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x ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., TH URSDAY, M17 . PRICE 81.50 A YEAR SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Election of New Memberx of the Faculty Under the Re-organization. [Colunlbia Register, 10th.] The Board of Trustees of the Univer sity of South Carolina held one of the most iniportant meetings in the history of the institution la:st night, and by their judicious choice of professors did much to further the interests of this time-honored seat of learning and to insure the entire success of the re organization contemplated by the leg islation of the last General Assembly. The first elections were held to fill the chairs already existing in the col lege and amounted to a mere form, every member of the old faculty being re-elected with sonic changes in the chairs. Professor Patton, who has hitherto had charge of the department of Ancient Languages, will now occupy the chair of Greek alone, and Professor Alexander, wio has occupied the chair of Moral Plilo.oply and English Lit erature, will now preside over the department of Logic and R?hetoriv. The new profe sors and instructors are as follows: Latin, .1. SMurray, Jr., of Anderson, S. C.; .Iathematics and Astronomy, E. W. Lavis of Wis consin; Pedagogics, E. E. Sheib of Louisiana; Agriculture, Milton Whit ney of 3Iaryland; Physiolo,,gy and Hygiene, B. M. Bolton of Virginia; Biology, George F. Atkinson; -Moral Phik>sophy and the Chaplaincy, Rev. J. Wm. Flynn of New Orleans; English, F. C. Woodward of South Carolina; Veterinary Surgery, W. B. Niles; As sistant Professor of Analyt ical Chemnis try and Materia Medica, R. J. David son; Drawing, W. G. Randall; Instruct or in Modern Languages and English, J. J. MeMahan; Instructor in Pharma cy, Silas J. Duffie; Assistant Chemist to the Experiment Station, C. W. Sims; Secretary to the Experiment Sta tions, I. L. Withers. As Deans of the various colleges, the following selections were plade: Agri cultural College. Prof. Sloane; College of Liberal Arts, Prof. Woodrow; College of Pharmacy, Prof. Burney; Normal College, Prof. Sheib; Law College, Prof. J. D. Pope. The following facts concerning the new members of the faculty elected will be read with interest: BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. George F. Atkinson is a native of Michigan. In 188~> he graduated with marked standing at Cornell University in the scientific course, taking the de gree of Ph. D. During the latter part of his course he held the Fellowship in Botany, and was instructor in that branch. In a short while he resigned that position to become Associate Pro fessor of Natural History at the Uni versity of North Carolina, where lie is at present. Since moving to No "rth, Carolina he has married, his wife being a daughter of thec late Dr. Kerr, State Geologist. HeI has done a.large amiounit of ver valuable work on Entomology * for the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment station, and his v:ritings. of which a numiber have beenl pl)tishmed, show miarked scientific power and bril lianey. His aityto imipart instrue tion is very highly sipiken of. PHiYSIoLoY AND) HYGI ENE. B. 31. Boiton is a native of Virginia, and pursuedI a thorough academnic course at tile University of Virginia. and afterwads graduated thmere with the degree of D)oet >r of MIedicine, Hie re ceived an alpp ant men'lt as phiysiciani to the Rihmxohnd City D)ispenlsary, and practiced his p)rofesionm with mlarked success for three years in Virginia amnd Missisipi. In i.n*S he was appx>inted a tutor in English and Mathiemiaties at the South Carolina Collegc. While acting in this posit ion, lhe pursued pos5t gradluate courses in laboratory chemis try. InI June, 18, lie wvent to Europe and studied chemistry under Bunsen -at Heidelberg, and piiysiology, hygiene, histology and bacteriology at Gotten gen, Wurzburg and Berlin unlder such great specialists as Flugge, Krause and Koeh. In October, 1ss6, he was ap pointed lassistant in bacteri oog and pathology in the John Hghkin's Uni versity, where he is ait.presenit engaged. Dr. Bolton has di'me a large amiounit of original. T:O,r'k and published several valuffle papers, anid nutade someW im portant discoveries inl bacteriology. H e' is 4fiready recognized ini this subject. His recouniendations5 arc of the moi(st flagitering kind. 3Miltoni Whitner. is a native of Bal timore, but was raisedI on a larg.e farm ill the State of M1arylandl, of which lhe had the mnanagemenit until he becamie of age. He spent three years at Johns Hopkins University iln the study of Agricultural (henmistry.. Phyvsics anid allied sciences. was apploinitedl ant assis ta in the (ihemuical Laboratory ini ~~doini Co'llege, Maine, and after s an assistant ini Agrieultural ~mistry to Dr' Atwater at 31iddle nConnieet iut. HIe assisted A twater apply of plants. Hie was afterwards an as.