The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 11, 1888, Image 1

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I i 1?? ?? I will I nil I II .J - I -- - ?cap. C??acaBMP?^cMgsMemgqi rum n i t ? c n i ?eaggBttamp?c?c rir iii,^ ir^Hii_rTwmBT..A?ji VOL.XLIV. WINNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY , 1888. NO. 24. Dorcas Caledon, 5SB -HRIR3SS OF CALEDON HEIGHTS. atttobiogsaphy. BY FiOKEXCE E. DIAMOND. CHAPTER HL My dear little roora was never so dear to me as now that I v.*as leaving it forever. I had been quite silent till now, too much bewildered to speak; but when I reached my tvuw> -fnil imrvirt. of v.-Hafc ivas fiein;? done burst upon me, and I fell at the matron's feet imploring her not to send mo away with those two cold, cruel women. "Only let me stay here," I begged amid a storm of sobs, burying my face in her lap, "only let me stay and I will do any thing. I will scrub the steps as little Paul does; I ? will be good oh! so good! I will never disobey you, indeed I will not ? ili-.. Hart's tears flowed at this passionate apnea 1 of mine, but she could not grant nr .est now?it was too late. ' - . u bare ever been an obedient and c- -. child, Dorcas," she answered, softly, "ii~. I know you will not fail to mako wherever you go. Those ladies are very rice, I have no doubt, when once you gef used to them. Come, cheer up and go and bid the girls good-bye while I get your clolhcs ready." So saying, she put me gently aside and began to empty out the contents of my small chest of drawers; while I, seeing ? tnat turtaer pieaomg wouia re o: no avau, ? T?eat slowly out to where my companions I were, an*! proceeded to bid them good-bye? J a task that was not accomplished without much weeping oil either side. This over, I went back, and madam, with her own hands, dressed me in my best attire, which consisted of a linen suit, cmP broidered pantalettes and a white straw flat, then much worn by children. I then bade . the matron an affecting farewell, clinging to her, and sobbing the while she kissed me gently, saying: " God bless you, my little Dorcas." And then, taking Hiss Armund's hand, I was hurried to the carriage, where the coachman stood holding open the door. He helped the ladies in, tossed me in after' them, shut the door, and, mounting his bos, drove swiftly away. I looked back till a turn in the road hid the home from my view, and I passed out of that life forever. All before me now was a strange and unr known road; did it lay in pleasant places? I turned my attention to my companions within the carriage. Neither had spoken fe - since starting. Mrs. Clayton sat looking r out of the window, evidently deeply interested in the scenery though which we were passing. The other, Miss Ana unci, sat regarding me with a grim, moody expression of countenance that fairly chilled me. Thus we rode on for some time when Mrs. Clayton suddenly exclaimed, vehemently: "Its all nonsense, Maria; the child was r much happier where she was; you are doing no kindness to her in taking her away." "Perhaps not," answered ber companion, shortly. "I am partly doing a duty, though. And you can uardly miss the triSe that it - rPi "DO NOT SEXD MS AWAY.'' will cost to educate her out of the immense Caledon estate. Methinks you might undergo some slight inconvenience lor the %sake of being mistress there." Mrs. Clayton flushed angrily, but said j 1 nothing, and further conversation was provented by the carriage stopping at the depot ' "We alighted and entered the great waiting room which was crowded with people. I ha? never been among strangers before, and this harrying, surging crowd fairly berrril<2crj\; rue. But over all hung the conv-c".hat I was going away among strange with these two silent and unloving woj10^. who both seemed to owe me a deep and loug-standing grudge. My heart was i ' ready - ? burst with grief, and unable to ro^atrain my tears I hid my face in njy hands jr and wept bitterly. Several people noticed j^Tcy grief, and remarks were being made as Hktn the cause, when Mis3 Armund made her W way to me and, sitting down by me, endeav* ored to pacify me by promises of fine presents, etc., and seeing that all were regard ' ing me cunousiy i nusnuu my o^xu w came quiet. | The next moment a shrill cry of "AH Aboard" sounded through, the room, and here was a rush for the outgoing train. ^wAIrs. Clayton and Miss Armund, with me ^between them, hastily scrambled in, getting barely inside ere the train started. The coach we had entered was already full of passengers, but the ladies were given seats somehow, and in my haste and bewilderment I stumbled and pitched head first into a fat old gentleman who was squeezing 1 _hrmself into a seat near by. "Gracious me!" he exclaimed, rather \ ? crossly, while Mrs. Clayton gave me a witheringlook from her dark eyes, which did not add to my composure. "See here. Sis," said a kind, jovial voioe at my elbow,'"there don't seem to be any place in particular for you; suppose you take a seat on my knee." ^^"And, almost before I could comprehend BH&hat was being done, I found myself perched upon the knee of a handsome r tmrmsr fellow of uerhans one and twenty, 2 who, seeing my confusion, bad taken xt up- j I Cn ^Tncptf to come to my assistance. 1: ilrs. Clayton thanked him graciously, and ! L Armund seemed satisfied, so I con- 1 jfljjf^gded it was nothing improper to take the j BBjk vjffered seat, and, finaliy gaining cour- I B , I dared to glance into my companion's j B It was a handsome debonair face, but j ^RJ^ind and manly, and his eyes won my | at once, they were so bright and kindMgyn their expression. He did not ply me j Hgrab questions, but after his first remark 1 BKontinued his conversation with his com- : Bkttnions, quite a number of young men who j HHrasupied the seats near, and I guessed they | evidently from Rome school or college, Brfor they were dressed exactly alike in jy brown suits with white gioves and hats. I Mr jeanied afterwards they were the collegians B :froni B? going hone for their vacation H ; Jgsvctneousers omy a gxaace. icouict I -pot bear their rather bold looks, and then, jwh^ some ci tbem had laughed at my awkHbdness, and, child though I was, I did Btrelist being laughed at. Bwdl, little one," ssid my friend, kindly, Hfeye yon patten oyer your frigfefc yet? Uga were rather mrsed up, wern'fc you! IKrer traveled much, eh?r ana he laughed, BetX v??s nsver ca cars.before ?h*tv???