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Sold mig in can*. ROYAL BAK? ES? POWDER CO., 106 Wa?l-et., N. Y. ELY'S CATARRH Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain ana INFLAMMATION Restores the ?ENSES OF T AST f and Smell. TBT r? ?IRE.HAY-FEVER CATABRE i* a disease of the mucous membrane, gener? ally originating in the nasa! passages and maintaining its stronghold in the bead. From tjbis point it sends forth a poisonous virus uito the stomach and through the digestive Organa, corrupting the blood and producing other troublesome ?od dangerous symptoms. * A particle is applied into each nostril and if agreeable. Price50 cents at Druggists ; bj mail, registered, 60 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren Street, New York. BEST AND CHEAPEST. Ali 600DS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished bj return Mail. U88? STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS? ""'.-MWBl-?, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE? SALE DEA LERS IN RS, SASH, BL?, MOULDING-, . -AJ?? UNSEAL BUILDING MATERIAL. and Salesrooms, 10 and 12" Hay ne St., ? CHARLESTON, S. C. 25 - o fht largest and most complete establishment Sou?? SEO. S. HACKER & S0N; sa GO ?3 Manufacturers ot M, M, BMs, MLM JUTD BUTL2I2TG- MATERIAL 0mC2 AND WAREKOOMS, King, opposite Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. , Aug 10 o co. .I COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH U BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER. AND HAIR. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, Tbe Best io the Market. Special Attention Given .to Orders hf Mail. Gi O. BROWtf & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. <>;t 5-0* * DRESSMAKING, L?DIKS' DF.ESSES CUT AND MADE ? io the latest style, fit and work war? rami aod satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss j Ade a Os teen, Republican street, opposite \ Harli/ A Tenne. Prices as reasonable as good morl. esta be doue for. Feb 8 . TWO ROSES. Life leaves, with each a flower, *~ Wben passion's work is done, And hearts are turnio g dimly ^Toward the western so?,- .' When some eyes gaze back fondly, S And -some with dolt tears wet The white rose of remembrance, The red rose of regret. And yon,- roy. warm heart's idol, i MyAowey tay joy, my soul 1 For "whom all else was latished And Life a blotted scroll, ? When Memory opes her churchyard . " Does Love come calm as debt Tbe/pale' rose of remembrance, Or dark rose of regret? For I, who basten gladly , Towards Joe setting sun ; For whom Life held one passion, . .One battle fought and woo, Am lefotwD broken Howers -,. (And both with salt-tea EB wet}, The white rose of remembrance, The red rose pf regret. . -New Orleans Picayune. Mr, P?terjdn's Experiment to Provide a* Substitute for Jute. The Colombia Register of the 20th : inst, says: Capt, J. A. Peterkin of Fort Motte, S. C.,. whose efforts to provide an acceptable substitute for jute bagging bas attracted much at? tention throughout the country, has made another and more successful effort : in the same direction. The covering now used by Capt. Peterkin is made of gum wood covered with veneer. The wood is shaved off from the log by an ingenious,process, and., m the state in which it is used is 3-16 of an inch in thickness. The veneer preparation is then applied to it, and this renders it non-combustible. The only defect obseivable by the examination was that the sampling of cotton covered in this way will be more difficult than it is with cotton covered with bagging. Bat Captain Peterkin is of the * opinion that this defection can be removed. _ Miller Brothers will send a sample of the covering to tho New York Cotton Exchange for examination, and if the report is a favorable one, Captain Peterkin will at once engage in its manufacture. It eau be made and supplied to farmers at less than five cents a yard ; and this being the case, it is to be hoped that the experiment will be a success, and knock the spots out oHhe "Bagging Trust." Captain Peterkin brought a bale of cotton covered in this manner to this city yesterday to be tested, and is very much satisfied with the result. It stood the fire test to the satisfac? tion of all who examined it, and it also stood the test of compressing, to which it was subjected by Messrs. Miller Bros., who condacted the ex? amination for Captain Peterkin. In compressing a bale having on the Pe? terkin covering the side pieces are taken ont, and as the bale is reduced iu size, smaller ones are substituted. Cotton Stalk Fibre. The following letter to Governor Richardson will be of much interest to the cotton planters of South Carolina : NBW YORK, September 17, 1888. Hon. Governor of South Carolina. RESPECTED SIR: AU article in the New York Herald of recent dat? tells us of the great loss of the cotton crop thia year, owing to the heavy rains. The cotton stalk fibre sent you by this mail, and so which permit me to cali your attention, was seot us by governor S. B. Gordon, of Georgia. It was pulled August 15, delayed in transit and did not reach os until September 10. lt was decayed, and is not >a fair sample of what we can do. We have a proeess for treating all vegetable fibres ia a simple economical manner, and which has been folly demonstrated. Tbe sample sent you shows that the stalk, which bas never been utilized, is full of fibre that can be used for textile purposes and for paper stock, and in tbe event, of failure of the cottoa crop by rain or other causes, the planters, by our process, would still bave a large profit from the stalk alone. Governor Gordon, wheo in tbe city some time ago, .frequently visited us and was shown large samples of other fibres as well as cotton stalks, ile was very much pleased and interested. He sent us at iutervals of from two to three weeks a few hundred pouuds of the stalks for treatment. We would be pleased to do the same for any planters from your State, and will seud you and them the result of our work. With great respect, AM. CONSOLIDATED FIBRE CO. JOHN H. BROWN, Sup't Shipping address. Am. Consolidated Fibre Co , John H. Brown, Sup't, 126 Ganesvoort Street, New York Meeting of the State Exec? utive Committee. COLUMBIA, S. C , Sept., 26.