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VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 188. NO, 13. TALMAGE IN THE SOUTI. -AND HE WAS ANGRY, AND WOUL.D NOT GO IN." The Self Congratulatory, Self Satisfied, Self Worshipful Man Is Full of Faults. Two Kinds of Higher Life Men-Re turned Prodigals. ArrxTA, Ga., Aug. 12.-The Rev. T. Do Witt Talmage, D. D., of Brooklyn, is in this region. He has spoken several times at the great Piedmont Chautauqua, and his public appearances are attended by vast multitudes everywhere. Preach ing from the text (Luke xv, 28) "And he was angry and would not go in," he said: Ia the eldsrekeg. the arable so un sympathetic and so cold that he is not worthy of recognition? The fact is that we minists pursue the younger son. You can hear the flapping of his rags in many a sermonic breeze, and the cranohing of the pods for which he was an contestant. I confess that for a long time I was unable to train camera obscura upon the elder son of the parable. I never could get apegative for a photograpy. There was not enough light m the gallery, or the chemicals were poor, or the sitter moved in the pioture. But now I think I have him. Not a side face, or a three-quarter., or the mere bust, but a full length portrait as heapp s to me. The father in the a f the prodigal bad nothing to brzof his two sons. The one was a rake and the other acurl. I find nothing 1 admirable in the dissoluteness of the one and I find nothing attractive in acrid 1 sobriety of the other. The one goes down over the larboard side and the other goes down over the starboard .side, but the both go down. From. the old homestead bursts the aninstrelsy. The floor quakes with the] feet of the rustics, whose dance is always vigoroul and resounding. The neigh bors-have heard of. the return of the youngerson from his wanderings, and they have gathered together. The house 1 is ful of congratulators. I suppose the I tables are loaded with luxuries. Not 1 only the one kind of meat mentioned, but its concomitants. "Clap!" go the cymbals, "thum!" go theharps, "click!" t go the chalices, up and down go the feet inside, while outside, is amost sorry -ee. The senior son stands at the corner of 3 the house, a frigid phlegmatic. He hasI just come in from the fields in ver sub utantial apparel. Seeing some wild ex bilarations around the old mansion, he sks of a servant passing by with a goat r skin of wine on his shoulders what all i the fuss is about. One would have I thought that, on hearing that hisyoung- I er brother had got back, he would have I gone into the house and rejoiced, and if 8 he were not conscientiouely opposed to i dancing,that he would have joined in I the oriental schottische. No. There he sans. His brow lowers. His lip curls f with contempt. He stamps the ground I with indignation. He sees nothing at c all to attract. The odors of the feast i coming out on the air do not sharpen i his appetite. The lively music does not i put any spring into his stop. He is in I a teeri pout. He criticise the ex- I pense, the injustice and the morals of I tw ertertaiment. The father rushes e out basrhaaded and coaxes him to come I n. He wi notgo in. He scolds the A -father. Hegoesintoapasquinaeagainst the younger brothier,'and he makes the anostuneamely scene. He says, "Father,. you put a premium on vagabondism. I 4 ataye at home andworked on the farm. I You never made a party for me; you Iidn'tso muchas killakid; that wouldn't I ksa cost half aa~much as acalf; but the 1 uoapegracs went of in fineolothes end he comes hack not fit to be seen, and what a time you make over him. He breaks yourheartand you pay him for it. Thati calf to which we have been giving extra feed during all these weeks wouldn't be , uo fat and sleek iflIhad known to what' use you were going to put it! That vaaoddeserves to be cowbided in- 1 stead of banqueted. Veal is too good1a forhbim!" That evening, while the young er son sat te~ing his father about 7his ad-, ventures, and asked about what had oc curred on the paesince his departure, the senior brote goes toubed disgusted and slams the door after him. That senior brother still lives. You can see him any Sunday,Sany day of the week. At a meeting of ministers in Germany some one asked the question, "Who is1 that elder son?" and Krummacher an swered, "I know him; E saw him yester-] day." And when they insisted upon knowing who he meant, he said "Myself; when I saw the account of the conversion 1 of a -most obnoxious man, I was irri- 1 tated." First, this senior brother of the text stands for the self congrtltrself 1 s.afed, -elf oshpu man. With j the same breatdin whc he vituperates against his younger brother he utters ai panegyric for himself. The self right eous man of my text, like every other self righteous man, was full of faults. He was an ingrate, for he did not appre ciate the home blessings which he had all those years. He was disobedient, for when the father told him to come in he stayed out. He was a liar, for he said that the recent son had devoured his father's living, when the father, so far from being reduced to penury, had a homestad left, had instruments of mn sic, had jewels, and a mansion, and, in stead of being a pauper, was a prmee. This senior brother, with so many faults of his own, was merciless in his criticism of the younger brother. The only per fect pepethat I have ever known ut tryobnoxious. I was never so badly obaein allmy life as by a