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VOL. XVJ. NO. 5. ss ? ? ss st; n The Prem u L For U Patchwr^ n h By Martha McCullutfm. CopvnionT, iwo i AIAKTUA McCl i.i ,, 8 ? 8 tt t? St kh A LLANI 1 sa>'> A1,ttQl Here's ww ?jL a row you have Just got to i V st ul>> -a woman's row at "that," the chief marshal said, plucking it the sleeve of Allan McNeal, prosit v >>' the Clay County Fair association. The president bcoWi ed and tried to shoulder him away. Nan Ware was waiting for him out In thu amphitheater. Naturally he was In a fever to get done with the abso lutely necessary routine affairs. "Come on! You must!" the marshal repeated. Allun made n feint of clinch ing his fists. "Go away, you nuisance!" he satd. "Taylor, you are a nuisance, tho very worst sort!" "I appeal to too president It Is my right. Under tho constitution und by laws"? a woman's voice said outside tho door. Taylor grinned. "I knew It was eoniln. Don't say 1 didn't tell you," he buM In a stage aside as two ?tout and very angry dames bulged si multaneously through the door. Tho president's room was a mere cuddy, ravuged from the end of Horticultural hall. One rickety chair, a goods box and an apologetic desk made up 11; furnishings. Even then there was ?cant room for the pair who had plant ed themsolvea at Allan's elbows and glared at euch ottier across him. "Taylor, you scoundrel, why didn't you tell mo I was wanted?" Allan Bald mendaciously; then to his visitors: **Mrs. Pease, Mrs. Sawyer, what can I do for you? You know you have only to name It" "I want Justice," Mrs. Sawyer began, "and I'm a-goln to have It!" Mrs. Pease broke In: "Tt's a perfect shame, Allan?yes, I will call you Al lan; I used to know your mother so well?the way things are run nt this fair. Everything Is In a ring, and you never get the least bit of Justice unless you are In a ring yourself"? "You ought to kuow about that. Ev erybody has Hold for the longest time you were the bend rlngster," Mrs. Oaw yer Interrupted pointedly. Mrs. Pease gavo her a withering glance, but went on ns though j-he had not heard. "I do hope tho gentitMium nro honoster In Well ifd* ? " ^ to nftmo ua~me8' but ?'- 'J ^on t 8eo how fiomo people ever have the conscience to go to preachIn after the wny they net. "Oh, you know, mistakes will be made," Allan snld soothingly. "I'm eure, though, If they are made, they are honest ones. People see things so differently, you know"? "Yes, and always their own way or their friends'," Mrs. Pease Bald acrid ly. "That's the solo and only reason you see me here. The association did me tho honor to appoint mo a Judge of patchwork"? "And me," Mrs. Sawyer added. Mrs. Pease went on. "I ought to know somethlu about lt. I have got Just 40 patch quilts, live of 'em Bilk, that I've made myself. I've made every pattern 1 ever saw, In fact, so It Btauds to reason when I say the Btar and feather Is more trouble than tho basket of tulips nobody ought to dis pute It" "I don't dlsputo lt. AU I Any Is that the tulip basket's the prettiest and the newest and the nicest made," Mrs. Sawyer Interrupted. "If qulltmnkln counts, I do reckon I could have as many as anybody, only I lack tho face to beg the whole country for pieces." "I could buy my pieces, too, If my husband's store sold whisky," Mrs. Pease began, her fnce an apoplectic scarlet. Allan Interposed. "If you two can't decide, we all know nobody can," be said diplomatically. "The thing to do Is to give two premiums Instead of one." "No, no!" both women cried In the same breath. "You must come out and Judge yourself. That's partly what a j president Is for." "Correct, ladles!" Taylor, the mar shal, said, his eyes twinkling. "The by laws Is expllolt on Jest that very p'lnt Make Allan go and pick the winner. I'm too much his friend to see him ruin blsself right out." "Oh, let me tell you somethln, Mr. McNeal," Mrs. Pease said. Then in a raucous whisper, "My choice, the star and feather, belongs to Miss fllvy Ware, and she told mo yesterday she bad willed It to Nan because the child did think It was so pretty." "Oh, say, I wish you'd settle It with out me. Double the premiums," Allan said, beads of sweat breaking out on his face. Taylor chuckled at sight of them. Mrs. Sawyer pursed her mouth and said loftily: "I might try to influ ence you, Allan, only I have some principle about me. The tulip basket was made by Mrs. John Groome. She's Nan Waro'u aunt, too, and baa no daughter of her own." "And neither would have a premium unless sho got tt over t'other," Taylor said, rubbtug his hands and chuckling again. "ThaVa what I meant, Allan. I can't see you set all Miss Nan's family against you. You're bound to mako one-half of It mad. But do your duty llko a whlto man, and maybe the good Lord'11 have morcy on your courtln." "Shut npl I'll 11 tag you outside if you don't!" Allan said, holding the door wide. "Mow, ladles, como and make up my mted for mo. And pleaso be quick about It I havo a hundred other things to do." Man disposes, bdt woman proposes. Most commonly It hi to havo hor own way. Allan McNeal bad a will and a mind of bis own, bot fo'ffl.d himself helpless In the face of the patchwork tuki f* Ttii nntlittisT mm nv I