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stood the teocalli, or pyramid of wori crowned with temples that were garni with ropes of skulls, while beyond the amid and facing it was the palace, home of Otomie's forefathers, a long, and very ancient building, having n courts and sculptured everywhere ^ snakes and grinning gods. Both the ace and the pyramid were cased wi fine white stone that shone like sil vi the sunlight and contrasted strangely ; the dark hued houses that were bul lava. Passing from the mouth of the gc we traveled some miles across the pl every foot of which was cultivated .* corn, maguey or aloe and other crops, we came to one of the four gates of city. Entering it, we found the flat ri on either side of the wide street crow with women and children, who th flowers on us as we passed and cr ** Welcome, rrincess! Welcome, Otoi princess of the Otomie!" And when lengthwe reached the great square it se ed as though all the men in Anahuac v gathered there, and they, too, took up cry of "Welcome, Otomie, princess of Otomie!" till the earth shook with sound. Me also they saluted as I pas by touching the earth with their ri, hands and then holding the hand ab the head, but I think that the horse I r caused them more wonder than I did, the most of them had never seen a he and looked on it as a monster or a dem' So we went on through the shouting mi followed ana preceded by thousands warriors, many of them decked in glitt lng feather mall and hearing broldered bi ners, till we had passed the pyramid, wh I saw the priests at their cruel work abc us, and were come to the palace gat And here, ina strange chamber sculptm with grinning demons, we found rest J awhile. - On the morrow in the great hall of t palace was held a council of the chit and headmen of the Otomie clans to t number of 100 or more. When all we gathered, dressed as an Aztec noble of t first rank, I came ont with Otomie, w wore royal robes and looked most beau ful in. them, and the council rose to gre us. Otomie bade them be seated and a dressed them thus: . "Hear me, you chiefs and captains my mother's race, who am your prince by right of blood, the last of your ancie rulers, and who am, moreover, the dang ter of Montezuma, emperor of Anahua now dead to us, but living evermore in ti mansions of the sun. First, I present you this, my husband, the Lord Teule, i whom I was given in marriage when 1 held the spirit of the god Tezcat, ar whom, when ' ho had passed the altar ? the god, being chosen by heaven to aid i in our war, I wedded anew after the fas! ion of the earth and by the will of m royal brethren. Know, chiefs and ca] tains, that this lord, my husband, is n< of our Indian blood, nor is he altogethe of tile blood of the Teules, with whom v? are at war, but rather of that of the tn; children of Quetzal, the dwellers in a fis off northern sea, who are foes to the Teule* And as they are foes, so this, my lord, i their foe, and, as doubtless you have heart of all the deeds of arms that were wrough upon the night of the slaying of the Teule none were greater than his, and it was h who first discovered their retreat. "Chiefs and captains of the great an< ancient people of the Otomie, I, your prin cess, have been sent to you by Cuitlahua my king and yours, together with my lord a? p?eaa with you on a certain mattel Our king has heard, and I also have hean with shame, that many of the warriors o our blood have joined the Tlascalans, wh< were ever foes to the Aztecs, in their un holy alliance with the Teules. Now fo: awhile the white men are beaten back but they have touched the gold they covet and they will return again like bees to i h?if drained flower. They will return .yet of themselves they can do nothing against the glory of Tenoctitlan. But hov shall it go if with them come thousand! -and tens of thousands of the Indian peo pies? I know well that now in this turn ?of trouble, when kingdoms crumble, whex the air is full of portents and the verj gods seem impotent, there are many wh< would seize the moment and turn it tx their profit. There are many men anc tribes who remember ancient wars anc wrongs, and who cry: 'Now is the hour ol vengeance. Now we will think on thc wid ows that the Aztec spears have made, or the tribute which they have wrung fron: our poverty to swell their wealth and oe the captives who have decked the altars of their sacrifice!1 "Is it not so? Aye, it is so, and I can? not wonder at it. Yet I ask you to remem? ber this-that thc yoke you would help tc set upon the neck of the queen of cities will fit your neck also. Oh, foolish men, do you think that you shall be spared when by your aid Tenoctitlan is a ruin and the Aztecs are no more a people? I say to you, never! The sticks that tho Teules use to beat shall be broken one ?y one and cast into the fire to