Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* % - Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Bs Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 10, 1889. T13E TI?UK SOUTHKON, Established jun?, 186< New Series-Vol. VIII. No. 49. f' 'W. Gr- OSTEEN, ?!? SUMTER, S. C. TK1?MS I TSird Dollars per amian:-in advance. . * ' ADVRllTISSMSSl'S. O ce Sq.ua re, first insertion.Si 00 ?very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three mont-h^, or longer will J? made at reduced rates. AUcomrminicsttions which subserve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obi ?A ned-and Tributes af '.respect will be ch&rglarbT. K J ?%. ti . . . . i Absolutely Pure. This powder Viever varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economic?! ib?rrthe O?dit*rry kiads, and can? not b? s?l? in competition with the multitude Of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate p?w?eW. Sold'only in e<rns. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO.. 106 W*ll-st., N. r. CAT; COLD rrj , IN HEAP ?jryth?Gure --?I ?? ?!] ? Efo'sCreani Bairn ^C??Si?s?s thelSasal Passages. Al? lays Saflaiamation. Eoais tho Sores. Bestores the Senses of Taste, Smell \ A partirle 5s applied Sfito ev?r. nourri? and ls ??ree*??J e. Price ?Oe. Rt ?>r?a^tstj? or by ^YBBOTHERS.SS V.'arren?>U^w Vori. Intelligent Beaders will notice that ?re m>t "iraTrnntcd to cure" all elates of diseases, but oi*?y such a? result fifeaoHadisordered liver, viz: fer?gev Headache, Dyspepsia, TeVers, Costiveness, B??O?S Colic, Flatulence, etc. For tb ese tbey are not warranted in? fallible, bat are as nearly so as it i? f ><>s ?ii>lo to iii uIve a remedy. Price, 2Gc ts. ?fS?m -3SYEB? WHE&E* BRIMSON Snmter, S. G. i _. Liber*! deduction according to time. Comfortable Rooms. Coed T&bie, Private Parlor for Ladh-s. J. H. DIXON, Nov. 28. Pro;>rie'or. -W WH?TI ?"SON," Insurance Agents, Offer ia First Class Complies. FIRE INSURANCE, TORNADO INSURANCE, . ACCIDENT INSURANCE, . LIFE INSURANCE, " PLATE GfLASS iNSTfiANCE, SURETYSHIP ON E?NDS. April6 Y FOR SALE. I have on hand a fi::e lot of CLEAR STRAINED ROXBY, this Season's make, for sale by the gillon or less quantity. Also, NEVT AT II FTE COMB HONEY. Orders filled at residence, on Re uMican Street. S-irnp?ts can he teen at Watchman and Southron office. X. G. O .STE KN. State of South Carolina. SUMTER COUNTY. OFFICE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WHEREAS an inquest of Escheat hath been returned imo this office whereby it appeared that James A Moree late of Lynchburg, in Sumter County, who was born near Spring iii ? I, ia the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and di* I on the 20th day of June. A. D. 1S8C, was seized an i pos sesse&at the time of bis death o-' a lot ot iid with three buildings thereon situate i:: ll e town of Lynchburg, tn Shiloh Township, Sumter County, State aforesaid, bounded on the North and East by the Lynches' Creek Road and on the South and West by '? ! now or formerly of W. E. ??. Fraser and th< Colored Methodist Church lot as will appeal ' by d??er? of James A. Grave-, dated June 8 h, 3868. Also ooe lot of about S C of aa aere with a store house thereon, situate tn '.i?^ towu ol Lynchburg bounded on the Nort ii by Lynches' River Road, on East by-Keels' lot; South by -Keels' lot,*and on the West by lands of Lackey and Hodge, without having in his life-time made any disposition thereof, and without leaving any person who can legally claim the same : Now, in pursuance of the directions f<f tl e Act of Assembly, in such c;*se made and pro? vided, the Heirs of the said James A. Moree or those churning undei him ( il ?n) there be) are hereby required to appear and make claim within eighteen month-; t"rom the date hereof. Witness my baud :.t Sumter, S. C , this i9th day of March. A. I> iS-SO. J. I). GRAHAM, Api. 3. C. C. P. & G S. DRESSMAKING LAWES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in the littest style, iii and w?:k war? ranted and satisfaction guarani ed, by Miss Adele Os-teen, Republican street, opposite H?rby? Avenue. Prices a? reasoaab?e ns good work uta be (kif foi. btu 8 (Copyright by J li Lippincott Company, Phila? delphia. Pa., and published by special arrange? ment through the American ITUSS Association.] - I CHAPTER VI. ?f$A "W8?^ ESS?E AR- ; ^i&WM CHER -as . th(" ?nIy I hstwmlr-trcub,e in I ^8"3??w iife was that sha j ^?^i/ had no serious oe- ! 5<J" 72fS^3^^ cupat?bn. She ? W^#R|^P HATLA MUCH LX,T~ *1$W*WT^ ter mind than the 'i $ average girl, and she was in tel "'gent enough to be con? scious of her own shortcomings. SI ia wanted to be great, and she was only clever. Her father had taken unusual pains judthjher education, and the ad? vantages tiiat he would have given to a s*m~*veie -aa- far a? possible given to lier. She could translate Heine and De Musset very gracefully, and had put Horace frito respectable English verse. Some of her Heine and Do Musset trans? lations she had set to music, and she i sang them with a great deal of taste, j But she tired of translating, and writing j songs began .to bore her. She wanted to ] do something of more consequence in the world. Having been born and brought up in luxury, she thought she would, like to Le a labor reformer, and so she attended some noisy meetings at tho Cooper Union, accompanied by her cousin Areiiie Tillinghast. Instead of j being disillusionized thereby, she got uA) j quite a sentimental feeling about tho "horny handed sons of toil." So regu? larly did she attend these meetings that she became known by sight to some j of " t!ie professional agitators, ?and j one of them made bold to call at her house and ask her for funds to carry on tlie good work. He was a smooth tongued fellow, and he urged lier to j write a labor reform pamphlet, which lie engaged to print and send broadcast over the laud-if ?he would pay the expenses. But tlie labor reformers palled upon her after a while, and she began to think deeply uj>on the subject of negro equal? ity. She talked about it to every one who would argue or agree with her. She attended some