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BIM, ARF ON OlVD HI8TO?Y. He Ooze Back to Julius Caesar and; Then Touche? Andrew Tackson. Atlanta Constitution. " To the victor* belong the oilw." This was au old war maxim of thu Romans in Julius Caesar's day?and was akin to that other one, ilvae vioiis," woo.unto the couquereu. In 1831, when General Jackson was sweeping the Meld and removing from Federal oQlce every Whig who had been ap pointed, William L. M.ircy, who was in the United Mal? s Sonate, defended him in a gteat speech and promulgated that maxim, 4* To iho viciors b?.loog the spoils." Ma/cy was a very bril liant statesman, but a very bitter par tisan. He was Governor of New York throe term*, judge of the supreme court, secretary of war under l\>lk, secretary of State under Tierce, and he used tbis maxim just as far as lie was allowed to. He detested the Whig paity and defined au old lino Wh'g to bo " a conceited gentleman who took a drink when ho pleased and n'wer voted the Democratic ticket." This reminds mu of an old man I met in Arkansas, who said to mo, " Mr. Arp, I'm gwinu onto 80 years old?mo aud my old 'oman have lived togethor fifty nine years and jined the same Baptist church the year wo was married and every year sioco thou I have voted tho Democratic ticket." His politics was a good part of his religion. I remember when the alienation be tween Whigs and Democrats was quite as bitter for many years as it has been between Republicans aud Democrats at the South?social equality even in small towns was strained by politics. This alienation got into the churches and colleges. Thero was no outward breach of good manners, but it was manifested in various ways that the Whigs felt they were better thau tho Democrats, for they were generally wealthy and educated and owned slaves. Out of 165 students in our State Univeroity in 1845, 130 of them were sons of Whigs. 1 am still a De mocrat, aud my father was before me, but I have always respected tho grand old Whig party of the South, and lamented its disruption. I still re member with prido and admiration the names of Too nibs, Stephen?, Ben Hill, Jenkins, Dr. Miller, Crawford, Bur rien, tho Hulls aud Holts and Under woods and Doughtcrvs, for 1 knew them all personally and heard them ou the stump and in tho forum. But tho disruption had to come both in church and State. The Whigs could not any longer stand the company they were in?Northern Whigs became Re publicans and affiliated with abolition ists in their political platforms. They precipitated the civil war, and from that was bom plunder und corruption. I do not mean to say that all Di niojrata ate patriotic and honust?nor that ali Republicans are unprincipled aud dis honest. When our unsophisticated preacher, Ed. .Axson, said to Judge Underwood that he could not believe Tweed was guilty of stealing all that money in New York city, for Tweed was a Democrat, the judge smiled aud said: " My dear sir, you ate too inno cent and unsuspecting to live in this wicked world. 1 am twice as old as you are and my observation has been that t is within the ranuoof possibility for a Democrat to steal." But what [ do say is that tho Democratic party has more conscience and is less greedy than the Republican. Shortly after the war a Dutchman in Chattanooga killed bis fat shote and hung it up in the back yard to cool during the night ?next morning he was horrified to find that one half of tho hog was gone. He ran around wild and was very much excited and declared that some mean old stiukin' Democrat had carried off one-half of his beautiful shote. "What makes you think ho was a Democrat?" a neighbor asked. " Vy, of course ho vaa a Dimocrat?of course he vas?for a Republican would hav stole de whole hog." That's it exactly. Thoy want it all. Bat now is the time for a great re formation. Martin Luthor brought one in the church and I believe that Roosevelt will bring one to the man agement of our national affairs. He knows of the corruption and lias de termined to purge it. II >. will appoint good men to office regardless of their political principles. He will not bo foverncd by that maxim of Marcy'a. fa is an ardent believer in civil service leform. General Grant had the law passed in 1872 to stop public plunder, but ho couldn't enforce it and it be came a dead letter. In 1870 and 1880 both parties pretendod to favor its re vival and they put it as a plank in their platforms. In 1883 Congress passod the present vigorous law on the sub ject, hut party pressure evades it as much as possible and that unchristian, uncivilized maxim of "to the victors belong tho spoils" still prevails. The civil set vice reform does not apply to all the little offices, but is pretended to be enforced in the Important ones. Thirty thousand railway postal clerks are subject to it and the law is more rigidly enforced in tho postal depart ment than any other. Now we hope and have a right to expect that Mr. Roosevelt will Bee to it that no objectionable postmaster shall he appointed in any town North or South. The postoiTlce is emphatically the people's office. It ought really to be an elective office in every town and village. It is close akin to home and home affairs and the sacred and secret things of our homes. Men, women and children have a share in it and no one but a Rind-hearted, accommodat ing man or w jan of Rood, respectable social standing in the community should be appoint* 1. There Is an eternal fitness of things that