/' Raid, weekly, "and I Soa^ iiks it?they p-xVft such a terrible noisa" We Here the other gentleman laughed loudly, Bp as if the idea of the cars making a noise was Be very funny, indeed. "Is that lady your mamma!" asked one, HLjjointing to where Mrs. Clayton was sitting Engaged in conversation with another lady. HByK sir," I answered. I did not like bejfcestioned by this strange feOow with Hp, black eyes and ready tongue. Kother one, then?5 directinghis glance |||i Armund, who, when she heard his BflwL scowled savagely. I I no [ manaica at alitor papa either,v and again 1 | Jelt ready to weep for loneliness. Myyoartg friend saw this, and diverted my attention by buying some fine oranges of a boy who was offering them for sale. Presenting rao with a couple of the finest ones, ho said, cheer:cily: u2?o-.y oat these, &Sj // m4^^k^4w/w A XEW-roUXD fSl?XD. and never mind fellows that ask questions of little giris'??a remark that was not lost 'upon his friends, for I was asked no more questions. Presently some of the passengers got out, and I found a seat by the side of my young friend, who still was as kind and gentle as si first, till I felt I had known him always, cad I began to dread the time when he must go and I would be left again alone with those two stern, silent women. But night c<"ime on and still my friend and his partv were with us; the lamps were lighted and their rays fell weirdly on the faces about me. I could see Mrs. Clayton sitting bolt upright, the white plumes in her hat nodding with the swaying motion of the i cars, and her eyes wide open, with no signs of sleepiness about them, though most cf the other passengers were in a state of semi-drowsiness. Mi?6 Armund sat bent forward, her head on her breast, fast asleep. Even my young friend was nodding, and I feJt my own eyes growing heavy and dull, and almost before I knew it I was sound asleep. I awoke once, for an instant, and could hardly recollect where I was, but it came to me soon. My friend was still beside me and had piaecd an arm about me, or I should have tumbled to the fioor. He looked at me now with a quiet smile, and feeling reassured I again let my head droop against his arms and fell fast asleep. I have often wondered since then if no unseen spirit whispered to him of tho part that the sleeping child at his side should play in his life, or how all their lives their fortunes should be intermingled. Doubtless such a thought never crossed his mind. He was kind to the friendless child from mere good-heartedness, nothing more. How long I slept I do not know. I wss awakened by some one shaking me roughly by the arm. I started up to tind Miss Armund standing over me looking, in the dim uncertain light of early dawn, more grim and ugly than ever. I was alone in the seat. My young friend and his party were all gone; they had left the train while I slept. I learned afterwards that when ho must go he had called Jibs Armund to Liii-IG HIS piwC'C", i VtU5 cix^U U'UU sleepy, and he disliked to wake me. I felt a strange loneliness and fear when I knew he was gone, but I swallowed my feelings as best I could and obediently followed the ladies to a handsome carriage that stood waiting for them and into which a servant assisted us, and we were soon rolling rapidly toward houit^ for ua sucli I now designs, lol it. After half an hours drive, we arrived at what I suppose was an entrance way. A porter swung open a heavy iron gate and the carriage swept up a beautiful avenue bordered with trees, and iinally stopped befcfre the house, or mansion?a massive pile of bricks surrounded on all sides by broad verandah's or porticos. A flight of marble steps led up to the front entrance, and the pillars supporting the piazza were of the finest and most delicatc specimens of architecture. We ascended the steps, and Mrs. Clayton rang the belL A servant admitted us and led the way to a handsomely-furnished sitiin^-room where the ladies removed their - wraps; but Mrs. Clayton gave me in charge o? a domestic, -who conducted me to a pretty room on the ground ficor in the rear part of the house. "You're tired, miss," said the maid, kindly. "You can rest here till breakfastrtime." She removed my hat and sacque as she spoke and then, showing me the bath-room and toilet accessories, she left me alone. I bathed my face, combed and braided my hair and brushed my teeth, as I had been accustomed to do at the home, and then, having nothing else to do, I drew a chair to the window and sat down to wait for t'he reappearance of the maid. While sitting here my attention was drawn to two children, boys, who were in company with a large dog racing up and down the lawn a short distance from the house. One was a darkfaoed lad of perhaps twelve years. I knew at once that he was Mrs. Clayton's sod, the resemblance was 90 great. But the other child was much younger, not more than five years old, and fair with light curling hair. "It must be they have no little girls," I I said to myself; "that is the reason they have adopted me." Just here the maid entered, briskly. "Well, little miss, ready for breakfast?" she said, cheerily; "but, if you please, what is your name?" "Dorcas Lynn," I answered. "Thank ye, miss; mine is Maggie Mitchell, and Mrs. Clayton sent me to fetch ye down to breakfast" So saying she led the way to the breakfastrroom. It was a large lofty room: and the table, at which the family were already seated, was glittering with cutglass and silver. There were at the table Mrs. Clayton, her husband, a stolid, corpulent man of fifty, perhaps, Miss Armund, the two boys I had seen in the garden, and a little girl of about my own age, I thought, though I 'afterward discovered that"she and her brother were twins; therefore she was two years my senior. But she was certainly the most strikingly-handsome child I had ever soen. To mc, in fact, she looked as I might haw imagined an angel would. Sbe was fair as the lily, with a soft, rose tint in either cheek; lier hair was golden as a sunbeam, her eyes blue as the sly in June, and ber l]ps like ' She was near ber mother, and gave me a coH stare of indifference when I took Iny place beside her. No one 3poke; tfe? very air seemed oppressive. Takes 3atx> gethcr, it was a most uncomfortable aeal, and I felt glad when it was ended. me cmiaren immeaiareiy crow waen breakfast was over. I remained standing by Jliss Armund, Hardly knowing what to do. ilr. Clayton arose, and placing his hands in his pockets, regarded me in a questioning manner for a few moments, and then asked: "What is this child her? for, Lena!" "His tone was more the one of a servant addressing a master than that of a husband addressing a wife, I thought Mrs. Clayton flushed angrily at the question. but her vcico was steady enough when she answered him. "She is a protege of my friend, Miss Armund," she said. 1-Kju.i uii. yes; a very fine One, Armund,'' he said, suavely. "Thank ycu,w was 2?iss AiSttlUM'S chiliy remlr. "Yes, yes, ma'am; not at all," and taking his hat, be hastily left the room. Again a strange stillness fell upon ns. Mrs, Clayton had risen and gone to The window, where she stood idly beating against the panes with her