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S2^i=.::-^.^r----- ?-...-???-/' ---y-. .. . ^^^^^^^^ ^^j^^^^^^^^ Pas SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends then Aima't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE TRUE SO?TBSOX*, KatmVH?bv? jim?, 199m Consoli?lated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27, 1888. Sew Series-Tel. TH. Ne. Cv 3 .yr-: (if st?gjam n? Sprint Published ?Torr WedaoadAy, ar N. GK OSTEEN, SUUTJSR. S. C. TSRM8 : ? Two Dollars TUX annum-in advance. AD?KRTISIMIKT8. 0?e Sisare, first iasertion.$1 00 finery subsequent insertion-. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will he faade at reduce*! rates. AU corara nnicati DUS which subserve private interest} will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be cjSarged for. Absolutely Pure. Thig powder never varies. A marvel of parity, strength and wholesomeness. 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Sell Dressed Lumber, Mouldings, Balusters, Baluster Railings, Bough Lumber, Laths, Shingles, Doors* Sash, Blinds, &c.,-&o. Our trade in Doors, Sash and Blinds is larger than ever be? fore because we sell them cheaper than they can be or? dered? H. HARBf & co. ?trae S _ The largest and most complete estalluhstent South 8E0. S. HACKER & SON, Manufacturers of Boors, M, Elis, iii! JUIS SUILBBTO ItilEEIAl. OF Ki CS AND Wi.REEOOMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 o a. 0. BROWN ft BRO., COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Mci anfl?MB?anlMoir Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders ly Mail. CO. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, WhVnviA, s. c. Oct*-* A The Treasure of Franchard ByBOBEET LOUIS STEVMSO& CHAPTER UL THE ADOPTION". Mme, Desprez, who answered to the Chris tian.name of Anastasie, presented an agree able type of her sex; exceedingly wholesome to look upon, a stout bruno, with cool smootl cheeks, steady, dark eyes and hands tha neither art nor nature could improve. Sh? was the sort of a person over whom adversit} passes like a summer cloud; she might, ii the worst of conjunctions, knit her brow< into one vertical furrow for a moment, bul the next it would be gone. She bad much o? the placidity of a contented nun; with litth of her piety, however; for Anastasie was ol a very mundane nature, fond of oysters anc old wine, and somewhat bold pleasantries, and devoted to her husband for her own sake rather than for his. She was imperturbably gook natured, but had no idea of self sacri? fice. To live in that pleasant old house, witt a green garden behind and bright flowers about the window, to eat and drink of the best, to gossip with a neighbor for a quartet of an hour, never to wear stays or a dress except when she went to Fontainebleau shop? ping, to be kept in a continual supply of racy novels, and to be married to Dr. Desprez and have no ground of jealousy, filled the cup oi her nature to the brim. Those who had known the doctor in bachelor days, when he had aired quite as many theories, but of a different order, attributed his present philos? ophy to the study of Anastasie. It was her brute enjoyment that he rationalized and perhaps vainly imitated. * Mme. Desprez was an artist in the kitchen, and made coffee toa nicety. She had a knack of tidiness, with which she bad infected the doctor; everything was in its place; every? thing capable of polish shone gloriously; and dust was a thing banished from her empire. Aline, their single ser vant, had no other busi? ness in the world but to scour and burnish So Dr. Desprez lived lu his house like a fatted calf, warmed and cosseted to his heart's con? tent. The midday meal was excellent. There was a ripe melon, a fish from the river in a memorable Bearnaise sauce, a fat fowl in a fricassee, and a dish of asparagus, followed by some fruit. The doctor drank half a bot? tle plus one glass, the wife half a bottlo minus tho same quantity, which was a marital privi? lege, of an excellent Cote Rorie, seven years old. Then the coffee was brought, and a flask of Chartreuse for madame, for the doc? tor despised and distrusted such decoctions; and then Aline left the wedded pair to the pleasures of memory and digestion. "It is a very fortunate circumstance, my cherished one," observed the doctor-"this coffee is adorable-a very fortunate circum? stance on the whole-Anastasie, I beseech I you, go without that poison for today, only one day, and you will feel the benefit, I pledge my reputation." "What is thte fortunate circumstance, my friend r inquired Anastasie, not heeding his protest, which was of daily recurrence. "That we have no children, my beautiful," replied the doctor. "I think of it more as the years go on, and with more and more gratitude toward the power that dispenses such afflictions. Your health, my darling, my studious quiet, our little kitchen delica? cies, how they would all have suffered, how they would all have been sacrificed! And for wliat? "Cldldren are the last word of human imperfection. Health flees before ? their face. They cry, my dear; they put I vexatious questions; they demand to be fed. to be washed, to be educated, to have their noses blown; and then, when the time comes, they break our hearts, as I break this piece ! of sugar. A pair of professed egotists, like j you and me, should avoid offspring like an infidelity." ; "Indeed!" said she, and she laughed. "Now, that is like you-to take credit for [ the thing you could not help." "My dear," returned the doctor, solemnly, "we might have adopted" "Never !" cried madame. "Never, doctor, with my consent. If the child were my own flesh and blood, I would not say no. But to take another persons indiscretion on my shoulders, my dear friend, I have too much sense." "Precisely," replied the doctor. "We both had And I am all the better pleased with ourwisdom, because-because"- He looked at her sharply. "Because whatr she asked, with a faint premonition of danger. "Because I have found the right person," said the doctor? firmly, "and shall adopt him this afternoon," Anastasie looked at him out of a mist. 