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lVESTABLISHED 1865. _NEWBERRY S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUR ,19.PIE$.0AYA WLAURIN'S MAIDEN EFFORT. A Eulogy of Stackhouse as a Boom for Lit tle Curly Headed Johany"-Congress men Bemained in Force to Bear -Many Snrprised - Some - Applaud and Others Disapprove. [Special to News and Courier.1 WASHINGTON, D. C., January 30. Representative McLaurin made his maiden speech in the house to-day on the occasion of the delivery of eulogies on the death of the late Captain Stack house. He not only attracted general interest, because he was a new mem ber, but because he created something of a sensation by introducing local poli tics into his eulogy upon his predeces sor. In accordance with an order of the house, to-day, after 3 o'clock was to be devoted to eulogizing Captain Stack house. Mr. McLaurin was selected to deliver the opening addres. in addi tion to all the members of the South Carolina delegation, Senators Butler and Irby were present. More than two hundred of the members re mained to hear McLaurin, it being un derstood that he was quite gifted as an orator. Besides it is customary to give a new member a good audience when he makes his maiden speech, in order "to size him up" for future reference. Mr. McLaurin, before beginning his speech, moved over to the middle of the hall and stood in the aisle. between the desks of Bourke Cockran, of NewYork, and Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, the leaders of the two great parties in the house. Near by sat Captain Shell and the other members of his delegation. In his opening sentence he appeared a trifle nervous, but encouraged by the attention of his associates, he became more confident and soon had everyone present listening to him. He has a good voice, his delivery is finished and he spoke without notes. After presenting the usual resolutions he opened with a florid discourse on the subject of death, which had an over-studied flavor. He then reviewed the civil, military and political record of Captain Stackhouse in a crisp, en tertaining style,with good oratorical effect. It was during his tribute to the polit ical achievements of the deceased that Mr. McLaurin departed from the beat en track of eulogistic ceremonies- in congress and launched out into a par tizan discussion of the political situa tion in South Carolina. The members of the house were at first astonished at the b6ldness of the young member from South Carolina, but he was so earnest that they momentarily overlooked his unprecedented departure from the usual practice. He went on to say: "Colonel Stackhouse was a self-made man, the architect of his own fortunes. He was from the great middle class, the farmer class, and could boast of no illustrious ancestry, but~ depended upon his own intrinsic merit, his own inhe rent manhood, energy and unconquer able will. Born and bred in old South Carolina, yet he was a true representa tive of new South Carolina, typical Carolinian of the new faith and new school, born of the civil revolution of '61-65, which wrought wonderful changes in the social, political and in dustrial condition of the State. "Had that revolution never occurred I hazard little in saying that the de ceased would never have represented South Carolina in this body. The con dition of affairs in the State before that revolution was peculiar, resulting from the idea of the old world transplanted in the new, and the at.tempt to engraft them in the society and polity of the colony. In the course of time an aris tocracy based on slavery dominated old South Carolina, and completely con trolled her social, political and indus trial destinies. This necesearily created two classes as distinct as the Patrician and Plebeian orders of Rome. The large slave owners became the rulers and officee-holders, ar d the masses of people were regarded as unfit to gov ern. "It was an intolerant, defiant and uncompromising tyranny, suppressing free speech, free thought and indepen dence of action. There was no irrepres sible conflict there, because fiom force of habit1 education and a disinclina tion to assert their sovereignty, the middle class succumbed. Nullification and secession were the legitimate fruits of this condition of things. This is a true pieture of old South Carolina, of which Hayne, Calhoun and Rhett were true representatives. The abolition of slavery was the destruction of the sys tem. "The rich and powerful of the old be came the poor and weak of the new. The workingman of the old regime be came the enterprising and successful citizen ,of the new. The shackles of caste were removed and the artificial distinction of class abrogated. The farmer and workingman claimed tbeir God-given rights, and boldly and de fiantly entered the political arena. This changed condition did bring about an irrepressible conflict between the reconstructed orders of society. "During the federal reconstruction there was a truce between the political leaders and those developed by the new order of things. In 1876, by the united and patriotic efforts of both, harmon ized for a time by the common instincts of self-preservation, the