white jeweled fingers. Miss Armnnd sat still and grave, ths hard lines around her mouth harder and grimmer than ever. She clasped her large, bony hands together and looked like one who struggled with a great passion j of hatfjqr rggjjrset but her face cleared s& last. A loo]; of deep determination took the place of the frown upon her features. She broke the oppressive silence in. her usually quick, abrupt way. " I am going now, Lena," she said, '-but I waul to say to you before I go that I have brought this child here for the purpose of educating and taking care of her. I wish you to treat her as you treat your own children. Allow her the same privileges you allow them, and I am content. It is," she continued, thoughtfully, "but a small recompense for the wrong done her. but it "will suffice. Carry out my instructions and you need do no more; but I wish theia carried out, mind you," and her voice grew stern. JL Uii LLLLUddwilUU. ? i'J, AjCUd 2?rs. Clarion had turned from the window at MioS Armund's first words, and remained quiet and attentive to whr.t she was saying. Her face betrayed no expression 'out that of extreme indifference; but at Miss Armun^'" "v^stio'n: "Do you understand me. Lena:" ihe raised her and answered, coldly: "Your instructions shall be regarded, Miss Armund." "Verywell. Tell James to get tho carriage. I vrili be ready in a moment. 1 can not just say when I will come again," in answer to I\Irs. Clayton's polite invitation, which I could not help thinking was given under protest Hiss Armund came toward me then and held out her hand. Good-bye, Dorcas," was all she said, and I shyly repeated goodbye. Then her lank form disappeared in the doorway and she was gone. [TO BE CONTINUED] DANIEL MANNING'S LIi\E. A Poor Hoy Who 3Io<Ie Himself One of tlie Greatest Politicians. (From the New York Press ) Daniel Manning was bora in Albany, August 16, 1831. His father died when > ?ji u 1: J lit/ r. Lib w UliliUj hilU lit; IV provide for himself when only nine years of age. His first employment was in the office*of the Albany Atlas, which v:as subsequently merged into the Argus. He began by sweeping out the office, and in course of time came to be the "devil" of the establishment. While in this position he learned to set type, and gradually rose to the position of foreman of the* composing room. Then he joined the reportorial staff of the Argus and first reported the markets. Afterward he was appointed to report the proceedings of the State Senate, and was employed in that capacity for a number of years. He subseqaently became a stockholder in the -Argus, and in 18G5 was made associate editor. When William Cassidy, the chief editor and president of the* Argus Company, died in 1S73, Mr. Manning's judgment^ general intelligence and business talent obtained for him the presidency of the company. He very seldom wrote any editorials for the paper, bat contented himself with ; directing and managing its affairs in iojo ae aiso oecame conneciea Trim the National Chemical Bank of Albany, and was elected a director. He was advanced to the vice-presidency in 1S-S1, and in the following year, upon the i death of General Robert H. Pruyn, he became the president. He wa; also a ; member of the Albany Park Commis sicners, one of the trustees of the Fort Orange Club, a director of the Albany ; Railway, the Albany and Susquehanna ; Railroad Company and the Albany Elec- i trical Light Company. ; ; Mr. Manning during aTt his lifo took | an active interest in politics, bat it was ( only of late years that he became known , as a politick, leader. Ha was scarcely j known at all in political circles outside of Albany prior to the election of Samuel J. Tilden as Governor of New York. He . was appointed a delegate from Albany to : the convention of 1874, which nomi- . nated Mr. Tilden for Governor, and : proved so useful in the campaign which followed that he gained Mr. Tilden's confidence. He was always a Democrat, i JI "i.i _ 1. J *? : * ana inoroxzgiuy oeuevea in tne yrmui- , pies ot that party. In 1876 he -was elected a member of . the Democratic State Committee. In IST'j 80 he served as secretary of the ' committee and in 1881 he was chosen its j president, a position he occupied con- , tinuously for several years. In 1880 he : had become regarded as Mr. Tilden's most trusted adviser, and was one of the most influential members of the New ( York delegation in the national conven- ' tion which nominated General \v infield ' S. Hancock for President. It was through him, as chairman of the New ' York delegation, that Mr. Tilden com municated to the convention his de- . cision not to stand again for the Presi- ' dency. It has been said that Mr. Manning was : mainly instrumental in securing the ' nomination of Mr. Cleveland for Presi- 1 dent, and that a month previous to the ' meeting of the State Convention of 1882 he remarked to some political friends : who called on him at the Argus office: : "It seems to me we had better nominate i this man Cleveland, of Buffalo." * j 11- - j_ _ c n 1 AX ice special request 01 iu.r. xiiuea, President Cleveland invited Mr. Manning to become a member of his Cabinet and offered him the Secretaryship of the Treasury. He was always a man of delicate health, and upon the ground that his physical condition would not warrant him in assuming the labors of the office Mr. Manning at first declined. Influences were brought to bear which finally induced him to enter Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet. The labors of his position, as he feared, were more than he could sustain. He was returning from a Cabinet meeting on March 23, and was about to enter the Treasury building when he was attacked with dizziness, and fell heavily to the ground. He was taken to his home in a carriage, where he remained for a considerable time under the care of his Dh-vfciaian AT?