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V9 It is not necessary to journey to the [4atin quarter of Paris to find lving romance, stories of unfulfilled ambi tions, empty cupboards, hlat purses and sometimes starvation itself. New York city, that Mecca for American genius, is filled to overflowing with ambitions mon and womon who flock there with high hopes and beating hearts. and who, once lost in the city's struggling mass of humanity drift lower and lower, and finally seek oc cupaition In the most humble and bit ter paths of life. Such creatures of misfortuno were the tenants of a small, sliaky structure in lower Now York, a building that had so outgrown its usefulness and decent appearance that it was known as The Ruins," which naic was most significant when one considers the financial condition of the old house's occupants. " We lived in " The Ruins," Tom and 1, pegging away at our pictures and )raying for that blissful day when faie and fortune would come, when we could shake the dust of "The !uins" from our foot and journey away to somo delightful spbt beyond the reach of bill collectors and out of the IWosAic sound of vegetable carts and coal wagons. It was this thought of coming wealth that kept us on our foot, that buoyed our sinking spirits and made us laugh when our hearts wore crushed under a load of sorrow. Were we unhappy ? No, for we had each other, and the love of man and woman is a healing balsam in times of misfortune. To be sure, each grieved to see the other in want of those little luxuries which make life worth the living, but had we not each other's luspiring words of hope to cheer the way and make the rough places loss sharp and painful ? Had Tom been alone, had I been alone, the dreary for sakonuess and the agony of unceasing disappointment would have been be yond all human endurance and-well, who can tell what fate would have been ours ? It is a harrowing thought, and a foolish one, but women are wont to dwell on " what might have been," even if it makes them miserable. Our neighbors, the other tenants of "The Ruins" were conditioned like ourselves. Like us, too, they wore shabby clothes and run-over shoes and supplied the wants of the " inner man" by buying articles of food at the corner grocery and cooking them over the blaze of a smoky gra#, fire or an ill smelling sputtering oil stove. There wore six or seve, of them, our neigh bors, and every week or two one would disappear, no doubt to go into cheaper lodgings, while a new face and an un familiar but equally shabby figure would take his or her place. We saw little of the other tenants, meeting them only in the dusty, bleak hallways or on the creaking, unsteady stairs. Sometimes they would murmur good morning or we would exchange a growl of h atred for the landlord of the crum bling "Uuins," but more frequently we passed in silence, slinking hurried ly along as if ashamed of our parcels of provisions or our three-season gar ments. This had been the condition of our social aflairs until one gloomy April day, when there came a timid knock on our door, which knock I answered with no great feeling of happiness, fearing an un-looked-for visit from the uncongenial landlord. My apprehensions were groundless. It was the little Gecrman governess who lived in a cheerleus back room on the floor above. "I heard youri husband go aw ay and so took the liberty of coming to sec you," shte stamumered in broken English, as a pretty 1)1ush of embarassmnent cr im sonied cheeks which were usually of a cold and unhealthy whiteness. "I have waited to cozuoe for such a long, long time. it is very lonesolue, this New York, is it not? I think one co~uld (lie and not he0 found for years unless it was by the landlord when he Ccomeis to colleet his fees each week. The landlord, one is only sure of him; he never fails, he nevee' forgets, he comes each Wednesday with hand held out for the money and his wrinkled old face is all pinched and puckered with avarice. Ach. I hate him, the She paused for brcath. I took Tom's palette, covered with paint from the one comfortable chair in the room and begged my visitor to be seated. "You and your husband are both artists ?" she continued, talking fast andl never waiting for replies to hem qluestions-" you imust be hanpy. Yes, you are happy, for 1 hear you singing sometimes, and when I see you and your husband on the struct he is al ways holding your arm as if you were a picce of rare pJorcelaiin. You are the only person in this dreary lalce-thls ruin, as they call it-w ho cvcr smiles. T1he recst-ah !they go about like ghosts, creeoping up and down. ump and down, the stairs as if they'd die at so much as the sound of their footsteps. Oh, this America, it is awful-it is terrible. I think sonmetlines I shall die. I think sometimes that I can live no longer in this vault, where p~eople are neither dead nor alive. If only I had more work, if only I could earn more money andl get a little more room somewhere in the fresh air, and get where I can see trees and green things. And this noibe- this endless roar of wagons and clanging of street car bells !Ah, I fear I am going mad -that my brain is ill--" It was the sam11 old story-little or no work, wretocdness of heart and a desperate lack of money. I pitied her and felt that strong sympathy which only one woman can have for another. How much richer was 1, 1 thought than this poor1, friendless woman alone in a foreigni country. How~ could I comlain after that ? Shze told me her history ; her crim sonmed checks grow brighter as she con tinuedi and her hands miovedl