-istanlt at thle Connuecticut Agzri cultural Experimienit Station. He then sp)ent someI timie abroad studying the experimnent stations of Germianyv. For Kthe last few years he has been the Su perinitenldent of the State Experhnuen tal farm at Ralei::h, N. (. mnisiter of thle i)tth lIeformied (Church. He iThed hE is l ductin abroad, slenim:ua Iiv.e years inl Ger many-1s5 7 a t I leidlelberg, :11 an '2, '74 75at Lip-e, wvhere hie took the de--ree ol . A. ani Ph. n on peda gogies and allied branches. On li re turn to this country he was electe President of the State Normal Scho of Louisiana, a large and flourishing in stitition situated at Natchito hes. H married a New Orleans lady and is he tweei 35 and 4) years of age. VETERINA NY MIEI>ICINE. V. B. Niles, of Iowa, is a graduate o the veterinary department of the Iow Agricultural College, one of the larges establishments of the kind in the Wes1 After graduation he pursued post grad uate courses, and afterwards was ap pointed home surgeon and gave in struction in veterinary scieuce in th college. lie is now Assistant Stat Veterinary Surgeon of Iowa. He is man of about 30 years of age. CHAt R OF MORAL PHllIlO'1IY AN] CHAPLAINCY. The Rev. J. W. Flinn, of New Or leans, who was elected to the chair o moral philosophy and chaplain, wa born in Mississippi in 1847. Although but 14 years of age in 15 1 lie gave uj study and entered the Confederat army. He was aiively engaged ii eighteen battles and was wounded foui titmes. At the close of the war he en tered the University of Mississippi from which lie was graduated in 1573 with the highest honors in the gift o the institution. After teaching for a year he entered the Theological Semi nary at Columbia, S. C., and was grad uated in 1875 as bachelor of divinity After finishing the course at Colunibiv he entered the University of Edinburgh Scotland, where, in the years 1875-76 he made a special study of philosophy under the famous and brilliant Dirs Calderwood and Fraser, and of Englisl literature under Prof. Masson. Also while in Scotland, he prosecuted a very extended course in theology, in the university, and under Drs. Rainey Blakie, Davidson and othersof the Fre< Church Theological College. On hi: return to America he was called to the pastorate of a church in North Carolina but his eminent abilities soon sprea< his reputation and in another year's time he was called to the charge of the Franklin street 'Memorial Church o New Orleans, La. Whileengaged in his duties as pastor during the great epi demic of 1878 he was stricken with yel low fever, but was soon again at his post. In New Orleans, where he stil is, he is quite popular and is noted as a brilliant speaker and earnest preacher. He is possessed of a very fine privat< library of metaphysical books and is regarded as a writer of great clearness and force. He is very highly recoi mended. THE C'HAIR OF ENGLISH. Prof. F. C. Woodward is too wel known in this State to require extended notice. As a professor in Wofford Col lege, first of Latin and afterwards o: English, he has established a reputation as schoa lar and teacher which j ustifie his call to the University of the Statt without application oni his part an. will cause his acceptance to be weleonm ed with universal p)leasure by th: friends of the Untiversity. Prof. Woodward is a Virginian h;a birth. andl was graduated fromi Ran dlolpht-Macon College, where lie wa: also tutor, giving early p)romlise of a dis tinguished career. H is services at Wof ford College have been miost conspicu ous. Especially in the chair of English Prof. WVoodward has acquired a repu tation second to none in the South H is sclharship is thorough and fulla abreast with the latest results. Hi: views of language and of languag, tcehing belong to the mtost advaniee and philosophical school of thought and, as set forth in his recently-publish ed1 es.say on "English in the school,' have mxet with an appreciative recog nition in the highest quarters. Hi; mei(thods of instruction are thorough inspirinig and effective; indeed, fev teachers in tthe South have ever aw aken ed more enthiusiasnm. His accession t< the faculty of the University wil greatly strengthen its teaching powe in. one~ of its departments of wides interest and inmportance. Prof. Woodward is in the prime a life. His personal qualities are mno. solid and attractive. He is a mnemibe of the Miethodist Church and one of t h leading laymen of this State. THlE (CHAIR OF LATIN. .MSr. .J. S. MIurray Jr., is a native Anderson, S. C. He was graduate< from Furmian University, and in 187. took the degree of master of arts. 11 1ssi he was admitted to the Bar o South Carolina, but soon determined t< dhevote his life to classical studly, andl at cordingly in 188:2 he entered Johnt Hop kin.< University, where he pursued course in ehissical philology uinder I G;ilde'rsleeve. In 1883 lhe was a studen at Gottingen and at Leipsie. Finall; in 1s.84 lie entered the University o Berlin, and( has there p)ursued for ti< last four years a very advanced cours( of work in classical philology. The degree of (doctor of philosophy in p)hilo logy will be conferred up)on him it M1r. MIurray has had the advantage (o stutdying undher sonie of the greatesi classical specialists of the world atnd is sin"kent of very highly by thiemi. D)r. S Wahlen, professor in the University o Berlin,. director of the P~hiilological Sem' ina:ry and Fellow of the Royal Acade myv of Scienices. says: "By such lonig and zealous at tent ion to these variou: stuitles he has acquired equally a soun<t utInerstandhing of the Latin language and clear insight into the menthodica treatmaentt of Latin authors. M1oreover MIr. MIurray has b;eetn for somle timte en gaged in the execution of a philologica investigation ont Cicero's book 'D)e In -I have had repeated opportunities to I recognize that he has grasped his sub ject with interest." - THE CHAIR OF MATI\'IIIATI(S AN) AS (TRoNoMY. I)r. E. W. Davis graduated at the tniVersity of Wisconsin with listine tlIn, taking the degree of bacela"~r" of!t s("ienCe, and received an appointm((enit as assistauit in the large astronlilcal 1 Iobservat ry att ahedl to that. inltit ution. 