* He tendered bis resignation as Sscretary of the Treasury to the President on June but Cleveland refused to Accept it, and induced him to tiko a long"vacation. Again Sir. Manning sent in his resignation on February 14, of this year, to take effect on March 4, and this time the President accepted it 'Kith regr; t, which he expressed in a lengthy eulogistic letter. Mr. Manning then took a trip to Europe and spent some time at the seaside resort of Bournemouth, but received no permanent benefit. Previous to his resignation he was offered the presidenI cy oi the Western National Bank, which was about to begin business in this city. This position he also declined upon the j seure'of ill health, but was told' that if he would accept it he would be given a leave of absence which he could terminate at his own pleasure, no consented to this arrangement and the bsnk was j openea. Mi^s Mary Little was Sir. Manning's | first- wife, whoia he married in 1853. Slie aU& in 1S82, leaving four children. The eldest son, Jamc-s Eilton Planning, is managing editor pf the Argus, and the other son, Fredc-rick Clinton Manning, is an active young business man. One of the. daughters is the wife of John A. Delehanty, an Albany lawyer. Mr. Manning married his second wife, Miss May Margueritta Freyer, of Albany, on November 19, 1884. ' Bernal, the famous Mexican bandit, was * killed in a fight near Cosala on Thursday. LOVE'S WAKING. The Fickle Bertha Dapre and Her Husband. (From the Cinrinnati Enquirer ) In the great Algerian smoking-room, extended on a divan, Bertha felt that time laid heavy on her hands. She lost ali thought of the book that she had just read, and which had slipped from her ap to the carpetcd lioor, soft, thick and rich in color?. The October sun played wantonly through the slightly opened window upon the curtain hangings and the gilded nails of the furniture. Bertha dreamed of herself as the maiden; recalled the day of her marriage*, two munths ago, and one bj one the days, the hours which had since rolled by, and from time to time you could see her shrug her shoulders and pout her Hps. Bertha is not pretty, jet somehow, if you could cnly see her, you certainly could not help feeling that she merited being loved. The heavy measure of her chestnut locks massed at the back straightened up her head infca an attitude of noble, graceful pride. Her brown eyes, ordinarily indifferent, often mocking, forget themselves sometimes, j and strayed off into dreams. And her j mouth, a little large, perhaps, but it i knew how to laugh one of those clear, | ringing laughs that you felt came from a : real good, honest soul. Love? Well, no! she did not love. Why? It is that eternal history: A rich heiress, a commoner, though?a Parisian, who. promised herself within fifteen years to bear a title and have a "salon," she had not understood that the brave young man who called himself simple George Dupre and lived ten months out or the twelve on his landed estate, knowing Paris only by several weeks of each year there, had given to her something as rare as a fine name in bringing to her his great, good heart and strong youth. Ah, if he had been a man of the world, (-Ua VlO/1 CV.AVOY! Ill IAW tODAS Of XX lU-IO his follies, the young girl would then perhaps have remarked that in the great blue eyes of her lover there was enough frankness for all her confidence; love enough for a wealth of affection. She did not know that a man has no time for love in Paris; that solitude and the free air of the woods are the best counselors of the heart. Bertha never once doubted herself, and I should have never guessed it if she had told me of it. and this was how it came about. While she lay there dreaming, the sun commenced to set and the indiscreet ray cast into her chamber, slid over the flowery carpet and cunningly approached the young woman. It kissed her feet first, then her knees, snd mounted even to her face. Dazzled by the light, Bertha rose to go and close tue blinds. Now, near this window, in the embrasure, stood a pretty little piece of furniture usually locked with a key. Tin's nor rVio W-T7 1l;>d bo.P.Tl left 2H the Lock and one of the drawers was left partly open, and among a common lot of papers Bertha perceived a package of tetters bearing George's address, and having nothing else to do to amuse herself, and noting the superscriptions to bfi in t.h^ finp nf n TCtvmin- - and as suence reigned in the closed shamber, the ray of the sun itself having disappeared, she untied the ribbon that secured the letters and began the leading of them. The first said simply: "Yon are not thoughtful, my dear friend. I asked for a few roses, a small bouquet for my courage, and you sent me a sheaf of flowers! I pardon you, but see that you are wiser in the future. By by. "Louise." A packet of letters is like a book; one loves to finger over the leaves and glance through them before reading them. Bertha took from the middle of the package an envelope ornamented with a diver monogram and drew out of it ll'-A. -t " r Aft 1 Q TfYAT tmouier UIJUCL y n ?&?> ^5^ than the first, but it sai-i more, termiaating -with these words: "Yon are handsome!" This time it was signed "Loulu." This gave renewed interest, and, her curiosity touched, she absorbed herself in their reading for a long time. She became passionately interested, for heir hands trembled each time she unfolded a letter. One time even she displayed a little shiver of anger, and the tell-tale red flushed her countenance. Suddenly she heard a voice calling her from without, that of her husband, who had returned. She closed the* drawer rmirti-iir Ten <"inf nrynri fhs ktem and found herself face to ff.se with George. He was standing there, his gun negligently thrown on his shoulder, cap in his hand and a little dusty and a little tanned, but young, strong and happy. The day had been a good one and according to his custom he told her of his luck and of the incidents of his hunt. Bertha looked without saying anything, and in looking at him and listening to his clear, vibrating voice she seemed to hear another voice, the soft voice of a woman, breathing into her ear and saying to her: "Tell him. You are handsome." :vCorae, tell me/' said George to her. "I have asked yon the question now three times. Shan't we have dinner in half an hour? I dying of hunger. Whatsayf ' * ** '= " ' "Very well; certainly," said she, ccnnug out of ner reverie. "While he mounted to hi* apartment j she remained thoughtful several min- j ui-es, caressing with a nervous hand j Jack, the favorite spaniel. Of whom | was she thinking? Stopping for several 1 minutes she then quickly rjya np foe! steps and entered, la the weiring room, before the sr.cae drawer of the same piecs o* rurniture, Bertha resumed her interrupted reading. She opened the last letter of the package, which ran thus: "Mr Deae Fr.isxi): Thev -peak of your charming finance, ana T know you must love her. To you I say, 'JSe hapnv* To her I can wish nothinar. Has i w she not snatched all this good fortune from rue? Does the know the full measure of happiness? i would so like to tell he?, inhere! there! I grow weak and foolish. Adieu. "Louise." Bertha refolded the letters, tied them together, and pressed them back with the other papers into the drawer, then, seating herself in the large arm-chair, near the window, remained quiet and pensive. The time rolled by and the young woman became so lost in her dreams that she did not hear George enter. He leaned over the back of tbe chair and asked, laughingly: "Don't you know | that dinner is ready?" Bertha raised on Inn- heir moistened eyes. r "What! weeping'?" said he. "No," said she, rising. Then she passed her arm around the neck of her husband and sighed. "No. I love you; that is all" Woman and Her Diseases Is the title of a large illustrated treatise, by Dr. E. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y., sent to any address for teu cents in stamps. It teaches successful self-treatment. THE COLUMBIA SEMXXAltY. Dr. Woodrow Claims that tlie * War" Upon Him Has been "Keaewed." The Southern Presbyterian, published and edited by Dr. James Woodrow, late professor in the Columbia Theological Semins.ry of natural science in its relation to revealed religion, and present professor in the South Carolina Univer sity of geology and zoology, last Iirar3day contained a column editorial, entitled "The war renewed," embodying in greater detail the following statements and comments: "One of the inducements offered to students in the Theological Seminary is that the lectures of the professors of the South Carolina University are open to them. Accordingly during the last few months several of the Seminary students have been attending Prof. "VYoodrow's classes, some regularly matriculating as University student,? and others obtaining permission from the professor to attend regularly as visitors. Their attendance suddenlj^eeased. Affce^ a time- one c! them reappeared. From the minutes of the New Orleans Presbytery the Southern Presbyterian nt)w learns the cause of the cessation and reappearance, and a: -1 certains that the attendance was forbid- i den by Profs. Tadloek, Girardeau and Eerzman. The New Orleans Presbytery, after considering on the 27th of December a comwuicaticn from the faculty of the Seminary relative to that Presbytery's candidate, who, acting ur | der the Presbytery's Assembly correspondent, announced bis purpose to attend Prol". Wood row's lectures contrary to the wishes of the faculty, adopted, by a vote of 18 to 11, resolutions sustaining the faculty and disapprovidg the action of the Presbytery's correspondent of education." The Presbyterian adds that in October Prof. "Woodow was earnestly requested, in the name of the Seminary students, to take a number of them under his instructions, either in his study or elsewhere, but peremptorily declined, but subsequently several of them matriculated at the University in order to attend Ids lectures, and as he, could throw no obstacles in the way of such action, they clid thereafter attend them. Soon some of the students ceased attending, and Prof. Yy"oodrow learned that the Rev. G. A. Blackburn, Dr. Girardeau's son-in-law, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church la vx)iumDia, naa iniorraea several students that their attendance at Prof. Woodrow'n University 'lectures was injuring the Seminary by causing outside friends to withhold contributions, and the support of those who persisted in attending would be cut off. Subsequently Dr. Giiardeau told one who had been attending that such action was in direct opposition to the will of the entire Church, and that if students were allowed tp listen to Prof. Woodrow's lectures the entire effect of the Church's struggle for the lust three years would be nullified. The student, regarding this as an official opinion, notiiied the j* _ j _ T z T-Z. iacuity 01 ms uueuuoii 01 renewing attendance at the lectures. This ancouncement was not replied to by the faculty, but they sent the communication already mentioned to the New Or l'jiaij The Southern Presbyterian expresses regret that Dr^f Tadlocli and Herzman have shown themselves entitled to a place by Dr. Girardeau's side in the front rank of extremist partisans, and says that it had not thought thut they would "be found uniting with their colleague in boycotting a professor who is quietly discharging his duties in tht State University." It is evident that this new develop- i ment will tend to keep open the question of evolution so long fought over. It is a curious fact that even the practical excommunication of Dr. "Woodrow has not kept theological students from seeking his instruction in geology and consequent dicta as to the origin of man. A Good Tiling for Boys. Ma.nrml trrflirnnor is nnp rtf f.->w ann<l things that is good for everybody. It is good for the rich boy. to teach him respect for the dignity of beautiful vrork. It is good for the poor boy, to increase his facility' for handling tools, if tools prove to be the thing he must handle for a living afterward. It is good for the bookish boy to draw him away from books. Bat, most of all, it is good for the non-bookish boy, too, in showing him that there is something that he can do well. The boy utterly unable, even if he were studious, to keep up in book knowledge and percentage with the brighter boys, becomes discouraged, dull and moodv. Let him go to the work room for an hour, and find that he can make a box or plane a rough piece of board ?s well as the brighter scholar, nay, very likely better than his brighter neighbor, and you have given him an impulse of self-respect that is of untold benefit to him when he goes back to his studies. He will be a better and brighter boy for finding out something tb?* can do well. Mind yon. * Is not planing the board ^^t does him good; it is pianing'the board in the presence of other boys who can no longer look down ujpcn him when they see how well he can plane. He might go home after school and plane a board, in the bosom a? 1-kio i*>>i rrr\ tA r.r. ATTrtnir?/v r>rJ\- I \J X UI.D WUJLXXJI Mi UU OOlL ^ V Qvil'-rUX [ to learn to piaae, without a quarter part, j nay, without any, of the invaluable i effect upon his manhood that it wi^ uave to let him plane side by sn?e with those who in mental attainments may be Lis superior*;.?American Magazine. ('ieyeland and a Little Girl. Mr. Cleveland evinces great fondness for children. "When he alighted from his carriage at the Minnesota Club House and was in the act of ascending (the steps a little girl, seven or eight years of age, evidently the child of some working people, pushed her way through the crowd and stepped in front of the President. The great man stopped for I a moment and looked down upon the little intruder. But when he saw the pleading expression in the brown eyes | of the child, and the little girl murmuri ed out; <'Please, sir, I would like to shake hands with the President of the United States," the look of austere dignity on the President's face was suddenly replaced by a smile of intensest gratihcation. "Certainly, darling," he quickly responded, and the tiny hand was soon encased in his own, while with the other he smoothed back the curls from the dimpled face ana patted the blush-tinged cheek. Fifty years froui now that little girl will probably be telling her grandchildren the incident of her meeting with President Cleveland.? St. Paul Globe, J. E. Physioc's Merchant Tailor Establishment, Columbia, S. C., is in full blast. Only a look Trill convince any one. All that ~ant 'a first-class fitting suit try him. A full line of the best goods on hand. An agricultural exchange thinks that the old-fashioned plough is soon to become a thing of the past. We have often thought it was being rua'in the ground. i. - j JROBBISD AND BEATEN. Outrageous Conduct of a 3Iob of Negroes in Lancaster County. (From the Lancaster Ledger) About dusk on the evening of the 20th nit., while Mr. W. J- Blackmon, a wellto-do farmer, who lives in the eastern section of tliio count}', was at hie barn, about forty yards distant from his dwelling, looking litter his stoik, several per-; sons set upon him with clubs and nio&t brutally beat Lira until they supposed they lisd killed him, when they took his keys from his pocket and threw hi.ru into the stable. Saw Kelly, a colored boy. v/ho lives about 200 yards off. was the first to apprise any one of 3Ir. Blackmon's condition. He says that he heard tut, wxu >v c u?u.