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UThe L?nens %iMxt\ut. TOb. XIII LAURENS, S. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2|, 189;. NO" 14 ylunt Mary^s Pf ay. j*% What a sad face your washwoman 0 has, Holen." Aunt Mary remarked aoross the dinner table? "Has shoV' 1 uighod hor nlec<\ pretty Mrs. Walford. "1 hadn't noticed, liut [ know si 0 la dreaufully slow about hor work. She la always two or three hours behind the neigh borhood in getting the clothes on the lino. 1 wouldn't keep her only that she iaso careful and particular.'' "To bo particular and do the work well la a gO'.;d deal to bo said for any one theso helter-skelter days. Shu doesn't look strong ; do you know any thing about her circumstances?" asked Aunt Mary. '? Not a thing," Mrs. Walford an swered, "t pay hor when tho work is done, and ask her no questions about her affairs. I dou't know that it is any of my business." " And yot you bolong to several charitable societlea," Aunt Mary sug gested softly. "One of them, I think you said Is called tho 'Helping Hand.' " "Oh, tho 'Helping I.land' Is very ex clusive, Aunt Mary," said Mr. Wal ford, lightly. " You have to reach a certain gentoel notch boforo tho tips of Its aristocratic lingers aro held out to you." " Arthur is always ridiculing us," Holen said, a little petulantly, "but we havo dono a groat deal of good, Aunt Mary, I can asJUre you ; and ovod a society must draw a lino somewhere, you know." " Yes, I suppose so," Aunt Mary as sented, " though I know very litUe about such things. 1 uover belonged to a society in my life." " Never belonged to a society I" Mrs. Walford exclaimed in astonish ment. " Hut you soom so familiar with charitable work ; how havo you carried it uu ? ' " The little 1 have ever accomplish ed has been by individual effort, suid Aunt Mary modestly. " Yuu must visit our societies, und sou bow superior organized work is," Mrs. Walford said, rising. " And oh, yes, Aunt Mary, as you are going to be here, will you givo the woman this half dollar for mo wbeu bor work is done ?" As she took the money, Aunt Mary said, impulsively, " Does she do that iargo washing for lifty cent?" and then added, hastily, as Mrs. Wal ford's face Hushed, " Kxcuso mo, Idolen, 1 spoke thoughtlessly, but 1 have so many things to bo washed to-day that 1 think I ought to add to this." "My visitors novor pay for their washing, Aunt Mary ; it belong-: with tho family wash, of course ; but you must please yourself. ' A couplo of hours later, Aunt Mary, going to the kitchen, found tho woman waiting, her thin faeo pale and drawn, and tired lines around her lips and ?jyes. it was a delicate, refined face, with a gentle patience in it that touch ed Aunt Mary's kind heart. She arose and took olT her hub bonnet as Aunt Mary entered. "You look very tired," Aunt Mary said, gently. "Don't bo In a hurry to go. Come out on tho porch and rest awhile In one of tho rockers." "No, thank you, I cannot stop. I am needed at homo," then as Aunt Mery put a dollar in her hand, sho added, anxiously, "1 can not chaugo It; haven't you a half dollar ?" " You had so many of my elothoi, to day, I think you have earned the dollar," Aunt Mary said, smiling. An eager look ilitted across her faco, and she answered. "It is not usual, I believe, to pay for a few extra things, and I oughtn't to take It, hut I need it so much, and a half dollar raoro would?" sho stoppod, Hushing scarlet, and turned nervously to the door. Aunt Mary laid a dotalnlng hand on on her arm, and said with gentle sympathy, " Don't think mo intrusive but will you not toll mo your trouble ? I am suro you aro carrying a burden ; lot mo share it." Tho sudden tears gushed forth, and tho poor creaturo sank sobbing into a chair ; but sho quickly controlled her self and looking up wistfully, said, " I don't often give way llko this ; I hopo you will excuse it In mo." Aunt Mary nodded, stroking tho t iil worn hand she hold. "Things aro very hard with us just now," sho went on, " My husband has had no work, only an odd job or so, sinco tho shops closed last yoar. Wo have four childron, and I am not very strong and so slow at my work, that we can hardly got onough IM them to " You aro a consclonAKs worker," Aunt Mary I r. tor posed, ~ haven't tho socioties helped you ?" "A littlo at first," tho woman an swered, " but thoy seem to think wo aro not desorvingand that my husband is idle and shiftless. Heaven knows ho would thankfully tako anything to do, so that ho could bo earning some thing. Oh why do thoy not havo work orough, somo how or other, so that all the poor mon could take caro of their families. Tho poor must have work or starve, if thoy aro too proud and honest to beg or steal." Sho spoke with passionate earnostness; then started up suddenly adding, " i must go. I ought to have gone at oneo. Oh ma'arn, yon will understand what a heartache I havo, and how grateful I urn to you for this extra half dollar, whon I toll you that my little onos have had nothing but a scanty break fast of potatoes to-day, and will havo nothing until I got homo. Itobblo, the oldebt ono, is a cripple, and takos oat. ii care of tho rest whilo I am away." " Why didn't you tell us that your children wero going hungry?' Aunt Mary said, as bIio rapidly packed a basket with food. " It 1b wicked to lot thorn suffer and not speak of It." "Nobody ever spoke to me about it before," tho woman answered, " and It is very hard to make peoplo listen when they do not want to. I have tried to, sometimes, but f couldn't force my troublos on thorn whon they didr't oaro. I'vo wished so many times that I could havo tho broken pieces of food for my chlldron that 1 sco thrown away at places where I work." " Send your husband horo in tho morning," Aunt Mary said. "Thoy! need a man to do chores.?fad tako care of the gardon, and I wilPipo that ho gets tho place. Tho pay will not be very much, not more than ton or fifteen dollars a month ; but that will bolp you a little." ' "Oh, ma'am, it will bo like a for tune to us. Ton dollars will more than got our food, and to ha^o it com ing steady?. oh, you don't know what a help it will be I I wash for tho rent, and sometimes both of us together manage to get onough besides, to keep tho ehildn n warm, and somothlng for thorn to eat; but often they've had to go hungry. I only wish I could thank you for all your goodnoss and?" " Never mind," Aunt Mary in terrupted kindly, putting the basket in hor hand, "wo all must try to help each other." "I have hired a man for you, Arthur," Aunt Mary remarked that evening. " Hired a man for mo I" ho repeated in surprise. " Yes," sho answered Binding, " I am going to bo with you for some timo, and 1 want a good deal of waiting on, getting tho horse and buggy ready for my rides, ote. 1 will see that he is paid ; ho isCOtning in tho morning." " 1 havo often thought of having some one to keep tho place in order," be replied, "and I think I shall attend to paying him myself. But come now, Aunt Mary, there is something behind this. What is it ?" And she told them the washwoman's story : told it so pathetically that Helen's eyes ran over: and her husband whistled softly. When she finished ho exclaimed, " Why, I might havo glvon the man work long ago If I had known ! That's what you call individual ctVort, is it. Aunt Mary ? 