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Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. TSE TRUE SOUTHROX, Established' Jttrej" Aus. 2, ISSI.! SUMTER, 'S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885. Ketv Seri?is-Yoi. V. $&< U. ^^^^^^?ft? . a?<Z Southron PidAishing ^P^S^^IWrars ' per annum-io advance. ^^^^S^n?^, first insertion--.,..-_$1 00 ||pB?j?8^-U 50 B|||p|!!& or longer will j ^i?htrm^k?e ?t^r%d^ce<? rates. . private j ^^?tBcest? -willOe-charged for ai ad vertisemen ts. ^fe^^d?qfes and" tributes of respect will be ^^.^?xr?age notices and notices of deaths pub ^^^crjob^ work or con tracts for advertising ^^?t?Mri?^?Rrfe??a? <a*d Soet?ron, or apply at N^GL OSTEEN, ^HIK lil" Ilil^Iuteiy Pure. ^^^^BES^^m?^ ;;never varies. A marvel of ^^^ffB^^^a?atg^?. aad wholesomeness, .?ore ^^Bc?i^jia?eftVtb^ the ordinary kinds, and can ^^^^Ibe^t?^ ro'cbioipet?t?oa with the multitude ^^ic?^^^l^ siwt we^htj'alum or phosphate mg&t?&&:}iiS^^?'-io^:;: ROTAL BAK ?S? TRADE |j ~: TJXTIL YOU HAVE ^ ' . ^ - --Ki- . feCf?n?ral Merchandise .ST-J. " NOW BEING .OFFERED BY ? ^$&?t?min and prices cask buyers*:he/ore making lill?iV-: '^<*r purchases tcUL convince ~ v " :.i??2?.iiai ice ?re offering BARGAINS. /. . ' ' *. . ? ? A iVICE LINE OF PRINTS, S? fe . Latest Styles, Very Low. I ^fersery Jackets, ^^S^rz??Tseis and Hosiery .4'-..'' ; - ? 1 ? ?-BI?acBed1 and Brown Homespun, ?: j FlXtOW CASESG A?TB SHEETEfG ??%VY. " I^er^t Grades?all Low Down. ? - v?k??^a?<?"?ents, Gloves, ^-t?E??TS7 SCARFS, \ ; : % JiranP? A2?) COLORED SHIRTS, C L O THING, ; ? . _- A fall line Ia the Latest Styles US?AND' SHOES, I :A [Large Assortment of life HATS FOR ?EN AND BOYS, i^?B 'mOTr-MABE SHOES FOR Ladies, Gents and Children. ??Trv ~ ': ---or GROCERIES. ^&&%?L JATSWOF, HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES; AND ^ r^aiiiied Goods Of.Varions Kinds. . sv.'-c. - .* . ^ I DRIED FRUITS. . , Peaches. Apnles. Cherries, &c. _^3-f'v- - -:-!-: Gi*e aie a call, next door north of Monaghan's. : J. B. CARR, SUMTER,, S. C. CULTURE, \ TOSS PECAS FLOURISHES WHEREVER -JL '?fl& HICKORY, grows, And a well vv^lfrowo tree yields a net annual income of $2M?$50l Hr. A. C. Daniel of Crawford, 43an.(Oglethorpe Co ) bas a tree t?at bears : froflr TSNto FIFTEEN bnsbels of fine nats, i-. They^feil rea??ly at from $4 to $5 per bosbel. . The te?es begia to bear when six to eight years old. f am now gelling fine two-year tree*, of tbe.best and earliest bearing variety, . at the following very low prices : ' J5acb. 50 cents . - Per Dozen $ i.?O - Per Fifty lO.aO PerHondred :- 15.00 Nocharge for packing. Trees ready for shipmen t November 1st. S. W; PEEK, Proprietor, .;f':^"" ' " Hartwell Nurseries. ? ...... Hartwell, Ga. ^A?nWr-af "The Nursery and tbeOrcbard." , Price tn eiotfe $1.25 per copy, in boards j <p.00. And ior copy and be yo?r owe ? NorJeryaaa._j aTOHN R. KEELS, ! ? Attorney at Law, ^ jirlli pracfice in. adjoining ; a specialty. pm I THE NEW DEAL . - ?? o OFFICE OF DUCKER & B?LTMAI DSALKKS IN General Merchandise, SUMTER* S. C. -:-o To the People of Sumter T< and County: DEAR FRIENDS-For the i six years each and every on< you have no doubt heard of Business House owned and c ducted by DUCKER & BULTM We DOW come before j again, and have no hesitatibi saying that at least two-thi of the inhabitants of this 'Ga Cock' County have had so business transaction, be it e1 so small, or be it large, with i above named firm, during tb six years. Again, for the 1 three months all the news] pers in this State have be writing about uThe New'De which is likely to take place our political affairs, and we s: right, they are, to advocate provided sufficient reasons c be given that our present ri resentatives have not manag our affairs in the right and pi per manner. Let LUIS be as It may, we have neit! time nor space to ?well upon politi affairs at present Should you desir change you can assert your rights wi election time comes. Not only have I people a right to change their represen lives in the legislative balls, but tb also have a right to change the plat where they have "been trading in p years, when they find that the man w whom they have been trading is" i posing upon them by charging hi prices for inferior goods ; aod at tl very time when the so-called "'Kiri Cotton is low in price, it is every on duty to get full value for his hard-eat ed dollar. i Proud, yes highly delighted, arc n to inform you at this time when ever body is advocating a "New Deal," E one of our friends and customers h yet said in our hearing, **I am tin trading at DUCKER & BULT M AN' I want a new deal and a change. ' the contrary, we can safely tell you o1 business is increasing day after day, ai whilst times are hard we are now, well as in the past, ready and willing sell all of our goods in. accordance tel the loto price of cotton. We have made it a rule, aod boj every one in Sumter County will c likewise, Never Advance Backwan but always go forward, and let the pa take care of itself . For instance, if merchant buys a stock of goods an keeps them in store say thirty days, is, in our opinion a very poor idea t tell his customers that be has, in orde .to seil his stock, advanced prices bacli ward, because it only shows tnat th stock was marked too high at first We never, or hardly ever, sell at cost for we must live-on the profits; bu we never mark our goods inore than wu pay tes for handling them, and unies we have a lot of old goods, you wi] never, we hope, hear us cry ** Ad vane Backward." We are willing to sci you goods with small margins abov cost, and thus we are always able ti offer New Goods at New Prices. an( hence no need to Advance Backward because 2 people buy our goods fas enough to avoid having old s?oek. ! We have recently enlarged Store, anc j don't you forget, our Stock has also beer