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*nt?-ftntXER WATCHMAN, Established April? 1S50. rr Oai^lMated AW 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let ail the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE fR?E SOUTHRCfc, E?i???isfo? ??igfc, UH SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY. JULY 4, 1888. Sew Series-Yoi. TIL Ko. 46. W?tthfld ?wiry Vfedasesday, BT ? N. Gr. OSTEEN, ? S?HTJ2R, 3. C. U Tno ,Dolhtcs per annum-ia advance. ADV IBTI8? M?ST8 . Oa? Square, 6rst insertion..................$1 00 : * JBfr?ry"sobseqnen t insertion-...... 50 S Contracts for Saree mouths, or longer will ^ fa?: made at reduced, rates. AH commanicationa which subserve private :... interests witt be charged for as advertisements. .Obituaries, and tributes of respect will be barged, tot. . Absolutely Pure. . : Thts?j?wder iiev?r :?ries. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. Hore ?ooaomical tba* the ordinary kinds, and can wart behold in competici?n with tee multitude ?sf low test, short weight, - alum or phosphate -powders Sold only in cans. ROYAL B AK 3KG F?WBE1R CO.. 106 Wall-st., K. Y. CATARRH ? ^Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allay? Paia "and INFLAMMATION. Ifeab tht?to "S^orca tee ^SENSESOF TASTF. end Smeli. ray T5s CUEEHAY-FEVER CAT ?i RI; H a -Sisease of the-mucous membrane, geoer ly originating in the nasal passages and .maintaining it?-ateoughold.in the fce*d. From this po?t it: ?sods forfe a ?poisonous virus into the stoiH?ich and through tue digestive ?org?ns, corrupting tbe blood and producing ?other trenWes??eau3 dangerous symptoms. A particle is applied into aacb nostril and 5f agreeable." Price 50 cents at ?rusrgists ; by naa?Crevered, '60 cents. ELY BROS., ?S'Vanstt.S?reet, New York. * Build Ho?sesr Oat all kind of Scrolls, Turn Anytliing in . -Wood. Sell Dressed Lumber, i Mouldings, Balusters, ^Baluster Railings, Bongil Lumber, Laths, I 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. KARBY & CO. Jape 5_ The largest and most complete establishment South SEO. S, HACKER & SON, m OD -4 > SS CO co . Manufacturers of r Sm Sash, BIMs, Mig JUTS BUZLDX2TQ- SiA^SEIAL. OP?lCB ANO WAREBOOJiS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 o C. 0- BROWN & BRO.. COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIMB, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. ?M?aniliBMfM?i Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best ia tue Market. Special Attention Given to Orders s0". O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLOMBIA, S. C. Oct to Ile tate ?7 KOBEBT LOUIS BTEOTgOR j CHAPTER V* ?REASUSE TSOV?. The doctor's carriage was a two wheeled gig with a hood, a kind of vehicle in mach favor among country doctors. On how many roads has not one seen it, a great way off be? tween the poplars-in how many village streets, tied to a gate post! This sort of chariot is affected* particularly at the trot, by a kind of pitching movement to and fro ucross tho axle* which well entitles it to tho style of a Noddy. The hood describes a con? siderable arc against the landscape, with a solemnly absurd effect on the contemplative pedestrian. To ride.in such a carriage can? not be numbered among the things that ap? pertain to glory; but I have no^loubt it may [ be useful iu liver complaint. " Thence, per : haps, its wide popularity among physicians, f. One morning early, Jean-Marie led forth the doctor's noddy, opened the gate and mounted to the driving seat. "The doctor followed, arrayed from top to toe in spotless unen, armed with an immense flesh coloied umbrella, and girt witfc a botanical case oil a baldric; and the equipage drove off smaraly in a breeze of its own provocation. They were bound for Franchard, to collect plants, with an e^ye to the "Comparative Pharnia copoia." A little rattling on tho open roads, and they came to the borders of the forest and struck into an unfrequented track; the noddy yawed softly over the sand, with an accom? paniment of snapping twigs. There tras a great, green, softly murmuring cloud of con? gregated foliage overhead. In the arcades of the forest the air retained the freshness of the night. The athletic bearing of the trees, each carrying its leafy mountain, pleased the mind like so many statues and the lines of the trunk led the eye admiringly upward to where the extreme leaves sparkled in a patch of azure. Squirrels leaped in mid air. It was a proper spot for a devotee of tho god dess Hygeia. **fiavv> you been to Franchard, Jean Marie?" inquired the doctor. "I fancy not.* "Never,* replied the boy. "It is a ruin in a gorge," continued Des prez, adopting his expository voice; "the ruin of a hermitage and chapel. History tells us much of Franchard; ?ow the recluse was often slain by robbers; how he lived on a most insufficient diet ; how he was expected to pass his days ia prayer. A letter is pre? served, addressed to one of these solitaires by the superior of his order, full of admira? ble hygienic advice; bidding him go from his "book to praying, and so back again, for va? riety's sake, and when he was weary of both to stroll about his garden and observo the honeybees. It is to this day my own sys- , tem. You must often have remarked me j leaving tho * 'Pharmacop?e ia."-often even in ;the middle of a phrase-to como forth in tho sun and air. I admire tho writer of that letter from my heart; he was a man of thought -on the most important subjects. But, indeed, had I lived in the Middle Ages {L am heartily glad that I did not) I should have been sn eremite myself-if I had not been a professed buffoon, that is. These were the only philosophical lives yet open: Janghter or prayer; sneers, we might say, and tears.. Until the sun of the Positive arose, the wise maa had to make his choice "between these twa* ??I have been a buffoon, of course," ob .served Jean-Marie. "I cannot imagine you to have excelled in your profession," said the doctor, admiring the boy's gravity. "Do you ever laugh?" "Oh", yes." replied the other. ' "I laugh often I am very fond of jokes."". "Singular -being.?1 said Desprez. "But I ?divagate (I perceive a thousand ways that I grow old), Franchard was at length de? stroyed ia the English wars, tho same that j 3eve?cd Gretz. Eut-here is the point-the J hermits (for there were already more than | one) liad foreseen the danger and carefully concealed the sacriScial vessels. These ves? sels were of monstrous value, Jean-Marie monstrous value-priceless, we may say; ex quisitely worked, of -exquisite xaateriaL And now, mark me, they have never boen found. In the reign of Louis Quatorze some fellows were digging chard by the ruins. Suddenly tock?