meetings held to discuss the subject, and once invited tlie African orator homo to dinner. She said that she had "no vulgar race prejudices;" but her father had, and the dinner party did not come off. Encouraged by her patronage, the orator told lier one day that he had no vulgar race prejudices either, and that he would as lief marry a white woman as a colored one. He ad? vanced this belief with so much mean? ing that Miss Archer rang the bell and ordered tlie servant to put him out of the house. After that day 6he carefully avoided the subject of negro equality, and turned her attention to the ameliora? tion of the condition of the Indian. This fancy pleased lier lunger than usual: but after she had made quite a collection of indian trophies, and read a geed deal, more particularly poems, of Indian lit? erature, she went out to the plains to visit a friend who had married an army oiriccr. There she saw the Indian di? vested of romance. She thought him a very uninteresting personage, and pre? ferred ti.e legends of the poets to the facts that there stared her in the face. At the time when Rush Hurlstone be? came acquainted with her she was deeply interested in esoteric Buddhism, and had attended some questionable meetings at the apartment of the higlv priestess of Buddha, a certain Mme. Puratioff, who drew around her a wholly Bohemian and partially vicious lot of people, most? ly men, among whom she sat smoking cigarettes and discoursing of the stratige tilings she had seen in India. She wore abrooch which she said had been plucked out of the forehead of a departed Hindoo and placed at her throat. Did any ono doubt lier? There was thc brooch. Mme. Parapoff was a very clever wo? man, and liad written a book entitled "Tlie Rending of the Veil," which no ene read, but which every one said was a wonderful production. It was in two large folio volumes, ?i?od with illustra? tions, showing the veil before and after tlie rending, and. giving the mystic signs known only to those who had sought faithfully for e .torie information on this subject. Mme, Parapoff, as I have raid, was clever, but she had a face that would frighten off any oro who was not par? ticularly anxious to learn that which she alone professed to teach. Bessie Archer was never more alarmed in her life than on her first visit to Mme. ParapofTs "bungalow," as the latter called it. She had never seen such a looking woman before; her face repelled her, but her manner was reassuring. Tho Runion was a thorough woman of the world, and ?1:0 saw that in this visitor she had I a fish of anew sort to deal wit li, who ! co-aid not be caught with the common bait thrown to the men around lier, j Only the choicest morsel would attract j her. She must be careful not io offend her by speaking too plainly before her at first, and she must not give her Iv r famous pamphlet, "Naked, and not Ashamed," to read until she w;:s quite sure of her. Bessie had induced her useful cousin. Archie Tillinghast, to ac? company her to Mme. Parap?'ifs. Archie didn't want to go at all, but I:-; was con? vinced that Bessie would go alone if he didn*t go with her. "Rum girl. Cousin Bess,** he said ;<> Rush; '"bright as a dollar, but slippery as an eel; you never can tell where she is j going to l*>b up. I?east?y place, that ParapoiFs. A !<-: of hairy men. smelling of whisky and tobacco smoke, lolling j around the floor on skins, puffing their vile pipes tn tho face of tho priestess, who sat on a sort of raised place in a big chair and smoked cigarettes, partly in self defense and partly to show her very white and well kept hands and hand- I sonic ring-;. Hers were tho only ch an hands in the room. Such a lot of tramps! I don't believe they liad a chango of shirts among them." "And did Miss Arch- r find pleasure in their society?" asked Rush. '"She tried to think sin.* did. At any rate, she wa : doing something out ef the c >mmon, and there ts great satisfaction in that to some people, cid Loy,'*an? swered Arehi.. "I'm very fond of Bes? sie, otherwise you wouldn't find me trot? ting around t'> (hes . tiresome places with her - lalior ref rm mc-eting:. negro < qual? ity meetings and Indian meetings. if you won't go with me Fl! go alone,* she says: end what*s a fellow t> do? Duty calls and I obey." This conversation took [ Le e ia the Powwow club, where Archie and Rush were dining according tc the promise given i:: a previous chapiter. They had a good dinner anti a powwow that honor to thc name of thc club. As tl sat over the walnuts and thc wine,' Arc took $15 from his oockct, and said, "H is the rest cf your money, old boy; I lu deducted the%>5 I struck old Pen: packer for 820. Itel's seo what you written. " Rush, a little embarrassed, tried to ? o?T the evil moment. "Nonsense, man!" said Archie. "C with them. You know this is not si posed to be poetry. I'm not a crit anything with a rhyme will do, so i?ng you get in thc magic word Damascen 80 Rush puiled the papers out of . pocket, and puffed vigorously at his ck with an assumed air of indifferent Archie spread the sheets out before hi cracked the soft shelled almonds wi one hand while he held the manuscr: with tho other, and read tho followi hues: . Like the blushes that paint tho sunrise Are the blushes on her cheek; And thu thrush's note in the woodland "I hear when she doth speak, like a feather that's lightly blowing Is her white and tiny baud; Ah, she's the fairest maiden lu all the broad green land. But the sweetest charms she owneth Arc her hands so pearly white; ror-khdwashes them with Damascene ' il "Bach morning and each night. '.'Bravo! bravo.!''he exclaimed. "Y< could not havexlone better if you'd be< in training fora month. This is just t thing." And, hastily glancing over l! others, "Ah, I see you've dropped a litt humor into tl?ese. That's good; but r t&e sentiment that fetches old Penn packer. You've, more than earned yoi rhone?": so 1 hope yoar conscience is ease.