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^ " " """^ ~ ' "3e Jus: and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' .. T3E TEPE SOETBBOK, w^*^;^ ~~~~^ ? f SUMTER, S. P., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1885. .. - New Series-Vol. Y. Xoij?^ 'and Sovikr&n PnUishlng i. per annnoi^jML advance* : ^SfT-iaT?8 S M B X rs. . iaseriioa _$1 00 ; months, or longer will rates- - "'..V ? - irions which subserve private "for ?s advertisements. |tr?Mtfa of respect, scat he s totices and notices of deaths pnb n tracts for advertising Sati?^Swrffowi^ or.apply at \ ?oB 2?. G. OSTEf?N, fc?"^firr?f^?t??fe Manager. j^jpayder 'never varies. A marve! of yi'str^a^h and wholesomeness. More )?iS^^h^:?hf ordinart' k'nds, and can? is, sold, in comjiet'tion with the multitude ^^^ff?r^B?^r^'?Btm? 'or phosphate ie^$S&??rfy incpis. .EOT?L 3AK-; ytmrr& Yov BAYE fe-A A ?ill jp?lSr"V\5 KOW BETSG OTFBRED BT gi J>. OAJCiXt. ^^J^fe^e^J?i?iHbB ?/ o?r s/oc/c crn?Z prices ^^fc^^ir??j^^^?, fyi07*, making ^^^^^i^J^i^?^^- convince & rs .tkf??hfo'.ice'aT* offering ^fe^^^;LINE OF PRINTS, ^^^^spy jackets, ^^^^^S^e^^?and Brown Horaespan, |||p||^^ AND SHEETING ^^^^TW?TW AND COLORED SHTRTS, ^^P#4^EAT&FOR MEN AND BOYS, 3^rife?5 - S 0 3? i. ?IP??^?Vf?A^MADE SHOES' FOR ^^^^^^7,^ac^V6,eata, and .Cfcitdren. ^^^^^I^W^ElTt^i) FANCY ^" ^?i?riM' Goods ^.??: Of Varions Kinds.. jjf?r>Bim> FRUITS. ^?^^J?w?ie^?f^, Cherrie^ north of Monaghan's. ^^^?fey-y ' ' - . " SUMTER, S. C. 'W^m&S CULTURE, iii r'^*-r v ' HIV? . rr ^r^^>*B"B"B""^^ || ^M^pCfiB P3CA N FLOUR ISH ES- W 5 ERE V E R ^^^m^^'^S^^. gxo.ws, and a well ^^^^?flp*-'', Jfcws* yields ?" net ann hat "income of $30...C. Daniel of Crawford, ^^^?^{O^tS?rpis^Oo.???tas a tree that bears ^f^m^B?Ho FIFTEEN bushels of, fine nuts. ^^^^S^-se?Lre?di?y at from'$4 to $5 per bushel, ^^^^Bta^pae?r?eiji?. to bear when six to eight ^^^^^J?t?^ot?l- ~?-vanir.Txow*- selling fine two-year ?%^?^?e?, of tiie-cest and earliest bearing variety, :-^^^a?^?^foUo3i?D^'^tfy iav prices s S^^^feSi^^^iii-i? - jr cents* ^MpisSnir ?.v /?v- .-. . $4.00. ^^^P^?^? y I? rZi?y ?0.00, packing. Trees ready for, ^^^^^^f?tr'-'"': Hartwell Nurseries, r * ^SiS?^0^^80^*83 the Orchard." ^^^^WAi??^jIot?k.^lv^ per- copy, in boards . -^Jp-^?^ ... '.Scad, foi- copy and* be your own |f?fa THE ? NEW DEAL OFFICE OF DUCKER & BULTMAN, DEALERS I2T General Merchandise, SUMTER, S. C. [ lb-*$fi?^^ Town and?oxmty : DEAR FE?E?DS-For the past six years each and every one of you have no doubt heard of the Business House owned and con? ducted hy, DUCKER & B?LTMAN. We now come before you again, and have no hesitation in saying that at least two-thirds of "the inhabitants of this ^Game Cook? 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 - all the newspa? pers in, this. State have been writing about "The New.Beal" which is likely to take place in our political affairs, and we say, right, they are,-to advocate it, provided sufficient reasons can Se given that our present rep? resentatives have not. managed our affairs in the right and pro? per manner. Let this fee as it may, we have neither time nor space" to elwell ?pon 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 represen ta tivesin 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 .th.ey have been trading, is im? posing npo o them by chargibg higb:j .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-earu ed dollar. : Proud'?, yes highly delighted, arc we, tojnform you at this time when every Dody ts advocating a '"New Deal," not one of our friends and customers has jet said in our hearing, "I" am tired trading at DUCKER & BULTMANN, I want a new deal ! and a change. To4 the contrary, weean 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 sellail cf our goods in accordance with the low price of cotton : We have made it a rule, and hope every one -io Sumter County will do I likewise, - -Never Advance Backward, but ?toays go forward, and let tJie 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 pur opinion a very poor idea to tell hts customers that he has, io order- . to sell his stock, advanced pricer back? ward, because it only shows that the stock, was marked too high at first. We never, or hardly ever, sell at cost, for we must live on the profit ; bat tcenover/niark our goods more than will pay us for Itandling them, and unless we have a lot of old" goods, you will never, we hope, hear us cry "Advance r .Backward.*'. We are willing to sell you goods with small. mar gins above" cost, andc thus we are . always^ able to offer iVcic Goods at New Prices, ?nd 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, addi?g to this our low prices and good quality of Good*, we don't hesitate to Bay but what you will contiuue to patronize us ia future as well as you have in the past. To those who have never traded with ws, ice would say-Give us a trial wbeD you are ready to buy, and also ; when you are ready to sell yoor Cotton, for we are in position to pay the highest price?, according to market, and we GUARANTEE FAIR DEALING. Well," Remember that we carry the BEST LINE OF fane] tories M Confsctioiieries IN THIS TOWN, and we also carry a good stock of DOMESTIC QRY GOODS, Shoes, gats and CL:ning, and we have just opened a case of PRINTS which ' we will sell you at 4 cents .per yard, and a casg- of ?. _ ; STANDARD PRINTS wuict? "we will sell you ,, SCENTS^,. These are Choice Goods, and are worth 6p .8.cents. t TheseW REAL BARGAINS, and you should riot fail' to secure some of them. - - ' Mare next time. % .Respectfully, B?CKEB & BULTMAN. ?