-thc spado hit upon an obstacle, i Imagine the men looking one to another; imagine how their hearts bounded, how their color came end went It was a coffer, and, in Franchard, the place ?of buried treasure! Thor tore it open like famished beasts. Alasi lt was not the treasure; only some priestly "robes, which, at the touch of tho eating air, fell upon themselves and instantly wasted in? to dust. The perspiration of these good fei Jows turned cold upon them, Joan-Marie. I will pledge my reputation," if there was any? thing like a cutting wind, one or other had a pneumonia for his trouble. * "I should like to have seen them turning * into dust," said Jean-Marie. "Otherwise I ?should not have cared so greatly." ' "You have no imagination," cried the doc- j tor. "Picture to yourself tho scene Dwell ?on the idea-a great treasure lying in the earth for centuries; the material for a giddy, copious, opulent existence not employed; dresses and exquisite pictures unseen: the swiftest galloping horses not stirring a hoof, arrested by a spell; women with the beautiful faculty of smiles, not smiling; cards, dice, opera singing, orchestras, castles, beautiful parks and gardens, bi<j ships with a tower of sail cloth, all lying unborn in a coffin-and the stupid trees growing overhead in the sun? light, year after year. The thought drives one frantic." "It is only money," replied Jean-Marie. "It would do harm." "Oh, come!" cried Desproz, "that is philoso? phy; it is all very fine, but rot to the point just now. And, besides, it is not 'only money,' as you call it; there are works of art in tho question; thc vessels were carved; You speak like a child. You weary me exceed? ingly, quoting my words out of all logical connection, Uko a paroquet." "And nt any rate, wc have nothing to do .with it," returned tho boy submissively. They struck the Route Rondo at that mo? ment; and the sudden change to the rattling causeway cemt ined, wicn the doctor's irrita? tion, to keep him silent. The noddy jigged along; the trees went by, looking o;: silently, as if they had something on their minds. The Quadrilateral was passed; then came Fran? chard. They put up the horse at the little solitary inn and went forth strolling. Thc gorge was dyed deeply with heather; the rocks and birches standing luminous in the sun. A great humming of bees about tho flowers disposed Jean-Marie to sleep, and he sat down against a clump of heather, while the doctor went briskly to and fro, with quick turns, culling his simples. The loy's head liad fallen a little forward, his eyes were closed, his fingers had fallen lax about his knees, when a sudden cry called him to his feet. It was a strange sound, thin and brief; it fell dead, and silence returned as though it had never been interrupted. He had not recognized the doctor's voice; but, as there was no one else in all the valley, it was plainly the doctor who had given utterance to the sound. He looked right and left, and there was Dcsprez, standing in a niche be? tween two bowlders, aud looking round on his adopted son with a countenance as white as paper. "A viper!" cried Jean-Marie, running to? ward him. "A viper! You are bitten!" Thc doctor came down heavily out of the cleft, and advanced in silence to meet the boy, whom he took roughly by tho shoulder. "I have found it," he said, with a gasp. "A plant?" asked Jean-Marie. Desprez 'had a fit of unnatural gayety, which the rocks took up and mimicked. "A plant!" he repeated scornfully. "Well-yes -a plant. And here," he added, suddenly, showing his right hand, which he had hitherto concealed behind his back-"here is one of the bulbs." Jean-Marie saw a dirty platter, coated with earth. "That i? said he. "It is a plate !" "It is a coach and horses," cried the doctor. "Boy," he continued, growing warmer, "I plucked away a great pad of o moss from between these bowlders, and dis .closed a crevice; and when I looked iu, what do you suppose I saw? I saw a house in Paris with a court and garden, I saw my wife shining with, diamonds, I saw myself a deputy, I saw you-well, I-I saw your future," h? concluded, rather feebly. "I have just discovered America," he added. "But what is it*" asked the boy. "The Treasure of Franchard," cried the doctor; and throwing his brown straw hat "Tfie Treasure of i'ranchard* tried ike doctor. Upon the ground, he whooped like an Indian and sprung upon Jean-Marie) whom he suffo? cated with embraces and bedewed with tears. Then he flung himself down among tho heathei and once moro laughed until th e val1 ley rang. But the boy had now an interest of his own-a boy's interest. No sooner was he re? leased from the doctor's accolade than he ran to the bowlders, sprung into the niche, and, thrusting his hand into the ere vico, drew forth, one after another, incrusted with the earth of ages, tho flagons, candlesticks and patens of the hermitage of Franchard. A casket came last, tightly shut and very hoary. "Ob., what fan!" ho cried. But when ho looked back at the doctor, who had followed close behind und was si? lently observing, the- words died from his lips. Desprez was once moro tho color of ashes; his lip worked and trembled; a sort of bestial greed possessed him. "This is childish,* he said "We lose precious time. Back to the inn, harness the trap and bring it to yon bank. Run for your life, and remember-not one whisper. I stay hero to watch." Jean-Marie did as