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B? ?? B ?Hfc S?MTER WATCHMAN, Established April, v; Consolidated Ans:. 2, 1881.1 "Bo Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "_ SUMTER, S. G., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889. TSJ: TKUE SOUTHRON, Kxl?b?sked June, 1SC3 New Series-Vol. VIII. So. 44. . P^Lblisksd o very ??Qduos?ay, V BT ,?N. a. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. * ?KRX?S : TiK> Ballara per annum-in advance. / ADVERTISEMENTS. S<iuare, firs; insertion....,.$1 00 ^^^rery subsequent insonior.. 5Q Contracts for three ruont-hs, or longer will ^Pbe made at reduced rates. r A41 corauxiicicatiotis wt?ch subserve private ^ interests will be charged foi as advertisements. "^'Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. LOOK HERE! We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS t. . J . - - >? At&axrtive Styles, AND CHEAP. 7 lilia ?S We have some beautiful Y V* ; ; ; . BT?ck Silks. A LOVE?F ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS handkerchiefs, Hoisery, SHOES, ETC. taclies who buy of us SAYE moaev. The store is full ar of pretty things. FOE MEJST, WE HAVE CHO?CE GOODS. CtCrTHlNa, HATS, ;.. ' SHOES, ?EOIWEAR, - Eta IN ..?J?t WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES.! Sept. 26. j HO?FOK THE SEASIDE! PAWLEY'S ISLAND HOTEL. SEASON OF 1889. Beach Unsurpassed on the Coast. Superb Fishing Grounds. Splendid ?nthing. No Mosquitoes. This hott:?, which was operated Inst year by Mr. M. Manheim, having Leen ivased by rae, Tbafi been refurnished ar.d improved and will be kept open Summer and Winter. A Ladies' Parlor will be provided. .Will be ready for recep? tion of guests on June 1st. For terms and particulars address Mas. A. K RICHARDSON. Waverly Mills, S. C. May 29. if any coaler says he baa the "VT. I.. Douglas ?boen without name nuni vric*> stauiis.-tl oa tbe ix>ux/;ju. jiul illili 'Juna a* ? trauu. W= L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Beet in the World. Examine bi* S5.0O GENT; I NE HAND-SK iVnO SHOE. 94.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. S3.50 POLICE ANO FARMERS' SHOE. 82^0 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. tW5 WORKINGMAN'S SHOE. S2.0O and ?1.75 BOXS* SCHOOL SHOE?. All mad? tn Conjrrt-ss Batton and Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE LADTES. Beat Material. Best Style. Best Fitting. If not aoJd bv your dealer, wVi?c W. L- DOUGLAS. ""tOCKTON, MAS? Examine W. L. Doublas $3.00 Shoes for gentlemen ami lad ie*. FUR SALE BY J. Battenberg & Sons, Agents, Jan. 16 SUMTER, S. C. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength ?nd wholesomeness. More j economical than the ordinary kind?, and can- ' not be s?oid in competition with the multitude of low test, ?hort weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold cnly in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING PO Wi) KR CO.. 105 Wall-ftt., N. J. LIVER FILLS ARE THE BEST. All who have used these Tills speak well of them. They Never Gripe. nor cause anv irritation or in convenience. Will purify your blood and positively eure SICK HEADACHE. Sold by all druggists. MHV 22-3m mimmm m kJCSleaitses the [Kasai Passages. Al? ?eos ?r?lammR-*4on. Hes Is the Sores. Sesteros the Senses cf Taste, Smell and nearing. A parti'.'sc is applied int? each nostril and is a?r?-rai*!<*. Pi i"?'.><><.. ::? ?>ri?c^:?ifM or by nail. KL\ i?t?O'? II Ei-US" i Warran St-.Xcw York. . ?BB- flag-BC FOR TOf?P?? LIVER. A 1?>rjsi;I liver c?eriis?^es t?te v.laolesys Sick Headaelie? Dyspensia. Costiveness, Rhen raatlsm. Sa?ov; Skin ari Piles. There is no batter r'?n?c?y for ;*:<>se coin:??'--.*? ?iseases <?i:t?s Tait's Z.iv<.-r as u trial v, ?Jj provo. I*ricc, 20c. Sold reryxyliere? ?T?! m LA! A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF SP? AND oif qillinr?l i <f if! lil ti ll ||f j Can nov be seen ?it ?i?" store f.f MISS McELHOSE, i t ?X MALS STREET, Consisting-of Hats and Bonnets, ? Trimmed and Untrimmed, i:, "Milans," j F?ucy Straws, etc., etc. Also, FEATHERS, FLOWERS. LACKS, FRILL-j INC. ET?. ! RIBBONS, RIBBONS, in endless variety. Rachings of <t!l kimi* j and at ail prices. A full lin? of Children's Caps al >v>!_\ s '.>?i band. Spcc?n? ntJention giv^n to the selection of I CORSETS, also to BUSTLES ci' every de-I sirable style. j Country orders solicited and prompt a;ten tion given to Same. I April IO j mm HOUSE, i Sumter, S. C. RATES-S? PER DAY. Lierai deduct^ a&iibg to rime. Comfortable Rooms. Good Table, Privat;-. | Par.''.r for Ladles. J. H. DIXON, Nov. 2V'. Proprietor. S WNfTF A %M \ t?r ?18 * fal cci ??VZI Insuraiice Agents, ? '.)'.> r in First C ass Companies. FIRE INSCRA-NCE, TORNA DU INSCR INCE, ACCIDENT I NM'RANCE, Li F F ? NSl K INCE, PL l-TE Ci LASS iv ST* RA NOE, i SURETYSHIP ON BONDS. i ApriLo THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA BY PRENTICE M?LFORT). [COPYRIGHTED BT THE AT'TnOR. AU. EIGHTS RE? SERVED. ? [The following portion of this story is re? published this week on account of an acci? dent in the publication of the same in last j issue, by which the type got mixed :] "I think 1 can ? ouch for what thc gentle? man says,*' said a voice near me. It was that of Blanche ?Sefton. This appearance of a beautiful woman iii the court m connection w-ith the trial was even more phenomenal than the quartz. Thtve was au eager craning forward of necks and thoa a \ rofound hush to hear her next words. Arier I cing sworn in as a witness, she con? tine ed: 'T carno hore to say that my uncle. Mr. Pratt, has recovered hi* faculties and de? clares tha* Mr. Holder committed no assault upon him.*' .She then, paused. "How do we know he says that?*' roared the tl strict attorney. "? have "his affidavit before a justice of the peace to that effect,** replied Blanche. "Pcr haps the clerk will be kind enough to read it." It tec:.? that of Blanche Sefton. Tho affidavit set forth in substance that Jedediah Pratt exculpa* 1 John Holder en? tirely from committing any assault upon him. It contained these words: "Tho last I remember I had ray pistol drawn on Mr. Holder. He had not pulled his own from its sheath. I remember falling and heard a shot, and that is ail I know." "Kow has this paper been procured from Pratt? What proof have we that he is in his right mind and fit to say anything about the matter:" was the district attorney's sneering remark. "I believe.