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A TRANCE QUEEN. ; It From The Sunday Chronicle. For thirty years a woman has lain in u almost one position in an old-fashioned house in Brooklyn. p A feneration has come and gone f| since she had any sight of the out- w side world, the rumblings of which she vv has heard day and night for almost a 0 lifetime. i, Nine years of the thirty were spent a in a trance. While she was in that [ trance she was practically dead. Strange tales are told of queer visions u she had while in the strange condition, j It is sufficient to say that if she had n wished to adopt spiritualism as a pro- }( fesslon, the mediumistic powers which are unquestionably hers would have I mo/lp hfll* it ornnt. fnpfnna orwl mnnM I - r> ....v. tl have intrenched spiritualism in a much n firmer position in the public belief w than it occupies today. j. The woman is Mollie Faneher, the c most famous invalid in the world. j. Twenty-five years ago, when- slio was lying in the awful trance that made f her famous, she was written and talk- j ed about the world over. The people 8 of I3rooklyn spoke in whispers about ^ the weird girl and told how, when j flowers were brought in the room | where the sleeper lay, they would f almost immediately wither aud die. ,] and that when a canary bird was left in the room it was found dead at the t bottom of the cago an hour later. It 8 is said that the trance-girl consumod t all the pure air of an apartment, leav- s lng ooiy the poison for other things < and people. Strange stories were told, also of the t visions of Miss Fancher. There is not , a particle of doubt about her medium- g Istic powers. That she had the facul- g ty of second sight thoro is not the ( shadow of a doubt. None of her friends j are spiritualists. Miss Fancher abhors v anything leaning toward spiritualism. t and she has tried in every way to loose } the strange power which has beeu r vested in her. She is a good, old- , fashioned Baptist, and she has prayed j night and day that the uncanny pow- t or be taken away from her. She al- t ways knew what her friends were go- j ing to say before they said it; she ( could forsee misfortune that would j happen to them in the death or sickness ( of relatives, and in a countless number ( of ways she would discover things that it was intended she should never know about. , Mollie Fancher is forty-six years ' old, and she was but sixteen when she met with the accident that caused her trouble# She has dropped so completely out of sight in the past decade and a half that the younger generation know nothing about her. Her withdrawal from the public gaze is largely due to her own efforts. She detests notoriety, and particularly the visits of curiosity seekers. It is at the solicitation of her friends that her street addre** in ?- ?* v .u wrviju 19 IlOt published. t, has always been besieged by theatrical people who were anxious to exhibit her and her strange powers to the public. Years ago, when she was so much discussed in the newspapers and among the medical franternity, 1'. T. Baroum sent an agent to see her, with this message: You have the powers to make two great fortunes?one for me and one for you." Miss Faneher sent word to the agent that she " was not for sale." She also narrowly escaped giving an order to have him put out of the house. Her indignation was real, notwithstanding she was thrusting aside a chance to make $20,000 or $.'10,000 a year. Miss Fancher is now a plump woman, notwithstanding her long confinement. Her original trouble was brought about by a horse car accident. As she was getting out of a car her dress caught in a hook on the platform and she was dragged over the cobble stones a block before the conductor noticed her. The i accident, occurred in June, 18t>4, and the 3rd of the following Feburuai y she i was seized with frightful spasms and became paralyzed. Then she fell into the trance from < which there was no conscious awakening for nine years. Her brother James, to whom she was greatly at- i tached, was a small boy when she entered the trance, and was a grown man 1 with a mustache when she came out 1 of it. 1 Her mother died when she was but ' six years old and an aunt nursed her 1 while she was in the trance. Miss 1 Fancher had wonderful visions of I ( heaven which she unconsciously do- | i scribed at the time. She imagined | that her mother was at her side all < the time. When she regained consciousness she had lost the power of 1 sight, speech, hearing, the sense of i smell and the use of her arras, hands, I body and limbs. She has partially i recovered the use of all of these with ] the exception of the lower part of her < body. She sulTers from pain ail the I time, particularly at night. 1 Miss Fancher occupies a room open- 1 ing into a small parlor. The parlor : is kept darkened. Its furniture is old- i fashioned and solid. White, folding- i doors separate it from the room used by ,Miss Fancher. When her few i intimate friends call, asTthey often do ' at night, the folding doors are thrown i open and the invalid from her snowy t bed joins in tho conversation or listens 1 to singing or playing on the old-fash- t ioned square piano in the room. ? Miss Fancher does not look the invalid sho is, notwithstanding her years \ of living in bed. Her face, though f colorless, is not at all ghastly. There ? are deep lines?the imprint of constant f suffering?about tho nose and mouth. 