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-.... ESTALISED 865.NEWERR, S C.,THUSDA, APIL 0, 890 ESTALISED so~.NEWERR. S C..THUSDA, ARIL 0. 890 __ PRICE $1.50 A YEAR WHAT TItE EDITOi S. Some Opinions on Capt. Sheli' Conventicn and the Nominuations or Suggertions. [Abbeville Press and Ba:incr.] We do not think Mr. Tilliman is thE proper man to be Governor of the whole people, and we are sorry that the farmers did not choose another a their standard bearer. The Governor of a State should re present the whole people, and he should not be at war with any class ofcitizens. He should be a man who is friendly tc all, and who in turn has the good will of all. When it is known that the State it full of goo(l men who would not be objectionable to any class of our fell;w citizens, it seems that a proper respect for their neigh bors should have promp ted the farmers to nomiiato a ian who would not only be faitlifui to them, but who would not be olhjee: ioiiable tc any considerable portion of the pec" pie. If the farmers have nominated v man who is obljectionable to a largc number of the people, they have coni initted an error, which is fully as grie vous as any of which the farmers nowi complain. We believe the farmers iade a mistake in nominating him ,% ho i distinguished chiefly because of the enemies he has made, but this news paper proposes to treat him and every man fairly. [Clinton Gazette.] Although we cannot fully approve of every feature of the platform adop ted by the delegation in convention assembled, and do not fully coneide with the views of some of the more ex treme expounders of the new doctrinal principles, we after due consideration of thesigns and tendencies of the times, sincerely hope that the State Demo cratic Executive Comniittee to meet in convention at Columbia next August to nominate State oficers, will approve of the suggestions for Governor and Lieutenant Governor made by the Farmers' Convention on tie 2th o1 March. Captain Tilliman though in our oi,in ion, is too much of an extremist, or at least has been so; may, since his nomi nation by the Farmers' Convention "cool off" and become "less bitter" at he himself intimated in his address (, thanks to the convention sfter his nan:e had been suggested and the "I's had carried." If after the battle has been fought and the victory won, Governor Tillmian becomes beautifully pacilic, he will doubtless make as good Governoz as any man in the State. We shall, it the regular convention approves of Capt. Tillman next August, cast a big ticket for him in November and will gleefu!ly join in the chorus: "Hurrah for Tillman!" [Orangeburg Times and Democrat.] Now that the representatives of the Farmers' Movement have put Mr. Till man ojt as their candidate the mem bers of the organization should see to it that be is cordially supported. If e:ected Governor we predict het will make a good one. Frequently men who are very extreme become very conservative when entrusted with power. Some of Mr. Tillmnan's frie'nds claim that this will be the way with him. There is no use in trying to discredit Mr. Tillman's Democracy as some papers are doing. We believe lhe is just what he says he is, a simonpume Democrat, and if he is beaten in the State Democratic Convention he will gracefully yield. Let us have a full and free discussion of the issues of the day before the people and let them decide who shall be Governor. *L Lancaster Review'.] It may be that no harm will result from the action of the Convention, in making nom'e~ations, so far as this year's campaign is concerned, but, in our judgment, the time will come w hen the precedent thus established will prove a great stnmbling block to unity in the Democratic ranks. While we have all along been an ardent supporter of Mr. Tlillmian's agri cultural college sche me and admired his ability, we have never regarded him as a wise and judicious leader. We have been led to believe that he is an extremist, a rank p)artisani, though at all times honest in his convictions. 'We may, however, be mistaken in our impressions. We will certainly throw no obstacles in the way if lhe be the choice of the people for Governor. [Winnsboro Newvs and HIerald.j The gravity of the situationi caused by the unprecedent proceedings of this convention is indeed appalling and fore bodes dangers to the best interests of the State, that many of the actors in the movement surely do not realize. The precedent of mnakinig nominations inconsistent with the regular dlemo cratic rules and principles places the party in the most perilou~s attitude since '76. What will he the conseouences mn: one can tell. H-ow far the divergence from the straight, plain. and well de-. fined line of the party wvill be, is, of course, a most ditlicult mat ter to deter. mine; but. howvever that my be, cer tainly the March convention has sownm seeds of discord and dissatisfaction that can only be prevented from multipiving by a keen conlCscisness of their mis take on the part of the sowvers, of their own motion, or by an extraordinary sway of influence by the more conser vative element in the D)emocrati. party. Had they simplly convened as a class of citizens to discuss matters pertaintn; to their interest, there