Kiln, In fact, In that s?tno'^turul i hall ten years hack. MI?Ware 1 and Mrs. John Gronau.? wiruerc ly Nun Ware's aunts, slespec tlvely t<> ner father and r. but bitter rivals In notable 'lfery. At the very first (May eour they ' swept all before them In tin par ticular lines, but Mrs. Ogot a blue ribbon the more. Itor cut flowers, ami Miss lOlvy's nil not win even the red. Nature fact rankled. It rankled so dcodeed, she was not pacified by tt of a special roso premium nex. She won It, of course, but tlio ig was robbed of savor. Mrs. (Jrdld not make a separate rose dlspl So It hod gone at every Now one was ahead In the niottpreml uiuh, now the other. At thtlcular fair both bad outdone them, with the result of Winning a douo rib bons each. There WOUld) been more, but that old Sister ley, the committee on Jelly ami jalllzed fruits, placidly ate up tbe pe and Ware entries, saying she believe In glvln Bomcbody else tint little smidgin of a chance." So had gone to au entirely new pen slim, dark eyed girl, shy and sx>, who came afoot, with only a br com pany. Her people had lit less than a yeai hack a somewluushoc kie farm lying a mile awrjNobody knew nun Ii about them, pt that they minded their own irs, paid cash for the little they jht and from the looks of thhigsout. the place were not lu the len.frald of work. Sister Dotnpsoy had felt r repaid for her threatened Indigcstlby sight of the uri: I s eyes when she jthe blue ribbon. They had brlghtenknd sof tened until they were like i;y stars. Then she hud said soiuetb to the boy at her elbow that madep stand on tiptoe and stick his hnnidecp In his pockets, as though be d hard work to keep from turn, hand springs and shouting aloud. "It was I.ee's Idea, you kw, our bringing the things. 1 shotfL'wer 8110 na rOX|)lfiiUUi?," #x t'V' fjmj*!**** WL*0 ter Dempscy. Loo, standln very Straight and looking na though ) own ed nt least half the fair grouw, had added: "Why, Elllo, I knew t'd get premiums if this old show plajd fair! Didn't you make all your thgs the way Mack Mammy taught yo? You know she cooked for grandfiier BO years." Mrs. Pease and Mrs. Saw;r had heard nothing of all this. T}y had BUK HAU 8AJ.U komi: i lii.su TO TUR T,? AT 11 KU Kl.HOW. given five minutes to a Judicial pre tense of examining all the lots, hen got down to the business of seious wrangling. An hour of It, had ticy been men, would havo brought tleiii very near to blows. Being women, It brought them instead very near to tears and the appeal to Allan, upon which each had resolved before coining into the hall. Allan was a lino fellow, manly and cool headed beyond Ids years, brave and gallant as man might he, yet he would cheerfully have given half he was worth to escape the Judgment of patchwork thus forced upon lilin. "It Is worse a hundred times than the Judgment of Paris," ho thought as he stood fingering tiie gay, fine! stitched fabrics, seeming to listen deferentially to expositions of their peculiar and surpassing merits. Novlco that ho was he could not fall to perceive the truth of what his guides so vehemently as serted -namely, that there was noth ing else on all the long lines worthy to be im med as against tho two In dispute. Beyond question both wero beautifully made. Thcro was not a long stitch nor a botched turning In either. Tho quilting Indeed roso to tho rauk of high art, and, though ono might ques tion tho harmony of orange feuthors surrounding a red star upon a ground of ultramarine, they wero quite offset by crimson and purplo tulips with fln gor wide stems, falling over a blue and yellow basket to trail on a staring white background. Evcu Sister Dempsey admitted that her own rising sun was quite put out of court by them. As for tbo Irish chains, monuments, even the extrava gant silk crazy quilts, everybody un derstood that they wero exhibited sole ly through public spirit, to mako a good showing, with no hopo whatever of a premium. Allan glanced despair ingly over them. To his confusion he spied Nan Just entering the hall, laugh ing and talking at a great rato with his pet aversion, Tim Bayliss. Tim was rich and not ill looking, but, as everybody agreed, "h$*W% MPtft1 ?Hough to lead a goose to wuter." Ev erybody said further it was a shame the way Nun Ware kept him dangling after tier when she had been as good us enguged to Allan MeNeal ever elnco she was out of short frocks. "Here, phi the blue on tho star and Ceatherl Quick! Iteforo Nan comes!" Mrs. Pease commuuded, thrusting a lengtli of ribbon Into Allan's hand. Mrs. Sawyer snatched It away. "Oh, but don't those tulips hang dovp graceful!" sho saht COSZlngly. "I do hate a stiff thing. That's why I like Nan so. She . bo stiff. No, not If she tried. ' Insidiously s' nothor" ribbon? a full yard fing azure?be "WHAT nAS MY LITTLH UHOTHKn DOXEf" tween Allan's lingers. "You have got to decide It somehow," she said very low. "I know Nun thinks a heap the most of her Aunt Qroome"? "Excuse me. I?1 must get out of this," Allan said desperately. As ho rushed toward the door his eyes fell full on Lee. Lee's coat was clean and whole, hut whole through the most ex quisite patching and darning. Any other lad roundabout would havo re fused to