'HTou have lost your reason," she said; and there was a clang ia her voice that seemed to threaten trouble. "Not so, my dear," he replied; "I retain Its complete exercise. To the proof: instead of attempting to cloak my inconsistency I have, by way of preparing you, thrown it into strong relief/ You will there, I think, recognize the philosopher who has the ec? stasy to call you wife. The fact is, I have been reckoning all this while without an ac I rident. I never thought to find a son of my own. Now, last night I found one. Do not unnecessarily alarm yourself, my dear; he is ? not a drop of blood to me that I know. It is his mind, darling, his mind that calls me father." "His mind!" she repeated, with a titter between scorn and hysterics. "His mind, indeed! Henri, is this an idiotic pleasantry, orare you mad? His mind! And what of my mindT' "Truly," replied the doctor, with a shrug, Hyou have your finger on the hitch. He will be strikingly antipathetic to my beautiful Anastasi??. She will never understand him ; he will never understand her. You married the animal side of my nature, dear; and it is on the spiritual side that I find my affinity for Jean-Marie. So much vf, that, to be per? fectly frank, ? stand in some awe of him my? self. You will e-isily perceive that I am announcing a calamity for you. Do not," he broke out in tones of real solicitude, "do not give way to tears after a meal, Anastasie. You will certainly give yourself a false di? gestion." Anastasie controlled herself. "You know how willing I am to humor you," she said, "in all reasonable matters. But on this point" "My dear love," interrupted the doctor, eager to prevent a refusal, "who wished to leave Paris? Who made me give up cards, and the opera, and the boulevard, and my social relations, and all that was my life be? fore I knew you? Have I been faithful? Have I been obedient? Have I not borne my doom with cheerfulness? In all honesty, Anastasie, havo I not a right to a stipula? tion on my side? I have, and you know it. I stipulate my son." Anastasie was aware of defeat; she struck ber colors instantly. "You will break my heart," she sighed. "Not in the least," said he. "You will fed a trifling inconvenience for a month, just as I did when I was first brought to this vile hamlet; then your admirable sense and temper will prevail, and I see you already as content as ever, and making your husband the happiest of men." "Yon know I can refuse you nothing," she said, with a las; flicker of resistance; "noth? ing that will make you truly happier. But will this* Are you sure, my husband? Last night, you say, you found him! He maybe the worst of humbugs." "I think not," replied the doctor. "But do not suppose me so unwary as to adopt him out of hand. I am, I flatter myself, a fin i ished man of the world; I have had all pos? sibilities in view; my plan is contrived to meet them all. I take the lad as stable \x>y. If he pilfer, if he grumble, if he desire to change, I shall see I was mistaken; I shall recognize him for no son of mine, and send j him tramping." "You will never do so when the time comes," said his wife; "I know your good j heart." She reached out her hand to him, with a sigh; the doctor smiled as be took it and car ried it to his lips; he had gained his point j j with greater ease than he had dared to hope; j i for perhaps the twentieth time be had proved j . the efficacy Of his trusty argument, his Ex I caliburt the hint of a return to Paris. Six months in thc capital? for a man of the doc? tor's antecedents and relations, implied no less a calamity than total ruin. Anastasie had saved the remainder of his fortune by keeping him strictly in the country. The very name of Paris put her in a blue fear; and she would have allowed her husband to keep a menagerie in the back garden, let alone adopting a stable hoy, rather than per? mit the question of return to be discussed. About 4 of the afternoon the mountebank rendered up his ghost; he had never been conscious since his seizure. Dr. Desprez was present at his last passage, and declared the farce over. Then he took Jean-Marie by the shoulder, and led him out into tho inn gar? den, where there was & convenient bench beside the river. Here he sat him down and made the boy place himself on his left. "Jean-Marie,'' he said very gravely, "this world is exceedingly vast, and even France, which is only a small corner of it, is a great ? place for a little lad like you. Unfortunately it is full of eager, shouldering people moving on, and thero are very few bakers' shops for so many eaters. Your master is dead; you are not ?t?o gain a living by yourself; you do not wish to steal? No. Your situation, then, is undesirable; it is, for the moment, critical On the other hand, you behold in me a man not old, though elderly, still en? joying the youth of the heart and the intel? ligence; a man of instruction; easily situated in this world's affairs; keeping a good table; a man, neither as friend nor host, to be de? spised. I offer you your food and clothes, and to teach you lessons in the evening,which will be infinitely more to the purpose for a lad of your stamp than those of nil the priests in Europe. I propose no wages, but if ever you. take a thought to !eave me the door shall be open, and I will give you 100 francs to start the world upon. Iii return, I have aa old horse and chaise, which you would very speedily learn to cleon and keep in or? der. Do not hurry yourself to answer, and take it or leave it as you judge aright. Only remember this, that 1 am no sentimentalist or charitable person, but a man who lives rigorously to himself; and that if ? make tho .proposal it is for my own ends--it is because I perceive clearly an advautago to myself. And now reflect.51 "I shall be very glad. I do not see what else I can do. I thank you, sir, most kindly, aud I will try to be useful,'1 said the boy. "Thank 3"oa,r said tho doctor, warmly, ris? ing at the same time and wiping his brow, for he had suffered agonies while the thing hung in the wind. A refusal, after the scene at noon, would have placed him in a ridicu Ions light before Anastasie. ''How hot and heavy i< the evening to be. surv! I have ftiways had a fancy to bo a fish in summer, Jean-Marie, here in the Loing beside Gretz. I should lie under a water lily and listen to the bells, which must sound most delicately down below. That would be a life-do you not think so, too!*1 "Yes,11 said Jean-Marie. ''Thank God, yon have imagination I*1 cried the doctor, embracing the boy with his usual effusive warmth, though it was a proceeding that seemed to disconcert the sufferer almost as much as if he had boen an English school boy of tho same age. "And now," he added, "I will take you to my wife.