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ESTABLef-SHIED 18,35* NEWBERRY. So C99 14111DAY, AILTUSrl 8,10.TWC)lEE,$()AYA THAT "UNHOLY ALLIANCE.' SECNATOt TILJLMA N FUItTIIgIt I)R. VINEN WilAT II MAN10 TEl I1,1y. flo RelterateN that Prolhibit.on1MsIa ahn( nitI Tigers are Workilig Togetler Against tii, Il-4pensary. The following lottor is from Sen ator Tillman: Rev. J. 0. WilSo11, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I havo your lett4r of July 22, asking if my speech at Ben nottsville was correctly reported. I do not recollect 1',o exact words I used at Bnnttsvillo, but they are in effoect true as -Ittotod; and inas. Much ats lie diftri.-t conlferenco of tho Methodist eiturch, under the loadership of Bishop Duncan, has takhn the matter up, taid tho Bishop is reported to have "nailed" my ut to. anco "as a lie," while the report of the committee on temperance "denounced any iniiinuation that tho (.trt of Christia-mi nimisters and other citizens to rii tho State of this gigantic evil is a sought of voluntary combination with tihe saloon element asi a base slander. that is itself an attempt to strong'ben the power of this most damialble inigplity." I Ill take the occasion offered b 80. Aour inquiry to make announcemont o er my own rignaturo of what I said and meant at ilonuettsville. Of conse the reporte gave only the barest outlines. I have no quarrl with the'minis tors of any church or denomination and have no purpose to givo oflenso to any of them. I I-ave always borne testimony to tho high character and purity of purposS IbLracteriZing the ministry, but I believo they are wrong in lightirg tie dispensary law a? they do, and I claim the right to say so, acknowledging at the same time their right to Froodom of speech and freedom of political action on this and every other subjoet. I mentioned the attitude of the ministers incidentally as an illustra tion of the anomalovs political situna tion. The ministers attack the dis pensary because it does not go far enough, and the high license people and the blind tigers, whom I desig nated as the "old bar keepers," at tack the dispensary becanso it goes too far. They are thus found light ing side by side in the campaign. There is only on,) candidate in the field for Governor opposed to the disl ensary, Col. Hoyt, and all of these elemeits are a.lliod in his sup por, and the proof is that Charles ton in the last gurbernatorial elec tion voted for Mr. Fieatherstone and prohibition, when it is notorious that the whiskey element in that city is predominant and th ( the dispensary lawv is not enforced, mainly by reason of the lax morals of the grand jurors, who have failed to dis charge their duty uinder their oaths. Colonel Hoyt last winter in his pa per, the Mountaineer, urged coalition between the high liconse peCople and the Prohibitionists in the General Assembly in order to repeal the dis pensary law. Clonel H-oyt seeks the Governor's of2eo and of course wants votes. I aem opposed to his election solely on these grounds and called attention to the elements sup porting him. There muay be no open t'alliance," and technically I may have been in error in asserting it, but I think it permissible to declare all the supporters of any one candi dato "allies," and if thie Methodist minister who accused mec of "slan dor" will show that they do not in tend to work to the same end as the bar keepers, for theo'ortlirow of the dispensary, I will then consider the propriety of an apology. Until such proof is given I shall stand by my guns. If a Methodidt Bishop chooses to call me a liar, and the church temperance committee feels con. strained to denoune my opinion of existing cotiilitions as "slander," the people of South Carolina will judge between us. If they can stand it I can. I long ago learned, "Evil is wrought from want of thought, As well as want of heart." When good men find thaelveE in bad company they usually pause to consider