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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. JACK', tHC liUSIIUANCiKli. \ Tintn.rtx; HToitii OK nm w.n. ni M.i \ \ III sn. Tho tStrnnjcn Hsr/orloiie.i of nu KII^UKII IJo tili:? , ?linn Who Wein (?old 1 lunliii:; ?ii n Co ..III; ! Winn- !Vo "Him (/'outil Cnll fit Ml . Snff . (Front Un- Atlanta Constitution.) Heading iu .your journal an ai l?ele head id "A Bushranger Interne iwcd," Bays a w ri tor in Chambers', recalls lo my memory a strange incident which oc curred Homo years ugo to my own broth er, when on his way from S\?Ino\: 11> (In gold Holds, and for tho aeon' any ol which I cnn vouch. At tho timo of hit! arrival in Ansi nd in the country was in u stab- of panic; n reign of tenor existed, eau .?i d by tl? daring outrages committed < n porte on tho journey to und from tile diggtngn, ltobbery with violence, ?. col' nhul down, mid largo ?.signii teni? of gold carried off, were oi daily occurrence. Tho bush WWI inti ..led hy n : .-.wy ol' des |>orato bushrangers. \\iu.-.e lender, undi r the cognomen of '?Jack," s x nictl to bear a charmed life. D'or yours ii . liad 'Milled all the efforts nmdo lo capturo bim, though thu military hf.d scoured tho bush. No sooner wu A ur outrage perpo trat?d than nil trace of ?io perpetrator was lohl, as if thu groiui ?1 bad swallowed them. Ho bad n perfect knowledge of the most secret movements ol tho par ties he nttaoked. Ile? vined ubbpdtous, outrages occurring in undi rupul suc cession and so far apiv !. Such nu air of mystery hung aboul !,dm Hint II super stitious feeling mingo ul with Hie n orial terror hu inspired. J ie was represented l?y .some persons who had seen him us n line, powi.rfiil-lookiri ..man, with I otlling forbidding in bis np] earance. Kvcn the mad tlnr st for gold could not induce the bravest p emin to undertake the journey alone. Tho gold- i >kor tnvvelcd in large cai alende i, wi nrnu d, and detenu i ned to Ugh) [or their lives and property; one- ol these p brother joined. .Ile wns II haudsomu young fellow, nl\ tu ii and love ol udven ture, and ho BOOJ t beounio n genoml favorite The "tra eh" for lhere wcro no roads at that tim c-ran for the great er distance through Ibo brush, some parts oi win eh wno so denso ns scareoly to admit daylight. 1 iver, m ti .AH weil armed, My inutile. ? lind brought with him a lirst class revolver, piuvhi cd in liondon. This ho Ii cpt with other vain ablcs carefully hid.. . ni i n his ? i r? on, his other belongings 1> . ng slowed away in ono of tho wfl.gons. Winn tiny bivouacked for tho night, caro wm taken that it was nu open ?pnce, where good lookout could bo kept, to make Mir? against a sm? dcu snrprisc. Tho wagons were plaoe/.l in tho middle, sen tries posted, anr't scout-, placed so ti at tho Hight of II. bird or the full of a loaf could not puss uunoticod. All were on thc cpd vive. For some days all went well, nothing T inusual or alarm ng occurring. They wo- :v then wei! into the bm I, and consccnu uitly, if possible, more vigilant, boliovin g that oven n mouse could not i trude itself among them. Ono ? norning it was found that during the nig ht they hud been, spit? ol' nil their vigilan co, mysteriously and unaccounta bly joi ned by n stranger, who stood in their I iiidst as il one of ihoillHclvc . iNo onece idd imagino how or win ucoh icnmo, and IV der astonish nu nt pro viii led. Ho was a lim , portly man, from thirty di ve to forty years ot ago, with an open, pro? possessing countenance and good ad dress -ono who, under other circiun static s, would have been un acquisition to tie ; party. Not in tho h list tnkcii abaci ; or abashed hy thc sennt wclcom? boro '.solved or the undisguised surpris* bisip* fo?onco croat cd, ho came forward liOkUy and told a most plausible - tory to tho 01 feet that he was a stranger making his way to tho gold Holds; that, notwith standing tho stories he lind heard in Sydney of "Jack" and his comrades, lu bud ventured so far a!"iie, but a ho got further into the hu li I. los! heart sud determined to joiii Ibo firsi purlj ho rn? t. lt hsiked sfmngo that he had no lug giuro of any kind, not oyen provisions ol anything to iiuliimlo that ho was bound for u (pugjourney. Ho uiodo no attempt to account for nis mysterious npticar nnce, ?ntered into tlio nrrangumcnts ol ibo cavalcado, and made himself quite at home. Everyman among thom, witl the exception of my brotlier, believer that no ono but ''Jack" himself couh have takon them by sfirpriso, tiie gepor al lieliof Is ing (hut it could only bo fron personal oxporfonc? Hie t??Tinli bush ranger derivi'd the perfect knowledge i?< display? d win n innking his raids. Tim party agrcotl'tliat tho wist ' conn i >vould bo to await the progress of ovents watch his every movoment, and lot hin seo ti?at they weir prepared lo u< ?I thoii liv?