cannot be disregarded With impunity and no broad-minded man would appoint a negro as postmaster at Athens or Augusta or any white man's town. Why not try one at Canton, Ohio, or Dayton, or any other cultured city of the North? Why insult our people with such Federal officials. They say that we are all brethren npw, but as the poet says: " I know that you say that you lovo me, Bat why did you kick me downstairs V" ? Now just think of it?and ponder it ?whal an opportunity for Mr. Roose velt to win to him mnuy millions of good people who have beeu long es tranged, lie can do this und not stiuiu his Republicanism. V\ hat a great thing it is for a king or au emperor or a President to bo loved by his subject* or his people. What a glorious lclot m it would be for ull the con?ervativo citizens of the North and the South, the East and thu West to wipe out tl o party lines and with one heart and one mind eay to Mr. Roosevelt, sir, your hightoued, pure, patriotic und unpre judiced administration since the death of Mr. McKinley ha? commanded our lospect and admiration. We there* lore nominate you 10 succeed youiselt. I believe it to bu possible for this to happen. Keep on that Hue, Mr. -\008nvelt. Put the best men in office regardless of party linos nud my old friend, Evan ilowtll, and I will back \nu, but wo will not flop over !o the Uepublican patty ?11 of a euddon as Bob Lowrydid. It will have to repeat, and flpolbgjge a lt?ii? time before I will trust then) and shako bauds across the blo< dy chasm. I've got such a long habit of being a Diuioerat that I'm ioo old to change, boh l^owry is much younger, and so is Roosevelt. Lowry can turn Republican if he chooses and Roosevelt can turn Democrat, we don't care. Rill A UP. ABOUT rill? FAMOUS DINF^R The Governor of North Carolina Discusses the Event. Governor Aycock, of North Caroliua, has expressed his views as lollows in regard to the diuing of Booker Wash ington at the White House: "It is a matter ot regret to the peo ple of the South that the social ques tion has been raised by President Roosevelt. There is a genuine respect for tho work Booker Washington has done, and his accepting tho iuvitaliou of tho President, shows that he has not propcily appreciated the feeling in tho Sou.h. The Southeru peop'e are will? iug and anxious for lb. advancement of tho negro, but they aio not willing to overthrow their social structure. PrC8ident Roosevelt and Booker Wash ington have both mane a mistake. This reception by the President has raised anew the col?>r line in tho South and this is deplored. We cannot get beyond this question and solve the pro blem of individual development. The true friend of tho negro in the South regrets the action of tho President. The development of the negro is along industrial lines and this is depeudent upon the altitude of the Southern peo ple. And any allempt on the part of Federal authorities to force social equality tau but result iu injury to the negro as a class. Booker Washington Ought to have known this fact even if the President did uol. Tho act of the President is injurious to iho South and 10 the negro. H'h cour.so renders it impos8iblo for the Southern white Republican to support him and he con trols Republican politics in the South. 1 am endeavoring to secure the sup port ol all the people for tlio education of all childreu, without regard to color. President Roosevelt has hampered and retarded tho efforts which aro b ing made to educate the u< gro. He has furnished the opponents of negro edu cation with an argument of social equality which is hard to meet. The President is measuring life by war, winch is always abnormal, as life can only be considered properly it its whole aspect, and the general condition of the Uuited States is that of peace. The charge of tho Tenth cavalry cannot furnish a basis for action on the part of the President uf the United Siui.es. Blood is thicker than water and 1 lie President will iivo to learn this lesson." lincoln on social equality. President Roosevelt is said to 00 much amused at Southern indignati )n for his admission oi a negro to social equality with tho whito man. If he wants to get a good laugh over such a fantastic objection, ho should read the speech of Abraham LittCpla in his de bate with Douglass in 1858, in tbo course of which he said: " I am not, nor evtr havo been, in favor of mak ing voters or jurors of negroes, nor ot qualifying them to hold office, nor in termarrying them with while people, and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a phjMcal difference between the white and the biuck race, which, 1 be ieve, will forovor forbid tho two races liviug together on terms of social and political equality?r.tid, inasmuch as they cannot so live, while ihe.y do remain together there must be a'posi tion of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any othor man, am in favor of having the superior position as signed to tho white race." The pro test of tho South against social 1 quality of white men ami negroes is in accor dance wit 11 th ) teachings of Abraham Lincoln, and when Theodore Roosevelt laughs it to scorn he is reviling tho wisdom of the greatest man his party has ever placed in the Presidential chair.?The Columbia tftate. Army Looses in Philippines*? The annual report, of Major-General Henry C. Corbin, adjulaut-genoral of the army, comprehensively roviows the work, condition and needs of the military establishment. General Corbin submits a tablo to