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THE COUNTY BECOBD. Published Erery Thursday ?AT? XING8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BY? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. The President of tile lioanl of ('on trol of the Stare Prisous in Michigan xleclares that (he parole system i:t that State lias been satisfactory in ziiuety-three cases out of 10;>. Iu other States iu which the system has boon adopted I he results have been almost equally gratifying. Siberia is developing into a llrstclnss butter coautrj. In the viciu.'iy of Dauac.l, in lSltu. there were, oaly two creameries. Now there are over WO. .Great difficulty is experienced in securing milk vessels, but :i factory lias been established at Kurgan for the manufacture of these.utensils, and it will not be long until the demand will be supplied. In the meantiste Moscow Is drawn upon for a supply. I The Philippine Commission, has decided in favor ol' Spanish as the official court language for the m-xr five year?, and the decision has given much offense to the American lawyerswho have settled in Manila. In giving his opinion, Judge Taft made use of the following language: . "To make English the official language of the courts would drive our of the practice of their profession the Filipino lawyers. We ought not to alienate a class of men who do so much to initiate aud formulate such public opinion as exists in these islands." It is one of tlie saddest commentaries on our civilisation that wlierorer it is carried among aboriginal and primitive peonies it is- demoraliz' ing and deadly. It is now reported that the lndiau tribesvof the Ynliou Valley are being swept away by diseases which are the direct result of contact with the gold burning pioneers Who have overrun their country. The aatives cannot withstand the Impact of our vices. Half fed, unclean of habit and ignorant of any means of *olf-help or cure, they perish by tlrou-' sands. It would seem to be the des tiny of these simple races that, left to themselves, have beep enabled to4 withstand the rigors of high northern latitudes to perish utterly from the face of the earth, exclaims the .Philadelphia Record. An amusing illustration of the attention paid to petty details and redtapisrn by the German Government is being told by the continental papers. At Thorn, In West Prussia, recently a huge placard, embellished with many seals and government stamps, was pasted on the wall of the railway station. It looked formidable?more so than it really was?for it announced the sale by public auction of three lemons. The porters on the line had t found three lemons at liberty in a freight car, and, with an honesty more than admirable, they turned them over to the authorities. .The stray lemons were duly advertised for the time required by law, and, as no owner appeared to claim lh?iu, they were sold at auction. The price brought was lirteeji pfennigs, or about four cents. a trifle under the market figure. The "jack of all trades" may he a master of none; usually he is. Hut the farmer who would succeed ir.ust be a jack of all trades and u master of all. observes the New York Independent. His business, if the oldest of human callings, is also far and away the mest difficult; and that is precisely why comparatively few farmers are really successful. The farmer who succeeds in any such degree as the business or the professional man may succeed combines with the "horse sense" that he claims for himself a great deal of scientific f knowledge and business genius. lie understands soils aud sunsets; roots and animals; machinery and human nature, and, above all, the market, the town meeting, and the Board of .Assessors. lie is, lu short, the brainiest kind of an all-around man, and there are not a great many of biin. . ? ; ' t <n>. sp*. & | TWO QENTL <?0 |g) Dy SEWARD 1 (Copyright, by Robert Bonner's boas, CHAPTER XV. CONTINUED. Gordon met me at tlie wharf iu Hono fuiu. "God bless Warren!" he said, as h< > i elarped :uv baud. "All Honolulu is j ringing wall his praises. Dole is be- j side himself with joy at his success. ! It means so much for Hawaii. Bat | enough of that. Your uncle is wait- j ing lor yon on the porch at The Corals, j He would have come to meet you, bul | feared the excitement would be toe j great." "Dear old uncle!" I replied. "] wish Warren could do something foi him. But it is mental worry that it killing him. There is no cure for that." "But your return will do much tc distract his mind." "12.