-* dearly^ if ?bisen t.? de so. Tho stranger seemed to have an un limited supply of tnbhoy, and t<> h. gi n mous about it, paying his way im ly H o too* 1? onfco Co my brother; mid th? liking wan mutual; in diggers' parlance tiley liecamc imites, chummed, waiko? and smoke?I together. My brother hmm bim a well-informi il, agreeable compon iou, a viuit improvement on their rotlgl jissoeiutcs; and lio seemed thoroughly U n cn :oy tho society of tim jovial y?>uiif Irish gentleman. A sincero frieudshil aprimgi'" hetwo?n them, notwithstand lng tho ???n^rity in years. Tho other h.embers of tho party be carno very aiix/f'?". fearing the mai would toko advantage of my broth,ir unsurfiiicioufl, firustiug ii dnr.' to pbtoil information that would he ajMUtil to hm -when forming his plans for tho attacl whioh wo? hourly oxpoctod ii? hw Iobkod upon - os immmw..- Nor wm th.-ir h ara allard will U, rtftCl .' [Htlo, h woiihl loave ino biSatofl ti lek on? mu into tho hush, remaining.; .ay foYhOUW and roturning at thc mont imoXpeCtCi ?o?mes and pla?'???,'jsiiowii g a tim. kiu.wledgi'of Uio bush und all lUintricti eic? and short cuts quit?' in? onsisteii with tho .story he had told od jfeheng. Ono tiling struck my brother a nt milgo, but without ?xi ding m.y SUI pieion yu hi? pait. When walking t? gethcr no would suddenly shoal, ! i com qidto excited, and say: "Oh, it m 8 hi il .Ooh an outrage oceurmL" "lt BfOS 0 tho Hp?it ?,n which wo are '.lauding tin tho escort was shot down and a lara .consignment ot gold carried off, Tba did light like douions." lie seemed t Hie greatest pleasure in giving m in ale details of tho diil'crcnt outrages ? they h:wl occurred, and always spoke tua il ho had hcou an eye-witness). J Jut a> thorough was my brother's belief in Iii ii av friond that oven this did not shah" his faith. When within a fow days of tho jour Hi \ '.' C??d, tho stranger suddenly and unexpectedly declared his inton II n of palting company. Hoofforeduo iinntii ii a: to hi?reason fordoing so, though nil through he had seemed anxi ous to impreso it on them that ho in t lided to go the entire way to tho dig ings with them. NO questions were toked. After a gili.ral and hearty Icavc l. king, which, however, did not inspire much Cl ulldcUCC, as they wen-.- till within rungo ot n possible attack. Ile asked my brother to take lt last walk with him, and I. .1 thc way into the bush further than ho had over brought him before, und a long distance from tho beaten track. Tho llrst words tho btraiiger said were: ".Mate, don't you carry ii revolver?" Thu answer was: "Ves, and a first ?ne, No! bitch us are gol out herc. I brought it from homo." "Show it to me," said tin- stranger, "I love a real good weapon;" and without thc slight* st hesitation my brother hand ed him thc revolv?a", which he examined carefully, and saw that tho chambers wore loaded, ile; remarked that it was tho "prettiest weapon" he hud handled for a long time. lie walked a few steps in advance, and, turning round suddenly, he pre sented tho revolver at my biol lu r s head, calling out in a commanding tone: "Stand!" his countenance so changed as scarcely to bo recognized. At last my brother felt that ho stood lace to luce with the terrible bushranger, bul did not lose, his prcsoiico of mind. For ll moment then' was a profound silence. Ih'St broken by thc stranger say ing; "ls lhere anything on earth to pre vent my blowing out your brains with your ow n weapon, placed in nn hands of your own freo will? The wild bush lound us, I know its every twist and turn. 'J he lunn is not living who could truck my footsteps through its depths, where I alono am lord und master. Speak, man! What is there to prevent mo?" With ii throbbing heart and a quick ened pulse my brother answered: "Noth ing hut your sense of honor." Tho man's face brightened, and his voie- resumed its friendly tone, and handing back tho rovolvor, ho said: "We .-.and now on an equal buding. You hold my lifo in your hands, as X held yours a moment ago. Yes, boy, and your own fortuno too, but I trust you, us you trusted mo. 1 would not hurt a huir of your land, i ul 1 have spared other for your sake. How, you will never know ; bul they owe you a deep dobt of gratitude You are a noblo heartcd fellow; aud through tho rest of my stormy lifo 1 will look b ick with pleasure on the time we have passed to gether. Hut mate, you are tho greatest tool I ever met. 1 brought you here to-day to give you a lesson which I hope you will bear in mind. Von uro going amongst tl rough, law less crew; never, as long us you livo, trust any man as you huvu trusted nie to-day. Where you ure hound tor, your revolver will be your only true frn nd; never let it out of your own keeping to friond or foo. You ure fur too trusting. Thora waa not a man but yourself among those from whom I have just parted who did not believe from thc moment I joined them that 1 was Jack, tho bushranger. Well, mate, I am liol going to tell you who or what I am, or how or why 1 cunio among you; but of this rest assured, that you have no truer friend. You will never know what 1 have done lor your sake. Now, tanto, good bye ion vcr. We will never meet again in this world, and it is best for you it should bo so." Thon h ading him ?lack to tho track by which he could