1 think it a grand way to do charitable work. Why, it is just giving a hand to the ono nearest you who may bo in trouble and want. That poor soul has been coining hero for months, struggling silently with her burden, and we have never given her a kind word even. 1 like your way, Aunt Mary, and I am going to begin practicing it at oneo. 1 remember that our gray beaded old porter at the store has looked downcast for a lout; timo, and I'vo jokod him about being ' blue.' To-morrow morning I mean to hud out his trouhlo and help him if I can." Aunt Mary patted his shoulder ap provingly as sho said, "That is it, Arthur, just givo a hand to lighten tho burden of tho ono nearest you. If all would do that with kindness and sympathy, tho hard times would bear less heavily everywhere." Aunt Mary's way is a good way. Try it. CLEVELAND AM) PERK IT. "Of the Few, Immortal Names that Were Not Horn to Die."?Cleveland the Pioneer und Soldier, Perry tho Patriot and Btatesmau. Dr. Muenoh, of Cliarleston, is con tributing a aeries of sketches for tho Sunday News of that city, and the fol lowing tribute to Col. lion Cleveland and tviaj. Ben Perry deserves a perusal by our readers, lie is writing about Fort Moore, which was situated at tho confluence of the Tugalooand Uhatuga rivers In Ojoneo County : Not very far from the site of the fort, whereof the hand of titno has .obliter ated every trace, stands tho homestead of another participant in the same war, the home of Ool. Benjamin Cleve land. if any particular man woro to be chosen as a representative of tho moun taineers of South Carolina as they showed themselves in tho Revolution ary war, and as many of their descend ants even now are found to be, it is this man. Of extraordinary size, (his weight r.igh 500 pounds), of a muscular strength almost incredible, of an en durance of toil, of hunger and thirst unequalled, ho combined with thoso qualities a fearlessness and courage, a presence of mind and a directness of judgment, a truthfulness and honesty of character, that in reading of him we verily believe to have tho ploture of Hercules presented to us. Though harinf; never in his lifo attended u schon., he managed by self-study and appl'cation to acquire sutlicient educa tion to become a land surveyor, and latf r on, when elected Judge of tho Uistrict Court at Ninety-Six, though he had never read law, his decisions were invariably marked by clear judg ment and correct legal views. Ho must have boon a man of great authority and influence among his people, which is proven by the fact that, while the names of other contemporaries of his are forgotten, not only his name, but oven countless stories about him live even in tho present timo among tho people. So in Wilkcs County, where he first settled, you can still hear of his feats of vale**, of his lights with Ind ians, Tories and wild beasts, performed in his lonely wanderings over the mountains in the pursuit of his calling as land surveyor ; so also his speech, addressed to his command before tho battle of King's Mountain, is the only one of all the addresses delivered elso whert during the Revolutionary war that has been dcemod worthy of pre servation by tho Historian Ramsay, as it is characteristic of the man, on account of its tersencsu and elo quence. fn Oconeo County, whithor tho bore emigrated about 17M?, Col. Cleveland's memory is perpetuated in various sto ries about his judicial career, all point ing to his natural senso and his strict administration of justice, irrespective of lawyers and law books; how. for in stance, on one occasion ho lold tho men who brought a horse thief before him and asked him what to do with tho cul prit to take him out and hang him on t^o nearest tree, which was according ly done In tho Colonel's very yard ; how ho v/ould often fall asleep during tho longthy argumonts of tho lawyers and, In consequonoo of his obosity, snore aloud, but when awakened, glvo his decision* with as great a etcarnoss as if ho had been the most attentive listenor to all tho proceedings of the Court. Whilo this beautiful spot on tho banks of tho Tugaloo, with its exten sive prospeot over ono of tho fairest and most fertile valleys that can bo mot with anywhere, and with its back ground of dark and bold mountains, dooply contrasting with tho brightness of light and vivid colors of tho fore ground, marks tho rosldoneo of tho "Old Kornau" during his riper yoars, and al so has In its keeping his final resting place, adorned by a modern monument, anothor place further up tbo rlvor, of liko lovollness and wealth of rural charms, is tho birthplace and was for sixteon yoars tho playground for tbo oblldllke and youthful sports of ono who has also and most dosorvedly re ceived that samo surnamo, although I he earned It in tho courso of a life wholly dilToring from that wo have just describe^ -a lifo dovotcd to tho noblost and loftiest purposes of peace ful times, to "duty and right," and characterized at tho samo tlmo by a charm of roflnomont, a lovo for llturary work. r?nd especlaMy for historical re search, so that whilo as to tho formor ho Was perhaps ( He ve land's equal, as to the lattor ho was clearly his supo vior. It was EX-OOVKItNOK B. P. P2RRY, who wa9 born hero Npvombor 20, lH0f>, and lived hore at his father's farm un til his ICth year, when ho departed from lils paternal homestead to attond school and aftorwards to enter upon his llfe-oareer. the pursuit of law, In the city o" Groenvllle. Hut, though I ' from tho very commencement of Iiis VOC&tlOD, the most arduous duties de volved upon him us un attorney, editor and statesman, each single calling of which would seem to tax a man's time and [lower to the utmost, ho would, as often as a little leisure was alVordod to him, repair to tho scenes of his child hood and early youth, and