how they got there, and whether they are not in fault to some extent. There is no concealmont, about it and the editor of The State, who is the spokesman of the licenso olomont, has announced his position clearly and openly. The denial by the preachers that the combination is "sought" cuts no fliguro. It exists, and that is all I asserted and to my mind it is "unholy," and must make every good man feel uncomfortable. If the di.spensary is overthrown every pract ical man knows that sa loons will be ro establishod in less than live years. I would deplore such a result as a great loss to so cioty and know many preachors are of the samo opinion. I shall yet hope to soo all good men of all classes united to mahe th odispon adry the success it can become. I believe prohibition is a Trojan horso by which I he saloons want, to again enter our li ato. The whiskoy mon believo the sam1e thin. I am against the saloons and ill of their friends, whether tIhey be good men who are blind fanatics or scheming politicians. Yours truly, B. 11. Tilltman. Trenton, S. C., July 21, 1000. soenw Sug :stve Figurt The Manning i imes says statement made by the Prohibitionists going to show that prohibition has bonn a success, can bo refuted by t he official record the only vnfo guard, when seeking information. To furthor prove that prohibition is a failure where over it has been tried, we take from the report of the 'United States Com missioners of Internal Rovenuo for fiscal year ending June 30, 180, showing the ntimber of licenses issued in prohibition States: A A INIE.t - R ectilicrj...................................... I RZetail liquor dealers.....................1, 125 Wholesale liquor dealers.............13 B rew ers.............................. ........ Retail dealers in malt lioquors....... 189 Wholesale dealers in malt liquor e.. 24 10w A R ectiIers...,........ ....................... s Retail liquor dealers................ 3,730 W holesale liquor dealers.l............. 55 B rew ers- . --..... ... .................. 23 lZetail dealers in malt liquors...... 471 Wholesale dcalers In malt liquors. :183 KANSAS Rectifiers-.. . ---------..................... 3 Retail liquor dealers................. 2,581 W holesale liquor dealers ............ 15 Brewers........................2 Retail dealers in malt liquors....... 254 Wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 75 SOUTH CAROLINA Retail liquor dealers.............. 324 Whole sale liquor dealers.......... 2 13ro'werls........................... 2 R.tail dealers in malt liquors... 12 Wholesale dlealers in malt lIquors. 11. These figures wit.h reference to South Carolina include all of the dispensaries and those b)linld tigers which will not take chances with Uncle Sam. It will thus be seen that in the prohibition State of Maine with a population half the siZe of South Carolina, there areo1,152 retail revenue licenses issued by the Unite d States goverment. In the prohibition State of Iowa, with a very little larger population than South Claro lina, the United States government has issued 3,730 retail liquor licenses In the probibitin States of Kansas, with a slightly increased population over South Carolina, the United States government has issued 2,581 retail lipln: licenses. Those figures are taken from the official record of the 'Umted States government and we believe they are worthy of more credence than the wild assertion of men who, in their zeal for the cause they repreent, get mighty close to fan atician. IJAMPAIGN MEETINGs. iHegin at Orangebutrg June 14th al( End at IRitrhland August 22nd, The following is the schedule of the State campaign meetings: Lau rons-August 4. Greenville-Angust 0. iPickens--August 7. Oconee-August 9. Anderson-August 10. Abbeville-August 11. Groenwood-August 13. A ikon-August 15. Edgefield-.