-At a meeting of the State Democratic ex? ecutive committee to-night the fol? lowing members . were present : Chairman James F. Izlar, Secretary Will C. Jones, W. J. Fisbburn, M. B. McSweenev, J. A. Hoyt, N. B. Dial, W. J. Cherry, J. F. Rhame, R. D. Lee. Arrangements were made for the coming campaign by the ap? pointment of the following committee on finance:^ Will C. Jones, VV. II. Brawley. J. A. Hoyt, C. G. McCall, N. B Dial, J. M. Rhett. Ou speakers and transportation : E. B. Murray, 0. F Cheatham, L. T. Izlar, E. A. Wood, M. J. Hough,. E. B. Gary. On Punting: F. W. Dawson, M. B. McSweeney, E. B. Murray, J. A. Hoyt, Josiah Doar. On documents: J. A. Hoyt, J. E. ?aggs, N. B\ Dial, W. J. Cherry, W. A. Evans. On law : R. D. Lee. J. F. Rhame, W. II. Brawlev, W. J. Fisbburn, E. B. Gary. It was decided to hold four meet? ings, respectively at Charleston, Co? lumbia, Greenville and Marion, at which speakers from abroad will make addresses on national matters. The selection of the speakers has been re? ferred to Senator Butler. The names will be reported to the executive committee, who will fix the dates. Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, and Senator Blackburns of Kentucky, have expressed3 wiiliuguess to visit the State and address the people. >. The failure of the Kingstree con? vention to make a nomination was reported to the committee, who acted thereon by suggesting that, in the event of a further deadlock on re-as? sembling, the matter be referred to the judicial committee of that district. Farmers in the Cabinet, The. farmer now has the satisfaction, at least, of seeiqg his occupation digni? fied ?by national recognition. Of,the great industries of the country, Com? merce, Agriculture, Manufactures and .Mining, Agriculture ranks first in the number of persons .employed, second in the amount of capital, invested and last in the average rate : of compensation to those engaged in it ; but still, it is some comfort to know that it has been advan? ced to the honor of being made one of the. national executive departments. On Friday last the House bill to make this Department one ofjthe execu? tive departments of the government was taken up in the United States Sen? ate and passed with the exception of transferring the Signal Service Jo this department which provision was stricken from the bill. ^ The . Department of Agriculture, therefore, is now an..executive depart? ment of, the general government. .Under , the supervision and cootrol of a Secretary of Agriculture, who will be appointed hy the President, and who will receive the same salary as is paid to the secretary of each of the executive departments, to wit : eight thousand dollars per annum. ^ There is also provided an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture with, the pay of the First Secretary of the .Interior to which, no doubt, will be added the usual complement of clerks, assistant clerks, porters, etc., that are allowed the other similar branches of the gov? ernment If this bill is destined to improve the agricultural interest of tbe country generally to any great extent, it will be of incalculable benefit to tbe South and especially to our own State, in which this great industry so far overshadows any other in magnitude and importance. -mmmmy . ii A Plucky Democrat. We haye, already alluded, says the Atlanta Constitution, to the renomi? nation of the Hon. George D. Tillman to Congress by his South Carolina constituents after a heated contest. Mr. Tillman is a man of pluck, ener? gy and integrity, and his success in the face of strenuous opposition made to him on acconut of bis views on the tariff is a notable event. lt is probable that a majority of the voters of Mr. Tillman's district .do not agree with all his views, but they recognize him as a useful and incorruptible Congressman, and in renominating him they endorse the record he has made. The efforts of a few politicians to defeat Mr. Tillman because he refused to .endorse fall* the President's views was a failure, as it richly deserved to be. Democrats may differ with t^e President or with each other in re? gard to party policy, aud still remain, good Democrats Every thoughtful Democrat in this country needs a good, wide margin for the play of Iris own opinions and convictions. Sixteen Typical Drunkards. To ?how liow wildly wide of the mark some campaign stories fly, no better illustration can be found than the paragraph which has been doing service in certain temperance papers of late representing Mr. Harrison as declining to drink a toast in wine be? cause he was 'one of a class of seven? teen young men who graduated to? gether , the other sixteen now fill drunkard's graves, and all from the pernicious habit of wine drinking.' Somebody has taken the trouble io hunt this narrative down, and finds that one of the sixteen dead drunk? ards is a Roman Catholic monk ac tively engaged in religious work in Baltimore ; eight of them became Protestant ministers, including the Rev. David Swing, of Chicago, and Representative John A. Anderson, of Kansas ; four became lawyers, in? cluding Milton Saylor and Prof. L W. Rosa, of the University of Iowa ; one is a physician and a prominent church elder ; one was a colonel in the Union array and was kilted at Gettysburg, and one who was of tem? perate habits, died soon after gradu? ation.