The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 06, 1894, Image 4
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TAKSXITS TB1PTATI0N
UnVss ihowe was a horse-trade or
Hnucthlng of equal hni>ortaneo on
hand, Lyman Tarsnoy was pretty sure
lo Ik' found at the postomc at uiailliiuo:
not Ihjcuuso ho expected a letter,
but because the postoltice was in
a grocery store plentifully supplied
with comfortable box. barrel and
counter seats. It offered abundant
opportunities for sly nlbblings ol
crackers and cheese, and was the clearing-house
for the gossip of the village.
When, one day, the postmaster did
reauy nana Tarsnoy a letter, ho wa*
much surprised, and examined it
doubtfully. The envelope was addressed
plainly enough, and Ixiru the
New York postmark. Who in the
world could bo writing him from New
Y ork ?
Tnrsney wont to one side and opened
the letter with mingled eagerness and
doubt. Perhaps somebody hud died
and left him a fortune!?strange
things had been hoard of. When lie
had gained a partial understanding of
the eon tents, ho hurriedly left the
post otlieo, his w hole lu/.y body quivering
with excitement.
Around the corner he paused, undecided
where to go to examine his
pri/.o in secret. Then ho slouched
with unaccustomed energy out of the
t.;ila?,. ...wl - ** ?
oun^v ??m? lino Mn.' wuuu8, mining
abruptly Jrora the beaten path, as aeon
as he was out of sight of any houHe,
and keeping on till he ft; 11 sure he was
in no danger of being seen.
Lie wormed his way into the midst
of a thiekot. and re-examined liis
prize. The eon tents of the envelope
consisted of a neat circular, printed
i?i imitatian of the work of a typewriter,
a strip purporting to be a
clipping from a newspaper, and a
small slip bearing a name and address.
Tarsuey rend the circular carefully.
It was cbfechdd i>i a strain well calculated
u> llattor the vanity and whet
the greed of the reader. After stating
tlrtit the writer wtts desirous of obtaining
a shrewd man to handle his goods,
which were nowhere mentioned as
counterfeit money, but always as
"goods," the oireblarcontinued:
" You can make money faster and
easier by dealing in my goods than
VOll OVIM- ili'nnn.nil' <?f ... ........
w. Ill JUUI
life. It was nover intended that ond
man should have millions and another
nothing. The wealth and good things
of this world arc too unevenly distributed.
"Unless you have money enough to
live on comfortably for thq rest of
your life, this is just the business you
should take hold of, as my goods can
be handled with perfect srfoty and
immense profits, and enable you to
provide yourself with a competency
for your old age and pass your remaining
years in ease and comfort.
" There is no wrong about it?
rnolo Sam has millions of our money
looked up in the Treasury, uselessly
and unjustly so."
So 011 went the letter to a considerable
length, in a way shrewdly calculated
to find the weak point of such a
man as Dyman Tarsney. When ho
had finished reading the circular, he
was gasping at the magnitude of the
possibilities which seemed suddenly to
nave opened before him. llis hand
trembled as he turned hungrily to the
printed slip that occompanled the circular.
It purported to be a newspapor clipping,
setting forth that, 111 spite of
lh e utmctyt vigilance of the otlieials,
certain engraved plates have boon
stolen from the United State Treasury,
from which notes?exactly the same
us the genuine oxeopt that they <1 icl
not have the sanction of the Government?were
being printed by the
thousands of dollars' worth. The following
oxtract is a fair sample of the
sophistry of the urticle :
" As the caso stands the people in
New York have everything their own
way, for their shrewd work seems to
he carried on in perfect safety, and
there is not the slightest chance of
deteeting them or the people with
whom they do business. Itseems to be
a positive fact that they are in possession
of duplicate Treasury plates
exactly the same as those used by t he
Government, and the paper is similar
to that upon which the genuine notes
are printed. It is a profound mystery
how and from whom they obtain it.
The greenbacks which the New York
scoundrels are dealing in arc so line
and perfect that there is not one
chance in ten thousond of deteeting
them, and all the detectives have failed
to unearth the slightestelue to makers
or users."
Lyman Tarsney had never been desperateor
depraved. His sins had been
chiefly of omission. Ho had never
stolen uught except precious time, and
the happiness and comfort of his wife
and children.
He had always boon one of those
sanguine souls Who arc content to
wait patiently for something to turn
up, instead of rolling high their
sleeves and turning up something for
themselves.
In the old home State he had done
frirly well, till finally ho conceived the
belief that in Missouri was located the
El Dorado where kindly naturo returned
a maximum of toil. Thither
he had iournevnd with Vila lloi<>
J ..wv>?,
and purchased a rundown farm "on
time."* .The ttuococding season was a
poor'one,'and Taranoy's minimum of
labor brought hun so^littlo of reward
that ho was unable ttfj make tho neeessary
payments on the farm, and indue
time lost it.
Tho family presently found sholter
in a shabby rented house in tho outskirts
of the village, and Lyman
degenerated by degrees into a goodnatured
loafer, a trader of horses and
catehor of fish?a worthless cumberer
of tho ground.
The green goods " circular came to
him like a revelation. It aroused liis
avarice and his long dormant ambition.
He hud never had' his chance
before, he toid himself; hut now his
chance had como. Tho artful argument
seemed prepared especially to lit
his ease. They stilled his dull eyes.
"The wealth and good things of this
world are too unevenly distributed.
It was never intended that one man
should have mllllnno o*wi
?... .^.?u (?uu (uiwtnur
nothing."
The words met with Taranoy's unqualified
indorsement. The appeal to
his desire for comfort in his old age
ao'einedliko the pitying words of a kind
friend. True, it was counterfeit
money. Ha! Was it?
Did not the newspaper clipping distinctly
state that the notes were printed
from genuine plates made by the
Government? What muttered it to
him if theso plates had l>ecn stolen ?
It was no affair of his. Was not the
money the same, whether printed
with Uncle Sam's sanction or without
it?
The Government had millions, billions
for aught he know, locked up in
the Treasury vaults, of no uso to anybody.