*' R?slii reassured him on this point I pecketbg the money, and at. the san time lu' ".old him that his prospects ; The Dawn otlice were improving; but 1 didn't say where his assignment lia taken him, for fear of betraying himse if bespoke upon a subject so near h heart. "Now, Rush, my boy," said Archi looking at his watch, 1 don't like to a] pear rude, but you know I told you had three receptions this evening. Or is that of the Daughters of Sappho, wi: hold their annual reunion at Deimos co's; but that wofft keep me long. I" got a programme and flee. The other at thc liouse of the California millioi aire, McMuiligan, who owns a palace i Fifth avenue; and that will not deb me either, for the genial. McMulliga himself has promised me a printed li; of his guests. Then wo will fly to m uncle Archer's, where we aro sure t have a pleasant evening." So, donning their overcoats, tho tw set out. Tliey walked down to Delmonico'! tl ten in Fourteenth street, where th Daughters of Sappho wero having grand time. ? The meeting had bee called to order when they arrived, an Mrs. Lavinia Hopper-Walker was bogir ning her essay on "Tho Weaker Sex, which tho proved to their entire sati: faction to be the male. "Who behaves the most calmly i times of emergency?" asked Mrs. IIo{ per-Walker, "the woman or the man? need hardly say it is the woman. Th woman will endure suffering wiihoa flinching, while a man in the dentist' chair has been known to kick great hole in the wall while his teeth were bein, filled." [Applause.] "Who are seize with panic at a fire?-the men or th women? Statistics will prove to you.th:: half tho trouble during a lire in a theatr or other publie hail is invariably cause? by the pushing and crowding of th men, who wili stamp out the life of air enc who gets in their way. If this is no proof that man is ti io weaker vessel what is? To mc it is sufficient." [Grea applause. ] But Mrs. Hopper-Walker thought tba the others needed further proof: for sh continued to present them with stastisti cal evidence for half an hour longer a least. I?i the mean time Archie fount the president of thc club, Mrs. Merri? May, who gave him a programme of tin evening's exercises and a printed synop sis of the different speeches. Whih Archie was attending to la's duties. Rus! was looking about the room at the str?ngt propio ranged along the wall. A gentle man with a very high forehead and 1 blonde beard that grew in irregular spofc about I:is face wherever it could pierce the surface tapped him upon theshouidei after a while, ?'md said: "I saw you at the office of The Dawi: the other day, so I presume you aro r. reporter and would like some points foi an article for your paper-tho names ol the distinguished people here this even? ing, etc." And, before Rush could sav that he was not there as a representa? tive of his paper, the man nm his fin? gers through Iiis straggling locks and, drawing himself up to his full 0 feet 44 inches, said, "Tho lady reading the ad? dress is Mrs. Lavinia Hopper-Walker," adding, ia a most impressive whisper, "niv wife-! I am Tobias T. Ilopper Waiker. T. stands for Tartar. My mother was a Tartar." Rush thought that his wife was a Tar? tar also, but he didn't say so. "Mrs. Lavinia Hopper-Walker is a most remarkable woman, sir. She caa take t?ie floor against any man, and shut hin) up before he knows where lu- i Rush looked at Mrs. Hopper-Wa!ker, who at this moment was making one of her most cutting remarks ;?t th-.- ex]?on . of man. Uer oyes were fixed upon her husband, and the expression (-I sup? rior ity that passed over lier face was a study for a tragedian. Tho expression on his face would better have: rved lae come? dian, v. w:is so sel? deprecatory and showed such satisfaction in I? mg the weaker vessel. "Tiii- is a most representative gather? ing." be whispered. "There is ".irs. Ann Amelia de Johnstone, president cf the 'Women Who J):::- society.' It meets every week at lur house in Williams? burg, v. herc il en j? >ys a most intellectual evening." HIL a look? d in the direction indicated by Mr. I lopper-Wal ker's l<>;u: fore?in; 1 ?' and saw a'voman with a high forehead; decorated with thin, tight earls, lier eyes were large, and ti.- ir prominence was exaggerated by th" powerful glasses she wore on ber very retrousse nose. In? deed, her nose turned up with so much determination that it ' :? ? i- ? her upper lip with it. expensing her two large front ti e'ii to th-- public gaze. "Mrs. Do Johnstone is very clever," continued f lopper-Walker. "She writes for tb?- magazine ; and pamphh t ; by tb-.? score. [ supp? wyon have read her book ea the fonn of tuai riage proposa ls among the ancient Egyptians? .She bolds that women : :<.;.<:?;' i in those days and ad? vocates the olden custom. Mrs. Hopper- I Walker has written :>.?i answer to this. 1:1 which abe proves tha t the custom is o'? ch older than Mrs. lie Johnstone claims, and that that lady's theories baie even been in practice in this country for years. It U a good custom for aomo women. I know a number who would not have beca married if ii ii id i.-.-i pre? vailed." He cast a furtive aJ.ii.v?.- ia the direction 0/ Mrs. Hopper-Walker, who was just tating lier seat amidst thc n enthusiastic applause. At this moment Archie put his i through Rush's and said it was timo them to Ix? off. Rush thanked Mr. U pcr-Walker, and the two young c went down stairs to thc cafe and sea themselves at a small table. While t'. drank a jug of German seltzer Arc wroto out his report of the Sappho i sent it down to The Trumpet oiiiee, "There's nothing pleases them like { ting ccpy in carly, dear boy. Now let l?e to my uncle Archer's, where I .?. leave you while I do the McMuiiiga: As I told you before, that won't delay long. Cousin Bess will take care of ] while I am interviewing McMulligan the cost of Ins entertainment." From Deimonico'o they strolled town its far as Twentieth street, wh< they turned o?' to the home of 1 Archers, on Gramercy park. The mc was shining brightly upon this exclus: Little park, and*upon the ladies in. th handsome wraps who were running g: ly up the Archers' front steps and dis< pearing in a blaze of gas light th rou tlie door. This was to bo Rush's int duction to New York