The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 22, 1888, Image 1
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YOL. XLV, WINNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1888. ~? ] NO. 4,
TALMAGE W TEE SOUTH.
"AND HTK WAS ANGRY, AND WOULD
MOT GO IN."
Thc_8?lf Congratulatory. Self Satisfied,
Full of Faults.
Two Kinds of Higher*tuS fieff-iietorned
Prodlgali.
Atlasta, Ga., Aug. 12.?The Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage, D. D., of Brooklyn, is
in this region. He has spoken several
times at the great Piedmont Chautauqua,
and his public appearances are attended
by vast multitudes everywhere. Preaching
from the text (Luke xv, 28) "And
ha was ansrv and would not go in," he
said:
Is the elder son of the parable so unsympathetic
and so cold that he is not
worthy of recognition? The fact is that
we ministers pnrsne the younger son.
You can hear the flapping of his rags
in many a sermonic breeze, and the
cranehing of the pods for which he was
an unsuccessful contestant. I confess
that for a long time I was unable to train
-camera obeoura upon the elder son of
the parable. I never could get a negative
for a photograpr. There was not enough
light m the gallery, or the chemicals
were poor, or the sitter moved in the
picture. But now I think I have him.
Not a side face, or a three-quarters, or
-the meie bust, but a full length portrait
*e he appears to me. The father in the
parable of the prodigal had nothing to
brag of his two sons. The one was a
rake and the other a curl. I find nothing
admirable in the dissoluteness of the one
and I find nothing attractive in acrid
sobriety of the' other. The one
goes down over the larboard side and
the other goes down over the starboard
side, bnt the both go down.
From tixe old homestead bursts the
minstrelsy. The floor quakes with the
feet of the rustics, whose dance is always
vigorous and resounding. The neighbors
have heard of the return of the
younger son from his wanderings, and
they have gathered together. The house
is full of congratulators. I suppose the
tables are loaded with luxuries. Not
only the one kind of meat mentioned,
bat its concomitants. "Clap!" go the
cymbals, "tham!" go the harps, "click!"
T?*\ /nl/-VTTm flfA fKa
gu UiO WUW9B> uy auu uvnu ?**w
feet inside, while oatside, is a most sorry
spectacle.
The senior son stands at the corner of
the house, a frigid phlegmatic. He has
just come in from the fields in very substantial
appareL Seeing some wild exhilarations
around the old mansion, he
aaksof a servant passing by with a goat
skin of wine on his shoulders what all
the fuss is about One would have
thought that, on hearing that his younger
brother had got back, he would have
gone into the house and rejoiced, and if
he were not oonseientiouely opposed to
dancing, that he would nave joined in
the oriental sehottische. No. There he
stands. His brow lowers. His lip curls
with contempt. He stamps the ground
his appetite. The lively music doea^not
put any spring into his step. He is in
a terrible pont. He criticises the expense,
the injustice and the mor. j of
the entertainment. The father rushes
out bareheaded and coaxes hi to come
m. iie win not go in. He scolds toe
father. He goes into a pasquinade against
the younger brother, and he makes the
most unoomely scene. He says, "Father,
you put a premium on vagabondism. I
stayed at home and worked on the farm.
Yon never made a party for me; you
didn't so much as kill a kid; that wouldn't
have cost half as much as a calf; but the
scapegrace went of in fine clothes and he
comes back not fit to be seen, and what
a time you make over him. He breaks
I your heart and you pay him for it. Thf'
calf to which we have been giving
feed daring all these weeks wouW11 be
so fat and sleek if I had kno"**1.^0
use you were going to put it!
-vagabond deserves to be cowhidea-.
stead of banqueted. veai is uw/ior
him 1" That evening, while "
^er son sat telling his father ab^: ad"
ventures, and asked about; "' nar QC~
tcurrad i>a .the place sinc^^,
Hjfi?CO^V disgusted
bra- That
senior brother sti^Tf8, P,. ^ ^
him any Sund#^??^*^ ? week.
At a meetu* ?* ^Tlin^e^ m Germany
some to? question, "Who is
th^^Ider son?" and &7uj?macher angered,
"I know him; I saw hi? yestery
day." And when they insisted upon
. .knowing who he meant, he said "Jfyself;
\ when I saw the acoonnt of the conversion
^ of a most obnoxious man, I was initiated."
.First, this senior brother of the text
stands for the self congratulatory, self
satmfiefl, self worshipful man. With
the same breath in which he vituperates
against his younger brother he otters a
panegyric for himself. The self righteous
man of my text, like every other
self righteous man, was full of faults.
He was an ingrate, for he did not appre
date the home blessings which he had
all those years. He was disobedient,
lor when the father told him to come in
he stayed out He was a liar, for he
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said that the recent son naa aevourea
his lather's living, when the father, so
far from being reduced to penury, had a
homestead left, had instruments of masic,
had jewels, and a mansion, and, instead
of bang a pauper, was a prince.
This senior brother, vith so many faults
of his own, was merciless in his criticism
of the younger brother. The only perfect
people that I have ever known utterly
obnoxious. I was never so badlj j
cheated in all my life as by a perfect
.man. He got so far up in his devotions
that he was clear np above all the rules
of common honesty. These men that
>. go about prowling among prayer meet\ings
and in places of business, telling
gicw good they are, lookout for them;
I^Mcr hand on your pocket book!
noticed that just in proportion
/that a man gets good he gets humble.
/ The deep Mississippi does not make as
* much noise as the brawling mountain
rivulet There has been many a store
that had more goods in the show window
than inside on the shelves.
ThisEelf righteous man of the text
stood at the corner of the house hugging
himself in admiration. We hsar a great
deal lii our day about the higher lifts.
Now, there are two kinds of higher life
men. The one are admirable, and the
other are most repulsive. The one kind
of higher life man is very lenient in hit;
criticism of others, does not bore prayer
-vv^afinfVH tn death with long harangues,
^
does not talk a great deal about himself,
but much about Christ and heaven, gets
kindlier and more gentle and more use
fnl until one daj his soul spreads ?
wing and he flies away to eternal rest,
and eveiybody mourns his departure,
The other higher life man goes arounc
with a Bible conspicuously under his arm
goes from church to church, a sort o
geaaral evangelist, is a nuseace to hi
pastor when he is at home, and a nusence
to other pastors when he is away from
home; runs up to some man who is counting
out a roll of bank bills, or running
up a difficult line of figures, and asks
him how his soul is; makes religion a
dose of ipecacuanha; standing iii a religious
meeting making^ an ad&e&S, he
" "hSJflr patronizing "way, as though ordinary
Christians were clear away down
below him, so he had to talk at the top
of his voice in order to make them hear,
but at the same time encouraging them
to hope on; that by climbing many years
they may after a while come up within
sight of the place where he now stands.