1 Tho face itself, though not pretty, is I pleasant and intelligent. t Miss Fancher has her little vanity. 1 anu in that she shows her woman)i- i ness. Sho is proud of her arms and 1 wrists. She ornaments them with 1 jewelry of the fsshion of a generation t ago. She wears pretty, lose sacques, e with short, looso sleeves, allowing a c generous exposure of tho wrist and t arm. Her eyes aro only partially s open, her sight being very delicate. v Sho wears her hair short, as it would r bo a difficult matter to attend to it ' <: were it allowed to grow long. It is t curly, mixed with gray, and well worn t away on tho left side. She lies on this side most of the time, although v tho picture shows her on the other I sine. ! e Mian Fancher's skin is a fine and li as delicate as a baby's. She takes I pride in the fact that during the r thirty years she has been in bed there I has riot been the slightest eruption upon it. d Hor ofliiction does not debar her from e taking an active interest in the out- s side affairs of life Speaking recently I of her amusements, she said : "The S days are not long enough to do all that S I want to have done in them. 1 take 1 n an interest in what is going on in the h world, although shut out of active par- r< tieipation in everything. I know h what is going on in political circles, a and I keep close watch of the changes | e in the fashions. I know the stylish t< things to wear in gowns and hats, and, ' hat is wore, I am a convert to woman tu uffrago. I signed the petition to the hi ist Legislature and am sorry it did v< ot meet with more success. I read h< 11 the new books of the day and keep Si p with the times as well us I can. bi 4% I am interested in all reforms and jo rogress. I have little patieuee with ti tie woman who idles away her life si ith folded hands and sleeping brain w hen there is so much to be done for ti thers. 1 spend my days in embroider- oi ig, writing, reading and planning, nd I do it all here lying on my back, have my little business alTairs to atjnd to, and I receive a great number f visitors. I never get tired in the j ay-time, and am always sorry when ight comes. The nights are al>vays >ng and sometimes full of pain." * The Faneher family has been a paricularly unfortunate one. Aside from be illness of Miss Faneher, it has had lany afflictions. Her brother Jim, (, rhom she thought so much of, was inured by a train two years ago. The acident resulted in his death. Mr. 'anchor, who married again after the !v eath of Mollie's mother, wont to the 11 uncral. On his return to his homo in ? 'rovidonce ho found his son, by the econd wife, dead. The boy had been ;illed while his father was away. Y. diss Faneher is now quite alone as , ar as kin-people are concerned. Her ather, mother, uuut and brother are S load. Dr. Charles E. West, who has at- . ended the famous invalid since 1,l >aid, in speaking of her ease: " 1 am [ i practical man and do not believe in I. ipiritualism, but 1 marveled at some * )f the things I heard and saw Mollie 1 lo. The nine years she lay in a trance ' ihe was blind at times, then deaf, then '' lumb, and then sho lost her sense of [ iraell. Her sonse of touch was the ' icnso that never seemed to leave. )nee, when she wjuj totally blind. I ? wrought her two photos. The first one vas of myself. I put it in her hand, ( ind, after rubbing her knuckles over t, sho said the picture was of me. ?! rhe other photo was of my wife, who , dead, and in a few seconds she j old me who it was. She could distinguish the most delicate tints by j touching them, and could read books n tho dark by moving her lingers over the words. A few oays after a Miss Brigham was killed I called on Mollie [or uie purpose or telling her uncut ~ the accident. Mollio knew Miss * Brigham. But. to my astonishment, Mollie knew all about the accident. She told me that Miss Brigham ap- ' peared to her in spirit and told how she had been killed and gave her all the particulars. 11 '"To her friends she would often ^ talk of her visions, but she never did V to new acauaintanees. She has given ' me some of the most glorious descrip- i' tions of heaven. When she was blind t she made the most beautiful wax u flowers, and her friends would ask her how she managed to get the colors and \ shapes so perfectly. In reply Mollie i said she had seen them grow just so in x tho garden. All of this is marvellous, 1 when -vou consider that Mollie was never taught how to make wax flowers. < ? ' m' I LAUGHING AT LATlMKit t A Cruel Practical .loke Which Some ; of liis Colleagues I'luycd on ilie j Member from ilic T hird South Carolina l>ist riot. 1 ( Washington. February 17.?a good i joke on Congressman Latimer has just t come to light. For some days past this i gentleman has been attending to his Congressional duties, wearing a long i forlorn countenance as if his last friend (. iu ttie world had left him. This is | made more prominent by the contrast i of an exceedingly joyful countenance t which lie exhibited but a short time ? ago. Though Mr. Latimer has been | asked probably ten times a day the t cause of his troubled look lte has never a yet given a satisfactory answer, but ; rather bestows a clerical smile and t changes the subject. The real cause, however, has transpired and is said t can he attributed to a clairvoyant anu \ a number of friends of Mr. Latimer, r who desired to have some fun at his ex pens. s It appears that for a long time the 1; wonderful power of a prominent Wash- j ington clairvoyant was being continu- \ ..llu Kvr.ii ir K /, \i.. 1 - . .?i j >/ \>u^ii v t*/ 1*11 l-iU 1/1 I11UI J> ilblt' 11 * I Lion. Ho talked to some friends about t her. and reeeived in solemn looks and t tones the highest recommendations, i rhey all knew people that had interviewed her, and said .