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A.A ESTABLTIjllEI) 1865. 'NEWBERRY, So Coo THURSDAY, AUGUT1190(RC 1.0AYA TIE W. C. T. U. The State Convention to be Hld4. i New berry Next October. [From the News anl Courier.] S I'AN IasV I'(, Augu"'LSt ~>-Te I iN-L ing of the executive c'onniittee of tie Woman's('hristian Teii peraii-e 1nion, of South Carolina, was held inl Spar tanburg on Augtist 1, Ir-. Chapin, State president, prei(ling. The State oflicers were present with the excep tion of the corresponding secretary, who was absent from the State. The first businiess before the connnit tee was to decide the time and place for the State Convention, and New berry was chosen for the place and t he last week in October was selected for the time. The local unions of the State are ear nestly requested to make a note of this, as it is very desirable that there should be a large representation. 'Tie Nationial Convention, which is to be held this year in Atlanta, follows our State (on vention immedI1C(iately. Tie date of our Convention was arranged so as to catch some of the distinguished speakers en route to Atlanta. To all of us who were fortunate enough to attend the Convention when it niet in Newberry, sone three or four years ago, no word is needed. We have in our hearts memories of it too bright to fade. Those who have not had the pleasure yet we would urge to go. You will be glad you went. The time and place having been agreEd upon tle committee proceeded to other business. The design for tle State banner was received and ap proved. OUr State emible'i, the pal nietto, with the m1iotto: "Duml spiro spero," was decided to be eminently appropriate. It would be a disgrace for South Carolina to go to Atlanta with out a banner, so we appeal. not oInly to the unions, but to all friends of temper ance, to send to Mrs. )r. Young, the Vie treasurer of the banner fund, a contribution to aid in procuring a ba ner worthy of our.state, 'nie that south Carolina will be pr0Ud to chlim at the National, where every State will l-e represented by a banner of its own. Address Mrs. Dr. Young, Cam pbellton, p Hampton County, S. C. Mrs. Chapin, signifying her inten tion of remaining in our State for a while lnger, a-g-ressive work was planned for her. Any places desiring Mrs. Chapin's visitation will corre pond with her at once at :I East Bay, Charleston, S. C. In starting out arnong the uniioiis, Winnsboro waS tile lirst Visited. A*t the mother's meeting, every lady in the audience, who vns .nlot allren(ly a mernber of the Order joined. ThIree most successful nieCtiligs were held. She was introduced to the audience by the Rev. Dr. Jordan, of the Presbytc rian church, who said, it was as un necessary to initroducme Mirs. Chapin to a South Carolina audienice as it would be to introduce Wade Hlampton. In Spartanbtirg three ap)poirnments were made for her. The rain sadly interfered with one, btit the othis were pleasant arid profitable. On Sun day morning the Chapel oIf the F-itting~ School was crowded(, andl quite a nium-i her of signattures were given by those who wished to join our Uniion. F-ound-l ations were laid for future work, and~ we will pre-eeed with the miaterial gathered to establish variotus depart mernts of the WV. C. T. 1'. among the families coninectedl wi th the Sp artan Mills. We feel that Mfrs. Chlapini's visit has been a help to us. She has greatly re vivedl andl encouiiragedi us. Heir visit has been~i to us like a benedictioin o peace, and we feel better for having hier with us a few dayvs. Sh e has gone to Gaflnerv. State Rtecordinug Secretary. TIlE GEORIGIA1 (ONV~ENTION. Northen Ninazuted for Gouvernor by, A4clamaOtio3n-The Ticket [Special to Charleston World.] ATILANT1A, Aug. 7.-The D emnocratr ini Conv~enition here to-day nominte for Governor, XW. .J. Northlen, of Haon (-ock (outyt; Secretary of State, Gen. Phil. Cook, of Lee: TIreasurier, R. U. Hiardenman, of Newton: Conmptroller General, 'apt. XX. A. Wright. o Richmnond; At torney-(GeneraLl, J1ud!ge George N. Lester, oif ('obb; (Commiis sioner of Agriculture, It. TI. Nesbitt, of C:obb. The first four wvere nomiinated lby ae elamiation: ('ook, Hlardeirian, and WVrighit :.?e present incum bents; Judge Lester defeated (liflord Anderson, thet present Attorney General; Nesbitt de feated John T. Henderson, present in eumbenit, and .J. C. H-urinicutt. The platform of printciples adlopted is brief. It reads as follo ws: "IThie Demnoeratic party of Georgia, ini ('onvenition assemrbled, hereby reniews its pledge's to t lie political princeipk-s set fourth in the Nat ionial D)emocratile plat. form of 1SS. We favor correct:ig all the abuses of lie govern men t by. a strict reliance onr the integzrityv anid ab)ility of( the Demioerat ic party. "WXe point with pride to the ability and fidelity withi which the afiairs5 of State have been miana:ged by our dis tinrguished Goverinor, Jloh:: i . (Gordon,. and the other State Houanse o!hiarczs. XWe will heartily suppoarrt tihe noiniees of this (orivenition. ando call (an all Dem:a ('rats to support parity\ nominlations in the various (list ricts an ou nat ics of~ tuiis State." W1ater at Five C'ents a i'aii. AMSTE-:iuM. N. Y'.. Augrust 5. -Ini conisequent'ice of) low water ~in thle city\ r reservoir, wcell water is binrg soid on the streets for live cnts a pai!. 31:iany are afraid to dinok the reservoir w'ater brau ase theyv t hink it imlpure. The waiter e a:tiniues to recede, and just niow thiera is ure fear of a water famine. KE117VLER :LECTROCUTED. Thv First Death Sentence Exectille< by ElIect ricitIy. K-:iidler wa-4 executed by electricity i: the State Pri.