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h famousFOR THE LOVE 10 CETEIAS GODC8E WILL MAKE YOU SMILE 06~WN F ORNNY -WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEIR-ry LOW_PAICES -SBYYU OD ITry them and see. Foot's OldStand. M00t'srOld Saj W. M. Sherard & Co. W._ _.__herar___Co. ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1,1891. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE COLORED TEACHERS. The Close of the Institute-Fall report of the rroceedinga. Wednesday found us still thirsting for the unknown. The Institute opened with devotional exercises. The weath er was all one could wish, and the spirits of the teachers were in conjunc tion with it. Prof. Wallace gave us an excellent talk upon "things in gen eral," and from the principles laid down, we deduced several facts, that will result in good. Addition and sub traction were next taken up; in this lesson the importance of teaching Arithmetic was brought out, also its simplicity. "The importance of the study of (eography" was presented by Prof. Wallace. He spoke of the many difficulties teachers have in presenting this study to their classes. He illus trated in his pleasant way how these difficulties could be removed. He as sured us that we could take our classes to the river side and there make plain to them the meaning of a lake, an island, cape, mountain, etc. The dis sertation upon physical Geography was grand. We were led from the un known to the kno-u. "Some of us" loomed up with asonishment when told of the many thing- ihat are found in the physical world. Reading was next presented by Mrs. Wallace. She said that good "teachers were numbered." The subject was well ventilated. Division of fractions was next brought before us. The ob jective method in its beauty and sim plicity was illustrated. Much atten tion was given fractions, as it is often caUed "the barrier between a certificate and the schoolhouse." Thursday morning found the teach ers all present; the interest in the In stitute seems not to wane. After morning exercises Mrs. Wallace intro duced spelling. She said as a nation we were poor spellers, and that spell ing is one of the most important branches taught in the school room. She gave to the teachers several good rules, viz: (a) All spelling should be written. (b) Write words from dicta tion. (c) Wrote them from memory. (d) Keep a list of misspelled words and bring them often .before the class. (e) Teach words your children use. (f) Never teach a word that the mean ing is not understood. (g) The mean ing of a word can only be taught in a sentence. rrof. Wallace next introduced His 4ory. Most teachers, he said, found history teaching a "tough job." He :thought history could be made as in teresting as any study. In teaching history, he thought, no teacher should be caught with book in hand; if so, he was very poor material for the school room. Letter writing, by Mrs. Wallace, was veryinstructing and *W' of interest. As "night brings outThe stars," with them came quite an intelligent audi enee to cheer us on. The exercises opened with music, which was sooth ing and inspiring. Prayer by Rev. M4r. Dorrob. Select readings by Misses Alice Bedenbaugh and Theresa Chap pell, which were pronounced good by all Essay, "Do Something," by Mr. P. E. Herriott. We were given much food for thought as we go forth in life, endeavoring to "do something" for the race with which we are identified. Discussion. Resolved, That corporal puniahment should be abolished in the school-room. Affirmative-Miss Cornelia Sims, Messrs. G. WV. Starks and Harry Thomas. Negative-Mrs. L. A."WVhite ner, Miss Alice Davis and Rev. H. H. Ely. This was the most inteiesting part of the exercise. We were led to believe *that the days of the switch "are num bered." A very large attendance was present Friday morning at the Calvary Presbyterian chcerch, the occasion be ing the last day's session of the Institute. The sut>ject spelling was again taken up by Mrs. Wallace. The many de vices given the teachers were put in Sapplication. The teachers were called out and the spelling began. Many Sthat thought there was no such word 'toppled and fell, of course this caused ughter, but it proved the abo -* that we are bad spellers. .-. Least Common Mul nd Great ,est Common Divisor, and do we invert the terms of the divis w.ere taken up by Prof. Wallace. One st *admit, the why's in this part of Ari - metic are mystcal, but after several i. - \lustration~s the clouds withdrew andt eone of old, we could say "Eureka! preka!!" As the session was near \the end, Prof. Wallace gave .~~."eachers a practical talk upon ~ieir work. He urged upon them the importance of preparing for their work. He sat heavily upon the license teacher, and oluded by saying we should be ~2resve teachers or get out of the Friday evening a large crowd gath Iered to see the close of a most success. ful Institute. After devotional exercises. C'ornmis sioner Kibler was introduced, to the audience. Space will not allow me to give this address verbatim but -it is suf ficient to say, it was good. Such,a talk will produce good, and bring about better work among the teachers, rMr. Butler W. Nance gave us an in terestg talk upon education. After the ahee, Mr. A. P. Butler -ose in be half of the teachers and pr:esented the following resolutions: Whereas, Our efficien( Superintend ent of Education, hes granted us an Institute, and the able and competent ~'iees of Prof. J. E. Wallace and Mrs. J. E. Wallace as a faculty: Resolved, 1. That we extend our thanks to the Supeerintendent of Edu caion for his interest in the work. 2. That we extend our thanks to our indefatigable commissioner for his ap preciation and attendance. 