could have beem no ::bjetion, but a ticket has beet placed i the field and a canipaigi nweting ordered in the different part of the State under control of an organi zati"n different from the Democrati party, and over which the Democrati< party has no power; in truth the De mocratic state Executive Committee is made subordinate to the Tillman Cain p:tign Committee. At these meetings as publicly declared on the floor of the convention, the Democratic party wil: be denounced and attacked. The convention was composed of out most honorable, patriotic and vigorou: citizens and was a representative bod3 of the best of our State. The memner, were earnest, progressive, intelligeni and honorable men-the bone and sinaw of our commonwealth. The nanme of Ben Tillman was sug gested for the Democratic nomination It was not intended that he should rur for the place against a Democratic nominee but simply to say that he i the choice of eighty per cent of the working men of the Democratic part3 for the positiot". Sinc thet Covio n all manner o abuse and misrepresentation has beer heaped upon it. We mistake the tem per of the people if a reaction does no set in among the conservative men o our State. If Ben Tillman is nominatei by the Democratic Convention ou 'people should support him to a man. If he is not chosen he will retire hi. claiins and no harm can possibly bE done. The vindictive abuse of him and the good and true men who compose the Convention can only rest upot the p retention of those who deludi themselves that they are better that the honest farmers who took part in the meeting last week. [Anderson Intelligencer.] We thiuk both sides are too extreme and we hope to ?ee things simnme down considerably. There is no reasor why we might not all unite, for wE have interests that are common and identical, and taat which works to the good of one benefits all. And as a con servative measure we could not seleci a better man than Col. B. W. Edwards The farmers can heartily endorse and support him, for he has stood up fo them through thick and thin; and hE would do as much as-if not more that -any man to harmonize things. Anc as a man for Lieutenant Governor w< could select no better man than W. C Coker, who has all the manhood an; ability that one would desire. [Edgefield Advertiser.] Ben Tillman has been called tht devil in boots, but he certainly ha some good preachers in his host. Thf Convention was opened with prayem by one reverend gentleman and an other, Mr. Sligh, of Newberry, made f forcible speech in which he denied the existence of any split in the Democrati party caused by the farmers' move ment, claiming that such accusatior was as absurd as to speak of splitting log from a chip, inasmuch as the far mners constitute 80 per cent of the Democracy, and have a right to con sider themselves as the log and th' othei fellows as the chips. Mr. Sligi is right. [Edgefield Chronicle.] Already-and unhappily-the De mocracy of South Carolina is divided into two wings, which the daily papers are dubbing the "Shell Democrats' and the "old line Democrats." In the so-called Shell manifesto there was neither wisdom, nor moderation, noi dignity, nor hope. And in the actiot of the Convention which has growr out of it, there is neither wisdom noi mn >derat ion, nor dignity, nor hope. [Cheraw Reporter.] However, as the Convention voted for nominations, it is certainly well that Trillinan was the nominee. Had some more conservative man beer no:ninated for Governor his chances for confirmation in August would havy been better-but Ben Tillman is good man to defeat, and when th Democratic Convention meets it wil be ompsedof different men fromx tsewoattended the Shell Conven Ition. Tillman will find that he has struck the wrong crowvd, and will not as he hopes to do, occupy the Gover nor s mansion. [Laurenis Herald.] The tug of war nowv will be to send( delegates from the several Counties t< the State nominating Convention it August, -or whenever that body shah Kl meet-to ratify what was done at th< M3arch Convention, or reject it. Capt. Tillman will make a thorougl canv'ass ot the State, and the peopl w ill hav e an opportunity of hearius the questions involved thoroughly dis cussed. It is presumed that the op p)osing~ side will also put their man o3 meitn in the field. In nominating, oi naingitl their preference for Governo> and Lieutenant-Governor, the Con ve~ntion did not desire to forestall oi take any~ undue advantage of the op posing side. The field is as open t< one sixde as to the other-each has at equoal chance; and the contest will be m rade iniide the Democratic organiza tion, strictly. We have no fears of the result, wvhatever that may be. The C (onvenition was composed of Demo crats, true and tried; and all the tall abouit disrupting the Democratc partl is utter fustian and folly. The platform adopted by the Conven tion is wvise and conservative, broa< enough and liberal enough for a] friends of retrenchment and reform t< stand upon; and our hope and belief it that its supp)orters will carry it to [Florence Times.j As a consequence and result of the Convention, the farmers of South Caro - lina are divided; there is a split-but it is in the ranks of the farmers. There