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NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1889. PRICE $1.50 A YR ESTABLISHED 1865.--_-______--___ DOWN WITH THE JUTE TRUST. An Interesting Talk with Dr. W. C. Mc Cane, President of the National AHlli ance, on the Subject of Covering for Cotton-The Fight Must be Made Now. IFrom the Atlanta Constitution.) AUBURN, ALA., Aug. 6.-This has been a royal day in Auburn. The Far mers' Alliance of Alabama, through its acedited delegates, representing 1,555 Sub-Alliances, meet in regular con,ven tion here to-day. The meeting was rendered notable because of the pres ence of Dr. W. C. McCune, the presi dent of the national organization; Com missioner Kolb, of the State agricultu ral department, and many of the lead ing agriculturists of the State. DR. M'CUNE INTERVIEWED. The meeting of the Alliance, as a matter of course, was secret, but a spe cial interview.-corded your correspon _rneCurie,. the head of the rder in the United States, contains information of more than national im portance. The first point settled is that Alabama will let her cotton rot in the fields before she will pack it in jute. The second point is that upon the ruins of jute, cotton looms up as king, more prominent than ever; and the third point is that the Alliance has come to stay and has already proven the means of turning agriculture into profitable channels. Said Dr. McCune: "The most important question now before, the _ farmers ofthe South and the one which claimed the attention of the AlIance here to-day -was the request of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange to the New York Exchafge,'requesting them to use -their influence in favor of the coitinued use of jute as cotton bagging and to discourage the use of cotton for that purpoef Some of the newspapers misstathecircutar-entirelyy.sying that -Liverpool had refused :-oaccept cotton wrapped in eotton bagging, and their editorials to that effect are calcu lated to mislead the people. The fact is that the Liverpool communication is a carefully-worded document, ex pressing the jute argument in its most favorable light, and recommending that the use of cotton be discouraged, but, in no sense of the word, taking a stand against cotton as bagging. These articles were read before the Alabama Alliance to-day, fully discussed, and a resolution was adopted unanimously expressing the renewed determination - 4.the farmers to wrap-every bale in idetb :possible circum r "Turningfrom this point," continued Dr. - MeCune, "the question of supply of cotton bagging was also discussed, and it was proved to the satisfaction of all that tlesupply would be adequate. The card recently published by the Hon. W. J. Northen, president of the State agricultral society of Georgia, in regard to~the supply of cotton bag ging and recommending the Alliance -to be content with small orders, fre quently renewed, is both timely and important. Tt shows that the Alliance will not be able to buy 'notton -to wrap the whole crop before the crop is picked but it shows also that their wants will be supplied according as they gather the crop. This assurance I can vouch for as an absolute surety. Several new mills were reported to-day? as having commenced thle manufacturing of bag ging-and several more -are putting in machinery." THE EARMERS DET'ERMINED. "Are the farmers going to sustain you in this move?" With a look full of determination, Dr. McCune replied:. "I am now just returning from a trip through Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. I find the farmers everywhere settled upon a fixed purpose of using cotton bagging. In sections where merchants have taken in stocks of jute on oom mission and refuse to order cotton, the farmers have decided to enclose their cotton in rail pens, and to hold it there until cotton bagging can be procured - ~arsections the merchants will rBcompelled to secure cotton bagging in order to enable them to make collec -tIons from the cotton producers. In ~,many places the wealthy farmers will h funds tq enable those withou t credIt to get their bagging. -Bih situation in one spped bag THlE TARE QTJ'Tr. e "The tare question, sitl ime for Cune, "requirse oel nan litl tihe fori its solution. tuede a ao d thali ance is that the tare beactare, anditay the custom of basingetheaies arute be at th3e weight of t hebiset jof be abolished. The estl bela beneft tof the actual tare itself will pbe. d pe bentlote farmler of about e igh pod pay thale -on the average; t ios ju t gge variationl in the weigh oaf to sixteen of from seven and a halfhi ta ille p e onsrer by the chanlge. It could not berrecteedied if tihe use of jute wa cntinedre, because the buyer justly clamatiue eqa to the haviet jute, ac thea oo i, as a rule, wrapped in the lightest jute." "is cutom has grown up by allow in gnners to gin and wrap for a given prc pr bale, wbich makes it to the pinters of the ginner, regardless of eight to use the cheapest and lightest wppn.and thus it comes that the