3. That our high appreciation is due the faculty, for their patience and nome instructions mentally and moral:y, they will ever carry with them our wishes for their future success. 4. That high appreciation is due the people of New berry for their kindness. A. P. BUTLER. A Fleeting Subject. [Greenville News.1 Editor Aull's verdict on the Butler Watson debate is that neither of the debators touched the sub-treasury, which was supposed to be the subject of debate. Editor Aull's observation is keen, his intelligence is acute and his judgments are conscientious and fair and in this case he is altogether right. A mau might as well take a knife and saw and case of'surgical instruments and go to work to dissect a mist wraith on a mountain side or a will-o-the-wisp in a swamp as to apply logic to the sub treasury ai now pi eseuted. It is a phan torn, an elusive emanation without form or fashion or substance. We can catch glimpses of it, if it is pointed out to us, but when we come to weigh and analyze it we find it impalpable, elusive -a something which nobody seems able to define or describe. The bill was a solid thing, capable of being handled. We'are now told that the bill is dead. From it has arisen this ghost vaguely described as "the princi ple"-an abstraction inasmuch as it can be touched by a few earthly intel lects and proposes, if anything, the abstraction of government money in huge sums by means of loans. We are not informed if the leading exponents of the sub-treasury have ever agreed on a distinct, direct, autho ritative definitioL of what. the sub-trea sury principle is. If there is any such document or statement in existence we would like to see t and it ought to be put forth clearly atnd briefly. Then dis cussion could be mntelligently conduct ed. The average ir.tellect could grasp the direct issue and deal with it. Until that is done debates on the sub ject must continue to be mere discur sive talking matches beginning and ending nowhere. The Leesylle Summer School. On July 20, Miss Nellie Chapman and I, after having a pleasant chat at the depot, bid farewell to our friends, boarded the train bound for Leesville where we were going to attend the Summer Training School. Miss Chap man was one of the teachers. When we reached our destination there were several smiling faces to welcome u. Then we were carried to Salisto Hall, our pleasant home for one short month, where we were met with a cordial wel come from Prof. Haynes and a happy greeting Ifrom Mrs. Haynes, one of the loveliest of women. Leesville is situated on the Ridge, six-hundred feet .bove the sea level, making it healthy and salubrious. It is quite the plas: -: a summer school as we were not strained to keep up with fashions. This school at Leesville was the first Summer School of the kind in this State. The school was under the super vision of, that most excellent and wide awake teacher, Mr. L. B. Haynes. We had an efficient* and competent corps of teachers. Branches taught were, Literature, Mathematics, Elocu tion, Telegraphy; .Greek; Latin; French; Music; Art; and Teachers' Courses, in which we did practice work. Would that more teachers could see the necessity of attending these schools. Teachinug becomes a noble avocation only when based upon the right foundation. We should possess the faculty of imparting our knowledge to others. We are not fully prepared to teach.after having finished in a high school,, but should strive to take a course in a normal or training school. This is an "age of push" and we teachers should endeavor to keep apace with other things. Why should teach ers stick to the old a b c method when there is a more natural way of te.aching children? How can we wonder at the innativeness of a child when we put him on the stool and have him say A day after day! Talk with them about cat (they all know a cat) draw a picture on the black board, wvhen tneir interest is at its highest, write the word "cat" under the picture. They can tell the word. Have them to write it. They are learn ing Writing and Reading. In this way many words are taught. Repetition is very necessary. We had forty students this strmmer and hope to have many more next. We enjoyed our stay in Leesville very much, and regretted when school closed. *We parted hoping to meet again. Respectfully, E. L. K. Be wise in time. You have too many gray hairs for one so young looking. Use Halt's Hair Rewewer, the best preparation out to cure them. Try it. "One of the Ablest and Most Impari,a Jurits." [From the Beaufort New South, Col ored Republican.] His Honor Judge W. H. Wallace, of Union, Speaker of the late Wallace House during the trying Hampton ~Chamberlain contest of 18703, will pre ~de, by assignment of the presiding jtiee of the Supreme Court of Comn m &Pleas and General Sessions for Bean t County. His Honor is well knowni to the Beau~fort Bar and people of the l&w-country, and is recognized as one of e ablest and