| * ^- s - CABMSTO??'S GIFT. Ey EUGH CONWAY. Author of "Called Back," "Dark Days,'' %tA Family Affair" etc TAKT THE SECOXD. [TOLD BT RICHARD FENTON, OFFRENCHAY, GLCUCiSTEilSHlES, ESQUIRE.] CHAPTER nt ' The end ofthat wretched night came atlast. When the welcome morning broke If cuni that, a great chango had taken place ont of doors. ?he fierce snowstorm had been tho farewell of tile frost. The heavy rain that ' followed had fiiled the roads with slushy a?dTapidly-thawing snow. I managed to extort som? sort of a breakfast from my host; then, having recompensed him ac? cording to ; my promise, not his deserts, ' started, as soon as I could, on the bara back of my unfortunate steed, for Mid co mba, which place, after my night's expariences, seemed gifted with merits a ot its own. I was surprised upon leaving the house to find it was of larger dimensions than, from the little I saw of it during the night, I had imagined. It wes 'altogether a better class of residence than I had supposed. My surly friend accompanied me until he had placed me on the main road, where I could-make no possible mistake. He was kind enough to promise to assist any one I might send out in getting the dogcart under way. Then, with a hearty:wish; on my part that 1 might never again meet with his. like, we parted. ; I found my wayto Midcome without much trouble; - Itookofiliny things, had a wash, and, like a sensible,: man-for once, -went. to. ".""bed. But I did.-not ? forget to send a boy straight ofll to the nearest telegraph station. My message to Brand was a brief one.;. Ii -.simply said: . i^Tell your friend I have found bis man." This duty done, I dismissed ali peculation as to the result from'my mind, and' settle.- -down to make : up arrears of sleep.". ' . . ' " I was surprised at the reply received that same evening from Brand: "We shall be with you as soon as. wo can get down to? morrow. Meet us at station." From this it was clear that my friend was wanted par tlcuiariy-all the betue.4 I turned .to the iime tabl? and found that, owing to change and delays, they "could not get to C-, the nearest station to Midcombe, until 3 o'clock in tbs afternoon. I mq aired about the crip? pled dog-cart. It had been brought in; sol .left strict instructions that a shaft of some sort was to be rigged in time for me to drive over the next day ?nd meet the doctor and his friend. They came as promised. It was a comfort to see friends of any description, so I gave them a hearty welcome. Carriston , took hold of both my hands and shook them so warmly tba* ? began to fear I had discovered ? ?ong-?oi-t father pf his in my friend. I had almost forgotten the young fellow's, appear? ance, or he looked .a Very di li?rent man to? day from the one ? had seen when last we mett Then he was a wan, pensive, roman? tic, poetical-locking sort pf fellow; now he seemed full of energy, virality and grit. Poor cid'Brand looked as serious as an undertaker : engaged in burying ins own mother. Carriston began io question me, but Brand stopped him. "You promised* I shouldmake mquiries first," he said. Then ho turned to "Loos here, Richard,"-when he ealls rho Riobard I know ne is fearfully, in earnest *4I believe you have brought us down on a foo?s errand; tub let us go. to some, place whore we can talk together for a few, min? utes." I lcd them across the road to tre Railway Inn. We entered a reran, and, having for the sske of appearances ordered a little light refreshment told the waiter to shut the door from the outside. Brand settled down wit? the air of a cross-examioiug counsel : 1 ex? pected to see bim pull out a New Testament and put me on my oath. ""Now, Richard," he said, "before, wo go further I want to know your reasons for thinking this man, about whom y?u tele graphed, is Carrlston's m??iH as you call'. him." ' - "Reasons! Why of course he is the man. Carriston gave me his photograph. Tie likeness is indisputable-leaving the finger joint out of the question." The likeness .is indisputable-leaving the finger-joint out o? the qi'.estio'n. Here Carriston looked at my cross-exam? iner triumphantly. The meaning of that look I have nsver to this hour understood. But 1 laughed because I know old Brand had for once made a mistake, and was going to be called to accounb for it. Carriston was about to speak, but the doctor waved him aside. "Now, Richard, think very carefully. Sou ?peak of the missing finger-joint. We lectors know how many people persuade themselves into all s orts of things. Tell me, lid you notice the likeness before you saw ;bc mutilated finger, or did the fact cf the fingers being mutilated bring the likeness to your mind?" "Bless tho man," I said; "one would think I bad no ey ?s. I tell you tbere is no doubt about tiis man boiarj the original of the photo." "Never, mind-answer my question." "Well, then. l am ashamed to confess it, but I put the photo in my pocket, and for? got ali about it until I had recognize the aian, and pul'cd out-tho likeness to make sure I didn't even know there was a printed description at th-j foot nor that any member was wanting. Confound it, Brand! Fm not such a duffer as you chink." Brtiud did not retaliate- He turned to bis fr?en! and said gravely, "To mc the matter is inaplicable, lake your own cornie, as II remised you should." Then he sac down, - looking deliciously crestfallen, and wearing the di contented expression always natural to him when worsted in argument. lb was now Carrisboa's tum. He pliod me with many questions In fact, I gave him the whole history of my yd venture. "What kind of heui? is it'" he asked. ".Better than a cottage-scarcely a farm? house.