Go forth under the open sky und list To Nature's teachings, while from all around? Marth and her waters, and the depths of air? fame a still votco? Ono place, however, of oil that he had been wont to frequent in his earlier years he was now seen to avoid as if distasteful to his friendly feelings, to his linely-chorded sensibility, to his eminent humane naturo? I UATTON'S FORD ISLAND, in the Tugalooriver, half way between Col< Cleveland's and his own native homestead. In selecting this place, half reluctantly, half triumphantly, as the only opportunity still open to us for wreathing and laying upon hit beautiful grave mound In toe cemetery of Christ Church, at Greenville, the humble garland of our homage and ad miration, wo uro moved to make this choice by tho consideration that a host of witnesses, frlonds and foes alike, have, us by an avalanche of eulogy rarely bestowed upon one single man, so exhaustively dwelt upon every trait of his lofty character, so eloquently ex tolled Iiis manly firmness and stead fastness in times that tiMed men's souls, so charmingly described Hie loveliness of his home life, that unless wo would tlescend to the thankless tusk of "car rying eoi.'is to Newcastle," there is left to us no opportunity* of contributing mir tiny pebble to tho majestic cairn of encenium raised to the memory of his virtues and his eminent attain ments, save alono the deductions drawn to his honor from tho episode that transpired upon this lci.ely island in the Tugaloo river?an episode which, though undeserved and unavoidable on his part, yet cast a dark shadow over his entirely clear and unsullied lifo? ''Like a stark Nemesis of envious Kate To make us foci we are but men,man ne'er he gods I" and of wl Ich ho would nelthor speak himself, nor would, from duo reverence to his life's sorrow, his friends, voa ! even his adversaries, desecrate it by even so much us ono mention of tho fatal occurrence, us long us Governor Perry was living ! This Island in the Tugaloo was tho Boene of the duel, in 1832, between Mr. Bynum, the editor of n Nullification pupor, published in Greenville, und Mr. I'erry, who udvoeuted the opposite side of tout political question in his paper, The Mountaineer?u duel to which the latter was forced wholly against his will and inclination, and which resulted in tho death of tho former. We will not harrow the tender foot ings of our readers by a minute descrip tion of the dread incident, so wholly at variance with tho progress of sur boasted civilization nor would we with our firm beliol in man's bettor anil kin dred nature, entertain for a moment tho supposition, latoly advanced, that political animosity had gone so far as to premeditate tho death of Bynum's opponent, but what we will do, what we here will endeavor to point out as Kx-Governor 1 'erry's everlasting merit about mankind, is to say that he by this silent yet most eloquent detesta tion of the duel, as a barbarous relic of ancient times, notwithstanding tho manlj courage ho manifested on tho this special unfortunate affair, by the impresslveness of his noble example of tacit condemnation of the ridiculous custom, has moro than any legislator contributed to ridding mankind ef this nightmare of hallucination in seeking redress and vengeance for their wrongs upon the tho so-called field of honor ! GARDEN HSU'S FRIENDS. Animals and Birds that Prevent I)c struotlon to Vegetables, Fho Practical Farmer. Tho editor of this department is on record as a warm friend of ? .any ani mals that are the object of dislike, ill will, if not absolute hatred and oven horror on tho part of tho m ijority of rural people. Among these creatures that have called out so dill'oront sontl monts, opinions and feelings of tho hu man rac< . aro snakes, toads, frogs, lizards and almost all other reptllos, song birds of various kinds, crows, owls and hawks, and evon tho Bngllsh spar.'ow ; furthermore the weaso .'-nd tho skunk among quadrupeds. Mo*t despised of all, and most mercilessly hunted down by the small boy and tho j average " hired man," is the toad, as J harmless as it is homely, and indeed ono of tho most useful in tho whole lot. Tho Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station lias just published u bulletin sotting forth tho great merits of this watchman of tho garden, and telling how wo can put its vora cious appetite for insects to good uso in the garden, by gathering up a lot, and colonizing them among crops that uro subject to tho attacks of Insocts, for inslanco in bquash and cucumber patches, In hot hods and cold frames, the greenhouse etc. liy all moans let our friends SOnd for a copy of ?ho bulle tin, and learn that a toad during May, .Inno and July Is ablo and willing to eat soveral thousand cutworms, sovoral thousand striped bugs, ants, potato boetlos, and in fact every worm, fly, heotlo, or hug that it eomos across. Kvory night it fills and empties its stomach four times, and all lU. food consists of insoots, 80 or moro por cont. of which uro injurious to culti vated crops. Partridges und quails aro groat cut worm hunters. Yot when you notice tho presonco of one of thet-o game birds, you roach at onco for your gun, and you will not rest until tho bird is shot or driven away. Why will yon do so? No better cut worm huntei Is known than tho skunk. You can atTord to givo him a fow rotten eggs once in a whllo, or ovon a live chicken, rather than take off his hide for a paltry 50 0r75oent8. Weasels have beon of as much oonoflt to mo by clearing my barn Of rats, and tho meadows and Orchards of mice, as they havo Injured mo by Killing an occasional fowl. Wo isually glvo them tho freedom of tho barn until rats and mice nro disposed of, and then, if they do not loavo from I Iholr own accord, but show a disposi tion to foaat on chickens, etc., wo catch or shoot thorn. They aro much more oaslly caught than a shrowd old rat. Wo can also alTord to lot tho crows havo a hill or two of corn to pay for tho large numhor of grubs, cut worms, mico, otc., which they dovour. And so I might go on througli tho wholo list. ?Somo ldo? of tho vast, extent of tho eurfaoo of the ojrth may bo obtained when it *a notod that if a lofty ohurch stooplo is ascended, anp tho landsoapo vlelblo from It lookod at, 900,000 such landscapes must bo vlowed in order that tho whole earth may be seen. I'll,I.M \N .ON THIO DI8l?KN8AKY. Ho DonuuuoOB ?l?o Maim?emont of I ho State Hoard ol' Control? Charges the Preachers with Helping Devil unil Sinionton. Senator Till man addressed an audi onee of 1,500 people at Wagoner's on tho 