he was bid, though not without surprise. The noddy was brought round to tho spot indicated, and the two gradually transported the treasure from its placo of concealment to the boot below tho driving scat. Once it was all stowed the doctor recovered his gayety. "I pay my grateful duties to the genius of this dell," ho said. "Oh, for a live cori, a heifer and a jar of country wine! I o-_- in the vein for sacrifice, for & superb libation. Well, and why not? Wo ore at Franchard. English palo ale is to be had-not classical indeed, but excellent. Boy, we shall drink ale." "But I thought it was so unwholesome," said Jean-Marie, "and very dear, besides." "Fiddle-do-dee!" exclaimed the doctor, gay ly. "To the inn!" And he stepped into the noddy, tossing his head with an elastic, youthful air. The horse was turned, and in a few seconds they drew np beside tho palings of the inn garden. "Eere," said Desprez-"here, near the stable, so that we may keep an eye upon things." They tied tho horse, and entered the garden, the doctor singing, now in fantastic high notes, new producing deep reverbera tions from his chest. He took a seat, rapped loudly on the table, assailed tho waiter with witticisms; and when the bottle of Bass was at length produced, far more charged with gas than thc most delirious champagne, ho filled out a long glassful of froth and pushed it over to Jean-Marie. "Drink," h? said: "drink deep."" "I would rather not," faltered tho boy, true to his training. "What!" thundered Desprez. "I am afraid of it," said Jean-Marie; "my stomach'" "Take it or leave it," interrupted Desprez fiercely; "but understand it once for all there is nothing so contemptible os a pre? cisian." Here was a new lesson! Tho boy sat be? mused, looking at tho glass but not tasting it, while the doctor emptied! and refilled his own, at first with clouded brow, but grad? ually yielding to the sun, tho heady, prick? ling beverage and his own predisposition to bo happy. ?**Oncc in a way," ho said, at last, by way of a concession to the boy's moro rigorous attitude, ""once in a vra3% ana< at so critical a moment; this ale is a nectar for tko gods. Tho habit, indeed, is debasing; wine, the juice of the grape, is the true drink of the Frenchman, as I have often had occasion to point out, and I do not know that I can blamo you for refusing this outlandish stim? ulant. You can have some -wine and cakos. Is the bottle empty? Well, wc will not bo proud; wc will have pity on your glas?." The beer being done, the doctor chafed bit tcrly whilo Jean-Mario finished his cakes. "I burn to bo gone,"" be said, lookin* at hil watch. "Good God, how slow you eat!" And yet to eat slowly was his own particular prescription, the main secret of longevity! His martyrdom, however, reached and end ?at last; the pair resumed their places in tho buggy, and Desprez, leaning luxuriously bael:, announced his intention of proceeding to Fontainebleau. "To Fontainebleau?" repeated Jean-Marie. "My weirds arealways measured," said the doctor. -On? The doctor was driven through thc glades of paradise; the air, the light, the shining leaves, the very movements of the vehicle, seemed to fail in tune with his golden meditations* with his head thrown back, he dreamed a series of funny visions, ale and pleasure dancing in his veins. At last he spoke. "I shall telegraph for Casimir," he said, "Good Casimir! a fellow of the lower order of intelligence, Jean-Marie, distinctively not creative, not poetic; and yet he will repay your study; his fortune is vast, and it is en? tirely due to his own exertions. Hf; is the very fellow to help us to dispose of our trinket^, find us a suitable house in Paris, and manage the details of our installation. Ad? mirable Casimir, ono of my oldest comrades! It was on his advice, I may add, that 1 in? vested my little fortune in Turkish bonds; when we baye added these spoils of tho me? diaeval church to our stake in the Mohamme? dan empire, little boy, wo shall positively roll among doubloons, positively roll ! Beau? tiful forest," he cried, ""farewell! Though called to other scenes I will not forget thee. Thy name is graven in my heart. Under the influence bf prosperity I become dithyram bic, Jean-Marie. Such is i Vj impulse of the natural soul; such was the constitution of primeval man. And I-well, I will not re? fuse thc credit-I have preserved rn}'youth like a virginity; another, who should have led tho same snoozing, countrified existence for these years; another had become rusted, become stereotype; but I, I praise my happy constitution, retain tho spring unbroken. Fresh opulence and a now sphere of duties Cud me unabated in ardor and only moro mature by knowledge. For this prospectivo change, Jean Marie-it may probably have shocked you. Tell mc now, did it not strike you ii* an inconsistency 2 Confess-it is use? less to dissemble-it pained you ii" "Yes." said thc boy; "You see," returned thc doctor, with sub? lime fatuity, "I read your thoughts! Nor am I surprised-your education is not yet complete; the higher duties of men have not yet been presented to you fully. A hint till we have leisure-must suffice. Now that I am onco more in possession of a modest competence; now that I have so long pre? pared myself in silent meditation, it becomes my superior duty to proceed to Paris. My scientific training, my undoubted command of language, mark me Out for the service of my country. Modesty in such a case would be a snare. If sin wero a philosophical ex? pression, I should call it sinful. A man must net deny bis manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. I must be up and doing; I must be no skulker in lifo's battle.1 SO he rattled on, copiously greasing th? joint of his inconsistency with words; while the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed on tnt horse, his mind seething. It was all lost elo quence'; no array of words could unsettle a belief of Jean-Marie's; and he drove into Fontainebleau filled with pity, horror, indig? nation and despair. In the town Jean-Marie