of treasure was to be discovered, os •was bitterly disappointed; but Pedro Mendoza, who had been one of the .messengers, exalted. Ia the dieapf ppintment of Columbus he saw hif. own triumph; the hour for whioh he ~$md waited and hoped was aov-i hand. i ' The admiral at once decided to leave this island and sail farther in of the river whose waters ever sands of gold. A’young girl had described this river to as being in an adjacent ialana d. Babeque. It is supposed word was not the name of Jfc Island, but an epithet descriptive of its people or its productiveness, and that the admiral’s ignoranoe of the Indian language caused him ^to again broken forth among the sailors, • -reached the ears of Columbus; bat (Pedro knew that Martin Alonso, oap r tsinf cf the Pints, had swota to part ' 'from Columbus, in order to make dis *.• dovery on bis own account. Pinson ■ and his erew, and indeed ah- the . sailors, considered that Columbus , ’made too great haste to leave these . islands before he had thoroughly in vestigated their resouroes or evenper nutted his men the'enjoyment of a change from ocean to land. ' “The threatened desertion of the " Pint* gave Mendoza the opportunity > for whioh be ka<j been watehing. When the order was given to return .to the boats he conceded himself and was nowhere seen. He feared a search i might be ma^e for him if his absenoe was observed, bat he had given out among his fellows an intention to. join the erew of tho Pints. This would, of oouse, anger the*>admiral, whom he hated; but as thj Pinto would also have deserted before the morning, anger would be useless. It ‘ Mendoza to think of oomman diSmay when he should disooyer desertion of Martin Alonzo with his •SS of golu^bua »* tue lots of‘a. follower/ if he should ever be bv the Pinto. This man the admiral with the instinctive of evil toward good and for per sonal reasons besides. The reward for the first sight of ’land’ had beep awarded to the sailor on board the HUnfa, although Meadona swore that hs had tout proclaimed it This ru*i wand was finally given, to the oonuaan himself. as beiug the real disoov from his having first descried o moving along the shore of Sou _lor. this act Pedro Mendoza never and if he bad, it Would only ed bit bate of Cbriato Columbus. With » triumphant wa tolled the preparations for e island; nod from a secure his gazh followed Us* aecOinpafriW by grfc| e native#, as they slow nl^shlpA ;at< in4hor in o of this singn being tbs* even departing ves-1 moment as the over them like a stt of 1in%\£\tuFZ .» Island, eurroxrnded by-w hose language he was - m real disposi ng quaintanpe with ttsa. possess muon knbwiel^v He had taken care, h*w> SiMBfiM supertitural ykStiO^mfUnOg ap pertaining to the white‘naan. He. was quick to note the awe with which they had regarded the brilliant colors'®! the admiral’s dres%s**Wh*l}luppi»$! himself from the wardrobe of hiaoom mander with eueh articles as .he thought likely to bp effective in die Phe0Dwas well I •ware; and he lad- gartered np every little stria* of beads and > every pair of hawV^/'belLs tbatf he had been able to borrow, begor ceive^wihHlei!* of remaining with the Indflana.’ He was, therefore, fairly well prepared for tha enterprise he hqd undertaken. It was only neces sary to work oh the superstition and simplicity of the natives to have a free eourse. , >t “He decided not to sty* hijWftH till the morning, but id tha early darfn .0/ th«;nert day, when the sav ages ’werS gathered for their first meal, he suddenly appeared among them, with the full effect of having desoended from the sky. Their sur prise *SS WBoliy' joyous, and with shouts of‘Tuiteyl Ttirey!’ they gath ered around him, and Mendoza per ..peiied by theirJifig tf.jfeii.vard, which, among.them, meant something turned to them while hes companions bad ohofcfT# iefft ' % snow IOBTt ipprOTIwull ( they prostrated themselves before him and kissed the hem of “This was precisely the effect that Pedro had desired to produce, and he was not slow to avail himself of the greaifadvantage ft gaVe~~biin. lie at' onoe assttmed the position of the visi ble representative of their presiding deity, and from that moment his in fluence over these simple snd amiable children of nature was supreme. “Mendoza had no oause to fear that any search would be made for him by H- —■*v con cealed city and its ruler in the>interior e that it Se ta further it jWft it fitd been because desire to have its wealth himself that he had per . disoonraged his companions, declaring to them, notwithstanding all tha Udun guides protested to the con trary, that only disappointment and fatigue. With tile probability of death onto the tropio heat, lay before them if they persevered in the hopeies* semroh. ,Now, bqwever, be set forth, aeoompanied by several of the natives, and feeling ooalldent of sncoess in that same search, while he listened eagerly to their predictions that they would soon arrive at the kingdom of ,r' tr '-v11 “Ever since his arrival on the isl and Pedro h^d especially noticed two ' young Indians of exceptional qnick ( ness atdjiuMiitOTPe.- They excelled in p«pt da ami phrases m Spanish to readily that very soon he ooold communicate easily with them, to that now he had no difficulty in making himself understood. These 1 youths he took on hie- expedition to the interior, and they proved of aig uftrw^JM)nTDjSj®e1 “The Indians had, at first, described their chieftain’s city as being at a dis tance of four da/r trafk, out, ’Owing | to tht extreme heat in the middle of the day and the hilly character of the ■’’country ad they advanced from the shore, >£edi» found himself not yet at the end of his journey when the four, qajra had, lengthened into seven. “But on the" evening Of that day they had come to a range of mount ains beyond whioht w. hit «i<mf as sured him, lay a v^fle(y, heaajned ip by another range* nronritkilM not yet < visible. The Indims, who seemed su perior to fatigue, were for pushing on aF3ncte7T>dtMendoza. warned ~by"*a march such as he had never known before, and nnwiUing to admit that he | was quite worn out lest he shouljj peril hia reputation as a celestial be desire to greet the suo,before proceed ing fufther: k* their rttde religious idea* embraced the god of day among' their deities, they readily responded this desire on. the part of the celes his feet and transported with joy when he'perm&ted them’io press their lips' on his hand; •*'*«< It; <»» r.! “Fruits pi nnts grew ev« abandonee, and crystal streams •£<. water were t^que^t. Beside* this, the Indians bad brought a supply of Cassava bread—a thin cake, made from the pulp of the ywcoa root—and skins, ; filled; with the jnioe of a lusoious grape which grew in the woods in snoh pro fusion that the trunks and branches of trees were often covered by its vines, from which hong greet bunches of the P«: I I urCADl1 vuou “T | vent first; dimmer,: which, to the exoited imaginations of ttha lagans, was easily exaggerated Iilto supernatural swiftness. Any one o$ these fleet, updreased, unteam meled savages’• could havetieateu, Pedro Jtendoaa in^• *ace,mift.8o penetrated werethey frith awe, merg ing on terror, that they lagged behind, exclaiming and gesticulating among themselves, unoonsoionsly supplying silver. • }jm\ r • m .* V • « V • /Mi!