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SWHO WAS " M'tre Melhuirst,'s comuplimen, sir, and would you pleaise come down to 114-r stateroom limmled lately ?"1 I haid jist shut. my3solf Into ily little 1llii. on deck, having run through the hip aceountx befor' turning in that hL. It i-1 <1'l.ea mistake, by the illk i.iat -w pur8ers have n1o l ea tho to watehi over the passen 'oilfort., read pray'rs (oin Sunday, amil kj'ej a i041o of 111111tical Informa hm al, olilgr cnds c 'for the benef10t of every I'iious voya.ger. Nowadays the purser of a crack A merican liner mitkingjr perhlapi a record passage of .\ d1x3ay or so -hias his work pretty well eiut out for him during tihe entire ivya:'e. I II thet present1, ovensionl I had warcely got, miy accoulits fairly In hand w hetn I was interrupted by a slight tap :t. the oUw. I rose at, 0t81r- and oIenedal i, and LI ire stood M Is. .\leihurst's Canuadian Imiaid, with ilushed face and itvtoums, ag itated mnain;er. " Is there anything wrong' I asked, alith -alisle suirprise, whenl she had d( livered her~l meIUssage. "Thee is, sir," she replied. hastily. \ll I know--'" She was abtiout to make some eager dtatemient, but pulled herself up sud denly and tripped along the deck with out, another word. I switched off the electric light, locked the door and hurried away after her. When I got to Mrs. Melhurst's stateroom. I saw at once that s01110 thing had occurred to cause her serious anxiety. The berths, the couch. and even the floor were littered with the vontentls of cabin trunks and hand hugs. In the midst of the confusion stood the lady herself, looking decid edly perplexed and annoyed. " hI'is is very singular, M'. Morse," she said, pointing to an empty jewel case which lly Open on the upper herth. " My diamond ornaments are missing." You don't Say so !" I exclaimed in sheer aiazemient. " I do say so," shit replied aharply. You can sc for yourself that they are gone. How did it happen ?" " I cannot possibly tell you. At dinner this evening, I happened to Mention to Mrs. Latlimer that I had picked up a curious crescent shaped broocl on tho continent. She express ed a wish to see it. When the tables were cleared, I caie in here, took out the brooel, and left the jewel case lying on the berth. I was careful to io.k the cabin door, but when I got hack the case was elipty." " ow long were you v bsent 7" Not more than a1111f anl liour." Not miore than half anl hour ?" "Vou aIre sure you hail the key In yourl possessionl ai, the.% t imec ?"I " Positive, I never let it out of my \hnd while I waS in the salooni." vwas fairly staggered. I examined tLhe lock carefully, but t.here was abso ILiteiy nothing to show tlaLt it had been LaiLmpered with. I could hit, upun no better suggestion than that Mr.:. \lelhurst might, possi lily hav. isilastid 1,he jewels s mew hierC. 'his had til s~oli eltet of exaisperating the ladly tIo such a degrnee -for it seems that she. hatd already searched everiiy hole and corner in the cabin---that i was gluad to beat a retreat iln order' to lay tile mat tier belfore the iatinti. I had j ust go't, to tihe head of the saloon stair's whenl I hear'd sonie one hounding up~ afteir me1, thr'ee or four steps1) at, a Limen. I tuirned and saw a .\lrn. C'arter'-who, by the way. ha'I mlade several voyages wvith us Oil lpre vlotts1 occasOmls. "I say, Mor'se," hie said, taking nw' ion id en tly by3 the arm , "'you'vec got. .snie queer~ cuistomier's on hourd tis "I low' so ?" "A Wby, somle one'~s gomne and walked tlt w'.ith mny silver eigar'etto case, a couiiphi of irings and a pair' of gidbl. * Well, it looks unictniiiooily like as if the indiv'iduial you rieer to had a bandii in the bus iness, foir I don't seec ho~w any tiinary~ motual cou ld get intLii oine cah in wih Ltibii door boited oin the* inside, nless, lie nmanuagted Lt "I ihadit Ie'llo,v howiv cnn I '- It.'s ei. nugh 'a p Ii.z h- a liladelph11ia law' ye c'. You see', I went to my stateroomi after dinnier,. feeling a hit drowsy. I holted the door-I enni swear to that and11 I rcemmber llinging tihe cigare'ttc. case. r'ings and a pair of gold slecyc Iinuks on the uppert21 ber~th. Then I put on my dr'essing gown, stretched mnysell upon theL couch, and had a dowinrighti good 51100ze. When I got up, about live mlinuite., ago, I found my tilnketLi hlad vanished." 'I 'oin my word, LinJgs were beg inn ing to look ser'ious, and no mistake 1 14ost nlo time inl hunting up tihe capJ Lain and ma~lde himi acquainted with the state of alfair's. Hie was just as much puzzled as L was myself. T1hc lir'st thing next mlornin~g lie sent a mles, sago to Mrs. Melhurst requesting a prilvate inter'view in hlis cabin on deck lie also signitied his wish that 1 shoul11 be pr'esent. We both questioned thie lady closely, but her replies did nlo tend to throw any light upon the sin gular occurrienlce. Neveirthless we dcetermineod to kee1 a close watch upon the stat~irooms ii luture. It, was pr'etty evident we hai a "' black sheep "' on board---probhab)I an old hand at, thle business5. It'or thi ne(x t fewv days we had no further con; plaints. T1heo thief was ovidently "3lin how," wvaltinlg until tranuquility was i stored hbefore ima~k ing a (resh aiti.emp Mcanwhlile I kept muy eyes open. observed the little peculiarities of ti dilferent passengers and1( took patiL har' note oif the main nr inl which the( occuieitd thelir time. On)i board' ship, whlen you ind a mam who shows a mar'ked pireferenc fit his own socie-ty above that, of t lounger's on deck or habi tues of ti amok ing room. onie is inclined toi jn m at the conclusIon thatL lie hasi soil solid reaison~s ror' hi s exeusivieness. In addition to this, he bappens to be i aln uncommunicative disposition, wil