rejoin his party, he wrung my brother's hand, turned and walked quickly into the hush, leaving no doubt upon my brother's mind that the friend ho had so loved and trusted was indeed thc dreaded bushranger, They never did meet nguiu. My brother cunio home to dio; and unless my memory deceives mc, Jack was shot dead in a skirmish with the military. UIIVM ii Prcaage ul Wnr. The good old Indies arc now beginning lo toll us that war is un inevitable fact of tho near future. How do you know? Simply because all, Ci mostly all, of the babies born this year arc boys. This is un unfailing presage of war, us every sonsiblo thinking mun ought to know. lt is, of course, u very good thing that wo .no advised of this fact in ampie timo to tiiiii our sails. Everything will go lin -that is, everything eatable and sale able, and wo must begin to store away and gurner up at once. Tho shoddy clothing manufacturers, und tho iugoni on i pomona who mako coffee out of pens and hard tack out of pine block.- can now go to work at getting ready supplies for tho army. 1'crimps there may be a general exodus to Canada w hen this male surplus in tho baby linc becomes know n, but wo have lost so ninny prominent citizens to the unfortunate Dominion that we arc grief liardoned. 1 hope that tho hoy-baby sign doesn't pioap a civil war; wo have had enough of that. Hut when tho girl bubies outnumber thc boys it will DO plainly understood that another sort of war is surely foretold the domestic war. This life is ono un ending strife.-Clovclnnd Hun. i*t>rrrrlly Kailillra. A widow in a town ia the interior of this State nuwlo her appearance at tho ellice of tho gas company tho other day and asked if it were truo that electric ' ; v ere to supersede eas in ul! tho puhiic lunqui. When answered in thc aiiirmntivo BIIC continued; "1 own gus stock, und J want to know if this# movo won't reduce dividends?" "Most'assur edly not, ?uuhmi," replied tho Hecrotary. "Hut there will bo much lesH gas con sumed." "Exactly; but what has tho quantity pf gus consumed to do with tho gas hill?" Hlio went away without an beling the query, but perfectly satw llod.-Wall Ht root News. "You area regular dude/' rudely ob fiCfVOd a young man to an expensively dre sod itrimgor In tho th??tre lobby, ibo other night. "Wrong, my friend," replied i he stranger, politely; "J mako dudes, l in a tailer.' A TALK MIHI I' rilli.eur. Vs TBKTII. Hy Dr. TIKIIIUIM tl, <'nl.rit, ol H|i|irtailUUTt*, Mouth I nullilla, u Crud in:.' ill Driuiilry (Hui Medicine*. It is H nul fnot that in Bpilo ot tho numberless dentists nuil doctors, tooth uoho is very largely on the increase. Thousands ol tooth arc extracted annual ly, which hy n timely care might have hcen preserved. Not ono man in ten luis perfect tooth; not ono woman in twonty Did millers from the lonny had offcotfl arising fruin this evil. Unfortunately tho strong white teeth of <>nr grandfathers caniiol bo handed down to us as a gund ly heritage Tho strength and durabili ty of each individuara teeth depi nd in a lingo nu asuro on tli*- faithful, persistent clVorts of tho m. fliers towards that ?aid. Fooling assured t bul no appeals made in behalf of the little ones will bo made in vam, I wish now in us simple a manner as possible Lo call tho attention of inter? cstcil mothers to a few facts concerning their children's teeth. A small amount of know ledge and a vast amount of per severance oil tho mother's part will save the little ones much suffering. In tho first pince, I will t-pcak of the time of formation. As early as the sev enth week of foetal ldc, the formation of tin: temporary belli begins. The growth is carried on through various stages, un til at bir'.l. the twenty d?cidons or baby teeth are all in an advanced condition, and the germs of twenty-live of the per manent sci aro in a state of development, lt is therefore very necessary that all ex pectant mothers live on such diet as will furnish n sufllciciit quantity of tooth and hone forming material. As lime is one principal olomont of tooth structure, it is highly important that it be furnished in abundance. Nature, always ready to supply her children's needs, is very gen erous in her supply of thin element, it appearing in milk, eggs, vcgotables and fruits, and more especially in the vurioilS grains. In the fine white Hour, in sugar and butter, which form the diet of su many delicate women, not one particle of lime appears. Graham Hour, oat meal, cracked wheat and honey, abound in tooth food. A mother .should thora* foie die t herself according to practical common sense rule, and not according to a capricious appetite, remembering always that the health and comfort of another helpless human being is depend ent solely on her faithfulness in per forming nature's simple requirement?. A diet of mill:, eggs, fish, oysters, meat, with (hallam Hour prepared in tho many delicious ways, should satisfy any moth er, while such food will double her own strength, and prove of iucalculablobene fit to the unborn child. Limo wah r is very beneficial at such periods; us