mcst thoroughly impartil jurists of the State. There is no juris in South Carolina whose ele vation t.o the Chief Justeeship of the yx would be hailed with more gen ine. satisfaction by the people of thIs section of all races than his. Jemimia's Beau. Jemima, once she had a beau, He didn't mind her name, you know, Although it was so prosy. She had catarrh, and had it so, That he at last was forced to go The ador was not posy. If she bad been sage in time, she would have taken Dr. sage's Catarrh Remedy. An off'ensive breath is most distressing, not only to the person afflicted, if the person has any pride, but to those with whom he or she comes in contact. It is a delicate matter to speak of, but it has parted not only friends but lovers. Bad breath and ca tarrh are inseperab'le. Dr. Sages's Ca tarrh Remedy cures the worst cases, as thousands can testify. 5.500 reward offered for an incurable case by World's Dispensary Medical Association, Pro preoars of Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy. BILL ARP TALKS. With His Friend Jake on Some Public Matters.-The Alliance and the Sub treasury-Who will Pay the Big Bounties?-A Personal Devil. rFhe Atlanta Constitution.] Uncle Jake is not a scholar, but is a reader and a thinker. He takes some papers and borrows others. He is getting old, and is quite amiable and tolerant. His natural disposition is not to criticise, but rather to apologize for everything and everybody. When there is conflict and excitement and bitterness, he takes no side, but offers excuses for both. "There are two sides to this thing," says he, "and folks ought to discuss it more calmly." It always interests me to draw him out .n the perplexing questions of the day, and hear him ex press his "leanings." "I havent mind enough," says he, "to decide betwixt 'em, but it will all work out right after a while. Our Heavenly Father iQ mighty good to His creatures as long as good people are in the majority. He would have saved Sodom if Abraham could have found ten good people there. I don't know t how big the.town was-big as Atlanta, I reckon, but it must have been an aw ful place. God puts up with a heap before He lets his wrath boil plum over. I He never sent the flood until the num- I ber of good people was reduced down to eight, and I reckon oae of them was t a pretty harl case and was just saved < on account of his kinfolks. I beli(ve < there is many a young man and young I girl, too, who will be saved on account i of their father and mother. Atlanta is i said to be a right wicked town, but I 1 reckon there are several hundred good E people there-pretty good people-and I think she is:safe. The towns are worse-than the country, for you see I the devil basent got time to run round i from house to house and whisper his 1 devilmeut in their ears. He wants 'em t by the wholesale. He wont set his trap v to catch one bird. He has got sense, a he has. He 'vont waste his ammuni- t dion." I "Uncle Jake," said I, "what is your a )pinion about this home for the v,*e- I rans that has raised such a commotion?" I "Well, now," said he, "since it has I orter quieted down I reckon a man o man task a little without being miscon- t 5trued. While they were all so mad on v both s I never said nary word. It r waseu'rudent. Tl'ere are two sides t :o it i both of 'em are good sides. v rhere isent much difference betwixt v em really, but they dident know it. ' Everybody is willing to do something c or the veterans, and the question is, r what is the best thing to do. If they r bad taken a little more time and sent r )ut circulars, and had the magistrates t n every district to send in a report of V ow many old soldiers in his beat had d ao kinfolks that he had rather stay t with, and who would probably go to I: hie home, then there would have been 1: something substantial to depend on. g There may be right smart of 'em in the t state-I don't know. r "I asked our members about it and e :hey dident know of any in Bartow. r [t's mighty hard for an old soldier to t reak up his associations and go off d lone. A man has got to be mighty v igh a vagabond to do it. I heard Sam ? Jones say that the soldiers' homes up v 2arth were perfectd scandalous. That obody was in 'em but a lot of vaga- t sond foreigners who come over here f without families and pitched in to the ft &ght and they have gone to the homes t md draw their pensions and set around I ll day and drink beer and play cards, y mnd they are considered up there a per- r Eect nuisance. But our veterans are not that kind, and if we can help them a we want to do it. But I know some t rnightyworthy ones who need help and 1: won't go to the 'home,' either-they g love their homefolks too good for that. s something might be done for themn.d There are two sides to this question, r itd the boys oughtent to get mad. 1: They are all for the veterans, and the t widows, too, aLd it don't make any r difference what them papers up north I ay about it. Whatever we do won't r ose a friend or convert an enemy up I Vere. It makes me sorter mad to hear c >ur people say 'what will the north say e ibout it?'" rHlE ALLIANCE AND THE sUflTREA- t SURY. C "Uncle Jake," said I, "what's your >pinion about the alliance and the sub reasury?" "Oh I don't know," said he, E it wvill all work out right after a while. ~ There are two