The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 10, 1885, Image 1
f^\TB^SCMTS& WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." "~ ' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Es&btisfae? jun? i???
M Consolidated Aus. 2. 1881.1 ? SUMTER. S. C.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1885. Sew Series-toI. T. Ko. 15.
^kMitic|ffiaiiai? Toniken
ge :
Published erery Tuesday,
-ST THE
Watchman and Southron Publishing
Company,
SUMTER, S: C.
T?KMS:
' 'Two Dollars per annum-ia advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
^0?? Sit?te, first insertion......._.....51 00
I Svery subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts for three months, or longer will
be made at reduced rates.
All communications which subserve private
interests will be charged for as advertisements.
. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be
?barged for.
Mamage notices and notices of deaths pub?
lished free.
For job work or contracts for advertising
-Address Waickmsn and Southron, or aoply at
the O&ce, to N. G. OSTEEN,
- -: * " Business Manager.
'.i-'-:
.... " ;
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
JrorHyv strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and can?
not be sold, in competition with the multitude
bf ?ow tesl, short weight, alum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK?
ING ^POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y.
SALE UNDER MORTGAGE.
TTNBER AND BY VIRTUE OF A POWER
of sale given under the provisions of
a certain "Mortgage, executed by J. N. and
K. EL Carnes, (J. N- and R. E. Carnes trading
as such,} on the 12tb day of November, 1884,
and by them delivered to Isaac V. Bard i o and
John H. Murdoch, copartners trading as
Bardi n & il ardoch, on the same day , (said
mortgage being duly recorded in the office of
tbeRegister of MesneConveyance for Sumter,
S- Cv in Volume 12, page 774, and Chattel
Mortgage Book, Number 7, page 782, ) we w?ll
sell at public outcry in front of the Court
House in the Town of Somier, County and
State aforesaid, on TUESDAY, the 10th day
?f NOVEMBER, 1885, at ll o'clock in the
forenoon :
All that Tract or parcel of Land known as
thevL. P. Husbands place, containing eight
and one-half (8?) acres, lying one mile from
Bishopvi?e, (west) in County of Sumter and
State aforesaid^ bounded on the North by
Public Road leading from Bisbopville to Car?
ter's Crossing, on the East by Raccoon Road,
-on West by lands of Rev. W> A. Gregg, and
South by lands formerly owned by John S.
".Bradley.
: ?f^ermsCasb. -
- ISAAC V. BARDIN,
JOHN H. MURDOCH,
Trading as
BARDIN & MURDOCH,
-Oct 21 _ Mortgagees.
3>8\l2? W
MILLINER Y.
Mrs- WHITE
-AKD
Miss MILLER
TJE70ULB. INVITE the attention of their
\y friends and the ladies generally, to
their stock of
FALX, AWD WINTER
MILLINERY,
Consisting of
: - Trimmed and Untrimmed
HATS AND BONNETS
in great variety.
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, Ac.,
- - in all the new shades.
ZEP?RTR, CA??VAS, EMBROIDERY SILK.
Our Prices are Remarkably Low
^v.. THIS SEASON.
We wiH.be glad te show our goods, and ask
that you give us a call before purchasing.
Oct 20 _
PECAN CULTURE.
rpHF PECAN FLOURISHES WHEREVER
X TEE HICKORY, grows, and a well
Crown tree yields a net annual income of I
$25 to $50. Mr. A. C. Daniel of Crawford,
Ga., (Oglethorpe Co.) has a tree that bears
froar,TEN tb FIFTEEN bushels of fine nuts.
They sell readily at from $4 to $5 per bushel.
The trees begin to bear when six to eight
years old. I am now selling fine two-year
trees, of the best and earliest bearing variety,
at the following very low prices.:
Each * 50cent8
Per Doten S 4.00
-Pe? Fifty 10.00
Fer Buudred 15.00
. No-charge for packing. Trees ready for
shipment November 1st.
8. W. PEEK, Proprietor,
Hartwell Nurseries.
Hartwell, Ga.
Author of "The Nursery and the Orchard."
Price in cloth $1.25 per copy, in boards
$1.00. Send for copy and be your own
?arserv mao.
A NEW EHTERF2?SE
. IN COLUMBIA, S. C.
FROM THE GROUND UP.
T>LANTATION WAGONS, LOG CARTS,
.IT SPRING WAGONS, or any Style of
Vehicle desired, and Harness for Buggies or
Wagons. Northern and Western made Bug?
gies in stock. P. MOTZ.
Oct 27
THE AIM AR HOUSE,
CORNER OF
Vanderhorst and King St?
HAYING BEEN LEASED BY
fl /{Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,)
18 SOW* OPEN for th? accommodation of
Boarders. Parties visiting Charleston will
fud this House conveniently situated for baai
Bftss, and directly on the line of Street Rail wey.
? Terms? per day, %l 50?
'Jehl*
THE
NEW DEAL.
, -o
OFFICE OF
DUCKER & B?LTMAN,
DEALERS IN
General Merchandise,
SUMTER, S. C.
0
To the People of Sumter Tovm
and County :
DEAR FRIENDS-For the past
six years each and every one of
you have no doubt heard of the
Business House owned and con?
ducted by DUCKER & BTJLTMAN.
We now come before you
again, and have no hesitation in
saying that at least two-thirds
of the inhabitants of this 'Game
Cock' County have had some
business transaction, be it ever
so small, or be it large, with the
above named firm, during those
six years. Again, for the last
three months a!l the newspa?
pers in this State have been
writing about 11 The New Deal"
which is likely to take place in
our political affairs, and we say,
right, they are, to advocate it,
provided sufficient reasons can
be given that our present rep?
resentatives have not managed
our affairs in the right and pro?
per manner.