Sare numbers of Democratic farmers - who are not disposed to be led by any one oflice-seeker or set of them, and the majority of the farmers of Florenc *County are in this number. [Ciarendon Enterprise.) The actions of that Convention helh last Thursday did not represent thei views of the people; they did not represent Democracy; nor did they represent the majority of the farmers, for it is generally admitted that the anti-nomination crowd were in the majority, and through the dictato: Ton Reed ruling of the chairman, the result was not announced until afe were influenced to change their votes in favor of nominations. This is ad nutted by two of our own delegates with whom we have talked. The Con vention simply represented the wishc of a few politicians. f [Chester Reporter.) To oil up this agitation and prevent undue friction it is only necessary to remember that we are all Democrat: r and must remain so. There is not t 1 particle of sense in our abusing eac r other. In the platform adopted by the Convention there is nothing which en dangers the welfare or dignity of South Carolina. It is for the Democracy tCu say in the August or September Con l vention whether they will take, a: their candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Tillman and Coit or two other men. That is all there is in it. LEnterprise and Mountaineer.] "TilImanism" may be ridiculed by the opponents of Col. Tillman, but, for all that it is our opinion that since hi; name has been brought forward in the manner it has, it and the Farmers movement have become synonymous they stand or fall together. This is a contest to be waged within the Democratic party. If the cam paign develops sufficient strength for this movement to send delegates to the Democratic State Convention, who will confirm the suggestions made for G.vernor and Lieutenant-Governor, Tillman and Coit will be triumphantly elected next November. If the oppo nents of the movement nominate other men in the stead, the Democratic party will still stand together as a unit. [Pickens Sentinel.] If the Convention had adopted the platform it has it would have beer Smuch easier to have nominated Mr. Tillman on the strength of it next August. As it is, much assistance wil -have to come from the opposition in t the way of abuse, ridicule and persecu tion, to insure success. If the opposi tion should have sense enough to keel: -their pens and tongues still, till the I crisis camne, they wvould get the victory, tThe bow will be sprung now for five - months, or more, and it is liable to lose its elasticity. It is well understod - that those who oppose nominatioi: Sdid not do so on the ground of objee tions to Mr. Tillman, but because they thought that was a bad course to adopt to attain the avowed objects of the far mers' movement. -[Keowee Courier.] As the leader of the reform wing of the party, he is especially vulnerable because of the useless abuse he has been accustomed to heap upon others, the conditions of his own political life, and the methods adopted by him and his friends by which his "suggestion" fo: Governor has been secured. But why is the precedent dangerou on principle? Simply because it is violent departure from all well reccg nized and established Democratic methods, and gives head and front tc an organization which is thereby miade a political pairt,y within the Democratic party. And the organization is made perfect, oomplete, and independent, by the appointment of a campaign com mittee in every county of the State for the avowed purpose of electing Mr. Tillman Governor. We believe that the farmers can and will right all wrongs within the ranks of the Democracy, and that the think ing, conservative and patriot i' Demo crats of the State will put the seal of their eternal condemnation on the methods Mr. Tillman has adopted to get himself "suggested" for Governor. His actions show that he forced him self on the Convention, although he was virtually beaten at his own ganie with all the cards in his hand. [Spartanburg Spartan.] When it comes to a long pull anda strong pull you can count Bea Tilhnan Iin. For four years be has been "dead - ening timber" in oroer to have a clear -field for the race for governor. He ih rnow in tbe field with his head in the rair and his tail curled. The probability ris that he will get bellowsed before -August. [Sumter Advance.) -The convention called by G. W. Shell for the purpose of nominating B. R. Tillman for governor accomplished its purpose on Thursday by nominating for only two of the offices. The conven tion did not represent the people of the State, but only a faction. Space forbide us saying more now. We will only add that Tillman is not the man for governor. LRock Hill Herald.] I We confess our disappointment, for 1 we hoped the convention would see it: > way clear to entrust the party to whicli s its members claim allegiance with th< r selection of suitable men to represent it in the cn-ning ceampaign. The Worl of the conenti'n is before the people, ge however, and, even if unfair, unjust if and iimpoiite, it will not become the fe Denir,cracy of the State on engage in eli an aerimiionious and unfriend'y cen- st test. se The conveintion which met last week ou was