The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 20, 1888, Image 1

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Bc Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1888. TBE TK?E SOUTHKON, E?tz&fsh?d ?Tone, 1806 Sew Series-Yoi. TIL Ko. t?. ^^p?f?f?^^Tery Votoesday, ) l^tei?L::G-.. OSTEEN, ^*^?^-^oljfcs"per annum-io advance. B^Jfflfe?--" &TISSMSKT5. - ^l^^^^^fet?o^ttoh^.-~J$1 00 ^^^^E^?g^lor three mon lbs, er longer will ^^^^w^?^r^?Sice? rates. ^.V^?lTcbmnianications which sobser** private ^^^I^^^W?l??rged for as advertisements. ^^K^'naries ?nd tributes of respect will be POWDER Absolutely Pure. "; yv'Tbas powder never varies. A marvel of ^v^?K2p?ty3 strength And wholesomeness. More ^^tc?i?>a3?cal iban the ordinary kinds, and can ^^?^be 3o4?in competition with the multitude ^Jisf ?owr.test, short weight, aloro or phosphate f^^wders. Sold only in ca**. ROYAL BAK-' fe&FS POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. EM'S I f?feam Ba % / Cleanses the ? Kissa?Passages; ??lsys Pain anc 12R?LAM?AT?0K. Seals tifci&r< JEe ores ta?j DI?SES OPT ASTE CATAWRH ?tf Smell. TRY xnE ?H^HAY-FEVER CATAS BiS . jg;*; disease of the mucous membrane, gener ?rijrioati ng io the nasal passages and ^?-wmta?n?Bg, its stronghold i n the head. From ':?-Xtbis* f^rat it sends forth a poisonous virus . ?hjo stomach And through the digestive ^I^oiX*^"''?orr.up??3^ the blood and producing other trosblesoase and dangeroussyzuptoras. i . J JL particle fe applied into eacb nostril and ??SPreiaro5e^ Price50 cents at Druggists: by ??m?H... registered,- 60 cents. ELY BROS., %._<?.. Vwceo Street, New York. WE Build Houses, Cut all kind "of Scrolls, ;*i^Eur.n Anything in Wood, ?fell Dressed Lumber, Mouldings, m i ;Batester Railings, Hoiigli Lumber, ?Spangles, sr- ? % i ?? W 6 lr V t i m ?fi B?i?ds, &cM &c. Our trade in Doors, Sash and Blinds is iarger than ever be? fore . because we sell them ?cheaper than the j can be or? dered. H, KARBY & CO. Jone 5 ? - .,_ * 'Thc largest and most compl?te establishment South GEO. S. HACKER & SON, 5=3 oe > OB i Manufacturers of pf lt Bli Islulii JUTS ETOLDXITG- MATERIAL. OFFICE AXD WASHROOMS, Kin ff, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aog 10 o J1 tel??! COL?MBIA, S. C. DOORS, SASH & BLINDS, I,ATHS, Lil ME, * OEMENT, PLASTER, . . AND HAIR. M M Am 1 PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. GARTER WHITE LEAD, : Thc Best io the Market. Attention Given to Orders., l^^jBM)WN & BRO. _ i By BOBEBT LOTUS E?EVSl?SOff. \ . CHAPTER L ) BY THE DYING aCO?.M'?UAXK. r They had sent for the doctor from Bonrroa pei ore & About S some villagers carne round Bar the performance, andrere told how niat teW stood. It seemed a liberty for a niounte bafak to fall ill like real people, and they coade off again in dudgeon. By 10 Mme. TenWnion was gravely alarmed, and had sent dkywn the street for Dr. Desprez. ? The \ doctor was-atwork over his manu? scripts! in one corner of tho Ettie dining roora, and his wife was asleep over tho fir o in another, nvhea thc messenger arrived. . : *4Sapr?stir said the doctor, "you should have sent for me before. It was a caso for hurry.'" :And he followed tho messenger as he was, in his slinpersand skull cap. ; Tho inn was not thirty yards away, but the messenger did not stop there: he went in at one door and out by another into v tho ?court, and . then led the way by a flight of steps beside the stable to the loft where the mountebank lay sick. If Dr. Desprez were to live*L,000 -years he would never fonget his arrival in that room, for not only was the scene picturesque, but the moment made a date in bis existence. We reckon our lives, I hardly know why, from the date of our first sorry -Appearance in society, as if from a first humiliation, for no actor can come upon the stage with.- a worse grace. Not to go further back, which would be judged too enri?os, there are subsequently many moving "end decisive accidents in the lives of all which would make as logical a period as this of birth. And here, for instance, Dr. Despr?z, a man past 40, who had made wfcai is called a failure ?n life, and was moreover married, found himself at a new point of dei jpcrtnrewhen he opened the door of the loft above Te:itaiHonTs stable. It was a large place, lighted only by^ single camile set upon the licor. The mounte? bank "lay cn his back upon a pallet, a large man, with a quixotic nose iufla*ned with drinking. Minc. Tentaillon stooped over him. applying a hot water and mustard em? brocation to his feet; and on a chair CIASO by Eat a little fellow of ll or 12. with his feet dangling. These three were the ouly occu? pants, except the shadows. But the shadows were a company in themselves: the extent of the room exaggerated them to a gigantic sise, and from thc low position of thc candle the light struck upward and produced de? formed foreshortening?. The mountebank's profile was enlarged upon the wail * in carica? ture, and it was strange to see his nose ?holten and lengthen as the flame was blown about by draughts^ As for Mme TentaillOn, her shadow was no more than a gross hump. of shoulders, with now and again a hemis? phere of head. The chair legs were spindled out as long as stilts, and the boy sat perched atop of them, like a cloud, in *thc corner of the root It was the boy who took the doctor? fancy. He had a great arched skull, the forehead and the hands of a musician, and a pair of haunting, eyes. It was not merely that these. eyes were large, or steady, or the softest ruddy brown. There was a look in them be? sides, which thrilled tho doctor, and made 'him half uneasy. He was sure be had seen such a look before, and yet he could not re? member how or whore. It was as if this Doy, who was quite a stranger to him, had the eyes of an old friend or an old enemy. And the boy would give him no peace: he seemed It tros Vie tty who took Ute doctor's fancy. profoundly indifferent to what was going on, or rather abstracted from