- Washington Star, Sept 14. Our State Contemporaries. Cotton Bagging. Marion Star. Tbe prediction that the deliberate conspiracy of the Cotton Baggiog Trust to squeeze the cotton growers this year might prove a blessing in disguise to the South seems to be very near fulfill? ment. If it does so turn out, it will be about as welcome a consummation to ali inter j ested in cotton, cotton brokers, manu? facturers and consumers, as the cotton growers-as the extortional charges of this Trust threatens to put back the iirovement of the cotton to such an ex? tent that the delay may cause such a scarcity in thc supply as may stop mills and raise the price of cotton goods. The latter result, however, is not likely to occur. The cotton had to come and ingenuity has been taxed to provide some euitable covering for bal? ing it without submitting to the de? mands of the Baggiog Trust. The problem now seems to be about solved, but iosteid of one substitute for jute, the producer is offered a choice of j two, fur both of which aro claimed ad ] vantages superior to jute and which, if j correct, may end in the bankruptcy of ! the Bagging Trust, aud the cMablish I ment of a uew industry in the South. ! One of these oew materials is a cloth I manufactured from pine straw which bas . j been tested in Charleston. It stood the j ; test of fire, of the compress and of be-1 ! ?rig pulled and hauled about by the ! ! hooks o? longshoremen and met all the ! ; requirements perfectly, j Since thon the Acme Manufacturing : j Company of Wilmington, N. C., has decided to commence the manufacture j of this species of bagging, have pur-1 chased new machinery for this purpose nod the factory will ruo day and night to supply the demand. Tbe other and still more formidable competitor is 'the new Lane Mills cot? ton bagging,' manufactured from cotton, and which it is insisted, with all ap? pearance of justice, is the proper cover? ing for cotton. This material is even better than the best 'jute7 bagging. It has stood the tests of fire, handling and pressure and has been found to be less inflammable, cheaper, and stronger than tbe best quality'of that article of bagging. Should this quality of bagging come into general use, it will create a new industry for the South, give lucrative employment to a large number of peo? ple, create a new market for many thousand bales of low grade cotton, and secure better prices to the farmers of the South upon whom the world is de? pendant for its supply of cotton. No use for them to import jute from India, pay heavy tariff duties and leave them? selves,at the mercy of monopolists, with a better material at hand, the use of which will make a new market for dirty and stained cotton ano* enhance th*e value of the better grades. Io the words of the New Orleans Ti m es-Democrat, 'Let tbe plaoters hold out a little longer against the baggiog trust, encourage the manufacture of these new rivals of jute baggiog OD ao extensive seale, and the trust will not ooly be beaten for the presem time, but for all time to come.' A Hew Industry. Summerville New?. At last it has appeared to the miod of some man that out of our common pine-str?w can, be made an article which can favorably compete with what is known as juts bagging, and may possi? bly, after being subjected to various processes, be far superior to it in dura? bility and cheapness of manufacture. This, of course is only a DO tb er evi? dence of tbe undeveloped industries of our State, and will necessarily cause that hitherto supposed valueless article, which we are pleased to call pine straw,, to rise in importance nnd make itself felt in tbe pulsating throb of our manu? facturing mechanism, and revolutionize thc era of jute bagging. Ou the morning of the 21st a test was made, io Charleston, of the value and strength of texture of. the article io question as a possible covering for cot too, and it proved to be a thoroughly satisfactory one, and went far to indi? cate that the cotton bagging of tbe fu? ture would be made largely of pine straw, ~ The tests made were many and vari? ous, and particular attention was paid lo the two prize tests, if they can be so called : That of the bagging showing plainly tbe brand marked upon it; and its not staining, or otherwise marring the color of. the cotton, in the event of its being cut while wet Both of these tests caused considerable ?ppreheosipn among the assembled * marchants and brokers, as both were? of the greatest importance and had the* greater possi? bility of failure oo account of* the color and g ra g ii i ty of the straw. However, these tests were success? fully made, and proved that the straw was capable of as great things as its rival, the jute bagging, and, after being subjected to many minor trials as to its comparative value, it was pronouoced feasible for the manufacture of cotton baggiog. So it would appear that when 'Kiog Cotton* next appears, in the season of 1389, the smoke from the factories of pine straw baggiog will be ascending to the bioe ether, and the now popular and much usedSjute* bagging will nec? essarily be deteriorated io value, and the Baggiog Trust, which is now in'its swaddling clothes, will never be allow? ed to reach the age of its maturity, but will be crushed out, as all its iniquitous kind should be. * Let the Jute Trust Go. Farmer*' Friend. Pursuant to a call published in the Farmersv Friend last week, the Darling? ton County Fanners'Alliance held a special meeting in the Court House at Darlington last Tuesday, for the pur? pose of consultation with regard to tak? ing some action against the cotton bag? ging trust. President McIntosh presid? ed, and there were about one buodred members present, embraciog representa? tives from nearly ali the sub-alliances in the county. The meetiog having been called to order and its subject explained, oo mo tioo of Mr. J. N. Parrot a resolutioo was adopted instructing Mr. Ham by, the business agent, to communicate with cotton factories in the North and else? where with a view to the purohase of secondhand bagging, or anything tbat can be substituted for the present high priced article manufactured by the jute monopolies. On motion of Mr. J. E. Pettigrew the chair appointed a committee of five to draft resolutions expressing the senti? ment of the Alliance toward the bag? giog trust. The resolutions reported by thc committee pledge this Alliance not to use any jute bagging for cover? ing cotton, when a substituted can be had, and to adopt whatever substitute the State or National Alliance may sug? gest, and use it to the exclusion of jute at whatever cost. A roll of cotton bagging manufac? tured from piue straw was ou exhibition. for inspection by the Alliance. It was purchased, and 1,000 or 1,200 yards more was ordered. It weighs over two pounds to the yard and eau bc sold at 14 cents. While the Alliance prefers the usc of anything that can be substituted for jute, they favor the use of cotton rathor than anything else wherever it can be used, and recommend its use for guano and grain sacks. -- ? ----3?