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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL 12.-NO. 30. PICKENS, S. C., THURSI)AY, AUGUST 28, 1Q02. 8 ...The Yancey Bi rthdIay... ti Richard Floma-, lawyer and orator, and succesafull, self-made man, was fluding himself exceedingly bored, and blamon his fates accordingly. What had he done that he should have to sit still in the car, while a very young lawyer poured fatuous platitudes into his unwilling ear? " I don't know that I'll show myself any too prominently about court to (lay," the inane chatter went glibly on. '' I had an intimation on the street that I might be appointed to defend that fellow Yancey, and I don't want f.nything to do with the case. It dos a man no good to got mixed with thoba low-flung nurder cases, when popular sentiment's down on the criminal. You get the worst of it whether you clear him or not-and of coUt se it would he impossible to clear Yancey." " Yet?" returned Floman, drily, looking out of the window. ' Oh, of course. You see, lie's got no friends at all. The strikers are down on him because he re:used to go out with them -and yet he goes and makes an assault on the proprietor of the businee--righlt at Yancey's own door, too--when Stein was probably calling there to (o something for his family I -and Stein falls and strikes his head and (lies-and so everybody else is against him. A man gets no honor for defencing a case like that. All the fellows are fighting shy of it. Person ally, I'm going to keep out if I can, for i a man's reputation is-" " Pardon me. I get out here," sad i Richard l?loman abruptly, and swung < himself own from the c,r, wondering I vaguely what he had done to be visited I by such unutterable plagues. Ho was three miles shor, of his oilce, but why should he hurry to t reach the oilce, where monre bores I awtited him, 'doubtless, to talk him I into a deepor frenzy? Let his partner I attend to them for a iittle while. He I plunged into the park across the way 1 and took off his hat under the trees. IIe had the park almost to himself. The children were at school or going there; the nurse-maids had not come I out yet. t In all these shady spaces, just him- t self and two children. They were a a girl and a boy, seated on a bench. The c girl's feet hung down, but did not p touch the ground, and the ,,oy's feet y stood straight out before him because a his legs were too short to hang down. 1< The boy was crying dismahiy and Flo- li mnas, who was mt a lounging mood, i stopped and spoke i, him. a "Hello, young me *," lie said, "what's i all these tears for? Lost your ball? Broken your wagon?" a IIe spoke grufily and awkwardly- I not with the silvery persuasiveness a that melted all hearts in the court. ' room and on the rostrum. le was not c used to speaking to children. There i was no boy in his house, and no ball or wagon. He and a certain proud and cold woman would have been better s and happier to have had them there. ai The boy ceased sobbing, a little frightened; hut the girl explained with asober little smile. "No sir, he's crying because tomor- t row's the Yancey birthday, and papi ] can't come hlome- .md so we won't, get.anything." Floman founsd his attentioa . . ughit by 'Gis ari,ess speech. Most of the speeches he heard were anything 'uut I art,less. iIe saut down on an opposit,e I bench and looked at the two, his hands I in hsis pockets. " What kind of a bIrthday wra iat, 1 yon mentioied?" he asked politely. I "Something new in hi rthdaye?" a The cbild's faoe Hlushed. It wrs a pree,y little face that had grown too dlelicate. " The Yancecy birthday," she ex-1 plained carefu)ly. " You see, that i our name-we are Yancey's, and to morrow is our birt hid iy-mamma's and Boy's, and mine. We are all three twmns. And that's what made papa can it the Yancey biriliday." She smiled up at h zn innocently, de lighted to tnke b!ml into her childish coundence. " That Is a beautiful idea," lie said gravely. " And why isn't papa comn ing home to buy Boy romething?" IIe had not thioeght u'it,il then-lie had been merely passin-1 an idle half hour-but the look on the child's fago, the sorrow so much older than her years, struck to his heart. " Oh, I see," ho said gunm'y, " your father is Frank Yavceyl" " Yes,". said t,he grl, in patient lit tle tones. 