infamous car pet-bag government, pinned to our backs by federal bayonets, was over thrown and the State was rescued from the aliens and the spoilers. As soon ais this revolution was accomplished, the old ante-bellum leaders sought to re establish their autocratic sway. Politi cal devices of various kinds were adopt edt enaden the people and drive them to their old time supineness. Negr< domination was perpetually held up as the inevitable result of agitation. "For a time the spirit of reform and the latent desire and determination o the people to rule was kept in check But, at last, like some mighty giant just roused to a consciousness of bie power, by repeated injuries, the people aroused from their lethargy and trust ing in their own might determined to be sovereign. The election of B. R Tillman as governor, in 1890, accom plished by the general uprising of the people, under the leadership of Tillman, Stackhouse and others, was the cul mination of this great social and politi cal revolution and one of the legitimate results of the reconstructive and revo lutionary effects of the war of 1861. "The economic conditions prevailing elsewhere of course also played their part. This irrepressible conflict has, however, we hope, ended in this briel picture of new South Carolina. Colo nel Stackhouse occupies a conspicuous place in the work of reform and re babilitation. As one of the people, risen from their ranks, their champion, be deserves their everlasting gratitude and remembrance." When he concluded a number of the members gathered around him and congratulated him upon his successful debut. There is no doubt about it, he made a remarkably good impression, as he is probably the best talker in the South Carolina delegation. Among those who came forward to offer their congratulations, was Tom Miller, who is contesting Colonel Elliott's seat. There was no formal disapproval of Mr. McLaurin's mistake in lugging politics into a eulogistic debate, but several of the members remarked that it was in very bad taste. To make matters worse Tom Watson, of Georgia, who volunteered to pay a tribute to the memory of Captain Stackhouse, went further than Mr. McLaurin and devot ed the greater part of his remar:s to politics in Georgia and the Southern States. Several of the members sug gested to Senators Butler and Irby that more care be taken in selecting the speakers for the eulogies in the Sen ate. The other speakers were Representa tives Tillman and Shell, of South Caro lina; Lanham, of Texas; Davis, of Kan sas, and Watson, of Georgia. MR. M'LAURIN'S MISTAKE. [Greenville News.] The Hon. J. L. McLaurin probably hoped to create a very great sensatior by the speech he took advantage of the time given him for a eulogy on Mr Stackhouse to make. The kind of talking he did used to astonish and de light the North, but it is stale now. Cable and Henry Grady said about the same things very much better. Of course there is a certain amouni of truth in what all of them have said It is true that the conditions in thE South before the war caused and main taned class distinctions and impairec the dignity of labor. Those conditione did not forbid the rising ot men frorr the ranks of the people. A majorit3 of the men who have been foremost it South Carolina and whose names art honored in her annals were of com. paratively humble origin. Nevertbe less social influence and position hac more effect in politics than was whole some for a republican form of govern ment and the tendency was to the es tablishment of a social system whici would have degraded the laboring anc commercial classes. We have alway! held that the war was a blessing to tbi South-that the South gained far more from it than the North. One of thi greatest blessings was the removal o the enervating effects of inheritec wealth and of the application of clasi distinctions to occupations. A tre mendous quantity of energy and cour age which would have remained laten in the old conditions was forced int< activity by the new and it has been i powerful factor in building up and de veloping this section. Men of wha were the lower classes found oppor tunity and hope for their ambitions Men of the upper classes faced neces sity and faced it like men, and havy been found shoulder to shoulder witl their fellow citizens in the struggle fo the material advancement of the South The change was felt in South Care lina as elsewhere. It took effect natu rally and gradually. The old thIng which were not appropriate for thi time and present conditions were don away with one by one. Class distine tions had been banished from politic before Mr. McLaurin or Mr. Tillmai had been heard of outside their owi counties. The way was open to ever; man in commerc3, in politics and il every other department of life. It wa so because the natural good sense o the people of all classes had recognize the need of making it so. The political element in this Stat represented by Mr. McLaurin had n grievance of that kind to go upon We see that distinguished orator de clared that if it had not been for th wonderful change recently brough about in this State Mr. Stackhous never could have risen to tbe positio1 of member