black haIr and swairthy coimplexho given to w earlin g a slouchled hat am long cloak, iright ly or wrongly you p~ him down as a decidedly suspico character. Now we happened Li) have a passe geor on boar'd-a lirazilian namedI Castr'o-who tallied in every way wi this description. I3ut for the fact had conclusive tlvidencet~ Li) show could not have bee'n directly concern * in the r'obbeii'-for' inquiries prov he had remat!nled on deck the who even ing-he certainly wonuld have bed * treated to a private Interview in ti captain's cabin. As it was, I was forc to conclude that black hair, swarti complnxinn. sloucth hat aind eloak wei THE THIEF? I (uito compatible with a man's inno Nothing further occurred to excite sspicioni until the last day or two of the voyage. Then, one evening after dinner, word was brought to me that three other staterooms had been rIlled in the samo mysterious manner. Watches, jeweiry and even money had diiappeared, though III all three cases the passongers Stoutly declared thoy had loft their doors locked. Whlen the alarna reached mil I hap pened to bo stianding in my deek otlico. I had inl ily handtwenty sovereigns which I had just taken iII exchange for American 11101eV to a1cComIItlodato One of Our passengers. I didti't, wait to lock up the gold. I simply placed it on my desk, switolhed of the light and hurried away. I had no fears for- the suety of tho sovereigns, my door hav InIg a partiiularly intricato lock, In which I took good care to Lurn the key beforo leaving. I re mtained below for tiln hour1 Or So investigati ng those fresh complaints, butit, as] i the otilor eases, I was itterly uinable to make head or tail of thom. Ve.ed and bewildered, I went back to mily ollCO, Unlocked the t0r, tiunlled Onl the light, and mechanieally stretched out my hand to tako the sovereigns from my desk. My hand closed upon 10thi mior ll oli' 01 d than thin al r-m y little pilo of gold had vanished lPor a minute or two I stood there gazing )lankly bofore me, so utterly confused and dismayed that I could scarcely bring my wits to bear upon the mysterious alfair. Then Imanaged to pull myself together and took a look around the little cabin. In the course of my observations my eyes happened to rest upon the port-hole, which stoOd wido open, the weather being oppres sively h1ot. I regarded the innocent-looking port-hole with the air of a veritable Sherlock Holmes. I went outsido and thrust my armin in through the opening, but my hand did not reach within fully two yards of the desk. Still it struck me as being the only way by which the thief could have got at the m1oniey, and I determined to put my theory to a practical test. I hurried down into the saloon, where most of the passcngers were conC0 gregated. As yet few of theu were aware of the robberies, for we had kept the matter as secret as possible. I went straight up to a young Ameri can gentleman, who I knew had a great many trinkets in his stateroom, and was rather careless, too. in tile way 110 left thlem lying about. "Don't show any surprise," I whisp Cred, gIaneiIg round lit t,he occu-i)Lpanti of the saloon. " but might I ask wheth er your, stateroom is locked ?" " I L is." " And is the porthole open ?" I should think so. I don't want to find the place as stuiffy as tile engine roomli wlien I go to turn in]." "\Wil, just pass me your key. I WIL to try a little ex)erilClt. Wait till 'to gone and then stroll up (Oil deck . fet outrself he seen-ol tihe lower deck particularly-but don't pay too close attention to Itlyone you alliy notice loitering there." lIe fell in readily with my13 schemeli. I went~ and1 shut, mysdi(~f inl his state roomll, ci'ouchling do~wn 1o 50ha LiiL could just k~eep all eye oni tile portlhole over the Lolp of thle lower becrthl. I r'emainL1 ed inl that cramped plositioni unltil my i lmbs, fairly acheid, and I waLs hal f in clinled to give it upI as a baLd job). Hut suddenly, as I glanced up) at the portle~(, 1my3 blood( r'an coid, an .1 ini all 11y3 life I niever had suhl di flicultLy to keep down aI yell. Inl thle dim li ght I saLw aL long. L~in i, hair a''lrmli thirust, in throu0lIgh Llbo openin1 tg !The nel)xt m11 ment a smahll b hlack hand had fastened upon01 a latther cease lying close to) the wind~ow andi withdra'1wn1 it as guick as Liitought, alino-I. I l sprang L 1,13' (eeL antl1 hlitedi olet into tile passage. I dashed up tlhe saloon)3 s-tairs andli mad~e for tile lower wVhere I judtgedl the 5tlateroomi to he situated, it came face to faceI wvith thei IbIr-il iian, I I I CaLstir). In sitei of Liie healt he wa's' wearl~ing his lonlg c2loak eiy' arett' hoaitween his tieithli. H:1e look~edIL atme with all air (of frank sutr priiuw, and I looediati im1 with an3 ir o f prooui lsu~siion)I. Sud~idel a happl~ly thoulghlt thshed LIIhrouIghl my3 1mind1, 1 tulrned~ roundi lind sprang downL thbe SILon stair's, riuning full tilt aga~inst the~ chief stuward, whol was stanidinug at tile b)ottom1. " Nuts !"' I cr'ied, without, giving him11 timelI to recover from his5 surprise. l.cally h10 looked a~t me with such utter conIsternalutionl I ver'ily believe hI was conv incedl I had taken leave of m11 " '' )o y'ou hiear Y" I wenit on~ excitedly "Get me1 a handILful oif nu~ts-qulick !"' Whlen he0 broughlt thleml, I hurriedl back on (leek. Tile Br'azilian hlad m~oveCd away ab little toward the stern, I went close up, stood right in front ol him, anid then began deliberately tc crack the luts. lHe regarded 111 wIth a pityinlg sort of look, hut i paIidI little attention tt: him. 1 w~as watchinmg thlat cloak oi hl s. P reselltly' I SaLw a corner~l of the cape dirawnl aside and~ beheld a pair' of 'smaU. gleaming eyes fixed gr'eedily it was enloughl. My sulspicions