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SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1885. Kew Seri?s-Yol. Y. Ko. l? ? -'.~~~~s.-* ? ? ,. . ? , . _. * ???? ^^^^^^Wl?ki?? roxy Towtoy, Pmblisldng ^^^??^Sfa?re, first insertion-.........$1 00 ^^^^^^^T^^j^T^^^"^^ longer will ^^^;^;?mde*t reduced rates., ^^p|^.'>?K>BBi?niin?oat?c^ which-subserve private ^^^^prtojea^^b^cj^ged for as Advertisements. ^:* KrifSlmf "Ot*oe,*a^ notices of deaths pub ^^^PsiiMritr Iftfrwwttii ao? Southron, or apply' at ^^^SfliK??ai-to- N. G. OSTEEN, ^^^^;31tti "powder" never varies. A ' marvel of ^^^^p?a^^i;?tr?ngth and . wholesomeness. More ^^^^eeba???cal:ih?n the ordinary kinds, and can P^^^^?tiba^oJdin.<ompetitioo with the mnltitnde ^^^^g^r"tesl^^bCTrt weigb^ alum or phosphate ^^^'^-^af^^^r^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^r-^Obiw?tmf?^, Asthma, Bronchitis, Jp^2^fet?w?^ Giferrr?, Headache, DehUi ^ ^^a??2?n?. Neuralgia, and .all > Chrome and Nervous Disorders. W?0?-:' A CARD. ^MS^T**^' 5 ." - ? . . ^^^^g^^^?g>ejtn4er8igj>ed, ha vic g received great ??g-."v?:~;?nd permanent benefit from the use of "C05I ^^.*OCND OXYGEN," prepared and adm?nis ^^^^et??^pas^Srxsa?KT ic PASE?, bf Philadek . :phi?,and being satisfied that it is a new dis ^0^^fX>nxj?xLnv?aic?l science, and all that is ^^^l?^t?me?fiw-?r^consider ita duty which we ^-|?^iO^-lo^e:-?iay thousands who are suffering ^^^^?Wtiert??^sait so-called "incurable" dis easeatodo all that we can to make its virtues ^^^fjr^owu axtd to inspire the public with confi ^&%:5:4ew?'"'' ?;-,?; ..: f^f'-- .:; . Weiavepersonal knowledge of Drs. Star ^^?^^MWj^t^^m. , They are educated, intelligent, i^^^^jcooicieotioca ' physicians, who will not, fH^?^t*osure, make any statement, which they ^p?^ ]^^:oot ki?nw or believe to be true, nor pub -: ISshany testimonials or reports of cases which ^y'-.j-, araartjjsmHBe. * " , . te . Trarix KELLY, ^feSSr ^'..5?*&r <f Congress from Philadelphia. ?53kr? ~ T. S- A RTHD R, ??SS^S^ ?fitoraa? Pub???her "Arthur's Some ml&m- -:'' rJkagazme," Philadelphia. W^^-^i^:: .T* L. CONRAD rJ30or of "Z?dkra? ?kenxx," ^^^?mjBM&H^P^Jtnrel, ?882. ;., ^^^i^ fn-atSisrio meeta natural inquiry in re ^^f?-':;??a^o?rpro?*8kmaiand personal stand |||?&^3?.aa? to gw increased confidence in our ^^^^^baioealiaod '.in,. the genuines? of eur test! ^?^^ cases, we print the ?f? . above card from gentlemen well and widely \ known and of the highest personal character. jOur 'tteatiseon Compound Oxygen," con s^^^0pSog ? -htsiorj^ of the discovery of and ^^^^iii?^?i?ioir'Of--this remarkable curative v : f :^^?B?^.aod a largo record of surprising cures ???-.^ 3a Consomption, .Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi S.^T.XV:-t?s> Asthma, etc^ and a wide range of Chron ^?'V-.^".- jc^jseaaegj will be sent free. ^^'-^^M?ress'?ts. STASK?Y & PALEN. ^^?."??^S:.^ tett Arch Street, PhOadelpnia., Pa. Hl?Siis Ital Waler. WZ. ' M?aonial? of Bnicent Physicians ~2M\ - ? The following are selected from many sim '0_'y-;: J>a. LV- :C- XEKSXDT, of Spartanburg, *?The remedial qual > : -v -A 1 it?e# of Glean Springs I have known for over ';'^^^>^fcitf ^jeatB, and can attest to its value in ?^S? -fiW?P8**^010 gastric or fonctionnl deraDge C?^)?^?Deot?OTtheLivCT General Debility, Dropsical fr;- . ;lW^TfTn^ TTtownw Trr^gnlariiy and Affections ;^.v of the Kidneys and Bladder. To tue last dis mses I would particularly call attention, as the water? nave ?bown large curat?ve powers |i?5S^ m tBaiejcomplainis." :-;:;;^J)K.' O. R MAYXB, of Newberry, S. C., ?i"i^5*4"?''*^r??:.i"I have sent more than fifty persons 1^;%?^, faflfert^rwith. Jaundice to these Springs, and ^^^^J?BWFWrer. been disappointed in any case ; ^^^^^?ojr aH fpeedily recovered. I cannot find ^^^#^r&4?esptCM my confidence in the Glenn ^^^i^pc?gs water, as a remedy for the Liver, ^^??0svmi fenetionally deranged. Dyspepsia, ?^Wpaji "certain skin diseases, troubles in the t^??f/^BS?^ej9*n? Spleent if produced by the Liver, r^?^$:?m*ei sXL, as I know, disappeared at the mm*****'' ^^^-.'.-.ri'.Bt. JAM? MCIXTOSH, President of the Med ^|^; r leaf Associatt?n o? South Carolina, in hisan h^^?v?-:V>?w4'address before taat body remarks: p^.:^:'!**Gfc?B Springs, for diseases of tue Stomaeh, zM&U '?T?^er?sod Kidneys, deserves to rank with ^^^;^y:ot2ter oa the contioeut." ^^^^J^':-/ PBICE OF WATER. ^^^^^?P?r eaae of twodoxen quart bottles, securely ^^^^^Mdced^a^ delivered on the train at Spartan ^^^^.piar-jailoB, by tbs barre!, delivered at ?i#^^ff^trta?burg, 20 cents. \^L^^^^i3S?WS?Omtor?eit?i?tt a barrel, 25 eents. ^E#U?te?- SIMPSON k SIMPSON, ^^^^?^f.. ' ' Glenn Spriugg, S. O. MORTGAGES, .^^fcSr'?^' Blt?ks' in Variety, ?fiSK: OFFICE. MY LUPE IS LIKE THE SUM? MER HOSE. "My life is like the summer rose That opens in the morning sky ; Bot, ere the shades of evening close, Ts scattered on the ground-to die. But, on the rose's humble bed The sweetest dews of night are shed, As if she wept such waste to see ; But none shall weep a tear for me. Hy life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray ; It's hold is frail, its date is brief, Restless, and soon tb pass away. Yet, ere that leaf shall fall and fade The parent tree shall mourn its shade ; The winds bewail the leafless tree ; Bai none shall breathe a sigh for me. My life is like the print which feet Have left on Tampa's desert strand ; Soon as the rising tide shall beat, This track will vanish from the sand. Yet still, as grieving to efface AU vestige of the human race, On that lone shore loud mourns the sea ; But none shall e'er lament for me? -Robert H. Wilde. RESPONSE OP A BALTIMORE LADY TO THE ABOVE. "The