be seen In It. Leo wore it as though proud of If. Allan mode three steps to the boy's side, caught him by, the arm and drew him forward with out a word. Lee's Bister followed, amazement and concern struggling in her face. "I?we?what has my little brother done'/" she asked unsteadily. Allan gave her n comforting look, took Lee by tho shoulders and set hhn where all could see, saying clearly: "As It Is my prerogative to award the disputed premium for patchwork, I give It to this coat, the most excellent and the most eloquent specimen It has ever been my luck to see. These oth ers," with a sweep of the arm toward the line, "may ll(| more ornamental. The declared purpose of this fair as sociation Is to 'encourage thrift, Indus try and the useful arts.' Mr. Marshal, see that this premium is paid at once, and," this under his breath, "ho sure It Is doubled." "Oh, you mean thing!" Nan cried, flitting plist him. "I believe I shall never speak to you again!" y.AJUAJA did. nofls"'iriWe"''iioFfni'oh" fcSSTJ left shoulder. Even If he heard it did not break his heart. Ho married Elite Floyd, Lee's pretty, dark eyed sister, long before tho next fair came round. I ii )\ 11 h1i Mnnnrri Abroad. With the exception of tho writer and her mother all tho peoplo In the house were French. One day the manager asked his guests If they would mind hovlng the middle day tablo d'hote a little earlier, us n dejeuner for a num ber of English excursionists had been ordered for 12:30 o'clock. While the company were still seated the "excur sionists" arrived. Some f>0 men and women came clattering and chattering Into the room. Many of the men kept their hats on and continued to smoke their pipes. Some of them even sot down at tho table at which the hotel guests wore lunching and called out loudly to their friends who were still In the hall to hurry up. The French peo ple shrugged their shoulders and mur mured, "Los Anglais," and the English ludy and her mother for the llrst time In their lives felt ashamed of their na tionality. The English excursionists meant no harm. In their boisterous John Bulllsm they look upon them selves as masters of every place In which they are going to spend money. They do not know that foreigners aro punctilious in tho matter of etiquette, and they sin in sheer Ignorance.?Ref eree. lion Cholera and Corn. Hog cholera or swine plague Is con fined olmoHt entirely to the corn pro ducing states, writes O. 8. Moore of Oklahoma. Hero where the seasons are such that corn caiuiot be depended upon entirely for feeding hogs a largo number are marketed that are not fed corn except to finish off on. Alfalfa pastures will keep pigs growing and In good condition, so that a very little corn will finish them. If alfalfa Is not to he had, wheat for winter pasture and sorghum for summer, supplement ed with Katllr or corn, will give aa good results. The pork 'bus produced Is perfW ? resldonco here of ll yen... to hear of tho first ease of Ik a. Coming from a part of Mis. where corn and hogs were the principal products, the swine plague often destroyed on entire herd. I am led to think that the difference Is caused by tho different method of feeding. I am persuaded that If northern farmers would run their hogs on clover pastures, add roots to their hill of faro and feed less corn hog cholera would soon bo a thing of the past Hogs thus raised make better incut, mature quicker, cost less to prodiico and are moro profitable. For the production of a salablo to bacco much depends upon the charac ter of the soil, and a great deal de pends upon the skill In curing. Fully as much, however, depends upon the proper grading and sorting of the to bacco and tho stylo of package In which It Is sent to tho manufacturer. Too much cannot be said about the necessity for very careful attention to these apparently small details, accord ing to an authority on the handling of tobacco. (The average condition of potatoes on July 1 was 91.8, as compared with 08.8 on July 1, 1800, 05.0 at tho correspond ing date In 1808 and a tan year avarage of 0&& COI,. HOYT ISSUK8 A STIRRING APPEAR " I'll K timi . 11 AN COMIC FOR TUB A88EKT10N OB' MANHOOD." Me Huh Mot * Concentrated Attack? Odds Wert- Against Him, Mut On mIkhc In of the Other CuiiiHilivtrH and 11 It titan's Thrusts Were Par ried. Columbia state. Col. .latj. A. Iloyt, tho prohibition candidate lor governor, has been In tho city for a day or no and before leaving for his home in Grecnvillo yes terday ho was askod If be had anything to ?ay for publication In view of the second raco for governor, llo made this statement in reply : " Yes, I desire to oxprobs my cordial and hearty appreciation of tho Matter ing support received In the lirst pri mary, which hu? met my expectations so far an my own vote. Is concerned, and la fully ub large a percentage as could have been reasonably counted upon. The oddd against mo in the campaign wero ditlioult to overcome, and tho oiibct made In tho lust fow weeka whs almost unprecedented in tho primaries of this State, for no stone was left unturned that would operate to my diaadvantage. 