-n here at a <parter to st-ven this iorning for the uurder of T;Ill Ziegler. lie was; the lirit man ju dicially killed by electricity : hence ilu-h interest was attached to tile niat ter, ai,4 tie patelitkes of the dyllail0s and other modes of execution took every i11(aiis possible to prevent the execution of tle selitelnce, and it is charg-ed that after all le'gal meaus failed they became responsible for the alleged inipeftections in the execution itself. I )ath was not instantaneous, though the shock rendered the law's victim unconsvious during a scene of such horror that strong men fainted and others Were Made ill by the spectacle. This seene of horror-an absolutelv unnecessary one, it is charged here was caused for the purpose of disasso ciating the Iachline with the deaths of criminals and to enacle the various e,ectrical coipanies to save much an iticipate(d expense in rendering all wires f6r the conveving of the deadly fluid t inorouhilv innocuous in the streets, dwe-VONillgs and warehouses of modern eli es. TlhE MR t'iDEIZiWs END. The story of the execution is as I'1 Ilows: When Kenuniler was brought into exteution room Warden Durston in troduced himii to those present, saying: "This is William Keniiler." The condemned man gazed steadily at the asseiibled crowd and said: "How do vou do?" "'Sit down, William," said the war dei, pointing toa chair which had been placed alongside of the fatal seat. The man obeyed implicitly, and seated him self. Upon being told what to do lie carc fully anl deliberately removed his coat and vest and sat down in the fatal chair as quietly and calmly as if he was about to seat himsef at a dinner tale. He placed his arms in position an1)d looked steadily at the Warden, who stepped forward. Josepi Vieling, deputy sheriff of Erie Coumty, the man who brouglt Keminler to the prison and who has got t) know him very well, began to adjust the straps. He buckled one a bout the body ; t wo abou t the legs and one about the right arm. Then he fast eled Keumiler's head to the. head-rest with a handkerchief which covered the eves. l'RE'ARATIoNS Co.t1PLETE. Ife had scarcely firiished this when Keml Imller spoke up. "Joe,"h e said,"ytiu ftrgot to strap the other arm." Vieling looked and saw the mistake and proniptly rectified it, although by this time his hlands were trembling vittlently. Then Vieling stepped back ward. "G ookd-byVe and good luck t o you alil,'' exclaimied Kemmnler in a firm, strong vo(it,e. WVhen the last strait had beeni btuckled and Kenimler was bounild immovably in the fatal t:hair, hie looked upl anid his eyes restedI on D)r. Fell, whomi he im miediately recognized. In a subdued votice lie said, "'How do you do, doctor" Gtod-h,ve."' FR'' 10R Ateacl0:4~> the Wardeni gave the prear'rainged signal and after a brief in terval tihe muan who was at the switch botcard ini the adjoining roomi, anid who fumlted somtle t hrough nervousmiess, * w.i tched th~e lev:rs. Thiose who were looking at the I triipped dlownz noni saw a suddenCi to with pas.s over the btody, the liimbs emed to shzrink upj about an inch or -t and themre was dreadful contortion tof thle body. The mouth worked con -:u!sively, saliva spat tered out, ando it seemied as5 if the writhing form would tear itself away from the binding gt raps. it was a frightful spectacle anId evyen the physicians t urned thiir heads awayv. There was a heavy, dleep drawni Ibreat hi (f relief as if thle sotul was gladl to be freed, and the mutrdecrer lay gutite! still ini the clasp otf the wooden armas. A SCENE 0V HonRoR. I I)r. Spitzka stepped forward anid a fter a brief examin atiton p)rtoiunctd him dead. T he (Itoctors spoke then of remotving his bodyv. but to t his the Warden ob jected. TIhe* currenlt was turned oif aind t hie electrodles taken from the head. Somec onie turne!id to the' Wairdcen and said: "WXardein IDurston, I congratulate you upton the success of yo ur-'' The sen temnce was niever fin ished. .A great dlieep breath caime frttmi the fotrim ini theC chair, the chest he(avedI conivulsively anid the same frightful conltortions5 as before were wvitnessed bty those who had the hardihood to gaze ulton t he dreadful scene. THE t LAST CU'RRENT. H1 urrie'dly the rtubbter cup was ptlaced b zack in its position on the toj of his head aind signal was hastily given for aniothier and heavier shiock. The lever was turned. The Warden had to leave the r'~om to order this done, lbut lie was priesenit when the second shock was ad Theb current was kept up for seveni tien seondsi prccisely' and then the siwams anniiouiiced that lhe was dead. T he physicians said th at t he breathiing