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For particulars apply to C. M. Best, Or at tiiis ufike. BKOGDON'S, S. C. 7er.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. rELY PURE "CAST OUT BUT NOT FORSAKEN." c <$ / BERNARD BIGSBY* Atrttor of the ? CofcneJ of the Fourth," and ,,. Other Successful Stories. CHAPTER XVL AN EVBOKSS ??DES. There were strange doing* in that chamber in the woods, Arthur Dunbar thought, when he awoke the morning after Aaron Gore's untimely end; for how could the corpse have been re moved without his awakening? And where had the Cingalese girl betaken herself? Yes, he was alone; and the object of his sadden desertion filled him with surprise. That his young nurse had left him for good was self-apparent, for she had tied the dog by a piece of cord to the root of a tree at the entrance of the rude apartment. De was half glad to be alono, yet re gretful that the opportunity had been denied him of making her understand how grateful he was for her tender solicitude, especially when he saw that to the last she had been mindful of his interests; for his knapsack, rifle and ammunition were placed ready to his hand, and a skin bag Icy beside them filled with dried meat and the heavy, sodden maize cakes, which did duty for bread in that region. All those prepar ations spoke as plainly as words that the unknown friends, who had been playing special providence to him, meant him to take his immediate departure. His first act was to examine the out side of the dwelling which had so long afforded him shelter. He found it to be simply a cave in the solid rock, partly natural, partly the work of man, and doubtless one of the many little temples of Buddha, abandoned as a place of worship centuries ago, which are to be found all over this interesting country. His next task was to exam ine Gore*s papers, the most valuable of which was a chart and a long descrip tion of the country he would have to travel. From this it appeared that he was even now within a few days march of the place where Capt. Prank Archer had carried the victim of his treachery. This was described us a ruined city. Arthur Dunbar had read enough to know that there were hundreds of such mysterious ruins scattered ovcrthe face of the country, even in neighborhoods now almost inaccessible?cities of re mote eras, displaying in their molder ing fragments relics of a civilization far in advance of the barbarian inhabitants scattered over the miserable villages in the present day. Needless to relate Arthur's tramp over the rough path throx^gh the woods, of the risks he ran and the dangers he encountered. Behold him as ho stops from the dark shadows c-i the fcrcr.t or.c moonlight night into the broad expanse of a love ly plain, and gazes awestruck rft the ruins of a city, once magnificent, whose grandeur has vanished like a tale that is told. The palaces have fallen, the walls have tottered to their foundation, the leopard crouches In the porch of the temple., the owl roosts in its cascineut/s, the jackal roams its deserted streets. Only the great granite slabs of Buddha, mocking times stand perfect in their lone ly grandeur. Gigantic idols, before whom millions once bowed, vacantly stare at the utter desolation. No man can say what fate befell those hosts of heathens, who, centuries before the ttme of Christ* trod the streets of this once fair dty. Arthur Dunbar gazed at tho sight tn solemn awe; then, calling the dog to his sides be sought shelter under a ruined gateway, to await the dawn of the day, which he knew would be so fateful to him. His hours of precious sleep were short. When the blazing sun dawned, he realized more fully the beauty of his surroundings. He was on tine vergo of a plain studded with beautiful trees, aaaong which the palm towered lu graceful majesty. Peacocks spread their gaudy plum?jro as they strutted over the green turf, pelicans floated like huge balls of snow in the air, and gTeat white land cranes stood as still as though they were carved in marble. But hark! the gurgling, sweet, soft sounds of the bulbul and the crooning melody of the jungle partridge. But Dun bar's spirit was too vexed for him to revel in tho glory of beautiful 6cencry; for he fully realized the dan gers of his position. Keeping under the shadows of tho crumbling walls ho. threaded his way through the labyrinth of ruins, his dog THROUGH THE LABYRINTH OF KUINS. weil at he< 1, and every sense ate for i a coming peril: but. the only things which startled him were the huge liz ard .s which t -utti' -1 away to tu ir hiirs in the recks. As :'<?r the l>ir!s an i monkeys, they paid no attention to liita, for most of them were sacred animals among the natives and utterly indiffer