\x Kjujfc/^ui ;u:? u. nuc j beating one of the mules, so he went to the stable and found Mr. B. ljing in t?e ; stable as he supposed dead. He -called to his mother and told her that the mules had tilled Mr. Blackmoa. They informed Mrs. Blackmon, who was cooking supper, ara they all three ran to the stable where Mr. B. was lying insensible and bleeding profusely from his wounds. Mr. B. was removed to his house and a physician sent for in post hastw. In the meantime, while Mrs. B. was out looking after her husband, the parties who committed the dastardly and atrocious outrage entered the dwelling through the front door, and going into the room where Mr. B. keeps his safe, attemrited, with the kevs thev had taken from his pocket, to open it." Failing in I this and breaking the knob oil' the safe J door they threw the keys on a bed in an adjoining room through which they hau to pass and departed. The following morning an inspection of the stable lot was made for tracks,and tracks of three persons v/ere found coming from the back part of the lot to and i around the stable to the point where Mr. B. was assailed. The Lracks were apparently made by two persons wearing women's shoes and one wearing boys' shoes I ?the largest tracks being made by n am-! ber 7 or S shoes and the others by nam- i ber 6 shoes. No effort is being spared io ascertain ! the guilty parties. Sis white men, one j woman and.a colored boy have been ar-! rested and lodged in jail on suspicion, j and it is likely that other arrests will be ! made. Their names are: Gren Bone, j Andy Deas, Elmore Deas, Jim. Biuret, j San lord Barret, Stephen Einson, Fanny I Barret, all white, and Sam Kelly, col- j ored. Mr. Blackmon's condition is much j better and there is little doubt now of I i.: LI. -_l p -J. i_-_ 3 i .LLi?> reuuvery, snouga Hj arm ms woauai j were thought to be fatal. He received five severe blows on his head, besides bruises and cuts on his body, and his 3eCt' forearm was broken. He lay unconscious for several days. It was hoped that on his recovering consciousness he would be able to tell the names cf bis assailants, bat lie has no recollection, of having ever seen them. Mr. Blackmon opened his safe on Monday and found that it was entered by the robbers on the night of the 20th. A bag containing $2,000 in told was taken, while one containing ?1,000 in , gold w:iy livl umchcvC TXG i ; Sow "aUScto talk, bat declines to say nia^-li aocut J the affair. He intimated enongh, how-! ever, to give some visitors to understand : that the guilty parties were within Die j reach of the law. He sent for the sheriff! yesterday. An Ornament of au Old Court. The Princesse de la Tremoille has re- i cently died here at the age of seventy- j seven. Her name recalls the reign of i Louis Philippe, of whose couit she was [ nnn /"\f fVia /?* -? > .-vtv. ~ 4*'? A e i WiAO Ql.vUfc.OC VwUUxU'.U.Ot i-i... | Mile de Serrant she made a brilliant! debut at Court, and "was instantly taken, j up by the King and his consort, Marie; Amelie. In September, 1S30, Mile de f Serrant married Prince Charles Marie, j Due de la Tremoille and Prince of j Tarentnm and Talmond, whose brother, j a royalist general of cavalry, was guil- j lotined by the Terrorists at Laval is ' 1794. The Prince died in 1S3.9. Daring her long widowhood the Princessc de la Tremoille led a .very retired life, occupying herself chiefly with the education of j her son, the present Duo de la Tremoille, ! who is one of the most devoted adhe-! rents of the Orleans family, and wanted j to go into exile with the Cerate de i/aris, j but was persuaded by that Prince to re main in France.?Paris Dispatch to London Daily Telegraph. Industrial Notes. e The cotton seed oil trust, by its improved machinery In the pressing of cotton seed, saves in the aggregate irom ten to twenty thousand bales of cotton, which has heretofore been lost. There were live sales of wool in Lon- j don last yea* amounting to 1,180,000 j bales. j 'TLe Standard Oil Company has run j during the past year ?,500,000 barrels of j oil through its Jioes ia northern Qiiio. ] It is estimated that it will require [ $33,800,000 to support the various de* ] yniWivcuM vi UiC jacw lUli, yivj . \ meet during 1888. The total value oi' the mineral uro-; ducts of the United States is estimated i at 000,000, an increase of ?30,000.- J 000 as against th,e previous year. A new nail is coming on the market to j make more trouble. It is claimed they | Trill ran twenty per cent, more to the j keg than the ordinary nail and not one j imperfect nail is to be found in a keg. i They are to be sold at current prices. \ German steel is imported to make them j and a Chicago ana has the monopoly, j Work the Order oi the Day at Sing Si g. j The 1,552 convicts in Sing Sing Prison j began the New Year at their vegular { tasks while the people in the outside j world were making merry. Only four of the eight legal holidays of the year in j this State are observed in the" penal! colony up the river, and New Years day is not one of them. The prison opened at 6.30 in the morniag, and the convicts were marched to the big mc-sa room where 1,200 of them silently breakfasted together. Then, under the surveillance | o? their keepers, thc-y were marched to their several places of work. Not untii the natal day oi the Bepablie will therebe any change from the prescribed plan, but w hoiesome fare given them, and no cessation from work except on Sundays. As on election day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, they '.vill Lave an' extra bill of fare, and can make as much noise 1 "i L 2. L T as mey -wane vj vu. ius 112x5 jiouuay, Fourth of July.?New York V/orld. A Tt.ai Eclipse Of all other medicines by Dr. P.. V. Piercc's "Golden Medical Discovery" is approaching. U crivaled in billious disorders, impure blocd, and consumption, which is scrofulous disease of the lungs. 