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Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. W?ITE, J?., President. Cashier. Aug 21._ TiLB(rrT"& SONS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Will furnish lowest estimates on all kinds of machinery: ENGINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLANERS AND WOOD-WORK? ING MACHINERY. Write to me for prices before buying. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Feb 19-0 Columbia, S C FOR SALE. A LOT OF GENUINE German Kaimt 23 to 25 per cent. Potash. D. J. WINN. Feb. 10-2 fATEli?IS ll By H. RIDES HAGGAHIX Author of "Cotonel Quarit ch, V.C." "Mr. MeesoiCs Will? "A Tale of Three Lions?- "Allan Qnatcnnain? "She? "Jess? etc. SYNOPSIS CF THE STORY. This story is supposed to be founded upon a manuscript found ixt the papers of Allan Quater mam, which were priven to the author as literary executor. In it Qaatennain tells the story of his marriage. CSAPTES I.-Descries Allan's first meeting, wken a child. wir h Stella Carson, at a Christmas gathering. Stella's drtss? caught fire and Allan extin:ruish<?d the flames. Stella"* mother was Spanish, and she elo:x?d with a cousin, leaving Stella with her father. Squire Carsoa He de? termined to leave England Vi account of the dis? grace, and ac about the same time Allan's mother i died and Allan's father took him to South Africa, where Mr. Qiintoriiiain became a missionary among the KaiUrs. When AUan was 20 his father ???wt t>3APTnr, IL-Allan sold the effects and decided xogo en a journey of trade and adventure. Air*ong his men was a Kaf?r named [ndaba-zhnbL a w itch doctor Between him and another witch doctor there ha?l two years before been a lightning con? test, winch resttlted in the death of his contestant CHAPTER Ed.-Details the start of the expedi? tion. Quatermain describes his first elephant hunt CEAPTER IV.-Quatermain discovered a large body of Zulus, and was surprised by two of their scouts. Acting upon the impulse cf th*' moment he shot both of them and retreated. The Zulus had been following a party of Dutch Boors, con? sisting-of seventeen or eighteen men, their women and children, and a large number of cattle, with which they were removing to the north. For safety's sake the cattle and some of the women and children were sent away, while Quatermain, the ?itch d<?ctor and some of the Doers remained. The next morning, by a ruse, Quatermain and Indaba-zimbi were captured by the Zulus. CHAPTER V.-Quatermain discovered that Inda? ba-zimbi had betrayed him into the hands of the Zulus, who at first evered him no harm. The camp of the Doers was attacked and destroyed. One little child only was saved alive and Quater? main preserved h??r l>y lighting a duel with and killing a Zulu warrior. The witch doctor had said that Quatermain was a spirit. The Zulus deter? mined to ki)] him, but win e prevented by Indaba. , who pretended himself to kill Quatermain and then bring hi::; to life again. Puis frightened the Zulus, and Indaba and Qaatermam. with the child. made their esca??e. CHAPTER VT.-Describes the manner of escape of Quatermain with the witch doctor and Tota, the child. Indaba said "(jo north." prophesying that friends would be found there. Quaieriiiaiu obeyed, though against his judgment. They crossed a broad desert, where there was no wa? ter, and at its end they became unconscious. When they recovered, they were being cared for by Stella Carson, whose life Quatermain saved when a child, and who was now a beautiful young ? woman. Since early childhood she had lived iu the wilds of Africa with her father, never having seen but one other Englishman. CHAPTER VII. N A MOMENT Hendrika obey? ed, loading t li e horses to the side of the tree. "Now, Mr. Al? lan," said Sulla, "you must ride on my hur;?1, and the old bl act man must ride on tilt? other. I will walk, ansi Hen? drika will carry the child. O h, j do not He afraid, j she is very strong, she could carry you or nie.*' Hendrika grunted assent. I am sorry that I cannot express her method of speech by any moro polite term. Some? times she grunted like a monkey, some? times she clicked like a Bushman, and sometimes she did both' together, when she became quite unintelligible. I expostulated against this proposed arrangement, saying that we could walk, [ which was a fib. for I do not think I I could have done a mile: but Stella would ! nee listen: she would not even let me ? carry my elephant gun. but took it her? self. So we mounted with some diffi? culty, and Hendrika lookup the sleep? ing Tota in her long, sinewy arms. "Seethat the 'baboon woman* does not run away into the mountains with the little willie one/* said Indaba-zimbi to j me in Kai?ir, as he climbed on to the I horse. I Unfortunately, Hendrika understood his speech. Her face twisted and grew livid with fury. She put down Tota and literally sprang at Indaba-zimbi as a monkey springs. But, weary and worn as he was, the old gentleman was too j quick for her. With an exclamation of genuine fright he threw himself from the horse on the further side, with ilse some-hat ludicrous result that ail ina moment Hendrika was occupying the seat that he had vacated. Just then Steila realized the position. "Come down, you savage, come down!" she said, stamping-her foot. Tlie extraordinary creature flung her? self from the horse and literally grov? eled on the ground before her mistress and burst into tears. "Pardon, Miss Stella.