** replied Blanche, "that a great deal of what Mr. Pratt has been re? ported to have said when not in his right mind has been used here to-day against Mr. Holder. However, to set doubts at rest re? garding the value of the testimony I bring, will the clerk pleas? read this affidavit testi? fying to Mr. Pratt's ] resent mental sound? ness from his physician?' A hum of applause and amusement at the attorney's checkmate pervaded the court room. The juiy- were out but a very short time. Many in the audience ?lid not wait for the verdict. They went out intent on visiting Bull Bar and gaining a sh ire in its riches. The judge, poor man. squirmed uneasily iii his seat, gazing at the tantalizing lumps of quartz and gold before him, and wishing that fcc was free to head the rush which was developing for Bail Bar. Airea ly coul I we hear ?he :-oand of galloping hoofs as horse and rider spurred in that direction. 1 was acquitted. The jury eagerly awaited their di--barge by the judge. There was a rapid iUzht from the court room. In ten minutes it was empty. Blanche did not refuse my oiler ti escort her to the hotel, where she would stay that night lt wa< late when the trial had con? cluded We were thc sensation of the town as we walked along the maia street-a pain? ful experience, I knew, to Blanche. i had nor been long at the hotel before I found 1 was a nero. Men came in. intro? duced themselves to me. and congratulated me on my " abfc defense."' I soon discovered, also, that my story a - to Pratt's self-inflicted wounds would not pass with the crowd. They held me as fully ju: tified in snooting at anyone to protect the claim by virtue of the amount of wealth protected. Such was the effect of luck, gold, and the presence of beauty. Men argued rather from their ex? cited imaginations than from cooler reason and judgment. .?cry available horse in town' was used that night to go down to Bull Bar by eager prospectors after the new source of wealth. Bull Bar was astonished next moraine: at the crowd of strangers in their midst, ail inquir? ing for Scrub mountain. All the quartz leads in sight were taken up before Bull Bar got on the-scent. All but Setter and Long Maa These two gentlemen left the court so soon a- their evidence was concluded. Down to Bull Bar they had hurried that very day:. They did manage to find the " Bank." properly no? ticed and claimed bj" Broener, Holder cc Co., and two trusty watchmen in charge: CHAPTER XXL exe TAKEN; THE OTHER LEFT. Shortly af ter the termination of tho trial Broener desired to see me in iii-- room at the hotel. I went, thither. He ordered cigars and'a bottle of choice wine. "This, also, ls an important lusiuess matter we are to talk over.** said he, "and good win? and good tobacco in mo ieration are most useful acces? sories for smoothing ov.-r thc rou?h ??laces on?.- n:ay meet on these, roads.'' What now* i thought to myself. Some other startling change in the kaleidoscope, and 1 pre u:n< that Blanche will figure in it. "Hold? r." sain Bro 'Uer, aft--r the wine was j our? d :;::d cigars lighted, "fate has re rcntly placeo! a woman between us two-a jjowerful t*edgo : etwe-en any i'Ao men, no maxtor how closely they may have been previoudv united . by the ties of what most poop!. ?-all friend? ship, ia this ca*- the wedge isa vei y power? ful one. When i first saw i-lanche Sefton i mudo t:r. my mind to make her mv wife dea l look grave now, hut hear rn?.* out. 1 mijrht s'O?:? . ti:.- exj-M-ession titil?, l u' it v.< aid m< au the tidi:^. and possibly tij ! object ion *>l/lenoRs of i'm- words for you ?y be removed when I say that Blanche-Miss Sr-::.>u-will never be Mrs. Broener.' ..She has refused him,' i thought. "She hr.-; not refused nv." said Bwnor, with his usual satan: ; facility of reply lo an other's thought. particularly disng?*es nb'. -th :s to bo hie'osed in a glass Infuse, ..Mii'e your companion dwells in onemoro . Opa {Hi', til rugh in the lou: run )??..[>.<. might be s; a red a great dca! "f tia!'* ned trouble if they could know hum - iiai'-iy what they ?ero thinking rati.ee tba", hear what they were sa v ing tc. < ach ol he ". . ' have i . as n."" re3un:e<l Broner, "to !*> lie ve thal Miss Sefton has eon Merable re? gard for me Tc.? you I ??are ty sa;? this, to others 1 would not, sat -e thy cou! I see only vanity, egotism and coxcombry in the re? ?r.:? rk. I . n \ c Miss Sefto ; admire-; me for j some < uni ties. How does that sound to i y---" ' ! "? admire v'??u for much myself and envy ? you. too.r : replied. . ! I! go farther then, and say tint for some I things ! admire myself,r he said. "If a man own a tin?! bor e hu has ?.-. hesitancy ia a?iiHirir?gta'? aiiifcal ?;is property and tho more :' . a beire, it the tU'HV disp?-.' i is he to take g" . ? ar?'of ?i Now, if aman believes - kijow? tba; lieowus a certain form of genius ; or a !.!.!::. '.!' thai he [??ssesses some fiao I quality to a marked tl cree.mn y bc not ad- ; mire such in bims?'?'*, and as a ;.a:: of him? self, ja ? as b . d his horse and won*, his admiration prov? a helter itiee?.*tive to keep bis tal? nt or quality from nesting than if ho dei r,. .ate. bi.:..ci' or ?.. ">idiJT<*r?u? to his go.:' I ?ss^ntetl, but wished that Pris?n**r.wou>t . cease philosophizing and return to iii" < r._ i- '. nu? topic "To return to Miss Sefton, " b< cai 1 vi .th a ? twinkle :.: his eye and tho extreme of <h lil).".-.. ?tion in manner as he poured out hali eill of wine in the glass and held it up to th light, "I could not marry Miss Sefton no-, even if she offered herself to me. I ?pea with the utmost regard and esteem for th lady. She is one who will always cominan a mans respect, and when one ceases t respect her. that, in my opinion, will prov him no man.