society-a thing had heard a good ?eal about and regal ed with more or hiss awe. He* was ji at an age when society is most attractr He was very susceptible to beauty, a he considered Helen Knowlton the m< beautiful woman he had ever seen. A so she certainly was, for she was t only beauty he had seen who waa not a more or less rustic type, and, notwil standing Iiis country bringing up, heh. little taste for rusticity in women. Tl first appearance in the social world \v a great excitement to him, and he w very much afraid that he would do son thing in violation of the proprieties, he determined to do as his friend Tillin hast did; and he could not havo had better guide in such matters. To Arel he said nothing about hisembarrassmei and there was nothing in his manner lead his friend to suspect it. Tlie two young men, as thc ladies h; done before them, ran lightly up t steps and entered the hall, where Ru almost had his breath taken away by t dazzling light and the perfume of flowei He followed Archie upstairs, where tin left their topcoats; and, taking a parti: glance at himself in the mirror to s that his tie liad not ridden up over 1: collar and that his hair, was not ti much rumpled, he descended with Arch to the drawing room. Here a gorged scence presented itself. The long roon were brilliantly lighted with wax candi and decorated with more flowers th: Rush had ever seen together in his Iii The ladies were dressed in their fine Paris gowns; but it was not so much tl dressing as the want of it that astonis ed our young countryman-the older tl ladies were, the less they seemed to fes the cold. . Archie presented him at once to h uncle and aunt and to his cousin Bess! for whom Rush immediately conceive thc friendliest feelings. Bessie Arch? certainly was an attractive girl. SI was handsome and well made, and si looked like a girl who enjoyed goc health. Her complexion was bri!lian her teeth dazzling and her clear, gra 'niue eyes looked*as strong as an eagle* Although she was an exceptionally dev? giri; she was rait a bit of a prig, and lu manner was remarkable for its cordialit; When s?ie toole Rush by thc hand si gave him such a firm, pleasant grip tb: ho said to himself, "Here is a girl wert knowing; she shakes lannis like a mai none of your flimsy, lackadaisical toucl ing of thc lingers, such as seme gir give." And Bessie liked Rush at once. Sh had heard such pleasant things about hil from Archie that she was naturally pre udiced in his favor; and it was imposs ble to look in his honest, manly face an not like him. "Now, Hurlstone, old fe low," said Archie, after introducing hi friend to Iiis cousin, "I will leave you t Cousin Bess' tender care and go wher duty calls/' '.rm sn re you could not leave m where I would rather be," said Rush, a gliblvas though he had been "in society ail his lifo. "Perhaps you will have a difieren tale to tell when Archie comes back, said Cousin Bess. "I shall only speak more positive!' then," replied Rush, with a bow tba Count d'Orsay might have envied. At that moment the band, stationed ii another room, struck up the music of J waltz, and there was a general move ment of pleasant anticipation among th< young people. Their elders drew uj along the wall, and tho dancers tool their places on the floor. "Do you dance, Mr. Hurlstone?"asked Miss Archer. "If you do, I will givt you this waltz. I was saving it foi Archie; but the poor fellow has not fin ished ins day's work yet." "No, Miss Archer," replied Rush, "] do not dance. I have heretofore looked upon a dancing man with a feeling o! superiority; but now I regard him with envy, and for the first time regret that the steps of the waltz aro a sealed boo!> to me." "I am very sorry, too; fer I am afraid you are going to have a duli time, as thi.s fs a dancing company to-night. How? ever. I will try and iind a young lady whose conversation will in a measure al leviate your disappointment. Will \-ou take something intellectual or something frivolous?" As 5??KS Archer asked this .'juestion, her eyes turned towards two indies standing on thc opposite side of M,e rboni. Rush's ??yes followed lu is, and he an? swered, "Something frivolous, please." So liv y threaded their way among the ?.lancers, and he was introd ?ced lo Miss Gertie Gaston. "How i.; it yon arc i:ot dancing this evening. Miss Gast?rn" Rush i:u-air?<?h foi h-: f< ?I quite sure that she wa > one ol' thc "D<i v.>:t want to km>w?" "i mil consumed with curiosity." '.Btvause I haie a [?lain wah/, and none of these men know the *dip.* " she ausw? red, with a : how of annoyance. "What ignorance! 1 fancied New York men knew everything. T?>-think ?;f it! grown men, and not know the 'dip'!'* "Yon know it':" said ."li j Gaston, hali rising. "Ala .. no!" replied Rush; "but, then, lam liol a New York s< ?vi et y man." .. Where are you from -Boston or Phil 1? iel ph ia?" "Xi i i her; I. came direct from thecoun Uv from tbe'-?lj?d?; < f the milk pail and sausage." "R-ailv! and you work ?-n a farm? ? -.i ?mat 5 in i h- - '. ?l?rruug, milk the cows, and all ?hat sort of thing?'* .j tifwr have, bul I dar?? say leonid, if tho cows would let ie . try." ..j ..a. "!, 1 ?;( .! tl? i ik \ on w< mid care fo '.?. .": . .'ii-. la: n. ^? it'i e ie..v. nifi t t>? dis.:-s-.roya*. "? : -ill ' "tin!,- a man ie\:!.t lind son;^hi;ig .nore manly to do ii-.an milking < OA S." . ?\o e. a! t he might; dan: ing for in i ! mec*:' " Yes indeed. He . ?wi i I arri the "dip' *. i i., inueh !;... lime tha.i it M raid take him to lear:: to milk a coy. Ru.