dews of night may fall from Heaven Upon the withered rose's bed, And tears of fond regret be given To mourn the virtues of the dead ; Yet morning's sun* the dews will dry, And tears will fade from sorrow's eye, Affection's pangs be lulled to sleep, And even love forget to weep. The tree may mourn Its fallen leaf, And autumns winds bewail its bloom, And friends may heave a sigh of grief O'er those who sleep within the tomb ; Yet soon will Spring renew the flowers, And time will bring more smiling bonrs ; In friendship's heart all grief will die, And even love forget to sigh. .The sea may on the desert shore Lament each trace it bears away, The lonely heart its grief may pour . O'er cherished friendship's fast decay ; Yet when all track is lost and gone, The waves dance bright and gaily on, Thus soon affection's bonds are torn, And even love forgets to mourn. MY LITTLE BOY. I was a widow. - A young widow, I suppose-for no one would regard th ree-a ad-twee ty as a Hifit^vejCTaj&kJge- And a pretty widow-, people saidT*" ? W&exh&?s?*hQ?_ were right or wrong, I cannot take upon injlelf to say.^ Of course I knew, whenever I looked in \ .the glass, that I was not an absolute fright--and so, when my cousin, Mrs. General Foxley, invited me to spend a summer with her at the Oriental .hotel, whero'tbere were balls and soirees, lawn tennis aod arch? ery breakfasts going ob all the while, I wasn't at ali sorry that Mlle Chatelage had sent home my lovely new half mourning dress, all trimmed with pearl and lavender, sparkling jet and pris? matic clair de lunes, and that Aunt Lavinia, our family 'etiquette-book' had decided that it was quite proper to wear my diamonds if I pleased. For I was a decided brunette, and dark women always look well in diamonds. Not that it had occurred to me that I should .ever marry ' again. My old commodore had been very good and kind tame but he was feeble and ailing and required a .great deal of care, and my general impression of matrimony was that it involved trouble and solici? tude, and a constant burden of res? ponsibility. And now, I was free, and I intended to remain sol I felt like a caged bird that had managed to give its golden wires the slip-a butterfly in the blue June air ! I meant to go to the Orien? tal hotel and have a royal time; waltz? ing, dreaming-even coquetting a little in a harmless sort of way, if it seemed good to me-but as to marrying again -no, not I! Even Priscilla Bent, my companion, who was the most logical of creatures, declared that I would be the greatest fool alive to do that ! But we never know just what is go? ing to happen to us. The very night before we were to start for the. Orient, I came io to the room where Priscilla was packing the lace things, which were too nice and delicate to be intrusted to Fifine, the maid. 'Prissy,' said I", 'look here ! a tele? gram from San Pomingo! My cousin, Fanny Black, is dead !' *Dear me, how sad !' said -Prissy, putting on the regulation look of afflic? tion, although she had never in her life seeo Mrs. Captain Basil Black, of H. M. 114th Fusileers, stationed in the West Indies. 'B at I suppose that won't interfere with our trip to the seaside, will it?' 'But that isn't all,' said I. 'She has left a soo. And with her dying breath she charged it on her attendants that I should take him to this country and make a home for him.' 'How old is he?' said Priscilla Bent, looking aghast. *Aod-9 'Let me see,' said I, counting upon my fingers. 'Basil Black-that's his name, for I remember cousin Fanny writing about him to mamma when I was a mite of a thing-must be one and twenty at least by this time.' 'Bless me V ejaculated Priscilla, 'and you are only just turning twenty-three yourself!' 'Prissy,' cried ?, with a mischievous glee, 'You're as good as a book of dates !' 'But it won't be proper/ said Pris? cilla. ?Not proper !' echoed I. Why won't it be proper ? Isn't that dear old com? modore's house big enough for all of us ? And aren't you here to matronize us ? I think myself it will be rather fine to fit up a suite of bachelor apartments smoking room ; dressing-room-' 'Elsie,' cried Miss Bent, in despair, *I believe you would make fun of any? thing! Don't you see how outlandish this plan would be ? Write at once to these San Domingo people, and tell them it is out of the question.' 'It's too late now, Prissy,' said I. .They are on the way here, don't you see ? I shouldn't wonder if the steamer were io port now. And you know, Prissy, i've always wanted to adopt a little boy, only the dear commodore wouldn't let me.' j 'Elsie.' .Well, Prissy?' j (I think you must be crazy,' groaned I Miss Ben. *A little boy, indeed ! A ; dashing, flirting, drinking West India [ fellow, six feet high, I'll go bail, and j broad to correspond ! I shall leave the 4oosol' 'No, you won't Prissy,' said I coas ingly. 'You'll just make tbe best of i1 as I am going to do. I dare say be i very nice,-and poor Fanny nev? would bave left bim io my charge if b wasn't all that is delightful. And pei haps he'll want to go to college, c study law or something, so he won't b very much in the house after all-an you know, Prissy, one can't neglect dying woman's request.' 'It was very thoughtless of her, at a! events,' grumbled my faithful old cha peron. 'A young thing like you !' I laughed. 