*' He paused. There was nothing for me t do except to listen and be perplexed. "Hearts,"' said Broener, "are, as I sc things, indispensable articles in matrimoii} A wife should always bring a heart to be husband. Husband vice versa a heart to tl; wife. Some couples think differently. Som wives brinz only a Saratoga trunk to th husband ; the husband brings money to ii the trunk, and a reverend pronounces blessing over this union of cash and trunl Miss Sefton is a remarkable girl. The on thing lacking in her is she lias no heart !" "What!*' I exclaimed. "For me. I mean," replied Broener. ''For heaven's sake! Broener." I said, "d stop this twisting fashion of telling thing and sa}* what you have to say in plain words without going round so many barns.*' "You want plainer English f he sau "Well, here it is: Miss Sefton loves another. '.Another!" "Of course. "When I say another, I mean anotherman. '-Now, have patience with m for a few minutes, and let me finis!i m original proposition. I can t get hold of s appre .dative a listener as you every day, an when I do I want to make tho most of hin Peop'e to-day have various ideas conccrnin marriage. Some look at it in ono way, som another", but all come to it at last-or wan to. As an experience with a large propoi tion. I don't think, when it's tried on, that i justifies the anticipations set forth before th honeymoon. That may not be the fault n the institution. I believe that to be a soh affair. The fault may lie in this: that th parties muy not be solid who enter into it soiid. say, as to health, adaptability of terr pera m? ?ut. command over themselves, and common purpose in life. If they come tc gether without these, you soe, they may be a an unmatched ??air of hinges, or a pair c hinges with broken joints. Result : the mai rimonial door does not swing weil, creak* groans, slams, bangs, and lets in all manner o stormy weather. 1 doubt, sometimes, if ther be a pair of really matched hinges in th world K ''Mks Sefton loves another."' Those wer Broener's words that made the strongest ire pression upon me. "Had Mks Se ."ton's heart been free." sai< he. "I should have devoted myself to her But when I find any woman having a prefer ence for another man. I always retire into th background. About the last situation in th;: world I care to figure in is that known ii common parlance as trying to cut anofc?B: fellow out*; and for me, about the mean -si maxim of modem times is that 'All's fair ir love ' I except the last two words, 'and war,' though it seems a fi' ending to the phrase after all, tba anything which may bo justified ii the trade of killing is equally applicable t< the winning of a companion for life. Bu you want to know whom Miss Sefton loves Well, we'll end this sermon with a short ben edict ion. It Ls yourself !" "If "Yes. you. I discovered that the morning I found Miss Sef ron at Pratt's house. You see the elements in the affair were too near together to prevent that disclosure. When s WO?nan's heart is in the house next dori-. n< matter where her Ixxly is. its absence will U soon felt I guessed a* the secret, and, ro get rid of suspens?, asked Miss Sefton if it was so. Sensible- girl that she is, she saw nvy motive in so doing and. instead of simpering over it. or doing the indignant in telling mc it wa- none of my business, or doing the half and half business saying neither yea nor nay direct, she said 'yes' and that ended thc matter." Some minutes elapsed before a word wa^ spoken. "I have ton<k your pardon for ray manne: toward you of late," I said. "That was jeal? ousy." "I knew that.*" he replied, "so soon as you let out your secret. You know when. Jealousy ri simply a disease-run," in the blood, and must come out like measles and whooping cough. tho;:gh mueh harder to get rid of, and ono attack won't bar the door tc others with mo>t of us. But you suffered more than I." "Can yea be jealous, then?" I asked. "Oh. yes! Don't take mo for a demigod, and above all these emotions, l>ecauso I spout philosophy." "How do you get rid of itf I inquired. "Partly by doing the magnanimous, when there's nothing but tho mag Mt to do. Virtue out of nec -sh, you know." "I don't think I'm worthy of Blanche Sefton, anyway." ? said. "Well, as to that." h<> replied, "it may not be so much a question of worth as of destiny." This made me wince. Self accusers after ali don't fancy much outside Lacking in self condemnation. . 'There's a tradition, theory, call it what you please.** he said, "that's been out a long tune, to the effect that there is some one par? ticular woman in tho world, here or else? where-where, I don't altogether know-for each particular man-mind what i say. 'mau'-I m -an a 'mau,' not an animal-and that she will meet him here or hereafter, or elsewhere, and love him. partly because .she can't help it, and partly because sh- sees something worthy of love in him-that Ls to say, something now that may turn out much more hereafter. The man, her man, when first met. may be-weil, unripe, green fruit, bad to taste, perhaps- but the woman, his woman, sees the fruit as ii will be when ripened, though his present unripeness may cause her many a pang. So she may love him. murry him, slick to him, an I got little comfort and a good deal oi: misery out of him." "Well, is that the relation in which I stand With you regarding Blancher" I asked. "My dear boy, yon mus: decide that for yourself I'm only citing a dream, perhaps a fable-one which 1 like to believe in, how? ever, sine - 1 have a notion that believing in one's day dreams makes them foins to pass." "Co!:: . to pass!" 1 said. "That is, you in? fer bhcmisei-y 1 .shall bring Blanche by mar? rying her." "No. 1 d dn'fc mean that.** he said. '-In deed, I never thought-of il in that way be? fore; i ut i.ow, since you've put tie* (dans.- in yourself, voil might let it remain, just as a warning, yon know. But don't think lam lecturing yon, or setting myself np ns your superior. I. Winiam Broener, have about, ah I can do in looking after William I'rocner. Thai individual manages to give :>:.? a gr at deal <.!' trouble; and though L am quick, perhaps, al *?pymg ont faults iu others. L eau generally, on arriving home, find similar s|x*cimens ii: my own gardon." '.