of Congress. We do no know about that. We are quite sur Mr. McLaurin would never have bee: where he is but for that change. Hi failure would not have been for lack c social standing or descent, for he has we believe, good claims to both; bu for lack of brains and force. Nearl every congressman we have had fror this State in the last sixteen years he been a man distinctly of the peopl< Few of them have had distinguishe ancestry or great social power or wealt behind them. Stackhouse has been for fifteen years represented in Congress by the brother of Governor Tillman, the leader of this new revolution whose claim is that no man has had a chance in this State unless he was a member of the aristocracy and backed by it. That is a very significant fact. Mr. McLaurin was talking to tke galleries. So far as, what he says of conditions in South Carolina to the time of the Tillman movement goes, he is contradicted by all the facts. KAINIT IN THE STABLE. As a Manure Preserver it is Worth Seven Times its Weight in Plaster. [Baltimore American.] The German Kaini. contains about 22 per cent. of Sulphate of Potash, with sulphate of magnesia, chloride of soda and chloride of magnesia. It is soluble in less than twice its weight of water, and can, therefore, be used readily either dissolved, and sprinkled' over the stables, or spread by hand. It not only adds potash to the soil, but, ac cording to the best chemical authority, such as Burner and Brimmer, "it unites with the ammonia in the ma nure," and it also has another valuable quality of gathering additional am monia-most probably from the atmos phere. In researches on the action of kainit and other substances on manures, the German Experimental School dur ing the past year found the following results: Portions of old manure were subjected for a year to the action of lime, plaster. sulphate of magnesia and kainit. One per cent. of lime caused a loss of 9.78 per cent. of the nitrogen of the dung. One per cent. of plaster resulted in a loss of only 0.34 per cent. of the nitrogen. One per cent. of sulphate of magnesia saved all the nitrogen that was in the dung and attracted anaddi tion of5 06 per cent, of ammonia. Lastly one per cent. of kainit saved all the nitrogen, and added 7.97 per cent. to it. The editor has been careful to give a full account of this German experi ment, so the full value of kainit may be known in retaining and adding to the value of manure. Farmers have for years, and do now, think that plaster is the great preserver of manure; but by these experiments, which may be fully accepted as true, one ton of kainit is worth over seven tons of plaster. Kainit can be purchased by the ton in our city to-day at $9, plaster at $7. This is less than half a cent per pound. One pound of -kainit per day scattered in the stall is sufficient for each animal. A better way would be to dissolve it and apply it by means of a watering-can. Kainit has not only great preservative, but also great puri tying powers. It should be used freely in cow and horse stables, muck and compost heaps, pig-pens and chicken houses, r rivy, siuk and cesspools. It would not only keep down that offen sive odor so common in most of these places, but it would greatly promote the health and comfort and lessen the mortality both in the dwelling and stable. It would be proper to say that kainit in itself is not a complete manure; that, though it is rich in hydrogen and pot ash, it is deficient in phosphoric ocid. To make a complete and evenly-bal anced manure, add to the manure, or compost heap treated with kainit, bone dust in proportion of half a bushel to each cart-load of manure. Judge Lamar at Petersburg. Of the many eloquent speeches made by this brilliant Georgian, perhaps the grandest was in 1805, to the soldiers in the trenches. Generals Longstreet and Ord were confronting each other on the James, and it was not long after the Fortress Monroe conference. Long street's men were ragged and ill fed, while Ord had three to his one, all warmly clothed and richly fed. The "boys in gray" were despondent, when it was suggested that Col. L. Q. C. Lamar make them a speech. Long street said it could do no harm, and might .cheer his soldiers. But where and when to speak was the difficulty. All the men were in the trenches and close up to the Federal line. A place a little back from the river was chosen, and the speaking was to be at night and without any light. So Col. Lamar began his address, and never in the senate, the house or the courtroom did he make such a stirring address. He stood on a real stump, with the ragged veterans of Lee hud dled close about him. As the .great orator proceeded the men cheered. Attracted by the cheer ing the federals shot at the noise. SLamar went on with his speech duck ing his head to the right or the left, as the bullets whizzed close by him. Fnally the firing became so heavy, continuous and accurate, making the splinters fly from the stump be was on, that Col. Lamar concluded his speech with this remark : "Those yankees Smust hare owl's eyes." Mr. Gladstone recently said: "The older I grow the more confirmed I am in my faith and religion. Ihave been in public life fifty-eight years, and forty-seven in the cabinet of the British government, and during these forty seven years I have been associated with sixty of the master minds of the coun try, and all but five of the sixty were Christians." SAyer's Hair Vigor keeps the scalp free from dandruff, prevents the hair from dbecoming dry and bareb, and makes it flexible and glossy. All the elements that nature requires, to make the hair abundant and beautiful, are supplied h- b thisadmrblh1 prearation. TILLMAN ON THE WARP. TH. Our Irate "Bdss'' Nags Sheriff o and Defles Gourts-The Governor Thinks He Has the Advantage of the Railroads. [Special to News and Courier.1 COLUMBIA, February 1.