- A place. I should think, v,ith a few . miserable acre3 of bad land belonging to it. One of those wretched little holdings which arc simply curses to.the country." He made lots of other inquiries, the pur? port of which I could not then divine He pernod- greatly impressed when I told bim that the man had never for a moment left me alone. He shot a second glance of triumph st Brand, who still kept silent, and looked as if all t?e. wind had been taken out of his sails. "How far is the place?" asked Carriston. "Could you d.riye me there after dark?" At this question, tho doctor returned to life. "What dd ycu mean" td do?" he asked his friend: "Let us have no nonsense. Even now I feel* sure that Feilton is misled by some chance resemblance-?" 'Deuce a bit, old chap," I said. Well, whether or not, we - needn't do foolish things. We must go and swear in? formation and get ar.search warrant and the assistance . of the . pOhce. The; truth is, Richard,'' he continued, turning to me, :"we have.reason to believe, or I should say Car? riston perrists in ttmcjinT, that a friend of hos has xor som? time keen kept in durance by the man whom you say you recognized." ..Likely enough," I said. "He looked villain enough ?or anything up to murder." "Any way,-' said Brand, "wo must da everything according to law." * 'Law ! I want n o iaw, " answered Carris? ton. **I hare found her, as I knew I should find her. I shall simply fetch her, and at once You can come with me or stay here, as you like, doctor, tut I am afraid ? must trouble your friend to drive me somewhere near the place ha speaks of." Foreseeing an adventure and great fun moreover, not; unmoved by thoughts of re? venge-I placed myself entirely at Carris? ton's disposal Ho expressed his gratitude, and suggested that wc should start at once. In a lew minutes we were ready and mounted the dog cart. Brand, after grumb? ling loudly at the whole proceeding, finished up by following us and installing himself in the back seat. Carriston placed a parcel he carried inside the cart, and away wa went. It was now nearly dark etd raining cat? and dogs. I had my lamps ligate i, so we got along without much difficulty. The roads were deep with mud, but by this time the snow bad been pretty nearly washed away from everywhere. I don't maire a mistake in a road twice, so in due course we reached the scene of my upset Here I drew up. ""The house lies about five hundred yards up thc lane," I told Carriston: '-'we had bette-* get out here." "What about the horse?' asked Brand. '.No chance of any one passing this way on such a night as this; so lei us put out the lamp-. and tie kim up somewhere." . We did so; then- struggled on afoot until we saw the gleam of light which had been so welcomed by me two nights before. It was just, about as dark as pitch; but guided by iii) light, we went on until we stood in front cf tho house, where a turf bank and a dry hedge hld i.s from sight, although on such a night we Ind little fear of our presence being dis cove rel ? "What do you " mean to do now?" asked Brand in a discontented whisper. "You can't creak into the house." .. Carriston said nothing for a minute; then I felt bin place his hand on my shoulder. "Are ti:c-e any horses; any cows about the piece?" he asked. I told him I thought that my surly friend . rejoiced ia the possession cf a horse and a cow. "Very we"L Then wo must wait. He'll come cut to s .xe them before h3 goes to bed," said Carriston, as decidedly as a general giving orders just 1 eiore a battle. leonid no5 see how Brand expressed his feelings up:>n hearing this order from CT: "commander. I know I shrugged my shoulders and if I said nothing I thought a deal Tho press?t situation was ail very well for a strongly-.nterested party like Carriston, but he could scarcely expect ethers to relish tho prospect of waiting, it might be for hours, under that comfortless hedge. We v. ere all wet to the skin, and al? though ? was extremely anxious to see the end of the exrodiiiou, ard find poetical jus? tice motel out to my la^o hos*", Carriston's Fabian tactics lacked the excitement I longed for. Brand, in spite cf his disap? proval of the whole course of o dion, was ' better off than I was. As a doetor, he must have felt sure that, provided he could sur? vive the exposure, ho would secure two fvesh patients. However, wo mado no pro? test, but waited for events to develop them CHAPTER IV. More"than half an hon ? went by. I was growing numbed an 1 tired, a il beginning to think that we were making ?saes o? our? selves, when I hoard the rattle of a chain, and felt Carriston ?ive my arm a warning touch. No doubt my late host had. made sure that his new door-fastenings were equal to a stronger test than that to which I had subjected the fermer cues; so we were wise tn net attempting to curry his castle by force. The door opened and closed again. I saw Eke feeble glimmer cf a lantern moving towards the outhous3 in which my horse had been stabled. I heard a slight rustling in the hedge, and. stretching out mv arm, found that Carriston had left my side. In the absense of cay command from bim I did cot follow, but resumed the cid occupation -waiting. In a few minutes the light of tho lantern reappeared; the bearer stood cn the thresh? old of the door, while I wondered what Car? riston was doing. Just as the door was aponed for the boor's readmittance, a dark figure sprang upon him. I heard a fierce