and1( i'tntttrtions weire only natural re act'ion andi p1erhapsi- they tiught to kn'ow. I t a theni twelve iniutes to Aftr it wvas a positive fact that lie Ahe bod V to be touched until i he hinisclf was satisfied that life was extinet. All ,f this scene of terror could have been ivoided had the switch board been al imwed to renain inl its first position, wiere all the pr-liminary experiments 'vere tried, but the day before the exe :ution by some occult inluence it wam :aken into the next room, and the eur -ent during the execution fluetuated roil S00 to 1, 01 volt. OPINIONs OF PHY)SI('IANS. One of the iost emineilt pliysicianls mresenit says of the execution: "When he electric current was applied he tilfened out under the shock. I think hat consciousness was at once lost, but hat life was not extinct. After the urlIrent had been applied a number of ecoIds I think I myself said 'dead.? hen 1)r. Fell rushed in and bcgan to oosen the headpiece. There were ci :ulsive movements of the chest., and here was a demand that tihe current )e appiiedl againl. "This was done. The instant the -oitact was iiade there was a capillary -oitestion of the face and hands which s regarded as a post mortem appear Lmiee as though you applied the current o a dead body. The louger the current was kept on Lfter the period which we call the death )eriod this line of congestion gradually ;anlk until showing that the blood was io longer propelled to the vessels, but hat had settled down to the dependent irts of the body, as in dead sub ects." Dr. Carlos F. McDonald said: "I think the execution was a success. Et is true that the first application of lie electric current did not extinguish he life of the subject, but it was quite -vident that lie experienced no suffer ng and died without a pain." WONDERFUL YIELD OF COTTON. Mne Hundred and Twenty Bales to Eighty Acree.-Mr. Doty's Succesm as a Cotton Xcaiser in Fairfield. [\Winznsboro News and Herald, 7th] .L.ving heard many reports about he fine cotton on that part of the old W. R. Robertson place, now owned nd planted by Mr. W. R. Doty of this own, we decided to see for ourselves xihether or not these reports had been xaggerated. We were fortunate enough to find Ur. Doty at home, who with his custo nary hospitality showed us over his mntire field. The field contains eighty acres of yotton, and -such cotton ! In many laces the plant is over six feet in height, and in all places literally cov red with bolls and forms. Many of Ahe lower limbs are so weighted down bv bolls that they lie flat on the ground. Notwithstanding its magnificent size 1his cotton is now growing and fruit ing as luxuriantly as at any time dur inig tihe sunmmer, and it is worthy of note that scarcely any shedding is tak ing place, tihe plants holding fully nine teniths of tihe fruit taken on. T1he cotton is of tile Allen long staple v'ariety, with rows four to five feet spart, dlepending on the quality of the soil. A portion of tihe field is second year new ground and tihe rest old red billside, on which, four years ago, the Iverage yield was about one bale to four acres. The fertilizer used was composed of 3.>tton seed hull ash, kainit, bone meal, takage and phosphate. Eight hundred pounds of fertilizer per- acre was the qjuantity used throughout, the only variation in the composition being that necessary to aflord the largest percent age of ammonia where the land was naturally weakest. Now as to the estimnatedl yield of this magnificent field of cotton-good judges say that, with a conmtinuance of favoramble weather, Nr. D)oty will make from 100 to 120) bales on his 80 acre field. Thn of it, farmers of Fairfield, over 100) bales on 80 acres of red hillside! D)oes not our true wealth after all lie in agriculture? A nd was not MIr. MceClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, right, w~hen, after inspecting the agricultur-al capabilities of alnost every State in the Unioni, lhe asserted that without excep tion Soth Carolina took the lead in fertility of soil and variety of natural resouwrces? Our County and State owe to all auch progressive and intelligent far mers as Mr. D)oty a debt of gratitudle for thus proving to tile whole country mur unequalled agricultural capabi lit ies. Kinled by Lightning. [Special to the Register.] ST. GE-omu;E's, August 7.-The house >f Pet er Hyat t, a farmier near this p)lace, wats struck by lightning this afternoon. Mr. Hyatt and his sixteen-year-old laughter were instantly killed. One )f his sons was also stunned, and it is ?xpected he will die. Five other per 'ons in the house sustained slight in ury from the shock. LIGHTrNING's D)EAD)LY FRtEA KS. Nonwicmn, ('oNN., August 4.-While Alfr-ed Bliven of Griswol,d's was milk nig a cow in his barni yesterday the auilding was struck by lightning. The cow was instantly killed, and Blhiven w~as thrown violently a nunmber >f feet. A horse in the barn was killed uni the barn wvas burned. Bliven has ~inee been unable to see, and a horse hbat was sav-ed has also gone blind. 