1 lIe p,urs,uedi all advant.ed Conrseo of _ matilc-:iatical study ul11cr yvlv-ester at Johns Hopkins University, where .e took the degree of doctor of plhilosc)phy ill 1854. While at the uniiver-ity he did the nt1athelmatical work required by I)r. Rowllani ill his ad)liralle deterinila ioll of the value of the 011111. H1e was . for soie tie eiployedi in tie United States coast and geodeiic survey, and next received an appointmnt at thle - Florida Algrieultural College, where lie 1has been teachinll(g Iathem1aties viti distinguished success for the past three v \ears. 1 AssIsTA NT rnoFAI' i n o : A NA LYTI('A ('i LISTIY AN )IA TERIA SIE)i'A. 1t. J. .avidson, of Georgeton Couity, S. C., is one of the recent graduates of the South Carolinla College. )uring his undergraduate course he exhibited Imlarked brillianc, of intellect m,!i(I C power of conceltrati<in of t hought. lie wasgraduated as a Imeiller of the class L1 of 1885 with an enviable stand, anld Was - immliediately elected by the faculty to the position that he held for two years. In Junle, 1887, he received withl dis tinction the degree of nia,ter of arts. His thesis npon molecular motion was nioteworthy. For the past year hie ha.st been holding the position of assistant in chemistry, as well as secretary of the faculty. His practical experience lotl. as a student and as an instructor have been valuable. lie will undoubtedly contribute in; his new position much towards increasing the reputation of this already noted department of the University. There is no appointielt that could have given more pleasure to the students now in the University and to those whohave graduated since the re-opening of the College. ASSISTANT ciMIIsT To Til. EXPEOR MENTAL STATION. Mr. C. W. Sims, of Columbia, S. C., was one of the first students at the Col lege after its re-opening in 1880. In I 1883 he was graduated with degree of bachelor of science as a nember of the first class since the reorganization. He continued his attendance, however, upon the University courses, devoting himself exclusively to work in botany, t chemistry and agricultural chemistry. In June, 1886, he was graduated as t Iaster of arts. For several years lie has been teaclhing with marked sue cess and increased popularity in the raded shools of Coltlbia, S. C. Al- t though thus hampered for time, lie has been dluring the present session en1gaged1 in still further adovaniced work in thle n ziversity'. He is a thoroughly eou :malyst, and the staItion ha:s at valualie aeCluisitionl in his services. INSTRUc Tott JN MoI>i:N tLAN(u' C;JNs A Nt) ENG LISli. Mr. J. J1. 3MeMaihan is a native of Fairfied County, S. C. H e entered t he t Souith Carolina College in the fall of 188:2, and froml that (late to) the time of his graduation ini 188; lie was contededl to be the mo1(st brilliaInt man of his class. After comltin1tg an enviably successful course lhe reeeivedl withl hon- t or thle dlegree of bachelor of arts in .Jutne, ~ inmmediately on his graduoat ion he ' was chiosen lby the faculty tutor' in m11 derni languages anid Fu'glishi, a poisitioni lie hais since filled most aepejtaly. Dunrinig these two years lie has p)rose cuted further studCy alCong his favorite line oif woCrk ill ;Frenich and1( Germian, aiinl at thei~ cCming( (Cnunienceenlt is certain to receive the degree of incaster of arts wVith hionorsP. INSTR UCToR IN PAI'IACY. -Mr. Silas J. Dl)lie is a niativeof Col unmbia, S. C. He nmatricutlated at thle South Carolina College in thle course Sprep)aratory to medicine anid phlarmiacy anid comnpletedl it with miarked mierit. 1 He mnext enteredl the Philadelphiia (ol flege of Pharmiacy-one of thle mo(st " Snoted institutions in the land. He soon)J shlowed his natural brilliancy of inltel lect, anid bentefit of his thoroughrain ing in the South Carolina College also be ing rap)idly apparent. He was ini a shor:t ftimle apjpoinited to an aissistanit's posi tioni in tile laboratory even before gradh 4 atinig. Hie took at the compiiletionl of' his course the dagree of Phi D). with dis ~tinguished cred it. A fter hiis graduoat ion lhe ret urn ed to Columb,ia wvhere, as a mlembiler of the -firmi of D)ufiie & Berry, lhe is rapidly miakinig for himself a r'eputtatain as a druggist. 