ent to the approach of miiit's footsteps. No sign of human habitation junojaff these dismantled halls. Ah, yes?th? 6ccnc bursts upon him with startling suddenness?an open clearing:, a spa cious wooden house with a broad veran dah, a well built bung-alow, in fact, and, sitting on a rocking- chair, a man, while another stands beside him rifle in hand ; and evidently equipped for a hunting [ expedition?and, both Europc-aos. Before ho can stay him, the dog has sprung from his side and is fawningly caressing- the man reclining on the chair, literally howling- in the eestacy of Iiis joy at the meeting-. Dcforc Dun bar can spring- behind the friendly shelter of a rock, tl>e man with the rille advances and challenges him. At a glance Dunbar assured himself that the tall, erect, handsome man of fifty approaching- him was the re<kmbt able Frank Archer, and ho had shrewd suspicions that the one in the chair was Sir Ilarry Grahamc. The young American had nc time to prepare a story suitable to the occa sion, thrust as he was by accident into j the hoot of the adventure; and tt w-aa | very creditable to his natftral courajre ami peace of mind that be advanced without a tremor on bts handsome countenance?nay, even with a smile. "I prcsumo I have the honor of ad dressing- Capt. Archer?* be asked. "What do you want with Copt Archer?" was the stern response, neither denying nor admitting the identity. '4 So me papers belonging to him have accidentally fallen into my possession, and I have come a tedious journey to restore them to him." "That, is very kind of you. May I ask, sir, how you came by these docu ments? My name is Archer, an 1 they are doubtless mine." "By the oddest accident that ever be fell mo," Dunbar said, frankly. "? bave been on a shooting expedition up the country. Coming- down the lake I was attracted by a stream that led in land, and following its courso reached a place in the woods where I could land. Hero I was abandoned by my coolies, and had a rough time of it. Chance led me to a deserted temple, where I found a white man lying in the agonies of death. lie bad just time to give me the papers he was car rying- to you and extort a promise from me that I would deliver them to you when he breathed his last. Voila tout! 1 am here?*' "You said, sir, I think, that yon were coming- dvizn the lake, when this hap pened 7* Dunbar saw in a moment the impor tance of the question, and resolved on equ vocation. "What I said I meant,*' ho replied sternly, "but, bed I known that my exertions would be so little appreciated. I-" His boldness disarmed suspicion. "Nay, my dear si?, do not feel disap pointed at your reception. I have rea son to know that persons were coming up the river, whose motives were rot as friendly as yours. You have done me a great service by bringing me these papers, and another by affording me the opportunity of welcoming- ? coun tryman to these wilds, whore white vis itors are as raie a? they arc highly osteemed. Pray, let me take you to your quarters?" Dunbar expressed his thanks without faltering, though be felt there was a something under the courteous manner and high-bred politeness of his host which would quick iy rise to the sur face if his real intentions were once fathomed?a case of the velvet glovo lined with a coat of mail. "By the bye," said Archer, as he Icq him toward the bungalow, "I must pre - pare you for a little unpleasant experi ence? t??e gentleman you see sitting on the verandah?you would not take him for a lunatic, now, would yon?^ "Indeed, I -would not," Arthur re plied, gazing- with interest on the hand some, though wasted, features of the in valid, who wa? fondling- the dog. "Yet he is mod as a March hare, as they say?not dangerously insane, but j crotchety. Why, my dear fellow, it is j for his sake that I am here; for they ! said that tlic climate and that sort of thing might have a b?n?ficiai e?ect on him?fact, I assure you." iTYoq are generosity itself, Capt. Archer-, now, what is the form of your friend's malady?" "Hysteria and tricks of the imagina tion?supposes himself to be persons of consequence?once he had the idea that he was the duke of Wellington; now I think his pet illusion is that he is Sir Curry Grahamo, the hero oi the In dian mutiny." "Ah, how ?ax?; but I have met ivKb. hundreds of such cases.*' "Yea, sad indeed, for the poor fellow is still in the. prime of lifo. And now, let me warn you. We humor these little tricks of the imagination." "Of course?I understand." "So that it would be kind of you to carry on the deception." Certainly. I will bo discreet.