increased, and we have a good force 0 polite and attentive Clerks, and, adding r to this our low prices and good quality ? of Goods, we don't hesitate to say bul what you will continue to patronize U? in future as well as you have in thc past. To those xcho have never traded with ws, we would say-Give us a trial when you are ready to buy, and also when yon 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 I BEST LINE OF Fancy &roceries ana Coafectloiieries IN THIS TOWN, and we also carry a good stock of DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Shoes. Eats and Clothing. and we have just 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 Choice Goods, and are worth 6 to 8 cents. These are REAL BARGAINS, asd you should not fail to secure some of them. More next time. Respectfully, DUCKER? BULTMAN. SLINGS AND ARROWS By HUGH CONWAY. Author of "Ca??e.d Back? "Dar?; Days? ?A Family Affair? Etc. CHAPTER L A CYNIC. \?Jf jjA \?J am about to tell is i ./ \ seli am the hero <i| j I a pitiful enough J 1 hero -of these %fn * *L papes, I shall, by fe and bye, be forced "is^fc?^L\ JL about roy own af &y lairs that I may *^ well begin by spar ? ing a few lines to those of another mau, a man, on .whose grave the grass has been -growing for manv a long year. Hfc hams was Julian loraina, His home from the day when first I knew bim to the day of his death, was Herstal Abbey, a fine old,house in that pars of wooded Somerset? shire wbererailways have not yet come. ?"Although Mr. Loraine was a man of wealth, and moreover, by education and,. I believe, family fully entitled to tate a high social position, Herstal Abbey was not his ancestral home. He had acquired it by simple right of purchase, having bought out an old, improvident, but popular county family-bought it out so -completely that, if he did not literally st^p into its shoes, he sat in its very chairs av" used its very tables. ? Such a wholesale buyincup of one of their ? own class by an un&no*.v? noan always annoys, perhaps frighten::, county people, 1 and Julian Loraine's neighbors for some time looked at him askance. ? He took none cf those steps by which A new comer may occasionally gain access to the magic county circle. He brought no introductions. He gave no large subscription to the hunt-in? deed, there was not much hunting m that part. Ho did not, in a covert way, let his willingness to give grand entertainment be* ? known. He simply completed the pur- j chase of Herstal Abbey and its contents; j tock up bis abode ii: the oid house, and ! troubled nothing about his neighbors, which j nc doubt- annoys-1 them all the more. Little Julian Loraine-cared fer this. The truth is he was one of the most unsociable men alive, and his cynicism, if distributed through the county, wcuid have made Somersetshire a region in which life would have been unbearable. He was-I pen the words reluccantlv-an utter disbeliever in humanity. Perhaps the life which he had hitherto led brought him to this state cf mind. For in a. very short time his neighbors . found but that he was by no means tue un- . known man they thought him. People who I knew London life had much to say about this Julian Loraine. It wa* soon made I cie*:r to ?Le countryside that the nev/ man's j social claims to the right bani of ieitow- ! ship were indisputable; but other things j were also made clear. Loraine had led a terrible life-the very fastest of the fast. The wonier was that he had surviveJ--even greater wonder that he was still v.calthy. At one time it was thought- he had run through every thin r, for j he had disappeared, ar.d no onesawanjthing of him for years. But is turned oat he had only been lee ding a roving lite in far coun- I tr.es. Repenting, let us hope, ?so; Julian j Loraine was not a nice man. I But; nice cr not, no ene had any longer the v/ish to keen Mr. Loraine at arm's length. Ead he cared for it, ho might have enjoyed mixing with, the pick cf county society. But he treated civility almost as he treated coldness, with complete indiffer? ence; and it soon became understood that the owner of ?erstal Abbey was a man who no longer cired to mix with hi; kind. It was, of course, incomprehensible that any ons should buy a fine property and settle down to the life of a recluse; the more so as the man wa5? still in the prime of life, handsome and weaitny. But Julian Loraine was an incomprehensible man. ?, for one, have never keen able to determine his true character. Perhaps I have shunned investigating it Perhaps, had I tried, I shoul.1 have been unable to gather trust? worthy information as to his true nature, from the fnet that tales afloat concerning his early life would reach me last of all . When he bought Herstal Abbey he was a widower with ene sou, a boy of 7. This boy he petted and neglected alternately. . There were days when the child was wit If him from morn to eve; there were weeks in which he never saw him/from Sunday morning to Saturday night; there were months during which Mr. Loraine went wandering off, heaven knows where," leav? ing the child to the care cf servants. Whether at home cr abroad, he kept up his establishment in a lavish, wasteful manner. Be threw his money about in a cynical way, as one wno cared" not how it weat. He expected his servants-would rob him-no doubt they did. This he considered but human nature, and troubled nothing about it; but woe to the man or woman who-' in the slightest degree neglected anything which his comfort or v. mm demanded! His depen-j cn ts soon understood their master's peculiarities, and by the exorcise of due care managed to keep their places for years and year-, and no doubt grew rich upon the money he was*.o '. As wtli icon bo seen, I have related all, j or the greater parc ol' the above, from hear- j say. The fol lowing incident in 2Jr. Lor- I ame's lie 