I tell you plainly that a roaring, roistering,
bouncing sinner is not repulsive to
me as that higher life malformation.
The former may repent; the latter never
gets over pharisaism. The younger
brother of the parable came back, but
the Benior brother stands outside entirely
oblivious of his own delinquencies
and deficits, pronouncing his own eulogium.
Oh, how much easier it is to blame
others thftTi to blame ourselves! Adam
blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpant the
servant blamed the devil, the senior
brother blamed the younger brother, and
none of them blamed themselves.
Again, the senior brother of my text
stands for all those who are faithless
about the reformation of the dissipated
and the dissolute. In the very tones of
his voice you can hear the fact that he
has no faith that the reformation of the
younger son is genuine. His entire
manner seems to say: "That boy has
come back for more money. He got a
third of the property; now he has come
back for anoteer third. He will never
be contented to stay on the farm. He
will fall away. I would go in, too, and
rejoice with the others if I thought this
thing was genuine; but it is a sham.
That boy is confirmed inebriate and
debauchee.", Alas! my men as, tor xue
incredulity in the church of Clirist in
reguard to the reclamation of the reaeant!
Yon say a man has been a strong drinker.
I say; "Yes; but he has reformed." "Oh"
yon say, with a lugubrious face, "I hope
you are not mistaken; I hope you are
not mistaken." You say: "Don't rejoice
too much over his conversion, for t. n
he will be unconverted, I fear. Dou't
make too big a party for that returned
prodigal, or strike the timbres too loud;
and if you kill a calf, kill the one that
is on the commons, and not the one that
has been luxuriating in the paddock."
That is the the reason why nore prodigals
do not come home to their father's
house. It is the rank infidelity in the
church of God on this subject. There
is not a house on the streets of heaven
that has not got a prodigal that has returned
and stayed home. There oould
be unrolled before you a scroll of a
hundred thousand names?the names of
prodigals whj came back forever reformed.
Who was John Buyan? A returned
prodigal. Who was Richard Baxter?!
A returned prodigal. Who was George
Whitefield, the thunderer? A returned
prodigal. And I could go out in all
directions in Eris audicnce and find on
either side those who, once far astray
for many years, have been faithful, and
their eternal salvation is as sure as
though they had been ten years in
heaven. And vofi sntne.x>f-vx>u ha-va sot
"08Si%a fJSSPmTEerrreturn.
ioar do not know how to shake hands
with a prodigal. You do not know how
to pray for him. You do not know how
to greet him. He wants to sail in the
warm gulf stream of Christian sympathy.
You are the iceberg against which he
strikes and shivers. You say he has
been a prodigpl. I knot it. But you
are the sour, t nr^ponaive, censorious,
satarnine, cran.-y, eidsr brother, and
you are going tc heaven one would
some people would be tempte^^^fhe e
perdition to get a way frr ^..raKot the t
hunters say that if 5^%ut of their
other deer shog-- & rule is away s
company, ag.-5 who-*"*- heen wounded j
with the ^o^^r'say, the more bones s
^^i^has br^en the more need he has 1
jf a host)**1, that the more a man c
^9en b*1*66^ ^d cut with sin the more i
nee^6 has to be carried into human 1
4 divine srmiiathv. But for such men t
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diere is not much room in this world? (
the men who want to come back after t
wandering. Plenty of room for elegant c
sinners?sinners in velvit, and satin, and 1
lace?for sinners high salaried, for kid i
gloved and patent leather sinners; for f
sinners fixed up by hair dresses, poma- j
turned, and lavendered, and cologned, $
and frizzled, and crimped, and "banged"
sinners?plenty of room. Such we meet i
slegantly at the door of onr churches, t
and we invite them into our best seats e
with Chesterfieldinn gallantries; we 1
usher them into the house of God and i
put soft ottomans under their feet and (
put a gilt edged prayer book in hand, and ]
pass the contribution box befo.re them 1
with an air of apology, while they, the I
generous souls, take out the exquisite j
portemonnaie, and open it, and with 1
diamond finger push down beyond the ]
ten dollar cold Dieces and delicately pick
out as an offering to the Lord, of one j
cent. For such sinners, plenty of room, i
plenty of room. But for the Kan who 1
has been drinking until his coat is thread- j
bare and his face is erysipelased, and ;
his wife's wedding dress is in the pawn- !
broker's shop, and his children, instead i
of being in school, are out begging
broken bread at the basement doors oi <
this city?the man, body, mind and soul j
on fire with the flames that have looped
from the scathing, scorching, blasting,
consuming cup which the drunkard
,takes, trembling, and agonized, affrighted,
and presses to his parched lip, and
his cracked tongue, and his shrieking
yet immortal spirit-no room.
Oh, if this younger son of the parable
had not gone so far off, of he had not
dropped so low in wassail, the protest
would not hat have been so severe; but
going clear over the precipice as the
younger son is angry and will not go in.
nh nnt go hard in vour critiem of
the fallen, lest thou thyself also be tempted.
A stranger one Sunday staggered
up and down the ailes of my church,
disturbing the service had to stop until
he was taken from the room. He was a
minister of the Gospil of Jesus Christ of
a sister denomination! That man had
preached the Gospil, that man had broken
the bread of the holy communion for
the people. From what a height to what
a depth! Oh, I was glad there was no
smiling in the room when that man was
taken out, his poor wife following him
with his hat in her hand and his coat on
her arm. It was as solemn to me as two
funerals?the funeral of the body and !
the funeral of the son). Beware lest
th.>u also be tempted.
An invalid went to South America for
' his health, and one day sat sunning himi
self on the beach, when h8 saw something
i crawling up the beach, wriggling tok
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ward mm, anu utt auu^ui?u.
| thought it was & wild beast or a reptile,
and he took his pistol from his pocket,
f Then he saw it was not a wild beast. It
; was a man an immortal man, a man made
t I in God's own image; and the poor wretch
, crawled up to the feet of the invalid
. and asked for strong drink. The invalid
1 took his wine flask from his pocket and
, gave the poor wretch something to drink,
? and under the stimulus he rose up and
5 gave his history. He had been a mer
chant in Glasgow, Scotland. He had
gone down under the power of strong
drink until he was lying in a boat just
off the beach. "Why," said the invalid,
"I knew a merchant in Glasgow once,"
a merchant by such and such a name,
and the poor_ wretch straightened himself
and said, "I am that "man.'' ""Let
him that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest he fall?