* ' Occasionally bo bre:iks out, In which case I have a reserve of brute force in the shape of a stout English man, once a trooper in my regiment, who has strength enough to manage him." "You did not tell me the name of your invalid, Capt Archer?" "No! And for family reasons I do not care to do so. With us ho goes by the name of the particular hero with whom he for the time being is identify ing himself." 'As Sir Hurry Grahame,for instance?" "Exactly. Now let me introduce you. By what name, by the bye?" Arthur Dunbar dashed boldly at a Pseudonym. "Arthur"?John Arthur," he said,with out a blush. "One of the Arthurs of Derbyshire?" "Exactly." "Then, by Jove, I know one of your kinsmen? I*icrs Calvorly Arthur, of the ^neon's Bays - as gay u. lad as ever crossed a horse or threw a main of dice." "Ah, poor Hers!" Dunbar ?ijhed, hypocritically. "Yes, poor beggar, he went to the dogs --!<? k, stock and barrel, but ho was a j^kx; sort l**forc he got into the ! hands of the Jews." Then followed the introduction totho baronet, who ackuowlcdjred the eerc mony with a vacant stare, and rxrtook himself again to stroking tin- dog's head, which the l<?ving creature had rested on bis knee, his brown eyes peering into his master's face with an intensity which -aus almost human in its mute express:* >n, l hmbarjrbsrf?v ?erapted Capt. Archer*? invitation spend a few days under nis hospitable-roof, his host assuring, him "hat thcr-. was an abundance of game i.. the nel 'hb ?rkood, and that ho would j entually send him on his way towards Colombo. To tell the truth, Capt. Arc!tor was rather glad of the young man's visit: first because it relieved the monotony of the dull life he led, : and secondly because it would be a gocxl card to play to send a young- man i of high family back to civilization with : man assuming to 1>.> Sir Harry Orahame was merely a harmless lunatic under the kind earc of friends who sacrificed their own comfort to give him the ben efit of a residence in a climate peculiar ly adapted for his particular malady. One glance at Joe Iiradkry, the re served brute force, the power behind the throne, was enough to convince Dunbar that he was a villain of the lowest type of human degradation, whose only redeeming quality was a blind love of ardent spirits which he drank morning, noon and night, and which kept him m a state of bemuddled stupor. Two native soi-vants completed the menage of this small establishment. One thing that had puzzled Dunbar was the at>scnce of the hordes of Cinga lese who were said to infest this region ?large villages of people living in a state of semi-barl>ar;sm, scories of whose ferocity and lawlessness had reached his ears in Colombo, where every one was eager to add his snare ta the terrible tales of their misdoings. De hod seen no sign of tnem; the coun try appeared almost uninhabited, and be came to the conclusion that the In formation which hod reached him bad been either exaggerated or was alto gether false. But, on the second day after his arrival, this plcosanjt delusion was dispelled; for just as they were about to start on a hunting excursion Capt Archer received a message by a runner, which brought a cloud on his brow and a torrent of strong words from his lips, "See here, Mr. Arthur," he said, *'I cannot go shooting with you this morn ing. It appears that the natives in tl>e village over yonder hill have got into a row about a white fellow they captured nearly a month ago, and who has been doing a turn at the paddle of a war canoe, for some atrocious crime against the community; for, though patient and far-enduring, these simple people will turn to avenge themselves at last." "I hardly understand you, Capt. Archer. Do you mean that yon arc auxious about the white man's safefy?" "Not a bit! Ho was caught red handed In crime?the brutal murder of a native boatman. Through my inter vention, they commuted the sentence of death to a term at the canoes, and nc ;v lie has escaped and I am afraid it will entail trouble on me." "How so?*' Well, do you not see that if it had not been for my interposition, he would have paid the penalty of his crime? but, ? cannot waste words of explana tion. The man is gone now, and I must go end help to find him.