*' she clicked and grunted ia villainous English, "but ho call'-d me a *babyau frou (baboon wo? man). "Tell your servant that he must not use such words to Hendrika, Mr. Allan." Stella said to me. "if he does," she added, in a whisper, "Hendrika will cer? tainly kill him." I explained this to Indaba-zimbi, who. being considerably frightened, deigned toapologize. But from that hour there was hate and war between these two. Harmony having been thus restored, we started, the dogs following us. A small strip of desert intervened between us and the slope of the p*rak; perhaps it was two miles wide. We crossed it and reached rich grass lands. f<>r here a con siderable stream gathered from the hills: but it did not flow across the barren lands, it passed to the east along th<- foot of the hills. This stream we had to pass by a ford. Hendrika walked boldly through it, holding Tota in her ti rms. Stella leapt across from stone to stone like a roebuck: I thought to myself that she was the most graceful creature that I had ever seen. Aft*-r this the track passed round a pleasantly wooded shoul? der of the peak, which was, I found, known tis Babyan Kap, or Baboon Head. Of course we could only go at a foot ! pace, so our progress was slow. Stella walked for some way in silence, then she spoke. "Tell me, Mr. Allan.**she said, "how j it was that I came to find you dying in the lescrt?" So l began and told h<-r all. It took ati hour or more to do so, and she lis tened intently, now and again asking a question. "it is all v< ry wonderful.*" she said ? when I had done, "very wonderful, in? ti i-ed. Do you know I went out this morning with Hendrika and the dogs for a rtd?\ meaning to get back home by midday, for my father is ill. and 1 do not like to leave him for long. But fus! as 1 was-going to turn, when we were about where we are now-yes, this was "Vie very 1 ush-an orilie.got up. and the-dogs chased it ? followed them for the gal? lop, and when we cant?' to the river, in? stead of turning, to the left as bucks gen? erally do, the oribe swam the stream and I took to the bad lands beyond. I follow i it, and within a hundred yards of t I big tree the dogs killed it. Hendra wanted me to turn back at once, but said that we woi?ld rest under the sha of the tree, for I knew that there was spring of water near. Well, we went; ai there I saw you all lying like dead; b Hendrika, who is very clever in SOE ways, said no-and you know the rei Yes, it is very wonderful." ! "It is, indeed/* I said. "Now tell m Miss Stella, who is Hendrika?" She looked round before answering ? see that tho woman was not near. j "Hers is a strange story, Mr. Allan, will tell you. You must know that a j these mountains and the country bevor, are full of baboons. When I was a gi; J of about 10 I used to wander about sood deal alone in the hills and valley ! and watch the baboons as they play? among the rocks. There was one farr 1 ly of baboons that I watched especially they used to live in a klaaf al ?out a mi from the house. Tho old tuan baboo was v?ry large, and one of tho femai had a gray face. But the reason why watched them so mucii was because saw that they had with them a creatu: that looked like a girl, for her skin w; quite white, and, what was more, th; she was protected from the weath when it happened to be cold by a fi belt of some sort, which she tied rom: her throat. The old baboons seemed be especially fend of her, and would s with their arms round her neck. "For nearly a whole summer I watclve tins particular white-skinned babool till at last my curiosity quite overma tered me. I noticed that, though si clim!)cd al)Out the cliffs with the otb? monkeys, at a certain hour a little befoi sundown they used to put her, with or or two other much smaller ones, into little cave, while the family went o somewhere to get food- to the meal fields, I .suppose. Then I got an ide that I would catch this white baboo and bring it home. But of course could not do this by myself, so I took Hottentot-a very clever man when h wiis not drunk-who lived on thesteat into my confidence, ile was called Her drik, and was very fond of me; but fe a long while he would not listen to m plan, because he said that the banyan would kill us. At last I bribed him wit a knife that had four blades, and on afternoon we started. Hendrik carn ing a stout sack made of hide, willi rope running through it so that th mouth could be drawn tight. "Weil, we got lo the place, and, hie ing ourselves carefully in the trees at th foot of tlie kloof, watched the baboon playing^boutand grunting to each othei till at length, according to custom, the; took the white one and three other littl babies and put them in th?'cave. The the old man came out. looked carefull, round, called to his family, and went ol with them over the brow of the kloof Now very slowly and cautiously wecrep up over the rocks till we came to th mouth cf the cave and looked in. A! tho four little baboons were fast asleep with their backs toward us. and tliei arms around each others necks, th white one lw.-ing in the middle. Nothin: could have been better for our plans Gendj "ic, who by this time had quite en tereii m?o the spirit of the thing, crep into the cave like a snake, and suddenly dropped the mouth of the hide bag ove tlie head of the white baboon. The poo little tning woke up and gave a violen jump, which caused it to vanish righ into the bag. Then Hendrik pulled th? string tight, and together we knotted i so that it was impossible for our captiv< to escape. Meanwhile the other babj baboons had rushed from the cav< screaming, ami ?" hen we got outsidi they were now);' to be seen. "'(.'onie on, tiiAoS,* said Hendrik; *th< babyan vii] soon be back.' He thai shouldered the sack, inside which th? white baboon was kicking violently, am screaming like a child. It was dreadfu to hear its shrieks. "We scrambled down the sides of thc kloof and ran for home as fast as wc could manage. When we were near thc waterfall, and within a!