it in a superior contemplation, beating gently with' his feet against the bars of the chair, and holding his hands folded on his lap. But, for all that, his eyes kept following the doctor about tho room with a thoughtful fixity of gaze. Des prez could not tell whether he was fascinat? ing the boy, cr the boy T*as fascinating him. He busied himself oventho sick man; he put questions, he felt the pulse, ho jested, he grew a little hot and swore; and still, when? ever he looked round, there were the brown eyes waiting fer his with the same inquiring, melancholy gaze. At last the doctor hit on the solution at a leap. He remembered the look now. The little fellow, although he was as straight as a dart, had the eyes that go usually with a crooked back ; he was not at all deformed, and yet a deformed person seemed to be looking at you from below his brows. The doctor crew a long breath, he was so much relieved to find a theory (for he loved theories) and to explain away his interest. For ail that, bc dispatched the invalid with unusual haste, and, still kneeling with one knee- on the Soor, turned a little round and looked the l>oy over at his leisure. The boy was not ia the least put out, but looked placidly back at tho doctor. . "Is this ycur father?" asked Desprez. "Oh, no," returned the boy: "my master." "Are 3'ou fond of bimi" continued the doctor. "JSb, sir,*" said the boy. Mme. Tentaillon and Dcuprez exchanged expressive glances. "That is V d, my man,'' resumed tho latter, with a shade of sternness. 1 "Every one should be fond of the dying, or conceal their sentiments; and your master here is dying. If. I have watched a bird a #ttle while stealing my cherries. I have a thought of disappointment when he flies away over my garden wall, and I see him steer for the forest and vanish. How much more a creature such as this, so strong, so astute, so richly endowed with faculties! When I think that, in a few hours? the speech will bo silenced, the breath extinct, and even tho ! shadow vanished from thc wall, I who never ? saw him, this lady who knew him only as a ? guest, arc touched with son:c effort iou.1' The boy was silent for a little, and ap? peared to l>e reflecting. "You did not know him,*' he replied at last. "He was a bad man. "He is a little pagan,*' said thc landlady. "For that matter, they are all the same, these mountebanks, tumblers, artists, and what not. They have no interior." But the doctor was still scrutinizing the little ?,ag:an, Ids eyebrows knotted and up? lifted. "What is your namer he asked. "Jean-Marie," .said the la<L Desprez leaped upon him with one of his sudden flashes of excitement, and felt his 'head all over from an ethnological point of view. "Celtic. Celticf* lie said "Celtic!"' cried Mme. Tentaillon, who hod perhaps con founded the word with hydro? cephalus. "Poor lad! is it dangerous.'" "That depends,". returned the doctor, grimly. And then once more addressing the boy: "And what do you do for your living, Jean-Marie:'" he inquired. "I tumble/' was tho answer. "So! Tumble/"' repeated Desprez. "Prob? ably healthful. I hazard the jcrurss. Mme. ? Tentaillon, that tumbling is a healthful way of life. And have you never d< ?ne anything j else but tumble?' "Before I learned that I used to steal," ! answered Jean-Mario gravely. "Upon my word!" cried the doctor. "You ? are a nice little man for your age. Madame, when my confrere comes from Bourron, you will conmmnicai? ray -unfavorable Opinion, j I leave.the in his hands; but, of course, 1 'should be a sign of a rally, do not hesitate to knock me up. I am a doctor no longer, I thank God; but I have been one. Good night madame. Good sleep to you, Jean Marie." j CHAPTER II ; MORN'IXG TALK. Dr. Desprez always roso early. Before the smoke arose, before the first cart rattled over the bridge to the day's labor in the fields, he was to be found wandering in his garden. JSbw he would pick a lunch of grapes; now he would eat a big pear nuder the trellis; now he would draw all sorts of fancies on the path with thc end of his cane; now he would go down and watch the river running endlessly past the timber landing place at which be moored his boat. There was no time, lie used to say, for making theories like the carly mpming. "1 rise earlier than any one else in the village," he once basted. **It is a fair consequence tlutt I know more and wish to do less with my knowledge/* The doctor was a connoisseur of sunrises, and loved a good theatrical effect to usher in thc'day. He had a theory of dew. by which . he could predict the weather. Indeed, most things served him to that end; the sound of - the bells from all the neighboring villages, the smell of thc forest, the visits and tho t?e havior of both birds and fishes, the look ot che plants in his garden, the disposition of cloud, the color of the light, and last, though not least, the arsenal of meteorological in? struments in a louvre boarded butch upon the lawn. Ever since he had settled,at Gretz bo bad been growing more and riajecsinto the loca i meteorologist, the unpaid champion of 1 he local climate. He thought at firs! there was no platte so healthful iu the arrondisse? ment. By the end of the second year, be protested there was none so wholesome in the whole department. And for some time be? fore be met Jean-Mario he had been prepared -to challenge all France and the better part of Europe for a rival to Iiis chosen spot. "D<x;tor," he would say-''doctor is a foul ! word. It should not bc used to ladies. It implies disease. I remark it, as a fiaw in our I civilization, that we have not the proper hor? ror of disease. Xow I, for my part, have washed my hands of it: I have renounced my laureation; I tua no doctor; I am only a worshiper ofthe true goddess Hygeia. Ah, ; believe me. it is she who has the cestusl And | here, in this exiguous hamlet, has she placed ber shrine: here she dwells and lavishes her I gifts; hero I walk with her in the early x?orning. and