1 can vouch for, as I heard it from his own Upi. In che year ?S?3 he was returning from Austral.a. He did not tell me what had taken him there, but I suspect bo went in search of health. He was in a sailing ves? sel-the Black Swan was her uamo. There ! were other passengers-men, women and j children. One night there was? a crash, a horrible grinding sc und, a recoil, an J the I Hack Swan quietly settled down to the i bottom ol the cc-;aa. Whether the disaster j was due to a collision or to a sunken rock was never known. All was ever in five I miaules, and Julian Loraine found himself I swimming tor life, yet without a hope of i sav ing it. ? in swimming, as indeed in every manly ? exercise. Loraine was all but unrivaled^ ? but evon lus great sirenicth was gone when he felt a hand on his collar and was pulled all but inseiisiine into a small boat, which, it appeared, was thy only one that had been lowerx"': .or. at any rate, had succeeded in getting away from the wreck. Tb? sea, fortunately, was comparatively smooth or tho tiny beat could not have outlived the night When the moraine broke. Julian Loraine saw all that survived of the .-hip and her freight. Himself, four sailors. three women and a baby in arms! The safiors wero pulling, not from tho hope of reaching land, butto keep the boat's bead to the waves. The mother, with her child clasped to her breast, and the two other women, wero crouching in the stern sheets. In the boat were a dozen biscuits and a small keg of water. With the light, all turned to Loraine for advice and cid. He was a man of com? manding presence, to whom people of a lower organization would naturally turn in difficulties He assumed the r#sTH>nsioihty. He told the men to step the mast and hoist what sail they thought safe, and then to steer as close to the wind as possible. Ho assured them that land was not far oft His only reason, ho informed me. for taking this course was that he hated the labor of i rowing. Any nope of their lives I saved he scouted. However, before nightfall they did i land-a bare rock, I ut land. Ey this time one of the women was 1 in the bottom of the boat, moaning, ene in agony. Her companions of the ; sex were exchanging frightened giai The poor tiing was carried ashore, and true state of affairs communicated tc men. A tent or screen was, bj' the a the sail and the oars, hastily rigged up, m an hour's time there were ten hu beings, instead of nine, ca that barrenr But not for long. Before tho mor: the number was the same as when landed, only that the place of one cf women wai taken by a crying, preinatm born infant. The rough men and women did what ' could for the poor little wretch, woman with the nursing baby gave portion of what was rightfully her child's. This, in Julian Loraine's opinion, was most rash and misplaced expression of i sentiment he had ever met with. Toward the evening of that day 1 scraped a grave fer the mother. T?ey not fill ic up at once, thinking that by bye the child must be laid in her arms. At one ti.i.e itse?med that it mu;t be The sailors and the worner, no douot, th ing that a gentleman ?s nearer heaven t themselves, brought the poor little wai atom to Loraine, and asked him to chris it "With death so close at hand to all it not worth while making aay demur; bi can fancy the man's cynical smile ai sprinkled water from a large shell on child's head. He, Julian Loraine, dom priest's duty, aal doing it for tne pleas of other people! However, so far as he knew how he t tized tho child, and thinking that a ns was' indispensable with a kind of gi humor christenel him, for it was a h Julian. After all no one else died, not even strangely-bom baby. The next day a ! hove in sight. Such signa s as the si wrecked party could make wore seen, ? men, women and babies were scoi ia saf on board a hom; ward-bound ship. Kot one, not even her fellow-pas^enge knew the name or anything about the i man who had die J. Her clothes, such she wore, bore no mark. Her husband, on board, had gone dewn in the Black Sw What was to become of the child? Loraine settled this. Perhaps be thou? the child bad a Certain ridiculous cia upen him. He was no niggard with money. He told some one-he would i have taken the trouble to see about it hi self-to find a comfortable home for 1 child, and to apply to him when moneys wanted. Then he went his way, and In for years as he chose. I Every n ow and then, when her paymi ' ter was in town, the woman who bad char of the child ventured to bring him to j his benefactor. Sometimes the benefad scowled,- sometimes smiied his cynic smile and took notice of the little boy, w was called by his baptismal name, Mas1 Julian. When the boy was 7 years of ag Julian Loraine sent instructions that he vi to be forwarded to Herstal Abbey, Som; setshire. Having been told by the go people abouti him that the grand gentlem he now end again saw was his f-.ither, addressed him. by that endearing ten Julian Loraina no doubt, stared ai laughed, but he said nothing forbidding t appellation being used. So to himself ai the world the boy was Master Julian, on son cf Julian Loraine, of Herstal Abbey. What strange freak induced tho mau present a nameless child, of humble and u known parents, to the world as his son shall never know. I have tried to think was from f ifeelion toward the child-fro the need even his own na?uro felt of som thing be could love.and call his own; but cannot think so. It may have been pu cynicism. He may.