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E NWER S. C., T A ESTABLI SH ED 1865. -N EWBI3ERR Y, S. G., THUR T SDAY A 8 81 RC 15 A YEA THE COB-PIPE. f A TALE OF THE COMET OF '43. tl I.-THE COMET. Sa t: BY DR. 0. B. MAYER, SR. II [The (:ob-Pipe ish'ere printed, next after rc No. 1, of the Historieal sketches of Dutch in Fork, in order to explain the plan of the vol ume proposed to be published during the coming Autunn. This story was written more than thirty years ago, for the purpose of Y( portraying the old-tine choppings and log- it rolin;: and carding in the Datch Fork. The other stories wil! a ppear in the volume-each one annexecd to the sketch which it will aid by iliu,tration. In the month of January 1S48,a comet with au extremely long tail was seen at for t-he first time, in the Dutch Fork. Whatever may be said in support of w the claims put forth by various Obser vatories for the honor of priority in the t dicovery of this comet, I boldly assert that'Mark Moyer, a distant relation of mine, was the mortal who first received b the image of this phenomenon upon h his retina. His description of the dis- sv covery was in the following character istic language delivered the next day sc at St. John's church to a group of his t acquaintances who, struck with the fa scratched condition of his hands and in face, threw out the imputation, tha he had been roughly handled in some re- s cent tight. fa "Fellers," said Mark, "I was 'possum of huntin' last night in de church-woods down yonder, and when I got to de grave-yard where I couldsee allaround in de ferniamint and could look over tb de tree-tops, I suddently see'i de fright fulest white streak in de sky wat was H ever hearn tell of. I 'clare, boys, de h water started in my eyes fast; and jest h den I disciver'd dat de ting was alive; i for it commenced to move i;self like a surpunt, and it darted out o' its head a w4 forky tongue what reetch'd away up in of de fernamiunt to Job's cotlin, and a sting out o: its tail as tetch'd de top of ds a high pine-tree. I tell you, Icouldn't stand it: I had to drap my 'possums and make tracks." th Here Mark, to give strength to his :tl description, stamped his feet rapidly upon the ground and fluttered with his hc hands like a bird attempting to fly. "Which way did you run?" asked Di one of his companions. th "Down tow'rds Crin's creek," replied na Mark. "And acrost it?' enquired another, M looking Mark squarely in the eyes. "Yes, Sur, clean acrost it, before I .stop'i I was so skeer'd I'didn't know wat I was doin'," answered Mark. "I know'd it" exclaimed the first ^ qmestioner, springing up and snapping hc his fingers, "Ha, ha, I kuow'd it! I'll Ti jest bet a pair of bran new marting;is, fellers, dat Mark's bin a stayin' all to night at de widder Halberdoppels." bl "Well, whar else had I to go to?" ed pleaded Miark, with great humility. "Wy, wusn't Adam Epting's not a more 'n tree hundret yards off, ware b we all goes wid de gltohis sprin afo.re preachin' begins ?" continued the questioner. "Yes," rem?onstrated MIark, "but o right in de direction tow'rds whar de tingvwas." he "Well, gentlemen," began a young c fellow with a quizzical smirk playing ti about the corners of his mouth, "all I wants to knowv is dis: how gittin'a skeer'd at de Mtilky way, and runnin' l over to de widder Halberdoppels kin i scratch up a man's face in dat sort of a way."o This insinuation was followed by a P loud laugh; and MIark seemed to be at v the mercy of a set of relentless jokers. "Oh, I kiu explicate dat for him," said a yountgster conspicuous for his H new homespun vest brilliantly checked da with stripes of copperas and black tb crossed by ind.igo and a trace of Turkey th red. "Yotu see, Nancy Halberdoppels Al has got jellies 'bout him, and last night wen he could n't pacify her, she fell to scratchin' of his face. I dou't s'pose defr gai is to be biamte 'd, ef it 's true wat i folks says 'bout hinm." to "I 'clare boys," remtonst'-:tcd MIark, y "I'm in dead yearnest 'bout dis; and ef go you will listen to me, FIl tell you all ch 'bout it. It was so dark in de woods by dat I could n't see my way, and I did Hi n'trun fur afore Istr~uck miyfoot-agin' a on -stump, and pitchied head foremost into by' a bunch of bramxbroo briars. Dat's de way my face and hiands got scratch'd. I 1o never looked back ontel I got to MIisses j0 Halberdoppels, and bustin' opeb de door I fell into de house flat on my face, o prustrated in body and sperit. Itfr frightef d (Ie old w oman an d her dorter w so mutch dat day could n't speak; but El wven I made 'eml look out o' doors to- pa w'rds sun-set and day cotch'd sight of liti de fiery dragoni, day took to screamiin' the and harrin' up deC house ontel I got fee wvuss skeer'd dau ever. Nancy was so m overtook wid de histurricks dat she sot otn my lap de whole of de blessed live- m long nmght: atnd I hain't had a wink o' we sleep. I left old MIiss Hlalberdoppeis reatdin' her Detch B3ible, and I con- "v cluded I wol comeb~ by de church, as it': diare wa:s preacin' here to-day, and tell me de people wvat I seed. For my pairt, I believe de Day of .Jedgmint will come A along here by t'sunst to-daty!" ' Notwithstantdinlg this solemn warn ing M[ark Mioyer was~ mtost indecorously do derided by tihe wh~Lole congregation, in- s0r