- ..>?. ? W - Helen 31. Gouger, a strong minded woman, has challenged Anna Dickinson to a joint political debate. It was as? serted that Miss Dickinson, who has just opened her campaigu fur Harrison at Richmond, ind., had refused to ac? cept the gage of battle, but the Repub? lican Joan of Arc, with a strength of expression worthy the most experienced stump speaker, nails this report as 'a point blank lie.' The 'blauk' can be filled in to suit the taste of the individ? ual. fepiig ie C?. By J, T. . [Copyright]. One fino winter morning "The Great Asiatic and Oceanican Spice company" came down with a great crash, and little Will Brennan was turned Into the streets. It was a hard time, and Bren searched vainly day after day for a situation. Finally, thoroughly sick and beaten out, he was forced to give it up and go home to Crawley on the Trickle. Ten months before he had met Kate. Arrow; and, to make !ong short, was before now about as fast to that merry, good hearted maiden, with the pretty face and winning ways, as there was any need. And so far he had. had Little cause for complaint. Since he was thrown out of work he hall not seen l?ate. . He thought every day he should get a place, and he had a feeling that he would rather not go until he could see his way. He couldn't tell her ho was a beggar, he said; and he wasn't going to pretend to her, at least. Then he got discouraged, and maybe a little heart sick, and stayed away because he hadn't gone before. So he came home on the Trickle, not meaning to stay long far from Quincy street, but forced to go somewhere and knowing nowhere else. He had been at home only three days wh?n a letter came to him from bis old friend, Charley Traveler They two had fallon out some months before, and Bron had very soon seen that he had been to blame. Ile had meant to go over and. make it up. But making up is not just the pleasantest business, nor is putting , off the hardest. Then Bren was too j proud to go with his trouble, when ho hadn't gone before; though ho knew the first word would have brought Charley round. So he was not a little surprised to recognize Traveler's hand on the en? velope. Here is the letter: DEAR BKEN: I only heard Sunday that you was of! your feet. I had almost for? gotten you was in the A. and 0. Spice. (I'm glad it's gone up. " It was a bad shop.) I . I say, Bren, why didn't you come round? It was shabby of you not to give a fellow a chance to use you, when you was look? ing round. I went over to Cole when I heard of it, and ho told me you was off for C. Now, Bren, if you're not fast yet, you're just the fellow I want. Come down and keep my books. I've been doing a bigger business than at first this winter, on a very small percentage. We clear very little over and above, but I find jt's the only way to keep the mill going in these times; and I'm working into a trade that I think will float us nicely by and by. But it makes so much to look after that I can't koop the books up at all as they should be. If you can come. I'll have the whole thing off my mind. I can't make it worth much to ton now, but you'll have your slice of .wliat there is, and I think the pndding will be bigger before long, and maybe more plums in lt. This ls no made up job, Bren; I hope you'll think it worth your while to come. In haste, Cu. T. That was Traveler's way of making up. Friday morning, that. saroe?week, l?ren took his seat at the desk in Traveler's hardware store, 7 Griffin's row. He found the books correct as far as they went, but one sided and fallen behind. "You see, Bren," Traveler said, looking over Bren's shoulder and pointing out this and that, 'Tve been so pushed, I've let our creditors keep their own accounts. I'm careful where I deal, and of course they don't know that I keep things at odds and ends. I don't believe I've lost much by it. But I don't Uko slip slop, you know; and of course you'll have it all in black and white. 'And 1 say, Bren, I don't want to look at the books if I can help lt. I've got enough outside. You'll want to get tlie cash up to dato the best you can. Then you can start fair. You can work up the rest from tho bills and tho blotter as you get timo. I'd balance the cash every morning, and deposit on Saturdays with the Cutlers' and Grinders'. Pay statements In chocks, or in cash if there's enough on hand." Part of which Bren understood to sig? nify that Traveler was going to trust him entirelv, and keep no watch or chock upon . him. Bren was grateful to his friend, and remembered with no great pleasure his part in the coolness between them. He took a bit of paper lying by "him, and drew pot hooks around it with , his pen. ;?"I say, Charley," he breaks ont, look lng up, "I was a fool In that Callicott business. It's hanged good of you not to mind." "Como, Bren," Traveler answered, "that's enough of that." So Bren set ^ work, thankful and happy. Ho ifSgon his feet again. He was hardly scttw?or his misfortune now; he was glad to be quit of that flash con? cern, and ho had got back his best friend. Bren was rather rusty at accounting. He get on pretty slowly. He made up his mind he. would not seo Kate until he had brought the cash up to date. It would be an incentive to him; and, besides, he had stayed away so long, he would like to have something worth while douo before he went back. It was after G on Satur? day night when ho laid the blotter be? tween the leaves and closed tho book with a bang. He had brought the cash down to date, and balanced it "by short." At eight he turned into Quincy street out of Palmetto place. Ho felt a' litt lo flur? ried as he went along; it was three weeks since he had spoken to Kate, and all that while she had been rising in his thought, until now sho seemed to Bren a being of unearthly goodness and beauty. He felt a little afraid; he wondered how ho had dared bo so free and merry with her as he remembered such a day. But then sho had been so kind and so merry herself. And abo seemed to like to have him como | too; he could see her now, as she ha/1 smiled so frankly and given him her hand in welcome the very last time. No, there wc? nothing to fear. Ho knew she could no vcr change; she was so good, and true, and kind. Ho would tell her all about this trouble of his. He was up on his feet ago lu, and could afford to tell her now. Ho would tell her about Charley-what a brave, noble fellow he wa?