'I'hon she went on telling about it. " We used to have a splen did birthday when papa came hom -- sometim'.s a premec if It w'sn't too cold -and n' is things for all of us. Of course, now idamma and I talk things over, and we can understand it, but .Boy's such a baby, and he cules." " OhI Boy's such a- baby, is he?" asked Floman. It had bee a long time since he had been sorry *tor anyone, but now sometHing was tugging.at his heartstrings. IIe was looking downi at, Boy's sister, whose feet did not' touch the ground. " Oh, yes," she saId resignedly. " And that's the reason I brmng him out here, so that he can cry without making mnanima feel bad, Mamma andh I talked things over for nights, and nights, trying to fix up something for Boy so that he wouldn't feel quite so bad, but we couldn't think of a thing. You don't have very good 'lmes when your papa is away, do you? If It wasn't that I talk over eveiything with mamma--every sir gle thiing-I dlon't know what we'd do." The tall genthen:an in the other seat looked away down the avenue. A pathetic little long-gone vision rose ul) out of that past when he had not, been successful nor self-made. It wai i vision of a raw, country boy, going home from church through the moon. light under the whispering trees, with a timid, little hand on his arm. The boy had devoured the sweet, innocent young face beside him with huugry eyes, and had hated Frank Yancey in his heart for having wooed and won her before he had a chance. If he had seen her first, he told himself, she would have taken him; and he tossed on his bed all that night, torn wi h jealous rage and love that could never be told. No matter-that was long ago-he came to the city the next morning and entered upon his career. When lie thought of her during the next few years it was to thank heaven that he had escaped a marriage that would have kept him a groundling to the end of his days. But now, as he looked away down the avenue sone how the old thrill went to his heart - he felt the light touch on his arm, n,ak ing a leaping madness in his veins -And saw the moonlight drifting over the brownest hair anid bluest eyes in nll the world. Ilis own eyes (immdc( it the memory of it. Well, it wa3 long igo, and lie was successful among men, but there had never been another ii ht ike that. " Oh, deal I If pala coul(1 only t.im iome," was ibe tired little sigh tunt twakened iim, Ile started and tu' aed ,o see Boy asleep on his sister's lap, vhiile two tears rolled slowly down her ,hin cheeks. You-you musn't cry P" he stan nered. " Perhaps-'' " I don't, let inamma see me cry," he replied, smiling up at him with a billdish womanhniess that broke his lea.l. Ile snatch(d his hat from the )uih.I and started up, looking at h), vatch. If there were only timie , See here," he said, with an excite. nent that le had not felt in many a ong lay. " You go home and-and alk over things with mamma-and1 ell her--ask her if she remembe:s )ick Floman-and tell her-well toll er that Frank isn't without a friend, Ater all!" If there were only time! Tel minutes afterwards lie was ushing through a throng of spcctators hat crowded the court room and ex ended into the corridor outside. Men tood on tip-too to peep over one an ther's heads, that they might catch a limp3c of the prisoner who was n ot pith the strikers and yet had done ingle handed what some of them )nged, yetdid not dare to do; who had ept persistent slene dp i ng his imn r isonment, and who refused to employ lawyer, though he k'icw himself to he a (lire extremity, " Ten to one his neck'll stretch," aid a man in the door, as Floman ushed by him. lie heard the whisper ud saw the dark looks cast upon the risoner; then lie walked across the ourt room and took his place at the 1 isoner's side. He was just in time. " Does anyone volunteer to reprc out Francis Yanecy?" tliejudge was sking, and Floman stood up. "4I do, your honor,'' he s.ud. There was a moment of amazed si "lce, broken by an excited whisper hat went around the court room. if loman had taken up this case-,he ~rent Floman,-whby, then People w ho saw him saw how lie toopedl and whispered a word in the tupefll prisoner's ear arid clasped his