*out 300 yards ol tlie garden wall, we heard a voiee be hind us. and there, leaping from rock t< r<>ck, and running over tlie grass, wat tlie whole family of baboons headed by the old man. u*Run, miss, run!' gasped nendrik and I did like the wind, leaving him fai behind. I dashed into the garden, whert some Kaffirs were working, crying, 4Th< banyans! tlie banyans!' Luckily the mei! had their sticks anti spears by them an?l ran out just in time to save Hendrik, who wasalmost overtaken. The balmon* made a good light for it. however, and it was not till the obi man was killed with an assegai that they ran away. ' Well, th.-re is a little hut in tlie l:r:Kil at the stead where my father sometime* shuts up natives who have misbehaved It is very strong, and has a barred win dow. To this hut Hendrik carried the sn<-k, and, having untied the mouth, put it down on thc floor, and ran from Un ??lace, shutting tlie door behind him. In another moment th?.' poor little thin?; was out and dashing round the stone hut as though it were mad. Itsprungat thc bars of th'1 window, clung there, and beat its head against them till the blood came. Then it fell to the floor, and sal there crying like a child. and rocking it s?-lf backwards and forwards. It was so sad to see it that 1 began to cry too. "Just then my father came in and asked what all the fuss was about. 1 told lum that we had caught a youn?; white baboon, anti he was angry, and said that it must be let go. But when he ! looked :;t it through the bars of the win ! dow he nearly fell down with astonish? ment. 'Why!' he said, 'this is not a baboon, it isa whit*- (-'nilli thai the baboons have stolon and brought up!" "Now, Mr. Allan, whether my fathei is right <>r wrong, you can judge for yourself. You see Hendrika-we named her that after Hendrik, who caught her -she is a woman, not a monkey, and y?-t sh?- has manv of the ways of mon? keys, and looks like one, too. You saw how sii" eau climb, lor instance, and von hear how sh?' talks. Also, she is verv sit vage, and when she is angry ot jealous sh.- seems to go mad, though she i-, as clever as. any body. 1 think that she must have been stolen hythe baboons when she was quite tiny and nurtured b\ them, and that is v. hy she is so I i la? tin tu. "But to go on. My fat her said that it was our duty to keep Hendrika at am e. . r. The worst of ir was that for three day s sh.- would >-.;t nothing, and I thought that -h-- would di,-, lor all the while she-sat and wailed-. On the third da w however. I weill to the bars of th" window ?'I iee an d held ..nt a cup of milk and som*? fruit to h^r. sh" looked at it f. -r a I Mig wini'', then crept iq? moan? ing. t<>ok iii" mils from ruy hand and drank i' -i.lily, and afterwards af* the fruit. From that lum- forward she took . foo,I rea. lily enough, I ?ut only it" I would j fe.-.] her. But I must t<-!l von of the ? dreadful end of Hendrik, From the , day that wc captured Hendrika the whole place began to swarm with b; boons which were evident!}* employed i watching the kraals. One day Ilendri went out towards the hills alone t gather some medicine. He did not con back again, so next day search w; made. By a big rock which I can sho you they found his scattered and broke bones, the fragments of his assegai ar four dead baboons. They had set upc him and torn him to pieces. "My father was very much frightent at this, but still he would not let Hoi drika go. because he said that she W? human, and that it was our duty to r claim her. And so we did-to a certai extent, at least. After the murder ( Hendrik the baboons vanished from tl: neighborhood, and have only retinue quite recently, so at length we venture to let Hendrika out. By this time sli had grown very fond of me; still on tl first opportunity she ran away. But i the evening she returned again. SI; had l>ecn seeking the baboons, and coul not find thom. Shortly afterwards sb began to speak-I taught her-and froT that time she has loved me so that si: will not leave me. I think it would ki her if I went away from her. SI watches me all day, and at night slee] on the floor of my hut. Once, too, si: saved my life when I was swept dow the river in flood; but she is jealous, an hates everybody else. Look how she ; glaring at you now l>ecause I am talkin to you!" I looked. Hendrika was trampin along with the child in lier arms an staring at me in a most sinister fashio out of the corners of lier eyes. While 1 wus reflecting on tho baboo woman's strange story, and thinkin that she was an exceedingly awkwar customer, the path took a sudden turn. "Look!" said Stella, "there is ot house. Is it not beautiful?