sides to it, and whenever ~ here are t wo sides it gets up discussions, ~ mnd we will have to wait until the ~ irgumnent is over. It is in a right I smart tangle yet, but the people will do ~ ight when they have time to see what 3 ight is. The farmiers are raising a C powerful r. .npus and if they arc' de- r manding too much it's a good way to C ;et something. I remember when the S w~atch ward of our party was '$54.40 or ight,' but we settled down to $36.30 md dident fight either, for that was all hie territory we were entitled to. "Folks have to make a fuss some imes, or they will be run over. You rnow Boba aith actually quithis crop mud wen. , -reaching all the week, mud when .ais boss made afuss about it, Bob said: 'We is jest obleezed to go to preachiu.' You white folks done got ~ is here world, and we niggers is a ixin' to git de next one.' The farmers ~ aave been paying tribute to protection ~ ~or seventy-five years, and they are :ired. They want their time to come. f They want a bounty in some shape. t Sugar has got one, and why not cotton C mud corn and wheat and rice? Five ollars a bale on cotton would help e poerfully nd f.hat would be only r NW,000,00 a year. That's nothing for government like this. Suppose we iai< 100,00,00) a year to the farmers i1 bounties, they would get the woue; and their products be no higher. Th poor people would get them as cheap a aver. I can buy my sugar at 5 cents but the ,ugar planter gets 2 cents ; pound more. This plan would stimu !ate farming and beat the subtreasur; scheme. The manufacturers have ha< bhat much or more for fifty year 'hrough the protective tariff-why no .be farmers?" "But Uncle Jake," said I, "wher( xill the government get the money t ?ay these bounties?" "Oh, I don't now," said he, "where there's a wil here's a way. There's the income ta\ hat they could make as heavy as they ?lease, and they could put some more >n whisky-whisky will stand a sight [t pays $180,000,000 now, and could jus1 is easy pay $280,000,000." "But suppose," said I, "the tempe 'ance movement abolishes wbisky what then?" "Why, then," said Uncl< fake, smiling, "we would have such a nillennium we wouldent want auy )ounties-we wouldent need any. It vhisky was abolished it would save a housand millions a year to the country. Nithout whisky we would all get rich. Xhisky rur-s poverty and poorhouses Lnd lunatic asylums and orphans' iomes and jails and chaingangs aud )risons of all kinds. Whisky runs the ourts and the taxes and pretty much he lawyers and doctors, to say nothing f broken vows and broken hearts. We ould afford to swap every bounty and >enslon and protection to get rid of vhisky, but we won't talk about that low, for it's not in sight. It's only a i>pe, a drean. The devil will give up verything before he will whisky." A PERSONAL DEVIL. "Uncle Jake," said I, "do you be ieve in a real personal devil?" The old aan looked surpised. "Why not?" said te, "why not? Don't the Bible tell is about him and all his officers-Satan nd Beelzebub and Apolyon and Moloch nd Belial and all those fellows? Why, he old scoundrel came here first. He ad possession when Adam was created nd le began right straight to work on imn, and he's been a-workin' on his osterity ever since. Don't I feel it? )on't I know it? He's been working n me all my life, and I have to fight im every day. What makes me have ricked thoughts-thoughts of passion, evenge, envy, covetousness. When bat mean old rascal, Jim Wilkins, ras tore all to pieces by the cyclone, ,hat made me glad~ of it? Don't I now that all such thoughts are unbe oming to a gentleman? What makes ,e love to hear Sam Jones scarify the eople, what makes a little child show assions and selfishness before it can ilk? The Lord dident make us that ray, not at the start. He dident. The evil is at the bottom of every bad bing, and we have just got to fight im, that's ali. If he whips the fight ere, then we become his subjects, sud o straight to his kingdom, fire or no re. That's what v believe. If I tell my boy not to go in. a-washing this vening, he is perfectly free and able to aind me or not mind me, and just so bie Lord has made me a free agent, to o right or do wrong. The good spirit rorks on me and the devil works on 2e, and I can take my choice-that's that I believe." Sam Jones and Sam Small have got egether again, and they make a power al team. It doesent matter what some >lks or some papers say about them bey are shakifig up the people. I don't now what would become of us if it rere not for the preachers. I saw a aan shedding tears last night while am Small was talking who hasent had tender though t or a pure one in years, bey say. May be he will come to imself yet, and like the poor prodigal, 'o back to his father's house. I hope a. Everybody hopes so. Some folks on't like the spasmodical, emotional eligion, but it is better than none. It uts a man to thinking and is a sign hat he is not clean gone. Our taber acle is an institution and a comfort. t is crowded every day and every ight, and all its influence is for good. lundreds go there that won't go to the hurches, and some of them are gath red in. There are but two great highways in his world and one of them leads to the hurches and the other to the jails. ot that so many reach the prisons, ut you cao seethejail away off at the nd of the avenue they are on. Their eat is in that direction. And you can ee the spires of the churches away oil t the end of the other. The churches re the freest houses on earth, and the est. They have no secrets, and the oors are wide open, and you pay what ou please, and everything that is done r said there is for peace; nobody quar als or fights. You can't say that much f any political meeting or any secret ciety or grand jury or alliance meet g. I never he~ard of a young man eing made worse by going to church. 