Again I remark that the senior brother
oi my cexi siancis ior ine spine oi envy
and jealousy. The senior brother thought
that all the honor they did to the returned
brother was a wrong to him. He said:
"I have stayed at home, and I ought to
have had the ring, and I ought to have had
the banquet, and I ought to have had
the garlands." Alas for tliis spirit of
envy and jealousy coming down through
the ages! Cain and Able, Esau and
Jacob, Saul and David, Haman and
Mordecai, Othello and Iago, Orlando
and Angelica, Cahgula and Torquatos,
CaBsar and Pompey, Columbus and the
Spanish courtiers, Cambyses and the
brother he slew because he was a better
marksmen. Dionysius and Philoxemus,
whom he slew because he was a better
singer. Jealousy among painters. Closterman
and Geoffry Kneller, Hudson
and Reynolds. Francia, anxious to see
a picture of Raphael, Raphael sends him
a picture. Francia, seeing it, falls in a
fit of jealousy from which he dies.
Jealousy among authors. How seldon
contemporaries speak of each other.
Xenophon and Plato living at the same
time, but from their writings you never
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wuuiu BuppuBW may uauu eacu umer.
Keligious jealousies. The Mahommedans
praying for rain during a drought, no rain
coming. Then the Christians began to
pray for rain, and the rain comes. Then
the Mohommedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that
God was so well pleased with their
prayers he kept the drought on so as to
keep them praying; but that the Christians
began to pray, and the Lord was
so disgusted with their prayers that he
sent rain right away so he would not
hear any more of their supplicants. Oh,
this accused spirit of envy and jealousy!
let us stamp it out from all our hearts.
A wrestler was so envious of Theogenes,
the prince of wrestlers, that he
could not be consoled in any way; and
after Theogenes died and a statute was
lifted to him in a public place, his envious
antagonist went out and wrestled
with the statute until one night he threw
it, and it fell on him and orushed him to
death. So jealousy is not only absord,
it is killing to the bodv and it is killing
to the soul. How seldom it is vou find
one merchant speaking well of a merchant
in the same line of business.
TTrvttr ool/lnm io t?An VtAon A r\V\ttco /?nr\
JL-J.W IT OdlUUUi All XO JVLL L1COL Ui & pJLLJ d.UUU
speaking well of a physician on the same
block. Oh, my friends the world is
large enough for all of us. Lets reoice
at the success of others. The nextjbest
thing to owning a garden onrselves is to
look over the fence and admire the
flowers. The next best thing to riding
in a fine equipage is to stand on the
sireets and admire the prancing span.
The next best thing to having a banquet
given to ourselves is having a banquet
given to our prodigal brother that has
come home to his father's house.
ISc-oides-tli&t, if we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others,
we ought-to congratulate ourselves on
what we escape in the way of assault.
The French general, riding on hox&sf
back at the head of his troops, T 1
soldier complain and say^Ji^ahd us ?
easy for the generaLi*tfowe walk." 1
forward while he^J^f^nnted and com- ]
Then the ?e?pfciining soldier to get on e
pelle^JK Coming through a ravine, a (
ttjseffrom a sharp-shooter struck the ^
ider, and he fell dead. Then the gen- c
xal said, "How much safer it is to walk
han to ride!" i
Once more I have to tell you that this
enior brother of my text stands for the
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>ouuug \^anatian. vvimo mere oh uu
inch congratulation within doors, the
lero of my text stands outside, the
?rners of his mouth drawn down, lool;ug
as he felt?miserable. I am glad his 1
ugubrious physiognomy did not spoil
he festivity within. How many pouting
Christians there are in our day?Chia- e
ians who do not like the music of our s
shurches, Christians who do not like the
lilarities of the young?pouting, poutng,
pouting at society, pouting at the
ashions, pouting at the newspapers!,
routing at the church, pouting at" the
government, pouting at the high heaven.
Cheir spleen is too large, their liver does
lot work, their digestion is broken down,
here are two cruets in their caster always
nareto be well supplied?vinegar and
red peper! Oh, come away from that
nood. Stir a little saccharine into your
iisDosition. While vou avoid the disso
uteness of the younger son, avoid also \
;he irascibility and the petulance and ]
ihe pouting spirit of the elder son, and ]
imitate the father, who had embraces for
the returning prodieal and coaxing words :
tor the splenetic malcontent. <
Ah! the face of this pouting elder son j
is put before us that we might better !
see the radiant and forgiving face of 1
the father. Contrasts are mighty. The 1
artist in sketching the field of Waterloo, 1
fears after the battle, put a dove in the j
mouth of the cannon. Raphael, in one 1
of his cartoons, beside the face of ft
wretch put the face of a happy and inno- j
sent child. And so the sour face of this ,
irascible and disgusted elder brother is j
brought OUt il? f*rdor in tL-a. oorxtrqat
we may better understand that forgiving
and the radient faoe of God. That is
the meaning of it?that God is ready to
back anybody that is sorry, to take him
clear back forever, and forever, and forever,
to take him back with a loving hug,
to put a kiss on his parched lip, and a
ring on his bloated hand, an easy shoe
on his chafed foot, a garland on his
bleeding temples, and heaven in his soul.
Oh, I fall flat on that merov! Come,
my brother, and let us get down into
the dust, resolved never to rise until the
Father's forgiving hand shall lift us.
a rirt/1 wa ViftTTftt "R?nnrr vATlf
\Jll, vruav a uuu no uaio; uiuig jvvu
doxologies. Come, earth and heaven,
and join in the worship. Cry aloud. Lift
the palm branches. Do yon feel the
Father's arm around your neck? Do you
not feel the warm breath of your father
against your cheek? Surrender, younger
son! Surrender eider son! Surrender, all!
Oh, go in to-day and sit down at the
I banqaet. Take a slice of the fatted calf,
and afterward, when you are seated with
one hand in the hand of the returned
brother, and the other hand in the hand
of the rejoicing father, let your heart
beat time to the clapping of the cymbal
and the mellow voice of the flute. "It
is weet that we should make merry, and
be giad; for this thy brother was dead
and is aliro again and was lost and is
found."
The Klde to the Sparkling Catawba.
The ride from the railroad to the
Sparkling Catawba Springs is a very
pleasant one?made especially so by the
fact that Messrs. Brannon Bros, have
established a regular hack line from
Conover, N. C., the nearest station, to
the Springs. In buying tickets and
checking baggage, "remember that
Conover is th6 station and that Brannon
Bros. will supply comfortable transportation
at reasonable figures.
IN THE SHADE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
A Place Where Health and Pleasure Meet,
to Chase Disease With Waters Sweet.
Al!l-Healin*g, N. C., August 17.?
What an undertaking, thought our
fathers and mothers less than a quarter
of s century back, was s-tgp from the
fair City by the Sea to the IoTSiy
tains in the Land of the Sky. Now,
starting at 7 a. m., we spin along over
two hundred and fifty miles of smooth
railroad tracks, with little interruption,
till six in the evening finds us at Gastonia.