(..'in' other matter." said he. after a mo? ments liesitat on. "We are friend??, but here we part. You may recollect what I loidyou Borne tim?. ago. lhere arc timi's when peo? ple's mutual interests may bind them to gether, and there are ti saes when some agency may conic along which shall raxtse-th m to separa**. That tim?' seems to have ? onie for us two-and sooner than I anticip?t--1. You ret-rin your inter? si in the *1' mk an i ;i!i that may ?l' Vf'lop out of it in the future: but iu thal fut'irc we are apart Cood-Ly!"1 ! t".? his hand-fur tho la?t time. Then Will ??nv-ner went !.?s cry. 1 wen! mme. . - he hail pro Let ri. the present quartz furore <?, er S v.sb mountain poon died away; bu', tile ic :d? ;\ our "."?ai.k." eveiituahy led t?> the tipping ..!' one of the richest andmo-t permanent veins m the slate. CHAPTER XX!!. RK< ON? ! : !.'. i |o\. Some scales lia? 1 fallen from my eves. I saw clearly tint if ..! wohi m 1 >v,\s n M? m. ns J ha?I uow gool i -a-o;> for supposing tint Blanche love? I me, it no; h r plie: th-it she should be always giving eridriic; of it, withott: something in return. My iri: > -nt dislike to the numb;, pamby mterprclrt?io-.* of love p .<-u!? ir to Ks -tp ?rt lia 1 h ! m . un? consciously ' ? suppress alt external in -th >i? of eviii?-ing atfe'-t ?on. Sninethi : ; now w'rV percvl to nie: BJ more eon?tleat in your ih??jdit toward ?ie,-. A w-oman ?<*<*.**.; to In very sure qi the love of th? man she w ? ill j choose, and the greater her love, tho greater : may be the doubt as to its retara from you, j i unless such return be shown clearly, munis- ? ! takably. j I met Blanche tho next day. Possibly I ? carried this thought in my oyo for as it met ; her's there seemed in tho lighting up of her j features a recognition of it. ?She took my : ! offered hand with a frank, winning smile, j and an openness of manner which said moro j than any words could have dona Words, j alter all, are but ono means for conveying ? thought, and not always tho strong sst* She desiri: I to return to the Bar as soon as ' ? possible, being still anxious on lier uncle's ; account. We traveled on horseback. Tho moon was ' at its full as we rode back to tho Bar to- j get her. j But my trials were not yef. over. I had the greatest Of all to meet. I was burdened I with a sense of over-much obligation to a ! woman. Three times had this girl steppe I ; in and served me at a crisis; first in loaning me money; second in rescuing m > from the' : high-binders: thirdly in confirming my story j I at the trial. She had perform sd ali the ; j practical-chivalry in tho a??siir, and looking over the whole matter. I fol: a sens.? of ; humiliation. I was silent. Possibly she felt mydepres-, sion. Moods may travel from mind to min 1 j in close rapport as wall as ?words. "What are you thinking of, Juhnf said ? she. A mouth previous I should k ive evaded the ; i question, and said: "Of nothing in particu- ! j lar.:: Latterly I had come to th^ conclusion j j that between some individuals, at least, the i fewer secrets of anr sort the better: thc j "some*" being limited in this ca?e to two. j lt was hard work to speak my thought. It ! seemed to resist my attempt to drag it out. j It would bury itself deeper than ever within I my breast. And when I hesitate.! it conjured ; ' up immediateiy a serios of evasions, with ? j plausible reasons Or using them. I shook them off and said: "Blanche, the ! ! trouble is now that you've played the man's j : part a'l through and i the woman's, and now ; j that it's ali over I want to go and hide myself j i somewhere." "You feel, then, under too much obligation I to a woman P .."Weil, that's about what I moan,*' I re- j plied "Suppose," she asked, "our situations were ; reversed, ami you bad be*m of the service to j me that you say I have to you, how would it : be proper for m J to feeir '.Oh. well," I replied, "you know what's generally expected of the man in these mat? ters."' "Expected by whom?" she aske 1. "By the world-people, everybody." "And what right ha-; the world-people, everybody-to expect? What! That tho j man should bear off all tho honors of Icnight- j ly service, while the woman stays at home and does fancy work? Ha? the world any particular business in these, matters, which concern Blanche Sefton and John Holder' Listen, John: th re is a side to your case. Pardon me if I take the liberty of arguing it for you. T do so the better to ardite my own. It is not, I a.lmit, easy or pleasant for man or woman to act in opposi? tion to the world's verdict or opinion in any ; matter. "Nor may it always be wise, cer- ' tainly not profitao'e, so to do. Tho world J (Jn,-s expect tho man to act the man's part in ! all that concerns the woman. The world is j right also in this respect, though the raascu- | line half does not always fully carry its s-te- ; timents. But when a woman sees an oppor tunity to serve the man she loves, will she re fuse to so serve him if the opportunity does j not take the sha'>o she desires? Certainly, I my womanly instinct; recoiled from facing | thc crowd that night in thc hollow. Cer? tainly. 1 had rather not have, faced tha* court room full of mea, and in this country, where now a woman is a show, slured at and stared through with a sentiment far more objectionable than mere curiosity. But w.as there any on? ; else te act at the tim ? '. Was I not com- j pelled io do as I did quite as much for my | own sake as yours, for ha i 1 not so done j would not my responsibility in the matter, i h:ul harm came to you. have haunted and | harassed me ever afterward* Was i: not circumstance, after alb that reverse I tha sit? uation., and would you not do the same for me? Uf course you would I should expect it of y<?u. I mean by "expect" th it I know ? you have it in yc*? so io do. Be as-me i, I John, that if you wish to stan 1 well with m .. you will not lack f<;r opportunities to act like a man. And now is there any other griev? ance: ' '.There is that affair of the fandango house.*' "Do von wish to exchange vour present company tor what you may find there to? night;"' she asked, archly. As some sort of luce would have it. we were obliged io pass throu h a camp that very night where om*-o? these s'a aa t.: g revels was in full blast and quiteopen to oar in pec tion from the street., i turned my head awn}". .