Let this be as it may, we have neither
time Dor space to dwell upon political
affairs at present. Should you desire a
change you can assert your rights when
election time comes. Not only have the
people a right to change their representa?
tives in the legislative halls, but they
also have a right to change the places
where they have been trading in past
years, when they find that the man with
whom they have been trading is im?
posing upon them by charging high
prices for inferior goods ; and at this
very time when the so-called "King"
Cotton is low in price, it is every one's
duty to get fall value for his hard-earn?
ed dollar.
Proud, yes highly delighted, are we,
to inform you at this time wbeu every?
body is advocating a "New Deal," not
one of our friends and customers has
yet said in our hearing, "I am tired
trading at DUCKER & BULTMANN,
I want a new deal and a change. To
the contrary, we can safely tell you our
business is increasing day after day, and
whilst times are hard we are now, as
well as in the past, ready and willing to
sell all of our goods in accordance with
the low price of cotton.
We have made it a rule, and hope
every one in Sumter County will do
likewise, Never Advance Backward, ]
hut always go forward, and let the past
take care of itself. For instance, if a
merchant buys a stock of goods and
keeps them in store say thirty days, it
is, in our opinion a very poor idea to
tell his customers that he has, in order
to sell his stock, advanced prices back?
ward, because it only shows that the
stock was marked too high at first. j
We never, or hardly ever, sell at cost, !
for we must live on the profits ; but
we never mark our goods more than will j
pay us for handling them, and unless
we have a lot of old goods, you will
never, we hope, hear us cry "Advance
Backward." We are willing to sell
you goods with small margins above
cost, and thus we arc always able to
offer New Goods at New Prices, and I
hence no need to Advance Backward, '
because the people buy our goods fast ?
enough to avoid having old stock.
We have recently enlarged Store, and
don't you forget, our Stock has also been
increased, and we have a good force of
polite and attentive Clerks, and, adding \
to this our low prices and good quality j
of Goods, we don't hesitate to say but
what you will continue to patronize us
in future as well as you have in the
past.
To those who Juive never traded with
us, we would say-Give us a trial
when you are ready to buy, and also
when you are ready to sell your Cotton,
for we are in position to pay the highest
prices, according to market, and we
GUARANTEE FAIR DEALING.
Well, remember that we carry the
BEST LINE OF
Fancy Graes ai CeaMom
IN THIS TOWN,
and we also carry a good stock of
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Shoes, Hats and Clothing,
and we have jost opened a case of
PRINTS which we will sell you at 4
cents per yard, and a case of
STANDARD PRINTS
which we will sell you
5 CENTS.
These are Clioice Goods, and are
worth 6 to 8 cents.
These are REAL BARGAINS, and
you should not fail to secure some of
them.
More next time.
Respectfully,
DOCKER & BULTMAN.
CAKBISTOFS GIFT.
By HUGH CONWAY.
Author of "Called Back;1 "Dark Day?,"
"A Family Affair? etc
[TOLD BY PHILIP BRAND, M. D.. LOSDOW.]
TART THE FIRST.
f" " ~ .
CHAPTER TX
A day or two after I had witnessed what I
must call Carriston's second seizure we were
favored with a visit from tba man whose
services we had secured to trace Madeline.
Since he had received bis instructions we
had beard nothing of bis proceedings until
he now called to report progress in person.
Carriston had not expressed the slightest
curiosity as to where the man was or what
be was about. Probably he looked upon the
employment of this private detective as
nothing more useful than a salve to my con?
science. That Madeline was only to be found
through the power which he professed to
bold of seeing ber in his visions was, I felt
certain, becoming a rooted belief of his.
Whenever I expressed my surprise that our
agent bad brought or sent no information,
Carriston shrugged his shoulders and assured
me that from the first he knew the man's
researches would bo fruitless. However, the
fellow had called at last, and, I hoped, had
brought us good news.
He was a glib-tongued man, who spoke in
a confident, matter-of-fact way. When be
saw us he rubbed his bands as one who had
brought affairs to a successful issue and now
meant to reap praise and other rewards.'
His whole bearing told me he had made an
important disco very; so I begged him to be
seated and give us his news.
Carriston gave him a careless glance and
at some little distance from' us. He looked
as if he thought the impending communica?
tion scarcely worth the trouble of listening
to. He might, indeed, from his looks have
been the most disinterested person of the
three. He even left me to do the question?
ing.
"Now, then, Mr. Sharpe,1' 1 said, 'let us
hear if you have earned your money."
"I think so, sir," replied Sharpe, looking
curiously at Carriston. who, strange to say,
heard this answer with supreme indiffer
ence.
"I think I may say I have, sir," continuad
the detective, "that is if the gentleman can
identify these articles as being the young
lady's property."
Thereupon he produced from a thick let?
ter case a ribbon, in which was stuck a sil?
ver pin, mounted with Scotch pebbles, an
ornament that I remembered having seen
Madeline wear. Mr. Sharpe banded them
to Carriston. Ha examined them, and Isaw
his cheeks flush and his eyes grow bright.
"How did you como by this?'' he cried,
pointing to the silver ornament
**XH tell you presently, sir. Do you recog?
nize it?'
"I gave it to Miss Rowan myself."
"Then we are on the right track," I cried,
joyfully. "Go on. Mr. Sharpe."
"Yes, gentlemen, we are certainly on the
right track; but, after all, it isn't my fault
if the track don't lead exactly where you
wish. You see, when I heard of this myste?
rious disappearance of the lady I began to
concoct my own theory. 1 said to myself,
when a young and beautiful--"
"Confoundyour theories!*' cried Carriston,
fiercely. "Go on with your tale."