Thenoe by carriage, with Cleveland
and Thurman as mountain trotters,
we are whirled along to Mountain View
Hotel in time for a most enjoyable sup- i
j 1)?j.
i per cscrvou m cauciicui di.jiu.
A oool night in very comfortable
rooms refreshes us so that by moroing
we are quite ready to explore the country,
visit the springs and climb Crowder's
Mountain rising two thousand feet
in front of our hotel. Tempting us with
its cool shade and waters isthepavillion
sheItering__lh^^prf")gf&'~"rcTr~^wmfiii -tfarr
place is noted. Of these springs?twelve
in number?the All-Healing is of course
the most popular?fathers, mothers,
babies, sisters, cousins and aunts all
drinking freely and with constant benefit.
Arsenic, Iron and Sulphur are found
in a greater or less quantity in all the
waters, two of the Springs being largely
Sulphur?Red and White?and one being
very strong with iron. While AllHealing
carries Arsenic to a greater degree
than any of the others, it carries
minerals in combination not to be found
in any other spring, its principal ingredients
being Arsenic, Sulphur, Iron,
Lithia, Potash and Magnesia. Its temperature
is 56 degrees?a sweet, pleasant
water to drink?and it can b? taken
in large quantities without any bad
effect, while for bathing purposes it
stands without an equal, leaving the skin
soft and of a velvety feeling produoed
by no other water known.
These waters stand in high repute
among the residents of this region, who
give partioulars 6f some remarkable
cures effected by them. Only a day or
two since a gentleman came a distance
of forty miles with his wagon and carried
away a barrel of these waters for
use in hia family, some of whom were
then sick with fever. Tradition says
that long before the Springs were analyzed
families used to come and camp
around them to benefit by their curative
powers. It is further related that still
earlier these waters were called Indian
medicine, and there was a belief that
they were untit lor use, except by the
aborigines. This belief soon gave place
to the knowledge that the waters were
as good for the white man as for the red.
A spacious ball room fianked by an
amusement hall, comprising bowling
alley, billiard and pool room, bycicle
track and skating rink, furnishes sport
for all testes.
To drink the waters, enjoy the mountain
scenery, feast on the fine fare and
combine health and strength with a
jolly good time, come many guests from
m a tit nftrtq nf nnr own and the adioin-1
ing States. Once anxious mothers re J
joice to meet the genial 4octojg>?LJ?ag|?f
with powders and^li^^^te fc*?tatTr1
as with jokes as^^nfndges and amiMpybfille^.-t^idows
and widowers?lads
mttfcassies?make up a "merrie comSuiie."
South Carolina has been well
epresented by prominent people from
leveral counties?Marion, York, Marlx>ro,
Lancaster, Chester, Laurens,
Barnwell, Lexington, Fairfield, Anderwn,
Abbeville, Kichland, Chesterfield,
Colleton, Beaufort, Edgefield, Greenrille
and Orangeburg?with some from
)ther counties expected.
North Carolina and Georgia are also
yell represented.
The season promises well.
Palmetto.
SMASH-UP ON THE PLAINS.
it&llway Officials Refuse to Allow the Use of
the Wire to Injured Passengers.
Albuquerque, N. M., August 15.?An
kAim/1 A flonttn on/4 Portl^A troin /lufl
;ooi> uuunu Auauuu auu x b&txiu uug r
it Albuquerque at 1 30 Monday morning '
iame in ten hours behind time. The delay '
vas caused by a wreck which occurred on
,he desert in California, at a point known 1
is Horse-Shoe Curve, two miles eist of 1
2ast Siberia. The train wa3 running very 1
ilowly, not more than eight miles an hour, 1
jut the trucks on the express car were not <
n good working order, and refused to ad- <
just themselves to the curve. The conse- '
juence was that the car was pulled off the. i
rack, and breaking away from the tender |
ind engine, which it left on the track, went (
umbling down a thirty-foot embankment, |
Dulling after it the baggage, mail a,nd three ,
migrant coaches, and two sleepers well ?
ailed with passengers, all of whom suf- '
fered injuries more or less severe.
All the cars were badly wrecked and 1
jAmfl Af tliDm ^trAnH ronoir Tho moil
vi luvm vuu i v^utt x uv uiuu
;'erk, who was badly bruised, tried to tele- 1
graph to Albuquerque for assistance, and '
some wounded passengers tried tn send <
dispatches to friends and relatives; but the '
railway company controlled the only -wire *
and poeitively forbid the operators sending j
anything that would convey information :
that there had been an accident.
The passengers of the wrecked^1
were picked up by the special train of Super
intendent Gaddis, which came along about
twelve hours after the accident. The pas- (
Bengers were very indignant at the manner
in. i>u-?h they were treated by tfce company,
especially its refusal to permit them to
send telegrams to friends and relatives.
They expressed their condemnation of the
company in a series of resolutions signed
by every passenger on board the train, declaring
that the accident was due to the
no?alMonMa nr inr>r?mnptAnrv of the rail
v^aiwlu^^uwwu \/k - _
road officers, and pronouncing the company
inhuman and barbarous in refusing to permit
the wounded passengers to telegraph
to their friends and relatives.
SENT TO DAVY JONES'S LOCKER
By a Collision at Sea Between Two Danish
Steamships.
New York, August 16.?The steamship
Wieland, Captain Albers, from Hamburg
August 5, via Havre the 7th, with merchandise
and 113 cabin and 45G steerage
passengers, arrived today and reported that
on the 14th of August, thirty miles south
of Sable Island, about 12 M., she sighted
the Danish steamship Thingvalla, from
Copenhagen for New York, with signals
i of distress hoisted. The Thingvalla reported
that at 4 o'clock that morning she
I bad collided with the steamship Geizer, of
* 1* r XT^w Va.At Annpiiot 11
me same jine, iiulu * via,
for Oopeohasen. The Geizer sank in five
tniiiutes. Fourteen passengers and seventeen
of ibe crew, among them Captain
Meller, were saved. Seventy-two passengers
and thirty-three of the crew were lost.
The stealer Wieland brought 455 passen
gers from the Thingvalla, and those saved
from the steamer Geizer to New York, and
the Thingvalla will endeavor to reach Halifax,
N. S.
Maiden Aunt (visiting family for the
summer)?Gusaie, you shouldn't cry so
when it thunders. The thunder can't hurt
you. Don't you see it doesn't scare me
any? Six-Year-Old (sobbing)?It won't?
scarc me eitner, auntie, when?I've heard
it?th?thunder as many summers as you
hav*.
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': EDUCATION FOR FARMERS.
