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?=1VY TIIK providence _gxpress. .loo Dent knocked the ashes from his pipe. Tho irou pillar rang like a boll under tho stroke, and a tiny eoho whispered baek from tho wall, aud wua loot in tho low, placid hirtsing of tbo engine. Joo bad no right to bo smoking in that room, whero be was assistant en gineer in the basement of a huge de partment store. Hut to-day be felt reckless, and car* d no more for re gulations than ? tramp. What a hash ho bad made of things, to bo sure ! Aud how all his past mistakes came trooping baek and hedged him in, until tboy stood too thickly for a thought to escape him without their leave. It gave Id in a grim sort of satisfaction just to look them over, each being one more proof to back up his own opinion of himself against himself. And he was but a young fel low, too ! TOO young for his place, tbo mighty " bead of tho house " had thought at Urst; hut he liked young men, and bad long since learned to take their meas ure, ami Joe had swung through the searching examination as though he had been fod on dynamics and bteam gauges from his cradle, instead of having just graduated from a stationary engine on a farm. So now be was here watching tho n icdle oq tbo indicator, the glow of the furnace on tho lloor, tbo Height of the water column in tho guarded ^luss tube : and the farm? was many a mile away. Had it paid ? Yes, it had ! he told himself, savage ly. There aro somo things that no man will ever stand. And Lou had told him?had told him?what was it? That she bail married beneath her, and that ho had married her for tbo farm. He writhed at tbo thought even now. "Curse tho farm ! It was she that I loved, not a lot of barns and cattle," he roared, then sank haOk on bin stool and covered his face. Then he began to make excuses for her to himself. She was but a girl not eighteen. Too young to marry, they bad said, be wise heads! Impul sive and untrained, and left alone in the world. Why had ho not been more patient with her, and tried to do the things -which seemed so all-important to her although so trilling to him? He could see now that eacli cbauce ignored had been tho gentle sliding of a quicksand through a barrier, until at last enough had passed to carry all before i? in an overwhelming rush that had swept away their happiness forever? ?' Dinner, Joe.-' It was bis superior, returned from his own lunch, and Joo rose slowly, wearily, and put on his coat. A dozen light-hearted, small sale eg Iris were fluttering Into the stoctc room beyond with their own luncheons, and hailed him with a shout in the free, "all-of a-family " way customary among such. "Jot ! come and turn this box over 1" "Joe ! please lend ine your knife to cut tins knot." "Joe '. I want you, too !" in four or five dilVerent directions at once as he passed through the room. Hut bis lace was so foil of gloom, as lie silently lent those that needed it a helping band, that a shadow fell on triem Which Listed till long after tho hour was ever. What could it mean ? And each small heart gave a little throb of fear and pity, for with them but one outlook could give them such a mien ?their sword of Damocles, "dis charge." And what would they do now without Joe ? Out into the hurly-burly and roar of the streets plunged tho engineer. It might help him to forgot. Tho rum ble swept up one great artery of trade and met at right angles another in a swirl of battle thunder. Cabs, lumber ing drays, crashing, clanging electric cars and the seething inob of hurry ing souls, that filtered through the Cross ways and in and out among the teams as though reckless of life?this was what ho sought, and ho let him self drift with tho crowd. Hut man docs not hang sorrow on a nail when he dons bis hat for an outing. ,10 takes it with him as be would a watch, and forever finds himself referring to it. As to happiness?what had be come of his ? "Sold, to the man in the white hat, for fourteen cents !" Joe stopped short, bewildered by the words and the resulting shout of laughter from many voices. Uncon sciously he bad entered a cross street, and was opposite an auction room, in the middle of which wus an eagor, laughing crowd. Their gaycty at tracted him, and he shouldered straight in, as though that had been his real destination. Perhaps it was, under fate's kindly guiding hand. It was one of those semi-annual affairs that brighten the monotony of tho salesman's life, the disposal of un claimed express parcols. A great heap of them lay behind a counter, und before it pressed a rough, good naturedly excited throng, with here and tbero an unkempt, earnest-eyed little Jew, whoso highest bid invari ably was " Thirty sbonts I" Por these packages were always sold unopened, and it was the unwritten law that tho buyer should open bis pack a;, ? then and there for the joy of tho losing bidders. Up went a valise on tho counter. "How much for this?" and Bwift camo tbo bids iu ridiculously small gains : " Pivo cents, too cents, sold for twenty-one cents, to the fat man in the corner?" A knifo forces tho lock in a twinkling. Treasures? That depends on Individual estimation. Three old bricks and a wad of news papers aro rovoalod, and tho crowd guys the buyer, who enjoys It as much as they. A box! A Jew wriggles to the front, eyosi It keenly, bids up to bis limit "thirty shunts" and gots it. Ho is disposed to shoulder it and make olT, but tho bystanders won't bear to that. Up comcH a hatchet. Smash ! and a lot of samples ol shoes appear.' Isaac grins happily and is eheored for his luck. Several small parcels bring quite high prices, as more likely to contain valuables. One. box is loaded with last yoar'n almanacs, advertising a patent mcdleine, which tho laughing buyer promptly distributes by poltlng tho heads of men on tho floor below him with this literature of a bygono day, till somoono pulls him a-nd his box off tho bench together to make room for another. " Now, gontlomen I" cried tho auc tioneer, " hero Is do chaneo of a life time ! This great Hat box ovldently contains a picture; perhaps an old macter, perhaps a family portrait of your ancestors who camo over In tho ark. You can hang it up in your hall and- tell