'THtE TEACh ETt 01F unAwl xa. MIr. WX. G. Rtandall is a native ofi ' North Carolina andl a graduate oIf tihe University of Northi Carolina, with thle ~ (degree of civil engi~neerinig. While ini that inist itutioni he exhib,itedl wvonderful talent for 10oth mziehaniical and free hand drawving. His alttainmenCtt ofani edlucationi was uip-hill work, antd lie encounitered nmnlty diiculties in finish ing his coutrse, owitng to his poverty Dr. Kemlp Bat tle, the p)residenit, devotes six pages of his anlnuall rep)ort for 1ss.; to a detailed statemimit of MIr. Ihaiall's college experience. H is friends now -I eame to his rescue and14 enabled himii t" at tend t he( Nationdal Academy of IN1 siZ!n. wVhere hie diistliguiihed himsiieltf.i WV hile in New York city lhe w'as enig:g- k edh as inist ructoir in drawingrin the Fifth Avenue ihn'ol fcor boys, Hiehas hadl praicticail experience ams an :active civil k enlginieer '1n ri'il rCCad work. ' socnETAr ov TTH EiIt i:x II~r.nn:sT ,-mrA TlIc,N. \r. T. T. WVilicrs is .a .,.:....e oil THE CLEMSON CONTEST. Col. Simpson's Statement-Miss Lee Gets a Liberal Share After all-An Explana tion of Mr. Lee's Animus-Out side Backers for the Couteet. [Greenville News, 10th.] A variety of Imisleading reports have b1e''n set inl circulatin11 recently about thef Will all(1 the Estate of the late Col. Thos. G. Clemson. Miany of these originated fron the ,ublished letters of M1r. (ideoii Lee, Col. Cellson's son1-in1 law, an1 their reneral tenor has 1beel the belittlinlg of the be(tuetst muade to the State onl the one hani, atn( the rep resentation oi the other, that by that be(uest Miss Floride Lee, Col. Clen :on's granddaughter, was being cut off with a pittaie , the State in ease it tecepted the bequest being placed in the light of an usurper. Certainly no mnan living could he found better prepared to furni.sh the faets about Col. Clelmson's will than (C-. I. WV. Silps'm>n, the sole executor 'f the will antd the friend and adviser If the testator. A representative of Lie Greenville News had an opportuni ty for a brief interview with ('ol. Simp 4on :1 Jew days ago :md quickly seized 41 the 1om1111ent to:lsk Colonel Simpson ibout the report that Miss Lee would ,et only a small share Im the property left by the Clemson will. ('ol. Simpson said that the reports Were erroneous altogether, and needed but a plain statement of plain facts to 'ontradiet the whole batch of them. Miss Floride Lee gets, lie said, $15,(0 in cash under the will, and her share f the Fort Hill place valued at $5,000. Besides this, she receives an amount :leeded by way of settlement by Mr. Clemson to the descendants of Mrs. Clenlson, which amount is outside of ind has nothing to do with Mr. Clen ;on's estate. This sum, $5,000, is in the lan(ls of Col. Simpson in State bonds, in( is subject to the order of her guar :lian. She gets also Col. Clemson's !landsome and costly famlily silver, val ued by the appraisers $1,800, ill addition to the Calhoun silver, which she al ready has; also the family pictures and any one article she may select from L'ol. Clemson's house, and certainly >ne-third, and most probably one-half >f the tract of land owned by Col. Clenson in Maryland, which was bar gained for just before Col. Clemson's leath, for S10,000. Further, she already lias $1,800 in her father's hands,.given her by Col. Clemson, and on which ight or ten years' interest has accumu lated. Col. Simpson lid not think these anlounts inconsiderable by any rlleans. Asked if Col. Clemson had seen his "ran(d-daugllter during the later years I f his life, Col. Silpson said he had not. ('ol. ('lemlison had tile and again egged lir. Lee to allow Ils daughter toI om3e down andl' visit him at Frt H-ill, and (Col. Simlpsonl hlimself hlad wrPittenl to Mr. Lee dhire'ctly before Co.. LClemlson's dheathl, repeatinlg the same re<inest :u11l emphasi:5zin1g tile wishes of the old gentileml:ul. But MIr. Lee had in every ease refused, anld it had been :leveni years sincee Col. Clemson had was deeply fond of her, andl( earnlestly wishled to see her biefore lhe died, and Mr. Lee's conftinuled refusal to allow hecr to comle grievedl im sorely. InR answer to a qjuestionl whether Mir. Lee knew tile extenlt of his fathler-in law's we.11th before lhe died, Col. Simip sonl saidl thait MIr. LeCe dhid not1 know that Col. ('lemison had anly property .Iutsidle of Fort Hill. As an evidence of thle inl1ression Mr. Lee' wa:s undehr ab out Col. (lenmsoln's rircumist:mees, Col. Simlpson said( thlat a short wile befcore the death of ('ol. L'lemIsonl, a mlerclluzt ill Penldletonl haid receivedl a letter froma 3r. Lee telling him11 t o let (oh. Clemson' hlave $100) worth of supplies anId he wold see tile bill pa:id. Hie evidenltly b,elieved C'ol. Clem son~ very near to, it nlot ill actual pover tv. R{eferrinlg to tile pub1l1ishled statemen4 t of Mr. Lee's thait CoIl. Simlpsonl had told himl tile whole estate would be $f0,000, Col. Simpson01 said thlat hle did nlot tell Mr. Lee thlat. Whlat lhe did tell him1 was whlat lIe hlad toh1( thle repiresentative (of tile G;reeniville News before, thaft theC inIvestmIenlts iln his hland(s would at a very low e'stimiate anolunlt to $6i0,I olutsidle (of all (It her property. le 11ad( inlf(rlned tile replresenltaItive of the Newvs whlo visited Fort Hill, anId it had14 b4eenI pubilishled ini thle Newvs two dlays blefoIre thle timeW that M1r. Lee alleg '(ol. Clemison3's inlvest men1ts wouIld piro hably d realize "hiet wVeen $50 ,0010 anId 90;,XN ."' Thiis staitemlenlt was illn prIt and4 widlyV circulatedl befoIre tile timie wh ien Mir. L ee charges tha i: l . SilmpI t4o aulltt $27,tNNEO lin responslIe tol an1 inqujliry- whethe1r oIr nott \l r. L ee wa:s acIt ing soIlely onl his ownVl alI'rount inl mal:king the conitest over lie wa:s not4. ill pos1session oIf lhe fact that Mr. Lee is receivinlg mon1ey fromII outsiders to auid ill conltestinlg the will with 1he intenu tio1n (Ifspecui3ting 411 the phire~ if lhe 41Ceeeds." l're5,4d w4ith the114 iu<41iir whoi thlo e id: "I ha:ve seal: 14 etter. fr13 .0. 