werev confhirmled. I ii1m tg tihe rest, of the nuta Iito the sela, 1and1 walking straight ur ito l)e Castr'o said: 3' "' Ilmust ask y'ou to acc'Lompant~y mel LI to the captaini's cainl '." " V'\ot you meanlL Y" lie cried, dlrawias g back. I was determiined Lt) stand nio non11 senIso andi stralighiltway took h11i y 1the 'hand s upon1 him Iti heard a v iciom, snar unider' is capeiL. it. wats puIlled sud 3'den13ly~ aide anad ou t lIe w a mion key. T1he little brute wvent, aLL me tooth Sand nalil. I sa1w the gleamii of ab knlife, tol, inI thle I enz ilIiano's hand, buit I 'el ii hil have myI list straighlt between the eyes' ho'fore h~e rouldi use it, and hll P tmltasured b'etlI s length upon1 thet deck. ' l'het quarLItermtfaster' clame r'unntiing ul ''antI the ral'L waslL driaggedi oil to thl< ciaptali's cabin. W hen't searLchedI theree IMirs. Melburist's rings and11 a mIiscol 'lianeous collectionl of other valuablot were1fou(1 1upon1 hlim. In hils state r'oomi we dliscoveredl a per'forated box 5alpparently intenideud for thle uiso of the ~*monkey, who was evidently quite at aoiccomln)ishedi a thief a~ is master. I --A noted sharper, wishIng to in e gr'atitato hinself with a ilergyman 3d said: "Parson, I should like to heat 3d you prleachl mlore than I can toll you.' le "Well," r'esponded thle clergyman, "I rn youl hadl have been where you ought to ie have been last Sunday, you would have 3d heard me." "Whore was that?" asket uy the sharper)01. "'In the county jail," wai 'a the enivoa. A MODEb ]FARMERS' SOCIETY rho Agricultural and Mchanica Association of Fairviev, Gr ceenvili County. Special to The News and Courier. GREHENVILIMx, August .-There I, an organization In Fairviow Town ship, Greenville County which, per haps, sttands- alone as living contradic tion of the old saying that is almost accepted its a proverb, viz: " That it is fillpossi l)], for farnors to maintain an organization for any considerable tile. the object of which Is to advance their mateorial and social intercosts." I rOfer to the 'armuers' Agricultural and NIechanical Association. '1hC lsstoc itioni WIs organ ized More than ton years ago and was regularly incorporated unI1der the laws of South Carolina in li. One of the objects of the aisoclation is to encourage aild foster the breed Ing and raising tine horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, and it is said that no section surpasses l'airview along this lino. An coxhibition is hold during the latter part of Septemibor of eacti year and there are usually live to six thousand people present. No admis Sion foo is llarged for entering the grounis, ar d tI, expenses connected with tihe titerprise are paid fromn th(. snall sum charged for a seat ill tho grand stand and the pioits do rived from the sile of temionadle, which is sold Und(e the auspies of the as sociation. The organization imeets rogularly once each month, and often two or threc tiros. At thest meetings sub jects of interest to farmters are dis cussed, except politics. Onco each year, during the month of Jily, the3 entire association, WhichI at present includes twenty-six members, is cOUStitutedO acomumittee of the whole, and this is divided into sub-committees of two members each, and they together visit the farms of two certain members, other than their own, for the p'rpose of inspecting the growing crops. -took, implements, tools, barns and bables and homes, and each makes a report to a meeting of the association, hl( on its grounds, to which the public is invited. Last Thursday was the day lixod to hear the reports. About two hundred people were present. It waw decided to hold tile exciser; in th grand stand, and the crowd issemlble, there at, aboutI I o'clock. Tho muet ing as called to order and the chaplain, Mr. J. L. Stoddard, offered prayer. Next canto the roll call, to which most, of the members answered, and the minutes of the last meeting were readi and approved. It wits deciden that the next thing in order should be the reports of the ir dividual imleibers of the committees referred to above on1 tile CrOpS of llelbe rs of the associa tion. The following is on' of tile reports To the Olicors antid Members of the Feairview Agricultural Society.-Mr. P'reside \t Your comniittoc appointed to visit and inspect our follow mom ber, W'alter Peden's crop, respectfully present the following report : In the performance (of this duty, we visited his farm on the 2th imltant and ini making oar rounds found his crop to coisizil principally of cotton and corn. Brother Peaen Is farming on the ex tensive pianl, having about thirty acres in cotton, which we judged had been well cultivated from "start to linish, andi is now ini at tlne) growinig conlditioni, putttinog on andt~ developing fruit rapid ly. Hie was not quite done ploughing, but wats linishing up, or laying by, in as good condition its lhe usually does. We think he will, if Augumst is a sce' sonlet~ monithi, make (900) iinoeI hun d red piou.nds of seed cotton lper acre. 11(e hats abtoutisixteen acre's inl )orni, whiebc seems to have been cutm i vatedt all right, atnd will make a goodl crop if lie has a very firi potato cr01p. II is pea'i trop is youngl yet hain~ g beeni lII has11 thet lineimst cr'op of foratge 01r thick corn that we havye see n. ile~ p1ati d the kinid he reem n inendled] wh len t,his sluject wats d iscussedl ill tiho pr'i ng, andc alt hough it is ver'y tIlek it ha a smlall uari forming on almost e\ Liry stalk. WVe recomumend thlat, it would lbe wvell for' each mlemnber of th is- cltub to get '-eed andI try tbh Is kind of corn for it forag1e or1 rough feedt We examiinal isi barn andt statbles, found thlem inm goodl cond(1ition. Ii is hai .i2 - ' -I to last ulntil .iex't We