'I dare say she heard was a widow,' said I, 'and probabl imagined me a middle-aged horror wit! eye-glasses and a double chin. Leav these things, Prissy-we shall not g to the sea-shore now until cousin Basi is safely installed with his gun .case, hi hookahs and chibouks, his books ant papers, in my blue rooms ! Come wit! me and we'll have up the house-keeper and turn them into a bachelor suite a once.' I was very happy for the next thre days, studying the imaginaay tastes o my unknown cousin, culling out choic editions of the poets, hanging rare en graviDgs on the wall, and matching car pets and curtains. Miss Bent, poor oh soul, said it was all nonsense,-that n< young man of any spirit could conde scend to 'sit down' (that was her ex pression) 'in a house where he was t be a dependent.' 'But he is my cousin,' said ?. 'H has a claim on me.' 'Nonsense,' said Priscilla, 'tha doesn't alter the case in the least.' In the meantime I was watching tbi papers-and when I saw in the shipping columns the arrival of the 'Bonni Kate' from San Domingo, I put on m j hat and veil, ordered the carriage, an< called Prissy to go and accompany rn? to welcome my new guest. 'If I must, I must,' said Prissy. Bu she was not at all enthusiastic about it I was just pinning the crape bov under my chin, when Alice, the parlor maid came courtesying in. 'A young gantleman in the parlor ti see you ma'am,' she said rn a smiling flurry. 'From the San Domingo steam er. And-' I TU go down at once, Alice,' I cried Jklkringoff roy hat and veil and flinging the beav^flClpe streamer on one side. . 'Elsie, ElsieTl^s^P?scilla]s shril; voice entreated me, bntmjTOi??l^Si?i full of poor cousin Fanny and her or? phan child-and hurrying down stairs, I found myself face to face with a tall, slender young man, very pale and fair, with dark blue eyes, a soft, silky mus? tache, and plain mourning dress. Involuntarily I threw my arms arouod his neck and kissed him. 'You are welcome, Cousin Basil,' said I, J welcome a thousand times.' He drew back, colored a little. *I beg your pardon, Mrs. Charteris,' he said, 'but there is some mistake here. This is your cousin I' and a pale child of four or five years old, whose long, golden curls bung over his black suit, crept out from the shadow of the cur? tains, slowly and shyly. 'l am Frank,' he said. 'And Mr. Lesley is my dear, dear friend. He lived on the next place, in San Domin? go. He has come to the United States with me !' 'But,' I cried, looking helplessly around me, 'where is Basil V 'Basil died two years ago, when the yellow fever decimated our place,' said Mr. Lesley, quietly. 'I was his most intimate friend. Little Frank is all that is now left of the Black family, and I promised his mother to see him in safety to your house.^ I looked with a pang of pity at the dear little golden-h aired fellow, of whose very existence I had hitherto been igno? rant. .Sweet little Frankie,' said I, 'you shall be my little boy hen ce fo ward,' and I clasped the baby form to my breast. 'And Mr. Lesley, too ?' said the lit? tle lad, solemnly reaching out his hand to his friend: 'Cousin Elsie likes Mr. Lesley, or she wouldn't have kissed him.' I could feel myself color to the very roots of my hair, but Mr. Lesley's feat? ures never stirred. 'She thought I was you, Frankie, don't you see ?' said he. 'She didn't expect to see such a mite of a chap as you. Good-bye, now, I am going to the hotel, and I shall see you very often, if Mrs. Charteris is-' But at this Frankie burst into an in? fant cry of dismay and desolation, and I, recovering my presence of mind, spoke up at once : 'Frankie, don't cry,' said I, 'Mr. Lesley will not leave you-just at pres? ent, at least. You were my dead cou? sin's trusted friend. Mr. Lesley,' I add? ed holding out my band. May I not hope that you will be my guest, also.' And Mr. Lesley seeing that I was thoroughly in earnest, consented. 'If I shall not be a bore!' he said, when little Frankie jumped and danced arouod him, for very joy. 'Now I shall love cousin Elsie all my life,' said he. 'And so will Mr. Les? ley V Mr. Lesley occupied the suite of apart? ments which I bad so unconsciously fit? ted np for the poor young cousin who was sleeping the while in the West 'India cemetery. Little Frankie, who had refused tobe parted from bis friend, siept in a crib close to bis bedside. 'Well, Prissy' I said merrily to my mother chaperon, 'so we've got two guests instead of one!' 'It's dreadful,' growled poor Prissy. 'Do you think so?' said I. 'Now it ! seems to me that it is very good fun !' Well, of course anyone can conjec ; ture for themselves bow it ended. Mr. Lesley was young and handsome, moreover he had a snug little property of his own. He liked the United States and incidentally remarked that if he had any object he would prefer to re? main here permanently. 'But,' he added, mournfully, 'it is sad to be so entirely without without ties, that no one cares whether you stay in one place or another.' 'I care,' piped up Frank, who sat as usual by bis side, holding his hand. 'And so does cousin Elsie' .Yes,* said I, laughing, though not without some confusion. 'Frankie is right. We both care.' .There,' said Mr. Lesley, 'I will stay.' We were engaged within the month. And as soon as I laid off my half mourn? ing we were married, so that Frankie never yet has been compelled to sepa? rate from his friend. And Miss Bent lives with us still,, and we are very happy ! There is the end of my love story. Ought not all love stories to end so ? Miss Bent says that all real romances end sadly,-but my experience, yo*: see, has been alto? gether different. And perhaps I am a better judge than she is.