burn. If the Aztecs fall, then, carly or late, every tribe within this wide land shall fall. They shall be slain, their cities shall be stamped flat, their wealth shall be wrung from them, and their children shall eat the bread of slavery aad drink the water of affliction. Choose, ye people of tho Otomie. Will you stand by ' the men of your own customs and country, though they have been your foes at times, or will you throw in your lot with the stranger? Choose, ye people of the Oto? mie, and know this-that on your choice and that of the other men of Anahuac de? pends the fate of Anahuac. I am your princess, and you should obey me, but to? day I issue no command. I say choose be? tween tho alliance of the Aztec and the yoke of the Teule, and may the God above the gods, the Almighty, the invisible God, direct your choice." Otomie ceased, and a murmur of ap? plause went round the hall. Alas, I can do no justice to the fire of her words any more than I can describe the dignity and loveliness of her person as it seemed in that hour. But they went to the hearts of the rude chieftains who listened. Many of them despised the Aztecs as a womanish people of the plains ?md the lakes, a people of commerce. Many of them had blood feuds against them dating back for gener? ations. But still they knew that their princess spoke truth, and that the triumph of the Teule in Tenoctitlan would mean his triumph over every city throughout the land. So then and there they chose, though in after days in the stress of defeat and trouble many went back upon their choice, as is the fashion of men. - "Otomie," cried the spokesman after they had taken counsel together, "we have chosen. Princess, your words have con? quered us. Wo throw in our lot with the Aztecs and will fight to the last for free? dom from the Teule." "Now I sec that you are indeed my peo? ple, and I am indeed your ruler, ' ' answer? ed Otomie. "So the great lords who are gone, my forefathers, your chieftains, would bexeispoken in a like case. May you: never regret this choice, my brethren, men of the Otomie." And so lt came to pass that when we, left the- City of -Pines Wtoofc from tt to? Cuitlahua, the emperor, a promise of an army of 20,000 men vowed to serve him tal. the death in his war aaai?st.tn? Soanlarct To be Continued. The Party's Record. ! Speaker Crisp Teds What the Demo? cratic Party has Accomplished. An Able Speech, Full of Facts That Will Not le Relished by Populists. A mass meeting of Democrats was held in Atlanta, Ga., on the night of September 7th at which Speaker Crisp and Secretary Hoke Smith were the speakers. The speech of Mr. Crisp was part iculary valuable as it was a forcible and truthful sum* mary of .the work of the democratic party during the last year. Space does not permit the publication in full cf the speech, but the following is an excellent summary sent out by the Press Association to the daily papers : When the 53d Congress met in August of last year it was con? fronted with difficulties which seemed almost insurmountable. Trade was paralyzed, manufacturing had almost ceased, labor was idle, our banking institutions were failing, and con? fidence, the life and soul of com? merce, was utterly destroyed. In so far as this deplorable condition was attributable to legislation the Republican party was responsible. For more than thirty years that party had made our financial and economic laws. Until the meeting of the 53d Congress the Democracy was with? out power. The condition which confronted us, while not wholly, was very largely due to evil legislation. In 1873 the free coiuage of silver had been discontinued aud gold be? came the standard of value. In 1878 partial coinage was resumed. In 1890 this law was repealed and soon thereafter coiuage of silver practi? cally ceased. These acts of the Re? publican party resulted in so lessen? ing the volume of money of final redemption as to decrease the price of all commodities, increase the burden of all debtors, and impair the confidence of the people io the power of the Governor and of bank? ing institutions to redeem their out? standing obligations. A law and a practice which allows a citizen to pay his obligations to the Govern? ment in silver, and at the same time permits him to demand of the Government gold in redemption of its obligations is manifestly unreason? able and unjust, and in the nature of the case must impair confidence aitd tend to produce panic. For thirty years the Republicans had been building up tariff walls arouud the country, and in 1890 passed what they termed a perfect protective tariff law. A protective tariff restricts trade and commerce, it limits the market in which we must buy, and depresses the market in which we must sell. It is a tax upon a foreign product which the consumer here must pay. By taxing his foreign