** "I can be oi no use, of course,** Dun bar said, coldly. v "Well, yes, indeed, yon might do me a great serviec. I should like to take Bradley with me, and if you would only look after my invalid friend while 1 am gone, I should be immensely grateful/' "Oh, that lean do with pleasure," Arthur replied, not too eagerly. "He will be of little trouble to yon just simply see that he does not wander away, and, above everything, do not contradict Mm. If he declares that be is Kiug Solomon, humor the freak of his imagination/' i%l will. How long will you be gone1? "tdo not know, but as-the fellow has got a good start, it will be acur night I robably before we return, I am sorry to appear so inhospitable, but we are living here in a very strained posi tion with regard to our neighbors, and 1 cannot afford to appear indifferent in a case like this." Arthur Dunbar witnessed the depar ture of his host and his villainous satel lite with the keenest satisfaction. Hardly were their backs turned than he was by the side of the baronet, who was sitting in his usual fashion on the broad verandah, with the dog, which never left him now, lying at Ids feet. "Sir Harry Graba mc,** Dunbar said, plunging at once in m?dias res, "try and 'rouse yourself. I havo come from Eng land to your assistance to rescue you from tho toils of your false friend, Archer." The Invalid simply glanced at the speaker, and said, in a low, careless tone: "Archer! Yes, Archer?capital fc> low, Frank Archcrf "He is your deadliest enemy?oh, ?O try and rouse yourself. Sir Harry." "But Bradley is a bocst, a drunken brute; be is very rough with Frank Archer and inc. When L. get well, 1 mean to kill Bradley, but dont say t told you sa" There was a look of pitiful imbecility In the man's face. The truth fiashed across Dunbar's brain?he was the vic tim of some noxious drug, doubtless ad ministered day by day, which sapped his intellect and left him In this chronic state of stupor. He resolved on mak ing one more appeal to the baronet's powers of memory. "Kate, your adopted daughter, Kate, seat me here to rescue you. She is breaking her heart with sorrow, fi?r they told her that you were dead." "Ah, Kate! Pretty, bonnic Kate! Kate with the golden hair! I always said the sunlight never left those soft tresses," he said, In a mild, dreamy manner, with a far-away look in his eyes. Suddenly his appearance under went a complete change. In an instant the vacant expression left his face, his eyes beamed with a fierce, savage fury, as he cried: "Eh! What! Kate Gra ham-j in danger! Dead, did you say? Speak! My brain is in a whirl, Kate., my little Kate, in danger, and 1 not by her side. Speak, or I will?" But before Dunbar's lips could frame the words, an incident occurred, which produced such a shock on his nerves that for the moment Sir Harry and Ids troubles were forgotten?the figure of a half-naked man, with limbs torn and j bleeding, sprang from the side of the j ( i;iv;.-lo\v to the veranda and-grasped Mm by tl??? .'irai [to be coxtisukd ] What Youinans H;is Done. L. V>T Youmans?the much abused j \j. Vv. You ai ana?can show a record of j practical 6crvico to farmers. He iutro- | Juccd and carried through the legis- j Utu c the anti-usury law of 1<S70-T7, j the bill requiring factors to pay the ; proceeds of talcs of cotton directly to the producers, the hill giving laudh rda j prior liens for rent and laborers first ! lien for labor, and the bill taxing the j farmer only ou pndu?e on hand Augu t 1st, so as to practically exempt cotton ! iu the growers1 hands. What on fica1 good can B !\ Till- 1 man show that he h i- ever ;ouo for the I l'armer ? -Greenville News. The Secretary uf State on Aug .'>d granted a charter to the Cotton Seed | Crasher Company, of Sur?ter, recently ' organized. Half of the capital stock, of $?,.00.0 bae been paid iu and viliooia Giving the People Light. The Lexington Dispatch argaes that the poll tax, being a constitutional one. can only be changed by a constitutional amendment, which mast bo submitted to the people for ratification, and that therefore the increase in the tax could not be made without the endorsement of the voters. This argument is inteuded to deceive. Governor Tiiiman and his friends are not in favor of changing the Constitution by amendment submitting the amendments to the judgment of the people, but of making a bran new Coo.-?titution, and not permitting the people to vote for or against it after it is made. The records of the Legisla ture for several sessions show that the Tiilmanites have always favored a new Constitution and the anti-Tillmanites have always protested that if changes were necessary they should be made by amendment, giving the people a chance to vote on each question. Here are further proofs that the Tiii man policy is to prevent the people from deciding such matters for themselves, and that the interests of poor men are threatened by him and his coat-tail members of the Legislature. At the last session of the Legislature, 'fill man's friends tried to call a Constitu tional convention. The resolution to that effect came up in the Seuate De cember 1. Senator Smythe, of Charleston, (Conservative), proposed an amendment that, when framed, the new Constitution be submitted to the people. Senator Sloan, of llichland, (Conservative,) seconded the motion. The Tillmanite Senators