Why should not he profit by
or tfTipp, mtt Ifilvrtiust,
and efficiently. * j tempi
I nolo Sam's carelosftnos* ' The tempt-1
or won.
The coming of dusk admonished him
of the llij^ht of time. Ilo placed the
precious documents carefully In his
pocket. When ho reached homo the
scanty supper was waiting for him.
"Poppy's turn! |K)ppy's turn!"
whoouod 1 lie little white head two
sizes larger than the baby that wore
-it
There was always a baby in the
Tarsuey household. These children
loved tho shiftless, worthless father
who was always good-natured, who
; whittled littlo toys for them, and was
ever ready with a story.
He had no relish for the simple supper
that night. The food half choked
him. Ho noticed, ho knew not why,
i that his wife's cough seemed worse i
than common, though in truth it had j
been growing worse for weeks unuorcoivod
by him. But tho |>oor woman
looked more cheerful to-night than I
her wont.
She was not patching or mending <
this evening, but was nursing tho i
feeble baby in idleness. Her thin I
cheeks were faintly Hushed. The 1
1 little white heads were happy and
excited over something unusual. 1
"Hess what, poppy?" piped the 1
head that was two sizes larger than \
the baby. <
" I'm to git all the line washin' an' i
ironin from tho hotel." said Mrs.
Tarsney, with almost a happy Hinilo.
" I can make 'most a dollar a day out
Of it." ' r.
I'oor soul ! Happy at the prospect
of added toil !
" An' mo an' John are to begin
pick in' grapes at the nursery day after
to-morow," said Jim, ten years old.
" We'll git half a cent a pound." t
i niiuio six cents Herdiu' Mis' liar- g
low's ducks this afternoon," ehimod in ]
Lyddy, the eigh try ear-old girl.
Kor a long time these poor souls had (
worked, saved and denied thein'solves a
that they might return to the old v
home State. The hun'ger for ' home i
had been gnawing at Sirs. TutVnoy's t
heart, for many a i long.diyig day. She i
had uttered little complaint, but had i
toiled on, wearing hor life- out over (
the wash-tub in the hope of one day i
returning to the dear old home coin- \
inunity. Sometimes she 'said hope- l
fully 1
" May,bo my health will be better t
when wo get back home." <
The younger children knew only by ]
hearsay about the old home, but tlioy
were all strong in the belief that it ,
was the happiest place on earth. ;
They were all of one accord, hungry ,
to go. No self-denial tending to bring j
the happy time nearer was too great }
for thorn to make. livery dollar, <
nickel, penny that could possibly be |
spared was sacredly hoarded to that <
end. <
The sum required to take them all c
was a very great one in their eyes. ,
Mrs. Tarsney, with pathetic pride, felt i
that they must not i?olookimr Mlro
- o y""b M
gars. Now clothes must bo provided i
for all, and 110 mutter how cheap, now j
clothes for tho 011 tiro lloek would cost j
what was to them another large sum. 1
In tho battered old pewter sugar- ?
bowl in the little cupboard besides tho }
chimney was one hundred and forty- <
two dollars and seventy-nine cents, tho l
savings of many long days of toil and \
privation. Out of the hoard the bus- j
band and father, too, must be well- ;
clothed and provided with a railway
ticket, lie hud added but littlo to ;
the fund, possibly live dollars in all ?
but then he was the husband and *
father. Mrs. Tarsnoy was afraid of 1
banks, and so the slowly growing ;
hoard was kept in the old pewter }
sugar-bowl. 1
" It won't bo so very long, now," the 1
poor woman said, hopoiully, and then \
a paroxysm of coughing shook her. i
" My dollar a day will count up pretty 1
fast, and Johnny and Jimmy will make ;
a good deal, while grapes last." 1
Lyman Tarsnoy lay awake all night <
long, torn by doubts and indecision, j
He believed ho loved his little lloek. |
Ho would lulve done right by them <
long ago, he told himself, if only <
something had turned up to give him t
a chance to do so. Tho something for (
which he had so patiently waited had 1
been a long time in turning up. Hut
now, he thought, tho opportunity luul
corao ; lie had his chaneo at last. 1
Just aa tho tirat faint gray was 1
creeping up iii tho east, Lyman Tars- ]
noy rose from beaido Lis sleeping wife t
and stole the buttered old pewter 1<
sugar-bowl and its contents, every s
penny of which represented so much
of patient self-denial, of toil and prlva- o
tion. v
Aa he slunk through the room, Mrs. r
Tarsnoy, disturbed by some slight u
noise that lie made, stirred uneasily I (
and coughed in her sleep, and the t
wretched man paused suddenly, as if a 'I
reproachful voice had called to him. h
Hut tho poor woman did not waken, t
and he crept out of tho house with d
the precious hoard in his clutch. li
Ho s urted to slink rapidly away, f
and then stopped, he knew not why. v
The gray of the early morning hung u
' over the sleeping earth, and dimmed
the stars, fading slowly before the
coming day. Soft sounds of tho passing
night were borne to his ears with v
seemingly unaccustomed clearness. jl
It would bo train time in a few tain- Jl
utos. Tarsney took two or three ^
Slouching steps toward the gate, and
then stopped again. The patient wife c?
and mother, the little Hock of white
heads-?how terribly they would he !'
cast down when thov disei?vev...i '<
. loss 1 Thoir grief? !l
Hut was ho not uoting for the host, 1
doing the host for thorn ? ho asked V
himself. It would not bo for long, :
and then ho would coino back with a '
much greater sum of money than ho had 1
taken away. Ho would make it all ?
up to them thou, and thoy would all
go back to the old homo State.
Still ho did not go on. llo turned )'
and crept cautiously to the window, J
loft open for the admission to the \
breeze. The room was wrapped in V
darkness.
Ho could hoar the regular breathing
of its sleeping inmates. Mrs. Tars- i!
ney caughod again feebly in her sleep. .
Disturbed by the sound, one of the
little white heads in the trundle-bed
almost beneath the window stirred '
uneasily and murmured, "i'oppy !'