competitor you enable the domestic manufacturer to increase the price of his wares to the extent of the tax, and this too, the consumer here must pay. When you buy foreign goods aud pay the duty it goes into the treasury, and is called a "tax when you buy the domestic product and pay the in creased price it goes into the pocket of the American manufacturer, and is called "protection " The location of the manufactory determines the name, but the rate of the duty determines the price. Under such a tariff you buy in a market where competition is destroy? ed and where scarcity is created by law. You must sell at prices fixed in a market, where free trade and the law of supply aud demand prevails. Trade and commerce is the exchange of commodities. A protective tariff prevents us from exchanging our surplus of cotton, corn, wheat, meat and other farm products for the surplus of manufactured goods abroad We freely export our product, but that for which we exchange it is so heav ily taxed as to make the exchange unprofitable. Commerce ceases when gain is gone ; one cannot buy unless he can sell, nor eau he sell uuless he can buy. Commerce and agricul? ture go hand in baud ; when one ceases the other languishes. The laws which destroy the one make the other unprofitable Taxed crude mate? rials injure and depress manufactur? ing, lt wants the markets of the world, but under proactive tariff has not been able to enter them A protective tariff fosters aud builds up trusts and monopolies It creates no wealth, it only prevents its natural and just distribution. Thirty years of such system did much to produce the conditions existing when the 53d Congress met. What has that Democratic Con? gress so far done for the people? The first matter considered was the ? financial question. What should or could be done on the silver question ? We had pledged ourselves against the makeshift Sherman law, and in favor of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country. By an agreement arrived at between Democrats we determined to take the sense of the House on the free and unlimited coinage of silver at seve? ral ratios. After full debate a separate vote was had on each, aud on thc repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman's Act.: Tho results you knowV Wt?je npj| pro? fessing to understand* the question folly in all ifs bearing, I have always teen "ni favor bf the free coinage of silver I am in favor of it now believe the fears of our friends \ oppose it are largely imaginary, I believe the enactment of sue law would afford great relief to people of the country. So feeli I need not say that to me person; the result of the vote on the 1 coinage of silver was a great dis pointment. This question is not ? tied. With our great struggle for ta reform you are familiar. Thi years of class legislation had built in this country large trusts, lai monopolies and large combinati< of capital All these interests w arrayed against us and in the bit contest through which we past were earnestly and actively aided a compact Republican minority. . that wealth, all that energy and that great intelligence and capac could do was daily and hourly dc to defeat the cause of the peop Under these conditions our progn was slow. The House framed a passed a tariff bill This wen t to t Senate After a long and tedio struggle the Senate passed this t with amendments. The House w not satisfied with the amendment the bill went to conference ; for mo thau a month, with daily meeting the conferees failed to reach an agre ment. Finally the question was pi sented in such fashion that we mu either accept the Senate amendmen or have no bill, thus permitting tl odious McKinley law to remain up? the statute books. When we were convinced stn was the true situation we did n hesitate a moment, we accepted tl Senate amendments and so the b: became a law. This bill is not t we hoped for It contains provisioi we deplore, provisions which ll House by separate bills immediate) repealed, and yet taken as a whol it goes further in the direction i relief to a tax ridden people than an bill that has been considered in au Congress since the war. Its ri duction of rates is greater than th os proposed in either the Morrison bi or in the Mills bill. It, places woo copper, tin, lumber, salt, bindii) twine, bags and bagging, agriculture implements and many other article on the free list. In nearly ever schedule there are large reductions. In the iron, steel and woolie schedules there are many reduction exceeding 75 per cent On the basi of the importations of 1892 93 o woollen manufactures alone there is reduction to the consumer of mor than $163,000,000. On cotton, oi felts, ou common velvets and oi hundreds of other articles the reduc tion is greater than 50 per cent The bill places a tax on sugar. I large majority of the