eluding the Irson1. However, as the rid roey twvi:rght gradu alvy dkeepenled into Jeg darkness a long ple~: streak appeared m: upon0f the wvester:I sky. MIark MIoyer de was righ t-there it wvas suret enough. rie To some not readily moved by sights yoi of terror it maintained a steady, frozen position : but others in whose eyes tears ve: were easy I, start, soon observed the ob wriggling motion described by the tw rest. Upon wicked young people, e Mark Moyer and Nancy Halber )ppels, it brought shivering dread of t Le i.ast Day. The oldest persons re- 1 llected having heard their fathers y, that "sich a somethin' was seed in e fermament, jest before de war of de itepentency broke out," and predicted bberies and battles. These forbod gs were strengthened by a rough cen s of the Dutch F"k, showing that ere were at least twoyoung men to one c >ung woman,--an incongruity which3 was thought could be corrected only 1 war. Mr. Samuel Burns, a stranger I ho for two years had been employed schoolmaster at St. John's church, f formed his patrons that the object >w exciting their wonder was a comet; 1 d that philosophers considered the t orld in some jeopardy, whenever it 1 as approached by one of these bodies. e was a pedagogue of rare plausibili- I and had so ingratiated himself into e good opinion of the old folks in the ighborhood - especially those who Ld pretty daughters-that he was i 4d in deadly detestation by the rain. He was an ignoramus, as generally the case with itinerant hoolmasters, and imposed upon e inquisitive ignorance of the rmers by an affectation of learn g oftentimes extremely ludicrous. f ow and then, he excited momentary spicion of incompetency, when he iled to give satisfactorg explanations shooting stars; or asserted that there s is no further danger after the lighten g's flash was over; and once his ruin emed inevitable, when he denied that e custom of planting potatoes in the d n of the feet was founded in reason. e took shelter under the avowal that r had a preference for the sign of the e ad; but he had at last to hang his S ad under the general denunciation: r [at nopody but a outdacious fool s )uld tink of plantin' taters in de sign d de head wen effery pody from de f ry peginning of de worlt know'd a .t de feet is de blace for 'taters." is disquisitions respecting the comet r !re marvelous; but the admiration 1I ey inspired has long since been de- s oyed by the incidents to be related s this story. Mr. Burns fell from I r nor, perhaps unjustly, and the comet a '43 is inown to this day in the d 2tch Fork, as Mark Moyer's, just as t e one of 1682 is distinguished by the me of Halley's. b the same Sunday on which Mark p oyer related his adventure, a young r in and a young woman were riding to- I Lrds her home from St. John's4hurch, _ er the services were concluded. p though it was a cold day, and they 1 d several miles to go, their shivering I ,rses were reined into a slow walk. s te young man in his general appear- 1 ce was nature's model. He was tall s the utmost of six feet; and his Saxon t ie eyes though they sometimes flash- e with indignation oftener beamed c th generosity. His ungloved hand r d swarthy visage showed that hus- I udry was his occupation. His name Ls A bram Priester. rhe damsel was fair to look upon. > veil concealed her face. The rim her bonnet with the red ribbon tied der her chin encircled a smooth fore ad shaded by the blackest hair, and eeks over wbich blushes were con tually sporting with the smiles that yed around her mouth. There was ire in her dark eye an-d a ready pout ~ king about her lips that gave warn ; of a will to brave much parental position in favor of a lover. Ah, at:a Elfins was the girl for Abram iester! He had often said so, and0 wed to overcome every obstacle op sed to his gaining her hand. There ~re difficulties, but not with Yetta. er parents, infatuated with the pe- ' ntry of Samuel Burns, intimated ~ V ir willingness that he should marry lj ir daughter, by forbidding his rival, >ramn Priester, to enter their house. tl tta was not equivocal in making 0 own her preference. She darted d mi her eyes flashes of warning which, c they had not increased her beauty d t a degree irresi,stibly fascinating, ~uld, perhaps, have repulsed the peda- e ;ue, but, as it happened, she en- si an ted the poor fellow more and more c her manifestations of displeasure. c p had the'good will of the old folks ii his side, and he resolved to w:n her-t importunity. b .h, Samuel Burns, Samuel Burns,n a are a rock in the current of true b 'e, and I will have to blast you! t may well be supposed that the u iversation of the lovers, as they rodea m church, was pain fully interesting, a ben they approached as near to Mr. n in's as A bram could venture, they r~ 2sed in the road, and continued a le while longer the conversation tt had been so absorbing to their lings up to the moment when they ist part for the present. 'I wonder wat's got. into de oft u," began Abram Priester, "dat he. n't let me go into his house." 'Wy, Abram," answered Yetta, 5 au know,-or you ought to know, d becase he don't 'want you to h erry me." 'But I will marry you, Yetta," cried ai ram passionately. "I will have you, B tta, confound me ef I1 don't." c Well ,good ness, sakes alive, A bram, 2't cuss and swear 'bout it after dat j t of a foshion,.