5TRANGE FREAK OF LIGHITNING. r Laurens Advertiser.] Mr. Howard, of Cross Anchor. tells of a rath-r strange freak of lighltning. HeI says that in a cotton field a patch If about a quarter of an~ acre is killed ust two inches from the top on each stalk. Lightning did not strike any wvherc ill the neigbhnrhood. The Downfall of a Citizr. [Greenville News. Citizen .losh Ashlhy, of Anih-rsoi Counity, is individually not very im portanlt, but hle mngdto lift himlss-lf into soeic proininenve at the begliniig of the present earpaignm, aid for that reason we take tlie liberty of coisidter ing him seriously as tilie type and r resentative of I large chiss, whiei is likely to become irger. Citizen Ashley, as we ulderstand his ease, is a thrifty aild w-ell-to-do farmIer who has during sinte years been rea sonably happy alid lrospermus under a Democratie Stat e government. I Ie has lived well and 1y hlrd work and hearty eating has dh-velopol a gin r:Ilie frame whichl1 Ie keeps coml fortably hla, and lie had a great lany rt'nstl4 14r being haiippy :lld co(vielted. Mr. Ashley is :li ellmrgeli' atl tii thlusiastie kind of :t lman, lhiilv u it I his fists onl occasiin, re:dtlv :ld sfillite what bluilt with his toligue. What lie goes into lie goes into\ with alivrt. and soul, body and lots, lists, ton1g1e ad all. If he had been old en>ugh ailtng in IWO we suppose Ie woubl lave bteeli one of the loudest and fiereest shouters for secession and elit ofr tle first mn to shoulder his gull :ail go to Ihe front. We dare say in 1s- he was one of the hardest and boldest of I Hampton's retd shirt riders. Captain Tillman loomed up as a p litical power and began to talk of the wrongs and sufferigs of the fareitr, the corruption and oppression of the State gV.overnment ald( the atrocitil,'s of the ring and to tell what great things lie puirposed to do. Josh Ashlte(y be lieved iall of it anti a good deal Iliore, no doubt. A great many people re member that when Tilillalln opelled the catmpaign at Anderson Mr. Ashley was one of the first to appear and the last to leave, the loudest shouter for Tillman and the most rough and :g gressive in assailing everything and everybody opposed to Tillman. He be lieved in Tillman n ith all his honest soul and had no tolerance for any other belief. No doubt lie heard of what Captain Tillman said at Greenville and else where-that he represented the cause of self government, the cause of equal and full rights for the people, the cause of undying hatred of an opposition to ring rule and the aristocracy. He said that hereafter when a man had a 1rig,ht boy who wanted an oflice that boy should no more have to go knock ing at the door of a boss, a ringster or an aristocrat to beg for it, but should go squarely before the people and ask it of them on his merits. No doubt Citizen Ashley believed all this. He thought Tillman was honest and in earnest, meant what lie said and would practice what he preached. So Citizen Ashley proceeded to put himself before his fellow citizens oIf Anderson on his mierits. He offered himself as a~ candlidaite for the Legisla ture and was, no doubt, happy and confident in the belief that lie would not have to ask any boss or rinig leader or aristocrat for favor but would take his chanees fairly anid squarely with the two or three thousands of his fellow farmers. Thle Democratic Counlty Con vention met in Anderson a few (lays ago. When it had finlished its work the Farmiers' Assoiciation, comiposed, as we unditerstand it, of mIneh the same men, with the anti Tillmlan elemient genec rally Omiitted, met and selected canidi dlates for the Legislature to represent the Tillmlanl elemienit, to go bteftire thle people sealed with the TlillmnanI stamp and backed by the great Tillmnl in flut ice. .Josh Ashley's niamle does not lead all the rest. It does nott appear anywhere oIn the list of the favored, lie is nott to take his chanices tin his merits befol e his fellow eitizenls as lhe fondly ima~ig ined and( as Tilman srid lie should. Hisl lash ha:s been settled by about onle hundred men) who have named thle representation of Anderson County inl the next Legislature. TlheC pow~er he did so mucth to helpi create is p)itilesslyV used againlst hirn. He is nott gtivenla tenth of the showing lie woull have had iln those (hays of aristocracy, the oligarchy aiid the ring two years ago those (lays when each man ran flat footed inl a free and open primary and nobody daredi to inisult the peole of Piedmiont Carolina-slaves as Tillrnan tells us we were before he, the gr'eat liberator, appeared-by presuminlg to choose their rep)resenltatives anid (lie tate to thieml who they shall elect al:d who reject. "It is not dictation' ( itizenl Ashley may be told, and lie niay say so him self. We suspect lie is rather a hard headed kind (If a man and slow to ad mit that lie has been trappled or fooled or mistaken or to let go a man or a cause5 lie has onice taken upl. He takes his politics straight and dIep. Whlen hie w:is told that the State prim ary will be a very ;tlod thing two years from new (wheni Tillmian may be in the United States Seniate ill the place of holnest and( faithful old Hiampton, kicked out, and free fromi its dangers ando uncertainities) but is a dreadful