fought it. It was defeated by a vote 25 to 11, the Tiilmanites voting agaiust it solidly. Senator Sioan then offered an amend ment that- the new Constitution should retain the present 2-mill tax for school purposes. The Tiilmanites voted that down also?31 to 5. The call for a convention then passed by a vote of 26 to 10, every Tillmanite voting for it, all but one of the Conservatives against it. The State said next day: "The Senate majority is on record as against allowing the people to pass upon their own basic law, and agaiust perpetuating for them the fund which maintains their free schools. If the Administra tion can stand these acts, we can." The Administration is, however, try ing to run away from them. Again : The resolution calling a con vention camo ud id the House, Decem bcr 11. Mr. Abney of llichland (Conservative) moved an amendment that before the new Constitution go into effect it be ratified by a vote of the peo ple. Messrs. Abney, Hazard, Hughes and Haskell (Conservatives) spoke in favor of the amendment. The Tillman coat-tail swingers fought it. Mr. Has kell said t h ht 4 he who votes against it votes to stifle the voice of the people and to curtail their rights," but it was voted down, cC to 48, all the Conserva tives and some Tiilmanites favoring it. Mr. Haskell moved that the new Con stitution retain the provisions securing a homestead to the people and the pres ent 2-mill school tax. On motion of Mr. John Gary Evans (Tillmanite) it was voted, down, 71 to 32 The reso lution to call the convention finally failed in the House for lack of a two thirds majority ; and its failure was one of the acts for which Governor Tillman subsequently denounced the "drift wood.''?The State. The Republicans and the Civil Service. No party ever had a fuller opportu nity to redeem its pledges than the Re publicans had during the two years when they controlled both Houses of Congress as well as the Executive. Their power was complete and unobstructed, their re sponsibility absolute. What the out come has been we know. On the credit side of the account appears a strict ob servance of the civil servtee law as far as it reached, the introduction of the sys tem into the navy-yards by Secretary Tracy, a few smail extensions of the scope of the law in other branches of the service, and the appointment of an ex cellent Civel Service Commission. But what do we find on the other side of the account? A fiat refusal, in ppite of the urgent recommendation of the Civil Service Commission, to extend the sya temt to the Census Bureau and to a larger number of p<-8t offices and r? verai'* offices, to which it certainly was applicable; the protection, by members of the administration, of employes who have violated the statute against political assessment.-; the failure to repeal any law "at variance with the object of existing reform legislation**; a glaring disregard of "the spirit and purpose of tbe reform" in Executive appointments aud rcniovalr; and, finally, the most un blushing employaient of persons in the public service in * 'ru nnin g ''caucuses and l<>cal cou vent ions to procure the election of delegates to the National Convention favorable to the nomination of President Harrison for a second term, aud in con trolling the National Convention itself. ?Harpers Weekly. A New Micro bo In the weekly medical article which we republish Iron: the Herald's Euro pean edition, our foreign correspondent r? cordn a remarkable application of the tu'erotic which J u-i?hr found fatal to rats T h essai y has recently been invaded by !i( ill rats which threatened to destroy the crops of the country. And in order ; to check their incursions, the Greek " government summoned this bactcriolog- j i.-t to devise an effective method of j killing the invaders. After studying ! the sUbceptibiHty of field rats to the in- j faction uf tiie new bacillus, he found that they were as easily destroyed ay its infection an ordinary city rats. Pieces of bread soaked in calluses of the deadly mii-rube were .-pu :. ; broadcast over the ! fii his of The.-saly, and now it is report- j cd the rat* nave been deCimuted uau , the plains . hewn ?v11h their dead bod- j IC?:. This experiment is instructive a.