Lyman Tursnoy clutched the win- ^
dowsill, and then thero came the long- j
drawn, for-olY whistle of the East- j
bound train admonishing him that he
had but just time to reach the station. (l
j He turned and slouched ouicklv to s
the rickety, half-hingoless Kate, then
paused with his hand on its top. The '
little whitehead's murmured "Poppy!"
seemed still sounding in his ears.
He stood there for a little while,
then his hand dropped from the top of 1
the gate and he looked up at the fur, v
far-oil, fading stars in the graying v
sky -looked up helplessly, dumbly I
for a little time ho know hiinsolf for c
what he was. j
He saw his utter worthlessnoss. t,
The cruel, criminal neglect of years t
was made as clear to him as if a great i
voice had rshouted the truth in his *
ears. Lymuu Tarsnoy, gasped, bared I
his head and stood up straight beneath u
the stars. it
f of IJcnnprnii u i? ...
Tho rum bio of the approaching |
train grow lounder and louder, but the
man turned mid tiptoed into tho hougo,
and replaced tho battered old pewter
sugar-bowl in the little cupboard beside
tho chimney.
When tho rest of the family awoke
with the coming of the hud. tho husband
and father was sleeping aa soundly
as any of tho white heada had alept.
The frugal breakfast was kept waiting
for him as ho slept on. and tho clamor
of tho white heads was hushed I'oppy
was sloenimr. A i/oodlv imiu. i.f
forenoon hud slipped uwuy before ho
uwoko.
" I dunno but you ought to have
waked mo sooner." ho ml id to his wife,
in u half-shamefaced way. 41 I'm goin'
t<? work to-day. I've l>oon think in'
about wal, if wo'ro goin' Last we've
Hot to work. I or you don't need to
take that washin' from tlio hotel,
Marthy. You'd bettor rest I'm goin'
lo work."
And ho wor kod that day and for many
Jays thoreaftor worked with a /.oul
and faithfulness ail t.lio more marked
because of his idleness of many a day
boforo.
If there was any toueh of heroism in
'.his, I think it was augmented by the
raet that Lyman Tarsnoy never know
what lie had escaped hy keeping out
>f tho olutehcs of the " green goods"
lien.
A WAK TIM 14 TAlii;.
rile V ..I* .. M.ml li.i. I
ci'hoii Davis and Gen. It. 10. Ijcc.
Tho following interesting sketch of
i famous interview between .lolTorson
)avis and Robert 10. Leo is taken from
he "Century War Hook," and doleribes
an incident of the buttles
iround Richmond :
When Gou. Leo had crossed the
'hickahominy, President Davis, with
lovural stalT olllcers, overtook the eolimn,
and witli the Secretary of War,
ind a few other non-combatants forded
.lie river just us the battle of Mcchanesville
began. Genoral Leo, surround d
by members of his own stafT and
ither oflieers, was found a few hundred
I'ards north of the bridge, in tho midlie
of the broad road, mounted and
juslly engaged in directing the attack
/hen about to bo made by a brigade
weeping in line over the tields to the
jnst of the road and toward Lllorson's
Mill, where, in a few minutes a hotenjiigomont
commenced. Shot, from the
jnemy s puns out or sight, wont whittling
over hcud in ()iiiok succession,
striking every moment ncuror tho
group of horsemen in tho road, us the
runners improved their range. Gonjral
I jCo observed the President's approach,
and was evidently annoyed ai
what lie considered a foolhardy expedition
of needless exposure of the head
?f tho government whoso duties were
dsowhero. Ho turned his back for a
nomcnt, until Colonel Chilton had been
lispalehed at a gallop with the last direction
to the eommundor of the attacking
brigade; then, facing tho cavalcade
ind looking like the God of war indignant,
he exchanged with tho 1 'resident
a sakite, with the most frigid reserve
of anything like welcome or corliality.
In an instant, and without allowance
of opportunity for a word from
Lhc President, the General looking not
it him, but at the assemblage at large,
Asked in a tone of irritation:
" Who are all this army of people,
ind what are they doing hbre?
No one moved or spoke, but all eyes
were upon the President; everybody
iierfoetly understood that this was only
m order for him to retire to a place of
safety, and the roar of tho guns, the
attic of musketry and the bustle of a
inittle in progress, with troops continually
arriving across tho bridge to go
nto action, went on. The President
Avisted in liis saddle, quite taken
ibuek at such a greeting?the General
cgarding him now with glances of
growing severity. After a painful
>ause the President said, depreeiatingy:
"It is not my army, General." "It
ertainly is not my army, Mi*. Prcsllont,"
was tho prompt reply, "ami ,
his is no place for it ''?in an accent \
if command. Such a rebuff wasastun-!
ier to Mr. Davis, who, howovor, soon
trained ins serenity and answered:
"Well, General, if 1 withdraw perlaps
they will follow,'' and, raising his
uit in another cold salute, ho turned
lis horse's head to ride slowly toward
he bridge, seeing as he turned a man
:iHod immediately before him by a
hot from a gun which at the moment
fot the range of the road. The l'resilent's
stall" ofllcers followed him, as did
arious others: but be presently drew
cin in a stream, where the high bank
.no the bushes concealod him from |
ion. Lee's repelling observation, and ,
hero remained while the battle raged. |
'lie Secretary of War bad also made a ]
how of withdrawing, but improved
he opportunity olYorod by rather a ,
cop ditch on the outside to conceal ! ]
liinsclf and his horse thoro for a time j
roiu (ioneral Lee, who, at that time,
.as more to he dreaded than the one- ,
ay's guns. ^
? 1
Stuancku than Fiction.?A story 1
,'hich began over thirty years ago, i
nd which dates back to the late war, j
as just had a strange sequel in two
itates," Kentucky and Texas. When
he war opened Dr. W. II. Kichardson,
f Kentucky, left Dlandville, in that 1
itate and went to Texas, where he
lurried. Soon after the wedding he :
:ft his bride to join the Confederate
rir.y. In attempting some speculation,
e was reduced to the ranks and booming
dissatisfied, left and went to '
t * rm - ?