device of the ring at this time (whxen TIillmian would lose by it what seenis a sureC thinig arid have to take chances) he, no dloubt, believed it. He may be lieve, or try to, that it is for the promio tion (If self-govern ment, liberty, the good (If the people and pure delmocrac'y tto have a hundred mleni meet at a Court House arid select oflicers for the people. He miay believe, 'out we dloubtt if lie can oir does. And when he is toild that these nminiationis made' at Anderson t he other lay dio not bi .nyody e.. him ask wh-it they were made for I h(n. Let him remember that the Marh Onivention only "suggested," but that lie Is been told iany times that the suggestion was made by the repres(ittatives of the farniers-includ ing the nine pavement agriculturists fromi Charleston-and that whoever refuses to swallow it is a traitor and an enemy to the farmers, the Farmers' Mwvent and the people. The same alrgumiieit can and will be used to sup port the county "suggestion" that has been used to whip people into line for the State "suggestion," and Citizen Ashley will find it so. There are thousands of men just like Josh Ashley in every part of South Carlina-farmers who are loyal to their chiss, who are faithful anol honest in their purposes, who hate to acknow ledge that they have been tricked or to have the aperanice of go'zg back on t heir fellows. There are other thous ainds who are sat isfied that they have beenl wrolg but who say that it is too late now, that they will try Tillinan two years anyhow, that he is sure to be elected anld there is no use in opposing him. We do not know how Josh Ashley feels, but we say to hini and to the thousands like him, that is not too late. It is never too late to resent and rebuke ring and boss rule. It is never too late for the nianhood of manly men to as sert itself for the people and their rights and liberties. it is never too late while a man has breath in his body to take his stand and raise his voice as a free man demanding and maintaining his freedom and his rights. It is never too late when a man knows he has made an honest imistake involving the wel fare of his fellow citizens and himself, to acknowledge it honestly, like a man, and (14) what he can to correct it. It is not too late. Many a worse fight has been won. Tillman has not a majority in the Septeniber Convention and the August Convention will not, because it cannot, nominate. Let the an ti-Tilhman men get together everywhere, if they are only two or three. The start is everything. Let them do it now. following the example of the two little clubs of dead gamesin Dunklin and Chick Springs, this coun ty, which helped well in thesplendid fight made here on Monday. Let there be unceasing war, not only against Tillman and big boss rule, but against every attempt to dictate to, boss and forestall the people in the counties. Citizen Josh Ashley is a good study and a timely warning. His overthrow by his own party is a good indication that the men who are swallowing dust and doing the riding, the shouting and the hard and rough work for Tillman are not likely to be the men favored by the good things in the Tillman distri bution. Let us move and work, good, true and manily men in town and country who see and feel that Tillman rule is boss rule and that honest and faithful people are being cruelly used to put politicians ini fat oflices and establish a niew and tyrannical ring. Let us move and work all together once more for the State, the people and the party, against the boss, the ring, the coat tail ridlers, the common scolds and the instigators of class .division among a people who have suffe~red and triumph edl together andl who should be and 1iiust bet as one. Pretty Feet. [H arper's Bazaar.] Very little is written on the subject of feet, yet a pretty foot, although ne cessarily concealed much of the time uniless its owner is resolved to display it-is quite as p)owerful a weapon in the armiory of beauty as a pretty hand. A slenider yet pInumzp foot of mioderate length, with short toes, small heel and arched instep, is the ideal of beauty, and although nmany wvell dressed feet apipear to possess all these requirements it will often be found that much de pends upion the dressinig. A pretty bare foot is a rare posCssioni andl a sculptor, a young anid gifted woman, who had attained eminence in her art, saidh that she found it almost impolxssible to obtamn a (desirable model beyond the age of childhood. At this p)eriod the charm of bare feet is a thleme of the painter and p)oet ns well as the sculptor, and in muamima's catalogue of baby's attrac tions the ctunning little pink toes are sure to p)lay an important part. The prettiest feet oni record were those of Napoleon's sister, the Princess Bor ghese, wvho after her bath used to re elinic gracefully on a lounge in her dIressinig room, with her diminutive feet, plump and perfect as those of a child and tinitedl like a tea rose, care fully displayed. A lady who was ad netted to the initimiacy of the dressing room ex pressedi her ad miirat ion of the feet, andl especially of their peculiarly beautiful tint. but shze was quite over whzelmied by the reply :--"Are they not p)retty? 