*1 Mme. Desprez sat in the dining room in a cool wrapper. All the blinds were do mi, and the tile floor had been recently?-, ?rinkled with water; her eyes were half shut, but sh6 affected to be reading a novel as they en? tered. Though she was a bustling woman, she enjoyed repose between whiles and had a remarkable appetite for sleep. The doctor went through a solemn form of introduction, adding, for the benefit of both parties, "You must try to like each other for my sake.'1 "He is very pretty," said Anastasie. "Will you kiss me, ray pretty little fellow?" "Will you kiss rn?, tn y pretty little fellene T* The doctor was furious, and dragged her into tho passage. "Aro you a fool, Anas? tasie?" he said. "What is all this I hoar about the tact of women? Heavens knows, I have not met with it in my experience. You address my little philosopher as if he were an infant. He must be spoken tb with more re? spect, I tell you; ho must not bo kissed and Goorgy-porgy'd liko an ordinary child." "I only did it to please you, I am sure," replied Anastasie; "but I will try to do bet? ter." Tho doctor apologized for his warmth. "But I do wish him," ho continued, "to feel at home among us. And really your con? duct was so idiotic, my cherished one, and so utterly and distantly out of place, that a saint might have been pardoned a little vehe? mence in disapproval. Do, do try-if it is possible for a woman to understand young people-but of course it is not, and I waste my breath. Hold your tongue as much aa possible at least, and observo my conduct narrowly; it will serve you for a model." Anatasie did as she was bidden, and con? sidered the doctor's behavior. She observed that he embraced t ho boy three times in th? course of the evening, and managed gener? ally to confound and abash the little follow out of speech and appetite. But she had tho true womanly heroism in little affairs. Not only did she refrain from tho cheap revengo of exposing the d<x-tor's errors to himself, Lut she did her best lo remove their ill effect on Jean-Mario. "When Desprez went out for his last breath of air before retiring for the night, she caiae over to thc boy's side and took his hand. "You must not bo surprised nor frightened by my husband's manners," she said. "Ho is tho kindest of men, but so clever that he is sometimes difficult to understand. You will soon grow used to him, and then you will love him, forthat nobody can help. As for me, you may he surp, I shall try to make you happy, and w ill not l>other you at all. I think wc should l>e excellent friends, you and L. I am not clever, but 1 am very good natured. Will you give me a kiss?" He held up his face, and she took him in her anns and then began to cry. The woman bad spoken ia complaisance; but she- had warmed to her own words, and tenderness followed. The doctor, entering, found them enlaced: he concluded that his wife was in fame; and ho was just beginning, in an awful voice, "Anastasie," when sho looked i ont him, smiling, witn an upraised finder; and ho held his }>eaeo, wondering, while sbc led tho boy to bis attic. CHAPTER IV. THE EDUCATION* OF A PHILOKOPTinn. The installation of thc adopted stable boy wa* tims happily effected, and tho wheels of life continued to nm smoothly in the doc? tor's house. Jyan-Mario did his horse ami carriage duty in tho morning; sometimes helped in tho housework; sometimes walked Bbroad with thc doctor, to drink wisdom from thc fountain head; and was introduced at night to the sciences and the dead tongues. He retained his singular placidity of mind and manner; he was rarely in fault; but ho mafic only a very partial progross in his studies, and remained much of a stranger in the family. The doctor was a pattern of regularity. All forenoon be worked on his great book, the "Comparative Pharmacopoeia, or His? torical Dictionary of all Medicines," which as yet consisted principally of slips of paper and pins. When finished, it was to fill many personable volumes and to combine anti- j quarian interest with professional utility But the doctor was studious of literary grace and the picturesque ; an anecdote, a touch o manners, a moral qualification, or a sound lng epithet was sure to be preferred before i piece of science; a little more, and he woult have written the "Comparative Pharma copoia" in verse! The article "Murmnia, for instance, was already complete, thong! i the remainder of the work bad not progresse* beyond the letter A. It was cxceedmgl; copious and entertaining, written wit) quaintness and color, exact, erudite, a lit erary article; but it would hardly have ai forded guidance to a practicing physician o today. The feminine good sense of his wif had led her to point this out with uncom promising sincerity; for tho dictionary wa duly read aloud to her, betwixt sleep an< waking, as it proceeded toward an infiniter, distant completion; and the doctor was a lit tie sore on thc subject of mummies, and some times resented an allusion with asperity. After the midday meal and a proper pe riod of digestion he walked, sometimes alone ?sometimes accompanied by Jean-Marie; fo: madame would have preferred any hardshi] rather than walk. She was, as I have said, avery busy per son, continually occupied about materia comforts and ready to drop asleep over i novel the instant slie was disengaged Thi was tho less objectionable, as sho neve: snored or grew distempered in complexion when she slept. On the contrary, she looker the very picture of luxurious and appetizing ease, and woke without a start to the perfec possession of her faculties. I am afraid sh? was -greatly an animal, but she was a ven nice animal te have about. In this way sh had Iftfie to do with Jean-Marie; but tin sympathy which had been established bet wee: them on the first night remained unbroken They held occasional conversations, mostly on household matters. To the extreme disap poi nt ment of the doctor, the}' occasional J \ sallied off together to that temple of debas ing superstition, the village church. Madame and he. both in their Sunday's best, drove twice a month to Fontainebleau and re? turned laden with purchases, and, in short, although the doctor still continued to regard them as irreconcilably antipathetic, their re? lation was as intimate, friendly and confi? dential as their natures suffered. I fear, however, that in her heart of hearts, madame kindly despised and pitied tho boy. She had no admiration for his class of vir? tues; she liked a smart, polite, forward, roguish