perfect man. He got so far up in his devotions that hewasoclear up above all the rules of common honesty. These men that gabout prowling among prayer meet rags and in places of business, telling how good they are, look out for them; keep your hand on your pocket book! I have noticed that just in proportion that a man get good he gets humble. The deep iniippi does not make as much noise as the brawling mountain rivulet. There has been many a store that had more goods inthe show window than inside on the shelves. Tjhis self righteous man of the text tsnnaa nt ihnarnr of the house hugwingr himself in admiration. We hear a grea deal in our day about the higher life Now, there are two kinds of higher lifo men. The one are admirable, and thi other are most repulsive. The one kind of higher life man is very lenient in hii criticism of others, does not bore prayei meetings to death with long harangues, does not talk a great deal about himself, but much about Christ and heaven, get, kindlier and more gentle and more use ful until one, day -his soul spreads a wing and he flies away to eternal rest, and everybody mourns his departure. The other higher life man goes around with a Bible conspiciously under his arm, goes from church to church, a sort of general evangelist, is a nusence to his pastor when he is at home, and a nusence o other pastors when he is away from home; runs up to some man who is count Lug out a roll of bank bills .or ..runing ip a'diffioult line of figures, ~and asks im how his soul is; makes religion a lose of ipecacuanha; standing in a reli gious meeting making an address, he has a patronizing way, as though ordi aary Christians were clear away down below him, so he had to talk at the top Af his voice in order to make them hear, but at the same time encouraging them ;o hope on; that by climbing many years hey may after a while come up within ight of the place where he now stands. [ tell you plainly that a roaring, roister ng, bouncing sinner is not repulsive to ne as that higher life malformation. L'he former may repent; the latter never gets over pharisaism. The younger )rother of the parable came back, but he senior brother stands outside entire y oblivious of his own delinquencies Lud deficits, pronouncing his own enlog um. Oh, how much easier it is to blame thers than to blame ourselves! Adam >lamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpant the ierpant blamed the devil, the senior rother blamed the younger brother, and ione of them blamed themselves. Again, the senior brother of my text tands for all those who are faithless bout the reformation of the dissipated ad the dissolute. In the very tones of us voice you can hear the fact that he as no faith that the reformation of the rounger son is genuine. His entire nanner seems to say: "That boy has mome back for more money. He got a hird of the property; now he has -ome >ack for anoteer third. He will never ) contented to stay on the farm. He will fall away. I would go in, too, and joice with the others if I thought this hing was genuine; but it is a sham. Chat boy is confirmed inebriate and lebauchee." Alas! my friends, for the neredulity in the church of Christ in egard to thereclamation of the reaeant! ou say a man has been a strong drinker. : say; "Yes; but he has reformed." "Oh" roU say, with a lugubrious face,. "I hope ,ou are not mistaken; I hope you are iot mistaken." You say: "Don't rejoice o much over his conversion, for soon te will be unconverted, I fear. Don't nake too big a Par for that returned >rodigal, or strike e timbres too loud; d if you kill a call, kill the one that s on the commons, and not the one that Las been luxuriating in the paddock." Chat is the the reason why more prodi als do not come home to their father's touse. It is the rank infidelity in the thurch of God on this subject. There a not a house on the streets of heaven hat has not got a prodigal that has re rned and stayed home. There could >e unrolled before you a scroll of a mundred thousand names-the names of >rodigals who came back forever reform d. Who was John Buyan? A returned rodigal. Who was Richard Baxter? L returned prodigaL Who was George hitefield, the thunderer? A returnEd rodigal. AndlIcould go out in alt irectons in this audience and find on ther side those who, once far astray or many years, have been faithful, and heir eternal salvation is as sure as hough they had been ten years in eaven. And yet some of you have not nough faith in their return. You do not know how to shake hands rith a prodigal You do not know how o pray for him. You do not know how o greet him. He wantsato sail in the arm gulf stream of Christian sympathy. ou are the iceberg against which he trikes and shivers. You say he has >en a prodigal. I knot it. But you re the sour, unresponsive, censorious, aturnine, cranky, elder brother, and if rou are going to heaven one would think ome people would be tempted to go to erdition to get away from you. The inters say that if a deer be shot the ther deer shove him out of their :ompany, and the general rule is away with the man who has been wounded ith sin. Now, I say, the more bones i man has broken the more need he has >f a hospital, and that the more a man ien bruised and cut with sin the more eed he has to be carried into human Ind divine sympathy. But for such men here is not muach room in this world he men who want to come back after randering. Plenty of room for elegant anners-sners in