1 was compelled to meet the onslaughts of tho other candidates for governor, and in addi tion to parry tho thrusts of Senator Tillmau. The outcome of the concen trated attack upon my position in tho coutest ? be loft to coujecturo, but It is ass. . .uly gratifying that bo large a proportion of my follow-idtlzons ol their own froo will and acco. d east their ballots and threw tho weight of tboir Inllucuco against political ooss i: in In South Carolina. It ought to be well understood that my eloctir n stands for thorough Independence of action In the executive olllco, without tho dicta tion and manipulation of any man, and ?Ithout the controlling bias of factional interests. "Tho time has come for the asser tiou of manhood and of personal choice In the selection of a chief magistrate, and while my vote largely represents a positive conviction as to tho manage ment of the lhjuor question in South Carolina, the prohibition Democrats are also in sympathy with that senti ment which rtsenU tho domination ol political le.aderb who would suppress In dividuality aud mako the bulk of the voterb subservient to the will of a fow men. Only in certain localities in tnis State can machine polities prevail, and we have a striking instance now that extremis can be mado lo meet. The dispensary law has been fought with rancor and persistence in tho city of Charlebton until quite recently. So long as there was any real attempt ai tho enforcement of tho law, the op position in Charleston was positive and undeniable, backed by tho power of the political machine which held oway for so mat y years. Governor Mc Swocney's administration has changed this aspect ol aiTairs, not as a measure of " peace and unity," but as a realiza tion that both elements can Und more satisfaction In pursuing adilTorent line of policy. The blind tigers are practi cally uumolested, while the dispen saries Qourisb from tho unceasing pa tronago of tho tlgors. Tho increased consumption of liquor thus sold by tho diweptyMtaa ?^yj*wttohr?Sce?Vo 55 percent, of tho dispensary piotHs. to return for this happy state of allair? more than 70 per cent, of Charleston's vote has gone to Governor MeSweonoy, who is tho heneliciary In this instance, and will remain in political favor bo long aa lie creates no disturbance ol tho preacnt sltuath n. "South Carolina furnlahes tho hu miliating spectacle of a chief magis trate receiving political support by reason of tho non-enforcement of ono of Its UQOet important lava. His conni vance at open and general violation of this law has been constantly rebuked on the hustings by Messrs. Gary ar.d Patterson, and ho has boon challenged time and again during tho campaign to issue instruction to the constables to mako raids upon the places where liquor is openly and illegally sold, au thorizing them to sel/.o fixtures and conliscato supplies, Governor Me Sweeney's response has been to read Instructions Issued to constables In Juno, 1809, which Instructions have been notoriously disregarded, and to mi ke the plea that constables must furnish bonds in seizing fixtures, which he seemed to regard as a hard ship. Tho State has reached a low obb when its ollleiala cannot bo provided with tho necesfary backing to carry out a very ordinary provision of the law. It Is a pitiable confession on the part of tho governor, but not more so than his frequent admissions in tho campaign that tho dispensary law cm nut bo onforccd In Charleston, while In almost tho samo breath he has as serted that tho law was better en forced under his administration than at any tlmo it has boon on tho statute books. Tho pcoplo can take thoir choice of these declarations while thoy aro considering the election returns in Charh ston. " A groat deal has been said in the campaign about tho support which would bo given to mo by tho liquor In I tercst, and the public will rocall a famous declaration at Uonnetlsvlllo that 'the preachers und tho whiskey mon were In an unholy alliance, led by Colonel Uoyt.' What aro tho facts? Tho dispensurios constitute tho chief liquor interest in South Carolina, and their support certainly did not como to me. No one can produce a dispen ser or a dispensary conatablo who votod or worked for me. Tho whhkcy dis tillers in tho mountain counties wore certainly against mo, und it Is freely assorted that their liquor was usod In behalf of Governor MeSweonoy. The blind tlgors In Columbia and Charles ton aro said to have, boon unanimous for tho govornor, and so far as I know not a man who is dealing In liquor, cither legally or otherwise, cast his ballot in my favor. What became of tho'unholy alliance?' The fusion of liquor Interests has boon obvious to auy man who has watchod the progross of events, and tho 'round-up' of Sena tor Til man has been so far satisfac tory to tho contracting parties, what ever may bo the tinal vordlct upon this new alignment. " In an address just issued tho gov ernor has much to say about the busi ness features of bis administration. All of in- are quite familiar with thh claim on bis part, but it does not seem to dawn upon him that othor mon havo business qualifications aa well as him self, and his appeal for support on thl? ground Is hardly applicable just now. "The era of good feeling In tho State is not attributable