-Shirley Browne. The Fig as a Moral Force. BY BEY. WILBUB P. CRAFTS Geese saved Borne. What if the pig should win equal distinction by helping prohibition and routing evolution ? He is adding to bis financial Etanding a moral and scientific, if not also a theo? logical importance. Prof. Marsh, an ardent evolutionist, admits that he cannot drive the fossil pig from the track of evolution. In an address be? fore the American Association for the advancement of science, he calls atten? tion to the fact that far back in the geologic ages, in the day of the three toed horse or hippus, the pig was just what he is to-day. The environment, which it is claimed, bas evolved the hippus into the horse, has made no ex? change in 'the stubborn, unimprovable pig.' Horses might come and toes might go, but he remained a pig for? ever, and an irreconcilable foe to the theory of Darwin. Not content with this scientific dis tinction the pig is taking a hand in the prohibitory movement. The prohibi? tion cf American hog products by France and Germany, has roused our State department to retaliatory talk, at least looking toward the prohibition of French wine and German beer as im? ports. Whatever may be done the principle for which Prohibitionists con? tend is already recognized, not only at Washington but also by the fatherland of our French and German immigrants, who have so often denied the right of nations and communities to prohibit in? jurious diet. The pig is also helping prohibition through the experiments which learned physicians are now making upon hogs, to ascertain the real influence of alcohol upon the human system-the hog's MfrfiTJC&jl IV?PLJ ff^^Tfst ^fee i ,manV and the hog being the only animal^wnV is" willing to be dosed with alcohol, all of which reminds us of Hollands's saying, 'There is a good deal of human nature in the pig, or else there is a good deal of pig in human nature.' The latter, at least, is true. In the Sandwich Islands of former days, the women made pets of pigs and slept with.them. Alas! that American women, even now, make favorites, and even husbands, of those who 'make hogs of themselves' by living only for "the satisfaction of appetite. How much the following sounds like the description of what human pigs call 'a good time !' In Grass Valley, Cal, the hogs of the ranche recently drank of the con? tents of a wine cask, which ran out into a pool An account of tho 'spree' is given as follows : 'Some were frisky and full of play ; others belligerent and swaggering around, hunting up fights ; some mean? dering around in aa imbecile way, walking in cork screw style, and tum? bling over the least obstruction that lay in their path, while several of the larger hogs that had managed to get in the heaviest loads were incapable of mo? tion.' The saddest thing of all is that when the pig gets into human nature be stays for generations, as suggested by the case when a father said to his greedy boy : 'You are a pig. Now, do you know what a m pig is V 'Yes, papa ; a pig is a hog's little boy.' Alcohol, in enthroning the pig in human nature, crowds out all fine feel? ings and nobler qualities. An honest farmer was invited to at? tend a party at the village doctor's one evening, when there_was music, vocal and instrumental. On~the following morning he met one of the guests, who said: 'Well, farmer, how did you enjoy yourself last night? Were not the quartettes excellent?' 'Why, really sir, I can't say,' said he, 'for I didn't taste em ; but the pork chops was the finest I ever eat.' Let us seek by prohibition to give the aesthetic and moral nature of man emancipation from the despotism of ap? petite. Which ShaH It Be. I am sadly conscious that thousands of mothers are so overburdened that the actual demands of life, from day to day, consume all their time and strength. But 'of two evils choose the least,' and which would you call the least,an unpolished stove oran untaught boy ? Dirty windows or a child whose confidence you failed to gain ? Cob? webs in the corner or a son over whose soul a crust has formed so strong that you despair of melting it with your hot tears and your fervent prayers? I have seen a woman who was abso- ; lutely ignorant of her children's habit of thought, who p^v^r felt that she could spare a half ^ to read or talk to them. I have stH this woman spend ten minutes in ironing a sheet-there were six in the washing-one hour in fluting thc ruffles and arranging thc puffs of her little girl's 'sweet white suit;' thirty minutes in polishing tins which were already bright and clean ; forty minutes in frosting and decorating a cake for tea, because 'company' was expected. When the mother-a good orthodox Christian-shall appear before the great white throne, to bc judged for 'the deeds done in the body,' and to give in her report of the Master's treasures placed in her care, there will be ques? tions and answers like these: 'Where are the boys and girls I gave thee?' 'Lord. ? waB busy keeping my house clean and in order, and my children wandered away !' 'Where wert thou while thy sons and thy daughters were learning lessons of dishonesty, malice, and impurity ?' 'Lord, I was polishing furniture and ruffling dresses and making beautiful rugs!' ?What hast thou to show tor my ure work V 'The tidiest house, Lord, and the best starching and ironing in all our neighborhood V Oh, these children ? these children ! The restless, eager boys and girls whom we love more than our lives ! Shall we devote our time and strength to that which perisbetb, while the rich gardeB of our child's soul lies neglected, with foul weeds choking out all worthy and beautiful growths? Shall we exalt the incidentals of life to the rank of a pur? pose, to the shutting put of that work whose results reach beyond .the stars? Fleeting, oh, mother, are the days of childhood ; and speckless windows, snowy linen, the consciousness that everything about the house is faultlessly bright and clean, will be poor comfort in that day wherein we shall discover that our poor boy's feet have chosen the path that shall take him out of tba way to all eternity.