-how he had paid wrong and neglect bv the most deli? cate kindness and tho fullest trust. He knew sho wofild admire his frieud as ho did. Maria let him tn. Ile found a number of people gathered for a little evening party. Ho met Mr. Arrow as ho entered tho parlor, and stopped to speak with him. Glancing aside, he saw Katu across tho two rooms. Sho was sitting by a table, talking and laughing with a tall young fellow about his own ?go. lie was stand? ing, leaning over a book or picture they were examining. Kate fronted Bron us she sat. but her face was turned aside. Bren could sec that the face was flushed a litt lr?; the light of a shaded jet fell broadly upon her. lV.it she did not ap? pear to have seen Bren; doubtless tho flush was onlytho heat of thc rooms. Bren forgot what ho was saving to the gentleman; he stammered something and moved on. In a moment he seemed wholly changed. Tho tremor of mingled joy and I fear was gone; toils place leaped sud I denly a hard, hot feeling of pain und hate. I The stranger was a ginni looking fellow. I self possessed and easy, with a rendy I laugh and smile, and not a bad Ieee. Bren j did not know why, und did not. rare: but i he hated tho fellow from the first glance. Ile made Iiis way through the rooms and j went up to Kate. Ho forced back the ; bitter feeling and put on a careless air. j She got un when she saw him. and gave I him her nanti. lier greeting was civil J enough, but somehow it exasperated Bren. j His eyes glanced up to the stranger slaml I ingby. She took it up instantly as a signal j that Bren would Uko to bo introduced; ? which it certainly was not. She turned and introduced him: "Mr. Robert Bro wer.'* Bren shot a quick questioning glance: at Kate's face; turned away, could make nothing of it. He gave the stranger ratlber grim greeting, lie had not asked, to make his acquaintance; be didn't want to know bim, and ho wasn't going to Ho about it. "Very happy, I'm sure," Bro wer said, end bowed. **Y?ry happy, Pm sure," Brovxr mid. The two measured each other, as they stood face to face an instant. Bren was a poor dissembler; his look was plainly de? fiant and threatening, in spite of him. And though Brewer's face was bland, there was the slightest possible contrac? tion in the uppexlip, and his eyes spoke the truth out squarely, as eyes wilL Be? tween tho two, it w&3 all * tho same as though he had said: "The insolent little beggar! Ill teach bim better manners before this game's played/ And the game seemed to hare a new zest for bim from that time. Ile was well armed. Ile had ?kill, address and temper. With those three weapons ono need not easily despair of any earthly prize. Bren had a good deal of quickness. was usually ' bright and merry, with an evident sincer? ity and kindness of disposition* But he could not well hide dislike or annoyance, lie felt he was no match for the other, and the feeling put him out and showed him to the worst advantage. Brewer was so cool, so bold of word and laugh, so bright and handsome withal. He seemed to rob Bren of all his likable qualities. Beside him, Bren appeared an awk? ward, ill conditioned fellow enough. He hardly knew how tho evenmg passed, lie was glad to get out into tho cool night and tho darkness of the streets. Iiis face felt Hushed and hot; he burned with a passion of hate and disappointment, it had come upon him so suddenly and so unexpected. He said \% was too hard; he didn't deserve lt. He had taken his evil fortune manfully, had stood out against fate and done his hon? est best, and it wasn't right that he should be so paid. Oh, it was too hard! He cursed it all and ldmself for a grouty fool. Why had he not met this fellow on his own ground? He was not so clever him-it was more brass than brains. But what right had she to torment him? If she hadn't cared for him, what did sho mean by leading him on? Hadn't she been plainly pleased by having him come? She had shown it plainer than words a hundred times. If she hadn't cared for him. what right had she to keep him on until he was too fast to break? Who was she, to take it upon her to break a man's life for her sport or pride? What was she, before hoaver?, moro than he? If she was purer and finer, whose praise was that? Did she try harder, had she more temptation? Would he act Jikc that? KcAl dio first. Bren walked and walked up and down tho deserted streets, he did not care how I or where. A feeling of awful loneliness crept over him. Ile wished he was back at home; he wished he was a child again. Ho longed for the touch of tho gentle Iiand that had smoothed away tho smart, the gentle voice that never failed to com? fort. But the bruise was deeper now, poor Bren; face and hand were far away and vain to help. Bren turned at last to go home. Tho " breadth of the sleeping city lay between. The wind blew cold and ?amp; he shiv? ered and turned his back. Shame and crime stared at him out of thc gloom and flitted by like horrible ghosts. He shrank back scared from their touch, and fled away through the dcsolato streets. The day was breaking dimly over tho eastern roofs when he climbed up to his attic room and crept shiv? ering to bed. And while tho peace? ful Sabbath morning broke and bright? ened orer river and town, Bren tossed wretchedly a while and then fell into a heavy sleep, and dreamed that Kate was kind again and all tho world was heaven; and woke to wish ho had not. Poor little