1' It:4 1 I1ItI 4till wer lik3ing ip \l r. I .e I4ble I her\ were4 to4 gt 14ort l iill." in conn3*t i4n with Ilhese facets, which4I inl thuinslves thlrow~ muchei niew lighlt ml t he subje~t, it miay beC stated1 that the epnreseltative (If tile News had n1 eon Vinlnsboro, S. C. In the fall of 1SS3 he -ntered the freslunan class of the South arolina College, and successfully eon. >leted the course of study leading to the legree of bachelor of arts. He was craduated in .June, 1S57, with honor. pol his graltiation lie was elected by he faculty as tutor ofhistory, in whieb apacity he is now serving. )uring the 'ear since his grauluation lie has been evoting liniself to ihe pursuit of pust radluate sient:ific study. and expects ext sessioln to cnniplete Ills course for lie de!. ree of niaster of arts. Mr. Withers is a youlng inan of line alents and brilliant prornise, a grace ul and easy writer, skilled accountant uid u itlh 111n11 experience in otiee ork. He will be able to render val alle service to the station. A Southern Major on the Stige. [Alex E. Sweet in Texas .iftings.j It in:ust occur to the average th:ltcr oer that the represenitatiotns of per ns and chalracter on the stage are rie to lifie. Tie stage Indian of the 'eiinore (ooper tribe, with his state p. e anduc "hila!tu/ill" talk, does not ear the sitlitext rese:ihlance to the reasy buck of the plains. An utterly npossible good c old Iegro of the U"ncle o11 type is also troltted out to the inl uite aimusenment of those of the au ience who are acquaintcd with the egro as he is. Then, again, there is a urely nmythical sailor, who is everlast igly dancing, litehing up his pants, nd shivering his timbers. Why, even the stage moon is usually lree-cornereld, and after it has by fits nid starts elimbed up about three feet hove the horizon, it gets stuck and can o no further. No sober man has ever -en the real moon act in this peculiar 'ay. Artemus Ward was often conl elled to excuse hiiself to his audience -hile lie went back of his panorama to >ntrol the eccentric motions of the loon that traveled with his show. I don't care much about the three >rniered moon01, nor imp]ossible nlegroes or Indians, but the Southern Colonel r Major should he reduced to the inks. I have seen several Southern 'olonels on the New York stage, the kes of which have never been observed 1 the south. All the stage Southern Majors wear a ig sombrero and a cascade of hair owint; down their backs a la Buftilo ill. Usually the Southern Major mps, and every few minutes he tells le hero, who is from the north and -ants to marry the "Majah's" daugh r, soiething about "that bullet, sal, 1 my leg, sah, where you yankees shot ie, sal, at Gettysburg, sah.'' Wlen the sage Southern Major is not ilking about his ga1ne leg, lie is say ig : "I'm a Noutlern gentlenian, sali, 'o1i (Geor"gir, sah ; I am a man1 of hon r, sah." -in one play the routhern, 3lijah," wnose dlaughter has been Ited, is perpietuially tlireateniing to "ap eal to the. law." The southern majors colonlels mayv possibly commiit sonlie f the absurdities with which they are biarged, but t here never was an in :ance (of one of themi ever appealing to lie law where the hono1ir of any female zenmber of his famnily was concerned. le maiy appeal toi thle shotgun or the pro)ner, ;hutt never to the lawv, and it is great pity that a simjilar custom does ot p)revail in the nortlh. The relatives of 1ie saucer-faced (dude or ambhitious ruininer who banuks on the Southernx olonel appealinig to the law in such ases are to be pit ied. On~ the stage the Sout herni Major is ternaully palling out a little popgun oif pistol, which lie thbreatenis to use, but ever (14es. 11 ere is another grievous ij ust ice. When thle real Southern I:ajor pl ls :a pistol it is of the proper ililbre and lhe does 'it very suddenly, 1141 it always goes ofl'and hurts somlie On the stage the Southern Major is ften called a liar with imipuniity. This < ot the ease ini real life. ('alling a *4)uthernl Major a liar oIl' the stage is ever dIestin1ed to b4ecome a pop4hular astim<-' like b)aseball. The stage Southe urn Major may have xisted at oneW timle ini a miodlified form, ut now he has cut ol' his long hair, ie 1n0 longer wears the umblragveouis omnbrero, ani lie is not on the tight :iless there is a plositive necessity for t. Hie is busy luatnaging railroads or anks, working mines 01r engaged ini grieultural pursuits. Hie has even Iivadled the northi. Newv York is full f him, and lhe is niumierous in business a Chicago aIinl other west ern (eit ies. In ict, t here is niotintg ini his dIress or lanier thait b'etraivs his southern orn ini. HIe may:i carr pound111(s of fedleral ad in his body, or have fought on a undi(redl battle fieldls, b4ut lhe is not1 venl toi bragginrg about it. (Onuce miore say, let it h'e uniderstoodi that the outhiern MaI jor (in thel staige, Iikew Iet:uniora, I'nele T on an d thle stage ioon, is 111erely thle creature oif the [Flromi the New Orleans IDemIiocrat .] Rtev. Sam Jones has a ri val claiimatt >r plat form hionors, who hals comie up ut oif his owni state of Georgsa. It is ev. J. B. C'ulpepper, and he talked to large conl1gregation11 at Nashville, elini., (;il Suluulaiv last. Arnomig oIther liiigs, lie 5:2:ih "Thelre are' tui 1n ilatl