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? -I-.- . .< -. :-r> . . * . . ' I Tho Edinburg Review says the United States possesses more than one-sixth of the wealth of the whole world, or upwards ^ of 570,000,000,000. Good enough f>r the '( . . _ youngest of the nations. I John Sherman says he will do everything in his power to defeat the Wilson bill. Yet it is not recalled that John evor went out of his way to prevent the ' Democratic part} injuring itself. The New York Ilcrald well says: "If < this season of hard times teaches some of the unfortunate ones, for whom nothing but kindness is felt, the need of greater prudence and economy when they are again earning good wages, tne jesson though a hard one, will bo worth tho price. ?? Judge A. B. Norton, the old gentleman with unshorn hair and beard, carrying a cane given him by Henry Clay, who has been seen at all Republican National Conventions, died at Dallas, Tex., a fewdays since. He made a vow in 184-1 not to have his hair cut till Clay was elected President, and paid no toll to barbers for the past fifty yeajs. .J <1 B.i The despatches to Bradstrcet's indicating a turn of tho tide in industrial and business circles are full of ancouragemenf. The first fortnight of the new year has not been as prolific of failures as was feared. The extensive resumptions of work in various industries are giving employment to those who were idle. It is a honpfnl outlook. The House bill for tbe repeal of the Federal election laws was called up in the Senate last week, and is in charge of Senator Gray. This bill will causo an earnest and impassioned partisan debate in the Senate that may be prolonged long after tho tariff bill has passed the House. Senators Hoar, Lodgo and Chandler intend to fight the measuro step by step, but they disavow all intention of filibustering for the purpose of puro delay. The Hock Hill Herald fruty remarks that the strength and force of law exist alone in the heart and conscience of the - people. When statutes have not been approved by the public conscience, constables, jails and sheriffs cannot put them on the people. That jealousy that guards the home when once aroused, will sleep not till the man or measure that opposes . is vanquished, dead and cold. It de thrones kings, usurps empires and makes the peasant free. * . . The negroes of the South are making great educational progress, and the facilities for such development now available for them are large and are increasing greatly. There are now more than 25,000 schools for negroes in the Southern States proper, and in them at least 2,250,000 negroes have learned to read, and, generally, to write. La3tyear there were in these schools 238,000 pupils and 20,000 teachers. There are also in the South 150 schools for the advanced education of the negroes, and seven colloges wiih negro Presidents and negro faculties. ^ - * " On the 1st February the Columbia Stale will increase its subscription rates from $8.50 to $10 a year. The State has took the right step, if it expects to continue to publish a live, progressive, first class paper every day in the year. There are few daily papers, especially in the Sonth, that can exist on aloxversubscrip% tion price than $10 a year, for the simple reason that their advertising patronage is too small. Cheap papers, like cheap clothing, will not wear long, and a good * daily paper is worth ?10 to every live business man. The men of the South and West religiously believe that bonds Bhould not bo issued in time of peace. Mr. Carlisle himself while in Congress was an adherent of this view. It is well known, too, that Mr. Carlislo was not desirous of selling bonds, in fact held out against the proposition as long as he believed it was safe to do so and maintain the credit of the Government. When Mr. Cleveland left the White House in 1689 he left a cold surplus of considerably more than ?100,000,000. When he returned to the White House in March, 1893, he found the Treasury looted, a deficit staring him in the face, extravagance everywhere and overwhelming jjovernmental obligations in every direction. The sale of bonds is Bimply the result of the two years that the Republicans controlled Congress under the ifarrison administration. Mutilated paper money to the value of $820,000 was received for redemption in new bills at the United States Sub-Treas ury the other day. Tai3is the largest amount ever preseuted for redemption in a single day. The average amount of mutilated money received during the four days immediately preceding was $745,000, which also was unprecedented. The Sub-Treasury officials attribute this ruHh to the fact that during tbo panic people took to hoarding money. Old bills so accreted did not come out until the Christmas holidays, when, after passing through the hands of the storekeepers, they reached the banks all at about the same time. It takes at least ten days under the most favorable circumstances for the Sub-Treasury to pay the banks the amounts due them for worn-out bills. m The enforced economy of the last two years has caused a change in Southern farm methods and the credit system is being superseded by a cash basis. The low price of cotton for the