The man gave his interrupter a spiteful
glance.
"Weil, sir," he said, "as you gave me strict
instructions to watch a certain gentleman
closely, I obeyed those inst, ucii ons. of
course, although ? knew I was cn a fool's
errand."
"Will you goon?" cried Carriston. "If
yon know where Mus Rewan is, say so;
your money will be paid you the moment I
find her."
"I don't say I know exactly where to find
the lady, but I caa soon know ii" you wish
me to."
"Tell your tale your own way, but as
shortly as possible," I said, seeing that my
excitable friend was preparing for another
outburst.
"I found there was nothing to be gained
by keeping wat?h on the gentleman you
mentioned, sir, so I went to Scotland and
tried back from there. As soon as I worked
on my own lay I found out all about it.
The lady went from Callendar to Edin?
burgh, from Edinburgh to London, from
London to Folkestone, and from Folkestone
to Boulong."
I glanced at Carriston. All his calmness
seemed to have returned. He was leaning
against the mantelpiece, and appeared quite
unmoved by Mr. Sharpe's clear statement
as to the route Madeline had taken.
"Of course," continued Mr. Sharpe, "I
was not quite certain I was tracking the
right person, although her description corre
sponded with tho likeness you gave me. But
ts yon are sui* this article of jewelry be?
longed to tho lady you want, the matter is
beyond a doubt."
"Cf <5ours?," I said, seeing that Carriston
had no intention of speaking. "Where did
you find it?:'
"It was left behind in a bedroom of one
of the principal hotels in Folkestone. I did
go over to Boalong, but after that I thought
I had learned all you would care to know."
There was something in the man's manner
which made me dread what was coming.
Again I looked at Carristom His lips wore
curved with contempt, but he still kept
^silence.
"Why not have pursued your inquiries
past Boulong ?" I asked.
"For this reason, sir. I had learned
enough. The theory I had concocted was
the right cn?, alter alb The lady went to
Edinburgh alone, right enough; but sue
didn't leave Edinburgh alone; nor she didn't
leave London alone; nov she didn't stay at
Folkestone*-where I fomid the pin-alone;
nor she didn': go to Boulong alone. She was
accompanied by a young gentleman who
called himself Mr. Smith; and, what's more,
she called herself Mrs. Smith. Perhaps she
was, a?? they lived like man and wife."
"Wh 'ther the fellow wa* right or mis?
taken, thi> explanation cf Madeline's disap?
pearance soome-1 to gi ve me what I can only
compare to a smack in the face. I stared at
tho speaker in sr o^ch'e-ss astonishmeut. If
the tale he told so glibly and circumstan?
tially was true, farewell, so far as I was con?
cerned, to belief in the love or purity of
women. Madeline Rowan, the,t creature of
a poet's dream, on the eve of her marriage
with Charles Comston, to fly, whether wed or
unwed mattered iittle, with another man!
And yet shr; was bat a woman. Carriston
or Carr, aa ska only knew him-was in her
eyes poor. The companion of ber flight
might have won her with gold. Such things
have been. Stil:
My rapid and wrongful meditations were
cut short in an unexn?cted way. Suddenly
1 saw Mr. Sharpe dragged bodily out of his
chair and flun?; against the wall, whilo Car?
riston, standing over him, thrashed the man
vigorously with his own asa stick-a con
Carriston, stfinPiiiig over him, thrashed Vts
- man vigorously.
venient weapon, so convenient that I felt
Mr. Sharpe couti not have selected a stick
more appropriate for his own chastisement.
So Carriston seemed to think, for ne laid on
cheerfully some eight or ten good cutting
strokes.
Nevertheless, being a respectable doctor
and man of peace, I was compelled ta inter*
fore. I hold Carriston's arm, while Mr.
Sharpe struggled to his feet, and after col?
lecting his nat *ani his pocketbook stood
glaring vengefully at his assailant, and
rubbing the while such of the weals on his
back as ho could reach. Annoyed as I felt
at the unprofessional fracas. I could scarcely
help laughing at the man's appearance. I
doubt the possibility of any one looking
heroic after such a thrashing.
'TU have tho law for this," he growled.
"I ain't paid to bo beaten ty a madman."
'.You're paid to dc my work, not anoth?
er's," said Carriston. "Go to the man who
has overbribed you and sent you to tell me
your hes. Go to him; tell him that once
more he has failed. Oat of my sight!"
As Carriston showed signs of recommenc?
ing hostile operations, tho maa fled as far aa
the doorway. There, being in comparative
safety, be turned with a malignant look.
"You'll smart for this," he said; "when
they lock you up as a raving luna?c, i'll try
and get a post as keeper."
I was glad to soo that Carriston paid no
attention to this parting shaft. He turned
bis back scornfully, and the follow left the
room and the house.
"Kow are you convinced?' asked Carris?
ton, turning to me.
"Convinced of'what? That his tale is un?
true, or that ha has been nisi ead, lam quite
certain."
"Tush! That is not worth consideration.
Don't you see that Ralph has done all this?
I sei that man to watch him; he found oub
tho espionage; suborned my agent-or vom*
agent, I should say ; &mt bira here with a
trumped up tale. Ob, yes: I was to believe
that Madeliuchad deserted me--that was to
drive ms out of my sense* My cousin is a
fool after alli"
""Without further proof I cannot believe
that your suspicious are correct," I said, Dut
I must own I spoko with some hesitation.
"Prcof! A clever man liko you ought to
see ample proof in rho fact of that wretch
having twice called me a madman. I have
seen bim but once before-you know if I thon
gave him any grounds for making such an
assertion. Teil me, from whom could he
have ?earnod the word except from Ralph
Cariistou?"