31y maidl does them every morning after my hath." This was a work of art wvhichz had all the merit of originality. Mi:. LATIMEIL IsN'T IN IT. iIe is not a Candidate ror any Offiee and Will not Op,pos'e Gary. To the Editor of theG( reeniville News: -As myz namie has been spoken of in connection with the second place on the farnmers' ticket by various papers, I take this opportunity to say I anm not a c'and(idate, have not heen, nor do I expect to be for any office in this cam paign. However, if I had political asp)irationls, I ani not the man who would b4e willing to ride into offce on the popularity of other men. or reap the reward of their labors. My highest amzbition ini this mxovenient is its suc cess, bieiering that from it shall be (he rived the greatest benefits to the toiling maoseof our State. . C. ErrniEn. BILL ARP ON AN INTER1VIEW. The Goeorgia Farmers Tell Him How They Will Itun the State Government. From the Atlanta Constitution.] Things are not altogether caln and serene in these parts. The farmers' ground swell has anazed and bewil dered the people. I asked my friend, John Black, what lie was doing in politics over in lome. "Nothing, nothing at all," said lie in a sad, sweet tone of voice. "I'm staying inside the house now, and waiting for the storm to blow over." "Suppose it don't blow over at all," said I. "Maybe the thing is like the deluge and all you political sinners are out of the ark and floating around on the logs :nd ehiecken coops, arid every little while you look up at the great floatiig warMiouse with its elosedl doors and say, 'Boys, how long is this infernal shower to last? " Blessed is lie who hath a boat of hi own and does not have to depend upon the people's line. Blessed is he who don't hanker after oflice. This whole thing would he funny if it wasn't death to the fr-,gs. A few months ago our town boys were puzzling around and laying their plans for the legislature, and were fixing to catch the alliance vote for it had not gone into politics then, and the boys got hot over their rights, but they have all swaged down and look as meek and humble as a run over calf. The farmers made no noise, but simply said: "Boys, we don't think your sort are fitten, anl you ain't fitten to get fitten, so we will attend to this little business ourselves." And the boys made a bow and said: "Jesso." It reminds me of a story they te'l on Mrs. Brown, the senator's plain-spoken and discerning wife. After old Joe had served nearly two terms as governor, some gentlemen were discussing, in her presence, the question as to who would be his successor. Mrs. Brown was stitching away on sone garment anl took no part in the conversation until one of them said: "Mrs. Brown, who do you think will wear the governor's mantle when he retires?" She looked up and replied in a matter-of-fact way, "I don't think lie is going fo retire; he calculates to wear it himself for two years more." And he (lid. I heard a big alliance man say "We'll show you how to run a legislature when our boys get there. The boys will eat breakfast by sun-up, just like they do at home, and in an hour more you will hear a horn blow at the capitol and they will all be there and go to work, and there wont be any fooling around and no excuses nor absentees, nor going down town to get a drink, nor running off on excursionss to Tybee and Chautauqua. Mark Hardin shant have fourteen clerks, dog-on him, but he shall do the clerking himself. We can't do without him, and don't ex pect to, but lie will have to knuckle down to work. The last session cost $1.50,000, but the next won't cost the third of it. Il bet any man a suit of clothes it don't. We are going to rent out about half the state house. Every one of themn stall-fed fellows have got a front room, and a back room, and a sanctum, and a sanctorum, and a fifty dollar sofa to sleep on, and they have have their business hours just like the banks, and you can't see 'em only wvhen you don't want to see *em; and they haven't got to go to mill, either, or take up the fodder, dog-on 'em. 'We'll straighten out their trace-chains when the boys get there." "I hear," said I, "that some of your members are opp)osed to George Lester for attorney general hecause lie is a lawyer." "Well, yes," said he, "some of 'em w~as, but I told 'emi that George was a poor nian and a good soldier. and was no lawyer to hurt, anid I think they will go for himi. I know Ihe ain't much of a lawyer, for I had a case ini his court when lie was judge, anid he de CideCd it pinit-blank again rme, though I knowed I was right all the time. No, he aint much of a lawyer, but we don't explect to riced any--we are going to runh the macline im a c'ommlion-senise farmer way, without aniy red( tape of Sallymiagunidy, and if these judges anid solicitors don't dho better than they have been doing, we'll turn 'enm all out arid put ini somle old-fasiorned farmers who don't know nmuch law, but do know a powver of gospel arid high natral justice. There's too rmuch trigger work go ig on. The courts have been three years trying to hang that dlevil, Wool folk, arid lhe ain't hung yet. We could have tried him in Eurharlee justice's court in three days, and hung him and sav'ed twenty thousand dlollars that it has already cost Bibb county. It's the lawyers that (10 it all, and( the judges keel) on letting 'cem and if they don't change their ways we'll abolish the whole concern. There's too in rch law arid too many books anyhow, and every time a lawyer umakes a speech lhe gets somre newspaper to say it 'u as the greatest speech of his life. But we'll straighten 'emn in the ('ottonr pal chi." Well, maybe these farmers will re form some things, for our folks are getting a little loose in tihe socket. All's wiell that enids w~ell. BruLL A ill'. Oklahom,a Goesu Den,,wrrtic. NEw ORL.EANS, LA., Aug. 7.