-and dat, too, while n in' away from hearin' preachin'. ir ~s have a leetle patience, and you y have me. I'm sure ef it comes to as wust we kin run away and git mar- f d. I 'clare, A bram, I don't believe . z have ever tought 'bout dat." ' 'Yetta," replied A bram, "you know -y well dat I have always lived in idience to my parents..- Before I was enty-one years old, and got to be my pi rent anywbars widout axin daddy's eave. S: you see I'm not much used o sich onregular doins; but you kin >ersuade me to watever you like, and o ef you're in de notion, wy, 'jess let's urn round and gallop back to Preacher foser's and he kin marry us afore sun et. My daddy and mammy is willin' nd de room whar I sleeps kin be got eady in a mighty short ." "Now, Abram, shet your mout!" ried Yetta. "Ain't you ashamed of ourself to talk dat way to me, right here in de big road? No, wen I gits narried I mus have a big time of it. mus have a white sattin weddin' rock, and ribbons to match, and white lippers, and,-and sweet-smellin' han cerchers, and,-and,-and dare mus be wo days' feastin' and dancin' at our iouse, and,-and,-two days of de same ver at your house, and,-and-." 3ere Yetta lost her powers of utter ,nce, and broke down with a deep irawn sigh. "Very well, Yetta, I'm willin' for ,nythin'," said Abram. "Very well, now we'llsee," remarked retta. "Have you tought 'bout wat re was plannin', wen we met last reek? Do you tink it's a goot plan? Vill it do?" A shudder ran through Abram's rame, while he delayed his answer. "Can't you speak, Abram?" asked 'etta coaxingly. "I don't know wat to say, Yetta," tammered Abram, "I'm afeered." "Now, ain't dat purty talk for a aan!" exclaimed Yetta. "Iv'e tougbt bout it, and I know it will do, if we ,on't git faint-hearted." "Well, well," said Abram, "I'll do ay best. It's mighty hard, howsom ver, for me to be treated so rough by 'our mammy and daddy. Has de olt aan forgot de time wen I turned de tray cattle out o' his cornfield? And on't your mammy rickolect how I xed her garden so de rabbits couldn't et in it? And didn't I -" "Oh, Abram, do hush your foolish ess. What does mammy and daddy ,eer 'bout dat?" cried Yetta. Then he continued in a tone of voice more erioun than usual with her: "Yes it aust be. You git de powder and put s much in a paper as you tink will o,-and I'll blow daddy up,-yes, I'll low daddy up." What a disclosure! The pretty, lack-eyed Yetta engaged in a gun owder plot against her father! No, ,o, Yetta Elfins, that must not be. 'rom this moment I abandon you and bram Priester to your fate; for I lainly perceive he will yield to your ersuasions, as Adam did to Eve's. t slow up your father, who has told me D many anecdotes of the olden time! furder Thomas Elfins, at whose fire- t ide I have spent so many merry win r evenings! No, Yetta, though you xplodea mine under his split-bottomed hair, no harm shall befall him: and iark me! you shall marry Samuel turns, if I'm able to hold my pen! [TO BE CONTINUED.] THE SAME OL D QUESTION. hat flrilIanti Cartride Law Still Puzzles the Dealers. [The State, 22nd.1 The Attorney General still receives umerous inquiries about the cartridge x law passed by the last Legislature rhch provides that a tax must be aid on the same cartridge when sold t nder one name and exempts it whent >ld under another. The following~ pinion prepared yesterdy will doubt-t ~ss settle the anxiety of.the inquirers :c essrs. P. Rosenbung & Co., A bbeville. S.C. C DEAR SIRS: In your letter of the ~ )th instant to the Attorney General I on ask, "What kind of cartridges will I *e be allowed to sell without a special cense, and what kind forbidden ?" In answer to this inquiry I beg to say matthe Attorney General, in a recent r pinion, decided that the sale of pistol t rtridges, without a license, is forbid-t en by la w, but that the sale of rifle t irtidges is not forbidden. This I s eem a sufficient answer to any ques-t on of law involved in your inquiry. C ut the scope of the inquiry seems to e stend further and embrace, in sub- C ;ance, the question, "What is a pistol C atidge as distinguished from a rifle e2 rtrtidge?" This, as you will readily t erceive, is a question of fact, and in a1 s solution, the Attorney General, al- I lough fully appreciating your lauda- t le desire to be right, will,.be unable to a mder you any assistance. In deter- 11 lining whether or not the law has a een violated in any case of the sale of ti Itidges, the decision must depend C pon the facts of the~ case, and the. estion will be, was the cartridge sold 1i Sa pistol cartridge or a rifle cartridge, Ad its determination may require P uch testimony, even that of skilled a Cperts. I have the honor to be, most t spectfully, your obedient servant, ~ D. A. TOWNSEND, c Assistant Attorney Geueral. E Of Course It's a Woman. "The hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rocks the world." r The mother, sitting beside and rock- n g the cradle, often singing her sad t laby, may be thus shaping, as it U ere, the destinies of nations. But if t) seases, consequent on motherhood, ve borne her down, and sapped her n1 re, how mnournfnl will be her song. 11 a cheer the mother, brighten her life, ( 1d brighten her song. Dr. Pierce of '. nfalo, has, after long experience, mpuinded a remed.y which he has s; ~lled his "Favorite Prescription," be-. ~use ladies preferred it to all others. 