your frlonds to note tho re somblanco to tho owner. Pivo I am offered, ton I am offorod, shall I have fifteen V" and away up went tho bids, for this undoubtedly was a prize of value; and whon at twonty-ftvo dol lars It was taken hy a man wfth a white waistcoat and a big soal to his - watchohah), his friends oongratulatod j hlro, while the cover was being pried i open with spocim care. A r-AUse, a j branlnj- of nocks, then a yell of de lighted laughter rang out that eohoed 1 clearly from the houbO across the street, whllo the new owner gazed In blank stupofaotlon at his acquisition. I v.ui on peal of merriment rang out, and men lay down and rolled and shook at the disclosure. For there, neatly packed, was a stuffed double-headed oalf, consigned Vainly to some unup \ pn-c!ativo freak museum by a disap pointed granger. about Its belog a family portrait?" cried the salesman, grinning, and ? aguiu tho crowd uhoutcd and guyed ' tue buyer. " You can trust mo every j time, gentlemen ; trust mo uli in all or i.ot at all, as the poet says. Now hero's ! another prize. How muoh for this, no doubt a jewel case V" and the fun w out on. Presently, a small, box like pareol was put up. " Here, gontlemon, is anothor jewel box. It is light"- tossing it ' so it can't bo a wedding cake like the lust lot, in which I was unfortunately mis taken. Year old cako is a little dry, brother, ain't It V Hotter buy a fresh lot tomorrow and remember mo when the carils aro out," and tho red-faced teamster, who had made that unlucky purchase, turned ull sorts of colors, to tho huge delight of Iiis unmerciful fel ows. "How muoh?" It did look like something of value, that oblong little box, and hids came fast and in earnest. Men gi t reckless at times under such enthusiasms, and it was a long price indeed that carried olT tho treasure. Kager eyes awaited j tho unfolding. Paper after paper fell, 1 string after tiring wont writhing down, before the box itself was sliown. Then slowly, reverently, tho rough man lifted from its bed of protecting cotton wool tho treasure which had been packed so carefully with tender, loving haiuis a year ago aud sent on its unonded mission. Torn, it was, with briers. Torn and scratched, rubbed throught to tho white only a wornout, tiny baby shoo! Where was tho guying, tho laught er? Not a sound escaped from the crowd. Por long, long seconds silence fell like a mist upon them, aud like a mist things seemed to eacli man there for those long seconds, dim and indis tinct. What nttio feet had stumbled In that bit of leather and its mate a year ago, and win re wero they now ? Still sturdier aud more wearing, or on a heavenly pavement? Who could say? As the buyer slowly turned the slipper over, a oil of paper with faded writing on it, blotted and stained, Muttered out and llittod downward. Why was it stained ? Wore they tears that made those blurs, and why ? Hesitatingly the mat picked up the paper and began to i<-i?i to tho silont men : DbauJoo?OJ oo. come back to mo. I hail only yon and Sammy to love. I never knew "how much I loved )ou Uli you'd gone, and now ihe doctor Bays?<? .l?ie, he says 1 shall not haw Sanum much longer. Come hack before? Thero was a struggle, a shoving, a hoarse voice that cried harshly, " 1. -t mo through I" and choked and ceased; then a man burst through them ami leaned upon the counter. " Give mo that I U s mine !" Lette" and shoe wero wrenched from the holder's hand. An unheeded, un counted wad of crumpled bills was thrust into them in return. Then, with a wild, uesperate gesture and swing of his arm, tho man plunged straight down as though Into a tossing sea, and plowed his way resistlessly toward the door. Those that were left looked at one another silently. Those that were hurt in that mad rush did not know it, or if they did, made no complaint. Then, as with one accord, they turned to the salesman, motionless expectant. And he glancing at the merchandise behind him, swept a long look over their head at tho patch of blue sky visible through tho doorway, and said, quietly, " Gentlemen, the sale is ovev lor this day.'' Through tho doorway, out into tho hurly-burly, yet under the blue sky, tho throng as quietly melted away.? Congregational ist. WISDOM FROM BILL A III* lie Humiliates O.or tho Good and Had Things of Life- He Take** a Cheerful View of Tili? World. Another paternal birthday in my family. Thoy seem to come about twice a year to mo now. How everything shrinks as we near the goal. The trees are not so tall nor the hills as high as they used to bo. That is very natural, and Ls nothing now, but how is that even time should shrink?time that is so oxact, so unchangeable and that it is measured by the same ticking of tho clock, and that is measured by the ris ing and sotting of the sun and that by the revolving earth and that by its an nual course around tho sun ? I can't see why time should seem to shrink at all, or if any change, it should expand, for wo can do more, think more, learn more in a day than when wo were chil dren. Seventy-two years ago to-day I camo into this sublunary world and have had my sharo of joy and sorrow, and am content with my lot in life. As David said, "The lines have fallen to mo in pleasant places. Yea, I have a good heritage." Hut poor old dob took it bard when Satan despoiled him, and ho cursed bis day and said In tho an guish of his soul, "Let the day perish whorein I was born. Why died I not from tho womb, for then 1 should havo lain still and been at rest, for thero the wicked cease from troubling and tho weary aro at rest?' Poor old man; his sad story always excites my sympa thy. Thon thero was Jeremiah, who exclaimed : "Oh, that mine head wero watera and mlno eyes a river of tears. Cursed bo tho day wherein 1 was born; cursed bo tho man who brought tidings to my father saying a man child is born unto theo." 1 don't like these sad people nor sad sU>ries nor tales of misery. I never read a romance that ends sadly. I don't liko tho company of people who wear sad faces and aro never happy unless thoy are miserable. I wish that Heb ert Bums had never writton "Man was made to mourn," for I don't be lieve it. Of all God's creatures, man is tho only ono that