iuxiuu. j nore, in tno your 1N(>7, lio I
iourd that his wife was cioad. But ho;
onuiinod in Mexico until the present 1
ear. Then ho resolved to return to j1
Lontueky. ,
lie arrived in his native eounty, and
>'hile tracing up a land claim, found
I necessary to write to his wife's rola- j
ives in the Lone Star State. This '
orrespondonoo had a surprise in store j
or him. His wife was found to bo'1
iving. She had waited twelve years. ! 1
iid then had taken another husband,
'ho doctor was singlo and, rejoiced to 1
tear that his wife still lived, lie wrote
o ask if she had lost her love for him. '
die roplied that she still loved him, 1
ind that if he said tho word sho would j \
ri Vl> ueoAu/l I.?.. 11-!?
v .IV/I OVVV'JIH IIIIRUIIIIU II IN WtllKinjJ
mpcrs. Tho doctor was willing and,
ruo to her word, the woman told hus>and
No. 2 that ho must go. He acted '
m her advice, and last woek Uichard011
went to Texas, and " was reunited
o the wifo of ids youth" aiter a somration
covering a period of thirtywo
years.
- ?mmmrn* It
Is told of tho late .John Quincy <
Whims that a client of Ms, whoso caso
/as to be tried on a certain morning, i
/as unable to get his council to go to
loston, or to leave his fishing boat, ex- i
opt long enough to write a note to tho !
udgo, which, when presented, caused
hat worthy magistrate to announce to
ho court? Mr. Adams is detained on i
mnortant business." Tho note read: 1
'Dear Judge?Fob- tho sake of old
saac Walton, please continue my caso ;
intil Friday. Tho smelt are biting i
md 1 can't leave."
PLANT A THEE.
He who plants a tree
Plants a hope:
Rootlets uj> through nbres blindly grope:
I oaves unfold into horizons free.
Soman's life inuntchinh
From the clods of time
I nto heavens sublime.
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree,
What the glory of thy houghs shall be?
He who plants a tree
Plants a jov;
Plants a comfort that will never clov.
Kv.-rv itnv .. IV...J. ?: ?
IIVOII IKIIHN ,
Beautiful and strong,
To whose shelter throng
Creatines blithe with song.
If thou canst but know, thou happyTree,
< )f the bliss that shall inhabit thee'
11e who plants a t rec?
lie plants peace;
I'ndcr Its green curtain, jargons cease.
I.caf and zephyr murmur soothingly;
Shadows soft with sleep
Down tired eyelids creep i
Balm of slumber deep.
Never hast thou dreamed, thou blessed
tree,
Of the benediction thou shalf be
lie who plants a tree?
lie plants youth; ,
Vigor won for centuries?in sooth,
Life of time that hints eternity.
Boughs their strength uproar;
New-shoots every year
On old growth appear.
Thou shalt teach the ages, sturdy tree.
Youth of soul is immortality. .
lie who plants a treelie
plants love;
Tents of coolness spreading out above
Way fares (hat he may not live to see. ;
(lifts that grow are best;
Hands that bless are blest.
Blunt! Life does the rest. 1
Heaven and earth help him who plants a <
tree, i
And his work its own reward shall be. ,
H It ITS II MONT CLI .V CLAN IBS I'OS I- J
TION.
It In explained in a .>1 ant oily Letter ,
to Mr. < atehiiigs, of Missls.sippi. v
I'resident Cleveland bus written top
Itepresontativo Catchings, of Missis- ?
sippi, a letter in which ho sets forth <
his views of the new turilT law and t
gives his reasons for not approving the t
hill. The letter is us follows : , t
Kxeeutivo Mansion, Washington, I). I t
< \ ? ?- iw.,1 rt ? rn
v., i\n^uni mi , ioi'?. I I oil. l . V>. OlllC t1- I
ings?My Dear Sir: Sluco tin; eon- i
Vernation 1 hud with you and Mr. t
Clurk. of Alabama, a few duys ago, iti i
regard to my action on tho tar ill hill, *
now before mo, have given tho subject s
further and more serious consideration, i
Tho result is, 1 am more settled than |
ever in the determination to allow tho c
bill to become a law without my sinaturo.
'
When tho formation of tho logislu- l
tion, which it was hoped would embody
Democratic ideas of tarill' reform, was i
lately entered upon by the Congress, a
nothing was further from my anticipa- t
tion than a result which 1 could not c
promptly and enthusiastically indorse, r
It is, therefore, with a feeling of the t
utmost disappointment that I submit \
to a denial of this privilege. v
1 do not claim to bo bettor than the c
masses of my party, nor do I wish to v
avoid any responsibility which, on ae- |
count of the passage of this law, I I
ought to bear us a member of tho 1;
Democratic organization. Neither t
will I permit myself to be separated j
from my party to such an extent as t
might be implied by my veto of tbe e
tarilT Icg'slutiou, wbieb, though dis- i
appointing, is still chargeable to l)e- t
inoeratic olYort. But there are pas- c
sages in this bill which are not in v
direct line of honest tarlll reform and t
it contains inconsistencies and crudities
which ought not to appeal- in tarill' s
laws or lavs of any kind. Besides
there were, as you and 1 well know, t
incidents accompanying the passage i
of tbe bill through tbe Congress, f
which made every sincere tarilT re- I
former unhappy, whilo inlluoncos sur- |
rounded it in its latter stages, and in- |i
terfcred with its full construction, a
which ought not to be recognized or t
tolerated in Democratic tarilT reform g
councils. s
And yet, notwithstanding all its
vicissitudes and all the bad treatment f?
it received at the bands of pretended
friend.p it presents a vast improve- p
mont h> existing conditions, it will n
certainly lighten many a tarilT burden t?
that now rests heavily upon tbe people.
