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^ VOL. XLIY. ' WINNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1888. _ NO. 10, 9ft REALITY AND DREAMS. Then here is an B " ^ tive figures: ]Pl I may work fill day at my easel, HR With patience and skill, as you see, ~ j 0000, But my picture is always imperfect, o o ? o < ^ _ It is not what I wished it to be? j B ~ I close my eyes x?n my pillow, ~ ooo50! ?||| Such visions! now lovely they seemI g "What fame would be mine if but able j ? ^ " To paint the pictures I dream: ' O i-i th WM The muse I may ardently worship, __ ! I R. And woo wherever I go, j j'OQ j ? $ f ggi? :;y_ But my cotes are weak ana oiscoraant, ; j j ^ ^ HL ' My thoughts are rough, as you know. I sleep, r.d my verses are perfect, " ; a 0000< r Delightful and proper their theme; ' 3 coooj "* What joy I would know if but able "o ???co* To pen the poems I dream! j~ 000*1 I ?Arthur C. Grissom in The Journalist. : ^ ' ^3 g o CO L * THE FARMERS' MANIFESTO. j I A ooooc plf CAPTAIN TOLLMAN AND HIS COL- I 00001 r- - LEAGUES SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE. ! -2 o'ooM! ? g I I ? Ci "*"0 Suggestions of Jieforezs in the Admioia- ^ B tralon -of t&e State Govemment-An Appeal to the Fanners I To the People of South Carolina:? I gg : : I The Executive Committee of the Farm ^ ^ : |k ere' Association, feeling that it is incum- ^ * bent npon them, as the representatives o : : ^>olihe organized farmers of the State, to J : : ? ] outline a policy of retrenchment and re- j g ; ; > 5 <> . form in consonance with the aims and *3 : " o < purposes of the farmers' movement, and ~ g : 05 vto explain the grounds upon which we I o ?* b { --shall ask the support and aid of our ? & J -3 j - X/aiOOCXauc ismu w-v;iiLLZ.ciia m una wiu.mg L i election, would call the earnest attention. In 1879 Georgia' (of ftQ parsons in sympathy with our aspi- ment was in ror & .-rations for agricnltnrai education and a ^: more economical and efficient govern- Gain in wealth H^oent to the.facts and reasons herein set years Bk|f.'T South Carolina claim only our just share of eduBaI advantages for the agricultural **7 ? fiSHHuustrial classes, and that the same ' ^ 1 shall be plaeed within the ra*h of the gjj effident7orahV< & coaly such, institutions as are inaccessible i>'?rm (jiaro to'iost fanners, and which do not faction of pay w furnish the cheap and practical education -J 6*? F1611, K needed. We make no war upon the Bct> jftPg. - y South Carolina University as a place for 7??*? ? u^gs^p f: obtaining a scientific and classical edu- taxpayer Ife cation, and reiterate our desire to see ?3 88 ^??{ the South Carolina College liberally sup- ?i same money ps ported, and to become a real university worthy of our State. But we assert with- f Without going u B . out fear of successful contradiction that pr tiiat ou 2 ^ farmers cannot be educated in a city and ?emtenfaaiy are m n remain farmers; and that in all efforts to a marme] I . mix practical and literary training, the ***?*7**one pr( i:first Las been overshadowed; the agricul- thetaxpayers aE S. . turai-etadents have been few, and the W : attempt ^n utter failure. pay at least $40, (MX The demand for better facilities for 0 t r^Voan onA . Arlrif!?.fcirvn -fnr farm- We , . ers has beeniiereiofore refused on the .plea of expense, and the opposition has 111 WJl Carolma 1 i- : not hesitated to scare the taxpayers with how to hatst. & i largely exaggerated estimates of the The privilege r probable cost of a separate agricultural amounts to over ? A "College. With consummate cunning and work done by it c vunblushizg inconsistency they have taken done by the agricu] vantage of the agitation^faiLa-ssDarate then, is $75,000 to HEtural college io build up that-won- ,co1]p.<7a. witho-nt e njgn students "annex," and, while Clem sort's money against- .duplication of plant taxation, if, then Mr; force, have actually increas- versity the ?3-1,500 i ^H^HBHSSfcond what the farmers' asso- the tuition fees, ani H^ht of asking for. Not pens? of attempting robbing the "industrial and mechanics in a Bbe Denencs 01 me laaa pnere, it ?*u auxw JPaioy have stretched forth in a more efficient Vha&dd 8?d grabbed the .Hatch better for getting r Knd a State yhieh two years contention; while Ho poor to sappoft any expen- College is built, it i Hrkm. at all, now sgppprta three,; ing income withod H mcated attaches, iixas frit- payers at all, it s m asting the funds appiopri-: stations: Hp*?ntinc investigation. In 18851 Landscrip Fund.. Wjf9? jrsity, including Claflin Mid the1 Hatch Fund S&del, had an income of about SoO,000, ^riviietre Tax?sa\ Kid the Trustees claimed that, as then " \ BRHHSRonstituted, it afforded ail the practical Total BB^fflgPtraiziing for &rmers n9eded by the State. w.., ,, V "* Kits income is now approximately $97,000 tF per arnmm, but as an agricultural school ^ it is a bigger and moreeostlr deception. 3g??g5j m clemsox's be<cuest. of Mr. Clemaon. TBoi while c~:r efforts to obtain a re- other reforms anc BnmT ^cogmfeq* ?>f our rights and needs have tively demanded b Kb ; hitherto failed to secure a college' for burden of taxati< ^educating -fygners, fortune has unex- degree. We hav< WaKab ;;peetedly smiled ,on us. The munificent j hasty legislation, a IiDequest 014Jir.;ViflmSOn. WJioaa iuiwwu uc wuiivuj ?**** if or. his,adopted. and wise insight Legislature meet mag semaved tire gr^ai 3tu.nbling-block annually, as at pre imtihe way of providing a suitable site the date of its ses and fetro ipg tile college, gives us the dens of taxation an coveted By this bequest too evident, and not only do the 4fct^ers come in poss.es- are honest in their . sion of properly -ssj^gd 'at well nigh, ly imposed on. G : $100,000, but also of aK^ate eminently mnee pointed out t .suited for the purposes for is ernments are boti given, and hallowed by the sacred man- travagant, nearly t ories of Carolina's greatest*" statesman; oh them now as in "We have the authority of .General are handicapped ai Stephen D. Lee for saying that $100,000 improvement alor is ample for building and equipping a Radical Constitute school like the Mississippi College, istence as a free pe "Without counting any thing donated py- the ignorant hordi Mr. Clemson except the Calhoun hornet and praying for a ? stead, we propose to show the needed earnestly urge the money can be obtained without ,increas-. sity of a constats ing tie taxes one single dollar; and while secure needed ecor jnany have believed that the building of the abolition of u -jg, separate agricultural college was and isj throw stronger sa ,?tl? only vital issue represented by the citadefof white s sfazB?.TO movement, we shall call atten-' seeds of discord sh : tion.