nervously as if she were ill. HeIr mothber, it secoms, had been a widlow of considerable wealth andl moved in l.loe. best society in Ierlin. When sht'., my viltor. was IifItoen years old, her motler m earried again. The step-father, tmuv ing~ tMt usual ol country view of woman's ioecajpabilities in bust mess alfairs, p)romplltYly eieved hiis iifo of the care of her' money and thereafter positively refusedl 1eveni tto consu t, her as to ei ilher I i.s use or' it~s disposal. lie entered into beveral on terprises which failed dismally ;then ho began to specul at', iIth the usual results. In four years the idow'y little fortune had drifted away and her' husband plungedl in1to dissipations that soon brought his earthly career to an end. Mlother and (laughter struggled along as beost as they coul d, giving lFrench and music leonsonis and doir~g what sewing they could1( bog from their rich friends. Dunring this time of poverty andi dis tross a meanly you c.m German hatd fallen in love with the hard working daugh ter' and they became betrothed. ie, too, was battling wvitlh hardships anmd onet dlay ho camne to hiis little sweet heart and told her that he was goiug to America; that place of freedom where opportunities for work and ad vancemont are to be had for the asking. She and her mother wore to come to him, to a little home that he would have ready and waiting on the other side of the great oceau. 3he smiled bravely when he loft her, but as she watched his broad figure disappear in the soft evening twilight 4espair seized her heart and strange forobodings made her tremble with fear and distress. What an age It was until his first letter arrived! The waiting for it so filled her thoughts that she failed to notice that the dear, frail mother was growing weaker and paler each day. Before the second letter reached Berlin the mother was dead. For six months the young girl breasted the storm of poverty. Then, to her gi'eat .'oy, her lover in far-away America wrote that she was to come to him at once. She gathered up the small bolongings and heirlooms that, although worthless in a money sense, were of such priceless value to her, and with these she sailed away to her new home. When the great boat landed her in the noisy city of New York, she found iher way to an address that her German sweetheart had sent ncr, expecting to lind there a friend of his, who could put her on a train that would take her to the small town in Pennsylvania where he had secured work. There he would meet her at the station, and, after saying over the holy words that were to make them husband and wife, take her to the little home he had pro pared. The plan was a good one, but something was wroug somewhere. At the address in Now York there lived no person by the name which he had written in her letter, and the poor girl was in despair. She found lodgings, and the next day journeyed on to the little Pennsylvania town, where she was un able to discover the whereabouts of her betrothed. With but a few dollars left she roturned to Now York, and by some miracle immediately secured om ployment as a governess. In another week she was on her way to Mexico, having in her charge two small child ren of a wealthy Gothamito. Thon came two years of hard work, during which she went from one situa tion to another, and finally became our neighbor in " The Ruins." " I have but two p upils now," she explained. " Ono I am teaching i'rench, the other German. But two pupils-they bring me hardly enough to pay my rent and to buy fuel and provisions. I cannot hold out much longer-and I though perhaps you could tell me where I could get work. I have tried overything-overything !" I promised to help her even while doubting my ability to secure employ ment for her, for I know that hopo never fails to wtrm the heart and that encouragement is pleasant even to the doomed. She said good-bye and went up the dark, creaking stairs. As she took my lingers I noticed that her hand was hot and fevered and that her eyes looked strange and restless. After hearing that poor girl's story I almost fancied myself a millionaire, so much better and happier was my lot than hers. The old furnitur ap peared less awkward and scratched, the faded curtains seemed to brighten, even the old cook stove did not look so bad after all, and when Tom came home I fussed over him in a way that made him say: "Deair, I'm always afr-aid of you when you act like this: it's sure to fore i-un a qfuairrei." And then we laughed. Th'le idea of Tomn in a quarrel was really toe funny. As we sat down to the little supper i a reae told Tom about miy lay plans as to how we could best oifer her assistance. As Tomi roimar-ked: "We nover- hear of anyone who wantt lessons in painting ;they'reo always on: a mad tear after- languages.'' And sc we bethought ourselves of several per souns to whomi we would recommend anid advertise the talents of our down cast neighboer. I did not see heir the next day, but the following morning 1 tiptoed along the crep~y corridor to hot- room, carry ing a little breakfast dainty in my hands and hoping that she would ac cept it in the same sisterly spir-it that it was offered. I knocked several times on the dooi- hut no answer came. Then I fancied that I hear-d some one moan. Back I ran to Tomn, who re turned wvith me, and after satisfying our-selves that the girl was theire and ill we bioke open the dooi-. 