I was bound, if only to save my own repu?
tation for sagacity, to confess that the point
noted by Carriston had raised ccrta:n doubts
in my mind. But if Ralph Carriston really
was trying by some finely wroug'at scheme
to bring about what ho desired, there was
all the more reason for great caution to be
exercised.
"I am sorry yon beat the fellow," I said.
"He will now swear right and le^t that you
are not in your senses."
"Of course he will. "What do I care?"
"Only remember this. It is easier to get
put in an asylum than to g*>t out of it."
"It is not so very easy for a sane man lik9
myself to be put in, especially when he is on
bis guard. I have lookoi up the law. There
must be a certificate signad by two doctors,
surgeons, or, I believe, apothecaries will do,
who have seen the suppose^ lunatic alone
and together. I'll Ake verljK good care I
speak "to no doctor save youf^lf, and keep
out of the way of surgeons and apothe?
caries."
It quite cheered me to hear him speaking
so sensibly and collectedly about himself,
but .1 again impressed upon him the need of
gieat caution. Although I could not be?
lieve that his cousin had taken Madeline
away, I was, after the affair with tho spy,
inclined to think that, as Carriston averred,
he aimed at getting him, sane or insane, into
a madhouse. .
But after all these days wo were not a
step nearer to the discovery of Madeline's
whereabouts. Carriston made no sign of
doing anything to facilitate that discovery.
Again I urged him to intrust the wholo af?
fair to thc police. Again he refused to di
SJ, adding that he was not quito ready.
Ready for what, 1 wondered!
CHAPTER X.
I must confess, in spite of my af ection" foi
Carriston, I felt inclined to reb-jl against
the course which matters wore taking. 1
was a prosaic matter-of-fact medical man;
doing my work to th"? best cf my ab.'iity,
end anxious when that work was done that
my hours of leisure should be as free from
worry and care as possible. "With Carris?
ton's advent several disturbing elements
entered into my quiet life.
Let Ralph Carriston be gu"if or innocent
of the extraordinary crime which his cousin
laid at his door, I felt certain that he waa
anxious to obtain possession of the sup?
posed lunatic's person. It would suit his
purposes for his cousin to be proved mad. I
did not believe that e\*en if the capture was
legally effected Carriston's liberation would
be a matter of great difficulty, so lon? as
he remained m his present state of mind ; so
long as 2, a doctor cf some standing, coule1
go into the witness box and swear to his
sanity. But my old dread was always with
me-the dread that any farther s'aock would
overturn the b?dance of his sensitive mind.
So it was that every hour that Carriston
was cut of my sight was fraught with anx?
iety. If Ralph Carriston was really as un?
scrupulous as my friend supposed; if ho had
really, as seemed aim opt probable, suborned
our agent; he might by some craf ty trick
obtain the needful certificate, and some day
? should come home and find Carristou had
been removed. In such a case 1 forosaw
gr^at trouble and distress.
Besides, after all that had occurred, it
was as much as I could do to believe that
Carriston was not mad. Any doctor who
kn-jw what I know would have given the
verdict against him.
After dismissing his visions and hallucin?
ations with tho contempt which they de?
served, the fact of a man who was madly,
passionatoiy in love with a woman, aud who
believed that she had been entrapped and
was still kept in restraint, sitting down
quietly, and letting day after day pass with?
out macing an effo.-t towards finding hor,
was in irsolf prima facie evidence of insan?
ity. A sane man would at once have set all
tho engines of detection at work.
I felt that if once Ralph Carristou ob?
tained possession of him he could make out
a. strong case in his own favor. First of all,
the proposed marriage o<t of the defendant's
own sphere of life; the parsing under a false
name; the ridiculous, or apparently ridicu?
lous, accusation made against his kinsman;
tho murderous threats; the chastisement of
his own paid agen? who brought him a re?
port which might not seem at all untrue to
any oiie who knew not Madeline Rowan.
Leaving out of the question what might b3
wrung from me in cross-examination, Ralph
Carriston had a strong ease, and 1 knew
that, once in his power, m j friend might
possibly be doomed to pass years, if not his
whole life, under restraint. So I was anx?
ious, very anxious.
And I felt aa anxiety, scarcely second to
that which prevailed on Carriston's account,
as to the fate of Madeline. Granting for
salie of argument that Carriston's absurd
conviction that no bodily harm had as }'ot
Leen done her was true, I felt sure that she,
with brr scarcely les? sensitive nature, must
?feel the separation from her lover as much
as he himself felt the separatum from her.
Once or twice I tried to comfort myself
with cynicism-tried to persuade myself
that a young woman could not in our days
be spiritxl away-that she bad geno by hf?r
own free will-that there Aras a mau who
had at the eleventh hour alienated lier af?
fection? from Carriston. But 1 could not
bring myself to believe this. So I was
placed between, the beru s of a dilemma.
If Madeline had not lied of hor own free
will, some one must have taken her away,
and if so our agent's report was a coined
one; and, if n coined one, issued at Ralph's
instance; therefore Ralph must lx> the prime
actor iu the mystery.
But in sober moments s ?ch a deduction
seemed an utter absurdity.
Although I have said that "Carriston was
doiug nothing towards clearing up the
mystery, I wrong him ir: so saying. After
his own erratic way lie was at work. At
such work, tool I really lost all patience
with him.
He shut himself up in his roora, out of
which he scarcely stirred for threo days.
By that time he had completed a large and
beautiful drawing of his imaginary man.
IJQ TL :'?i^l
He completed a drawing of his imagina
man.