*it does not seem so *utere>ting to you as formerly. " she remarked .'it's not fair to hin a man when he's down," I re]?lied. "Weil. John, ym: know the way of the transgress?-.!* is hard. I shall not punish you o ten by tV-se reminders-say once a year. whenyouJ memory needs reviving.*' CHAPTER XXIII. TACK AGA IX. All His!port was shaken from center '.o cir? cumference. People buzzed the news on thal street, t: wa- the iir.-t item dealt that morn? ing by Tarn -y, th . gossipy storekeeper, to his | custom rs over tho countar. Deacon Hodges, J who kept the grocery at the co; ncr. was so full of ii thar he filled Miss Poker's pail with ! vinegar instead of the molasses sba asked for. Miss Pelter nas so full of it that she did not discover the mistake until reaching hom?. In the pails bottom were discernible a pair of spectacles. They were the deacon's. Ho j had dropped them there in his abstraction and the obscurity of thc store ce.'lar. What was i? i Mrs. Pelter was telling Mrs. Ann Kedge? | ove!' her backyard fence in an it.terval taken j j from the preparation of breakfast She was on her way from tlie pump to the kitchen j with a pail of water. Sausages were frying intbe kitchen. You could hear them, sizzling > i and spluttering, and their savor* was m the morning air. "Blanche Sefton and John Holder cami back together last night! Loni knows i where they've bin. Son:;? say he s l ia tc i Callion*V and some say sh . has. cud he*; masSi) a fortune, and some say they're n:ar j rio-.'.. ?:n.i son:?-Uraeious: them sausages an: j burma* I*1 Mrs. Hedges told it over the ha ck yard; fence to Mr?\ Lugar. Mrs. Lugar said sim? ply: -Weil, of all tilings!*' Vv-. Lu-_ar toll j it over ber pig pen. which adjoined tile bac., j var ! f. ?tc ? to Mrs. ? >;.-e.l Smith. Mrs. Smith ?aft on her boan.-: directly aft si ? i breakfast, aa.I told it distractedly where voi i ' siie w.-a:. t i '?.Tn think.** said ono of lier listeners. "Jons i Holib r to make forty thousand dollars .mid? j j of a year, and rm hu<b-md h.a. I cen out '.her.' j ! two and hadn't sent home a shilling. 1 tell j I you. Mrs. Smith. .John Bohle:* never cam : j rightly:'by so mn !i n:? ney!*' "Sh.-'.s I roua .ii i Kreuch maid with her I' ; ! sai l Mrs. Od -d Smith., res iga-d!y. j "They're going to Ku ropa next month.] ! Well, at that rate. Mr. J. diu Hobler wil . I soonhawto go hack to Cnliforivy for m?n j mon v. : !i . always '.vas an extravagant ? ! stuck ::p thing!" said Mrs. Smith, next dooi neigh' " . ' - but . -no. But wi??!- an 1 when and h?v.v di 1 they j marri--d: <m tin's p.,:u: Mr.-* bursr. Mr,. : Hodges and Mrs < M.--1 Smith rcs- ?\ d ti: rar-sed the question for mam. dnvs. Mrs. ! Obed Smirb wa - inf ?rmalh d . . : i vd io .-a ! . i O?I Mo! b r S .!;.': an ? te Ik round tue in :t?e; I with the view o'. U a: mg tai- bird out ot" Lb, ; bush. Mrs. O. did so. After nindi pre! i in inn ri ing Mrs. i), asked tor the parthauars of tin marriage. Blntr-?t^'s dignitv had rome irs par! frew the maternal sid?. Mother Sefton bad cH this also a stock in reserve, to be used or occasion. "Do voa wish to se* say dauzhter's mar riage certificatef she asked. "It ii not yoi . framed and bung up in the parlor to satisfy visitor*..*' ' Mrs. Ched felt that something like n hud liad been given, Conversationally, she fell chilled, shortly rev ?lc her leave, returned tc thc senate, and sunnised more fruitfully and frightfully than ever. The next Sunda}* Kev. Harmon Sayre iva. sarprised at the fullness of his congregation. N>d regretted that he had reserved his strong? est effort for the evening. But the looked for bride and groom were not there. The congregation returned hom:- disappointed. Some were angered. Many went cut of theil way to p.ns; Mother Sefton"* house. But th? S?fton front door was not loquacious. Th? front Mind-? were all closed: the half-open <i gate, though it swung idly on its bing r?, seemed to be keeping its own conns. 1: the1 old doorstep was ns silent as any other stone, and when the little dog that trotted alone with Mrs. Smith and had accompanied lier tc church intruded himself on Mother Sei ton': cat, as she surveyed thj passers-by from hei seat on the front yard fence, she spat at hine : a pie..-!- of her feline mind and sentiment and j administer..-! such a scratch on his nose, as h< j carried many a day afterward. Over thirty years have elapsed since thal time. As ? write, a woman sits near me, whose clear complexion, bright, sparkling eye. hair in which a threa I OL" silver is herc and there visible. :.nd genera! contour ol j ligure as symmetrical as ever, proves that ? the ripened Ijeauty of maturity may last. j even though, as to age. four years have passel I the turning point of hail* a century. j It ii Blanche' "Then I may say with truth that love can ! last, and even 'weather1 without shipwreck ? that dangerous cape-Matrimony?' "Say rather," said she, "that true lov? i never dies.1' THE END. A PROFESS?ONAL DOG STEALER. EY JAMIES PAY:?. My aunt Adela, in addition (lam happy to say; to much other and more valnab e prop? erty, pos-esses a dtt.e dog called "Cat io."' It is not true, as some assert, that to admire this tnimal is a passport to her favor-al? though to show any dish :e to him wonid un? doubtedly i-e to lose ir. "Love me, lova my dog, i? nee motto. However, to my tare, or ? r tlier to Carlo's, wbic i is quite straight. If used to be curly until a certain cata strophe happened to it iass November: it was'run over by an enormous dray and. S?) t > speak, ironed out. Thank heaven, I had no:hin; to do with that! ?lizabeth, ?ny aunt's maid, an old-fashioned peaton, who. lurving been "in the family ' tor ^quarter of a century, was thought worthy os me sacred trust, was tak? ing him out for a rambl e. Newly wa.hed and woody -.\hit .. 'ne was attached to h T (ic was supposed firmly) by a silken string, and , she ba?i a hook to hu' umbrella t>ivstraia him -in extreme cases, which caused her to resemble a shepher less with her lamb; but all these precautions proved useless. He eseaued from ber custody with tue terribie reside I have described. 