->ho told them t wonderful things that had turned out | is she had said. The desire to know t something of his future persuaded Mr. Latimer until he at last gave in and i visited the clairvoyant. v Now in some way that was not re- I vealed the history of the Congressman ( and a few ineidentsof his life were told ; to the clairvoyant previous to his visit, c and. of course, when he came she was 1 perfectly prepared. She told him his c occupation, age, the district he was t from and numerous happenings of his s life. He was naturally astounded and c would, of course, believe anything she c mid of his future. " Your future." mid she, " will he a brilliant one. You e are not a politician, but a statesman, v You will not come back to Congress as a Representative, but as a Senator, v The senior Senator from your State is <i in very poor health ami will livo but c lix months. When he dies there will aave to be a successor and it. is willed v hat you are to succeed him in the v senate." It is understood that Mr. Latimer ti was so overcome that he paid double ii or the information. He knew that b senator Irby had not been feeling well or Homo time, but he didn't know that w le was in such dangerous health. He o olt sorry that the Senator was going n ,o leave us, hut the clairvoyant told lim nothing in the world would stop e t. As for himself he was delighted. 11 rle was for some time the jolliest fel- t ow one would care to meet. He was ilways wishing his friends a long lilo w md successful future, and in fact sonic n >f his acquaintances who were not in e .ho joke, thought that he must have "> truck a gold mine and wishing they t< vere in his place. The schemers said I lover a word. His happiness was, no'- u ording to the oltl saying, " too good ti o last." With but the throw of a stone a he glass h,)U?o was shattered. r A group of Congressmen, among i b vhom were Representatives Izlar and I u mtimor, were clustered together one I o veiling telling .yarns, and one tiling ! vv cd to another, when li-'presentative | c? zlar held the attention of all by a nar- o ativo of his visit to a clairvoyant. Mr. aitiiner, it is said, was very attentive, pi " I called on a clairvoyant the other ?< ay," hogan Mr. Izlar, "'and I am in- ti lined to believe some of the things ai he said. According to her statements di am not a politician, hut a statesman, h lie said that the senior Senator from tl outh Carolina was going to die in six tl tenth's time, and I was to succeed si im. hut not directly, for another Hep- hi usentativo would succeed him tirst, pi lit tiiat lie would do three weeks pi fter his installation, and I would he di leeted to till out the remainder of the rm and also for the long term." n The crowd laughed, and the schemers a< I irned tbeir eyes on Mr. Latimer. lie th< id turned palo and was Boemingly poi 5ry nervous. It wan not long before ( a left the crowd and went homo, fai ince then ho has boon completely a c rokeu up. It was the intention of the coi ikers to reveal the whole thing and be< irn the laugh on him, but he took it zei > hard that it wa< thought, best to bel or ry hi in a little longer, lip to the col me of this writing ho has not found wo jt that ho is the victim of a huge joke, tuc ??1 J mi ALLIANCE CONVENTION. an coi VIPOUTANT ItKCOMMKNItATIONB TO THI'i VAKMBRa liNis I'pon tVlilcli Fertilisers Should 1CI be Purchased?<Xu ton Acreage lte- ltt duet ion, und Partus to lie Made wa Scl t'Sust ainiug. tlx be olutubia Register, 20th inst. ^ The convention called by President vans, of the Alliance, to consider [?0 lattorsof import to tho agricultural tterests, met in the llall of the House t|1( f Representatives last night. There COj 'ere about forty delegates present esides numerous spectators. The eon- on ention was called to order at 8:15 by col 'resident Evaus. A call of the roll ou bowed the following delegates pros- uc nt: Abbeville, J. T. Robertson : An- ])0 orson, J. VV. Uowdon, Joshua Ashley, . II. Watson: Barnwell, S. G. May- ,.0 eld, W. S. Bamberg, W. T. Cave, H. I. Cruin; Chester, S. T. MeKeown : ,r|. larlington, J. W. VVarr; EdgelieM, V. P. Tim merman, B. L. Caughmau, eJ v.. B. Watson, P. M. Lott; Florence, 8U . E. Pett.grew., J. S. McKonzie ; Hor- ,l(j y, J. A. Lewis: Lancaster, T. It. .angle}', J. C. Elliott; Lexington, .J. .. Shuler, 1). T. Efird; Marion, 1). ! 1..lnfui>n St VV 1 IV \l,?.t-l. ornery, T. Li. Stackhouse, J. (J. Camp- HCj ell; Marlboro, H. M. Stack house ; Gf frangeburg, J. W. Stokes, J F. ^ 'airey : Newberry, J. L. Keitt, J. A. ni. Iigh ; Spartanburg. G. W. O'Dell, .1. V. Howell, .1. W. ltoid : Sumter, li. .,0 \ Stack house. H. It. Thomas, J. T. }~ I ayes : York, \V. N. Flder, J. F. Ashe : ?)e lolleton, .J. HL Varn : llichland, I). 1*. )unean, O. F. Chappell; Clarendon, .1. ol> Davis, 1). J. Brad hum : Fairfield, T. '. Mitchell. rpj L'resideut Hvaus said he had called ett he convention at the request of sev- as ral sub-Allianees to consider tho mat- 'lC( er of fertilizers and the cotton acre- fol go aud any other business tending to su mprove the agricultural interests of he State. ^ President Fvans stated that a coin- wi nit tee consisting of J. L. Keitt, T. 1\ hi ilitchell, I). P. Duncan, ,1. 