It is not only a barrier against tl
the return of maue protection, but it c<
furnishes u vantage ground from g
which must be waged further aggros- b
sivo operations against protected 1110- 01
nopoly and governmental favoritism, cl
I take my place with the rank and n
lilo of the Democratic party who be- cl
lievo in tarilT reform, and who know a
what it is: who refuse to accept the ti
result embodied in this bill us the close u
>f the war : who aro not blind to the a
fact that the livery of Democracy has r<
been stolen and worn in the serivco of o
Republican protection, and who have
inn mu int- wt-iiui\ ngnioi treason inai e
uir blasted the councils of the bravo
n their hour of might. n
The trusts and combinations?tho tl
ommuniou of pelf?whoso mnchinu- g
lions have proventoned us from reach- N
nig tho succoss wo deserved, should tl
not ho forgotten or forgiven. Wo si
-hall recover from our astonishment a
tit their exhibition of power, and if g
then the question is forced upon us
whether they shall submit to the free b
legislative will of the people's ropre- y
sen'atives, or shall dictate the laws n
which the people must obey, we will ft
nccopt and settle that issue as oho in- 11
voicing the integrity and safety of e
American institutions. d
I love tho principles of true Demo- g
cracy became they uro founded in b
patriotism and upon justice and fair- v
ness toward all interests, i am proud t<
:>f my party organization because it is tl
conservatively sturdy and persistent a
in the enforcement of prineiplo. w
Therefore, i do not despair of tho tl
House of Representatives to sup]Moment
tho bill already passed by furthe;r
legislation, and to have, enerafted |<
upon it such mcdillcations as will moro
nearly meet Democratic hopes and ^
iispirations. ^
i cannot be mistaken as to the ncces- ?|
sity of logical and sensible tarilT ro- j,
form. Tho extent to which this is
recognized in the legislation already ,A
secured is one of its encouraging and (|
redooming features; but it is vox a- t'
tlous to recall that while free c.oal and ,
iron ore have been denied us, a recent !(
letter to the seeretary of the treasury '
iliHcloses the faot that both might have (
boon made free by tlie annual sur- |
render of only about $700,000 of un- ^
iiuwssury ruvonuo, | |(
I am sure til at there is a common !
habit of underestimating the importance
of frco raw materials in tarill
legislation, and regarding them as
on 1^ related to conoessions to bo made C
to our manufacturers. The truth is. r
their iniluoneo is so far reaching that si
if disregarded, a comploto ami beueti- u
cent scheme of tariff reform eannot bo h
inaugurated. n
When wo give to our manufacturers
froo raw materials wo unshakio Araerl- ?
L'an enterprise and ingenuity, and
these will open the doors of a'foreign
markets to the reception of our wares a
and give opportunity for thocontinuous ,.m
and remunerative employment of t
American lalxir. Witli ' materials (
? ??
I1""1"" "11111
cheapened by their freedom from tariff
changes the coot of tlioir product must
bo correspondingly cheapened. Thereupon,
justice and fairness to the consumer
would demand that the manufacturers
Ih- obliged to submit to such
u readjustment and modification of the
tar ill upon heir linished good as would
secure to the people the bonelits of
the reduced cost of their manufacture,
and shield the consumer against the
exactions of inordinate profits. It
will thus 'k- seen that free raw
material and a just and fearless regulation
and rod action of th-.i turilT to
meet the changed conditions, would
curry to every humble home in the
land the blotting* of increased coinfort
and cheaper living.
'J lie millions of our countrymen who
have foileht hruveiy end well for ta-'ilV
reform, should be exhorted tocontinuo
the stiupple, boldly challenging to
open warfare and constantly puarding
upainst treachery uiiocr half-hearteduess
in tlieir camp.
Tariff reform will not bo HOttlcd
u 111 i 1 it is honotly and fairly settled
in the interests and to the benefit of a
patient and lonp-Millering people.
Yours very truly,
( iltOVKU CliHVJCLAND.
a \r.w < ovi;iti\<; roit < otton. i
lolerest in (lie Su bsl it n t toil hi' Siikiii'
liuppiiip for .lute?tin le Mainline! litina
Companies the ChUTOpponents
ol' I In* Innoval ion.
Sew York Journal of Commerce.
The Cotton hlxchungo, us already rolOftcd
in these columns, has oflloiuliy
leoided that the use of sugar bap cloth (
11 covering cotton is not contrary to its
ules.
it was rumored oil the Kxclianpe
yesterday, though nobody eared to
itatid sponsor for the rumor, that the
natter had come no before the Hoard
if Manapers, throuch the ae'ion of tlm
,'urious jut<- manufacturing < out panic .
vliich saw tin* threat of damaging '
rompetition in any ? m uncut of i
ithor kinds of bagging, jo^uootly ?
,hey hud induced the co . manufuc.u
rot's to unite fn a prote. against the
iho of sugar bag cloth, ami mid cess it '
o the hoard.
Mr. Itichurd Siedenbcrg. president
if the ( otJ.on Kxchunge, acknowledged
hut h ttt rs of protest had boon reeoiv- (
id from u nuinlici' of Kustern cotton t
pinners protesting against the use of ,
ugur bag elotii. Hut he knew noth- 1
ng that prompted this move, and t
resumed they were entirely dis-interisted.
(
"On tho other hand," he added, t
' the hoard received a number of com- j
nunicutions from farmers ar.d eotton j
growers asking whether it diserimi- j
lated against the use of sugar bagging t
.ml intimating a preference for the lat- \
or. it was in answer to these appli- f
ations pro and con that we passed our |
(isolation of the 20th and issued it in j
lie form of a letter to all our patrons, h
iVe desire to make no discrimination c
whatever, hut to leave them to their
iwn selection in the matter. Only [
iheii there is a serious defect in any 11
articular sort of bagging would the c
toard care to interfere. For example, \
ast May it was constrained to give no- (
iee that nine straw bagging was oh- h
ectionable, inasmuch as it stained and, ]
horefore, deteriorated the eotton eov- t
ring by it in tlie event of its bocom- ^
ng damp or wet. This was in answer
o numerous protests that came to us, c
specially from Kuropean customers, t
chieh made immediate action impora- <
ive."