--The ques tion at issue between the State and the railroads in reference to taxes promises to assume a very serious aspect in the near future if Governor Tillman car ries out his intention of making the roads pay up right away, as he says b will. It was learned here to-day thpt a circular had been issued by the Gov ernor to sheriffs of different counties instructing them to levy on the prop erty of the roads whose taxes are in dispute. This circular has not been given to the newspapers, nor would any of the State officials admit to-day that it had been issued, but it has been, for a copy of it has by the merest accident been seen by one not connect ed with the Administration or the railroads. It was ascertained that the circular was issued from the "Executive Cham ber" and not from the Comptroller General's office. The contents of the circular and its instructions were such that, if carried out, it would inevitably result in a coaflict of authority between the State of South Carolina and the United States. It gave complete in structions to the sheriffs, and among other things said in substance that they should at once proceed to levy on the property of the railroads, but that no engine or mail car should be held. Passenger cars, according to the in structions, could be held regardless of the interest or convenience of the pas sengers. Sheriffs were instructed to hold the property levied upon regard less of any orders from the Court in Charleston like the Nance affair. The "Court at Charleston" was underscored to give it special notice. The Admin istration evidently does not consider Judge Simont,on's order in the case of Sheriff Nance, of Abbeville, of much i importance, as the circular was issued I before the matter had been finally I acted upon in the United States Court at Charleston. It is more than proba- I ble that these instructions issued by the Governor will play a very impor tant part in the Courts as the litigation proceeds. It was learned to-day that the State would insist on the 15 per cent. penalty being collected on the amounts ten dered by the railroads to the State when the question of taxes was first brought up. The railroads very nat urally will object to the penalty being attached and will fight the matter out I in the Courts. Altogether there is go- 1 ing to be lively times ahead both for j the State and the railroads. The cir- 1 culars were dated on the 28th, but it could not be learned whether they had been sent out or not. Governor Till man is away and in the Comptroller General's office it was stated that no circular of any kind in reference to the railroads had been issued. TILL3fAN'S CIRCULAR IN FULL. LSpecial to News and Courier.1 SAVANNAH, February 3.-Much comment has been caused here by the publication of a circular which fell into the hands of the Central Railroad peo ple despite the efforts of Governor Till man, the author, to keep it secret. The circular is as follows: EXECUTIvE CHA3MBER, COLULMBIA, January 23, 1893. To Mr. - Sir: Orders have gone from the Comptroller-General's office to county treasurers to issue executions against all railroads whbich have de faulted in payment of taxes. It is the wish of the Executive that these exe cutions be pressed promptly and enough personal property belonging to the railroads be seized to satisfy the claim of the State. No mail car can be disturbed in transit, or engine attached to one, but passenger cars can be levied on. In cases where a railroad has paid no taxes for 1891-92 the executions must be pressed without regard to the United States Court at Charleston or its or ders (as in the Nance case) and the property held at all bazzards. We have the law for it and the State Gov ernment will stand by its officials and see that they suffer no harm. Of course this circular is confidential and must not be made public. BENJAMIIN TILL3IAN, Governor. SHERIFE MI'CRAVY, OF LAURENS, SEIZES THREE ENGINES AND FOUR FREIGHT CARS OF THE PORT ROYAL AND WESTERN CAROLINA ROAD. [Special to News and Courier.] LAURENs, February 1.