-Exchange. The Grant Trust Fund. The report that the semi-annual in? terest on the ?250,000 Grant fund, due August 1, has not been paid doubtless arises from the following condition of affairs, the existence of which is learned from tbe most trustworthy sources: When the fund was invested about $216,000 was used by th* trustees to purchase 188 Wabash-PacificT dividend bonds of ?1,000 par valve each. These bonds were pnrchased at a premium of about 15 per cent. Gov. E. D. Mor? gan and subsequently bis estate guar? anteed the principal and interest of these bonds for ten years. The execu? tors of the estate, desiring to push its settlement as rapidly as possible, re? cently offered to pay to the trustees of the fund, both the principal and the in? terest up to Aug. 1. The representa? tives of the estate did not, of course, insist upon paying the principal, but offered to do so. Negotiations to this end developed the fact to the trustees of the Grant fund that the Morgan guarantee, which by the way, is a clearly drawn contract, is of the principal and interest of the bonds only, and does not include thc $28,000 premium that was paid for them. In consequence of this resolu? tion the trustees declined on August 1 to accept the interest on the bonds, which was tendered them by the Mor? gan estate, fearing, it is supposed, that j?aficAPting it they might prejudice the position they hav>te]^^WD*tC- ^ that the guarantee is for tfirantir? The interest was, thereforein default^ but not on accaunt of the Morgan es? tate, but through the actiou of the trus? tees of the fund. Since the rumors re? lating to the matter have become cur? rent, the trastees, or some of them, Mr. Oliver Hoyt, principally, have paidj?rj advanced the amount due Aug. 1 ta-the Grant family. Nothing has developed yet to indicate how the differences between the trus? tees and the Morgan contract will be adjusted. A gentleman conversant with thc facts said yesterday that the position in which the trustees were placed was a most peculiar one, as was also the view which they took of the matter. 'If,' he said, 'they do not avail them? selves of the Morgan guarantee before the ten years expire they will have to carry the bonds until maturity, when they can get no more than the face value or principal which George Mor gan guaranteed, and the fund will still be out the ?28,000 premium. In the mean time they would have to take the chances of default, and possibly of reor? ganization bf the roads. At present most of the bonds included in the trust are selling at below par.' The remainder of the fund was, it is said, invested by Mr. George Jones, but in what way could not be learned. Consulting Her Father. Young Mr. Ch. H. Isidore Coshini gin, of Harlem, was p1 linly embarrass I ed. For some minutes he had rested uneasily in his chair, and Miss Smith, I of Ninth street, near Second avenue, upon whom he was calling, knew what was coming-or thought she did-and her heart throbbings were as the tick? ing of a clock. .Er-Miss Smith^lKr^ryeverishly, 'could I-er-see your farber for a moment or two.' "~~v .My father?' she repeated with a blush, 'certainly, Mr. Coshinigin,' and excusing herself, she swept from the parlor. Presently the old man came in, and, after a short conversation with Mr. Coshinigin, he stepped to the door and summoned his daughter. 'It is getting late,' said Mr.Coshin? igin, whose face was radiant, 'and, as I have a long ride before me, I think I will say good night. Will I have the pleasure of finding you at home on Wednesday evening, Miss Smith?' Miss Smith blushingly assured him that he would, and young Mr. Coshin? igin was en route for ?ailem. 'Oh, papa!' she began, 'did he-? and then she stopped. .You must ask no questions,' said the old man, and he smiled as he stroked his daughter's hair fondly. 'Mr. Cosh? inigin wished to see me in regard to a little matter which for the present must remain a secret.' .I know, papa,' pleaded the girl, 'but you might give me just a little hint of what it was-just a word papa.' 'Oh, well/ he replied, indulgently, 'siuce you must know, Mr. Coshiuigiu wanted to borrow five cents to get to Harlem with.'-N. Y. Sun. The following story is told of Mr. James li. llaudall, editor of the Augusta Chronicle : lie attended one day a colored church in thc country, and had in his pocket a silver half dollar, just the fare back to Augusta. At the conclusion of his sermon the minister ordered a collection for his benefit. 'Of course,' said he, 'I's pects every pusson give some-thin; but Fse told dat Mr. Thomas, up de land younder, had some turkeys stole Friday night. I don't want any man who had a han, in stealin' dem turkeys to put any money in dc plate ' When thc plate reached Mr. Randall not a man had re? fused to contribute, and the preacher's eyes were on him. His half-dollar accordingly went into the plate. VUX JCIUJ.W1.0 ?Ajr* Greenville News. As fast as Frank Moses, our yoong native governor, gets out of one Massa? chusetts jail he appears before a judge on a new case, promptly pleads guilty and is sent back to serve out another term. It looks as if our Frank will be supported by Massachusetts for the re? mainder of his days, which is only fair considering bow vigorously and ably the people of that State supported him and bis gang and backers when they were robbing Sooth Carolina. Live or Die. Marion Star. j There is one thing reduced to a practical certainty-A town never did, j never