velvit, and satin, and ace-for sinners high salaried, for kid loved and patent leather sinners; for nnners fixed up by hair dresses, poma :nmed, and lavendered, and cologned, md frizzled, and crimped, and "banged" duners-plenty of room. Such we meet uegantly at the door of our churches, md we invite them into our best seats with Chesterfieldinn gallantries; we usher them into the house of God and put soft ottomans under their feet and put a gilt edged prayer book in hand, and pass the contribution box before them rith an air of apology, while they, the generous souls, take out the exquisite portemonnaie, and open it, and with jiamond finger push down beyond the hen dollar gold pieces and delicately pick :ut as an offering to the Lord, of one ent. For such sinners, plenty of room, plenty of room. But for the man who bas been drinkinguntil his coat is thread bare and his face is erysipelased, and bis wife's wedding dress is in the pawn. broker's shop, and his children, instead of being in school, are out begging broken bread at the basement doors of rhis city-the man, body, mind and soul on fire with the flames that have leaped from the scathing, scorching, blasting, onuning cup which the drunkard takes, trembling, and agonized, afright ed, and presses to his parched lip, and his racked tongue, and his shrieking yet immortal spirit-no room. Oh, if this younger son of the parable had not gone so far off, of he had not dropped so low in wassail, the protest would not hat have been so severe; but oing nlear over the precipice as thE younger son is angry and will not go in. Oh, be not so hard in your critism of the fallen, lest thou thyself also be temp ted. A stranger one Sunday staggered up and down the ailes of my church, disturbing the service had to stop until he was taken from the room. He was a minister of the Gospil of Jesus Christ of a sister denomination! That man had preached the Gospil, that man had broken the bread of the holy communion for the people. From what a height to what a depth! Oh, I was glad there was no smiling in the room when that man was taken out, his poor wife fol!owing him with his hat in her hand and his coat on her arm. It was as solemn to me as two funerals-the funeral of the body and the funeral of the soul. Beware lest thou also be tempted. An invalid went to South America for his health, and one day sat sunning him self on the beach, when hesawsomething crawling up the beach, wriggling to ward him, and he was affrighted. He thought it was a wild beast or a reptile, and he took his pistol from his pocket. i Then he saw it was not a wild beast. It i was a man an immortal man, a man made i in God's own image; and the poor wretch I crawled up to the feet of the invalid I and asked for strong drink. The invalid 9 took his wine flask from his pocket and < gave the poor wretch something to drink, I and under the stimulus he rose up and gave his history. He had been a mer- 1 chant in Glasgow, Scotland. He had . gone down under the power of strong I drink until he was lying in a boat just i off the beach. "Why," said theinvaLid, I "I knew a merchant in Glasgow once," I a mercha-t by such and such a name, and the poor wretch straightened him self and said, "I am that man." "Let i him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall? Again I remark that the senior brother of my text stands for the spirit of envy and jealousy. The senior brother thought that all the honor they did to the return- I ed brother was a wrong to him. He said: < "I have stayed at home, and I ought to I have had the ring, and Iought to have had I the banquet, and I ought to have had e the garlands." Alas for this spirit of I envy and jealousy coming down through i the ages! Cain and Able, Esau and t Jacob, Saul and David, Haman and t Mordecai, Othello and lago, Orlando I and Angelica, Cahgula and Torquatus, a Ciaar and Pompey, Columbus and the I Spanish courtiers, Cambyses and the I brother he slew because he was a better marksmen. Dionysins and Philoxenius, i whom he slew because he was a better i singer. Jealousy among painters. Clos- t terman and Geoffry Kneller, Hudson and Reynolds. Francia, anxious to see i a picture of Raphael, Raphael sends him i a picture. Francis, seeing it, falls in a a fit of jealousy from which he dies. I Jealousy among authors. How seldon i contemporaries speak of each other. t Xenophon and Plato living at the same I time, bat from their writings you never i would suppose they heard of each other. f Religious jealousies. The Mahommedans praying forrain during a drought, no rain i coming. Then the Christians began to 1 pray for rain, and the rain comes. Then E the Mohommedans met together to ac- i count for this, and they resolved that I God was so well pleased with their a prayers he kept the drought on so as to z keep them praying; but that the Chris- i tians began to pray, and the Lord was d so disgusted with their prayers that he I sent rain right away so he would not hear any more of their supplicants. Oh, a this accused spirit of envy and jealousy! i let us stamp it out from all our hearts. e A wrestler was so envious of Theo-- s genes, the prince of wrestlers, that he a could not be consoled in any way; and j after Theogenes died and a statute was lifted to him in a public place, his en- a vious antagonist went out and wrestled g with the statute until one night he threw e it, anid it fell on him and crushed him to it death. So jealousy is not