fotutd v'ery fow things to dis approve of atnd muchl to commend. And linally we will say thlat if all farmis of this community wore manag ed as well as Brothler P'eden's It woul, Sbei made evident that we halvo (whit most of this club already believe) "th< best clountry umpon whiich the3 su: shines." All of wvhich is res)pec0tfuy sub3 ~ih mitted. mhittee. M%1r. WV. HI. Br'itt, the secr-etary', re por'ted onl the crop of Mr'. Lee Meare: and stated that It was in tine coni dition, its was ever'ything elso on hii farm. Mr. Br-itt called special atten Lion to the crop) of a tenant on th place, a negr'o, andlo said that he ha< one field of 410 to 50 acres that was a flne ia ield of colttoni as ho ihad~ eve seen, would average waist hi1gh an was heavily fruited. A nothmer comm nitteoman reported tha lie had exained a brothler membermt crop) and believed tihat his prize acr' of cotton (each member hns a priz< atere) would If nit uinfor'seon calamit; bofoi it, yield two balos of cotton. A fter a number' oif mreports wer heartd, oin mlotlin, tile hin~i-fg of tim r iemiaindor' wais postponed until thl a fternoon, and Col. .James A. lHoyt, o Green~'ivillo, wits intr'oducedo by tile see r'etar'y as thlo orator' of tile dlay. Th'le speauker', at the outset, stater that he had been invited to tatlk to hb association about farming, but fel thlat It wott(d be out of plac for' hin tile club, and thor'ofore would talk ti them abou)1t something else, and an nounced that his theme would ht "Good Roads, Good Schools and GJoo Society." E~aeh of the three subjects was hman died ini an interesting and able mnanner and dturing the entire timne occupie< in time delivery of the address, wicle was about thirty minutes, time speake 'had tile undivided attention of thl audience and was heartily applauded A t the conclusion of Col. Hoy t's r'o marks a recess wats taken and dinnel was soon annoulnce~d, and such a dlinne: Is seldom seen- The tables wore liter ally loatded down with overything~ cal culated to tickle the palate and satisfa the appetite. After over'ybody ha<i oaton thei' fIl, Including twenty-tlv, Ior thirty negroes, there was still as abundance left. tThe club was again called to or'do about 2 clock, and the hearing c ..ports raanmod. most of whIch wera made in an interesting mannnor, eaon member having a style peculiarly his I own. Special metiol should be made of the report of Mr. Le Meares on the crop of Mr. Commodore Rodgers. Mr. Meares said that, considering quality of land, he was satisfied that Mr. Itodg ers had the best crop in Fairviow Township. He said that Rodgers had bought the land seven years ago, when it was considered worthlest, owing to its being tilled with gullies and all the soil having been washed away. Every thing is different now. The land has been terraced and redeemed and is producing lino crops. This year Mr. Itodgers has forty acres in corn and sixty In cotton, and tile entire crop is in) perfect condition so far 4as 'lItiVa tion Is concorned. 51r. NMeares also Haid that ho was pretty well satiied that ar. Rodgers' urize acre Was about the best in the township, w iti the Pos sible exception of Ihis own. Alr. Mi iles Hlenderson, aniotler ll!Il ber of the cl u, was reported as hav ing sown two and a half bushels of whoat last fall and reaping forty this year. S. NI. G. ICXP"CICT BICYCLE RIDING. A Cali'o,,arnian Wiho MutIt a Single Ital ati Follows the Train. San Francisco Examiner. aston ( . W ilbur, the sonsational bicycle rider' w1o pedals his bicycle on a single r'ail of a railroad track, made his trip fa'rm Tiburton to Santa Rosa without aitcident. lie rode the single 1IL behind a trinil all tile way and was the wonder of the country people. M1r. Wilbur does not ride oil Saturday because he is a Seventil Day Adventist. In Oakland Wilbur is known as the "bicycle freak." The other day he astonished the natives by riding down Broadway standing on his head and pedaling Ills whool with his hands. Thon lhe came LIp tile street riding his wheel backward. Ile was mounted in his seat with I his face toward the rear wheel and the handle bars clutched fromn bein I d. NrN. V Wilbur found that le created so much excitemert that lie tried a new trick--that of riding on Ills Oclr. Getting a good start down troadway WillrjIll' clutelhed his handle >ars and raising himself into the air, went, spinning down the street with the Side of his head resting on tile sad die. In order to )erform this feat Ie has to be a perfect balancer, and Wil bur' possesses this quality. Wilbur's sensational ride on a single rail after a tiIail Over the narrow-gauge trestle was the climax of his recklessness. It is tile talk of the bicyclers and Wilbur is pIoud of his feat. "Of course, a man takes chances in making these mail trips," said Wilbur, in discussing the rides. " In order to ride a wheel is 1 do one' must have perfect conti'ol of the bicycle, and I can ride on it in more ways tlan any otiler m"an in the country. I ride a bicycle standing on my head or on my Car, pedal it backward, hold iyself ill front of the lhan:'e bars and pedal backward, and in fuet, I ride in every conceivable position : but this way of riding becamo rather stale to ime. It was not exciing enough, so I conceived the idea of riding a iail. At first I tried to ride the r'ail str'aighlt without using a comupanion vheel. Tilis method stuiiped tile, but I hope to Iehieve sie cess at it s day. My Illetllod of riding a rail is a simpillie One. I take a companion wheel by my side and grass: tile handle bars Iirmrlly ini the centre with rry right hand. Tihis enables imt to keep a perfect balance with my left hand. I takc hold of the singzle bar oir my13 riding whl' ii. Th'lis har' poi nt: d