^sonie day have wanta to turn round and say: " **What is birt See, I take this low-born brat, bring bi up as a 'gentleman, and every one thin] him born to the station!" lt may have be< a baser motive, that of revenge. I shs never know. The bey grew up. Ee passed from tl stage of Master Julian to thafr of M Julian, or young Mr. Loraine; yet his r puted father kept the secret-kept it uni the Voy was 10, and, like many other bo; of that age who are only sons of ric fathers, besran to give himself airs. Th? ono summer's evening, when the man at the boy wer-3 sitting over their clare Julian Loraine thought fit to relate, eve more fullv thau I have given it above, tl story or the wTeck and the history of tl child bora on that rock. And ?-for Iwas the boy to whom he toi it-turned deadly pale and gasped for brant! I believe I had ne^er really loved the ma whom I supposed to be rav father; his w? not a lovable nature. Cft>>n and often had reproached myself for my lack of fllh affection. But now, as 1 turned my daze eyes to his face, ar.d saw the satirical smi" .sritb which he regarde 1 me, I all but hate him. I rosa unsteadily. 'T must goan! think all this over," stammered out. "Certainly, go and think ic over." He spoke carelessly and returned to hi claret, while I rushed wildly from th room. CHAPTER II. "DE JIOEXUIS .VIL NISI BOVCH." It was not un ii late in the afternoon o the next day that I could bring myself fr meet again the man whom I had always be lieved to be my father. During the tim while I held myself aloof from him I passei through many stages of sorrow, but I be lieve my anger was even greater than ai] I grief. Iwas but 19 years of age, but '. fancy that my thoughts and ideas were ii i advance ol' my years. Tho curious, almos I solitary life which I had led for man} years at Herstal Abbey no doubt conducec to making me older than I really was. Td the time came for me to go to Oxford I sav j little of any one save my supposed father 1 my tutor and the servants of tne house, i But latterly all had changed for the bet ter. I had been two terms at the univer sity. I had made many friends. Life wai I just opening to me-a new, fresh life, fal' of pica-ure and excitement. I found myselJ ! fairly popuiar with my fellows. 1 was well j supplied with mon?y. 1 was looked upon as an only son, and heir to a fine property. Iv. short, mj (ot seemed to be one ia ten I thousand. And that moment Mr. Loraine bad chosen to reveal to me the secret of my lowly birth. To dash me from the pedos tal upen which fee had placed me. To show mo that I had no claim upou him-tiiat, instead of being young Mr. Loraine, of Herstal Abfco3r, I was no one! I remember how, shortly before he told mA the tale of the shipwreck, I had been discoursing in a somewhat arrogant, self satisfied and glib manner as to the duties incuml>ent on cid fatnilic/and landed gen? tly; asserting that the existence of tho aristocracy was an unmitigated blessing to tho land, lu fact, Iwas giving my sup? posed father a bash-up of a speech which J had heard at the Union. I thought my ! sentiments gave him satisfaction. fie j smiied and locked amused. "Nb doubt bo j was amused, so amused that the demon of : sarcasm rose wit Inn him. and hurried on [ tho revelation which he may or may not I have intended should be made. The . temptation to prick the bladder inflated by j my 3*outhful arrogance must have been ir j resistible to ?ir. Loraine. From a child j I ha/1 noted this cruel trait in his character. I I had noticed it with servants, such ac ? quain tances as he had, and with myself. ! The way of listening, of oven leading one : on to talk, and then suddenly, by a biting ! pioco of sarcasm, crushing the uulucky j speaker ii was from this ami kindred i actions that, even while ? thought him my J father, I did not love the man. j Nor did ho love m*. Ha l ho lovod me j ever so little he would hav* kept the secret, I and spared me my present humiliation. So, ! ia spite of all be had done for me, my anger rose and. burned against Julian Loraine, i I may ":nv<> boen v rona:; but, as will bo ? soon di-cover-xl, I was full of faults. Per? haps the very association, moro or less, j during twelve years with a man on Mr. I Loraine's stamp must develop faults There I Let ma write no mora to his : detriment. H9 ' worked me evil, and he : worked me good. He 13 dead. As I raise ! my eyes from my paper and glance through j my window I can almost see his grava In the afternoon I went in search of him. ; I found bim reading in the library. He j nodded as I entered, then returned to bis book and finished the paragraph. "Well, Julian?" be said, as a signal that j he was at my service. "I have baan thinking over what you told ? me hist night, Mr. Loraine." Heraisel his dark eyebrows as ba heard j me address him in this wi-*. Till now I had | generally us,ed the old-fashioned "sir"; sometimes, not often, "father." "I hate changes, Julian," he said. "As you know, the old landed gentry are rooted to old sustoms." Even at that moment ho could not forego his sarcasm. My chaek flashed. "See how you have changad Ufa for mel" I said, hotly. ''See how you have changed life for mel* "Ah! yes; greatly, no doubt. I wonder what you would haye been now?:' "Tell me what I am now." "So far as I know, a young man of 19, thoroughly well educated, good-looking, j full of church and state principles. Why, the rector stepped me yesterday and assured ! me you were one of the finest young fellows j he ever knew; quite a credit to the county." This banter seemed to stab ma "Tell me, sir," I caid, "ought I to thank you for what you have done for me?" "Personally, I hate expressions of grati? tude; but if it give? you any satisfaction, thank rn? by all means." "No; I do not thank you. Had you placed me in some humble position, suited to my birth, and let me maka my way ia the world, I could have thanked you. But for years to let me bs called your son; why j did you do it, sir?" "I had some reason at the tima I almost ! forget it" <?Mr. Loraine, I have thought it all over?