Democrats ii the House opposed this, and as tlx bill passed the House sugar in al it forms is on the free list. The cane growers got no aid fron the Government; the Sugar Trus got no aid from the Government The bill as it became a law places ai ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, oi sugar ; leaves the sugar refiner a lit tie more than one-half what bc got under the McKinley law, and repeah the bounty of 2 cents a pound. Thu provision will pay forty million dol? lars into the treasury, and save the twelve million we paid last year af bounty. The bill contains a pro v sion imposing a tax of 2 per cent on all incomes in excess of $4.000, I have thus outlined merely the pro? visions of this great reform measure, lt strikes at trusts and monopolies. lt reduces the cost of the necessaries of life. It to some extent opens oui markets at home and enlarges out markets abroad. It promotes agri? culture, it encourages manufacturing and it will add to the comfort of mil? lions of our fellow citizens. We voted upon a proposition to repeal the tax upon the circulation of State bank currency. I believe that our people would derive more immediate benefit from the repeal of that law than from almost any other legislation that could be had. Against us on the question we found many Democrats, all the Republicans and all the Fppulists ; a majority thus constituted defeated our efforts and the repeal bill failed. This ques? tion is not settled We have re? pealed the Federal election laws, laws which permitted the interfer ance of outsiders with our domestic affairs, and which were used only to defeat the will of the people. Heoce forth Georgia, as well as every other State, will manage elections in accordance with their own laws, and elections will be free and fair. We have passd a law which subjects to taxation by the States mere than five hundred millions dollars which, under Republican laws, was exempt from taxation, thus relieving to some extent the burdens of the taxpayers. We have reduced public expendi? tures some forty million dollars ior the current year. With this record who can assail us ? Our ancient adversary, the Republican party, though not strong in this State, is the enemy we must meet. Wheu Demo? cracy suffers defeat Republicanism will be triumphant. Here at home we are challenged by the People's party. This organization has candi? dates, and it has a platform of prin? ciples. Of its candidates I shall say nothing. They are presumed to be as good, I hope they are better than their platform. That platform cou- i tains some planks which are new and j some arc old. Those which arc ! valuable are not new, and those which ! are new are not valuable. i Our Populist friends want to buy ; the railroads, the telegraph lines and j the telephones. The thousands of i millions of dollars necessary to do j this does not stagger them. The great j army of office-holders necessary to ! manage and operate these enterprises j does not embarrass them The ! Populist leaders deal with millions : as ordinary people deal with dollars, and as for offices, they all want them. Thia party has about a dozen mem? bers of Congress only, and yet the bills they have introduced in Con? gress propose the appropriation or rather the printing and issuing of two or three times as much money as there is in the wide, wide world. The Democratic party enters upon j its contest with Republicanism and every other temporary issue which \ may present itself with courage and ! confidence. While we have not done ? all we hoped to do, we have done j more in the past year to redress the wrongs of the people, we have done more for their relief, than was ever done by any party in the same length of time in any country under the sun. These are bold words, yet I hold mvself Mt all times readv to defend them. Coming into power at a time of panic, when business was at a stand? still, when labor was unemployed, when our treasury was.empty, with courage and fidelity we entered upon a struggle with the enemies of the people ; we emerged from that strug? gle victorious in this: We have repealed the McKinley law ; we have greatly reduced taxation ; we have made living cheaper ; we have made all money taxable ; we have taxed surplus incomes ; we have restored freedom of elections; we have re-" duced public expenditures and we have declared undying hostility to all trusts and monopolies organized for the oppression of the people On these foundations we "build our house ;" on these issues we go before the people. For them we have "fought the good fight to them we have kept the faith, and ot them we have no fear. Kershaw's County Auditor Dead. CAMDEN, September 12 -County Auditor D. C. Kirkley was stricken with paralysis this evening in the barber shop just after getting shaved. He had been in rather poor health