--The Times-Deirocrat's correspondent at Oklahoma City, Indian Territory. says: "'The first electioin ever held in this Territ<.ry was held <jurietly yesterduy arid no trotrb!e is rep)ortedl fromi any part of the Territory. In this county (Oklahoma) 3,.500 votes were east. Both parties fought hard for supre macy. The Territory has gone Demro THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH. Eleven Hundred Thousand New Members Last Year-22.OOO,OOO Christians in the United States. [From the New York Herald.] The Independent has gathered some valuable and interesting statistics showing the strength of the various Christian churches in the United States and their growth during the past year. In some cases the figures are estimates, but our contemporary believes that on the whole the results "very closely approximate the truth." From these it appears that there are in the United States 151,261 churches of all denominations, 103,300 ministers, and nearly 22,000,000 members. Dur ing the year there has been an increase of 3,5>08 churches, nearly 4,900 minis ters and nearly 1,090,000 members. The most numerous denomination is the Roman Catholic, with its 7,500 churches, 8,300 priests, &c., and 9,277, 0(9) population, of whom 4,676,000 are estimated to be communicants. Then come the Methodists, with, in round numbers, 4,980,000 communi cants; Baptists, 4,292,000; Presbyterians 1, 2,000; Lutherans, 1,086,000; Congre gationalists, 491,000, and Episcopalians, 480,000. The increase in the Catholic popula tion during the year was 421,700. The estimated gain in Catholic communi cants was over 238,000. The growth of Protestant member ship was 668,000. The Methodists gained more than 256,000, the Baptists more than 213,000, the Lutherans 98,000, 'he Presbyterians nearly 49,000, the Congregationalists more than 16,000 and the Episcopalians about 9,500. The accession of new members was even larger than these figures, since in every denomination there were deaths of members whose places were filled by new acquisitions. The number of deaths in the Methodist Episcopal body, for example, was reported at 28,300. This is a highly satisfactory and en couraging showing to all who have the welfare of the Church at heart. A gain of rearly eleven hundred thousand in membership in one year, with a cor responding increase in the number of churches and ministers, indicates that Christianity is marching on with no uncertain stride. As our contemporary well says, "It is in itself a most over whelming refutation of the assertions we hear now and then from various quarters that Christianity is losing its hold upon our people and that our churches are declining." - a - Where Our Greatest Wealth Is. [Richard J. Hinton in the Forum.) In the region beyond the 98th meri dian of longitude west of Greenwich, the initial point being St. Paul, and its final one North Platte, Nebraska, while on the south it extends eastward to Fort Worthj, Texas, eighteen States and Territories were visited and tra versed. The contrasts offered by it to the solitude of 186~5 were almost amaz ing. West of the meridian named there are now at least 22,1.00 miles of railroad, and of telegraph wires not less than 150.000 miles. Of telephone and electric light cables, irn propotion to population, there are more miles in use than else where within the United States. There is to-day more property owned per capita, than elsewhere on the conti nent. Two-fifths of the national do main is found west of the line given, anid certainly three-fifths of the re maining public lands of the United States must be sought for in the same region; and that, too, without consid ering Alaska. Yet how few persons are cognizant of the fact that, east and west, the geographical centre of this Union is somewhere in the Bay of San Francisco; for with the Aleutian Islan dlers llying our flag within 50 miles of tihe Siberian coast of Asia, our domain extends on a northwestern and south eastern line, some 3,000 miles beyond the G;olden Gate. President Cleveland's Vetoes. [ Ed ward C. Mason in the Forum.) The country has been generous-as it iugh t to bc-in its provision for soldiers disabled in its service. But this very generosity has incited many whose claims were of the flimsiest character to seek aid from the government. President Cleveland determined if possible to stop the greedy and