can smile, and ho should smile as often us he can. Cow per was a sad poet, but ho docs say : "Behind a frowing providence He wears a smiling face." That is bottor. Tho Creator who beautified and adorned tho earth with fruits and llowers and guvo us birds to sing and music to charm, and studded the heavens v/ith stars, did not make man to mourn. If Bo had given us only buzzards for birds and dog fennel for llowors and tho howling of tho winds for music, we might havo mourned ; hut I rather liko that pout who in tho gush of Iii? gratitude said : "This world is very lovely. Oh, my God 1 thank Thee that I live." Young was anothor sad and solemn poet, and says : "Man wants but little hero below, Nor wants that little long." Sidney Smith was more genial, and says : "Man wants but little here below, As hcef, pork, lamh and venison show." I wish somobody would toll mo whoro I can find a parody on thatsamo text that was written by John Quincy Adams about half a century ago. It was a charming poem, and began :. "Man wants hut little here below, Nor wants that Ptllo long; Tis not with me exnetly no, Tho' 'tis so in the song." Then ho sots forth a delightful cata logue of what he does want, and it ac cords with our desires and excuses us f?c indulging them. Let a man, and espoo'ally a woman, wish as much as he or she pleases, but no good comes of a distressful longing for things we ean't gat. Woman is peculiar about that. She oan want pretty things evor so badly and do without thorn evor so graciously. During the war and about its distressing close the wives and mothers who had lived in luxury came down to poverty and hard times with more fortitude than tho men?I know many men who gave up and but thojr wives I ruraomber how crushed und helpless 1 folt when I got my family back home and found nothing but a shelter?not a bod to sleep on?not a cow in tho coun ty, no Hour, no sugar nor eolVoo ? not a chicken nor an egg, and no money to buy with, if there had been anything to buy?no wood to buru, uo fence around tho house, and so wo had to burn the stable that tho yankees built on our lot fdY their horses. !t was des olation, and with mo almost despair, but my wife never surrendered, and she hasn't yet. Sho wants as many gooU things and nice things as anybody, but when trouble comes sbo can sutler and bo strong. It is a good time about now for a mau of my years to look back and tako a Kind of inventory of what I have done all this time?what had boon accom plished for tho world's good or any body's good, not for my own good, for that don't count up yonder. Before 1 go into the receiver's hands it is well for me to make, up an invoice. When a schoolboy wo used to debate whether or not there was such a thing as disin terested benevolence, *1 thought then that there was, but it seems to me now that almost every good thing I ever did was very much mixed up with selfish ness and all that will excuse me will bo on the lino of tho pout who says, j "Thoy who joy would win. Must shaic It? happiness was horn in twin." There is some comfort in that, for 1 believe I have taken pleasure in divid ing with others tho blessings that God has given mo. The retrospect is, how ever, not free from clouds and blurs, and I would that I could live those, parts of my lifo over again, ami live them bettor. Dr. Johnson Faid to Bos well that a man who lived for himself lived in vain, and that it was every man's duty to do something for Iiis fol low men and also for those who were to come after him. "Our fathers and forefathers," said be. "wrote books and invented useful contrivances and plant ed trees and vines for us, and so, as we eannot pay them for it, wo should do something for posterity." 1 am about even on that lino, for 1 have planted trees botli for shade and fruit wherever I have lived, and my wife still keeps mo planting vines. 1 have written many sketches and a book or two, with out malice aforethought, and can say with Byron : "What is u i it i -? writ, Would it were worthier." On the whole I am grateful that my lifo has been allotted to tho last three quarters of this century?seven decades that have witnessed more progress in science, art, invention and Christian civilization than any previous thousand years in the world's history. A great leap forward has boon made since I was a boy, for I remember when there were but few books and fewer newspa pers in tbe'Untted Statss?when there was but two or three little short rail roads, and not a telegraph or a tele phone? when there was no light but candle light, and not a friction match in the world nor a steel pen. But pro gress always brings a train of evil thints along with it. Every light has its shadow. The devil is a lively cuss, and keeps up with tho procession. 'Man never builds a house of prayer but what the devil has a pulpit there." And his pulpit, though invisible, is at the other end whore the sinners love to congregate. I remember when there wen,' no hip pockets nor pistols to put in them. I remember when there was no whiskey in this country, and tho only spirits drank wore wine, peach brandy, cognac brandy, thai was made from grapes, and New bag land rum that the yankees made from molasses. They made the lum to buy nigger-? with in Africa, but some of it got down South. Whiskey came later, and was originally uskeybaugh, a gastric word that, strange to say, means water of life. The last syllable was happily dropped in tho course of time, for it means lifo?and uskey was pronounced weesky. But it would take a book to tell all the changes that have marked tho last sixty years?the good of it and the bad of it. 1 would blot some Illings out if I could, and set the clock buck, but God kuoweth. Especially would I blot out every bad thought and every bad deed of my own?every act that gave pain or anxiety to those who loved me. Tho worst word in the language is remorse. I am free from that, I know, but not from regret. I wish that all tho young people would stop and think?some times stop and think and resolvo to do nothing that will follow them like Ban qtie's ghost when they get old. Bll,r, A HI*. THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN. Hot Work for July ami August? Forty County