Bren, no doubt it waa rather hard! Bren stood a poor chance, it must bo owned, unless fate and the farr ono fa? vored. Ho could not .be himself when Brewer was by. Ho made all sorts of reso? lutions; he would put a bold faco upon it; he would be free and mern*-would treat Brewer civilly and coolly, 'as Brewer did him. Then he would go and meet Brewer, it might be, at tho house; and his heart would rise into his throat at sight of the fellow, and he would scowl at bira out of his eyes, over tho smooth words ho tried to say. And then bc would be awkward and disagreeable In spite of himself. And Kato got to bo cold and reserved : and Bren would como away raging and ready to cry with vexation and pain. So it went on. Bren could not keep away. It made him stamp and curse to think of that fel? low, looking so manlv and frank, having it all his own way. l?o must go and see what went on. Cole dropped in upon him one niirht. Ho talked of indifferent tilings a minute, sitting on the bcd while Brea shaved at tho glass, twelve inches by eight. Theu ho broke out abruptly: "Bren, I say, why don't you haul off? That fellow's got the wind of you. It ll only bc tho harder by and by." And Bren turned round with uplifted razor, aud hi? faco quite white. "- it. Jim. I can't!"? ho answered fiercely, and stamped on the floor. "I tell you, ii" she throws mo. I'll kill him." And he made a lungo with tho open blado that made Cole shrink, and threw lt on the iloor And he turned away and fairly sobbed. And Cole saw it was r.o use. and carno away sony and grim. Ile did not think much of Bren's threat; he knew his friend's hot way. But he was very sorry for poor Bren; he knew he had no great strength, ami was bound up in the girl; body and soul. Besides, it was no pleasant thought to have to doubt this Kate Arrow Ho had known her long bo fore Bron, and had liked and admired her thoroughly, watching her apart as was his wont." When he was sick of tho world's meanness and shallowness ho had liked to think of Kate arni assure himself there was still to be .found goodness and artless truth. And now to have to doubt even Kate-it was a grim thought. And just this is one of tho sorriest things that can befall, lt shakes one's faith in it ail; you feel that the very foundations aro broken np If I have looked hero year after year, you spy. und found all fair and sweet, and ono day i como rmi find rot? tenness at tho very core, whore shall I put my hand and say, lloro is soundness and sweetnc??7 If this that 1 have sworn to has fallen out so. what may l.*o ne>:t and next? lt's not a pleasant thought, friends, nor a pleasant thing. God help us when our friends fail, or when we fail our friends! Well, the wretched business wont on. Bren could not make Kate out. But he could not say where tho difference was. Sometimes he even suspected it might Lo all in himself. But ho could not get on for all that. And the deeper bo got into trouble t!ie harder it was to put a decent face upon it. and the plainer it showed in his look, prower touk uo notice of his ill disguised hatred: was offensively j lito and officious on all occasions to Br* And he managed in endless dextero little ways to put Bren out or place h: in an ungraceful or-ridiculous light; a: Bren liad little skill to return tho fire. One night-it was at a "sociable" at t Cotwoods', I think-Bren was sitti: disconsolate, talking indifferently wi Mrs. C., when some movement in t rooms threw him close to Kate and little aside, just as the company began break up. Bren looked so wretched a down hearted as he spoke to her lhat s could not but pity him. She gave him kind look and bade him good night qui in her old way; and Bren came away wi a lighter heart than he had had in man^ day. Ono gentle word had power change Bren s whole view of things. 1 looked back to theso wretched weeks pa* and to himself of an hour ago, with a sc of doubt and wonder. Tho hard, bitt feeling was gone, blown clear away bv breath. Ile stopped in the street and ? got- himself, staring into the gutter ai trying to make out what lt was all abor Had kate been to blame after all? had been all his o*. TI doing? Ho could not i member that sho had shown Bro wer ai special favor, The fellow had be friendly and obliging; could she be le than civil? Well, ho didn't know. 1 had been Lil conditioned enough, at ai rate. But he'd drop that. He'd be bli self again. Ho felt sure Kate had n changed, ne went over and over h words and looks to-night. Dei saw h face in the darkness, and heard again wi a fond thrill her sweet, low, pitying ton And so he faced home and to bed. a: slept like a happy child. Going down to the store next dav, ] was thinking rather hardly of the "ha: times. Not that ho blamed Traveler. N Charley had enough to keep a warm ne for his mate and tue two little birds. Bi he did want to have more money ju now. It would be such a lift to him. I folt that he could be more of a man. I was not afraid of this Brewer if he cou! only be himself. But Brewer had tho a vantage of him every way. Kate wi fond of all bright things, of jewels, pi tures, spectacles, music--of pleasure pa ties and tho rest. Bren knew if he on had money he could stand nearly level ar bo better able to keep a brave face. Here was Bretteuham's now; Lo he walked here one night in the holiday with Kate. He remembered how she he laughed and wished she were queen an could have her wish t>f all that sparklin array. Here was a^ray of diamond rin? that she had specially coveted. He woi dered if any of them were the very one. Ho would have Weed to buy her one thi minute, lie knew it was no use; but 1 .went in and priced them. Bren went round to tho store. It w? the first of the month; he would have busy week of it making up his debtor statements. An hour later a statement was laid o Bren's desk. He finished his count can fully, put his pen between his teeth, SJ up and looked at the heading of the bil "Charles V. Traveler to Haffelfinger. Co., Dr." Bren turned to the ledger ii dex, ran down the H's. "Holmes, Hai rls. Hinkley, Haffelfinger, 134." D turned over the