17th inst. in tho interest of tho now county scheme of Kdisto. Ho showod the advantages of small counties, and suid thut if he lived in tho proposed territory ho would vote for tho new county, but be wanted tbo people to think over tbo matter and act for their own beet Interest. He made a longuni forcible speech iu tbo interest of the dispensury. Ho charged tbo present board of control with incoiupeteney, and said that the election of the board should be taken away from tbo Legis lature, us It was almost impossible to secure good men so long us there wp.s so much "log rolling"among the mem bers for their I'rlonds. One man would say, you vote for mo and I will vote for your tuaa ; hence the Inevitable resu't la tbo selection of men unlit for tho position. He suid that while Bome ol the members of the present board wero his personal friends, and all of them bis political friends, bo did not propose to let that hinder him from telling tho plain truth iu reference .'o their management of tbo dispensary. Ho said that thoy should all resign and givo way to inon who could and would run tho dispensary as tho groat business oonoeri s aro run?on business priuoiplos j that tho peoplo need not oxpeet the host results whore there was so much bickerings and disagreement. Ho was in favor of electing tho board by tho people, and thought that tho Governor should havo the power to ro movo a dispenser immediately?that where so great an interest was at stake arbitrary power had to be exerelsod by someone or the interest of tho people would sutler; whore tho responsibility was divided you would have uo one to hold to an accountability. He claimed that the enforcement of tho law should be given to tho Governor, as ho has charge of tho constabulary. Ho paid Iiis respects to Judge Simon* ton in very forcible language. Ho said that the very best lawyers In the United States Sonate told him that Si monton's decision was contrary to law, and for that reason they voted unani mously for bit dispensary bill in the Senate, lie claims that the bill will puss when Congress meota. He was charged with slandering the preaehors, but all that ho had said about them was that a great many of them in their zeal for prohibition wero helping the devil, saloon keepers and Simoulon to choke tho dispensary to death. Elesaid that none of tho preach ers could show anywhere in the Bible where whiskey drinking was con demned. The Rev. Hiram Baggot took issue with him and a spicy colloquy was the result. Mr. Baggot. "Tho good Booktsald that no 'drunkard could enter the king dom." Senator Tillman : "It is tho abuse, not the use, of whiskey that tho Bible condemns, and 1 ean show you hundreds of passages in the Bible where tho use of whiskey and wine is sustained by Divine authority." The Sonator claims that the preach ers and prohibitionists aro contending for an ideal which is impossible of ful filment. "If you cannot got your ideal, do not help the saloon keepers 'to dofeat the dispensary," said the Senator fiercely. lie took a hand primary on tho dis pensary, and over threo-fourths of tho people voted to sustain tho dispensary. Senator Tillman lias certainly lost no ground with tho country people. They gave him an enthusiastic recep tion. Somo ono asked him how about tho tarilT and direct taxes? Ho said that wo woro compelled to havo protection to raiso rovenuo, ami that ho was opposed to direct taxes, as direct taxes would havo to bo levied on population, and tho rich man would pay no more taxes than tho poor man. "How do you stand on tho Senatorial race?" asked someone in tho audience. "I decline to answer," said the Sena tor. "I advised you all last year to elect Kvans and you would not do it, and I can't see how you can oxpoct mo to take sides against any of tho candi dates, as they aro all Reformers, and you must docido for yourselves without any 1 "Uerferenco from mo." Ho closed amid great applause. TUB WRATH Bit and CROPS. Valuable Information to Those Inter ested in Farming Operations. IlO following is tho wookly bulletin issueu by tho weather bureau in Co lumbia as to tho condition of tho crops in this State: Columbia, S. c, Aug. 17, 1897. Tho temperature during tho past woek, kept within comparatively nar row range, tho maximum gonorally ranged betwoon 87 and (>i with an ox tremo maximum of 102 on the 12th at Beaufort. Tho minimum ranged about 7o although tho lowest was 62 on tho 10th at Liberty. The average for the week was 78 whilo tho normal for tho same period is approximately 70, It was deoidedly coolor over tho oxtromo wostorn portion of tho State than in tho central and eastern portions. Tho rainfall for tho woek was gen erally in tho form of showers whoro any fell, for qulto largo areas In tho extreme wostorn, tho central and tho southern counties woro without rain tho entlro week, or at least until last Saturday, tho| 14th. A fow correspondents stated that rain was needed whilo generally the ground had plonty of moisture. In addition to tho showors of Saturday and Sunday afternoon, (14th and 15th) a general rain sot in early Monday morning so that the rainfall defici ency, where it existed has been fully supplied. A few reports of excosslvo rain wero rocelvod. Twentj-two weekly meas urements of loss than ono Inch wore rocelvod, 0 of from 1 to 2 inches, and 2 of ovor 2 inchos. Tho avorago of thoso 30 measurements is 0.7!) whilo tho normal for tho past weok is about 1,60. A sovoro hall and wind 'torm oc curred in lowor Hampton on tho overl ing of tho 1 Ith, accompanied by hoavy rain, and injuring Held crops soriously orer a limited area. Tho winds of tho weok woro gonor ally light. Tho sunshine variod greatly ovor dlfToront sections, tho ostimatod per centage of the possible rangod from 20 to 1)0 with up avorage of 00 which Is somewhat holow a normal amount for this Boason. ThlBtlotioloncy In sun shino was apparontly favorablo on field orops. Thoro Is a groat diversity In tho tone of tho roports for tho wook, tho cor respondents boing about equally dlvldod In qadlng tho weok a favorable or an I unfavorable ono. Ab a genoral rule tho best roporta como from tho wost orn portions of tho Stnto whero In places "tbo (irons aro magnilloout' Worms hate appeared in many of ti i eastern counties in largo number and from meagre discriptions fu nlshcd, it is supposed to bo tho ar?;r worm. They huvo destroyed DQUil grass, for bav in Williamsburg, K<j shaw, Berkeley, Colleton and Boaj fort counties aod in places have u tacked corn, rice and cotton. Their L ereaso in numbers during tbo weft was alarmingly