frinbuyer only considers himself safe when there are such great differ ence in the weight of the wrapping by taking a tare equal to the heaviest C weight. There is an actual loss from q this cause from the tare, when jute is c used, of about eight pounds per bale. u Now, to say nothing of the other ad- b vantage of cotton, if its introduction secures the custom of taking actual s tare it would save this loss of eight t pounds per bale which now attaches v to jute. This is a loss that must attend a any covering that is subject to great Variations in weight. I am in possessi,on q of a letter from the Bremen Cotton il Exchange, sent to the New Orleans r Cotton Exchange, in which they re cognize and commit themselves to a t just alowance for tare by advocating the doctrine that actual tare should be t taken when a lighter and uniform t covering is used. There is no use debat- v ing the question whether Liverpool r will at once yield to the demand for an v actual tare, as it is only a question of a time when she must do it, because it is right and just. Her only excuse for a taking a tare cf sixteen pounds is that lh jute frequently weighs that, but when t it becomes a known and ostablished f fact of commerce that practically all cotton is wrapped in cotton bagging, g which always weighs five and a quarter t pounds per bale, no country would b contend for an arbitrary tare of sixteen c pounds. f WHY ENGLAND IS INTERESTED. "What then does the action of the i Liverpool Exchange mean?" "The action of the Liverpool Ex change in trying to stop the intro duction of cotton as a wrapping is prob ably brought about by the English brokers and factors in compliance with the wishes of their clients, the English a spinners, who no doubt are alarmed at the prospect of the consumption of cot ton by the cotton mills of the South being at once augmented from about 1 300,000 to over 400,000 bales, as the spinning capacity for bagging will call t for that increase. This extra consump tion of cotton by the Southern mills being of the lowest grades of cotton, is practically all taken from grades that t they should object, and make their complaint in the British market, but it a by no means follows that the Liver pool Exchange will be willing to en gage in a conflict with the American planter, without being able to show v an= element of justice backing their t cause. While in New Orleans I was shown sarnples.of cotton baggingfrom Li*ei-poo tkea- n}baesofEgyp tian cotton. t Wsr hand-deiandt was 7ery.4a3Ir## iee o't form.- This shows that the English markets are already ac,,ustomed to handling cotton as cotton bagging, and r that the change demanded by Alliance is not so much of an innovation, There is no doubt that it is the determination of the American planter to establish cotton. AS A PERMANENT COVERING. * It is very much less infl&mmable ( than jute, making it safer from fire. It possesses greater utility after having been used. This has been demonstrated by the fact that the cotton mills thai bought cotton wrapped in cotton last s year have sold the second-hand bag- ' ging at eight cents per pound., I saw it thus sold at New Orleans. No one ever heard," said the doctor smilling, "of second-hand jute bagging bringing anything. The 'cotton bagging can be manufactured much cheaper. A simple loom turns out three hundred yards per day easily and it is perfectly safe to say that it can be manufactured for a less than one cent a yard. Alliance 0 men g WILL NOT BELIEVE NEWSPAPER RE-b PORTS ofta short supply and other rumors cal culated to discourage them in their de termination to stick to cotton. There ~ is absolutely no use of piling up bag- b ging before it is needed, and there will k be no trouble in securing cotton bag- t ging with which. to wrap the crop as fast as it is gathered." h This closed the authorized .statement made exclusively to the Constitutiona by the President of tihe National Alli- . ance, and it will bring cheer and hope it to the fireside of every farmer in the South to learn that cool heads and -~ steady hands have already moved them - into the haven of success. But four g weeks more and the cotton fields of the il South will be white. At that supreme moment the trial of strength will be a, made. The tramp of determined men is already heard, and when the face of a ture is cotton-white in September ers will stand up as the victors th righteous and patriotic. ~ n which shall lead them ..