show that the. army in the Philippines is to be rcduco by expired enlistments at the rate of about 2,000 a month from now on until June, 1002, The question whether the regiments thus depleted in strongth are toremain so, or be rccrnited to their full roster, he says, is one re quiring the very earliest consideration, for if the latter is contemplated, it It already time to begin special recruit ing. The losses from all causes in lh< regular army and the volunteers from July 1st, 1000, to June 80th last totaled 16,924 officers and men in the formor and 25,000 iu the latter. The casualties to the troops iu the Philippines since the date of the first arrival June 30,1808, to June 30 last, were 111 officers and 3X878 men killed, and 182 officers and 2,646 men wound ed. Biut tfe The Kind You Haw Always BwjM KOliSTJC R CAUGHT THE PI*UM. He Has Distribution of I,arge Patronage-A ho , al Friend to McXaurin Tho Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chrouielo says that Mr. Geo U Koestcr, who has been appointed collector of Internal revenuo lor South Carolina, declared on his rolurn fr?#ui Washington that he had formed no plans and doc* not know what will b? his policy iu appointing his deputies, clerks and othei?. ii is probable thai he will retire lrotu active editorial management of the Columbia Eveniug Record. He stated that ho was not an appli cant, ?ml that his appoiulmont Was a Mirprine *.o niniself. He was called to Washington, and Saturday evening he spent au hour and a half at the While House wich the President. When the matter of ilio vacancy came up the .President offered It to Koester. The latter atked if there were no possible chuuoe for Blaiock lo get the place. The President said there, was not, and Koeeter then accepted it. Ho has not yet Ukcu charge, aim has not tiled a bond. He Stated that he would sj:end some lime study ing the duties of his oflico. lie was asked tf there is any truth in tho rumor thai MoLauriu is slated for a place la the cabinet. In reply ho stiu that while thero is some talk of that kind in Washington, he does not know ony ihiug about the matter. His own ap pointment is due, in part, he says, to the efforts of W. W. Price, who was in tho newspaper busiuess here onco, and is on a paper in Washington now. When Blalock was turned down Price suggested Rooster's name. It is believed m Columbia by many people that Souator MoLauriu will ^ct a place itv the cabinet of President ltoosevolt, and that be has simply taken care of his friend Koester before ho leaves the polilioal affairs of this State. Others think that this is but an indication that McLaurin will endeavor to captuto all tho Federal patronage in thia State. Koeetcr got tho best plum iu tho basket. The aaiary is ?3,500 and com missions will increase that amount to 84,500. In addiliou he has the po or ol appoinuug forty or more deputies and clerks, whoso saluries aggregate uot less than 840,000 a year. Ho ap points the United States gauger, whose duty it is to test every barrel of spirits shipped to tho State dispensary. The collector ol revenue in S"Ulh Carolina is a man much sought after. 11 is not known what changes, if any, will bo made in the clerical force. There is one negro clerk iu the Federal office here, and tho gauger at the llichlaud distilleiy la a negro. There are thioo division deputies, one of them, A C. Merrick, ?>f Green? villc, being a white man. The other two are Kdniund H. Deas, of Darling? ton, tho negro who is chaiim m of the Republican party in the state, aud J. II. Fordhatn, of Orangeburg, who pro sides over the Uepublican conventions. Those three division deputies got about 81,400 a year each. There arc three ollice deputies lo cated in Columbia. Mr. George II. Huggins is the chief. He has been act ing as successor to tho lato Mr. Web ster aud was a prominent candidate for tho place which Kocstor has secured. Huggtns has many friends in the Mate He wont over to the Republicans ubout four years ago. Capt. J. L. Little, a captain in tho United States army dur ing the war between the Slates, and one of the soldiers sent here in Recon struction days is next to Mr. Huggius. Tho other office-deputy is Mr. L. M. Fouch, a Democrat. Rev. J. 11. John son, colored, is the office clerk at a salary of ?000. Miss Youngblood is the stenographor and Mr. K. W. Sere ven, a Uepublican, is a supernumerary on the pay roll of tho office Tho thrco gaugors are A S. Truinbo, J. II. Dennis and W. ?. Boykitl. They ate paid 85 a day each. Dennis is lo cated at Newbcrry and is an inUiierant. Boy kin is a negro, yet has tho very re sp' nsiblo position of representing the government at the llichlaud distillery of this city, whero 000 bushels of corn are daily mane into spirits. Truinbo is located at the State dispensary and handles thousands of barrels of liquor. Thus it will bo seen that Rooster's of fice is indirectly connected with the dispensary. In addition to the positions above enumerated, Koeslor will have tho right to appoint two storekeepers to look after government property ot dis tilleries, and thero are about twenty tive storekeepers and gangers at as many distilleries' in tho Stato; The majority of the distilleries are located iu tho uppor part of, the State, but there is a big oho at Hamburg, near Augusta, and anothor at Cauidon, near Columbia. These facts are cited to BhovV that McLaurin, if designing to enter the President's official family, has provld* ed well for the man who has buen'lW most loyal to him. So if McLaurin purposes to fight it.out in the primaries nextyeat, these forty or more mnSor,' positions could bo used in the further ance of his causo. The office of revenue collector" ls| equivalent to that of tax collccior. Ii requires, or should require, tho si r-, vices of men of business ability and ot experience with tho law. For in stance, tho government is allowed to impose a tax upon certain kind.