-;h looked at thc young lady to if slie was guying him, but thc exp bi on of her face showed that she thoroughly in earnest. Ile began to v that he had chosen the intellectual la but the snatches of her con versal that readied him were not tempting, maintain," she was saying to a bald? tleman who was doing bis best to 6 press a yawn, "I maintain that Gr should he taught in the public soho and you, Mr. Garside, should look t( as a member of the board of educati and see that our young girls and h are taught that classic language inst of these vile modern tongues that only useful for mercantile pursti Greek is a purely intellectual langim Herodotus would"- But here Be Archer whirled past Rush in the arm West Hastings, and gave him one of sweetest smiles as she passed; so lie nc knew what Herodotus would have dc Rush wished from the bottom of heart that the dancing would stop, ; that be might have a chance to tal' little with Miss Archer, who was ra as bright, he saw, as her cousin had r resented her to be. The thought I hardly passed through bis mind wi the music ceased and the dancers strol off in pairs, A young man dressed the extreme of the fashion relieved 1: of Miss Gaston, and he stood for a r mont'loaning against the wall, wond mg where Miss Archer was, when si den ly his heart gave such an upws lunge that he thought for a few SCOOT he should suffocate. But it soon 1 back to its natural place and left "bira liberty to feast his eyes upon the radii "face of Helen Knowlton, as she cntei the room accompanied by lier aunt a an old gentleman whom ho bad no di cuitv in recognizing as Uncle Lightfi MycVs. A subdued murmur of admiration r through the room as tho prima don stood for a moment on the thresho looking about ber for the best and he ess. In a moment West Hastings \\ by lier side and conducting ber on": arm to Mr. and Mrs. Archer, while Ai Rebecca followed on the arm of Un Lightfoot. Rush ground his teeth at I assured manner in which Hastings tc his place at Miss Knowlton's side. Th he tried to laugh at himself for lie; such a fool. "Of course they arc < gaged,.or the next thing to it. and I i malring myself miserable as foolishly a man ever did." He got some eomfo however, from two men who stood ch ting near by him. "Is Helen Knowlton engaged to W< Hastings?" asked one of the oth< "No." was the reply; "and she not will be engaged to Hastings or any ctli man while 'Aunt Rebecca' lives. S may come near it fifty times, but ) wager you anything you like that Au Rebecca Sandford is not going to 'that child' put lier head into the nw: And she's about right. Come, let's up and have a B. and S." And th sauntered out. leaving Rush in a plc: anter state cf mind than lie was in fi minutes before. If Helen Knowlt was not engaged to West Hastings or any other man, then he didn't see th his chances were utterly worthless: any rate lie was not g'dng to retire fro thc field until after he had done ROM prospecting. Rush Kurlstone, thou; as modest a young man as yeti won meet in a day's walk, was iirm in the I; lief that a man could accomplish an thing he made up bis mind to do, pr vided it was at all within tho possib? ties. If he bad seriously set his m? upon being president of the Unite Statis, he would lia ve gone quietly ale: working towards that end, thorough convinced that lie would accomplish h object. B?t ho had no political aspir lions. His ambition ran in anoth channel Helen Knowlton was now chattir with Bessie Archer and three or foi men at the opposite end of the roca Rush's eyes wero fastened upon her. E was thinking of her with all Iiis mini and sho probably felt tho magnetism < his glance, for she looked up, and, reco; nizing the face without being nblo to te where she bad seen it, si ie bowed to bi: in her most cordial manner. Aunt R< becca, who never forgot tho face of newspaper man, bowed too, and m< tioncd for Rush to come over to the: side of the room-an invitation ho wi. not slow in accepting, "How are you?" she said, giving hil her hand. "Helen, here is Mr. Ila; storm, the young reporter who wrot that nice article about you ia Tile Dawn. Rush was rather emburrassix? by tai public announcement of his vocatio? nal annoyed by the miscalling of Iii name; bat the hearty manner in whir Miss Knowlton received him mad amends for h< r aunt's want of tact. "1 recognized Mr. Hurlstone, an bowed to him across ibo room," said slit gi ving him her hand, whose touch sen an electric thrill through his entir frame. "Some other time I will than! bim for his kindness, if he will allow mc. "So you know Mr. Hurlstone?" s:;i. Bessie. "He is an oki collegr* friend o A reine':;, who brought bim to us liri evening that wo might see for ours? Ive that all the nice things ba bad said abou him w>. re trae." "And do you think they are?" Asket Helen, smiling upon Rush. "Wc hope fer the best." replie Bessie "but I shall be abie to speak with ?nor, authwHiV after Mr. Hurlstone has made this bouse bis head? jan rters for a while.' Lta-:! thanked Mi ; A relier for the tm plied invitation, but said li ? felt tuon like biding Ids ia ad in a hole attei Archie":: compliments than trying t. prov?- their truth; and tims they chatted and laughed, after the munni y of yoting people ai :t party, until something wa: said alhutt the banjo. La hs r, ply 1. d Helen io believe that lie played that in i.lrm-.etit. and she asked him- if he did. He c. ai. .vtd that he Vpka'a a oat a tune occasionally." and she invited lani to come around some evenin g v. !H n !!:<: .> Mas ? / ei < ra raid (rv some d : : with lier, for ?he delighted Lt the ! -aa; > and found it a gr? at recreati?! : aft? r grand op: r.a. Again thc musicians struck epa wak;*.. \V?rt Hastings leaned down and w h ts ?.i red t-omething in II? lea's ear. She looked as though what he said bad pleased ber, and at once arose to dance wa!i baa. Again Rush gr. an al bis teeth. For a moment lie wondered ii ho was loo old to learn tho mysteries ol' I lie wa ltz; but be could not b<-ip smiling as be thought Of himself whirling about over ;i polished with a young woman in his arms. Then lie inwardly railed at a custom that allowed snell lihcni.-s. Be? iaus?; tlu* ba titi was playing ; ; ! their feet were.moving intime tollte music; was thal any reason why Unslings should have bis arm around Miss Knowlton's waist and hold li? r hand in his? Ile r. ult] not see that it was ? Petina was a vulgar ami vicions past?nTe. and be w? ubi never allow a sister of bis to take part ia anv such wickedness. !;<. did liol Step t?? tbed. thal Mo tirler cf hts vvouhi oe !i!;ci\ l.> ;..-u Iii? ? > ? lel.-oivii. hilo eyes w ere bent l?