-August 10. Saluda--August 18. Lexington-August 21. Rinhland-.A ngnat 22. COTTON GROWERS ASKED TO COMBINE 'll. S1D):N Wi .HIJIN 1sUES A CALA (o'011vtIoIn b 4 1W Ifit-tt Soon -TI'e feiieral ]Aine of W orl C jtH ileII-,ate-cI ilto 0oerglas Ast.weljitoll P11411. TowiiHilip Orgai1it lta.;. I['ho State, July 31.) Following the load of the Geor gia Cotton Planters' association, Preisident Wilborn of the Souti Carolina association has issued a call looking to a convention to be hel in this city in September followin, the formation of organizations by townships in the several coutitivs of the State. His call issued yesterda aftern,)on roads as follows: To the Cotton Growors of South Carolina: I have been urged to issue a call to tile cotton growers in South Car olina for united aud intelligeInt action of the growers of cott,n and cotton seed with bankors and gin ners with a view to marketing the cotton crop through a longer pelrio(d of timo and obtaining correct stiatis. tical information upon which to base prices. I theroforo call upon the cotton growers to at onceo organizi in each township and county anld elect dologates to attend a Stao convention to be callud at ani eit ly dato in Soptember, to be herenf.r named. Other States are now beimg organized. I hereto attach the plam as suggested at 11acon, Git., May 26. Let farmers go to work at once or ganizing their counties and report to me at Columbia, S. C. J. C. Wilborn, Pres. Cotton Growers' Convont ioln. The paper referred to in Mr. \Vil born's call setting forth the paN of operation adopted in Georgia reads as follows: "The president of i ho association shall at onco proceed in tile most ox peclitious and economical mannor to perfect organization in every county throughont the cotton belt of the State; also to call State conventions in the other cotton growing States, for perfecting similar organizations to that in this State. Elforts shall be made to establish a State bureau in each State, in addition to county organizations. This association shall fix the price at a fair and reasonable figure, at which the producers shall offer their cotton and cotton seed for sale in the open markets next season. If the minimlum price is fixedl on mid dling grades at say 9J cents pe pound at the ports, this would fix the price at each local shipping point, less the rate of freight to nearest port. Bonded warehtouses to be established at all local markets wherever require~d by the banks and members of this association. Ware house receip)ts to be issued to the owners of all cotton stored, and the same insured if rceip)ts are to be no goti ated. These5 wvarehoumse receipts1 to be negotiated at tihe niearest bank for 00 or 80 per cent. of the value of such cotton in the op)en markets at time they are to be placed with the banks as collateral security for muon ey borrowed. Each producer shall control the individual sale of cotton, and, though a member of tile asso0 ciation, if he desires to dispose of his cotton before the minimum p)rico fixed by the association is offored b)y the buyers he shall be at perfect liberty to do so. Tie association is confident that a fair and( just prie for cotton anid cotton seed cani be fixed and maintained in the openf markets by the united concert of action en the part of its members, backed by financial aid from the banks, by holding back the surplus of the crop, which is to be marketed each month to meet the demiandl of tile mills in nil parts of the world. "0Ginners throughout the cotton belt will be supplied with postal cards addressed to headquarters of the State bureau, with the regnest that each Saturday night the num ber of bales ginned that woek will be forwarded. Early the following week tile association will know just bow many bales of cotton have been prepared for market the past week thlrouh the (Ol- helt of thw statc., an11. at tioe vind of, tho ginniing Healson wIli ho, inll posossioll of exilet figures silw,m ifg tho 11111oliit of cot ton Imido Illat. seas.n. The sero t1ris of eoulnty orga.ulizations will keep inl clos touch with tile