coitposed of substantial and highly respectable taxpayers, and none of us hive the righr to nipugn their motives, nor would it be fair for them to abluse that class of citizens who honestly diffe: with them and think the inak- H ing of nominations, or "suggestions" was a mistake. Let those Vh:o oppose Tilhman's candidacy make the fight against him in the precinct ech-;ions. If he should E be defeated there, he is pledged to sub- w mission. If vittorious. as loyal and gr true Democrats it will become us to be pull off our coats and go to work to Pa make his election sure. The eivilizatio:i of this State hinges lit upon the cotitiued supremacy of the e Deniocratie party and we cannot tic afford to jeopardize our dearest iitereets Ti by engaging in a bitter contest with at our friends and party associates to itr gratify personal, professional or social Pl prejudices. At this juncture in our zo afl'airs, the only safe position for a th South Carolina Dniocrat is the iniddle he ground between the partisan who W swears by Tillian at all hazards and ta tie bourbon who declares against Till- th man under any circumstances. ea [Barnwell Sentinel.] st We have no abuse to heap upon al Capt. Tilhman, but we believe that if the system he covets, for the nomina- ru tion of candidates is adopted, he will do find the road harder to travel than he now imagines. He was credited with N saying before the convention met that there were plenty of more conservative men in the organization who would suit better for the office of governor b than himself. it3 [Johnston Monitor.] a It was not altogether a love-feast, .br but that could hardly have been ex- cy pected in a gathering whese "loaves eq and fishes" enter largely into the sh menu. Rather was it "a house divided h< against itself." There are many things to in the platform that ordinary Demo- w; crats can subscribe to. There are some cc things regarding which good Demo- at crats may difler. stc We do not believe a majority of the Democratic party favor a constitu- st( tional convention. Aniendments to n< the present constitution can be made ov in a prescribed manner and with little br or no expense, and the fact that so few th auendments are offered and carried tic through is evidence that there is no gI pressing demand for a constitutional A convention. Nane the amendments stc you want and let the people vote on ag them. tu The platform warns the people lo against being forestalled. Forestalled ch iiideed ! What was the action of this p1 convention in nominating candidates tb for Governor and Lieutenant-Gov- th ernor but forestalling the action of the p Democratic Con vention ? This beats any thing in the forestalling line we have ever heard of. But it is our bull that is doing the goring this time and it is all right. That gubernatorial Ti plum must be plucked. it is a very p)retty plum and Mr. Till man has evi dlently been viewing it with longing eyes. But he couldn't trust the Demo cratic party to give it to him at the in proper time. He must get the "under ki hold,'' must forestall its action. But y "the people" may heed his warning in and as a conseq3uence the pretty plum er may be converted into "sour grapes." pj Who knows? s [Barnwell People.] st There wvere several unfortunate f'eat- 0 ures about this convention: ' J 1st. The rullings of Chairman Tal- St b ert were so) partisan that a correspon- of dent of the Springfield Republican, Ti who wvas present, said that even W Speaker Thos. B. Reed, of the National ~ House of Representatives, could take le lessons from Chairman T1albert. . in 2nd The delegates from Pickens al C,>unty, although instructed to oppose ei nomninationis, "went back" on the will tb of their people, as expressed in their tL mass meeting and voted for nomina- iti tions. Their conversion did not prob- n<( ably. change results, but it was a bad 0o p)recedenit. 3rd. The University students, who fi' followved Capt. Tillmcan to his hotel, tb~ singinig the silly songs, ''we'll hang hi Ben Tillmiani on a sour apple tree," and t b "'pass arounRd the speaker and we'll all bE take a kick," did a grievous hurt to the pR good ncamne of their alma mater, which at has alwvays keen considered a nursery in of gentlenmen. The people of tbis State at love fair play and will be slow to par- h< don this t ransgression of good mariners. ta This ineident will be wvorked for all it q1 is worth and we shall be surprised if it th does not add to Capt. Tillman's d( strength. s P. 8.-Since the above was "set up" w we find an editorial in Monday's World Ph and a communication from Secretary di Stokes, ini the Newvs and Courier of the at samie day, stating that the vote was in lil favor of uiominations before any ro changes were made,.i [Anderson Journal.]b H-owever, as it is, Tillnian and Coit w are before the people as Democratic ai aspirants for the oflices of Governor iti and Lieuteinant-(Governor, subject to p< the action (of the regular Democratic is State C'onv.entioni. If they secure the id regrular party nomination it will be tU due to their personal strength and fol- w lowing in the party ; if they fail it st will be because others are stronger and tt more popular with the party. They ti now have the inside track and a clear ni t in on the office run, so to spet Tillman gets left it will not be a < it for the farmers, but if he g ?cted it will measurably expre t rength of the movement lie st:art veral years ago and has so !ssi sly nursed ever since. [Lexington Dispatch.] It will soon be Governor Tillmni. WIGGINS SAYS HE KNEW IT. s Explanation of the Destructive 4 clone of Last Week. [From the New York Times.] OrrAWA, ONTARIO, March 31.