** other reforms which we deem of To accomplish all 1 equals greater importance. The pur- arouse themselves r, chasing; j<5wer of money is much greater \ and take a more : : it.waslen years ago. The tax-pay- interest in politica inot<k?.qa^ at all. while 1 would warn them 1 I: lag puwcx iw> , r the priee of oar main money crop?cot- of greedy politick : too?has hovered very near the cost oI shall not again, as ^prodsetion. The redaction of expendi- nate a State ticket i tares, -wien possible, mast thee appeal having a canvass, < \Jo ^$ae coronton sense as' well as the of sentiment, on "pockets of oar people, and no good rea- portant issues. P see can be given why salaries in our- only the best me State sfcould remain S?ed higher than in masses, bat is also North Carolina and Georgia?both larger oar liberties and ti and wealthier States. We invite tixe our rights. In . careful attention of taxpayers to the fol-j farmers, whom we lowing figures, taken, from the Comp-! of the best i * " ' ??ty,yaa fifafAo* 1 abont these ref( EEajjy trouim w vi ?w M.U ^ "sokes nATtnT.TVA 1887, a canvass by t] fkecntive Department $ 5,2fl01 ' ' mP5?USf b Department 3,500 JLjiuteA, so .' / : fd??^0DiBa^,-vy-^" 3,i00 they stand. Reec / Judiciary Department (counting -he oresents incui J ?S? ??3 I ; ' f?o ??->-? P i Treasuxy'bepartment::::;:::::: 6,'000 . Adjutant and Inspector General.. 1,300 gtitnents'these *n< .State House Keeper 750 ^cfS Taial - <270 yofl we are w loi&i .......?7(WW *ith as, or give sours cABOiiXXA, ISSb. - their approval, if ^Executive Department ? 9,500 it then, fellow-citi Comptroller General Department 5, $00 sympathize with < -Educational Bureau 4,500 that no tricks be; Judiciary Department (counting May convention. AnWSnntnf 19 .Tnricrfcsi 56,750 to give much th 3Boarclof Health 9,100 ] duties. But they State Department 4,100 demand, and thui JMilitia 13,000 to select their c Treasury Department. 7,100 make no more ias Adjutant and Inspector General.. 4,400 the lbgisi State House Keeper 1,550 But> ^ ^ ^ -tow.: m Xtifferenoe for doing same work, ?45, COO and economies in j other table of instruc- rests with the coming Legislature. Oar experience with the one just adjourr^d ? teaches us to beware of demagogues and soooooo | i| fence straddltrs and weak-kneed indi?qc???? | viduals without firmness of character or oleosa , ^ any convictions of their own. We would 1^1 therefore advise and urge the absolute |g?j importance of selecting candidates of i firmness and capacity, and of requiring ^ them to define and explain their positions. If a candidate is too good or too unfixed to pledge himself to any line of Vt<rv r*rtAV\ln />on * * * I Jji puiiuy ueiimiiucu uj uic uv wu 5?? ; ; : ; I ill and should be left at home; and when a : : : : : candidate, after having pledgsd himself S ** " : : : I : I i and been elected, breaks that pledge, as I I : i j did a goodly number in the last Legisla: : : * I :;, ture, he is no longer worthy the con '* ; ; I fidence and respect of any intelligent ' * * : I : ' voter. j Appealing, then, to the good sense and Dooonoo I patriotism not of farmers alone, but of ^ classes of our people, to aid us in our -1 I 5 ? efforts to secure equal justice and equal j 2 ~ : advantages to all, and to purify and I =a :! elftvate nnr nolitica. and to brine about a more economical and efficient govern ment in State and county. ] o" " "We are, respectfully, : 14 : I 2 (Signed) D. K. Norbis, : g : : | ** b. e. Tillman, "i : s a cj i c h. b. thomas, :?:s:^r?? x w. Q. m. bebley, ss-i3 ' 2 e. p. moobe, jj ?2 i ? , john mokboh, = T^??5PwHCI ! I T T> Af 2o| = as>T - ' Executive Committee Farmers' Asso120^66 i\ ?l ciation. - 1-S.H 3 g ? I c:| Columbia, April 21, 1888. 2 - 33 5I o I m m ;3i3goa ?;: THE CLEMSON BEQUEST. 33DOSh:Q5:O i PS'1 | ~ A Correction of Alleged Exaggerations S assess- About the Money Left to the Agricultural num- _ ai college. ^jfl'ooo'ooo Editor of the News and Courier: in nine ' ' I see so many false statements, miscon106 000 000 cePti?DS ridiculous exaggerations in it x ' V the public papers about the will of my on the contrary has father-in-law, the late Mr. Thomas G. it lost, -tta" judging ciemson, as to the amount of property t is -oaid in salaries, i.-i - -u;? i.n f? r ? jc- ?- W .Win ccuauo, txxo ut-iuio \jx *,<tn g odds the richest and wjjJ) the amount that would acrue of the three States, to the State of South Carolina for the m that we have more purpose of founding an agricultural col)f?cials than Georgia |eg6j should Mr. Clemson's will be valid i? It is urged that a and the bequest accepted by the State, ouid bring in a set of that I am impelled to make a plain and .o would inefficient, dear statement of the whole matter, so the scramble over a far as my knowledge extends. : Solicitor's place, we jn justice to myself, to my father-ins can safely rely on iaW) Clemson, and as both father i as they now do for and guaixlian of my daughter, who is lid by North Carolina the granddaughter and only surviving descendant and natural heir of Mr. and ito figures, we take it Mrs. Clemson, and the great grandr Lunatic Asylum and daughter of the lat^Hon. John C. Calanaged in just as ex- houn, I am indueed to take this course, r as the other depart- for the reason that frequent inquiries are yvw.g a great piiracii 0? me by numerous friends of my .~10. daughter and her ancestors in South iimignt be made to Carolina, by some of the relatives of a year m defray tne ^ Clemson, who live out of this State, STKOOO can be ?