il often relieves tin: indigestion ami heart burn from which so many sillier, at the same time refurnishing the much needed lime-salts directly to the system. lt can be easily and cheaply mude by putting a teacup full of unstacked lime in a half gallon of wider, stir thoroughly, ami allow it to settle. When this second water has become ch ar, pour it oil' into buttles, and it is nady be- use. A table spoonful in a glass of milk or water cannot be detected by the hush', and it is very beneficial to pros] "ctive mothers. .Mothers shotdd protect themselves from all skin diseases, such as smallpox, scar let fever and measles. During this poriod they invariably render the tc< !ii of the child grooved or pitted, thus making them more liable to decay. For the same reason children should be pro tected from such diseases until after the eruption of their teeth. When about live months old tin: child begins to cut its teeth, as the phrase goes. There is no absolute rule as to the time. Usually the lower teeth pre ced?' the upper of the .same class, and generally como in pairs. The order and timo of eruption may bo soon from the following table: Two central incisors, No. 1, between 3 and S mouths. Two lateral incisors, No. 'J, between 7 and li) months. Two canines, No. ;i, between 12 ami Iii mouths. Firs! molars, No. 4, between lt and 20 months. Second molars, No. 5, between 'JO and dd mouths. Tho child is in possession of all of its temporary or baby teeth, twenty in number, by the time it is three year old. 1 wish just here to impress upon mothers the. importan co of preserving these baby teeth until the permanent tooth appear. A child should never be allowed to sillier with toothache. Such sntToring, in almost every instance, may be directly traced to the ignorance or neglect ot the mother. In the fust place, strict cleanliness should be observed. As soon as the little' tooth appear they should bo washed tinily, by wrapping a soft rag around the Huger, and rubbing them very gently up anti down. As soon as practicable, usc a ?oft cann l's han tooth brush. Immediately on the ap pearance of any decay or spots, a dentist should bo consulted ami tho child's tooth should be placed ill his cure. Should he ho competent and faithful, not ono ol the baby teeth would bo lost until they fall out, w hole und sound, according h. nature's method, to moko room fer tin larger permanent teeth. lt is not II dentist's whim nor moro theory thal many evils aro tho direct result of pre maturely extracting a child's teeth, Without them a child cannot properly masticate its food, and thus iiutigcstie'i, with its train of discomfiting evils, is tia ros ult. If the nerve is killed, the uh sorption of tho root is arrested, and in (lamination amt gumboils cause the con timmi annoyance to the child. otto this dead tooth becomes un (distado il tho way of a now tooth, causing it U como out whore it can bcd lind room, thus spoiling the beauty of tho child': teeth and face for life. As before stutet thc permanent tooth uro already formet und ure quietly waiting in di ile un stages of development, ut the root of tin baby teeth, m.biro's time for their up pearanco. Thus it is that the penna neut teeth aro vory dependent on tin cn ro of tho fl rst toot h. Af tor a child i two and a half years old ho should bi taken tt> thc dentist twioo a year, so tim any incipient decay muy bo checked \>i having tho teeth filled with sumo of th' many soft materials now so widely used If the dentist is careful and competent and tho mother firm and watchful, nit I double, need lie feared from toothache not only during childhood, but oven ii nftor years. ? - .-.> The cactus is at present tho fushiotiabl decorative plant. UAIHIMJ l>i:\l) DKMOCIIATM. Wim! lu Maid ol Hu- Living and ul iii?* Dead ol Un- I'nrty. (Prom tho Waterbury American ) What remarkably good, patriotic mon, aro n uumbor of distinguished Dem? crata now that tiley are dead, and eau never again lie candidates for the suf t rages ol' the American pooplo. There was Seymour in Ide a copperhead who truckled to niohs; and in death one of (he kindest beni ted of gentlemen, w ith a character above reproach, whose fann i's heritage New York should ever clier i; h. There was Hancock in life "a good man weighing 200 pounds," the tool of designing politicians; in death a brave, gallant soldior, without fear and without reproach, honored and respected by all who knew him. And there above all was Tilden in life '-old usufruct," tho "sage of Cypher alley," whose name was a synonym for low, disreputable cunning m orthodox Hopublican politi cal circles, "who stole the livery of tho court of Heaven to sorvo tho devil in;" in death a patriot who, in whatever he did, acted only ?md purely from un in tense love of country, never u self seeker, and whose final deed in leaving the hulk of his great fortune ter thc hem-lit <d the people was but thc crown ing act ol' a career of disinterested pa triotism. Weean see the historian of the future, ns he compares what was said ot tho great leader, living, by