-...7. e the resolution passed t - a) l,v tu- bamna Alliance, thus: J?Orl, Tha. fe members_of the L. FarnwI~rs' Alliance Alabama reiterate their determfinationl to use cotton bag ping for wrapping cotton, and willb Under no circumistnnes use jute, and ti this resolution be transmitted to thep bonvenltion of the agricultural comn nmissioners. of the Southern States, to meet in thie city of New York on the a 9th instant, and by that body be p re senited to thc New York Cotton Ex change. THE LlvERPOOL COTTON EXCHANGE AND THlESUBSTITUTE FOR JUTE. [F'rom the Montgomery Advertiser, [August 6.] Does it mean war ? The farmers have resolved in their h local organizations, that they will not b4 use jute brgging, if. they can get any- o~ thing else. Now comes the Liverpool Cotton As- nx sociation, which controls all of the cot- 'T ton exported, and says through reso- ai lutions that it will not receive cotton zi covered in other than jute bagging, e* and gives its reasons therefor. it LIVERPOOL, June, 15, 1889. cm To the Prosident of the New York ai otton Exchange-Dear Sir: I am re uested tQ communicate with your Ex Lange on the subject of the suggestec se of cotton bagging as a covering fo ales of cotton. The matter has had the careful con deration -of the board of directors o 2is association, who find its adoptioi rill be beset with several difficulties mong which are : 1. That some underwriters, in conse uence of the tests made last year, thin] s use instead of jute bagging undesi ble. 2. That it not afford sufficient pro action against damage. 3. That if of the weight suggested it ie information laid before the board zree-quarters at.a pound to the yard,i rill not be strong enough to resist thi )ugh handling en route, and that thi rill increase the cost of mending of rrival. 4. That great inconvenience wil rise from the continued use of tw< inds of bagging, even though som, mporary arangement be arrived a )r the ensuing season. 5. That the absence of similar bag ing here for the mending purposes an be doubtfulness as to whether-it coul< e obtained for some time to come, wi] omplicate the question of allowance >r tare. 6. That the increased cost of supply gsuch bagging, even if practicable rill cause a distinct loss to the impor r on every pound of bagging adde< )r the mendings, the cost of cottoi agging per pound being considerabl, i excess of the same weight of cotton In view of the objections mentione( bove, the association would be glad o iformation from your side on the fo )wing points: 1. What proportion of the crop i kely to come forward in this covering 2. Whether more bands than are a resent used will not be required fo he proper protection of bales covere< rith this description of bagging? 3. What weight per yard is it likel: be? They would also be glad to receive, a s early a day as possible, samples o he bagging proposed to bs used dunrin ie coming season. While asking for this informtatioi rith a view of legislating on the quee on, should it tuforiunately becomi ecessary to do so, the board respect illy urges upon your Exchange to di 11 in its power to encourage a return t< ie use of jute bagging, and so abviat 3e necessity of meeting the almos rable difficulties whith the adop ew bagging would raise wih an earl: ply, I am, dear rn rat o, John Rotburgh, President. NEW YoRK, Augist 2, 1889. To the President of the Montgomer; otton Exchange-Dear Sir : The abov >mmunication from theLiverpool Coi n Association was duly referred t ur board of managers who directed mn send a copy to you with the reques iat you give us your views on th sbject as early as possible, that w, iay make a report. Very respectfully yours, E. K. Powers, Superintendent N. Y. Cotton Ex bange. rank Leslie's Popular Monthly for Augus The completion and dedication of th< rational Monument to the Forefathers t Plymouth, Mass., the corner-ston< t which was laid thirty years ago ives timeliness to the well-written anm Bautifully illustrated article on Th< 'ilgrim Fathers, which leads off this umber of Frank Leslie's Popula: [onthly. Arthur V. Abbott interest igly describes tbe new cantilevea ridge over the Hudson River at Pough eepsie, N. Y. "The Military Boaad o ie Caucassus, by P. J. Popoff, gives icturesque account of this marveloul ighway of Russia's Asian conquests. nsign Wilkinson, of the Navy, give valuable and authoritative account o: he Unit ed States Hydrographic Office s Evolution,*its Aims and its Achieve. ents. Other illustrated articles are n Old French City (Bourges);- In thi cadian Land; Turenne, Louis XV. ~eat general, etc. The short stories Lustrated poems, miscellaneous essays c., are up to the first-class standard 2d the new literary department begur this number promises to be a valu yle feature. SENSATION IN ATLANTA. mstmnaster Lewis and Colonel Buck Burne( in Effgy. ATLANTA, GA .; Aug. 8.-Postm astel ew is and Colonel Buck were burned effigy to-night in the presence of g crowd as all expression of indigna m) at the appointment of a negro to ace in the postoffice, where he wouli brought in business intercourse witi white female clerk. Two of Lewis' bondsmen have asked be released from his bond on th4 -ound of his action in appointing th4 egro. A Tunnel of Three States. LLUISVILLE, Ky., Auguist 8.-The Bading of the great tunnel at Cum rland Gap, which unites the State Kentucky and Tennessee with Vir nia, was knocked in at 6 o'clock this orning with appropiate ceremonies be tunnel is the largest in the Stata Id its completion was the accomplish Lent of the greatest engineering feal rer accomplished in Kentucky. Trains passing through the tunnel will -oss sections of Kentucky, Tennessei ul Virginia. . CLELAND DIDN'T WANT IT. He Ian for President to Serve His Conn try. r [From the New York Star.J ALBA-Y, August 2.