'io conceal from her mistress the fact of Carlo's tail having become straight was, of course, impossible; you miirht as well have tried to deceive a vigilant auditor ot ac? counts by showing him a one for an eight: and my aunt's distress of mind was indescrib? able. Thf* winter, she sa d. had indeed set in with seven-ty tor her. "Never again," she averred, "should that little angel go cut of her si-Jtht into the wicked, cruel world:" and b<mcei'or;h, forbidden thc back garden, Carlo passel his out dcor time on the draw? ing room balcony. Prom there, at first, "hlssobr r wishes never lennie 1 to stray;" lu's thoughts were entirely occupied upon his tai;, which, though lost tb sight (."or it was +oo stiff and painful to be wagged into view), was never absent from his memory. He knew it was there: and the problem that occupied his mind was. why had it become invisible? Presently, as it re? covered tone, though never shape, he caught sight of it. and then its marvelous ractamor pho -is puzzled lum even moro than its disap? pearance had don.?. He remembered the operation, no-doubt: but probably ascribed ic to some phenomenal intervention of na? tur--thc fail ol' a mountain, or even of a comet. After a while, when it ceased to remind lum of its existence, he forgot all about his tai; and concentrated Iii-; intelligence upon schemes of escape from his balcony. For weeks he watched at the little gate IhaC opened upon the steps which lecWnto the gar? den: an 1 after about ?'OOQ observations about the numb, r of times it was saut in his face-came to the conclusion that it was not intended for canine egress. He then turra d his attention tot'ae front railiiu. and. squeez? ing with great difficulty through irs bars, would stand for hours with his bend out ?for it was a very tight fit. and not. therefore, worth his while to withdraw it in a hurry) and contemplate the dron of eighteen feet or so. Aunt Adela would hive it that it was the beauties of nature that attracted him; the icicles on the trees, the snow wreaths on the ev rgreens, etc. : but Carlo was not such a fool as that. ? repeat, and. indeed, the event proved it, he * was calculating the drop. Failing to make this less by looking at it, the astute animai tried the K-ft hand T ail? ing which separated ruy aunt's balcony from that ?)t' her nehrhboK anti emancipated him? self at the tir.st trial. The drawing room door was open, and in two minutes Carlo had scuttled through the house and into tho street. Aunt Adela was in despair. She always used to express a withering scorn for adver? tisements/and wonder how "any one in their { sober senses" could think of being influenced by them. But now she became what tbs Salvation arni}- t rm a "prisoner to the faith*7 in them, she seemed to think of nothing els??: "Advertise, advertise adver? tise." was lier one cry. I ventured to re? mark that that business wji*. v.ith a few ex eeptions. conduct; d on the ?vadv money sys? tem: upon whi h she dung mc- her purse and burst :nto tears. There was only thretvand-six perce :n it., which does no: ?o far in ?he wayofworld wi le circulation, but I i av-s ed V judiciously in a mos: respectable r-riut. and withiii four an<l t'.ventv hours -x pr -Uv- d a ?log s caler. Never had Ava-ia villa, the haunt-Indeed thc home-ot peripiteti- preachers an I mis? sionary ma Toa*, on-ned tts doors to such a vi-itor. On*?' cannot say his dress was un? seasonable, but ir was certainty peculiar. He wore a fiitifv overcoat wirb p ?ckets largo and numerous euengh t-> liol? 1 y whole pack nf Carlos. >v!vc-t:?i?ivd.tt?s. an hmue?se red woolen i cart and a sealskin cap. Severin .: -ss his-a d. with "Mr. VvTdian Blodgers. tlog fancier. Whitechapel.*' up?>n it. rWured him mi interview wi h Aunt | Adela at once. The herald that brought j li Hugs ot her lost darling was wvleutao in any shape. i had tho honor to be presen! er the inter? view; Aunt A-?e*.a vv-opt tears whieh might have !?e;-: war's so far a* c'"*s" s?n< concerned, for ; lanienivinccflthat Mr. l'Iodters iucr.-a ri ; his price for every one -.of them Kr. 1 h. - th - litde .1 iwg." t.:n -lo-s _gOod- | ness! (he vas nundi more emphatic m ins j . jaculations tuan th rf.) what cu ; have put tba? ?n?.'j th- ni i ..IV'.- bondi Ke iasrl oa?> .. fau?v to,- inti,- .: ;\\g-. and haring chan ...?! to see this un in the nerihhorb -i. luid j locke 1 in to say s.\ Norwitbsfan li ig. b? ; - didn't doune that, in ease : a:ties act ri ; honora'-I ? an i ia a bb :;<!-ohm - ; d' no I questions were asked and a Si'V u te werj to bepaid-Carlo would i e h. in*.-. .-Bul if i w -r? to give v ?:i .: Sri?) note, o'd et. 1 Aunt Ad la. "which isa gr?a* ?leal of rn?.!! .>.. howd . l know ;hat i .sien!.i ever , g.-t r.iv d. gi" Mr. BPrigers drew himself up with ?iignity. ; and smote his M?'de-skinned b:va-t. ? -My word, niuni, ' he replieil, "is as good as my bi n L" ' ".Moreover." continued tba* gcnt!emarv. , '.unless 1 [?ave the money, y ?u may t.ako .v .>-.;:.-li vev that you will never seo that Lhere ; tdawg-.a'gaitt** " ! PMS la>t M-U-UV- ha?l .-d! th? force of .a . pcsrcripJ toaiadvAsieiicr. I! . ont aliud the ? gi>l of '. he wi:.-;.- matter. ' "VVba <!o you think. J.:anT slie mur- < nmrci :<. rn--1 esceclung;;.'. "ir appears t-? me. dear rmnt." re- . tunic 1 ?. * *ha*, you Iray? >ice but r?? trust i '? M r. 1'lodgers' wo ri." ? Kiola .** seerc: depository in her desk (.?ii.ich 1 have u'.i, r . .. ;. ??.?...;? i on >:nj ac- ; ciKinf). siie pr<>.?n.vd a i caurifni, crisp icu- j penn I note, an i nan-d d a sign :.. Mr. Bh^igcits. j ".Vii I. when shall 1 have Carlo ink again.-' j !.-:.'ri Aunt Ad-la. "i'o-nightr Uli. I do h?, e idgi.: " . Weil. Mum. 1 ?it! n??t d.'- ive y. ii. I b.ive. von seri no: niysch g ' liv de-ir !:.;!* daw ";" i on'sv knows the parry as hasgoi bim." Bet r-. mid1'- *>:" to-"-.ri.*w nigh-"at turri; . t ho: e : > ivfurn bini to your loving . ayms. ' V-.'!?- :-. he had gor,*?. ? expcct?>l Aunt Adida j to "I r ak our." un' she was .-. w-?nrr: not .. lb endowed v. iih cbUMderab?e .M !.