to tbo prosont ad ministration. It was begun some yoars ago, and In a largo measuro tho pco plo were acquiescing in tho submerg ing Of f ictional il I M erer.ceii, but the ro coot campaign has witnessed adroit and frequent allusions to the past, which wore Intended to revive con tentions und r aorlngs so as to divide the forces Into lostilo camps. Gover nor McSweono.. ..as been tho legatee of buch work, whether or not ap proves of it, and no doubt ho will en joy tho results of such appeals to fac tional spirit iu the second primary, if they cun bo made etVectlve. A MKSSAGK FltOM THE PEOPblO. Henry W. Grady Onco Acted tho Part of Cromwell and Dissolved the Geor gia Legislature. Detroit Free l'ress. One of tho most dramatic scenes ever witnessed In Georgia was tho ono which immediately followod the an uouncomout of (Jrover Cleveland's elec tion as president in the fall of 1881 when Henry W. Grady, overcome by the enthusiasm of tho moment, entered tho hall of tho llouso of Representa tives and udjourned tho Legislature of Georgia for the purpose of celebrating tho ovont. Those wiio have kept apace with po litical developments In recent years will rcmomber that tho result of tho election of 1881 was kept in suspense for several days on account of the unc -rtainty of tho vote in New York. So close, Indeed, was tho contest in Now York that an otliclal count was un necessary In order to determine in what column tho vote of tho State should bo put and pending tho unnouncemont of the olllclal count the country was on tip-toe with excitement, as tho returns from tho rest of tho States were all In and tho result of the election depended upon Now York's voto. hi tho South especially tho excite moot was lnteiue. Everywhere through out Dixie tho conviction existed that Cleveland had been elected and noth ing was needed to call forth tho pent up enthusiasm of tho Democratic mass es hut tho announcement of tho ofUeial count In Now York. Finally when tho good news eamu that New York's voto was safely Democratic, the long sup pressed gioo of tho jubilant members of tho triumphant party abserted itself In such riotous demonstrations of en thusiasm as this country has never witnessed before nor since. Atlanta was the storm-center of tho celebra tion. Other cities received tho an nouncemeut with more or loss quietude of demeanor, but Atlanta simply wont wild with excitement. As oditor of The Constitution, Mr. Orady was tho first man in Atlanta to receive the tidings of the result in Now Yo. k, and no sooner had ho read tho telegram conveying tho intelligence of the vic tory than ho immediately began to spread tho alarm. Uo broug.it out The Constitution's cannon and set it to work discharging volley after volley oi thunderous proclamations. Next he called up Chief .Joynor, of the tiro de partment, and caused tt o lire bells to bo rung with a furious clamor; and the noise of tho tiro bells Boon started tho steam whistles on numberless locomo tives and stationary engines. Going out on the street, Mr. Grady found no difficulty in rallying about him some thing over two hundred men, and inarching at the head of the column and bearing in his hands the Stars and Stripes, ho started atonce in the direc tion of tho State uapltol, where the Georrla Legislature was in session. On roachlng the door of tho House of Represenutivea ho BWept past tho sor geeut-at-aruis, who for propriety siiKe mu.uo tiwmo slight show of rcbtrulniug him, and stationing himself in the ^?caVoVs desk he excl?Vm?J: "" 10 " Mr. Speaker, a niebsugo from tho American people !" Speaker Pro Tem. Lucius M. Lunar, one of the most rigid parliamentarians, hut also one of the most enthusiastic Democrats, wus In the chair at the time. Ho realised at once what the invasion meant and losing sight of his ollicial obligation in his excess of De mocratic joy, ho replied : " Let tho mess go be recoived." Thereupon Mr. Grady raarohed bold ly up to tho speaker's denk and, taking tho gavel from tho hands of the aston ished presiding ollicer, rapped sternly for sllaneo In tho ball. When order wus partially restored ho said : " in the name of Grover Cleveland, prcHidont-oleet, of the United States, I declare this body adjourned." This announcement was tho signal for such an outburst of enthusiasm us had never before shaken the walls of the Stato capitol. In tho wild delirium of tho moment members leaped on the top of their seats and threw their hats in the air, sending after them exultant shouts of joy. Legislative formalities were completely forgotten and the day's hCBiion endod amid clamorous confusion. Georgia had witnessed many scones of enthusiasm, but none to compare with tho ono enacted on this eventful occasion. Until then Ollvor Cromwell enjoyed tho distinction of being tho only uncrowned Individual who hud ovor arbitrarily undertaken to Inter fere with the machinery of legislation, but at last his solitude of throe centur ies was brokon to admit Honry W. Grady Into ills austrce companionship. L. L. KNIOUT. Tiik Empress Rbornt of China.? The following character sketch of tho most powerful female despot in tho world's history will bo found inter esting : M There havo boon empr08808 