and. Then he arose witlh head t hrown p arid lips set, and those who knewlbin :new ,hat, there was a bat,tle in hand. What, that, bat,tle was is still rememi >ered andl spoken of wit,h a thrill of )ride by those who watchu.d it,s p)rog ess, who heard the examinat,ion and ~ross-exotni nation of witnesses; who vept an(l laughed for two hours, wayed by such oratory as lie hia:l iever uttered and as they had never aed~. If lie had been farmors before, bose two hours left his fame dlouibled, ~or the jury returnedl a verdict, of not, ~ulty, without leaving the box, and otly denied ofterwards that they wore rnder a spell. Whcu the verdhict was tendered, men shouted and thr'ew ip their hiats, and when the court room was clearedi went out wipimg their eyes. Frank Yancey was led out staggering by thie man who had saved him. As F~loman put him into a cab, he leaned forward, h'n face working. " As lon you've done this, Dick, ' be whispe'. ,, "Il tell you why I b t that hound. I reached home in timie to hear him insult miy wife--an' I'd 'a' gone to the gallow's before I'd 'a' mix edl her name up inl it." " Good for you, old man," returnee Floman, with barren speech, but w'th a return of b'is long-gone heartiness thiat gave him a tendler feeling about the eyes. P.erhaps. the tender feeling rc..!' icd its root (down further, for he gra:;ped the tremnbling baud on the cab window. " Keep up .a stout, heart, Frank," he said. "I've got, my eye on a position-worlds better than the one you hod-chance of promotion, too. Well, goodlbye. Give my love to-to the little girl that talks things over with mammal" . * * * * It was late when the great lawyer reached home that evening, HIe had been detained by a box-a ver y impor tant box--which, after being paced to t'ie brim, had to be marked, " For the Yancey birthday," and sent by a carc ful messenger. He went home at las..,, tired hut smiling, the lady, cold arid proud, retninding'him of a social obh gation to which they were al ready late, " Oh, the Willoughby dinner," he exclaimed. "1I folgofr all about it. You can go, my dear anid m&e my (xcuses. I am too tI dI and not fit for She smiled, but there was i hurt in the smile, und in her eyes. 1 " Good night," lie said as she kiss (1 1 him. " There is a little girl-but you I shall see her and be a friend LO her. Good night." Ilie sat down, looking into the glow of the lire, and long after the coals n wore veiled with silvery ashes he still i saw there the brownest hair and bluest s eyes that were ever seen, and a raw i country boy, lost out of his life long I ago, looking at them and dreaming h futile young dreams. CONGKESSIONAL II UMOR. The Wit of thlet Great. S(atsmitctn Flows Fast a1i( Freely. S Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, who n was conspicuous during the last ses sion of Congress for his at,tacks on the k conduct of the war in the 'hillippines, used to be a newspaper man before lie entered the arena of politics, says the New York Conacrciud. IIe was r ik- a ed the other day if he was sen sitivo to the bitter criticit.ms made by some of the newspapers on account of his arraignment of the Americnni soldiers in the Philippines. " Not in the least,'' lie replied, "and 01 that reminds me of a story. There a used to bo a man in our town who was not very tall and who wa; so bow-legged a as to appear deformed or crippled. it But he had plenty of muscle and a good deal of git. One time the bow legged man became involved in a di t' p ute with a husky six-footer who, br coming tired of the verbal i rgumenl, q advanced upon his opponent with a threatening air and said: " 'You litilo runt! I've a good no tion 'o chaw your guzzlel'--whatever t'at may mean. " At this the bow-legged man imme (liately gathered himself together, s(luared off, and said : 'A 'l 1 ghtl I've been mostly raised on chawed guzzle, I so sail in I" " As I was once at newspaper man," ,,. concluded Senator * . mack, " I don't b much care what the ' say utout me. ty Besides, I've 'been raised on; that sort s( of thing." f. d( One day when Senator-elect Mc- fc Creaty, of Kentucky, was out looking c' after his political fences he stopped before a house where there was a well in the yard and asked for a drink, says the New Yolk Times. " Sorry, Mister," responded the man of the house, " but there ain't a drop on this place, I am getting purty dry myself." " Isn't there any water in the well?" w exclaimed McCreary. " Of course there is," bluited out the man: " I didn't know you wantedl water. I thought you wanted a drink." Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, poured out a glass of ice water and drank it with evident satisfaction. " There isn't anything quite as good as water after all," quoth Blackburn, " which, by the way," he .tdded, " re minds me of a story. s] i " D)own in Kentucky," began Mr. 1 Blackburn, " there was a farmer, who, n strange to say, did not know the taste u of whiskey. One day, at Christmas time, he was at a neighbor's house and was invited to sample a mixture of r cream, lemon, sugar and other in- b gredIients, commonly knowii as eggnog. ie sipped, then dIranlk, then drained several mugs. WVhen lie startedl to go home lhe felt Curious. it's an inlsidhis dIrink, you know, andl when he reach ed home lhe went to bed. The next cI morning lie awoke wvith an awful thijst.P Breaking the thin covering of ice on the water bucket OUL on the porch he f took one long drink. "'Mandy, Mandy, come her-e and bring the children,' lie shouted. 'I never tasted such water in my life.' "d Mr. Brownlow, of Tennessee, has among his constituents an itinerant t preacher who is not only an eloquent preacher, but in his opinion, has a knowledge of the Scriptures encond to no one's. So confident is lie that hie can make cecar the most obscure passages a that lie invariably asks his hearers to tj bring him any puztzling text they wish exlhained, says The Washington Post. n At the close of a very large and successful meeting a country bumpkin n sitting in the back of the hall, in re- . sponse to Ihe pastor's invitation, an nounced that, there was a matter, a a veiy inportant matter, lie would like [ to have unraveled. Ilapp)ythiat an oppoitunity t o show e his crudlition had come at last, time wise man encouiragedl the fellow to come to the front and present hs ~ pLoblem. " What I wantt% know is," said Ibe gi bucolic, "is whether Job's turkey was a lien or a gobbler." And when the preacher turned red and coughe~d to hide his confusion his inteirogator remarked in a voice that was audibla throyigh the whole hall: " I'll be ourned if I didni't stump bL"m the first timel" The Western Senator had the floor. it was a great speech and good, and pictured in glowing colors Nevada's future, if only men would be wise in their generation and make the applro priation for irrigation. lIe left notl -- ing unsaidl. iIe defied argurr ent, and flually concluded by dleclarinig solemn ly: " in fact, gentlemen, all Nevada needs is more water and better society."! Whereupon Mr. Fesseden observed: " i would like to remind the gentl. man from the West that that is a'l hell needs." While the late Judge Thurwan. of )hio, was in Congress, his wife, leav ng for a visit to friends, exacted from he judge a promise that he would be '"teetotaler" during her absence. On he day of Airs. Thurman's return the udge stopped ir the dining-room be ore going to w me her to take a lrop of that irom which he had batained during her absence. While i the act of pouring whiskey into his lass he heard Mrs. Thurman patter ig down the stairs. Quickly putting is left hand, in which he held the glass, ehnd him, with his right hand cx ,nled, he said, " I'm glad to see you ome, my dear." " Allen, what have you behind you?" ' Whiskey. my dear." Oh! Alien, don't you remember tst 3ear, when you wt,re stumping Ihe late, you didn't taste a drop, and yoi. ore never so well in your life?" 1 " Yes, my dear, I remember, but we st the State." During the Omaha Exposition Sen ,or Chauncey M Dopew and S. R- i allaway, president of the Americ='. comuotive company, were strollinr >out the midway, taking in the sights, i hen they were invited into a large ill to see the "greatest performance h i earth. The hall filled up rapidly v id aftera wait of ten or fifteen min ;e, ' Ic Senator said to Mr. Cal way. " This must be i good show- s many people are crowdiu; Im to see " After some further waiting, dur g which the hr'l wr . jammedl full, q o late StorPng Mo0Lon walked down 0 e r' le, and stopp',lg to shake hands th 1oie S ator and Mr. Callaway, g id, "What li' thunder r 'e you fellows ing in bore? There is an old raker w tside call: ig out, 'Come in and see bl e great r ud only Chauncey M. 1)epew 1 fly 10 cents to see the great and y Chauncey'!" Sr rc A Ri-:MAi Aunm.I PHENOMENON.