islpret ty thin b Ii time, :tiil Ih li he aven't do.ni a nm.ih 'lidi work fur thei 1,.4rd in tell leIlt (Iuldl rather- he ai neitri u ilhed) ~nky wvol, hles5 tnos* zool4 I htullu'w the foiot thait inake'' a hiuie in thei rounid, thn layu po(ke-r till oneui O'clo4k I thel. mlolrning and( 'go hoime and deI versation with a gentleman who knows Pat Calhoun, now of New York, and who stated incidentally that Mr. Cal houn had told him that it was one of the ambitions of his life to get posses sion of Fort Hill, the old Calhoun homestead, and makeof it a place wor thy of the nielmories associated with it. The South and Her Prisoners. For fifteen years Dr. J. William .Jones, of this city, had charge of the rec-ords of the Southern Historical so ciety. In reply to an inquiry as to what was the most important matter settled by those records, he said: "The humane treatment of prisoners by the confederate government. The Historical society records settle beyond dispute the following points: "Ist. The federal government was ehiallenged to show from the confeder ate records in its possession a single order suggesting or tolerating anything but the most humane treatment of prisoners. This it failed to do. "2d. We showed countless orders of the strictest nature providing for the humane treatment of prisoners above every other consideration, and orders from our generals that "all the field" should be treated alike by our surgeons. "3d. We proved that the South re ligiously adhered to the cartel, and that the North repeatedly broke it. For instance, it was agreed that the excess of prisoners above the exchange should be paroled. We kept this inviolate until Vicksburg, when the north acquired the excess of prisoners. It was then disregarded openly and avowedly. "4th. We proposed that the surgeons of each side, with medicines and sup plies should go into the prisons of the other side, and treat the prisoners. This the North refused. "5th. We then proposed to let their surgeons come with medicines and treat their prisoners, without them giving the same privilege. They re fused to send them. "6th. We then proposed to buy qui nine and other medicines, contraband of war, paying for them in gold, cotton or tobacco, and pledging our honor to use theni exclusively and solely for federal prisoners in our prisons. They refused to sell them. - "7th. In January we proposed to parole 15,000 prisoners then in Ander sonville, if they would send steamers to Savannah for them, without demand ing a like parole of our prisoners from them. They did not accept this offer until six months later, though we had notified them we were utterly without proper food and medicine for them. It was during this six months of shameful delay that the greatest mortality oc curred at Andersonville. "8th. We proved by the records of Secretary Stanton and Surgeon Barnes that the confederate mortality in north ern prisons was actually four per cent greater than the federal mortality in southern prisons, although they had the wvorld's markets and the world's medicines openf to them, 'and we were beleaguered, p)oor, and with every mledicinle and scalp)el made contraband of wvar. "The above points, eac'h andi severally, are p)roved beyond dispute in tihe records of tihe Southern Historical so ciecty." We respectfully submit that if the Southern Historical society had done 110 work but this, it would have amply justifiedl the trouble and expense it cost. Every newspaper in the South should lay these statements before its readers, so that young and old miaytknlow pr~e cisely what the record is, and be pre paredi to diefend it. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Will subscribe $1000 to the Immnigration (Special Augusta Chronicle.] (CoLuMma, S. C., M1ay 10.-At a meeting of the hoard of agriculture, held heire to-day, Commissioner Butler subm111it ted a commnunication from Col. E. R. 31eIver, of D)arlington, inclosing a check for $2500, balance due of the S3000 subscribed by tihe citizens of that eou nty in aid of the experiment station located there. The applicat ions of the following par ties for general rights phosphate license were granted: John Hanson, Charles toni; Sea Island C'hemical companyfl and Carolina M1ining company, both of Becaufort; John T. Freeman anId C. 0. (':niphell, of (Charlestan. 31r. Porcher, chaiirmnan of the phios phiate conunit tee, submnitted a reporton thle recenit iniSpectionl of the phlosphate territory, sh owing te p)resenmt conidi tion of the mines, working force eml ployed, etc4. The0 report was received as inftormai:tion and will he forwarded to th le Agislature i. ('ol. D)uncan, chmairmian of the finance con)Iinitteet, submiiiitted a favorable re po)rt on t het reconnuimodat ion of t he Sout h Carolina delegationi at the I lot Springs inimnigrat ioni conivenitioni, lhat $10000 should be' appropriaited to entitle the staite to repiresenitat ion on ai hoard of direc'tors of thle Sout her n iigrat ion associtio, and( it wasM unaniiiimously' If I might venture to make a sug i.est ion, madoam,"' said a tombstone agenit ini a sombr '1e ye respectful man nier, "I should say the motto: 'He has gone to a better land,' wvould be an ap pmp)lriaIte one1.' "Youi forget, sir," said the lady in black, with cold dignity, "that he lived in Bostnn" ELECTRICITY EXTRAORDINARY. Bill Nye