1). Mont- It 'ornery. Dr. J. William Stokes and hn . 1$. Watson were out formulating tu csolutions and on motion t no conven- to ion took a short recess to await their tu iction. The committee returned sifter a few so ninutes and Dr. Stokes, speaking for to tsaid that the committer was some- Li vliat self-constituted and it only in,ended to facilitate matters and tnake sa ionic suggestions to the convention for la liscussion. One question that lots w< jecn largely discussed is the matter of di lurchasliing fertilizers on the cotton I >ption basis. The committee sug- | rusted that farmers pay $10 f o b for j tli icid phosphate at Charieston. The | dua is to give 17o pounds of middling ! S< :otton for a ton ??f phosphate payable | el >n November 1. Or if the farmer does ; ?t lot want to pay the eotton to pay $10 in d? jurreney. On kainit 100 pounds or $11 ' ju n currency. in On the question of freights the com- th nittee suggest a redeeuiion of 20 per | ra ;ent. on all fertilizer rates and that tin- at tail road Commission he requested to I us nsist upon the?o rates and to revoke I as he usual thirty days' notice. l)r. 1 th stokes said that this was an effort to ! \vi tave all share equitably in conditions ! pi hat are inevitable. While looking I til ifter our own interests the committee 1 vas not looking solely to their own. i th Vll were in the same bout. i th The committee also recommended | th hat less fertilizers be used and that at vhut was used should be of high grade j la ather than a low grade. i ra As to cotton acreage the committee ' er iuggested that the lirst question should ti >e on each farm how nuieli bread and 1 ar neat will it take to run this farm this ! ru rear. This b.-ing decided and the j th and necessary to make it being de- ' to erinined on. let the rest be put in cot- j fo on or us much as individual eases th night warrant. ! !ii The committee also recommended in hat whatever fertilizes be bought be th lurehased through the Alliance Ex-1 pi ihangc. The lirst recommendation of tlie, j ru Kimmittee as totlie eotton option basis ! ra vas discussed. Dr. Stokes said the th igurus were made by a fertilizer com- wi >any. I'. was practically their sug- TI 'cstion with the exception of a few si? ihanges made by the committee, sc Their proposition did not include a ro lotton option. The committee reduced tii heir number of pounds and in conideration of the eotton option had inireased a little the amount payable in lurrency. Al .Mr. Hayes insisted on knowing what nu : ...... .....i ...i. - - - ' w.i.|fMiij iu ???*-? iiini ? ut^iiur niry 1 u 11 vouid h<Ivanco the freight. | in Dr. Stokes said that the company i tu vould pay the freight and tin? interest i ha in the freight would he payable in ! an otton at cents a pound. I th Senator Maylield wanted to know of whether ineuihers would he bound by I vhat action was taken. of Mr. Montgomery said that the com- at? ii it tee recommended that no more be in; >aid. but if one ran get it for less why sh >uy it and let the others know. ly Mr. K-ihcrtsoii wanted to know ah /bethel' any company would hold the as ntion open until after the crop was an iade. j th Dr. Stokes said the purchaser must , wi ither take the cotton end or the mi loney end of the proposition when the ; rude is made. fei Mr. Ware said that he thought the lin 'hole resolution would amount to ed othing. He didn't see how anybody th; ouhl use commercial fertilizer under as cent cotton. He was from Darling- sin >n he said and was in for tobacco, tin 'he best thing was not to buy any: ' lake your own guano. We have coi itkeii advantage of the fertilizer men a li along. This proposition was not pli iglit. It gave us the chance to oay lo i cotton if it paid us and not if it uci ido l. This wasn't right. lie was tor ppOsed to the use of fertil iz-rs any- N<i ay and lie couldn't see how any man at mid put fertilizers under three or hy ur cents cotton. int Mr. .1. I>. Watson favored the pro- at notion, which be oorridt i ed just, Ka liiitable and right. It was unfor- olb mate that our farmers are in deht f. ? rid they had to get money to pay their I, obts and cot ton hud to he raised. Wo f?*e ad to u?e fi-rtiIi/.ers and it was time Th ?e farmers rose to the dignity of pei leir position ami have prices made to we lit them. Let the fertilizer men o. 1 hi* their share of the loss. Let the at rice he made commensurate with the fro rices farmers received for their pro- I nets. dot Mr. .1. A. Sligh agreed with the re- sio miiucndutioii of the committee. He hy (vised if the companies do not accept cot. *c ,/ i proposition that they use not one t jnd. e Colonel Duncan said that ho had I led to got any company to agree to ? Otton option. 1I0 had agreed to the I 11 in it tec report only after he had i 3U outvoted. He read some fertili figures und rates. He did not i lievu the companies would soli on the ' 'ton option basis. He thought there i iuld have to be a cotton trade or a t >ney trade. . 1 Dr. Stokes explained that the comttoo only made rocommondations d whatever action was taken by the avention would bo only advisory. VI r. Koitt favored the report and ide a short speech iu support of it. The next question was as to the Juciion of 20 per cent, on fertilizer tes and asking the railroads to live the thirty days notice and if ' iy did not, then no fertilizers should used, was passed without diseus- ' in., < tVs to the cotton acreagequoston Mr. ' ttig row said he wanted something < tiuite and moved that one-third of ' a land planted be only planted in i bton. Mr. Watson objected to this as no i e should bo thus bound, for if bo i uld make his firm a self-sustaining 1 e by the use of a certain number of 1 res, ho did not think he should be s und to plant oiie-thirdonly in cotton. 