- of legacies. It is the duty of this office to keep truck of such things and t know just what kind of legacies are to be taxed. There are many nice point ? in the execution of the law which re quire the work oi experienced men. An exchange truthfully remarks thai ihe home-grown, hand-spanked, bare fo tril, hard-flaled coumry boy makes a much better fighter in the battle ot life than tho pampered, high-collared, creaaed-trouaered lads of our towns and cities, whose clothes have always been brushed with a whisk broom in stead of a shingle. OASTORXA, GOOD W> HEALTH I by the Quart. Z very bottlo you take of Johoaton'a B Sarsaparllla mcma better health, U and every bottle contains a full tfS^) quart, lb makes bettor blood?purer \ Mr blood. For thirty yeara this famous \ ?? r,?r.ic2y bus bo?u oioutlug and Tft*!*" ' \# Ulnlng good health. JL. Johnston's y?? 5arsaparilla y^jjjflH builds up tho system, tones the g nervos, and stronpthena the musolea more promptly an -.fcctuuiiv than any other remedy known. Tho pullor of tho eheek disappears, energy takes tha plaoe of languor, and the rich eolor of health flows to tha cheeks. Unequalled for all disorders of tha summon and liver, and for all weakening com plaints of men, women and children. Sol* ...r,wh<u?. F.1M, 81.00 p.r rail ?urttutti?. WCHIO.AN DRUU CO.. - BMroR, filch. Pur fcb ? t\ ,ns Lmryiu D ag Ojin pany, Laurens. S. C. FROM A BACHELOR'S VIFW. Thero are easier things than wear ing u wilting collar aud being in love at 'he sa.no lime. Many a mau has never married when lie meaul to because of his first sight of her in a bathing suit. Marriage vows wear out about as quick as anything Unit is made; but tboy arc patched up to look almost as good as now. If any woman was ever foolish en ough to really explain her reasons for things to a mau sho would loso her power over him. Somehow it is the way of clever wo men that it they didn't have anythiug t ut furs to wear in hot weather they Would make themselves look cool. Tho man Was uever born who could make himself understand on u boiling hot night why a woman wants to know for the fiftieth time if ho loves her. Everybody will always tell a stran ger il 13 very unusual we tther, and we never bad anything like it before, ex cept oneyear when it was either wann er or cooler. When a woman sits down to think what she would like to oat if she went t.? a fashionable restaurant she never gets paht thinking what she would like to wear while she was eating it. Half tho men iu the world wouldn't ho married if it hadn't beun lor some othei woman. There uro plenty of women who. aren't pigeon lood, but mighty few who aren't knock kneed. It sounds awl ol nice to talk about a man's wealth of love, hut that kind doisn't buy many mutton chops. Bet?re she marries a man, a woman may cai'0 a whole lot to have him look like a god} hut after she has got him, what fdie most cares about is not to have, him get up cross in the morning, When they are engaged a man can't think of anything so prosaic as what his future wife knows about things to eat; but alter they arc married ho will raise thunder if ho can't givo cards and spades to the best cook on earth. The pin is sera chior than tho sword. You can mend a broken heart, but never a broken promise. It is l't the girl who blushes at an off ct*>lor s'ory that you want to lookout for, but the girl who doesn't. Not one girl in a thousand Is ever halt as much iu doubt as to whether a man loves her as whether sho loves him. It's a mighty mean married man who sits tlowu and Hgures out how many billiard games, drinks, and cigars he could pay for with all the money ho spiut on 11 >worS| theaters, and suppers whon ho was engaged. Tho man does tho fishing, but it isn't tho woman who gots caught on his hook. Most womon can make love matches for 'ilbers a good deal bettor than they can for themselves. Tho second stage of love wouldn't he half so stupid to most people as it is if they hadn't fo > cd themselves so much about how uxcltiug the first stago wa?. When a man hns the fool idea about being lord of his own castle, he gets it mighty well knocked out of hia head whon the castle gets populated by two babies, a nurse, a bull pup, and a litter of kittens. Ask the devil what thing most inter fores with his plans and ho would tell you work. y Tho littlo boy who really likes school must bo tho same ouo who never had to learu to eat olives. ,. .A woman's idea of a successful day is to wash her hair and then write a forty-three-page letter while it is dry iMgk. Most any man who has boon through both experiences will toll y >u that if he !uh! to draw to a moiher-iu-law or a daughtor-in-law ho wouldn't dato choose. ' The man who gets mad becauso his wife always insists on staying home to tako care of the baby would got a good deal madder if she insisted on tagging arouud aftor him.?Now York Press. The young housekeeper often flads it difficult to prevent waste in the kitchen, diningroom and pantry. With careful thought tho trouble will'smooth itself out. Bread needs closo watch tug. Tho biscuit mav bo warmed over and freshened by sprinkling them with cold water aud putting them in a real hot ovou a fow minutes. Tho left-over pieces of light bread may bo toasted, fried, steamed, used for dressing or hread pudding. I aim to utihzo scraps of bread as fast as they appear; it is harder to make use of a large quantity I never hike fresh, light bread until the old bread is used. "When a progressive farmer, by tho use of improved Implements and good teams can grow 100 act es of corn or cotton, how can a farmer compete who does his work with a single mulo and an old-time plow cultivating twenty-five acres?" asks Farm and Ranch. 