Congress I lo meet legislation on the lino of tin* party platform and pledges. Ilo| dwelt especially upon the financial j condition and political i lit crests < f the farmers of the South, who con stitute so groat a propo tion of the I )einocraoy. The president's r< ply to that letter was received this evening and is as fol'o'vs: WASHING i'GN, Sept. 2ot h, 1 893. Hon. \V. J. Northen. Dear Sir: I hardly know how to reply to your letter of the l.Mli instant. It seems to mo that T am quite plainly on record concerning the financial question. My letter accepting the nomination to the Presidency, when read in eoimoetion with the message latel sent to ('on* n t / ^ress in extraordinary session,! appears to mo to bo very explicit. I want; a currency that is stable and safe in the hands of our people. I will not knowingly ho implicated i in a condition that will justly make ine, in the least, degree, answerable i to any laborer or farmer in the in the United States for a shrinkage ' in the purchasing power of the dollar lie has received for .1 full doll.iv'< worth of the product of his toil. ! not only want our currency to bo of such a character that all kinds of loliars will be of cjual purchasing power at home, but 1 want it to be jf such a character as will demon | strate a broader wisdom and good ' faith, thus placing upon a firm foun dation our credit among the nations i of the earth. I want our financial conditions I and the laws relating to our currency so safe and reassuring that those who have money will spend and invest it , in bttsiii3ss and new enterprises instead of hoarding it. Von cannot cure fright by calling tt foolish ami; unreasonable and you cannot prevent the frightened man from hoardinghis money. I want good, sound and stable money, and a condition of confidence j that will keep it in use. Within the limits of what I have written, I am a , friend of silver, but I believe its proper place in our currency can only be fixed by a readjustment of our currency legislation and the inauguration of a consistent and con prehensivo financial scheme. I think that such a thing can only be entered upon profitably and hopefully af ' tor tin; repeal of tho law, which is charged with all our financial woes. In the present state of the public mind, this law cannot be built upon, nor patched in such way as to re lieve tho situation. I am, therefore, opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver by this country alono and independently, and 1 am in favor of tho immediate and unconditional repeal of the so called Sherman law. I Confess I am astonished by the opposition to the Senate to such prompt action i s would relieve the present unfortunate situation. My daily prayer is that the delay occasion by such opposition may not j bo the cause of plunging the country into deeper depression than it has yet known, and that the Democratic party may not be justly held responsible for such a catastrophe. Yours very truly, G gov tit: ('i,k vI'i. a n i). Thieves Come To Grief. Morning 8tnr. Savannah, Gu , Sept. ~8. A special iroiu riioniHSvi11<?, tin., to the Moi'nimj \> ics says: About a week ago the store < f Jim Kushin, of Metcalfe, <in., in this county, was IntroliM 'zetl uiul 11 quantity of plunder secured by the thieves. The officers have been on the lookout for . - ? HS & COLLINS, r ri i k woirriL or vouk monk v. ill surpri y u. \V< arc constantly re\, \v i(i( I| Wt; ill - 11 ' ??1 1 * I* 5 < M 'S. the criminal-). A unexpected cu?o? ' 1 ' tropho has resulted in their capture and a confession. They proved to be two negroes. Shade Lee (who was convicted of cow-stealing u week n n< I . ./in ? <.. I K i M<k 1t1/i Uf,", mill dVVllll.ll llld lUlllMO UJ Frank Munroc paying liih lino of *.'J 1), and (Jus Alexander, who is an T ox-convict, Tlmy met last night at Shade liCe's house <>n the Munroe plantation to divide the booty, among which was a T"> pound can of powder In dividing the powder soi?w was spilled on the Uoor. ydViiuOo throw a spoonful of tliirj into the (ire, which Hashed and sot off tho rest on tho lloor. This in turn caused the can to explode, which demolished the house and dreadfully mangled the two thieves. The roof and one sid<- fHj of the house was blown entirely awax. A shot gun lying near was also discharged, the load taking effect in the log of Sha le s wife, tins Alexander was put in jail, but he will probably die. Shade I.ee is at home in charge of a bailiff, bcin too ill to move, lie is expected to die to day. There wore eight pis tols, a rillo and a double barrel shotgun in the house. tt~ n..t mi lai; vjrut x lie m. The diflldeut vou nir man Im 1 w ant j My ed to propose to the girl, but for the life of him he (lid not know how to get about it. lie read books on the subject and sought information from men who had experience, and while ' ' the theories were admirable in every instance, he found that the practice thereof was a different thing. 113 was walking with her one evening, thinking over these things, when her shoe became untied. She stuck out & her prc'.ty little boot with a smile, looked down at it, and he fell on his . knees and tied the lace. Then he walked on with her, and 41 the shoe became untied again. Shoes " do that with groat persistency, it seems, especially these summer shoes. The third timo it happened he was ready, as before. , vljji ' {See if vou can't tie a knot that % 11 will stick," she said as ho worked away at it. lie looked up at her tenderly. "If I can't I know u man whoCun," he said. "Do you want him to tie it'r' she asked coipu ttishly. "Yes," he replied. She jerked her fool away. 1 lo smiled to him elf. "It's the parson," ho said, iitid ho ,ir ro>e to his feet and finished the work. -1 )ot iv?i t I'ren Press. A Word to Wives and >1 others. If y nil' husband or s >n is addicted to the use of Tobacco, Morphine or ^ Liquor, yon can free them from their *jfr habit. Hill's (Jhloride<of Gold Tab V lots cost but Js 1 00 and are guaran- ju teed to en re Drunkenness, Morphine or 'I'obacco habit in a few days. These Tablets may be given in tea or coll'eo without the knowedgu of the ~ v - ; j patient and will cause him to voluntarily give up the use of Tobacco, Liquor or the Drug D > not delay, but put an oi:d to the sufferings you have heretofore undergone. Cure your husband or son an 1 gain happiness for them an 1 y urself. I Mil's Tablets are for sale by lir-tchiss druggists. jB After breakfast To purify, vitalize and enrich the AfV l?Ioocl, and give nerve, bodily unci digestive strength, take Hood's Sar- ^rv sapiirilla. Continue the medicine after every meat for a tn >nth or two Ifjt, and you will feel 'dike a now man. ' The merit of Mood's Sarsuparilla is v V 'f proven hy its thousands of wonderful euros. Why don't you try it? Hood's Pills cure constipation. *jP They aro tie* best after dinner pill v*' and family cathartic. J Tliero can he no health for either mind or hodv so long as the hlood is vitiated. Cleanse the vital current . , from all impurities hy the use of ^ Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This medicine S recruits the wast <1 energies, f Strengthens tlie nerves, and rest -res o?7 health to the dehiliated system. ? J % t ^ The negroes of Sumter county, Ala., attack) d th ? whites recently for thrashing one of their race. Two of the negroes were killed in the attack. An insurrection is feared in butler cointy, as a result of the lynching <>f a nrgro for attempted ra po. < ur<* lor Ilo.ulnclie . A*- a remedy for all forms of Headache Klectric 1 >i11< ?'- lira proved to bo tin? very A1 In >t l? effects a permanent ouro anil the nu?t dreaded habitual sick headaches yield . I t<? it inllnonce. We ui j,o all who are / * alllii ted to procure a bottle, and gl<o this f remedy a fair trial. In e se of habitual constipation Klectric Hitters cures by jjiv inn the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases lout} resist the use of this modi ? w~ clnc. Try it once. Karigo bottles only 50 cents at I)., la. Norton's, l> ug Store .aouw ''CI stuaivjv,I ioj Mf