^>7 ^nds in* scqnamUinces of my aais,of e*peii3itore as Most of the information, which I here 56 ?P ' endeavor to give as correctly as I can, un the college. Tras derived from Mr, K. W. Simpson, tax on fertilizers who has had charge of Mr. Clemson's 30,000 yearly. The affairs as his attorney and legal adviser an and ought to be for several years past, and who is apItural college. Here, pointed by his will his executor and build and equip the trustee, and of whom he speaks in the ither touching Mr. will in the highest terms as his "trusted or resorting" to "row friend and auvlKerr^?ia itofci we leave the IJni- contested "by me, as the guardian of my low appropriated, and daughter, there would be left for the cl relieve it of the ex- purpose of founding an agricultural coll to educate farmers lege in the State of South Carolina n uncongenial atmos- probably as follows: iplish its needed work ^,The Jj'ort Hill estate, 6^0 acres or maimer and be the thereabouts, the farming value of it id of these bones of about $10,000. after the Cletnson Mr. Simpson informed me that the yould have the follow- personal property, consisting of stocks, 1; looking to the tax- bonds and mortgages and other securiLnd the experimental ties in his hands,-was about $27,000. From this sum take the legacies, pay$ 5 750 a'D*e caa^? $18,000, and it lea.es 25'000 3^,000. Mr. Simpson, the executor and r 30*000 nnder the will, is allowed 5 per "J ' - cent, on the whole amount of the estate $50 750 by ^e an<i also, I am told, 5 per ' cent, by law, making in all 10 per cent, e can keep up an ex- commissions on the whole property, school at Fort Hill, amount to say $4,000. Deduct that from the cash assets left of out nut least, wurtiij ^qqq an(j ^ leaves S5,U0U. Then deduct But there are also ^erg'bills, expenses of keeping up I economies impera- ^ ^oias6 and other necessary exafore we can lift the penfieS) and x ^ most pe0pieVill >n to any marker. ^fch me ^ thinking that there will 5 ,to0 P*ch afd **? not bo much left on which to found an nd we beheve it would; agricultural college except the 825 acres wisdom tp have our 0f the Fort Hill plantation, with a few biennially instead 01 (dilapidated and partly ruinous buildings, sent, ami to change B?fj eTOn ^ remainder 6of 8ion. Ihat the bar- e6*ate at $15,000, an extremely high s not equally borne is estsma^ ^ on ^ ^ *f those taxpayers who n0ney at 7 per cent, would be $1,050. returns are grievous- >fot very munificent sums these to overnor Hagood long fotm(j a gr^t State institution, and cerhat our county gov- the most ^corruptible and i inefficient and ex- qqq^q^qqI statesmen could not reason, SP^ ably object to the income of the estate, l Radical days. We ^ v>pincr r? ivirJp.fi into salaries and 1(* ^ P?^ over to president, professor* ig that line dj our a ?ew p^^ea! farmers who would opkisjto^dS.by ^"necessary to carry on the insti3 r* -J0terS Wv^?^w^ In most *>f the noted colleges in the iplit in our ranks. e states the presidents get at least ^i?r ten thonsand doIlaKpermnnm, ZZt, J7: and the professors from three to five ?lj. offices, and to ttonsand S'ffl, some patriotic, elate7 V ^ j ,men might be found to serve their State ifegnards aronnd tie &om q* t moa 9F22S and mthont price. this onr people mnst <**>' 1 ?^d tbf' ^ r_l" j.v - iIu^T possible income of the estate should be r^SZjKtfESS1 upended in proyiding hominy and milk jitelligent and a e. ^ feecj thie famishing wires and families 1 affairs. Ad here we of ^ pIasident anl professors. The stndents, of course, .^onld take their own kuo meals from nome wiui taem, ana quub *SM? W* sStSSSL 1 the eipenses ot ^thes^aP Cotoe?SinS 11 h? pubLLc clamor and ridiculously tnese anu o e: exaggerated statements in the papers the discussion is not thinking and believing that ?emson>s bequest to the State u i rCf amounts to ?100,000, as I have seen it behdf. ttan, ol the stated *5 oae th%,So,util Carof>a aeans add another hundred thousand or two to* Clemson's munificent, "as it is , ^vfimnAnt designated in some of the papers," k-tate g - though I hardly think the income of the ro years, before they ktfce?ram w0Jd ?after ^ the coliege we can .enow jusc now j, gnizing the ability of .~inSs were provided" allow a sn?Sabents, and in no wise s^m to provide the college officials any reflections upon ^ decent subsistence. that if they seek re- 0 0Iirs .GiDEoy Lee. could spend some of Seneca, April 24. ing the summer most . , ? ~. - - ,? issing before their con- Another Statement, I any other questions Pesdleton, S. C., April 26". I Tijus they can show To the _ Greenville News:?The aprong if thsy disagree praisersof Mr. Clemson's property coznus the advantage of P^ted their work this evening. > they approve. See to t*06 value of the appraise bill izeii^, those of you who amoan^s to one hundred.and three thouDur objects ?-tv7 aims, f411^ three hundred and twenty-one dolplayed upon us in the *ars< ^th interest and premiums added, .farmers are too busy they make a tptal of one hundred and ought to their public thirteen thousand three hundred and ran and should at least twenty-one dollars. s will obtain, the richt ^ee toU contest the will, but GoL " x iU-4. >fficials knowingly, and ?^P.son, iae executor, aseurw me ivs in the dark. he has no fears whatever as to the valid* * ity of the will. iAxcbe xrs* act. . The State will receive over ninety-too I the whole matte*, both thousand dollars. E. G. Eyass. tie agricultural college e mu6h needed reforms a vyao^na tte wui. the State government, There has been some speculation as po \ - f < V the provisions of the will of the late Thos. a wonderful invention'. G. Ulemson, touching the founding of an agricultural college at the Fort Hill*planta- a Process for Preserving Milk, Wines, It Ap tion. The Keowee Courier has inade the Prait Jnices, Etc., for an indefinite following abstract, which must prove of Period. interest: (From the Kew York star.) The; Item 1 bequeaths the .Fort Hill place, learning oi a new ana wonaerini in- sons i I containing S14 acres, more or less, 10 the vention for the preservation of fruit walkin ! executor, in trusi, that when the State juices, milk and other perishable liquids, of a gi shall accept said property as a donation a representative of the Star rallpd upon ceiling for the purpose of founding an agricul- j^Ir, B. Mnrdock, the genial presi- gentlei tural college thereon, in accordance with dent of the American Exhaust and Car- ances 1 the views of the will (''of which the Chief bonating Company, at their elegant and the va] Jgm of South Carohna shaU be 'be ^00{^ No. 10 Warren as one " fS i r steeet, this city. After a short interview the bo. to the bt&te &ncl turn over to it, &s &n en- *vr? tvt.i ,* ? wv^ ,w.i (*.. T...T,. < i.. 4 dowment cf said institution, all the prop* mth Mnrdook m hM iMgmfioently &ea t erty hereinafter given for that purpose; aPP?m^d^ private ^office, J^o^reporter J^ntilr provided the State shall signify its accept- 1<U ^ ance of the donation and begin a practical e workings of this extremely wonder- there ij carrying out thereof within three years ^ machine. the pri after the probate of the will. Until such This _ interesting method by which walker acceptance the executor is to invest the net milk, "cider, beer, fruit juices, wines and It is th produce of the land and other property for other food products can be preserved in to wall the endowment fund, if accepted by the iheir normal condition without subject- The State; and if not so accepted, for the school ing tbsm to a steaming or cooking fifteen hereinafter provided for. ^ process, at once absoabed the reporter's This is Item 2 appoints R. W. Simpson, D. K. attentaSj^^The problem baa occupied by be: Norris, M. L. Donaldson, R. E. Bowen, B. the atts*^^^oi sciei^fic znen for many stone R. Tillman, J. E. Wannamaker and J. E. ye^rs, aSjKiumberleijs experiments have suspen< Bradley, seven in number, trustees, with been uitide without attaining the desired former the power to fill all vacancies from any but the American Exhaust and his feet cause, in perpetuity, and expressly denies Carboikting Company have at last se- starting tipi^r^wpr??m-en!?t^l)p? &7rt *!sS the valuable patents which accom- stretch< theirs powers or number, but tne state ,, _ , ir. v- . rm_ ?r ._ may provide through.the Legislature, as it P^hfeis J^o^t desirable object. The of stag* sees proper, on accepting the donation, for simplicity and effectiveness of their de- To th the appointment or election of six other vice astonishes every one. The process circulai trustees, the maximum number of trustees kas teen brought to such a state of per- a sort c being limited to thirteen fore**er. The fection that a child can operate the ma- one-hal last clause of this item reads: "The name chine with ease. It is a well-known fact these, } of this institution shall be the 'Clemson that fee oxygen of the air is the most that ho Agricultural College of South Carolina.'" essential element for the support of life, The Tne trustees are requested to meet as soon whether animal or vegetable, and when shaped after the death of testator as practicable, element hflg been removed from any and apt fill ail vacancies, if any, and proceed at inclosure life of every nature and kind hose 1 once to effectuate, as fur as they can, the becomes extinct. If the oxygen con- of thes* purposes of the will. tained in the various liquids to be pre- circular Item 3. Ltxm the actual refusal of tile io -romrwrcJl Tw o/vma tyiaaTiati nn thft t State to accept the donation made in and proc e8 ^ replaced with carbolic acid iron fra S?cfiTSLhp1 some other 6Itead years, upon the terms and conditions fl^Preserv^ m this manner wiH keep handles named, the donation to the State is revoked Pe^??^y sweet; and preserve their nor- uig or t and the executor in execution of his trust m^-eocdition for an indefinite time. bowl-sn shall convey the "Fort Hill place and the ~e principle on which the company regular accumulated fund arising theiefrcm, to- bring about this result is to first create ferred t gether with all other property, real or per- a vacuum in the keg, barrel or bottle by undern* sonal, hereinafter disposed of and intended an exhanst pump, which draws the air sure ex< to be eiven to the said agricultural college from the vessel. Having filled the ves- foot wil as an endowment, to tne seven trustees sel with the liquid to be preserved, the the air; named above or their successors, who shall air is eiiausted from the liquid, and shoes jc erect upon the Fort Hill place such a school chained with the carbonic gas. The Everj or college for the youth of South Carolina principle and method are so simple that sits upo as in their judgment will be for their best the machine which creates the vacuum, cave an interest," with a proviso that the school .ex&anets the liquid of the air it contains, he swinj shad be principally for the beneht of the an<j charges it with the carbon gas, and on to ti 23M and endowment fSnd will permit. The ?B? ?1 JE"?* trustees are directed to securely invest the ?^L?res tbis process is that all liquids the air funds and hold them as a perpetual endow- oe P&t up m syphon^ and the trou- vacuum ment of the institution, using only the in- 0* pnLlmg the corks away with, all the t terest and income from the land, except tfce thereby enabling the consumer to use mg na trustees are permitted, for the cost of erect- quantity of the contents and keep pressnri r ' - -> e?li_ -i. t ^,*11 ing suitable buildings, to use tiie income ot I peneuw,/ .uibauii xur iuiutc wju mc the land and accumulated interest after about fi death and as much as $5,000 of the corpJBtM^&ndue of this invention to ocean Then th if necessary in their judgment. The and yachting pajties is incalcu- former closes: "The name ot this institution s^BBH^Rresh milb- can be carried from upon th be ihe'Clemson Scientific School or to Europe and remain in as iron ro< lege.'" 4^gH^BR(3ition as the day it left the ment at Item 4directs that the dwelling onJH&Ky. The carboiting process shoes, adl shall neyer be torn down or^ ti0 jjq^^ but the com- comes li perfectinTits invention foot, th and shall always'be kept open and vegetables may be along c spiction of visitors, allowing JHHHre8erved m ^ ^ the house to be used by pro^^^^HM|^H^|HnH|^A lhen th trustees direci.- ?American Exhaust manner. Ifisciiuar; v are located board ie ur the value 01 me 1?r"*?, f, ?,? stsj? Cuurier *** ; The amount ljkelyto ?.,?VK ^ * iy?iee*fS?"