Meetings in Fifty Days. The State Democratic executive com mittee held a special mooting on Tues day night, June 22nd, and arranged for holding a Senatorial primary on the Met of August, whieh is tho last Tues day in the month, and a second pri mary if nccesnary will be held on tho 1 Ith of September. The usual fee of $100 for each candi date will be required, one-half to bo returned to tiiu defeated candidates. Tho rule of tho Democratic party as to pledges hoing tiled, is as follows : "Tho pledge of such candidate shall bo tiled on or liefere the day of tho lirst campaign meeting of the county or state respectively." Mr. Winkler said that the oomtnittoo /vas arranging for an election for usuc cessor to tne lato Senator Earle. Ho therefore thought it eminently propor that a committee bo appointed to draft resolutions of sympathy for the death of that distinguished gentleman. The motion was unanimously adopted and the chairman appointed Messrs. Wlnk ler, Maytiold and MeSweonoy to draft suitable resolutions, which will be published later. Mr. S. G. Mavtield, a member of tho committee, announced his candidacy for tho Sonato. A sub-committee was appointed to dosigr.ate the times and places of the campaign meetings, which are lixed as follows: Sumtor, Monday, July 5. Berkeley, Tuesday, July 0. Charleston, Wednesday, July 7. Colleton, Thursday, July 8. Beaufort, Saturday, July 10. Hampton, Monday, July 12. Barn well, Tuesday, July 13, Aikon, Wednesday, July 11. Kdgeflold, Thursday, July lf>. Saludu, Friday, July 10. Lexington, Saturday, July 17. Fairfield, Monday, July 10. Kiehlund, Tuesday, July 20. Orangoburg, Wednosday, July 21. Dorchester, Thursday, July 22. Bamberg, Friday, July 2H. Union, Monday, July 2d. Spartanburg, Tuesday. July 27. Cherokeo, Thursday. July 2?. Greonvillo, Friday, July .'50. I'lckonB, Saturday, July 81. Oconeo, Monday, August 2. Anderson, Wednesday, August 4. Greenwood, Thursday, August ft. Abboville, Friday, August 6. Laurons, Saturday, August 7. Newborry, Monday, August 0. Chester, Wedrosday, August 11, York, Thursday, August 12. Lancaster, Friday, August 18. Korshaw, Saturday, August 14. Chesterfield, Monday, August 10. Marlboro, Wednosday, August 18. Darlington, Thuisday, August 10. M irion, Saturday, August 21. Ilorry, Monday, August 2,'i. Georgetown, Wednesday, August25. Williamsburg, Thursday, August 20. Clarendon, Friday, August 27. Floronce, Saturday, August 28. ? The only olty in tho world on tho lino of the equator is Quito, and there tho sun rises and sets at tho samo McLaurin Says He is Not a Protectionist. AN FXPIjANATION OF his TARIFF VIKWS. Protection is Wrong in Principle and Wi-niiK in Practice, but the South Should Not ItefUse Its Share in the Protection Urali-KiiK. Tbo following cxtruct from Senator McLuurln'd recent speech, in which he denies that he is a protectionist, will prove interesting to many of our readers: Mr. President, although not strictly in order under this amendment, as the debate has assumed a wido range on the subject of cotton, 1 desire to call the attention of tho Senator in charge of this bill to paragraph 342 and inquire and express tbo hope that no will bo able to explain why a duty is imposed on juto bagging for covering cotton, wbuo in another paragraph binding twine is placed on tbo free list? If such discrimination can bo defend ed, 1 am certain tnat it would be listened to with very great attention. If such a policy can be justified by any rule of national legislation, its advo cates should hasten to make tbo dis closure. To my mind it assumes tbo form of studied and pernicious sectionalism, of a deliberate and premeditated at j tempt to punish tho cotton planter of tho South and favor tho grain grower of tbo North and West. In my opinion it admits of no other construction. In fact, a careful examination dis closes the earmarks of sectional advan tage running all through tbo provi sions of tbo bill, w'.ich should o.i a source of profound regret to evetyone interested in the general welfare ol our common country. Tbo South seeks no advantage and only asks for equal rights under all national legislation. Sound public policy, if nothing else, should secure to us these rig its, since continued injuries to tho South in the near future must react on tbo balance of tbo country. When 1 consider tho evident unfairness of this measure, l must confess to u feeling of alarm that tbo spirit of oppression yet prevails and tliat the South must continue to conserve the greed and avarice of tho North. This measure will doubtless pass and become a law. There Is little hopo of changing few, if any, of its oppressive features. Yet I desire to go on record as protesting against its sectionalism and demanding justice and equality lor the industries of the South. Going further into tho details of the bill, 1 find free binding twino fertile Northern farmer and taxed cotton ties and juto bagging for tbo Southern planter; protected w neat and corn for the North and, until recently, free cotton for tho South. Tho Senate com mittee attempted to protect the North ern railroad-tie industry and leave the Southern tie industry to light for itself. As tbo bill came from the House, there wore free bides for New Bag land and taxed ooots and bboes for the balance of the country. ; 1 lind Northern linseed oil protected 20 cents per gallon and Southern cot ton-seed oil but 1 cents per gallon. Maplo sugar, for Vermont and the North, is protected I ceuts per pound, while the tar of Georgia and tho Caro linas is put on tho free list. The tur pentine of the South is put on the free list, while the muple syrup of the North Is protected by a duty of I cents per pound. Northern bay is protected $.1 per ton, wiiile Southern oil cake is placed on the freo list. Cotton waste is found on the free list, while Now England Bhoddy is protected 20 cents per pound. I might continue this list of discrim inations to a greater length. I might take up the list of manufactured pro ducts tiud show that ccrtaiu grades manufactured in the South aro not protected in proportion to other grades in similar lines manufactured at the North. I might analy/.e the irou, coal, and other grout industries, and show how the Eastern monopolists have arranged their Intricate schedules to plunder the South. 