pro ducers, anld clarefil C'Stimliate ia 111do oil vXisting er-op conditions will b4 Selt veviy to the Stato burvaul. Throughout t Nhe year inforilnation from such sources will bo obtained upon vbic tho prico of cotton and Cotton s ('ca blm i xi'd it ia fair. figurOe. on the oilli ol wvork uI hi ItsS'jociit i(.1 shall b rbo Iiv couinty assess imlint. Tho miimmimh foo to hm paid Stato orgil'tion bt outy orgaiin. zations to Iho q.,_0 for less than 100 imemibers ai,_1 Cio mit:illim of l) for ach ou.ity orglaization of 100 nivinlbol's of' moro. Tho animal (1.,s after the fir't ye. to be hl1If of t| rospectivo atilluilits from ebch coO1 "It is domtd essntil for I ;. purposo of rapidy developing t,I. mOvoeni(ilt to ell'eet lo0al orgait l. t ionls int ofach counlt y of t his StItto. 'lheso orgillizatio.s .hal! b) effccted 1by n activo organlizor inl ("iach1 Col gressional distriet. Stich or%Ianlizers shiall be o nm dd by the( miltm. bors from echl enreional district ci.osing tho ex cutivo coillittec, and the upplioiltitoonts mado by th!O resident. Thm presideit, shill beo 01powered to removv from ollico aly local orgnI;zer iot properly performing his dtiies, and have his place filled uPonl recoMMI01-1dat-iol by tihe Oxecutivo ],nnuie I r raid dis trict. Tih !et, org: .rs shall )e paid - c.-Har.; pJNr m andiwl t,ra. eling :1e hie ii activo dis. chargo of t wir dutivs.", e'irumer ' Irel.i" t 4tt Clsm osa. A farmvrii' intituto will bo ield at GClmsonl Collogo begi.m:ing 'Muonday, August 18, .10D, and vnling Satur day, August 110, 11000. Clemson ('oleg is k1nme milo from Calhoun, on the Southern Railay and two mile from Clerrys, Oin ihe Blu Ridgie Railway. Free Ilacks vill me6t all trains. Visitors may purchase tickets to either poinLt. Th Blue Ridge train is duo at Chorrys 4 p. im., and 110 Southern is du at -:30 at Calhoun. ) 0 faro ratos canl b obtained from all points in South Csiolini onl the Atlantic (Joast. Lin, Charleston 1an( Western Carolina Railway, Plant Systom, Seaboard Air Line, aid Southern Riailway. Tickeits luimited to continuous passango inl each dliree tion to be sold1 Augtust II1, 12, 1 1 and1 14 with final limit to August 23, 1900. Ironmlad forml nIot requjiirod. If the aigent hats failed to receive inistrctionsi to sell one fare tickets re p)ort the matter at once. T1hie mornings, afternloons, and evenings in the Coellego~ Chapel will be deCvoted to lectures on sc01ietiic anid practicalt agriculture. Ini addi tion to lectures by lhe )memberes of the college faculty, there will be a number of (list Iinuihed lecturers from abroad. VTisitors are cordially invited to take part mn all di.8cussiouns. 1Uoard and lodging will 1)e furn-. ibhed for fift.y cents a day. This snmall chmargo will just about(1 cover the actual cost. Sinigle meals will cost twenty cent; 0each. Visitors are requIested to bring shoots from home. rents will be furnished free to visitors who prefor t.o camp out. Visitors an;d de(legates should wvrit.() in advance to securi. rooms. Clemson College, S. CI. An editor gets ofi the following: "In church or in State it is rule or be ruled; inI courtship or marriage it is fool or be 10o1l(d; in logic or law it is kick or be0 kicked; in gambling~ or trade it is trick or 1)e tricked; in treaty of wart it is lbeat or be beaten; in struggle for life it is eat or 1)0 enton; in politics it is crow or eat crow; in newspaiper it is hoe your own row."--Exchango. Bear. the las oKil YotIlave Aways eoughl Bnattirrr I'nl-lint11ION IN MA INI. Th1%e aI'nIIIIIIr:t 4 V.iII fr I 1,: o tioa4. 11ta 11a4 l uI( uaia4iona, 1 a the Laqw. The1o plat form idopted by tihe Mainle .)ecraiutic ")(;lto Convention at its in iL .,wiston oil Vednesdiay, July 1, ntiny t li followinkg re tilect ing t 11t 'ta tto prolkhibitory liquor law and( its nonlt'n for coeent : "For nearly half ia cenitury Nwe havo ha11 it sta-tutory I, i N"prollibit. ing tho liillifact lre, satle and uso of initoxivintinl. liuors. 