[pin the ??roimd as j these thoughts flew through Ins brain. ! A faint odor of mignonette reached him. ! He looked up just as Hustings and Miss Knowlton were gilding past. ..Here I am at last, old man," said I Archie, at his shoulder-"just ready for an evening's fun. " My day's work is done, and I'm in prime condition for dancing. Seen the Knowlton? Ah, there ! she gees! Lucky beggar, that Hastings. They're engaged, you may bet your life. Come, let's have a glass of fizz, uncle Archer is famous for his wines. I can promise you something good." "No, thank you, Archie; 1 think I'll go home. I'm pretty tired. You know the social whirlpool is new to rae. You don't mind, do you? I'll make rn}' adieux to Mr. and Mrs. Archer and your charming cousin, and slip off to my vir? tuous couch.'* "As you please, dear boy; ? never like to forcea fellow against his inclination," Archie answered; but he was evidently annoyed and disappointed. "I shalt never forget this evening, Archie. Good night, old fellow. I'll hunt you up some time to-morrow." So this foolish boy said good night to his entertainers and went out under tho stars. He had hardly reached the side? walk before he repented his act What an idiot to leave the place where Helen was! But he could not stand the torture of seeing her dancing with West Hast? ings. He would rather be out in the cool night air; but he could not tear himself away from the place. Lighting a cigar, he paced the length of the park, always with the house in view, and by the time ho had finished it he saw the door open and Helen and her aunt and Uncle Light? foot and West Hastings coming out. The gentlemen put the ladies in their carriage, and, closing the dcx>r upon them, bowed them off. Thank heaven, he was not going home with her! Tho carriage started down Twentieth street, but it had not reached Fourth i avenue when Bush started after it. The horses trotted briskly, and so did Bush. It was not far to Helen's house*, so timi j lie arrived there just as thc carriage j drew up at the curb. Before-lie had I time to think what he was doing the handle of the carriage door was in his hand and he was making Ins best bow to thc ladies. They were startled at first, but were reassured when they recognized Bus!:. "How very odd that you should have happened bv just at this .moment!" said Helen. "Chance lias l>een kind to me," an? swered Bush, trying to speak without showing how blown he was. "I'm on mv way liomo. I don't live far from hera" " Ho didn't say it was a very roundabout way of getting to his lodgings, nor -did Helen suspect it. He handed the ladies to the door and bade them good night. "Don't forget that you are to come and play the banjo with mc," said Helen. Forget! Bush laughed so heartily at the thought as he turned the corner of Twentieth street into Sixth avenue that j a sleepless invalid tossing on his couch i listened with envy to a man who was well and happy enough to laugh so long and loud. [TO BE CONT!NI"Ka J - ..??. -i,-tat . The Fruit Crop. Farmers as well a3 professional or chardists ought to make preparations to get the greatest vaiue possible out of the abundant fruit crop. The tacaos of utilizing thc surplus fruit most avail? able to the farm is feeding to stock and drying or evaporating. Of course every wide-awake farmer will give his hogs ali thc fallen, partly decayed and otherwise wort h less fruit. But after marketing to the extent that may be practicable the fresh, ripe fruit, drying or evaporating must bc resorted to. Evaporated fiuit always commands higher nrices than the ordinary sun dried, and every one should procure or malte a cheap evaporator if possible. The best cheap driers for sua drying are made as follows, using for thc frame light strips of piaak one a ad a half inches wide hy one inch thick : The frame is six by three feet and must then he covered with thin borne I spun tackc1 on. Having several doz ?a j of t-hese driers--according to thc num? ber of hands available fur tho work - ir wiil be perceived at once that they are far superior to boards, planks, hoasc-top?, trays, etc., such as house? wives are commonly farced to usc. The slices of fruit dry in little more than half the asad time and require tin ! turning. A: Slight er in ease ol threatened rain, ?hese driers may be quickly stacked cae above another and carried to shelter, or a stack of them may he securely covered with boards as it stands. To use them to the greatest advantage there should he made light scaffolds upon which to rest, thc diiers. Of course they can be use ! for djying berries, a* weil as other fruits, sweet potatoes, okra, etc. Wc would impress up'Mi those who mav be corm au nt to shipping points i to ship none l>u* cimtcf fi't'it, and in : i i o very best condition The peach erar?, especially, is universally good from Noi h to South. Tia: markets will he ea>ily glutted unless otily the best fini: he shipped If over-crowded i with a!! sorts "? fruit iii'' returns even I trota that of the best quality-, will he eomni ra 11 vc! v un sat is facto ry. - o . a ' h - ! . , . . " i i cm i / '* / Some Very Largo Boards A i um ber pile arah' of boards each ; 1 BM) j". . t i ? - ? ; *_r and fee? in width would J j be an unprecedented sight itt the east, ! bu J a gentleman recently returned from \ \ visit to the eua?! of the North L'aciiic : .-...ir: says that piles cf lumber such as ; that are common at thc milis on Bu::? t sound. * Boards 100 feet long and ! ti feet wide, withou! a k not in them,*' he said. "arc common cuts from thc gigantic fir trees ut thc Fuget sound foi ests* Those trees grow to the enormous height o? *J.-<! feet, and thc forests are so vast that, although : the sawmills have been ripping 500, UOO.O?O feet ot lumber out of them j every year for ten years the spaces anide by these tremendous inroads ?com no mo re than gardt-u patches."- /? -trull X.'>??-.. dane H'M Vt e are indebted to thc Samoans for having given an opportunity ta m-ke ian - ' it the language of diplomacy and lor having betti the avexsiou of :i treaty written in l?rgli.