his political opponents, with what they said of him dead, moralizing for the, benefit of generations yid unborn on tin- short sighted habit of lying, so soon to be con ch inned out of his own mouth. We can even see the future historian sitting down to review the first yenr and a half of Orovor Cleveland's administra tion, Reside him will bo a great mass of clippings from Republican papera, con taining editorials oil him while ho wai; yet in power. Tiley will discant on the size of his neel; and any little personal habit flint may be turned into ridicule. They will speak of his hypocritical de sire to appear to e o rv out his pledges to the civil service roiorilU rs, while in real ity he wu., prostituting thc public service t'i carry out the designs of a Ca sar's ambition for a second term. They will show the imbecility which has character ized his State papers, and thc blunders lie has been guilty ol' ia trying lo pass himself oil' as a party leader, etc., otc. Thou the historian will turn to these sal ie papers wo hope many years ill tho undiscovered future for editorial com ments on Cleveland's death. Ile will lind thi - sam.- period ot' his administra tion characterized ?is one in w hich an earnest effort was made to serve the pub lic faithfully, All through it will bo noted the conduct of affairs was treated with unostentatious business common sense. Honest money was upheld and national credit strengthened; our rights abroad were maintained without bluster; the spoilsmen woro kopi at bay by strong efforts and the tone of tho puulic service raised; appointments to ellice were on the whole exceptionally good. All that has thus far bi en hinted at was well .-aid the other day by the poet lau reate of the Republican party .lohn Urcoulcaf Whittier. Coming forth from his retirement to lay a tribute on the grave of Samuel J, Tilden, who was of all the ! ). moondie lenders ol' our day tho most bitterly and unjustly maligned hy tin- Republican press, Mr. whittier closes with these words: "Then let us vow above his bier To -set our foot on party lies, And wound no more a living ear With words that death denies." Will not those words of one who has in ver falti n d in devotion to any great cause or in support of the Republican party with which he hus hcen identified nom his birth, strike a responsivo chord in many hearts? Tin..- is little gained by indiscriminate abuse of the living. Th'- publie discounts it and makes up its own mind about its truth or falsity, lt accomplishes no good party i nd except to keep alive feelings of intenso partisan ship in breasts where in any case they would never die out. Why not, then, be fair in criticising the living? Win n must our criticism bo followed by eulogy at tho bier? In II Hunk. A gentleman greatly interested in col lecting statistics of crimes and criminals, nice visited a penitentiary for the pur pose of questioning the convicts with rc ?ard to their occupations before enti ling upon a career of crime. Thia was rather llfilCItlt to edict, owing to the rigid ell forcomont ol' the rule, forbidding conver sation wiih the prisoners. Undid, how ovor, manage to put a question or two to [)110 lOW bidwi ll convict. "What was your occupation before von caine here?" whispered the statistics man. ' "I was in a bank," was the reply. "Did you take a clerkship?" "No, I took a jimmy." Texas Sift ings. \ diluent' Production, lt is a curious hud, unknown to the vast majority of people, that the first silk li?t waa mudo about fifty years ago; that like so many other articles which aro -DIMmon and of every day use, it was of Chinese origin. The story runs that French sea captain on the coast of Ullina, desiring to have his shabby beav er hat replaced by a now one, took it ishoro, and as tin y had not the mittori il, they made him a silk one instead, rbis, it appears, happened in 1832, and ie eal ried tho lint to Paris the sanio year. Here it was immediately copied, md in a few years became a regular dy lo. I'unlahiii0iiu in OM Tint??, The following brief record ia reprinted from the Hartford, Conn., Courant, un 1er dato O? i->eptember 7, 17(51: IfAiirroiii), September 7. Lost week David Campbell and Alox inder Pettigrew were indicted before the Superior Court, sitting in this town, for hreuliing open and robbing tim house of Mr. Abiol Abbot, of Windsor, of two ivatchca, to which indictment they both plead guilty, and wore sentenced each if them to receive fifteen stripes, to l?ate their right oars out off, ana to b? branded with n capital letter Ii on their foreheads; which pi mr I me ul -was in llictcd on them last Friday. Pettigrew ?.i'd so much from tho amputation of his oar that his lifo wui in danger. VIEWS or SOUTUIiHN MEN. ISXIMtUSSIOKS OK oiMMO*. ll KU Milli v; THU AIMllMbTltATIOft. lion Hi? Koitroca I lu \ Hern llii|ic<l i>y llie ll?: |iiil?llcnn KolllU'laiiM IHHCIIHMIIIK iii? KVPIIIHUI Ihr l>ny ?I a PaillOIIN ItcMirt. (Letter to the Ni ur Vorfc Star.) WHITE BUM'IIUII SCHINUS, W. VA., August !27.