-" "So vou t?d me, Julian. Go on." "You may laugh at me, but I consider that I have a great claim upon you." He simply raisad his eyebrows, but did not deny my assertion. "You have kept me in ignorance for years," I continued, speaking quickly. "You have brought me up, and let me go ! ont in the world under false colors. Now just as I enter upon manhood you tell me who I am, or rather who I am not Why yon did this, you alone know. You had some reason for it In return, I have a right to demand something." "Demand I A right! Never mind. Go on." I had expected an outburot of rage. His calm encouraged me. j "Yes, sir; 1 ask that I may be allowed to finish my course at Oxford. Then, when I have takan my degree, I will go and earn my own living as best i can. I shall, of course, now cai: myself by some other nama Caa you suggest one?" Mr. Loraine laughed a curious laugh. "I i like fallows who demand better than those ! who beg," he said, "Go back to college by all moans. As. to a name, is not Julian J Loraine good enough for you? You are per ! foctly welcome u> use it," I "But it ?3 not mini" I "Nevermind; us* it I choose that you j shall use it so long as you are dependent on ! me. I also choosa you to be thought my i son. No"-he saw me about to speak-"I will givo no reasons; per hap? I have nona I You may te sure that it will be no hin \ drance to your future, being thought a rich man's son. Besides, I hate changes. Now, ! don't talk any mere. You have demanded; I I have acca.-ed. Go away. " Puzzled and dis-.atisiiid, I left him. I I had fully par.>uaded myself that I had a right to claim what I bad claimed from him. It was also not hard for ma to learn to think that ii it was Mr. Loraine's wish j that I should still pass as bis son and bear ! his nama, it was my duty to do so. Ba I sides-remember, I was but a boy, and so ! need not be ashamed of the truth-with ali I my assumed indepandmce, the thought of j proclaiming my humble an I unknown par? entage to my friends wa : gall and worm? wood to me. To sink from the position which I beld as Mr. Loraine's son to that of no one at all was a change greater than I could picturo to myself with equanimity. 801 objected no more; and as Mr. Loraine sternly forbade the subject baing raopea ?dj my life, in spite of ita clouded future, went on in its accustomed groove. Here, txravoid anv misleading, I may say that ad Ie vet-barned about my true parent. ? age was what Mr. Loraina told ma Who and what was my ill-fated mother I know j no more than 1 know for what reason my \ reputed father allowed ma to be brought uj as his son. Tba terms and th3 vacations went by. 1 did not. during the latter, see a great deal of Mr. Lorain^, nor did he press me to spend the time at Harst-al Abbay. But a certain feeling^ if not or gratitude, of what seemed right and proper, ind uead ma to stay tbare on several occasions. There was really little apparent change in tba relations between j Mr. Loraina and myself. "What change thera roi~hfc be wa* perhap? for the better. 1 was accepting his benafits, tut accepting them because I considered 1 had a right to them. Moreover, I was determined that, when the time cama I would be quita inde? pendent of bi?? favor. I endeavor*! now and again to show him my feelings on this point; and, in spite of the mocking smile with which ha reca? vol my hints, I do not think he liked ma the less. I am not sure but in tima a sincara friendship might have sprung up between us; for, whatever may have baen Julian Loraine's inner nature, when he cho*e to meet any one on terms of equalitv aad companionship he could maka himself ona of th? most charming men in the world. His talk, although dangerous and bitter, was witty and brilliant. But time would not allow this incipiont feeling to a:row up. Just of tor my twenty first birthday I W.T; summon?! in hot haste from Oxford. Mr. Lorrinn was dying. I roached Horstai Abbey just in time. My benefactor- yes, I mu? call bim so was just sensible, bat spicchless. I toni over him and took his hand. His fingar? gave mina a faint, pres-ure. Evan at that i solemn moment I wondered at this show cf feeling. And I wondered ct tho strang? j look in his dar: eye*. Thay mat mino j j yearningly, and I ka:?w that tba elvin;* mau ? j hail much ho wished to say ?0 ma; yet j j somehow I know it wa- not about myself tc l j wishe I to speik. I stooped down close to I i bira. His drv lips moved,- fut could not j ! artic?late. H.*. gava a faint sig'i; bis evo- 1 ! lids flickerod, and nil was over. Whatever j j were thoso IFS*, worls ho wished to speak I ? th<*y remained unspoken. [ I ros) and loft him. I walked to tho j room which was known as Mr. Julians j j room, and, I am thankful to say, wept. I After ail, this man had given mo much. \ But for bim I nvght hava bern consigned j I to the workhouse; might now bo nothing I j moro than a' maison's apprentice. Julian j I Lorain? had at 1-^asi; t^ivan rae the moans to j j start fairly iu life. Yes, he bad beon my j benefactor; My grief, if not ns d^ep as it should have j been, was really sincere. It was soma timo before I began to reflect as to the imra<> I d?ate consequences bis death would bring j to myself, i had money in hand, for tho j i allowance mada mo by Mr. Loraina bad al- : ways been an ample one-so large, inr3e?d, 1 that when Mir? truth of my birth wa?. : known to m*\ I bal askal him to rod nco it Tbs right I presuma 1 to claim fell far short of this. Mr. Loraine told mc scorn? fully not to bother bim about money mat- ! ters: so. I had been unable to follow out the 1 plan which I bad laid down-of taking from him only sufficient for my needs. Never? theless, I had not spent the surplus, and it would now serve me in completing my edu? cation. From bira I expected nothing. I bad shown him, both by act and word, that I expected nothing. Who were his heirs, or to whom his wealth would be left, were matters about which I troubled little. Now that Julian