she shows me how strong she has made the peasant*, how fruitful she has made the fields, how the trees grow up tall and comely under her eyes, and the fishes in tho river become clean and agile in her pres? ence. Rheumatism!" he would cry, on some malapert interruption. "Oh, yes, I believe wo d?? have a little rheumatism. That could hardly lw avoided, you know, on a .river. And of course the place stands a little low; and the meadows are marsh}*, there's no doubt. But, iny*dear sir, look at BourronI Bourron stands high. Bourron is close to the forest; plenty of ozone there, you would say. "Well, compared with Gretz, Bourron is a perfect shambles. " The -norning after bc bad been summoned to the dying mountebank thc doctor visited the wharf at the tail cf his gardon and had a long look at the running water. This he called prayer: but whether his adorations were addressed to the goddess Hygeia or. some more orthodox deity never plainly ap? peared. For be had uttered doubtful oracles, sometimes declaring that a river was the type of bodily health, sometimes extolling it as the great moral preacher, continually preaching i>eaee. continuity and diligence to mau s tormented spirits. _ After he had watched a mile or so of tho clear water run? ning by before his eyes, seea a-fis h or-two come to The surface with a gleam of silver and sufficiently.admired the long shadows of the trees falling half across the river from the opposite bank, with patches of moving sunlight in between, he strolled once more up the garden and through his house into the Street, feeling cool and renovated. .The sound of his feet vpon thc causeway began the business of thc day ; for tlso vil? lage wes still sound asleep. The church; tower Ioolced very airy in. the sunlight; a few birds that turned about it seemed to sjffm m an atmosphere of more .that usual rarity; and the doctor, walking iu lon?, transparent shadows, filled his lungs amply; and pro? claimed himself well contented "with the morning. On one of the post* before Tentaillon's car? riage entry be espied a little dark figure perched in a meditative attitude, and imme? diately recognized Joan-Marie. "Aha !" he said, stopping before bim hu? morously, with a hand on either knee. "So we rise early in the morning, do we? It ap? pears to me that we have all tho vices of a philosopher." - * The boy got to his feet and made a grave salutation. "And how is our patient?" asked Pesprez. It api>eared the patient was about the same. "And why do you riso early in the morn? ing?" lie pursued. Jean-Marie, after a long silence, professed that lie hardly knew. "Ton hardly know?" repeated Desprez. "We hardly know anything, my man, until wo try to leam. Interrogate your conscious? ness. C<>me, push mo this inquiry home. Do you like it:" "Yes.'- said the boy slowly: "yes. I like it." "And why d?> you like it?" contimu-d the doctor. "(We are now pursuing tho Socratic method.) Why do yon like it?"' "It is quiet," answered Jean-Marie; "and I have not i ung to do; and then I feel as if I were good." Dr. Despi-oztook a sent on the post at the opposite sith*. He was beginning to takrf an interest in the talk, for the boy plainly thought l>efore bespoke, and tried to answer truly, "lt appears you have a taste for feel? ing good," said the doctor. "Xow, there you puzzle me extremely, for ? thought you said you were a thief; and the two are incom? patible." "ls it very bad to steal F asked Joan-Marie. "S:i:?h is the general opinion, little boy," replied the doctor. **Xo! Lut ? mean as I stole." exclaimed the other. "For I had no choice. I think it is surely right tc have bread; it must bo right t<j haye broad, there conies so plain :*. ivnnT <>f ir. Ami then they beat me cruelly if I returi:'-<l with nothing," he added. "I was not ignorant of right and wrong: for before that 1 had been well taught by a priest, who was very kind to ni?'." (The doc? tor made a horrible grimace at tho word "priest."! "But itseemed to me, when ona had nothing to eat and was beaten, it was a different a Hair. I would not ha viv stolen for tartlets, I I ?el ie vc; but any one would steal for La leers b: -ad." "And so I .-up[>ose,*! said tho doctor, with a rising sneer, -yon prayed G??d to forgive y oil. and explained the easetohim ht length.11 "Why, sir?" asked Jean-Marie. "I.do not see." "Your prtesi would sc-e, however," retorted Des] irez. "Would he?" asked tho boy, troubled for the first timi-. "I should have thought God would have known." "Eh.'" snarled ?he doctor. "1 should have thought God would havo un'T' rsr.MMi UK./- replied the other. "You do not. I see: but then it was God that made mo think so. was it. not ;" "Lit:!.- Loy. S itt le boy;' said Pr. Deprlfe, -;I ?old yoi- already you had the vie s of philos? ophy*: ii' yon display the virtues also, 1 must go. 1 am a student bf the blessed Jaws of j health, an < 4 ?server of ?plain and temperate nature in ber common walks; and i cannot preserve my equanimity in presence of a mousier, bo you understand:" sir." said tho boy; "I will make my meaning clear to you," replied th? doctor. "Look there at the sky behind the lielfry first, where it is so light, and then up and up, turning your chm back, right to the top of the dome, where it is already as Line as at noon. Is not that a j beautiful color? Does it not please the heart? j We have seen it all our lives, until it has \ grown in with our familiar thoughts. Now," j changing his tone, "suppose that sky to be- i come suddenly of a live and fiery amber, like ? thc color of clear coals, and growing scarlet j toward the top-Tdo not say it would be any; | the less beautiful, but would you like it as j "I suppose not," answered Jean-Marie. "Neither do 1 like you,51 returned tho doc? tor, roughly. "I hate all odd people, and you ar. the most curious little boy iii all the world'' Jean-Marie seemed to ponder for awhile, and then he raised his head again and looked over at the doctor with an air of