ir'ectly toward my body. \Vhlon onect I get Con the rail 1 am11 Ll r iight, becaust i cann keepa my1 balance per'fecitly.O cour ase, I learned10( to r'ide a raiI on tmu gr'ounld before I took that trestle tr'ipI I wanitedi some( exci tinrg sporrt so I coni chlded to follow the train oiver' thn tr'estle. Mly light compaitnion whlee ranL~ alonlg one of the bealmis whIiich i laid ailonigside tile tr'ack. )%'ver the. wvater I speid, look inrg att nothin g bi thre m'ail ahcad of meo. Y'ou know yot can't go sight-seeing whienr youi an0 rid inrg o3n a r'ail. i hrmling that lonng tri p over tire nairrow-gumage trestle I I never mad1e1 a slipi, and I iiot unI ii pretty good paicet, too. I t 50eems1 inats) eniough whleni you know, hmow andio ha'vc tlhe coura'ige to) take ebi~ace. Ye' s, sir I canm dol ablnost anyithing whenci mount ed coi a whtre.' A I)ARKM Y'S FISH[ STORY. It. Wasn Over in Ge!orgiat Wherre Th'ing are Not Balanceed. An old negro sat on the platfor'm o the Albany depot, apparently in trou ble. [Ic sat with his face in hisnbanid I gazing mourmnfully ')ut over tihe rivo which stretched away betwveen thi willows, its waters silently journeLyini; Ito the greater channels. I t was nlotice, thait the old muan's 1nose was of enot mIouIs pr1opor'tionls, almiost slutting 011 his eyes. -Why, what's the mailtter' with y'ou nose0, unclie ' S ie shook his hecad sadly. a " i's necbcr gwint'teri fish no0 m11' stah -no, sah 'rncber no mo', cause dat's wha a I got (lit nosc youI see." - '" How did it ha1ppen, uncle y T[el -a us im perhaps we can lix y'ou u p. S old TIift br'idge oherm (liar yVWell, e roun' dat he nd dares a line brenn m st~reallms i'uns2 ini daret~ as dey has11 'boui is laice. I wuz0/ er-l"ish1in' dere( dn t' otder' dity, whenii Seeid er big one liittin a by a log dait's dero. iso fished dat spo 3 by3 de hour', and dat brim lie doine com<l m an' 1(ook att de bait. anf' (1en swimt 'way~ I tr'iedi ebcm'ythirig toi ketch hiim. buW t'wamnt aniy use. D~en I got ter think in' \VWhat he do 'round datt log all dIo time'c 3 So Ii' rsted m11ighty qu ieot andi watlcet Sdat log. I 'urty soon I see or be3 hum min11' 'totund close to (10 water andi( r igl do log, and1( I se~e do, brim imalke er' leaj " .iI at set-tied it :I knrowe~td wVhat, tom c etch 'imi widi. I just koteh or bec an t, put do hook in twveen do wliings whier< 1 wottldnt' hurt hiim. Da)n I fishedt. Yahi, yalh - -lhe ie o Dt brim htc -made one lealp an' lie hlad (10 boc: but do light wars awful. H['on 011Paid no er-htavin' it out--and how (Icy did igh t I got him iln d11 (Icank at last, an' datrs whlar tmy trouble cum~ in. "I openedi his mou111f ter get de hook out, wvhtn ouit Ilow dat bee, atn' ho wui' Imuad. Yes. sah, he just been er' waiteni rlet' tie, I know, an' he landed plump1 I cm rn y nose. You see deO ztult. But' (liat on1klipart ob It. Dei br'im hle swelled u tp thle salme wyi'. Hie wuzm one p)oundl r when I ftIst. kot ch hhnrt, buat when hc wl't't doolti swvollin' lie was too heavy I -A new1% use hais been1 dilscoveried for' hops, namei11ly thre curini g of bacon. I ti. found that a sprinikling of hops in fth brinte whlenl bacon and~ hamrs art' r lit fl pickle add gi'oatly to the ilavor iof both, andl enables them to be kept ,~ an inideilnit pwbrlt~ THE GOVERNOR LIABLE TO ARREST. UPE I NOT ABOV,' THE LAW. A Strong anld cogont. Opinion From tihe City Attorney ol' Felorence The Council Sustains 11Him ainl Coundeans the Governor. Mr. George G. Thompson, the city attorney of Florence, has addressed the fol!owing letter to the.City Council, in view of the recent action of Gov ernor Evans in defying arrest for breach of the peace: '"1.'ouI-:NuI, S. C., July 31, 189i. TO the City Council: On last l.riday, .. Gary 1-vans, who holds the ollicial position of Governor of the State of South Carolina, and Joseph 11. idare, a judge of the Circuit Court of this State, each in his person nli and privato capacity, and exercisinmig the rightli held by every citizeln of this State, was addressing in public within this city a largo number of citizens, each endeavoring according to his o.vu Imethods. to securl0 the votes of the people of th is county. luring the pro gress of this meeting these two politi cal contestants becam e rgaged in a per-sonal combat. Hundreds of men were present: some drOw pistols, others Illado ready for their use, excitement rLL high. One stray shot by any ex cited spectator would in all probability have precipitated a riot and many lives might have been sacrificed. The peace of the city was jeopardized and its laws violated. I was communicated with by the mayor and advised him that theso parties could and should be arrosted, without regard to their ollicial posi tions. Warrants were acc-ordingly issued, charging them with lighting and breach of the peace. Joseph 11. 10arle rendered ready obelience, but .. Gary 1Evans resisted and delied the law. le told the chief of police to take the warrant back to the mayor "with the contempt it deserves,' and that he "considered it an insult." Ie informo I the mayor that he could not be ar rested; that the only way to reach him was by impeachment. ile threatened to use the power of his ollice to pro tect him from the Conequences of the br-oken law. He threatened to "take charge of the maiyor and the town," or words to this effect. We are left to conjecture as to precisely what J. Gary E0vans meant by "taking charge of the town." As interpreted at the time by several of his constables (who were with him at the time of the attempted arrest) it was an unworthy and unlaw ful tbeat to resort to the netropolitan police. J. Gary 10vans was not arrested. He left the city and has since boasted through the pess that the town authorities