31 e guzarantees it to cure nervousness, t ~uralgic pains, bearing-down pains, 3 regularities, weakness, or prolapsus, t sadache, backache, or any of the ail- a ents of the female organs. What he e ks is, that the ladies shall give it a c ir trial, and satisfaction is assured. oney refunded, if it doesn't give sat- I faction. He Is Not Here. - - - a ~rom The Cumming, Ga., Clarion. ii The man who could .run a news- 2 per to suit everybody went to heaven 0o THE CONGRESS OF CRANKS. The Platform is a Hodge Podge of the St. Louis, Ocala and Omaha Platforms. with Various Other Resolutions to Gratify as Many Idiosyncracies as Possible. CINCINNATTr, May 20.-When the Convention met this morning a chorus from the Farmers' Alliance song book preceded by prayer by the Rev. Gilbert Delamater, the Greenback Ex--Con gressman. Delamater was roundiy ap plauded when he rose to pray. Fre quent and earnest amens - from the au :ience punctuated the invocation, and then the Kansas Glee Club regaled them with ahuniorous ditty. Reports from committees of arrangements and ,redentials now helped to kill time pending the exciting developments that many looked for when the plat orm committee was ready to report. A collection was taken to reiihurse Chairman Power, of the arrangement ,ommittee, S36.5, which he had ex )ended and on of which he had re ,eived only $36+. The report of the cre lentials committee showed 1,417 dele ;ates present. The larger delegations ,vere: Kansas 407, Ohio 317, Indiana 51. A LUCKY CAROLINA DARKY. Senator Peffer was then presented to ;he Convention as permanent chair nan. An appeal was made from the >latform for funds to pay the home 'are of a colored Alliance delegate from south Carolina. The delegate, Savage y name, came forward personally and n a clever speech said that the reason o few of the colored organizations vere represented was that the colored. yeople were too poor. It was perhaps is well for the Convention, he added, ying the hats that were being passed Lround for his benefit, that so few col >red delegates came. He was handed iatfuls of small change, and retired mid great cheering for the Colored lliance. The proposition to adopt a unit rule vas overwhelmingly defeated on the round that every man that caine to he Convention should have a vote and lave it counted. The five minute rule or speeches was adopted. A recess vas taken until 2 p. m. When the Convention reassembled a etter from L. L. Polk, which was 'ead, advising this Conference to issue n address and defer action on the [hird Party till 1S92, caused a breeze, nd when a motion to refer it to the ommittee on resolutions was declared :arried there was a lcuzd demand, nota ly from the Minnesota delegation, hat the negative be put more forcibly y the Chair. The demand was re iewed and continued from time to ime during the reading of a number f miscellaneous telegrams. Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of the ommittee on resolutions, climbed ipon the rostrum at this juncture, and .mid a whirlwind of excitement an iounceed that he was there to report hat the committee on platform was a mit for the organization of the Third 'arty. He gave way to Robert Schil ing, of Wisconsin, secretary of the ommittee, who read the platform as ollows : The Platform. First. That in view of the great s'o ial, industrial and economical revolu ion now dawning on the civilized v~orld, and the newv and living issues1 onfronting the American people, w~e ielieve that the time has arrived for he crystalization of the political re arm forces of our country and the for ration of what should be .known as he People's Party of the United States >f America. Second. That we most heartily en torse the demand of the platforms as dopted at St. Louis, Mo., in 188S-; Oca 1, Fla., 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in 891, by the industrial organizations here represented, summarized as fol )ws:1 (A) The right to make and issuet ioney is a sovereign power to be main ained by the people for the common enefit, hence wve demand the aboli ion of national banks as banks of is ue, and as a substitute for national rank notes we demand that legal ten er treasury notes be issued in sutli lent volume to transact the business f the country on a cash basis, without amage or especial advantage to any lass or callings, such notes to be legal ender in payment of all debts, public nd private, and such notes when de ianded by the people shall be loaned y them at not more than 2 per cent per nnum on non-perishable products, as 2dicated in the sub-treasury plan, and Iso upon real estate with proper limni-i ition on quantity of land and amount f money. (B) We demand the free and unlinm :ed coinage of silver. (C) We demand the passage of laws rohibiting alien ownership of land nd that Congress take prompt action >devise some plan to obtain all lands ow owned by alien and foreign syndi ates, and that all land held by rail- I >ads and other corporations in excess f such as is actually used and neededl y them be reclaimed by the Govern 1ent and held for actual settlers only. (D) Believing in the doctrine of ecpial s ghts to all and special privileges