candid in? quiry. "But are not you a very curious gentle? man r? he asked. The doctor threw away his stick. Ixmnded on the boy, clasped "him to his bosom and kissed him on both checks. "Admirable, admirable imp I" he cried. "What a morning, what an hour for a theo? rist of 42 ! No," lie continued, ajwstrophizing heaven, "I did not know that such boys ex? isted; 4C was ignorant they made them so; I had doubted of my race; and now! It is like," he added, picking up his stick, "like a lovers1 meeting. I have bruised my favorite staff in that moment of enthusiasm. Tho injury, however, is not grave." He caught the boy looking at him in obvious wonder, embarrassment and alarm "Hullo!" said he, "why do you look at me like that? Egad, I believe the boy despises me. Do you de? spise me, boy?' "Oh, rio," replied Jean-Marie, seriously; "only I do not understand" "You must excuse me, sir," returned the doctor, with gravity; "I am still so young. Oh, hang him!" he added, to himself. And he took his seat again and observed the boy sardonically. "He has spoiled the quiet of my morning," thought he. "I shall be nerv? ous all day, and have a febricule when I digest. Let me compose myself. And so he dismissed his preoccupations by an effort of the will which he had long practiced, and let his soul roam abroad in the contemplation of the morning. He inhaled the air, tasting it critically as a connoisseur tastes a vintage, and prolonged the expiration with hygienic gusto. He counted tho little flecks of cloud along the sky. He followed the movements of the birds round the church to wer-making long sweeps, hanging poised, or turning airy somersaults in fancy, and beating the wind ?with imaginary pinions. And in this way he-regained peace of mind and animal com? posure, conscious of his limbs, conscious of the sight of his eyes; conscious that the air had a cool taste, like a fruit, at the top of his throat; and at last, in complete abstraction, he began to sing. The doctor had but one air-"Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre;" even with that he was on terms of mere politeness; and his musical exploits were always re? served for moments when he was alone and entirely happy. He was recalled to the earth rudelv by a pained expression on the boy's face. "What do you think of my singing?' he inquired; stopping in the middle of the note; and then, after he had waited some little and re? ceived no aus wer: ''What do you think of my singing?" he repeated, imperiously. "I do not like it,"' faltered Jean-Marie. "Oh, come!" cried the doctor. "Possibly you are a performer yourself ?" "I sing better than that," replied the boy. The doctor eyed him for some seconds in stupefaction. He was aware that he was angry, and blushed for himself in conse? quence, which made him angrier. "If this i is how y op address 3-our master!" he said at last, with a shrug and a flourish of bis anns. "I do not speak to him at alL," returned the boy. "I do not like him." "Then you like mer snapped Dr. Desprez, 1 with unusual eagerness. "I do not know," answered Jd^fofarie. The doctor rose. "I shall wish you a good morning," he said. "You are too much for me. Perhaps you have blood in your veins, perhaps celestial ichor, or perhaps you cir? culate nothing more gross than rcspirable air; but of one thing I am incxpjtignably as? sured-that you are no human being. No toy"-shaking his stick at him-"you are not a human being. "Vf rite, write it in your memory-;I am not a human being-I have no pretension to be a human being-I am a dive, a dream, an angel, an acrostic, an illu? sion-what you please, but not a human being.' And so accept my humble saluta? tions and farewell!" And with that thc doctor made off along the street in some emotion, and the boy stood, mentally gaping, where he left him. {TO* BE CbXTIXl*ED-1 IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. Regulations of the Charleston Ex? change in Regard to Baling' Cotton. CHARLESTON, S. C , June 6, '88 At a special meeting of the Charles? ton Exchange held this day,-the follow? ing was unanimously adopted : The Charleston Cotton Exchange, in view of the marketing of next season's cotton crop, desires to eall the attention of Planters and Packers to the neces? sity for the proper baling and covering of cotton finding a market here, and to this end adopt Rule No. 14 of the New York Cotton Exchange, which is prac? tically in force iii this and other mar? kets, to wit: "BANDS AND BAGGING." '.Six iron bands or ropes, not exceed? ing in weight twelve pounds in the ag? gregate, shall be considered sufficient for each bale of cotton. Any excess shall, at the option of the buyer, be re? moved from the bale or deducted from its gross weight." **A11 unnecessary bagging shall be removed from the hales ' before they are weighed or a fair and equitable deduc? tion be made for weight-of same. The 'usual side pieces not to be considered unnecessary bagging, ?diside pieces should each consist of no more than a single half-width of bagging ruoniug the whole length of the bale,) nor shall three full widths of bagging be consid? ered unnecessary, provided thi^ only ruu the length Q? the bale, the beads being protecte d by head pieces of a sin? gle thickness of cloth ; but three f?ll widths of bagging lapping each other at the heads, shall subject the balero a deduction of two pounds. Unnecessary bagging shall be understood to mean all bagging not absolutely essential to cover aud protect the contents of the bale in a proper manner while iu an uncompressed condition." As loss in weight complained of by interior shippers may frequently be traced to the deductions for extra bag? ging made at the ports, this exchange requests that, while covering the bales completely, and not allowing the cot? ton to be exposed, thc ut m ort care be taken that the bagging phall not be doubled in any place. In thc effort to lessen fire risks on cotton, this Re? change asks of those