" Uow does tlie Fanners' Alliance n
tand in this matter V" was asked. d
" We have noollieial notice as to how d
hoy stand as a body. The only coinaunication
of this sort was received u
rom the secretary of the Farmers' A I- ?
ianeo in (Charleston, B. C., in which he d
ut the same question that had been a
nit by other correspondents from tho a
gricultural districts and intimated vv
lie same preference for sugar bag- tl
ing. He thought it would be a hard- e<
hip to ho forced to use jute." at
" To what do you attribute this pre- 01
jronco for sugar bagging?" e<
" Well, it is cheaper, in tlie first st
lace ; and in tho second place, being hi
lore tightly woven, it is said to pro- ni
301 cotton bettor than jute." fi
Mr. Walter T. Miller, secretary of ai
10 Fxchango, was in substantial ac- w
>rd with the president. "Sugar bag- hi
ing," lie explained, "can be obtained l>
y tin; cotton dealers either at second ei
i'first hands. In either event it is ii
tieapor than jute. Second hand, it a
uiy l>e as much as three cents a yard u
lieaner. which is about eighteen e.oiitu ?!
bulo. You see that is a considcraon.
Bugging that luis boon actually ti
sod to ship sugar ia is passed through U
steam process of cleaning and may o
uulily be utilized for covering bales n
f cotton." si
44 Have any new crop bales been cov- h
red with the sugar bagging V"
44 No, it is too early for that. Hut <>
ow that the board has declared itself t?
nere is no doubt that the sugar bag- it
ing will come into extensive use. t<
aturally.all purchases of cotton made h
irough the Now York Exchange are h
ibjoet to the rulers of tho Exchange ?
nd no customer can object to the bag|ng
which tho Exchange approvos."
A pioneer trader in cotton who has
eon in the business for twenty-live
ears assured tho reporter that the
lore tightly woven material was projrrod
by the planters of the South,ot.
only because it was cheaper, butboauso
it protected the cotton from the
list and ashes and also, to a moderate do
Tee,from the oiuders which occasional{
fall upon bales of cotton in cars or
rhon piled up at the station and set lire
thorn. And in any case, he added,
hoy did not care to be dictated toby
ny combination of manufacturers, but
ranted full liberty to use any material
hey preferred.
At Kussellville, Ky., while Mr. II.
L. White was plowing in one of the
olds adjoining tho city, one day durig
tho latter part of last week, he
timed up a bomb shell, lie took it to
he house to show his family and left
i, there. Upon his return he found tho
hildrcn trying to knocl: tho cap oil'
rith a chisel. HocQgnizlng the great r
anger he stopped them. Ho got some t
re. which ho placed on tho bomb, Ho "
hen nmdcja procipitous retreat. Tho {,
omb exploded with as clear a report p
s if it had just been loaded and lore *
ii mi' u' ruuim lor some ci istancc around,
Hiring tho war tho soldiers practiced y
ring a good deal on this farm, and tho 11
oinb had boon buried there for up* ?
ards of thirty years. it
?A little live-year-old girl in North 1
' arolina had learned tho nursery ?
hyme running: "If at first you don't n
ncceod, try, try again." Recently she ?
pset the family devotion by ending
or little prayey in this wiso: "And w
o\v, oh (Jod, please make Lillic a hot- P
3V girl, and if at first you don't sue- >
oed, try,try again!" d
Inflatnod itching, burning, crusty d
nd scaly skin and scalp of infants ^
Dothod and cured hy Johnson's Orion- n
il Soap. Sold by Carpenter llros., ?
irecnvillo, S. C.
TT'S A C ini TO US WOMAN
| I who can't have confidenco
in I >? . l'icrce's
\^- Favorite Prescription.
V/-'-.;,Lx^ Here is a tonic for
W* ti rod-out v omanhood,
? iv.','*' /, a remedy for all its
frv>v^ UJ peculiar ills and ail!
i ^ -
Kr ..,C. .VIM. .1 It
1 doesn't help you,
J there's nothing to pay.
What more can you
ask for, in a medicine?
The "Prescription"
will build tip, strengthen,
and invigorate the
entire female system.
It regulates and promotes
all the proper
mygy ^ p- functions, improves di^^
I fjestion, enriehes the
U 1 blood, dispels aches
and pains, brings refreshing
sleep, and re?r-rl
I stores health and vigor.
II f In "female complaints"
11 i of every kind and in
Ipl N-y i all chronic weaknesses
J ^ and derangements, it's ;
\ the only ytiara/iteed
\\ remedy. If it iloesn't
benefit or cure, in the ease of every
tired-out or suffering woman, she'll
have her money hack.
Nothing urged in its place by a
dealer, though it may ho better for
i.:.? a . n
nun i<> .sifr, call do "JU8t <18 good "
fol- you to buy.
TT CURES CATARRH
1 in the Head perfectly
and permanently -Dr. Sage's j
Catarrh Remedy.
A iiOM ICIDK IN AIKKN.
Voung ('Inn IU"Id Wounded Twine hy
a Policeman -The Caller Claims lo
Slave Acted in Sell Dcroncc.
Aikkn, S. C., Auk. ?W. 11.
1/hiitliohl, u won of the proprietor of
.ho Highland Park Hotel, was shot
uul probably fatally wounded by James
Wingard, a policeman, at lliuo Moan- I
,uln .loo's show heroubout 8:U0 tonight.
They were standing at the entraneo j
if the show tent when Wingurd order- :
nl CluitHeld to stop swearing. Words j
mssed and Witigard struck Chatflehl )
n the fnee (!lin(itiil/t un!.,...i \\y\ >
w..u?iviuoui/<i;u ?? MlgiU'U
ii tlio breast, whilo tho latterattcinpl;d
to uso hin club. Chatlield's hold
vas loosened and Windued lired a
orty-two calibre pistol ball into Ohatiold's
abdomen, striking at tho naval.
Vnother bull niado a llesh wound in tho
ide. Wingard received a severo blow
m tho forehead.
Chatlield fell and was carried to the
'ark Avenue Hotel. Drs. K.d wards
iid Wymiin express the opinion thrt
ine wound will prove fatal. Chatlield
nil scarcely live through the night.
Jhutiield is about 2."> years old and is a
on of Manager Chatlield of tlio I Holland
I'ark Hotel. Wingard is about
he same age and has a family. VVinfard
is in charge of the slierill'.