-Sheriff Geo. S. McCravy levied on three engines and four freight cars of the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad at 5 o'clock this evening for default in pay ment of taxes. The levy is made for taxes and penalty. The agent here tendered the taxes yesterday without the penalty, but the treasurer declined to accept it, saying that the matter was then in the hands of the sheriff. The tender was made in the presence of the sheriff. Sheriff McGravy was asked if he w as acting under instructions, but declined to answer. Two of the engines in charge of the sheriff belong to freight 'trains and the other a service train. A. W. Anderson, an official of the road, requested the sheriff to allow one of the freight trains to go on to Spar tanburg, but the sheriff would not as sent. The passenger train from Spar tanburg was not molested. The driv ing wheels of the engines in limbo are to be chained together, but there is no' danger of any of them attempting tod ecnae LURID EXPRESSIONS FROM TILLMAN, WHO SAYS HE IS TIRED OF FOOL ING WiTH RAILROADS. LSpecial to Greenville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 31.-Maj. H. Jauahl, of Augusta, attorney for the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad, had luite an experience with Governor rillman to-day, and the consequence s that the major is not so much im pressed with the Governor's courtesy s he may nave been. He stated to he Governor that the road had been inable to pay its taxes before, but was iow ready to do so, and he requested he Governor to remit the 15 per cent. enalty. Possibly it would not do to ublish all that Major Ganahl says the Governor said in his answer. The najor states that the Governor's ex ressions were very lurid; that he was iot going to be bothered by the rail oads any longer; that they did all they ould to outwit him by going into the supreme Court and the Federal Court, )ut that he was not going to allow the ,ourts to prevent the collection of axes. Major Ganahl expected to stay onger in the Governor's office, but ays that he left in ten minutes on ac ount of the abrupt treatment that he -eceived at the hands of the Chief Ex cutive of South Carolina. He had net a good many Governors, but never xperienced such treatment before as ie had to-day. The major says the >nly thing that restrained him was his -espect for South Carolina. He will o to Savannah to-morrow to repre ent the road in the clash that comes rom the Federal Court of the Georgia )istrict and the Circuit Court of South )arolina having appointed different eceivers for the road. 'HE GANAHL INTFRVIEW-GOVERNOR TILLMAN TELLS THE PUBLIC ALL ABOUT IT. (Register, 3d.] Governor Tillman returned yester lay from his trip to Clemson College, 6ud when seen by a Register reporter ast night, he was questioned in regard o the Ganahl matter. It will be remembered that some pa >ers stated that the Governor had used 'cuss" words during his interview vith Major Ganahl, and had treated he railroad representative discour eously. In regard to the report, Governor [illman said: "I have been lied on so much by the ame set who concocted and sent that -eport out that I hardly think it worth vhile to notice it. "If Maj. Ganail (which I can hard y believe) led anyone to think I had reated him discourteously, I presume t arose from his anger at finding that he railroad which he represented had >verreached it elf and would have to pay the penalty of 15 per- cent. attach ng to its taxes for failure to pay them n the time prescribed by law. "I do not remember having used an >ath, and, while emphatic in giving ny opinion about the Nance matter, I ~reated him as courteously as I knew low. I told him that no one, so far as [knew, had the authority to remit the penalty, and when he said they were preparing to pay their taxas, as a kind ness I handed him one of the circulars which had been sent to the sheriffs tast Saturday, with the advice to hurry up,' as it was probable that >ther sheriffs would begin to levy on the rolling stock of the road. "I only saw Major Ganahl for a few minutes, as it was time for me to leave to catch the train for Pendleton." Thus is another slanderous bubble pricked. A Philosophlcal Cockroach. IChicago Journal.] A. cockroach sat on an editor's desk, With a cynical smile on his face; And watched the editor make grotesque Black marks on a clean white place. "Dear me!"said the cockroach, "1 can't see Why he should labor so constantly, For he doesn't accomplish a single thing With all his writing and scissoring, Paste and scissors, Scissors and paste Think of the energy going to waste!" The editor listened, but didn't reply, For he had too much to do; But be said to himself, "One can't deny There's much in the point of view. One cannot measure his neighbor's worth By the gash he makes in the face of the earth; And strongly suspect that he may be Perfectly right in his judgment of me. Paste and scissors Scissors and paste Think of the energy going to waste!" Then the editor smashed the cockraach flat With his scissiors and buried him deep In the pot of paste and remarked, "Now that I consider is getting off cheap. The critical faculty, as we know, Is a dangerous thing to have, and so IPve forwarded you to a better land, For the sake of society, understand.' Then the editor took up his pen and said, As he looked at the cockroach lying dead, "Paste and scissors, Scissors and paste Think of the energy going to waste!" One L.one Surv1vor. (Special to Greenville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 1.