regent boforo in China, but no precedents avail for comparison with this master ful Manohu, Tszo Usl An, tho most re markable woman sovereign t.nd tho most unbridled fomalo despot tho world has known. Sho rose from tho harom's ranks, uneducated, ignorant of public alTalrH, but by :dioer ability, by hor own wits, will and shrewdness she at tained tho supremo power. Hers is the groatost of personul triumphs, her strongth of mind and force of charac ter and dominant personality having won every 8ten ; centuries of precedent and all tho nbackles of Oriental otl quotto overborne by hor masterful strategy and remorseless will. Hor onomles havo fallen away, sickened and died and scattorod as chaff; no one has opposed hor will and survivod ; no plot or Intrigue has availed against her, no conspirator has found hor unurmod or olT hor guard, and hers has boon a charmed, rolcniloss terriblo lifo. " Tho few who havo looked upon tho countonanco of tho dowager describo her as a tall, erect, line looking woman, of distinguished and imperious beuring, with pronounced Turlar features, tho oyo of an eagle, and tho voice of deter mined authority and abBolutocommand. Sho haR, of course, tho natural unde formcd foot of Tartar women, and is credited with groat activity, a fond ness for archory and for riding and walking, with a passion for games of chance, and theatrical representa tions." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 7.11 IC SKCONI> l'ltlMAKY. The Friends Of Col. Hoyl Have Kstab Mulled Headquarter* In Colmnbla and will Mako a Vigorous Cam paign. Columbia, August 31.?Col. Hoyt's friends have already begun an active and vigilant campaign for the second primary and seem perfectly confident of lauding thoir man. Headquarters havo heen opened in Columbia with Mr. C. C. Keatberstono in charge and the principal work will he done at this placo. Mr. Woatherstono was In tho city today and gave tho follow lug in terview to tho press. When asked about the result of tho election he said : "Col. Hoyt has gotten a lew more votes in the lirst primary than I expect ed him to get. When in Charleston the latter part of July I predicted to the News and Courier man that he wouid got 110,000. When tho entire veto Is in it will ho seeu thut my prediction has boon more than veri'jed. " To havo gotten such a veto with such odds against him is u great vic tory for Coi. Jloyt and tho causo which he has so ably represented. It shows that tho people believe in tho right, and that they recognize the ability and purity of Col. Hoyt." " What about Col. lloyt's chances to ! win in the second primary V" j " 1 am satisfied that his chances aro good. Cov. McSwecney's lead of a fosv thousand votes amounts to little. Nine times out of ten the man behind wins in tho second heat. Take for example my raeo with Cov. Hih-rbo two years ago. Ho lead mo by 13,000 votes and yet in tho second election ho only boat mo by about 4,0U?. And if my friends had realized my strength I woul.l have beaten him badly. "If Col. Hoyt's friends know bis strength and wi'l go to wo^k, ho will bo our next Covernor. "Gary and Patterson .ook away a good many votes from Gov. McSwoeuoy on account of tho charges made against j Gov. MeSwoeney by thorn: viz.: that the Governor was not enforcing the dispensary law. "It will bo remembered that Gary and Patterson, both of whom aro men of unquestioned ability, courage and honesty, both charged u| )u tho stump that the Governor's enforcement of the dispensary law was a fraud and a humbug. "Senator Tlllman made almost tho same charges. "Now, there Is no doubt of the fact that a great many men who favor tho dispensary believed those charges and thought tho present enforcement of tho law could be improvou on. Most ol them, too, are men who honestly j and sincerely believe that tho dispeu- ' sary Is the best solution of tho liquor 1 question, and who aro especially inter estod In the enforcomcntof the prohlb ltlvo features of the law. In other | ! words, they havo u sincere desire to make the present law better and better and to do what they can to make it lead up to out and out prohibition, j That thero aro thousands of such I peoplo in the State eaunc i. bo doubted, ) and they havj tho respect and eonli- j dcuco of those who do not agree with them. A largo propoi 'u u of tho men who voted for Gary aud Patterson camo from thoir ranks. Now, that thoir candidates aro out of the race, f,ir wDuiu uro u\ey k?'"K ?