--A most in f teresting piece of history was divulged to me to-night by a member of the State committee in regard to Cleve land and his renomination It has never been printed, and probably it has never got around at all, except in the immediate circle of Mr. Cleveland's political friends. Early in the year - 1888 it became known that a deter mined effort would be made in New York State to prevent the renomina tion of Mr. Cleveland, and a number t of his friends throughout the State held a small convention of their own on the 3 subject to discover what was best to be done. It was unanimously agreed that Mr. Cleveland should be told the I circumstances, and warned that he should take steps to prevent it by doing something more for his friends. t The member who tells me this was des ignated to go to Washington, as a close friend of Mr. Cleveland, and state the case. He did so. He arrived at the White House while there was a 1 very elaborate diplomatic didner in 3 progress and was requested to wait, the card saying, "The President would - see him as soon as the dinner was ended." Promptly after the diplomats - had filed out President Cleveland ap i peared, shook hands heartily with h:p friend, and listened, without a question r or a demurrer, to the indictment. In - reply he said, after a little scraping of l his chin in consideration : f ' "Let me tell you something. I do - not want the Presidency again, I have had it now for three years, and B it is an absolute burden I do not ? know why anybody wants such a place, t except, as becomes every man, that he r is pleased to be honored by his fellows. i In ny'case, however, elected as a Dem ocrat to succeed successive generations 7 of Republicans, I am expected by my friends to do too much. I had a hope t that a thoroughly impartial and hon f est administration would relieve the country of the carefully cultivated sen timent that the Democrats were unfit to govern. I have appointed various - Southern men with the hope that that a would .believe that it ;is once more - restored fully to the Union. I have appointed the best material at my hand in the North with a view especially to e show that the Democratic Administra t tion was neither a despoiler - n6r a raveger of the rights of the . people. Yet I have been assailed by 7 close friends as being ungrateful, as not recognizing their claims, as not exalt i the Democratic standard to the ex clusion o everything else. I am tired of the whole business, and I will know no greater joy than when I retire from 7 it." e According to the story of my friend, - it was impossible for him to get any :>satemient from the 'President as to e what should be done to hold his friends t in New York city, and as they parted a long after midnight the President, in e bidding him good-bye, said simply : "Understand, 'I do not care for re nomination. It can only be by a strong unanimous declaration in miy favor - that I would consent to run agamn, and that would be only because the De mocracy needed me." t The gentleman who tells me -this came home, and the whole infi.uence ,of his side of the party was set at work Sto achieve what proved to be the unap ,imous nomination at St. Louis. The Eclectic for August. .The A ugust number .of the Eclectic .will be found of marked interest and -variety. The opening paper by Fred .erick Harrison is an interesting analy rsis of what was accomplished for good and evil by the revolution of 1789, a subject of endless fascination even after a century of discussion. An able ,writer shows up "The Vitality of Pro tectionist Fallacies," and the causes for it. Dr. Robson Roose has some thing 'to say on the art of prolonging life, which will engage the attention of every reader. "The Wit and Wisdom of Schopenhauer" is the title of ared able paper. One of the brightest papers in the number is Lady Randolph Churchill's talk about Russia, which is characterized by trite American vivac ity. Mrs. Priestley's article on "The Mysteries of Malaria" will be sure to excite interest, which may also be said of Mr.- Dicev's "Ethics of Political Lying." Sir Morell Mackenzie gives the weight of his great experience and knowledge to a discussion of the voice as used in "Speech and Song." The dialogue by Frederick Greenwood, "A IConversation in a Balcony," is a de lightful study in romantic physchol ogy, and the story from Black wood's, "The Umbrella Mender," has the usual unique charm which marks the stories t in this magazine. There are a num ber of short articles and poems, thoroughly readable, and the public who love good literature will find in this issue an admirable collection of things which fully justifies the reputa tion of the periodical. Beauty Without Paint. "What makes my skin so dark and muddy? My cheeks were once so smooth and ruddy! I use the best cosmetics made," Is what a lovely maiden said. "That's not the cure, my charmiing ThMiss,"~ Tedoctor said-"remember this: If you yourskib would keep from taint, Discard the powder and the paint. -"The proper thing for all such 1lls Is this," remarked the man of pills: "Enrich the blood and make it pure In tliis you'll find the only cure." Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discove ry will do this without fail. It has no A COTTON OIL COUNCIL. The Mill Men Meet in Charlotte and ] solve to Build a Refinery in south Care lina to Cost 850,000. LSpecial to News and Courier] CHARLOTTE, August 9.-There w a big gathering of capitalists at Bufa Hotel here to-night, the occasion 1 ing the convention of representati' of new oil mills. The convention w called to order by the election of H. Newton, of Bennettsville, South Cai lina, to the chair. The following es italists of South Carolina were presel H. H. Newton, Bennettsville; R. Hil, Abbeville; G. A. Norwoc Marion; J, C. Watson, Ri|ge Sprinl Ulysses G. Desportes, Winnsboro; A. Biock, Anderson; Joel T. Rii Belton; C. M. Covington, Floren W. L. Durst, Greenwood. Of tl State the following were present: Fr Oliver, Charlotte; D. A. Tompkii Charlotte; A. F. Bizzle, Laurinburg. The convention decided to build refinery at some point in South Cai lina, to cost fifty thousand dollars, ai a committee was appointed, consisti: of C, S, McCullough, W. L. Durst ai D. A. Tompkins, to vsit Charlestc Columbia, Florence and Greenwo to get options on a proper site. An application was prepared ai sent to the secretary pf state of Sou Carolina for a charter, A meeting will be called at Colui bia by R. E. Hill, temporary secrets as soon as a charter can be obtaine and permanent organiZatiop will effected. Messrs C. J. Huguenin and L. Walker, of Charleston, were prese and invited the convention to locs the refinery in Charleston and promis active co-operation if that city we selected. The refinery will-very like go to either Charleston or Columbia. A NOTABLE EVENT. Robert Anderson Post of the Grand Aas of the Republic Mustered in Under th, Battered Walls of $lstoric Fort Sumter. [Special to ;the Register.] CHARLESTON, August 9.-That w a memorable gathering held with the battered walls of Fort Sumter 1 day when the Robert Anderson P< of the Grand Army of the Repub was mustered in. This is the f: post of the Grand Army, of any spectability, that has- been organie in Charleston, the cradle of secessic The membership is not large, but makes up in respectability what lacks in numbers. As has -been si in this correspondence, it is conipoi of citizens of Charleston and' Sou Carolina who have settled here inten n .nesid,-as the lawyers say, and ha entered into business-not the busini of politics. There are Republica and Democrats in the society, but as is not a political organization, tI makes no diff'erence. Naturally tho are some officeholders in the post, t none of that class which overran prostrate State from 1868 to 18 Among them are Major Mansfield the postoffice, Capt. Brown of the bu tender Wisteria, Sergeant Smith of t Signal Office, Capt. Ladd, Unit States Commissioner, none of who can be called off'ensive partisa Amobg the red hot Democrats in t ranks is John Hofiing, .one of t staunchest straight-out Democrats the city, a wheel horse in the Four: Ward Democratic Club, and sevel others. Josh Billings' PhiIosophy. If I waz called upon tew tell w] waz the bravest man that ever lived, would say it wvaz him who never toko lie. The meanest thing that eny mn ever followed for a bizzness is makii money. Everyboddy luvs tew feel,.that th< are ov sum importance in this worn even a pauper looks forward tew tl day ov his phuneral as the tinie th he haz got tew be notissed. If yu hay a spirited and noble be appeal to his generosity ; if yu hai heavy aud sullen one, appeel tew I Sgrat nmenny ov our people abroad tew improve their minds wl hadn't got enny minds when they w at honme. Knowjedge, like charit should begin at home, and th spread. Noboddy. but. a phool will spend I time' trieing tew convince a phool. Time iz like money ; the less webh ov it tew spare the further we make go. The tun~g iz really a verry fasst me] ber ov the boddy politiek ; he duz; the talking and two-thirds ov tl thinking. Men who invade the province< wimmin are alwus jeered at ; and wl kan wimimin, when they invade tl province ov men, expekt tew eska the same kind ov treatment. He who spends hiz younger days disapashum iz mortgaging himself te disease and poverty, to inexorable cre itors, who are certain tew foreclose last, and take possession ov the prei ises. Thare iz menny a person who ka set a mouse trap tew perfeckshun ; b not satisfied with sich small ganr they undertake tew trap for bears, a' git ketched bi the bears.