-Pi Stone Wiggins, the (anadi ?ather prophet, who foretold i eat storm and tornado which 1: en creating so much havoc, pri ly in the South, said to-day : "The storm wa- caused by the pet r relations of the planets to t rth, which rocked the North Atl; like the rolling of a ship in a stor: le same effect was produced upon t mosphere. As the earth revolved axis every twenty-four hours t anets rising above our easterni he n would force the atmosphere o% e Atlantic eastward, and in ni urs afterward would be sending .stward toward the Rocky Moc ins. These great mountains res is westward tendency and drive stward again like an aerial gi ream. This stream, however, divit to branches. One strikes nor )ng the coast from the mouth of t ississippi to Nova Scotia ; the otL ns up the Mississippi Valley th ,wn the great lakes, and so meets t st over Nova Scotia and the coa..t w England. "These streams are always runnir ie sun and moon keep them alwa motion, but when other heaver dies unite with the former the vel r of these two currents is increast d when their speed is sufficient th eak into whirlpools, which we c clones. When the sun is south oft uator the Atlantic current keeps i ore and is very dangerous. Wht wever, the sun and moon happen be on the equator and moving nort trd, this current is deflected upou t ntinent and breaks into cyclon, d this was the case in the It rms." Prof. Wiggins said he predicted 1 >rm, because he knew that, if t irthern and southern currents unit er Nova Scotia without previou: eaking into cyclones, which inipe e current, there would be a disastro lial wave aiong the coast of New k nd and the northern part of t lantic coast. He avers that t )rm sailed too high to do much da: e until the Southern States and Kt eky were reached. Here it descend w enough to do the terrible wo ronicled during the past week. T 'ofessor has received many letters anks from abipowners for predicti e storms. Many people believe iu I edictions. MIRAGE IN OHIO. Le Irnage of a City on a Background Cloudies Sky. [From the Philadelphia Times.] ASH LAND, March 13.- -A remnarkal stan"e of tbe atmospheric etti iown as mirage was witnessed h< sterday. It appeared about 4 o'c the afternoon in the western het s, and was a clear and well-defin eture of a city, with all its buildir distinctly visible that their differe yles could be easily distinguish< wing to the great distance of the< sts thus reflected, however, t .'eples of the churches and the wa the houses were slightly inclin ae image was, of course, inverted,l is life-sized, for the reflection en ously magnified the picture, thou iving it exquisitely sharp, thus cai g it to present a remarkably realis pearance of a large and popukr ~y, suspended in the air or falli rough it, for an amazing feature e phenomena was that while theec self was so clearly defined, there sa >reflection whatever on the grou Swhich it stood. Though at an angle of about for: 'e degrees on the arc of the heave1 e phantom appeared to be only a f mndred yards above the earth, a a ignorant portion of our populati camne much frightened at its cIh oximity and suffered frequent pan as many alarms raised that the el the air was gradually approachi id would fall upon them. It continu' >wever, at a uniform height and d nce and was visible for nearly thri iarters of an hour, during whbich til e entire population remained ou t ers to watch the beautiful and curit ectacle. The day was clear and ca ith a cloudless sky, against which iantomi city seemed like a water-co awing. The air began to growv hi ad the mirage at last faded gradua te a rainbow melting into the s unding atmosphere, or as a bris lage in a mirror is obscured by bei eathed upon softly. Many claim that the city reflec as Mansfield, thirty miles distai id profess to have recognized som<~ buildings, while other arc egna sitive that it was Sandusky, wh sixty-five miles away, and also hz entified portions of it. but owing e inversion it is difficult to say wh as the city reflected. The more su itious declare that it was a vision e New Jerusalem sent as a rebuke .e sinful and to cheer the saints, fying the approaching dissolution Sarth. MATING AND 31ARRYING. tS B5it] A Tell Ii.; xp.riene s and wvi,at le the i ti ,..a -ibot Iarriage. .