#** aI,' Simpson, -who is a good lawyer afSB^nBL'*r!?k m^J ^ kinds of Deers, A C0] countant, and who, from his Concord grape juice, foreign wr ecutor, has access to sources of tru^B^^^^^B00368^1? ^ines, and sweet cider we formation, we can speak with some over six months ago. All these of tJ of certainty. Col. Simpson iriforme^^HB^^is are exposed tojvaiying degrees of tains, a the property consisted largely of stocS^^Kpreture; at onetime the thermometer P&nion and bonds of incorporations of this acciWPgisters 80 or 90 degrees, and again sunning other States and personal bonds well se-Tiuring the winter it is as low as zero, stone sk cured. Upon a rough estimate of the In spite of these severe tests the liquids "varmil principal and interest on such investments remain as fresh and sweet as when very irri and premiums now rated on same, he felt bottled. stupor, satisfied the residuary fund for the college, The apparatus will be sold to ' local were in over and above the i'ort Hill tract of land, companies which will be organized were re] and after the payment of spMiflckgioea thronghont the United States, and they started Sri? 'B rrfw^aSTtfd plants and charge a royaltS ?* the of Columbia, which had been negotiated and other sections of the country now Jadge. for sale at $10,000, but sale not completed desire to introduce this wonderful pro- started from some cloud on the title. If Colonel ce?? ^ are arranging to do so at an back, b< Clemson owned this whole tract, which is Qate, their object being to treat want to likely true, the fund for the college would orange, lemon and other fruit juices. know, be $?0,000. If he owned one half interest A number of well-known gentlemen of near Ise in the land the fund would be $75,000, this city are interested in the enterprise, winter, and if no interest, there would be $70,000 among fchem being the president of the irregula for the college over and above legacies and company, Mr. W. B. Murdock; Mr. curves a expenses. Locke W. Winchester, vice-president The ra; "*t '" ' " tt? t>?l? crrnnnH m |l I XNauontiiXiipreBsuompauyj xxuii. x>aaiuo o? > 8. Ransom, Surrogate: Mr. J. F. sound 1 Hanging From a Bridge ioo r?et High. Freeman, treasurer Standard Oil match. J. G. Caldwell, who lives on Washing- Company; Mr. John H. Rolston, cashier peared, ton avenue, near Elliott street Wood- Bank State of New York: Mr. Caleb B. with the side, N. J., had a terrible adventure last Kuevals, vice-president Woodlawn came in night on the Midland Bndge.' Mr. Cemetery Company, and Mr. James W. she thir Caldwell is a drummer for a New York Smith, president Consolidated Gas shotgun house. His friends warned him of the Company, all well-known citizens and light fat risk atte ding any attempt to cross the business men. These gentlemen control spot an< bridge, which is over a hundred feet a.n enterprise which seemingly has 50 the groi high, but he finally started to walk home, limited to extent or field it will cover or shot av He got as far as the centre of the bridge, business to be done. the anal when he heard the noise of an approa- _ m n?1 _ mysterii ching freight train. It was evident to Killed a wild Cat with a ciab. its bod^ him that the engineer did not see him, The other day Tony Kern, who works where J for the train did not slacken speed. on Griffin's farm near Scranton, parlor Mr. Caldwell was in a terrible plight. Pav was driving the cattle to water and this spe - ' - wVJIa -naacinrr 4-Viwvnorli a Tvio/va r\f rcnnAa cVin OV( His remarkable presence of mind ana ? - _ strength saved him from the death that attention was attracted by the bellow- tooth in seemed to await him. The bridge ^8 ??e the cows. Tony espied a the ?yet appeared to him tj> be narrower, he says, dark object np a tree ready to spring scrapes t.lian at any other time when he had upon a calf. The man clenched tight a the snal crossed it, although he was alays aware large club he carried and meeting the and the that it was not intended to accommodate wild animal half way dealt it a furious stantly i foot passengers. He saw that there blow on the head. This only angered a phos] was not space sufficient beyond the the brute, and with a fierce bound it does no on the trestlework for frnm to stand while leaped upon Tony and bore him to the struck f the train passed. He also realized that gronnd. The man made a desperate of its tx to lie down was not a means to escape, effort to throw the animal ofiu The to retu as the steps of the cars would fimah his brute had scratched his face badly and great c brains out. He decided to depend on tore his clothes in.o shreds. With arms al< muscles to save hiTn, and being an athlete, superhuman power Tony threw the beast it looke " " ' '"" " " o-rifl anrinor fn hin fpofaoftin hfl spizpd he hastily crawled to tne aae 01 uie o D__ ? bridge, seizing a large tie with ?ice-like ?ia elnb. Once more the aiumai made grip and swnng in the air 100 leet above ^ tata well-amed blow from the K thewater. Dutchman sent him to the ground ap- I hay The few seconds occnpied by the train patently lifeless. Tony hurried to the years, in passing seemed to Caldwell like an house, procured a gun and shot the tr eated age. After the train had passed he animal dead. AW breathless with he said, found that his hands were numb, and excitement he raa to the house with the gave uj his strength seemed to forsake him, yet astounding intelligence that he ^d shot cough; with remarkable nerve and superhuman a, a Farmer Grimn con- confide strength he finally drew himself on the eluded the man was wrong as to toe kind a chang bridge and proceeded homeward, coat- of *nim*l lolled, and gomg out to the your B. less and mthout a hat.-New York spot found it to be a wild cat weighing Then I g^j. 26th. about fifty pounds. it cured ' mm' ? mm wish fo: Dear Mb. Epitoe;?Won't you please a Dog that Fights Fires. fell your male readers that. $3 will buy a Mr.-R. M. Jackson of Blufffcon, Ga., fine, strong and serviceable pair of has a doe whose sagacity and intelligence pants, made to order by_the N. Y._Stan- The i are something wonderful. It is a shep- dard Pants Co., of 66 University Flace, fog ph] herd. A few days ago Mr. Jackson was Kew York city? By sending 6 cents in Bartow in a piece of woods, when he had occasion postage stamps to the above firm, they yellow to send the dog to the house for a match, will send to any address 25 samples of to Surg Being unable to make Mrs. Jackson cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape "We, t understand him, the dog went to the measure, a full set of scientific measure- practic: fire-place and picked up a chunk of fire, ment blanks and other valuable informa- certify with which he started to his master, tion. All goods are delivered by them there e When he reached the edge of the through the U. S. Mails. A novel and inform woods the fire became so hot that he had practical idea. Advise your readers to within to drop it, which ignited the dry pine try the firm. They are thoroughly re- 0f whit straw and set tiie woods on fire. The liable. Yours truly, * -Li i * WTT.T.TlW ViVTlWTfPTrm CiOg S6t tip EL PflTS]Ug bUtti SUUil uiuu^uv f1 r f < ^ Mr-Jackson to the rescue. When he " e^lu:|i reached the dog he was surprised to find ''What a picturesque little cottage! A "lvhe t that he had broken a pine limb and was veritable Swiss chalet." "A Swiss shall Traffic combating the fire as effectually as if he, do you call it? To my mind it's more ] hup?