sort of boy, cap in hand, light ol foot, meeting the eye: she liked volubility, charra, a little vice-the promise of a second Dr. Desprez. And it was her indefeasible belief that Jean-Marie was dull. "Poordear boy," she had said once, "bow sad it is that he should be so stupid!" She liad never re? peated that remark, for the doctor had raged like a wild bull, denouncing the brutal blunt? ness of her mind, bemoaning his own fate to be so unequally mated with an ass, and, what touched Anastasie more nearly, menacing the table china by thc fury of hi? gesticula? tions. But she adhered silently to her opin? ion; and when Jean-Mario was sitting, stolid, blank, but not unhappy, over his unfinished tasks, she would snatch her opportunity in the doctor's absence, go over to him, put her arms about his neck, lay her cheek to his, and communicate her sympathy with his distress. "Do not mind," she would say; "I, too, am not at all clever, and I can assure you that it makes no difference in life." The doctor's view was naturally different. That gentleman never wearied of tho sound of his own voice, which was, to say the truth, agreeable enough to hear. He now had a listener, who was not so cynically indifferent os Anastasie, and who sometimes put him on his mettle by tho most relevant objections. Besides, was ho not educating the boy? And education, philosophers aro agreed, is the, most philosophical of duties. What can be j more heavenly to poor mankind than to have one's hobby grow into a duty to the state? Then, indeed, do the ways of life become ways of pleasantness. Never had the doctor Eoen reason to be more content with lus en? dowments. Philosophy flowed smoothly from his lips. Ho was so agile a dialectician that he could trace his nonsense, when challenged, back to ?onie root in sense, and provo it to be a sort of flower upon his system. He slipped out of antinomies like a fish, and left his dis? ciple marveling at the rabbi's depth. Moreover, deep down in his heart the doc? tor was disappointed with tho ill success of his more formal education. A boy, chosen by so acute an observer for his aptitude, and guided along the path of learning by so phil? osophic an instructor, was bound, by the nature of the universe, to make a more obvi? ous and lasting advance. Now Jean-Marie was slow in all things, impenetrable in others; and his power of forgetting was fully on a level with his power to learn. Therefore, the doctor cherished his peripatetic lectures, , to which the boy attended, which ho gener I ally appeared to enjoy, and by which he ! often profited. Many and many were the talks they had ! together; and health and moderation proved tho subject of the doctor's divagations. To these he lovingly returned. "I lead you," he would say, "by tho green pastures. My system, my beliefs, my medi? cines, are resumed in one phrase-to avoid ; excess. Blessed nature, healthy, temperate nature, abhors and exterminates excess. Hu? man law, in this matter, imitates at a great distance her provisions; and we must strive to supplement the efforts of tho law. Yes, boy, wo must be a law to ourselves and for our neight?ors-lex armata-armed, em? phatic, tyrannous law. If you see a crapu? lous human ruin snuffing, dash him from his box! The judge, though in a way an admis? sion of disease, is less offensive to me than oither the doctor or thc priest. Above all the doctor-the doctor and the purulent trash and garbage of his pharmacopoeia! Pure air-from the neighborhood of a pinetuni for the sake of the turpentine-un? adulterated wine, and the reflections of an un? sophisticated spirit in the presence of the works of nature-these, my boy, arc the best medical appliances and tho best religious comforts. Devote youself to these. Hark! there are thc bells of BOurron (tho wind is iu the north, it will be fair). How clear and airy is the sound! The nerves are harmon? ized and quieted; the mind attuned to silence; and observo how easily and regularly beats tho heart! Your unenlightened doctor would see nothing in these sensations; and yet you yourself perceive they are a p.Mt of health; Did VDU remember your cinchona this morn? ing? Good. Cinchona also is a work of na? ture; it is, after all, only the bark of a tree which we might gather for ourselves if we lived in thc locality. What a world is this! Though a professed atheist, I delight to ??ear i my testimony to the world. lx?ok at the gratuitous remedies and pleasures that sur? round our path! The river runs by the gar? den end, our bath, our fish pond, our natural I system of drainage-: There is a well in the ! court which sends up sparkling water from I the earth*? very heart-, clean, cool and with a little winn most wholesome. Tho dis? trict is notorious for ?ts salubrity: rheuma? tism, is ti?e only prevalent complaint, and ? myself have never had a touch of it. I tell you-and my opinion is based upon the cold? est, clearest processes of reason-if 1, jf you, desired to leave this home of pleasures it would bc the duty, lt would be the privilege, of our best friend to prevent us with ri pistol bullet." One beautiful Jun* day they sat upon the hill outside the village. Tho river, as bille ns heaven, shone bery and there arning the foli? age. Tho indefatigable bird-; turned and flickered .-.bout ("reta ohureh bmvr. A healthy wind blew fix?m ?.ver the forest, asid the wund of innumerable thousands of live, tops and hmiimornhie millions.ou millions of green leaves was abrund in the air. and tilled the car with something lietwi-eii whispered Snooeh and singing, lt S'-emo-l as ff every lilade of grass must: hide a -cigare; and tlie fields rang merrily with their music, jingling I far and near, as with the sleigh hells of the i fairy nucen. From their station on the sl??i>o the eye embraced a large space of jw ?piare? 