*" It was beautiful indeed. Here on th western side of the great peak a bay ha been formed in the mountain, vvhic might have measured eight hundred or thousand yards across by three-quartci of a mile in depth. At the back of tl; indentation the sheer cliff rose to th height of several hundred feet, and b< hind it and above it the great Babya peak towered up towards the heavens. The space of ground, embraced thus i the arms of the mountain, as it wen was laid out, as though by the cunnin hand of man, in three terraces that ros one above thc other. To the right an left of tho topmost terrace were chasm in the clifF, and from each chasm fell waterfall, from no great height, indeec but of considerable volume. These tw streams flowed away on either side c the inclosed space, one toward the north and the other, the course of which w had been following, round the base of th mountain. At each terrace they made .cascade, so that the traveler approaehin had a view of eight waterfalls at once Along the edge of the stream to our lei were placed Kaffir kraals, built in ordei ly groups with verandas, after the Ba sutu fashion, and a very large part of th entire space of land was under cultiva tion. AU of this I noted at once, as wei as the extraordinary richness and dept! of the soil, which for many ages pasi hai been washed down from the mountaii heights. Then following the line of ai excellent wagon road, on which we nov found ourselves, that wound up fron terrace to terrace, my eye lit upon th crowning wonder of the scene. For h the center of the topmost platform o terrace, winch may have inclosed c?gh or ten acres of ground, and almost sur rounded by groves of orange tree* gleamed buildings of which I had neve seen the like. There were three group of them, one in the middle and one <.: either side, and a little to the rear; but as I afterwards discovered, thc plan o ail was thc same. In the center was ai odiiice constructed like an ordinary Zuh hut-that is to say, in the shape of : beehive, only it was five times the siz< of any hut I ever saw, and built o; blocks of hewn white marble, fitted to gether with extraordinary knowledge o: the principles and properties of arel building, and with so much accuracy and finish that it was often difficult tc find the fronts of the massive blocks From this center hut ran three eoverec passages, leading to other buildings ol an exactly similar character, only small er, and each whole block was inclosed by a marble wail about four feet ir height. Of course we were as yet too far off tc sec all these details, but the general out? line I saw at once, and it astonished me considerably. Even old Indaba-zimbi, whom the baboon woman had been lin? allie to move, deigned to show wonder. "Oh!" ho said, "this is a place of mar? vels. Who ever saw kraals built of white stone?" Stella watched our fares with an ex? pression of intense amusement, but said nothing. "Did your father build those kraals?" I gasped al length. "My father! no, of course not," she answered. "How would it have been possible for om- white man to do so, or lo have made this road? Ile found them as you soe." "Who built them, then?" I said again. "1 do not know. My father thinks that they are very ancient, for the peo pie who {?ve here nov.- do not know how to lay one stone upon another, and these huts are so wonderfully constructed that, though they must have stood for ages, not a stone of them had fallen. But I can show you the quarry where the niarl.le was cut; it is close by, and behind it is the entrance to an ancient mine, which my father thinks was a silver mine. Perhaps tin? pee ?pie who worked th?! mine built the maride hut*. The world is old, and no doubt plenty of people have lived in it and been for gott( n." Then we rode on in silence. I have so n many beautiful sights in Africa, and in such malters, as in others, com? parisons are oil ions and worthless, but I do not think that I ever saw a lovelier scene. It was no one thing-it was tho combination of the mighty peak looking forth <>n to the everlasting plains, the great cl?JTs, waterfall:- that sparkled i . - . s. ??v. -i i ue 11 .eis girdling t he . iva:< d ?ands, the g"U specked .?!. of sin- oran e tree-:, rbe flashing d>?i<v->??f ;I,,, marble ?mts. and a thou? sand etli?T tli!lt;;S. Ti urn overall brooded the peace evening, and the infinite glory ol the sunset * "int lilied heaven with chan ing hues of splendor, that wrapped the mountain and eiilT-; in cloaks ol purple and of gold.and lay up >n th- qu j.-t face (if i ho water like the smile ot ,i god. Perhaps also, thc contrast and the memory of those three awful days and nights iti the hopeless desert enhanced the charm, and perhaps the beauty-of the girl v. "ho walked beside nie com pithed it. Kor of this I am sure, that of all sweet an I lovely things thal I looked on tn. u. sh?: the sweetest and the love liest. Ah, it. did ii"t take me long to find iny fate. How long will it be Indore I (ind her once again? [Te BK COKTIMTED J The Boom for Tillman. Tbere are itt various quarters of tbe State distinct evidences of a boom for B. R. Tillman, of Edgefield for Gov? ernor, and the indications now are that if the March Convention nominates a State ticket Mr. Tillman will be at the bead of it. We do not scruple to say that if we had no other reason to oppose nomina? tions at that time, we would oppose them solely because of the probability that Mr. Tillman will be nominated. There is much in his career and char? acteristics to catch the popular fancy. He was the leader in the movement for the increase of tbe power of tbe farmer and more consideration for bis interests and wishes in the management of our State affairs. He has a hammer and tongs way of going at things which, while it is not graceful and is somewhat too noisy and at times awkward, is un? deniably effective. And bis methods were such as were needed in the work be undertook. Rough, bard, and some? times reckless hitting was required and was done. His ability is beyond ques? tion . It is, however, the history of revolu? tions tb at their leaders have rarely been the men to secure the be9t effects from them. Mr. Tillman is a good field fighter and has done good service but it is not likely that he will be successful as a nominee