oath and cry pf surprise; then the. lantern : flew out of the man's hand, and he and his assailant tumbled struggling through the narrow doorway. ."HurrahI the door is won, anyway!" I shouted, as, followed closely by the doctor, I jumped over the hedge and rushed to the scene of the fray. Although Carriston's well conceived ab "tcck was so vigorous and unexpected that Eke"man went down under it; although our ?leader had utilized the advantage ho had gained in a proper and laudable manner, by bjimping that thick ballet head as violeutly os he could against the fl?gs on which it lay I doubt if, after all, he could have done his work alone. The countryman was a muscular brute, and Carriston but a strip? ling. However, our arrival speedily settled the question. "Bind bur i" panted Carriston; 'there is cord in my pocket." He. appeared to have come quit3 prepared fer contingencies. While Carrieton still embraced his pros? trate roe, and Brand, to facilitate matters, knelt on his shoulder**, sat on hi3 bead, or did something eke useful, I drew ont from the first pocket I trie 1 a nice length of half inch line, and Lad ibo immense satisfaction cf taus: ing up my scowling friend ia a most workmanlike manner. He must have felt those tums cn his wrists, for days after? wards. Yet when we were at last at liberty to rise and leave him lying helpless on his kitchen fleer, I consider I exercised great self-denial in not bestowing a few kicks upon him, as he swore at us in his broadest vernacular in a way which, under the cir? cumstances, was no doubt a great comfort to him. We scarcely noticed the man's wife while we rendered her husband hclplcs?. As wo entered she attempted io fly out, but Brand, with a promptitude which I am glad to rc c rd, intercepted ber, closed the doer, turned and pocketed the key. After that tho woman sat on the floor and rocked her? self to and fro. For some moment?, while recovering his breath, Carriston stool and positively glared at bis prostrate foe. At last ho found words; .'Where is she? "Where is tho ker, you hound-" he thundered out, stooping over the fellow, and shaking hun willi a violence which did my heart .good. As be received ho ans-.vers save thc unrecordable expres? sions above mentioned, wo unbuttoned the wretch's pockets, and searched tkc^se greasy receptacles. Among the usual litter wo d:d certainly find a key. Carriston snatched at it, and shouting, "Madeline! Madeline! I come!" rushed out of tho room like a maniac, leaving Brand and me to keep guard ever our prisoners. I fillcd a pice, lit it, and. then came lack j to my faldea icc "I say, cid chap," I said, stirring bim gently with tho toe of tay toot, '-ibis will bo , a lesson to you. Pweme.nbcr, I told you that jj civility costs nothing. If you had given mo ? , Christian .ced accommodation instead of j making me wear out my poor bones on that j infernal chair, you could have jogged along j . m your rascality quite comfortably, so tar as I am concerned." t j ( He was very ungrateful-so much so that j j my desire to kick.,him was intensified. I j j should not like to swear. I did not to a ? . slight degree yield to the temptation. j ? "Push a handkerchief in his month," cried ' j Brand, suddenly. "A lady is coming." With right good will I .did as the doctor \: t suggested. j ? Just then Carriston returned. ? don't want !"j to raise home tempests, yet I must say he was 1 accompanied by the most beautiful1 creature J ^ my eyes have ever lighted upon. True, sha ( j was pale as a lily-looked thin and delicate,' : ' and her face bore traces of aneri .ty and sui" fering, butler all that she was beautiful-- ^ too beautiful for this world, I thought, as J ( looked at her. She was clinging in a half? frightened, half-confiding way- to Carrawa, * pjf-d he-happy fellow'-regardiez of our presence, was showering down kisses on her sweet pale face. Confound it! I grow quite romantic as I recall the sight of those lovers. . A moat curious young man, that Carris? ton! He came to us, the lovely girl on his arm, without showing a trace of his recent . excitement. Carriston came to tts tcith the lovely gir. on his arm. "Let us go now," he said, as calmly as if he had been taking a quise evenins drive.. Then he turned to mo. "Do you think. Mr. Fenton, you could ' without mucb trouble get the dogcart' up to the houser I said I would try to do so. "But what about tb coo peoplef asked Brand. Carriston gave them a contemptuous glance. "Leave them alone,1' ha said. "They are but the tools of another-him I cannot touch. Lei us go.'r "Yes, yes. But why not Verify your sus? picions while you canr Just like Bran 1 ! He's always wanting to verify everything. In searching for the key we had found some papers on our prisoner. Brand exam? ined them, and handed to Carriston an en? velops which contained what looked like banknotes. Carriston glanced at it. "Tho handwrit? ing is, cf course, disguised," ho said, care? lessly, "but the postmark shows whence it came. It is as I always told you. You agree with mo now?" "I am afraid I must," said Brand, hnmbly. "But we must do something about this man," be continued. Hereupon Carriston turned to cur prisoner. "Listen, you villain," he said. "I wfll let you go scot-freo if you breaths no word of this to your employer for the next fortnight If he learns from you what has happened before thai, time, I swear you shall jro to penal servitudo. "Which do you cheose?" I pulled out the gag, and it is needless to say which the fallow chose. Then I went ofT, and recovered the