interested, that none but good and substantial bagging be used for covering, and the request vs also urgently made that the usc of time strips of bagging in baling Lc aban? doned, a3 while being compressed ?be folds become separated and tho colts>ii ia exposed to greater risks of lire. A. W. TAFT, ll. A. Ta vd; President. Secretary. -- -I (mmm i - The General Conference of thc Meth? odist Church, North, extended thc pas? torate five years. During November, 1890, an election will be held at every place of worship in thc Church to dee-idc whether women are to bc admitted as lay delegates. The result of this vote will not be known until 1891. wheo the question will be finally decided. The last Conference refused to adm it woai.eE. The National Democracy. Cleveland and Thurman are th nominees for President and Vice President, and in the selection of th ticket the Convention has simply ca ried ont the desire and the will of th Democratic voters of tho coutitrj 'i bo ticket is the strongest that cou! have been gotten np, and is a wit riing one Mr. Thurman is one t the most prominent Democrats of th country, and if it is possible to ad strength lo a ticket rheaded by Mi Cleveland, his nomination wi strengthen it. The platform of th party is broa,d and liberal, and on on which the Democracy of the wliol country can stand united and harmc nions, lt reaffirms the platform c 1884*, and endorses President Clevt laud's message. The following is THE PLATFORM. " Thc Democratic party of the Uniter States, in National Convention at 8embled, renews the pledge of it fidelity to the Democratic faith am reaffirms the platform adopted by it representatives in the Convention o 1884, and endorses the views exprese ed by President Cleveland in his las earnest message to Congress as tin correct interpretation of that platforn upon the question of tariff r?duction and also endorses the efforts Of ou Democratic representatives in Con gress to secure a reduction of the ex ces8ive taxation. Among its princi pies of party faith are the mainte nance of an indissoluble Union of fret and indestructible States, now abou to enter upon its second century o unexampled progress and renown devotion to the plan of governmen regulated by the written Constitu tion, strictly specifying every grantet power and expressly reserving to th< States or the people the entire un granted residue of power ; the en couragement of jealous'popular vigi lance directed lo all- who have beei chosen for brief terms to enact anc execute the laws and are charg?e with the duty of preserving .th? peace, ensuring equality and e6tab lishing justice. The Democratic party welcome* an exacting scrutiny of the adminis tration of the executive power whicl four years ago was committed to itt trust in the election cf Grover Cleve land as President of the United States but it challenges the most searching inquiry concerning its fidelity and? de votion to the pledges which then in volved the suffrages of the people During the most critical period of om financial affairs, resulting from over taxation, the anomalous condition o: our currency and a public debt un ma tured, it has, by the adoption of ? wise and conservative conrse, not only averted disaster; but greatly promoted the prosperity of oui people. lt has revet sed the improvident and unwise policy of the Republican party touching the public domain, and has reclaimed from corporations and syndicates, alien and domestic, and restored to the people nearly one hundred million acres of land, to be sacredly held as homesteads for our citizens. While carefully guarding all inter? ests and the principles of justice and equity, it has paid out more for pen sions and bounties to the soldiers and sailors of the republic than was evet paid before during an equal pei tod. It has adopted and consistently pursued a firm and prudent foreign policy, preserving peace with all nations, while scrupulously maintain ing all rights and interests of out own government and people at home and abroad. The exclusion from our shores oj Chinese laborers has been effectually secured under the provisions of a treaty, the operation of which has been postponed by the action of the Republican majority in the Senate. In every branch and department oj the government under Democratic control the rights and welfare of all the people have been guarded and defended ; every public interest has been protected, and the equality of all our citizens before the law, with? out regard to race or color, has been steadfastly maintained. Upon its record, thus exhibited, and upon the pledge of a continuance to the people of these benefits, the Democracy in? vokes a renewal of the popular trust by t^e election of the chief magis? trate who bas been faithful, able and prudent, lt invokes, ilk addition to that trust, the transfer also to tho Democracy of the entire legislative power. The Republican party, controlling the Senate and resisting in both houses of Congress the reformation of unjust and unequal tax laws, which have outlasted the necessities of the war and are now undermining the abundance of a long peace, deny to the people cquaiiiy before the law and the fairness and tho justice which are their right. The cry of Ameri? can labor fur a better share in the re? wards of industry is sti?ed with false pretenses ; enterprise is fettered and bound down to howe markets; capi tal is discouraged with doubt ; and the unequal, unjust laws can neither be properly amended nor repealed The Democratic parly will continue, with all the power confided !o it, to struggle to reform these laws in HC coidancc with the pledges ot its last platform, endorsed at the ballot-box by tbe suffrages of the people. Of all tbe industrious freemen of our land, au immense majority, including every tiller of the soil, gain no advantage; from the excessive tax laws, h?t tbe price of nearly every!hing- they boy is increased' by the favoritism of au unequal system of tax