10 object was to raise all meat aud ru at home. Mr. Koitt moved to lay Mr. Pettiow's proposition on the table which is adopted, and the committee's rommcndalion was adopted. All the ggestions of ?tho committee were opted. I Dr. Stokes otTercd the followiug, 1 lieh was adopted : l Htsolved, That a committee of live i appointed by the Chair to issue an < dress setting forth fully the views i us. : t .. r.? uino luuutiu- in ruicruutv t(' iei" i izers, freights, acreage, etc., as ox- i eased. ( L'resident Evans stated that the ex- < nses of the convention would amount < about $13 and suggested that memrs chip in. Mr. Montgomery face- i >usly said : " Lot's pay in cotton tions." wiiich caused much laughter. < f >r. Stokes suggested that as Senator llman was in the hall that ho be lied upon to give some explanation to the action of the Board of Trusts of Clemson College not permitting rtili/.ors to be shipped in hulk tocoumer. Senator Tillman said that the Board id no discretion in the matter. It is a law made by the Legislature id the Board could not rescind it. had been discovered that persons id taken advantage of the oppornity to try to ship in bulk iu order avoid the payment of the privilege x. L)r. Stokes then moved that the relution asking the Clemson Trustees rescind the rule bo referred to the gislature, which was done. President. Evans announced that tiie mo committee wiiich hail formutcd the resolutions for the meeting ouId be appointed to get out the ad ess. TIIH AUDKKSS. The committee subsequently- issued io following address : To the railroads doing business in mth Carolina: Fully realizing the foot that the present monetary riiigency has had on all our inter pendent business interests, we feel . stilled in taking the position that nil to rests should bear alike tins burdens iat are upon us at this time. The ,i I roads doing business in our State e very materially inti.n'ested in the icof commercial fertilizers, iuasinueh they reeeive a largo amount from e transportation of these {foods, as ell as from the haul of the increased eduction from the use of these for- I I izers. We desire to call tiie attention of o raildroads to the fact that while icre lias been a continued decline in e prices of all agricultural products, id especially on cotton, there lias sen no such reduction 011 the freight ,tes on fertilizers. Tne manufneturs of fertilizer have, from time to rue. reduced the price of their goods, id we think it only just that our railails should make some reduction in ie local and joint rates on fertilizers the extent of 2o per cent. From inrmatiou and belief we are satisfied at this will give lis a rate more in ae with the local and through rates other sections of the country, and at o same time in some ratio to the ices of our cotton. We therefore recommend to our railails a reduction of 2u per cent, on the ,tes on fertilizers, and request that oy put the rate in effect at once, living the legal notice of thirty days, lie State Hoard of Kailroad Com misHi ers are hereby requested to prent this recommendation to the railails and urge their early considora>11 of this very important matter. \V. i). Kvans, I 'resident. I. W. Kkiii, Secretary. To the Farmers of South Carolina : ftor full consideration of all the abirmal conditions surrounding our inistries, the Statu Farmers' Alliance conjunction with prominent agriculrisla from various parts of the State, ive reached the followingconclusions ; d have authorized a promulgation of use conclusions for the consideration all concerned : I. In the first place, wo consider it paramount importance that the acrce in cotton the current year lie iterially reduced. Kvcry farmer ] ould seek to make his farm absolute self-sustaining. That is to say, undant acreage sliouid lirst be set ide for provisions, so as to insure an ipie supply of meat and breadstulVs ; ' en the balance of the crop may lath safety placed in cotton or the >ney crop. , We reeoinmend that the use of , tili/.ers be restricted to the lowest j nit practicable and reliance be plae- | rather upon home made fertilizers: at whatever practicable such orders v are deoined absolutely necessary t ould be combined and placed through , e State Farmers' F.xchango. I. We recommend further that all ntracts for fertilizers be based upon cotton option as follows : For acid ' osphates per ton f. o. b. Charleston, percent, to II' per cent, phosphoric t id. we oiler I7."> pounds middling cot- | i f. o. b. or #10 in currency payable t. >v. 1, at the option of the purchaser t maturity. When freight is prepaid n fertilizer companies, freight and i crest on freight to lie paid in cotton n > cents, per pound. Second. For u nit |Hsr ton f. o. b. Charleston, we v r 100 pounds of middling cotton \> > b. or $11 in currency, payable Nov. s at option of pure baser at maturity, a i ii b w ih ii 11r<-1 i.iiii pan iiinu as iimiv o. > ird. Kor ammnniatcd ;p>ods, 2 1-2 It rent. ammonia, f. <?. h. Charleston, a ( Hit pounds middling cotton f. p Ii. or $17 in currency payable Nov. I. fi option of purchaser, at maturity, i^ht when prepaid payable a?above, o f these propositions are not met by , e. ilers in the spirit of mutual conce ie n actuating this body and demanded ! ii the necessities of the ease, our re-1 ti emendation is that the use of fei-lsi llizers bo discontinued this year, not is a matter of retaliation, but simply lecauso after etreful calculation we ire of the opiuion tbat their use at ligher rates or on different terms will nvolvo inevitable loss to the fanner. It will bo observed tbat no recommendation is made as to cash contracts. L'ho reason for this is plain ; the ouornously enhanced value of money enibles the fortunate possessor of it to juy almost on his own terms. \V. D. Evans, President. J. W. RWD, Secretary. THE BAIlllETT CONSI'lllACY. I'lie .lury Returns a Verdict ?