-In nuto-bi Hum days tho ne gro in tho Bouth boro thu same relation j to financial questions O? tho planter as do to-tiny tho bonds und stocks ol' tho Northern man. In those tiny? tho plant- ; er hypothecated his slaves with tho banker or colton tactor, as ilio CttSO might be, for ready money advanced, lt is true that thc crop returns usually paid : thc loan, ami thc collah ral was rarely' sold. When peace wi m declared, thal ' system was forover dead ; bul the med ucate?l blacks were slow to realizo tho fact, and the memories of those old days lingered fresh and painful for manyi years. Tho carpot-l Niggers who overran tho Booth with all tin* destruc ti vi noss of seven-year locusts, wen- quick to note thc negroes' fears, and equally (?nick t>> impose upon them. MuhoilO ivnd l i did not hesitate to have Ile' colored preachers threaten the nu ndle:s <>i theil' respective churches with excommunica tion if they dared vole the Democratic ticket. During tho last Presidential cam paign the negroes were told, and actual ly behoved, that tho election ol' a Domo oratio President meant their immediate return to bondage, t'ne separation ol families, confiscation of their property uni deprivation and destruction ot' all that a man, be lu- black or white, hollis < lear. Hy this rank imposition on their I credulity tho Republicans, were enabled to poll nearly thc full negro vob. President Cleveland, by his manly sourso, has done much to kill sectional ism, engender kin dy feelings between tho Southern Democrats and thou md weaken the power of th? U< publican party. The Southern negro is tl close md shrewd observer. To (pude the lau oruago of Mr, Valentino, tho Virginia) sculptor, "he is constantly watching tho white mau as though to learn hist thoughts." To-night the Star correspondent had Ul interesting conversation with Wal!.er; Lewis, the le ad wailer nt the Sprili He came to the Springs i:i dune, bSdll, ?vith Governor Floyd. Ho was ii dave then, owned hy Judge Nice'!... ol S'ir orinia. Since that limo li . has sp, ni ivory Bummer hen-, and hi wi nb rs have ueou passed in Washington and " Iti inorc. Lew is is a shrew d, 1 n ohsol \i r ind ail unusually intelligent lu gro. In speaking of President < fevcland, ho said: "Mr. Cleveland is greatly admired by the Southern negroes, and by his methods'ms done inn ' to turn them from the Republicans. His appoint ment of Matthews in place <d Prod Douglass and his refusal to withdraw the nomination, although llO has HOI been ZOnfirmed, has especially ph asi d US, Then, too, ho has aided liberally, and orivon men olficcs when they had no right tooxpoot them, and lins m >t disturb .d capable laen in ofilco simply because they were Republicans. Tho appoint' mont of Postmaster Pearson, of New Vork, is an instance, ll is undoubtedly truo that at tho time of his election maii? )f the colored people believed tiny bvould bo returned to slavery, but thej low recognize that thc statement wa. . limply a Republican lie, and ii has di rustetl thom. Mr. cleveland i- almo . uuvorsally liked, and his com HO since aking his seat has boon such as to win nany colored voters to him, My race loes not say very much, but wu have 'rcquont secret meeting - und discuss tho lohtical question, and 1 know lie is pop dar with tho colored people. With tho ncrcaso of education wo aro becoming nore independent, and tho timo is not ar distant win n we will vote as we think icst, independent ol' party. We aro vuking ap to thc fact that tho Demo unts are not mortal enemies, hut that it s us much to their interests as ?nus thal vt! should receive educu' on und vote in eUigontly. In Richmond tho Democrats my aa much attention to our schools asl 0 tho white schools, and equal ndvan ages arc being afforded our children to )btaill education." "How is Oonoml Lee regarded by tho jolorcd people "He is very popular, and if ho should receive tho Democratic nomination for Vico-Proeident in 1888 ho would greatly itrongthon tho tiokot. In fact, Cleve land and Dee would sweep tho South, md I havo no doubt that Mr. I... . u!J run will in the North and Wost. Ile is 1 thorough gentleman and (hushed scholar, and ii man ol' immense personal nagnotism, I know the colored people would bo glad to have him nominated." In speaking of tia beling of the Mis lissippl negro toward President ( li vi - and, Shdo Jieii.dor .1. P. RootllC, of hickson, said to the Shir Corrospondi ul. 'lt is undoubtedly true that m my State ['resident Cleveland will receive many logro votes if renominated without any lorsuasion thoroto. He is very popular md the administration ifi most heartily indorsed, <>f OOlirae there are some few rho believe in tho doctrine that to the actor bolong tho spoils, hut they are nostly disappointed ofllco-SOekors, I ntollfgent Democrats approve or his ?obey as to Fcxlpial Offices, and his rc usal to turn oompetoiil Republican ifrloials out raoroly becauso they arc Ro lUbUeanS has been the mei ns ol' winning >ver many colored v-idej." "HOW fy W'O tarltt' question view ed iii Mississippi?" "Thc free tratle feeling is rapidly growing, and many of our wealthiest norohantfl favor tho abolition of tho ariff for rovontlO only, and tho substit i ion of direct taxation. The V?0M ta1 | il s lnwt expressed in the language of a gentleman with whom i was conversing i short timo ago. Ho said ho hail ?ought a silk dress for his wife at .