'What a r-oom it wvas 'A bai-e little garr-ot with a bed and table and several deetrepid chairs and footstools. The one semblance of elegance was a lar-ge oil painting of a beautiful woman with snow white halt- and exquisitely shaped hands, which I1 Immediately surmised was a portrait of the gir-l's mother On the bed lay the recom's occupant, burning witb fever and talking wildly of ". this tei-rible, ter-rible Ameriica, whoe people1 have no heart," and some times brecaking into a strange German love song. We did what we could for her. T1omn went for a doctor, who camne and said she hind hi-ain fever-. He advised Bend ing her to a hospital, and after con siderable red( tape prelimninaries we had her installed in one of the lar-ge institutions of Now York. She had been there less than a week when the kind nurse toldl us that such a person as our- little invalid was wanted by somne one who had been long soarching for- her, who had left word with city ollicers to notify him at once in case she was found. [How my hear-t leaped wnen I hteatrd the good news. Ho1w happy I wias for hecr. I rushed home toi rem rand ciied all over- his shabby old coat. aund he scolded me foir being "such an emotional little woman." But just the same, he hal to put on ai pr-etty hold( front to keep me fr-om noticing that his voice was unusually husky. -. Well, unlike the moi-e " artistic' stories of the present moment., this one m. nds happily. The German governess recovered, and when hoer mindl awaken dfrmts tr-oubled illness hier swoet heart was the fir-ston whom her prietty br-own eyes looked. Tomu and I weie thorocebut she did( not see us, and we h astenedl inito another room, so as not to int-udo upon a scene toe sacred for other eyes. It was easy to untangle the compli cations that before had been so unex plainable. Her betrothed had in some way given her a wrong address. When too late ho discovered the mistake and hastened to Now York to meet hor- as she left the steamship. Again theree wa istako and lie mnissed he r. Then his search began. As she had gone to Mexico almost immediately after her at-rival in New Yor-k he could get no clew of hotr whereabouts,' and when at last lie found her he had given upl all hope and1( was on the torge of utter despahi They wont to their homie in Pennsyl vanIa and every letter that I received fr-om lie-it is year-s since last I saw hier--brings news of greater happiness and deeper contenit. We donn't ive in '' 'i'ho Ruima " now -in fact, "The Ruins" is laid low, ani in its place aj)nds a massivo ohie, huilding that tdwors high above it fellow structures. Tom has a littli studio in our Harlem ilat and is bus as can be imagined with his magazin and newspaper sketches. I help hir occauionally, but not as I used to dur Ing our more unfortunate days. Yoe see, " little Ton)," who is now thre years old, is such an " onfant terrible that it takes all my time to fulfill hi youthful majesty's demands. Governor [vais Issues an Address to th Democracy, THANKS TO HIS SUPPORTERS. Iteviews the Recent Senatorial Can paign and Gives His Ideas as t (ie Causes oC His Defeat. To the Democracy of South Carolina As the primary election is now ove and the result ollicially declared I foe it my duty to thank my friends and sup porters and to say a few words to th public at large. I came to the Govci norship of the State with the policy 0 the Reform movement thoroughly out lined and given to me by the R, formers who had nominated me and have been confronted by many dillicul and important problems for solution These problems were political, legh lative and judicial, and while not altc gether of my own making it was in duty as the leader of my faction t shirk no duty Imposed upon meiby in party, my predecessor in ollico or th General Assembly. Under such ci cumstancos, there was but one cours open to me, which was to carry out a faithfully and as earnestly as possible and with all the imeans placed in m; hands, the laws of the State and th expressed will of the majority. In the performance of my duty I me with most serious dillicultics and neccE sarily made many enomics, more p1olit cal than personal, for the reason as I well known there has been from th beginning of the Reform movement ul to the present time a minority factiol which have been active, vigilant, bil ter and untiring; ready to take an; course or adopt any measures calcu lated to make my administration i failure and to restore them to power From this faction I could expect noth Ing save implacable opposition to in administration. I, of course, was no surprised at their bitter opposition tL my election to the position of Unite States Sonator, but I did expect th support and hearty co-operation of a least the beneficiaries of the Re3fori movement. Had [ known at the be ginning what was to occur during th campaign, I might well have said " Save nme frou my friends and I wil take care of my enemies." No doub many changes bad taken place in th minds of individuals on matters con nected with tbc Reform movement an, the State government. The final resul of this election, unfortunate as it is t our faction and to me, is due, in th Irst instance, to the thorough organi zation of the Conservativo minority wih fought me with all their bitter ness and vituperation, not for the rea son, as is sought to be inculcated b their newspapers, of any unworthines on my pa't, but simply because I rc presented the Reform movement, an the principles which they had fough since I'J0. This was made to sucece by the co-operation of my so-calle friends and members of my ollcia family who,while pretending to sui1 port me and my administration, wer really etabbing mec in the back an finally united with the oippositiot: which was powerless without the] help, to alccompilish my