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VOL. XI,IV. WIXNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. IBS". NO. 4. - amarruuj. t. r THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, b i , somi: >>ix;f;i;sxions a veiiv im- j ? I'OiiTANT J ? - A Review of the Arsaiacnti! As&iffiii j .. <v * Our Present System of PaM:c?ancation. r ? To the Editor of the 2\ cts and Conn-} s j J cr: The question how* we can best eclu- j catc young men in order to fit them for I f _ |l life, and for its two-fold struggle, partly j c against the adverse forces of nature, ; 3 partly against the ever increasing intei- -j , lectual and industrial competition of; rj otiier trained communities, should moit | deeply engage every thoughtful and ' ? patriotic citizen of the State. As this ; duty to the rising generation is one oi the gravest that can possibly arise in the whole category of individual, social and >' ~ civic respof-ibili'ics, it should be ap- j pioaehed seriously, gravely, earnestly, f reverently, with an entire freedom from j- J prejudice and passion, and an eve single [ rto tue nsceriainiatntrof truth. Unfortu-!<+ nately the question of education has not If i heretofore1 een considered in* this earn- j! est, patriotic spirit. < The present controversy (it can scarce-1 ly be called a discussion) over the best ;'* methods of education of youth in the j { studies "penciling to agriculture and j the mechanic arts" bids fair to go the j 7 way of all others of its kind, and to be j'? decided net on its merits, out m accoru- j ance with the way in which it a?fccts j; s conflicting individual or local interests. ? i P" Now if this discussion were unimport-! ant, so that no great harm would result \ from a decision in any direction, the i * public could afford to leave a few dis- f <putin ts to light it out. But inasmuch i as Soi'tb Carolina has always been, and j- < B- ' probably always will be, iui agri- i ^1 State in spite of booms and j < and other alleged "diversifying" < r.uv-nccs, so that her chief wealth wili * oe derived directly from the soil by the ' L-"1 ?-1 ?'.'.i o 1 v?r,->ivorti/ir> of JAjll liixU \Jj. .i - -- . her people, it is a manliest necessity that'; - this problem of the improvement of her j * extracted industries be solved with cor- ij ^ rcctness and solved with dispatch. _NIn the fierce competition of the day f * the State has no time to lose. But a j blunder may be worse than a crime. A false step muy cost her thousands of * dollars directly and millions in its con- i sequences. She is, therefore, compelled ' to avoid apathy on one hand and too great haste on the other. Sue must uct j * promptly, but she must act wisely. She j 1 must be'sure she is right and then go 11 ahead. I sincerely hope that the dis-; Wgr cussion of this" question will become : s general. Full ami free debate is the s safeguard of a republic. The sovereign people may be trusted when they under- c stand, but a people misled is a danger- j ? r m've credit for sincerity j s V/U-j ? o and honesty of purpose to all who have ' a thus far h?d. anything to say upon the I a subject. I take it for granted that they! t have no desire to propagvute error or c to win their cause in any other way than I * bv sound reason based on undisputed! c facts. ; : Nevertheless the public demands in its ' own interest that tiiose T.ho assume to j t teach must first thoroughly accsaint t themselves with their subject; or tLa: if j they fail in this, then intakes must be j1 pointed out by some ono else. In the ; c interest of truth, and ci a serious, can-! > did, dispassionate d*s6assion of this important meastse^l desire to correct some of the error:'of fact, express cr implied, c thatji&vi' crept into the discussion.* i it nas recently been slated by several i persons and newspapers that unless the e {State establishes a special agricultural i " - +{><i r>f i ' t college sue uuiiiiuw kvui6 ^ - the Congressional "Hatch Act," which i appropnates ?15,000 a year for agricul- t turai and scientific experimentation, c w Whether this is true or not can be seen by reference to the following sections of : the Hatch Act as passed: t "Section 1. Be it enacted, oce., That < in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing : craong the people oi the United States j < useful and practical information on sub-! 1 i^.fC vrirli agriculture, there | I JVVVW w shall be established under direction of j1 the college or colleges or agricultural i < _ ^ departments of colleges in each State or j1 H Territoiy established, or which may {? mm hereafter be established in accordance j i iM with the provisions of an Act approved {i r Jul}* 2, LSl>2, a department to be known i1 and designated as an agricultural experi- j < rnent station: rronaeu tutu m ojjj or Territory in vLieii two such colleges j J have been may bo so established, the j < appropriation hereinafter made to such ! i State or Territory shall be equally diviu-! < ed between such colleges, unless the j ^ Legislature of such State or Territory j J|?T shall otherwise direct." < W "Section S. That in States having i' colleges entitled under this section to 1 the benefits of this Act and having also j agricultural experiment stations estab- : lished by law separate from said col-; leges, such States shall be authorized to j; apply such benefits to experiments at:! stations so established by such States;!: ind * a case any State shall have estab- j 1 "* 3?r\Y G^y/i A AT. : ; IlSilisO. ''ZHUer iil'sS yiKJ txcx\jx.10 vi ixwv4 ^avv | or ~ - 2, aforesaid, an agricultural de-; .nt or experimental station in con- j a with any university, college or nation not distinctly an agricultural! -allege or school, and such State shall j have established or shall hereafter estab-1 iish a separate agricultural college or I --1 ' ?'"'''li cVxtl] fionnecifcd I SC-i-iuuj, *i -lliv-u. ? r : therewith an experimental farm or sta-1 V iion, the Legislature of such State may ' apply in whole or ia part the appropriation by this Act made to such separate ! agricultural college or school, and no Legislature shall_Jaf cor: tract, express or implied, dis^yirlist-lf from so do.pg." Secti^j^-ioirectsthe appropriation to be nuK?e to "any college or colleges or agricultural departments of colleges," Mfc. and Section S adds that in case there shall be a separate agricultural experi (WF mental station the Legislature is author1 - r j 4.