last few years forced upta- farmers the necessity of raising their own foodstuffs, and added to this was the decision of bankers and factors to advance much loss mouoy on cotton than formerly. Tho result' has been a change that for the time being, while passing from the credit system, with its liberal buying, to a cash system, requiring the closest economy, there has been less trade with larmors, and hence a decreased volume of general business in the South. But this has brought about a more solid condition of tho business in farm trade throughout the South thau we have had for many years. Merchants are carrying small stocks and buying only as needed. Farmers are paying off their debts and are less in debt than for years. The money that formerly went North and West for provisions and grain has beeu retaiued at horr.p, and the full result is thai this secft.eiii probably lesa in debt to its own t.f.xi:* und less in debt to the North and \V? ?> for supplies than in any year since tho war ended, ' - * -L ' Another Open Letter. \Vasiiington, D. C., Jan. lfi.?Tho "V 'ollowinpr reply bas been made by Sena- Til or Irby to a communication received by ins lim to-dav from Hon. W. T. C. Bates, Irt Stato treasurer of South Carolina: rer "United States Senate, gu< "Washington. D. C., Jan. 16tb, '94. kn 'Hon. W. T. C. Bates, Columbia, S. C.: tifi "My D9ar Sir?I have your letter of coi rhfl l*4th in^t.. in which vou make in- be< quiries as to what I think could be done Na in reference to holding a factional con- rea vention of the reform party of South m Carolina, to which I answer hastily but res frankly. am "I regret as deoply as you to see divis- Irl ion in the reform movement of our State, tel The purposes for which it began have tin not been accomplished, and can not be, tei without the exercise of harmony, justice, tul common sense and fair dealing. I have for had but one purpose from the very ] beginning and that was to do my duty he by it to the very best of my ability, sot Notwithstanding this, I have been perse- th< cuted by men supposed to be prominent tbi in the reform movement, from the very tb beginning, until I made up my mind ] that I would not submit to it any longer ho and appealed to true men among us to Se protect me agaiust such political assassi- rit nation. It is not my fault that we have coi these evidences of division in our State, mi I furnished no excuse for ovory reformer so who goes into Columbia from the rural Sh districts, to the State House, to be taken pa to one side and groomed and prejudiced pe atrainst "Irbv's management of the ge party," when "even the anti's themselves de acknowledge that ray conduct as chair- re tnj'.i hav been perfectly fair. I-.? 4iI atn unwilling that a Third Party Cc leader take charge of the reform movement in South Carolina and thus dictate or the nominees of the Democratic party, of I am satisfied that the people of the State of will not submit to it, and the sooner he m and others, who expect to reap office ti< under him, fiud this.out the better for H him and the movement. tii ' I au3wer you frankly as to what I ce think ought to be done so far as I can ro see. There are six or seven other can- w didates for gubernatorial honors. These hf men have been true and loyal and are all able men. They are entitled, at least, to ui a fair contest and the protection of the fr principles of tho first March Convention, ta tho most prominent of which was the S? right of the peoplo to naino their candi- he date msieaa 01 a ring in me otato uousw. ut It will be necessarj', before the campaign hi that is to be ordered by me, as Demo- tb cratic chairman, that these contests shall tL be settled within the lines of our faction S< and that after the people have had time cs to weigh and measure them aud conclude w as to their choice, the successful one pi shall be given the ooloro of our faction to P< meet the Conservative faction on the 1c stump before the general primary elec- o^ tiou. This can not be done with an early si convention held and snap judgment taken M before the people have seen or heard the th various candidates who seek the endorse- w ment of the reform party. It savors too to much of the old ring rule and Haskellite si method and our people will not countenance it. This is perfectly fair and all s( parties will be satisfied ; but the peoplo ca who believe in the theory and system of ti orimarv elections will not stand for two 01 or three men, one a leader of the third cc and the self constituted spokesmen of the et reform party, the other a traitor to the e< reform party who seeks, as an emissary ti from the enemy to ruin the reform party, aud other men who-desire office, to fix ef up a slate now, have it endorsed by a gt convention as early as March and w rammed down their throats. I say this b< because, if their scheme is allowed to go R through under the whip and spur of the tb ring the movement can not stand. Self- d< respecting men would rather go to the as wail than to serve under a traitor to his e; movement and to see themselves assassl- lo nated in the dark by men who have claimdd to be their friends and the peo- vi pie robbed of the benefits of the vital principles of