defeat. If th Rieformi party has been injured by thi camp~aign or my defeat ''is the begint: ing of the end," let the blame rest upo the heads of the traitors and fals, friends in our own ranks without whios help it could not hare been accomplisi: ed. Who these parties are I nec< not state here, for late development have exposed some of them and tim wvill uncover the others to the publi [ can lind1( no wvords w ithi whicht fully express my deep) app~reciationc the adherence and steady devotion an love of principle of the forty thousani Reformers who remained so loyal our cause and to me, regardless of a: the slander, misrepresentation an< abuse that have beeni heape~d upon u by open foes and scret enemies. Who we take into consideration the persia tency with which slander and misri presentation were rep>eated, though a ofter' efe rdq ije.om y by individuah~ but oy a 1,e&io.s . .zd unscrupulou press, which seemt* bent upon mala ing our people believe the statement of muon in whom they had no cori lideng~e and reports without any founda tion, it seems wonderful that a groate number of our people were not mad to believe them andi to vote agains me. It is a beautiful example. hiow ever, and wvill ever serve to make m appreciate and have confidence in th honesty of the masses. It shall be th proudest recollections of my life who I recall the fact that after the mos infamous campaign ever known in th history of South Carolina, not exepit ing Radical dlays, or prob~ably in an other State, fully one-half of our pc( ple, if'not more, for some 5,000 to 10,00 in the country could not be g. .tten t< tihe p)olls, persisted in refusing to be lieve these slanders, although seconde< by a venal press5 resorting to all th< devices which the most ingeniou malice could suggest. Besides this all sorts of slanders were secretl' whispered into the ears of our countr' lpeople regardinig my personal aim private character, which could not be met, denied or refuted, until after t~h election, because not openly avowed o known to mc at the timne. Let it ha understood that I am no complaining or blaming thoso of ou innocent or unsuspecting peCople whli were thus led to vote against me, bu now that the campaign is over and the result declared. I am satisi~ed all fair minded men wvill carefully review the wvrongs done me and wvill place thel; righteous indignation upon0 the guilt,' par-ties and point the linger of scorni a those unworthy of belief. 1 am wvill ing to leave the whole matter witi the people, for I am sure that to many even) of thocse~ whlo voted against me1, I sober second thought wvill conme, w hici wvill conv i ce them af the groat in justico that hats been clone, and so fai as my enemies are concerned, time wvil bring its revenges. 1 have but little to say in - reforenci to may opplonents. One of them L beneath my notice after having beet so contemptuously repudiated anc scorned by the people at the ballol box. I shall saiy nothing against my successful opponment, It, must be ac mitted that he wvas not eleeted on hi mer'its as a Conservativo, a Reformeti or' a Democrat, but has become simp4l the beneficiary of the slancders that wore heaped upon mae and elected by the turning votes of thme small minority who prmeferr'ed a slanderer to either ol us. [ hope that he will prove a useful andi valuable member of the Sonate. In conminuton. I would say to the uno. THE REBATES ON BOTTLES. The State Paying 111gh Irles for ifortor Goods-St. Jullia Yates Gettilig ll1s Shiare. News and Courier, 16th inst. While the dispensary investigation was gozing morrily on in Columbia last night, there wits a gentleman in Charleston who iad storiles to tell wherein alleged bad management was made clear. Just where this informa tion came from is best, for business reasons, to be withheld, but the facts are all on file and if necessLry can be procluced Oi very short notice. It, has long bon a matter of specula tion why the diopensary should pay more for bottles than was previously done. Early in the spring it was stated that thu dispensary needel ton or more carloads of flasks and bottles to be packed during the summer season wh Ilo tho glass factories were closed. Completo speciflications and samijples of bottles and skeleton packing cases, sUich as are r ow used, weIe given to responsible parties, with *instructionis to quote the pr'co on green bottles of cor'tain weiights and in carload lots to be delivered in Columbia. The posi tio assurance was given that the grieen waroe, which had been extensive ly used atL the dispensnlry, was more satisfactory than the flint ware, Lso in use. Mr. Scruggs anmd Mr. Gaston are both onl record ias having cotsplaiined to severial parties about the indilfe'rent ware being furnished by a house in Acting on this at ceritain responsible house in New York submitted specifi cations in groen wvare of a better quality than the dispensairy has been using. At the May mueeting of the present board of control bids were ru coived aecord i ng to these speci ficaLtions ILL the following prices : EILIf pint flasks, ) c,unces in weight, at $2 .15 per gross: pint liasks, 1i ounces, :3 80 per gross; quarts, 21 ounces, *6 75 per grose. These were the weights do sired by the board. The board it the same time called to the attention of the mianufacturers that the bottles they had been using weighed much less, although the first contract made with them specified the above weights. Hero is w hat thc dispensary people re ceived: Half pints, 8 ounces. Car load after carload of these good were sent. Th prc pltid were : Half pints $2 ;_, pints $3 80, quarts $7. The attention of the board was called to this shortage in the weight. The New York house offred to furnish these weights of the finest quality of green ware It $2 -10 for half pints *3 75 for pints and $6 75 for quarts. It was somewhat strange that after the dis pensary had used hundreds of cases of the green wari'e froI se0 of the best. glass manufacturers in the countr'y that they should suddenly discover the necessity of piaying so much higher pr'ices for flint ware at $2 910 for half pints, $4.25 for ptints and $7.:I0 for (uar1i-ts. Sixty cars at this pr'ice ar1C said to have been ordered fromn parties in Baltimore, and ten cars from the house in Ildiana. This is quite an in crease over the estimatet ten that were wanted for summer bo ling, It ha:, been said that the style of packing which is in wooden skeletan ca:es makes this difference in the cost, but this is not the only reason for sich an tdvance, as ik proved by the fact that the bids made for the green ware called for the same packing, and the prices were for delivery in Columbia. While bottles and cor'ks are a ver y small par't of the purchases of the dis pensary com par'ed withl whiskey and beer, IL is a matter of general inter'est all the samne why they should pay mior'e for' coiks than they could have gotten them direct fr'om the manu factur'ers for'. It has been said repeatedly that during the Iirxst, year' of the d ispensar'y something over' $ti,000 was spent for' cor'ks. At that timne corks wereC sold in large quantities by the var'ious leadinr. cork manufacturers at a dis count of 80f andi 100 per cent. from the l isO. pric. Qluotations wereL giveni the disper ary peolet at these prices, bout it seems that they priefe rredl to buy at, 'o per cent. discount from the list. Thlis woult' imake a difference of many hundr'ed dollxars in a l itt: e maIL~ter of corks. Sonme peoplec who keept track of such matters say this was done to) accotumnodate a few friends in Cincinu nati. The bottom of the whole business is that the d ispenmsar'y decided to get flint war'e and it inight be wiellI to state just hmere that the Ilinut ware wa purt chased froim the P ennsylvania Gia:-s Company, of Andlerson, Ind., and that Mr. .1. St. J ulian Yates acted as their agent in making the sale. WiIAT A WOMAN CAN D)0. O.aist week I ceeared, tilt er-ipaying al ex peiniss. $Y.S5, I1het minant pr ions $:NiO and lii.' alt the sltat' I itau- altttentder to othe -ii thiities. I believ iii'tiy i'it'lg t ic person cain doi ettigilly ats we'l- I.is I hatve hail v ery lit ti explart'tnce. Tihe' Iisha Was~her is jtst lotvely sell ing very isy, I ido~ iii iet tvaissitig. Plei heiari abouat thle ilisht Wxsherx andmi COllie ilettd01 Ior on, '.It. is stiratige that ai goodi cheajp Ilisha washier hats never befe 1(1 eetn I titt oti lth- initrtket. Theii Moundti City f)ish \Vi ea'e tih t his bill. Withi it youi cant wash axid dry the .. shtes lor' a fanully ox t(en iti two lintites wit hioit wettitig our' hantds. As soon11 as p>li' see t he Washer work they wttut otue. Xon cann tanko tixore mloniey antli tanke iit <itleker' thanu with tany hlousehtolil ariticle oil the( niatiret. I Ifeel coniviteediI ihat aniy hidy13 or ge tienu 11 ennCll intike Iroa in t loto Si I per' day arotintli hon-le. -You ennt get ifull pnticoenarsby3'addhressintg 'T n Mlor' N I i-rv 1in5" 'WA5H in Co., SO. l.ottis, No. They ihelpi y'ou gel star'ted, thlen y"Jli Cani tmaxke inoli aitti i i a lst. A. 1. C. --A bout a~ year ago a Wichita (Kan.) manm wats a jnriiytran atL the trial Of IL mnan accusedI of couniterfIeiting. Thme iimpleiientts of the counterfeiter wvciro in evilence, anid the ju11rotr exatmined themii closely. After tixe trixi Iwas over he wvont, homeli and inade somne couniter felting tools'hiismelf. He was caught, wats recently tried andh 18 now in prison. ltr lktstor~etl to Nat ixral Color. I halve itseu tilanty prep~art Ionus f'or re'stiri itig hlairi tOi iatti t-al coltor, but never' hadt sat is. I etory' restilts tiall Iiiusei Znuliu Yuitiir;' it will i'estor'e atny hair i or' heard ii (Its natuni ril color in threeot weeks. if It alt es not t hey r'eturnl~ .111' itirinoty so1 yott take iio isks. PropjIt iho have 11 everliii iediVOI itila g't a Sanliple Ipailtfage wrti VII 11 cottnetloughi to retoreii : Iy one'' huh hi t at turlal t'oor by seinltg - I a4w i't'nt st aitaps, to p03 ay p staige, eta'., tOi W ilsoni \. Ct-,. A ew t otcord, t bIio. (fles nott lrestoret your htatir to inial coloritiig. t'a tiiki' anyi itlotr of ihairi tiirk, r ini t fbre-i weekf t hey iI ta'tiirin youra staxtupls. Thfiis Ptlu tIln is so lair fthat t hiouisaints are ilsilg it. It Is barnal'ss, but1 nlever failts. witi- ea' i tiotly It' lnat' by3 sellinog Zulh't uetr iloli hiousti lt ohouttsey i --A carpet in the room of the l.:ng hli minat, after being in wear- sotmo yeatrs, was r'econthy butrnt in pans *andl yiefld *2,500) wor'th oIf gold.' A Chiance to Make Money. lat i i Iluaoti$1. 