only absord,| c it iskilling to the body and it is killing z to the soul. How seldom it is yon find e one merchant spaking well of a mer- t chant in the same line of business. t How seldom it is you hear of a physican 1; speaking well of a physician on the same a block. Oh, my friends' the world is large enough for all of us. Lats reoice ; at the success of others. The nextjbest t thing to owning a garden ourselves is to t look over the fence and admire the -a flowers. The next best thing to riding t in afine equipage is to stand on the a streets and admire the prancing span. The next best thing to having a banquet a given to ourselves is having a banquet a given to our prodigal brother that has t come home to his father's house. Besides that, if we do not get as much honor and as much attention as others,t we ought to congratulate ourselves on e what we escape in the way of assault.j The French general, riding on horse- 1 back at the head of his troops, heard ai soldier complain anil say, "It is veryj easy for the general to command usa forward while he rides and we walk." Then the general dismounted and coin- 1 pelled the complaining soldier to get on the horse. Coming through a ravine, a bullet from a sharp-shooter struck the rider, and he fell dead. Then the gen eral said, "How much safer it is to walk than to ride!" Once more I have to tell you that this] senior brother of my text stands for the pouting Christian. While there is no such congratulation within doors, the hero of my text stands outside, the< corners of his mouth drawn down, look ing as he felt-miserable. I am glad hisi lugubrious phy'siognomy did not spoil the festivity within. How many pouting Christians there are in our day-Chis tians who do not like the mnsic of our churches, Christians who do not like the hilarities of the young-pouting, pout. ing, pouting at society, pousing at the fashions, pouting at the newspapers, pouting at the church, pouting at the government, pouting at the high heaven. Their spleen is too large, their liver does not work, their digestion is broken down, there are two crueta in their caster always sure to be well supplied-vinegar and red peper! Oh, come away from that I mood. Stir a little saccharine into your disposition. While you avoid the disso-1 luteness of the younger son, avoid also the irascibility and the petulance and the pouting spirit of the elder son, and imitate the father, who had embraces for1 the returning prcidicaland coaxing words for the splenetic malcontent. Ah! the face of this pouting elder son is put before us that we might better see the radiant and forgiving face of the father. Contrasts are mighty. The artist in sketching thae field of Waterloo,: years after the battle, put a dove in th mouth of the cannon. Raphael, in on< of his cartoons, beside the face of i wretch put the face of a happy and inno cent child. And so the sour face of thi irascible and disgusted elder brother i brought out in order that in the contras we may better understand that forgivinj ind the radient face of God. That ii the meaning of it-that God is ready tc back anybody that is sorry, to take hin flear back forever, and forever, and for. aver, to take him back with a loving hug, o put a kiss on his parched lip, and i eing on his bloated hand, an easy sho4 :n his chafed foot, a garland on hif Dleeding temples, and heaven in his soul, )h, I fall flat on that mercy! Come, ny brother, and let us get down int< ,he dust, resolved never to rise until thE Father's forgiving hand shall lift us. Oh, what a God webave! Bring you loxologiM. Come, earth and -eaven, md join in the worship. Cry aloud. LifI he palm branches. Do you feel the Tather's arm around your neck? Do you iot feel the warm breath of your fathei gainst your cheek? Surrender, youngei on! Surrender elder son! Surrender, all! )h, go in to-day and sit down at the >anquet. Take a slice of the fatted calf, ind afterward, when you are seated with me hand in the hand of the returned >rother, and the other hand in the hand >f the rejoicing father, let your heart eat time to the clapping of the cymbal iud the mellow voice of the flute. "It a meet that we should make merry, and >e glad; for this thy brother was dead nd is alive again and was lost and is ound." N THE SHADE OF THE MOUNTAIN. I. Place Where Health and Pleasure Neet, to Chase Disease With Waters Sweet. ALL-HALING, N. C., August 17. That an undertaking, thought oar athers and mothers less than a quarter if a century back, was a trip from the air City by the Sea to the lovely moun ains in the Land of the Sky. Now, tarting at 7 a. m., we spin along over wo hundred and fifty miles of smooth ailroad tracks, with little interruption, ill six in the evening finds us at Gas. onia. Thence by carriage, with Cleve ind and Thurman as mountain trotters, re are whirled along to Mountain View lotel in time for a most enjoyable sup >er served in excellent style. A cool night in very comfortable ooms refreshes us so that by morning re are quite ready to explore the coun ry, visit the springs and climb Crow ,er's Mountain rising two thousand feet a front of our hotel. Tempting us with te cool shade and waters is the pavillion eltering the springs for which the lace is noted. Of these springs-twelve a number-the All-Healing is of course he most popular-fathers, mothers, abies, sisters, cousins and aunts all rinking freey and with constant bene t. Arsenic, Iron and Sulphur are found 2 a greater