the first March platform. if "This has been written to you just as I as think it and believe it. I have tried to be m true to every man in the State House tb and subjected myself to abuse and criti- JN cism in 1892 for leaving my seat in the Senate to go to South Carolina to work for them and their re-election. I do not intend now to be abused by them. As you suggest I, being the State cL?irman, have no right to call a factional 8j convention. I have never assumed or hi contemplated any such action nor could fa such a conclusion be drawn from any- tb thing that I have said or written. The p] organization, last presided over by the 6i Hon. G. W. Shell, is defunct because tt when the crisis came in '92 we failed to at have seen or heard of any action from q; him in behalf of the reform movement and besides, its purpose was fulfilled as a b' political organization as soon as its ooject pi was accomplished, the control of the whole State government by the people. ni It being a temporary organization, could ci not oxlst longer than the inauguration of bl the State officers. He, therefore, can not ti call and convene a caucus or convention a and the only way for it to be done regu- i? larly within our party lines is, as sug- p, gested by the Laurens Alliance. Request w Governor Tillman to call around him the f8 leaders, draft rule3 and call a convention ci if th*"y ??e lit. ci tn (v.nclusion, allow me to say that I ?j wiii do more and go further to heal the C( breach and unite our forcos than perhaps y( jnu man \vhr? h.is h?pn fcr??tnr1 a<< hnralilv ? in the house of my friends, but I will not w submit to the dictates of Third Party j] leaders and traitors to our movement, a let the consequences to be what they n may. ."Very respectfullv, J. L. M. IRBY." dl - ? 93 A Picnic for the Lawyers, Greenville, S. C., Jan. IS.?A curious f will came to lifjht to-day by the death of Elizabeth Waters, near Riedville, Spar- * fauburg County. James and Anthony ~ Wakefield, two old bachelor brothers, started a town which they wanted named Wakefield, but it was called Kiedville. 81 They determined to kill the town, and at their death left all their large estate to ^ their niece, Mrs. Waters, for her life, and at her death tbe property goes to the clerk of Court of Spartanburg County J'11 aud his successors, to be held in trust for , one hundred years. At the expiration of P' that period it is to be divided among the ac nearest relatives. . ai To-day Mrs. Waters died and under , the will the clerk of Court will take possession. It is stipulated that only so much of the land snail be worked during r? tbe hundred year* as will produce a 8t sufficient amount to pay the taxes. The land completely surrounds lteidville, >' cutting it off from the entire world, and is valued at onehuudred thousand dol!*rs, which may not be half the actual er value. It is supposed that the lawyers will have a picnic in the litigation which will be oponed.?News and Courier. j1^ The State Operating a Beer Mill. th Columbia, S. C., Jan. 18.?The State of in South Carolina has now charge of the of Palmetto Brewing Company plant in wi Charleston and henceforth dispensary A beer will be made there. Under the new di law such com panics are given thirty days eq to dispose of their manufactured products on and Ret out of business; but for this deal, \V the Palmetto Company would, iu a few ha days, have to cease operation. The State uf Board of Control to-day passed a resolu- co tion to this effect. Governor Tillman says that the State will put its own man there to see that the business is properly managed and pure goods are made and all money er passing through his hands. The com- w: piny will continue in possession, under yj the supervision of the State authorities, m and the stuff manufactured will be sola only to dispensaries. j,j, ? Two tactions of tho United Brethren to, Church at Alma, Kan., lrwe long been at in war. The other uijjbt one set put wheels un under tho church and started to carry it < off bodily. Tho leaders of the other lac- wl tion rushed to the homo of the district ise: Judge, secured an injunction, and, wak- mi ed up tho Sheriff, and had it sorved at qu on<;e. At tho time the injunction was sh served the building was in the middlo of fat tho stre.-t and there it stands. mi LtJil h 1 Reform Bosses In Counsel. Vashington, January zz.?uovernor lman arrived here this morning, and sj tead of becoming the gue9t of Senator ?y he was met at the depot by Repreitative Latimer, and is now the latter'a w 3st. Last night Senator Irby said he d ew that Governor Tillman would not him by telegraph of his expected n ning. ana upon his arrival here would s jome his (the Senator's) guest at the itional Hotel. At the same time Rep- a lentative McLaurin had made arrange- o ints to entertain tbe Governor at his o idence in West Washington. Without d flouncing his coming to either Senator o >y or Mr. McLaurin, the Governor egraphed Representative Latimer the s le of his expected arrival, and the lat- t was at the station to greet him and t cehimlto his homo in East Washington e breakfast. f 3efore the Governor went to the Capitol t talked over the situation with Repre- c itative Lstimer, and in that way got 5 lay of the land before encountering t 9 other South Carolina "Reformers" at t e Capitol. i tn accepting Congressman Latimer's 1 spitality in preference to that of either i nator Irby or Representative McLau- 1 i he played foxy. He has absolute tifidence in the discretion of Mr. Lati- < ? 