to one, we demand that taxation, na onal, State or municipal, shall iiot be sed to build up one interest or class at 2e expense of another. (E) We demand that all revenues, s ational, State or county, shall be limn ed to the necessary expenses of the lovernment economically and honest r administered. It (F) We demand a just and equitabler stem of grauated tax on income. e (G) We demand rigid, honest and ist national control and supervision of le means of public communication I nd transportation, and if this control nd supervision does not remov-e the buses now existing we demand Gov Enment ownership of such mecans of: >mnmunication and transportation. e (H) We demand the election of the 'resident, Vice-President and United tates Senators by the direct vote of 2e people. Third. That we urge united action of:Il i progressive organizations in attend-| c ig the Conference called for February| ~, 1892, by six of the leading reform . ganizations. . t mittee be appointed by this Confer ence, to he comnposed of a chairman, to be elected by this body, and of three memibers from each State represented, to he named by each State delegation. Fifth.-'That this central committee shall represent this body, attend the National Conference on February 22, 1892. and, if possible, unite with that and all other reform organizations there assembled. If no satisfactory arrange meints can be r.iade this committee shall call a national convention not later than June 1, 1S92, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President. Sixth. That the members of the cen tral committee for each State where there is no-independent political organ ization conduct an active system of po litical agitation in theii States. Additional resolutions, not part of the platform, were presented. They recommended the favorable considera tion of universal suffrage; demanded that treasury notes paid soldiers be iade equivalent to coin ; favored-an eight-hour day, and condemned the action of the World's Fair commission with reference to wages. The name of the new party, "The Peoplc's Party of the United States," elicited a magnificent outburst of ap plause, and as each plank was read the cheering was renewed so frequently that the great hall seemed to reverber ate continuously. When the resolutions recommending universal suffrage to favorable consid eration and demanding payment of bounties on a gold basis were read, the former met with rather a chilly recep tion, but the latter was roundly cheered. Schilling announced that the pen 4ion plank was left to the soldier mem ber on the committee with an inquiry whether it was satisfactory, and on his icquieseence it was adopted unani aiously. SOME RIICT LOUS STAGE PLAY. Davis, of Texas, a lank six-footer in i light suit, -who had electrified the Convention during the Donnelly speech by a long weird whoop of exul tation, was conducted to the platform, md to the intense delight of the Con vention repeated the unearthly In :ian-like trill. Then he announced Liimself as an Ex-Confederate and de :lared himself for the platform, every plank and every resolution. An ex traordinary spsctacle followed. Wadsworth, of Indiana, an Ex-Un on soldier, rushed up to Ex-Confeder zte Davis in full view of the Conven 'ion and the two, at one time mortal roes, grasped hands.' R. W. Humphrey, of Texas, organ zer of the Colored Alliance, seized with lhe inpiration of the moment, sudden y joined the ex soldiers, and amid a perfect cyclone of enthusiasm a,dele ;ate moved the adoption of the plat ?orm as read. A HOWLING MOB. The Convention went wild and the lelegates, mounting tables and chairs, wvere shouting and yelling like Co nanches. A portion of the Conven .ion, in thunderous chorus, sang to the :une of "Good-bye, my lover, good ye," the words "Good-bye, old par ies, good-bye," and then a doxology. En the forest of flags and State banners :hat had gathered with their hearers tround the trio, a Kansas man, on the shoulders of two colleagues standing >nl chairs, raised the Kansas banner md held it aloft above all the others. A tumult, surpassing in its remarka >le suddenness andl vigor of anything hat had previously taken place in the jonvention, lasted fully a quarter of in hour, till it ceased from sheer ex iaustion of the delegates. Several delegates seconded the adop ion of the report, one suggesting it be y a rising vote. "Question! Question!" ame fromn all parts of the hall. But the >ent-up enthusiasm had to have vent, mud one after another of the orators elieved themselves, delegates from inme to time calling on prominent men, cVaver, Willetts and others. "Previous question," shoted dele rates, but it had no effect on an irre >ressible Texan, who was bound to peak his piece. When he had finished he chairman's gavel fell like a trip ammer, and order was finally re tored. The p)latforml proper exclusive of the esolutions, was then adopted by a ising vote. NO I'RoIrIIITIoN WANTED). Delegate Miller, of California, threw n a bonie of conteation by offering this esolution: Resolved, That we favor the abolition f the liquor trafiic. The con fusion became worse con ou nded. Fifty orators were clamoring or recognition, but the first to succeed vas Schilling. of Wisconsin. He op >osed the discussion of the question of rohibition at