was kept a fixture on the driving seat-, to guard the treasure; while the doctor, with a singularly slightly tipsy airiness of manner, fluttered in and out of cafes, where he shook hands with garrison officers and mixed an absinthe wita the nicety of old experience'; in ind out of shops, from which he returned laden with costly fruits, real turtle-, a magnificent piece of silk for bis wife, a preposterous cane for him? self, and a kepi of the newest fashion for the boy; in and out of the telegraph office?, whence he dispatched his telegram, and where, three hours later, he received an an? swer, promising a visit on the morrow; and generally pervading Fontainebleau with the first fine aroma of his divine good humor. The sun was very low when they set forth again; tho shadows of the forest trees ex? tended across the broad white road that led them home; the penetrating odor of the evening wood had already arisen, liko a cloud of incense, from that broad field ol tree tops; and even in tho streets of the town, where tho air had been baked all day be? tween white walls, it came in whiffs and pulses, like a distant music. Half way home the last gold flicker vanished from ?a great oak upon the left; and when^hey came forth beyond the borders of the wood, the plain was already sunken in pearly grayness, and I a great, pale moon came swinging skyward through the filmy poplars. I The doctor sung, the doctor whistled, the doctor talkedv He spoke of the woods, and the wars* and the deposition of dew; he brightened and babbled of Paris; he soared into cloudy bombast on the glories of the political arena. All was to be changed; as tho day departed it took with it the vestiges of on outworn existence, and to-morrow's sun was to inaugurate the new.. "Enough,'* ho cried* "of this life of maceration!" His wife (still beautiful* or he was sadly partial) was to be no longer buried; she should now shine before society. Jean-Marie would find the world at his feet; the roads open to suc? cess, wealth, honor and posthumous renown. "And oh, by the way," said he, "for God's sake keep your tongue quiet! You are, of course, a very silent fellow; it is a quality I gladly recognize in you--silence, golden silence! But this is a matter of gravity. No word must get abroad; none but the good Casimir is to bo trusted; we shall probably dispose of the vessels in England." "But aro they not even ours?" the boy said, almost with a sob-it was tho only time ho had spoken. "Ours ia this sense, that they are nobody else's," replied tho doctor. "But the state would have some claim. If they were stolen, for instance, we should be unable to demand their restitution* we should have no title; wo should bo unable even to communicate with tho police. Such is tho monstrous con? dition of tho law. It is a mere instance of what remains to be done, of the injustices that may yet be righted by an ardent, active and philosophical deputy.rt Jean-Marie put his faith in Mme? Desprez* and as they drove forward down the road from Bourron, between the mstling poplars, he prayed in his teeth, and whipped up the horse to an unusual speed. Surely, as soon as they arrived, madame would assort her character, and bring this waking nightmare toan end. Their entrance into Gretz was heralded and accompanied by a most furious barking; all tho dogs in the village seemed to smell tho treasure in tko noddy. But there was noone in thc street, save three lounging landscape painters at Tentaillon's door. Jean-Marie opened the green gate and led in the horso and carriage: and almost at the samo mo mc?it Mme. Desprpz came to the kitchen threshold with a lighted lantern; for tho moon was ;:oc yet high enough to clear tho gardon walis. "Close tho gates, Jean-Marie!" cried tho doctor, somewhat unsteadily alighting. "An? astasie, where is Aline?' "i>he" has gone to Montereau to seo her parents," said madame. "All is for tho best!" exclaimed the doctor, fervently. "Herc, quick, come near to me; I do not wish to speak too loud," ho con? tinued. "Darling, we arc wealthy!" "Wealthy!" ro>eated the wife. "I have found the treasure of Franchard," replied her husband. "See, Here aro tho first fruits; a pineapple, a dress for my ever ' beautiful-it will suit her-trust a husband's, trust a lover's taste! Embrace mo, darling! This grimy episode is over; the butterfly un? folds its painted wings. To-morrow Casimir will come; in a week wc may be in Paris happy at last! You shall have diamonds. Jean-Marie, take it out of the boot with re? ligious care and bring it piece by piece into the dining room. "Wc shall have plate at table I Darling, hasten and prepare this turtle; it will be a whet-it be will an addition to our meager ordinary. I myself will proceed to the cellar. We shall have a bottlo of that little Beaujolais you like, and finish with tho ' Hermitage; there arc still throe bottles left. Worthy wine for a worthy occasion." "But, my husband: you put me in a whirl," she cried. "I do not comprehend." "The turtle, my adored, tho turtle!" cried the doctor; and he pushed her toward* tho kitchen, lantern and all. Jean-Marie stood dumfounded. He had pictured to himself a different scene-a more imm?diate protest, and his hope began to dwindle on tho spot. The doctor was everywhere, a little doubt? ful on his legs, perhaps, and now and then taking the wall with his shoulder; for it was long since he had tasted absinthe, and he was sven then reflecting that the absinthe had been a misconception. Not that he regretted 5xcess on such a glorious day, but he made a . mental memorandum to beware; he must cot, a second time, become the victim of a deleterious habit. He had his wine out of the cellar in a twinkling; he arranged the sacrificial vessels, some on the white table cloth, some on the sideboard, ?till crusted '.vith historic earth. Ile was in and out of tlie kitchen, plying Anastasie with vermouth, heating her with glimpses of the future, ?st imating their new wealth at ever, larger figures; and before they sat down to supper, che lady's