or leas quantity in all the aters, two of the S prings being largely lphur-Red and White-and one be Dg very strong with iron. While All lealing carries Arsenic to a greater de ree than any of the others, it carries xinerals in combination not to be found I any other spring, its principal ingre ienta being Arsenic, Sulphur, Iron, Athia, Potash and Magnesia. Its tem erature is 56 degrees-a sweet, pleas at water to drink-and it can be taken i large quantities without any bad frect, while for bathing purposes it tands without an equal, leaving the skin oft and of a velvety feeling produced y no other water known. These waters stand in high repute mong the residents of this region, who ive particulars of some remarkable ures effected by them. Only a day or wo since a gentleman came a distance f forty miles with his wagon and car ied away a barrel of these waters for as in his family, some of whom were en sick with fever. Tradition says at long before the Springs were ana p'ed familie used to come and camp round them to benefit by their curative owers. It is further related that still arlier these waters were called Indian edicine, and there was a belief that ey were unait for use, except by the borigines. This belief soon gave place a the knowledge that the waters were s good for the white man as for the red. A spacious ball room flanked by an musement hall, comprising bowling ley, billiard and pool room, bycicle rack and skating rink, furnishes sport or all tEstes. To drink the waters, enjoy the moun in scenery, feast on the fine fare and ombine health and strength with a lly good time, come many guests from sany parts of our own and the adjoin ng States. Once anxious mothers re oie to meet the genial doctors as ready ith powders and pellets tor the babies aswt jokes and compliments for the >elles-most learned judges and smiling aidens-widows and widowers-lads ad lassiea-make up a "merrie coin >anie." South Carohina' has been well 'epresented by prominent people from everal conties-Marion, York, Marl oro, Lancaster, Cheater, Laurens, arwell, Lexington, Fairfield, Ander on, Abbeville, Richland, Chesterfield, )oleton, Beaufort, Edgefield, Green rile and Orangeburg-with some from ither counties expected. North Carolina and Georgia are also vell represented. The season promises well. PArasmrro. That White Man in Africa. LONDON, Au st 1.-A dispatch from luakim to the I'imes says: " Reports con erning the presence of a white man in the 3ahr-e-Gazel district are confirmed. He( s known as Abu Digma, and has a force f enormous strength, including a large tumber of half-naked men, probably fram he Kiam-Nism country. This Is a strong >ont in favor of the idea that the white nan is Stanley. The Khalifa of Khar oum has sent a force of 5.200 men against dim. The Negus of Abyssinia has sworn o capture Khartoum, and the Khalifa is reatly alarmed." The fisheries question-Did you bringa ottle along? The surplus problem-i yonder how I can make it last till next pay lay? The internal-improvements question -Will this medicine cure me, doctor? The ortifiation problem-If you don't want tc ~atch malaria on that fishing trip you'd etter take lots of whisky along. The im nigration question-Where do I go to gel EDUCATION FOR FARMERS. THE NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL MASSES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Au Addres by Col. 0. K. Norris, President of the State Farmers' Association, at the Spartanburg Encampment. Mr. President: In 1866 Messrs. Clem son, Hayne and Simpson, members of the Pendleton Farmer's Society, were appointed a committee by that body to solicit funds to build and put into oper ation a scientific school where the youths of the State might be trained and edu cated in the industrial paths of life. Such men as Thomas Pinckney, Jr., Andrew Pickens, J. B. Earle, Josiah D. Gaillard, Robert -Anderson, Patrick Norris, Jno. E. Cothran and others in 1815; Jno. Maxwell, B. F. Perry, War ren H. Davis, D. Sloan and others in 1816; Francis Burt, Richard Lewis and others in 1817, and David Cherry, Jno. Gaillard, Jas. Whitner, Thos. M. Sloan, D. K. Hamilton and others in 1818, all members of this society and teachers of public opinion in agricultural affairs, as well as in shaping and maintaining the political course of the State, were re placed in later times by others, equally noted for their patriotism and wisdom, among whom I msy mention Hayne, Simpson, Seaborn, Clemson, Lewis and a host of others. These gentlemen re alized the importance of technical train ing as applied to agriculture, and al though we hear no more, for the time, of the effort made in 1866 to inaugurate a school for this purpose, the conviction of its necessity abided with the society, and we live to see one of them donating a large fortune to accomplish that which had failed before, it seems, because of the impoverished and disorganized con dition of the State at that time. Other efforts looking to improvement in agriculture were not wanting, such as the founding of the society for the pro motion of agriculture in South Carolina in 1875 in Charleston, the organization of the State'Agricultural Society in Co lumbia in 1818, and the rapid multipli cation of similar bodies afterwards throughout the State; but, so far as I am informed, this effort made by the Pendleton Agricultural Society was the first in the State which directly under took to radically better our agriculture by educating