or as governor. His pre? judices are bitter, his animosities are inteose. He lacks conservatism and the wise poise that balances between dangerous extremes He is aa irritan' and we need a bealing force ; there is no sense in putting a mustard plaster on a surface where a poultice is requir? ed. Furthermore, it should not be for? gotten that Mr. Tillman first appeared before the public as a disinterested re? former, asking no office. As a candi? date for any place be could not have commanded the confidence and atten? tion he received. An attempt by him, or by his friends for htm, to take ad? vantage of the movement he started on that pretest to gather in for himself the highest office in the State in the first campaign io which success seems as? sured, will, we think, weaken the movement itself and expose Mr. Till? man's motive to grave suspicions, "1 told you so bis friends will find de? fence difficult; the impartial will be likely to conclude that they have been again deceived ; that the man they trusted as a sincere reformer and pa? triotic leader animated only by love for bis class and State is only, after all an office seeker in a new and skillful dis? guise. Mr. Tillman's political alliances and combinations have been unfortunate aud disastrous ; in some important positions and statements be bas been unpleas? antly tripped. All these things will be used against bim with effect during a warm campaign, and the probabilities are that if he is again put at the head of the Farmer's Movement he who gave it life and motion will lead it to defeat as he did once before. Betweeu two extremes we would pre? fer the extreme ou our side and as be? tween Tillman and a representative of the element Tillmau has been fighting we are for Tillman. We would also prefer him to any dough-faced man who stands nobody knows how, or if be is with thc Farmer's Movement is with it in fear and trembling witb lines of re? treat secured. But there are men who are Farmer's Movement men, outspoken and firm, who would represent thc needs and wishes of the farmers, who possess the required combinations of courage and discretion, firmness and moderation and would execute their purposes without giving cause for alarm, distrust, or irritation. A great many people love Ben Tillman for the ene? mies be has made ; but it is safest to remember that those enemies are our' own brethren, our fellow citizens and fellow Democrats to whom we are bouod to give credit for being as honest and patriotic in their opinions as we are in ours. We may differ and struggle over j the manner and direction of the steer? ing; but we are all in the boat together after all and tbere is no sense in forciug ? to the helm a man who will drive any? body overboard. it is as well to say in advance of; question, that the Greenville News has no candidate in view. Any one of a dozen geutlemen in the State would be as acceptable to us as any other ; and any oue of them, we think, would be a , stronger candidate and a safer governor than Mr. Tillman -G reen rill? News. Sensible Advice for. the Pres? ervation of Pork. A writer in the Nashville American says: As the question of spoiled meat and thc killing of many hogs still in the hands of farmers is the all-absoib ing topic, it is becoming a serious mat? ter with many of us "horny handed farmers " Incidentally I learned yesterday that Mr. Forbes, who is a new-comer from Michigan, had a recipe for preserving meat, and for the benefit of my fellow farmers I took it upon myself to inter? view him on the (subject. Mr. Forbes informed me that five years ago he killed hogs in Michigan weighing 3<'0 pounds, and saved his meat and says he has followed the practice lor forty years or more, and has never lost a piece. He ?says: Get new casks (as many as is requisite for your purpose.) kill vour hogs, letting them g?'t as cool as possi? ble, taking care to get all the animal heat out, trimming the hams and shoul I den? as usual. Then out. the ham in i the middle at the joint, removing a hone I that overlays the joint something similar j to thc knee cap in the human. At that joint you will find a watery sul-stance, ! and there is where the ham invariably j begins to spoil. In addition take off : the hock also nt the joint. I J.* joint thc : shoulders in the same way, packing the I hams and shoulders in separate casks, i fitting the pieces as well as circum I stances will permit Make a brine of I salt, saltpetre and brown sugar, in pro 1 portion to two ounces of saltpetre to one ! . quart, of salt, and two pounds of brown sugar to half bushel of salt, the brine to he sufficiently strong to hear up an egg. j Then pour in your brine until the meat i is fuliy covered, weighting it so as to keep it all times fully submerged, j In from ten to twenty days, accord j ing to the sis? of lb? meat, remove fruin the casks aod bang as usual This gives the beautiful red-looking hams we have seen so often in first-class retail grocery houses. The middlings should bs cut in six-inch strips crosswise, taking care to remove all the lean part that lies nearest the backbone. Then cover the bottom of the cask with clean, dry salt, packing in the slips as closely as possible, beginning at the outer edge and packing edgewise, covering each layer with salt. After letting it stand that way for five days make a brine with clear, cold wafer, using all the salt that the water will dissolve, filling tbe cask with the brine, fully submerging, as in case of the hams and shoulders. Never remove the pieces except as needed for use. Mr Forbes says this is the prac? tice