-. I •'Here ana mere ue wum utouwu dark spots breaking the gliateniaf ex panse; and these h^ guessed to be islands. Some of them probably those he had already visited with Columbus and his followers, others those to whioh his late oompanions were sow sailing; bat he felt no longing to res join them, no regret for haTSng deserted them. Here he was a prince, a god,—and, if he did but manago wisely, this beautiful island weald soon be all his own and its people^his subjects and devoted slaves. “At that thought he withdrew his gaze from the vast expfinpftwhioh had for a moment fascinated* him, and looked down toward the fertile and beantifoJl valley pt. the foot of the aoontaias, a great, emerald set round ,With points of Silv*, tnrquois, ruby,, topaz and amethyst: for in that glori ous light the moon tains took on* afl hues and colors. “By' this time the Indians had reached Mendoza, and by signs and eager ejaculations they told him that he now beheld the eity of their qhiaf and thahome of Anaoaona. ; ', “At first Pc&rp cop Id see nothing but tbs valley, and ‘for a moment a g> spasm of disappointment - of fea® shot through his fcetofc e t ho fight the Indians had ft* id hJm/and that neither city jk& inhabitants lay before him. He had not the keen, sight of the natiwa, bat presently he began to distinguish oompofeifiy to descend the mountain, whtye the Indians went on ahead \fio pVepard for his reception. “The farther he ^peceqdad^the rawe plainly he could see thid carious oily. There were several 'hundred honfiaa itul * number of habitations like teals; subsequently leavnad, boo cane. The (houses were rfiSh structures raised 'on foundations oi logs, open on ill sides, having roofs ft^hs^lfMhaw, leaves and grass, but within they were neat and ornamented in many ‘Wdys^how^ ing a rude appreciation of ^rtisti* effect that gave token 0/ a, much high'rt civilization than anything met with so fiuf ha this new country. to Bn coKignf^an,, “Do yon know," paid the nuan who was going to have a; tooth:spUed, don't think ‘dental parlor’Id a good ah*se. "tfNof.Drawing-room' It*'" --.isrO.: 'H V/ jjt *; '4»ib«-5 0:.yi « Jm|; * ■•ii'u.'f, . flu, HEP 4UJV CONTOHtON He WM Npt JIlaTiIwaa to Subscriber Win (Mb 14 Support Men Mtf ffciwiir* Which Do Jot 'VWpresentThdr Views, i ’ 1 rtfTl at ifmpijL-411 a m»f ■!> “>! sUh^^S^rfrfe* lowing address to the people of South fiscollila^ « x ' “My Fellow Cltiiens otSouih Caro lina: The-Igifeat doctrine of represen tadve responsibility Is the foundation stone npon-■ which our republic rests, and no one more keenly than I recog nises his accountability to .the people of South Caeptyng for all official acts. At'the same tifnfe, Iff people who In mastnortMc; great.. Every advancement In the his tory trf dor race has beetf :the direct result of independence of thought and action. In most of the States of this Union, this Is secured by the presence of two political parties and Die resultant discussion of every pub lic question before the people, who are thus enabled to form an intelli gent opinion' and give a verdict at the ballot box.'' Unfortunately in Sohth Carolina for nearly 40 years we have 5f; years, after the Hainpton revoluD°n in 1876, our people took no interest, in public affairs, beyond maintaining a ‘white man’s government’ About thq year 1890, however, “began what '#&' known as the ‘farmers’ move ment,’ which was nothing more than ap instinctive effort on the part of the’ people id' pteierVe the principle of self-government With Shell, Irbyr Norris, Tillman, Donaldson and oth ers, I contributed what I could to nrarria Ha anrceafl. BimUlV bfiCAUSC I felt that agitation w^a .better than stagnation, and it is passing strange, In that connection, that the leader of that movement, ,B. ,R. TUtoan, was. then denounced, as I am how de nounced, for attempting to Mahoneize the State. The freedom of thought and. action, however, which followed the farmers’ movement, opened the doors for every whiter nan *»d every negro who voted for jHptiptcm in 1876, and they could advocate whatever views they cared to express, provide! only , that they took an oath to support the nominee* df the •' primary election, teen who voted the national Republi can ticket were allowed to vote in the primary for State and county ofll cera, and 1 have heard from the same platform men claiming to be Demo crats, advocating Cleveland and the goM standard, and others, Weaver and free silver, And since then no at tempt has ever been made to exclude those who