legislation. Ail Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation. lt is K?pugiiaitt to the creed of the D-eHN^racy thai by such taxation the cost o? th?? >sec*kssari??? of life should be unjustifiably increased to all our people. Jadged by Demo? cratic principles, ibo interests of peo? ple aue betrayed when, by unneces? sary taxation, trusts and combina? tions a:e permitted to exist, which, Mrikfile ?iiduly enriching the few (hat combine, are robbing our citizens by depriving them oj the benefits of nat jurallc^m pe ti t */?. Every Democratic rule of govern? mental action is violated when, through unnecessary taxation, a vast sum of money, far beyond the needs of an economical administration, is drawn from the people and channels of trade and accumulated, as a de? moralizing surplus in the national treasury. The money now lying idle in the Federal, treasury, resulting from superfluous taxation, amounts to more than one hundred and twenty five millions, and the surplus collect? ed is reaching the sum of more than $60,000,000 annually. Debauched by this immense temp? tation, the remedy of the Republican party is to meet and exhaust, by ex? travagant appropriation and expenses whether constitutional or not, the ac? cumulation of extravagant taxation. The Democratic policy is to enforce frugality in public expense and abol ish unnecessary taxation. Our estab? lished domestic industries and enter? prises should not and need not be endangered by a reduction and cor? rection of the burdetts of taxation. On the contrary, a fair and careful re? vision of our tax laws, with due al? lowance for difference between wages of American and foreign labor, must promote and encourage every branch of such industries and enterprises by giving them assurances of an extend? ed market and steady and continuous operations. In the interests of Amerioan labor, which should iii no event be neglected, the revision of our tax laws contemplated by the Democratic party should promote the advantage of such labor, by cheapen? ing the cost of the necessaries of life iu the home of every workingman and at the same time securing to him steady remunerative employment. On this question of tariff reform, so closely connecting every phase of our national life, and Upon every question involved in the problem of good government, the Democratic party submits its principien and pro? fession to the intelligent suffrages of the American people. Some Specimen Immigrants. The new -catechism* or 6ct of que? ries approved by the commissioners, which every newly arrived immigrant must hereafter answer, went into effect at Castle Garden yesterday, and judging hy the results the 'catechism* will-prove a very effective method of keeping foreign paupers and crimi? nals out of this country. The ques? tions, ten in number, run something like (his : What is your name ? ^Nationality ? Age?.Married or single? Destina? tion ? Have you tickets or money ? Ever an inmate of any almshouse or prison ? What is. the coudition of 3*our health ? Are you an alien or a citizen of the United States ? A?> a result of this examination which Commissioner Stephenson su pervised fourteen persons were de? tained for Collector Magone'fi decis? ion. "SCCM FOR AMERICA." lu the examination of the Italian passengers Manager Marzo, of th*? Italian society, acted as interpreter. One dark skinned" s ui of Italy con? fessed that he had spent ten years in prison for highway robbery ; another s?id he was sent up three years for stabbing a man. The man carried a. stiletto, and grinned as he saw it was noticed. A third man acknowledged that lie attempted to shoot an enemy of his, failed and served a sentence of eight years for his fun. The worst case, discovered was that of a cunning looking chap who, after some hesita? tion, told Marzo that he had been be? hind the bars for ten years previous to embarking for America for attempt? ed assault un an' Italian giri. Ile seemed sorry for having acknowl? edged his crime when he was uncer? emoniously huddled into the enclos? ure with the thiee ex-convicts. Between thirty and forty other Italian immigrants confessed to hav? ing served smail sentences, princi? pally for stealing wood. Theae were allowed to go, as was also a German who got thirty days for assault, and another convicted of fighting. Ten young italian boys who came on the steamer Martha from Naples, turned ont to be importations made by padrones, and they were detained. Commissioner Stephenson said to a : Herald reporter; 'The idea is to keep criminals and improper persons ont of this country as far as possible. Thc countries of Europe have been pouring their scum over here, and the only way to stop it is to send the scum right back- again.'-New York Herald. Plant Peras. If there is a nook or corner or square or acre of land on thc tarni with no field crop growing on it, it ouglit to have cow pvas sown in it during this month. The whip-poor will varieties of peas will yield a full crop if sown by the ist of July, ?r even later in the lower counties. A crop of peas will greatly enhance the fertility ol the soil, even if the vines are pastured or cut off the laud fox forage. H ?Wa it in three or four wavs. fr'irst lb? roots bring np and I old plant food from the substance, which is nonavailable to the roots of ordinary crops ; SCCoJsd, pea vinos j act ju tile same tuan ney as clover in j atcmiintaiing ammonia in the soil ;; thil?, tia; shading of the soil in the j beal ?>f Jilly and August causes it to aW'vb nitrogen ; fourth, the roots of j ti?1 vines add largely to the veleta-j hie matter of thc soil, retid?