amongst the Michigan farmers. He followed tbe plan all his life and he bas never lost a piece of meat. A Word of Caution to the Farmers, The farmers had better "watch," not Tom this time, but those newspapers in the State that are urging them to nom? inate a State ticket at the convention to be held in Columbia next month. . We suspect that some of the papers at least are not acting from the best of motives. They are, under the guise of friendship, trying to get the farmers to do the very thing which they know will greatly en? danger tbe success and prosperity of their organization. And if the farmers should follow their advice or be goaded into making nominations for State offi? cers by the taunts of certain parties, these pretensive friends of the farmers would quietly laugh in their sleeks at the success of their strategy. The farmers, therefore bad better be ou their guard.-Lancaster Review. Gen. Kennedy for Governor*. Now that the time is fast approach? ing when Governor Richardson's suc? cessor must be nominated, it is fit and proper for each country paper in the State to nominate its favorite candidate. With all the deference to the good and true men already nominated, we would suggest that that sterling son of Caro? lina, he who served her on many a battlefield ; io the State Senate, both as a member and as its president, while Lieutenant-Governor ; and a diplomat in foreign fields-John D. Kennedy, of Camden-be made Governor of Sooth Carolina. In all places of high honor he has served his State well. While consul general at Shanghai, China, he so endeared himself to all people, irre? spective of race, that they sent a peti? tion to Harrison, praying bis con? tinuance io office there. Harrison's refusing to do so will prove a blessing in disgnise to our State, if the people will elect Gen. Kennedy their Gover? nor.- Graham Ne ?rs. Major C. J. C. Hutson. It is rather early, we admit, to begin to agitate political matters in the State, but nominations are always in order, and the suggestion of the names of good men for the State offices will give the people something to think of and talk about until the conventions settle thc question for the party and place the ticket in the field. Without entering ir.r.) a lengthy argument why we should or should not make nominations at an ! parly or late day, the Guardian begs leave to present, for Lieutenant Gover? nor, one of the best qualified, most popular and clean-handed men in the State-a favored representative of Hampton, who has served the county long and well, and a favorite in this section. We refer to Major C. J. C Hutson, who since 1878 bas occupied a prominent position io the councils of the State, botb as a legislator aod as a member of the Executive Commit? tee, and has also honored himself and the people in various ways in different conventions. He is modest, yet full of force and vitality ; he does not, nor will not, scramble for political prefer? ment, and is worthy to hold any place, howsoever high, in the gift of the peo? ple. As a gentleman in every respect ! competent and meritorious, the Guar? dian nominates Major Hutson for Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, without consulting him and subject to the action of the party at its nomina? ting convention -Hampton Guardian Mr. Chamberlain's Dodge. The Aiken Recorder says it is thought that Mr. Chamberlain, the receiver of the South Carolma Railway, and those interested parties st his back will be outwitted in their efforts to nave j suits brought to compel the payment cf I the unpaid State taxes, and incidentally ? test the legality of the coupons of the tepudiated bonds as a tender therefor There aro said to be other ways of meeting the issue, and besides that some think that the road will be out of the receivers's hands within nine months and in the hands of those who will bc willing to pay its taxes in law? ful money. The ivraie Treasurer has therefore instructed the County Treas? urers not to issue executions against the Railway Company, but to await further instructions before taking any action. It is said that, a large amount of the South Car lina railroad bonds are owned by three !ar?e insurance companies in New York, who are also holders of the repudiated State bonds, and it was thc desire of these parties to have a test case made in thc United States Court. In an address delivered before the Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte, North Carolina, a few days ago. Mayor McDowell made the following sensible remarks: '.Encourage your home pa? per and help build it np, for culture, intelligence and public sentiments of a , city are often gauged by the character j of thc paper it supports. Kvcry place of importonce must have the mighty ; aid of the press, ajournai that will pnb- j lish to the world its advantages, its life, its wares, its manufactories; and re? flect like a mirror its daily acts, deeds and progress of its people. I make the statement that an able, dignified, con? servative and progressive newspaper is of far more rea! benefit toward adver? tising, stimulating and building a city than any other ono agency or enter? prise tbat the eau possess.' Lottery Profits. Some Facts for the Perusal of TJiose Deluded Mortals Who Patronize the Louisiana Lottery. The attempt to secure a charter for the Louisiana Lottery Company from the North Dakota Legislature has served to bring that gigantic combina? tion for gambling prominently before the public. Its existence has long been a disgrace to the State and to the nation, but so quietly does it do its work that few are aware of the magnitude of its operations. It has learned that too much publicity is not good for it, and that systematic, quiet effort will bring to it more dupes than conspicuous advertising. But, like the cuttle fiah, its tentacles stretch out in every direc? tion and draw to it victims, from whom it sucks it<> ?