will, never can prosper long and . grow to any considerable proportions on i a siogle line of railroad, especially is this so now the country is being inter* lined by railroads. At least, if pros? perous awhile its race is soon run and it settles down into a dall, lagging and stagnant condition. Business attention is directed toward other places, and the area from which its support is derived is continually being circumscribed until the amount of business is inadequate to perpetuate prosperity. Lynching in Edgefield. Southern Star. The lynching of O T. Gulbreath, the supposed murderer of W. H. Hammond, at Edgefield on the 21st instant, an Ac? count of which we publish in this issue, presents many shocking features and justly deserves condemnation and pun? ishment. It is undoubtedly one of the i most brutal murders that has ever been committed in South Carolina, and wc trust that the authorities in Edgefield will have the stamina to deal with of? fenders as they deserve. There are no palliating circumstances connected with this murder, so brutal and fiend-like in all its aspects, and if somebody does not pay the penalty on the gallows, then we shall favor an abolition of capital punishment. Hazing: and Rowdyism. Wilmington Star. Princeton College has been troubled j again by 'hazing,' an American insti? tution, we believe, peculiar to idle, lazy, dissipated boys in colleges. It is being very sharply handled just now by the Northern press. Several students have been dismissed from Princeton. No college ought to tolerate such a cowardly j nuisance. It is strange how youths of ^^Tinacy sense and not destitute of humane sedsibiHtiesaua^^^ engage in persecuting the weak and tte* defenceless. f**^-^ To whit extent, it is practiced in ?rrjfhnnr milong we "do-not know, "webelieve that no North Carolina col? lege is disgraced by it. If so the trus? tees should stamp it out or close up the doors of the insitution. In old times some of the older rowdies were wont to 'worry the Fresh.' They carried this to the extent of blacking them and making them dance. The first blow ! that this periodical outrage received was the shooting of one the rowdies by a new j student who would not be blacked. They even carried the infamous practice so far as to. black one of the Professors io his own room in the West building, i We suppose there is none of this in'dc j cency and outrage perpetrated in these ! days. >?~ Butler's Last. N. T. World. At last we have an authoritative announcement of the real object of the Butler campaign of last year. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler himsejf explains it to a Tribune reporter ia the following frank statement : I have grandchildren who will Hvejo see the Van derb i Its and the Goulds taken out to the nearest lamp-post and hung in the most scientific and skillful manner. After there bas been blood? shed we will settle down again for a' while. These money kings sec the dangers already But they do not see the remedies. When I was a candidate for President, Gould said Butler must be driven into the ground. He couldn',; see that it was better for a mau with considerable wealth and a family and property interests to be at the head of the masses and able to control them. He only saw in the background the torch of Communism, as he thought. Some day a real red Communist will 1 eadith ese men, and then be will sec ! the difference. 'As the head of the Labor clement, I conldjiave settled this whole railroad question as nff-eiher man could settle it. The mistake I mltaVm-ttHfc. ning for President Was like running against a stone wall. ? thought the la? borers of thc new Republic were more intelligent. They are not intelligent. They were afraid of me because I had a j little property. They were just as fool ; ish as Gould. But that is not all. Nine out of ten of them would sell their i votes for $2 apiece. Marion's Progress. Pee Du index. Old Marion is waking up, and don't yon forget it. Six months ago the croakers would have laughed the man to shame who would have said that $4.000 could have been raised in sub? scription to build au academy in thc town of Marion, and yet to-day this is an accomplished fact a lot has been purchased, and, as we write, workmen arc digging the foundation f??r the large and handsome brick Academy. Stick a peg herc. And these same birds of ill omen would have ?aid that he who thought Marion County could have got? ten up an Agricultural Association was a candidate for the mad-housc, but this too is an accomplished fact, and better still, by the enterprise of a few gentle? men, notably among them J. M. John? son, Esq., about ?'2,500 in cash sub? scriptions has been taken in a County Fair Association. The stockholders met on Monday nicht, elected a Board of Directors as follows : E. B. Smith, J. G. Hasclden. X. B. Rogers, J. M. Johnson, W. H. Daniel, J. S. Scott, Jas. Stack house, R. Jordan, Samuel Watson, G. A. Norwood and C. A. Woods, which Board afterward,*' organ? ized by the election of J. M. Johnson, President, and W. J. Montgomery, Secretary and Treasurer. ? she has been purchased and a Fair Will be held daring, the mo nib. of November,, this nat Y coi . mc kuaiabici vi IUQ OWVUHVIU era, of the Board of Directors and of th? officers is a sufi cien t guaran tee that thc project will be a success. They, how? ever, need the co-operation and support of all elements of our people throughout the county. Next week the premium list will appear in the county papers, and we hope and believe that the pro? ject will receive that support and sym? pathy which "th?.