1 plain upon the ono Viand, the waving hill tops of the forest on the other, and Greta it? self in the middle, nhandful of roofs. Cnder j thebestriding arch of the blue heavens, ; ho ? pince seemed dwindVxl toa toy. lt seemed j I incredible that people d wei lcd, and cou!? 1 find j ! room to turn or air to breathe, in such a cor- i I ner of the world. The tW.night came home j I to the boy, perhaps for the first time, and he gaye it words. / ;. "How small it looks!" ho sighed. "Ay," replied the doctor, "small enough 1 now." Yet it was once a walled city; thriv? ing, full of furred burgesses and men in ar? mor, humming with affairs - with tall -= spires, for aught I know, and portly towers along the battlements. A thousand chim? neys ceased smoking at the curfew bell. Thcro were gibbets at the gate as thick as scarecrows. In timo of war, tho assault swarmed against it with laddie the arrows fell like leaves, tho defend?is sallied hotly over the drawbridge, each sitie uttered its cry as they plied their weapons, Do you know that the walls extended as far as tho Commanderie? Tradition sw reports. Ala?, what a longway off is all this confusion nothing left of it but my o/li^t words spoken in your ear-and the town ft?c?f shrunk to the hamlet underneath u?! Dy and by carno the English wars-yon shall hoar more of the Engtisb, a stupid people, who sometimes blundered into good.-and Gretz was taken, sacked, and bumed. It w the history of many town?; but Gretz never arose again; it was never rebuilt; its ruins were a quarry to serve the growth of rivals; and the stones of Gretz aro now erect along tho streets of Ne? mours. It gratifies me that our old hon?? was tho first to rise after tho calamity; when the town had come to an end, it inaugurated the hamlet,* "I, too, am glad of that," said Jean-Marie, "It should bo tho temple of the humbler virtue?," responded the doctor, with a savory gusto, "Perhaps one of thc reasons why I love my little hamlet as I do. w that we have a similar history, she and I. Have I told you that I was once nebr "I do not think so," answered Jean-Marie. "I do not thiuk I should have forgotten. ? am sorry you should have lost your fortune.*1 "Sorry?" cried the doctor. "Why, I find ? have scarce brun your education after all. Listen to me I \V ould you rather li ve in the old ?retz or in the new, free from the alarms of war, with the green country at tho door, without noise, passports, the emotions of the soldiery, or the jangle of the curfew bell tc send us off to bed. by sundown ?" "Isupposo'I should prefer the new," re? plied the boy, "Precisely," returned the doctor. "So do L And, in tho same way, I prefer my present moderate fortune to my former wealth. Golden mediocrity! cried th? adora? ble ancients; and I subscribe to their enthu? siasm. Have I not good wine, good food, good air, the fields and the forest for my walk, a house, an admirable wife, a boy whom I protest I cherish like a son? Now, if I were still rieb, I should indubitably make my residence in Paris-you know Paris Paris and paradise are not convertible terms. This pleasant noiso of thc wind streaming among leaves changed into the grinding babel of the street, the stupid glare of plaster substituted for this quiet pattern of greens and grays, the nerves shnttered, the diges? tion falsified-picture the fall ! Already you perceive the consequences; the mind is stimu? lated, the heart steps to a different measure, and the man is himself no longer. I have passionately studied myself-the true busi? ness of philosophy. I know my character a? the musician knows the ventages of his flute. Should I return to Paris I should ruin my? self gambling; nay, I go further-I should break the heart of my Anastasie with infi? delities." This was too much for Jean-Marie, That a place should so transform tho most excel? lent of men transcended his belief. Paris, he protested, was even an agreeable place of residence. "Nor when I lived in that city did I feel much difference," he pleaded. ""What!" cried the doctor. "Did you not steal when you were there?" But the boy could never be brought to see that he had done anything wrong when he stole. Nor. Indeed, did the doctor think he had; but that gentleman was never very scrupulous when in want of a retort. "And now," he concluded, "do 3'ou begin to understand? My only friends were those who mined me. Gretz lias boen my acad? emy, my sanatorium, my heaven of innocent pleasures. If millions aro offered me I wave them back: Iletrn, Sathanas! Evil one be? gone! Fix your mind on my example; de? spise riches, avoid the debasing influence of cities. Hygiene-hygiene and mediocrity of fortuno-these bo your watchwords during life!" Tho doctor's system of hygiene strikingly coincided with his tastes; and his picture of a perfect life was a faithful description of the one he was leading at the time. But it is easy to convinco a boy, whom yon supply with all the facts for the discussion. And besides thore was ono thing admirable in tho philosophy; and that was tho enthusiasm of the philosopher. There was never any one moro vigorously determined to be pleased; and if ho was not a great logician, and so had no right to convince tho intellect, he was certainly something of a poet, and had a fascination to seduce tho heart. Wha^ho could not achieve in his customary humor of a radiant admiration of himself and his cir? cumstances, ho sometimes effected in his fits of gloom. "Boy," he would say, "avoid me today. If * I were superstit'ous, I should even beg for an interest in your prayers. I am in the black Li; the evil spirit of King Saul, the hag of the merchant Abudah, the personal devil of the mediaeval monk, is with me-is in me," tapping on his breast. "The vices of my na? ture aro now uppermost; innocent pleasures woo me in vain; I long for Paris, for my wallowing in the mire. Soe," he continued, producing a handful of silver, "I denudo myself, lam not to bc trusted with the price of a faro. Take it, keep it for me, squander it on deleterious candy, throw it in the deep? est river-I will homologate your action. Save me from that part of myself which I disown. If you sec me falter, do not hesi? tate; if necessary, wreck the train! I speak, of course, by a parable. Any extremity were latter than for me to reach Paris alive." Doubtless thc doctor enjoyed these little peones, ns a variation in his part; they repre? sented the Byronic clement in tho somewhat artificial p?x*try of In's existence: but. to t he boy, though lie was dimly aware of their theatricality, they represented more. Tho doctor made perhaps too little, the boy pos? sibly too m rich, of the reality and gravity of these teni pla I ions. One day a great light shone for.Toau-Marie. "Could not nehes be used well'" hf asked. "In th??? ?ry, yes," replied tho doctor. "But it is found in experience that no ono does so. All the w??ri.i imagine they will I?.