horse and cart. I relighted the lamp*, and with some difficulty got tap dogcart up to the house. Carrieton must have exactly antici? pated the events o? tbs night. Tho pureel he bad brought with him contained a bonnet and a thick, warm cloth cloak. His beauti? ful friend was equipped with those; then leaving the woman of the house to untie her husband at ber leisure ani pleasure, away we started; tho doctor si: ting by me; Car? riston and tho lady behind. - We just nisnagod to catch the last train from C-. Not feeling sure as to what form inquiries might take to-morrow, I thought ic better to go op to town with my friends, so, as we passed through Midcombe, I stepped, paid my bill, and gave instruc? tions fer my luggage to be forwarded to me. By 0 o'clock the next morning we were ali? bi London. _-_ KR, TS CONCLUSION. When I asked Dick Fenton to relate his experiences I did not mean him to do so at. such length. Eut there, a? he has written Lt, and as writing is not a labor of lovo with bim, let it go. When Madeline Rowan found the bed, by the side of which t-he had thrown herself in an ecstasy.of grief, untenanted, she knew in a moment that she was the victim of a deep laid plot. Being ignorant of . Carriston's true po ition in the world, she could conceive no reason for thc elaborate scheme which hal been devised to lure ker so many miles from her berne,- and make a prisoner of her. A prisoner she wa?. Not only was the door locked upon her, but a slip of paper lay on the bed. it bore these words: "No barra is meant you, and in due time you will b* released. Ask no questions, make no foolish attempts at escape, t(nd you will be weil treated." v Upon reading this the girl's first thought was one of thankfulness. She saw at once that the reported accident to her lover was but an mveaticn. The probabilities were that Carriston was alive, an 1 in bis usual health. Now that she felt certain of this, she could bear any thing. From thc day oa which she entered that room to that^bn which we rescued har Mad? eline was bo all intents an i purposes as close a prisoner in that lonely house on tLe hill-, side as sbo might have been in the deepest dungeon in the world. Threat*, entreaties, promises of bribes availed nothing. She was not unkindly treated-that i*, suffered ao absolute fil-usage'. Bocks, materials for nccdicwork and other l'ttlo aids to while away time wero supplied. Eut the only Living creatures she saw were tho woman of the house, who attended to her wants, and, on one or two occasion?, the man whom Car? riston asserted he had seen in his trance. She bcd suffered from th? close confinement, but had always felt certain that sooner cr Later ber lover wculd find ber, and off .ct her deliverance. Now that she knew ho was alive she could not bc unhappy. I did not choose to ask her why she had Celt so certain on the above points. I wished to add no more puzzles to the one whicb, tc tell the truth,, exercised, even "annoyed, ms more than 1 care t~> ?ay. But I d:d ask her if, during her incarceration, ber jailer bad sver la d his hand up:n h. ir. She t -ld mc :kat so ne i-b'jrl time af cor her arxltr.l ti -trarider ba i ga.'nei admittance io the house. Wim? ?c the mai. bad entero:! her room, hell bor arm, and threatened har with violence ii she made any ou- cry. After bear big this i did net pursue L:?O subject. Carriston and Madeline wero married ai hha earliest possible moment, and loft Eng? land immediately after the cere-hen;'. A week after their depar.urc, by Carristoa's request, I forwarded t'.-c envelope found anon our prisoner io Mr. Ra":pb Carri: ton. With it I sent a few bues s'a?ing where and under what peculiar eire unis'a", ces wc bad become pestcsstd cf ir. ? Lever received I any reply to my ccmm??icalion, so, wild | and improbable ns it seem?, I am bound to j bebeve that Charles Carrlston's surmise was rigbt-that Madeline was decoyed away and I concealed, not from any ill-will towards ber- | s*;!f, but with a view to *be possible baneful .<ei:t which ber myst eneas disappearance might work upon her.lover's strange vW? excitable organization; and I firmly beiievi that bad he not in some inexplicable wsj been iirnilv convinced-that sbo was alive and j ?iihfu? toi bim the plot would have been a JibrdugK r-u-cess, and C?ar?.*s Cnrriston ?could have spent ibo rest of Lin Tay* ia ?J isylum. Both Sir Charles-be sucre^drl to h's tille ; ?hort'.y after his marriage-and Lady Car- ; 'ist- ii are now dead, or I should n it have reritnred to relate those thing* concerning bern. They h id twelve years of happiness; [? measured cy time tho period was but a hort one: but I feel sure that; ia it they en- ; pyed more true happiness than many others , ind in tho course of a protracted life. Ia ; yord, "thought and dood they wore as oe?. . ?bo died, ia Rome; of fever, and her bus- j ?md, without, so far as I know, any par- ; icular complaint, simply followed her. I 1 wa?: always honored witb their sincerest riendsbip, and Sir Charles left mo sole tras- ( ee and guardian to his three sons; so there ! 