- disinterested motives of its projectors so riciily^dcserve. Carolina Spartan. While the subject of lynching a punishment by people banded together is up for consideration, it will be well if all the citizens interested in the peace, dignity, welfare and good order of the State would consider the various causes that excite the people to take the exe? cution of the law in their own hands. In this State, during the present year, the following have been taken as suffi? cient causes to get up a lynching party: Rape, murder, adultery, miscegenation, the fence4 law, an insult offered to a girl. There may be other causes, but these are the ones now called to mind. Do you see how easy it would be to in? crease the category of crimes for which lynching would be the ready remedy ? As you increase the causes, you will diminish the number that would.go in a squad to inflict punishment, lt would be a very dangerous and unsafe state of society when a dozen, or fewer men could sally forth - under cover of night, with faces disguised, and punish any man, who, in their deliberate opinion, deserved it. This is the natural ten? dency of lynchburg in this State, iud the danger is that when it becomes a little more common, it will lead to re? taliation. The Insurance Companies of Geor? gia Get Excited. Abbeville Press and Banner. We copy the following paragraph from the Augusta Evening News : Atlanta, Ga. September 22.-The valued policy bill now before the Legis? lature is creating considerable excite* ment in the insurance circles throughout the State. Meetings are being held daily by the business men of the larger cities. An enthusiastic meeting was held to-day at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, at which were present many of the most prominent business men of the city. Resolutions were passed depre? cating the movement to interfere with existing insurano^^kws^^ The bill' practically pro^B ^essments be made^ ^y^efore^ varaa&ta^^^HRIraocc companies are making every effort to defeat the bill, and declare that they will cancel all policies if it becomes a law. Mr. Clarence Knowles, president of the Southwestern Tariff Association, has received notification from all Northern companies that they will immediately withdraw from the State. Mr. Knowles believes that the bill will not pass, but its. advocates are confident that it will. If it does, an insurance panic is looked for in Georgia. We care nothing at all about the passage of the bill by the Georgia Leg? islature, but South Carolina, needs ex? actly such a law, and if our Legislature does its duty, it will in our opinion, pass a law which will prevent insurance companies from depriving our people of any part of the policy on which they have paid a premium. The property might just as well be valued while it is in sight, as to go to the pile of ashes to ; make an estimate to see whether the company has cheated its customer out of a portion of the premium which they have been receiving. Let the cempa nies in any State withdraw whenever they desire to do so. There are no doubt plenty of companies who are willing to deal fairly with their custo? mers. We hope the Sooth Carolina Legislature may pass a law which will protect our citizens from wrong. .No company which proposes to do right by its customers need object to the Geor? gia law. It is equitable and just. Sumter Sayings and Doings. Temperance Worker '. Under She above heading, T. T. T., Sumter's correspondent for the Columbia Record, we clip the following extracts: "There is a good deal of talk about the illicit sale of liquor at MayesviUe, a small town io this County. When MayesviUe was incorporated several years ago, there was a clause inserted in the charter, which provided that no liquor should be sold in that place with? in ninety-nine years ; until quite re -eeutly no attempt has beeu made to vio late the~Taw,^but late reports from that section complain of-t?o promissions.sale_ of whisky in and around MayesviUe. The temperance folk in that neighborhood are quite stirred up on the matter, but we have heard of no attempts being made to bring the guilty parties to jus? tice. Something should be done about this matter ; it is a shame and disgrace to our people, that of ali those who ure sworn enemies to the accursed traffic, none should be interested enough to put their shoulder to the wheel and work the matter out, until every one of the law-breakers are lodged in iJie Peniten? tiary." Who is responsible for the above dis graceful state of affairs? Surely the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Sumter. Thc law requires that they ferret out the facts, etc. concerniog the violations of the law either in licensed or unlicens? ed places. The Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, etc., are subject to their orders in such matters. Why don't the County Com? missioners of Sumter act? We do earnestly appeal to them as our guar? dians, elected and paid to see that thc law io thc County is enforced, to give this matter their earnest consideration. Neither men nor parties, friends nor enemies arc to be considered. ?&w de fiers should be brought to account. Much has been said in the press of the State concerning official discharge of duty We will see what out Commis? sioners will do. Here is another : .?We heard some talk o? th? streets" a few days ago about again agitating ! the *wct' and 'dry' question. Wc I would like to see this matter brougbtTip | I again, and we are confident tfrat ?f ta'? j I prohibitionists would give the -puhlic j ? sonic guarantee, tliat the. law would- be1 through by a ? weeing, majori^ can see DO reason why the temperanceX men could not give thia guarantee;?i: 1883 this town, went dry; ;^ great deal of good,- akbongb many of our best citizens were disgusted at the XX~ almost open sale of ?cjuor, ,?n?Lat ?k^yi | connivance with which the violation ?l?p?Sl thc law was viewed. Lot the temperip^ ?J ance men wake up and see what??