'here is a sad song that says "WVhere s My Wandering Boy Tonight?" that poor mother was singing. Well, if I ras to step In and say "He's at church, 1adame," wouldent she be happy? 'arents are not afraid of the church. 'hey may not belong to it, nor go to it, ut I never saw one who tried to keep is child away. Did you? Well, no; I never did. I have read bo'ut them, but I reckon it was a omance. BILL ARP. ;A doctor's bill is seldom less than ye dollars, and this does n't include be cost of filling prescriptions. One ollar purchrses a bottle of Ayer's Sar aparilla, which, in nine cases out of mn, is all the medical treatment need d. Try it, and save your money for a ainy da MACUNE DEFENDED, He Borrowed Money from Pat Calhoun, but There Was no "Funny Busines8' About it-The Whole Matter Fu!ly Explained. To the public: A letter purporting to have been written to W. S. McAllister in March last giving points drawn out in the investigation of C. W. Macune's 1 connection with the Georgia senatorial election has been published in the Memphis Commercial and Nashville American, accompanied by editorials, and endeavoring to place me in a false position before the public. I therefore ask s ace to reply, believing that the publc is always willing to give a fair hearing to any one in or out of the Farmers' Alliance. it w;.s never my intention through the public-press or other public channels to discuss the in vestigation of C. W. Macune or any other matter that would be regarded as a violation of secrecy of our national body. Any member of the order in good standing has a right to know what took place in the national body, or in the investigating committee room, but the people in tue outside world have no more right to know than they have to inquire into th secrecy of the trial of a brother in the Masonic lodge, which is never made public. But since a traitor to our cause has made public by publishing (my private letter writ ten to him,) soi,me of the points brought ont before the committee in that inves tigation, and wilfully and knowingly placed me in a false position and possi bly in injury to the order in putting one of our-iational officers in a false light, I will, as far as my obligation will allow under the circumstances, ex plain to the public my position and knowledge of the facts in the matter. W. S. McAllister attended our Na tional Alliance meeting at Ocala, Fla., and was introduced to me as a gentle man and member in good standing. We became intimate friends, attended the national legislative council at Washington last February and came home together. I invited him to ac cept the hospitalities ot my home, which he did. Therefore I trusted him as a brother and gentleman whom I felt that I could trust in private cor respondence with any information I might have in compliance with his often repeated impunities for same. So regarding him, I kept no copies of any letter written, and therefore do not question the correctness of the letter published, not remembering the lan guage used by me in that correspond ence. In the investigation at Ocala, Fla., B other Macune voluntarily filed a statement showing that the losses on the Economist to that date had been $IG,000; that Macune borrowed $2.000 from Pat Calhoun-after the senatorial fight was over-that Macune actively supported Calhoun for the United States senate after the caucus of Alli ance men in the legislature elected him as their choice; that Macune bought a residence in Washington atSS,000, pay ing $1,000 cash and $100 per month thereafter, and that Sledge and Macune bought the majority stock in the South ern Alliance Farmer, Sledge furnishing all the money. With these statements before us un explained by any evidence satisfactory to meet that time, I felt that other evi dence from Georgia and Washington which want of time during the national meeting prevented our getting-should be had before we decided C. WV. Ma cune guiltless of indiscretion or wrong doing, and I drew up a report opposed to the one agreed upon by the commit tee. But after a thorough discussion of the matter in the committee a large majority disagreed with me, contend ing that without all the facts and further testimony, which we could not get then, it would be wrong to condemn him, and in a spirit of fairness to a man whom I believe to be guilty of some indiscretion or wrong doing-though I did not have the positive proof-with drew my minority report after every other man on it had agreed with me that it was best, but I dletermined dur ing the intervals between the national meetings to make a complete investi gation and bring the matter before the next national body if I got facts to convict MIacu ne. I have made a rigid and careful investigation since that time by correspondence and personal communication with men in