-excep? tional when they grow wealthy; but posses? sion is debasing, new desires spring up: ami the silly taste for ostentation 4 fs our, tho heart of pleasure. "Thru you might be latter if y.?u had less,'1 said thc- boy. ..Certainly u'.;." replied the doctor; lmt his voice ipuivereil as !:?. speke. "Why:" demanded pitiless innocence. Dr. Desprez saw all thc ?. .J.?rs of the rain? bow ii: a moment: the stable universe ap? peared to ?>e about capsizing wish him. "Be? cause," sahl h>-afleo:ing d?lib?ration after an obvious pause-"*l>e?*;iii>o i have formed my life f?-r my pi*?->ent in? .um?. It is n??2 good for men of my years to l*> violeulty dissevered from th?dr habits;** That was a sharp brush. The doctor breathe? 1 hard, and fell into taciturnity fur the aft m i'?on. As for the boy. he uasde lighlcd with the res??'at hui ot Iiis doubts; even w?in-lered that he had ift f?>r?\s.-e:i the obvious and conclusive answer. His faith in the doctor was a stout piece of goods. Desprez was inclined to I?! a shc-t in the wind's eye after dinner, especially airer i Hinno wi tie, his favori;.; weakness. lie, would th?'U remark on tie? warmth of his feeling for Anas...,i>:e. and with hi!?am?-d dii-eks and a loos?-, iluste--.-.I smite, d bate n>?.;i .-iii sorts i.'f topics; an?! bi- fr-e! !y and i:id:s':m?ily winy. Bu: :::.> a-i"?..?...! sbihlo b ?v ivi.uMiiot p'.-rmit iiimv-ii" :?> ..:.:..: evin a 1 doubt that savored of mgr..:iiu?e\ It i- , quito trill1 that a man may be a *.....-od fall.er j to y..?u, and yet lake to?; much io el:i...?: but j ute tv-.e, natures tr* ?T?? S*:W (v.r<.jt rt. h truths. Tl;'- doctor thoroughly por-'^scd his her.rt, j Lu* j ?erin ps lie exaggerated his influence j over his mind. Certainly Jenn-M^wie | nd'ipted s?>mc of In's master's-opinions, but I j have yet to learn that ho ever surrendered ; one of his own. Convictions existed in him by divine right; they wore virgin, un? wrought, tho bruto metal of decision. Ho could add others indeed, but he could not put away; neither did he caro if they were per? fectly agreed among themselves;, and his spiritual pleasures had nothing to do with turning them over or justifying them. Ia words. Words were with him a mere accom? plishment, like dancing. When he was by himself, his pleasures were almost vegetable. He would slip into the woods toward Acheres and sit in the mouth of a cave among gray birches. His soul stared straight out of his eyes; he did not move or think, sunlight, thin shadows moving in the wind, the edge of firs against the sky, occupied and bound his faculties. Ho was pure unity, a spirit wholly abstrae-red A single mood filled him, to which all the objects of sense contributed, as the colors of the spectrum merge and dis? appear in white light So while the doctor made himself drunk ?arith words, the adopted stable boy bemused himself with silence. [TO BE CONTIXTED-l Our Stats Contemporaries. Can This Be True ? Pee Dee Index. The Sumter Advance says that re ceotly io that town "there was the shocking spectacle of a Judge of our high court holding court on Sunday." This is a very serious charge and one concerning which people will wish to know more than they now know. They will wish to know what exigency of circumstances, if any at all, seemed to render this act a necessity. It is not probable that a court of law would dare to sit in session on the holy Sabbath day without some show of excuse. No judge, however much he might contemn aod^ despise the day which Christian people everywhere revere as holy, would dare offer so flagrant an insult to the religious sentiment of this State without being able to produce some circumstance which, in his opinion, would render his act defensible. It will matter little, however, what de? fense may be set np. In the minds of the people no sufficient justification can be offered for such a desecration of the Sabbath. They will not believe that any circumstance is ever s o important or so pressing as to render the holding of court on Sunday in any respect a per? missible act. The Advance should certainly have the facts in this case and we see no rea? son whatever for doubting the correct? ness of its statement, [t now only re? mains for that journal to publish the names of the judge, officers and all other persoos who toc>L part in this desecration of the sanctity of our Sab? bath that they may be known and held up to odium not only in Sumter but in every Dart of the State. "Drunken Officials," B?shoyville Enterprise. We published an editorial some weeks since headed officials. The Farmers Friend in commenting upon it says the article is lacking but in one particular, 'That of failing to expose the name of the guilty party. Now let the Enter? prise came out and make good this deficiency and it will have done its duty/ Our editorial was called forth, as wc stated at the time, by a private com? munication. This communication was received some time ago and gave no names. We waited some time to gain further facts upon the charges before noticing them. We deemed it our duty to our readers and to thc State to com? ment as we did, without iotendiog to reflect upon any particular official, but where thc 'cap fit1 we intended it to be worn. As for Judge Aldrich, at the writing of the piece referred to, it was only rumored that he was drinking on thc bench at Sumter but since then we have positive proof that such was the case, and wc are told that it was only with deference to his age and former record that an indignation meeting was not called. The Farmers' Friend may rest assur? ed the Enterprise will toe the mark without regard to fear, favor, friendship or party, and will give the names of any official that abuses his office wheo we have proof positive that such is thc case The editor of the Enterpr knows no candidate, and when a can? didate offers himself for public honor he virtually says 'nize me up/and we shall act in accordance with this view. We would like to call Brother Ilam mou's attention to the Great Teacher, the only perfect example we have to imitate. He called no name and made no sarcastic allusion. Would Make a Good Governor. Mock Hill Herald. There is an open expression of opin? ion by many persons iu this community that lion. Wm. A. Courtenay, of Charleston, would Sil the office of Gov? ernor most satisfactorily and we believe his caudidacy would bc endorsed by thc Democracy of York county, and of the ( State. He is a man of great executive ability, is young and progressive and has the courage of h fe convierions. The State has long felt the need of a Chief Executive who is not bound by the fet? ters of policy and the demands