*?. like an Irish sha'n't he." gjjjJJ' \ \ . ' i \ - ' ' CEILING WALKING. AT ALBIOX. pears startling, but Only Nerve There 19 a great scarcity of news : i? Required by Performers. the neighborhood at present, evervbod (Cincinnati Enquirer.) ?0 bUSy} especiall}\the farmers, wl riTpSfoS thTtovtTe^o' m completely absorbed in their fan, g head down along the fali lengtu in= operations. Jsotwithstandmg tl eat board and who are known as great qnantitiesof rain that has falle waiters. There are lady and Jatelv, they are pretty well w^ll u ny performer, their perform-. n.ith lheir wcrk for lllis tiroc of tt JVLLlg UUlilliiCU. Qi-LUVOV CUUUCiJ V\J riety stage. The effect is sartling year. a of them moves along underneath Winter, with its parting breat trd, far above the floor of the stage, nipped all of our fruit in the bud, cor sequently we will have but little f.-ui t was a guarded secret. While excepting strawberries and the mevitc 3 a general difference as to details, ble blackberries. hciple myolved in keeping the Epidemics are prevailing in the con: suspended is practically the same. . e swxet of the ability of the fly oion.ty among both man and beasti over a ceiling. mumps and distemper. The autici board used is a heavy plank about pated discomfort of your correspondeii feet lone and three feet wide, bas been fullv realized. rendered almost perfectly smooth Miss Fannie Brice, one of oar esti ing nibbed down with pumice niAble young ladies has recently gou Near each end of the board is to Washington City with the view o led a trapeze, to which the per- making that her future home. Wear hangs, head down, as be presses .sorry to lose her^na^-oarbest^ wishc i to the board above him when attend her. ; upon his walk Underneath is Cur very thoughtful and zealou A A V* /\*/5irvrttrrp ?AAA(>A1?* AM<ynni?A/) + Vti ill a jumi.Q^3 net* iiu uiuiuoij jJuolUl liao luociiiiv wi^ain^tu tu3 shoes will answer the purpose, young men of this neighborhood int< e bottom of these are fastened a "Youug Men's Missionary Society" concave arrangements of grim, and prayer meeting is held at th< >f bo wlshaped shoes, about six and church every Friday night, and fron f inches in diameter, and it is the prompt attendance and interes jressed against the board above, being manifested in it we know mucl Id the walker suspended. good wiil be accomplished, material of which these bowl- ~ We think your town, Messrs. Edi shoes is of the same thickness tors, will soon start up a boom fron >earance as that u?ed in fireman's tue number of new enterprises that an u the centre, on the concave side being projected. We wish.you all th< > shoes, is a thick piece of steel, success possible. " - L. in form. To this plate is riveted ?.? 3onvex side of the shoes a 6mali old beau fort. ? rnework. From this framework two iron rods, shaped like the Messrs. Editors: Why does ever] of the instrument used in toast- oue wish t0 visit Beaufort? The >roiling. B j the framework the , . ^ , T r aped shoes are fastened to the last session of the Grand Lodge, K. o, walking shoes. The rods re- H. was held at this place, and its at0 extend .toward the toe, resting tractions called together a large atjath the ball of the foot. A pres- tendance, some of whom brought theii iited upon that portion of the ' , , 7. 1 press out the rods and permit wives and POme thcir chlldren- 11 to rush into the concave gum is indeed a royal place, and no doubl ist at their centre. suggested the name of its pretentious rthingin readiness, the performer rival, Port lloyal. Your correspond Tl tnA t,TftT\P7A ftTin fl/ilnt.rlA AftTJ- _ _ angementsto Ms shoes. Then ent was worked too hard while there js around, head down, holding to spare time to inspectits entirety, bat Le trapeze, and presses the bowl- what of it came in his way was grand. arrangements on his shoes This town was bnilt by the old time the board above. As he presses rich river rice plantaters and sea island is driven out of the bowl. A cottou planters as a summer resort and is created as the gum is pressed spared neither money nor painstaking ighter against the board, becom- to make their homes "attractive. But, ttened out. The atmospheric sir, it would make your blood boil to a on each one of the shoes used <rn thronsrh Beaufort now and reflect rfc a power or carry a weight of that these magnificent mansions are fteen pounds to the square inch, occupied by aliens, who neither built ie trapeze is let go of. The per- fi0l- bought them, but who seized hangs suspended. A pressure Up0n aud held lhem when their proper e ball of the left foot operates the owners had fled for refuge to the up 1 which opens a smali arrange- country*. It is of the natives that we the convex centre of the concave speak so favorably. They gave us a Air rushes in and the shoe b3- .heart v welcome and a splendid enter:>osened. Hanging by the right taiument The delightful excursion a one loosened is thrown farther around the magnificent harbpr of Port in the board. Tightly it is jr. cannot be properly portrayed. An against the board until it fastens, excellent band of music on a splendid ie ieit is operatea in 1-10 same steamer studded at one end with long , and so it continues nntil the tables loaded with edibles of every 1 crossed. description, and at the other with ETr>. tal>ie5 fi!ledj^,ith bottles of soda . " - - no^viiigr^ bowls of punch. id from the adntmias of Snake- Don't smile, for IT yuti iliu -The Worm Scarnm Discussed. knights behaved most honorably, rrespondent from Hoi Springs, Alihough tbev popped the bottles right iteTlhe hot, moggy weather of ffeely the punch was left untoacbed k drew the ZkJmi tarantulas ??* ?ne ?