- ti lint appe-us to be a bank of burning tl l well under the surface of the ound has been dia(2vered in a rav e bluff on the farm of li 1)ennms, b ec miles west of Gortouville, Gray- o 1 Coe-iiy, and twenty-eight miles ti am Sheirr in, Texas. A correspon m:t of he Dallas News makes the n llowin stat.:ment of the pecuhiar oc- ti :bout twen-y days ago parties hav- e ' ( e-.son traveie a ravine on c IIi 1)enus faian thought they de (.iel an c.lor e' of burning coal, but r .(1 - o no -m-;. AL intervals there 'er o '' 3 made ''e same rort of re . Ye c(ldav mo:iug a vapor , <m.cor7 ed 'srng 1 -o-n fissures in C u. o1 -e b,luff. This was a chlh d d co o'l m atot ; lized into 1i 1 :r' ' 3e'e smoke which grew acl : s it ' 'c,ease(l in volume. The o- c -ue n'o:e and more unmuis- r ,l'e r d soo. the heat in the vi- h 1 f was ro ' ten:e that all kinds of ' on :ywhere near it was -ped to death, even trees succumb- ' Ig. As a matter of course the news I ircad rapidly Pid soon a hundred or t 10 e p -ple b" I gathered. However, c a effort was made to explain the fact u atil thi's morning. Swathing them .1ves in wet c!o'hes and protecting leir mouths and nos.uls from the n tines of the smoke, several men be- t mn to wield picks and shovels, work- i ig at the most extreme end of a scerniblel fissure. A fter hard work,i ten inter. ptc.d by the hc.at, a heavy sin o: what may be lign4e, but what bcPeved 'to be a good quality of soC., )2l was soitick and n' .rer to the E >'Ct where t'.e smoke was puffing up Omf a spEace n.ob.ably eight by 'a rteen f' ci. p)ieces of deposit were ken out aci,arly aflame. Of course, ce investiga'ion lips not been carried C r e -oagh to nr-ke po-'sible any reli:. e a' ement as to tihe extent of the t mposit. It will require an expert inci-alogist to deteormine what, it is, id geologists will haIve to be app)ealedh for a cause of this strange fire lhght I by unseen hands. POINTED PARATArns.-Most wo en are afraid of a loose dlog or a hut muan. In tiying to get his rights many a ian goes at it the wrong way. Wie is the man. who can give a we ian adv'ce without incurring her en ity. Talk is cheap; yet some people will ive up a dollar to hear a tiresome lee ire. Mil.k of human kindness is usually 1 a poor quality andl little in the canl. If poverty is ever abolished every atchelor will either have to marry or ct'.as his own servaint. Job evidently had no dlesire for ckle fame. He was in a:positi( I to rin out as a manufacturer of profane istory-but he didn't. A fat man always has nmore troubles han he has sympaliizers. Jumping a summer resort board ill is one way to beat a retreat. When a man goes at things head irst he often gets there with both feet. Be sure your sins will fInd you out 'you r 'e ever a candidate for offiee. Maniy a young man has been cured f palpitation of the heart by marrying he girl. Religion as a rule flourishes bettor nm connection with adversity than vith prosperity. A Kentucky paper mentions a 'yawning oil well" in that State. somebody must have been boring it. The Ohio man who bumied $2,000 Li goldi in 1800 and hias just found it, is not so much out of pocket by losing over forty year~s interest as one mighi, supp)ose, for the bank in which he would have invested it failed in 1873. IN A 1IUMOIU)tS VEIN. d Mother-'" Tommy, if you don't sit d otill I'll have to punish you. Why a canl't you be patient ?" a An absent hushad telegrapheI to his wife : " I send you a kiss.'' lie I received the reply : " Spruee young nan culled and( delivered the kiss ini roodl order." Barber--Will you have anything on your face when I have tinished, sir ? l1 Victim--I <d0 not know. But I hope hi you'll save my nose, at. least. "c We never realize the full value of I' thing until we lose it," remarked the < noralist. : '' That's right," remarked the prac- I ical man, '' especially if the thing ost was insured." 