THK<NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL
MASSES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
An 'Address by Col. D. K. Norrts, President
pt the State Fanners' Association, at tb?
"Hessrs. Clemson,
Hayne and Simpson, members of
the Pendleton Farmer's Society, were
appointed a committee by that body to
solicit funds to build and put into operation
a scientific school where the youths
of tbe State might be trained and educated
in the industrial paths of life.
Sach men as Thomas Pinokney, Jr.,
Andrew Pickens, J? B. Earle, Josiah D.
Gaillaift,*.^ Robert Anderson, Patrick
Norti?; Jno. E. Oothran and others in
TSHpt^rio. Maxwell, B. F, Perry, Warren
B^Vupiav i?7YSioan and others in
ISlST^ancifl Burt, Eichard Lewis and"
[ others in 1817, and David Cheny, Jno.
GailJard, Jas. Whitner, Thos. M. Sloan,
D. K. Hamilton and others in 1818, all
members of this sociefy and teachers of
public opinion in agricultural affairs, as
well as in shaping and. maintaining the
political course of the State, were replaced
in later times by others, equally
noted for their patriotism and wisdom,
among whom I may mention Hayne, i
Simfgon, Seaborn, Clemson, Lewis and I
a host of others. These gentlemen re- 1
alized the importance of technical train- '
ing as applied to agriculture, and al- 1
though we hear no more, for the time, 1
of the effort made in 1866 to inaugurate 1
a school for this purpose, the oonviction <
of its necessity abided with the society,
and 7e live to see one of them donating
a large fortune to accomplish that which
had|ailed before, it seems, because of
the impoverished and disorganized condition
of the State at that time.
Ofiier efforts looking to improvement
in agriculture were not wanting, such as
the founding of the society for the promotion
of agriculture in South Carolina
in lB75in Charleston, the organization
of the State Agricultural Society in Colombia
in 1818, and the rapid mnltiplication
of similar bodies afterwards/f1
throughout the State; but, so far as ? *
am informed, this effort made by tf? ?
Pendleton Agricultural Society was the ti
first'in the State which directly pider- ?
took to radically better our agr^^ura fi
by educating and training the PJ6* the n
farmers of the future, rather. by
shows, fairs and such like.^t^^ting
by Rivalries the spasmodi(v^orts ?* the
thefc farmers. The their a
effoita is witnessed by?e ^ colleges
RT><j stations now in g^eeesaful operation .
in Germany: by thfPaflsaSe the great
educational W & 4116 Parliament of tl
Great Britain af*T 4118 disappointment o
of/that nation* 4116 world's contest at c<
Paris in lr?* whereby science and e:
technology^70 kaen assigned a larger a]
nlftfA ^VBer schools and universities m
before, and by the 57 agricul- cl
gc^f alleges ar ^industrial institutes ia y,
.' _!L^Jnited' ^ Jr?- " ^*i?~forisilab*=" ?
yghinh ft
>{ the yanous countngg in wines th6y- -5
ire located are enabled to educate them- sj
selves for the profession in life which J.
!alls to their lot by choice or necessity h
ittests one truth, and it is this: that the E
ipplication of science to agriculture is a u<
laccessful fact. But what has SoutQ ti
Carolina done? Has she recognized the tc
preat wisdom of nurturing schools of a
ihis kind, and their potency in building ti
lp her waste places? A State, proud of ti
ler history, glorious in lier many hi
achievements and in whose exaltation qi
ler every true son delights! Oh! that ai
t were some other rather than one of w
ler sons to tell the tale! I will not re- ai
sount the half-hearted and disparaging di
nanner in which her feeble efforts in
bis direction were conceived and have ti
aeen carried on, but would rather dwell ti
xpon the awakened interest and zeal m
low mamiestea m ug Denau oy an, irom in
Jie doubting Thomases to the convinced d(
riilmans on the one hand and designing n(
politicians and the toiling masses on the to
>ther. The oid idea of education was as
;hat it had no direct bearing on the in
nan's work, and it is not only true that w<
;he education of the past did not at- th
^mpfc anything of this sort, but it is hi
Uso true that the end and design of that h(
education was in the opposite direction. H
Che man was not educated to labor?he wl
was in fact educated not to labor. In
she habits of his life and the processes at
}f hii thought the educated man was as E
[ar & possible removed from sympathy of
with what we term industrial pursuits, tii
rhenarch of progress has well nigh ce
refuted those ideas and to-day we are pi
witnessing the advent of an education w
which. will especially fit the individual sa
who receives it for the only probable sti
ieatmy in life which his antecedent cir- H
jumitancea admit. It is also in harmony Si
with the idea that the many should be tb
sducfited in contradistinction to the old w;
idea iBat it was only possible or necessa- fli
ry to educate the few. This new de- df
l^rttr*, T niav so speak, not in the w]
irt/SruC in the science 01 agrioultare,
promses many things. It will enlighten de
the rinds of the tillers of the soil and of
enabi them to comprehend the laws of Sf
natur which govern animal and vegeta- th
ble pjyaiology and at once dignify labor ~gc
by raying it above drudgery and routine tla
and taking it the scientific means of th
accoiplislnng the ends of labor. It will th
makcit possible for its possessor, for co
himelf, and largely for his class, to en
overome the social degradation which of
has eer been the lot of the actual work- co
er. llWAVAr flnd V>nn .ro/1 a erri
cultue has been in the abstract. It giwill
klically correct the defects of the wl
past ?y planning the education with fo:
teferice to the probable employment
and cstLny of the individual who re- Ca
ceivetfc, and not leaving him in igno- th
rancef the things which above all oth- di<
ers it; most important he should know, th
It wi%ive to the educated mind a skill- th
ful h?d and a trained eye, a discrimi- ha
natinj judgment and an intelligent of
opini<will revolutionize the negligent bo
and uirofitable farming as now prac- ch
tioed r the vast majority of our people, th
and gd to them in-its stead a rational th<
plan iding to general improvement. So
Thoa^ho receive the benefits of this 0f
educsm will be trained for work, and o3
abov^l trained in work, which makes pr
the ifet complete man, physically, uii
mentfr and morally. It will conserve c&
manljlgor and inoreaiw both the en- in<
joymeand length of life. It will make w?
idleneintolerable, and welcome enter- np
prised adventure as a delight. It th
will pAote self respect and self reli- tii
ance, a beget a manly independence, an
The fhds of the Clemson College lig
wonld re the literary institutions of
the Sti liberally supported, and as rei
fruits ctheir labor give to South hu
Carolinj,ther McDuffies and Hamp- th<
tons, in\ose hands the prestige of the thi
State wByer safe. But they deserve hu
mfrre. ky would see the agriculture ap
of tie S\lifted to a plane of progress sts
and probity which can only be done T1
by a tlifon 0f scientific knowledge evi
i 1
I :
li
h
applied te-the industrial arts and which
cm emanate only from an institution,
where agricultural education is the primary
consideration. An institution in
sympathy with the life of the masses,
whose doors, ample as they may be,
always crowded with the youths of the
State, hungering and thirsting for the
knowledge therein imparted, fnd as
the legitimate spheres in life occupied
by the attendants of these different institutions
do not clash but that they together
will work out for South Carolina
a destiny, surpassing if possible, the
glories of the past, so in their mutual
regard for each other, friendliness aad
Tespect 3hould be cherished. When this
1-A.JL U I
la&rar nibubuuuii BUUIU imvo uau muo ihj
imprint itself upon the agriculture of
the State we shall hope to present to the
world a brilliant example of what educated
labor will accomplish in developing
an agricultural system abounding in
far-reaching enterprise, thrilling interest
and abundant success.