1 might point to the out come of tbo recent contest over tho railroad ties, rice, and cotton schedules as further evidence of tbo sectional animus of this bill. If all tho tricks and schemes of the New England manufacturers ant. Kastern importers could be fully ox posed, tbo peopio would be ama/.ed at their extent and tbo cunning mani pulations which tixed them in this bill. But I have already pointed out enough to sustain my contention that this hill is framed upon sectional lines and is unjust and injurious to the South. Bven in its provisions of reciprocity with flawaii tho South bears the bur den, while tho North, us usual, reaps the benefit. I venture tho assertion that 90 per cent of tho freo imports from those Islands come In direct com petition with Southern industries, while 00 per cent of tho exports to those islands aro Northern products. While I disclaim most positively uny attempt to stir up sectional Btrifo or BSOtlonal animosities, I fool a sonso of deep concern over tho sectional features of this measure. Without intending to criticise anyone, or in any manner assume superior know ledge, 1 givo it as a matter of personal opinion If those who aro opposing this bill bad taken time to thoroughly analyze its sectional provisions and had fought it out on that issue us per sistently and Intelligently as they DOW are doing on othor lines, the bill might have been defeated or a full measure of justice und fair play secured. 1 boliovo there aro thoso en tho other side of this Cbamboi 'ho would reoognize those unfair conditions and veto with us to correct tho wrong. Mr. President, in a speech up.in this bill while under consideration at tho other end of tho Capitol, I took oc casion to disclose the result of sec tionalism in previous tariff legislation, and the disclosures mado at that time havo so far remained uncontradicted. I gave tho fact ? and statistics concern ing the ditToront suctions of the coun try with roferonco to tho decrease In wealth, tho accumulation of wea'th, and the distribution of capital aud wealth. In each and every instanco tho result favored the manufacturing and money-loaning Status. I will quote tho conclusions given at that time : " Mr. Speaker, I havo shown by comparison of losses botweon the uoetions, by >. comparison of gains bo tweon the soctions, and by tho distri bution of loanable funds nmong tho sections, that the manufacturing and money contors of the East In each hold a tleeided advantage. I have shown also that thoso advantages aro in croaslng every year, and now subir it tho question whether this state of affairs is to continuo or not? >.hall tbo manufacturers and monoy Iranors of tho E'lst continue to exact * rlbuto from tho balance of our peopio ? Shall these two interests stand on tho high way A national progress, and, like the huccanoers of old, demand tribute from all who pass their way. "The cry for rollef from tho insatiate groed of these two absorbers of woalth is coming up from our peopio louder and moro earuost overy day. Some thing must bo done, in my judgment, and that at onco. to stay tbo rapacity of tho one and lighten tho bunions of the othor. At, this point it is proper to ask what has brought about this V8Ht il i Defence in conditions. While many no doubt will refuse to accept my Interpretation, yet I firmly bolleve that unequal taxation and the innren s od purchasing nowor of money Hob at the root of this groat evil. Unequal taxation brought unfair exchange be tween the sections, raid the Increased purchasing power of tbo dollar took what remaliU3d after the transaction. 11 nances is alone responsible for pre sent conditions. I am ready to con cede that our linuncial system is wholly bad, and has been a potent factor in bringing uhout tho distress we see OD every band. Hut, Mr. Speaker, there must, havo been unfair exchanges among the people before mouey secur ed Its present powerful position. So long as exchanges aro fair an I equal between tno sections, just so long will tho people of the various sections secure their proper share of the money in circulation. " When the sectiors which produce raw material receive proportionate re muneration with sections which manu facture, tho producers of raw material win prosper reoiprooally with those who manufacture. In other words, when thoro is a reciprocity in remun eration or profits for all labor in all sections there i xirts an equality of re- I suits, which eliminates the advantage of ono class of lahorers over another. Under such condition, no matter whether tho vt lume of money be great or small, everyone who labors will re ceive his proportionate share, and the money of such u country will remain uivided among its people, and can not bo secured anil hoarded by a few while the many go without. The very mo ment, however, that ono section ob tains an advantage unequal exchanges begin, aud unequal division of money follows. " Money is the lifeblood of business. Mowing through the arter < anil veins of commercial exchange. ?Vlien these exchanges are fair anil just, the entire economic system thrills ami vibratos with this "life giving element. Hat when exchanges, become unfair, when some of the veins anil arteries ?re clogged, and this life-giving clement does not or ran not return, the entire system becomes deranged, and the lite blood is found congested in some parts and wanting in others. The result is disaster and death. An unfair protec tive tui iIV gave the Llisteru manu facturing States an ail vantage. This advantage in taxatian made unfair and umqual exchanges throughout the country. Through its application the manufacturer obtained a larger re muneration for his labor than those who produced the raw material used in the factory or the food products con sumed by the operatives. *? Under such conditions the manu facturing centers gradually but sure ly received an urn pial share of tie general fund of .reulating medium, and became the money as weil as the manufacturing centers of tho nation. With i ? ory exchange between the Hast anil tho balance, of toe country an unfair division of profits or remunera tion took place, and an unequal por tion of the general stock of money went to New England. It was through this imtnod of unfair exchange, made possible by umqual taxation, that tin; K ist obtained more than its proportion of the money of the country, and now bids dctlanco to the balance of the na tion.