rapid. They have a ) made their appearance In a number f other counties but as yet in nothrc enlng forco. Coro varies in condition with locally and 'soli, and tho culture it reeelvil, but that portion of tho cropalreay inn do is very nearly if not quite up to an average. Late corn is still vfy promising and will be greatly Impropd by the recent rains. Fodder pulbg is making rapid progress over 10 eastern counties, whoro it is netting completion, and extending grudujly westward where thcerop is much lier this year than usual. Chinch bugs continue to damage drn in Chester. Fodder was saved In pod condition. Cotton was not uniformly afTootciby tho lnst wook's weather ; many roifrts indieato a soasonablo improvcujnt, and fully a? nuiny noto deterioratm. duo chiefly to oxeossivo sheddln of squares and sumo bolls, somo rotng of bolls, while on sandy lands mo plant isirapidly|dy lng and eonseqmjtly has quit nutting on fruit. Itust Iso has developed over largo areas tth greatest injury noted in Sumter, '11 liamsburg, Clarendon, and Cheier, although not confined to thoso can ties, Tim crop Is best in tho Mst orn counties, and Marlboro, Mann, and tho northeastern counties gcer ally. Too much " weed " with too Itlo fruit is a common complaint) butciton generally is heavily fruited. Picking ia na yot eontincd tdho more oasterly counties, althougltho early variotios aro opening in tho central und western counties. Ick ing will not bo general for somo mo to come. An increase iu size of alls noted since rains of previous uek. An insect is puncturing tho bollftnd ruining them in Kdgetiold. MoroojOSS Bhedding is reported from a mayity of the counties. Sea-Island cotton improved and |ed ding less than last week. Tobacco curing making rapid Pro gress. Some planters havo Untied. Worms damaging late plants. i'eas aro doing well. Cuttlngjea vine liay has begun in Barn well. ] Klco Is ripening rapidly and tliere not injured by caterpillars is in ppnis ing condition. Turnip sowing continues and ptter stands have been attained frol tho later seedings. A large acroag will be planted. Sorghum grinding and bolllg has begun in some sections. Sweet potatoes doing well ,'ener ally, except in portions of Hurtan burg, ami will bo i> large crop. Souppernong grapes ripening Pigs are plentiful. Melons abundanand of good quality in tho western juntlos. Lo (Junto pear trees full of lie fruit in (Jhestcrtield. i'astures alTord excellent razing. In the garden truck dlstricUground is being prepared for fall veeevbles. J. W. BAUKR. Dbetor. TIII'J HARVEST IH LAIBE. Dill Arp Writes About the Ops and Looks for Better Times-Politics "I don't complain When the Lords ncml ram. When the tanks in the sky rulcfror; For tho rain you ktlOW Makes lbc corn to grow, f And gives a lift to the clover." But my humhlo friend Cobostys wo'vo had 'bout enuf and ho wun| lito stop right now. "We've had a buid anoo," says Cube, "and I'm afcerljthire won't be any nubbins to feed thi itur,s on this winter and no seed ti.ter:to plant next spring." Another ono-horso farmer saysho is afeerd ho will mako moro coton than ho can get picked out. Was there cover sueh a bountul crop yuar r Wheat, corn, cotton, p.a toos and fruit ! Mr. Roberts, who fans on Pumpkin Vine Crook, says ho his sure of 1,000 bushels of corn from no Held of ten acres -that he can sect one or two acres that will yield 120 bushels each and there aro aevjal square rods that will mako a hushqto tho rod. That would mako 100 buslla per aoi'0, If every rod was us goDd.jr. ltonerts is no brag. Hois a cotisehi tive, truthful man and a good larer. Mr. Akerman made twenty-tw4 bjh cls of wheat to tho aero right lb be suburbs of tho town and ho huBioro bountiful fruit than was over liwn hero before. Qur markot is jruBlog over with goodf /Ings?apples, |St3 es, nours, grupestand melons. "?Iitr. Has Nothing to Do With wagons drive to tho residences ovo day loaded with delicious fruft and yi can buy at your "Wn pri< - tOl\*-ho si - ply is greater than\ the demaV so luxuriate on soft pc&J^*? an? urchin, which is the next bo?*,hn i to straw berries and cream, ar v.0 imy line, large cantaloupes at a-p kel apiece. Old folks loso their roliu for meat, but they never got tired JrTfruit. I w?a ruminating about tho/k^noss of Prov idence in arranging Abe Tfcosalon t>? suit our health and/ appetiV .Straw berries, raspberries/, dowborrli, buo'Sr loborrios, blackberries, June! tuples, cherries and then ipeachos anJriapos, with melons thrown In, and b?^rclong tho town will ho/lloeded witi Oh, tho jolly ard jam and that my folks flfnave put up sugar that I Imv. ? liad to pay f apples. Ohorvos ami tho Thank Mo t. A me on the now in power and ho <jnoted SoriptiJ) which power goodnoss, I boufcht it boforo|h Klnloy trust cprnorcd tho m clovor Kopublflcan noighborloid that the A Imii rhty was siuilif laml because , good mon wo said whenjthc righteous aro the pcoplo rojoico. "Yob," said I. "tho dovll cA qu?te Scripture to suit his purpusf David understood thl> situation wholllo said: M havo soon tfto wicked In grt* power, spreading hiiusulf tiko a Aeii hay tree, yet ho passod away, anili ho was not." v, , 1 don't think the Lord | paying much attention??^ Congress ol tlio ad ministration, rut tlo doos seen to have pity on tho pcoplo, and le eloworing blessings upon them. There wan acampmeotlig rlory that | old Allan Timor told whon Liu a boy that I havo ot forgottou. Ho was preaching abort the porlls (( rlcboa and Bald thorc waa a good ou darky I who had a ki d bvit un-C.'hrls.lan and skeptical mas or, and ho tried In his humble way .o convert him but his matter only hughed at hiimand ono day said to hin : "Now, Untte Jack, If tho Lord Is 10 wlso and BOgood and lovos us ul' sc much as you ny, what makes him lo, Jim Austin gel so rien and keop on b ly Ing moro land and more nlggors and n ulos, when you ; now that Jim Austin lathe moanost i ian In the county. IIo s indlos hie noh hbors and opprosses the poor. Ho < Inks and gambles and curses, but eve -ything lu touches makjs him richer i nd richer) How do yo fexplalnothatV "Muster ! imister I" said U lOloJaok, "ik't is all je&' eo und it's boOttUb' de Lord don't koer nothin' about J im Aus tin, bis name ain't on de book. .\o, sir. de Lord ain't payin' no 'tention to him at all and do debil is runuin' him. No, mastor '. 