pages, found tho accoun and rapidlv ran up tho columns of figure -4827 and odd. The bill lay face dowi he turned lt up and glanced at the total Then ho turned white ia the face. Th figures of the total were these: "$043.38. Bren ran up his own account again; n error-$827.15. Ho saw his hand shak as he reached out for the filo of bills pay able, ne ran over the indorsements "Harris; Appleby; Jagger & Smith; Hat felfinger, ono, two, three, four, five. Th first that turned up was dated three day back-$123 and cents. Hero it was oi the statement, "Bill of merchandise $123.CO." Tho same with the second third, fourth-backward in order of dato That was the whole of the statement On Traveler's books there was ono mon entry: "Fob. 23, by Mdse, per Bill $188.79." Here was the bill, indorsee the same: "Haffelfinger & Co., $187.70." Bren felt a little sick just then Ho leaned on his hand and sheol as if with fear. Do you knov what It meant? Let me tell you It meant that the devil came aux put before Bren's face the hardest temp tation that it waspossible to contrive, s? Bren then was. Boro he was. a free, gen erous boy, and just now miserably poor He lodged in a bare, "mean room, np toxi: flights. He ate coarse fare, and stinte< himself to keep himself presentable t< Kato. ne was in" trouble; lie was hank criug for money this very morning as h< never had before. And nore came nearl] two hundred dollars and dropped into bli very hand, and ho had nothing to do hui close his lingers upon it; and no mau neec ever know. This is how it was: This bill for $18i had never been charged on Haffelfinger'i books. Hther the salesman had neglecter to enter tho sale, or the bookkeeper hac neglected to poats tho entry from thi salesman's DOCK. Do you think it uniLkelj that this thing should occur? it happens in the mosr. systematic houses l? thc country. It happens many times in ever] vear.? And this is the result: If tho buy lng firm do a large business they emploj a cashier, who is bound to file with th< bookkeeper a voucher for every dollar ol income or expense. In these Cases th< creditor's error must be known to both bookkeeper and cashier, and it is probabh reported arid set right. But in very many cases, as in this case of Traveler's, thc business will not afford such expense, and tho whole t hing rests in one hand. Bren kept thc cash and the whole set of books. Ho had only to pay tho bill's face, balance tho account by thc proper amount on the ledger, and enter tho same on tho debit sido of the cash, and ho would bo richer by $183. and no man knowingly the poorer, without tho slightest probability that ho would ever bc found out! I should say that this is tho strongest part of any temptation whatever-to be thoroughly assured that no man need ever know. You may think it a little thing; von may say Bren was very weak and no better than he should be even to doubt. And, certainly, virtuous reader, nobody dreams for a moment that you would have doubted or sliprxni. But, for his part, this person writing is free to confess that if lie had sat on Bren's stool that raw, gray April morning, ho t-co would have trembled and. been afraid. He trusts, indeed, that ho would not have failed even thou. But ho feels that it would havo gone hard; and he is not go? ing to be too hard upon little Bren if ho shall not stand fast. Brea saw i; ;'ll at a flash. Tho error was made by thc Interested party; their shipping clerk's book would never be looked through; except for special refer? ence. Once done there would be an end of the matter forever. I do not say Bren thought of taking the money. Con? sciously he did not think it overthen; but he mw it all at tho first glance, lie sat up and shut his teeth. What was the matter wit!? him?-what was l?o afraid of 7 He was no thie f, ho hoped. He won.ld not act? hastily, indeed; but he would get at tho facts of the caso first, and then he would do what ho deliber? ately should make up ids mind was right. He took up the bill-"Clasp knives, ra? zors, (?rom.i!: :. traps, axes, spokeshaves, levels. Dun lerboue's fellers" (Bren laughed derisively; that was Brewer's SS.W). "evcrhtjitiug scrubbers, shove's, picks, drawing room washers." In the lower left hand comer was written in Travelers hand, "?ii ray." It wes a habit Charley had. Ben knew, of putting the salesman's name on his bilis. It was Fri? day. There was cash enough in the drawer. He counted out tho full amount and folded it in;o the bill and locked it in tho safe. Ho would show himself he meant to act squarely. But ho know ?af felfinger had tho mime of a hard man. If half he had heard was true, such a mistake os this would ten to one cost ?he man his place, lt, was no more than right that he should havo warning. Bren 1 wroto off a note and sent tho boy dorai with it." . The boy brought back an answer signad "R. L. Gray." He lived at 8 Parade place, corner Carroll* third floor. He would be at Mr. Brennan's service at 8 o'clock. Bren walked down Carroll street a little after 8. Eight Parade place was a grocer's shop. It was a rather quiet neighborhood. The houses were mostly alike, of brick, with a g?n?ral shabby genteel appearance. Bren entered the ? hallway and went up two flights of rathol steep and narrow stairs He knocked at ! a door, and lt was opened by aa elderly* man with gray hair, stooping shoulders, and a thin nervous looking face. "Is there a Mr. Gray living In thia house?" Bren asked. "My name is Gray,*" the old man an? swered. "Yours, I suppose, isBrennanT* Bren was surprised. Ho had expected to And a younger man. "Cdrne in." Gray said, ?od drew op * chair by-fcbo stove (lt was a raw xdgnW . Bren sat down. Trio room was poprfy furnished,' but neat and quite home H2ce> A lady like person got up as Bren esme In? and went out. Old Gray sat opposite Bren and waited. "You will pardon mo, 6h\ I hopo,** Brea began, "If I seem to be intruding - unoil your privacy. Let mo assure you that I mean you no incivility, and have sufficient reasons for what I do." The old man bowed, and said nothiag; but he watched Bren's face with a wonder* - mg, half appealing regard. Bren went on: "You are in the employ of Messrs* ' HaSeifinger & Co.?" "I have been with tho Haffelihigeis* father and son? for .more than thirty years." "The father is dead, I believe?" "George Ha5elfinger died nine years ' ago this month.'