apologized for the at tempted affront to "his excellency." I never advised that the Governor could be arrested, but then advised, and still reiterate that .1. Gary Evans could and should have becn arrested, and that without regard to his ollicial position and w~litout regard to conse lquences, even if it required overy man in tile city to accomplish it, and even If it entai led the severe penalty of metropolitanl police. Is his novel position, that he is above the law. sound from any point of law or reason ? Perom the standpoint of reason such a position, in the expressive lan guag.; of The News and Courier, is " Islitply monstrous," and coming from the person claiming the exemption, can only be accounted for on -he theory of total ignorance of the first principles of republican government, or such a diseased imaginationi as approximates i~he condition our friends, the dc~etors. would call "dcmentia of egotism.'' Such an exemption could only arise undecr the common law or by statute, linchluing O thle constitutLion. 'Thie coml muon law cani hardly he appealed to, for noe such ofliee Is known to it., for it is am creation of the conistituotion. it coulId arise from the common law oni the theory of "khiny pre13 rogative,"x in lheri ted from tihesot-ere ignso(f EniglIandi and it sents that our (Governor re'sts his ,ase) on thiis thecory, for lie inform el thme mayiuor that he coubul no more be arrested thani the "inig (sovereign) of I'. ginglan,"' or wvords to that effOet, for getting at the moment of this ridice hms assi uption of ''kingly preroga tive," that the doctrine of the "king can do no wrong" has no pla1ce among rep~ublican simlicity: that in at monarch tile sovereignty resides in the person of the king, but in at republlic this sovereignty abides in the peopl. TIhe constitution whiiich creates his ollice give him no comfort in this re markable assumption. ArtIcle 2, sec Li on 14, article 3, section 14, andl arti cle 13, section 2, exemphit att certaini times electors on the day of election, members of both houses and voluntee militia forces, from arrest, but is ptr ticular In each ease to expressly pro vide that these exemptions shall noi apply to "treason, felony or breach ol the pence." Article 15, section 3, pro vides that "the Governor and all othet executive and judicial ollicers shall be - liable to imipeachtment: but judlgmtent in such cases shall not ex tend furtheri tihan remnoval from ollice.'' Thel pe'rsom conivicteid shall, nevartheless, be Iliable toi "idictmoint, trial and punishment accord inrg to law.'' It is obvious that this section (loes not lix the time in w ich an indictment may lie to after conviction on iimpeach ment, but onl1 intends to plrevent a conviction on imipeatchmnent being plead in batr to anl "indic ltment and triatl and punishmlent accordinig to law."' If Lbhis contention were tm-ue, then the Governor could not alone clamimi this Iim mu nity3, 1)ut every other "xecutlvo and judicial ollierm" could claim like exemption. Besides, if the H-ouse saw lit to refuse to prefer charges of impeachment for any offense, or the offense was one for which imp)Cehmnent would not lie, then his excellency, the Governor, would of necessity escape all punish ment, because the alleged pre-reg uisite of couviction on Impeachment could not be0 shown. Tihus is shown the utter absurdity of such a contation. lUut it may be urgndl that if the Governor could be arrested and p~ut in jail there would be no ('n) to exercise the func Lions of his ollIce andl tLhe people would be without an executIve head. Arti clo 4, section 9), of the constitution preyvides : "'In ease of ternporary d is. ability of the Governor the Ieutenant Governor shall perform tihe duties of the Governor." Thus it will bec seen that in case his excellency should be come temporarily dlisaibled bty pre'fer ring to go) to jail rather than pay a small tine of a few dollars, the p~eople's government would not go to rinii for wvant of an executive head. IL Is no doubt true that the Governior, in exercising the 1)01itical fu nctions of hiis oflico-, is lbeyond the reach of the courts, but "'in his person he is subeject to jud(1icial con tro!, as othrm citLiz -ns." -Eighth American and 10nglish En ctyclopo- iIa of Law (Ii rst edition,) I -10th. The warrant in this case was not against the Governor, but, aga Inst the pers1.'oa. of J1. Gary E0vans. If the contention omf lihe Governor wer'e doubtful, I still ma'ntain that he should have been arrested, as tihe onily Sway to settle a disputed polnt of law of this kivid is by resort to the courts, and the courts could not settle t t obtaining jurisdiction of his person b arrest. If such could by any possibility be the law, then it should be judicially determined, and gve the people a chance of changing it to confor'm to republican Institutions. Surrounded by his tuyritidons, gath ered about his person as rumors of his areest reached them, John Gary Evans has outraged the laws lie has sworn to see enforced; he has brought the gov. ernment of this city into contempt in the eyes of all brave and free people who have not learned to "bond the sul )110hinges of the kneo," and until it is wiped out a blot rests upon her fair name forever. It has always been the boast of our peole)o that "all men are eqpal before ti law:" that there are none too high to ' scape its punishi mont, and none too low to forfeit its protection. If this precedent is al lowed to stand, herealter any humbeh citizen, arrested without apology and dragged before our tribunals, can just ly complain that our boast is false, and throw in our teeth the accusation that 'all inen are not equal before the law.' I submit both the soundness and justice of my advice to the considera tion of the City Council, to whom I ai responsible. Respectfully, GioRjG. G. TIJUMPSON, City Attorney. Upon receipt of thils communication, the City Council adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, by the City Council of Florenco in Council assembled : I . That we have absolute conlidence in both the justice and legality of the advice of our city attorney oil the oc casion of the recent attempt to arrest John Gary Nvans. 