*4. f.vn ? ch/wt nnlv TTn r?l * UUt LKJl a nnui v UU.V v Tom will never be himself again until Winnie is found." Gordon *aid nothing. He had got ten. of late, so that when Winuie'i name was mentioned his niannei changed. Hut with, the exception oJ the day before I left The Corals foi Molokai, he did not mention the fael that he loved my sister. It was a rapid run that we gave tin Horseh np the Xuuauu Valley to Th< Corals. Minutes were precious. When wo turned iu at the gate, Uncle Tom stood facing it. He saw us coming, and stood trembling with excitement, waiting for me. I jumped to tbe ground and rushed up to him. He folded mo iu his arms and nobbed like a baby. "Tom, my dear boy, what a dav this is," lie cried. "God be praised! J What a glorious crown awaits Warren when lie goes to meet bis last reward. Ob, Tom, Tom! How I Lave missed von! How I have waited and prayed for this day! But Warreu won let not . let me tell you a word of it. He said there must he 110 false hopes aronsed ?no effort made in your behalf until he was sure. Ob, he was sure! Wo are sure at last. Thank God!" My uncle was exhausted, and I led j him to his chair, and sat down beside him, patting his white head and speak -' ing encouragingly to him. "Well, old fellow, you don't need me any wore to-day." said Gordon, "and I must be off. I am quite busy. I : wilCride up this evening, tbongh." "Do, Gordou," I replied; "ami there is one thing I wish you would do for me. Find out if tue government will sell the ground where my cottage atood at Molokai; or if not, if they ?*JH ? rtmrm.qit.mn from me to wvvvr- - x?a- ? make it a public spot." "Dolo is in a position to give you all Molokai if you want it, he is sc elated over the thing. But what dc you want ol that ground?" "I shall erect there a monument tc Warren. I shall not wait till he dies. It shall be done at once, and it shall be a worthy tribute. I will hav? space left npon it for the addition ol the date of his death. But upon thai spot, the scene of hopeless waiting for death, aud my wonderful rescut by Warren, there shall be a tribute?i life-size statue of the man, with hit noble record carved in undying letteri of stone. It shall stand"facing Fathel Damien's monument. The one sacrificed his life in tenderly caring foi the sufferers at Molokai; he died toe soon; the other has lived to see th? grandeur of the accomplishment of hit life-work.' What do you say to the plan?" "A good plan?a splendid one! I'll see the secretary of the interior and fix it up. There will be no trouble about it." "There's a monument to Warren in every honest heart in Hawaii," suid my uncle. "He deserves not only our thanks, but our worship." "And iu the fulfillment of this great hope, may there not bo an augury for hope that Winnie may yet - < 1 1 ii.-r ..... ^.... I UP IUUUU, ttliu nun *> o UJ.UJ uu a uunwu and happy family?" "Ah, Tom, Tom!" cried my uncle, breaking down completely. "If il could be so, if it could be so, I would die content!" CHAPTER XVI. From the day I returned to The Corals almost the entire management of the plantation fell to me. My unclo was too much weakencd*by the severe trials he had gone through to carry on the labor of overseeing the work. whil9 I was constantly gaining ir strength. On the plantation ray uncle employed, beside Chinese and Portuguese, a great many natives: Tc these ho had always been a kind friend, standing ever ready to help them in time of sickness or trouble. Most of them were old, and while still wedded to the forma of royalty ? -i I HVj/ Xtsx' -5^- sl>/ EMEN i OF HAWAII. f$ 'fe /?& IV. HOPKINS. m and their old customs, seerneu a? least to bear none but good-v.ill toward my uncle and myself. 1 followed in the footsteps of my un^le. Whenever a native was ill ho always seat for me. I would go to his cottage aud have medical attendance with proper care, procured at once aud talk \*ith the sufferer as a friend. So it was not a surprise to ine who: ray boy, Malliauki, came to me ou< day aud said: "Waster, old Lowai wants to soyou." "Old Lowai? Is he ill?""Very ill, sir. Ho is a very ole tian?is Lowai." Lowai was a native that had beet ?>n the plantation for many years. Ht had grown old in my uncle's service "I will go to him at once. When ts he?at his cottage?" "Yes; his daughter is with him." - - - i-1- 1 t. I had been lounging on me puicn ;it'\ TTnele Tom and had on slippers. ' Put on your shoes, Tom, my boy,' mid my uncle. "The ground is wet i'.ee that the old fellow has everythinj he wants. If ho is dangerously ill, 3 will get over and see him -myself 7* "Probably only the trouble of age,* [ said. "Lowai in very old, and can-' uot last much longer." "That is so. He was a great chiel in his day." "So old as that?" I asked. "Lowai must be nearly a hundred.* I followed my uncle's advice and put on a pair of Bhoes capable of keeping my feet dry; for we had had a show, er, find, a she said, the ground was still wet. Lighting a cigar and taking t bottle of wine and some, dainties from the larder, I started off to see the old ox-chief.. A, woman, old herself, met me at the door. It was Lowai's daughter. "Lowai is ill? 1 said, half question' ingly, as I entered. "Ah! He is worse than ill. He u in a very bad way?is ray father." "What is the trouble?" "I know not. He tells me nothing. He lies upon his couch and calls foi ron. And ho cries to the Goddess Pele to have mercy." "Pele? 1 thought all that nonsense .vas done away with long ago." "Not so. He believes in Pele. put he wants you. Will you see hiui how?" . "Yes. Take me to him at once." She led me into a small room, tvliero an old shrunken figure lay apou a bed. so oiu was jjowai, inai nis sain wai like leather stretched over his frame o; oones. * He saw me enter, and smiled. I stepped to the side of the bed and look his hand. 'What is the matter, Lowai, you we never ill." "No," he said, with an effort. "J km never ill. I am not ill now. I am iust going to die. That's all." "Oh, no, I think you will get ujj igain. I have brought you some wine( Mid Malliauki has gone for Doctoi billing." "I do not need him. I need onlj fon. Lawai's time has come. Hi mows it. He is not sorrv." I poured out some wine into a glasf ?nd gave it to him. "Thank you," he said simply. "11 ; jives me strength. And I need it. i [ must hurry. I have not long to j live and, before I go, I must tell you much." ] was surprised at this. The olil man was excited, and spoke as if un-! ier a strain. "You have something to tell me; ' somothing yon want clone if yon do | not get well?" "No. Something for you alone." j He motioned to his daughter, and i she bent her head down to him. H< j whispered something into her ear and j she went out. While she was gone, I Lowai moaned and rubbed the palnu j of his hands together. When she rc- I turned, carrying a large bundle dona' up in leather, he became calm. "(3ive mo more wine," he said. I gave lr.m a glassful. He drained it, and fell back on his pillow. He made a sign to his daughter. "Leave us," lie said. I sat down by his bedside. "We are alone, Lowai," I said. "You have something of importance :o tell?" "Yes. You must listen well. Imust lave my woids. And upon your foU owing my advice depends your hap piness." . "Is it about my uncle?" "No?your sister." "Winnie!" I cried. "Do you know if her? She is dead?" "No,, she is not dead! She is alive ?and well?but in horrible'danger." I sat stunned and chille ! by the ter- J rible words?words full of hope and j life, Vet laden with fear. Winnie alive, >nd yet ir> danger! Had she been i \ lecretiy-maaeu oniy to be 111 danger now, or bail sbe been tortured and i 11ased since sho had been stolen away? My band shook violently as I laid , it upon that of old Lowai. "Go on!" I said. "Tell me all." j "Give mo more wine! I am grow* | ing weak." | Fearful lest he would not live to tell 1 live tho secret ho held, I gavo him | olentv of wine. Mv heart throbbed painfully. A cold sweat poured from ne. . i The old chief fell back again upon lis pillow with half-closed eyes. He feebly pointed toward the leather pack. He spoke again. Old Lowai's voice was very weak. He was going fast. Bi'etthlessly, , heart palpitating, I leaued over him to catch his whispered words. , "Guard that pack," he said, "ancj npon the use you make of its contents depends your luster's life." "Go on, for Heaven's sake, go on!" I said, as he paused. i "Don't hurry ui?* My strength. i| i tpent. If I become exhausted mj jecret cannot be told. Guard thai rack with your very life. In it areal fli? vostwaTsts avtd belongings of a priest of tho goddess Pele. Breathe ! to no living soul what I am about to tell you?save those to whom I send you. Do*you promise?" ics, jc3| x piuuuor. vju uu, "Listen carefully. There exists in all the islands of Hawaii a secret order devoted to the worship of the god- , dess Pele, who dwells in the crater of Hhleakala. Haleakala is a dead vol- ' vano, and the goddess, havihg killed ' it, and being pleased at its obedience, took up her abode within it. The goddess has killed other volcanoes? taken away tholr power?and she will continuo to do so until Hawaii has no more eruptions. But th'e goddess Pele is a fierce goddess, and we make < sacrifices to her, to make her kind and j gracious. Whenever an eruption of a : volcano is threatened, a sacrifice is I made to Pele. This calls her atteu- I lion to it, and sho slays the evil spir- ^ its who control the fires under us and 1 send the lava out of the mountains. I That is why every volcano speaks and ! remains silent each time for a longer period. Do you understand?" "Yea, yes." I said. "But about Win hie, my slsTer?\rliere"is ene?" "Wait! Ee patient! I am coming to that. Give me a little more wine." I fairly forced the wine down his throat. "Hurry! Tell me all!" I said. "On each of tho islands there is a representative of Pele, who is*at the aead of the secret order. This priestess is always beautiful, and as merciless as Pelo herself. The rule of the priestess is abs'olute." j "How can these things be and the < jfovernment remain ignorant of them?" [ asked. "I think yoa are lying to me, Lowai." The old man's eyes opened wearily; ? ' ?a V>?d Imon Winer with thorn hftlf rtoaed, and ho gave me a peculiar, piercing look. i "Master, if you think lam lying, do ( not listen." "No, no. Go on." < "When I am gone, and my story is told, you judge if I am lying; then act 1 is you will. Youxmay follow my directions and savo your sister, or you may doubt me and let her die." "No; I believe you. For heaven's sake proceed." j "There are also priests of this or3er, but they are under the authority jf the priestesses. There is bnt one priestess on each island; there are 1 many priests. Each priest and priestess, when it comes his time to 3ie, has the power to appoint a suc;essor. It is for this I have called d yon. I shall make you my successor, anrf you shall go to the rescue of your sister. I am violating my vow to the .. goddess Pele in giving you the power to take away ou8 of her chosen -vieVvn f T om r? r\ tmw wlipn IlLLiriy l/UV JL aiu f IWIWWIU^, -v.. ?? w I tell you the secrets of the prder, for [ am dying, and I make yod iny sucsessor." "I fully comprehend," I said, as Lowai paused for breath. The old chief nodded and went on: "Too name of this order is 'Kam- t milonkanilimawai.' It means 'Power everlasting and omnipotent;' As I have said, there is a branch of the order on each of tli9 islands, under a priestess who represents Pole, our snKolwr* T4> iu wlfh 4\\c% itriAiifnaa piuiiio JL* *o ?1VU V4.W , jn the island of Lauai you have to do. She i* tierce, warlike aud the most beautiful beiug who ever lived. She is not dark like my people. She is like pure marble. She is immortal. You kvill fall down and worship her v.\:cu you ouee sec her marvelous beauty. But you must not anger Kaumai or rho will slay y< u. She has many followers in Lauai, who dwell iu the valleys, which are never visited by your people. Tbey obey every word, every order she gives. Be cautious and obey | likewise." j Lowai paused, and his heavy breathbig showed how exhausted he was. I waited a moment. He stirred his 1 hand a little aud pointed toward the ' bottle of wiue. I gave him somo more, aud under ts stimulation he resumed: [ "I have becu a priest of the Kam- j niloukanilimawai nearly a hundred ( years, and I have never seen iu any j island a priestess of Tele so beautiful ts Kaumai." "Never mind. Kaumai. Tell ma ^ t i ibout my sister "Winnie," I witf. "IShe is tlicre. The great volcano>f Kapatoli has not spoken these manj [rears,, but the devils of tko fire nrt jetting powerful, and the ruuibiiag aoise3 iu tho crater tell that an evup:ion must soon come. Your sister is l./O.I m T onol t<-? i>T?it fliifc ?rnr?t.ir?n_ When it comes, she will bo sacrificed ? Pele." "Sacrificed! Tlcavens! How?" I >xclaimed, nearly besido myself with ixcitement. - "finniersed in the lake of flowing !ava." "Heavens, have mercy! Winnie liive all this time and waiting for n fate like that! Why did you. not tell tne before, Lowai?" "I did not know I was going to die," said be, as if tbat exensed all. ^ "How can I find this Kanmai? How f :an I go into her presence?" He pointed toward the leather pack. k N ' "When I am gone," he whispered. "open that:?not before. The curse of Pelo will be on you if you do not obey ne. You will find in there everything ' jeeded by a priest of the order, See, [ give you this." no took from bis finger a mas.ive tad peculiarly formed ring, and L?y a jestare commanded me- to hold oat ny finger. I did so, and / lie slovt ljf put the ring upon it. ".Repent after me," he said. (To be continued.) . Quinine is made from Peruvian ban;?the outer part of a medicinal plant, called cinchona. It was so named from the wife of Count Cin;hon, of Peru, in the seventh century, trho by its use was cured of intermix tout fever. Flocking to tb? Cities. People die faster in cities than in the :ountry, yet in every part of the world people are flocking to the cities more ind more every year. 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