This he took to a well-known photographer
and ordered several hundred small phoi
graphs-of it to be prepared as soon asp
sible. The minute description which he h
given me of his fanciful creation was print
at the foot of each copy. As soon as t
first batch of these precious photographs TV
sent home, to my great joy he did what
should have done days ago: yielded to s
wishes, and put the matter into tho han
of the police.
I was glad to find that in giving deta:
of what had happened, he said nothing abo
tho advisability of keeping a watch on Ral]
Carriston's proceedings. He did indeed off
an absurdly large reward for the disco ve:
of the missing girl, and, moreover, gave t
officer in charge of the caso a packet cf ph
tographs of his phantom man, telling him
the gravest manner that he knew the ori
ina! of that likeness had something to <
with the disappearance of Kiss Rowan. Tl
officer, who thought the portrait was that
a natural being, took his instructions
good faith, although he seemed greatly su
prised when he heard that Carriston kne
neither the name nor the occupation, :
fact, knew nothing concerning the man wi
was to be sought for. However, as Carri
toa assured him that finding this man woui
insure the reward as much as if he four
Madeline, the officer readily promised i
combine tho two tasks, little knowing whi
waste of time any attempt to perform tl
latter must be.
Two days after this Carriston came to m
"I shall leave you to-morrow," he said.
""Where are you going?" I asked. "Wh
do you leave?"
"I am going to travel about. I have i
intention of letting Ralph get hold of m*
So I mean to go from place to place until
find Madeline."
"Be caref ah" I urged.
UI shah be careful enough. FA take cai
that no doctors, surgeons, or even apothi
caries get on my track. I shall go just t
the fit seizes me. If I can't say one da
whare I shall be the ?ext, it will be ii
possible for that villain to know."
This was not a bad argument. In fact,
he carried cut his resolve of passing quick!
from place to place I did not see bow 1
could plan anything more likely to defei
the intentions with which we credited h
cousin. As to his finding Madeline by I
doing, that was another matter.
His idea seemed to be that chance woul
sooner or later bring him in contact wil
the man of . his dream. However, now thi
the search ?ad been intrusted to the propx
persons his own action in the matter was n<
worth troubling about. I gave him man
cautions. He was to be quiet and guards
in words and manner. He was not to coi
verse with strangers: If he found himse!
dogged or watched by anyone hs was t
communicate at once with me. But, abov
ali I begged bini' not to yield again to h
mental infirmity. The folly of ? maa wh
could avoid it throwing himself into such
state ought to be apparent to him.
"Not oftener than I can help," was all tb
promise I could get from him. "But see he
I must sometimes, or I shaii die.''
I had now given up as hopeless tho comba
with his peculiar idiosyncrasy. So, wit
many expressions cf gratitude on his par!
we bade each other farewell:
During his absence be wrote to me nearl;
every day, so that I might know his where
abouts in case I bad any. news to communi
cate. Bnt I hal none. The police failed t
find the faintest clew. I had been calle?
upon by them once or twice in order tha
they might have every gram of informatioi
I could give. I took tho liberty of advising
them not to waste their time ia looking fo
the man, as his very existence was prob
lematicah It was but a fancy of nr
friend's, and not worth thinking geriousij
about. I am not sure but what, after hear
ing this, they did not think the whoje affai
was an imagined one, and so relaxed thei
efforts.
Once or twice Carriston, happening to b
in the neighborhood of London, came to sa
me, and slept tho night at my house. H
also b^ad no news to report. Still, he seemec
hopeful es ever.
The weeks went by until Christmas wa
over and the New Year begun; but no sign
word or trace of Madeline Rowan. "I hav<
seen her," wrote Carriston, "several times,
She is in the same place-unhappy, but no1
ill-treated."
Evidently his hallucinations were still ir
full force.
* ***** *
At first I intended that the whole of this
talc should be told by myself: but upon get?
ting so far it struck me that the evidence ol
another actor who played an important pari
in the drama wouid give certain occurrences
to the reader at first instead of secondhand,
so I wrote to my friend Dick Fenton, o?
Frenchay, Gloucestershire, and l egged him,
if he found himself capable of so doiug, tc
to put in simple narrative form his impres?
sions of certain events which happened in
January, 1666; events in which we two were
concerned. He has been good enough to
complv with my request His communica?
tion follows.
fTO BE CONTINUED.J
Republican Office-holders
The Hampton Guardian discussing
the singular fact that notorious Repub?
lican politicians are retained in office
under the Democratic postmaster, at
Charleston aptly says :
"Of all the places in the Union
Charleston bas been wost terribly Rad?
ical-ridden in the past, and it has not
been so long that the people have for
20'ten the riots and bloodshed incited
by Republican politicians and officials
for party purposes. The Democrats
were shown no favors and given no
quarter. Now Republicans are retain?
ed in office and Democrats excluded,
with the Democratic party in control of
national affairs. There may bc reason
for this neglect to kick tho rascals out;
but it's passing strange and wc fail to
see the wisdom of political sagacity or
justice of such weak-need Democracy.'*
The "Way he Got Rid cf His Goods.
\Marian Star.]
A merchant of our town told us, last
I Saturday, that a gentleman came into
j his store, living about 30 miles below
j Marion, and asked to see the shoes Lc
1 advertised in thc Star. Oe bought
j the i-hoes and a nico bill of g<>odi?. A
j promiucut druggist told us the same
jay that he had some medicines that bc
! had not sold a bottle of for two years.
He concluded to advertise and i ir me*
diatcly received an order for some If
i you want to push your business adver
i tise liberally.
i How hard it is to find an eminent
person who loves au equal !-John
i Wesley.
What Our Editors Say.
Pish and Ward.