'I' Teacher--ronmy, what is the dif erence bet,woen a eouua andi a pe iodl ? Tommy-1A comma is a dot with a Ill to it and ia period is a hob-tail dot. " Colonel," said the reporter, '' what tt t your opinion of this water cure ?" ) The gcutleman from Kentucky drew Ic imself up to his full height, but cl ,ould not say a wor:l. Father (impressively)-Suppose I mould be taken away suddenly, what f 'ould become of you, my boy ? Irreverent Son--I'd stay here. The cc uestion is : " What would becono 1 f you ?" c " 1 see you attenl nearly every by 1mt. 1)o you understand the game ?" hc "4 No,'' replied the pretty girl in tho of bite duck sutt. " I hate the game- lit it that, pitcher is mighty handsome." CA Mr. Stubbs-Ilere's an item that bi ys when women marry they stop tei ading so much liction. Mrs. Stubbs--Well, J f gue,s iat's because they hear so much from eir husbands. ne Mrs. Gayhoy (who is not a prize co 3auty)-A friend of mine says you tl fly married me for money. Is it in ue? od Gayboy-Certainly not, dear. It w ray seem improbable, but I really and er uly married you for love. of Lil Biggs-So .laggtby lis passed in his fe hccks, ch ? Poor fellow, he had of im,cy vices. ie I)iggs-Yes, but he had at least, one of cdeeming Virtue. on Biggs-What was that.? oI J iuggs~-IIe ncycr sioked eilar~~tee. ,1r SI '' Mamma,'' said little Georgia, nc does deaf and dunmh boy talk with wi is fingers ?" m '" Yes, dear," replied his mother. " Well," contiiued the small int er- re clgator, " how do you suppose he rays as is prayers if his fingers are sore ? M b( Ius.cad of the American expression, m ct.'t off clothing,'' the English use, lo left off clothing." In an Einglish ewspaper an advertisement stated IM hat " Mr. and Mrs. I,rown have left ti< IT clothing of eveiy desct iption andI Ii ivite your careful inspection.'' fa " Lend me your ear a minute,'' rc- i oat ked Mrs. Brown to her liushiamlil he other evening. " Will you give back to na'" lie inquired with LIock anxiety. " Of course I will, you diot I Do you suppose I want, to tart, a tannery?" She got, the ear. Mrs. Gaswell-So Ethcel marriedl broad and married well, did she ? ri Mrs. Dukanc-What I said was that lhe was well mnarried. u "IIow ?" ti " Theic were t,wo ceremonies, a ivilI and a religious.'' r "' No, Jlohnny, said the father, as in hey sat at dinnier, " you can't hiave a Bcondl pieco of pie. Onie is enough fo or you." m " Th'lere 'tis againi," rejomledl the lit,- c> to fellow. " You are always saymn' cc must loarn to eat pie with a fork ani' im lien y ou won't gimme a chance." f " Now, little huoy, what's thie menCU- cl ag of the word hypocrisy ?" asked a a unday school t.eacher of her favorit,e A supil. " I cant, explain what it is' but, 1 :now it all the same."t "' Give me an examp)le of hiypoc isy." " When a fel ow says lie loves his h kiuday sch)ool teacher. T1hat's hypoc A well known judge on a Virginia tI ircuit was rocently remmdied very P 'orcibly of his app)roachinlg baldness y one of his rural acquaintances. 0 " .Judge," drawled the farmer, " it von't be so very long 'fo you'll have n' ,o tie a string aroundl yer head to tell ) iow fer up to to wash you" face." " Have a cigar. Onie of my favor. dI to brand," said Checeply. " Thanks," renka, who know the brand, repliedI, 0 6s he carefully plaCed the cigar in hisf iat. "JDo you always keep cigars t here ?" inqjuiredl Cheeply. " No ; )mly certain kinds. You know, they ;ay a few cabbage leaves in your hat Mill prevent sunstroke." " She's one of the most economical promen I ever saw," ber neigh bor was saying. " Why, do you know what ihe Cdidl? She got married three weeks before she waii ready, just to make it p)osible for her husband to take adl vantage of the summer excursion rates on their wedding trip, and they were only goIng about eighty miles, any way." The following explanatory note ac companied a Liberty (Mo.) young man's wedding gift tn a frindi -My car girl : You will hi1ad in thIe box thinigamajig, which lis "olIletiil to 1) Willi elotiig. It's a cross butlveen harpoon and a hayfork. It iniay he >r spearing pickles or stackinigl" c(1 - ed cabbage. A'ly way, you will he so ppy that you won't care.' l )ietrict attorney Jerome, of New ork, Whose father, Lawrence .Ie 1me, was a celebrated wit of his day, y that (iI a Certainl occasion when was a little chat lie was rihn g on s father's kliee in a hibfth avenue age, eve,y other -e.l hci taken t the corner a luiv entered and his ther said to limt iil severe tones Why, Travers, imy ht )', I aid h- nei tf you ! \Vhy don't ou et and give this lady 'our seat ?'' 