0i- lin liio - il $ ofys atitd I t haink t hIssilltag sililid for a woni itian x pyeriene titn t bitsh iss. \ lvot ian tt what e'veryotne wamnis to haiy axi on''3 enn seit Wit s it oth \'atshier I fitin 0.iiiiViqti ii jte, ple i'mni'etor senI ft.i I-t tl5I;i athi t'vi'y waisher- 0that roi-s itia so Ifs I. ii il', andle t'ari , iasi thet Il tf he o k t ofit~ i 0ef wt mam tee I11 ging to tfevoti iln' whxolo tIth Ot ltts, btusd itss altw ali i Ia an snrt in I an eei i' t o is ay ea aMyx sistr andti brt hfier it~ hav el -r ,v -ti'n tt imao'to s aiat y tti ,tl'ts it' loso I ple of South Carolina and the Reform 3 1 ors, in particular, that while I am dis 3 1 appointed in my aspirations, I shall 3 not be found sulking in the camnp of r the Reform party or in the counsels of 3 the true Democracy. I expect to live i and die In the Stato (if South Carolina. - My political faith will ever romain i true to the Reformi Democracy and 1 3 shall continue to be a factor in the social, political and industrial affairs e of my State In the future as'- I have been for the past ten years. I have been honored by my people by being placed in the bi hest posItion in their gift. For this am duly and truly grateful. I shall always endeavor to command thoir respoet as I try to de serve and win :the high honors they have conferred upon me. Neither 1, the Reform pa:ty nor true Democracy are yet dead and if God spares nie we shall be heard from in the future. As Gov 3 o-nor [ have discharged my duties to the best of my abilities, and I at satisfied that a returning senso of justice will vindicate any wrongs done eum. Tino cures all things and there I Is nothing to prevent us all from mov . r.g forward and uniting and working for the progress, civilization and de velopment of South Carolina. f 10J1.*N GARY iEVANS. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 12. WE IEEKIiY CItOP BULEdTIN. This bulletin covers the weather and crop conditions for the week ending Saturday, Sept12, and in its preparation were used reports froim one or more correspondents in each county of the Y State. The past week wias a hot one oi the 3 whole, with two days quite cool, that 6 greatly reduced the average weekly excess oyer the normal temperature. The midday heat was intense, and as E great as In Julyor August. 'The maxi mum temperature for the week.was 95 on the 7th at Beaufort and on the 12th . at Spartanburg ; the minimum was 53 . on the 9th at Cheraw. B The weekly mean temperaturo was 77, ranging from -,I at Greenville to 80 at Poverty Hill. The normal is ap 2 proximately 75. The past week was the dryest one of the season. Tho only section of the . State that had any rain was a nar-row L strip along the North Carolina border, ircaching from Greenville to Lancaster county. All other portions of the State were absolutely without rain, other t than possibly a light sprinklo on the 3 (ith. The d rought is becoming intenso. I The approximate normal rainfall for 3 the past week Is 1.27. t There was scarcely any cloudiness a during the week, the average plercen .. tage of possible sunshine was 92, and a the lowest was 14 per cent. at Reid, Greenville County. There wer no high winds or local t storms. 3 The week favored farm-work, and - was especially favorable for saving the I lint of cotton in the best possible con t dition. The drought is, however, dis. tressing in soe localities, as water fo- stock is scat ce. The ground is too . dry for- plowing and seeding, although somne fall oats have been sown. Vegetation of all kinds is fast dying, . and one correspondent in -fdgefield County repoi-t- that oak and hickory 3 trees and shrubbery dying friom eflects of continued dry weather. I The weather is too hot for har-vest tinlg corn. althoeagh the crop Is entirely . made. It is feared that it will be in f ested with r.eevels sbourld it be housed now. Seine cotrn is being gatheredl .ft-om bottom lands subject to overflow. e Cor-n is dry and~ hard, but on many eai the grain is shrunken. There is a unanimnity among the co . r-espondents of this service on the con. e ditin of cotton :it is that the yield is a shor-ter than previously estimated, . Cotton ,is about, all open and over half a picked :some fields being entircly a pickeli out. Buolls continue to open e pi-rmaturely, and the seed in such .boils is not matured nor does the lint Isparate cleanly f-rm the seed in gin n fing. e it ib' gener-ally stated by the corres pontdentts that the entir icro wOll vi x b - picked by the end-of this month, if the Sweather continues as favor-able as it - has been. S They also have reduced their esti o mates of the probable yield and now very generally put it at half a crop. 3 The plant is dying and it can be deli a nitely stated that, there wvill be no top a crop. Sea-Island cotton is in need of . n-ain. It showed deterioration in coni .. dition for- the week. I Peas are not doing well gener-ally-. although in Union they appear to be a fruiting heavily, bitt the better con .(dition of all minor cr'ops irn the up a counities i-, due to thte cop)ious rains vidusn the latter por-tion of the prne .vusweek. r Turnips in most places at-c a failure so far-, for- wvhere the seed germi nated t atnd cam~tie up the plant, was suibse3Ouent .1ly killed by the intense mid-day heat. ' ructrk along thle coast need~s r-ain a badly. 3 Second plant/ng of Irish potatoes, a in the intorior-, an entire failure. t Sweet potatoes doing fair-ly well in 3 places, but, ar'e generally a peon- crp . Tihoro was11 ideal i-ice harvest weathi er- dluing the entire week, a :d thart . work madr(o rapid priogr-ess. T1he ) weather also favored gather-ing foraige a crops. . Reportis on sorg'humr and sugar- cane ivat-y considlerably now, some ind1icateo a poor yiohl of sapl while others say Sthe cane is as juicy as usual but all agree as to tire excellent qluality of tihe siap andl~ syruip imuide from it,. Gardens are burtned uip and over a large pot-titn of theL State vegetables are scarce. Patsturecs ate beginning to alfor-d scant gr-azing. ' -It hias beten repetedtc~ly asseorted that Senator Teller is a large silveor mino owner-, and that is why lie is an advocate of equal coitnage. TVhose wiho dhillfet with