WVashing ton, and Georgia, and since my corre spondence with McAllister I have be come convinced that Macune is not guilty, and is a persecuted and a slan dered man, and thus believing I could Inot honorably do less than say so. My investigation miate among Macune's enemies and friends has developed the facts, with proof unquestioned to my mi nd(: Ten mn]ti owned the Economist, and the losses on it until it got to making money above expenses were met by the ten incorporators and not by Ma cune. That the company owning the paper paid Macuine a salary of $200 a month as editor in chief and manager, and with this salary he was enabled to make his moLithly payments on his home as thousands of other poor men in cities do under tihe buildir.g and loan associa tion plIan. That he was notified while in Geor gia that the Economist was forced to have $2,iXO to meet pressing obliga tions, and that he borrowed it as manager of the Economist Publishing company anid not for himself individ ually, and that the money was paid back. That the Southern Alliance Farmer wvas about to go under, being in debt at the time Sledge and Macune bought it anr1 that they purchased it at the re quest of Alliancemen in Georgia to prevent the loss of the organ. That Sledge furnished all the money. After wards tbe paper - 3 sold to Georgia for the same price paid for it by Sledge. This information I got from L. F. Livingston, president of the Georgia .State Alliance. As to the senatorial fight, the proof is positive that the Al liance members of the legislature did elect Pat Calhoun in caucus before Ma cune actively supported him for the reason that Calhoun had come out openly for the sub-treasury principle. It is true that he was attorney for a rail road system, but the proof also shows that his opponent, Mr. Norwood was also a rail road attorney, and it is well that Senator Gordon, the other candi date, resigned his seat several years ago in.the United States Senate to accept a lucrative position as attorney or presi dent for a rail road. These were the three candidates, with Pat Calhoun nearer our demands than either of th& others. Therefore, after a careful investiga tion of the whole matter, I am tho roughly convinced that C. W. Macune bas done in these matters just what he believed to be for the best interests of the order. In the Georgia senatorial fight he had the endorsem-'it and ac tive support of State President Living ston. Now as to Carmack and McAllister: Before Macune came to Tennessee to speak I met Carmack and told him th at I had strongly opposed Macune until recent investigation had satisfied rae that I was wrong. I toid him that I had investigated the statements made by Hall, of Missouri, about Macune having gotten money on checks through a bank in Georgia and in Washington, tending to disprove statements made to the committee by Macune, and that I found that Hall had misrepresented the facts whether wilfully or not, and Carmack knew the exact reason given him in 9 detail as to my change for Macune he wrote that editorial endeavoring to place me in a false position. When in Mississippi I took pains to explain to W. S. McAllister just what my investi g4tion had developed, and that I had become convinced of Macune's inno cence. Respectfully, J. H. McDowELL. An American Girl in Mexico. [From the Detroit Evening Sun.I Baron Strauss said the American wo men were so popular in Mexico that they interfered with the wheels ofjus tice in that republic. . "The American women,"he said to a reporter, "go about Mexico as they would in this country, while the Mexi can women are caged up like birds. The only way to make love to them is to rtand off some hundred yards and stare. "The pretty seL(orita sets in her open window and you can only look at her. There is one chance in a hundred of getting an opportunity to speak to one while she is in church, but that is the only chance. "Last summer a New York merchant and his beautiful daughter stopped for a few days in the little town where I was sojourning. The young lady was one of the handsomest that I have ever seen-light hair, eyes like- bits of hea yen's blue, classic form, and all that was lovely. "Well, you can imagine what a stir j she created among the young Mexicans, who are held so far away from the native women. The son of a wealthy planter used to stand for hours opposite the window of this American girl. One day the father went to the City of Mexico, leaving the daughter unatten ded for a few hours. The young lady walked to the hotel from the station and was followed by the Mexican admirer. As she was nearly home the young fellow rushed up to her, and, implanting a kiss upon her forehead, ran away for dear life. When the father came home there was a little excitement. He had the young fellow] arrested and the next day he was brought before the Judge, who gravely asked what the charge was. "'Assaulting a woman,' spoke up the New Yorker.3 " 'What did the prisoner do?' .' 'He ran up to my daughter on the street and kissed her.' " 'He kissed this lovely lady?' asked the Judge, as he carefully scrutinized the fair American. "'Yes, sir.' "'WVelI, who wouldn't?' remarked the Judge has he left the court room. And, would you believe it, that was all the satisfaction the New Yorker could get in Mexico." A Very Strange story, Indeed. J ACKsoNvILL E, Fla., September21.