-' Mr. President, the more I examined the subject the more thoroughly I became Impressed with the belief that tho people of tho South were being plundered, and that, as a rule, we were giving more attention to the propa ganda of a political theory than the material Interests of our constituents. Acting upon this belief, I demanded of the Committee, of Ways and Means an equalization of the benefits of this measure between tho North and the South. I assorted that if the policy of the measuro proved beneflolai, tho South was sellish enough to want her pro portion: if. on the contrary, the h'll should be detrimental, the South was patriotic enough to stand its share of disaster; thai in any event and at all times wo of the South demanded that all national legislation should distri bute its burdens and benefits equally among all the sections and all the peo ple. The novelty of such a position was so great and the spectacle so rare for a Southern representative to make such demands that ! have, been called a protectionist. Mr. President, 1 am not a protec tionist* have never given a vote in support of that principle or uttered a word in defense of that doctrine. 1 look upon the doctrine of protection as indefensible and a potent factor in building up and maintaining trusts and monopolies. Certain newspapers in the North, instead of answering my arguments against protection, have been ploased to call mo a protectionist because I demanded equality before the law. I stand squarely upon tho tariff plank of the Chicago platform and baso my actions entirely upon its teachings. My votes upon the lumber, cotton, and rice SChodules are In strict accord with the doctrines of D.ino cracy. They were given in defense of tho people whom I represent, ami to Compel the ttepubl can party to pi ice the South on an equal footing with the balance Of the country. So far I havo been guided by a sin cere debiro to ^ervo tho best interests of my own State and the South. And l want to say most emphatically that no matter who may criticise, or what criticism may be made, I shall continue to labor for the welfare of South Caro lina to tho very limits of my ability. I believe that if the representatives of each State would labor more earnestly for the. material interests of their people tho laws on our statute hooks would bo less sectional and far more just- and equitable. GOOD AND TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE. "TARIFF KOK ltl'A'RNl'l'J ONI,Y." a lie FallaOlOfl Of Ihe Democratic I He on (or>. Who Are Occupying the i'( p11111 o ;i ii Camp?A Democratic Tenet Deeply Grounded as the Decalogue. Senator 'CulYery, of Louisiana, made an able speech hist weok in tho United States Sonato, in which ho reviewed tho history of protection from tho oarly days of the government, and gave a concise statement of Democratic doutrino on tho tariff issius. Tho fol lowing oxtract is worthy of perusal : Mr. President, we hear Senators on this Uoor belonging to the Democratic party stating four propositions : First. The doctrine of freo raw material is not Democratic. Second. That if one article Is dutltd, all ought to ho. Third. That if protection is going the rounds, Democrats might as won got tho benelil of it by asking to bo protected in homo industries. [fourth. That thero is DO principle involved In a tarill' bill, hut it is a moro question of schedules. The lirst proposition may he answer oil by the declaration of the platform of 1ND2 d jclaiing expressly for tariff for revenue only, tho declaration ol every platform from 1840 to 1?D2 de claring that tho hopes and views of the party wero for freo trade. Hut casting asido precedent, wo havo tho proposition that, conceding that it is wrong to protect manufacturers, and manufacturers are nevertheless pro tected, It is right to protect or to tax tho raw materials used by thorn. This proposition is doubly fallacious; fullaclous from a logical standpoint aud fallacious from a revenue stand point. It Ib admitted that protection to manufactures is wrong, if this be h >, it is a further wrong to inllict ? another unjustlfiablo tax upon tho peo ple. Can one wreug bo romodied by p-rpotrating ajother? Can Demo prate go beforo the country and com plain of the exactions placed on the olll/.en oy law, and then add to thoso exaction* by further legislation Y It is fallacious from another stand point. We want an export traue to g*tve room for additional employment (Oour people and larger development POWDER Absolutely Pure. C? lobrated for its great leavening Btreugth and hoalthfulnoss. Assures the food against ulum and all forms of adult (ration common I ? i Iiu oheap brands. Royal Baking PowdkkCo., Now York. tax on manufactures Is wrong, and legislation oan not bo procured to re move it at once, whyorlpplo the manu faoturer with such rates us will raise tin; home price so high us to be more burdensome on tbe people and prevent him from competing with foreigners I in tbe outside marketsV X.? en j lightened nation on tho globe taxes ] raw material used in maoufaotures. If revonue is sought, why seek it throuvh a channel that cripples the muuufacturing Industry, prevents ex pansion, ami i!i nies labor an oppor tunity to work V If revonue is wanted and not protec tion by a tax on manufactured articles, is it not absurd to tax the raw materials out of which they are made? blither the raw mat' rials must bo imported or thej are produced at home. In tho first case acomponsating duty is neces sary or you discriminate against the manufacturer by the amount of tho duty on tho raw material, and in tho second the duty is useless. A Democrat ought not to sustain a of tax on raw material. I f on the ground protection, he violates his partytoreod; if for revenue, he doubles the tax on the peopie. Tho tru > theory is to tax neither the competing for eign manufactured artiolo nor of the raw material of the home manu facture. But