-?? Votu V Ttioy cannot consistently voto for Gov. MeSwoeney, aim, iu my judgment they will voto for Ool, lloyt. And they will do so for the reason that they know that ho will enforce the law rigidly and make It as near prohibi tion as It can be made. "But in addition to this, a part of the Gary and Patterson voto came from thoir personal friends, not be cause they believed in the dispensarv law, buttjeCttUM they recognized the honesty and ability of Gary and Pat terson. Mr. Gary has been in tho Gen eral Assembly for 10 or 12 years and for a part of that time presided over the H.0UB0 with conspicuous fairness and ability. Ho comes from a largo and Irlluential family. Ills brothers, who aro upon the bench, are men of ability and Inlluonco and thoro Is not a particle of doubt but that a part of his voto was a purely personal one. "And tho samo can ho said of Mr. Patterson whose ability and good public record cannot be questioned. A part of this vote I know will go to Col. Hoyt and 1 believe that by far tho greater part of it will do so. "And then wo must take Into consid eration tho fact that there is a good, largo vote which did not come out ia*t Tuesday because It was uncertain as to what chanco Col. Hoyt stood. And thero aro at least 1,000 voters who wero out of tho State?in tho moan tains and elsewhere. Hut nearly all of theso votes will come out In tho second primary. "A systematic and organized offort will now be made by Col. Hoyi's friends from this on and there is every reason to bellovo that Col. lloyt will be our next Governor." "What about tho whiskey voto in the State . Who got it ?" tho reporter asked. "No man can look at tho Charleston voto and the mountain vote and doubt for an Instant that Gov. McSweeney re ceived It. Tho talk about Hoyt's getting the whiskey vote Is nonsense. Ills voto came from prohibitionists?from dis ponsaryltos who want a better enforce ment of the law and from others who know his record In war and in peace, and who recognize his ability and pu rity of character. "I want my friends in tho State to know that tho light is not lost by a great den' >i v] that by a strong pull and a pull ali 'd.jother v\,, can win. "Wo havo f< ?VUpen principle and for tho rigl i?nd havo nothing to re tract. We will light to tho last ditch and expect to win. "Wo will conduct the work largely from Columbia whero our friends can roach us for tho next few days." ?The remarkable number of deaths by drowning proves that too many per sons venture Into waters without know ing bow to swim. About 80 por cent of thoso drowned so far this summor did not havo that knowlodge. This is all tho more wonderful when a knowl edgo of swimming may so oaeily bo had. A person of average phyaiquo would bou'jle to swim several hundred foot after a dozen lessons. ?At Chester William Strand and John Poayer, two farmers, while dis cussing an old family dllTorenco of yoars back, became involved in a dil.l culty that resulted in tho death of John Poayer. Hlows wero patsod. Tho two men clincbod and Strand loosonod himself and rotreatcd. Poayer followed with a stick, pounding Strand in tho faco and on tho bead. Strand drew his pistol and 11 red threo shots, Poayor being Instantly killed. Bean tho _ yf 1 lie Kind You IIa? AlA.iys Bought 3l8T" (Z^0!&t ?aking Powder Economy The manufacturers of Royal Baking Powder have always declined to produce a cheap baking powder at the sacrifice of quality. The Royal is made from the most highly refined and wholesome ingredients, and is the embodiment of all the excellence possible to be attained in the highest class baking powder. Royal Baking Powder costs only a fair price, and is cheaper at its price than any similar article. Samples of mixtures made in imitation of baking powders, but containing alum, are frequently ^ Iis - tributed from door to door, or given away in grocery stores. Such mixtures arc dangerous to use in food, and in many cities their sale is prohibited bylaw. .Mum i. . onosive poison, and all physicians condemn I; . n 1 "en. containing it. > ai bakinu powont < cv nn v.,IMAM ?K. ? f\N'8 8TRKN01 Ii .1? DlHCtlflHOM I'*! '.ina, and u man who apparently under stands the political situation in the Palmetto State was at the Metropoli tan Hotel yesterday. In speaking of the reported unpopularity of Senator Tillman, Mr. Johnson said : " The report that 20,000 voters have Scratched his name from the ticket is spoken ?l ??V. &C OVl'.UineG that Su?atC? Tillman is falling from grace with the people of South Carolina. If you COn sidor that there are over 80,000 Demo cratic voters in South Carol'na, all of whom are eligible to vote in the prlmi ry election, and that only 20,000 record tholr personal objection by scratching his oamo, you will see that if the vote had been a direct one with Tillman as the issue, he would have prevailed by 8 to 1. " An evidence, of his strength with the voters of South Carolina la the fact that no one in the Stato was willing to enter tho lists against him in the race for the Senate. Tho primary in South Carolina is a free-for-all to those, who conform themselves to tho regulations of the Democratic pat ty governing can didacy for ofiJce within the party. Tho primary is the canvass in which tho Democrats light among themsolves and In which cacti Individual Democrat has a voice In saying who shall roprosont tho party. " What Is spoken of as an unexpect edly largo vote for Colonel Hoyt, who Is running as a Prohibitionist, doesn't mean that tho dispensary is In danger. The vote Is largely a personal tribute to Colonel Hoyt. lie was known to tho people of the State when his competi tors in tho present race were only ochoolhoys. Ho was a gallant Confed erate soldier and hours the marks of hattlo on his person today. Ho was a trusted leader, too, in tho days of 187G, when tho State was wrested from tho reglmo of carpetbaggers. " M.my good frleuds of tho dispon t-ary told me thoy expected to