>l Utility and tlie Defendant is Sentenced to Two Years. Krom the Ureenville Mountaineer: The Barrett case went to the jury Thursday afternoon, and after being ;>ut two hours they returned a verdict of 1 Guilty." After hearing the evidence [if botli prosecution and defense, the verdict was no surprise. The government examined some thirty witnesso?. 1. W. Owens gave the most damaging evidence against the defendant. He told of Barrett's approaching him, getting the postmastership for him, and then inducing him to falsely cancel stamps, raising the amount thirty and forty dollars a quarter, part of which was paid to Barrett. Othefs corroborated this testimony, and it was all on the same line. Mr. St. Armand, of Atlanta, wasauotherstar witness. He had bought $1K> of stamps from the defendant for $8f>. The defense offered no now testimony, but was chietly directed against the character of the government witnesses. Barrett took the stand and for more than two hours endeavored to oxplain his actions. Tlio stamps, he claimed, wore sent him by the postmasters as legal fees, and some were received from two sinters who were inJobted to him. The Court with ditliculty lield the defendant to the ruie of evidence. The testimony was closed Wednesday and Thursday die arguments begun, liar re tt, who occuoied the novel role of defendant and counsel, had the opening speech. He occupied the floor nearly live hours. At times his argument was ingenius and at others repetitions. The burden of it was: "1 would have been a fool or a crazy man to have taken these strange men into a conspiracy, and I am neither. This is all a conspiracy, a persecution by that little Yankee carpet-bagger Poor, his pal Calvert, I'oinier and others." Of course District Attorney Murphy came in foi a share of the defendant's notice, and even the Court did not M. M I... i... i e 1--' v.on>l> nil. mill liny I1UU lilU (MU.-illl^ argument. occupying about forty minutes. ile went over the evidence adilneed ami pointed out the salient points. Judge Brawley's charge was short, concise and to the point, and was very i.iiparlsai. The jury retired and returued the verdict of "Guilty.'' Judge Brawley sentenced the defendant to two years in tiie penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, and $2,000 line. Barrett asked an arrest of judgment and wits granted thirty days in which to 11 le it. VV. O. Bvins. who was a fellow-conspirator of Barrett's. plead guilty and was sentenced to eighteen mouths in the Spartanburg jail and a lino of $1,000. Nabors' sentence was left open and suspended until next August. This iietion was taken on account of the good character given Nabors' hv his neighbors. It was a uoticable fa:t that Barrett seemed to lo-.o sight of himself during the condiii tof the trial. To a spectator who might happen to drop in it voulii have never occurred that Chas. I'. Barrett wai defending himself, that be was I is own client, lie succeued completely in separating himself from the crime. It was a rare instance of t.!ic ti uLhfulness of the famous story of Kohort. Goui* Slcpiicnson, " Dr. Jekyl and Mr Hyde," in which the dual uai'tre ol limn is so wonderfully depicted. Barrett moved around in the court room with at much sang froid as any other attorney. lie was much more careless and icss ucrvous than the District Attorney, whom ho frequently interrupted with an objection as to the admissibility of some plea lie was making, or to protest to the Court that there was no evidence to show any simh facts. The great strain under which Barrett labored began to tell on him as the trial began to terminate on Thursday. During Judge BrawJey's charge to the jury he relaxed the solemn "igilance he had so long exorcised, and dozed and nodded in his chair for a minute or two at the time. This sentence will begin when the first one of eighteen months expires. As he has moved for a new trial in each, neither can yet become operative. Judge Brawlcy in his charge to the jury took occasion to defend Inspector i'cer against the insinuation of "blue bellied Yankee," carpet bagger," etc. lie told thu jury that Peer was an ollicer of the government, doing such duty as was assigned to him by the Postmaster-General, and that Mill')) JltnWilltlt.innu in proper, and could not apply to Mr. i'oer in the commonly accepted meaning of the terms. Great sympathy is manifested for the innocent parties who must suffer for Barrett's wronf; doings, hut for him there is a general belief that the verdict is just. ^ r\N A I * 1*10 AI j ritO.M NKBKASKA. rho Situation Described by a Belief Committee. I he sufferers in Nebraska have sent ?ut tint following appeal and statenent of the condition ??f the people in .he strieken counties. This committee tas its head-quarters rt Callaway, the mint at whieh the Weekly Tribune vas published and from which cx, racts were recently made. The ommittce are acting for eight townhips in Custer County : Cai.I.away, Neb., Feb. loth, 1805. 