if tho selection Is to be made tor revenue purposes between a lax on tin; raw material of the home manufacturer and the competiug foreign article, clearly the Latter is to i be taken. If the raw material is taxed, you must place an equivalent duly on the finished product or you un justly discriminate against tho home manu facturor. If both the raw material and the Ii lished product are taxed, ana tbe principle is carried out all along the line, the burdens on the people are doubled, and in the name of revenue a wail of protection is built up around tlio country. I tho object is to bottle up tho in dustries of the United States in our own borders, a tux on raw materials, added to a compensating duty, accom plishes it. I'lacinc a duty on raw matei ials handicaps our mannfacturors in foreign markets, even when a com pensating duty is levied. To recoup he . list atltl the duty on tho raw material to the selling price of tiie manufactured article. This he can not do In a foreign market, against a foreign competitor who has free raw materials. Sou place hioi on an ('quality with tho foreigner in tho home market by a compensating duty, and you destroying aim in toe foreign market. You Invite competition ai home, and you destroy his chance of competing abroad. The. prepositions that duties must In: levied ab along t ie line : that if plun dering is the. order of the day we must join ihe gang '? that no principle is in volved in the taritT issue, but it is a meto question of arranging sehedul s, won o seem to ho refuted by their statement. Sir, preetdout and principle alike refute these propositions. Veteran Democrats who were born ami will die with true Democratic faith in their mi bds ami hearts repudiate them. They look upon them as an attempt to cruo'fy their creed. And like the Christian wbo embraces the Image of hltO rue liod Saviour as Hit: lest hour ol mortality approaches, so will thoj embrace and cling to, with a love, anil fervor and faith which no sophistry can destroy and no temptation netray. tho anoient doctrine of taritT for ro* venue only as the nearest approach to that free trade hoped for by the Democrats of o,.l. Sir, Is it possible that we denounce plunder only to join tho plunderers : that we point to tho straight and honest path of Democratic duty and then tread the primrose path of Ke CHARLESTON ? AN 1> "A.igiiRla and Asiieville Short Line." Bohedulo in effect Fob. 7, 1800. Lv Augusta. !? to *m Ar Greenwood.12 17 pm Anderson. - LnurciiB. II.) pm Urccnvillc. :i 00 pm Glenn Springs.... 40ipm Spartanburg.3 (:0 pm Baluda.... .... 5 23 pm Hondersonville. .. 651 pm Asheville. 7 00 pm i 40 pre li in pm 7 no am in I? am Lv Asheville... Spartanburg .. (ilcnii H?rnigs Greenville H '-'O am 11 46 pin 10 00 am ursniiviira.11 60 am Laurens. 1 80 pm Anderson . - '2H pm Greenwood.^ |>m ArAueiisla. ;> ihi.pm Lv Spartanburg Greonvillo... Ar Clinton. Newbcrry ?. Prosperity.. Columbia, i ? Humter. Charleston. ? Lv Charleston.1 Sumler. < lolumbta. Prosperity. Newbcrrv . Clinton. Ar Greeuvllle. Hpartanhurg . Lv Augusta. Ar Allcndalc. Fairfax. Ycmassec. 0 'Idain Kctuifort.in .'loam l'orl Koyul.1060am Bavannan. Charleston.. T. 0 26 am 4 ii(i pm ?1 nn'pm 7 ihi pm I 00 am 11 It am I I 16 an, II 60 an '2 l?i pm '2 f>7 pm 8 18 pm I 30 pm (i 42 pm !? 30 pm 7 00 am !? .V? am 11 no am 11 as am 12 10 pm 12 50 pm .1 (Hi pm 8 in pm '.' 56" pm f> 00 pm .'. IS pm fl 20 pm 7 '.'a pm 7 80 pm M 00 pm 8 08 pm Lv Charleston. Savannah.... . Poi t Royal. '! 65pm llcaiifort .7 lOpm Ycma?seo . . 3 45pm Fairfax. Allcntlalc.. Ar Augusta.'.. Vloso connections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and 0. AO. Kailwav, and : at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For information relative to ticket*, rates schedules, etc . address W, J. CKAIU.Gen. rase. Agent, Augus k.V i. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, Ga JL13. Curehm. Agent, H. Speights , publican wickedness ; that wo abhor tiif fi? and join tho Blnnore t Djinooraoy may bo wrong In politlonl e onomy, but Democrats can not do conscious wrong in matters of public and pnvato morality. Men have boon burnt at tho stake for conscience bake. It lb nota ?| lestioa, bo far a.. Individual action is concerned, <>f the verity of our political creed. The question to govern our eouduot as citizens and in dividuals ami members of a political organization is whether we conscien tiously believe that protection icads to legal robbery, if ?ve do?and I know I do ?then under no oircuOJBtancea will, by my vote, rob one of my foltow eiti/.ens. Sir, not only is "tariff for revenue only" a I) Uiooratlo tenet of the thst magnitude, hut it is grounded in hu man nature us deep as is the Decalo gue. Democratic doctrine, as contained in tu nil policy, is that a man's pro perty Is Iii-? own: that while it is neces sary to contribute a part of his gal us to support the contrivance of govern ment! in compensation for the protec tion it alTords him in his person and property and pursuits, anvil.ine be yond that is exi irtion and robbery. That doctrine Is, that under tho specious guise of protection tho aub Btanco of the musses is taken and handed over to the classes. Is not the robbery effected by ar rangement of schedules? When the WOOleu schedule places DO per cent on the wearer of a hat or a coat more i i nan he should pay, and whi n more I than half of this amount goes to the WOOlgrowor and the woolen manu fuoturer, is it not a robbery '} When a poor man has to pay 50 to I 110 tier cent on tho pane of glass in j his humble windows, anil all of it goes I to tho gl.iss maker, is it nota rob I bury ? I when a poor woman, God (earing, anil Industrious, wishes to adorn tier ' cottage wit*: a damask tablecloth und has to pay '.'u |,er cent more, than she would, and none of it goes to the Gov eminent, is it not robbery V if, sir, the great and glorious prin ciple that no man is of rieht hound to pay tribute to another is taken from Do moo racy, than Democracy is and has been a sham?an empty sound I without significance or substance. It is the i bsentiul principle of liberty. I Ii will survive parties and platforms. ? It is engraved iu the minds ol free- I men all over the world. It