Loraine was dead, I could with a full heart thank him for all he had done for me. Then I .could resign his name and force my own way in the world His solicitor came down aid gave instruc? tions concerning the funeral Ho dil this at my request Knowing that shortly I should be an alien in the house, I would assume no rasconsibility. Tho only order I gave was that everything should be dona quietly and simply, I knew the dead man's ideas about conventional obsequies. The fuueral over, we looked for tho will. I would not hava a paper moved until thoo. We soon found it. ''Not that it makes much difference, I suspect," said the solicitor, ''you being his ord/ sou." H* was opening the envelope as he spoke. I said nothing. '.Shortest will I ever readj" said the solicitor; "made by himself, too, but ail quite right and legal" He banded the paper to me. I read: "I bequeath ail my real aud personal estate to my adopted son Jul an, commonly known as Julian Laraine." This, duly signed and witnessed, was Mr. Loraine's wdl I sank on a chair, feeling dizzy and confused. Mr. Loraine dead was a greater puzzle to me than Mr. Loraine living. By a few words-dashed off, it might be, on the spur of the moment-he ^ad left roe all his wealth. Was it from affection, sense of justice, cynicism, or what? "I did not know you were au adopted son, Mr. Julian," sa:d the lawyer, in tones of surprise. "Yes," I said, collecting myself. "Do you think I shall be righc in accepting this bequest?' ..Why not?' "Are there no close relatives? Although I passed as his son, I know so little about him." "I suspect I know less. But I never heard Mr. Loraine speak of any relatives. His adoption of you proves you entitled to tba money." I sat in deep thought It was all so strange, so su Idon. "By tba by, Mr. Julian," said the solici? tor, "without wishing to intrude my ai vice, I should, it I were in your place, say nothing to let people know I was not Mr. Loraine's son. He evidently wished it to be thought you were. I fancy that bv saying nothing you will best carry out his wishes. I my? self shall keep silence on tho matter." I weighed his counsel, and atlast^ rightly or wrongly, decided to follow it. No one could be harmed by my continuiu? to pass as the dead man's son. The fact of his bav- . ing left me ail his wealth showed, or I fan? cied ic showed, that ha looked upon me as a son; so I buried the story of the shipwreck .in my own breast, and was still Mr. Loraina, of Herstal Abbey. I staid my time at Oxford; I took my de? gree.- After this I went abroad for many months I let Herstal Abbey, as I had no need of such, a larg? placa Whan Ireturned to England lied tho usual life, no better nor no worse, of a young man o* fortune. Three years afcer th3 death of Jillian ' Loraine I fell in love. ?JO BS COSTIXUED.3 . j The Governor's Message, j The annual message of His Excellent cy Governor Hugh S. Tbomps^jJ submitted to the Legislature^ 24tb. It is an able docum^oT^rover ing about 22 octavo pages. We copy from the Columbia Record the following synopsjs : The aggregate of the public debt is practically the same as reported last j year, ?6.522,188 54, no bonds having been purchased by the Sinking Fund Commission, on account of the high premium which they commanded. The total revenues#of the State and Counties for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1883, was about $2.089, 000. of which about $1.936,000 was raised by taxation, and $153,000 from phosphate royalty. It is estimated that it will require $403,000 to meet the ordinary expenses of the Government for the fiscal year 1885-86, and $391,000 to pay the in? terest; on tbs public debt. These amounts will be increased by such ad? ditional appropriations as may be re? quired by legislation, and will be de? creased by the phosphate royalty and any surplus that may remain ia the Treasury. Ali of thc phosphate royal? ty for the year ending September 30, 1885, amounting to $176.244.41 has been collected. This is the largest amount ever paid iuto the Treasury from this source for one year DISABLED SOLDIERS; The Comptroller Geueral calls atten? tion to the Acts and amendments there? to providing compensation for the sol? diers of this State who have beeu per? manently disabled in any limb in conse? quence of wounds received in the civil war. Under the Acts referred to the sum of $-1(3.000 hajj already been ex? pended, and claims amounting to near? ly $8,000 are on file awaiting further ' appropriation. 13y the terms of the Acts no one is allowed compensation ex? cept for permanent injury to a limb. Many applications for aid have been received from soldiers who have suffered injuries seriously affecting their health, but for whose relief no provision is. made by law. The Comptroller Gen? eral recommends that 30.000 bc ap? propriated annually for pensions to dis? abled soldiers and sailors, each bene? ficiary to receive $30, unless the num? ber exceeds 1,000, in which case the amount shall be divided equally among them. j T*X LAWS. The Governor earnestly renews the recommendations made iu his first an? nual message for such a simplification of the present cumbersome system of assessment and taxation as shall relieve thc unequal burdens caused by laik of uniformity iu the tax laws, and of efFec tiveness in their execution. ? PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Thc Report nf the Superintendent of Education shows a most gratifying pro moss iti thc work of (ht: public schools, and t:i thc healthy growth of popular gentrmen* on thc subject of education. The number of pupils enrolled in the public schools during the year just closed was ITS,023. of which 73,458 were white and 09.565 were colored ; the avenge attendance was 122,003, of which 55.6(54 were white, and 56,429 were colored. The total amount ex? pended was ?428.419.41. 