^ ized (not required) to appiy lue iuuu tu it And in case a separate agricultural college shall be thereafter established the Legislature may appropriate the whole or a part of this raoney to ouch college. This extract shows that there is. ^ j % warrant whatever for. tk^Weinent that | a separate^y^ait, aral college is a pre- j r rejffiSceior an appropriation. The | *v ofete of New York which has a separate I ^ experimental station, and an agricultural { annex to Cornell University, has just by j Act of the Legislature given the appro-! priation to Cornell. The Hatch Act is i therefore removed from the arena of debate. ? ? - <* j j 31r. M. K. T&omas, 01 ? eugeuexu, in i r~ a letter to the News and Courier, dated ! April 23, 1ST7, said: "Now if this conn-1 ty is an average, then out of the $10,000 appropriated [to the College and Citadel j the farmers pay $30,000 a year to educate lawyers, doctors, preachers and sol-! I diers, while nowhere in the State can a j | farmer's boy get a^ practical agricultural j ? ana mechanical education." Sumter county is not an average,^and j ' the farmers do not pay three-fourths of j tiie State taxes. Ii' they did no one | rouVl frnvJI.'ro them the hard-earned ' rcdth that these taxes represent; and, )csidiis, it makes Httie diifrrcncs what 1 lass pays the most tuxes so ioi:g as each ndiviuna< bears his just burden, for the >tate is an aggregation of individuals, ? tot of classes. J.Jat when such a state- : nen:. forras the jusiiiieatioi; of the a barge that the farmers are swindled, it houid no: be made unless known to be t ! v rne. The report of the comptroller general J or last year (page 100) gi ves a statement >f the State taxes, the only source from c ehica corses the appropriations for the- 1 College and the Citadel. From this re- s >oit ii taken the follov.iag summary: r Lotal State funds from taxation, rojaity, licenses, ?S;e ?700,312 t ["axes paid by railroads, ' real estate in cities 1 and towns, personalty ^ in Charleston and Co - t iiinil.'ia $208.908 * .JiiOspkato royalties... 190,000 .j Liieenso fees 4,893 5 ???? ^ 3ai. from other sources ?109,904 g This balance, about 10 per cent, of the l otal revenue, includes not only taxes aid by farmers, but ail country prop- c :rty, and all personally ia towns and I - - - - i i ! :i:ies outsiue 01 ^oiumoia, owaeu uy > ;tiieis than fiirmers. These would oilset " he taxes paid by farmers under ether ' leads. Scarcely a pound of river rock <' s used in South Carolina and the royal- s y is, therefore, paid by the ruining t :om panics or by foreign consumers, e Chis statement is suiheiently accurate to c how that the fanners do not pay three- r ourihs of the taxes. There are so many better reasons than t his why farmers should have full con- c ' jv n ,i ? iaeration max mey caa wen w j lispense wifcli it. In the second part of the sentence c pioted the writer is again in error; for :s neither the College nor the Citadel v :ontains a special department in theology v >r in medicine, it cannot be said that t ho State "educates preachers and doc- e ors," unless the writer means that ;i general literary, scientiiie and polite e :ulture is intended for preachers, doc-1 J - nti.l t'rtof fiTmure' I t Jia ^vi:u iaiv/uc, vc ^.'-v^.^^ ons cannot or ought not derive any ad- o -antagos therefrom. He could not con- y cien-ly taho any such position so uniiot to the farmer jind his soy. Even ? vere there no technical agricultural in- f> traction in the College, the sons of " anncrs would c-till enjoy in common c vich all others that general training s vhich is of the utmost importance ia e enabling its possessor to enter into this ' ierce intellectual competition now raging ; Lronghout the civilized world, ihe want z >f which training compels the farmer's e on or anybody else's son to take a back * eat or be run over. i' But the State does much more. Xot e ;nly giving the fanner's son that broad t :clture he cannot secure in a low grade pecialized school, she provides for him i i. separate department, in which he can t. ilso obtain special technical, practical ^ raining. Students who desire to be- s :ome lawyers are shrewd enough genrally to take a thorough academic t: :ourse and iinish oil in the law depart- a nent, and farmers' sons should at least t eeeive the same kind of preparatory ' raining in order to tit then to cope with v hese alleged "enemies of their race." j ~ Again, as military training is one of j o lie features in all separate agricultural jT oil; ges, the Citadel should not be re- r riled for training "soldiers." As it is still a mooted question what I onstituces a practical agricultural edu- * :ation, it can only be argued, not i wwcvmi TL-lifit.Vx-vtliifi o:c^s snWh fir t iot. Bat the fact is that the plan of j t" education provided by South Carolina is j c n the same line as that given by twenty- j o our States in-the Union, and its legality c s recognized by Congress, by Legisla- 5 ures of States, and by a large majority >f the people of the Union. c The charge that- the farmer's ?son can 2 lot obtain a practical mechanical ediica- c ion can be directly disproved. Thirty t >r forty students during the past year I, lave been engaged in the workshops of 1 he South Carolina College, and when I .Ley shall have completed their course s j?iey Will JSilOW lucre LiljUUu cavLLAiaij rood and iron work than many of the f carpenters ana blacksmiths in the State, s resides being thoroughly trained in me- s ihanical drawing and in the theory of a nachinery, kinematics, mechanical aschnology, ?fce. It is a question of taste c .vhether it is better for the farmer's son, t ur lawyer's, or doctor's, or preacher's t 5on to pay money in collegc to learn i c aow to fork manure, cut wood and chop j" ;otton, without knowing how to handle 11 ;ools: or to permit him to acquire the j < letaiis or unskilled labor at home, and j 1 [earn at college how to frame buildings, j c weld tires, sharpen ploughs, rig up ma- j < shinery and do other skilled operations j 1 which wou[d otherwise entail a loss of {i time and money. 1 The Mississippi College pursues the 3 former course; the South Carolina the < latter. Manual labor is required in both places, the oniy difference being that the i South Carolina College gives that train- < ing which cannot be given at home, * while the Mississippi College, during its i seven jears of existence, has, taken no ] stej;s to give instruction in the use of \ ^ j lOOi-r, or oilier siiLiicu wwi. \ \ As already said there are between thirty < and forty students in the South Carolina < College acquiring this practical raeehan- < ical training. The charge, then, that the farmer's son cannot secure this train- ] ing must be charitably ascribed to sheer ignorance, but to ignorance hardly ex- ' cu&'.ble, since a half hour's visit to the College or five minutes perusal of its catalogue would Lave dit-pelied it. d. Columbia, S. C. it Fire on the Ocean V\ ave. London, August I'J.?The Ininan line , stealer City of Montre d, "wliicli left New York August 0, for Liverpool, Lis beende- , stroyed by lire at sea. The British steamer Yo:k City, which arrived this morning brought tue news of the burning. This steamer rescued the passengers and crew from the burning vessel and brought them to Oueenstown The lire occurred on the eight of the 10th. having originated in cotton stored in the main hold. The 'lames sprca^"7k-'P?'S>?S^ owLfclTprts to qutucli the tire were futile. The crew ( wo; ked splendidly and all the pessengt-rs wete placed in boats in a comparatively she: t time-. A boat contair ing six passenger and seven members of the crew is still ruining. The company estimate the value o: : be vessel between $400,000 and $500,000 fully insured in foreign companies. It Astonished the Public To hear of the resignation of Dr. Pierce as a Congressman to devote himself solely to his labors as a physician, it was because his true constituents were the sick and afflicted everywhere. They will find Dr. Pierce's "Gold' n Medical Discovery" a j beneficent use of his scientific knowledge j iii their behalf. Consumption, bronchitis, cough, heart disease, fever and ague, intermittent fever, dropsy, neuralgia, goitre or thick neck, and ail diseases of the blood, are cured by this world-renowned medicine. ; Its properties are wonderful, its action [ magical. By druggists. VIIITKSLAViJiiV JX COLONIALTiMi-:*. ! JeJeiiiplioatrs or Term SJav*>?Fr?