-ring is j more friable and mellow, and giving | it greater power to absorb and retain ? moisture as well as plant food. A j poa crop should precede ike stua&j grain crop if possible, lt has bee? demonstrated that land sows* to peas ; and wheat alternately will annually increase thc yield o? either without | the use of >s*anx?re, through a tenn of; year?. Tire late Dr. Ka venc?, of; Aikew> regarded cow peas as the j equal of the clover crop of the tipper counties for thc Southern pait of the Slate. None dispute his authority on such questions, -f??ilwi PlanL Our State Contemporaries. Newberry Herald and Newe lt can do no harm for the taxpayers to look on this pjcture and then ou that in comparing the expenses cf the State government of one year with the ex? penses of another, and estimate wnich is growing the faster, the increase in wealth and .ability to pay, or the ex? penses of running the machine. Some? times it is eoonomy and advantageous to spend money and even though ice expenses of the State government are more now than a few years ago if the people are reaping the benefit they should ?ot complain. The question then is are tbe people beneStted by the increased expenditure. Greenville Kew*. The Abbeville Medium struck a note which was generally responded to when it attacked the prevalent aud increasing habit of bleeding men who are candi? dates for office with subscription lists for churches and other enterprises, bar? becues, assessments aud other methods. The evil results of the persecution of the candidates are not confined to the candidate himself. They extend to the people by decreasing the supply of available official timber. There is noth? ing wrong and frequently there is much that is commendable tn the desire for office. Political ambition is as honor? able as any other and the man who asi-s for a position io the public service by which he may earn honest bread is do? ing an entirely proper thing. The prevailing tendency is to make the path to office as hard ao'd disagree? able as possible and thereby to shut poor and sensitive men cut of political life entirely. Let us Have *a Fair Rac?. Anderton Journal. There is an uprising all over the State against levying church contribu? tions for public ?office. It is wrong in principal every way you look at it. It is nothing more nor less that an offer to sell the votes of church members indi? rectly, and it opens a way for candi? dates to buy their way into office. ^We hope co subscription lists will be pre? sented to the candidates in Anderson County this year, and if such is done we trust the several candidates will have the manhood to refuse. Issues. Abbeville Medium. The idea that there are . no issues in the present State campaign is erroneous. The question of taxation is always as issue. Some have extravagant uotioos about the expenses of conducting the government. These are not the men for the times. Not a cent should be taken from the people more than is necessary for the economical adminis tration of public affairs. The increased value of tbe taxable property in ?he State should justify a reduction of the rate of taxation. It is our duty to keep faith with the creditors of the State, pay our officials liberal and just salaries and support our charitable and penal institutions. When this is done the taxeswill be high enough. Such taxation is' just and necessary. People. do not complain of it. With the additional revenue from an increased assessment of property and the increased receipts Trom phosphate royalty it does seem that there should be some relief for the people. It should not always go on that whenever our revenue increases we must find some place to put the surplus. This is an issue for the present campaign.' It is au important one. The remedy is to elect a legislature pledged to economy which will not open the public purse to every new and visionary scheme that may be brought up for au appropriation. Another matter upon which candi? dates should be committed is that of taking a census and the just apportion? ment of representation among the several counties. Another important measure which will very probably come before the General Assembly is the acceptance of the Clemson bequest and the establish? ment of a separate agricultural college If the farmers are wise tiley will make sure that there will be no question as to the views of our future representa" tives. It is useless to say more. The next I legislature will be an important body ! and the greatest care should be exer- | cised iu the choice of representatives. | _: The total amount of royalty received by the Srate for the year ending August 31st; ISSI, from phosphates, amounted to g208.772 41. What became of this immense sum of money ? We make no j charge' of corruption, but it does seem ! that with such a revenue taxes should have been reduced. Since 1S76 this . royalty has increased more than ?100,- j OOO ; but no matter how much tbe in- ! crease is it seems that there is souie ; place to put it without r?lieviug the \ people. Times are hard, faxes are ; burdensome and there certainty should j be some relief. Here the fuwds can be ; found, and why is it impossible for the j advocates of ?? eco?omie?? government to carry through some measure of re- j lief? Because so many men in the j Legislature believe in something fancy j and eossiy. ! }l &?) this money was devoted to the ? support of the officers of thc govern- | ment and its charitable institutions ] there would scarcely bc any need for a ! State tax at ail. In addition to this ! increase of phosphate royalty thc tax- j able property of'the Srate has been in- j creased several millions. Yet there is j .A place found tor all these taxes and the ; borden upon the people is t?r>t lightened j There is room fjr reform The people should think of these j things when they select their oilers j Tili? journal bas been hammering at j it for ycafs until thc su! j ct is almost. ; tlirefcd&are. We however will uni grow ? wear*, bot ?ght the battle of thc peo j prc for retrenchment and reform until j o-uT object is accomplished. C trotina Spartan. ! Who is your man for Governor t] Able editors and astute correspondents j sboald agitate this matter. If ikey all-1 lfe*p perfectly still uurit tfee convention ; irrtet? in Columbia, or SpArwnbutg, as ; t&eease may fte. and DO pcbl'rc interest t&&3fc$to& ia tbs- tfl-s?c?, ?