-M. T Bartlett, of Columbia, was to-night re elected secretary of the railroad com iiSon. Many women find great difficulty ir arranging their hair becomingly, be cause of its harsh and coarse texture By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor, thi hair becomes soft, pliant, and glossy The Vigor is the most cleanly of al ihair prearatins. SOME HISTORY OF HAWAII. Long an Object of Interest to Amerlean Statesmen-Secretaries of State of the Past Who Have Advocated its An nexation -Why the Islands are Important. rNew York World.] It is realized that the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands would mean the inaugurating by this government of a foreign policy of far reaching conse quences. It is argued that such an act would inevitably be followed by others of a like character. The possession of Hawaii, it is held, is not necessary to the carrying out of any purely domestic American policy. Her sugar product, which alone under the present national policy makes her of interest to the United States, could be commanded in future, as in the past, by a commercial treaty. The American market is as necessary to the Hawaiian planters as the sugar crop of those islands is to the Ameri can people. It would never be difficult to negotiate a convention of advantage to the United States. - But if the purpose is to inaugurate a more ambitious foreign policy, to place the United States abreast of En gland France and Germany in the contest for territorial supremacy and stragetic equipment, then the annexa tion of the Hawaiian Islands by this government becomes imperative. The islands hold or could be made to hold the key to the whole situation in the Pacific, naval and commercial. Their value to the United States in this view could not easily be esti mated. But such a policy, once inaugrated by this government, could not, it is claimed, be allowed to stop short of a similar movement in the Atlantic. If Hawaii holds the key to the situa tion affecting the Pacific coast, how much more important, it is suggested, is Cuba to the proper protection of the lower Atlantic coast. She is right at the door, only a few hours distant, and commands absolutely the Gulf of Mex ico and the entrance to the mouth of the Mississippi. For seventy years not a few Ameri can statesmen have favored the ac quisition of that island. Its strategic importance far exceeds that of Hawaii, and its soil is quite as rich and produc tive. The difference is noted, of course, that in the one case there is a request for annexation, while in the other ac quisition .would only be possible by consent of Spain. But it is asserted that a poll of the educated property holding people would show a strong sentiment in favor of annexation to the United States in Cuba as well as in the Haw aiian Islands. The overthrow of Haw aii's queen was accomplished by the property holding classes, and the ap peal for annexation to this country comes from them. The ignorant na tive population, the majority, do not unite in the request, but favored the new tyranny the queen sought to im pose on the country. The archives of the State depart ment are being carefully examined by leading democrats and republicans of both senate and house to ascertain just what precedents will shed light on the present pro'olem. The Monroe doctrine, it is generally maintained, seems to stand in the way of the acquisition o~f territory by annex ation, but there are those who claim that an extension of that very doc trine will cover this case fully and sat isfactorily. The United States refuses to jfermit foreign nations to acquire territory on this continent. The Hawaiian Islands are nearer to the United States than to any other country. Therefore when it is demonstrated that Hawaii can not preserve autonomy it should be the duty of the United States to promptly annex the islands in order to prevent any foreign power from seizing them. This is the theory known to be enter tained by President Harrison and Secretary of State Foster. A broad principle was laid down early in the history of this country by Mr. Jefferson, who, in a letter to Presi dent Madison, discussing the possible annexation of Cuba, wrote: "It will be objected to our re ceiving Cuba that no limit can then be drawn to our future acquisitions. Cuba can be defended by us without a navy, and this develops the principle which ought to limit our views. "Nothing should ever be accepted which would require a navy to defend it." The possible annexation of the Haw aiian Islands has been<:onsidered by nearly every administration since Mr. Jefferson's time. President -Tyler, in a message to Congress, declared : ."Considering that the United States possesses so very large a share in the intercourse with those islands it is deemed not unfit to make the declara tion that this government seeks, never theless, na peculiar advantages, no ex clusive control over the Hawaiian government, but is content with its independent existence and anxiously wishes for its security and prosperity. "Its forbearance in this respect, under the circumstances of the very large intercourse which American vessels have with the islands, would justify this government, should eve nts hereafter arise to require it, in making a decided remonstrance against