1''or n s l half 11hat t imo it ha-; bitn villbodiod inl t Sintao Coiitilution. Sinlco it wils first. vinincted s cores of alinii r14en1ts, tach iore .4ri !v ngent Ild t i, ponlilties no Sirsevo, th'eill t p so. )l0 (10ding it, hanvo beenl passod. "or nIaIIrly twoity yoars tho l.L legood (nforconont of tho )" Ilhibitory law hals beenl growmin morfeP * anld m,>rn. lax, Iutil tolny in Iearly ovory city the 1;talte alkl inlmy ('f thIlo lil ger t was,'~ t hero are r. egulr! hi e stabli is1hed i An sailooll- .hero liquors are il ople, lagrant Niolition of the nI.t it ut ion id stat ut ory I hmw. N ear ly ovory hotol, mauy rsarns hc.111rods of so.clled dril stiore- and uilltnlIlbereod andlt Sv(r-A "aloonis and b!.Irools inl the citie .All withlout rtt riction, iv ;m occaina seizlre Itl flno for political purlposol. ".For Ilie prit-et. shamlit-ful, dis. gustling conldititon of all'tirs inl relat tion to tho prohlibitory law, tho No-. plublicanli leadors and their iisupport ris are F0olly responlsible. Today in Ially parts of the Stato we aro likv ing ali tie eviis oh 'fre ru ,' a.nd 1nonlo of th redeinng foatres of a licenso Ilw. '"or yoars ti(e prhibitolr'h1Wy liaw has been i political foot ball. Its hy - er(tical iforceiieniit, lilts bieei used to contrul tho hi<plor votv, to incrollso tiht incomle of peijiored ollivilds allt to swe II the corruption fulid for CIam11 paign purposes. Ihiroughi its instru mlentallity, tHo pa1r(y inl power has inl Jiluenced jiLi*s1:4, corruptod offillis Sworn,1 to einforce the ILw; debaiueled voters, decived the advftwes of tempijeran lce, bet re th te c en wht~viich it professed to sipport, croiatiiig i Contempt and Ia disre,garild for all laws, Itiua has Iadix ti good nifnie of tl3 StatO bIyor fiam(l I'elirolcll whrovoer it is kiiown. "Wo mlainfilin that, Ihe Ilipblicani party ini \aino is uiiler tIlie (pracl ical coltrlol (if a rilng which iats fiially becoillo thom 111111 vyndiclto of the State, promoting tih io ogul falo of liquor, protectinl"g the elo er in thw sl&e,) 0 pockin ai argA rovenui from the'sC t ranisactions, aLsing'iit rma11 sel lers for mon01ey witIi hu ich to con - trol caucuse."s, con!vent ionls and8 eliaC. anid loaidinig thle talx-paiyors with b)ill.s charges~'81111 and al'ged d isbLu rsemtsllt too grievousi to he bornile, and1( by suuchi duLplicity they) aire dlemorlliing the youthI of our1 StaLt anild (ed1ucat inrg them to disregaird Ilw and o.u'der. "W be )]ii)tliertho respct able, lawv aibid ing citizens of the State, i rro speOcti vo of panrt y, favor au change. They) demanIld that the law shlall be either onforced or' replleal. TIo that 011d Wo favor reHiubm,issionl. WNheni tion1 law, bit unt il tis is accomi 1Alihed wvo domiiandc the impa)1Lrtial on foreinon t of the p)resenit p rohi ibit ory laiw, and( WO plodge our candI Iidatesu, if elected, to such1 anl (enLforceument."' Itl y'sa ing 1ines by the( Ii .iial of ani Anm M\onIza, dJuly '29.--Kinog Humbert M o n z a,1) 0 1 1 I I Su ly r i M T e k n a shiot hero lastL eveninig by~ a1 man1 namelid Anigelo Isressi (10 Prato and1 died( in aL few inuiites. Moa,iJZL Jul 30 V:.---The king hand breetnattend(inig aL distribti-mr of prizes in connec0tion with aL gymnlras tic comipeitit lonl. HoL hadl just entior< his caririage, with a ido.do.conyu, amtid the cheers of the crowd1, whenI ho wasH sitruck by throe revolver shlotsu fired in u1piick successIi. One pi'irced thil heart of his malhj. 081t', wvho fell anId eaxpirOed in a few inuites.. Thu assain!IJ wrisM immeiidi uately airretetd, and1( wats with 8011n diliculty, Psaved from the fury of the Hio gavo his niamo ns Angelo Brossi, dlescribing himastlf as8 Prato, in Tncany. No il . ti IIJ01,131: II~1'tui o 111 1 w e v wir th Rw isi In iny Plaf mt Wits Wr Itc II for N(Irovs. I\\'. E.,. ('uni(is, inl Chiewgo Rocord.1j Solnator Th11111ui hi ti18s tho crdit Of introdicinlg tho Doclaration of III It n 101IW into 1t DeinIocratic p'llt formit, but it does nit, conform t his spevvebes ntor the(. prlictice-i of tho Deillocratic party in 8cith Carolinit. I t i "to TIrt) illOhniam's theory aill whito meni art, cimitt'd frvo am! eq'Ill, but. hw deniti(!ilt. Thonwas ,JofTersoni OVer, lntornh'd that, Itho IIevilrat ion of In1kdIInC0 -Ahonlt b0 JIppjliV(I to t ho colorold r.11 4. \Whon that. inl stonent was wriiltn. Ito sylvs, groes wero eiiki le. 