- Moral : Stu< yore genius, and stick tew mice. Young man, don't marry abuve below yore rank ; not that I thi: thare iz evry virtew in rank, but the is custom i it, and custom often oi ranks law and gospel. - A Bad Boy and Erskine College. te- [Associate Reformed Presbyterian.] ~ A brother in a distant State write a private note, a part of which he wi: pardon for us putting in print: "I knev ,as much more of Erskine in its early his rd tory than of its later days. My fathe yo. took me there the latter part of 1837 t ,es begin school, when the famous John S as Pressly was ruler of the Presbytern . Academy located on the ground wher .G. your mother's house now stands. E.1 p. cept a small yard before the door of th it: Academy the whole place was a chin E. quapin thicket where the village nov d, stands, without a house in sight excep the old church and the session house j. John S. Pressly had the honor of clear ; ing up the thicket by ~ cutting down al e. the straight ratoons from the roots o its the bushes to u 3e upon such boys as J ed E. Pressly, A. E. Ellis, Jim Crosson s Frank Pattor and others Icould name He literally killed out the chinquapin g, and made the jungle penetrable. Th r. preachers had been discussing for year ad a manual labor school after the Cokes ng bury establishment. The Second Pres ad bytery had secured the services ofJohi in, S. Pressly and Rev. E. E. Pressly-th o4 latter to.instrgct the girls in oqe end a the Academy. This was as far back a ad 1836. The boys' school flourished, bu th as the girls were thought to be in the way the neighbors erected a house o1 n. the lot next the graveyard in front o ry the house now occupied by Dr. Miller d, Near the close of the year 1838, a.diffi be culty occurred in the boys' school. I was after this fashion: A. G. (askin j, threw a hard, tawny old fashioned bis nt cuit at the head of W. R. Hunt whil te Mr. Pressly was asking the blessing a ed the dinner table in the house now re known as the Robt. Denman house ly You know the boys would snort out it a loud laugh.at sucba pranks, and whet the teacher opened his eyes and founc the general crowd laughing, he at one concluded that they were laughing a him and he never would believe any thing else. He dismissed Gaskins a once, -though he protested that he neve thought of making sport of the blessing Gaskins laid the matter before the trus tees, Abram Haddon, James Lindsay as John L. Ellis, James-Fair and Johnso in Sims. The trustees required Mr. Pressl; Lo- to take back Gaskins on I' inakin >st suitable acknowledgment, He refuse he to do so. The next morning Dr. Ebem rst zer - Pressly appeared as teacher, an red with the help of the theologues fluishe the session. Synod meeting very soo after the labor school and the Presby 1 terian Academy were merged into t college. It has been said that Jenn Geddles started the Reformation i eh Scotland by throwing a stool at th priest's head while he was mumblin tzo mass in her lug. So Erskine Colleg ve was started by A. G. Gaskins throwin a hard biscuit and hitting W. R. Hun ns on the :ead, while John S. Pressly wa iat asking the blessing." reMr. Cleveland.as a Fisherman. ~ut - he LCape Cod Letter to the Boston Tranw ro. script.) of Ex-President Cleveland, with hi oy summner home at Marion, some sevel he miles across the bay, has lately foun< ed both profit andl pleasure in diver m ~piscatorial visits to up,per Cape Cod sgand the honor is duly appreciated b; be all crasses of our people. The charmin, he -hospitality of Joseph Jefferson's hom in at Buzzard's Bay, which serves as bh base of operations, is not the least c ~lthe allurements which have latel brought the Ex-President into rathe .intimate relations with the popular bu charming scenery which here abounds It is safe to say that in the last fort night Mr. Cleveland has thrown hi files more times into more brooks thai 'a~ny other man since Daniel Webstei ~awho, with men like Sidney Bartlet and the Austins, under the guidance a old "Johnny Trout," frequented thes same streams fifty years ago. The strean owners have vied with one another il throwing open their peserves tol Mi Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland throws: Sfairly good fly, and, what is more, h, atkeeps throwing his fly until he capture his fish.' His admirers may be sure c the fact-that Mr. Cleveland can stant ~'throwirig flies in a broiling sun a many-hours as any rnian in the coun try, and, counting weight, few men a his inches can match his freshnes owhen he is done. It is but just to sa: ur that he has made many new friend ,among our people. Here he shows ul as the simplest mannered of men quiet and frank, hearty and entirel: without airs or pretence. Only thos who look for a man - to say what he vdoes hot think will be misled by th it simple and spontaneous words of thi man, who seems always to b. .sayinj exactly what he does think. The wrlte all of these lines, a stranger to him, bu be watching him a couple of days on hi own trout brook, is of the mind tha -here is a strong man of simple manner and downright opinions, inflexible ii ohis distinctions between right an4 be wrong, who, with a strong physiqu P* holding a clear mind, will in his day ,to come fight out his battle with hi in political antagonists