the adoption of an opposite policy by any other power." Mr. Clayton, then secretary of State, in a note to Minister ives under date of July, 18.50, said : "We r1n nnf- onnselves covet soy ereignty over the Hawaiian Islan We would be content that they shot remain under their present rul who, we believe, are disposed to be jii and impartial in their dealings w all nations." A Few Words For You to Read. LSpartanburg Spartan.] Building up a town, county or Sti includes the material prosperity of the interests of the community. If the mercantile interest should pushed with great energy while far and manufactures are going down, 1 failure of merchants is only a questi of time. The individual is the unit of I community. It is absurd to claim tt the community is prospering and grc ing when many individuals are hov ing around the starvation point. T millionaires anrounded by ten tho and paupers would be the most undes able condition possible, although I average wealth would be $200. How are you going to build up y< town, county and State? In the fi place, build up yourself and your fai ily. Unless that is done you will be the way just about as much as a m on crutches would be at a log-rollis Out of the 313 working days of t year, do your best to put them all on labor that will do some good. ] man can do much good standing asi and grunting while others lift. Wh one accomplishes somewhat for hims and family, It will be contagious. 'I neighbors will catch the spirit of prc ress and move forward. Grumt:ling is not going to help a in this community building. The m who is always finding fault with I condition, -his neighbors, his govei ment and things in general is a de weight. He is destructive in all I tendencies. Selfish, illiberal, narrow-minded p sons are a great drawback when comes to advancing the general welfa The selfish man builds for himself alc and he does not care how many in viduals he crushes, so his scheme e go forward. He opposes all enterpri except his own. He believes in crow ing men, and especially young men, his line of business. He will not exa ly steal, but he will take advantages the necessities of others in a way tb is very close akin to grand larceny. thoroughly honest man rejoices in I success of his neighbors of all occuj tions and he never rejoices in th downfall. That spirit which prompts one p son to work against another, or to c pose any public enterprise, is bu of malice engendered in a dishon heart. Then if our towns, counties a State are built up, it must be done the united efforts of every individu striving with all his might to prom< his own interest and doing nothing oppose others. Will you lend a hs in this building work, or will you tempt to tear down what others: building? Everybody Likes Her. There is a type of girl that eve body likes. Nobody can tell you< actly why, but after you have met] you turn away to some other wone and say, "Don't you like Miss Gi venor?" Now, the reason you like ] is a subtle one; without knowing about her you understand just the e of girl she is. She is the girl who appreciates1 fact that she cannot always have first choice of everything in the wol She is the girl who is not aggress and does not find joy in inciting gressive people. She is the girl who has tact enot not to say the very thing that , cause the skeleton in her friend's ce to rattle his bones. She is the girl who, when you ins her to any place, compliments -you looking her best. She is the girl who makes this wo a pleasant place trecause she is pleasi herself. And, by the by, when you come think of it,'isn't she the girl who mal you feel she likes you, and theref you like her? Crazy About the Queen Years Ago. The monomaniac who, in 11 stopped Queen Victoria while she riding on horseback in Hyde Park proposed marriage to her, has recer died in Bedlam, the celebrated ins asylum of London. He seemed to perfectly sound on every other s ject, was well educated and wrote v sensible memoirs relating to ins asylums and the reforms which mi be made in them. He was 84 yi old. This is Xeant for You. It has been truly said that half world does not know how the c1 half lives. Comparatively few ol have perfect health, owing to the pure condition of our blood. But rub along from day to day, with sea ly a thought, unless forced to our tention, of the thousands all about who are suffering from scrofula, rheum and other serious blood di ders, and whose agonies can only imagined. The marked success Hood's Sarsaparilla for these trout as shown in our advertising colul frequently, certainly seems to jus urging the use of this. excellent m cine by all who know that their bi is disordered. Every claim in be of Hood's Sarsaparilla is fully bac up by what the medicine has done is still doing, and when its proprie urge its merits and its use upon all, suffer from impuse blood, in greal small degrees, they certainly mear include you. dM : ADE WHOLE BY FAITH. ild - rEemarkable Becovery of a Columbla Paralytic-In the Abiding Belief ist that She Would be Cured. [th (Spicial Greenville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 1.