will sur vive when the capitol itsi If is iu rums. It will be in the future, as in the past, the bo aeon of lieht to guide the path of patriots to honest government. It will some time in the near future, I hope, be lirmly install id as the pre vailing; govornmortal policy?the only j policy that will glvo scope to entor I prise, health to Industry, employment to labor, contentment to the masses, j and stability t<> our institutions. Southern and Western Stork Men Know a good thing when they see it. Therefore, for Scratches, Sweeny, llinghoue, Strains, Sprains. Bruises, Sadi le and Harness Halls, and all ail moots of horses, tin y use I vice's Goose ! Grease Liniment. It is good for man or beast. Sohl and guaranteed by all j druggists ami g< neral stores. ? The whole world now operates ?00 000 miles of telegraph lines, and the cbarjri a for messages amount to nearly $-100 0 10,000 annually. ? Two seconds don't Hmount to very much, but a horse trotting n mile in ?.O'H would finish S? feet ahead of one . goinir at J.oT I trait. Til H LAURliNS B?R. W. II. MARTIN, A( Idi ncy at I.a w, Lachkns, - South (Jauolina. Will practice In all Courts of this .Stale Attention glvmi to nol (actions. J. T. JOHNSON. w. it. UIOI1KY JOHNSON & ItlCIIHY, ATTOUN B YS at caw. Okfiok- Kteinlnn'Corner, Portliest ? side of I'ubllc Sqiinre. II. Y. SIMPSON. C. Ii. IIARKSDALB SIMPSON AL BAKKHDAL13, Attorneys at Law, I.Al'KKNS. SOUTH CAKOL1NA special attention given to the Invostl gallon of titles and collection of claims B.W.BALL? I. W.H1MK1NS. W.W.BALL BALL, SIMKINS ?V BALL, Attorneys at Law, LAUHKNg, South CAROLINA. Will practice In ?Ii state and United statt??. Court. Special attention given pol lections. ATLANTIC COAST LINE PA88KNOKK DKi'A HTM KNT. Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 19.'A, 18^-? FAST LINEI ? IJKTW' KKN? Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina, North Caro lina, and Athens and AtlanU?. 0ONDBN8BD H<:il mtl' LB Ar Uolng West. No. 52. 7 00hm* I.v 8 2<i 9 80 in r?r> 11 5? 12 lOpm 12 r>o 1 l? 2 33 3 04 ft 10 Hb (' l?pm 8 '20 l.V ... .Charleston .iiHUOB ... .Humter... .Columbia. _Prosperity. .Ncwherry. .(Minton. .... l.Murena .... ... Greenwood .... .... Abbeville . ..Mho-' Ga_ .Atlrmtrt. .. Winnsboro, 8, c.~ ..Charlotte N. <:.. ...Anderson, 8, C.Lv _Greeenville .... _Bpartanburg.... MeiKlerflonville N.C. .. Ashevtlle.N.C .. Going K?Hi, No. 6*. .Ar 93'Iure 7 ?8 6 .35 ft lft 3 13 2 57 2 10 1 45 11 41am 'l 35 '. I o.':,iv. 10 30 11 45 ? 15 8 20 3 35 pm A r 4 20 .3 10 (i 03 7 (Hl ? Daily. Noh, 52 and 5.3 Solid trains betwoi n ( harlcRton ami Columbia, 8. C, and can? through OOaoh between Charleston ar i Atlanta. U.M. EMER80N, Abb'1 Oon'l Papscn^er Ant. i U. KKM.Y, T. M. KMEK80N, ''pd'I MsnAtrsr, Trarno Mannee* aOUTHERN RAILWAT. ???d*in?il solieilule In K?T??* NOV. IB. 1800. STATIONS. CrTOb i?. r^ ? b t < > a L Lt. Ooinmbln .. Proaparity . NfwWrrr . Nlnaty-Stx.. QrMowood Ho?lgo>? . A*T Abbe villa XrTB?iton. ^ It. Andaraon . Ar. Gi oenvtlTa Ar. Atlant? .. STATIONS. Lv. OJrpouvhle. " Piedmont.... " WtUlaroatoa. CV Audoraou ?...: Lv Ballon Ar. pounalfla_ fjv" Abinie Lv. rlorigoi M dr.-.-iiwoaH . " Ninety-Slx.. Lt. Nawnirry .. " Proapority.. Ar. Columbia ^ Ar Charleston Nu. IL M0_ njs? 11 (kl ? h 1? 11 p n? II 23 p ra 1 26 p ra I 46 p ra n? p ? ' B M p in 4~2?" p m iu 55 a in 10 56 a ra II IS a m 11 05 a ra 1135" a" m 12 02 p ra IT 46 a ra f'.' 20 p ra 1 00 p na 1 26 p m 2 26 p ra 2 37 p n. 3 50 p ra "ff 00 p ra K^jS?B" STATIONS. Ta >?. 7 io*|Lt. s ?uiilri u>ft, '* ?e?ii 18 I5u 10 0 in " Charleston.. Ar Ouliuid)f?... . Alston. 1 A'ipl ** .... (iiintUO .... IOWihi'i 2 02p| ". Union. 1080k 228p\H . Jontiavllla lowii! -^irrpl ".fivcoiot ... 11 2."?? J H'p Ar Pimrtunbiirg. liana! BBBp Lv Bpartanlmrg. j 40pj 7 uoj) Ar_AshevUI?.. |Dally|Dally |No.l4|No.lj SOOtjiII u?? 8 2 45p 1 2Sp 1 05p 112 24p 12 lip l.v M 45a A nil 2Sa Lv! 8 20* 92?? 8 4 * 7 IVlp 7 20p 6 58p fl 47p 0 80p 8 08p ? Q6J "P." p. m. "A." a. m. Train? 0 and 10 entry elegant Pnllmaa Bleeping cor? bet ween Columbia niici Ashevllla, : atirout? daily Utwom Jnckuunvllle and CUcola aalt Trains Innve Hpftrtanbnro, A. St C. divUloa. northbound, n 42 ft. m , 8:47 p. m.. 0:18 p m., 1 (Vesillmle I.liultod) j Hinuhbound 12:26 a. m., 1 1:16 p. m.. U W a. m., (Ve?tlbula Llinitvd.) Trnln? d-avo tiroiinvUle, A. anil (;. dlvtatua. i Borthbo>ind.6:45a- in., 2 Iii p. m. and5:S0p. m., i (Taatlbviled LUnllo.U ; southbound. 1:2u a. a-, 4iSUp. w 12:28 p. m i Veritlbulsd I.lmttadl Pul". mi sarvle?. PnllinMi palniie ?lefplng cart on Train?80aa Cfl, 87 and .tft, od A. and O. division. VT. H OHICICN, J. M OULP CKn. Suiierlnt indent. TraflBo M'g'r, WaHhliiKion. D. u Washington, u. ! ?.A. TURK. ?. BL HARDwlOK. ?an. I'iwmi Ag't. Aa'l Uf?n. Fan? Ag t. VMhlifimi I>. a AtUuta. (H Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. -TTf rfWT**f TLr^LJT***aBLilK"*>lT Cuit Prices On Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. We drive our business these hard limes by soiling at Cut Prices. We don't pit down and croak about the scarcity of money like the old fossils who let purchasers pass on when they won t pa y them great long profits. If you want to purchase a Piano or an Organ come and see us and we will sell you. We have on hand the largest and best selected stock ol Pianos in the State, including some of the best makes on the market, and we aroi/oillir to sell them. We guarantee our prices to be lower than any other reliable dealer will make Our terms for time purchasers are easy. Only a small cash payment required and we make the sailing smooth. For Spot Cash Buyers we will say, you can buy a Piano or Organ cheaper from us than from any concern in the business. We keep constantly on hand a full stoe.K of small instruments, consisting of Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Aufoharps, Violins, &c. Also the various parts, strings and supplies for same. We are selling Sewing Machines at ridiculously low prices. If you want one, just intimate it, and you will bo surprised how low you can buy one. Our stock of sheet music, both vocal and instrumental, is kept full, and you can get any of the popular and up-to-date songs and music at any lime. Yours truly, We