unjustifi able scramble, and to this end used the veto more than twice as often as all his predecessors together. His pur pose is well explained in the following quotation from a veto message: "Heed leseness and disregard: of the principle which underlies the granting of pen sions is unfair to the wounded, crip pled soldier, who is honored in thejust recognition of his government." Again, the President declares that the indis crimainate granting of pensions teaches the people "that as against the public treasury the most questionable expedi en ts are allowable." A careful exam ination of President Cleveland's veto messages compels one to the belief that he lived up to the principles set forth in the passage just quoted. President (leveland inl vetoing pension bills was defending alike the public treasury, the dlisabled soldier, and the public morals. Pimiples, boils and other humors, are liable to appear when the blood gets heated. The best remedy is Dr. Mc Lean's Sarsaparilla. Distress after eating, heartburn, sick headache, and indigestion are cured by IDr. J1. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Pillets (little pills.) HOW IT LOOKS. An Acrostic of all the States Tells the Tale. 3ichTgan KenTucky CoLorado VerniOnt WiseOnsin Kanisas Louisiana MaryLand Indiana South DaKota TennEssee AlaBama OrEgon 1lliNols MonTana CalIfornia ]Melwame North CaroLina New iaM,:hire NCvAd.L WashiNgton IoWa M lssIssippi PennsyLvania Rhode IsLand NtBraska New JersEy Florida MassachUsetts West ViRginia ArkaNsas ConnEcticut TeXas MinnesoTa Georgia North DakOta Virginia NEW York missouRI IMaiNe Ohio South CaRolina SENTINFL. LIBERTY HALL, S. C., Aug. 1st, I.io. The Decolete Dres. [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in the August Forum.] It is a fact, gloss it anyhow as we may, that decent women have never dressed so indecently in our country and our century as they do in fashion able life to-day. Would that some enterprising jour nal might take the moral census of this subject as a substitute for prize-baby competitions or guesses on Nelly Bly. We should like to throw down the gauntlet to the women of America. "Defend these immoralities! Speak up for yourselves if you can!". I do not believe that two reputable women in the land would dare publicly to defend the styles of undress that now disgrace our sex. The time has more than come for such a protest against this abomina tion as will smite women to the dust for shame. What is to be said? Enter any fashionable drawing-room and look for yourselves. What is said? Think of it, you high-born ladies-think of it! In the most decorous city in our country, a lady representing what may be deservedly called one of the "best" families in the State, herself a middle aged, queenly, home-loving matron, the wife of an affectionate husband,the mother of grown sons and daughters, wears her dress-but my pen shrinks from writing what this high-bred lady does. This case, which represents scores of others, is of importance, be cause the offender herself is so uncon scious of her offense, and so farin other respects above it. There is no life of concealed dishonor, no intrigue, no shoddy birthright, no fast-and-loose views of duty. The wo man is otherwise immaculate. How explain this ethical enigma? Are our ladies morally insane or mentally? Do they not know what they are doing? And if not, why not? How shall we characterize the two-low corsage with some nothing for a sleeve? The lower bodice with no sleeve at all? Nudity covered by transparency? And what is known as the V-back? They are below excuse as they are beyond explana tion. What moral mania blunts tile sensi bilities that ought to fix the standards of a nation? What dementia deters the "ever-womanly" from "leading us on," at least so far that tile simplest instinct of feminine rzoodesty-that which covers nakedness-may keep stroke with the moral development of the age? Let it be said that gay wo men always have dressed imnproperly. What of it? Is that any reason why they always should? KING COTTON. Barnwell County Leads in Sending the First Bale of the New Crop. [Special to the Register.] BANwELLr, August 7.-Barnwell County and Colonel Mike Brown ,as usual, leads in sending to Charleston the first bale of cotton. Colonel Mike Brown delivered to his successor in business, Mr. Isaac Michelson, the ba!e of cotton which weighed over 500) pounds, and will go forward by tc morrow nmorning's express to F. W. Wagener & Co. The Alabamna Election. BIRaarrNGuAM, August 5.-Later re turns from yesterday's election indicate that the Democratic majority wvill be the largest since the war, although the total vote polled was very light. The Republicans havej not carried more than one or two counties in the State. Walker County, the home of B. M. Long, the Republican candidate for Governor, gave a Democratic majority of 30)0. For the first time since the war, in this county, the Republican vote fell off 50) per cent. The Demo cratic majority is 7,000 with a total vote of only 10,000. One feature of yesterday's election was that few of the better element of the white Republicans voted.