^ancTal life blood. The Louisiana Lottery has now been io existence about twenty-two years, and if the reports of its income are trustworthy, it has received during that time several hundred millions of dollars. An estimate recently made of its 'an? nual income gave the following as the receipts for a recent year through dif? ferent classes of letters : Class. Daily. Monthly Yearly. Registered, $30,000 $900,000 $10,950,000 Postal order, 30,000 900 OOO 10,950,OOO Ordinary, 7,500 225 OOO 2,737,000 $67,500 $2,025;000 $24 637.,500 These figures are said to be 4'frozen facts/' and capable of veri?cation. The letters received by the company are reported to average at least fr,OOO a day, or about one-third of the total mail going to New Orleans, a city of about 250,000 people. The outgoing lottery mail is estimated to be nearly 12,000 letters a day, or two-thirds of the mail going from New Orleans. These facts and figures will serve to show the gigantic proportions of this lottery scheme. Of the ?25.000.000 it receives annually not one-third goes back in prizes. Of the cost of opera? ting the business no one but those inti? mately concerned in its affairs can give a trustworthy estimate. But they are probably not one-half the gross profits, leaving $8,OOO,000 as the net revenue which the company derives from its business. For this enormous sum it makes no return to the country. It produces nothing and consumes every? thing. The $25,000,000 a year it re? ceives might as well be dumped into the sea for all the good it does the country. It is a dead loss. It is squandered, dissipated, wasted and thrown away, entailing greater financial loss upon the country than the phenomenal storm of last June, which wiped one whole city out of existence and brought desolation to many valleys. If this were the only injury this lot? tery scheme inflicted the country could bear it. But the moral damage it does is far greater than the material. Hun? dreds of thousands of youths and grown men and women are allured by its at? tractive circulars, and invest their hard earned dollars in this sink of money. Offe venture does not satisfy them, but, trussing to luck for a turn in the wheel of fortune, they go on year after year gambling in tickets. They become morally demoralised, rio State- nas suf? fered more from this disreputable busi ness than California, the amount which goes from that State to the Louisiana Lottery being estimated at $'200,000 a month. Earnest efforts have according? ly been made to break it up, and to prove to its victims how they are fleeced the following table was constructed, showiog the amounts to be won and the odds against winning : 99.999 to one against winning ?15 ?00 49,999 to coe against winning 5,000 33 332 to one against winning 2 000 19.999 to one against winning 1,000 11,110 to one against winning 500 3 447 to one against winning 100 1.265 to one against winning 50 357 to one against winning 30 172 to one against winning' 20 84 to one against winning 10 45 to one against winning; 5 In other words, the chances agai&st an investor winning range from nine to one to twenty to one. The efforts to break up this gigantic swindling business have thus far proved futile. It has been able to circumvent the attempts of the goverment to exclude it from the mails and to shield itself under the protection or thc ?ta?e ! government from which it derives its charter. But the storm of popular dis? sent aroused by the attempt to obtain a charter from the North Dakota Legisla? ture shown how strongly public opinion is opposed to the whole business, and to this power the Louisiana Lottery, like every other obnoxious thing, will have to surrender eventually.-Phil adelphia Press. - - - - An Odd Journal. The oddest journal in the metropolis is the so-called newspaper published by the Mongolians of Mott street. It is written with a camel's hair pencil upon vermilion paper and is pasted upon the wall of No. 10 of that thoroughfare and on the two large telegraph poles which stands between Chatham Square and Pell street. All day long it is read find studied by slmood-eved crowds. Even in the evenings, s belated laundryman eau be seen run? ning his eyes over its tea-chest char? acters. Yesterday I was one of the throng, and thanks to a friend who is a good Chinese scholar, was enabled to get a fair knowledge of the day's issue. There was considerable similarity be? tween it and our own dailies. There was the last proclamation from the Em? peror of China : a communication from the Embassy at Washington ; a letter from thc Consul ; an account of an anti-Chinese outrage in Idaho; a news item of a flood in China * a dozen of "Want ads a few laundries for sale ; a death notice and a call for a meeting cf some benevolent society. The editors are called scribes, and write at the order of their customers, charging a good figure for their skill with the brush. The favorite editor is said to make as high as ??20 a day ; but., beyond, his editorial work, ho writes card", literary compositions and prayer tickets for his customers. One feature of this journal is worthy of imitation. If a member of a trades uuion is thrown out of em? ployment, he puts upa nt tree to that effect, and thereupon every other" mem? ber is bound to help him to a job. The resuit is that within twenty-four' hours the applicant usually ??s a nom*' ber of offers from every sort of busi? ness in which Mongolians engage, if he is sick, be or a friend announces it in a similar notice, and bis society thereupon sends bim a doctor and a committee to nurse ??d take care of him Until he ts well. If impecunious, they pay all his expenses, even going so far as to settle bis rent.