-What ap pears to be a case of faith cure was re vealed here to-day. For eighteen years Mrs. Ann Eliza Tutt has been a help te less paralytic. During this time she all was attended by the leading local phy sicians who pronounced her case incur be able and the advice of prominent ms specialists in various parts of the United he States has been taken without any on effect. Mrs. Tutt is the wife of a printer and is 41 years of age. She was paraly. he zed in October of 1875. After the doctors tat announced that they could do nothing. w- for her a mesmerist was brought in to er- try his skill, but she said she had no vo faith in that and the idea was not put Is- into effect. She was then told thatshe ir- could never walk again. This did not he depress her spirits. Mrs. Tutt says that she realized that "We walk by faith or not by sight" and she put her trust in rst the Almighty and prayed continually m- to the end that she might be spared for I in some wise purpose. She was one in. in whom faith had become a passionate ig- institution. She said that a well known he faith cure minister called on her and in told her that Christ could heal her o then and that she must get right up de and walk at once. en "I have got to lie here and do His elf will," said she, "and if I am faithful he when His time comes, He will either g- put me on my feet or take me to Hea ven. I can bring my friends to witness my that I always felt that I was to be made an whole again for some good work. I its read the Scriptures all tWe time. The 'n- Bible has been my greatest comforter, ad and but for it I would have given up. ls In all my distress I tried to remember what the Saviour said, 'Let not your r- heart be troubled. Ye that believe in it God, believe also in my father.'" re. -"Monday night before last," said ne Mrs. Tutt, "I had a dream. I thought ii- I was walking. Tuesday morning I n was sitting before the fire in my rock e ing chair, meditating, and I thought, d- I hear4 the Good Sheppard saying to in me 'Arise, take your chair and walk.' 3t There was a chair close by me and I of got up, caught hold of it and began to 'at walk. By pushing the chair in front A of me and steadying myself I managed he to walk into the next room. -Sine & then I have suffered no pain, not even. eir in my back. I walked about the house each day and- I have been-growing er stronger and stronger."' iP- A reporter who interviewed Mrs. in Tutt to-day saw her get up out of her est chair and walk from the front steps to the front door. She was slow and some ud what awkward like one who was just by learning to walk. She said thatshe al, was growing stronger; that when-she at got full control of her limbs, whichshe to knew would come, she was resolved to nd go out and work more faithfully. ire Georse'rmlman's Prophecy. [Washington Correspondence Atlanta Journal.] "You haven't given me a good piece - 7- of news in a long time," said I to Un- - m- cle George D. Tillman, the snowy aer haired Congressman from South Caro an lina. Uncle George squared himseIf, os5- looked serious, put his honest hand on er my shoulder and spoke thus: al "I will glve you more than a piece ort of news; I will give you a prophecy. . If you print it, you hand me down to ne future generations as a prophet whose ~he name is worthy to be uttered along Id- with that of Isaiah. vye "The Germans and the Jews are g- bringing ruination to the whole world. By pouncing down on Alsace and Lo gh raine, two little strips of land which iIwould not be worth fighting for In our set great country, and holding them against the just rights of the French, ite the Germans caused one of the fiercest . by of modern wars and are stillicauuing millions of men to be keptin arms. rid By this procedure they eternally Lnt threaten the peace of the whole world. "In their greedy anxiety to hoard Sto the money of the world, the Jews have ses committed no less a crime. They are re the cause of the demonetization of - silver, and by this act they have caused millions of honest people to suffer that their coffers may overflow with un earned gold." 3, ADd the rugged statesman left your ras correspondent to reflect on the weighti nd ness of his words. tly me The AssociateReformedPresbyterian be has sent out a circular among its sub ub-. scribers enquiring if a Christian can be ery a dispenser under the State law and If wne a church member taking charge of a ght dispensary would be subject to church ers discipline. J. F. Wideman, E. W. Pressley, D. T. Lesslie, B. T. Biggins and E. W. Watson answer that no Christian could keep a dispensary and the that any church member taking charge -- her of one would be subject to discipline. us J. K. Henry thinks a Christian could we keep a dispensary and ought to do so rce- provided he has the right motives. Mr. at- Henry seems to be the minority in his mu church. Bor be Mr. Blaine's Will. of WAslefmHNGTON, Janl. 29.-Mr. Blaine tify leta will bestowing all his property edi- upon Mrs. Blaine and making her sole ood executrix without bonds. ial The total value of the estate is esti and mated at $800,000. Iors rho Hall's Hair Renewer cures dandruff or and scalp affections; also all cases of Sto baldness where the glands which feed the roots of the hair are not closed up.