with a power an< w persistency at which no wise man wil -venture to laugh. at r'- How Intel1Hgent W'ornen Decide. When the question has to be met a m to what is the best course to adopt t ut ..secure a sure, safe and agreeable ren: ie, edy for those organic diseases an' 'weaknesses which afflict the femal dsex, there is but one wise decisio'n, viz ly a course of self-treatment with Di Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is a or unfailing specific for periodical painm ik misplacemient, internal inflammatiorn and all functional disorders that rende re the lives of so many women nmiserabl it- and joyless. They who try it, praise it PINE STRAW BAGGING. Practical Preparation to Make it on a Great Scale at Wilmhigton. WILMINGTON, N. C., Aug. 8.-It is understood that large capitalists are here and represented to incorporate the American Pine Fibre Company with ample capital to produce pine fibre bag ging for covering cotton on a verg large scale. Great improvements have been made of late in this new industry, and the promoters are now shipping pine bagging daily into various' sections of the cotton belt for the purpose of in t troduciug the new product, which it is claimed will solve the bagging ques. tion for the cotton planters of the South and relieve them. of the exac tions of the jute conibine. Mahone as a Disciplinarian Mahone's old'soldiers say fii te was the strictest of disoiplinarians,~and, as might be expected, most careful and - provident of the comfort of his men. After the battle of the "Crater" his force was.so weakened that a regiment was sent to reinforce it, says the Boston Traveller. It was a regiment mainly composed of conscripts who were raw. The first-night after it joined some of the men detailed for picket duty on a part of the line where the utmost quiet and vigilance were necessary, for the r Union forces were on the alert and pressing closer and closer. It was after midnight when Mahon set out to visit his outposts. What was his astonishment and wrath, as he crossed the little ravine which led from .the Union line to the "Crater," to hear a voice singing, or shouting, a Southern song, and to see outlined against the sky the figure of a starlwart sentinel of his own command, who was marching up and down with the but of his gun in the air. Mahone rushed up the slope with bared sword, and as he got near the soldier, exclaimed in a sup pressed voice, half choked with anger:2 What in - are you doing? Who r are you? Where do you belong?" The sentinel stopped, brought his gun to his shoulder and said: "Who be you and what be you do 1 ing here? I belong to the Fo'th Ca'liny reg'ment. standin' this gyard." "I'll show you who I am," replied the infuriated general. "Well, who be you?" retorted the imperturbable conscript. "I am General Mahone, in command of this division. Call the officer of the-guard. a At the mention of that name the sentinel lowered his gun and his voice at the same time, extended his hand e and whispered. "General Mahone, I'm proud to e meet yer. Pm Fo'th No'th Ca'liny. - You'll find co'p'l gyard down yan, but don't make such a clatter or yo'll rouse the yanks." The general meekly sought the officer of t.he "gyard." The sweeping Victory in Kentuicky. LotYISvILLE, KY., August 7.--Re turns from the State election up to this morning show that the Democrats shave an increased plurality of 18,000) over the election of two years age, and that Monday's majority will reach 35, 000. The last Legislature stood 102 Democrats and 36 opposition. That. Selected on Monday will consist of 114 fDemocrats and 24 Bepublicans. A Model1 for Sane F'armers. [Special to the Greenville News.] - CoLU'MBIA, Aug., 8.-The Board of Sregents of the State Lunatic Asylum met to-day. The farm account, shows a net profit of $2,60Ifor the last nine months. The farm conitainis two hun dred acres, on which enough vegeta bles are raised for the institution. The matter of putting in a silo'is now 'un der consideration. Death of Dupont, the Powder Maker. WILMINGToN, DEL., August 8. Gen. Henry Dupont, since 1850 the head of the extensive gunpowde'r man ufacturing firm of E. J. Duponf, De SNemours & Co. died early this morning. -He was prostrated by an attack of heart failure about two months ago, from which he rallied temporarily, but grew worse again in a few days ago. He was the last of the second genera tion from the founder. He Gave a Good Reason. Sometime ago a man sold the Jute Bag Trust, of San Francisco, 187,500 grain bags at seven and a half cents Seach. He failed to dehiveraccording to Scontract. The trust brought suit, and .his defiace ,asa motion for a nonsuit on the ground that the- purchase .was part of a scheme to control the market, and therefore was against public policy. The court sustained the defence as valid. A Timely Warning. [From the San Francisco Alta. Dr. Hammond cries out in the thirsty wilderness of a hot summer: "Don't drink ice water. It is deadly. It will chill your solar plexus." That is right. SEvery man should keep his solar plexus warm. Stanley M~arching to the Sea. Loxjox, Aug. 8.