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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
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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^
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Since ris first drscovery it h.*s been sold on a
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your lungs arc s;)re;- chest, or bnck lame, use
Shiloh's Porous Piaster.' Sold by Dr. A. J.
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