voto for Colonel Hoyt for Governor because they believed him to bo tho best man in the race and bocauso they knew ho could not damage the dispensary law without tho help of the Legislature, and nobody entertained tho thought for a moment thut the Legislature would bo antl-dlspensary. Colonel lloyt's character Is a guaranty that whatever laws are on the statute book, tho dispensary law Included, ho will use tho utmost ability of his clllco, if Governor, to enforce. "Colonel Hoyt, like a great many other good Democrats In tho State, be lieves that prohibitory laws are tho best treatment of the liquor question and he developed early in the campaign such strength as to demoralize the ones running against him as advocates of the dispensary, and tho lattor in tholr fright called upon Senator Tillman to cancel his engagements outside tho Stato and como to the rescue of tho dispensary, which they declared was imperiled. "Senator Tillman is a special cham pion of tno dlsponsary and tho repre sentations made to him on that subject caused him to tako a hand In this pri mary and add to tho liveliness of tho campaign. Among the candidates for Governor, however, ho never express ed a porsonal preference, simply advis ing the people to voto for whom they regarded tho best man. " It seems that Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanourg, is selected for Con gress in tho Fourth district. He barely failod of tho nomination in 1808. He lirst ran for Congress in tho primary of 181)2 and has run in evory race since, his voto growing larger at ouch elec tion. Ho woulc never mako duals or givo pledges to enhance his vole, nor would ho pay men to work for him, or I spond monoy in a>iy of tho other ways SKA.' V Se uoo:i " egltimato in poll* tiew. :. i I ihat if elected It must be i ckm straightforward v.u.y. an i . anvi ? was always con duct.! ,7.'r,,i. ilo never abused ? v .,/ . i.n ui ?...-:?god in personal (- ? Vyc r " 'id barJ htudent. ile and 1 were ci?ssmatoa in Kraklne College. Trained In that In stitution and roared, as ho was, among the ' aecedera,' ho is a man from wLtxn a gooi] account may bo expected In public life. No, we are not kin, though, wo hoar the samo MirBSJuO*1 CAROLINA CROPS. Hot Weather Has Damagotl Cotton and Other Products. Columbia, s. c, August 26.?South Carolina crops havo sutVored disas trously from too present intense hot spoil combined with the drought. Ko eently a few local showers have fallen over very limited areas, but Otherwise there has been no rain in August. Since July 20th the mercury has on no tiay failed to reach 91, while for tbo last seventeen days US Is the least maxi mum recorded, with the averago for that time lul degrees In the shade. The record of 10<i surpasses any ever made before ir. South Carolina. For six consccutivo days 101, or bettor, haa been registered by the United States weather bureau. 1'robahly on account of the iotonso I drynesa there havo boon but few proa trations and but threo or four deaths, but the ell'ect on business Is serious and morchants as we'l ae farmers havo long facoB. While tho crops havo sulTered aerl ously and truck gardens havo boon de stroyed tho heaviest financial Iobs falla on cotton planters. Some farmers es tlmato tho cotton ytold has boonroduc ed 40 per cent, but only allowing a Iosb of 12 per cont. on an avorago yiold on tho acroago planted, the loss will bo 100,000 bales, or $4,500,000. The losa on other crops, sugar cane, lato corn and hay will mako tho total ovor $7, 000,000. Of course, unless thoro aro general rains within a very fow days tho drought will bocomo a d'saetor and actual sutTering to small farmers and negoes will result. Cotton Holds aro as white as thoy generally aro late in September, but over half tho bolls that aro showing tho white aro unmaturod, bolntf burst Open by thu heat, and tho lint is with out value. Many of tho plants aro dying, the loaves drying up and falling oil, and no moro blossoma aro coming. Ordinarily tho plants blossem until frost. Nothing can savo the (armors from tho loss already auatalned, but rains would btart the plants to bloasom lng again and lato froata would permit the new bolls formed to mature. As it stands tho probablo loss to farmers from this heated month will bo not less than $10,000,000 and may be very much greater. Reports from North Carolina and Georgia aro but slightly moro oncour aglng. Tra at $400 a Pound.?At the Ex? position, the Other day, I bought a pinch of tho "Kmporor of Chlna'B toa," writes tho Paris corrospondont of Truth. "Tho coat of a pound would havo boon about $400. Tho prlco of the pinch was forty cents. This wlllglvo you an idoa how tiny it was. Tho Kmporor's tea, when dry, is of a pale color, and long and dollou'e hi grain. It Is composed of tho top shoot of ond lcss plants. Infusod by'ison it In Hut, hut as a blond glvea dol'cate and doliol ous llavor. Ono should novor drink It out of a deep cup- -only out of porcolaln or glaus. I lind, howov ir, that if takon in tho >vcn!ng it cauaea a aleeploas night." ?- m ? ?A rulo In t (Toot In Lulpr.lg, Saxony, aaaeeao8 tho oxponso of calling out the Uro department to tho ownor of tL houao where tho Uro originated.