this time. Schilling declared that the resolution roposed by Miller had been iully con idered and voted down by the comn iittee on platform. To spring it now vas plainly throwing a firebrand into he Convention, andl in his opinion it was a deliberate attempt to cause a pl)it in the party. The pressure at this time for recogni ion was extraordinary. In desperation he Chair proposed to give ten of the iiost vociferous dlelegates wvho were rowded about his desCk clamoring for ecognition one minute each, and ai undred watches were pulled out to take s"re none of the speakers ex eedeCd the sixty-se cond limit. The irohiibition amendment was verwhe!ni ingly defeated. T he resolutions were then adopted, rIth only three dissenting votes. At this juncture J. B Weaver re eyed Chairman Pefler, wuo was worn ut with his fruitless efforts to preserve rder, and had, besides, to catch the rain for Washington. ed off by a point of order raised by Schilling, of Wisconsin, that all resolu tions should be referred to the commit tee on resolutions without being read. Then the Convention got down to business again and the matter ofchoos ing the national committee was taken up. Chairman Weaver declared a wel come recess to enable the overheated, exhausted delegates to select members of the national committee from their respective States. After the recess the roll of names was called for members of the national committee, the' Convention adopting the innovation of appointing three members from each State, instead of one member, as the old parties have done. Alliance Congressman J. G. Otis, of Kansas, nominated H. E. Taubenick, of Illinois, as chairman of the national executive committee. There was a great outburst of cheers when Taubenick's name was men tioned. W. R. Lamb, of Texas, se conded the nomination, saying he had watched Taubenick's course and was satisfied. Taubenick was chosen by acclamation. Loud calls for Tabuenick finally brought him to the rostrum, where he made a brief, but very manly and modest speech, thanking the delegates. In conclusion he said they were stand ing on the brink of a conflict between capital and labor and the longer the conflict was postponed the worse it would be. "Our politicians," said he, "might as well try to stop the cyclone or the movements of the stars as to evade this issue." A few moments of confused prepara tion for adjournment sine die ensued; then the chairman's gavel fell and the first convention of the People's party of the United States had passed into history. The following is the national committee: Arkf nsas-L. B. Featherstone, Isaac McCracken, J. A. Bush. C.i 'ornia-Marion Cannon, H. C. Dillon, A. G. Hinckley. Connecticut-Robert Pique. Florida-W. D. Condon, L. Baskins, J. D. Goss. Georgia-C. C. Post. Iowa-J. B. Weaver, M. L. Wheat, A. J. Westfield. Indiana-C. A. Powers, Leroy Temp leton, J. D. Comestock. Illinois-S. N. Norton, A. J. Streater, H. E. Taubenick. Kansas-P. P. Elder, Levi Dumbauls, R. S. Osborne. Kentucky-D. L. Graves, S. C. Smith, T. G. I allin. Loujsiana-J. J. Mills, Dr. R. H. Paine, John Pickett. Massachusetts--G. F. Washburn, E. G. Brown, E. M. Boynton. Michigan-Ben Colbin, Mrs. S. E. V. Emery, John 0. Beebel. Minnesota-Ignatius Donnelly, C. V. Perkins, Andrew Stevenson. Missouri-Paul J. Dickson, J. W. Rogers, W. 0. Adkinson. Maine-H. S. Hobbs, F. A. Howard, D. W. Smith. Nebraska-J. H. Edmonston, Wmn. Dystart, WV. H. WVest. New York-Jacob H. Studer, Joel J. Hoyt. Ohio-Hugh Pryer, J. C. H. Cbbb, H. T. Barnes. Oklahoma-Samuel Crocker. A. E. Light, John Hogan. Pennsylvania-R. A. Thompson, T. R. Agnew, Lewis Edwards. South Dakota-J. E. Hardin, H. L. Lo.icks, Fred Zeep. TIexas--W.RB.Lamb, Thomas Maines, J. H . Davis. Tennessee-H. P. Osborne, J. WV. J. Kay, John WV. James. Wisconsin-Robert Schilling, Alfred Manhermer, A. J. Phillips. West Virginia-Luther C. Shinn, 1 George WV. Hamment, . Thomas C. Keeny. Wyoming-H. B. Settonstein, James A. Smithb, H. D. Merritt.4 District of Columbia-Lee Crandall, S. A. Bland, H. J. Schultio. A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET TO BE PLACED I N T HIE FI ELD. CINCINNA-rI, May 21.-Since the ad jourument of the National Union Con ven;ion last niglit, scores of dispatches expressing approval of the outcome oft the gathering and offerring congratu lations have poured in upon the dele gates from all over the country. Both fiactions to the third party c"ntro-t versy are satisfied with the result andt each claims the victory. An effort willc be made to bring the industrial con ference that assembles in Februaryt next into the fold, but whether success ful or not, a People's Party Presiden tial ticket will be placed in the field next year. The national committee of the Peo- g ple's Party met at the Hotel Emery to- e day r.nd installed H. E. N. Taubeneck, of Illinois as chairman, and Robert a Schilling of Wisconsin, secretary, I a.nd informally discussed a plan for a vigorous campaign all over the country. Ohio will be the first point of attack. A State ticket is to be placed in the field next month, and Dongressmnan Simpson, Gen. WVeaver I and others will stump the State from ~ one end to the other. A national ~ :ampaign fund of $l00,00)0 is also to be raised. Where They WiVll Go.a It is difficult to locate the site of the lb :olony of Russian Jw.s which Baron a EIirsch is going to provide for. A lateu Lccount had it that the colony was to r, e located in the Argentine Republic, P ut the last account is that it is to be S n East Tennessee. The Atlanta Jour 2al says the baron has just paid $364,- pa >00 for 104,00O0 acres of agricultural and 1W nining land in East Tennessee, where ~ e will settle the victims of Russian yranny on farms and give them such mployment as the development of tI he tract will supply. There are said o be some 5,000,000 Jews in Russia. O* ['here will be, accordingly, no lack of be nateria1 for the baron tn wor1r with n GRIFFIN GOES OUT. He Demands Peremptory Dismissal and Gets It-Curt Demand for His Keys and Office. [Special to the Daily News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., May 20.-Super intendent Griffin, of the asylum, to day answered the letter of Governor Tillman requesting his resignation, in which he says : 'The charges against me seem to be reduced to two specifi eations-first, the infrequency of my visits to certain wards, and second, permitting one of the male patients to have a key which gave access to the female department. "In reply to the first I can only re pes.t what has been already published, that I receive every morning wrift^n reports from seven watchers which show the condition of every ward each hour of the night ; that the matrons and supervisors make daily written reports from seven watchers which slow the condition of every ward each hour of the night ; that the matrons and supervisors make daily written and verbal reports of their respective departments ; that my assistant phy iicians after the morning inspection give me written and vsrbal reports of the condition of patients; that I am in daily consultation with them in re gard to the treatment of patients, vis itiug those that need special attention, rnd that the by laws wisely leave to the discretion of the superintendent the frequency or time of his visits of inspection. "Referring to the second charge you itate 'The man Milne whom you yharacterize as a crank and who Doc tor Corbett says is morally insane, by which I understand that he has a lepraved nature which would not nesitate to gratify any passion or appe :ite, this man was permitted for nonths to have a key which would >pen the doors of the female wards.' [n reply to this I beg to repeat my lenial that Milne was 'permitted' to ave a key, or that he is morally in 'ane in the meaning 'of having no ense of right and wrong, or of yield ng to the blind impulses of brutal assion. On the contrary during his :onfinement here his deportment to wards women has been uniformly roper, respectful, deferential. It has )een proven that in point of fact he iever was in the female wards except when employed in painting and then ilways in the presence of an attend Lt or of another painter hired to as ist. "It is also well known that the ex :erior doors are secured by inside bolts which no key can operate. I feel con ident that calm and impartial consid >ration would show that there were -eally no 'opportunities' which would :ause the 'mind to revolt or the imagi iation to si-sken.' As this charge is nainly supported by Dr. Corbett's ~haracterization of Milne, I beg to call tour excellency's attention to the ac ~ompanying letter toshow how far you nisunderstood or misconstrued this neaning ; "In your letter requesting ny resignation, it is stated that you are 'force I to conclude that you do not w'ish for such trial." The only trial ffered me is one by the Governor. rhe by-laws of the institution give the egents the right to elect the super ntendent to hold his office at the pleas-. ire of the board. The constitutioi ives the Governor power to appoint superintendent, 'with the advice and ~onsent of the senate.' I hold that here are only two courts competent o try me. By the first I have been zxonerated after thorough examination f the testimony. Trial by the senate as not been offered. After mature onsideration of the whole matter I eel constrained to decline to tender my 'esignation while there are charges ~gaiust me. I trust your excellency vill pardon the suggestion that there emaizs but three solutions of this un >leasant controversy : The withdraw 1 of charges' or impeachment before he- senate of the- State, or summary lismissal from office by the Gouernor." The Governor replied : "As you leave' ne no alternative I hereby notify you hat you are removed as superin endent of the lunatic asylum, and rder you to turn over the office, etc., o Dr. Thompson who will assume emporary control of the institution." Doctor Griffin was intervied to-night y a News representative. He stated that he believed he had een vindicated by the people, and his irst inteution was to resist the Gover or's action in the courts. On reflection he decided to vacate, nid will go her to Charleston or )arlington. DR. GRIFFIN TURNS OVER. [The State, 22nd.1, Yesterday morning Dr. P. E. Grif n, as soon as he could arrange all ecessary matters, formally turned ver the management of the asylum to is temporary successor, Dr. J. L. hompson. Dr. Thompson, upon assuming con -ol of the institution, visited the Gov rnor, informing him of the fact and sking when his successor -would be ppointed. The Governor informed