bolted with the indepen TOKTtashlll movement, the PopuOsT Rowden movement, or the RepubH*' can Pope movement. • M‘l was elected to Congress In 18921 after a heated canvass against able opponents and yet on every stump in the district, I , proclaimed my inde pendence and announced that upon , national questions I would follow my Own Judgment and not be bound by the caucus of any party. Although my Democracy Was assailed at that time, I was elected four times upon the same declaration of principles. Carry ing out my pledges to the people, 11 began a systematic study of the ques tions of the day With the result that ,1 changed my views upon many of them. The first marked difference With my party associates arose over the tariff question while I was in the "House and a memebr of its ways and • . i *_ mfmuB cuiumiLLco. Afcnju, i Lk when I was a candidate for the Sen ate, I was charged with being a Re publican, but I disregarde dthe char acterization, and resolutely contend ed that the policies which I advo cated were for the material advance ment of the people, regardless of how they were labelled. "My attitude wag endorsed by HO per ,cent< of those voting, in the pri mary, and I came to the Senate. The, Issues growing out of the Spanish war widened the breach between myself and the Democratic party leaders, for I could only follow the dictates of my conscience and stabd by American soldiers ftehting upon a foreign soil. At that time the war was not a party question and I hoped it would not be come so. In;this I was disappointed^ and was soon confronted by the alter native of retracing my steps, or find ing myself in opposition to a majority of the Democratic party leaders and excluded from their caucus. I coy ijlnded that not even a seat in the failed States Senate was wprth a surrender of my convictions and that opinion I* unchanged. TheiW is not a speech > pr : ycte of ^mlne upon any auestion growing out of the Spanish Aiperican' thkt ‘ f' *Would change, memUt.l could,.ani which I do not m -1 1^**1 ha,ve everi maintained this inde pendence of thought and action. Last sStnmeff rhObgAfelng my responsibili ty to the people, these t being (no cam paign in the. Sta^e, L announced ihy1 intention of gding before them fortfce^ purpose of «fccussing these national can doctrines »»«'branded as a Rtf publican in Democratic disguise. The State Democratic, executive commit pSemet and under the dictation, of my cdllMgud Id the Senate, form ally declared that J fras not a Demo crat, which formed the basis for sim ilar action otf'the part ofr rafl Demo. ’<H*tfC,/'dtiiihs of the' United States Senate. 'The*policy wf my opponents; haA beet tr belittle rlfco real issues noTilTlihg lokecept, wall do nort pro pose to be Influenced -in my public ,me iros* tbe rl.v,,. aoj tbua IMttl! MPBiwirW; tamriitg mq -y ”TO,a«.* advocacy or tnft TiDwruilil prone (meaeurPB bow j co ntroatin* the Ameri aud my. friends, because 1 bare read oraBB mimhlnebof South CMfriiariflfr E»nur&ita and oath of the party (or.the purpose i lh©- suggested exception of myself, for. of. course I would not mf irhce fpi* the‘Senate, or proclaim mj. views under oondltlons wttlotr were uot^ equally, applicable to those yrhd entertain and advocate my Vle#8, hate Ml abiding filth that iff will yet ,be rhown that the dictator; of the,ma chine Is not the exponent of the views of the.mdjdrity of''dnr people. The primary system adopted, ip on? .State through tho farmers’ movement has been prostituted and perVe'rtett into a political machine tor (he purpose of excluding all candidates who; are not in full accord with the views and wishes of the dictator. The question, therefore is, .will the people of the State submit to disfranchising the in telligent people and' excluding them from our elections? “With such a system I have no sym pathy and feel impelled by a strict sense of duty, to warp the people against such tyranny as It encourages And