- de- \ m o.ti Ft rating -vy eonclusivly th.: two-: tetiolojiical ;: m vif many lata! diseases. N. V. lierai J. It is s.;id ih:t Cleveland and ^tcv. son, Harrison and Keid are all members f the Ptcsbyteriau church. The.v all A Review of the Polical Sit uation. New York Herald. For once we have a Presidential cam paign which opens with do declaration of political changes on the part of distinguished men I have watched the newspapers carefully, hut if there id - any disposition to shift on the part of ' prominent citizeus there are no outward signs. The democratic leaders talk of a great silent vote which will be given to Mr. Cleveland. As absolute silence 1 attends this class cf voting, the indica tions are not yet visible. The silence of Senator Hill is still significant. Likewise that of Mr. Blaine. lloth men were defeated for Presidential nominations by their res pective parties. Both have fallowings. ! especially Mr. Blair; e, and both are 1 showiDg supreme indifference at this time. i There is some excuse for Mr. Blsine in his domestic affliction and natural , desire to remain in c h 3 present oat of , cootact with the political world. I hear from Bar Harbor that he is in unusual > good health, that he is living in abso lute seclusion, and that he has declared , for the present he will neither talk nor write upon political matters. Nothing could render the republican party a greater service now than a ringing, en thusiastic appeal from Mr. Blaine. It is plain that the republicans must make a strong fight in the States of New York, New Jersey and Connecti cut. With these three States they j may feel secure. New Jersey is splen did fighting ground this year. Outside of the lower tier of the counties it is an industrial State. The democratic record under Abbctt has been a shame ful one. With a strong republican nominee for Governor, the republicans I will stand an excellent chance of sweep ing the State into the Harrison column. It is Cleveland's native State, but that fact does not enter largely into the eqiatioo. In Connecticut also much will depend upon the State tickets, but the chances are more than favorable to the republicans on the issue of protco i tton and free trade. I There is republican lukewarm cess I and disseusion ia New York, which ! must be looked after before Mr. Harri ! son can reasonably claim the State. I have been assured that all differences would be promptly healed, but Mr. Platt is stiil waiting to be placated. What bis terms are I do Dot know, but Mr. Harrisou does. The fact that Harrity, the manager of the democratic campaign, holds on to the Secretaryship of Pennsylvania, while Carter, the obairmnn of the repub lican committee, has resigned a good federal office, is a point in favor of the I republicans. j The labor troubles it Homestead arc I rapidly settling themselves. It turns ' out sow that the fight out there does not turn so much upon the 'juesticn of I wages aa the determinaion of the big iron manufacturers to be rid of the j interference of the labor organizations. ! It is the capitalist's battle against trades unionism. This eliminates the protec tion issue very largely and is a disap pointment to the democrats. There is talk in this city of an anti Tammany democratic local ticket. Whitney is laboring to suppress the movement and he will probably succeed. < He does not want Tammany exasper ated at this time. I think that the democrats are rather more encouraged than they were a week ago, but the situation, as I see it, is not materially changed. Neither party can as yet boast of enthusiasm or har mony. In this Siate the republicans have the advantage in intelligent organ ization, ar.d they arc going earnestly aud systematically to work. John A. Cockeuill. It is boldly stated by some of TilI man's followers that he is'notiu favor of a property and educational qualifica tion for voters, and that this is only a . device of the opposition. Nearly five! years ago Gov. Tillman put himself on record as favoring a property or educa I tional qualification for suffrage, and he has never retracted die statement mad* ! at the time, lie was then arguing in favor of a constitutional convention, , and he is consistently hammering on that line today. In bis speech at Ches ter on last Saturday, he is reported as follows: '*l stand here and say that unless we have property and educational qualifications, we will be under the nezro rule. * * * It would be better to lose a few white votes than to be put und'?r negro rule.'' There is no doubt about the Governor's position, , and it is idle to deny that he stands ready to deprive white men of their right to'vote, unless they have property or education. Four years ago he advo- j catcd it, aud four days ago he did the \ same th.ing. Is ho the frieud of the poor man V?Greenville Mountaneer. At their meeting in Columbia la<t week the Prohibition State committee adopted a resolution ^appointing the 5J and 4th Sundayfl in August, being the Sundays immediately preceding the election, for special prayer iu the lurches throughout the State for the success of the cause, ami requests were made :iri!?n? the clergy of the various denominations in the Sta'e to carry into effect this suggestion el the commit tee:1 The Obscrvi r hopes tha? the churches will pay r.o attention to this request, j If a minister want.