18 WASHINGTON TO JU,AM Ii ? His Only Excuse is the Flea of Vanlty-The South Is the Ne gro's Friend. Now Orleans TimeB-Democrut. Severely an tho President has bceu cnticiHOil in the matted of 'he Uuose veil-Washington dinner incident, the principal of the Tu:>kegee institute can inn and should uol escape condemna tion, Iii accepting the iuvilatiou u? tho President) Booker Washington could nut fail to understand that he was doing that which would stay tho hands of the Southern people who have watch'd Ilia career with interest and ! who have generously sustained him in his work of educating the negro along industrial lines. Prom tho moment that Washington begun to execute his purpose at Tusko* gee, Ala., it seemed to the white peo ple of tho Soiit Ii that ho had discerned the lino of true development for his race; and ac they observed how pru dently and how capably ho entered upon his life-work, they felt, and felt deeply, that he should be encouraged and supported in nil possible ways and by P possible means, llo v i ff. (-lively this nvicli u of the Southern p? ople has been translated into fact i? known by none so well ashy Booker Wash ington. Whereevor he has gone ?hroughout the South he 1ms been greeted with evidences of good will, of sympathy and of intelligent support, and his life lias Leen bold up as au ex ample that might well bo emulated by people of his race. It is only fair to state that the principal of Tuskegoo had until recently behaved himself becom ingly; had shown sound sense and a certain unfailing tact in his dealings with tho white race. Ho seemed to convince the while citizenship of the South that hisdcsiie was not to preach political negro domination or ranal i quality, but to inculcate lessons of in dustry, honesty ntid thrift among the members of Iiis race. In coutemplui log his aim and his work, tho Southern pcoplo were ineliued to behove, aud fit length did believe, that this man, Washington, had broken from the ranks of ignorant ami vicious negro leaders and had taken postiiou on the vantage ground of reason* and the white pen pie ot the South trealed him with all ihe couslderati >n his conduct deserved. Throughout his career, however, mem her? ot the white race made it uuinis uikably clear to li<?>ker T. Washing ton that though they sympathized wi b h ,v wouhi liberally suppoit h k, yet he should clearly understand that social iquaiit. of he races was not even foi no msiapt, or ? ven iu an individual instance, to bo cone- ded. There can he no doubt that Wa-h luwton uudorPtood this faoi asthoiough t\ as he r? cogi'lzeu the differeuce in cdor between the African and the Caucasian races*, and understanding it ts ho did, there can bo entered in <le feuso of his action no plea other than i ho plea of Vanity. The invitation came; tho lomptation swept Washing ton off his feet and out of his head; he y ielded iu obedience to a sense cf per? sotial conceit, and iu doing so be neu tralized tho wise efforts of a lifetime spent iu actual scrvie to his race and to his country. Tho South is the negro's friend. In spite of terrible temptation to treat him ill, the South has treated him well. White men and white men's money have opened tho way to a wise development of the uegro race. The effort to uplift I ho negro has been made soberly and pruyerfully by the Southern people. It is their desire, as it is their interest, to sco the negro i race in the South become what, within its limitations and by the providence ol" God, it is destined to bo. Ever* effort iu behalf ol the negro, directed along intclligentwiih, has met lines and will continue to meet with, the s\ mpathy and support of ah men "with straight hair." Hut every negro in tho South must understand here, now, righ. off?once aud forever?that tho Souihorn people will nover, even for an instant, agree to the prop iou that tho black race is socially tho equal of the white race. In momentarily forgetting, or at least in blinding him seit to that iinportant fact, Hooker Washington ha- chilled the sympathy of Southern men who had liberally supported him. Iu yielding to a pecu liar weakness of hi- raco, tho principal of Tuskegeo has measurably undone tho good work ho had accomplished. It is clear that tho penally of his folly will fall most heavily upon his own people. Crimson clover should bo seeded iu as soon as the lato summer rains be gin. It is not a spring aud summer plant, but is like rye, aud it comes out eatly iu tho spring as soon us ryo. It will niaku fair headway before winter, and fowls may bo turned out on it if tho ground is not covered with snow, but it cannot be grown so at- to bo cut in the fall. It starts out in tho spring, however, very early, and it ie well under way in growth before the earliest grass begins, which makes it a valuable plant for tho uso of poultrymen, not only it spring, but during tho winter. A memorial church has latoly been eroded and dedicated on the situ of Jeffeisou Davis' birthplaco in Fair view, Ky. A slab of Tunnesseo mar. bio set in tho wall bears this inscrip tion: ?? Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, was born on Juno 3, 1608, on tho site ??f this church. Ho muue a gift of the lot March 10, 1880, to Bethel ilaptist C hurch at) a thuuk offeiiug to Uod.'> The Wo Greatest Cure for Malaria. A For all forcniruf Malarial polaon Ing take Johntun'* Chill and Peve ? Tonk. A taint of Malarial poison ing in your hi owl meananilacry and tall uro. Blood niewllelneaoan'teure Malarial poisoning. The antidote for it in JOHNSON'S TONIC. Get a bottle to-day. _ Costa 50 Cents |f \l C?reo. IiXCHANG? OP TEX r BOOKS. Important Announcement Prom Superintendent of Education. Although Supt. McMabau ha - issued inuuy circulurs of information in re gard to the exchange of text book*, ho learns here aud there of people wh > d i not know thai they can use (heir old books as part payment iu buying new books. Moreover, he finds that snue of the merchants who are handling the books for ihe pttblUhers do not under stand the terms of the contract und reit et some of the old b lok.s that aie offered in exchange One of the mer chants has stated that the readers to bo accepted must of the Holmes series, and thut tho bo >ks must liu clcau und in good condition for use elsewhere. This error the publifchot hus tried to explain and promises to correct. In January last, when some of the publishers weio tryiug to take such a view of the contract, tho State superin tendent is-ued a circular giving his in. lerpretalion, and sent it not only to school officers, but to all the publish, cis, who at once acceded to it. Some of their instructions i *oued piior to that, however, are still looked upon ov some merchants as authority, und it may he that sou ot the publishers have not extici-cd good fai'h in cor recting the Instruction)?, that they had previously issued to their merchant agents. Hence, Supt. MoMahan wishes the newspapers to help him iufotm the people. Iu view of the nenr approach of the day after which old books will uot be taken up, the State superintendent has soul out 10,000 leaflets with the names and pi ices uf the books, aud the fol lowing succinct Statement of facts that teachers and patents should know : The time for exchange expires Nov. 15th. The regular price is given first, the exchange price second, 'i he. puces may be higher unless the bo ks b< bought of county superint< ndent* of education or ot merchants dePiguated by the^c ? Ulcers. Tue exchuuge price is the price at which the bo k may be bought if an old book in th< hmds ot the pupil is exch tuged for it, given to boot All tho publishers are un u-r c utract to accept in exchange *? all b oks <?f au\ series or ol any ? dlliou in th - hands of the pupils and designed to be displaced b\ the ext b oks here in adopted " Hence the book must be accepted (lj regardless of its c n dition, even wiih backs off, it it is in- ible and in the haods of a pupil. (2) rugatdlossof itsautl.i r or publisher, just ?o it .s ilesl^ned to tie dtnplaC- d by ih?? adopted book, (.3) hut it iuu t be f the. same gr.idu as he boOK bough', for i> it is ? f a lower g ude, thai or >yes that it has been ulr? ady completed a d di e irdi d. and l tin r< lore not being not ion lid ol io b<- (U-placed by iIn in w hoi ks. If the puhlisln r tries to dodge these eondiuotir, he will be subj et in a line of ?25 for each offence, aud fur* ther forteiis the adoption of in* book*, ? oder the regulations of the Stale board and the act ot the Legi la lure no teacher can bo paid w ho teaches any books instead of these on the same hu'oje. t. All violations of the law should be reported to the State superintendent of education. Nearly all of the publishers have agreed to sell desk copies of the text books to leathers at half price, if ihe teachers will communicate through the county superintendents. Teachers should at once supply themselves with the books which they are to teach. The publlsheia of readers, arithme tics, geographies, histories, grammars and spellers, have consented to ship these books on consignment to mer chants who are recommended to them by the county superintendents, and to nslow 5 per cent compensation to these merchants for selling the books al Ihe listed prices and taking up the old books for shipnii nl to the publishers. Thus, if the county superintendent has looked alter this, as he has been urged to do, the exchange of books can be effected al a store in every neighbor hood. Knocked Down by a Paktkidoe. While hunting ti few niglhs ago uear Salisbury, N. (J., Deputy Shetiff Kruh r had the novel experience ot being knocked down by a partridge and a narrt.w escape from serious injury lie and Chief of Police Miller were in tho woods and their dogs were trading a 'possum, when they flushed a c >vey of partridges. The birds scattered blindlv In the darkness and a* ihoy did so Mr. Milter, who was in advance, beard a fall and a groan behind him. Ho retraced his steps at once and found Mr. Krider lying on his back in a daz-id condition, with his handover his right eyu. lloth believed that Mr. Kiider must have been sliuck by a stone thrown by some miscreant, lor Hu; strange solution of thu matter uuiurHlly did not occur to them at first. All was plain, howevei, when Mr Miller, in looking for thu t-uppnsed stone, found a dead partridge ?Ving near where hi* companion h id fallen, with its neck broken. Tho bird's bill hul struck Mr. K'ider lust above the eye, narrowly nursing the ejcball, and the hm k of tho impact had been sut llcient to knock down a man much heavier than Mr. Krldor. Here is a bird killed out of season, but under such exceptional circum stances and so altogether involunuiriiy that there is no danger of Mi. Krlder heing indicted for violating tho g-iine law?. Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a faim of 110 acres, near Hudgeunvillc, Ky , is to be turned into an inebriate asylum. St. Luke's .Society, of Chica go, has bought tho place, and has an ootion on 850 acres adjacent. Dr. Slruble, one of thu dliuCiors ot im society, says it will bo u nu moiUI to Lincoln, and the greatest temperance project over undertaken in this CoUD CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Bought try. For Infants and Children. Bears the ? . mi ii iii ii.?in i ..imiw^ The U. S. Government Tests Show the Absolute Superiority of Royal Baking Powder. HE I? NOT A GOLD DEMOCRAT The Original Simon-Pure Gold Democrats Repudiate Koeater. When President Roosevelt made the appointment of George It. Koestor a* internal revenue collector, it wad sent out I roin Washington all ovci the coun try that KotSter was a gold Democrat. The Charleston Evening Post publishes the following : Editor Evening Post : The appoint ment of (lecrgti it. Kueslaras collector ot internal revenue tor South Carolina as a gold Democrat brings the McLau iin movement IU South Carolina to lue low comedy level. Will you permit the writer, as one who was rather con spicuous in the smuU cot rie if gold Democrats in South Carolina in 1811(5 to sa> that, to classify Mr. Koeater as a South Carolina gold Democrat, If it be intended to associate his name with thorn, is a gratuitous slander? If m\ memory is not at fault, Mr. Koe.-ter was connected with a newspaper in Co lutubia, which nut only opposed the 800 South Carolina supporters of Pal mer and Buckner, but descended in so doing lo the constant employment ol coarse vituporaiiou und billingsgate. 1 think this Mr. Koesier was at the time the editor of this Columbia newspaper, though I am not sure. Theg ?ld Dein oeratic movement of 18'JO had for its leader* such men as the lute Col. F, W MoMa-it r, of Columbia, Col. Jam*- . D 11 aiidtng, ol Siiuiter, the la c Cd , Du luovani, of Ed.eiield, the late C^h~ George W. Durgan,of Darliugtou, who was one ot the most brilliant men thai South Carolina Im? had in Congress since the war b< lW0?*n the States ; Mr. II n lee, of Marion, Mr W W. Ball, Col W. It. Davte, Mi. Frank Q O'Neill, of Chariest >ii, George Lik?, of Edge??-Id, Nat Gi-t, ot Newberrv, at d Col Frank Evans, . f S,iartauhuiy These men wcie, I think, either mem bei9 of the indtanap Iis convention or on the electoral ticket?or most ol them were. They include most of the. men wh- se names wen; prominent In the movement in an official way S far as 1 know, Dot one of ihoin askei or expect d any Icward from a Bepuh heaii admn 1st rat ion, and this oiicum .-lance Would have w- igln iu aecpJtttiUi: I hem of any sordid or unpatriotic mo live. In fact, 'lie Palmer and Buck net Democrats" of South Carolina", few a.- they were, are proud ol the. pi snion ihov took in the face ot intemperate opposition, and they cannot hut regard with resentment any statt in- nt or im plication made in the public print- ill this late day thai a porsou who iudulg cd in all manner of harsh reflections upon their motives was one ol them. The Palmer ami Buckuer Demooiuts probably do net cure particularly who tho President appoints to office, and this is not iutended as a criticism of the appointment of Mr. Koesier. But 8iuce 1800 nothing has taken place in the State which would dolino a mau as a gold Democrat; there was no opposi lion to Bryan in 1000, unless by Dem ocrats who voted lor M Kinley or re frained from voting. Mr. Koostor in 1807 suppoited MoLuurin, who wa? elected to tho Senate as a free silver al 10 to 1 Democrat, and thu* it seems fair and necessary to explain that tin Palmer and Buckuer Democrat ft arc in no wis lei pousitilo for Mr. Koester The Gold Democracy that dared to as sort itseif in 1800 passed out of exts teneo whon tho defeat of Mr Bryan saved tho money of the country from i depreciation, and it is now in Its grave May not those who composed it and are proud of it enter a protest against its desecration ? Of couise, I do not say thai Mr. Koester has not undergone a chanye ot heart und mind since 1800 ami 1807, and I do not can ?but the Pal iui r and Buckuer Democ ats of South Carolin i have never had part nor M with bun Sound Monky. - The Evening iv-a 8?\ a, ?di lor la'. I) : The 1< tit r signo i bv " Sound Money/' which wo publish Isewhere i> the nat ural protest of an earnest and UiiselQ-Ji g >ld D< m<*crat, who was pr ?mlnunt in the Palmer and Bttckn r movoiuent in S uih Carolina in 181)0, against thi recognition ofUeorge K K a-ster as bo. longing 10 thai political section. The point made in The Evening Post yes terday 'hat tho distinction of gold D.