'lilli Ml LITA KY ACADKMY. Thc Academy lias four classes, thc full number provided for in I he course of instruction, and during the coming year it will send forth the first elsies of graduates sines ifs reorganization in October. 1*$2. Three S?ntes besides our own are now represented cn the roll of cadets, atid it may reasonably be i expected that considerable accessions to i tbe number of students will in future j be received by the admission of yoong I men from States in which there are' no i institutions offering the peculiar advan? tages afforded by the South Carolina j Military Academy. TUE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The Visitors declare that the College may now challenge favorable compari? son with any of the leading educational institutions of the South. The intelli? gent and hearty commendation of such representative men, the enthusiastic loyalty and devotion of its alumni and students and its large and increasing patronage, ali go to show that the Col j lege as now reorganized, is in an ex? ceedingly prosperous condition. The ! number of matriculates reported to date (206) is larger than the total enroll ! ment during the entire period of any preceeding session since its reorganiza I tion. There is every prospect that the enrollment will reach 230 before the close of the first term. The students are drawn from all classes of our peo? ple. The leading religious denomina? tions are fully represented, and the material is excellent. The increase in the number of post graduate students in the College is still i more significant and encouraging.. Six j teen graduates of this and other coT ! leges are pursuing post graduate courses leading up to the higher degrees. Tn these courses university methods ! are adopted, and thc work done is thorough and advanced. Thus, with even greatly diminished resources is already realized in a hope? ful degree the aspirations of the great Thorn well, *a body of resident schol? ars,' the advantages of which 4to the College and to the State and to the whole country could not be over esti? mated.' The infidence of the College is al? ready feli'in the State. More than 50 per cent, of its recent graduates are now engaged in the work of teaching. Such facts as these prove the increasing strength and popularity of the South Carolina College, and justify this lan? guage of the Board of Visitors : 'It seems to us that thc State bas never had ! greater reason to be proud of its Col? lege, and that to disarm all honest op? position, and to change foes into friends, all that is requisite is to acquaint thc people of the State with what the in? stitution really is, and with tbe magni? ficent work it is doing.* PENITESSARY. The whole number of convicts in con? finement during the year was 1,453. The number on the 31st day of October 945, a decrease of eleven as compare with the corresponding period year. Of this numbat ed males, 3~ .mount, as si Fn in gs of the prison, must be ai ded $10,917.64 due by contractors, making $76,449,80 as the total income for the year. The disbursements to October 31 were $67,631.55. To this sum should be added $5.000 due iu bank, which will be paid from the amounts to be collected from the con? tractors, making the disbursements for ? the year $72.631.55. Nearly all of the difference between the receipts and the disbursements, $3,818.25, is now due for indebtedness incurred in the pur? chase of blankets and clothing for the prisoners, and of material necessary for the completion of the North wing of the prison. In the disbursements are in? cluded the amounts expeoded on th? canal and in the enlargement of the main building of the Penitentiary, as well as in other permanent improve m?nts within the prison yard. The death rate during the last year has been greater than during any pre? vious year of the incumbency of the present Superintendent-a result which is due in large measure to the crowded condition of the Penitentiary, and to the want of sufficient hospital accommoda? tions. The amendment of the law governing the hiring of convicts, passed at the last session of the General Assembly, which was intended to correst as far as possi? ble, the abuses-of the lease system, has bad the effect designed, but it has greatly reduced the income of the prison. The establishment of a reformatory institution for juvenile criminals is ? matter which should engage the atten? tion of the* General Assembly. THE CANAL. The work on the canal has been j greatly retarded by the embarrassed I condition of the finances of the Peni ; tentiary. On the 8th of May the Board of Directors notified the engineer ? that his services would be dispensed ! with after the 15th of that month, and i informed tho manager that his salary would be reduced from $100 to $75 a month, and that instead of four foremen then allowed he would be permitted to employ two at $40 a mouth each. The finances of the Penitentiary would not permit a larger expenditure for the ca? nal, but tbe Board of Directors deter? mined to prosecute the work as vigo? rously as possible, not only for the pur? pose of protecting that, portion of it al? ready completed, but. also because they would thus be enabled to give employ? ment to a large number of hands who would otherwise have been kept closely confined in idleness-a result which would have been injurious to the health of the prisoners and prejudicial to the discipline of the institution. It was uoL practicable for the Board to make any expenditures for the purchase of tools and materials required for the work. The City Council of Columbia offered to make advances for the pur? pose, and the Board accepted the offer, it being understood that no obligation was incurred for tbe repayment of any portion of the sum so advanced. Pur ins the last fiscal vear the amount