Senator Tellor, as well as thoie who agrece with him, testify to hi, I *'st~y of charact-iter- and pur'oso, andt~ ez, pei-onali stattemtent he may make will not be doubted by those who knosv him. llo stat-s emphtatically' thba' he has not. a dol liar invested in sil ver- mini ng, but that, his capital is in -vented in gh Iin ites. II ere is at~httrt sample otf the miethtod of imisrepr~lesetat tion etmployed 03' thu gold servIng The juwbone of the auverage wvhalo is.' feet ini lenthl. [T tongueO of a mnonstoi- wv ill yield a ton of oil. A Ilautly Tin lg to Sell! I ha~ve' ib-en diltyt So we-lt this sri tnmr- soil Ing combjia ,ti ipes thatt I l tmk it is 1,1y its hntiCh ti,,iney ats 5(1'In i a ten btl t, * hutI I in-v-i tiaket less I than 4 , alotn i $'., it diay; thei ip-i rt t h ised ias n I till jri tiltler; ia ytmn t dIper; r tune, stramera-t; it iiininel- a lises maesh- th- di IbperI suich a necessary , i tele thti It. salls at neartily eveir. tonts ,. 1as It Is si e p. You caiti t gel a Stilt I-i biy sonin lg, as~ i i it Iwo nt listamp l t o~l pay pos~ltge, tic., o W. it nird a I o.. 50 tai A, Pitsl iri p:., inotd they wdl iatIl y.,i a il pe,- a .1 go right Ito ok At' ny to Ieti inrr ik or Vi a dlay ianywhuere'. A h KA iR:t, STRONU PLEA FOR 'IARMMON1 Ju(lIgO HIarlo Coni1(0ers l11m Nomiln tioll as Markifig the Beglninain at New I'ra iI South Carolina Pol I ls. To the I)einoeratic Voters of Soul Unrolina : 1b is withi pride andi gratifientio that I have received notico of th ollicial count by which I Itill declti your nlo0fiiee for the oflico of Unite States Senator. Perinit ino to expret to you my grateful thanks, mnd 1 ItSsuro you that I lopo to ierit yort coilidonco by earnestly striving to c ily duty. As I declared many times (urin tle campaign, in] which I had tl hionor to address you, I am tho cauil date of nO faction, anti irecognize 11 (I ilforence betwcon Reformers an Conservatives, but honor you all a DIeinoerats. I have appealed to you t lay aside all factional <ifferenees, an in easting your votes to considier oil your duty to the State as l)einoeraU t1lCced ing to no mall tihe right to Coil trol you and submitting to nodictatioi Tile re'sult shows that you have it bceen inilluenced by prejulice, that yo haive laid aside factional diffeeertece that you have assert'eil Your illanhoo and have beenl inilit'nced only by you duty to the State. For Iallny years I hi ave h1a ried t heal the ibreacl in our ranks, and t restore good feeling alonlg__ our people Sollntt.iILes I have allostd <h'spairc( that tilis would b. accoi p!l. !, the resultof the elect.ion ives t na hop.. Intleed, I helive that a it'' era hai 'awiled upon our State, -111 that, tIlL, 1 uture Iives SpOie that OU peoIple will hlereafter corsitler. me( and macltsures sol'ly uipo? their imer t: and will be influenttcd by no other ci sidolation. God grant that this Ila be so. li this connection, let, ine cong rati late you upon the election of lr. I lei be as your nomnince for Governor brave, able and conscientious gent,lh man, who has promised to be tile Gmv Cinor of the whole people. Iis 11ig claractcr gives the astIurIaCe tibr this promise will be faitlhfullIy key' and that, free from partisatti inlitence his administration will be pure, abl and just.. Appreciating the great hon1or th you have conferred 1pon m111. til ii Voiking I)ivino atid itn di:-(harg in g th important and responsible dIuties < the ollice .to which I have been nono nated, I am, Your obedient servant. Beaufort, S. C., Sept. I1, s1ii;. -Thc 3ardstow n, Y y., It'cord print this telepa C.thiei C xp I r II.: - Lit - Mlonday as L)I'. G'.i w'1a uietly. Wa' ing down the street 1,. was - adder im pressedI with the collvictumt th Ihe iliust, go to thu h1ou11c of i sist! MIrs. .udge g -'ultoni. It hadl not but loug since he had left there, and t' impulse to go seiled ulaccouitabl But he went and found I is. \. I Grigshy there with ier charimiitwi- ba boy, Itamlie. A few ruo(iline after, t 1IoCtor wLS seLte he noticel a nervo twiteiiing abuot ile inJ1es of ti . tLie one:., throat. T, his hertn liuartuin g to the doctor ie s d/. t child and, having infsete.d hi tiun and for-llnger into his muoutl.h. ;e t. tracted frolu his throat a piec of -I ass bottle, which the chil wa . t ing to swallow. The dietor crtaih saved tihe little one's, l ife." ---A fall of si xtvy-li ve feet ge nerla i kills as dead as a rmackeral, Lut th. - arie e xcept- ons to all ruIls A ftce p tendiing S1undaly schlll for foty-eig i conisecutive Sundays, the fourlteen'-yea 01(1 son of I 1ov. Ira l'ar'tin, a Haipti ill' a~cher P h o live n.Sear' 'rcachl ~t- ciii Ky~3., wats per'suade'il by soine way wai youths to go with theni the ft V-in SiandayV mUoning onia fu --reiit expled itionl amonig tlhe (1l11 of i inou0 tin~ous section, iand , gctttin:- I t el t~ te p~lrec~ipice, he feli :-it v-;- fe, turnl~ing seJveral somiers' it, in ih fe'arful dIownward( li;.* and-i ig On hiis feet. 1e i-til iv I t- pro-,') that the tclays of 11niracles hav n~i passeCd. -Th'le N ew O.rlean-, Tiin--- 1( Demncrat 51ay' "'the t.iCfeat of Goi l'vnsbyJdge E-arle in Soth oau lina'ls second prlimary,. by a vol of 1' 000 II aga i nst -1.000t the 1a'resit D: eratic v'ote in sixteenl ra. in- u the0 State onie oif the iext' Uted :'-. . Seniatory, she has had - ince 'h I I lohaly3 no other mlan. in i th Site .: cept E-orlc coutld have idefe2atoi i-:ilan The neCwsjpp e ienta lu.'.., od t denifonlinatiang the r'esult, Tilim turni do(wn. know abraut as iunich i Southb Caroinia pol1i ties as the ete: that tly aero-s that State twice a year' Tihe New~ I look Spooim lP-ee to All. I reald in ih' Chiiistijan Sitaiinar i- thit.