-New YorU Star. Who Can Join the Alliance ? E P. Srackhouse, President of the* South Carolina State Alliance, aoswerrf the question as follows:' Factory operatives are not eligible* to membership in the Farmers* Alliance' and Industrial Union. "Country physicians" only ?re ?Hgf ble to membership. The ''Clerk of the County Court/'' if a farmer, or otherwise entitled to* membership, is not rendered ineligible' because be lives in town. The man "who keeps stabl?s*, ?nr? speculates on horses, mules, hogs, etc," is not eligible, although' Be otfns af farm. The fact Chat town and city mer1-" chanics are now eligible would not justify the reception of a "manufact? urer" and "dealer"' in buggies, coffins. etc. He should be regarded as ar speculator. - i wm tu ^ No Chairman Elected. In accordance with the call issued"? for a Special meeting of the State Demo? cratic Executive Committee to accepi the resignation of Judge Izlar as chairman and select another in bis1 place, eight members met st tba1 Carolina Bank last night, Although seven constitute a quorum, it was1 finally decided 'o postpone sc??o?, a?<~? the meeting adjourned until tfie 13th' of March, when another meeting w?r? be held, at wbicb it ie boped tbere will be a larger attendance. Letters aod telegrams expressing regret at inability to attend were received from a number of the absentees.-Columbia Register t 21st. They Most Make Conned-* tions. Tbe Attorney General n?s written td the Railroad Commission giving hi*, opiniou, as requested, on the subject of the compellability of thc railroads" t?o* make cloie connections at Columbia of trains from Cnariestoin w?t? those of tue Richmond and Danville going tc' the up country. He informs ttre Commis? sioners that th? railroads can undoubt? edly be made to do so ; if the chang? is* necessary to serve the public properly, and that if the railroads do not make' the connections when requested by the* Commission, on the matter being re? ported to bim in his official capacity her will take steps to' compel the railroads' to do so. The railroads concerned, the' Coast Line,, Seeth Carolina and Rich? mond and Danville, have been notified^ ! by the Commissioners, but as yet have made no response. -Columuta Regider; tf?thout a Rivai Any*?*her?. The February issac cf Th? Southern Cult*-* vator places it far in the lead of all other' agricultural periodicals. Fo its make-op The* Cultivator is the gem of journals, and beyonrf ail cavil is without a rival enywh?r?. lt doe9 not base its merit on the fame 0* one" man, or any set of men, nut solely on that of its own pages, which reflecting the views and? sentiments of the farmers of the South, con? stitutes it a true representative journal. Tt is* the oldest agricultural journal in the South r it has never lost its individuality or its dis? tinctive character ; it unites the vigor and' brightness of the present with the wisdom and experience of the past, blending: togetSfef in a harmonious whole, new theories', new' motives and new scientific developments with" that which the test of time has proven to he meritorious: the experience of the ??any are" brought out for the benefit of th? many, lt challenges' the admiration of aTl, fis if is WOT thy*the confidence and support of every cii?-' zen of the South who loves bis section and cherishes its enterprises. Its many departments are filled to e*?ef Sowing with the choicest matter strifed to this? section, and" to enumerate theni would fill a; column. The Alliance department, to which' Hon. VV. J. Northen, President of the Geor? gia State Agricultural Society, devotes much: of his time and talent, affords ? splendid* insight into the workings and progress Of that, organization being very full and wortny ot the brec?al attention of the members of the Al fiance. The paper of Prof. J. fi. Mille*, Georgia's great scientist, on "Have W? peace' yellows ic Georgia?'' is won ii the subscrip-. tion price for several years. The portrait of Capt. Zacharias Jordon Drake, of South Caro? lina, who made 255 bushels of corn per acre, and a view of the prize corn field, is gived? along with the mode of culture. The Culti? vator should be found ia every home. Pric?r only 51 per annum. Mr. Stanley's Personal Narrative. The interesting fact is announced by Messrs ; Charles Scrinner's Sons that they have ac? quired trom Mr. Henry M. Stanley alt the. American rights for his personal narrative of the expedition for the relief of Emin Pashs. Prior to ilie appearance of the complet? work, Scribner's Magazine will publish an article* upon his last journey by Mr. Stanley. It will! be illustrated and is certain to be as impor? tant a contribution as any that has ever appeared in an American Magazine. Readers may have noticed that Mr. I?erberf Ward, who was one of Stanley's officers, makes no mention of the expedition in the article recounting his experiences upon the Congo, which appears in Scribner's for Feb? ruary, the fact bfing that Mr. Stanley has reserved the sole r;g!:t to' ?escribe this most remarkable of all his African ut.dertaking?. - - .**- --- OUR VEKY BK?I PtOFLE. 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