and training the boys, the farmers of the future, rather than by shows, fairs and such like, stimulating by rivalries the spasmodic efforts of the then farmers. The wisdom of their efforts is witnessed by the 184 colleges and stations now in successful operation in Germany; by the passage of the great educational bill by the Parliament of Great Britain after the disappointment of that nation in the world's contest at Paris in 1867, whereby science and technology have been assigned a larger place in her schools and universities than ever before, and by the 57 agricul tural colleges and industrial institutes in the United States. This formidable array of institutions at which the -outh of the various countries in which' they are located are enabled to educate them selves for the profession in life which falls to their lot by choice or necessity attests one truth, and it is this: that the application of science to agriculture is a successful fact. But what has Soutth Carolina done? Has she recognized the great wisdom of nurturing schools of this kind, and their potency in building up her waste places? A State, proud of her history, glorious in her many achievements and in whose exaltation her every true son delights! Oh! that< it were some other rather than one of; her sons to tell the tale! I will not re count the half-hearted and disparaging manner in which her feeble efforts in this direction were conceived and have been carried on, but would rather dwell upon the awakened interest and zeal now manifested in its behalf by all, from . the doubting Thomases to the convinced Tillmanson the one hand and designing i politicians and the toiling masses on the 1 other. The oid idea of education was that it had no direct bearing on the i man's work, and it is not only true that i the education of the past did not at- I tempt anything of this sort, but it is < also trae that the end and design of that education was in the opposite direction. The man was not educated to abor--he was in fact educated not to labor. In4 the habits of his life and the processes of his thought the educated man was as far as possible removed from sympathy 1 with what we term industrial pursuits. The march of progress has well nigh refuted those ideas and to-day we are witnessing the advent of an education which will especially fit the individual 1 who receives it for the only probable destiny in life which his antecedent cir cumstances admit. It is also in harmony with the idea that the many should be i educated in contradistinction to the old idea that it was only possible or necessa ry to educate the few. This new de parture, if I may so speak, not in the art, but in the ecience of agriculture, promises many things. It will enlighten the minds of the tillers of the soil and enable them to comprehend the laws of nature which govern animal and vegeta-1 ble physiology and at once dignify labor by raising it above drudgeryand routine and making it the seientitic means of accomplishing the ends of labor. It will make it possible for its possessor, for himself, and largely for his class, to overcome the social degradation which has ever been the lot of the actual work- 1 er, however praised and honored agri culture has been in the abstract. It will radically correct the defects of the4 past by planning the education with referenice to the probable employment and destiy of the individual who re ceives it, and not leaving him in igno rance of the things which above all oth ers it is most important he should know. 1 It will give to the educated mind a skill ful hand and a tramned eye, a discrimi-1 nating judgmeut and an intelligent opinion; will revolutionize the negligent and unprofitable farming as now prac ticed by the vast majority of our people, and give to them in its stead a rational plan leading to general improvement. Those who receive the benefits of this education will be trained for work, and above all trained in work, which makes the most complete manu, physically, me+ntal and morally 'It will conserve manly vigor and increase both the en joyment and length of life. It will make idleness intolerable, and welcome enter prise and adventure as a delight. It will promote self respect and self reli ance, and beget a manly independence. The friends of the Clemson College would have the literary institutions of the State liberally supported, and as fruits of their labor give to South Carolina other McDuffies and Hamp tons, in whose hands the prestige of the State was ever safe. But they deserve more. They would see the agriculture of the State lifted to a plane of progress and prosperity which can only be done by a diffasion of scientific knowledge applied to the industrial arts and which cm emanate only from an institution, where agricultural education is the pri mary consideration. An institution in sympathy with the life of the masses, whose doors, ample as they may be, Iwayberowded with the youths of the State, hungering and thirsting for the knowledge therein imparted. And as the legitimate spheres in life occupied by the attendants of these different in stitutions do not clash but that they to gether will work out for South Carolina a destiny, surpassing if possible, the glories of the past, so in their mutual regard for each other, friendliness and respect should be cherished. When this latter institution shall have had time to imprint itself upon the agriculture of the State we shall hope to present to the