Pictures the Wonderful Possibli ties of the Great Modern Force -An Entirely New Device. [New York World.] Little did B. Franklin wot that some day the little start he made when he baited his pin-hook with a good con ductor and tapped the low-browed and bellowing nimbus with his buoyant kite, and the pickle jar of electricity thus crudely acquired, would be the egg from which inventors and scientists would hatch out a system which could not only encircle the globe with mes sages swifter than the flight of Phoebus, but that anon the light of day would be filtered through a cloud of cables loaded with destruction sufficient for a whole army, and the air be filled with death dealing, dangling wires. Little did he know that he was bot tling the genii which would one day pull out the stopper with his teeth and grow till it overspread the.sky, planted its bare, bleak poles along every high way, carrying day messages by night and night messages when it got ready, darkening the air with its rusty wings -provided, of course, that the genii wear wings-and with the harsh, metalic, gouldish laughter of a single key with one foot on the neck of the sender and one on the neck of the recipient, with one hand on the throat of the convention and the other in the pockets of the world, defy aggregated humanity to do its worst and command all civilization in terse, well-chosen terms, to either fish, cut bait or go ashore. Could Benjamin have known all this at the time, possibly he might have considered it wisdom to go in when it rained. I am not an ald fogy, though I may have that appearance, and I rejoice to see the world move on. One by one Ihave laid aside my own encumbering pre judices in order to keep up with the pro cession. Have I not gradually adopted everything that would in any. way en hance my opportunities for advance ment, even through tedious evolution, from the paper collar up to the finger bowl, eyether and nyether? This should convince the reader that I am not seeking to clog the wheels of progress. I simply look with apprehen sion upon any great centralization of wealth or power in the hands of any one man who not only does as he pleases with said wealth and power, but who, as I am informed, does not read my timely suggestions as to how he shall use them. To return, however, to the subject of electricity. I have recently sought to fathom the style anc' motif of a new system which is to be introduced into private residences, hotels and police headquarters. In private houses it will be used as a burglar's welcome. In hotels it will take the mental strain off the bell-boy, relieving him also of a portion of his burdensome salary at the same time. In the police depart ment it will do almost everything but eat peanuts from the corner stands. The system is on exhibition in a large roonm down town, with the signals or boxes on one side and the annuciator or central station on the other. By walking from one to the other, a dis tance in all of thirty or forty miles, I was enabled to get a slight idea of the principle. It is certainly a v'ery intelligent sys tem. I never felt my own inferiority any more than I did in the presence of this wonderful invention. It will do almost anything, it seemed to me, and the main drawback seems to be its great versatility, for it thereby becomes so complex that in order to become at all intimate with it a policeman ought to put in two years at Yale and at least a year at Leipsic. An extended course of study would thus perfect him in this line, but he would not then be con tent to act as a policemen. He would want to be a scientist, with dandrufi on his coat collar and a far-away look. Then, again, take the hotel scheme, for instance. We go to a dial which is nmarked Room 32. There we find that by treating it in a certain way it will announce to the clerk that Room 35 wants a fire, ice-water, pens. ink, pa per, lemons, towels, fire escape , Mil waukee Sec., pillow-shams, New York~ World, menu, (Croton frappe, car ringe, laundry, physician, sleeping car ticket, berth-mark for same. 'Hal. ford sauce, hot flat-iron for ironing trousers, baggage blotter, tidy for chair or any of those things. In fact I havt not given half the list on this barometel because I could' not remember them, though I may have added others whiel: were not on the indicator. The mes sage arrives at the office, but the clerlk is engaged in conversationl with a lady. lie does not jumip when the alarm sounds, but continues the dialogue. Another guest wires tile office that in would like a copy of the Congressional iecord. The mnessage is fil away au tomlat ical ly, and tihe thlrilling conver sation goes on. Then No. 7) asks to have his mail sent up). No.2.5 wants to know what time the 'bus leaves the house for the train going East, and whether thlat train will connect at Alli enee, 0., with a tide-water train for Cleveland in time to catch the Lake Shore train which wvill bring him int<: New York at 7:30), and whether all Those trains are repo)rted on time or not, and if not, will the officee state why? Other guests also manifest a curiosity through their transmitters, but the clerk does not get excited. fox he knows that all those remarks are filed away in the largre black walnut box at the back of the office. When he n'ets ready prvided he has been through a course