-fe-j iViilcrsaiu] Indented Servant;?. (From the Sew York Post.) ' --l Li 7 I Mf.v.y persons wiio consiuer tuumscivcs j ami!far -with the history of this country j re not aware that in the last century j rhite men, women and children were ; teld in bondage; that the colonial laws j a favor of such servitude were as. exploit and severe as were those in sup>ort negro .-lavery. Such white persons iwing a personal service to individual aasters were generally known as "term laves," though their legal status was epresented l<y the word "red^mption r." Isaac Weld, Jr., in his bock of travels n. America, published in tiae iasi con;irv, asserts that it was the custom of Mr-masters at Rotterdam and the IJanse owns to inveigle the people on to tlieir esscls, under promise of free passage to Lm erica. On reaching the colonies aniouccemcnt of the arrival of mechanics ,nd laborers would be made, and perons in want of such would flock to the bops, and the poor Germans would be old to the highest bidders, the captains >ocketicg the proceeds. Kedemptioners constituted in the arly part of the eighteenth century a leeuliar feature ox colonial anxiety. L*hey were recruited from among a;i aanner of people in the old world, and arc ugh this channel Europe emptied ipon America not only the virtuous poor nd oppressed of her population, but he vagrants, felons and dregs of her ommumties. There was thus established among the settlers a society that, in aany places, was almost imbued with a ::oral pestilence. Among the redempioners, however, were a fair proportion if sturdy souls, strong in purpose and nder.vor, who appreciated the great 'pportunity created for them by this ompiete change of iitc ana country, it the expiration of their term of serice many, by thrift and industry, elected themselves to respectable posiions, and were absorbed in the middle ass. There were two kinds of redemption's?"indented servants," who had >ound themselves to their masters for a orci of years previous to leaving the 'Id country, "free-wilier^," who, being without money and desirous of emigrat- ; Bg, agreed with ilie captains of sliips to Ilow themselves or their families to be old on arrival for the captain's advantge, and thus repay costs of passage and tlu r expenses. The former?indented ervauts?were often trapped into their ; Dgagement* by corrupt agents at home, rho persuaded them ail under false romises of tender and humane treatment, and assurances of remunerative mployment at the expiration of service, rhich would insure a competent provision for the remainder of their days. The migrants often discovered on" arrival hat the advantages to be obtained in ; Lmericii had been painted by the agents o rv>nrth f.m allnrinx? colors. Freauentlv heir masicis forced them to most rigid abor and exercised an unnecessary everity. The free-willers suffered even worse reatmentat the hands of shipmasters ad agents. They were led to believe hat on arrival in America their services . rouid be eagerly solicited by person:; riio would gladly pay the costs of their assages; which being only ?S), the migrants would soon be aide to repay, he eraigrants would soon bo able to epay, and thus be able to secure their iberty and all the enjoyment aud proslerity that the new country offered to dventurera. Agreements were entered ato whereby these deluded ones bound hemselves, that if, on arrival, they did io't succeed within a certain number of lays in securing employment on their >\vn terms, they could be sold for a term if years to defray the charges for their >assages. Ala=i! the "free-willers," with are exceptions, had a rude awakening m reaching the colonies. Under their greeraents the captain hail a legal lien >n the persons of the emigrants until lie ship charges were paid: consequenty they were not allowed to go on shore, rat were exposed to view on deck to the >eople who came on board in search of ervants. Except in cases of extraordilary qualifications, ve^y few of them rere happy enough to make their own iipulations, and they found themselves oia for several years of tedious labor tnd servitude. Toa fprms nf conditions of service liffcred in the different colonics. Among he archives of the Pennsylvania Hisoriool Society are some original bonds, >r agreements, between ship captains md rederaptioners. From them we j earn that the usual price paid in that I rolony for three years' service was ?2? | -s. and GJ. When his time had expired j i man was entitled to receive two suits i )E clothes, a grubbing nt.e, a -weeding loe and a new axe. Children sold for :rom ?S to ?10, and their masters -were required to see that they were taught to read and write, and had at least one quarter's schooling. In New Jersey?according to "Leaning and Spicer"?no white servant, if sold or bound after seventeen years of >.ge, could serve above four years. If maer that age, they were to be free on reaching their majority. At the cxpira inn rii wrvifp tlipir roaster were obliged ;o supply tliem with two good suits of nothing, suitable for a servant, one jocd felling ase, one good hoe, and seven bushels of Indian corn. A serAant was to be immediately freed in case of being so abused by master or mistress as to result in the loss of an eye or a tooth. Ibe laws against aiding redemptionists ro escape were very severe. A fine of ?3 was imposed for offering assistance in such cases, and the aider and abettor was obliged to make full satisfaction to mof+nv r\v micfvocc fnr all Inss. damacre or cost sustained by the absence of or search for the runaway. Any one who concealed or entertained an absconding redemptioner could be fined at the discretion of the court, and be made to pay ten shillings to the owner for each day he had harbored the servant. It was not uncommon for thrifty Germans, who were possessed of enough money uu yu.j uicjul auu lv <^.<_ fray the first cost of settling to allow themselves to be sold advantageously and on favorable. terms. Tins was in order luul uarm^^>?ir.