* "I have heard he was a good man." j "I do not believe there was ever abeV ' ter." * "Is his son liko bim?" Bren looked np keenly" at old Gray1*? face. The old man started, and then an? swered coldly: "I do nos understand you, sir. Toa ' must really excuse me from discussing with a stranger the character of my em? ployers." Bren said: "I will explain. I happen to know of an occurrence which nearly concerns one of your firm's men. I have repeatedly heard that this f?affel?nger ts a hard master. I have been ont of place ' this winter; I know what it means. I ' wish to wrong no man? If possible, X want to save this man trouble. I thought you could tell me how itevould stand, I shall ask you only one Question more.-. Shall I go on?" And the old man said,. "Go on/ "Suppose, then, that it should come out. . that one of your men, through careless? ness or accidental oversight, had com? mitted an error which should involve ft . loss to your Arm say of a hundred dollars -I ask you what would most likely come of it? I do not say this has happened. I say,-if ilshouldr Gray looked straight.into Bren's faco and asked:* "Does the man know?" "He docs not." The old face turned quite pale, and looked at Bren with a pitiful, questioning expression. , '"Mr. Brennan/ he began, "Pm an old man. I served this man's father faith? fully the best par:; of my life. He said tho business owed as much tome as to him, I Lave never been able to save. I have always seemed to have some sick friend, some loss or misfortune, to keep me down. I don't complain. I suppose it was my own fault. I never had a . knack of getting on. I have my wife, ' my daughter lying sick, and her twa . little children, dependent on. me now. If I should lose my place, ! do'not know what would become of us. I ?now nothing else; 1 am too old to begin anew, and nobody wants a gray head Sf I could. I am not what I was, .1 cannot help grow-. Ingold. I call no hard, names. I have been degraded and cut down. I have sow ? barely enough to keep* along, li this thing should happen to mo, I should go into the street.** The old man leaned upon his hand and 'looked at Bren, waiting for him to speak. Brengot up to go, add stood a moment,. doubting what to say. "Mr. Grav." he said,."what yon have' said to me f shall sacredly respect. Yon shall never su ?1er by it. or by me. Ee? member, I have made no* accusations and named no names/ - Thc old man bowed gravely, and. gave Bren his hand Bren ?hook lt warmly? ' and came away. Now he must decide: He had all the facts. They were inoro serious th?m he" could have imagined. He walked the streets, up and down, ?Sock after block. Ho would go over tho ground and set the thing in ordor in iii* mind Then ha would act a? Heaven should give Um light. Here was the case: A thousand people, ton thousand, want knives, bits, saws, chisels, axes. They are scattered over a thousand miles of ground. If each man must go to tho makers for his ax of pick, the expense is ruinous. Simply, he cannot go. lie cannot combine with many of the rest. They are too far away. Here is a man with money in his hand who knows ai] this. Ile cannot goto all these folks; but it ia ali one cs if lie had gone and said: If you people will lei zac, I can. bring you your hammers and wrenches and p'itchiorks at a low pricer and mako a good th lug cf it myself; because I can handle a huudrea with little moro expenso than ono. And these people are only tco willing; But ho cannot do it alone. Goods must he bought, and moved, and stored, and packed, and shipped. Complicated ac? counts must be kept. Tho peoplo say: (ret ten, twenty, a hundred men to help you. We can afford to pay them all; wo are ten thousand strong. It is tho peoplo who pav. Thc money jxissca into the chief's hands; but it comes irom these scattered thousands to nay these hundred men who work for them. The chiefs j share is the greatest, of course; his capi? tal is '.he power of so many men. But wie rest is not his. If ho keeps any part of any man's just due, he steals. (So Bren said, and stamped on the stones in his hot way.) Each man has a right to his share, in proportion to the worth hf his work to the people he servos. He has a right to j demand that he sha?! not lose his depend? ence without reason, shaii be mercifully treated lu weakness and misfortune. Not ono of these widely sc at terni employers in a thousand would have it otherwise. Dut they cannot come and see to it them? selves. They must trust it to the chief to se:' just ice done. His capital gives him so many mon'* po a r; he is ten or a hundred in one. iicre was this man. this Antoine Haifclfinger, using this power like a despot and a barbarian. Here waa an old man whom ho had robbed and de? graded, and \?ip feared him as he feared cold aud hunger for women and Utile children. Ja a pressure of work he had' delavcd an entry; through infirmity of age ho b.nd forgotten. As a result, $188 of this man's money had fallen into Brena hands. What should be dene? The hrw and the common morality said: It is Haf folfin^er's; the course is clear. But waa ! the right course so ?dear? Was this money j IlafTellhiger's. if truth were told? Ile owed Gray ton times told. IBs capital. ! which his father and this old man bad i jointly made, and the hard t imes, together I gave "him irresistible strength, and he j used it like a merciless tyrant. ^ Thia j money in his hands would be just so much more power of harm. Had he (Bren) i the right to give it? Tho eenterbita ?.and pistol properly belong to the ! burglar: would he bo justified in j returning them to their owner if ho knew ? they would be used to-night to rob, per ? haps murder, a man in his bed? j Charley had no right to the money, j (Breu kn?v, in his heart, that Traveler ! would not have touched it more than fire?} I CQNTUNUfcU OK FOU&?U l'Att.