1Q ? III. A great improvement in envelopes is the gumming of the lower inside, while the upper flap remains clean to be moistened as usual by the tongue. UNDER THE CZAR'S RULE. j i rrow the peasants or kussia ake KICPT IN SUBJECTION. j l.,oi)? Hours of Daty-Theli" Home*, Tiiliug j the Soil, Harvesting Scenes?As Interesting; Letter on the Customs cf a Kemarkj ui>le Nation. J (P. s. Heath ;r New York ilail and Express.) fSx. Peteesbusg. December 2S.? ! Peasant life life in Bussia presents an interesting study. In the roral portion ox the country is found quite threefourths of tho entire, population, St. Petersburg and Moscow being the principal cities, and therefore the bone and sinew is with this class of people. Only about 5 per cent, of the peasants can read and write, aad few. have the ordinary instinots of xaan and woman. They "are superstitious, ignorant and stupid. Bat this is not a wonder. They have been a fr-oo people scarcely longer tiian tiie blacks of America, it being daring tho troublous slavery times in the United States thai Alexander II. issued an ukase giving the white slaves of Russia freedom. .They were not slaves in the sense of being owned, body and soul, by their landloids. The land which they occupied was the property of the nobility, and none were permitted, when once located on a farm, to leave it permanently or to go beyond a certain distance, even temporarily. No schools were provided for the peasants during the time of slavery, none are provided now, and then, as at the present time, the design of the Czar, influenced by the nobles, was to keep tiifm in the densest condition of servitude and ignorance. Their earnings on a.1. r -i ti _ l n *i _ __ iuij iarzns are gauged ny me lanoiorus so that they have just enough oil which to live. As no means were provided for the elevation of the slaves when they became serfs, they have remained exactly where they were found, and for all practical purposes they might just as well Uavo remained slaves. It is generally believed thai the Czar's act in emancipating them was to gain diplomatic favor abroad. ix a peasant's home. A peasant's house is a very rude structure and contains none of the elements of comfort, healthfuiness or cleanliness. Frequently the stables are under tte same roof with the tenant.- His j alio "vsnce of furniture, food and cloth-1 ing being fixed by his landlord, he lives ! scantily. The building is asuahy "01 pine or cedar legs about ten inches in diameter, barked and set neatly together. It is of one story in height, with one room", generally has three or four windows, "9ritii one sa*h in each, and they are protected from the outside by rude board shutters, which when closed ac night make complete darkness within i and ventilation miserable. The floors j ;u-e of logs and earth, and the beds are on the floor. There are no stoves in a peasant's j ?A Bti'jL anS Clav ililm w v-^rr-^--rplace suffices; Here warmth is scoured, and the food is cooked in kettles. The oimiiy meal is spread on the floor, and the repast is partaken of while sitting on ' folded legs, tailor style. In front of! man;/ oi these houses, which are coverts ~ilh hay and poles?a rough soife of j tliateh?the traveler frequently sees a \ drosky from the city, the "vehicle oi the j landlord, who pays daily visits. The I peasant has very jrnde agriculture-! im-! pigments. He generally makes tfce&t at his oTvii furnace and gives them finish J and polish on his own g;indifcone. Til2 peasant's grindstone is a huge affair, 1e turned by one ram, whiie another, sitting up on a frame above it, manipulates the impleneni, Axes, plowshares, scythes, wagon tires, portions of harness, horseshoes and everything used about a farm or stable are finished on the grindstone. A crude little furnace heat-ed with "peat" or pine chips and the grindstone comprise the manufacturing | appliances of the peasant. His plow is a j oimplo pole with handles on a dead level ^ich the tongue, which has an ofkhool downward, on which the share is nailed or tied. A plowing scene in ."Russia, witbt the rough old frame, the crude, triangular ; or diamond-shaped sharo and the tiny dttle furrow made, would be disgusting as well as pitiable eo the American farm- ' er's eye^ The draught or weight of the plow " comes directly from the high-f bowed hame, which extend?. iwo feet above the horse's neck ana which is fastened to the collai. Instead of traces the tongue or shafts do the pulhng. The P.nssian in no walk of life has yet learned lUw JSJU.AJ.W-k UiiVVU *A-.?.U.?iaU J.J.C VV? * the collar of the horse. Ail voLiicies ?ve diawn by the shafts and tongaf-s, u;"3. these are fastened tc the hi^U or bow, which ia trua is ia^ued to thec-.-ik?, Thdve is bc such tbiog as trice ie.VftM or chains. Carriages are tires' drawn. VuAlEX the real woI5:?ft5. The women in Russia do t ^-thirds o: the work in the country. There are immense wheat, oat and hay fields: everywhere, and in August there is great j activity in the country. The large majority ot' persons at work are women. They -wear short dresses, plain and stttsghi, and a long piece of cloth ever ^ i:?.-i.'-- ?1 ^ cueu: ueituft tuc JLU'J wiiea-L is sown broadcast, and if not cut by the vomen vritli sickles is harvested with the old-fashioned scythe, which has a twopound snead and a broad, short blade-. From the snead up to the handle there is a wooden bew something like, in appearance, the half oi a heavy barrel iioo a* This bow keeps the wheat, etc., j L-oij. tailing back over the scytiie handle and scattering. I have never yet seen a mui; who would deign to gather up, bind itLd stack the wheat or oats when once it was fell 3d. The women must do this while the men do the "gentlemanly" voii;, although I have seen many women catticg the grain with the scythe. The neighbors club together in harvest and help one another. A Kussian harvesting rendezvous is oui.5 liveiy, and is the scene of a moiiy cio-v. J. The old men ana young, boys and gi.is, with their mothers, grandmo!hers and a>ec women, assemble ?r daybreak. There are & number of horses, on which are carried water, food and extra implements. The horses the Ixjv:- and men ride, whiie the old women, walk. they always carry the scythes, forks a.id rakes back and forth every day, and work as long as there is daylight; and since it is daybreak at 6 m. and not dark till 9.30 p. m., the hours of labor are long ones. The forks used in the fields are made of the prongs of tree branches. A limb is selected which has at least three offI shoots, and from this a hay or wheat ; fork is made. The wheat is stacked at first like that of America, except in the : matter ot cap-siieais. instead of three \ \ or four top-sheaps just on? is placed. It \ : is turned beads down and spread bo as to j [cover