1 tell you how it is. When ; ile Lord take a likin' to a man and got i his name on do book, Ho don't let him I git fat and slick like Jim Austin. Whom de Lord loveth Ho ohastiseth, and dats do reasou your ginhouse git burned up and your buggv mare die, and may bo dats why Miss .Liliann take sick away off at school and come home in do eolbn. She was a blessed child, she was, anil seems to me dat some times away in de night 1 hear her callin' you. Master, old Jack don't like to trouble you about dese t'lngs and lie wouldent if your nanio v assent on do book." Undo Allen used to finish up the story with the master's conversion and Jim Austin being killed. Hi tteritimes'are coming, sure et >ugh, but polities lias nothing to do witli it. Polities dident give us a great crop of wheat and a short crop in lOurope. My friend K irkpatrick, of Atlanta, Bays these revulsions in trade and nrosnoritu I go by cycles of seven yours und that I our cyclo of distress und disaster hus about expired. Ho almost proves it by reference to the past and t -lls how the failure of .lay Cooko precipitated tho nanie of '7.1, and our trouble lasted seven years, aud the failure of Baring Brothers brought on the next panic am) that lasted seven years. Hut wheat and cotton are tilling the farmers' pockets with money and by the time this cotton crop is marketed a now era of prosperity will be fairly on us. Within the last three months the mining business has revived in our county and labor is in demand ; nobody, neither white or black, is going about begging for work in this region. 1 ha vent seen u trump ii six months. Tho gardens ure teeming with vegeta bles and the (lowers are u ore beautiful and more, abundant than ever before, but McKinley dident do it, nor the tariff, nor his party. If they won't undo it is all wea.sk. dust let things alone. They arc determined to humil iate tho South, but as long as the Lord smiles on us wo will be content. Hi LI. A1 .1'. HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN. riic Experience ?.i*a Young Man Who WnH Rescued from a Horrible Death. Cassells Magazine? " Drowning is u ploasant death " Is u remark constantly made by those who never gulped down suit water into the delicate tissues of their lungs. I was bathing in rough weather on the beach of a watering place i. Northern Prance. Swept out to sea, I struggled, sank, became insensible, and was saved* by the courage and skill of a gallant Frenchman ? who wrote Iiis name that day in my mother's Now Testament as a memorial of the rescue. This was all. Tlie circumstances were ordinary. A thousand such may occur every year, l'yschologically, however, there are points of interest which arise princi pally from the fact that 1 remember all that happonod during a poriod of time which may have been four or live minutes, but which appeared to bo as many hours. Almost Immediately I entered the water the much-resounding roar of the waves struck mo as desolating and sorrowful ? full of foreboding and terror. Ashamed of this fancy, 1 in stinctively but foolishly fought my way seaward, and was promptly out of my depth, not because I intended to run any risk, for 1 could not swim, but be cause the strong current had scooped out a hollow in the sandy bottom, which had six feet of water on the top of it. Tumbled over by tho waves, the concentrated agony of the moment wnon the water elo^i d over my hoad for too tirst time cannot bo described. It was tho hi terost point of the stuggle. Cruel irid omnipotent force, without warning or reason, surrounded mo, and my frantic and determined efforts to escape only increased the pent'Up passion to cease holding my breath and to inhale once more. I felt instinctively, as I writhed in the cold, black water, that if once I succumbed to the temptation to expel my breath, which itlmost burnt tho ribs in my angry efforts to retain it, the end would come : that I should bo compel led to breathe inward while covered with the pressing salt water. At this timo I uaust have given way and the dreaded stream of air-bubbleo rose to the surface. A few weeks before I had watched tho drowning of a cat in the clear water Of a running stream. The animal wus tethered to a stone, and had foils- ? with upturned face for liberty " neu tho babbles rose in a illvci f ntalo from the corners of its mouth Lood at the bottom swaying in the utlo current, turned over, and aft<or one liual struggle gave up the ghost. This scene came vividly before me. j thought of this wretched cat, and w > half amused to think that my Oase r as the case of the cat. There was j'o fear! Tho actual circumstances lilleil my attention and tho piteous long? to escape and tho inability of mV df.orta suddenly became subordi nated v> the feeling of Intolerable pain. Kyes, ihest, limbs were all ono solid ! paha. /rrV then I touched the sandy bot l( ,,, . h my lingers and kr.ee, and has* I - natched a handful of sand ami watOi to thrust In my mouth to end this stride for air. AU I wanted was to enu'-he pain. No thought of dead, fcwept as an lntorostlng and Immaterial factor in the situation came over inc. It Is true that. 1 ro men.UJrod that I should be missed when dinnor timo eamo and 1 was founl missing ; and thinking of tho boraa people, I thought of a blue tie 1 bud left on ft Ghost of drawers in my bedtoom, which I hail intended to put on. Then, suddenly, I found my oyea abo?o water for u second, und 1 saw twi blurred lingers near. On this*, saik 'igain, and was conscious of ro lading cllort and sinking out of a con sciusstate toone in which onedreamed wiliout knowing what tho dreams wire. '.?Vom this I awoke In groat pain in to contro of a erowd on tho beach, ?hither my rescuer bad borne me. I ly first thought was ono of infinite [ od unreasoning shame, but tho nausea I tused by swallowing so much suit I ator quiokly brought mo back to krth again. ?A countryman who hud lost his fife unkud an editor to write her ibituary. "turn tie and lovahio, wa.s he?" asked the editor. "Well tol' ible?'ceptin' when slio wax. riled." ?'What was her age'.-'" '"She novor Aid tell it. All I Know is, she waz purty lively fer her age." ?Anew use has been discovered for hops, namely, the curing of bacon. It \i found that a sprinkling of hops in the brino when bacon and hams are put i i picklo adds greatly to tho flavor of li)th, and onahlcn them to be kept an luletinito period. SI.NATOlt M-Ij.VI KIN'S illness. A statement IVoiii an Kyc Witness About His Co'lapse at Yorkvtllo. Mr. \V. I). Crist, of tho Vorkvillo [^r.qulror.lbas made the following state Qieot in regard to tho sudden attack of illness which came upon Senator Mc Laurin as he svas speaking at York vilh>, and whloh required him to leave the campaign at that point. Mr. Crist gives this circumstantial account in order to correct any false impressions: 1 was present during the speaking, made full notes, ami was a close ob server of all that occurred. Whou Governor lOvana began speaking he looked warm; but there were no signs of perspiration on his face. The day was hot, the room was packed and jammed and the atmosphere was close. Governor ISvans exerted himself con siderably and before he had proceeded very far perspiration was trickling down his face in small streams. I do not remember to have ever seen any one perspire more frcoly. When McLaurln arose to speak, his face was pah' and his -kin looked un naturally dry. Uc .