virtue had melted in the fire of his enthusiasm, ber timidity had disappeared; she, too, had bogan to speak disparagingly of the life at Gretz; andas she took ncr placo md heljKxl tin* soup, her eyes shono with tho glitter of prospective diamonds. All through the meal, she and the doctor nade and unmado fairy plans. They bobbed md bowed and pledged each other. Their faces rr.a over with smiles; their eyes scat :crod sparkles, as they projected the doctor's .oWtical honors and the lady's drawing room >vat ions. "But you will not be a Red!" cried Ana itasie. "i am Left Center to tho core," replied the doctor. "Mme. Gastein will present us-we shall ?hid ?verselvcs forgotten," said the lady. "Never," protested thc doctor. "Beauty ind talent leave a mark." "I have positively forgotten how to dress," she sighed. "Darling, you make mo blush," said he. :'Yours has liccn a tragic marriage!" ? "But your success-to seo you appreciated, honored, your name in all tho papers, that trill be more than pleasuro -it will bo heaven!" sk<- cried. "And once a week;*' sr.id the doctor, archly scanning tho syllables, "o:i-:i a week-ono ?rood little game of baccarat :" "Only oncea week?" she questioned, threat ailing him *.vith a finger. "I swear it by my political honor," cried Le. "I spoil you," she said, and gavo him her hand. Un covered it with lusses. Jean-Marie escaped into tho night. Tho ?noon swung high over Gretz. Ho went down to the garden end and sat on tho jetty. ! The river ran by with eddies of oily silver, | and a low, monotonous song. Faint veils of mist moved among the poplars on the further side. The reeds were quietly nodding. A. hundred times? already had the boy satr on. I such a night, and watched the streaming river with Untroubled fancy. And this per? haps was to be the last. He was to leave this familiar hamlet, this green rustling country? ihis bright and quiet stream; he wa? to pass into the great city; his deaf lady mistress was to move bedizened into saloons; his good, garrulous* kind hearted master to becomo a brawling deputy'; and both be lost forever to Jean-Marie and their better selves. He knew his own defects $ he knew he must sink into less and less consideration in the turmoil of a city life; sink moro and moro from the child into the servant. And he began dimly to be? lieve the doctor's prophecies of evil. He could seo a change in both. His generous incredulity failed him for this once; ti child must havo perceived that tho Hermitage1 hid Completed what the absinthe had begum if this were th? first day, what would bo tho last? "If necessary, wreck the train,1' thought he, remembering the doctor's parable. Ho looked round on tho dolightful sceno; he drank deep of tho charmed night air, laden with the scent of hay. "If necessary, wreck tho train," be repeated. And ho rose and re? turned to the house. PTO BE C0NT?XTED.1 Hear Both Sides. The Register suggests to those news? papers that have published Captain Tillman's last letter,- reiterating his charges of extravagant expenditures) that they ongbt now for the sake of their readers to pubiish Comptroller* General Verner's statement a9 given both in the Register and in the Colum? bia correspondence of the News and Courier. While independent criticism of any government, based on exact facts, is most proper, uothing can be more productive of anarchy than the propagation of false charges, however honestly made. Almost all the dissatisfaction in the State has arisen from intemperate and utterly untrue accusations against the State administration-accusations that have been disproved over and over again. Yet newspapers that have given them circulation have never puplished the answers totbem. In consequence the people are misled, and their proper relations with their public servants are all destroyed. They look upon them as would-be despots and squanderers of public money. It makes little difference that mern- ; bers of the Legislature elected on false j issues come to Columbia and have their eyes opened to the fact that the State ts conducted wisely and economically, and that they cannot institute those imagi? nary reforms. Yet when they return home they are torn to pieces as traitors or dupes of the 'Columbia Ring.* For this state of things the county papers are largely responsible. As news gath? erers they should, of course lay before their readers the opinions of all classes and ail shades. But they should not disseminate error simply because the person who utters it is either distin? guished or notorious, without at the same time giviog the antidote to the poison. - Not a week passes that some most absurd statement does not fiod its way into a paper, aod it is forthwith copied all over the State to exasperate igooraot voters. It is never corrected. In the hope now that the press will lay the facts before its readers, the Register will again point out the errors made by Captain Tillman in his en? dea vor to refute Comptroller-General Vernera statement. Captain Tillman says : 'The total expenditures of the State for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1887, were: (See Comptroller-General's w report 1887, page 131, $987.974 For 1879, 749,784 Difference, ?238,190 'On page 112, Comptroller-General's Report, 1887, the expenditures are put at General Verner's figures, ?969.787. He or somebody else must explain the difference of ?18,187. I am JJ ot able to do it. Again, General Verner states that 'only ?177,000 was appro? priated to pay interest on the publio debt in 1879.' But ?199,144 waa ac? tually paid that year in interest. (Comp. Gen.'s Report. 