- to preach prohibition j and temperance he no doubt has a right t<> do so : hat to inject the prohibition ! question ir.:<> a religious gathering on the Sabbath, at this time, when it is so saturated with politics is little less than desecration of the place and the day.? \ Newbc-rry Ob.Mrver. -- -OTif - If you arc too poor to ;>ay your three do!la?s pull tax?if you have been sick or out of work or your crop has failed ? ;i>u need not go to jail. There will I be a nie.- chain gat; g provided for voa t where you can work out yeur e: i:nc of j poverty along wit;: the thie-vis and j ! bu? fiars, wearing .1 pretty s?iipcd I j of clothca a lew-.y ball and chain, I j and tt. e hu^po>e, to the lash, if, I von fail ?o keep un your lick. ni l m J ?I h will be sweet t;.- be a w or white man I in South Carolina it Tillman is elected An Interesting Letter Fron* B. WV Babbs. A Piston*. Aik , July, 26 'S2. Dear IF-ilchrtanandSjuthr'on:?Your regular visits arc quite welcome and highly appreciat ed. I ?ra glad to see from jour columns, that a more hopeful feeling pervades our peo ple, and I hope those, woo* ffare" ec'ga'g?tf in' more diversified pterStrfts, w??l so far Stfcceed, us to drag ;the balance from the ruts of au cotton, to a more intelligent system, that wilr make each farm self-sustaining. Such a sys tem would make ns prosperous, even without the aid of manufactures ; but a( fh? eTites i?m? it would be the condition, best cnlcutatsd to' promote the establishment of tnanufacturin^ enterprises, on a safe and conservative hasis. Pardon me for saying this much ; 1 kn?v/ there are several candidates, for Legislative tionors, any one of whom can suggest a bet ter, surer, and quicker way to maka every one rich and contented ; and tbit is Ho elecf them to the legislature, when by th> isrtgjc of their presence money, of any required denomi nation, will grow on every black-j^ck and ?ruh oak, from Manchester, to Bisbopvillef ami from Shiloh, to Rafting Creek. I am sorry to see so much bitterness injetK ed into the campaign^ as was done by aeverar letters raking np old scores, and at th* same time crying "peac*. when tbere is no* f*ace."" That "this is politics," oneht not be allowed/ &s an ezcQse for pare "cossedness " Krarly everj one here that I ulk with, r*-' gard South Carolina, as saf<? to be in the third4 party, or Republican, column in November. ? can't prove to them that tbey are mistaken/ especially after the accounts of socte' ?f the' carapatgD mobs that "out Herod" the days of Whittemore, Scott and Moses. This bas been a bitter campaign here, bt:l I have jet to see an accouut of a meeting? where either, or both, sides did not receive 4 respectful hearing. Still holding my citizenship in South Carc?* Una, ? have taken no part in politics here, further than to say. when asked who I favor ed ; "As I am Anti-Ttlhuan, I am oo general principles Anti-Kolb." About two months ago, ? ra?-t Kolb in cor versation.and must say thai in appealance,andf manner, be is far superior lo "Bnive Ben " In answer to my question, he said : "Tell any cae who says I am goirg to rCn for Gov/ unless nominated by the legal Democratic Convention that he is a liar." But I ha\? since learned that he had then written a letter making ali the arrangements for his bolting convention. Last-uight I beard bets offered on the streets of two to one, that Jones wilf carry the State, by twenty thousand majority/ and there w*re no takers. The election cornea oiTon Monday. Aug. 1st, and then tke people' will see something ot the size ot the third party s'rength. But enough politics, I want to tell your readers something about the country around here. One of the sights hard for me to be come used .to. is the stock, roaming at larjre' over the hills, and in the valleys; herds of cattle, flocks of sheep, and goats, and drovee of mules aud horses grazing the rich, aucculen? grass, clover, and lespedeza, that covers etrery foot of land with a bright carpet of green. Sunday is a picnic for the poor uiule that all the week, has pulled from 1500, to 3000 lbs. of ore, over bad roads, making from fonr to eight ioads a day, a distance of two to* three miles ; 3000 1ns. is about the smallest load f-T a pair of mules, or yoke of oxen, and the biggest 1 have weighed was6000 lbs. net ore, for two mules. Weil as L said,; Sunday is a picnic for the mules (and "Cuffy is not in it") and horses, and they roam around ai their sweet-wills, taking a bite here and there, and occasionally assembling, a dezen or mere* together, in solemn conclave, where probably they discuss the ills, to which