Columbia Register.
The two model rascals of modern New
York have been tried, convicted and
sentenced to tee years each in the State
penitentiary. Tbcse are ou ly specimens
of a numerous class of handy villains in
the Empire State. Whilst New York
wears the honor of being tho Empire
State of thc Union, she has also thc un?
savory reputation of producing tbe big?
gest villains in the country. She nev?
ertheless, docs try some of them and
convict them. She did the business for
Fish in tolerable time, and she now
sends Ward to join his brother villain
with creditable dispatch. Of coarse
there are many graceless scamps left in
the same snap, and some others who
were let alone because they were be?
lieved not to have sense enough to know
what they were doing. Among these
unhappy innocents the Grants stand.
At all events, it must be said for New
York that big money cannot every time
defeat justice there. She sets us an ex
ampio in that regard at least. She
does convict her rascals and disturbers
of the peace sometimes.
Protection and Labor.
Chester Bulletin.
If it be intended by protection to ben?
efit not only the employer but the labor?
er, why should not the latter be pro?
tected as the former is-directly, by a
tax of ?100 on every able bodied labor?
ing man, and $50 on every able-bodied
laboring woman that comes to the
United States from foreign countries ?
Of course, the more nearly prohibitory
such a tax should bc made the more
decisive would be its effect, because
then our labor markets would not be
flooded with competition from Europe
and Asia. This would be protection
that the workingmen and everybody
else could see and understand. It
would, of course be a gross violation of
the principles of our government, but
no more so than a high protective tariff
is, as we now have it. It would be
undemocratic and tyrannical, but toen
all protection io favor of one class of in?
dustry at the expense of others is that.
But such a tariff, "for the benefit of
labor," would be consistent with the
Republican theory, and their doctrine,
if put io force at all, should be logically
carried out.
The Eevenue Reform Convention.
Aiken Recorder.
The object (Revenue Reform) thus
indicated is a worthy one, but if tbe
purpose is to inculcate ideas of absolute
free trade as expressed in the first res?
olution, then the work of this body will
be up hill all the w?y. The good old
Democratic doctrine of 'a tarif? fcV rev?
enue only' is good enough for us," and
will in all probability bc good eoosgh
for all time to come for th? people of
.these JJiaited ^ta^,s^^jy~e adhere to
the doctrine that a tariff for protection
only, is injurious to the best interests of
the people, in-as-much as it takes money
from thc pockets of the consumer for the
enrichment of the manufacturer, but a
tariff for the production of sufficient
revenue to meet, with liberality, the
expenses of government, is sound pol?
icy, ?nd the policy which must necessa?
rily obtain io a country of such diversi?
fied inter?sts as the United States of
America.
Thc absolute Free Traders may send
out their pamphlets and other documents
until doomsday, but they will never
succeed in inducing the people of this
country to consent to direct taxation to
meet the wants of the General Govern?
ment.
The people experience sufficient diffi?
culty in meeting their municipal and
state taxation, without incurring an?
other system of direct taxation for the
support of the Federal Government.
Collection through :he Custom House,
of the necessary expenses bf the General
Government is the least onerous method
by which the burden of Federal taxation
can be borne, and no other system will
ever be tolerated in this country, save
as a necessity in time of war.
If the so-called Free Trade Club wish
to subserve any useful purpose, they
bad better make up their minds at once
to suppress the Absolute Free Trade
Bugaboo, and modify their extreme
views to the time-honored conservative
Democratic doctrine of 'a tariff for rev?
enue only.' #
Thanksgiving.
Augusta Chronicle.
The President's proclamation for
thanksgiving is indeed a model docu?
ment of thc kind. It is simple, terse,
comprehensive aud not lacking in the
fervor that makes even dignity benign
and reverential. It should awaken res?
ponsive chords in the souls and hearts
of his countrymen, irrespective of race
and creed and party. The touch of
liumauity iu it makes indeed 'the whole
world kin.'
Let us reflect on the fact that though
commercial depression of a certain kind
has rested upon this country, it has
baeo insignificant, indeed, compared
with the distress af other lands. Here,
if enormous prosperity has not obtained
io all departments of business, fair re?
wards have come to the industrious and
thrifty. This is not the case in many
foreign lands. IJere, too, we have thc
blessings of abundant crops, of peace
within our whole domain, of liberty
obedieut to law, no great staudiug ar?
mies, no social convulsions, no pesti?
lence. Behold how fearfully smitten
and apprehensive and down trodden are
many of thc countries and peoples bo?
yton d the sea
Verily this is a domain of plenty, of
freedom, uf benediction ; and, instead
of com plain tug. there should swell over
all thc lund and fir out into thc lakes
and the oceans and the gulf, a grand
Te Denni of praise and gratitude to the
Giver of all Good who has So smiled
upon and favored u* above all other
uat?o?s.
As an echo of thc President's proc?
lamation, and iu advance of the day
set apart for retutniug thanks to the
Almighty, we have felt it a most pleas?
ing duty to utter these sentiments,
which must rise, like incense, in the
hearts and homes of mon and women,
whether dwelling near the bleak Cana?
dian border or by tbe balmy zone of St.
Augustine, by (he roar of the Atlantic;
or the murmur of the Peaceful Sea.
Without Judge or Jury.
Daily Record.