1 ire now plenty of Jives between Ralph Car- ! I iston and Ins desire. I am pleased to say ; | ?hat tho boys, who are as dear to rae a3 my ', >wn children, as yet show no evidence of ? )cssessing any gjfj^ beyond Nature, 1< 1 know that my Laving made this story I public will cause two sers cf objectors to fall equally foul- of me-tho matter-of-fact ! prosaic who will say that the abduction and j subsequent imprisonment of Madeline Rowan j was an absurd impossibility, and the telen? tifie mau, like myself, who cannot, dare not believe that C-iarles Carriston, from neither" memory nor imagination, could draw a face, and describe peculiarities, by which a certain man coold be identified. I am far from saying there may not be a simp e natural explanation' of th? pra*?, but I, for one, have failed to fiad it, so close this tale as I began it by saying ! am a narra cor, and : othing more. .... THU E:;D. What Our JBditors Say. County Courts and Punishments. Clarendon Enterprise. ft is a fact too patent to be denied that the trial justice system in this State is a failure, and in .place of this system there seems to be a desire to substitute county courts. The last report of the Grand Jury recommended this change ; a demand for such a chao ge is making in ali parts of the State ; and that such a cbauge should be made seems desira? ble. A feasible plan seems to be that tlietrial justice system be wholly abolish? ed, aud that a county court be estab? lished at every court house, to sit say twice a mouth, and to coutiuue in session until all business before it is disposed of. The power and jurisdiction of such a court ought to be greater than the trial justice courts, and by having thecourtto meet so ofteu, no one, in cases where it would be necessary to be confined in jail, would be debarred a speedy hearing. We hope our legisla? tors-will, a^the next session of the leg? islature, give this subject their careful attention. If, however, such a change should be made, let the county judge be a man of integrity, expefieuc?, and ability, to hold his office for not less than four years, and independent of the caprices of politicians. Another reconnu e od ation; ' that per? sons convicted of petit offences be made, to work, concurs heartily" with-our views. Let a law be passed giving coanties and towns the right to ornament *jail birds* with ball and ?hain, and to put them at such work as may be deemed proper and profitable'. In this way the county would be benefitted, while the State would be saved'the expense of a crowded penitentiary. Such a punish? ment as this would be the best in a great many casos. These two changes we hope will be made at an early day-at the next ses? sion of the Legislature if possible. Carolina Spxrtan. The prohibition question is the all agitating one in Atlanta. The people are thoroughly aroused as to the result, ofek^omiog election. The most-prom? inent met? of Jtbe cit^^re- arrayed on b^h^?^^//^0Waud the fight is growing more interesting day by day. Sam Jones, the revivalist, "with his gos-' pel teut, is working for prohibition ; Senator Colquitt, Emory Speer, Ben Hill and a number of other prominent men are championing the prohibition cause, aud will use every effort in their power to make it a successful issue. Greenville Fews. . . About the most absurd performance we know of is the periodical destruction of.the monument to Major Andre peri? odically erected by Cyrus Field at Tap pan, ?ew York. Major Andre was a brave and brilliant young officer who risked his life OD a fearful hazard and lost it a hundred years ago. Washing? ton, who hanged him under thc rules of war, mourned for him and eulogized his character and courage. In recognition of his qualities and in token of a brave people's respect for a brave man's mem? ory. Mr. Field has choseu to use a few of hismany million? of dollars to erecta very handsome monument; and some abject fool sneaks around at night and destroys it with dynamite iu the name of patriotism. Hiel's Execution. Ntw York Sari, ?ltfi.. . Louis David Kiel was hanged at Re? gina, Northwest Territory, at twenty three minutes past 8 o'clock yesterday morning, lie met his faic like a stout? hearted man, speaking calmly and gen? tly to those about him at- the extreme, moment, and. manifesting neither bra? vado nor desire to pose as a martyr. He was informed at 9 o'clock on Sun? day eveuing that tue special messenger, bearing his death warrant had arrived, and he manifested relief at- the an-, nouneemcnt. Ile spent almost the en? tire night iu prayer. Wbeu summoned to the scaffold his step was firm and his features were composed, lie spoke fre? quently to the Sheriff and the priest wi.h occasionalSy a quaint picturesque? ness of expression, breaking into Freuch when his feelings were most stirred. It was feared that an attempt at rescue might bc made, and pickets were posted as Tar away as a mile from the barracks where the execution took place. But up to thc laid moment bis friends ap? parently entertained hopes of a reprieve, and the news ot his death, though it was known long before that the warrant of execution was ou thc way, seems to have come to tho French people of the Dominion like an unexpected shock. The excitement; especially in the prov? ince of Quebec, is intense, but has so far led to DO breach of ibo peace. Carolina Spartan. Judge Hudson bas no cotton string, as Sam Jones would say, running down bis back. Ilehas a tu?erab?y stiff spi? nal column and be is not afraid to h obi it ncrpecdicotar. This ty-', ii rec men, SOSMC ob I hom' prominent citizens, were arrested for the murdin- of Cul brea th ir: ?d"oficld Tliey were crowded into the county jail. Quite an array of lawyers, amongst them the Lieutenant Governor and United States Senator, appeared? before the Judge in Columbia for bail.. ; After considering, thc matter he refused, it. They were charged with- murder und there was a pretty fair case a'gainst them. Then his charge to,., the* grand jury showed that he was no respecter o?