'Thiy iad it) mOr rIegti 11 1 humnll be ingsH or a part of It Ibo1)'dy poliI ie t1a lithe cat or ho1ists'. lPonitho ptila'ition, mil 1 iteher 'oanits ,Joelfron lo ony Ir of the fiaiher, not vvon tlhos from Nw I .\ . lltld, ovtr drvallwd (hat, vitizinship would sollno Iitlo' o conlferrod u1ponl thw. 'i. Tlhero fort, they wrot thw Deelatration of Lidljit'ndentc nilil t!;, Colstittiio for whitt poople oily, and it was nlot until after tHi war dint any o OV0er triod to 1111ka th'',so instrmlwntk cover (to col-'redI r:v'. It, was t hen r'lnild licevs,iy to) ittach what Mr. ler to tillnr itajoriI ie-i in Itih South. orn States for tho Ib.'publicanl pitly. Tho only w.'ay h voiltltb bodonm was by\ giving the hilh>Ilt to tho nego lad the Conls(titt(ion had to) ho 11r11ndod In order to <b> it. Mr. Tilbhia is very frank in thO rNII'vSsio! ol hiV vhmv,i onl thlis miubjetcl, lis ho ii onl aill oItFhr, tand w\'nit you ccuso him of invonvist"leye hw dochiros that (ho DvimocpratiC 111tfrim1 I 1101. 111a(sminit for' thlt negr-, riwo anyl\ moro than tlm Deelaratio 1of In.h pu15 lIct. (Abbovillo P0r-sl il an311anr.) Thm political proaclwrni who aw1 Ielig spIlporteId by tilt liqulor mle inl their wial-firo itnillst tho tdispoln. sitry, \will provo t popularity of tho isPONITry, whilo ftiiiiiig to inkd(uce tho chllrch to form nll "unhdloly alli nilco." If proltellors ati liqlluor MIN forman im llianc to dofot tho dis. )01nsaIry, tho faet will not Ih ol. dorst'd 1)y tho pitIoIltr VOtW of t1h1 pooplo. Thietrsniotimong intoHligenit 1aym1ln l1-w allway.s' con. demiied politiem in tho pulpit. Andt thll preaicholr who gl.ws out into tho caultso to regre,t t hl ssociation. Ax aiii rlo, prea'ichltrs, seek associa tion andu friendisip1 ai ion g tempit'~ern if a mnit is knot,wn bly te comtpaniy hot koops8., whatt arlt wo't to tiink of tiht sinerity' andii h.miesty of a preaciher p rohbiini 1ust whio seeks(t- it th socia 11titon nd1support of liquorfl men'i onl Wiii it 18istue tht s01ni. of tihe hos1 t,) nm thet wo rh hiavtt Ibecomei victims of tilt liqutor hiabit, yt, as8 a ruile, ltey do nt expect 1poachtork to Jiohni Allti, whottst) catirer in (on. gross) has lntdo 'to little towni of st ory (of a1 ne(gro) epicuro1 who cauighlt firo' juder a spreadulinIg f.ree, and t whiio it was1 bing to a deliicat.o birown laty tdown onl lt groundo antd went, to sloop biesidol it. .Aboitt 1110 I it itim tpossom wasI dlono, ai slick li(itl darkty hatp1pein g thtai viy 'ThIen ho took tilt btones' andi laid tie do11tIwn int fitont oif Ihis 51looping brotheIlr, greinsdI is li p8 with 'pos8 umgreoase, andt smaa,~redi 'possuHim .rotnso over is (inigers. Wnlon theo ownier of t he 'possum111 aw~oko iho lookod( abiouit daz/odi andtt surprisedl to luid hish picco (dt rtesistanoc gont), but tho boines lay in frontl of him, ho saw the grenso8t upjon is linigern, t asted( it, upon 11is lipsi. Is i8 t pos'ble,"' bo sid, "I dian ont da~t 'possumtt wheni I '1)''lop 1 81mell 'possu, I his' 'pos. num, ani' daiir is td bones. It 81-ain ly (10 lookc lk' 1 mus11' hab ent, him;, on my con'tuitionl dan1 any~ olo 'pos. sum I over didi ont bofo'." dUo G:s1TroN F?O1C I ITtAnY NorIm. Thime Mbitt,aiVr letin Nulmbor or Frank I i Lmmno 'O lmiab l,M' tmulihly. Tit brilli!ilnt August unuber of Frank Lrsli(,'s Popular Monthly, whicl i. (1ho regular Mi%idsummer I iction Ninibm of tihis pliodical, 1y111) fairy be cillot! il opocl-muak ing achiovement ill ion.cont rmagizino litoraturv. A summary glanco at its titblo of cuhtolnts so'rvs to jnstify this chlaim. lIvro in a