-t Samuel WV. Thornton and Eva Jeweli,i his wife's sister, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are in this city, alive and well. They( are the couple who, on the evening oft August 7 last, mysteriously dis appeared from Coney Island. They had been in bathing, and, caught by the outgoing tide, were swept to sea. J20th of themi are good swimmers, and.they managed to kept afioat until picked up by a sailing ] vessel bound to this port, they say. Be that as it may. both man and woman are here and in good health. A message was at once sent to Thorn ton's brother in Brooklyn, asking fort money to purchase clothing and bringr them back home. The story is one oft the strangest ever heard of, and the a marvelous escape of the couple is the< sole topic of conversation here. "Reliable" Hams are still in the lead. ( Every day the demand for, them iin creases. If you want a nice, nild, sweet Ham, none can be found to equal the "Reliable." Always on hand and arriving at MCINTosH'S. 1yC "TYCOON OF THE BAILIWICK." A Reflection in Blank Verse on Headlines Further than that You Must Read to Ascertain the Contents. "The Whang Doodle Mourns." "Lecturer Pope, Keitt and Jeffries at Bush !liver-Nothing New Mr. Jeffries deals in Ancient History Head lines in Newber y H. & N. Sept. 17th, Hence Most Worthy, Grand and Potent Seig nieur, Tycoon of the Bailiwick, Autocrat of the diggins, Noulder of opinion, and Vice-grand of the inmost thoughts, Why growlest And howlest And groaneth And mourneth, "iou? When thou can'st grasp, in toy mighty palm, the inconstant winds, and com pell them to cease their Changing And shifting And lar And starboarding, knd direct them in new cut channels, cleft by thine own individual prow ess, through the realms of space Ind command them to blow ['he everlasting daylight )ut of the briny acrymal Nhimpering - 3oodle That perches on thy whang And causeth thee to peril thy soul And pawn thy reputation At the Devil's junk-shop. And paweth up sand And mud And stones And things. 'In the even tenor of thy way." Shoot the Doodle! Annihilate him! Or better yet, join lim to the Alliance. Then cuss and abuse him to death. I'll ',et you a curry-comb His mournful mourn will cease Preventing you from hearing "Something New." Llthough it be "seventy times seven" hat these same measures be sung in thy ears; yet each time thou hast given heed too the Doodle that helps wear out thy hats. lis moan hath drowned thy hearing and dwarfed thy better judgment; ut ah! poor Doodle! ,ussed to death. Lnd that, too, by lis Daddy. " Requiescat in pace," Or any other locality. ow listen to the voice of reason, may hap it will strike thee dumb, ike Zachariab, for a season; lut, so soon as the new-born hope )f thine old age sees light, thy tongue Vill be loosed. Call him St. LouiL Ocala Polk McCune, knd quit taking your opinions "reAdy made," "cut and dried." uit drinking Marah's waters, 'hey'll impair thy digestion, aralize thy nerves knd "crook the pre-nant hinges )f thy knees"-Where theft don't follow: Jumping Humping And Lumping nto the capacious vacuum of thy strong box Nary a shiner A red A copper a nick. 'he grand hoodlum is abroad; he omnipresent ghoul is among us; 'he boss cuttle fish is enwraping us n the slimy grip of his Return flue Double back action Patent automatic Tentacles. Ie cometh from the city of Gothamn, rom the street called Wall, searing on his brow the brand of Cain Emphasized, Compromised, And anathematized into "Financier." He's fat as Falstaft; Huge as Anack; Strong as Sampson; Thirsty as Tantalus nd empty as the leanest Devil of a cow that troubled the dreams of Pharaoh. I roareth for green feed. Therefore fasten brother! Flee!! Vamnose!!! Hustle!!!! Hump!!!!! Vo'x Populi, Vox Dei" ni the multit:ude of council there's wisdom. 'wo heads are better than one. ondemn not, what you do not under stand. ~he fact is mother to the law. ndulgence is granted to necessity. E nation enslaved is anation dishonored td, finally, i.s a CJoup de grace, Ionoi, Strengthen, Uphold, Love, Protect, And defend The ri ht. Death of Mrs. D. H. Chamberlain. [Register, 22.] The announcement of the death of Jrs. D. H. Chamberlain will recall to any C'olumbians a notable figure of he Republican regime from 1874 to 876. Mrs. Chamberlain came to South jarolina from Massachusetts with her rilliant husband about the year 1873, nd lived in the low country in c.id Lear Charleston. They moved to Columbia in 1874 ven Mr. Chamberlain was elected ttorney General and lived here con inuously until the downfall of .the epublican party in 1876. Mrs. Chamberlain was a woman of .loost mar- ous beauty, a type of the erfect blonde. Her education was inished in the highest degree, and to his she added rare social accomplish ents and womanily graces. The Chamn erlain family lived apart from the .bsolute social coterie to which many >f the Republicans at the capital be-' nged and passed lives without re roach in a secluded and well nigh ex lusive home. They lived first at the Nicholson louse and lived subsequently in the eautiful home now the property of ,fr. Lewis, but which is still pointed ut to strangers as the Chamberlain nnimn. - BEYOND A Beautiful Prose Poem. [Greenville News.] At sunset the distant-mquntains are lighted with a glory