&co k is probable that the incumbents rfHV be nominated. It will bc too'late to cry out -Riog' then It i's not so much Ring work that keeps our nominations in the same old groove as a" want of open and free discussion of available men before the convection ni??ts. ' Bnng out your candidates for the S&te ticket and let the people examine their pedigree and running qualities*. * Bead this and Ponderv St. Matthews Spectator." We were sorry that, we were disap? pointed in not hearing Dr. At ti eua GK / Haygood's address before Cia??n. Re made some wouderfo? statements hi hts ; address, and were .it not fdr the position he holds and so well known himself, many might doubt the correctness of ?. them. However they are only in keep-" i?g with what we hare been writing about and urging our owffr?ee tormore ^ energy and interest in the education of their children. Dr. Hyagood said *the negroes who had been free f;.r only twenty-three years bad made most, wonderful progress in education. VfbS? freed there were upwards of five million .of them, all without education. Tooday" more than two million of them could read, and fifteen thousand of them were engaged iu teaching. They are going forward faster than any people Btcjilarly situated in the annals of history. We fear they are doing more in this direc? tion than cur own people.' We fully / . agree with Dr. Hay good, when he said this race question was going to be, at no distant day. a big thing The negro never lets an opportunity slip to improve . himself, while the boera' is too icdif- ' fercnt to the education of his children. ? We are glad to-note the progress of the- |a| colored people in this direction, and ??| only hope that it may be the means of ^ stimulating the whites to a greateir^y effort in thc education of their children^^'. How soon the mantle will fall from our * :' shoulders to theirs, and it is an estab? lished fact the world over, that, UM? educated people led by intelligence, tt?fel the men that raie. Unless oar pee$3Srl:r . as a whole wake up and take mbr$ tfr^ terest in education, but a few genetfe> tion8 will have .passed away before ?w% biggest sort of struggle will be for ??j^l supremacy., JSpIp As soon as the nomination of Clevey land was announced in Wall street^ New York, some pf the brokers began to bet on the result of the election. -? ~ Several bets of $100 to ?50 that Cleve? land would be elected were made on the floor of the Stock Exchange. .One of the leading Northern jonrnsla J says that reckoning up the material re-,v??_ sources of the South-its cotton 5eldte!!r [ts iron and coal mines-it will nevera do to omit its magnificent pine foreste. Michigan has hitherto held the cham pionship as a timber country, but tt?r T glory is slowly waning, while that of the South is just dawning. The State Teachers- Association wilr'^f meet in Columbia on the 11th-13th" July, and every effort is being made to* arrange au interesting programme (of the occasion. Col. J G. Clinkscales, of Anderson, bas accepted an invita? tion to address the Association otrt?te subject of '-Obstacles to the success of the Public School System cf South^irr olina.'* Reduced railroad rates and i>oard for visiting teachers will be se* cared. -y ; We learn from Hon. J. S Cotfcraft : says the Newberry Herald, that rjers?ns who desire to attend the reunion at Gettysburg on the 3d of Jaly, ca? do so in groups of twenty-five or me&lt one cent a mile, going <. . returning. This is to be a grand reunion oProS' Northern and Southern armies. Th* great battle of Gettysburg during the** late war. was fought on the 1st, 2nd and 3d July, 1863. just one quarter of a ceutury ago, and w?s really the turn ing point in the war against the Con* federate army. The lo?-* of the Con? federate was heavy, as was that of the Uuion army. .*The national cemetery: at Gettvsburg contains the bodies ol 3,580 ?O?OD soldiers, with a centrar monument costing ?50,000. aud :W bronz? statute of G*-neral Reynolds* costing ?15,000. The Confederate dead have nearly ail been exhumed from the battlefield and taken to South- ^ ern cemeteries/ ^ The following circular issueS by Secretary of State J. Q Marshall, who is chairman of the board of pensions, h3S been sent to .-til the clerks of Cosri of the State, and wi?? es plain itself: '.it having bc;n brought to the at* tcntjos of t??e pensi-.m board that ru many instances applicants for pensions, Ender the recent Act of thc Genera? Assembly of South Carolina, have ap? plied under the came of their deceased husband, while \hoy have re married sinee the death of thc soldier husband,. and their applications have beeu thus approved, and the board having been further mfor:?ed tiut many applicants have disposed of their property for ther pcrpose of drawing the pension so al? lowed ; the board therefore request that you make inquiry as to these ?al? ters and give such information as yo? can set. Anv other informados ner^" tinent to this subject which yon csu* furbish will be cf grea-? a-ssista-uce t<y the board.' A Death Tramp. The other day an exhausted streaker dropped apparently dead fin a PittsS^rgr street. lie was curried into af ?rug store and slowly revived. ?&eanwhile it was noticed that the' soW of his shoes had been worn away, 3nd" that he* clutched in his h H nd a note that read as follows : 'Dear ii us band-Do not come* home until you have matched the eu-' c-useu sample of worsted-. Your loving little wrfey/ Several married men expressed stiT prise that rife si ranger had* reeG^ered* at ali. Ail the heroes of th? country ?\> not die on the battlefield r-~Bt?jlet?n. it i's hard work to believe in the/men tal superiority of wona-n, ??irticnlarly" when we sec what tn3sei-a"b&^ speciuiens of humanity they arc ;wiiln?fo tnarry. Y ; II-m i i ' : .-. The pleasantest tniiip^iff tEe worldare; pheasant, rhougJitfr armf ?he grimiest HT life ia fy ^v?- ^se ' u>?y o?