ex pended on the canal by thc Hoard was $8,402.58 ; the amount advanced by thc Citj Council of Columbia, from May 28 to October 31, was $1,899 30, malting the total expenditures on the canal sine?? the last report $10,301 88 The ra a nager states hi his report that, in his opinion, more tl;?.n hilt of tho work necessary for the completion of the canal is already finislk-d. If the work beeves tesip-carily aban? doned now that portiou already com s pleted at heavy cost would be H'aWe MT serious injury from freshets in the river, and the hands engaged on the cana? would be without employment. In view \ of these facts, as well a? of tb'e advan? tage to be derived from the canal when' completed, the Governor recommends" that the Act now in force authorizing the employment of labor on the canal be* continued, and that such suai be appro* prfated as may be necessary to ensure" the steady progress of the work during; the year. There being no engineer noW in charge of the canal, the Governor ur unable to give estimates of the amount of money necessary to' continue the work. The services of an engineer ate need? ed to prepare plans and drawings and to inspect the work as it is finished. These daties, in the Governor's opinion/ will not hereafter demand all the time of an engineer, jrrrd (he services* requir? ed can therefore be obtained at a lowCf rate of compensation than that hereto* fore allowed. . TI?E LUNATIC ASYL??. At the beginning of last fiscal year* there were 628 patients in the institu? tion and 15 absent on trid. D?ring the year 216 were admitted, making the whole number ander treatment 859. At the close of the tear there were 605 patients present and 15 absent on trial. It will be observed that the number of patients was 23 less at the end than at the beginning of the year. This de-' crease bas probably never before occur? red in the history of the institution. Foi the last seven years there bas been ap annual increase of about 40 patients. This redaction is attributable to two causes: 1, The number of admission'} was 77 less than last year-the result, in great measure, of the Act requiring more rigid examinations for commit? ment. 2. Seventy of the imbecile class, who were believed to be harmless, were remanded to the care of their families or of the Commissioners of their Coba* ties. * '?> THE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE; The statistics compiled by the De? partment show the steady agricultural progress of the Staten In the staple ^ crops there is a gradual increase itt pro duction, and each year shows greate^^? iocrease in the use of labor savingjM chinery, and in the number and^| I improved breeds of live THE MILITj^ The of GeneraLl? is ip^| I State JiriH cr^^BWearTyaH well monT present a creditable appearances^ W STATE ?O?SE. ^^^^ The report of the architect will give detailed information of the work pro posed for the coming year. Two plans are suggested fur increasing the accom* modationS now afforded in the building. The architect states that the work for the next year, and, consequently, the appropriation to be made will depend upon the selection of one of these plane by the General Assembly, and that ft sum varying from ?80,000 to $120, 000 can be expended with advantage according to the plan selected. Mock of the work, including the making ot brick can be done by convict labor. CRIMINAL COURTS. The necessity of some changes in OW Criminal Courts is apparent. The Trial Justice system, which Was in- 1 tended to relieve the Circuit Court of General Sessions by providing inferior Courts ia which petty offences could bc tried readily and at small cost, bas fail? ed to fulfill the purpose which it wis de-' signed to accomplish. It is proper, therefor, that I recommend, for the ? consideration of the General Assembly, such amendments to the law as seem ! most likely to give relief to the Court pf I Sessions, while providing for the prompt : trial of persons charged with crime, ; and the speedy punishment of those ! who may be convicted. But two modes suggest themselves to me by which this may be accomplished. These are the establishment of County Coutts or an increase in the number of ; Circuit Judges. Carefal consideration of this subject induces me to believe that-the latter mode is best suited to our wants. CENSUS. At the beginning of the last session the aftentiou of the General Assembly was called to the fact that Article II, Section'4, of thc Constitution provides that the enumeration of the inhabitants .of the State for the purpose of the ap? portionment of the Representatives, be made in the year 1875 and in the course of every tenth year thereafter, and it was recommended that such appropria? tion be made as might be necessary for1 such enumeration The General As? sembly made no appropriation for the* taking of this enumeration. The Con? stitution imposes upon the Governor the duty of having this enumeration made, and 1 recommend that such sum be ap? propriated as may be necessary for this purpose. Railroad Racket. .At the annual meeting of the Wil? mington, Columbia and Augusta Com? pany, the following officers were elected: ll. IL Bridges. President; W. T. Wal? ters. vice-President; Directors, W. T. Walters, B. F. Newcomer, Geo. C. Jenkins. Kn ooh Prnrr., II Walters, Geo. S. Brown, of Baltimore. H. B. Plant, of New York. R. R. Bridges and II B- Short, of North Caroliua, J. T. Banoo, of Columbia This excel? lently equipped road continues to im? prove its property and its future pros? pects arc bright. The following notice appears in ? ! prominent Western Methodist journal j j "T want a preacher of the old style, : who ca?, ride a circr.it, lite in a small ; nar son ago. 77?.rk hird, live on a small [ clai-;,-?400-p't.y his way, and come ' to with a record of iotjg converts. Noue others need apply^>