-servitude they might have an opportunity the language and of growing familiar i with the manners, customs and institu-! tior-s of the country. In looking back on the peculiarities, i charges and gradations of society in j NV.v Jersey's colonial day, it is curious | to note how the well-to-do emigrants | i J I who brought witii tiiexu or purcntistju. i after arrival redemption servants, often lest the prestige of their ailluence; being \ unable in the new country to maintain j their rank and influence. Their humble servitors, however, inured, by hardship and labor to the stern necessities of colonial existence, prospered and throve. The bond-people, after serving their time, acquired land and homes by diliand savin*?: it was not uncommon, O ?? ? " - ? o * ? in the second generation, to find them taking precedence of the children of the master -who had owned their time during the first years in the country. - The abluent immigrant, having been accustomed to ease, proved unequal to tbe straggle, and his children, throngh faulty and ignorant education, rapidly deteriorated. inT nr The Cotton ?.Iovexucat. The New York Financial Chronicle, in its review of the movement of the cotton i crop for the week ending on the night . of August 12, says tliat the total receipts < have reached 7,270 bales, against 1,499 bales last week, 2,581 bales the pre- ; vions week, and 3,295 bales three weeks -j since; making the total receipts since the 1st September, 1886,5,213,-148 bales, ; r.-jaiusi 5,314,557 bales for the same period of 13S5-6, sho wing a decrease since i September 1.18S0, of 101,109 bales. < The exports for the week reach a total i of 12,521 bales, of which 11,055. were to ] Great Britain, 41 to France, and 1,425 to the rest of the continent. ] The t;tai visible supply of cotton, as ; nv. r?v and for the i week was as follows: J Total of Great Britain stock 660,000 ] bales, total of continental stocks 3 ?4,- i 100?making a total of European stocky, i of i,004,100 bales. The totai visible supply for the world is 1,344;490 bales; ] of this number 728,390 are American ; and 610,100 East Indian, etc. i The imports into continental ports < for the week have been 15,000 bales. ] These figures indicate an increase in ] the cotton in sight of 51,102 bales as j T ? ii. i.i _ ic?o/i 4 COIUpiii'CCl Vvlcli liic .Viixie uuu; ui iwu, i an increase of 14,072 boles as compared 1 with the corresponding date 0: 1885. j The receipts at interior towns for the ?veek were 7,279 bales. Old interior stocks were decreased 3,708 bales, and were 33,254 bales less than at the same period last year. The receipts from the plantations, being the actual movement, not including the overland receipts nor Southern consumption, of cotton that reached the market through the outports for the , past week were 3,125 bales. The total receipts since 1st September, 1880, were 5,180,355 bale?. The actual movement from the plantations was only 5,219 bales, the balance being taken from the ^ stock? at tlio interior towns. Southern spinners' takings to 1st Au- ' gust have beeu 391,000 bales as against . 308,000 bales at the same time last year. ; The Chronicle says, in reviewing the speculation in futures during the week: "The speculation in cotton for future ; delivery at this market has been some- ' what inactive for the "week under review, ] and the principal feature m the decline ; in options for tiiis month. No very ira- ' portant influences have been at work. Crop accounts have improved, owing to the fall of needed rain over a considerable portion ci' Texas, and a partial 1 clearing up in Georgia and the Caroli- ' las, where the downfall had been exces- j hive. Liverpool reports have reflected a very unsettled market there. The [ bureau report, made public od Wednes- ' daj, was rather better than was generally expected. On Saturday the next crop ; ruled slightly dearer, but tiie improve- ; incut was lost on Monday. In the course of Tuesday and Wednesday theie was a decline of 30 points in August f options, while the next crop gave way only 5 to 7 points. There were unac- *' coustably fall receipts of old cotton at New Orleans, which had an unfavorable 5 effect upon values for prompt delivery. On Thursday an early decline, under \ weak Liverpool advices, was fully recov- ' ered on a demand to cover contracts. To-day an early decline was followed by 3 variable unsettled values. Cotton on 1 the spot, under freer offerings and de- ' clining prices, has been fairly active, both for export and home consumption. ] Quotations were reduced l-16c. on Mon- ] day and -c. on Wednesday. Friday, at a further decline of 1-lGc., there was a ' "t loro-o Vmtiiin?? fr-.r pvnnrt. and home spinners bouglit fairly." Let the J5oys II: 1 p. Why is it that the boys are allowed to < sit around a house doing nothing, while ; their overworked mother is struggling ] against nature and fate to do the work?" \ Only the other day we saw three large, ] able-bodied boys lounging about the 1 house, not knowing what to do with < themselves, while their mother, tired ' ** * ? * -L _ T - iL. anct puio, was trying 10 uu lliu wwji jvx a larg3 family and company alone. Not 1 a boy's work to help about the houseV Why not? Is there anything about washing dishes that will injure him or i which he cannot learn to do well, or ( about making beds, or sweeping, or setting the table, or washing, or ironing, : or cooking a plain meal? On the con- ; trary, there is much to benefit him in ! such work, the most important of which is the idea that it isn't manly to let the . "weaker vessel" carry all the burdens, when it is possible tor strong, young , hands to help. Most boys would gladly help in the . house if they were asked to do so, and ; were taucrht how to do the work proper ly. ilany a smart boy wants to help his tired mother, but doesn't know how beyoncl bringing in the wood and the water, ami shoveling a path through the snow. This done, she tells him to go and play while she plods wearily on. Not a boy's work? For shame! It is a positive harm to a boy's moral character to ollow him to think it right to be idle while his mother is staggering under her burdens. Let itlie boys help, and these who can't get help "for love or money,"as they often write to us, will see their troubles disappear.?Philadelphia Methodist. 8harj> Liable to Die nc Any Moment. New York, August IS.?The question of wliether Jud^e Pottr:r will grant a stay r.r rnvi/rperiino-s in .Tarn!) Sha d's case hss lost its interest to-night on account of the very grMj^oabt as to whether Sharp will need llBP W" of any kind in this worl<Lffia&essor Loornis, one of the greatest "Bright's disease, who has been Sharp's physician for many years, says thar the disease has now readied a stage where the h?art is so weakened that it cannot properly perform its duties, and the formation of a clot of blood is liable to kill him at any minute. Sharp had a violent chill at 4 o'clock this nv rning and another at 10.30. During the j latter, three physicians and all his family were summoned. After the last chill he * i r ? ?^ | was weaK ana exnaustea. 1 ne pjuysiciaus [ saiii thai, be "was in no immediate danger, ui.v mat Ke~muot*iccJosely watched, lie is :/..able to lift himself without help and lies most of the time unconsiot-s and seems to be in a dying condition. ".- . v. why is everything Either at sixes or at sevens?"'\ Probably, ray dear nervous sister because you are suffering from some ot" the i diseases peculiar to your sex. You h.-we a j "draggicg-down"' feeling, the back-a^he, you are ueomuucu, yuu nave jj.iiuo u? vtt- , rious kinds. Take" Dr. R. V. Pierce'? < "Favorite Prescription'1 and be cured. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. A wicked boy said to his aunt, who asked him what he lighted his fire crackers with, 'A slow match; and you ought to know j what that is, auntie." The aunt's engagement had been of long standing. A disease, said to be Texas feyer, has broken out among the cattle in the neighborhood of Oswego, N. Y. * COST OF A SWELL WAKUKOBE. | iiiborbitaut Prices Which the New York | ^ Tailors Charge for Good Clothes. New York, August 18.?I have heard a half dozen men say recently that they found they could save money by going ix? London to buy their clothing. It is j. true of actors particularly, who are ;j rvWi/ra^ +yi Viqttq o larorp nntnhfT nf snits ( on hand, bnt the; economy is jast as u evident among less extensive purchasers. Herbert Kellev went to England this I year for the sole purpose of replenishing :i his wardrobe. !! f'One can get good clot'ies on this >i8e of the wat( r, undoubtedly," he said, 4V: ;,but the trouble is they cost triple what j they do in London. A crack tailor here charges $20 for a pair of trousers, and , cLfet sum will buy three pair in Eng- j !a lard." i ur The tailors of New York are constant- j f; ly oTowincr more exhorbitant in their | w price?. There are of course huge em-! ; periums or bazars where clothes are; h sloped out like shoo peg^ and sold like \ L. !ioi lnufins, but it goes without saying i o thai, veil dressed men -do not patronize : them. | ' ( A man to earn the distinction of being; a pronounced well dressed in New York j j': ziust exercise great care not to dress too J1 much or too highly. He musi spend l' ;oasiderable sums upon his attire, but Liofching like the amounts set down of j Late in numerous articles that are going i' V ibout in the daily papers concerning -t) :he cost of a well-dressed 2s ew Yorker's ;i! cyardrobe. The statement that at least ^ twenty thousand men here spend live h thousand dollars a year on their cloth- ^ ing causes an aching void to replace n. 3uq's heart. I'm not an expert on u sloshes, but realise the absurdity of that A report. Suppose a man buys eight suits of jioihes a year, which is an extraordinary jusaber, the cost would be about as foi- v ows: Two frock suits $240 Doe evening suit 120 ^ Two business suits 130 Ihtee cutaway suits 270 g This would call for less than 3800 of ;Lel $-5,000 a year, leaving the overcoats, ^ yachting flannels and underwear to come 0; :>ut of the trifling balance. Even under e( :he?c conditions a man would have from r< 15 to 20 lits in his wardrobe, for they c] -roiild accumulate rapidly with one jj, ;oming in every six weeks. In sober fact a tailoi* who succeeds in yanking a; :vhat the ^v.mblers calls a ' 'merry little ive 'underd" out of a customer regards (r aim with reverence, respect and uffec- ri ion. There is a -limit to such ulterior c< md interior trappings as overgaiters, g :earfs and linen. A thousand doiiars a n, fear will dress the Prince of Wales or +> :he most impressive of Union or Knick- ^ irbockei1 Club men. If he buys his ei toggery in London half the sum will y, jri?:>; the same results, though I thor- -} >ug?ily believe that there are better sc filers in New York than across the t! vattr. Two men who sat on the rail of T * 4-U/\ /foTT TTAriA /?nm TH Tl ft i. JOTsJUU UliU UVU\.l V4M.J YTV/-.X/ ? 0 J,y, ;he prices of their yachting flannels, jr Ehe younger of them, who had just rc- w :urr id from a six years' term at Oxford. ?I >aid.to the other: b, (:Kbc.t d'd vcu pay for that white suit?" ' 'It was made to order," said the other, <] surveying his iiannels complacently. (j "The coat and trousers were made by r, ny tailoi' for $15, and the shirts were ci j7.50 to order." tl "Well, this outfit," said the Oxford iian, stretching out his athletic legs and n ixhibiting flannels of far better texture ju md fit than those of the other man, j 'cost, including shirt, trousers and coat, a] uade by a crack London tailor, just $11 Sj ju our money." sj That's the rc-ason it pays to go abroad ^ linv mnr rtlnthes. "f? Mg >,! H A Mammoth Turtle. CI While the steamer Flora Temple "was ti cruising near the snapper banks, jester- o lay, about fifteen miles off shore, Capt. 2i Montcalm Broward observed an im- p aiense black object floating on the sur- t) face of the -water. Upon approaching it p tie discovered that it was an immense ti turtle of some sort, which was lazily h sleeping on the surface of the water, ii The captain secured a harpoon, and w when rear enough he dexterously threw a: the weapon and succeeded in liking it ti firmly in the back of the monster. It d was found impossible to raise this moun- s< tain of flesh to the boat, so that the s< captain attached a hawser to the har- h poon, and taking it in tow, brought it ti ap to the city, arriving at Decotte's wood yard about five o'clock, when the huge d object was hauled out upon the shore, w where its great size soon attracted a a large crowd who gazed with wonder at p the strange visitor. The weight of the C captain's catch was variously estimated b to be from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds; it a measured across the anterior fully eight d feet two inches, was seven feet two inches lrom the end of the nose to the t tip of the tail, and perhaps eight feet in I circumference. The captain called liis t! catch a tortoise, but the News-Herald man identified it as a peculiarly splendid v specimen of the trunk or leathery turtle li (Sphargis Cariacea.) This great sea r denizen inhabits the golf stream along I flip Atlantic shores and elsewhere. It t does cot have a shell, but is covered with a leathery skip, with seven longitudinal L ridges. It is tlie largest of the turtle s tribe, and is of no value as food.?Jack- c sonville (Fla.) News-Herald. J'rogrcM in the State. The Baltimore Manufacturers Record, c of this week., gives the following statement 2 of new enterprises in South Carolina: c Aiken.?J. C. Courtney is receiving pre- ^ * - ? ?- -! 1-.. f posais lor nn-iainjr eigiu unugva m iimtu county. Tc:i thousand dollars has been i subscribed towards organizing a company f to build a hotel. : Berkeley County.?A company is re- < ported as being organized to erect large saw \ and planing mills. < Charleston.?It is proposed to build a j raiiroad along the eastern water from of the ^ city. The City Railway Co. are preparing to extend their road. The report referred . to last week that the Charleston Savannah Railroad Co. contemplate building a ' railroad from Drayton's Station to the west ' side of Ashley river is not true. Florence.?It is rumored that tlic Pullman Palace Car Co., of Pullman, 111., will erect car repair shops. Georgetown.?Ehrid <5: Moses have started a distiller}- lately. Spartanburg ?John B. Cleveland, S. J. Simpson, W. E. Burnet, Joseph Walker and .J. II Sloan have chartered the Spartanburg Land & Improvement Co., capital t. r,aii ., =,*11 onil irr.nrm'P 1 SlUCtt. JpiV,VW, lu uu>, owi land, establish factories, build street rail road, Ac. Spartanburg.?Moilet & Clarke, of Waterton, X. Y., previously reported as contracting to build water works, have pur' chased a site for stand pipe. [;- Walterboro.--An academy is to be built. C; Henderson or A. Wichmain can give j particulars. * *. iledical returns snow that 7U,OOJ persons diejd from cholera in the northwest provinces of Indin during June and July. "Grass widow" is a misleading term, j I Su eh widows are never green. I :E.vj.vj;: i-t>iiiic'CiA cm;?. i Cv.'i!!:!'