2. That the action of the Governor in eseaping arrest by represonting to the Mayor that he was not subject to ar rest, was unworthy of the Governor ol this great State. :1. That we assure the Mayor that lie will ever have our hearty co-opera. tion in every effort in his power to vin dicate the laws of this city and bring all otfonders to feel its force and with out regard to their ollicial position. .1 That the communication of the city attorney, with these resolutions, be given to the county and State press with requests of publication. THE, SOUTH'S GAIN IN WEALrH Remtarkabic Percenltage of' Gainl Per Capita in (tie Las Decade. New York Sun. Not only is the aggregate wealth o. the Southern and many of the West ern States increasing by larger per. ent lages than the per cein tage of in crease of the l"astern States, but tlhr per capita wealth of the South and West is doing likewise. The Souti lost enormously in both aggregate ant per capita wealth by the war and by the abolition of slave property, tLough of course, this wav inl part, only an ap parent loss, since the free-man was a: valuable to the community as the bond man. Thus it camne about that thi census of Is7O showed a great loss ii aggregate and p)er1 capita wealti throughout the South. The panic ii the decade 1870--81) made the showine by the census of 18() still worlse, but the South made remarkable progres: in the decade 1880-1890. The increase of population throughout the South in that decade was large, but the increast in aggregate wealth was still lar-ger so that the por1 capilta increase wat: remarkably large in prop~ortion to th< showing of the census of 1871). Mlean whIile the great and weal tha States of the Eatst, thoutght they hav. ga ined enormullSy ini weal thi, ineceaise< also) very ratpidly ini ponhitetion, so th their pei Oentagte of gain per)0 calpit: was of'ten less thtan that in lpoore(r anm less populous States of the Soth \Iassachu setts, whichi has for some1( de cntles led the Un1)ion inll(t per capit wealth. ginied, only about .M per' cent durini g thle last d ecade, whlile .\tlissis alippi) gained( ovetr 32 per cenit., IALuis iana n earlIy 2:1 per1 contt.; G eotig in, 3:h 1)er cent.: TVennei.ee mtor'e than 415 pe01 cent , atnd Plotrida over' 10)1 per' cent Even North Cvirolina gained nearly i16. per1 cent. in per' caplita wealth an South Carolina nearly :12 per1 cent. New Yor'k, meanwhile, gainedl less than 12 per' cent. in por1 capjita wealth New H~amp~shitre less than 18 per' cent. i'ennsylvania less thban 29) per1 cent, anc Ithode Island less titan 1 per1 cent. while New Jersey showed an actual p1)0 capitai loss of nearly one-half of I neI cent. 'rhe only Southern State to shou a loss of per capita wealth was Mary land, which by the wvay stands four teenth in that recgard, being one lc atheadl of P.ennsylvania. epa Pat' of the middle WVest incr'easet little in pet' capita wealth. IowaVI, fo: examplle, gained only l01)0'e cent., bu thIs was mor'e than the gain of Massa chusetts. Ohio gained a smallI fr'actioi over 1 per' cent,., and Illinois lost nearlk 4h)01e cent., so that, htem' per capJit' wealth was less thanl in 150O. Sviscon sinl, Michigan and tl issourii showet substantie. giains, ats dild Ar'kansas, Non tucky and( 'Teninessee. Haidlly as5 p)oputlatiOn grow~ in th o fi West it steldom~ outstrti pped the increast of weath so far as to redunce the pl) A $25 GOOKING STOVE 0 FENA co MPLETE OUTFmI OR lOnly $12.OO.f fDelivered to Your railroad depot, all I freight charges 'alid. Radt~ this des'crlp- 5 p tion care fumly. iThis spi~leid Cooin IStove is No. 8; ha , four 8 inchb pot holes; 1 18116 Inch oven ; 1 8 inch fire box, 24 incites i I high ; '21x25 inch to) ; ntico smooth caasting. SI have had this a love made for my trado, 5after nmy own idea cminin g all thle goodj I points of all tmed lumn priced stoves, and b leav ing out the ob~j iictionatible features. S * ltnyond all douab's te host No. 8 Cooking ' I Stove imade, for th 41 price. Fitted with 2 I iIots, 2 pot, covers, 2 skiliets, 2 griddlies, 3 I baking pans 3 jolin ta of um pipe1 ow, 1 col I lar, 1 lifter I sr or. I cake polsht 1 iron }tea kettle, ishovei We wanit to makco cus toiters and friend8s in eory part of the ti South, for tihe purj >ose of introdintg oulr >business to ne0w no opJiS, andu to reitew our ) acquaintance with old friends. >and the above deso~rbe ware to any dopot )at' freight charges paid, for onily $1 2.00 pwtoen the cash comn es with the order, 'This Istove is a good or110, well nmado, antd will *give entire satita otlon. Our illustrated *catalogue of Futrni lture, Stovos antd tabiy Carriage. mailed fr ee. Atddross L.F. PA DG ETT, U 846 Broad Stree ti Auigusta, CGa. (4 capita wealth of any State. Washing. ton gained nearly 110 por cent. in per capita wealth. Colorado gainl"l -14 pCI cent., Oregon 6i por cent., Caii fornia 351 Per ount. and Utah over 110 pe' cent. 8 , rapid was WyotnIUg's g iin Population that her per capita wealth decreased about 2j per cent., though 111' aggregate wealth vastly iloetised ( INTERNATIONAL, AGREEMI;N'I'.