/ persons when brought before him' .titider j i grave indictment. They rctii ned. : true bills against thirty-one of the'ac- j I ?used. Their counsel asked for-time; o j : make their pleadings and Wednesday is 'j t ie day fixed. No. ou? bel?ev?s that ] there will bea verdict of guilty,, and,u y fe if i t.is. positively ?proven that certain ' jnes did thc- killrug thc, jury will. be ' forced to cou viet, if all are acquitted the trial will have pood result?. If people are to be arraigned for murder when they join a mob to kill a fellow mau, they will gc about ibis business more cautiously. When they know this they will think twice before they act. Judge Hudson bas proved him? self worthy the high office he bolds. . The Pair in Columbia. . Abbeville Press and Bannet. There was an immense gathering of people from all parts of the State in Columbia last week; For many rea? sons, thc people have canse to be proud of the exhibit, and Columbia should feel proud of having so many visitors with? in her gates. No doubt this gathering was both profitableand pleasant to great numbers of visitors, as well as a finan? cial success to the hotel keepers and many other business houses. But there is another side to this pic* tore. In the first place, we believe that a large amount of money was ap? propriated from the public treasury to make this Fair a success and to make it advantageous to the individual citizen. Have thelman agers of, the^ Fair been true to,their trusts : This is a question which we cannot-answer", but of one thing we are quite sure, that their in? tention to do well is not to be.doubted. Assuming that ?:he managers of the Fair and the dispensers of our money are not like jurors, above the criticism of [ the press, we hope that we may be ex? cused'for a remark or two, which will be based chiefly upon reports as publish? ed by the Register. Wc know cot h'mg of the Fair of our' own knowledge. Jn the'next place, we believe that the Fair-managers licensed all sorts of gam? bling, or other snares into which the unwary countryman might be caught and fleeced of his money. Intoxica? ting liquors were to be found ever pre? sent as a temptation to the hungry, .tired visitor, and as a coosequnce, many good men4 and many others not quite so good, conducted- themselves in* such a way as to bring remorse and shame, upon themselves;-one man's remorse being so great that he threw himself on the the railroad track and was killed by the passing train. lu the next place the city was full of policemen on watch, and those vi&itois who had fallen victims to the mean whiskey, the sale of which the city had authorized, or when a stranger was caught gambling without a license, all these people were taken before^^ Mayor, where le extracted, fJ? benefit of the city, from the pocM these unfortunate J?nitoT th^ hM penalties, aa? ?oal^D KJ pitalrry'of the eily, the Keg^K^ a joke of the whole affair, and pubHsWM the names of-some'of the poor crea? tures who had fallen victims to the snares which the city had authorized to be set up, and to catch whom the city had hired a host of policemen. In the next place, a large proportion , of our people object to horse-racing. We confess that we have not the slight? est objection to the trial of the animal's speed, and we.are not able to see any harm in a horse race of itself. Bat in ; deference to the sensibilities of others, and hecause ev?s oh. of ten,follow cu a . consequence, we think the racing might well be discontinued or else th e appropria? tion from the State treasury should be withheld. -... To read our exchanges, it would seem that the gathering at Columbia was as much of a grand gambler'sre*tthion\ as it was of a Fair for the promotion of .the mechanical and agricultural interests of the State. We have been a steadfast supporter ; of the State Fair, but there is- a limit beyond which wo cannot go. When the regokr authorized and countenance ? ed gambling .takes a very prominent ? part in tho. program me, and which must prevent many of -the purest and best people of the State from attending, we most pretest . If the accounts.we bear '. of the Fair give a correct account of the doings and happening at Col umida last week, theo we think it was no credit to the good people of the State. The Great Fires of History. New York World. ?. New York has had its share of the]: great fires of .history. As far back asi 1741 there was i. conflagration which was traced to incendiaries, and seven , persons were banged. In 1776 fire de? stroyed 493 houses in Broadway, laying an eighth of the city in ashes. Two years later flames which started on an East Uiver wharf destroyed 300 build- 1 iogs. In December, . 1804, forty ware- ; houses in Wall and; Front streets were burned. The conflagration of 1S35 dc- i stroyed the business portion of the city ? cast of Broadway aud north Of Wall street. Six hundred and forty-eight 1 lar^c warehouses were burned, and the loss was estimated- at #18.000,000. In July 1845, thc same district was vUitcd ' by another Are, attended with a luss of $?.000,000. In 1S48, 5?0 houses in 1 Brooklyn were destroyed by fire. [ " "V Sari Francisco was destroyed by fire i about twice a year regularly from the J time of . thc discovery of gold tn 1849 ? till 1852, owing to the crowded condi- 5 rion of the woodeu houses. Columbia^' the capital of South/Carolina, was^burn? ing w he T? Sherman entered st on Feb mary 17, 1365, and very little was. 1 save-J. Richmond was fired when the'. Confederates evacuated it in April, 18?5, and the entire business