^i n 'ard, and tho duty on it was over s.l por ard. A direct income tu\ v.' uld nioet ?ur views." "Havo you heard any expression of minion as to tho second place on the iekct in 18S8?" '.Tho South would undoubtedly like to nive either Secretory Lamar or (Jenerd [JCO nominated. Tho latter gent lem?n [fl irobably thc moro popular, and would .?-.T.w^ir:iii?.?m?m\mi iiufin-wwi cany more weight with tho negroes. Wlulo wo should Uko representation on ihr ticket, however, thc South has a greater ind rest in obliterating every tooling of sectionalism, anil t<> that onu I wo nhl probably not argo representation ' on tho ticket ?es strongly ns it otherwise ; would, Tho one great desire of tho i South, collectively and individually, is to havo Northern men recognize that wo 1 uro American citizens, and have as great an interest in tho preservation of tho Union as they have. Formally years wo have been most unjustly represented as barbarians, cady to stab tho Northern mun in tho hack! For the feeling thoroby ndcrcd in the North wo have not aiul du not blame Northern people, for \*.- recognized that Ihoy formulated their ideas from tho maliciously falso stato mi nts nindo with a purpose hy Northern itepublicaii papers. VVo have remained quirt, believing that with the increase of commercial relations and tho mingling ?>f N'ortln rn and Southern mon this would bc corrected. This has, in a largo mea sure, como ti? pass, and tho presentation <>? Southern questions ina fair, unbiased manner by tho Star will materially aid H:-. Ileretcforo wc have not had a New Vork paper that wo could placo faith in and look to for just treatment. All that we a k is that when we are right wo be defended, and winn wrong rebuked. Tho World, while read in tho South, is not generally liked, because o' its sensa tional and unclean stylo and tho charac ter of its editor. Tho Herald is regarded as ii weather vane, ready to point in any direction. Tho Star is liked for its clean liness and brigid, fearless discussion ol' vital public questions." I ut: A i i io\ vi. ouiomov Polin? ni Intered! Iteannlitiig On* American riu?. (I 'ro'ii tho Virginia (Nov.) Knterprine.) in response t<> a communication of in quiry .ir givo tin. following, compiled fl in tho most authoritative and reliable sources. In tho beginning of tho Rovo m a variety of (lags wore displayed iu 'ie ri voted colonies. After tho bat I i. longton tho Connecticut troops displayed on their standards thc arms ol tin colony with tho motto: Qui transtuli! H.-;. -t; and later, by act of tho Pro vincial Congress, the rogimonts worodis till , ihi .1 by ila! various colors of their ?I igs. Iii - uncertain what flag, if any, wn ii .?< ! by tho Americans at tho battle ol' bunker Hill. The first armed VCSSOlf ..1 hy Washington sailed un di-r tile ling adopted by tho Provincial Congr? ss ot Massachusetts ns the one tc be horno on tho Hag of tho cruisers ol thal colony "a white Mag with a green pinetree. The first Republican lla<j uncurled in tho Southern States-blue, with :. white crescent in the upper cor ;, i ni xl to tho staff-was designed bj i William Moultrie, of Charleston S. C., .i. thu request of the committee o sat. ty, and was hoisted on tho for tillea ti i of that city ill September, 177?. 'J he official origin of the "gram Union" tia' is involved in obscurity. A the time of it.-, adoption at Combridg the colonies still acknowledged the lega ri lil of tho mother COUftry, and there fore retained tho blondell crosses of St ( leorgo and St. Andrew, changing onl; I ho Hold of tho old ensign for tho thir en stripes emblematic of their union Tho color of the stripes may havo heel suggested by tho rod Hag of the, anny ami tho white ling of the navy, previous l\ in use. Congress resolved, on Jun fl, ITT'.", "that tho Hag of tho thirteoi United .Slates he thirteen stars, white i; a blue Held, representing a now oonstol lat ion." This is tho lirsi recorded legh lat ive action for tho adoption of a nation id ling. The thirteen stars were arron;, ed in a circle, although no form was pu i il 1 officially. The Hag thus adopte ri mumed unchanged lill lT'.H, when, o motion oi Senator ihmlley, of No \ i ric, it was resolved that from and afb May I, IT'.'?, "the Hag of tho Unite Status bo tlt'teeu stripes, alternate rc and white, that the uniou be lift ce shim, whit? ina blue Hold." This wi i!, ling used in thc war of 1812 M. TL ucl made n<> provisions for future alten tiolis, and none wi re modo until 1811 ni though sovornl now States had mein while been admitted into tho Union. in ls 10, on tho admission of lu. dam a committee was appointed "to inqui) into the expediency of altering the Hag, A bill was reported on January 2, loll '?.'