1879, page 100 )' The answer is simple. General Ver? ner reported the appropriations for that year, which give exactly tho year's ex? penses, while Capt. Tillman was read? ing the Treasurer's report, which in? cluded a special item of refunded and re? bated taxes of $18,187 exactly. This is a simple enough explanation. Again r The appropriation of inter? est for 1879 was $177,000, while the Treasurer paid this $177,000 and ?22; 000 more on account of interest that had been lying in the treasury uncalled for from past years. This is another very simple explanation. These items alone foot up ?40,000 of the $77,000 excess that Capt Tillman calls- for io his second letter, having abandoned his original charge of ?240,000 excess, on which issue he 'dared' Col. Haskell to go before the people. Capt. Tillman originally charged the State with in? creasing the expenditures ?210,000 and now on his own figures he shows only ?37,000, which General Verner, who knows all about the books and is entirely disinterested, because he has just gone into office, reduced to $27.000. The people of the State of South Carolina should know the exact status of this matter, and the Register calls on the State press, as fulfilling their prop? er functions as illuminators, to copy only the brief extract from this article, giving Captain Tillman's charge and the Comptroller's reply. Surely no good can come from allowing error, however honest, to stalk abroad.-Co hnnbin Register. The Mason Cotton Harvester. A meeting of the board of directors of tlie Mason Cotton Harvester Com? pany was held last evening. Mr. F. J. I'elzer was elected member of thc board. The di:ccturs of thc company now are Messrs. Theo. D. Jcrvey, F. ; \V. Dawson, Augustine T. Smythe and ! James S. Murdoch. It is understood j that the work of the company at irs | shop in Sumter is well advanced, and j that four styles of m ach i II cs will be put out in time for thc approaching cotton picking season. It is confidently be? lieved that the new machines will prac? tically meet thc great want of a el'icap aud expeditious means of gathering the great staple of tho Souyh.-Ckwlatou World, "2'?d. Our Stat? Contemporaries. Greenville Nietes. The Charleston county grand jury repeats its demand for the whipping post for wife beaters. That de maud is proper beyond question. The man who beats his wife ought to be himself beat? en ; the one sensitive portion of his composition should be directly appealed to. The question is whether the opera? tions of thc po*t should not be further extended. We have never yet seen a valid reason against whipping as a pun? ish rnSnt for many of the various crimes that fill our jails and penitentiaries ami burden honest and law-abiding people who have to pay taxes. A Sound Plank. Christian Neighbor. Number 10 of the 16 fundamental principles of Democracy as laid down^ by Hon. Patrick Collins in the recent St. Louis Convention, The honest pay? ment of ?tfr debts and the prtsci cation, vf our public faith. Now let the builders and guardians of that platform see to it that no candi? dates for any office be permitted to stand or even step upon it who does not or has not paid all his honest debts. This may relieve the structure of con? siderable weight. Let the platform be of sound plank? and clean withal. Let none but honest men have a standing on any of the 16 plaoks. A Widow an% a Pension. Laurens Advertiser. F. P. McGowan, Esq., of the firm of Benet & McGowan, has applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus to com? pel the Comptroller General to allow the claim of a widow who has applied for a pension. The Woman's husband was killed in the war and she would be entitled to a pension but for the fact that she married again. Her second husband is now dead and the case in? volves the construction of the pension Act. The question to be decided, is whether the woman is the widow of ber first or second husband, or both. Abbeville Press and banner. All laws, and all wills of deceased persons, which discourage, or set a bar to marriage should be pronounced illegal and against public policy. The true policy of all civilised and all christian people is to encourage marriage, and to respect and honor the sanctity of the home and the fireside. Any effort therefore to instill a principle or to create a sentiment against, or to set a bar to marriage is an offence to the purity and sweetness of the home, and a stab at the well established principle of our government, in securing home? steads to the poor, and in protecting the humblest citisen in the fullest enjoyment of that home. The pension ?3 given on a wrong principle. All of a class should receive pensions. For instance, if any soldier who lost an arm is to receive a pension, then all soldiers who lost an arm should receive a pension ; or, if any soldier's widow is to receive a pension, then let all soldier's widows receive pension. As given out now, the pension seems to be a premium on thriftlessoess. A sol? dier who has no better claim for a pen? sion than his poverty does not deserve favor more than another who is better off. - Beviss the Pension Act. Lexington Dispatch. Up to the 7th inst., 1,524 pension applications had been approved by the State Pension Board and 590 rejected, leaving 250 on hand at that date to be acted on. The appropriation for the payment of pensions*this year was $50, 000. That amount will not pay those already approved, up to the time the Legislature meets. To pay the pen? sions already approved will require $91,440 annually. 'What are our wise Sol?os going to do about it?' is an inquiry from a tax paying one leg sol? dier who gets no pension, because he bas by his industry made himself a valuable citizen and accumulated enough property to deprive him of the provis? ion made for those who by improvidence, or want of thrift, are still poor, and by interoperate lives in many cases are useless citizens. A Question for Gov. Richardson. Abbeville Medium. A majority of tbe farmers of the State we believe, are in favor of accept? ing the Clemson bequest and of estab? lishing an agricultural college at Fort Hill. Now is the time to go to work for the purpose of realizing their wishes. The first step is to elect a governor who sympathises with this purpose. Before voting for any man for the high posi? tion of governor the farmers should re? quire a positive and direct pledge from him that be will use bia best efforts to secure this college. To make our meaning