\ i1 turd aniii elegat ph~~i tdhok spotonI to yi llenthngs her4 iii ten: .Oeent stmps I t l r i :l 'lish ri cootkiing veisel, bieing hel ini ltnp by3 ia boo4k onl te back. Thle' spoitt. o thing thait hiouisekeeipers hav nlit d a . to liake ionley ar1oundl hlone. A $25 COKKSTOVE & WIt"t A 00MPLarrn otrrrr 1on O0nly $12.00. 5 IDelIveredt jo yotar railroad depot, afI 5fir eight chat lg a paid, lti'ad this dte~loirip ( ion carefully Th115is alen~dld ('ooking Stoe i No 8;hats foiur i8 lnch pot hoes) 16~x18 inhttoen ; 180 lnch Ii o box. 24 inches S1 have bad thia stovo madtie f-'r my? tra b after mny owui Idea, 'omiin lg al the0 go 5 b pointe of all mledhinut p deed stioves, and ' bia levhg out the ob ljec tonable fealtires. b liyond~ alt dou lit the~ btest No. it iOkinl I 8tove0 inado, for t.hle pr i'e. 1-altedl wIth ? 1POtu, 2 po0t covers, 2 skiletA, J gr hhtlis, * & aking pans J joli t-. of pipe,.1 llow,ICOI' 'I tar, I ifter, I eaCIM -r, 1 c:aa po~lih I Iron b tea kettle, 1shovtd. wea witin t mak ous I tAolner3 and freinds in eve'ry par tt tihe Bouth, for the pti prt'r' of introi~tlng our Sbusiness to ne0w po;~. 1,', andi to reneOw our p aoquatitanlce with old fi ,oiie. Wue willshtip this sph'tidl otit S0"%~ ndthle above describt tre toa inli ,iptt all freight charges pm hi, foonlytiio whenl the onah comes0 a lii h ie or der, Ii i N s to)Ve Is a good one. we'll "'i*ilt. itwlt) L Sentire satisfact-ont outr illustrated togue of Furnltu e. istu'oes andl naby -lages atted free- A.1dress L. FePADG E T T, pt,' 1 Liquor, Morphine, c Opium and 'dTobacco Habits. It' TIotusandl sIit I tIhe Ti I'r es 411 'i I II IIre. 0 PrIna at, diec sive s teion : en satve like NI any a reacdty saved pr c II iut ':c re .. g 0 A re these fhe (as vf freed'n? Is- every bodiv ouit of beoltinge' \\V l that%%"C ot('011Id lls wer, YCA, ei crV i, ''s I re ' 0 Bill ill thI.is e l nlighten ' d- at'- 111111 -1.e' ; is f thoutsalids 40f Ilienl are inl Ili(- intchv- i- l, tyran worse thtmuit a it, any i itry, v. able tip o fight their way to liberty, irn fl it t bre-Aik their fetters. W\,let) ofice [le hlabit get,; it- !-rip fil :1 m Ian it aiestroys his terve %\ta i 't, p5 . robs iin of his mnl v ieans (4 oi in.an I lil'e isI Htiaial tit tt Ilt 1m. hl., m m md . . stroy('ed. litis brain d ieadenedf, :td li 1( tc evollcs a wreck of i a a1\---extm: ' - iig dent il, ItiinsCIf till ,b1je t ill .;; ns: il l .S l (Iti lave tittat :ita. it ta lfioSt \Ioi art dcea' to 111n. IS thaere 114 lip ? Theret' iS- eV'5n :dtuar Years (i' Slavery\. a eire it htaitmw Ila;'re gttsarLant ttl. c tile hnd fe t etdteI ail if in a -. :r ttwo i tt ot lik -raiing wcight. teal . ai iIew iasily v ig r anti I:.lfa1;: yI r I] 1(eU one.s hatjiy, yif caitl gllit and( there will ie t.i chittge. \I cur'--Ni payv I\ HIEXT MN. PEFRRY, Ml. D). SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condonnt Scheailaat IltalUe (-n U c5 S E P '. 0, 1806. STATIONS. ITativ t aNo. 1. L v. i ............. ......... 7 1 a i S Pr i .................... . p in S Ar. New\ ...,................. 1-4 2' y in Ar. Ninotty-Six .......................1 25 ps in c" Gree n Iood ...................... 1 45 1) In "I lodges2........................ 225 ) in A r Abbevil o .. . ... . ... .. .. .. .. .. . .. . i >i Ar. 11aif't........................... 35 p in L' - -__ - - -- --- ---2 Ar. A T iersn ....................... 3 335 p c At 1tlGr a- ville ....................... 4 t p tai A I.................... ........o it 3) t STA\TIONS. ' ~-.ttiai . .7 . ...... 10 3 a in "t 1) a ntatraalit .......,......... ...... 10 t.) am "t W illiamsten ..................... 11 13 a im 'V .II N rll ........... 1 05 a m L v!, . He t n ........................... I 3 i A r. ? n b. . . .............. . .. . p a Lv. \ .I.i lle . . . . . 1! 45 a t'. Hbadges . . " 'N inluty-6ix .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .. . . ... 1 !!5 p1 m (L v N e ew err .. .. .. .. .. . ... . . ... .,.. I :") " m e rosper yx . . .. ... .. . ... . .. .. . .. ', ; ipt Ar. Chaleto IIll vI lv aib3" 17 - Ill I p lo :. Trais leave Spa - r th'>n .i :15 . n a '::. m ., It::s, :. m ., .\ - 1 I. Tr a' ti i- a tt<rte \ . .1 , i..r. f) ..o, i2::: . 5m5 . nSI ~S L'lt tan "1rvice. P.... p.... Ahi ..p n n n .5 11. tEN.t J. 31. t [.psi''i 1.0 a.W A. T5 it R S. ii. if AgIA\y i, shitto SOUTHERN 1 RAILAY. PiE i)rM ' I-IN'!'. linden-itd iN'.h....... ....~a) .rt Tin - t t.t 1 1 - 11'1 ~ ' - 5 a ; I . Y .1 6 .\ a 'I. I aliv. 1 n. ]..-. N Y.. P. 1 1 1 a t " Piah .0 pt 1at " li':m' p a 'l0" a ' 1!j I n . .. 1 tat y 1 1. I I- .. .. . 1 t I I5 - .1 j 4 18 U n-l1, y2 - .11 2 35 a 3 iN i5 y17a .tjl 4 17 an 33 Psl y 25i : -... . ... it;; y 7 -t aI '5 ,S t-. T . 4 ' t ~lt - l I 54s - et~'' w a' 'a-na Na'w~ Y'obl satnd N.ew (arleants, hodi en.5ji . A'tlantin an od Sistntgoa.r''ai''.'a Iioi Ii.- w'aa'n Na'w York'1 nadie M! 'lnphli's, \\:ahatn.i A- tata' andti liirmaiinamtls. Th!;a I::.ina atl So t en i-' idehmond-'i' A ngnats t ta t'taeetnir. ega's5s biitween.'t Dtanvillat tand ( 'hiatlittea. 'tirst,.c (Sud Atlatat. D iating c.ar'ts-sc's- ailt tmealii eni N i- 5 Stitl *l'-Untiteal St.iato last Mail) . Pat!) fsattn5 ll';i .( Iars.' btween''a News Yo'.rk, Atltatn tS v -i'll ''.-nni , s-I tand i)anvilla'. Unsliatmaa Mia''. h..a r. , n I a iarminatgbonta anal ('t'hattt'. - a..- I I ma11 I pulltmsan 'lsleeping ars' bt' w''oon jhi amat'tid alit I)nille.~a 'The A\ir a~i si-'' '' stn, No., 17 aitll'd'aht 'ha ' " "- a . . '5''..'M try, (Isa., dlaity a-., ('' railb. M's'i'i, A T 'a I I r a f)o ('