-h ?s?l tin Commis? sioners eou! J s: :::ik Fi each. ll appears, but after the Germans had heard them speak if ior uno day lin v were .? ine i cady ni lad back iipirii rmgU?Ji 'ia: nag the remainder ot the negotiations1! Cotton Seed Hulls and Water. The Bent Cotton Food KILOICH- Won? derful "Btritlr* 0f 2>roctual Espei i meids-Some SujneUions io Southern Furniers. Editor of Tim PTcics aud Courier : Whiic in Home, Ga., last Mareil ? saw something that was a revelation to me. Mr. Arthur Sullivan, of the firm of ! Towers & Sullivan, shown] me '". one enclosure about ' seven*y beeves (.ieuerally obi work oxen} that had bec-u fattened on cotton see?] hulls alone, i No corn, uo fodder, hay or shucks, | nothing but cotton seed hulls as they I came from thc huller of a seed eil I factory just across the street, and many pf these oxen were PO fat that they j wouid not stand tip except to'eat, as fat ? and fine as any I s uv come cir the j me quite grass of Western Texas. Around three sides of this enclosure were covered sheds containing troughs lilied with hulls from which the beeves fed, and the fourth side contained similar troughs constantly filled with pure water, to which they had constaut access. That was all, cotton seed hulls aud water. Subsequently, I met a gentleman living in the city, who told me that he had a milch cow to which be had beeu feeding bran, meal and hay at a cost of thirty cents per day, for which the cow yielded him four quarts of milk per day, at a cost, outside of labor and trouble, of seven cents and a half per quart. He had been induced to change her ration to cotton seed hull?-, with a small amount (one piut at a feed, I think) of cotten seed meal, with the result of an increase to eight quarts of milk a day, ai the cost of four cents a day or half a cent a quart. Later on I met ?>Ir. Isaac Gaillard, larc of FaiihVid County, this State, who told me that having lost a large amount of hay by fire in January last, he had since fed seven milch cows cn cotton seed hulls alone for roughuess at a cost of two cents a day each, that is the Ii alls cost him fifty cents a. hun? dred pounds, and the seven cows just ate one hundred pounds a day, and with the addition of a small ratiou of meal, kept in beautiful condition and yielded milk generously. I saw the herd-fine, fat, sleek Devons-and they gave every evidence of. the highest condition. ' It was indeed a revelation to me &nd showed np a vista of the vast possibili? ties of the cottou producing region in cattle growing, dairying and beef pro? duction. I have given the subject much thought since, and wish through your columns to make some suggestion to co my brother farmers. Cotton seed oil mills are being built in every part cf thc State and of tbs South ;.a large portion of the seed aD nuaily produced will soon be sold to these mills and taken off thc planta? tions ; the competition between the mills will put the seed to a price that will induce the farmers to part with I them. At present the greater part of ; the meal is returned to the land as fer ! tilizer, but the hull is lost and worse I than lost, because the mills, having to pay the transportation on that much extra weight, of course pay less fer the seed, as oil is the desired product and the bulls produce no oil. If an oil mill : was in the vicinity of every farm it ? might pay lo sell the seed and buy back I the hulls, possibly, but this is generally I impracticable ; what, therefore, [ sug I gest, is that all parlies owning gins, j portable or stationary, should provide j themselves with hullers and huli ali the j c >t?oa seed except those needed for seed ! on the farms where produced. Thc ? kernels could then bc sacked and ship ! pad o the mids, either for money or in I exchange for cotton seed meal, and the ; halls kept at hume, turned into miik, j hinter or beef, after passing through i tile catlle cou!;l be returned to the land ! in a manure rich in potash, phosphates laud ammonia, and rqu?l, pound for I pound, to one half its weight of tho ! standard commercial fertilizer*? j la this way I am convinced thc- es I tabli.-hnient of cotton seed oil adds caa . bc made a blessing instead of a carse to ! cotton far tn ors, ?ad another jewel i added to the crown of ' Kins (' aroa.'' I W. ll DAVIS j Contract Labor Act Uncon? stitutional. j Thc following ruling of Judge Hud . son, if sustained by the State Supreme I Court, is of the first importance to the i farmers, lr is taken from the Auder ! son corre-pondent of tho Greenville : News : I "Gae of thc last cases called for trial was that of thc State vs. Anderson ; I'oole, charged with violating a written . contract, the indictment being brought ! under Sections '2 0$l to 2 US! of'thc Genera! Statutes ISS-b The d?tendant was represented by l?. K. Murray. E-q.. who demurred to thc indictment aud asked that it bc quashed upon the ground that tho act under which if was brought was uneo:isiituM?'-nal, ia thal it provided a difieren* punishment, accord? ing as the ?ardea-.i or the laborer vio? lated sabl contract, ar in other words, that ihv :-uoi>hmet:t to be inllic'ed on thc landlord ia case bo was guilty of violating the contract, was'different to that to bc it-Steted if thc laborer was the g:::!*v [ MTV. ir was therefore in vi dation'of Article 1. Section ?2. of tia- State Constitution. The question e.-is argued at some length, after which \t\> Honor rai.i he thought the Act was unconstitutional and sustained tho de? murrer and the indictment was quashed n?c Solicitor immediately gave notice of appeal ia order to get the question settled-as it is of gnat importance to ibo farmers.'7 Star, et the Republican 'nigh protec? tive turi ff .contemporaries n:r; concluding that trusts arc not merely ''private ;;!i.iii>" alter all Tho sugar trust ?rots 'cm. Thc American people arc paying a tribute ta the advanced price of sugar, of P s?Oii.OyO a mu ;h to the sugar trust. llcpub?can tai iff editors arc ss fond of Migar as .abor people, atol they don't like to pay more than they ought to nay for it. any better than o th ir peop'e do. But the sugar trust has got the grip < a tho sugar ai! the SaUiC and ib ruki"? iu !a?e yreli's I To Cure the Taste for Liquor j lite Cav?