^^fz^ can do for our to wo sg^J'^^^:i-.-:^~.-?^?q'^M It is to be hoped that oar citizensX .Xf| will again try to stop the .awful tidebf XX;3?? intemperance prevatUng from oar%ig?^f|ja Iteeo^ed bar-rooms. High license m ~ " ^ Sumter?s~a?miserable a faHureas waa the Loca- Option dry year. The law - is openly aod. shamefully disregarded ?? except ic the point of selling U^uortf ^: -1| Inebriates and minors ca? and do getX"'X'X ;t, notwithstanding the laws regulating- ^ said traffic. Screen and bacjfc*oott?p-v - X sales are tolerated in open defiance of i % law. Sunday sales and gaming ice areX;:^:-XX reliably in for ra ed, are perm?tt?a. j* AbdX' ? ? weare told that the meanest whiskey^ ever sold id Sumter ls to be had over ... .. X the counters of bigh licensed bar?. - ;V?g||? But men are getting wUs?eyr '?Lere? ^' by hangs ? tale.' The ??w^ ?ap. go ter grass, just co whiskey can bejiadJ; a?c?X ; just so long as whiskey can be had onV boys and yoong men w?l be exposed te* > ; i ' the terrible temptations of tw.-ibo- : ?|f people desire Sumter to be ?ftj-:9^?? we are at their service. - '. %A Too Much Collar; - What a nuisance a collar is, to be sure ! If the button on your neejt band y does not come off in ttie ' jro?^"oXa?^-./?r^ justment-and sometimes it d?e*not--^v?y^ even then the trouble is not./Over^:;.,0??^^ the contrary, it is only jost begun., . If ??JsgM you do not pin down the'^?e^-^tettj^^'"-^ one your collar will be.climbing a&p/ct/'X^I the neck band and keeping Rouvin^ continual fret all day long; ;and^Jyoa:A?;^ undertake to pin the stifTlinenin pkpo/ > - .C^ you have got a struggle ^^o^jj^S/^^S You push and push, and the" m^rejf??<0?? push the more persistently' j?ces;j?.e'^?;^^S refuse to penetrate.. Yoortbriir^p^p^^^ No. 1 down with a casual renrar]^^fjtogj| take up pirjg|No. 2. No. 2 J? yon into beliing that it is afl pin. The print enters the In charming docility; but wheii B it borne, it doubles np in to? and; with .more casual m at ?o. You^B pm, A savage wj^^?^a^M blood, and that it moaWilw^^ you must begin operations de novO|B enough to complete your transition ftonf:^^ a mild and gentle good citizen into * 75 heartless villain. Yes, tho<;jeolto,is^^ nuisance, with everything pert&l??ng\to it.-Boston Transcript. r-: ' :> x - - . i - "~ : mm Little Susie's Logic x^xpi . _ -' r, ^'^-'XX^xx^ Little Susie bas a pet - cat ^hich~; ?f??^S much older than its mistress; so muc? : XX older in fact that it is in an . advanced. p state of decrepitude. , Susie, heard her - '? mother say that she thought sne^wouta have the cat chloroformed., /It.fcipped : ' ^ that the child did not' : "oi?dm??9a^.i&A':' full import of the Word j for;&e^nexj-XX| day she went to b?r mother with the cat ; ; ^ in ber arms and asked her if she wanted* , ^ to chloroform it. ..-J X"- . -.. -X-?| 'Yes, Susie,'was tbe reply, ^?lm^?^ it will be better to do soi ybu%nbw;sW VT*?! is very old and feeble and doesn't enjoy \ XV:X life much.'." , : 'Well, mamma,'said the?-?^-miUr?x-''; ce?t,*-'don't yon tfiinfc' it iwp?.f?we?*^^ to chloroform grandtnia, ^too ?r ^be is . very old and feeble, and this bot weather ??M she's atrial cross. I don't think she ':X enjoys life, and J-know ,1 vdpo? wheat. she scolds mo.1-New Torfe Trja&?e. Matrimonial F?t??ty; #j?? ?heophilis Hitchk?si,?? Wicb/roar? ried a second time, and, as is often tho case, he and his wife disagree:\t\, *I am sorry, Jane, tba* t dipnoi be- - come acquainted irith you before ? was7 . a widower.* V * .' " ?Wby sof sbe asfeeji .w^fi'"?^r^e.:v. , M .Becatise some ; other w?in?iS WOBH? be my wife ??w,1 he ^liei^mt&?Vn^ ' '' -Texas Siftings.. ; , :j.% . .' . y > '- - II W - ? V.r^ No Shady Side; ^ .? say, conductor,' .remarked a.pa?-"" senger, as he boarded a train on a nar row-guage railroad in[..tSe o^co^ntryr j 'which is the shiady s??e -c? $ts car^ ; V: .Thar haiu't no shady side^ replica: '/^ the conductor, who was born in that" region, and ?nows how\to speak-th?^--^: language. ' . l^s .No8ir. TharinsuHany etfrvesaod^ ' ^ twists on this road aV tnevtrai&f?fi^'so?]^^ fast that the sun shines on both Sides at* the same time.'-iVe?? YorJc.?ihi? ^ . A few nights 8go a mob of citizens of of Chester., Neb;, : started put to hang ? Warren Coon, a blacksmith, who had" repeatedly beaten his wife and threat^ encd to burn the town.' For many days ^ he had' been drunk and had. beaten bia' wife several times. His threat to des? troy the town excited" tie citizens anet ". . culoiinatcd in the determination to han j him. They surrounded the^ousc, cap- -- turcd Coon and was about to lynch bim,* ^ g wheo his wife pleaded for him on her ^ knees, and prayed to heaven and. to ?wSt^?l^ mob to spare him aod to. give him^ baa; -> more' chance. Coon also prayed on- bfs^3:^ bended knees, and promised .-on <?M[ over a Bible never a^ahr to mistrea^;litr:. wife and to stop dr?nk??^. J^po?" the} understand mg that a ; violattor? Of h\C/':^M oath would r?s??t ra .his hangrng, tho-v?^^ mob concluded to let him have another:; chance, and thereupon dispersed. MaafMa Don't yon think; :?xnms^0^? J?O? are getting alitt^ :t'^l<>??s,?^fe^^^ playing with the \fojn so- much ? \ rna-'linow. it, but the ??fe' ?^get' S??r? better ? lik? '?m.'-~Bif?^l _. < ~ -X'^S^p Does South ...?^in^&vbrt^'. thi^???l^ or' fourth; MoBtt^@?a^^^!^b8^^HH[ Stale o?ecs? will; perhaps, como". :?VV-a^^^?a?^?^^