-poke with as much vigor as had character!/, '('.the remarks of Governor Kvaus, possibly uk re. 1 took occasion several times to look I ut Iiitu from my work. When he under took to road tho Lai ley letter he had boon speaking about throe-quarters of an hour. Knowing that 1 could get a copy of the letter if I desired it, of course I did net attempt to take it down, and put in the time watching the e peak or, Mr. MoLaurln's face was still as dry as when he commenced speaking. Suddenly I noticed that he I was at a loss for words, and his mini'. I seemed to he a blank. The paper trom i bled violently in bis hands, and he roob I cd once or twiee as if about to fall. All I ed once there broke out from his face, neck and hands large beads of perspi ration, and in a moment he seemed to be himself again. Ho went on with the reading of the letter and din ing the latter part of his speech .poke with more vlgO?" than during the lirst part. When ho concluded his speech 1 was some twenty live or more words he hind with my notes, and was so busy as to be unable to watch him. lu fact I was not suspecting anything wrong. About the '.ime 1 caught up 1 saw the orowd rushing in the direction of Mr. MeLaurin, and noticed that gentleman lying on the lloor. 1 was told by sev eral people that when MeLaurin turned from the. audience lie placed his hand?, on the ends of his table, with his back to the audience, as if arranging to gather up his papers. The uudlenco was at that time in the. confusion inci dent to breaking up. Suddenly Mr. MeLaurin collapsed and foil to the tl >or in a heap. It was with great tl i Iii - eulty that hi! was gotten to an adjoin ing loom. Dr. W.U. White, who was in the audience, was called, and it was with considorablo dillioulty that Mr. MeLaurin was revived. This was ac complished by throwing water in his face, dialing his wrists and forelnc glycerine tablets down his throat. Shortly after Mr. McLaurin was taken to his room. 1 wont tu his bedside. Dr. Whito was presont fanning him. II" was still pah1 and evidently verv weak. I a>-kcd Dr. Whito about Mr. McLaur ie's pulse. Tho dootor said it was all right at that time : but that for sovoral minutes after the collapse it was so weak as to bo almost indistinguishable and that heart action was almost BUS* ponded. The doctor had prescribed milk and whlskov. Tho whiskey was procured by I). 14. I'Mnloy, Bsc,., after considerable dilliculty. and McLaurin took a few sips of the mixture. His recovery, however, was very slow, and It wu.i t ot unt il the next morning that he began to feel anything like as well as before tho collapse. In addition to what Dr. White told inc. Dr. Miles Walker, who was in the audience, and who witnessed the. first fainting spell, said to mo this morn ing: "If l had been acquainted with Mr. McLaurin, I would have at once gone to him ami make him take his seat. 1 saw that he was on tho point of collapse, and was looking for just what occurred when he finished his Speech. Having tuen summoned out of tin; court house a few minutes be fore bo concluded 1 did not see the col lapse. The enthusiasm of the audience carried him far beyond his Strength, and It was a very serious matter. It would not h tvo boon at all remarkable bad be died .<n the spot." AS TO Tili: LICUNSKS. A Peculiar Phase of ihc Dispensary Hit till I ion. Columbia State. Tho talk of Mayor Hvans of Nowbcrry before tho Slate board of control in re gard to tbe revenue to lue cltli - and ! towi.s from tiie disponsirh - as again d tlie original package - lore.- ha- caused considerable discussion in dispensary and legal circle h aooUt this pnHs'.i of the dispensary situation in tbo State. All over tho State tbe original pack age Stores are being opened up and in very short order, it is slfo to Bay, thoy will bo in operation in nearly ??very town in tho State. Thoy cannot, it appears, bo licensed and there Booms to be no way in which the city and town councils can get any revenue from them. The dispensary law repealed the license law and a leading attorney s.iid, when his attention was etil led to the fact that the councils of several town-were passing licon.so ordinances directed lit such place*, that while some may claim that tho towns have a right to pass such ordinances and col lect licenses from the proprietors of such places, Judge Siiuonlon's decision meant that SUCh dealers were merely merchants and ii any liconso at all was imposed it could not In any event OJ - eeed that paid by a dry got ds. grocery or other merchant In proportion to tho volume of business done. The dooision, he said, removed liquor from the po lice regulation entirely und that regu lation under which all previous high licenses were imposed cannot be called upon now. In Ids opinion, there was absolutely no way in which the towns OOUld legally pass liconso ordinances dlrectod against such stores. On tho other hand, an attorney equally prominent stated that, In his opinion, the Stale Constitution gave the cities and towns the right to pits such ordinances and collect licenses, Under the provisions of tho Constitu tion ho thought that the towns and cities - all incorporated towns, in fact ?had ample power to pass such ordin ances and collect a revenue from these stores. Another point raised against the possibility of imposing lioensoson orig inal package stores is that the dispen sary is in the liquor business and no license could be imposed upon any one for soiling liquor without the dispen saries being required also to pay that | license. Tho dispensary is as much a | liquor dealer as tho original package man, and tho ordinance if passed, would have to apply to both. So there you are. The matter is very generally discuss ed, but thoro soomsto best? much doubt that in all probability a test caso will be made in some town to ascertain what powor the cities and towns will have. NEWMAN ON TEMPERANCE. Personal Example and Boll-Denial the Solution of Hie Liquor Ques tion. Tho Now York