which no brush can imi:te, no appliance of science or art can reproduce. Like the confused and tossing waves of a storm lashed se stilled to sudden peace and petrifaction stand the purple heap, range after range, the greater towering above the less. The undulations of the furthest are marked against a background of softened light in which shades of won derful purity aud ineffable delicacy blend and change, giving place to .6l oring of gorgeous brilliance and variety. In the valleys among the mountainE the purple deepens to black and the sombre darkness thert makes yet more beautiful the brightness and radiance above. Mist clouds nestling in the ravines catch the reflection from above and gleam white as driven enow or tinged with rod or gold or orange or opal as if the Sun had sent a good night kiss to thtse children of his as he tank behind the billowl#-1iMoQLs.on the ho rizon. We may see these things from afar and in silence absorb into our hearts and memories their glory and beauty and radiance. Yet those who live among the distant hills, so silent and beautiful and dreamlike to us, look be yond for like beauties. Around and near them they can see only the home ly, familiar things of the earth and daily work and ways. The beauty and glory of our lives are ever beyond us. Where the heights seem greatest, where the summits are crowned with splendor and touched with celestial light, men climb to find that the glory and beauty and peace are not there but illuminate the yet higher hills beyond. They are ever be yond. At the last we lift our eyes and look higher than any peaks of earth, for a glory such as mortal eyes may not know, not of the sunset, not to vanish in the darkness--for light purer and better than that which falls upon us, for a peace sweeter and more beautiful than comes to-hearts in this world. We fill our lives and lighten our death beds with hopes and memories. We see splendors beyond, before, above us; we look back and find we have left there beauty and light we did not know. It is well for us that the heights be yond shine ever gloriously and tempt us to their peaks-that nowhere can we feel that thereis the highest and the best, the plaoe for resting, for ceasing from achievement and progress. It is good for man to have ever a higher hope, a greater purpose, an unsatisfied longing for what is beyond. From those things come the life and move ment of the world. It is well, too, that men may carry with them undyng memories, that years rnd distance lend beauty and softness and tenderness to . the past and cause all the bitterness and roughness of it to fade away. Yet it is in the present we live and should find happiness and pleasure. With most of us where w%stand and look beyond has been beyond for us and is yet beyond for others. So some eyes our hills are beautiful in the glory of the sunset and the sunrise nndrnake the horizon where the earth touches the skies. We do not understand or feel or know that we are in a sea of ra diant light and color. We do not re member where we are was beautiful to us once or remember it only bitterly because we find hope's fruitions barren and the fulfillment of ambitions disap pointing. Therefore we fill our lives with un rest and keep our hearts hungry and our souls disturbed. We refuse to enjoy the fruits of our toil or to take pleasure in the accomplishments of our desires because we look beyond and see that it is higher and brighter there, and look back, lingering on what we have left, loving and longing for what we did not value when it was our's. Only the present is within our keep ing and control. Beyond we may never reach; the distant hills may baffie as they lure us; and the past is gone. In the present there is power and life and light and beauty if we will know and use them and be true to our time. We may and should look to the glory be yond and hope and strive to reach it, but we should not let hoping and striv ing banish what pride we may justly feel, what beauty there is upon the hills we have climbed to, however lowly they may be, however towering the distant mountains robed in gold and purple. In most of our lives there is something of achievement, some thing of advance, some work done and good end gained, and these things ought to be parts of the enjoyment of those lives as they are parts of their substance. Ages, Sages, and Wage. If you have a wife and a half-a-dozen daughters, you can keep them all well by very simple means. Let them use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is good for women for all ages. You will not need to spend all your wages for it. Those ancient sages, the M. D.'s of a ceutury since, did nothing but dose and bleed their patients. We do better to-day : We use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is simply indis pensable. Tbe young girl needs its strengthening help at taiat critical pe riod when she is blossoming into womanhood. The matron and mother find in it invigoration and relief from the numerous hils which beset their ex istence. And ladies well advanced in years universally acknowledge the re vivifying and restorative effects of this favorite and standard remedy. -mnerwai Water. Just received a fresh lot of Glenn Springs, Harris' Mineral, Buffalo Lithia, and Bromine and Arsenie Wa ters at Bobinsop & Gilder's Drug Store