-:.>, ?. -t. but Mho ni-U'risc ( the -:.-,. :->. eco:i.,;t.y. A> \b? v.?'i>; part of love, like that <>f a wig. i.--aid . tobe "the par Jug." .so if was with hebras re- ? gardci money : she never roidd Ivar to d? crease ber store: far I . brr balance a* her ? 1'OUh.e.. . And hu. ? wa* a t?u pound note gone, or :is good ns gone, m ?ive ?uinutea Un the contrary, >he expressed a favorabl opinion of Blodgers. "I think. John, we can trasf that man: h seems to me to have a certain hons st" in hi way." it was not ray business to remind her tha more Unta I bluntness was nos necessaritv honesty, i contented myself with maintain mg what I co:is.d*red a judicious sidnee con teimiug Mr. Blodgers. No ?;!ie eau ted. nales-; he i.s thc nephew (and not tha favorite nepi) ?w) of an aun: i rom vs hom he bas gi-, a* execrations, and who is the most seif-wji'ed and unreasonable <d" h'-r sex. what isu.'-'erc t for mo next ten days. Lata < n Christmas ev:?, however. Mr. Blod? gers reappeared, with Carlo ia i.: ; anns, as untrxpec.e-ily as a new : constellation. One would naturally fcnagiac that [hers would have boen a revuls? ,ti i- -hug ia ?av favor; luz tins was wry tar from be.ng the case. Die tiuo I gates ol' my aunt's afioCCiOii were opened, and they ; oured unrestrainedly over the hauy prodigal and bis restorer: out not one drop of theta cam.; my wav. 1 mad:1 som - nllowan-r-. however, for my aunt's feelings "t gratitud :-. The little do?" had been evidently wei treateI and was m goo 1 case: he bal been brought back to ber alter she hal given up ah hope <>:' ins rerun-., an-l h'jre was the man who bad brongar him. though uer, ;t ts: true, without a considera? tion. Moreover, he seemed to have a private regard for Cario, to judge hy the ?av in which ha looked at h'm. "Yes, hlr.-.i." *>aid Mr. Kb.-d.'-T'. when my aunt ?.-nid him a comp! mt .o that effect, -one can't hato takmg an interest in a dawg >i :.; that lt's no wonder you loves him: bur." here he uttere i :t deep sigh, "flier's another as loves him a^ mu- h as y<ju do." My ann: was touched. ''You ar.? fond of Carlo yourself, chen, Mr. Bio?gei-s?' "Me. Mum.' No. Minn: a iaborin<r man like me-wiiy, how could I afford0 such fald'ddlesi' "There is only one thing. Mr. Bledger? that 1 wished to a^k you." sh" said, ns he made his bow. "1 Ind "ail along ever- con lid-me in your word, theugh there were some who discredited it"-here she cast an upbraiding glance in my dir -ction- -but <io t"!l me how it wai that "you kept Carloso lon;.''* -Me k-^ep him? La. bless von. not me, Mum. ^ Tiie fact U, between ourselves, the old lady as I sold him to intermediate-on the very day you offered the reward-seo grew s ) fond ot him tint / had.it the heart to tca.c him aira j from her nader Vie week. ' The Nicaragua Canal Begun. The steamship Alvena, which sailed from New York for Greytowu last Sat? urday, had on board a corps of engi Deers, with material, machinery and supplies, to begin the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Work, it is stated, is to be begun at once in earnest, and proceed without interruption until the ITO miles of the canal route have been opened for business. Every im? portant preliminary has been success? fully concluded. A charter has been obtained from the United States gov? ernment, agreements have been had with the local government, and the canal company's engineers have com? pleted surveys and investigations which enable capitalists to form an idea of the practicability of the proposed in teroceauic waterway. What is of the first importance, money, it is said, is forthcoming to the extent of the com? pany's present needs. Since Novem? ber, 1$S7, a force of engineers has been engaged upon the line of the new enterprise. This force is now being largely reinforced with a view to actual construction. Several hundred laborers are already employed, but^frcca this time on their uumber will be greatly in? creased. Some thousands will be ob? tained Nicaragua, but for the Sfteen or twenty thousands to be employed when the work is fully under way the coaipanv will have to rely largely upon the negroes o? the South and of the West Indies. Southern commerce will, it is thought, receive an app.eeiable i stimulus from the construction no less than from the completion of the new ; trade route. Immense quantities of j pit;e and other supplies will be drawu j from that section during the progress cf :he work. The cost of the cana!, in- ? eluding 25 per cent, for contingencies, is estimated at about ?(5(5.000,000. This estimate embraces, besides the , construction of the canal prism, the ! approaches to it and the buildings. ; electric light, telegraphs, railroads, j required to make it practically service- j able. As amended by the most recent ; surveys the route will consist cf 56? miles of lake navigation, G4 miles ot 'j river navigation and '201 miles nf basin ! navigation, leaving but 29 miles, of j canal to be constructed. Lake Nica- j ragua, at fire summit level, greatly facilitates the work By the construe don of dams its ievel will be extended ro 154 miles. The height of the sar- j fare of the bike above the sea will be j 110 feet. Vessels wiri reach this j h tight and descend again by means cf six locks. A vessel will require but j forty-five minutes for each lockage, so that, allowing au average tonnage of i 1,750 tons, vessels of an aggregate ton- j nage of 20,000,000 tons could traverse ' the canal in one year. About one j fourth, of this tonnage, it is believed, : would use the canal from the first, so that a moderate charge per ton would** enable the canal company to pay divi? dends. An advantage the Nicaragua route have over the river Panania route is the salubrity of "he country it traverses. iSoth for ifs builders and its users this will constitute a distinct and permanent ground of preference. -.i .?.--^ What Can be Done With a j Bushel cf Corn. When CDC blishe", of corn is distilled ir wi!! produce four galions of whiskey, ' unan which lae government tax ts ninety rents per galion, or So (.