..I was Hoi acted on, which einhodk the suggestions ol Captain Samuel t Ki id, a distinguished naval offtOOr, wi recom:..e:.Tu il tho reduction ol* tl strip. ; to tl 10 original thirteen, and tl adoption of stars equal tu the number Stal -. formed into one largo star, and new star to ho added on the Fourth July next succeeding tito admission each m w stat. . On April I, 1818, ab embodying theso suggestions, with t! exception of that designating tho ma nor of arranging thc stars, was approvi by the President, -?i>d on tho 18th of tl same mc..'.li tho Hag thus establishi \ us hoisted ovor tho hall of Iii present lives ill Washington, although it? lop existence did not l<0gin until tho folio ing r'oiotl. of ?I uly. In 185U, w hen Congress passed a vc of thanks to Captain Reid, tho design of tho ilag, it \vafl suggested that t moile ,.i a. n,e.gi mont of tho stars shoo bi \ ro?oribod by law, hut the matter w overlooked. Tho stars in tho unions tings used in tho war department of t government are generally arranged one large star; in tho uaw Hugs they i invan i ! , Bot in parallel \ines. Tho bl mdoil of star , when used separately, called the union jack. The United Sui n venue Hag, adopted in 1700, oonsi nf lil perpendicular stripes, altornah re nnd white, tho union white, with I nat ii nial arms in dark blue. The uni used separately constitutes tho roven union. Tho American yacht flag is li tho national ling with tho exception tho union, which is a white foul and ill a oirclo of 18 stars, in a blue Held. \ singular C'olnrl<lence< Said a gentleman to lue yor-torday: was walking on Tenth street, near capitol building, this afternoon whei nu t a bright faced colored man. 0V< i were remarkably clear, and HOI thing in their sloe-biaek depths made think what a singular thing a bino o darkey would bo. Tuon f wendoree such a pin ..i .m uon could exist, a strang.) Co say, while I thinking nl>ou I passed another negro, ono oi wi oyes, through some trouble orother, become a genuino blue, lt certainly a most siidiular coindonce, tako it around. "-Ht. Paul Pioneer Trees. Cremation! nt iv rt* La eimim*. Next month tho Parisians will bc aldo to burn their dead in lour crematory furnaces, willoh have just been finished nt Pero La 0baise. These furnaces wore begun last November, und have been hurried on to completion, so that by tho end of August ut latest those who in dying express tho wisii to be cremated cnn bo there rodueod to ashes. There will be first, second und third class cr? mation?. Poor und rich will be on a footing of absolute equality. Tho prico charged to those who cnn afford for tho burning of a corpse will bo Inf.-or, say, 12s. Tho furnaces were constructed on plans by MM. barrett und Formice. A largo portico is in front of a dome, be neath which uro placed tho crematory fur naces. They have the appearance of very elegant ovens. Three hundred and fifty thousand francs was tho prico they cost. They ?re, according to tho Corini system, in uso in Koine and .Milan. It was found that the bent of the Siemens furnace was too intense. Jnstcad of reducing tho corpse to ashes it subjected lt to u kind of vitrification. Tho cost, too, would ho 200f., instead lof., to cro mato with a Siemens furnace, 'ino unclaimed bodies ut tho hospitals which aro not used for anatomical purposes will he taken to tho crematory at Pero La Chaise. Sculptors, goldsmiths and bronze castors aro already busy design ing urns, of which an assortment in marble, bronze, gold, silver, zinc or lead will be kept at an office of tho cremato ry. The relatives of tin' cremated dead can buy these vessels, and cause them to bo removed to family vaults, or to a building which tho city of Paris is to erect. There could be no greater boon to a large city with overcrowded cemeteries than the furnaces of Pero La Chaise. I cannot conceive anything moro disre spectful to tho dead than tho way their remains are treated hore, even w hen a first-class burial cnn be provided, if there is not n family vault in which to place them, buying a grave is no simple mat ter. The delays are endless, aud the ap plication for ono must go through many bureaus before oflicial consent is given. TllOU there are other formalities to be gone through. Meanwhile the corpse, is in a charnel house, called u provisional vault, nt a cost of If. a day. Tho re moval thence to tho grave, which must ba in masonry Ht tho sides, is a cause of clangor to the public health.-Paris Dis patch to thc Loudon Daily News. ..I I. I...Ill I .? lilli lill THE LAURENS UAH. JOHN Ci 11 ASK BM.., N. 1!. DIAL. Columbia, S. C. Lauren?, S. (J. HASKELL & DIAL, A T T O lt N E V S A T L A W, LAURENS O. II., S. 0. J. T. JOHN SON . W. lt K1C1IKY. JOHNSON & IUCHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Omet-Fleming's Corner, Northwest, side of Public Square. LAURENS C. IL, S. C. J. C. OAKLINGTON, ATT O RN L V AT LA W, L, IUHKNS C. H., S. C. Office over W. II. Garrott's Stoic. W. C. BENET, V. V. M'OOWAN, Abbeville Laurens. BENET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. J. W. FURGUSON. UKO. V. tot " . 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