of poli? ticians, and Mr. Courtenay's record as ? an official bas shown that he is such a j man. We are satisfied that if he could be induced to enter the race for the ellice of Governor and make thc canvass he would sweep the State from the mountains to the shores of thc sea. But such a man would not suit the pnlir.iciaus and office holders, ile would throw too tauch light in dark places, and would cause many of the 'elect'.to squirm and fuss around as if they were in a hornet's nest. Tiiiugs are not as they should be and the ruliug powers know it, and for that reason no man like Mr. Courtenay will get into such au office if they can prevent it. How? ever, the wheel will turn over some day j and then the working classes will won? der why it was they could not see bc- I fore how they were bei?g Liiuded and j misled hy the politicians. There is no question nboul it, a new j ticket out and '"?ui, would result in good j to the State; and the head of every! subordinate department should bc changed too. li is not good or ri^ht, either, that one set of men should re? main in office all the time. A change in them always results in good, and we trust that new men will soon be in all thc subordinate departments. lt is thc custom of the politicians to abuse and villify every one who advo- j catos a principle that is in opposition to j them, but as a matter of principle we db differ from them, and we are satis- j rici that the whole State will be better off wheo a change take?place by pulling io new men. A Look at Laurens, Barnwell PeopU. For many moons the Democrats of Laurens county hare been in a queru? lous condition. Nothing that bas been done has suited them and everything that bas not been done has been exactly what they wanted. A month or so ago they were very earnest that the Democratic State COB? ventiou should not nominate a State ticket. They wanted the fair play and free fight of a primary eleetiou all over South Carolina, and the conveatwn purely and simply to please them and a few similarly unthinking people post* poned nominations and provided that the candidates for Governor and Lieu? tenant Governor should canvass the State before the meeting of the conven? tion to make nominations. Ordinary people would have been content with that compromise, but not so the yeo? manry ol' Laurens. On the 9th inst, their County Convention met. Every township was represented, eighty-one delegates being present. And then and there the said conven? tion, deliberately and in broad open day time, went back on the aforesaid demand for fair play and a free fight, adopted a preamble with five whereases and a platform with four resolutions, all making a snap judgment that it had de? precated and denouDced as an outrage when contemplated by the advocates of early nominations. They coolly undertake to substitute the formula of the State Executive Com? mittee of the Farmers* Association for the deliberate work of the Legislature in arranging the expenditures for pub? lic purposes, urge the State to accept the Clemson bequest and to supplement it with the necessary appropriation, bind the Laurens Democracy not to vote to nominate any candidate for Gov* ; ernor, the House of Representatives or j Senate who does not run with their machine, and pledge themselves to sup? port Capt. B. R Tillman for any offcee to which he may be called by tho farm? ers of South Carolina. So it seems that Capt. Tillman is to be their candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, Sullivan township Central Farmers Club, of the same County, having a week before nominated him for that position, but it is not likely that the other thirty-nine fortieths of the State will accept Ibe slate of fractional and factional Laurens. As the Laurene Democrats have already made up their minds and put their bands to Capr. Tillman's political plow there is no need for that county to be placed on the visiting list of any other candidates. As a summer en loy ment we suggest tnat an amateur State Gov? ernment be organized by the citizens of Laurens at some camp ground near Tumbling Shoals and everything map? ped out for the instruction of the com? ing Legislature. It might do Laurens some good and cannot hurt the rest of the State. Darlington yews. As is well known, the Darlington News has been disposed to favor the Convention system of nominating Coun? ty officers, not because we believe the plan to be by any means perfect, but because, to our mi&d, its defects are not as great as those attending Prima? ries. There is no doubt about it that both plans contain very many good as well as very many bad characteristics, the truth of the matter being that if -either of them is adhered to too contin? uously, its special defects and objection? able features constantly increase. Tc such an extecfe h this the ease that we are almost driven So the opinion that the best result would be accomplished by not confining ourselves habitually to either of the methods, but by a judicious interchange of the two from year to year, to derive the benefit o? all that is good in both systems. Carolina Spartan. A farmer sent to the Agricultural Bu? reau at Colombia, two' specimens of rare and unusual plants to be named. Not feeling 'coropeteut to de include/ as the bashful colored groom said to Sbe j pastor when requested to salute his bride, these rare specimens were sent to headquarters at Washington. After various manipulations of red tape they were returned duly labeled *Red Top' and -Timothy.' You see we are mak? ing progress and learning things. With the help of thc Agricultural Bureau and hand book our farmers are soon go? ing to kuow something. Vulgarity in the Pulpit, Abbeville Press cud Bumer. People who go to Church simply to be entertained usually take it in high dudgcou if the preacher tramps on their corns. 