There are some people io this ?tate
who ?eem to think they have the right
to punish criminals, or persons supposed
I to be ctimtnals, without giving them
the chance of judge or jury. They
seem to forget what the courts are in?
tended for. Some of them are now in
the hands of the law and will find* out
what the courts are intended for befor?
the courts get through with them. It
?3 well that they should, and it is tim?
that an example be made of regulators,
lynchers and outlaws generally. Men,
regardless of caste, creed or sect, must
be made to understand that they will
not be allowed to drag criminals, or
supposed criminals, from the bauds of
the law and unmercifully whip or shoot
them to death. The only way they
can be made to understand this is to
bring them before an intelligent and
impartial jury and let them abide the
consequences. If found guilty let them
serve their sentence out in jail or peni?
tentiary, just like other criminals, for
criminals they surely are when tbey dye
their hands in human blood in defiance
of the taw. To ut*e plain words, there
is nothing brave or noble in masking
op to drag a defenceless maa out under
cover of night and shoot him to death,
or to waylay him on the highway and
beat him with many stripes. It is cruel
dastardly and shockingly revolting.
We have used our columns freely to
prove that there is no such thing as
lawlessness in this State, and think that
we have succeeded in doing so, but will
use them just as freely to condenio
crime from whatever source it may
come. We have firm faith in the jus?
tice of our courts, and write to warn
those who think they ?ave a right to
take the law in their own' hands that
they will be hunted down and severely
punished. There are sorise crimes so
horrible that outraged relatives may
feel justified in bunting the perpetrator
to the death, but we cannot see What
strangers have to do with it. Now let
cs see if we cannot give the courts a
chance to do their duty for awhile, and
it' they fail there will be time enough to
resort to different measures for the pun?
ishment of criminals.
The Runaways.
We have never seen this story in
print. It is attributed to Colonel A.
S. Colyar, of Tennessee, and is illustra?
tive of the force of habit i
A well-to-do old farmer, i? oh? of
thc best counties of Middle Tejr?e?see,
owned a large number of slaves, ?ud
among them one old darkey about his
own age;. nd whom he had known all
his life, io fact, he was one of the 'o?d
family negroes'H^ght. out from Tir
gmia. Old 'Sam' was a:'fa?totb?r>?QC?le
creature, a great favorite with his m'Ss^
ter, and ? sort of privileged character
cn the plantation. The old fellow was
industrious and exemplary in his be?
havior ali the year round, except during
that period dating from the time wheo
roasting ear3 begin' to ripen a ad the
earliest appearance of frost. Sam was
invariably seized at that period with ao
invincible d?sire tb 'run away;' It re
; curred as regularly as a fit of 'hay fever,'
i was as incurable, and like that unpleas?
ant disorder could only b? tr?ated by
change of air and locality. Sam under?
standing this, preferred to take his case
in his own hands and administer the
treatment ia his own discretion. Of
j course, in such a cass, the usual pria*
I isbment inflicted on 'runaway niggers*
j was not to be thought of. Remon?
strance was unavailing. Sam declared,
'He jes' couldn't he^p hissef,' and it
became a settled and understood ar?
rangement that be should go, and that
thc neighborhood should condone his
raids on corn fields and potato patches.
After many such escapades, bis old
master asked him on one occasion, when
the matter was under discussion :
.Sam, do you really enjoy running
away V
''Deed, Marse John,' said Sam, *I
dtyes. li its de m oas' fun io dc wurl.'
Coon nuntin' slot no tfhars to hit.*
'Well, then,' said Marse John, 'just
let me know thc next time you take a
notion to start, and I'll go with you,
and try it awhile myself.'
Sure enough, in due season Sam caine
up, saying:
.Old Mares, de time's mighty, nigh
when I 'bleeged to lite oat. Ef you
guine w?d nie, you better b? g?ttio'
ready, for when de time comes I got to
go quick 1
.Old Maree' kept a bright lookout,
and when Sam started he was do band.
They had a delightful time. They
fished occasionally, caught 'possums,
robbed orchards and watermelon and
potato patches, picked blackberries for
recreation, and hujited the greenesfeand
shadiest nooks of thc forest, ali of which
Sam knew well. 'Old Maree' had
never enjoyed a summer so much; In
fact he was so much pleased that regu?
larly afterward he accompanied Sara
when the latter went into annual retreat.
At length Sam died. The old master
grieved for him sincerely. He was sad
also over the reflection that bis summer
pastime would in future be denied him.
But to the amazement of all his friends
and not le.^s his own, when roasting ear
time came again, the fit seized him as
strong as ever, and he ran away by him?
self.- Southcrh Bivouac.
A snake liar near Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
claims to have killed a snake some days
ago that had just swallowed a hog and
that it was nineteen feet in length and
twenty-eight inches in circumference.
Ile further says he found a United
States buckle and spur in the snake,
which goes to prove that it swallowed a
Union soldier during the war. This
puts Alabama ahead on ihe snake ques?
tion by a large majority*
The planet Venus new sets about an
hour after the sun. Mars rises soon
after midnight, in the constellation
Cancer. Jupiter rises only about two
hours before the suu. So that Saturn,
which fs nearly stationary in thc west?
ern part of Ge m rn i, and rises about half
past nine, is practically tho Only large
planet which is visible in the evening.
You will never see a sadder face than
the face of him who wears the anxious
look of one who has loaned a lead pen?
cil and is momentarily expecting that it
will not bo returned. -Boston Trans?
cript.
William Gilmore Simms.
. In a sketch of this author, Eaj?l H.*
I Hayne, in his article in the Southern'
I Bivouac for October, says :
j . Aa to the last be was full of arden*
j feeling, it is not wonderful that he
j should^ have gathered around him;
through the forces of sympathy an?
genius, a number of ambitious young
men, wno enjoyed his conversation, de?
ferrer! to bis judgment,' ?od regarded!
bfm in literary matters as a guide, phil?
osopher, and friend ?
! With us he could unbend, could dis?'
pense with conventional restraint?;
which" he detested, and be as untram?
meled socially as iut?l?ectu'ally.