for some time. Mr Kirkley served four years as postmaster under Cleveland's administration and has been county auditor four years, besides holding other public positions. The Watchman and Southron wants a reliable Agent at every Pout Office in Sumter and adjoining counties. A liberal commission paid. Write for terms. HOOD'S Sarsaparilla is carefully prepared by experienced pharmacists from Sarsa? parilla, Dandelion, Man? drake, Dock,Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, and other well known vegetable remedies. The Combination, Pro? portion and Process are Peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, giving it strength and curative Spower Peculiar to Itself, not pos? sessed by other medicines. Hood's arsaparilla Cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Sores, Boils, Pimples and all other affections caused by impure blood; Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Debility, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Com Cplaints. It is Not What we Say, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla Does, that Tells the Story - Hood's Sarsaparilla URES Hood's Pills are gentle, mild and effective. NEW . MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE BAYE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP. For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Monuments, Tombstones, Etc., And doing a General Business in that lice. A complete workshop bxs been fitted up on Ll BERTY STREET, NEA R POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Salis action guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. June 16 COLLEGE, Augusta, Ga. One of the most com? plete Institutions in the South. Actual Business; College Currency. Many Kraduates in zood paying positions. | Full course, 4 months. Shorthand and Typewriting alsc ! aupht. Free trial "lessons. Send for circu?-?-. * j Uotil further notice, the Heading Room of the Y. M. C. A. will be open daily from 8.30 to 10 P. M. Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, will be 1 found there. Also, the Library from thc S. L. I. has been removed to the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. An earnest invitation is extended to i all to visit thc rooms and take ad van age of the reading matter. (Mle Feile Coliep, GREENVILLE. S. C. Rev. M. M. RILEY, D. D., President. Miss M. C. JUDSON, Associate Principal. Reorganized and newly equipped, with new furniture and new pianos, and under new management.. A full corps of teachers in every department. Boarding and other expenses rea&onaole. Nest sessions begins WEDNEEDA*, SEPT. 26, 1894. Seed for Catalogue. Address M. M. RILEY, Greenville, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLIS, COLUMBIA, S. C. Session begins Sept. 25tb. Nine regular Courses, with Diplomas. Special Courses, with Certificates. Requirements for admis? sion modified. Board $8 a month. Total necessary expenses for the year (exclusive of travelling, clothing, and books) from $112 to $152. Send for Announcement. Kor further information address the Presi? dent, JAMES WOODROW. Julv 18. Special Rates For the remainder of the year. THE WATCHMAN and SOUTHRON Will be sent to any address until Jany 1, 1895, -FOR 50 Cents* CASH IN ADVANCE. This offer is made as a special induce? ment. We are go? ing to double our subscrip t i o n list * within the next few months and we want the name of every man, who wishes to keep up with the times, on our subscription list. The Watchman and Southron is the biggest, best and newsiest paper pub? lished in this section of the State, and it should go into every household. Eight pages of all home print matter every week. Clubbing rates with all Agri? cultural Journals, Literary Pe? riodicals and Leading Metro? politan Weeklies. A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y., LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 12 Obtained, and ?ul PATES? BUSINESS at? tended lo for MODERA TE FEES Our office is j opposite the U.S. Tatent office, and we can ob- ? tain Patents itt less time than those remote from | WASHINGTON. Send MODEL. VU A WING or ! PHOTO of invention. We advise HS to patent ability free of eliarne and wc make NO CHARGE j UNLESS PATENT IS SECURED. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State. County. City or Town, write to fMRMBl^fSfflMSffiCft Oppos?e Paient O fice. Washington, D. G. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE FOR WOOTEN. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH COLLEGI ate year of the Institute will begio September lltb, 1894. With its foil corps of efficient teachers and high standard of schol? arship, it offers advantages for educating young -ladies, equal to any College for wo? men in this Slate. We intend that it shall grow in efficiency as it gro?