establish^*. With these facts be fore me, And my convictions as; to,,the original purpose of the primary sys tem, T am driven to the' conclusion it halt it has subserved its purposes aud has outlived its usefulness. It iB, therefdre,1 a niatter'fci tfO^cohcern to roe what may bo the action of the May convention as to the rules of the primary and a revision of its pledge At ‘ ‘‘The suppress^ of free qpeecji and independence of 'Action by such moans renders)it impossible foe any self-respecting citizen holdJng.,my view8, to become a candidate' In th,e Democratic primary iii South nGare una. it is apparent Jhat the system has been warped And twisted so as 'to serve the onb purpose bf throttling free; spqech, frpe thought,pnd liberty of action. The primary system'1 in Sdtifh Carolina has bbeh sacrificed upon the altar, of partisanship and personal malignity, and has therei fore become unpatriotic and useless and should, ba.ignored!jvand finally repudiated by our peoplp with a put-" p«se similar to my own, lib look hope fully to the results of a fair and just general election under our State and nAtio'hal laws. * ' *’ w"'y 1 . - v ^4 party yoke has been placed upotf oqr people and it has beqome too galling tot further endurance, 1 and. yet I realise that many of my loyal Mends would even on .op, more hold1 in check their resolution not to again enter our system of primary elections In order to. again vote, lor me, but I have reached thj not subject them •bath to supittfO which do not r upon the issues '“john Low^SrSjbSLtmm.- ,,i i**'*4i '»••/ ’ »:r» it* ; .].( r‘.jL V. * if**' ■■ ■■ ' p "■■■' ■'! 1 i .. . • , ■ ' r*r ii i >«. Three thousand union plasterers have, been locked opt in New York /City. Robert Howard, the celebrated labor leader, of Fall River, Mass., is dead. Labor organizers are at work in One* gon. The general conditions of labor are good. The number of trade unions in St. Joseph, Mo., has almost doubled in the past three months. The sympathetic strike of the tug firemen'hag spread in Chicago to the tugboat captains and engineers. •> Building contractors of Youngstown* Ohio, have refused the elght-bour day; and 4000 workmen decided to strike.,-• ■; Powder workers In Kansas have se cured an aqnual contract with an in creased scale of *wttges and a provision for the use of a union label. M Ice deliverers of Chicago are rest less and threatening a strike oveif grievances entertained against their 'employers. ' • , : The Secretary of the Clerks’ Nation al Union reports 581 local unions, twelve of wbiqh waye added.-during the past month.' Unions wete formed lh California. Chip.; Nova Scotia and Illb noi« Hi., nave increased toeir membership over lOQ.per cent, doripg the past six. months, and substantial gains In wages have been granted to many., of tb# trades. jj The Bartenders’ Association ,nt Greater if air York, .rectixUy Morgan ized, has for one of its objects the-dimiplin lng of all member‘wbo'drlnk behind tbe bar. None <but nMpqkaown to be of abstemipuf hotbtg |inay join union. ... .. * The State BoanL. of. Public Lands and Builj}ipgs.in J^pbrpska has dosed: a thrCe-yearr contract with a broom and duster company for teonrigt labor l fl-ik *dt fif*' H*m *! .f-iji ij- >t* 0«ld«u tf^l/^fPWrXwK' ' ‘ j $$wage irrigation $ Pf#.^ Goidffn, terminates ' at present sbv|fi& miles' from the iPacifib ocean. Fbrf a* num ber of years'tetroger lias ieei ft* barged into a" degression -fil 'tW sand Just south of' the park, Hout .building operations In the viotnityt have mhde necessary a change' lft £}»»., The sewage will probably be dd^rered(Jp all under the direction or The pan commission. The plan is artAnapoifcor Sfexpedier^t,1 Usad? s*ceasa**rfcy lack of funds to continue the outlet'to the oceaa.^pnglnoerlng,iNewt, j^ * - 'J jf *a ■*nV :i i •! A *.*i #' .r-mm * LIVELY KA1U0AB VAR .7 VtouW Akcafli ^(rJSlPCod IR«wv blows over the possessions of The Nar row, a veiy-vslesMe arising tessHorj ftSStfB&tlA&rtlSS; roads are 'Contending is View of the tt&nBAKSF'Q&tft lconaed;.