plain we may suppose that lion. John Peter Richard? son is a candidate for re election. Let him pledge himself to recommend in his first message the accepeance of the Clemson bounty and use all his influ? ence to put the college in successful operation. Ile can make such a recom? mendation as easily as he has made others if bc is really and truly in sym? pathy with the farmers. If he is in? different about the matter and will not make such a recommendation the peo- j plo should know it now. They should j know it soon enough to select a stand- j ard bearer who will carry out their j views. Thc State has hundreds of cit ?zens of .?ulbeient capacity for thc place who are friendly to the fanners. If Governor liichaid?ou is not of this way of thinking some other mau should be I chosen. To have no misunderstanding about | the matter we respectfully ask the fol- j lowing open question of Governor j Richardson : 'If re-elected Governor, j will you recommend tue. acceptance of thc Clemson bequest and use your best efforts to establish a separate agricul? tural college at- Kori I i iii?' The pretty daughter of a Columbus, Ohio, preacher, is in a bad fix. She has eaten pickles until she has dwindled from 200 to 60 pounds. She can no longer cat. lier tongue ia as dry and hard as a piece of leather, and her phy? sicians say that the interior of her stomach is as bard ?nd smooth as the surface of polished glass. The young Iud y is only sixteca. years old, Was the Convention Juggled? The Pee Dec Index prints the fol? lowing article : 'A serious charge is made against the Democratic convention that was held in Columbia on the 17th of May. In that convention a resolution was' introduced eridoreing the Mills tariff j bil!, but it failed to pass. 'A prominent citizen of Charleston is authority for the statement that this resolution was defeated through the influence of a number cf formel* citizens of Charleston, who are notir residents of and large property owneis in the mining and" manufacturing dis? tricts of Alabama. These gentlemen since their immigration to Alabama have become rampant protectionist?) and early conceived the plan of pre? venting an-endorsement of the Mills bill by the convention of South Caro? lina through the influence of powerful friends in Charleston, who were them? selves largely interested in mining and manufacturing enterprises in Ala? bama.' The Greenville News says : The matter is not important for the past. The action of the South Carolina con? vention on the Milla bill made no difference one way or the other \ the introduction of the resolution ot en? dorsement was unnecessary and un? wise, and the shelving of the entire matter was the proper method of dis? posing of it. But if the convention was juggled in the interests of the private enterprises of certain men the public ought to be fully informed, For future guidance, how the juggling was done arid who did it. The old fashioned log-ioiling among the candidates was bad and puzsling; but the idea of concealed wires and traps among the planks of the plat? form gives a new terror and a new cause for headache to the rural dele? gate. He has before him now the prospect of not only going home whipped, outgeneraled, and with his favorite boom collapsed but of find? ing himself attached to a dangerously loaded platform without knowing it. Who did the juggling ? The Fee Dee Index knows and tells so much, it should know and tell more, so that arrangements eau be made to keep out of Tuture assemblages of the State democracy those who would sacrifice its principles and interests to their own schemes. mum ? > ? ? mm Home Raised Tea. Capt. B. L. Beaty, of Ilucksville has sent commissioner Butler the following interesting letter on tea culture : 'I will mail you a sample cf tea grown and made by myself, here on my farm. I have at least a hundred plants from four to six feet ia diameter, and height, and have made all the tea used by my family for years, besides giving away many samples each year. I have no trouble in growing the plants, and seldom have one die in transplant? ing. Obtained seed from the United States government, six or seven years ago. This spring I made eighteen pounds of dry tea at one picking. All who have tested it speak in highest terms of tts flavor, and can and do make two drawings from the same leaves, the second drawing being about equal to that of the first drying of the store tea. I wish you tc try this in two drawings, and let me know how you like it, and, if desired, can send you another package. I am satisfied Com? missioner LeDuc was correct, and that tea can be made a profitable article of growth in .-our dear old State, where it only requires proper soil and care. I have given mine comparatively very little care indeed. But the soil requir? ed is a deep, light brown. I have over 100 acres of such land which, I am satisfied from my trial, will make as good tea as can be grown in China.' Carrying Concealed Weap? ons. The Aiken Journal and Review quotes Judge Pressley thus at the late term of the court for Aiken County : .In looking over the bills which he held in his hand, he noticed one for carrying concealed weapons, and tcok occasion to say that the judges of the circuit had about made up their minds to try to put a stop to this practice by imposing heavier sentences. Hereafter he intended that every white man convicted of this offense before him would go to the penitentiary unless pardoned out by the Governor, for one to carry a pistol concealed was a disgrace to his manhood, and it is an evidence that he is lacking in moral courage, lie said that if the pistol had to be carried it must be carried in such a way a6 lo be plainly visible to the pu 1)1 io. It was not sufficient for the butt o? thc pistol alone to be out. Keep Away. The proprietor of a .high-toned' drinking saloon in New York signed the pledge and closed his dram-shop. Un learning that a company of lads had organized themselves into a tem? perance sociory, he went to them and' gave some of his experience as a rum seller. 