It is impossible to 11 nd out the exact
auso of tho trouble. Wingard claims
o have aeted only in his olliciul capaity
and in self-defense
AiKKN, S. Aug. .'10.- The tragedy
f last night culminated today in the
oath of Mr. \V. II. Chatlield, who
ied at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Kvorything possible was done for the
n fortunate young man. Drs. Kdwards
nd Wynflin, who wore in attendance,
eeided last night that it would probbly
be best to perform an operation,
nd Dr. Dessausure Ford, of Augusta,
as telegraphed for. and arrived on
io eariy morning; truin. Dr. Ford
incurred in litis opinion and an opertion
was performed to unite the sov ed
intestines, which ha?l to ho stitch- 1
I in eight places. Mr. Chatlicld
,(>o(l the torriiilo ordeal like a hero,
nt ho was wounded past the aid of
icdical science and surgery. Ho at j
est rallied from the shock somewhat,
tid his physicians and friends for a
hilo hud some hope of saving him,
ut about 2 o'clock this aftornoon ho
;>gan to sink rapidly, and the end
vino quietly at I o'clock. Mr. Chateld
was quite a young man, being f
bout 25 years of ago. His sad and
ntimoly death is deplored by the en- 1
re community. '
Policeman Wingnrd is confined in j
io county jail charged with murder. |
io expresses deep regret and sorrow |
vor the unfortunate oeeurrenco. hut I
laintains that lie was acting solely in I
jlf-do fence, and in the discharge of '
is duty as an oilloer.
Coroner Couch arrived here about t>
'clock this afternoon. A jury of fouricn
was empanelled, who, after view- (
lg the body at the Park Avenue llo- i
jl, adjourned to meet at the court I
ouso at i):30 tomorrow morning to I
vmi U V IUUIICB! '
' IBMMMHNHMMHMMMMMMBMAWNBHMnMHHHnMVM
'
How an Enemy was Foiled.
Tlio following grnplilc statoment will be '
end with intense interest: "I cannot, describe
he numb, creepy sensation that existed In ley
rms, hands ami logs. I had to rub and beat |
hoso parts until thoy wore sore, to ovorcome ,
a a mensure the dead foeling that had taken
nssession of them. In addition, ! had a
trange weakness in my back and around my 1
mist, together wit h an indescribablo 'gone' A
Deling in my stomach. Physicians said It
ras creeping paralysis, from which, accord- i
ng to their universal conclusion, thoro is no ,
olief. Once it fastens upon a person, they !
ay, it continues its insidious progress until J
t reaches a vital point unci the suiferer d! s. A
UCh was myjirospeet. I had l>een doctorlna
year anu a nair steadily, but with no par- <
icular benefit, when I buw an advertisement a
f Dr Miles' Restorativo Norvlno, procured a
ottlo.and begun using It. Marvelous ns It
my soom, but a fow days had passed boforo v
vory bit of that creepy fooling had loft mo, L
nd thoro has not noon oven tho slightest
fidloatlon of its return. I now fool as i.
roll as I over did, and have gained ten
ounds in weight, though I had run down
rem 170 to 137. Four others have used Dr. '<
Dies' Restorative Norvlno on my recomcn- p
at Ion, and It has boon ns satisfactory in their
uses as in mine."?James Kano, La Rue, O. y
Dr. Miles' Restorativo Nervino is sold by all ,.
rugglsts on a positive guarantee, or sent ...
iroct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, ^
nd.. on receipt of price, #1 por bottle, six P
ottios for express prepaid. It Is free from
platwt or dangerous drugs.
Sold by Carpenter Bros.. Druggist.
Yr.u.ow Pink.?--There's nothing
like yellow |>luo. A boum of it 1')
inehe* hquui'o by 17 foot long won a
victory over iron, I und tlio other
material* iim iI in ti < < oustruction of a
I big jn-e. turo-tcbtintr machine ut St.
I IjOUI.s the other ?ti?v*
VI?< T * 1 UPlllll^ WI1
University, in the city men tinned, had
recently built what purported to bo a
1,000,000-pouud testing inueblno in its
department of civil engineering. The
purpose of such machines is to test the
strength of inuterials that may bo putt
in bridges, trussols, ole. This purtlcu-fc
lar maohino was on the hydraulic^'
press principle and was operated
with oil In the cylinder. When the
10-luoh piece of \ojlow pine was put
in to he tested the engineers in attendance
know- that the great machine
had an antagonist worthy of its best
efforts. Hut tbey did not anticipate
what happened. Up to a pressure of
1100,000 pounds there was not a creak or
groan from either machine or timber.
At 2<s0,O0 pounds the pin began to bond
just a littfe> bit and tlieVe were two or
three sharp raps, as though sonic one
had struck the nmohln > with a hammer.
At .'100.000 pounds the end came.
With a terrible crash the great machine
llew into a hundred pieces. And
the pine beam resumed its straight
I i tics.
The .lupunc.se rile Cure is tho<ouly
proper application for internal piles
and is guaranteed in every by
Carpenter Bros., (Jroenvillo, &.
l,'i*?. .li.1- * 1
. ,vo, n ytti'r.ll, WUKOI^nesS,
buil dreams and softonln^ of the brain
quickly cured by Magnetic Nervine.
Soli! by Carpcntor Bros., Greenville,
S. ( .
The best tiling to do when you
make a mistake i>. t?> make it touch
you somethin;.r*
Many a man kicks bin horse whenever
he <roes into the stable, who
elainis to be on his way to heavon.