state Tomporanoo Society celebrated its anniversary at Saratoga a few days at?o. Bishop John 1*. Newman, of tho Method' t ohuroh. delivered a dis courso on "The Waste of Intemper ance." He said that while the Tinted States would be the purest, happiest and richest nation on the face of tho globe, yet the wast.' of material, men tal and moral power, through tho un wise and inordinate use of wine and MqUOr was tremendous. Ho cited a multitude of facts and figures in proof of this view of the subject. These statistics show that while twenty lead ing necessaries of life, including articles of food, clothing and transpor tation, cost the people of this country annually a billion dollars, in the manu facture or preparation of which there aro employed 1171,000 persons, whoso aggregate w'ugos amount to $101,000, 000, yet the liquor bill of the nation cii nailed the same grand total?a billion dollars?this tralllo requiring tho employment of s.OUii persons, who receive over $50,000,000. The .-tatis tieians, lie Bind, estimated that whiln me churches of nil denominations in this country cost for nil purposes only *l" 1,000,000, the drink habit, including tho expenses and results, such ?vs or me and pauperism, amounted to tho coiossul sum of (1,800.000,000, a ratio of twelve to ono?$12 for drink and ?1 for religion. The bishop, in considering the eradi cation of tho evil counselled wisdom und moderation instead of Incousld* oration. There were three conces sions, he said, which the temperance ad vocates were hound to l.iake?namely, that while wines und liquors were not Indispensable to the welfare of man? kind they, nevertheless, had tholr legitimate uses: that the occasional drinking of wines and liquors was not drunkenness as denounced in tho Bible, and that while it was true that all confirmed drunkards were once moderate drinkers, yet all modOrate drinkers did not become drunkards. In conclusion, the bishop said that while some people favored high liconscs, some local option and others prohibition, he believed that what was most needed In all classes, from tho highest to the lowest, was magnanimity boru of solf-donial, which would create an apprehension of danger that would mako tho custom of drinking un fashionable and cause the liquor t'ratlic to be less profitable. This would in crease the power on tho part of the magnanimous t > porsuado others to follow their example and would con tribute to economy, Industry, educa tion, patriotism, religion, homo and heaven. Insanity Incuf.asks With Gduoa? TION.?Tho Medical Kecord. after n I review of tho English .statistics, con I oludeu that lunacy Is really increasing. I It is not Increasing at the rate whioh the llgurea on tholr face might bo thought to indicate. Thus the number of lunatics in hospitals increased in Kagland between 18152 and 181)5 from 2.112 per 10,000 Inhabitants lu 15 ; in Scotland thoy increased from 2 01 per 10,000 Inhabitants to ?->.:i'J. Similar tig uros have been collected for Germany, France and other continental couni ries. The more backward the country in education, in industrial standing und in social complexity, the fewer tho lunatics. To put it the other way. an increase in lunacy would appear to be a part of the price which people pay for civilization, Tho figures for suicide and lunacy increase on roughly parallel lines. Hut tliis increase is by no means so great as the hospital returns would SOOm to intimate. In the modern hospitals the chronic insane uro con tinually accumulating. Inder the modern system the rate of mortality is diminished. In earlier days it was unknown that insanity is a disease, or a symptom of disease, that is capable of cure, and thic ignorance to a certain extent prevails in the backward coun tries today. Now that asylums are re cognized as hospitals instead of pi is ons, they contain inmates who former ly were not counted as lunatics. Ono other observation is worthy of atten tion. Tho increase in lunatics in ling land is mainly In the pauper class. This is probably due in part tu a re cognition on the part of that class of benefits of being in a hospital. At the same time the sinister suggestion will OOtrudu it-elf that that ela.ss may now embrace an increased number of re cruits from the classes that are unahlo to support the trials of destitution. . IMtt.'ULlAltiTtKS OK Sl'KF.ril.? A pleasant correspondent of tho Wostorn Christian Advocate hus boon to tho ronnohsoo Centennial Kx position, and, found many things to delight him ; bill ho Is in grief over tho way in which the Southern pooplo dual with tho letter "f." Income company lio ac tually hoard the oxpressiou " Poah doubt to tho right." Il.it we. venture the judgment that he; did not hoar any thing about "noospapors" and "in stl toot ions" and '? cricks." I'.very soction of tho United States has its peculiarities of speech. Tho "dialect" of Ne..v hmgland sounds strange in our oars, though not quit.} as much so as the broad, rough speech of tho far Xo. thni Bt, Commonting on this, the Knoxvillo Tribune say?.: As a matter of fact, few Southerners say " foah " 01 "doull." They do not roll their "rV nor give thorn that harsh, metallic sound tho average Northerner or Kisloner does, hut they do not omit them. Tho illiterate Southerner is more apt to say llannor than Hannah. The letter "r" is per haps less used in Snith Carolina than In any other Southorn States. Kor in stance, Major linger, a gallant son of tho I'almotto State, uses an " r J" in writing or spelling his name, but ho would count it a serious olToas? if any body should pronounce it. Kvon a Northerner should leave oll* tho " r " in tho major's name. Tin; educated Southerner may ho inclined to use tho soft pedal OD Iiis r's, BO to speak, hut the educated Northerner Is inclined to give the letter a whirring sound. The educated Northerner, however, does not say " noospapor" or ?? Instltootion" or "Toosday " or "crick." Those, aro tho words of the ( heap, uneducated critic who tortures N irth into Narrth, and who criticises the Southerner for not drawing out tho letter "r" until it quivers. ? Advices from the far Kast say that Mayon volcano, situated in the extreme south of the Philippine Island of Luzon, in tho province of Aihay. 2,734 metres abOVO the -ea level, has been.in violjnt eruption since .Iune. 20. The towns of Llbon, lia.acy und Mallpotaro threat4 ened with destruction. Kiity-slx bodies havo been recovered, but tre fate is unknown of the people living on the Bides and at the foot of tho moun tain, where tho loss of life has prob ably been vory heavy.