-m >crats can be in do only on the alignments of the 18110 campaign is etnnhuslzed by this c >rre*poudent, and as Koesior was at that limo a blatan silverite, certain)) it is an injustice to the men of Conviction and principle w ho held M 'in views at a trying p< rlod, to have him lucotiuized and CJCp.l< lied is a prominent gold Democrat." A far us thev are concerned the Presideoi mav give Kocrtler and his kind all th offices under his dispensation, bin wheh he gives one. on t' e score Of the recipient being a uold D mocrat, iho\ will, as lh< v should, protest .? earnestly. An English na-umhat Bays thai the spued of b?rd? is often exauge rated. The fwift, for example, has hei n credited with a sped ol 160 miles an hour, and the popular imagination compare* the flgln ol a Spar ow hawk with ihat ot a cannon hall Without iid from the wind, he sut?, ?he pigeon ! will fly about f >tty rallea an hour; but the homing pigeon me, bo relied nc, vnder fair c nditions, to make sixl\ mibs an hour. On a short course the -parrow hawk can outllv this, but it freqt ently falle to catch smaller birds hat form its prey. Miss Kate Livingstone, a ?ist* r of l>r Livingstone^ the cxt I -rcr, hm just celebrated hor IdO h birthday at her home on the Isle of Midi. The i-ntiro cleric il force of Penn bylvania Railroad Company was vac cinated in Philadelphia the othor day. IN A HUMOROUS, \ Ii IN. Circus Manage-?What's all that ?>w iu tho dressing-room? Attondunt?Oh, tho man who walks muH. otod <>n swords rnu a spliuter in Iiis toot.?Ohio State Journal. Clara?It scours oo straugo to bo in lovo. Maid?Whv, haven't you evor?x perlunced that feeling ? Clara?Oh, yes, but uot for sevoral veeks.?Detroit Free Press. Subbubs?See hero, you said that iiouho we bout/hi of vou was a stone's throw from the station. Agent?Well? subbubs?Well, 1 simply want to -now * ho thruW that stone.?Philadol diia rimes. " Ouc never knows a mau's real value until he is <h ad," commented the houghiful woman. ??True," .eolied the worldly woman. Previous to that we can only specu late on tho amount of his lifo insur ance."?Tit-Bit*. Tawker?I tell you what, it takes a baby to brighten up the house, eh? Walker?I should say. We've had o keep I be gas lit all ui^ht ever aiuce ours arrived, three mouths ago.?Phil adelphia Record. Her father'?Well, sir what cau I do for you. "?' II -r lover?I?er?called to -?fco if .on?er?would give assent to my marriage t<? your daughter. Her father?Mot a cent, sir; not a cent. Good day !?Philadelphia Press. It was hi* first Voyage, and he was leaning over the rail in an alUludo of reckless b ind uuuenl. " What are \ou d dug?" some one jsoringh a.sked htm. " I um rendei n . 10 ih'i sea, s r, he ihitigs that are the set's, sir I ho gasped, as soon as he could s eak. Peliijohti?Woiueu are paradoxical" c eatures ! Pillobury (weauly)?Yes. My wife has got oi.e >?! those hats that tney wear at an angle of forty-five degrees, and ?*be is forever askiug mo: "George, nave I got my hat on straigh.?"? 13r loklyi. E ig.e. /' A bu Iding in a Georgia hamlet dis plays this unique si^u : " Sehod of learning. Lessons given in poetry wrlii.ig and novultry. Also, will teach uiu-ic to you, and dramatics, ilidos and wool taken lor cash. AUo, as the .vinter season is coming on, oak wood and kindling." Tho youth who wa> smoking a coffin nail near the monkey's cage took anJlh er one from his pocket. " Would it do any harm," ho asked, ??if I should offer him one of these?" 44 Not a bit," responded the atten dant. 41 Ho wouldn't touch it. A monkey Isn't half as big a fool as it looks." ?Chicago Ti ibuue. Tom?Oh. she'll nov:r have me, I know. Cousin Nell?I'm sure she likes you. Why don't you ask bei? Tom?I was g. iug to last night, but she called me a lobster, and? Cousin Noll?You're a goose; that's what you are. Don't you know suo'a paSbloualely fond of lobslers? .She meant tc say you were nice enough to eat.?Philadelphia Press. ?? You' 1 have to ciciise my dolly," said the little four-year?oid, with great dignity. 44 8he'? indisposed." 44 What is tho matter with her, Kilt)?" a>ked the visitor, with a show I Irieudly interest and sympathy. ?4 She's lost all tno i-awdUSt out of icr moiiiach," replied Ki ty, 44 part of hei lett leg's gone, siie's got uerv /US pi > .strut ion, ;? <l oau'l wink bur eyoa." --Chicago Tribune Ho wan a very uungrylo 'king tramp and he loll tbai hin OolldlUUD Would Move llic In an ut even a miner. u Pray help :i.o, kind sir,*' mourn fully wailod iiio Irani,!, <?? lie approach" od the mi-or. ik 1 haven't hail a buo since yesterday!" " Nonsense!" snarled the wealthy one. 4? Don't try your liea on me. 1 can see through you!" "Il> uvcns!'' gasped the beggar. "I know I'm pretty ihin, hui 1 never thought it was ao b id at thai!" A \oung man with a tallowy com plexion, blotched face and Blunder logs called at a doctor's office to consult him. " Doelor," bo Said, " I've hoard I her 's such a I hi g as lobaoco heart, i wish you wo ild ted mo if you ttunk mat's what I've got." The physician listened to a state ment of his Symptom? iu dutail, noted l'ie Mtiluw Blttin on his fingers aud le plied: JM ?? N ?, young mau, iL isn't 'tobacco h ini' that ails viii. hi; worse tlmt that, ll Is cig u etie brain."?Youth's Companion. JJefo' do W in.?? ? Honest, now. UuOlo Kph'ra,"sdd one of young mon, ?* did \ou ovor, in all \our lifo, havens much money as tflO at one timo?" 141 was* wulT eighteen hunYd ilt.H >rs ' a co," replied U"c o Bp'hm, stdlly. ?? j -.s as 1 stood."?Ch c igo rnbunu. Farmers, bring or 0? nd tho fruits of your lubora to tho .State Fair at Colum bia, Oct. 28th to Nov. 1st, and you need not oxciuitn, as many aro heard to do every year, ?'l can beat that." There are 30/>00 text Ho workers In Pah Ulver operating H 000.000 spindlos O .A. ? ?x- <:> 3?. X jOl. . floarsthe /) The Kind You Haw Always Bought