111"IIANGIC IN TF.;X'r 1tt5(10 1 hie State Klo4111o4,'Mneaion Alike It Statt ieIt in J ulst ice to SiupeliIni(Inlit 1ltAlliattan. At the ean t ain'i leetin g im l' Iligs. C( oil the lith in ,i., the nu,si. not; Le feature was the introdn'.iot of it tter from Governor McSweeney, Iairman of State board of education, aative to the change in text books r the public sehools. The report is follows : Mr. AlcAlahan was iirst introduece, iing forward amid applause. Air. cMiahan's thoughtful words on gov nment and education were again ard with closest interest. Ilaving inherent right, best typos of tma!! od and womtanhood, Carefill trhin=1i7 childien uih, .11(d make Sc .h C.ro a oven more glorious in ti e fut:.o. unt.y sehool superinteniletl should skilled school men, appoint d by alr(s elected by I' people, supe tn idents to be retained as long a i l'eir vices were' Natisiactol y. Applau d live botilucts of flowers with r wed applause. Air. Martin next, was remnded of a s uiplet suggesting sleeping beneath the r wers. Mir. Aartin saw no work more I t)ortant than scimol work, had worl: in this lield and his ii "erest ml 0his mld always he g.reat. Whatever iticisms iay have hoetn made agaiist pommUit camlle froml coniscienItius m11 . res. I )ilf"orent conditions requ(Iire die to eli ro1otI remieie4s. O l pposed( 1 t el- ei , board 1141 app)1oint enti, of stt2utrm . 1(1ents. 1)1posei to wholesale eban-e t, books. Siomte Iouoks are goodl in new , es, others thouhi have been ret. inel. i ailhng editmt ial tromn The Stale a 1 ly I:t, thon";,"t, tl'e etdi,.or of The t-c shoOd d t.en l .) h.! o1-n1 husi 58. Ir. Alartin was iiiterrupt< Lh applause. (o.,"d with eltee rs 41 11rrahs for a-i At the conclusion of Mr. Alai t.m's marks, Siutpet intenicnt, Ielahan ked to re.ul a leI. er f, omi Gov. (.Sweeney a1 other lembers of the ard. Gov. lcSweeney's letter to nibhers of Stato board reads as fol ws : ' lii view of commulents nade in ese; capl aiiti inl r "eecce to 1(otU mn of t -:t bo ,ks,. deem it but justice at. we sigtn !rid Bend to the lion. .111o. McMahan tt it ctcloSed f.ltatemenit or ets, to be uts' as he e (' lit. I have ,pod one a 1 ntilel it to him. I hope )u will Like the .. me view ;iat 1 do 1d will sin s "ttwent. and fi 1ward it. p Mr. MlcAlahian . (Signed) Al. It. AleSwEvi-ixl. "' Gov. and14 Ci' . SLate I id, of i%d II. T1hae letter addl4ressedl Mr. McM-thiani uds1 21s followvs: "In viow of~ the unjnst attacks madle '1on you with ref eee 1.) the adhop-4 on of text hooks, it. h ut. jut'ee that, 0-ats membiers of tIhe SItate b)oard, i4ponsile for the cbanges itn the text 10oks, comii forward 12 in ike follow (I) You aire ill 220 sense resp1onsile r the appointmiient, of the mieni who ad(1 the adoption. T1hie G overnor creised his prerod~ative untder the n2181itultion andit apipoinated t.he seveni embilers wvithiout regard to yourt pre renlces. (2) You are not, reslponsiblle for the langes miadec in the books. You ronigly opposed the ad(optiont of some. boiard1 of 2on2e meni selectedl thle >oks by a malljority vote iln such ises, anid no one0 22112 cou1ld tonitrl eo result or canl have pIraisti or b)lamei( aw and1( novel att.ractionis tha, wil >th iinstruct, and amnuso. These willI ftJannounlced lat.cr. All immllorall showvs 1(d deices for ganmbling utnder ally >rm whatever will b)e excluded from ic grounds of tho society ; alnd anly arsoni caught violating any law of the uate by praictilcinig any gaImb)lig gaiie e deOvice will be immelltdiately arrested. "' Realizing how iai ge a piart, of the iccesses of the past, exhtib)itions hais een owing to the work of thle fair 'omen of the State, the societ,y earn lly requests exhibits in the several Cpar'tmen 1ts. " The large attenldanlcO at the fair~ fferai a splend(id1 induteimnt, to mann icturors to imakOe lah)orato displays of icir works. On all the loading rail. The.Wor 's Greatest, cure'for aarna renL. A taint u bi alairia poison.1 in~ ro.r blood mealnsh,misery and (aure, elilood