\lt1aia a Con titutt"iln..; Our l(ul,ie mit he prosperinf. for the youing folis :!c minatin': and mar rying :l arund ;u4. It s-enis to he an epideic or a conta'giII or soiiethinig andl the it.;' t:dk i-, "who lnext," some i,f ihhe po(t.Ssing cad:ly about mlar riage, but mu;:t everybody takes lively interest in the perfi'rmllance, and it l)s less !!!:" a funeral than anvthing I kl.v of. ')!!y a few days ago one of the churches vas (res:,ed in bridal utl rob,s, and r half the to w.n gathered t here ts see :!i( to he::r :nd( to give good 1- wishes and( I felt so trood tiat the(y ki-.id Al! .;round and they have l,t'ell talkingr: aib!ut the inn:iad!om!!e cot he p!e ":u Itir b;rl:.:ht prospects e'er A- ir. :as (u1 her (neye:-ter eie at antotecr ch,trh, and the voung pe:opile .it : r:i;l to lto end a lelping h1e l( . My yuou-g f- :s s::yed lt the ri- church ai! day, with a w!lIe flock of r chattering lirds, and they say they te wanted a frame f)r a wedding bell to it hang in the center of the arch. and so - I had to hunt an olhi bird cage and ist take out the bo ton and squash in the it top and make it hell-shlaped, and then I got an old wash pan and cut out the bottntm and ttlrned it upside down and th fastened it securely and made a first lie class bell frame. The girls covered it er with evergreen and roses and used a en large calla lily for a clapper, and so it he was a success and I contributed my of mite to the elysian show. There was nobody crying that I observed, and all went merry as a marriage bell. I like the Episcopal marriage cer emoty better than any one, except for one tl'ing that sometimes don't fit the d- poor fellow when he has to say "With all my worldly goods I thee endow," Il and perhaps he hasn't got anything but e a dog and a poeket knife. It reminds me of the fellow who wanted to quit his wife and consulted a lawyer as to ed the division of the assets. "Squire," -said he, "sposin' a feller what had e nothin' married a gal what had noth in', and they agreed to quit one an t other, is his things hIisen or her's hern -or how?' I married a couple once. It was be thirty five years ago, when I was judge ed of the inferior court and lived out in the flat woods among the poor folks. de They sent for- me one night, and I walked -about a mile to a little log shanty that had but one room and two he beds and a mud and stick chimney and he a great, broad fire-place. The old wo man was baking biscuit and ginger bread on the hearth and frying chick ed en and roasting 'taters and making rk coffee. She had a pipe in her mouth r and her daughter had a snul-stick in ehers. of There were about a dozen of the og neighibors standing aroundl( the doors, 5and wheni I said howdy, I asked if the p)arties we:e ready. They pointed toI the girl and said she was, but Jim hadn't comie. Ini a few minutes Jim put in ant appearance. He was a rough ofcountry boy and chewed hik tobacco hard and fa:st. H-e was "skeered" the boys said., and so was I. The outsidlers camne in andl I soon had JIimz andl Sally before mei. I had got my lesson p)retty wvell an~d et was proceeding along to the close,when esuddenly I remieiibered that the law req(uired re to see the license befoi e edI performinig the ceremon:;y. I pase and said: ".Jim, I forgot. I must see *s the license before I p:< exzed."' Jim dt looked bewihiered and alarmed. Sally '. put the snutI stick in her miouth. After a few miomients of siLnt en.;barrass hement one of the boys camne forward and handed the docu men t anrd said: "'I reckon t hiat's hit. I foirgot to give it to utJim.'' S) r had rebegini at the begtin nigand do it all over ag~ain. SWheni I pzronouncred t hemi mian and w ~ ife, thle old woman smiiled and said: "i 'Jim, salute the bride-t hat's thle way IS w as miarried."' *g Jim grave her a smrack that soundd oflike p)ulling the stop'per out ofa jug and ty the boys all followed suit, and they as dlooked] at na- ini such a way that I took a delicate taste of wha:t they had left on her j uiry li ps. I thlin ik she enjo yed Sir, for [ wars p: etty gao'd looking then. S Thle oldl womz:mn invited mle to stav toz nd suipper, but I excuisedl myself and de pa td t'o- ( castS, lepeat inzg Lthose beatutifulli ne Of TIomz ZSloore abouit niairrlag: .ty "g'Aiidhoh,if th're beau e!. 011umonearth, Iis this- it is tis!' S.I took niote of tha:t young couple for e. several years-I felt ant i nt 'rest inl them, efor I had joinedil themz t' gethIem, and of knzew they lived hilyi Jmwa bsihrd-working bzov, andi' sup portedl his wi te and her wid wed i mthe r in comi mfort aind ill peace, anid after the old wo hie mnr's death hile eigrated to) Texas. lor and got imi somze gvzohd i:mtd and prmos zy. parezh -Tozm \ioorro always wvrote pleasing ly anid dehlih: fulthaintg' about miarriage. or- but lHvronr wasi a womanzrl bater, and( ;ht nza co vidcece ini wom:lin's 5otVe. He igsaid: "3Iarzirage frzm loIve, like' viinegar from ed wi nit, A sad, s yber beverage,''& c:. oif Po'zp" d Is not commtiit him nselfC, but lly said: ch "(;rare :zu;hirs siny and wittyv poets ye ' ig, to rjTat hon aest we ilock is a glo rious chi thing. em- Andz hie encou;razgi ibe rpinzSters5 by of saying: to "The'zre- -a im- nto .e ray, b'ut ig- s.s. t r tn - of Slit finl- -'i,me ion:st .zonder for her Tom Hood sympathizes with the iri when he says: ",'t a'as-alas for woman's fate, \ h!:, has froni a mob to choose a mate, Tis a strange and painful mystery! Ilut the more the eggs the more the hatch, The more the fish the more the catch, The more the sparks the worse the = match, . Is a fact iu woman's history." Emerson, the man who never smiled, f was a cold, calculating philosopher, ( tnd was wedded to his own thoughts t rather than to woman. He said: "Is not marriage an open