tbey are sub* ject, but rarely do tbey "fly to others, they Know not oV and night usually finds th?m near the "master's crib." It is not an un common thing, to see cows and pigs on the principal streets of the city?the city council having pessed an ordinance "that to require the cows to be kept up would work a greet hardship on the poor children, and necessitate at least 500 families going supperless to bed. All of the piHes except a few on the tops of the mountains, and most of the large hcrdj wood trees have been cut off for coal, for the charcoal furnaces, and a thick-growth of small red oak,- black j -ck, post eak and hi<6 ory covers the land that has never r<een ctilti ted, and underneath these bushes is the Soest pasture ? ever s iw. One of the strange things here. is. the long straw pine, to all appearance stunted speck mens of our yellow pine, growing on the very summit of the mountains, if-UeO to 5800 ft. should be so dignified. The only difF-raxe I can see is that the branches are lower and the grain coarser, with more a?p, ;?ul that may be attributable to their being scattering. One afternoon recently, I went down to* Oxford, at the edge of Chocrclocco valley. It is a pretty little city of 3009 people, about three miles from Anniston, the village of (Jxanna lying be;wveu and touching the line of each of the (;tw:n cities" as Anniston aari Osford rire calred.? The Slectric line fo'rlows *ht course of Snott's Creek, a mountain torrent, with the G P. Ry- on one side and the fi. T. V. k G. R. R. on the other, about 75 yards apart for nearly the whole distance. The road :s Hoed on both sides with well cultivated truck farms, with here and there a pretty residence surrounded with flowers, vineyards of buncb grapes, and latge arbors ot scupper nougp, apple and peacu orchards, and an occasional strawberry patch. 1 saw several fields of ten !o for?y or fifty acres of spleadid corn, smaller fields of late* corn, forage corn, german millet, etc., and not a single stalk of cotton ! The mountains are steeper and less uniform, aud the valleys deeper and longer down there. Altogether f was charmed with the "gate lo Choctolocco" and am more d?sirions tfiafc ever to see the promised land" beyond. I have some delightful acquaintances down there who made my visit so pleasant that it was at a late hour dial the car put me down it the door of ray "bachelor deu," where, wishtnjr you pleasant dreams, I will say "irood-uight." Yours truly, -mmrH* -?> " -^mmm^ Shilok's Consumption Cure. This is beyond question the niu't successful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, a few doses invariably cure the worst cases of coughs, Croup and Bronchitis, while its wonderful success if- the cure of Consumption is with* out a purple! in ike history of medicine. Since ris first drscovery it h.*s been sold on a guaraut^e. a tesi which no other medicine can stand. If you have a cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 13c., 50c. and $1. it your lungs arc s;)re;- chest, or bnck lame, use Shiloh's Porous Piaster.' Sold by Dr. A. J. China. S imter S. C. 1 AVe authorize our advertised druggist to sefl Lr. King's New l>rscovcry f<-r C<*asttiUptt<>0| Coughs and Colds, irpon th?) condition. If you are ?fticted with a Cough, Colder an.y Lung, Throat or Chest treuMe. and will use this tvm euy as orrerfe-'- giving it a fair trial, and ex^e rience ?>o benefit; y<>n mjey return th? bottle and h.ivc your money refunded. Wo could no! make this ofier did we not know thiuDr. KrngV New Discovery ;m!.i he reded on. It never db.-tpp?ixt-?. Tri;?!> bottles tree at J. F. WT. Dcborme's l>rug "?ture. Large buttles 5flc. and $ .00. 1 _-mo -vmi ~ We Tra!v believe De Wirt s kittle Early Misers to be the mo>t natural, most effective, most prompt and economical pill for bil:ouej b?ss, indigestion and ?nactive Ii vet. *J. S. iiughioa & Co. ?-mm ? ?? iw^ii 1 Answer This Question. Why do so many people we see around o?? set-ms to prt-ter to suffer nud be made iuiser?oltf by Fn ig*-stio:i, Constipation, D?asoiess lots of AppetJte, Coming up of the Food, Yellow Skiu, w hen tor 75c. we will svYi them Shiloh's Vitalizer, guaranteed to cura them. Sold by A J. China, Sumter, S. C. 2 _?j *mm> ' ?i*? Bright psopie :ire the quickest to recoguiz? a good thiug and buy it. We setl lots of : r:ght people the Little Early Risers. If yotf are not bright these t-ilii will make youso. J. S. Hoghsou & Co Shili.h'sCHtirrh Remedy. A ma^veTonscure Caiarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth, ai.d ?eadacbo, wkh each bottle there is au >r. o<-a!ous nasal Inj^cior for the r-;ore successful treat meat of thr-se cetBplaicis without extr* charge Pircc 50*5. Sold by A J. C.^a* Samttr S. C. 2r