world a brilliant example of what edu cated labor will accomplish in caevelop ing an agricultural system abounding in far-reaching enterprse, thrilling interest and abundant success. Thomas 'i. Clemson A name which will be revered and honored, more and more as the benefits of Agricultaral edu cation are made apparent by the diffa sion of such knowledge at Fort Hill, and whose memory I shall hope to see erected a proud monument of enduring gratitude at no distant day on the historic spot, by those who will especially be benefitted by his munificent bequest, as well as perpetuated i4 the noble institu Lion which his interest in the welfare of the agriculturist of the State prompted him to endow. It was he, who said, prophetically, eighteen yeare ago in an address before the Agicultural Meeting Society, of Oconee "that the exigencies f a new era are upon .us, demanding the diffusion of the science of thq devel >pment of our material resom .es and that the establishment of such achools 3ould not fail to give us ascende ncy and >pen up the only sure road tc wealth and permanent prosperity." The wis lom of this sentiment is atteste& by the rapid multiplication of schools of this kind in Europe, where, for instance, in he little kingdom of Wustenltarg, so umall as scarcely to reveal itsel. on our achool atlasee, there are sixteer, colleges ad twenty-six agricultural assiations; us well as by the Congress of the United Rates which has voted thesianda of lollars annually to South Ca.olina in ommon with the other State. for the nauguration, encouragemen and en argement of this very work. Finally: he people have spoken, and 7. are as uired that nothing less than -w Agrical ural College built and condr :tod on the ost useful and liberal plan iAl satisfy hem, or meet the requiremf its of this rew education. TH CREHE8RE CHEEP . L Reminiscence of JeffersoniS Presiden tial Campaign. The town of Cheshire, situated among he Berkshire hills of M8aachusetts, is ne of the pleanantest places in all the ~ounty. The pasturage of this region is xcellent. The land is very productive, nid the dairy farms have always been oted for the quality of their butter and ~heese. And here, about eighty-seven ears ago, says a writer in the Transcript, as made the enormous cheese whose ane went abroad throughout the United ~tates, crossed the water, and even pread into foreign countries. Elder ohn Leland, a celebrated preacher of is time, was pastor of the village church. Ie was a vigorous and original thinker, oted for his exposition of the Scrip urea. People came from far and near o listen to his sermons. :n those days minister's views upon all public ques ions were received with respectful atten ion and Elder Leland did not confine is~ labors to parochial affairs. Any delin uency among the select men of the town, y lailure in rigid adherence to duty, as boldly attacked by him in the pulpit, bd names were mentioned with startling irectess. Thomas Jefferson was nominated for e Presidency of the United States in he fall of 1800. He was believed by any to be an infidel, and the feeling of ew England-the stronghold of Ortho oxy-was severe against him. An omi os silence, that he preserved in regard his own religious belief, was regarded a unfavorable, and it was even declared n some country towns that churches ould be closed, and the sacredness of he Sabbath day no longer preserved, if te were elected. Elder John Leland teld no share in this public opinion. Io had been a preacher in Virginia, rhere he often met Mr. Jeffersor. The two men were mutually attracted, ad held long conversations together. ~ler Leland became an ardent admirer f Jefferson. He recognized his Chris ian character, in spite of a natural reti ~ence, and he believed in his republican rnciples. When Jefferson was nomi ated he began to work for him. It was iaid that the elder stood alone, but the trdy opposition became his inspiration. e preached politics in the pulpit on unday; he rode to neighboring towns brough the week; he was ready always ith an argument. So great was the in luence that he exerted that when election lay came there was not a member of the rhole county who failed to vote for efferson. Great was Elder Leland's elight over the victory, and at the close if the afternoon service on the next abbath he proposed that, as a people, hey should prepare a token or their ood-will to be sent to Washington after he new president had taken his place at he White House. It should be some ing in which women as well as men ould participate, and he snggested an normous cheese, as the natural prodne~t f their idustry. Every man in th~e ounty 'who had voted for Jefferson hould bring all the curd he felt able to ive. A committee of farmers' wives, ho were skilled, should be appointedc or the mixing. Everyhody was pleased with the idea. Captain John Brown, who was known as the first to suspect and denounce Bene dict Arnold as a traitor, was a member of this village. He offered his eider-mill as the best and largest in the town. We had it thoroughly cleaned, a new bottom of wood set in, surrounded with an iron hoop, and thus converted into a huge cheese-press. It was a fine afternoon the crowd came in from all quarters of the county to Captain Brown's farm. Some wealthy farmers brought quantities of curd, others only a pailful, but the ofterings were poured into the cider press. The matrons then came forward, mixed and flavored it. The men stood ready for