Iteeouiiuond Johnson's Magnetic Oil
for rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains,
hruises, lame )>oek, it quickly relieves
pain. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville,
S. C.
. & * iPA CM i*v S JS>
rMh TP* a
v vA 1 ; ?,2j, ts/aftraauaraicSv;
CJ URS
\ N w mid Oomploto 'I reelmcnl, con .--n. ; of
Ti'OsriOKIKH. Uopvuluw c." OliiijK tiiy
I' >v- of Ointment. A lH'vcr-f iliiOrf Our?/?nr I'l'.tn
< . ?'vtr> nature nnd dcgroo. Itmnkosnnoi .u-ntloii
with Uic kulfo or liijoctioi?rt ol carbolic ntnd, which .
r<? painful and eeldoin n periiiancut euro, mid often
i ultiiiK in death, unuocoBHiiry. Why endure
toin torriblo diBeneo? Wo euniantoo 0
boxoa to euro any case. You only pay for
. indite received. 'J u box. C for $5. Sont by mull,
iiiaruntccs bsuod by our uyonts.
PftWQTIP ATIHM Cured. Piles Prevented,
Ovriito III n I lull |>y Japanese Liver Pellets
the Rroat f.IVKU niul HTOM U'll KKQUl.ATOK and
ili.OOP 1'1'KIFIKH. Ktnnll, mild mid pleasant to
take, especially adapted for cklldre.u'aueo. Of boeo#
' 3 cents.
OUAUANTKE8 Issued only by
OAUrKVTK.lt UltO* . nUKKNVlM.K, S?C
\\T AI'CAM AW LI N K ST K A M K RS.
V V The Steamer will leave her wharf
nt onwnv ev? ry .Monday niul Wednesday
inoriiiuit for (ieorgotowu ul 4 o'clock, touching
all intermediate points. And will Icavo
lior wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday
and Friday morning lor Conwav nt 4
o'clock. Handling all intermediate points.
I> 1 . M'N Fl I., (jen't Ag't and Tie is.. Coniviiv.
It. A. Ml'NNKKLY N, Agent,Georgetown,
s.
Sclieduie of Local Mail Routes.
ltOI* I K No. 20'2Td.- From Oalivants Ferry
to Con way, mail arrives 1.45 pin, on .Monday,
Wednesday and Friday; leaves at
'2.lid p m on same da vs. Mail closes at
'2,115.
UOl" I F NO. '20'2nO.? From Conway to Hireway,
N. C.. mail arrives at 4:!U) p m on
Tut silay, Thursday and Saturday; leaves
at 5 p in on siiiiio (lays. Mail closes at
4:55 p in.
UOl I K NO. 20231.--From Conway via
Fornev. dordnnville (;i.H..>.. i ?i.~ - ?
return, mail arrives at 7 pin on Tuesday,
Thursday an i Saturday; leaves al 15 a in
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mail
closes at 8 p in.
dot TK NO. 202*2.?From Conway to Little
diver, mall arrives at 5 p in on Monday,
Wounes lay and Friday; leaves at 7
a in Tuesday, Thursday anil Saturday.
Mail closes at 0 p m.
IIOI'TK No. 202*3? From Conway to Fort
llarrelson, mail arrives daily at 12 m;
leaves daily at 1:45 p in. Mail closes at.
l:40pni.
WILMINGTON, CHADCOURN &
Conway R. R. L'assengor and
"might daily, oxcopt Sunday.
SOUTH HOUND.?NO. 4(5.
L?v Huh 815am
(,v 1 lions K 30a ni
\r Oliadbourn 8 00am
[,v ( liadliourn 10 10am
,v Clarendon 10 40am
l.v Mt Tabor 10 oeniu
liV Loris 11 20am
l.v San l ord 11 37am
l.v llayboro 11 47am
.v Fi i vetts .. II 57ain
l.v Adrain 12 02pm
\ r Conway.... 12 80pm
NOHTIIHOUND?NO. 44.
,v Conway 2 00pm
,v Adrain ^ 2 30nm
,v itivouk T 2 35 pm
jV llavboro * '2 45piu
a f-uuforcl '2 f?5pm
\r I.oris ... 3 20pm
\ r Mt. Tabor 3 55pm
.v t 1 amnion 4 20pm
K r Clmtlbourn 4 50pm
,v l'hadbourn 6 15pm
A I lion 5 45pm
\ r 11nl> .. 0 00pm
4 TL ANTIC COAST LINK. WIL/\
mintfton, Columbia A Augusta LI.
C. Condensed schedules, in olTcct Doc.
184K1.
TRAINS OOINU SOUTH.?NO. 55. 4
,v W'I'inMiKlon 3 20pm
A l lindbourn 5 50pm
Marion 6 50pm
ir ! lorenoo 0 5opm
NO. 50.
.v IMoror.oo ' 7 10pm
ir Sumter .... 8 28pm
a Sumter . . 8 28pm
ir Columbia 10 00i*n
NO#-.,
,v tlorenco . .* ... i 4;>?m
ir <uo lor 0 20am
N(?. 52.
A Sumter. .. 0 53am
ir Columbia 11 05am
TRAINS (lOlNCJ NORTH.? NO. f>!.
A ( olpmbia . . 4 30am
r 8' niter.... 5 Mnm
rMinii* r . 6 67am
, r Florenco 7 16am
no. r>Jt.
,v < oluinbla 4 *20pin
l r Su i lor 3 85pm
NO. 50, ?
,v Huntier 6 45pm
o' Florence ... . 6 66pm
no. 66.
,v Florenee 7 40am
,vM avion 8 83am
,v i hadbourn 0 20nm
iV Wilni ngton 10 10am
No. .V2 runs ihroiivh from Charleston via
antral Railroad, K*AVtiijjc Lamm 8.44 a m,
tanning 0 '2ft a m.
No. 63 runs through lo Charleston, 8. 0.,
la Central K. R., arriving Manning 8 p m,
,nroH n.40 p m, Charleston 10.40 p m.
Train on Manchester & Augusta U.K.
taves Sunt tor. dally *xeept Sunday 10.50 a
i, arrives Ulminl 11.50 a in. Returning
>ave Rimini 1*2.30 p in, arrive Sumter 1.40
m.
'I rains on llar'sville II. U. leave Harts*
lllo, daily except Sumter, at 5 a in, arrivig
Floyds 6.'25 a in. Returning, leave
loye 0.45 p in, arriving at llartsvjljo 10.15
in.
J. F. Divine, Gon'l Supt.
J. XI. Kinly, Supt. Trana.
T. M. Fmkrson, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
I i