-Advices from Af Srica state that Henry M. Stanley and Emin -Bey, with nine thousand follow ers are approaching the coast, but the date of their arrival is uncertain. The men are bringing with them an enormous quantity of valuable ivory. Wearyin' for You. Just a-wearyin' for you, All the time a feelin' blue; Wishin' for you, wonderin' when You'll be comin' home agen; Restless, don't know what to do, Jest a-wearyin'.for you. Keep a-mopin' day by day; Dull, in everybody's way. Folks they smile and pass along, Wonderin' what on earth is wrung; 'Twouldn't help 'em if they knew Jest a-wearyin' for you. Room's so lonesome, with youf charn Empty by the fireplace there; Jest can,t stand the sight of it; Go outdoors and roam a bit. But the woods is lonesome, too, Jest a wearyin' for you. Comes the wind with sdft cares, Like the rustling of your-dress; Blossoms-fallin' to the ground Softly like your footsteps sound; Violets like your eyes so blue, Jest a-wearyin' for you. Mornin' comes; the birds awake (Used to sing so for your sake);.. But there's sadness in the. notes Thatcome thrillin' from theirthroataf Seem tb feel your absence too, Jest a-wearyin' for you. Evenin' falls; I miss you more When the dark gloom's in the door Seems jest like you orter be There to open it for me! Latch goes tinklin', thrills ine through; Sets me wearyin' for you. Jest a-wearyin' for you! . All the time a feelin' blue, Wishin' for you, wonderin' wheis~ You'l be comin' home agen. Restless, don't know what to do.' - Jest a-wearyin' for you. F. L. Stantoin The Luck of An Arkansa Drg [New York Times.] Opposite Memphis and about tw miles inland I stopped at* a genei - store to rest and get a bit to eat. Bt sides keeping hardware, wooden dry goods, groceries, saddlery salt meats, there was a stock ofd - in the rear. I got some crackers cheese, and while eating there cam a c lored man. He 'complainei pains in the chest, and wanted a dy. The merchant scratched his , reflectively, looked, along the sheivi and finally took down a bottle, a two-ounce phial full and corkedft and handed it over with the reii , "Take five drops of that in 4stw, every four hours. Fifty cents." The negro"paid- and went awa in a few minutes a woman came or: something-forAspepsia. He, .the.oontents In a 'hisnd an her .60 cents. Theri I inquired if he~ was a doctor. "Well sorter," he replied. "And you know drugs?" "Yes, tolerably fair." "You put up queer r'emedies-for two complaints." "Did I? Do you knowdrugs? 7 "I have served five years aspeci< tion clerk." "Just the unan I've been achingo see for a month! I took this stockn debt. Th y fellow agreed to write&~ each bottle whiat. the contents e good for but he missed overhaIf of'en I've been dealing out sorter on myow judgment, and I've had mightygo7 luck so far." "Haven't you killed anyone?" ,~ . "'Bout a dozen, I reckon;-but li but one have been niggers, and theon . white an was no 'count any o 4 Now you just put in the afterioo marking up them bottles, and PIl kee N ye over night and hand ye two bi~ del lars in the morning." FORTUNES FOE TWO POOR GERWAS. A Machinist Geti $22,000 and a Waiteat Cranston's Fanls Heir to $800,00 NEwBURG, N. Y., August 6.- A young German employed as a -bare at Cranston's Hotel has fallen heir fa $600,000. He was notified to that e~ feet by the German Consul recenty.~' HE'LL DIVIDE HIS LUCK. BIRMINGHAM, Conn., August, 6. Charles H. Kessel, a machinist in te) Birmingham iron foundry, this ing received a check for $22,000 fro. m Germany, that being his portion of. his grand-father's estate. Kessel is a German, who has been the counitry only a few years. Upon-C, leaving Germany his grand-father In formed him that if he married while in America he would be cut offiwithout penny, but if he returned to his natives~ land single he would inherit the estate. Kessel promised, but soon after his ar rival he was married. He supposed ~ that his grand-father had carried out~.. the threat until the receipt of the -check... Eessel worked for $2 a day whle here. He intends dividing $15,000~ of the $22,000 between his moLhe 'nwried sister, who are in poor el m stances. -. s1oo Reward. *tooa . -- The readers of the Herald and 2 News will be pleased to learn.that thereis at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure'in a1lIts-'e stages, and 'that is Catarrh.; Hal'a Catarrh, Cure is the only positive cureM now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional. diseae requires a constitutional treatment, Wall's Catarrah Cure is taken iteiar acting directly upon the blood an& mucus surfaces of the system,terb destroying.the foundation ofthedie, and giving the patient strength, b building up the constitutiori sdd~s ing nature in doing its -work. The proprietors have so much faith InIts curative powers, that, they offer One.., Hundred Dollars for any case that-It. fails to cure. Send for listof testimo nials. Address. F. .J. CHENEY &5,'I$ido O ~Sold by Drugis: