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ihe king r ' a _^hone g NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFE CY MAURICE Copyright, 18CI and 199Z I CHAPTER XXVII. CONTINUED. The day was a terrible one for them. They could not see RDy part &f the battle; but the grinding roar >f it rolled over the house, which thook as if with an earthquake. It teemed to them that they could hear the despairing cry of the Americans as they fell crashed and bleediug under the victorious columns of their ' enemies. Mrs. Yernon kneeling in I agony prayed and wept. Mademoiselle de Sezanncs cast herself npon a couch and hid her face is the pillows;! but Pauline stood at a front window j straining her eyes and ears to see and bear. Before the middle of the forenoon the thunder and tho patter of the fight gradually ceased, and soon enough the broken and fear-crazed columns of the British came wildly straggling back across the plain. What had been solid walls of red uniformed soldiers mo ring with rhythmic vigor and steadiness was now a confused rabble, leaderless and dis- i persed, all flying away from an imaginary charging column of Americans. "Heaven be praised!" cried Pauline. "They are flying! They are defeated! They are driven back all wild P* * and routed!" She precipitated herself npon her mother in an ecstasy of joy. i Mademoiselle de Sezanues sprang i op and ran to tho window. Off in tho i distance, as alio locked between the ' orange trees, she saw men bearing i Btters, rolling cannon, running, limp- ] ing, gesticulating, assisting wounded comrades, leading horses on which i lay 'dead officers?it was a terrible aigbt; but in the first rnsft cf her j realization of trinmnh she felt Tin horror from the scene. She clasped her hands together and gazed with i srido open tearless eyes. 1 It was nearly noon when the ser- ! rants brought in breakfast; menutime i the British had disappeared, and a < great silence lay upon the plain and I the woods. The ladies had eaten I nothing for twenty-four hoars, and now, with the great reaction from the I train of terrible anxiety, there came s hanger. But food did uot seem to I attract them; they ran to the windows I and doors every minute or two only \ f to turn away, disappointed, from the desolate soene. \ At last, however, a footfall on the i doorsteps was accompanied by the t voice of Colonel Loring. "jVIisb Pauline, will you let me in, t please?" he called. ji Pauline ran to tbe door and opened : .... it. At first she did not notice that | | Loring was bloody. Ho stood quite ! " eroot, and hia face showed no sigu of suffering. "Come in," she cried, "come in, Colonel Loring. It is so good of yon : ] ?we are so frightened, so bewildered, | t o lonely/ I 1 She extended both hands with the JI impulse of her delight at the relief f hi3 presence afforded. t Ho inclined his liatless head and f smiled i$ acknowledgement of her. greeting, ::nd now she saw that both j t his arms hnug powerless, dangling I I and bloody. , , JI "Oh, you are hurt, wounded!" she j t exclaimed. "Yon have been shot!" j* ? ."It is of no consequence; some light t W ~ hurts that will give no trouble." i t > x He came in with a firm step and sat i t down in a large armed chair. i ? nr* i n:LL_ _ ? - I VT''i?erai vriuus is tinea; bo is j Pukenham; indeed, they are all killed; p Xho army is destroyod, it destroyed it- j t jHelf. What a set of dolts they all i f were!" Loring spoke rapidly, but ! aeemingly without much feeling. i 3 S Before he had finished there was a p knock at the door. Mademoiselle do Sezannes, who chanced to be nearest p ^ it, flung it open. t ? Vasseur came in without ceremony a and stood before Loring, his face t twitching with the ecstasy of terrible ! I. passion. Immediately he began to 1 t ppur forth the most horrible curses, j c and between them he sandwiched what he knew of Loring's past history. It j s was a denunciation at once eloqueut t and brutal beyond description. Loring for once was unable to meet an r exigency with a prompt bar. Ho sat ' calmly enough; but he could not stop I the current. Vasseur, in his wild j t wratn, seeing mat me vituu uy- i i parently helpless, went with a rush j c into the revolting details of the life which he and Loring had passed to- c getlrer as Qutlaws in Spain. They had i robbed a couveut, killing a nun to get i r the jewels and precious .stones after- : ward taken from Vassenr by Pierre Ramean. He went on to tell how Lor- $ - ing aud Pierre Ramean were the same f man, and how Margaret, the robber's t wiV, had bean murdered by hint i:i ' * cold blood breaaso she sought the 1 - protection of a priest to escape bru- t tality. ' It was a story to chill the blood of ' any hearer, and its double climax was i areached when Tnssenr dwelt upon the 11 - whipping * that Ramean had caused him to submit to und the attempt to i murder old man Barns in the wiider- i ness of the Pe&rl-Eiver conn try. 1 The ladies retreated before the blasphemous torrent of mingled coufes- I eiou, dennnciation and profanity. i Vassenr spoke 60 rapidly that his i i?ay was soon ended, snd then he * sprang at Loring with a daggers i 6 < O F>- ! :Y ISLAND * i DURING THE WAR OP 1812. srw THCMPCON, r Ecbcrt Dcr.acr'i Sena. "Die, Pierre Rameau!" be shrieked, in creole patois. "Die! Die!" But Pierre Rameau had heard such tragic commands beforo this. He had played a part in tragedy too often to be taken by surprise and laid out so easily. "Fool!" was all that he said; and, rising with the promptness of a steel spring, he kicked the little man through the open doorway into the yard. Vasseur arose from where he had fallen, put his hands on his chest, totfor a few paces along the walk era*-" than Rank down, all doubled together, and lay still. Pierre Rameau stood gazing at the crnmpled body for a moment, and when, preseutly, he lifted his calm, almost stolid eyes, he saw a tall form , coming mrongn mo gaie. It was Burns. The old man saw him, and quickenkd his pace almost to a ran. Bameau turned about and passed , through the house without a word. Going out, he crossed what had been a vegetable garden, kicked some palings from a fence, went through uud was soon in the depth of the wood. Ho was feeling the effect of his j wounds. Not only were both his arms badly hurt, but a gun-shot rent in his : breast, though it bled little, was weakening him rapidly. Pauline saw him going away and , ran after him,entreating him to return | and have his hurts cared for. Something in his face had told her that he \ was desperate, hopeless, and she felt ] x great swell of pity for him rising in bev heart. , Sho had not noticed the full of Vas- ( fear or the approach of Burns. Just < within tho gloom of the moss-hung { forest sho overtook llaiueau uud sprang lightly before him. . He stood .still and looked at her. A j ?mile stole into his face; he tried to ( lift a hand; but could only twitch a ihoulder. She wa3 flushed and pant- ( ,ner. her lips apart, her bright hair j lislieveled. Her appearance seemed 5 to touch him with some deep emo- y .ion. "Jly sweet sister," he murmured, { ;heu as if shaking off an illusion, he ] jprang past her while she was pouring E 'orth entreaties, and fairly rau away , 'rom her into the gloomy swamj> c wood. ? Pauline stood, like one in a dream, , with the words, "my sweet sister," i iuging strangely as if from distance ] ;o distance through her soul. a She saw, without fairly realizing it, be tall, gaunt form of Burns go by i with long, half-feeble, half-vigorous itrides. a CHAPTER XXVIII. 8 A GLIMPSE OF LOVE. 1 r Thai morning of the eighth day of t Tanuary was ono of awful suspense to he patriotic women of New Orleans, j Everything that could make life worth v iviug depended upon the issue of the n ight whoso heavy billows of sound ^ :ame rolling up tho river to 6hake the \ oundatiou of the city. Madame Sonvestre, as she stood at ft he window of the chamber in which ^ Eairfax lay, held one hand upon her icart. She felt it leaping heavily with ^ Qingted dread and joy. Each throb ras for the brave men battling down ^ here in the fog of morning, and euoh ^ hrob was also for tho handsome sollier lying within four paces of her, 5 reak and wounded, iu her sole care. Q JL LI 13 wiuuvwpauco jUUQU Wivu vivij | >alpitation of the b&ttle-thander. She j, urned now aud again to look at Fair- j 2.x. "Do not try to move," she would t ay; "it will hurt you. Be brave and g >atient; it will come out well." i Then she would go and smooth his >illows or adjust the snowy spread of j lis couch. Her tiny hands trembled, D >nd a bright rosy spot showed under B he petal-like skin of either cheek. j. He tried to talk to her about tho >attle, bat she pat one sweet hand t iver his mouth and shook her head. t "Listen and be calm, but do not c peak," she commanded; and he had ( o obey. t "Monsieur Crapaud Crapoussin will eturu after a while," she went on, r 'and he will tell us glorious news. I s mow that our brave'men are killing hose British; I feel it in every drop 0 >f my blood. Hear how our guns :rash aud roll!" She clasped her bands before ber tud stood in au attitude of intouse, inssionate attention to tbe tumbling p md bounding din aa it seemed to till til space by jars and tbrobs. Fairfax gazed at her through tbe J ibadow3 of tbe chamber, and, to his <j liverish and misty imagination, she ippcared to irradiate a heavenly light, n 10 that a pale, tender aureole trem- t >led about her. A peaceful languor f seized him, and he slept. ' ( The streets were deserted and silent, a md as the fog grew tenuous and van shed before the coming of the sun, he cannon roar seemed more distant. > Madame Souvestre wandered around J u the chamber, moving noiselessly, 'ove*-ing her face now Hid again with B aer hands. c Slowly the moments passed. She j ooked at her jeweled watch; it was ] sine o'clock, and the guns had almost ] :eased their thander. Fairfax was t breathing heavily, bat his sleep ] teemed natural. She bent over him | # and touched Ins hair with a furtive tender move-incut. How could he feel so light a strobe ou his loosely tumbled locks? "All, Pauline; you have come to mc again! How kind, how sweet!'* he murmured. "And the battle is over, and v.e shall not be parted anymore!" The little woman drew back from the slocper and turned pale; then a hot glow suffused her eheeks. Sho trembled and held her brow with both hands. "Paulino! Pauline!" she whispered. "He lores some one?Pauline! Pauliuc! But it may bo his sister. Yes, yes, his voice was so ^eutlo and calm; Paulino is his sister." Once more she cast herself upon the prieditn aud lifted prayerful eyes. A black woman, with a spotless white turban on her head, came in, carrying a silver tray with coffee, which she placed ou the table. She glanced askance at Madame Sou ventre, aud then silently withdrew. The rich brew in the shining pot filled the room with its fragrance. A plump-faced masculine saint looked down from a dark frame ou the wall; his lips appeared ready to ask for a cup Fairfax awoke. "Pauline! Pauline!" he gently called. # Madame Souvestre sprang up. "Oh! Ah!" ha mdrmured, looking at her inquiringly. "You have had a^good sleep," ehe remnvked, "and you look refreshed. Here i? some coffee." "I have been dreamiug," he said, smiling apologetically, "and at first " "At first you thought Mademoiselle Paulino was here." "How do you know?" "You aro not reserved. You speak freely when you dreanr." "Do I? Well, it is all right if I did not disturb you." "Disturb me? Oh, no, not at all. L only heard you calling for Madetuoisello Pauline. She is your sister?" "It was a most vivid dream. But the battle! Have you heard? Do you inow how it is going?" "You do not hear any more gnus," she said, turning to help hiiu with his loffee, "hut no word ha3 arrived yet. Surely, Monsieur Crapsoussiu will irrive soon." Sho put one hand under his head mil with the other held the cup to his ips, while he took a hearty draught )f the pungent black liquid. "Thank von, madnme. That was lolicious?the be3t coffee that I ever asted; and I feel so much better. Surely, there will be good news.' But ivlsat is that noise?" Madame Sonvostre set the coffee on he table and hastened to the window. People were rushing along the street, ihoutmg, gesticulating, grimacing rildly. Men, women, children, all ippearcd to be possessed by an un:ontrollable excitement. Hats flew ip into the air, old men were behavng like boys. Sho turned toward r.iirfoT with n emit, lieht, in hpr frv?A I .* ?. M D. ? ..D? ind said: "It is vietory! I hear them rejoicng! Listen!" The tumult increased momentarily, ind above it all they heard voices iinging the "Marseillaise." A servant admitted Crapaud Cra>ou33in whoso left car was under a rhite bandage that showed a stain of dood. "It is glorious!" cried he, piroueting across the floor, "aud see, I am rounded! A bullet toy? a gash in ay ear; I shall have honorable menion. But, oh, it is a great victory! Vo tore them all to rags!" He went to the bedside and took hand of Fairfax between both of .is. "Ah, monsieur, tho whole plain own yonder is red with dead British oldiers, and our army is not hurt," e went on rapidly, almost out of reatb. "Crapaud," said Fairfax, "go fetch lademoiselle Pauline Vernon here to ae. I Madame Sonvestre started and joked quickly back and forth, from 'airfax to the dwarf. "Mademoiselle Pauline Yernon," ho repeated with a confuted expresion in her face, "oh, to be sure; iut " she hesitated. "I made a foolish request," said 'airfax, qnickly. "Of coarse it caniot be done. Forgive me; I fear my trength lias fallen off until my mind s weak." "No, no, monsieur; but yju talk oo much; you must not do it. Cerainly, though, Mademoiselle Vernon an come to my house to see you. Go, Irapaud, order my carriage and bring he mademoiselle here." She followed Crapaud out of the oom, and when they were on the stair he stopped him and said: "Is Mademoiselle Vernon his cousin r other kin?" "No, madame." "Is he her lover?" "Yes, inadame." "Crapaud CrapoussiD, if you bring ier hei e, I will kill you, do you hear?" "Yes, madame." Sho wrung her hands and looked a<1 forto r\f flm LOW a IUIU WO uiowi ivu 1UV/V v. ,uv Iwnrf. "So, no, Crapaud!" she presently dded, her voice softening and the ears risiug in her eyes, "no, no, I am oolish?I did not menu that? Here Crapaud!" She drew forth her purse ,ud gave him some pieces of gold, >ieces hard to get in those days. 'Take this, and make haste! Go bring Mademoiselle Vernon- Do you hear? lurry!" "But, madame," said Crapaud,with , sheepish smile as he pocketed the noney, "Mademoiselle Vernon is a jrisoner in the hands of the British. [ had to speak as I did to Monsieur Fairfax, because he ought not to know hat the mademoiselle is a prisoner, [t would excite him, kill him, to tnow." Madame Sonvestrc'a face paled, aud she trembled from hcail to foot. "These are terrible times, Crcpand," sho faltered, with a meaningless i:i? tonation in her voice, "terrible times." He saw her gasp and loose her balance. lie caught her in his sturdy arms, lifted her with ease and bore her up the steps into a chamber where he laid lior on a couch; then ho ran for her maid aud sent her to her mistress. "Bah! It is very bad," he mattered to himself, "this way of the women. It is always love and spasm with them. Bah!" He fumbled the bandage over bis j oar and grimaced hideously as he looked at the blood that had oozed out upon his fingers. Fairfax waited for what seemed an age to him before Madame Souvestre returned. She was pale, but the smile on her lips and the ready cleverness of her manner hid from him the fact thaf she had been suffering. He knew that she had a brother in Jackson's army, a young fellow just coming to manhood; she had spoken of hint often, and he attributed her excitement to uneasiness about him. Crapaud Crapoussin returned at the end of an hour and said that Paulino was not at home. "She is very well, though," he volunteered to remark, "the servants told me so." "Thank you! I am glad you did not find her. I was half dreaming when I asked you to fetch her; it was absurd. Fairfax was lookiug at Madame Soavestre while ho spoke. Something in the depth of her eye as she momentarily returned his gaze was a revelation; he felt a strange, sorrowful thrill go through him. After all, her Windness to him had brought her but suffering. Ho wa~ awafe or tins now; the knowledge came to him through one of those obsonro but ever reliable veins of consciousness by which wo receive all of the most precious and many of the most saddening impressions of life. J ust then she thought of her brother. Why had she not inquired about him of Crapaud Crapotissin? She felt guilty and abashed, and her heart throbbed painfully. Turning upon tho dwarf with a suddeu flare of fretfulness in her face, she demanded: "Why have you not told me of my brother, Emile?" Crapcnd's countenance grew ashengray, and his usual clever giibness forsook him wholly. "Oh, yes, your brother ? your brother Emile is?oh, he is very well; yes, he " "Monsieur Craponssin!" "Yes. madame, your brother " "Monsieur!" "Monsieur Emile, your brother is " "Crapaud!" "Is dead?shot?killed!" Crapaud bubbled these words forth as if frightened almost oat of his senses. That afternoon they brought the dead soldier home to his sister's house and prepared him for burial. (to be contixced.) DUELS AND DUELLISTS. How Men Settled Quarrels in ths Reign of Might. In a recent number of Macrail'an's Magazine there is an interesting: account of do Boutterille, one of tho greatest duellists of the seventeenth century. De Bbutteville seems to have been a worthy peer in real ?ife of the three musketeers distinguished for ? their duelling prowess in action. He was rtill young in years, though in experience old. when, after an encounter in which, as usual, he had killed his man, he had to fly from Paris and took refuge in Brussels. Iq spite of the new edict, wftich had made his offense a capital one, he came back to Paris to fight in a public square a relative who wished to meet him to avenge his kinsman's death. It is probably the sad fate of de Bouttevilie?hanged as a malefactor in defiance of popular sentiment? that has made his name specially famous. A colonel in the French Guards, in return for a perfectly unprovoked blow, called out his assailant, and appeared on the ground wearing a piece of court plaster on the ofTended cheek. Having wounded his antagonist, he cut off a rim of the plaster which he then replaced on his cheek. When his adversary had sufficiently recovered, he called him out again, and having wounded him a second time, decreased the size of his patch. A third encounter resulted in the patch being still further reduced. In - ??v.? bllln.l Viic nnnr sillv ad iX iuyi III ixcr niiiUi ? verwry, and then said, "I ruay now talce off my plaster." The duello, it seems, made its first appearance in Italy, and from that country was imported into France, where it found so congenial a soil that France became its home par excellence. The most unlikely matters were settled by encounter in the good old days. IgnafTus Loyola cnaiienged a Moor to % duel to vindicate the truth of Christianity. Politics and literary and artistic questions were decided in the same summary fashion, and the post of eritic was not without l<s dangers. Mont Blanc's Ghost. A ghost has appeared on the Monl Blanc range. He was first seen by a peasant on the Montanvert slopes, and has since been nightly patrolling those slopes and the Mer de Glace. Th? ghost is described as a tall, shrouded figure, with dull, staring eyes and t face of ashen whiteness. Many peoplt consider that a practical joker is al work, wehere&s others suggest thai the ghost is a smuggler. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. ' Where the Methodist Ministers Qo for the Next Year. The South Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, closed an interesting session at Greenville Monday night with the reading of the appointments. Bishop Smith himself read the assignments as follows: Charleston District?H. W. Bogg, presiding elder: Allendale, W. C. Kirkland; Beaufort, J. S. Stokes; Black Swamp, A. E. Holler; Charleston?Trinity, C. B. Smith: Bethel, J. XV. Daniel; Spring Street, J. C. Roper; Cumberland, R. L, Helroyd; Mt. Pleasant, S. C. Morris; Cordosville, W. H. Murray; Cypress, W. R. Buckman; Ernhardt, E. M. McKissick; Grever, W. S. Goodwin: Hampton, S. D. Vaughan; Harleyville, E. H. Hunton; Hendersonville, W. E, Wiggins; McClellanville, W. T. Patrick; Pinopolis, W. E. Barr; Port Royal, P. C. Gaines; Ridgeland, C. W. Burgess; Ridgeville, J. W. Humbert; Rondo, K. S, Enochs; St. George, P. L. Kirton; Summervllle, J. E, Daniel; Walter boro, Henry Stokes; Walterboro circuit, G. P. Plenty; Charleston, Port Society, P. A. Murray, chaplain. Cokesbury District?J. 0. Wilson, presiding elder: Abbeville, P. B. Weils; i Antreville, J. E. Peeler: Butler, J. R. < Copeland; Cokesbury, C. W. Creighton; Donnalds, Peter Stokes; Greenwood i * ' ^ a^/4 1 station, W. A. aiassecruu, ui?uhuju t and Abbeville mills, J. M. Lawson; , Kinards, J. N. Wright; Lowndesville, \ R. W. Darber; MeCormick, S. T. Black- ] man; Mt. Carmel. R. C. Bui ware; ] Ninety-Six, M. M. Bratham; Newber- ; ry? Central, S. H. Zimmerman; O'Neal i Street and Mollohon. J. H. Graves; Newberry circuit. J. E. Beard; Parks- 1 ville, J. T. Miller; Phoenix. R. W. Humphreys; Princeton. G. F. Clark- i sen; Prosperity. J. K. McKain; Saluda, ; J. H. Inabiet: Verdery. P. W. Whita- i ker; Waterloo, R. R. I>asgler; Whit- ( mire. G. R. Shaffer. ; Columbia District?J. S. Beasley, presiding elder; Aiken, B. R. Turnipseed; Bath, J. N. Stone; Batesburg. E. T. Hedges; Columbia? Washington street, M. L. Carlisle; Main street. W. I. Herbert; Groen street, R. S. Trucsdale; Granby and Richland, W. J. Snyder; Brookland, I W. S. Henry; Edgewood, J. A. Graham and J. A. Campbell: Edgewood, Man-in Auld; Fairfield, W. W. Williams; Forte Motte, J. A. Inabinet; Graniteville, A. R. Phillips; Johnston, W. S. Martin; Lecsville, W. B. Justus: Lewiedale, J. E. Strickland; Lex- ( ington, O. N. Rountree: Lexington . Fork, J. L. Ray; North Augusta, W. A. Kelly, Rideway, M. F. Dukes; St. Matthews, J. E. Mahaffey; Wlnns- ! *-?- T tl Cimnholl Rnworth or UU1 Up J U, VMUi^uv**) *-r ? phanage, W. B. Wharton, superintendent; Columbia Female College, W. W. Daniel, president; Paine Institute, Ceo. W. Walker, president. Florence district?A. J. Stokes, presiding elder; Cades, J. A. White; Carters ville, Chas. W. Ray; Cheraw station, W. L. Wait; Cheraw circuit. O. 0. L. Durant; Clyde, J. C. Davis; Darlington?Trinity, P. F. Kilgo; Epworth and Lumber, W. C. Kelly; Darlington circuit, T. J. Clyde; Florence, J. G. Beckworth; Georgetown and West End, B. M.Grier; Greeleyville, L. L. Inabinet; Harper's, H. L. Singleton; Hartsville, J. J. Stevenson; Johnsville, W. M. Harden; Kingstree, station, H. J. Cauthen; Lake City, J. B. Traywick; Lamar, T. F. Gibson; Liberty, R. W. Spigener; Rome, J. F. Way; Salters, J. B. Weldon; Sampit, J. 0. Carraway; Scranton, G. H. I Pooser; South Florence, D. A. Cal-1 houn; Timmonsville, L. H. McGhee. I Greenville District?R. A. Child, j [ presiding elder; Anderson, St. Johns, ? M. B. Kelley; Orrsville, S. T, Creech; r West End, D. W. Keller; Easley and * Bethesda. M. L. Banks; Fountain Inn. D. P. Boyd: Greenville?Buncombe c Street, W. M. Dunacn; Hampton Ave- I nue. J. W. Speaks; St. Paul's, T. G. i Herbert; West Greenville. G. T. Har- I mon, Jr.; Greenville circuit, C. D. I Mann; Greer's, G. T. Harmon; Liber- c ty. N. L. Prince; McClure, A. A. Merritt; North Pickens, Chas. L, McCain; J. P. Attawav, supernumerary; Pel7.er, G. E. Edgwoods; Pendleton, S. W. Henry; Pickens, C. M. Abney; a Piedmont, W. A. Betts; Reidsville, T. t J. White; Seneca and Walhalla, E. S. Jones; Starr and Iva, J. W. Bailey; T Lowndesville. J. A. Lewis; Travelers 7 Rest, W. L. Gault; Victor and Batesvilie, A. E. Briggers; Walhalla cir- f cult, J. I. Spinks; Westminster, R. M. j. DuBose; N. S. Bellinger, supernumerary; Williamston and Belton. A. J. j Cauthen, Jr.; Williamston circuit, T. t] B. Reynolds; Williamston Female colege, S. Ivander, president. Marion District?E. P. Taylor, ? -n? -1-> ? n tv nat. '' presuuus tJiuci . ua; uuiw, . v??*v lin; Bennettsville Station, T. E, Morrlson; Bennettsville circuit , J. W. f: Arial; Brownsville, S .J. Bethea; Blenheim, W. B. Baker; Brightsville, y F. H. Shuler; Britton's Neck. W. H. Thrower; Bucksville, F. E. Hodges; ^ Centenary, J. L. Mullinax; Clio and C Beulah, A. T. Dunlap; Conway, Jno. c E. Carlisle; Conway circuit, Jno. Manning; Dillon station and mills, J. h D. Crout and J. M. Gasque; Latta o sattion, J. H. Thacker; Latta circuit, c D. Tiller; Little Rock, G. C. Leonard; c Loris, S. J. McConnell; Marion station, R .E. Stackhouse; Marion cir- i< cult and mills, M. B. Whitaker; Mc- tl Coll and Bennettsville mills, Foster c Speer; Mullins, T. C. Odell; Mullins b circuit, W. C. Power; North Marlboro, T. L. Belvin; North Mullins, J. ? E. Rushton; Waccamaw, Allen Mac- ti Farland. I, Orangeburg District?Marion Oar- ? gan, presiding elder; Bamberg. }j. W. Hook; Barnwell, J. L. Hurley; , r?- o A * m c&iiiii > o. n. iiutuco, vyauinuu, i y J. C. Yongue; Denmark. T. H. Beck- \ harp and W. H. Wroton, supernumer- j * ary; Edisto, G. W. Davis; Elloree, J. ^ T. McFarland; Langley, A. S. Lesley; Norway. J. R. Sojourner; Or- _ angeburg, St Paul's, J .A. Clifton; 'e Orangeburg circuit. A. B. Watson; rj Orangeburg, H. B. Rawls; Providence, a W. A. Pitts; Rowesville station, A. C. 0 Walker; Smoaks, J. L. Tyler; Springfield, R. A. Yongue, M. M. Ferguson, supernumerary; Swansea, G. W. Dukes; Wagner, J, C. Holley. Rock Hill District?W. P. Meadors, r presidihg elder; Blackburg, N. B. v Clarkson; Blackstock, J. H. Noland; v Chester?Bethel. G. P, Watson, Grace j and New Bethel, B. G. Murphy; Ches- , ter circuit, J. M. Friday; East Chester. J. N. Isom; East Lancaster, W. C. flf ' i?m " ' * * Winn; Port Mill, J. C. Chandler; Hick- r ory Grove, P. B. Ingraham; Heath Springs. J. Marlon Rogers; Kershaw, R. E. Turnip seed; Lancaster, H. Hodges; Lancaster circuit, J. G. Cants; North Rock Hill, W. H. Arial; Rlchhurg. W. A. Fairey; Rock Hill?St. John's. W. T. Duncan, Laurel Street and Manchester, C. E. Peeples; Rock Hill circuit, E. A. Wilkes; Van Wyck, L. T. Ligon; Yorkville, J. L. Stokes, S. A. Weber, supernumerary; York cotton r"'*1? end Tir^flb. C. M. Pepler; York circuit, 0. A. Jeffcoat. Spartanburg District?J. W. Kilgo, presiding eider; ueimont, jii. z,. james; Buffalo, L. E. Wiggins; Clifton and Pacolet. J. W. Elkins; Cherokee and Flngerviile, B. M. Robertson, E. MMeiritt; Clinton, O. M. Boyd; Campobello, J. T. Fowler; Enoree, C. B. # Burns; Gaffney?Buford Street, J. M. Steadman; Limestone Street, J. W. Neeley; Gaffney circuit, J. B. Wilson; JonesviJle. D, Hucks; Kelton, A. H. J: Best; Laurens?First church, W. B. Duncan; Laurens mills, J. G. Huggins; a North Laurens, J. F. Anderson; Pacolet circuit, E. W. Mason; Santuc, T. B. Owens; Spartanburg?Central, E. 0. Harper; Eethel and East Spartanburg, J. W. Shell; Union?Grace church, D. M. McLeod; Union mills, D. E. Camak; Monarch and Aetna, J. B. Kilgore; Southern Christian Advocate, W. R. / Richardson, editor, G. H. Waddell, assistant ed.:tor; financial agent Wofford mllege, Vv. A .Rogers. jy Sumter District?H. B. Browne, pre- p siding elder; Bethany, E. F. Scoggins; Bishopvlile, Arthur Phillips; Camden, iy k. B. Earle; Camden mills, J. V. Davis; Chesterfield, N. L. Wiggins; Jordan, E. t K. Moore; Jefferson, S. D. Bailey, Lynchburg, T. M. Dent; Manning, A. -j N. Brunson; New Zion, B. J. Guess; ;J Cswego, G. R. V/hitaker; Pinewood, It. L. Eedcnbaugh; Providence. Walter Way; Remberts and St. John's^ S. H. T3ir>>11 anH R M .Tones: Santee. '.!? C. C. Herbert; Sumter?First cElIrch, n. H. Jcncs; Magnolia Street, 9, O. M Cantcy; Wateree, W. D. Patrick; as- J sistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beatty. / . PROMINENT PEOPLE Ti\irAdmiral Eancroft Gherarul il dead. Sena I or Alilrioli is the champion golf player in Congress. Countess Mabel Itossell got a divorce *1 from Iicr coachman husband. The Itev. TJobert Collyer on his eightieth birthday said he had never 3j Deen ill a day. The Emperor of Germany has sent ft birthday present to the Saltan of Tur- * try of four horses. Count Leo Tolstoi has written ft g rreatise on Shakespeare, whose works io criticises rather adversely. General Fred D. Grant is one of the S row Army officers who are total ah- jj Itainers from alcoholic beverages. I >; . E. GrimmF-h. professor of ana.t- ^ I miv. has been chosen rector of th^"**?4 derman University at Prague. John Wnnamaker is said to be the IS icst insured man in this country. He arries policies amounting to $1,500,- 11 Dr. IT. N*. Stokes, of the United States , , "ieoioglcal Survey, lias been appointed diemist in the National Bureau of standards. T? J .>hon Tftltn T o neenn r\f Pollortllo Jl.. who has resigned his bishopric, vill enter a Franciscan monastery, here to end his days. The Prince of Wales has been aptointed honorary Colorfel of the rwelftb Regiment of the Artillery 5 ^'orps of the Austrian Army. *- K The late Herbert Spencer was once tossessod, a London correspondent ays, of a pair of "ear-clips" which he tailed over his ears when conversation ailed to interest him. The portrait of the Dowager Empress f China, now being painted by Miss ?ate Augusta Carl, an American artst, is to be placed on exhibition at St. .ouis next year by the consent of the ^mnress. who. it la said, will also send ither exhibits. " I LABOR WORLD. Labor unions at Niagara Falls, N. Y., re working hard to erect a labor pmp'e. The International Brotherhood of 'ainters and Decorators has now about 5,000 members. In Japan the excess of males over j emales employed In various Industries 3 two per cent. The French Government employs 550 workmen and 15,000 women in Lie State tobacco manufactories. Sixteen independent coke companies f the Pennsylvania field have organjed for the maintenance of prices. Mechanics' and laborers' wages at .ittle Rock, Ark., have increased from breo to five cents an hour over last ear's scale. Freight handlers employed by the louthern Pacific at San Francisco. 'al? have formed a union and will be lioefnpDil hr thn A F at Jj Hatters of Boston, Mass., wiil work oncofortk a fifty-hour week, instead f fifty-five, as formerly, and will reeive $20 a week, which means an inrease of $2. The Trades Assembly of Schenectady 5 raisins a fund of $23,000 or more for he erection of a labor temple in that ity. The trades unionists there numer over 12,000. Machinery Movers' and Erectors' Jnion, of Cleveland, Ohio, have voted o surrender the present charter and ecorne affiliated with the International brotherhood of Teamsters. Boston, Mass., Artificial Stone and isphalt Workers' Union and Boston irtificial Stone aud Asphalt Labofdrs' Jnion have voted to affiliate with the Linerlcaa Brotherhood of Cement Vorkers. Seven years ago the farmers at Kenon, Minn., co-operated and built an levator In which to store their grain. ?o-day their elevator is worth $14,000, nd their profits last year amounted to iver $10,000. - - '\ His Great Mistake. The feelings of the automobllist who an down his host and then told the waiting family that he had torn a vheel from the buggy of a drunken jj armer can be better imagined *h?T) [escribed. j i - ' -fj