im that he was unable to say, and in ;ructed him to run the institution as sual. Dr. Thompson is desirious of the per aanent superintendent being ap :>inted at once, inasmuch as the in itution is now running, with only vo instead of three physicians. Dr. Griffin will speuid a few days icking up his household effects, but ill leave the walls of the institution early as possible. The itching of the scalp, falling of ~e hair, resulting in baldness, are ten caused by dandruff, which may cured by using Hall's Hair Re "BELLING THE CATS." "The Band Begins to _Pa "Elephant Goes Bound." - [Greenville News.] The combat deepens; the plot thick ens. So does the soup and somebody will have to go into it. At Orangeburg the occasion of Lecturer Terrill's recent visit, a string of resolutions offered by President J. Wm. Stokes was adopted. They begin thus: "Whereas, certain individuals within the order in South Carolina have as. sumed to speak for the rank and bie of the order against certain demands of the order: "Resolved, By the First Congressional District Alliance of South Carolina, composed of representatives from Or angeburg, Colleton and Lexington Counties: "1. That we heartily endorse all the alliance demands adopted by the su preme council at Ocala." "Certain individuals" we take to in clude such very distinguished indivi duals as B..R. Tillman, Geo. D. Till man, John L. M. Irby and G. W. Shell. Some of them are regarded in some quarters as rather uncertain in dividuals, but that has nothing to do with the case. To these individuals the gauntlet is fairly thrown down. They must swallow the sub-treasury or look for alliance opposition. Let the sports proceed. We and a good many of us have secured good re served seats high up on the shelf, close to the roof and with plenty of room to swing our legs. We have hats full of green apples to throw at the animals and are prepared to enjoy the circus. We don't care how long it lasts. We are here to see it through and to buy tickets to the subsequent concert and grand Ethiopian eccentricities. Our brother of the Cotton Plant will kindly pass up a few glasses of the deceptive and somewhat vague but "ery beautiful pink lemonade he brews weekly, Sig nor de Tighlman may throw a prize package or two in this direction before entering the arena and Attorney Gen eral Pope, will oblige us with selected circus taffy. Now we are all ready. Let Lecturer Talbert crack his whip, tune up the hurdy gurdy at the door and, in the - inspired language of the bard hitherto quoted: "The elephant now goes round, goes round, The band begins to play; And the little boys under the monkey Cage Had better get out ofthe way." The Record of Removals. [Columbia Record.] The present administration, which came into power without a record-an administrative one at least-is fast making one on the line of removals that the people of the State will do well to peruse and ponder over. Here it is: Wade Hampton, from the United States Senate. President McBride, from the South7 Carolina University and from South Carolina. Dr. James Woodrow from a grandly filled professorshnip. Dr. Alexander, "for religion's sake," from a chair at the University. Dr. 0. A. Darby, from chaplaincy at the penitentiary. Dr. P. E. Griffin, as Superintendenit Lunatic Asylum, "to make room for another." The State Agricultural Department, from existence. The Coosaw Mining company, from Coosaw river, with a good prospect of "swinging it out" of the State to Florida. It may be said that not all the gen tlemen named above weredirectly "re moved" from their positions, but the fact that they occupy their former po sitions no longer is in each and every case the result of the present State ad ministration and its tactics. How do you like the record so far, people of the Palmetto State? And still there's more to follow. PRESIDENT M'BRYDE. Formally Tendered His Resignation to the Governor. [Columbia Record, 20th.]) Prof. McBryde formally has tendered his resignation as president of the Uni versity. He sent the Governor the fol lowing letter to-day: Hon. B. R. Tillmnan, Governor, and ex Officio president of Board Trustees of South Carolina College: DEAR SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the by-laws of the Uni versity of Soath Carolina, 1 beg permis sion to submit through lyou, notice of my intention of resigning as president f the South Carolina College on the pening day of next session, 1891-92. Eespectfully, J. M. McBRYDE. The letter will of course be submitted to the board at the next meeting which ill be held about the 10th of June. Archbishop Dennison's Famous Toast. 'Here's health to all that we love, Tere's health to all that love us, here's health to all those that love them ['at love those that love them that love us." Do you notice what a large circle his wish for health includes ? and ill you notice the reverence is not to ~he wine-cup, but to a standard medi ~ine, the "Golden Medical Direovery," ~hat can bring health to the large mmber of friends we each love. True, t is not a "beverage," and does not nebriate, but is a health-giving med ine, a blood-purified, liver invigora or and genera! tonic-a remedy fo? lilliousness, Indigestion, and Stomach - roubles. It cures Consumption, in its arly stages, Scrofula, Bronchitis, and