of study in this branch of business, he takes one room at a time, 'and addressinga pQle yu:ng "Banister Polisher" by the nane of "Front," he begins to scatter infoi" tion, baggage, towels, morning papers, tables, etc., all over the hous,. It is also supposed to be a great tine-saver. For instance, No. SO wants to k::ow the correct time. le moves an indicator around like the combination on a safe, reads a few instructions, atni tien pushes a button, perhaps. Instead of ringing for a boy and waiting for him some time, then asking him ti :btain the correct time at the ofliec, and co::e back with the information. con:verin; with various people on his w:i hak, and expecting compensation for it. the guest can ask the office and receive the answer without getting out of Led. You can leave a call for a certain hour, and at that time your own private gong will make it so disagreeable for you will make it so disagreeable for you tn:;t you will be glad to rise. Again, if you wish to know the amount of your bill, - you go through certain exercises with the large barometer in your room ; and, supposing you have been at the house two days and have had a fire in your room three times, and your bill, is - - therefore $132.18, the answer will come back and be announced on your gong as follows : One pause, three, pause, two, pause, one, pause, eight. When there is i cipher in the amount I do not know what the method is. but by using due care in making up the bill this need not occur. For police and fire purposes, the sys tem shows a wonderful degree of intel ligence, not only as a speedy method of conveying calls for the Fire Depart ment, Health Department, Department of Street Cleaning, Department of in terior and Good of the Order, but it has perfected a method of transmitting emergency calls so that no citizen-no matter how poor or unknown-need go without an emergency. The citizen has only to turn the crank of the little iron martenhouse till the gong ceases to ring, then push on the "Citizens' button," and he can have fun with most any emergency he likes. ShoL.d he decide, however, to shrink from the emergency before it arrives, he can go away from there or secrete himself and watch the surprise of the ar:bulanee driver or the Fire Department when no mangled remains or forked fire fiend is found in that region. This system is also supposed to keep its eye peeled for policemen and inform the central station where the patrolman is all the time; also as to his tempera ture, pulse, perspiration and breath. It keeps a record of this at the main ofiee on a ticker of its own, and the informa tion may be publi-bed in Ale society columns of the paper in the morning. It enables a citizen to use his own disere tion about sounding an alarm. Ie has only to be a citizen. He need not be a - tax-payer or a voz populi. Shouli he he a citizen or declare his intention to be come such, or even though he bte a voter only, without any notion of ever being a citizen, he can help himself to the Fire Department or anything else by ringing up the central station. Electricity and Spiritualism have ar rived at that stage of perfect ion w here a coil of copper wire and a cani of credul 1ity will accomplish a great deal. The t ime is coming when even greater wonders will be worked, and with elect ric wires, the rapid-transit trains and the Eng.lishi sparrows under the ground, the dawn of a better and brighter day will be ushored in. The car-driver and the truckmian shall lie down together, Boston will not rise up against London, he that hereto fore slag shall go forth no( more for to slug, and men shall ]earn scrapping no more. 'BIL L Nv,E. No Dictator. [Fronm the Chicago Herald.]j On the 18th Brumaire, Bonaparte, marching into the assemb,ly at St. Cloud, put out the occupants of the hall and assumed the first of the con sulates. A dept.y strove to stah, the Cesar, a.nd might thus have p)reve'nted the most remarkable series o~f crime in history. It is to be seen that Boulanger. marching beside his friend La Guerra (War) into the Palias Bourbon Trhurs day, gave the Parisians a cold feelini that history was about to repent itsel. Forewarned is forearmedl. Thez l"th Brumaire in the '90ts was in the mnd-1 of the deputies when they~ hissed. "No' dictator," and "Vive la llepubliue!" Some congressmen went fo'rwiad andto shook hands: but it will be remember 'ded by all Chicagroans t hat. on the "Field of tihe C'loth of Gold." wheni Hank. king of Englatnd, stepped1 out to "shake" with Frank, king of Fminee, it was Hatnk whosaidl: "Youf know you have a razor in that ofl-pocket !" So it was Thursday when Boul:mn:er was received. This is France. It is opera bonffte just now, yet the humo4r is like the humor of Shakespeare-it may; be t he light thrown before the darkest of his tragedies. New Jeroey Rtepubuica;s. TRENToN, N. .I., May- 9. r- e - publican state~ convention mlet int Tay lor's opera house at noon to-da~y. T wo ushers walked on thte stage ai ;nPOed before the assemblage an eatse! hearingr. a fine picture of James (l. Blaline. In stantly great cheers swept over te eQn vention, and the bandi struck up again. The platform is strong for protectiont. A resolution was adopted piu-dging the electoral vote of Ne"e .;h myt William Walter Phelps. The r.-. denouncing the Mills tariff bill did ".ot reach a vote.