'I sold liquor/said he,-elev? en years-long enough (or me to .nee the beginning and cud <>f" its effects. I have seen a mau take his first glass in my place, and afterward find the grave ol' a suicide. I have seen man after niau, wealthy and educated, come into my saloon who cannot now buy his dinner. I recall twenty cus? tomer?, worth from one to five thous? and dol?ais, who are now without I money, place or friends.' Ile warned ? the boys about entering saloons on -any pretext. He said that he had ?seen a young fellow, a member of a ! I temueranco society, come in with a 1 i friend, and Whit while he dr;n:k. j ! 'No, no,' he would say, when asked j ! to di ink, '1 never touch it. Thanks, all the same.' Presently, rat hw than | . be churlish, he would take a glas? tri : cider or harmless lemonade. 'The lemonade was nothing,' sai? the rum seller, but 1 knew how il would end. ? Thc only safety, boys, lor any one, ; no matter how strong his resolutions,? ie-outside the door of the saloon-.' THE BUSTLE. Ob, the blooming, bobm?ug biisti?,' The flouncing, bouncing bustle/ The heaving, weaving bustle** That the maid of fashion tfears ;: How it quaps and quakes and ffuivera, Kow it osciiates anti shivers,* Kow it shocks all modest livers' When tn puolifc it appears: When extended ?nd expanded' As by fashlob is demanded/ I think if you ari candid1 With me you w??l agree*/ That this absrtrd illusion Is ? snare and a delusion i And conducir? to confusion" In a very high degree. The Mail ia Mississippi. 'Good roawnin, fitts/said ?riefe" John Dixon, walking np io the gen?fSl delivery window of ?be-PoBfdffiee iii a* Mississippi village, and fairing oif his hat. 'Say,-Boss/ has you got any mail far me?' After looking through ahorrt forty five letters the Postmaster answers* itt' the negative. One half hoer later. TJ. J. D.-'Say ! Bbs* f fe& jrooV gol any mail fur me V No mail has arrived yet 3'. M.-'Ho-no mai!' fbt yo?r tl. J. D^'^ou did'n' look P ; P. M.-'Been no mail in yet.' ?. j. D.-'Wby don' fo?; IddiV/ how does you kribtf d'ere ain't li?flh-' in' :^ P. M.-You were here a-h?T?froifP ago and no mail has arrived'sinCe.1, U. J. D'.-'Mbnghty qnar you" cawn't look ; you nec?r looks fur culi' lud folks/ P. M-'Go on, now f when ?sar/* there's no mail, there is none.' tl. J. D.-'Dis Jar de poa1 office, ain't it-ain't iii' P. M.-'Yes.' ?. J. Di-'Well; Pse gbf a#gt?t' to cum an' ask fur my mail, I has.' P. M.-'Mail won't be iii fdr* an* hour.' (J. J. D:-'You oughtet look/ (One hour later.) Uncle John D?xoii leonis up before* window. P. M.-'Nothing for you- on' tfris*' mail.' . . U. J. D'.-'You didh' I?*?k: 'PeanT to me you mought lock.' P. M.-(Looks\tirroogfi* llie Q's to* appease him)-'Nothing !' li. J. ft.-'Sure dere's nuttiin?' Mougbty quarei ?bere o?ghterbe a postal card here. Got nutinV fut 'Liza Dixon lr Mebbe it was Bent to' hur.' P. M.-'No y there's nothing- fot' Dixon.' U. J. D.-'You dich' look. How* does you know there's* notbin' for 'Liza. Yon oughter look* ?i i'? -i . Generally l;fce Case. \ The larger the cl?rgyman'-"family the"" smaller his salary. The homelier the woman the more Con*' spicuously she dresses. The poorer the man the more doge he owns. The longer a mau V hair, the greater crack he is. The shorter a wot?iairs Ha?r, the" stronger minded she is. The poorer a fisherman' s lack tba" bigger lies he tells. The smaller the salary the more' style the store clerk pats cn. The more a mab boasts of his h bees t jp the less willing his friends are to loan' him money. It is always the minister with the' biggest salary who is given tK? l?rigesf vacation. A twenty five dollar horse Js not called "a very valuable animal** unti? he is killed by lightning. Seeing With a Rabbits Eye. BALTIMOBE, ?Jone K?-The operation1 of transplanting a clear piece of a rab*" bit's cornea into the blind eye of af patient, performed ten days ago at the Presbyterian Eye and Bar Charity Hos* pit3l, has proven a success. At the" end of a week the baud ages were re-~ moved and the eye exposed to the light. The piece of the rabbit's cornea was* completely united to the human eye" and had grown to tbe edge of the hole* made in the blind eye opposite the" pupil. The clear grsft has become cloudy in the process of uniting teethe human eye. Already, However, it ba*f commenced to clear up, and the man is' beginning to see. This he has not done for three years; wh'en the eyes" were destroyed by lime. The operation' of transplanting rn the left eye was so' satisfacory that two days siaCe Dr. Chisolm made a similar op?ration on* the right eye. The King's Mountain Tin Mine. During the past few days tac titf mine at King's Mountain has assumed a business shape. Mr. A. R LedauX, of New York, Prof. and Jno ff. ?ur man, an expert mineralogist Sate pur? chased the following shares in the Weir tract cf 15? acres: One-sixth intcr*??? from F Diiling for ?15o7 87, one sixth from P. S. Baker for ?1537 87, one-sixtb from A. C. Avery for ?1637'/ and one sixth from W. T. ll Bell for" ?1407. These gentleman have alsd" secured hoods for title from the follow? ing :; C. W. Dahn ey, one-sixth inter? est in the Weir tract, ?7*00 ;: Wm. falls, 3(50 seres adjoining. $l?O50:;f Wm. A Falls, ?00 acres. $Tu.00^a?d Isaac Bl Falls. Nacres. $2.S00" Prof. Furman has men at work dig? ging out the ore, and will start a moth? larger force, if the ore exists ih piyidg q?a a n t i ti es.-Ai tc Era Zadbiel, the London astrologery stands by his gloomy predictiodS" for" the present year. For Jaiy he prom-' ises cs grt-at fires in London and a difif astrous earthquake in Madrid, J?artb quake shocks in August aTi tb be botlr frequent and terrific in Italy, France, Russia, Turkey and Greece. On the' 12'h Au2ustthere is to be rifob violence-' in France. Tn the United S"tates the' Cabinet will have many 'thorny ques? tions' to decide Tbe tirade of the' American people will be greatly ex? panded. Sudden death's, especially from heart disease/ will be very na* merous in Charleston*-. Philadelphia? Washington and New ?ork.