$Z, Tr 'US' heir holes in the Ozark Monn- much affection for it and he alone aid to-day Flint and his com- seemed to be affected bv it. It onl> MWmafr ^cr~Za "Lvv a made hi in funny. After oar return themselves on the big ledges of 5 our correspondent was standing on drting the "rale of vajwra. The piazza ot the hotel watching the its" were sluggish, but became .C0 "S wh.en -?LhbJ*nJ?nJ itable when ?Sused from their f?end stepped up and said "they must Rattlesnakes and bullsnakes have bad a big ram up the count, >, tor themajority, but other specie, he river keeps a rising." His pota. J m. _i. tion made hnn talkative 111 the Lodge presented as wen. xne spectacle . TI ^ ~ "Flint to talking. "You never meeting. He was up on every occaparlor match siLke, .did you?" *ion, bat h* was badly mixed. He id, with the seriousness of a would start np, May it please your His companion groaned and Honor "no that's not right; "Wordown the mountain. "Come shlPful faster, ' no, that's not right; )y," exelaimed the catcher. "I "^lo?t Fxc^kuV'-plague take it ten you something you don't what must I call him?" ''Dictator, ' I was out hunting along a bayou said his neighbor. Ah, Dictator, I w Orleans late one afternoon last nse to a point of order. \Ye sent when I saw a flash of light as en t0 , ?jp.ren?? Lodge to let.ru r as one of Larry Corcoran's h?w to work this thing, and now tve md as big around as a man's arm. call npon them to give^ as the secret f of light, which was on the a V:-'. cant do it. Bro. was preceded by a cracking Hnghson says it is one thing and Bro. ifeA thA p-mlnsinn of a narlor Bouham says it is another. I don t In an instant the light aisap- sec use ?f sending men to the Suonly to appear the next instant preme Lodge if they come back and i same crackling sonnd. I be- can't tell us anything about it." AlUin terested. When the light flashed good hum ?r, and nobody hurt. We d time I fired both barrels of my a harmonious session and did l at the "brilliant object The much good work for the ordsr. Allow Jed in an instant. I crept to the me t0 remark, before closing that the 1 saw a snake lying dead upon order of the Knights of Honor is in a ind. Its head had been nearly sound, healthy condition, for your ray. Curious to learn whether correspondent was in position to find tehad been the source of the out and report to the Grand Lodge cms flame, I tied a string around that during the past year the order j and took it to New Orleans throughout the Union has gained niue Lionel Adams pronounced it a new members for every one it has lost nifttflk snake. When aroused, by death or otherwise. j. s. C. ciesof the worm scarum pulls its 3r its body by hitching a lower Fore-warned ill a Dream. a sort of loop hanging between There was to be a ball in Dallas City, HL, i. As the skin leaves the tail it a few days ago, and a prominent yonng a small button on either side of society lady of the place was preparing &e's body with a crackling sound, to attend. Her es jort was to have been film of oil on the cuticule is in- J. G. Brown, a Santa Fe railroad conduc3et in flame. The oil burns with tor. The night preceding the young phorescent light, and probably lady dreamed that she saw a wagon drawn t hurt the snake. After having by two horses, and in the vehicle lay the ire the snake crawls the length mangled body of a man whom she could >dy, thus causing the scaly hide not fully recognize, but who stronglj rn to its proper place." The resembled her intended escort. The atcher arose and stretched his hideous dream frightened her, and in the jft, and asked his companion if morning she communicated it to several d lake rain. friends, who laughed at what was termed ? *? her foolish fancies. Conductor Browr 'i gave up to die." was fatally mangled by the cars that daj noxhlle, Tesn., July 2, 1887. at noon, and as the solemn processioD; e had catarrh of the heed for six headed by the wagon bearing the manI went to a noted doctor and he gled remains filed up the street, the me for it, but could not cure me, young woman cried:"That is my dream I was over fifty years old and I That was my dream!" and swoonec > to die. I had a distressing away. my eyes were swollen ;md. I am *? at I could not have lived without Religious pessimism is carried to ai ;e. I sent and got one bottle of extreme in Russia. In that country , B. B., used it, and felt better, there are sects that teach suicide. Re got four more, and thank God! cently eighty-four persons met in i I me. Use this any way you may cavern filled with straw. They fired th< r the good of sufferers. straw and those who were not burned tx Mbs. Matilda Nichols. death killed each other witu hatchets 547 Jjlonda Street. One faint-Hearted teiiow escaped. . ? - T'T-TT A Baltimore firm has a till tapper ii follo'wing, signed by ten practic- 0f a Maltese cat. When om raicians, nas been received from of the opened tho money drawer oi , Fla., one 01 the places where Tuesday morning out jumped a eat be fever is alleged to exist according loDgingJto Lim. Fron the cash wer. ;eon General Hamiltons report: ^*?5a twentv-dolar note and t? he nnderagned, embracing every OEe.aoSar notes "end other notes wer mgphysicianmtlnsplace, hereby damaged by the cat's teeth. Tabby i that there is not now nor has J V ver been within our knowledge or ~r-r""r ~ ation a single case of yellow fever the town nor within Polk county. The United States has respectful! :h Bartow is the county seat. asked Mexico to indemnify A. K. Cat Manchester, N. H., yesterday, great ^*8 for ^ unlawful imprisonment tent was caused by a wholesale raid or.so *%?- Mexico has replied in quOr dealers by a committee of 200 long-winded document, courteous! .league for the Suppression of Liquor phrased, the purport of which is tlia Twenty-eight barrooms were she will be blankety-blanked it she pay ind three proprietors summoned to a blank cent. The question is, what ar HQ going to do about it? jT A BABY'S TRAVELS. . in . "< - THE ONLY WHITE CHILD EVER TAKEN 10 TO THE LAKES OF AFKICA. 1 1" ~r? lg Little Jack Hone and How He Wa.??Viewed ^ by the Natives?A Wonderful Sight for the bavaires. P {From the New York Sun.) ie Little Jack Hone was ail English baby and be was three months old when he } ^ landed on the east coast of Africa. His """"V " l" father was a missionary and Jack and r? his mother were on the way to the home l" that had been prepared for them in Central Africa. The journey was 800 ^ milcclAn/* nr? liill LU II^O WV JXLU UVITUj LUIVU^U JU forest and plain, and it was a serious l" question how little Jack could be carried '* comfortably over the rude native paths r-?