>>b Ti:is ' whiskev when matured and old sells at j-U per gallon, producing ?1G For rbis bushel of corn the farmer receives 'lo to 40 cents, the govern men t gets So vU) dury, ttu manufacturer gets $4 for distilling, the retail? r gets $(i to : as his share, and the drinker gets the j Jevii into him and often gets ruto court ! ind finally it.to prison, or sometimes pay.- the penalty with bis iiie. and this is the resut of changing e un ft om bread food to whiskey, titas from the ? ta if id life to the weapons of death i I) k V K P rho Stern of a Youn< enees in I ?opyriglil by J. Jo. Lippincott Cc..pan Cmectjl Arrangement through tl rho DU&l?ca?k? of this Semi I The Palmetto Flag in Mexico. i _ i ! Of late we ha?* seen several refer? ences t?> the fact that the Palmetto fiag was the first standard planted'upon the forti Scat ions of the city of Mexico. There can be no doubt that our State fiag was first on the walls and it was , tn the hand? of F W. Seiieck from ; Abbeville. He was afterwards awarded a handsome medal fer this act of ^1 I lantry. : V\ here we got the ioforciation we . cannot remember but. the story is abonfc this way. William W. Loriog after ! wards a distinguished soldier io the late' j war and also in Egypt in attempting to j plant the colors on the wall lost his' .arm. ("adams M. Wilcox then under? took the perilous feat bat was disabled' by a wound in the l-g cod had to give ic up. Then Frederick- W. SeHec?? : seized banner and held it in place as it floated out to the breeze although be was desperately wounded in the knee'. Seiieck now lies in Upper Long Cane cemetery and his grave is marked by a : mon unietit erected to. his, memory by ; his Captain the lat?? J Foster Marshal!", j If these statements are true they are" of historical value and sheela he pre? served. As above stated we do not know where we got the information, but sui'h has long been oar understand? ing. There is.no doubt that the tn?oVi j wa? awarded to Frederick W. SeliecV. . -Abhe< lVe Medium. i Dowsed by a Dark Horse! WASHINGTON, May 24.-The Presi . dent to-day appointed Abial Lathrop : District Attorney for South Carolina to' j succeed Leroy F Youman?. This act ; of the President caused much sorrow I and disappointment in the Brayton and' ! Melton camp?. Each was confident' after consulting the President and At? torney General 31iller a few dsys ago" i that the appointment would drop into ' his individual grasp ; hence their sur : prise mast be very great At the White* ; House it is said that neither Mr. Bray ! ton nor Judge Melton created a very ; favorable impression on the appointing ! power, and Mr. Brayton spoiled what I ever chance he may have bad by con ! ?ding to a friend of the Administration j the fact that he had not practiced law-. I for a number of years, in making ?his ? selection the President ignored the con ; tending South Carolina factions and' j picked out a comparatively dark horse! I Mr. Lathrop made his canvass : ao* I quietly that but few of his friends werje. ' aware that he was in the race. He harT ! the endorsement of Judge Simonton" i and several other Judges ia the State, and even his enemies admit that he is a . good lawyer and a man against whom : nothing personal can be charged. The. ! South Carolina contingent here was" completely knocked out when they saw' the official announcement, and they are j like strangers in a foreign land; they ! do not know which way to tarn or what ! coarse to pursue. They claim thai Air. '< Lathrop is not a party leader by any means, he is regarded as a negative' man, his personal affiliations have been with the Democrats more than with the Republicans. Whether the regulars j will hold ar- indignation meeting and I denounce the President is a question for ! further consideration. They are too" full for utterance. At tho instance of .Mr. Brayton, Joseph W. Talbert has beea appointed j postmaster at Ninety Six, Abbeville* ' County, vice T. T. Beacham, resigned,* and J. J. Reynolds st Yerdery, same' county, vice R. D. Wiiliaa;s, removed: -Special to Xc?:$ and Courier. mm r - -?.?- -- The County Alliance) Pursuant to the call of the President I the Marion County Farmers"' Alliance met in the Court House yesterday.. There was a good attendance, every ; section cf the couuty being repr?sent?e, j A resolution was introduced that the7 ' Alliance usc cotton baaing this ye?? i instead of jute. This resolution wa? I adopted with enthusiasm without one ' di-sonting voice. The Alliance in this \ ccuntv is steadiU growing in in 2 Oeses and member*. It bas already carolled on irs books of membership a lar?# ; a\ii ari ry cf the best farmers io. the county while the bietest in the organ? ization is daily becoming stronger as its plans and purpose.-? becoac more familiar. - Fcc Dee Jndr!t. The Farmers* Alliance of Georgia has fanned a Sta'e Fa change, with a capital stock of gi.???,0?0% Tba' President of the Exchange says"; '*?f? have SO.OOO numbers and 100 sch! alliances in Georgia. By transacting their business through the Exchange, -he farme s can buy the neces<aries cf rife cneaper, sad by being i.aiped b/ the E'-.chang? can hold their cotton un?il ;>'iv-es are force?* up. it may hurt thc cormorant, but the honest rcerchsst need have no tear."' The Greenville News says : "The" Cier.?<o:i wail ease will be in the court*. msybe, fey ?e7cra! years rn cone. It. would not there btK fer the actioa of a faction in the Legislature, aided and abe'ted by Governor Richardson. Let us kerp the responsibility Sxed whore it belongs and meantime there may "be wars and means to make some people regret the dei ty much more deeply than thc friends cf the Clemson College-."" FOUEW'AKNINCS. v r??n?h in t?.-.c ra'Tnhijr, hurried <?r diffic?"!: bre:?rhi:*e. racing phl?gta, tightness in- the che^t .pj?ekeaed -. '? .' ::.c-s ir. th? evening ..: idgh*. .?M < j- ?ny <e; t>ose thwig? ar.- ; <. first si <p-s <.'. consumption. l>r. Acker'* : i-!, ?i Keatedy ! >r Consutsrpfhm tn tl euro rne.-e sy??pt??n?*. ??id ;? .?.?M nndcr a nrct* I v .'. F "A*. DeL rm?, TX qrJLIt-a BBB WiJBWH ry > i g journalist's ?eto York. y j riiihvdedpaia, Fa., .uri Published hy ie American Press Association,. M Story w.?i bogia* mxt wseJc