.)!.'! li.u!-.Trriii'> A i>.! :!.r f'.:r .-.nd u ?iii. (.! a jliliedije D^rn, a brskt-iuan on j lie Char)'tt*,"Co!urt:!>ia at:<I Augusts Iiaiiro.uI, is i'inc: at iiis l:r a;fr in 'Ijl- sclileiurac beycod 01 :e c.enot-. bruised aoti gained from an ae- in idcDl ".vbiic cc'iiiiric J'ruui Charlotte tiiis ct lcriiing. Mi He was on tr-p of the- car- a? ihey pr.^sc'l lj iidgeway, and as ire this side was pproacLcd. nb;-u'. 4.2). h-j attempted to bi ut on the brakes. S?::nd!::g with his !>^ck it 1 'he bridge uml turning the wheel, lie *as iincot^'.'ions of danger. A cry from !' se forward h.-:.!?emsn, ' Watch o;tt, Mil- E :dp2!" was ur.S.card, ai;d the bac-ii of his t>: eck. w;;s cac*i(:c>- fairly against the slruc- T ire, knocking him between-two cars, :i; here he became fastened, his feet drag- at in.g 0;; the trick. For .1 quarter of a lit .;i/? vit if *? 5n \v:iv. when ha tr as suddenly Jocseueu and fed upon tl?e a ;t jk. fourteen cars passing over liira. Atj |r.;t? rvals he wis s:r;:ck on the he.;d a&d ;* aek by the bi ;Ue bvssis r. = sLti: care rolled .sr. p ^experiencing t';e" r^o-t ugYriiziug pain */ teach bio v.*. ilc*was conscious <-:ioUgh II> know wliat w.-:s gr.ing <;iad suirered to living deatlriu the constant feir r.i being w rushed to a p'ul.i. It vvsts wonderful that u e cscaped with life.- it w.n d m probably w < tie fomusir.n : i' :!ie luuk. t!; iJnrn has been connected with the rail- IV ).id far the IujL ieeti years, and ir^,s [ways been a capiJbio workman. Captain > had hiiii niaeed in the cab and i w; rougbt to Columbia, where Dr. Howe in LlcnueJ uiia. No bones arc broken and ll> is injuries are not considered fatal. His fu cad "is" covered with bruises, his bod}* bi ;arred, and his knees swollen to an enor- lb ious size. lie suffers much pain and is uu nabie to move-?Columbia Daily Record, :r; .uguat 19. wi -cm? -<?? A SHE DIES) A BEGCiAK. ' A: ctiaKerKooin Was Found Seven Thoa- p, sand liollais in Money and Bonds. q-j A Boston special says that from a Tv( eggarly little room at the rear of No. ^ I Albany street, in that city, jlrs. iVlary i mith wus removed to the City Ho&pital '; aturday night,- where she died before '/ torning. She was seventy-.six years Id, and without doubt the most wretch- ^ ily dressed creatr.ro in all Boston. Her <>' )ora was miserably liilay, and her 1;V othes were little better than old rags tV ept together by strings. -z\ Ivlrs. Smith was a professional beggar, si; ad it wai while iiraping about on Jier tastily rounds in search of charity t>atur- o.-; iv thst she was knocked down and v,-; m ovci by a csreioss butcher boy at the h" jrner of Howard and Hudson street?:. omebody remove .1 her to htr home and Citified the police and had her taken to jie City Hospital, She was not badly nvt. but her advanced yours and her ifeebled condition resulting i'rcrn long ears ox privation could not withstand ic shock. ur-'ore the died she said *? >mething about her money and asked lat Lawyer Charles Culbeth be- notiued. he hospital :ittend;ibts believed the : oor creature was van during in her f;' dnd. This morning, kowevtr, word as sent to the lawyer, when they were irprised to hear that the old woman ^ ad recently made a wiii at:d was worth 11, ivrrvi *housae<3 dollar!?. T;>a nn'if.o vera norilied and ar; oiticor j stalled to search the miserly lodgings, 'peningthe door oi the old '.vocaau* c soul, a foul odcr greet*, d him ^n-.i a bi ozen rats disappeared leisurely into t>; leir holes. Tiie tracer began his search F. y ripping open th;* iir.st of the two old Ii >attresses, when, to Lis surprise, several I':. andscme gold and silver coins rattled own on the door. The sawdust, chips tl! ad husks with which the mattress was ;ulled, were poured out into a pile be- s;; de the bed. Scattered among- this chaix (t;'' as a hatful ci tank notes. Officer ^ 'ranks polked over the pile and saw that s.' lanv of the bills were rolled up into ",,f ads and tied with, greasy siring:,.' He ^ at these with his knife, and counting to ie weaith found ?630. On the wall ] . ver the bed hung an old petticoat, pi lechanically thrusting his hand into the ii-j octets he <frew out a hard rag. Opening br lis ?70 in bills lay i:i his hand. On a g eg near by was another petticoat. As ie officer grasped it to replace it on the *l) 1 ook lie felt s liard uuncn oi sometmcg j iside the lining. Cutting the threads cv ith his kiiii'e3 a little bag dropped cut ad ?0 in .smail silver coans rolled off on ie lloor. Inside the door another 'r; irty article of apparel hung. It was jarchod, aad in ihe lining was found 3cretcd a large pocket book. Sewed ot ito this were bills of various denomina- ja ons amounting to ?70. On the tloor lav u. mattress black with C: irfc and tilth, and rolled up and tied ir, itii a piece cf clothes line. Inside this, ki iiu wrapped carefully in a dozen news- 31 apers, was a package oi United States ct roverximent bonds of the issue of lcb7, ' h earing four per cent, interest, and V mounting in value to six hundred w ollars. P: Tin\-.Ti in or>rr-^r of the has? were *' wo bank books of the Franklin Savings J *. Jank, eacix showing a deposit of one 111 liousand dollars. ^ Continuing the search, a black dress ;as found, and in various parts of the ining v/ere discovered, sewed in sepa- ' ately, rifteen dollars in bills and silver. s: n a bureau was found one hundred and ifty dollars in gold coin. r. The entire aaioant of money and ii >onds amounted to between six and n even thousand dollars, which was turned t i >ver to the police authorities. ? Heroic Women. From the ftories of eye witnesses the <:onduet of the women in the railway tccidenfc at Chatsworch was extremely l} :reditable. Those who died met death vi:h heroic bravery, and those who were vv 'ortunate enough to escape did so only :L ift.?r rendering those about them all the lid possible. There are some who are '' racie strong by great dangers or emer jeneies. ike Oiiatswortn women are ox ;liis sort and dozens of tiiem iiad hardly , jxtricated themselves from tlie wreck jet'ore they busied themselves oaring for :he wounded and smoothing tlie pillows ,, ji the dying. Tlie attending physicians ittribuxe the recovery of a great many ji the wounded solely to the ministering ^are of the noble and unselfish women. ?Chicago News. That \\ ondtrrfu! (iobbier. Some weeks ago an item concerning a . remarkable turkey gobbler, who bad taken upon himself the oiiices of a mother, ap- ' pc-ared in this paper, and we promised to irivj the result of his performances. On. Saturday wv met Captain J. V. Georg-. ; the owr.ef of the now famous gobbler, urn! lie said that he put him to set on seven turkey. nine guinea and nine hen eggs, that the turkey eggs broke during the proce s of incubation. but Iho.t ai the proper time | he came oil the aesi with ail the guineas and chickens, and that he can be seen at his farm, a feu* miles from Aiken by all who doubt the truth of the story. Captain or-.M.W treats his hroo;i witli the most motherly attention, and that they are all doing well."