*ib« Chahrfinp. hii-NaaltilHa ye^oC^edltlOA with the -gveat-Bouth a Mwys • thht Plata in -the moudUtawa regions actual work tejbolng done.. The-South TiKfS'LlffJ! paring to defend all oft its eights of way secured for the construction of the Knoxville, Lafollette « Jellco. NaBhville; Chief Engineer Weils, of the, Southern; Chief Engioeer Elliott, of the Dblusvllle A Nashville, and oth er officila of the roads are on the ground and the situation is threaten ing. -.r.ft a .. Archbishop Corrigan Dead. New Yerk, SpecialWThe deith of Archbishop Corrigan, camp as agfceat surprise and shock to those in the arch-episcopal residence. It was more so to the general. publlc. tor the Ust bulletin of the day waa jppf W o« taln were’the physicians’bf an im provement in the condition of the, pa tient that there would be no more bulletins during the night. At about 41 o’clock; the, trained nurapa who had chargp of the bedside noticed af ! change. ‘ Acting on lnstfudWons, the physfeianna were ’phqned for., Alt (the same time the archbishop’s doctors were summoned t» come, as well as priests. It .was seen, by the phyaiplpna that the end was at hand and In ,less than a quSHer of an hoof Hlstwsce was dead. His last moment*,<yere •peaceful and without evidence of suf fering, ™ • --• «.7Jnibt* . . • ■ ■ * <i ' » i; ’■ Cholera on,Tra#sp9r$. Manila, By Cable.-^-Tbe one chance of.saving the lifdof Capt. Moore, of thb Twenty^seventhTn lifantrF*^»who was wounded during their. , recent fighting with the Moros, in tltc limnd of Mindanao, is by trepanning a por tion of Tils skull’restink otviBei brain. The/- body of - Second , W*«tf|ihnt burled. at Malahangi.iHopeaj arf .^tUl soldier has d*ed of: cholera on 4*oard the United States transport Warren. In quarantihe here. Her crew and passengers hard been landed tar the 1 undergo anothfer 11 W< days in qnfttan* ^ ■ • *’ 5t. Louis Storm swept] ’ . «■ Louis. SpefelSfl^-Itor * .shoit , \ mviMT.vi fa ^ tAvsihla iiTS&Hcu St Louis: TBer less *n«eso,( mated at $300,000; partially lasured. Hard work ob the part «l d*e treme“y aided by the torrents of rain, saved an ad j o i n Ini/'building, in kBlMPjMad Art had stoied patterns, x*s$imatad at the valuh of half a million dollars. In all parts of the city tided, Mbces, signs and awnings; wire blown ,down and ofhqr damage done..Nobody was killed or injured. ■1 ■ —... iatf i J Three to Hang. .Nopfqik,, Special—,Foi the^pumjer of Thomas Stpvensqn, a merchant at Rox obel, N. C.'Jufts Btehop^lbbu «elford and Jim.Stevenson,. negrpes.hw;e been sentenced to bang on August I. Their trial took plaee hi the Super**- Court of Windsor, ;,N. P.i of • young Stevenson waa partlcdlar atro ‘Wblife in hiB stow set. uppa by the three bogww^biosftnaxnes are given, and a negro namea Milton Belfleld', who; while ^esiktlW^Oferest. was shot'and kiljpd. Thfe^ct^ waa literally shot to pieces. ■ -trl .*.Vi.!witip 1 ‘ Dn Palmer Hurts ««w, New Orleans,/. SpfecijdL-fipfH^. M. knocked.dowb byiaptepWWjfarriet St KfU'Wtrs jprfedJ Dr. Palmer waa tar in# rttf/cross Bt. Charleaajeuuewjjen Amur ran him down, drugging dfm some dis tance." 'One of ibis «rig&.;;w*a broken Tfti TeimerrtO’IsrtoarWi theax!**iries ’noted'prfekclieV lk the South and de livered the oration at the Confed r«teleft#unlotr la-LautsytkeKtWo yean ,-asp., f $ t;-~ Trfw 1 ' * toldfed Woried NdWMt Lofc : ’ Angel ei,. 'S*rfeial*f*lt4r twd fcpuity *i8GW»jQt>rt$^e^effi^>t ad 9*‘V»>-«( 'flWflW'l **80 Wo. j«w wfflw© mfm *? men won the (lay, when the convention UW what '• lshafowli‘’« thd'ftompio^lM«• amend ment’a^-eed^ffcafi* Wcwf|orI(:'f>Pveral iV» ; > ■• ^ " f 100 *./, r'^aegntm < *fcw# pwdettfc’ ih a fcagfefpwfo ™» Sdown afar JoHet<-n^i,%||^4tfdght, hy„a: train, on the SfWta-^fl#l and 'S abaorhed the.M««hep{af,;p***rf>f the •nl«ht In theic Jjomf/,

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