portion of J the city was burned. Charioton, S C.. was reduced to ashes in 1861 by aa incidental fire, and in 1805 lhere was.a [{ Ere followed by an .exp! sion of a war ' powder mags*ziue, and two hundred per- 1 sous were, killed. ' fortland. Me., was half destroyed 'on rTuly 4, 18CJ. by a fire which started from thc espkteion of [ a fire-cracker, t: ... The. most; destructive conflagration 1 which ever occurnd in the United i States was. Hiat of Chicago. October 8 ? and 10, 1871. ft broke out itf'Vshed '* near the lumber yards io the southwest 1 part of the city. The legendas that J Mrs. O'leary's cow kicked over a lamp 3 when young people went out to milk her ? * at night'in order to make an oysterj Btew. The conflagration swept- overj - 2,100 acre:*, destroy-wi 17,450 buildings ' < and 98.500 persona were made horne-j f less Two hundred people were huroed~* or k Uef' bv falling h ailding8. The loss '< was ?198,000,000.' v / '9 ' Boston was in 1872 visitedkby a coa- ;* flagraiion second tn exteot'on?y tft^^^^ cago. It began November 9'.kud'yt?9^l^P Nove.aiber_ 11. _ ^Y?niy^'d^i^W?^^ barned over, ?od 80(M>aHJw?sSaAn?y?^ff^ ed. The va lae of .the property .b?f?f?^M was ?80,01 0;?Q0., _F%eo .lives~wi|? lost. It is said toJ?aye keen st?e^^?:' ? a bod-carrier droppicga coal fr?w:'imly~;? pipe. London; Par?; Y?^?o^'QfMU?^^ : ^ tinople, MwcowvCopeoliegeii:^^ tbage, Bagdad and;.5iir?fefer?^^i^^^ been licked up bj.flames iniheit ??K^? ? Auguda Chronicle. \ ? % -ft Race animosities and lust of deann- ; ion lie at the basis of the Balkan trouble. It may be too that Russia and >??s?i?J' are behind thc : ?mrl^ ^p??^^^^^ ^ strings that compel Senria and 5*1?* ria .to enter the-dance of death. provine?? of Rou mol ia.jj*^^^?j^f??^ discord,, and th?' Servian l^m^haa;*^^^ causeT;of Bul^rit?'^gi^sibt?;"'^^^ voluntarily br"frhirp'Vi rf 1>J\i i"g'ililjiil^j power, been: compelledT.by Wv^^f^^? bead an army aud, begin ^(?>iW|r?'.^Sj^^ Servians demand the maintenance bfihw ? treaty of ?ertro.;" ?^?\^?^yfl^S&^ backed" by^;B?ssi?; %as beV d?^ce^t?^ keep tb?^ompactr?^ejeaee:::^ Turkey cannot wei! remain ??3l?i^?K^g Greece, Servia, and Bdgarb. are-j|pc>l^^0 grant combat so close at f?^d?^^o^?fe^ Turkey shall enter th'e'&t?^?^^^?^ will Russia, - Austria.,, Ge^o^y^^adi^l England, one or. all* keep ?nfct ^r^SSf A writer in the New YQZ? Time?fL* ; plaios wt?y Servia is' tim ?ant. :'*8?m^?'? be says, *onee helped t?'irm fdr Balga- ||g ria her partial freedom, beside?earo?j^v^ at great cost of blood an4;trea?u^Kh?r'??p owiu-: The treaty o? San^eJ^n^^^^ to Ser via liberal compensations^ in ter^-i tory, iDclod?Dg a- cerner ofa?^?nrJi^^ around the?towoi - of"rWid3ifc ? ^^|S treaty of Berlin tookaway. this, a* ?eE: t as other territorial wuc^i^'j^^a^^i and the country submitted. NOJWV-SW' i secs suddenly created on 1iefT- f^i?S^f^^ powerfuPBaf?garia^ ju/de^efl^d?i^ same treaty, while the signatory power* ; 1 are apparently engaged io shifttn^i^^ and shuffling pretences to breaS Up ?he'S new union, though really cemenrrng^it. /y Unless there be 4 sudden ^?heWfc?? Se rv ian-Bulga r?an hostilities, -t^fW?^p as well as:race prejudices will b**ro?iW M ed,, and the onset of...Torfe andj?^jf?^ would.probably widen' tl)e:'cpn^ct''?^??^ to e^^race^^e^^^a^l^je^^^^^j^J policy the secret motive ses? and regulate the 'sb I THiejnask will fall ftom Mm.? money-lenders presently.;. Pendkjgi' event it is all more or less guess. T" ij?\. J. jik Dargan/the lina delegate to the Chicago: Trade Gouvention, passed; ~ the. city to-day.r -He- -was r^???i m enthusiastic reception at Gbicago>.i be gires a glowing accoan4*^o??" worfcef ^he- e?nVent?on; ^?^?^ 1 that the organization pe Chicago wilt do a great ?eaf^ope?^|^ cate ber people onthe qne8twSr?> tariff and;, free tM^m^S^i invited7to *peak :in Northern ami . Western States trade ami. has, aecejMLC|d.-st|e^^^p ti.ons. Ile i8!xanreloqu?nt J speaker. Ile ana* Cant. ^ett"Tii of EdgeSeld; are themost young-men in the Staten they believe! anything -:they< ?W?Pfe^^^ with a vigor an? earnestness 4iiaj^^r3t^ have uo difficulty in makuig Vc?vert? S to any cause they . advocate.- ;. are Doth .d?l?^'ibrn&^-^lii^^ ted by the highe^t?riotiyes 'f ~ ism. Neither <of, them Ji< and neither desires poHticat^^ tion that does" not come'n^a^?^^ Columbia. Corresponded 'bf:"&*?g| gusta ChronicU^^ -cy zvf-^~^^B J. C. CaUionH. - o m The Charleston 7 cofres?^f?n^ cfc^si the Augusta Chromc&ym^ Ca?lioun mpnameljt soon & feejweip^ ted-in Charleston says ?\. ' ?he beautiful Sut run^written/b|o^ ^ rapliy of* Caltioaii stul ' stanch ??e strung harp waiting-icc theP master,' ^ musicianVtouclk ? J^*tiieie!v??is^^^ human hand divine enough to.?w?ep^ the. diapason, of :its.mi^yJ""|oiHM|^^ Five hundred years fromr"howt*''^fa?n^^ Webster's dream is a realii^ew||^^ Lhere is no North nor South nor^ Swt;-iM nor Wost ; .when a b:Uion^.of.^in^ beings tcem.on.thwcontfi^ui between^'^|| Lhe two oceans ; when ^railB& ' ?^?g vertisc" schedules t)f ^ne'baft&^ ig? miles an "hour ; w?ien the conscience. anti cupidity'-otclhemoaey :\e^der arc?^ satisfied w?lh ^hree^per. cent^ ajij^^^| people of all-.tiie sections, stah^^^^ Lh? white 'light of a pejj?eci ^?aSu;y ^ shall cease to seic eacTi Ol^pr-^t?fe^^ * ^las8 dark*jvtKc*i*Mi^ ?r?irio^ni?p^ar^c^ :^,d^e^^^f^ day, and before the^r^^.jkis^ ority and precedei?ce the na??cs ot :^ Clay and W^ster^' B^^tW^ami^ Bismarck aud G?adst??i? wi1ltr?^pal?>^ md tremble and melt away*.'' Ik?iwwr^^ America'H- mightiest stalesman^Ji?^^ v forever;atid forever. 9%***&?^ , .--psi WssSSM