Thomas G. Clemson A name which
be revered and honored, more and
0f Agricultaral edacation
are made apparent by tne-unrnsion
of such knowledgeat Fort Hill, and
whose memory I shall hope to see
erected a proud monument of enduring i
gratitude at no distant day oh the historic
spot, by those who will especially be
benefitted by fiis munificent bequest, as
well as perpetuated in the noble ma titration
which his interest in the welfare of
the agriculturist of the State prompted
him to endow. It was he, who said,
prophetically, eighteen years ago in an
address before the Agicultural Meeting
Society, of Oconee ,?that the exigencies
of a new era are upon us, demanding
the diffusion of the science of the development
of our material resources and
that the establishment of such schools
sould not fail to give us ascendency and
open up the only sure road to wealth
and permanent prosperity." The wisiom
of this sectiment is attested by the
rapid multiplication of schools of this
kind in Europe, where, for instance, in
the little kingdom of Wustenburg, so
atrial! as scarcely to reveal itself on our
school phases, mere are sixteen colleges
and twenty-six agricultural, associations;
is w#*l as by the Congress of the United
3ta*as which has voted thousands of
irilars annually to South Carolina in
ommon with the other States, for the
oangaration, encouragement and enargement
of this very work. Finally:
he people have spoken, and we are asured
that nothing less than an Agricnlnral
College built and conducted on the
lost useful and liberal plan will satisfy
hem, or meet the requirements of this
ew education.
TUB CHESHIRE CHEESE.
. Kemlnlsceno? or J elr?jrsoa'8 Preslden- |
tial Campaign.
The town of Cheshire, situated among !
is 'Berkshire hills of Massachusetts, is \
ne of the pleasantest places in all the ;
Dunty. The pasturage of this region is J
toellent. The land is very productive, i
ad the dairy farms have always been 1
oted for .the quality of their butter and 1
leeee. And here, about eighty-seven i
Bare aero, savs p tha TfVftriMript, .
unewent abroad throughout the United L
j mm?jhg mtor, ana ' even
3read into foreign countries. Elder <
ohn Leland, a celebrated preacher of <
is time, was pastor of the village church, i
[e was a vigorous and original thinker, <
ntad frvr Viio oTivwitirtn nf (ho firtrin. <
ires. People came from far and near 1
> listen to his sermons, m those days <
minister's views upon all public qaes- {
ons were received with respectful atten- f
on and Elder Leland did not confine i
'[?labors to parochial affairs. Any delin- (
aency among the select men of the town, <
ly iailure in rigid adherence to duty, 1
as boldly attacked by him in the pulpit, ?
id names were mentioned with startling
irectness.
Thomas Jefferson was nominated for t
le Presidency of the United States in i
Le fall of 1800. He was believed by 1
any to be an infidel, and the feeling of s
ew England?the stronghold of Ortho- t
>xy?was severe against him. An omi- I
dus silence, that he preserved in regard t
i his own religions belief, was regarded e
i unfavorable, and it was even declared a
. some country towns that churches 8
ould be closed, and the sacredness of a
ie Sabbath day no longer proserved, if a
5 were elected. Elder John Leland i
bid no share in this public opinion. I
e had been a preacher in Virginia, a
Liere he often met Mr. Jefferson. ti
The two men were mutually attracted,
id held long conversations together. ^
Iter Leland became an ardent admirer
Jefferson. He recognized his ChrisMi
character, in spite of a natural reti- ?
nee, and he believed in his republican
inciplea, When Jefferson was nomiited
he becran to work for him. It was f
id that the elder stood alone, but the to
ardy opposition became his inspiration, v
e preached politics in the pulpit on w
inday; he rode to neighboring towns n
rough the week; he was ready always
ith an argament. So great was the in- ?
lence that he exerted that when election \1
ty came there was not a member of the ^
hole county who failed to vote for
sfferson. Great was Elder Leland's n
(light over the victory^ and at the close n
the afternoon service on the next a
ibbath he proposed that, as a people, a
gy fthr>nm Tvrpipfl*^ ^ -tak^n- at thair j,
xxPwili to be sent to Washiagton after t]
e new president had taken his place at tl
e White House. It should be some- h
ing in which women as well as men n
uld participate, and he suggested an *
ormous cheese, as the natural produot v
their industry. Every man in the d
unty who had voted for Jefferson "
ould bring ail the curd he felt able to
?e. A committee of farmers' wives,
10 were skilled, should be appointed
r the mixing. a
Everybody was pleaeed with the idea,
iptain John Brown, who was known as
e first to suspect and denounce Bene3t
Arnold as a traitor, was a member of
is village. He offered his cider-mill as
e best and largest in the town. We T
d it thoroughly cleaned, a new bottom !. j
wood set in, surrounded with an iron ^
op, and thus converted into a huge C(
eese-nreas. It was a fine afternoon
0 crowd came in from all quirters of \
s connty to Captain Brown's firm, is
me wealthy farmers brought quantities y<
curd, others only a pailful, but the n
erings were poured into the cider la
ess. The matrons then came forward, tc
xed and flavored it. The men stood
idy for the pressing. Then, uncover- rc
2 their heads, all bower reverently, tc
lile Elder Leland asked God's blessing 1 j
>on their labor. They sang a hymn,
e minister giving out two lines at a
ae, and the people singing them,
d a social season followed until twi- q
;ht dispersed the crowd. . lc
When the cheese was ready to be
moved it was found to weigh sixteen p,
ndred pounds. The parish requested
sir minister to convey it in person to
a President. It was a journey of five ai
ndred miles, but the sleighing at the ,j,
pointed time was excellent, and he a]
irted. He was three weeks on road. q\
te people thronged to meet him in ery
town and village through which he di
passed, for the news of the gift had
spread, and such a cheese had never
been seen before. When Elder Leland
arrived in Washington he sent a note to
Jefferson, who suggested that the members
of his cabinet and of Congress, together
wirii the foreign ministers and
other distinguished guests, should be
invited to attend and witness the presentation.