'o the Ivlitor of The Mountaineer: Our attention has been directed to lie kindly feeling manifested by the I icople of your State toward the destiute people of the drouth-stricken porion of Nebraska. and we hone von will intico in your columns the accompanyng appeal made by our K jlief Com- j nitteo. The situation has been some ; il>at modified since the article was ritten. We have now two or three reek'* food for tho starving ahead ; till it is a long time until harvest, mi we have yet much to contend with. Ve do not know exactly how you can elp us, for you are a long way olT, nd wo hear that tho railroad comanies are imposing restrictions on rco transportation. Money we have not hitherto asked ; : hi- wants are primarily something to at. We think wo have clothing iiough in sight and will not ask for lore. lai-Lily, wo need means to oh- i tin sied. We have a very limited apply of money on band, not enough to use for paying transportation ?? .... charges on one carload, if shipped p? from a long distance. Wc four the new railroad arrangements will severely cripple us in u few weeks' time. Wo will need further supplies of provisions, and, while we know the people will readily resjond to a call for clothing and lood, yet the freight problem still confronts us. It muy l?e that by local influence you can secure free transportation. For the purpose of securing seed we have determined to solicit money to be used in two distinct ways, at the discretion of the donors. The iirst will l>e to buy seed aud donate direct to farmers; the secoud, for the bou< lit ol those who do not believe.in giving or i ecciving charity without any return, a but who believe iu what is called fl||l * * practical charity," is this : To establish a system of louniug seed to far- ? mors, taking security for the amount loaned, protecting and collecting the ^11 debt us promptly and as ellicientiy as if the money wore placed with us to p bo used us an actual investment, liy ^ this means we hope to bo able to return to the donors at the end of the year the amount advanced with little q, if any loss. yOU] if any of your readers can spare a thrc little money for these purposes, it may enoi he sent to the Omaha National Bank, Omaha, Neb., (to whom we refer.) to the credit of Thomas Norbory, Sucre- for tary and Treasurer of the Callaway evei Central Relief Committee, tuo senders chr< in each case advising us whether it is coul intended as a charitable donation or ^itl as a loan for the purchase of seed, doci I'ropcr acknowledgement of all re- Ner coipts will he promptly forwarded by j committee. We shall be very grateful for any I help, however little your people will give us, ami hope it will Lot he altogether lost to thciu. Thomas Nouuuhy, Pr Secretary. " ' It wl It A I'TIST YOU .Mi l'KOlM.K'S IXION. Uytl ~r V* Coniinu Convent Ion fraught Willi Importance to i lie soul li. In discussing the convention of the Haptist Young People's Cnion of Amer- Hfl ictt, Mr. it. tl. Iviinuuiuls, editor ol Evj the Maiiulactun rs K cord, who is a HI laeuiber 01 tne local exe utivocoiiunittee, t>ay? : "Tne full meaning of tbu gloat couvention of the ji.iptisl Young People's Union, to be held in ii.iituuore next .Iuiy. is probably not appreciated as yet by many pccpl". L ioKcd at out- f side entirely ot tne inlhienc allien it ft j is calculated to nave upon tins great p uuuuuiiiiubiuu, wiiicii n i-i an iittlivc K / mem Ocrsiti11 of about .'CUJO.OOO in the g \ United slates, lucre in .1 niiii lirnmifr imjiort in tin.* couvctiin n >u relation lu *jid the country at large. Tint niciuhcr.9 tM| of tiie Baptist Young I'oopic's Union ' ' of America are mainly the active V younger muinbcrsot tola denomination, x I aitliouyli tncrc ia l.o realricliou as to age, and main of tne most prominent oltler men in luc vicimuiination are ae- i tive workers in tiie org am/.at o i. The *" " plan of the Union ami ita aim are to lUapire greater zeal atiu enthusiasm in religions work in tlie rising gem ra- gsag tion ol Baptists throughout tue conntry. Tne important feature of ttie 1' convention 111 Baltimore as relates to tlie country at large, i.otvever .In! I ? i&? intlueneu tout it wdi liave in bringing about a in-ltcr n. i|iiaint.incv al.io no In. ^ part of the people of ali sections, and ! ^ tne breaking ilown of seel tonal lilies j i! that hate to some extent si pa rated j ? the van jus denominations as well as, .. the \ arious sections of the country, k/l/m I Tue gallieriiig in Baltimore will be! " composed of tiie active leaders 111 the | lienoinination lroine\ery part of the ?f,' country, North, South, Kasl and West, /,loJ as well as from CuiM-ia. I aori'oi "There is already an assurance of icvci at least 12,000 delegates being in at- | ,<icUv I toiuianec, which will be the largest | ' Baptists gathering ever held in tne I world. Letters received by the Haiti- j " ! more committee show that of tiie ! j thousands who will come from the far ! f North and Northwest and Canada | m there are very many who are entirely j v_^< ignorant of the Southern section of our I country, of its attractions and advan- ! tages. and who, when they como to ! this meeting, will for tiio first time in | W their lives, cross Mason and Dixon's Can line. The eltect of such a convention ' to U as this, uniting this great denomiua- j fresl tion in a spirit of the closest fraternity, | you w ill he one ol the potent forces that ! give j a'*e now helping to unite our entire I fron j country in the hroad spirit of Anieri- 1 ' eanisin. The Christiart churches of ! j tlie land have been too long separated j W ! on sectional lines, and it is gratifying j -re ! to note the movement that is Deing in- j shoi ' auguuratcd i>y tlie Baptists in this j ; work. It is not proposed that this i convention .-hall in any way whatever ! W conflict with tiie work of established whi< ! organizations in the Baptist denomina- I havt tion, but that it sha'l supplement fori Kosi tlie country at large the regular church i bunV ' work of the denomination doing it Sect through existing agencies, and bring together in a spirit of fraternity and ! friendship tlie rising veneration *of > j Baptists, the men u.i women upon II i whom tiie future of tin: dominiumi.iim ! must rest. "It is a great opportunity for the 1 South ami it is to be hoped that sever! a! thousand delegates from that see- f" tion will he here to meet their N >rtli- V era and Western hrethern. Looked , at only from the material point of view, this eonvennion ean he made of untold value to the South and to Haiti- I ) 1 more, because it will give to many thousands of Northern and Western people an interest in und acquaintance- j ship with the South and its people, wliieh they do not now have, it is i "J" j fortunate that Haiti more, the only ; common meeting ground of all sections . ? North, South Kast and West?should have l?"on ehosen for such a convention as this, which is fraught with so much <,n.;1 ' interest to the country at large." i ' ' t ' Mr. .1. Henry Hill I iek. a rcpresenta- cut ! , tive of a big gold mining syndicate j .">. with headquarters at Washington, 1). eals | C., has been in Spartanhurg for several and days investigating some gold mining ufael property in that county, lie has gone conn back to Washington, and it is reported ">. that his company is about to make I'ain some purchases of Spartanburg lands. I'ain Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is said to 7. bo a big stock holder in the syndicate, taele ? Constable .1. L. Niinnatnitker seized j ten gallons of contraband whiskey at TT. the Atlantic Coast Line depot in Sum- U | tor. It was in a keg which was packed in the centre of a barrel of grist, i .? The keg was not exactly full of liquor, and w lien toe barrel of grist was shaken \A/ the whiskey made a slushing noise. It * ^ was consigned to Taylor N Hall, of Klloree. ,, ? .a ?:,..jPaD ? iv. i ? vv ?inuia u nwu^, m J. Sprint?, tin' well know n poultry raisers, Sa have raised perhaps the largest hen egg that has ever heen seen in South Carolina. It is the product of alight lirahmrt hen. is over three and a half inches long and ov? r two and a half in i |.-,, diameter. It is about half a size larger ,j |{ than a goose egg. | 'Uu|ln 1 - -. 1 7 - y ? v r\ _____ ? HTi l " J ironic Nervousness ould Not Sleep, Nervous Headaches. entlemen:?I have been taking r Restorative Nervine for the past e months and I cannot say jgh in its praise. It has Saved fly Life, I had almost given up hope of being well again. I was a )nic sufferer from nervousness and !d not sleep. I was also troubled a nervous headache, and had tried tors in vain, until I used your vine. Yours truly, MRS. M. WOOD, Rlngwood. III. Ir. Miles' Nervine Cures. Miles' Nervine Is sold on & positive nnteo that the first bottle will uenollt. IruRglsts sell it at 51, 6 bottles for $5, or 11 bo sent, prepaid, on receipt of price he Dr. Miles' Medical Co., Klkhart, lnd. *HB1 ? >r salts by B. F. I'osoy, Union, S. C. ISIOVEB :hill i JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. GRANTED. PRICE SOctS. Gai.atia, I M.S., Nov. 16,1893. ModlclnoCo., St. l.ouls, Mo. itlomon:?Wo sold Inst year, 600 bottlos o 1 /IC S TASTK1.KSS C1I1L.I. TONIC and hftTfl it tlireo pruss ulrondy tills your. In nil our oxuoo of 14 years. In tlio drug business, bav? sold an nrtlclo thut gave such universal sotl? in us your Tonic. Yours truly, AIIN1CV, CAHE X CO ?i* sale by 15. F Posey, Union, S. C. Tarckn&ecd e have th;i best selected stock of len Seed that we have ever brought nion. Fvery package is new and li and reliable, Come to see us if want seed that will eoine up and you satisfaction. We have them 1 one cent a package up. ONION SETS. e have the Northern Sots which the best and the only ones that ild he planted in this section. SFKt) POTATO US. e have the best Fas tern Potatoes li are superior to all others. We several varieties, such as Farly , Peerless, (loodrieh and Pares. Come to lis for vour Garden i and anything in the (iroeery line. Kespeetfull v. :andidati-:s ? FOB TUB ? RUG TRADE *>i i tnon county, an I iiiisis HEIR PLATFORM: I'lire Drnjjs. Lowest prices consistent with tho ity of our yoods. N Accuracy and Competency comidiI h'cscriptioris. We carry the largest line of 1 *.?tdcdicincs in the county.* Our stock of Medicines, Chemiand Pharmaceuticals is immense, is purchased from the largest man* Lurio?r and importing; houses in tho try. We carry a full stock of the hest ts. oils, I'utty, Whitewash and t. Paint ltrushc". We carry tin (inest line of Kpecs and Kye (S lasses in the county. lion Drug Co. All T-\ A r-v T-~* r>v /-t ALL f A From to AO ('nits. er Hanging a Specialty. tisfaetion ^tutrant< cmI for the 1 Jobl Artistic Work. W. A. KRAUS Sparta til ur^.', S. C. r farther information, apply at Mat his'slore 01 athiress at SparH'K 0