-, nf the Thlrxt-A Simple, ? j -.- - -J?*m?dy ?juaga ii cd? - . r~r~-- . /. v . "> j Tu the ?dUor oj the Kcio Yaric Sim : ' . r Iou published ' to-daj ai letter of J a | anonymous corres pon dent asking ? j 4*Can any one give n.?a cure for drunk? enness V" ? will io the same way give your correspondent a cure, through you,' if you will publish it. Indulgence in spirits after a while which is longer or shorter according to' the constitution <*f the nerson-produre* irritation, inSammatioa and fever of the stomach, hence the craving for drink; and the greater the fever the* greater the craving. As spirits act' also on the nervous system and on the brain, the nervous system becomes im? paired andjtiie. brain weakened. Who' . can deny that.a person ailing in these ' several ways is laboring under a seriotw 1 disease? He bas the? 00 ff H ! pow??r to ii exercise, becausctke seat *of-the ?ill i? i in the nervous centres, and when these j are impaired or destroyed so is ??sb the' i will power. . I Here is the cure: Let the person have within his reach a small vial of tlie" best kind of tiuct?rcof Peruvian bark,' and when the craving fer liquor comte on him let him take a teasponful of tlie tincture every two hours. In a few - days the taste for liquor is destroyed, j and destroyed while indulging in it, for." j tincture of Peruvian bar's is spirits into i which has been drawn all the substance I of Peruvian bark. It is To be found in. I every dreg ' store, tut it should be of * the very best. - . . , Peruvian bark is a tonic. It is aW the best, if not the only, cure known for fever. It is from Peruvian bari? that quinine is extracted, and, more I over, it is an anti periodic. It is by ! these three agencies that it destroys tho cravings for liquor. Any one. wishing j to le cured cf that ailment can be in' ? the way I have described, bat there arc2 I few drunkards who wish to be cared. - Five Poisons ia the Cigarette;* To be healthy, the cigarette most be*' thrown away. It is very injurious, i and sure death to the person who smokes [ I it habitually. Why ? Tobacco in sny form is bad f but in a cigarette there are five poisons,' while in a good cigar there is only one. In a cigarette there is the oil io the paper, the oil of nicotine, saltpetre to% : preserve the tobacco, ? opium to make it . mild, and the oil in the Savoring. The trouble with the cigarette ?sifi? inhaling of the "smoke. If yon blow a mouthful of smoke through a hand? kerchief, it will leave a brown siam", inhale the smoke and blow it through the nostrils and no stain will appear^ The oil and poison remain rn the bead - or body. Cigarettes create a thirst for strong drink ; and there should be anti-cigar? ette societies. Teachers ought to watch and" sfe' that their pupils do not smoke. Tn 1879 there were 900,000 cigarettes manufactured. Last year there wer? . 1,200,000,000. --**? Typhoid Fever Easy to Pre? vent New York health department, lo a resent article, * 'rs more discreditable Ur I the civilization of the nineteenth ceo-r ! tory than . the existence of ?yjrU*^. [ fever.'' It is discreditable, he main* i tains, because "of all diseases it is the j most easily preventable." Scientist**' j have isolated its germ and taught its' j characteristics, yet their teachings aa to ; modes of prevention are utterly lost : upon the larger portion of the publio [ ; Typhoid fever is rarely due to any other4. \ cause than polluted water, milk or ! meat. Polluted water is responsible," ! for most cases of the disease, and well j water in the country, as well as in j towns, cities and villages, is commonly ; polluted, "it is safe to fay," accord . in g to Dr. li ison, "that there is not a j well in the country thc water cf -w-hie* j is safe to drink. Most of the cases ot i pyp?oid occuring in the 4-ir.j in thc (a.;? tare cau-ed by water drurj; froui welts I daring the rammer outing." The fac? j thar the* water of these wei's ts nice ant ! sweet-tasting counts for nothing. Th? ! brighter ii looks the greater the pro??, I ability that it is a "whited sepulchre *' j The wells being sunk near the hoase?-. j in the vicinity of cess-pools, they"draw ' their supply of water from cont&arj' I nated earth. Thc germs of typhoid thus enter the wells and render them reservoirs of poison, however pellucid' and charming their contents may appear to the thiisty seeker a tor health;. "Puring the last year,'' says the Doctor, "I have visited twenty towns supplied wirti water fi om dug or driven wt ii.-,; ia every instance thc supply was pol? luted, and in most cases its po? lution was the cause of the prevalence ?of typhoid fever"' The bacillus tvh: sus. :.:? which the disease is due, i- contained is the spi?'.e of typhoid fever patient?, it is easily destroy?,-?! by stich di-?nfectan?s ~s corre-?va sublimate and ca? belie aeid. Ice often disseminates the disease. Though boil water is fatal to ir, cold does not hui.l' zhc germ to which the fever is du?-," even if a temperature degrees below zero is reached. Dr. Fordyce Barker recently demonstrated that tweuty-two' c&ses~of typhoid fever developed at a annular watering place were due to tho lr or . . .. use of ice taken from a lake near by. Hie icc bad been cut from a point near the entrance of a sewer. Only tbse ; who used this ice had the disease, and" ] when the uso of this ice was discon? tinued the epidemic ceased. Milk is" sometimes thc carrier of typhoid germs. ! In such cases it is contaminated by the^ i water with which the milk cans are I washed, or it gets the germs through' thc digestive system of thc COW. fri* almost every case, it seems safe to say, the disease gerta is derived ultimately from water contaminated by drainage noni cess-psois. A clergyman relates that bc was once completely nonplused by a youngster at a ehiistening. The child having been' taken to Church to be baptiz d was so much disconcerted at the minister's* ' sp: inkling !::> face that he interropted hint hy t Xe lu Iii) tug- '.' ' iftop ! i*wbo/t 1 ?!?, :."