--A mTinistet.lal looking miaii was having his say on the street co-rIer to a group of eag0 listtiers, and he was making ali tAlguneInt in support )f the gold standat-t- " We turiMst wailt for freo coinage of gold and Silver- until we can 'havo an international airgreemeinit.," he satid. Then tie fait ma 7 asked peri SiOl to ofllI a few tiuestionls. I u ndel't atd youl a. a mezi I)'r of t 11 ) chuml . y o ii 1.','I l. ''a1p .r- 1. . of the Gofel, ad IIiehli" " es sr; ouar igt, ; un It, pr~oachel- of tl he ospel ati I dici comoll( out ot tlht; Io-d'1 sile Itt, the tge of lit years. \\ell, viat i,Leta ?"I "A' ou tihought yout dii iigiit, il so coning out, d tin't you, and 41o y'ol Yet think so?" persistedl the fat m ai's. " hvy, cert ainly wht al, uei you dri - ingl at ?- replicd t be minkiterial look ingt~ gold Inlan Wit~h asperit1y. Oh, (oAhing, empt. I wozder' why you diid not, put olf tiiis thing of (o1ii1 out oi tihe Loril's side till )hy intei.na, tiollal agreemrecnit. aill tl! ,b hathon in the worlI woubh ldo the sano thing:'" The eo t d Ilau hed and the gi id hug iei L. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 47oadeused .Unheqtal iiin Eiffnot JUNE 14. 1896. o. 11. LU.rrli-to.. .. ............ 110 a 1 L0. -U ............. 0 a yorO -y....................... 12 P 1. erry.---.............. 12 22 p r y ....................... 1 25 p t reenwood.-.-. ---............ 1 45 p a Hiodul.:;m-u ,- .. .. 2 25p .r i e.. .. ...... . . . A , A r - -kto. .............,........... . 4 j r . i t l r eoa . r - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . _ _ _ 5_ g_ STATIONS. j hady LNo. 12. Lt G oo vue ........... ...-. 168 adi i " iedmont--..................... 55 a W illi.jnston 1.................... 11 18 a a Lt.An erson......... aeea**a6em1**.. .,... 1 0F5 a ni I;V-. aiton ................... 1-I a-R & M Ar. Donnalds ....... ............ 12 02 Lv. A-1i1e 1 4 a L . od s ...... ............ 1 p Greenwood ....................1 00 p my " Ninety-Six - ......... 1 25 p 1W. ILv. b oewhrry .....................2 25 p rA Prosperity .................... 2 87 r Ar. Columbia ..................... 8 r BTATIONS. 4. 9 0o.1 No7. No_____ ___ la Li...harleston....7F F T T01Il.E' . . ... Coitu lii'. . 5 8 9Ora Ilia ......Alston....... " 20p 860. 0 04A p ......ano." 1 84p 7 4p 0 2a 18 5p " .. Union....... 2 60p Billa 155p) ...Joneville ..... " 12Wp a p 0 54a 205 ".1.aeolot...... "- 12 lop a 47p 12a 240p Ar.. partanhurg...Lv It 45a 620p 45h 810p Ly.. spartianiurg.. -.Ar 11 608p 4op 645 lAr.... Amhevill.. .. Lv 8 20& 142 "P. pit. "A." a. in. Trains 9 and 10 carry ete-gant Pullman sleeping cars between Colnnhh and Asheville .*nroute daily b~otweun Jacksoiville and Cincin* at i. Trains leave '.ar tanburg. A. & 0. division, northibound.t6:1 a. mn., 8...2 p. mn., 13:18 p. is. (Vestibule Limited); outhbound 1:00 S. m., -5: 06 p. m., 1117 a. mn., (Yeatibulo IlAnmlted.) T1'rains leave Greenville, A. and C. division, . sr tlh boun d, 5:25 a. mn., 2:16 p. mn. and 8:110 p. nm.8 eibutied LImited);sonth bornd.l.:5 a. mn. : p. mu., 12:28 p. m). (Vestibuied Limiltedi. Pullmn, Soivioo. Pullmanpalacesleeping cars on Tradia *an 86,N nud . n A un C.division. W. Ht. Ci HE1DN, J. Mi. ('ULP Gen., Suportut endent. TPrailio M.'gr Wnshin1,gton, 1). 0. Wasir-eton, li 0 W. A. '1TU K, 8. II. ll AlItW It.'l{, Gr-n. lse. A tt Ant Gun.,. Pai.4i Ag'6. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. WIEDMONT AIR LINMI Condensed Sohedute of Pag*enger Traineb ye, Ft.Mi No.11 Northbound. N. 88 No. o1 Ex. Juno 14, 18'90 Dl. Daly Daily Sun v.Atl]anta, .T. 12oo00 m116 15P750.a 485 p, Atlanta, E. T. 1 00 y12 15 a 8650 a5856p, - Nouoro ........12 58 a 0 88 a 8 28 p' Buod. --'.. .. ..-. 0 18a 7 0811. G (ainesville.. i 2 01 a 104 a 7 40 P, - Lula--.....24g2 28 a 11 05 aB8 2pi C (ornlia.- -- -....... 2 46 a1127 a 831g "Mt. AIry.---..-........25 10 aliaO 887ip' "Toccoa ---.-8 85 p 8 17 a 1158a.... Wetistr.....848 a.1220 p -.. I nneen &Xf.-1 8 p 4 05 a 12 4 p .. "Contral..-.45 p 488 a 1 203p). - (4ro -mv-l-e5 10 p6525 a 216 p.. a pnrtaniburg- 8 18 p 8 18 a 8 22p. ' ----- ....... 658 a 41p ....... " ibat ..Ur 70 psy7 08 a 4130 p .. r.Charlot te.... '8'6E 2 lii a 80p ---- v12,.100 a 1130 p 1l25 p. Ar. Richmond ... 00 a 8 0p 0 .Ar.Washilngton-. 8 42 a 9 40 p...... " Bafltmf'I3PRR.l 8 0)5 all1 25 p...... "Philadeilphia . 10 25 a 3 00 a...... NwYork ... 1258i m(320 a...... Ven. Fst.MI No.17? Southbound. No. 87 No. 35 10.24 Ex. DaIly. Daily. DaIly Sun. J v. N.Y.jP. R.fR. 4 80 p 12 16 'a...... Pilaophia . 65 p 850.......a En)lltimore .... 9 20 p 8 2' a. " Washington.. 10 48 p 11 15 a...... Lv. ichoutrod ... 8200 a 12665 p 200 a. Lv. Danville,.5..6 0 a 6 5 p840.. "Charlotte .... 9 86 a 10 66 p 12 2v p. (Gastoniia ..... .......11 80 p 1It 10 p " King'. Mt.. ....... ...l S p . "Ii Blacksburg .. 10 a 12 00 a 200 p. * (Gal~ueys..... ....,... 2 24 a 220 p. ESpartanbhurg. 11 87 a 1 00 a 805 p. " (4reenville.... 12 28 p 1 50) a 4 eO p. " Cota....1 1 5 p 2 85 a 640 p. " e~noca ... 18 p 2658 a 60 p. "Wostinnter. ........ ....... 22 p. " Toccoa...128 p8 50 a 658p... Mt.Airy.----.----... ........740126A C ornehag...... ......41 a 7 45p 685 "Lula---.------.813 p 4 119' a 812 p 6'07a. (4, iyle... 8 81 p 4 37 a 8 88 p '( 20 a " Nouroro.''''''.''''''''.'''''''' 748g, Ar. A t anta, .T. 'f n'p 8620''a 10) 10a pv.A tnhuu . _8655 p 6 20 a 01i 1)p1 800s "A.mu. "P") p. Ir. "Mf" noon. 'N" night. Nos. 87 and il8--Washin gto~adSuhet era Vest ibule LimiteuI. 'rh roug nln *looparshet wo en Ne w York amnd Now Orleas ia asinn Atlaint a and MontIgomnery ad sob* wo New Y.ork and Momhin a Washin giton, at tlanta and Birmpngs a nA~ ears htwr'r I lanvilo an Ihr to. chu hto mil fr cc hr wo na ahigo adlna . tidin aes 1orve al. Pual). and. iu. Ne r bt woonm New York. Atjante capt llmit andn tAry, ba., daily ew W. Ui l~~:, N tL V ,..n, n, D) 0. Vrahf oi * W A'rvi. 8. H. 1 TDWwCK AL t Asse't (*en'1r'uss Ag