question, or such as are in the institution wish o get out, and such as are out wish to et in?" 8 A poet cannot disguise his heart and t is a confort for woman to know that :h greatest and purest and best of hems have paid homage to the married r -e ion. But the man and the woman I must be mated as well as married. It the mismating that brings so much liscredit upon the institution and t eeps the young men from proposing. I Mh(y are afraid to venture--moreafraid :ban the-women. I have known many a girl to keep t ier lover in tow, but at a respectful dis- I :nnee, hoping for a better catch. After twhile she accepted him as a last re zort. Colonel Stansell told- me to-day 1 )f a youn r married woman who some years ago came to him to procure a livorce. As she was very reticent about stating her grounds for asking to )e separated, he encouraged her by reading over the various things that he law expressed, but she said no to f ill of them. t When he pressed her for a reason, ;het ushed and said she had married aim for fifty, but had found out he was ;eventy-four. The poor thing had been i ernpted by his property to throw her- 3 w;ifaway, but he tightened his grip, ml,d she was neither an old man's dar- t lag nor a young man's slave. How I u.dly romantic was Sam Houston's .iarriage. He was a great man, a grand iiau; the governor of Tennessee, the s riend of Andrew Jackson. He married s i beautiful and lovely woman, and they ad apparently every reason in the world to be happy, but shortly after t ,heir union he observed that she was I inhappy, and on pressing her gently or the cause, she told him frankly that the married him through pique-that ;he bad anoi.her lover whom she dis- 8 ,arded without just cause and herheart was breaking. Houston never up >raided her, but in a few days kissed ler an affeationate farewell, and left ier forever. He wrote her from the Cherokee na- I ion to sue for a divorce, as he had abandoned her. She did so, and was narried to her lover the day the di rorce was granted. Houston married NIiss Lee, of Alabama, afterwards,with v om he lived most happily, and they were blessed with a flock of good ehil Ireni. But tieing and untieing are very dif-1 'erent things. The one is glad and the ther is sad-very sad. There is no lioom upon earth as dark as that which angs over broken vows. It brings a sankering, corroding sorrow that.preys .pon the heart and ends only with leath. Our people have long been blest with comparative freedom from the flood of divorces that overrun the North. Illinois has only twice our )population, but twelve times our nam- 1 ber of divorces, and itlis nearly as bad in all the Northern States. They tie1 ?onl untie at their pleasure, hut still1 they are unhappy because the negro :ani't vote. May the good Lord deliver as from their miserable condition. BILL AEP. Advice For '.oung Writers. [Edward W. Boh, in March Ladies' Home Journal.] The trouble with some of our young 1 vithors is that when oncestarted, they1 ar'e over-anxious and over-ambitious to I acquire more than is for their good. If their reputation islocal, they wish to1 miake it national; if national, they long for internation:al fame. All this is< pardonable ini any young writer, pro vidled honorable tethods are pursued,1 and haste is not made too quickly. Literary success is like wealth ; harder to keep than to make it. Because the1 eritics pronou nce some early work by you as indicative of reserved strengthi don't spoil everything and miscon strue their remark by writing your next piece the same day and rushing it into print. The critic has used his1 'vords in encouragement of you and whetting the public appetite. Let the publlie wait a little while for your next ; it will do it no harm, and may dio you good. Breathing spells be t ween books are generally very bene-1 ficial. When once you get a rising author, dlon't get the idea that your< further suecess is dependent upon the haste you make. Generally, the con-l trary is thle case. Scores of young writers have spoiled there chances in oreciselv that way. Bemember the erude 'but wise philosophy of Josh Billings: "If you want to get there qjuick, go slow." Never get the foolish nation that the public isjust pining for somethiing else from your pen. It is riot. It has never yet sat up nights for a::y author's work, and never will. Once you get the ear of the reacing piublic : then the greatest cautios is necessary. A nd the best beginni'ng is by not wri tting too much, and the wisest endling is by printing only the very best. And between these two $eni a mo,ral obligation to the pub li-hri or editor who gave your first I.n all meon have devils? Mr.Moody -ays they have.