mod. inecani't.cur ( Maelari poisoning. TIhe antidote for it is JOHN SO N' TONIC. Osats s ats If it tales. roals of the State entering Columbia ".xcursiunii rates will prevail (luring fair w (;k, thus extending facilities for vis iting tue fair to the people of every (Idlarter of the State. "Visitors to Clumbia will find ltuil to entcrtain thomi besides the lair. Aimonig the placos of interest mtay be .nntined the State house, asyluin, I)cnnentiary, cemectery, fac tor es, colleges, graded schools, ch 'thes, e,c. '- 1Ivery effort is made by the city to titerlain her visitors, who are assured hat they will receive a cordial recep .ion and spend at pleasant Lite. The is conducted for the benelit of the l bic at, lar,e, anI thehirt moral sup th t and aetive co-oniration are re I sted in o:der to make .e thirty - 11i annial fair the grandest in the y.of the agricultural and inechan e society.'' 'iveiy 1Ielfort is to be made to make he fair this year a great success, and e people of Columbia may ho relied ipoi to do their part. A SON'; l)KV(rIoN.-'I'he Atlanta contisttution says that an anedote leserirptive of a i line phase of the late Willia A. llemphill's chitaracter was, strangely enough, related from the pulpit last Sunday night by Rev. T. B. Clevelalnd, who at the time knew nothimg of Colonel llemphill's illness. III less than two hours afterwards Colonel i emplul I was dead. M% r. Cleveland had choson the duty of a child to his parent as the general theme of his sernon, and it was to illustrate n rare display of devotion that he told >f the Ilempbill incident. "( The most touching and dramatic )vidence of a son's devotiont to his nother that I ever saw happened at he battle of Gettysburg," said Idr. ,leveland. " When the battle was aging at its hottest, and men on the onfedlerate side were falling by hun hreds, .1 saw a stalWart young Southern oldier reeling from the lines to the ear, wheic the hospital was located. Ie had bcet badly shot in the face, and he blood was gushing forth in streams. as lie picked his way over the rough rounId it was plain to see that his con ition wias serious, and that the loss of lood had greatly weakened him. But lait attracted my attention most was he position of his hands, which were elh upright over his head and con rined a small object, which I could not utke out. for the smoke and dust of the attle. I was so interested that I fol twed th( younig ma, and asked him rhyhe held his hands as he did, and that it was he carried. A wan smile lit is face, and he said: " It's a liile that my mother gave 1e. ItL was inl my pocket when I was trt., 1imd 1 took it out to keep it from oLting bloody I" S''hat nuaui," continued Mr. Clev anid, "'was William A. IHemphill, of itlanta, then a gunner in the Con ederate army." The lcondition of Porto Rico under he 1 inited States rule is represented is b1eing greatly improved. In 400 'ears of Spanish power not one school lIouse was erected, but within two years $2111,1110) has beent expended in the buiding of schoolhouses and 121 teachers from the United States are inst,rtiniilg the hiildron, besides a. large numnbe of natives, in 22 of th newv sch oolhlouses agricultre is tauight, ini a scien)tilie miethoed. 1I, is taLI t ed that as many as5 40,000 of the schiolatrs in the schools already speak the Enrgiish language. Th'ie maniagieent of a Kansas Cit,y ..- -- hotel is pireparinig to serve hot mlsI att private houses. The meals will be. Bookeud att the hot.el, and dIelivered in a spiecil Wagon equiipp)ed with devices for keeping the food in proper condi L.ion. Th'le anitual rep)ort, of the dlepart mienlt of agricult,ure shows that, there aLre jtust 2509,5 13 acres p)lanited in sui gar beets in tils counltry. CASTOR IA For Inlflnts and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Medical Oollege of Virginia. ....IoattIlihedL 1838.... Departments of Medicine. Den tists aLnd l 'harmacy. For particulars and catalogue address, Christopher Tomp klns, M. D)., Dean. Richmond, Va. IVY M. MAULDIN, Attorney at Law. Pickens. S. 0, Practice in all theCourtsi. Office over Earle's DrugStore ANDERSON BABB, Contr'actor and1 Builder Plckens, S. (Y. WM. P'. (CAIiO(UN. . Attorney at L,aw, reaclee hi all the courts, State antd federal. '