Li the midst of this gathering
Elder Lekind arose with great dignity,
and proffered the' huge Cheshire cheese
as a token of the deep respect of his
county. The president closed his oourteous
reply with these words:
"I will cause this auspicious event to
be placed upon the records of our nation,
and it will ever shine amid its glorious
archives. I shall ever esteem it among
the most happy incidents of my life; ana.
now, my muoh respected xevereSci
friend, 1 will, by the consent and in the
presence of my most honored council,
have the cheese cut, and you' will take
back with you a portion of ii. with my
hearty thanks, and present ;it to your
people, that they may all bate a teste.
Tell' them never to falter in \?he pri lcipl??
thny hi?nn in iTiiffir.rLilivij -<w??y
have successful come to the rescue of
our beloved country in the time of her
great peril. I wish them health *ad
prosperity, and m&y milk in abundance
never cease to flow to the latest posterity."
As arrangements had previously been
made, the Stewart of the White House
j came forward and cat the cheese. A
slice was presented to each guest. Every
one tasted and declared it to be as near
perfection as it was possible for a cheese
to be.
Elder Leland was greatly delighted
with the whole enterprise. He spent a
few days in Washington, and then left
for home. Another large meeting was
held at Captain John Brown's. The
elder gave the whole occouot of his trip,
auu luc ICUCWUUII U1 ULIOJX piWMUib Ul>
the Capitol. One can imagine the eagerness
and delight with which the people
listened. Each one received a small
piece of cheeee, for the whole region
came to hear. This story is still treasured
by those who received it from <
parents or grand-parents.
MANY USES OF EGG8.
They Are Said to be Better for Scholars' I
Brains Than Fish. * '
(From the Eastern Farmer.)
Eggs are a meal in themselves. Every '
element that is necessary for the support j
ot man is contained within the limit of 3
an egg-shell in the? best proportions and ?
most palatable form. Plain boiled they
are wholesome. The masters of French y
cookery, however, affirm that it is easy c
to dress them in five hundred different \
ways, each method not economical, but 1
salutary in the highest degree. '
No honest appetite ever rejected an !
egg in some guise. It is nutriment in the j
most portable form and in the most con- ?
centrated shape. Whole nations of 1
mankind rarely touch any other animal c
food. Kings eat them plain as readily t
as do the humble tradesmen. After the 8
battle of Muhidorf, when Kaiser Ludmg
sat at a msal with his burggrafs and 1
srreat can tarns, he determined on a piece J
3f M ??VM> i&aUn<T 4
" ?.*uth^ excellently valiant Schewp- I
iiet?eggsare the scholars' fare.
contain phosphorus, which is brain food,
and sulphur, which performs a variety j3
5f functions in the economy. And they ?
ire the best of nutriment for children,
ior in a compact form they contain 8
everything that is necessary to the *
jrowth of the youthful frame. Eggs *
ure, however, not only food?they are *
medicine also. The white is the most $
jfficacious remedies for burns, and the a
>il extracted from the yolk is regarded a
jy the Russians as an almost miraculous c
lalve for cuts, bruises and scratches. v
A raw egg, if syallowed in time, will n
effectually detach a fish-bone fastened in &
he throat, and the whites of eggs will 11
ender the deadly corrosive sublimate as ^
larmless as a dose of calomel. They j*
trengthen the consumptive, invigorate
he feeble, and render the mosi suscepti- j1
3le all bnt proof against jaundice in its *?
aost malignant phase. The merits of "
iggs do not even end here. In France 61
lone the wine clarifiera use more than
10,000,000 a year, and the Alsatians conume
fully 38,000,000 in calico printing
ud for dressiug the leather that in used
a makiDg the finest French kid gloves. E
Iven egg-shells are valuable, for allopath
nd homoepath alike agree in regarding
bem the purest of the oarbonateof lime.
"ROU8LE AMONG ALASKAN INDIANS. d
Q(
D
fetlakahtla Indians Occupy an Island at
Under a Trick. jy
Ottawa, Ont, August 15.?Advices fa
roui British Columbia appear to indicate 0;
rouble for the United Slates authorities ci
rllh the band of Metlakahtla Indians, tii
rhlcb, under a man named Duncan, removed
from British Columbia last summer
3*an island off the southwest coast of Alas- ii<
a, after receiving permission from Wash- gi
igton to do so. Tdese Indians, about five 1>
undred in all, it will be remembered, left si
tieir reserves in British Columbia on ac- fo
ount, as they allege, of the severe treatlent
they were subjected to from the Do- h<
linion Government, to which they had
Iwavs been a source of trouble. It now fa
ppears that Duncan, who visited Wash- w
igTony decerned the Indians In Inducing P<
aem to emigrate to Alaska, by promising At
lem that the United States Government O
ad given them Annette and other adjacent ca
lands on the southwest coast of Alaska, in
rhich to them was to be a' freehold diided
up among the tribe. They have just CI
iscovered the fraud which has been perpe- re
rated upon them, but Duncan, it is al- hj
iged, throws the responsibility on the in
'nited States authorities. A gentleman hs
rho has just returned from Alaska says
lere is trouble brewing for the United ui
tates. la
th
Canada'* New Mormon Settlement. V
Ottawa, Ont., August 15 ?Senator
'ochrane, who has just returned from a ^
isit to the Mormon settlement near Port
[cLeod, Northwest Territory, reports that
I read 7 500 people have come over from rj
alt Lake to settle in their new Canadian
slony. Mr. Carr, the chief among them, ^
ad who is married to one of Brigham
'Dung's fifty-two children, says the pope- ln
ition of the colony will be thousands next ^
ear. He states that they came to their
ew home with a full knowledge of the
iws of the country, and intend to conform m
v lA7Ki 1 a tl.arr o*il 1 aPIiava *a Via^ ^
> lugui. i t uiic oiiii auucic w iuui
elief in polygamy, they will make no at- ~
smpt to practice it. He informed the Sen- 1
)r that his people were well pleased with en
le change, and with the prospects before
lem of building up a colony which would ~l
e a credit to the Dominion. They, howrer,
found it a great sacrifice to be com- a'J
elled to abandon forever the tenets of ra
hurch, and will probably make an effort
) secure special legislation from Parlialent
to allow them to continue to practice T!
olygamy. !^]
Yesterday?Oar demon or our good
igel, as we neglected or improved it. To- lCj
ay?A draft on the bank of Time that is ^
ways cashed at sight. Tomorrow?The
rergreen tree in the garden of life. Now
-The crown jewel in the coronet of en*
javor. ba
SILOS AND ENSILAGE.