? sort of informal club was institut?
ed, of which he was made pr?sident*
Often dur??g th? summer months, when
he resided ?n the city; we met at each'
other's houses, and after discussing a vaaf'
variety of topics would close the eve-*
ning with a petite souper, wh?ch' no man
enjoyed more, within reasonable bounds'
than the creator of the ?hn?sonhi'ca?
.Porgy.? * ? m
Then it was, with a nowt of pnneK:
before him, brewed after th? old Caro-"
lina fashion, in due proportions of 'the
strong, sweet, and sour/ that Simms
shone in his lighter moods, (jf wit;
that bright, keen, rapier-like faculty,;
which too fr?quent ly wounds while it I
flashes, he' possessed, in my opinion/
but little ; yet his ?wnor-bold, bluff/
and masculine-with a touch of sat?r?-.
cal inuendo and sly sarcasm?, was gen?
uine and irrepressible.
Few men have ever comprehended
human nature more thoroughly, and he
could not refrain from caricaturing its*
weaknesses, although there waa never
a drop of venom in his heart.
Simms, too, was somewhat of a6 .
mimic, had an odd kind of histrionic
ability, and could; therefore, give effect
to many a story which per s? may not'
have seemed remarkable. - As to \fii
store of anecdotes historical, traditional;'
?nd social; 'their ?am? was legion.'
? writer in' the November Harper*i
treating of '?h? Defence ?f oat Sea?
ports points out that in nine of our
seaboard cities' alone property valued
of $3,322,00?".0?fr?s exposed to destruct
tion in case of war, because of our tack
of sea-coast defences adequate to cope
with' the navies cf. tho fighting powers.
He sketches the remarkable develop?
ment of ordnance atfd armor since oar
war; stimulated in ?arg? measure !>?J?U.
lesson's, jhutinjybich^we' hsire^SiaSo
part. - The ne w^ngliih guns thro'tfrf
shot of 2000 pot?nds", penetrating Z?
inches of iron at ? distance of a thousand
yards, and bave^ an effective range of sir
miles. The writer urges that immediate'
provision should be made for an estes-,
sive torpedo outfit, for gan* factories
-?apab?e of producing the modern' guns,
amkfpr a general system of coast defence;
at an e^oezditore of ten millions i year
for six or seventy ears. It H announced
that this paper will be followed during
next year in Harper's by fritrrffij^iiX '
of 'The British Navy/ by Sir Edward .
?eed; and by a paper on Krupp's gui
factory, both fully illustrated.
- , y <^ ??????pr ^
. Mr. Grimond, a nurseryman from near
London, was. on a journey of business
in Norfolk, England, exactly a hundred .
and ten years ago; when, riding leis?
urely along the road, he perceived.^
rose of great whiteness iii a mill. : He
alighted,. and on close inspection, dis?
covered it to be a provence rose. He
sought an old lady, who was the inmate
of the mill, and begged ? flower, which
was given to him; for which he present?
ed her, to Kef surprise, with! a gaines.
In cutting off the flower he cat three
buds, which be sent Aat once to his
nursery. Two of the bads grew, and
in the autumn he sent .and bought the .
whole stock for $23. In. three years the
plants, known now as the white prov?
en ce, were sold tor each*. The okj
lady received a present of silver to the
amount ot $300.
Adam Smith was a cattle-dealer, an?
was a very wicked man*. A camp
meeting was in progress in Ms locality;
and among macy others who were con-"
verted were several members of his ram*'
ily. At last he Consented to visit the'
meeting, ?nd during the progress of they
servies che of his daughters came around
to where her father was sitting, and iff
tears she said td him ?
.Father, ? am wedded to th? ?jot?S
'Wedded to who, did yon say, Mar/
Ann V
*Tb? Lord, fatter.* - . ,
.If that's so, tfgosh, thc Smiths hare"
got into a good family at last.'-Pr?t*
zeVs Weekly.
DIDN'T WixT HsS BASS BOXE?.
Mother-?Ella, go to bed, say good*
night to the governess, and give her f
kiss,'
?lla-'No mamma, I don't want to*
give her a kiss,'
'And why n?t V
.Because, when'any one gives her
kiss, she boxes their ears. Ask papa if
she doesn.t.'
'Are you superstitious, roy dear Jj,
said Miss Birdie McGuinnis to anewljf
arrived stranger in Austin, to whonf
she had become engaged. 'Not a bit,
but why do you ask V replied the youthr
.Nothing except you are the thirteenths
gentleman to whom I have been engag?
ed.'-Texas Siftings.
Marriage in high life.-Judger
'John Henry, do you take this woman*
to be your wedded wife.'
Bride : 'So you ask him if hV taken**
mc to bc his wife ? I guess" yon \mijr
better ask roe if I taite him. He'tfT
only an editor, and I've goir$4:T laidf
up.-Texas biftings
A CHIP OFF TKT; OLC' BLOCK.-Mosca*
Scaumburg. was romping with his4
youngest offspring the other day. In:
order to test the child's affection, ho*
asked: 'Shacob. vtch yotfrbve?*m?8t,
nre OT y ?fit rnxrdder V 'I Inls" you?
most by twenty-five per silent. '
Mrs. Bebten?*, who wrote to her
lover, 'I wisclrt I hot wings die mine*
I wot ffie too y?'jcr and skwis you on'
my heart and tell yoffliow I fe? di?*
moment,' evidently speHs by car.
? ?At the utmost,' said? an elo?nem?
j practitioner iu a Louisville police ebnrrt
j 'my client only took a pair of scissors,
j which t now have in my pocket a? CoK
. lateral for my fee.-'