-New York Tribune. "Every-r human creature," said Dr. Joh n Thornton Kirkland, President of Harvardl College, "every human crea ture has the devil inside of him as big MAJ. J. C. COIT DECLINES. A Polite but Positive Refusal to Acept the Candidacy for Lieutenant-Governor Suggested by the Farmce' Con veution. Major Jomes C. Coit, who was nomi iated for Lieutenant-Governor by tbe ?armers' Convention last week has vritten the following letter to Capt. ;hell, Chairman of the ExecutIve, ,ommittee of the Farmers' Associa ion: CHERAW. S. C., April 2, 1890. japtain G. W. Shell, Chairman, and others, Executive Committee of Farmers' Association. GENTLEMEN:-YJaving waited a rea onable time for an official notification f the action of the March Convention n placing my name before the people is a candidate for the position of Aeutenant-Governor, and not having eceived such notice, I deem it not im >roper to address this communication a you While I fully appreciate the A insolicited compliment which has been . )aid me, and desire to express my - hanks for this evidence of confidence, 54 ret I am satisfied that my name was ut forward under a misapprehension. :t cannot be doubted that the purpose if the Convention was to place upon - - he ticket men who were in full sym >athy with the letter of the Chairman if the Executive Committee of the Far ners' Association (Captain Shell) hr ailing the Convention together; men vho fully endorsed the platform idopted and who could and would can rass the State upon the issues therein. nade. Without referring to any objections [had to the letter of Capt. Shell, or. ny views as to the policy of making iominations at this time, it will be ufficient for me to say that I do not ully endorse the platform, and, for his and other sufficient reasons cannot nter upn a canvass in its support, as. equired by theeleventh section of the )latform. In justice, therefore, to myself, as - n justice to the body whose executive . ron are, I beg leave to withdraw my >ame from the ticket suggested. This ietion will also relieve you of all em >arrassment in substituting aman who vill represent the views which pre railed in the ecnvention. It is but proper for me to say here hat I am wholly identified with the igricultural interests of she State, and im in full sympathy with the farmers - n their efforts to better their condition, and to this end am heartily in favor of heir taking an active part in the con ; 4 rol of legislation, both Federal and state; but all must admit that honest ' lifferences of opinion as to the meaas md measures which will furnish the leeded relief may well exist between nen actuated by the best motives and eeking the accomplishment of the a ame ends. I am, gentlemen, very ruly and respectfully yours, JAMES C. Cer.r PLAN OF CLEMSON COLLEQE. km Imposing Main Building and; T. Wings-Accommodations for Twelve Professors and One Hundred and Twenty Students.1 [Special to News and Courier.] GREEYVILLE, S. C., April 2.-An mportant meeting of the executive ~ommittee of the board of trustees of he Clemson Agricultural College was f eld at Pendleton yesterday, at which M lans for the new college buildings to 3 ~rected at Fort Hill were selected to be W fterwards submitted to a full meeting >f the board. ' Col. James L. Orr, a member 'of the ~xecutive committee, who returned rom Pendleton this afternoon, gave -d rour correspondent the following out-. ies of the plans for the new institu ion to be erected biy the State : Attention will be devoted chieflyto ;he main college building, which will >e an imposing structure of artistic Issign and most modern construction. [t will be of brick, three stories high, 1 by 112 feet, with a chapel building ittached 50 by 75 feet. The building will contain twelve lecture rooms, tw~o iociety rooms and a museum, together ~. with offices for the president and tress rer. - Besides the main building there will ie separate dormitory, laboratory and nechianical department buildings. 'he laboratory will be two stories high, iO by 80 feet, and built according to . lans adopted from those of modern 3erman laboratories. The mechanical lepartment building will be atwo-story truc+ure, forty by one hundred and ;wenty feet and two stories high, with icommodations for one hundred md fifty students. There will be ten >rofessors' houses of four and six rooms ~ach. The total cost of all the bud ngs is estimated to come within ' $100,000. Bruce & Morgain, of Atlanta, re the architects. The college build ngs will be located on a beautiful ele rated plateau directly in front of th~e tately old mansion of John C. Calhoun. 'he committee, after thorough investi gation, have found that there will.be an ibundance of clay for brick and stone or the foundations secured on the col ege property, and the greater part of the lumber needed will also be obtained an the p)lace. These plans will be re erred to a full meeting of the board to be called as soon as decision is received in the Clemson will case, now bending before the United States Supreme rTe committee on curriculum wili ~ lso report at that meeting. T. E~. If. In. the Language of Love. [From the Middletown Mercury.] "Chewing pickets" is the term now in vogue by those who express them wives in slang as applied to young lovers who linger long over their good ights, and has supplanted the well worn one of "holding up to the front gate." A reporter heard the new slang. C for the first time last night from the lips of a young man whom he met on he street, and whose teeth were chat tering as if he was suffering from a fit ,f ague. When asked what was the matter with him, the youn man re plied in a shaky voice: "I've ben 'cewing pickets" with my Dest girl or an hour. I'm nearly frozen to eath, but I hadn't the heart to tear