Ail Interesting Article on an Interesting
Subject?Some Timely Suggestions.
(Dr W. L. Jones, in the Atlanta Constitution J
We have been noting carefully all the
evidence for and against silos and ensilage
and have become satisfied that they
are valuable parts of a farm equipment.
Tfcey are constantly gaining ground iu
the dairy regions of the North, and
though less tried at the South, the testimony
is decidedly in their favor. When
first introduced in the'United States ic
was supposed the silo would have to b<j
underground. Pite,withcemented wal's
of brick, were considered indispensable. i.
It is now well established that they can
be built of wood and above ground ladeed,
many have reached the conclusion,
i that above ground silos are preferable to
those underground. It was originally
supposed that the temperature underground
would be more favorable ??? \itfl
ereat-Pir fw->lTiAs? in warm - WAftthftr
But opinion is now. growing in favor of jpfcf
above ground gilos, because the walls ara y
-dxser and thad igposicon'df tbeeseifoge 1
to mould on'the outside Is less, for* I
like reason the wooden silo is preferred
to the brick?it is dryer. The objection
to wood is that it rots quickly in contact
with damp ensilage. To obviate thi* it
has been suggested that the inside liningbe
heavily coated with tar or pitch to
prevent absorption of moisture. In
building above ground, either pofets may
be set in the ground or sills laid on tie
surface and the house framed on them.
The studding used should be not les;
than six inches wide; eight inches would
be better. The studding should be nicelv
covered with tarred building paper, both
on inside and outside, before the planks
are put on. The outside may be weatherboarded
oi*planks nailed on upright; the
inside should be ceiled with thick flooring,
tongue and grooved. This arrangement
is practically air-tight, as much so
as it can be made.
The shape and dimensions of the silo
are important. It should be Jong, narrow
and deep and divided into several
compartments. Thus?32r8xl2 feetwould
be a good, convenient shape, or
the height might be less, running down
to eight feet. At the ends and in the dividing
partitions, doors, in sections, say
three of them, one above the other,
would add to the facility of taking out
!be ensilage when feeding it. The stuff
should always be taken from the topi,J . ind,
after it is taken down three or four
'eet, the upper section of door could be
removed ana the remainder reached with
ess climbing. These sections of doors
l? -? - - 3 a
urn. lu up ana uown grooves, so Uxej
an be lilted oat The object in having
t&rrow silos divided, into small sections
s that one section maybe emptied before
mother is disturbed, and thus as little
rarface as possible exposed to the air.
Susilage spoils quite rapidly on exposure
o air. Wh6n it is taken oat byxemovng
the top layer the surface exposed will
some up with the next day's feed, and
has will not be exposed long enough to
poil. We
omitted to say that a roof most be
>uilt over the silo to exclude rain. Some
mt a lavSr of straw on top of the ensimg?
and etent planfcs?op this. Tarred
taper should be put oh the, first set of
" 1V wThdtLvftr nfnfanW
rndprflrrmnr? with nin?t-in/?h hnntwa"
horoughly cemented, and 16x8x12 feet;
he other above ground, as described
bove, 16x8x9 feet The cost of the two
nil be $255. A farmer could get up 4
rooden one with home material in part,
rhich would not coet more than $ob to
75. Now is a good time to build one
nd have it ready to leceive pea-vines
nd forage corn. Remember liow difficlt
and troublesome it is to cure peainee;
the silo removes all that. It
lakes you independent of weather and
sonomizes house-room. Ton can pat
lore in a silo than in a barn live times
9 large if filled with dry forage; that is
> say, silos are much cheaper than
irns. Ensilage may contain no mote
atriment than dry forage, but it is cer- ^
inly more relished by. stock, and por- .
ons of plants (stalks) are eiten as
isilage which are rejected when dried
CALIFORNIA IS SAFE.
ditor Hearst Says It Will Give. Cleveland
1,500 3Iajority.
(N. Y. Star, August 15.)
W. R. Hearst, proprietor and editor of
te Sau Francisco Examiner, arrived in this
ty last evening, accompanied by his buamanager,
JE. W. Townsend, and H.
: Bigelow, who will reinforce the political
aff of the Examiner in the East. Mr.
earst comes here to consult with his
.tiier, Senator George Hearst, in regard to
aliforoia politics and to assist the Demo aiic
National Committee in organizing
ie California campaign.
"Before we left California we made a
ireful survey of our local political situaan
and I am confident that our State will
ve Cleveland and Thurman a majority of
500 votes; a change of about 15,000 votes
oce 1884," said Mr. Hearst to a reporter
r the Star, last evening.
"On what grounds do you base this be;f?"
asked the reporter.
"There are many influences at work that
vor Democratic success. Blaine, in 1884,
as the strongest man in America. Hia
:rsonal t>nd political following and inlence
in California were immense. The
emocratic party was handicapped in that
jnpaign with a standard-bearer unknown
California.
"Four years have changed this. Mr.
[eveland's official course has gained the
spect and confidence of our people. He
is gone farther in the direction of restrictg
Chinese immigration than Mr. Blaine
id ever advocated.
"Harrison, oa the other hand, is very
ipopular. His record on the Chinese and
bor questions will swing California into
e triumphant Democratic column in Noimber."
"How does the tariff question affect the
sople of California?"
"When it was first sprung, and the "Reiblicans
set up the howl of free trade, it
armed people. This fear is rapidly vatiling.
The people of California begin to
e tnatthe slight reduction proposed by
e Mills bill?whiclyreduction is directly
the line of theja* l" i n'lTM Hteftons of sucssive
PresidentsTKepnKic>?i!
inatorsand Republic.n Secretaries of the
reasurfp?is in no degree a free trade
easurt. They admit that free lumber
ill materially assist the thousands of
f.rlprs/ ihot ?n.\nrMir flri/vb
ommii n,u*j / vaiaviuia.
iey know tnat free tinware wiil h.i'p
ormously in the development < ? our
ormous canning industries. F.w s.'-t
irts no one in CSifornia, and brtirjit-. ?!i.
:ee wool will benefit botb wovi u :. v?,rc
d wool manufacturer by ii?creM.-.tu!/ u?e
oge ot our woolen manufacturers. IV.ntlly,
I believe that free w??.:l wiil give
ilii'ornia looms control vl' t!*;
ido of the Pacific coast anil therriiories.
Free dye stuffs is uuoibte >.tc^
t'ir same direction.
'Ymi mm f/?l! th? r>pm<v?r.i:o r,f NT^ tr
jrf through the columns of th.; v. if," r?-i
dec', "that they may count on i iice!ccrai
Votea of California this year."
Not to be lightly passed ove.r?Tny
rbed wire fence.