the pressing. Then, uncover ing their heads, all bower reverently, while Elder Leland asked God's blessing upon their labor. They sang a hymn, the minister giving out two lines at a time, and the people ' them, and a social season folio until twi light dispersed the crowd. When the cheese was ready tobe removed it was found to weigh sixten hundred pounds. The parish requested their minister to convey it in person to the President. It was a journey of five hundred miles, but the sleighing at the appointed time was excellent, and he startEd. He was three weeks on road. The people thronged to meet him in every town and village through which ke passed, for the news of the 'ft had spread, and such a cheese never been seen before. When Elder IAnd arrived in Washington he sent a nbte to Jefferson, who suggested that the mem bers of his cabinet and of Congress, to gether with the foreign ministers and other distinguished guests, should be invited to attend and witness the presen tation. In the midst of this gathering Elder Tieland arose with gram * ' w, and proffered the huge Cheshire as a token of the deep respect of his county. The t'resident closed his ocurt eous reply with these words: "I will cause this auspicious event to be placed upon the records of our nation, and it will ever shine amid its glorious archives. I shall ever esteem it among the most happy incidentsof my life; now, my much respected reverend friend, I will, by the consent and in the presence of my most honored couneil, have the cheese cut, and you will take back with you a portion of it, with my h thanks, and present it to your people, that they may all have a taste. 'ell them never to falter in the princi ples they have so nobly defended; they have successful come to the rescue of our beloved country in the time of her great peril. I wish them health and prosperity, and may milk in abundance never cease to flow to the latest pos terity." As arrangements had previously been made, the stewart of the White House came forward and out the cheese. A slice was presented to each guest. Every one tasted and declared it to be s near perfection as it was possible for a cheese to be. Elder Leland was greatly delighted with the whole enterprise. ne spent a few days in Washington, and then left for home. Another large meeting was held at Captain John Brown's. The alder gave the whole occount of his trip, and the reception of their present at the Capitol. One can imagine the eager ess and delight with which the people Listened. Each one received a amat piece of cheese, for the whole region came to hear. This story is still treas red by those who received it from parents or grand-parents. MANY USES OF EGGS. Fhey Are said to be Better for Scholars' Brains Than Fish. (From the Eastern Farmer.) Eggs are a meal in themselves. Every element that is n for the support at man iscontained wi 'the limnt of an egg-shell in the beat proportions ad most palatable form. Pa boiled they are wholesome. The masters of French ookery, however, affirm that it is easy to dress them in five hundred different ways, each method not economisl,-but salutary in the highest degree. No honest appetite ever rejected an egg in some guise. It is nutrimentin the most portable form and in the most con entrated shape. Whole nations of mankind rarely touch any other animal food. Kings eat them plain as readily as do the humble tradesmen. After the battle of Muhidorf, when Kaiser Lud wig sat at a meal with his burggrafs and great cantams, he determined on a piece of luxury--"one egg to every man and two to the excellently valiant Schewp penman." Far more than fish-for it isa watery liet-eggs are the scholars' fare, They ontain phosphorus, which is brain food, and sulphur, which performs a variety o functions in the economy. And they are the best of nutriment for children, for in a compact form they contain everything that is necessary to the growth of the youthful frame. Eggs are, however, not only food-thiey are medicine also. The white is the most affcacious remedies for burns, and the il extracted from the yolk is regarded by the Russians as an almost miraculous alve for cuts, bruises and scratches. A raw egg, if swallowed in time, will effectually detach a fish-bone fastened in Ie throat, and the whites of eggs will render the deadly corrosive sublimate as harmless as a dose of calomel. They strengthen the consumptive, invigorate Ihe feeble, and render the moss suscepti ble all but proof against jaundice in its most malignant phase. Tihe merits of ggs do not even end here. In Franca lone the wine clarifiera use more than 30,000,000 a year, and the Alsatians con tume fully 38,000,000 in calico printing ind for dressing the leather that is used inl making the fir-est French kid gloves. Even egg-shells are valuable, for allopath md homcepath alike agree in regarding ahem the purest of the carbonate of lime. Chattanooga's Pluck. CHATTANOOOGA, August 16 -All the property-owners who lost buildings In the reat fire last Thursday night met today md agreed to build a solid block four stores high. The block will contain seven stores with a frontage of twenty-five feet each. The entire block will cost $150,000. l'he front will be of pressed brick with stone trimming, except the lirst story, which will be of stone. Balzas, that shrewd and witty observer >f human nature, remarked that to a pair > lovers the rest of the world were of no ore account than the figures on a bit of'