singlo an her aiire inichled stories by F. Hop-' hinv'wmn Smith, A. Conan Doyle, Mary 1.l Wilkins, F'Algar Fawceott. Alix John, Nlario!ta l1olly ("Josiah Al len's Wifo";, anitl It. K. MunliUtrick; illistra1ted( Ilticl's by tho Infianta ''.nitlio of Spain, Captain Robort E. Ivo, 1a11 tho I%',V. V. B. l11ankin; ma11l lpins by IHarriett ,Prescott Slotloi, E%litih M. Thomaq,s Samuel Mlintla.nl Poick, I-Ithol M\lorso, Frank I J. Stanton, Wiillilam Itamilton llyne, Miadisoll Cawoinl, onry Tyr tell, Marthat .McCuhllochl-WIllianw, llatt i V W hitniy, Boy Farrell Groon, and Wallaco Dunbar Vincout. Tho cIltriblitiolls of thoso well-known ItIl poular w iters aro presented with tlt collbitoration of illustrators cluitly ftious, including Al5ort 13. Bezl . WVost ClIuMdinst, Charlos (Grunwahil, 1High M. Eaton, G. A. Davi,, Wail(or Rtussoll, GeorgoB13na vitz, 11. '. E-dwards, and I1. S. I-' Iy. 1ter i he (i ron'i4 W ll litAmimin. WIItt. will ho the result of the gret uphItIaatl of SOCity ill China todhy ? Wiat is 1Russia's ria pur 'o, itid wait, advantages will sho iralizo from the torriflic struggle in whicb so imany nattionm aire involved ? ia i timoly article in "'io Na tional .Magazino" for August Capt. Charle Vinslow Hall givos a tran. lLit i-In of t hat sinlgular doCument, loown to Europoan stitlosimon and historins its "1ho Will of Petor tLo (Iroat," and gonorally acknowlodged to onihody It grat aund persistent policivs which havo oxtoneloI the domninion andt increnAe tho powor of tho Uttissii vnipiro. Tito priuoi. pll evvents of tho career of oach of Potor's tiuccossors aro clearly and forcibly depicted, tnd the pre(liction md111o that tho prosont social uPheav. al and1(i rovolutiol inl China havo boli formoon, if indood not incited by iuE sill, who in any event must immense. ly and maitterially profit thoroby. TwO COlturios ago, or to be mot0 exiv-1, inl 10,10, Pot.er, sinlco julstly s'umttnedil The Groat , s'ucceededI to thmo thlronoe of Itussia. A bulrIy, re bus1-t, hanlf-civilized, uneducated boy. panemce, hiandicappodi by bigotry and sii trong an imoal l5ission, andit in htis Oelrly reign 1 11e1aced5 by3 intrligues of tho imost dIangorouls chiaraictor, ho had, neovorthieless, a sitrong intellect,. a si.ronge)r will aiin1 a full measure of that p rat(ticall co01no i sOns801o, which Ii>w and1 ten ini tiht world's history is bieein known to characterize ruletr mof great priovinicer. IPotr ha. iid 1neitIher flout ntor army worthy13 of tiht namo. No nat ion in al lliirotpt, (exctept thle English now tion, pri.zd his frieundshiip or greatily feared his enmity; his troops wvore und111isciplinod anid restive undetr conl trol, antd his retsouri COS woro uncer tni and111 thm p ro3y ol herodlitary ofli t'iinl181m antd deep-).rooted corruption~ I low h1e himmself, wvroughit in Eng l ish and1( Dutch shipyards, to secmoe at 1)ractia know~ledgO of naval and often tol; as8 well as tho story of [he perjil, intrius, projudticos and ant cient abuses which hie averted or overthlrowt. Stullico it to say that at tho daIto o)f hiis deconse, February 10, 17o, ho had destroyed the military prtestigo of Swedon, secured much of h r territory on the eastern shore of Ils he aitic 80on, establishd ports ups ont the sea of Azov and the Oasdii n, and1( croated large and well appointed atrmuies and fleets. Hie had boon solN elmnl ly crownodr at Morocw, "Empo2 rr' tof aill tihe Rutm*ials," and bern hailed by his nobles and( people as "ol F"ather of his County, Peter the Great." D)ying, he loft to his descendants anld successors a paper (fmbodying the inmnonse purposes which during his checkered career had sustained and impelled him. This ancient test ament, pregnant with :wars un ending, and1( intrigues ad dlisloyal-. ties, without scruple, mumt be read anid remnemboirod by everyone who would understand aright the past history, and comprehend in some de gree the trend of Russian polioy, and its probable results in the Orient.