*s in years, and thus command the continued favor of its patrons, and commecd itself to the favor of ali who have daughters to educate. Entire expenses for the year from $150 to $200. For particulars apply to. H. FRANK WILSON, President, July 4 Sumter, S. C. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON, N. C. FIPTY-EIGHTE YE AB BEGINS . SEPT. 13, 1891 NINE MEN IN THE FACTLTY, CURRICULUM ?N LOWER CLASSES, HIGHER CLASSES ELECTIVE, THREE DEGREES CONFERRED. CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, COMMERCIAL. Terms Reasonable, seud for Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, President. June 27-3m. ILLISTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, Williston. Barnwell County. S. C. Next Session Begins Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1893. We wish to call yonr special attention to the many advantages offered by the Williston High School. Our boarding arrangement carnot be excelled by any school in the State. Our buildings are large, comfortable and well equipped. We have separate dormitories for boys and girls. One hundred boarding students can be comfortably accommodated. We employ only first-class teachers. The faculty consists of five professors and two lady teachers. We have secured the services of one of the finest Music Teachers in the State. The teachers live in the same buildings with the students. We have a first-class housekeeper and also a matron. The boys are under Mili? tary Regulations. Our school is Christian bal non-sectarian. AU students are required to attend church and Sunday school of their choice. The High School is divided into four classes: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. When the course of stndy is com? pleted a regular diploma is granted. During the past session two hnndred and seven students were enrolled, representing nearly every section of the State Besides the usual English Course, instruction will be given in the following branches: Ancient and Modern Languages, Commercial Law, Commercial Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Music, Art, Calis? thenics, Elocution, Telegraphy, Typewriting, Stenography and Military Tactics. EXPENSES: Literary Department per month, $2 ?? to 4 00 Music, Instrumental (with use of piano), 3 50 Music, Vocal, per month, 3 50 Art per month, 4 00 Board per month, 7 00 to 10 00 Board and Tuition payable monthly in ad? vance. Uniform for Boys, 14 00 Uniform for Girls, 8 00 to 8 50 We have decided to make the following liberal offers : 1st. If a student on entering will pay cash down for one-half the session we will give him a discount of five per cent (5 per cent.) off oar regular rates. 2d. If a student on entering will pay cash down for the entire session we will give bim a discount of fifteen per cent. (15 per cent.) off our rates. Connected with the High School is the Pal? metto Business College. Complete Commer? cial Course in this Institution, including Bock Keeping (in all its varied forms). Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law, &c. For the entire course $30. It takes from three to five months to complete this course. -When a student passes a satisfactory examination in the Commercial t ranches he will receive a Diploma from that Lepartmeot. Telrgraphy, Complete Course, $25 OG Typewriting, " 10.00 Steoography, ,, ,, 30 CO Regular study hours at night. Students are not allowed to roam the streets or leave their rooms after dark, without a special per? mit from the Principal. Good Literary Societies are cartied on in connection with the school. AH students are required to attend. We guarantee that any young man can enter the Literary Departmant of our school and attend the entire session of nine and one half scholastic months, board, toition and all expenses included, except books and clothing, for from $115 00 to $125 00, according to the class entered. $125 00 to $135 00 will cover board, tuition and all expenses except books and clothing for a young lady in Literary Department for the entire session of nine and one-half scholastic months. We shall be glad to have your patronage. The Principal has recently purchased the large three-story building known as the Northern Hotel, and is now having it put in comfortable condition, and will use it as the boy's boarding ball. Thirty-three rooms in the buildiug. Respectfully, F. N. K. BAILEY, Principal. Address all letters to Williston High School, Williston, S. C. Aug. 22. PATRICK MILITARY WITlffl, ANDERSON, S. C. Seventeenth Session OPENS SEPTEMBER 12TH. GOOD COURSE in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, German, French, Draw? ing, Book-Keeping, and Tactics. Send for Catalogue. COL. JOHN B. PATRICK, Aug. 15. Supt. MCI nu.? (ililli THE WASHINGTON HAND PRESS heretofore used by The Watchman and Southron, will be sold low for Cash. It will print an 8 column paper.