?Aiken Recorder. One thing settled about the InterstateCommerce bill is that tramps will continue to take long and short hauls in box cars, if they are not caught at it. v\oriiEii r.vilko.vd imsaste:?. i'assen^er Train Jump* llse Truck and { t'ra.-liex Through a Tliree-Sjtor? Uriel; Build- j :us?Engineer Hilied and Twelve Persons Injured. w.asiidcgtox, August is.?Train No. 4 i the .Baltimore and Ohio railroad, corng from the West, due here at C.20 A. 31., ime thundering into the city over Metroolitiin Branch to-day, and at a curve near^ - w i ui : a mile away xroai tac i ueiruu uiow 'iown brakes!" For some reason the akes were not put down. The air brakes was stated, did not work, and the cnnecr began blowing bis distress whistle >r brakemen to put on the regular brakes, it her the brakemen did not heed the sigd or it was not given in time to be oi use. lie train. Hying at a frightful rate, came ;undcring down towards the sharp curve the Y. On the south side of the Y. in a .lie corner made by the intersection of the i'.cks, was located a railroad signal tower, b: iek structure three stories high, where iiroafrmen are' employed to regulate sig lis ana swiicac-s uie x. \> hl-ij uk ui& turaed the sharp curve of the Y with . trful headway, the cars behind the engine the track and smashed into the signal wer, and in an instant there was a wreck hich lor confusion has seldom been [ualed in railroad annals. The engine dragged from the track and ploughed rough dirt and mud a distance of" 150 el and rolled over. There it lay, giving r;h its steam and hot water in great jels! ear the engine lay Hamilton Bros:;is, the giut-er, crushed and dying, and his iireaa with several bones broken. Behind e engine was a scene of paDic and cunsion. One car was crushed and nearly uied under the tracks and the timbers of e demolished building. Two sleepers d one passenger coach remained on the ick. The mall, express and baggage cars jre rolled over and their sides crushed in. lire alarm was sounded, which brought e fire department and policc tc the scene, imbalances were liurried]v sent for, and a J t/O UI l 'LiJ OUUiUlVli^U ery direction. Many injured passengers ;-:c removed, and taken to neighboring uses. In this way eighteen of twenty '>ple were got out of the wreck. Some : them were only Slightly injured, while hers su: ;\jred with "bones broken and : dies badly bruised and cut. In the up- '< r floor is an observatory, where Wm. a railroad signal man, was at work, i j the ground floor Joseph Haley, a young . m employed by the railroad company, is engaged cleaning lamps. Baxter, real- j iig the impendiag danger in time, rave a ... TT.1... 1 1 r-.~, JUL IU ULUIUy uUU icapuu iwm un?i tu?vv,i the ground, breaking his arm um! was . ily shaken up. Ilaley below, however, ! is buried in the ruins of the house. When was disinterred it was found that tim- ; rs Lad fallen so as to protect him from ' : tons of brick and mortar above him. ' was badly frightened and bruised and uded by lime and plaster. 1 THE STORY 01* \.\CY FAT." >w li. is. Eliiott Tried to Moke a Sociai ?'lueen of lier and Failed. The Xcw York Herald says: Not long 1 ;ce there was a brief notice announcing u- death of "Mrs. General R. B. Elliott,1 Co of the late negro congressman who, a : .v years ago, took suck an active part in iitii Carolina politics. Possibly no wo- : i'a of the present century has experienced jli a sudden change from indigence to alence or has risen so quickly in the so- . *.! scale. She was owned by a family in iumbia, S. C. Ker name was .Nancy, it on account of her plump llgurc she re the suggestive appellation of Nancy :i. She was an amiable, humbic creatine, tppy and indolent, with, no ambition or ide of character, she was as contented *t. t1?o m<va monkl tni? ::nt! 1 udgery, as when, arrayed in fantastic d gaudy attire, she danced as belle of the uckiugs. During the period of Republiu rule, Elliott while in Columbia was ,e afternoon driving behind his splendid ; ir of bays. He was dressed in his usual . le of black broadcloth and lavender kid A'es. At the corner of one of the streets i saw a picture that proved to Ijc the key his destiny. It was "Nancy Fat." She d just drawn a bucket of water from the imo, and it was balanced on her t-urbaned -td, the crystal drops trickling down her own face and Deck, und she laughed ;-;d naturediy. Iler skirts were tucked gh, and there was a generous display of re fett and ankles. The effect was inmtaneous, and the congressman in broad th was hopelessly' infatuated with the orry, ignorant water carrier. The icsult :is a speedy courtship and marriage. The ireformation was wonderful as it was dden. From the washtub and the cookg stove she became mistress of a magnifi..->t nn nno nf trifl CfrrvI.e Columbia. Elliott was a man of brilliant tellect and unbounded ambition. lie ;is one of the leading spirits of the Repubin part}*, and was regarded as one of the ost intelligent negroes who was ever sown in the South. He was from Boston, ,-tss., he was a lioished scholar and a sucrssful lawyer. His alliance with the un itored Nancy caused general surprise, et she was received by his friends with mrtesy and kindness. One day I was using her house in company with her >rmer mistress, when we espied a sight ,-.t was el mil ;ind nmtisinir. Iieside a arble fountain surrounded by rare exotics t Mrs. Elliott. She was arrayed in a )stume of most extreme elegance. Pecpg beneath her skirts of amber satin we :;iinly saw her bare brown feet. As she :\v us she quickly tucked them under her Jrts, and exclaimed good naturedly: Now, old missis, dcn't laugh at your igger; you know I never did like shoes, iiie General saw me lie -would scold, but . cry chuuce I get I just slip them oil. All iis "finery can't make me forget the happy :vs when I was plain 'Nancy Fat,' and >w I am Mrs. General Congressman AwrtnfArl ti'A An on/1 itJLUUOC*^ Vli, iiUVi ft her with her bare l'eet in the damp sand i the fountain. A few years later Mrs. lliott became a prominent feature in the Republican society of the State, and also jured conspicuously in Washington. It as during General Grant's administration one of tlie balls that she caused such a ,-nsatiou on account of the devoted a*tenons she received from certain prominent liite politicians who wished to make con. icuous their approval of the social equa!y law The brilliant negro congressn-^.r. iload. * nd oniy a lew aays w... *dc wo 1.1a whom be endeavored to elovate by all i jt -wealth and power could do, died in overty and obscurity. liob'ied and Murdered. Atlanta, August 15.?The body of .like McNamara, a baker, wis found on railroad yesterday, iiorribn mutilated, v hole supposed to have been made 1-y a ' .diet and two srashes supposed to have K.cn made by a knife were found on the " -!y. Late Saturday night ^b-Xamara v.