'Excellency of speech and cf knowledge* is what they demand ; 'the demonstration of the Spirit* and the power' are outside of their calculations. Wesley said he would co more preach a fiue sermon than wear a fine coat ; but a half converted populace now clamor for bulb. They would have the thun? ders of the law muffled in a musical voice and bouquets of rootless flowers. -Southern Christian Advocate. Wi ?h entire respect for our brother, and with due deference for his utteran? ces, wc would suggest that the preacher who indulges in coarseness, and rudely puts his ponderous theological boot dowQ on somebody's pet 'corns' is snre to injure his influence for good. Thc preacher who goes into the pulpit and there indulges in language which would be tabooed in good society, need not be surprised if he eive offence to the bet? ter feelings and more relined sentiment, of h is-congregation. Preachers should be the teachers of tho proprieties of life, as well as expounders of tito spiritual truths of the gospel. Those of us who may be {Treater stn nets than the rest never object to being told of our derelictions, and we never take exceptions to being shown the bet? ter way. But it is a poor creature who will not resent an insult. The people, as a rule, honor and love their preach? ers to an extent which borders on blind fanaticism and sinful idolatry. When, therefore, a preacher gives offense to this class of people he may well ques? tion the propriety of his acts, lt is the ?ia??cr of attacking sinful practices, and not the moral trntk^and' religious* principles which aro enunciated that give offence, Boorishness sod vulgarity; io the pulpit to the degree of giving! offence li inexcusable ia a preacher^ aod he wk? eflends-the *leasfc-of these' gires o fleece to-the cause fer wh'icb be is presumed to labor. There is atterijv aod absolutely DO earthly excuse for?*' preacher of the gospel to-give offence to. aoy one, aod be whose rudeness andi - vulgarity ia such as- to give offence, sbooM seek to improve his- mansera*. and to revive his- own Christian ?eal.Uh - the holy cause. Official Economy to Enato tike* Court ta- Catch Up on Water.. \?g From recent development*H seems-'" that to brrog water to the court is quito an expense to the country.. Two negro* constable? bave bees employed at ?L.59> each per day, whose chief business was? te bring water to the Court This-ex? pense at $3 a day. for one,, two or tbrea -*** weeks as the case may be, will amono* to a large sum in the course of- a years To fesses tb? great expense fc a ig bi be well for the Coon ty Com tmstrtoners to buy a-hydraulic ram, and set it? up? ai the public spring,, so- that watefl^^ might be continuously pulped into tbe-^^ Court-except afc soak truans as wheo? whiskey may be needed. It is said that Silas Anderson sup? plied bis- barroom with water ia this way at a time when negroes could be faired? at ?8* a month, and saved money, and we see no reason why the county shored not profk by. his example. Afc present water is more expensive than* ' J whiskey. We have no idea that any Judge drinks worth-of whiskey, a day. Placed at a fair price, ought any Judge to drink ?3 worth, of water a? & day?- W A Greater Hanrbug; than the f "Annex" Abbeville Medium. Bon. John Peter Richardson ia chairman, ex officio, of the Board, of Trustees ef Clafiin CoHege and as such charrmaa made a report of the opera* tion8 of tiy.institution to the last leg? islature, is an interesting document to the people who had an extra ?50^00? appropriated by that extravagant body . for tbe support of this great Jumbug. Clafim gets $5,700 from ike feidsc?p. every year upon tho ^reteaee teat U teaches farming and meeaaiojes. ! In tba matter of farrarag ii is a greater bum bug than the college at Columbea if anytbmg. Since $882T Columbia bas turned out ?& farmers or : aa overage si taree a year. According to this report Clafiin bad turned out 13 farmers since 1879-, or ; an average of a little mere than ona ; farmer a year. Cooa ting in 288$ Col : umbra has turned oui 18 favours at a cost of $34,260 in six years. Clair* has turned out 13 farmers tn elevea . years at a wat of $62,700. This calcu? lation is upon the presumption that tba trustees used the laod-scrip for tho purpose of agricultural and mechanical education as it was intended this fund should be used. It may be contended that Clafiin ba? turned oat mea fe? other occupations than farming. If so? this land-scrip was used for an illegal purpose. Tho work of the institution may best be? seen by an extract from the aforesaid report of Gov. Richardson. He .says 'Tho grand total of graduates since1 1879 is 90. ******* The graduates are engaged in the fol? lowing occupations and professions: Teashing. 29 Farming . ...? IS Dress Making ...? 7 Physicians..... 4 Printers. 2: Teachers tn High Schools 17?' Ministry. T Married. T Merchandising ... 2 Deceased. 2 Total.90 In this classification it will be observ? ed that 7 are engaged ia the 'occupa? tion and profession* of being 'Married.* We cannot see what 'Married' bas to do with the object of tbe institution, but Gov. Richardson has put it dow? among the 'occupations and professions? of the graduates as if Clafiin had some? thing to do with it. Have the people of the State money enough to spend $62,700 every eleven years to enable I 7 negroes to marry ? The truth of the matter is that the higher tax party in this State cares nothing about how much the people have to pay. The extravagant legisla \ ture increased the appropriation to this humbug ?5,000 at its last session. The talk about there being no issue in this campaign is absurd. Another wild legislature would almost bankrupt thc State. It is time to call a halt. L?et the people arouse themselves an? demand economy in the administr?t toa of public affiaira. Have the people any more money to expend for the encour? agement of negro marriages? Absconded. Btshopville Enterprise. Peyton G. Bowman has skipped to parts unknown, having circulated slanderous reports upon the family of a man, be was unwilling to meet. It is said that the hero of many brawls 'trip? ped the light fantastic* for several squares and landed safely under his own roof and took the first train for other parts. We are told Mr. B. b?s many redeeming traits of character, but Sumter County has p?id dearly for his bad traits. The taxpayers who must dance to the tune of five or sis thousand dollars for the cases during last Court in which he and others were implicated, would cut the double-shuf? fle back-action* pigeon-wing clogg if all such wouid go in search of Peyton and lose themselves in the mistry haze of his meanderings ! A convention of the second Congres? sional district met in Hampton last week and decided to nominate a candi? date for Congress Dy a Convention, which is caUed to'meet at Aiken the 28th of August. Geo. D. Tillman, J". S. Henderson and Robert Aldrich aro prominent candidates. The annual report of the Utica insane asylum shows that of tha 374 inmates . not not one is an editor. They are so busy they Imu't time to go crazv.