tiie entire stack, The heads oil Kussian wheat are long and slender and | the grain small and red. It would be graded at Duiuth or Chicago as No. 2. The straw is rank and slender, and- the yield a little more prolific than in America. It is harvested and sown in the same month, August. When the wheat is sufficiently matured it is hauled on long, slender, one-horse wagons to the windmill on the fcirm and threshed. Hauling wheat to the thresher is a leisurely and lazy work, and is never done till the plowman wants the ground it occupies. The windmill which furnishes the Mail power for the threshing is the same found throughout Holland and Germany. It is double-armed, the same as the one Don Quixote set out to conquer. These mills are very commou around Warsaw, in Poland, and are used for every conceivable work, the women even grinding their coffee, churning and Trashing with them. The slightest breeze sets them going, as their * faces are turned againat the wind so as to catch its full force. This appears, however, to be the only labor-saving institution found in Prussia. I asked a landlord why he did not introduce the modern implements on his farms, and was informed that labor was too cheap; besides. it was found advantageous to give as many people work in the country as possible, because if they go to the towns or cities they become troublesome! It will not be till the serfs leave the farms that Russia will have modern improvements; and not till thfo will she compete to any great extent with the United States in supplying the wheat markets of Europe. XO EDUCATION FOB THE POOE. ' lthough ignorant and kept away from general communication, the peasants in Russia are becoming greatly dissatisfied with the way they are treated by the government and the landowners. They take the recently issued edict on the subject of education to cover their case more especially than that of any other class. The ministry of public education has but recently declared that it will stop the last avenue possible to the education of the poor classes. It will not permit them to enter even the private universities, ana Ms closed tne doors of * the public ones by a circular to the curators of the scholastic circuits, announcing that "gymnasia and progymnasia will henceforth refuse to receive as pupils the children of domestic servants, cooks, washer-women, small shop-keepers and others of like condition, whose children, With the exception, perhaps, of those gifted with extraordinary capacities, should not be raised from the circle to which they belong and be thereby led, as long as experience has shown, to despise their parents, to become discontented with, their lot and irritated against the inevit able inequalities oI existing social positions." The real Jre^son that this extraordinary proclamation has been issued is the growth of Nihilism. This the officials frsely and frankly admit. They say that as soon as the child of a peasant gets into school ana begins to read and think he or she becomes a Nihilist, and goes into the community from whence the pupil came and spreads the infection. So the last channel to intelligence is to be thus closed.. The edict \?as " . ??chxt the instance of the nobility, and "is also li$entleei-t?-?i?eeis-$fce-?migra>'~ tion from the farms to the cities. i.n-a i A Bis Fi*h Story. A mcst remarkable *',.ory of trout fishing comes from Cs.'pe Breton Island, in -?- -?w mvbvuv^.u jja*. u sjjl -wta Scotia. Xfce narrator';? hero is himself, arid ho says that one writer, being tired o! salt beef, went ont to catch trout for' his table. In that locality the fish are quite plentiful when the waters of Lake Ainslee are sufficiently warm to cause them to seek a cooler retreat, and on the day in question the conditions must have been unusually favorable, for the fisherman's only trouble was in the exertion of landing the numerous catches. So eager, indeed, were the fish that they would often jump above the water to get the bait, and the sportsman concluded to facilitate matters by dangling the hook about a foot above the water and Setting on his knees and giving the fish, as fast as they jumped up, a dexterous x>x on the ears that sent them sprawling on the ice. The plan worked, admirably, sind the narrator's hand was kept so busy that he was finally forced by sheer fatigue to put an end to the novel pastime. What is called a conservative estimate places the quantity of fish secured at ore? four barrels. The gentleman was probably willing to return to salt beet before he exhausted the supply on Iiaiid. What a paradise for anglers that particular stream must be! And. vrhat an inventive genius that lone fisherman is! The Hatch Fund, The thirty-sever agricultural colleges ana experimental stations which have been hao^riiy etching and waiting for t -e first payment of their ?15,000 a year Vrkich Congress voted them in March, 1887, will perhaps get over frowning at Comptroller Durham now. He has put a request for a lump sum. of $585,000 for iiem in the urgent deficiency bill, with the calm statement that he could not pay the money out because the bill was not drawn so as to empower him to do so. ?<j does not say that the man who drew t>?A bill shewed himself, to be rather a chump, but that is what he means to convey. The comptroller says that un cier tne provisions 01 me Act uaKota established one experiment station, and oiaer States have been making enlargements and improvements, but he has not been able to give them a penny yet. Homes Without "Windows* There are in France 279,270 apartments providing accommodations for /wav Qfifi nnn yt-i> *y.*u ^ -r-^. ~ iwiita are * entirely destitute c? any other means of admitting air and light than by the door, lu Paris alone, the number of families t-rjs lodged reaches ? total of 37,376. There are in London over 60,000 famili.es who live in cellars under the most unfavorable conditions as regards salubrity. In Berlin there are 30,000 families who occupy only portions of rooms; often with a sore of shelf on which a foxier, mother and children sleep one over the other. PIAXOS AXD ORGANS. ~\Ve are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory pi cos for Cash or easy Instalments, i -inos from $210 up; Organ3 from $24 . The verdict of the T>eoi>le is that. i?ey e-u save the freight and twenty-five per cent, by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' triil. We pay freight both -ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your o vvn homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. A Philadelphia physician, who has been giving rules to be observed in eating, approves drinking ice water during a meal, but not sometime after, as a drink of water will cause the temperature of the stomach to fall as much as thirty degrees, retarding diges'.ion. . ?~-.