-is in the city drinking and started to v:.!k iiv iiiG. He tiicn had money in his . kot. hut the money was gone when the :y \va> found. The impression gained :roi:r.d tiiat the man had been killed and robbed acd placed on the railroad track. Fwo negroes found in the locality were arrested and blood was found on the clothing if one. They deny their guilt, but are u~i.i T!.? 7Wk- tvnc en lwrllv mutilated that the hole and gashes could not be positively identified as the bullet and knifewounds. McMamara's home was in Lex ington, Ky. He was about 22 years old. The 1500 veterans in the Leavenworth Soldier's Home have extended a cordial invitation to the President to pay them a v:sit. These are veteranc who fought during the \>ai?11ul it new vtv*. A COAL CREEK LEGEND. n THE QUEER STORY OF A LOST SILVER IHCDTE, Which is Guartledby 3Ionsters~AnIndiana Neighborhood's Odd Belief-A Vein of Sil.er"A Foot Illicit"?A Yarn as Is a Yarn. Clestos, Ind., August 19.?Between Clinton, Ind., rind tlie Illinois line is a hilly bit oi country through which flows A a little stream called Coal creek. In the J hills are valuable coal beds, lying generally only a few feet below the surface of the ground and cropping out many ( places. The log cabins of miners and poor formers, with here and there a stony field of corn and oats, are the only signs of civilization in the wild neigh ? *? i ? _ ? ^JS ocrnoou. ?ao people nave a remansa- h ble story to tell to any stranger who may ?' chance to penetrate into their territory. -t They firmly beLcve that there is a 4 vein of pure silver "a foot thick" in a certain hill at the side of the creek. This rich vein of metal, they say, ex- , tends uider the bed of the creek and ( then is lost beneath a high hill on the other side. Xo white man, now alive, has ever seen this treasure. Many years ago, however, an old man, dressed in i . -? ? * i _ a ragged garments, ana acting as 11 ne naa lost his wits, was seen occasionally in the neighborhood, and it was believed he knew the secret of the mine. The old man, after remaining in the hills two or three days ana nights, would disappear, as mysteriously as he came. When any one questioned him about the mine, lie would shrink from them and say: "It would be death for me to telL" The people believed that this old man dug up what silver he could cany away away and then departed, only returning when he needed more. He has not been seen for a number of years, however, and it is thought that he is dead. The mine?so the story runs?is hid uen irom numan eyes oy cue power 01 Indian magicians, furthermore, it is protected by two grim guardians?a great lion ana a snake one hundred feet long. There are many people in that ?<" ^ vicinity who say ftey have seen the lion md the snake. As they are never known to leave any track behind them it is believed that they are ghosts. The people say that when the Indians were driven aut of that country by the white settlers Lhe magicians of the tribe killed the lion *nd the snake and left their ghosts to T-n +A ^UuiU LUC IUI1 IC> UJU. VJ. VL^i. bv -? these ghosts with a hiding pLce the Indians set fire to a bed of coal, which * cropped out of the hill near by, thus forming a deep cave, which is there to this day, and which no one has ever ilered to explore. In this dark hole the f ; two ghostly guardians are bound by a charm, Tiie snake, however, is permitted to leave the den once every year, while the iion has the same privilege accorded it once every four or five years. At such times as they are free they roam abroad una create terror for miles around. ? *" :| The snake was last seen in the summer of 1SS6 by a man named Murphy, who with his little son was picking blackberries in the woods. The fatiier and soil ran away as fast as they could; in . jk :act, no one who has ever seen this won- | deriol serpent ever did anything in its presence except run away lrom it, so far 1 as any one can now remember. The iion, however, has been hunted. jj John Fletcher, a farmer, one day Ewcotit ten ycu-s ago saw the lion in front j of him. He ran to a neighbor's house /v/%4- e% o s% s\mno-ninn on/3 Q TV5/?lr I of hounds. They followed the lion to a J thicket, in which it disappeared. The V hounds on catching sight of the beast first bristled up, and then turned tail and ran. The hunters also became frightened 1 and went home. Mrs. Hocket, when a little girl, saw ?j the lion sitting by a stump on a hill near 1 her father's house. She began to scream j and her father ran to her. He could not see the beast and told her that she was j afraid of a stump. He got an axe and /In'a-ii tlio ctnmrj Hnf tliA linn still sat there. It finally went away. A few years later 3Irs. ilockett's sister saw an -1 animal "like a big, woolly dog" running J down a MU by her side. Presently she saw it was a lion and ran away. 1 About ten years later Mrs. Hockett j her husband, and one of two other persons, while going along a lonely road at night, heard an animal breathing in a thicket a few feet away. Before they had time to get badly frightened they heard the animal rise above the tops of the young trees and then crash down into" the bushes several hundred feet away. A few more of these tremendous leaps took it out 01 hearing. They did not doubt but that it was the lion. The spectral snake is described as being black in color and as large around as the body of a man. The people believe that the charm by which it and the Hon are held will become powerless in a few more years, and that they will g^ away j and never return. Then the lost silver mine will be found. The white man, who formerly visited the mine, is supposed to have received from the Tnditma a charm by which he could control the guardian specters. When lie died the secret was lost. In the above bare statement the curious belief of the Coal Creek dwellers is . given without adornment of any sort, its value lying in the simple faith with which the people of that locality accept* it as the truth. The story reads like i relic of some medieval tale of enchantment and iiery dragons, which in some strange manner has been transplanted on American soiL I A Texas Magnetic Story. A story comes from El Paso, Texas, of a magnetic current of air which issues from :in artesian v, ell pipe near Sierra Blanco, ->n the Texas Pacific railway. According to the story, "it has been observed by horsemen that whenever they get in the neighborhcod of the well strong magnetic forces are felt, and sparks arc "given oil if the horse's mane is touched. Recently a man from Sierra Blanco was sitting close to the ' ** r\n + IilC KJll JilO |/vv.aww UiiiAVi found:. nail, which he had in his pockct, clinging to the knife, lie held the knife in tile current of air and found the magnetic property was greatly increased. Several weeks ago Superintendent Judy held his pocket knife in the current of air four minutes and the knife is still strongly magri/.eu from the effect. The outflowing current of air is believed to possess remarkable curative properties. Its efficacy is to be tccted ^experiments norm cases of paralvsis and other diseases. The people who live near the wonderful weii call it the 'fountaiuof youth.' "?Sash-cMe American, c?? ? The tc:iants on the Ponsonby estate in Ireland have engaged a civil engineer to supervise the construction of works of defense iri preparation for the expected evictions, barricades arc being erected and trenches and drains made, and in case of emergency the farms will be flooded from the boir. ' I I