-? to Lake Tanganyika. His father thonght e that a wheelbarrow was likely to be the ,f best vehicle for Jack, and so arrangee ments "had been made in Eogknd to - s have-Jack trundled in a harrow &U the r way from tiie coai&id thebw-i*fce wheio s he was to Jive. e A deep and commodious Insist was 3 provided for the baby. On the bottom ? of the basket was as soft a little bed as B could be made, and the entire inside was ? - J padded so that Jack could' not easily" 1 hurt himseif. The basket was placed in 1 a steel wheelbarrow frame. An awning above the basket was supported by iron rods, and, when required, mcsquitc^, __ 1 curtains could be let down. This was to 2 be Jack's carriage on the march, and. 3 when in camp at night the basket was to be placed in Mrs. Hone's tent to serve Jack as a bed. Jack was asleep in his father's arms when he landed on the coast of Africa, at Saadairi, near Zanzibar. He was - tucked away in his little basket, and one ? of the porters trundled him along injiis wheelbarrow near the head of the caravan. Close behind him rode Jack's mother on a donkey. Once in a while the baby ' was lifted out of the wheelbarrow for a : change and carried a mile or two in his mother's arms. Usually Jack rode along in f.hp lift-,1a vprv <iniftt.lv. anrl Via ; seemed to take as kindly to ins wheel- / barrow as other babes do to the most : comfortable of cradles. Even when the road was hammocky Jack did not seem to mind it, and the joancing he got only seemed to put him in good hnmor for a nap. It happened, however, that Jack Was not destined to travel all the way to Central Africa in a wheelbarrow. After they had climbed the coast moutains and were a hundred and fifty miles on their way it was found inexpedient on account of unexpected difficulties on the road for , : ; .gjgg Mrs. Hone and the baby to go anyfarther that year. -60 Jack was wheeled back to the coast again and before long he turned up in England none the worse for his jaunt of 300 miles in a wheelbarrow. Early in 1884, when Jack was a little over 2 years old, he landed again at Saadani There were stories from up country of widespread drought and famine, but nothing daunted Mr. Hone, who had come all the way from Central Africa to meet his family, decided to set - ?.iVi out with them at once on the long journey to the beautiful lake, "which, ?^8M| though narrow, is one of the longest fresh water lakes in tho worTd. This -time tihe. wheeibtttxpiy was The willow LccTy'ofU turned into a tiny palanqain foB accommodation. It was suspefl Sgj stout ropes from a couple of bjM Along the bamboos was st^H canvass awning, impervious alikfl M or rain, with movable sides; thu^H be fastened up or down at pljH Four natives were assigned to tin H | of carrying Master Jack in hisifl J little conveyance. The bambqtf suppie, ana as me carriers iraagHH there was a delightful springiness the rig that greatly pleased Jack.. mother was carried in a bath chair rigged np in a similar fashion. ' Jack got along famously until he was stricken with fever, and then he insisted much of the time upon traveling in his mother's lap. When the long caravan halted for the noontime lanch the first duty of the men was to pitch a tent in which to shelter Jack and his mother from the scorching sun. The little fellow's great delight was in crossing rivers in the big canoes the natives keep for ferrying caravans. He usually sat in in ms utue armcnair, ana sometimes used a string and a bent pinto fish for crocodiles, wita. invariably poor success. One day a porter ran away * with a canvas bag containig a large part of Jack's wardrobe. In a land where caravans use a great deal of cotton cloth . to pay their way there was of course plenty of material at hand to repair Jack's loss, which, he bore with more equanimity than the rest of his family. Sometimes they traveled fur tours through grass that was high above their heads, and in the early morning Jack liked to listen to the dew drops as they fell like rain upon the top of his palan quin, while the carriers piodded along through the luxuriant growth of grass. . J Many of the marches were very wearisome, and Mrs. Hone wrote that she and . Jack often presented a very draggled : -Jj . appearance when the halt was made for The"journey lasted ninety days. At JSj , last the beautiful waters of Lake Tanganyika came into view, and little Sfl ; Jack was delighted when his family embarked in a big boat for the long | , journey for the island of Kavala. fie , thought the songs of the crew as they ' bent to their oars were particularly jolly. : [ He is now living on Kavala island, and, _ fl [ though he is the only little white boy in . Centra Africa, he seems to be thoroughly | enjoying his boyhood. Friends in Eng- - *?3 land havo s&nt him many toys, which he [ shar's with his Waguha playmates, and * ' he does net now remember that he ever , had any other home than Africa. . ~r|j ^ The Oldest Mason in the World. *Colonel Edwin Somner of San Franr cisco is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ada j E. Taylor, on Locust si rjet. Colonel . Summ r is the eldest Free Mason known ' j to be living in the world. He has been ' a Tlfocnn tOTOTltT^TlA TMK TTa ?as j borainl79G. A remarkable fact is that he can read withoat the aid of glasses. In the war of 1812 lie was a member of a transportation comppany in New 1 York which was ergiged in transporting ML B munitions and troops. He came to 1 Californii in 1850, but returned to - Wisconsin a few yetrs afttr. /He served s in the Wisconsin Legislature during 'm 3 1859-60. In 1863 he once more came to e Ca'ifomia, where he has since remained. 8 Colonel Sumner is a descendant of the e Summers who came to America in the -M rtrr atnv\ /^1 JH -UU*J LIU Y? Ci.. ^/JLUXi w r Congressman Kelley's daughter reft cently delivered a lecture in New York, a in which she charged the capitalists with JB J iorcing the children of this country to it go to work at an early age, thos redues ing the wages of full-grown laborers. e She advocated socialism as the only remedy.