3 lnt?A. A Br, auu ucmuua tuc taivoi uuuu^iua a j me what neutral attitude in the Irby- 1 10II controversy. He is friendly to both .rties and refuses to be drawn into the ] rsonal contention between these two 1 ntlemen. As a further mark of confi- 1 nee the Governor entrusted his bill in I lation to feceivers for railroads to Mr. < itimer, and the latter will present it to ( rngress. ] Upon reaching the Capitol the Govern- i was given a hearty reception by some i the Democratic members in the House < Representatives in addition to the embers of the South Carolina delega- i jn. After spending some time in the t ouse, the Governor, with Represents- 1 Ms Latimer, Talbert and Strait, pro- I eded to Senator Irby's committee i om, in the basement of the Senate I ing. There an in formal conference was )ld. No definite result was reached, but it is iderstood tho Governor played safely om afar back. Ho was not disposed to ; ke sides in the controversy between mator Irby and Capt. Shell, but did all ; } could to pour as much oil on the trou- ) led waters as be could without violating j s dispensary law. It is understood lat he considers it unwise, in view of ' le existing circumstances, for either jnator Irby or Capt. Shell to issue the ; ill for the Convention. He reiterated his < all Irnnuin viouiu nn tho silhippf.rtf Ml A rimary system, and suggested that tbe j jople of the "Reform" Movement be al>wed to deal with tbe matter in their i vn way. If an early Convention is de- j rable the people in the "Reform" Movement can make that fact known. If 1 ley want a later Convention, when it ill be more convenient for the farmers > attend such a Convention, their wishes lould be paramount. Without reaching any conclusion there ;emed to be a disposition to leave tbe kilingofthe Convention to theexecuve committee of tbe original Alliance r "Reform" party. It may be that a , inference of the representative "Reform's" in the various counties will be call1 to decide the question of selecting the me for holding the Convention. It is said that Senator Irby fears that an Fort may be made to turn the State orinizalion over lo the Third Party men, ho, he claims, are insignificant in num3rs. He insists that the Democratic eform element in tbe State shall retain le control of the organization, and bo )es not propose to relinquish his right i chairman of the State Democracy to Kercise the authority that proporly bemgs to his position. There was a general interchange of iews, and the consensus of opinion was lat it might hurt the cause of "Reform" the Governor and his friends should isemblein Washington and proceed to lap out a plan for absent members of le Reform part7 at home.?Special to rews and Courier. l The South iu the Saddle. In tho Chattanooga Tradesman there is been recently an interesting discuson by Mr. D. A. Tompkins of the capailities of the Southern people as tnanucturers, and the fact is brought out that ie south has within a few years accomlished feats declared by New England's to be impracticable. It has been said lat the Southern people lack enterprise id cannot on tliat account become a lonnfonfnrinc nnnnlfl This contention Mr. Tompkins meets y showing that the South in the early irt of this century led the Eastern and [iddle States in manufacturing. The lultiplication of slaves and their' efliency in the production of very profitale crops of cotton, rice and sugar at that me withdrew Southern capital from lanufacturing enterprises, but the readiess with which such enterprises reapaared and multiplied during the civil | ar showed that the capacity lor manuicturing was not lacking. After the vil war, till about 1877, political and vil turmoil?caused by the partisan reconstruction" policy?disturbed labor editions and arrested effort. The ears from 1805 to 1877 were required to jplace also the capital destroyed by the ar and its results. But since the latter ite every sortof enterprse, agricultural, lanufacturing and educational, has i lade astonishing progress. In the last twehty years the cotton proact, for example, has grown from 3.10,000 bales to 9,035,000 bales. Agriculire has been diversified. Grains, vejje,bles, fruits, melons, oranges?these are few of the great additions. A vast cotn seed oil interest has been created, ha iron. coal. nhosDhate and lumber in ustries have been developed. As for le cotton mill trade, it is shown to have sveloped more rapidly in the South , nee 1877 than in any other part ol the orld, and with unvarying success. New i ngland writers used to say that the cli- \ >ate of the cotton States was unsuited to | le manufacture of cotton, particularly ie finer grades of goods. Experience is exploded all that. "Our Southern ( ants," it is stated, "are as line, as well i lapted to the work intended for them as ( iy in the world. i An Euglish cotton mill expert, sent to ] lis country by the Oldham Spinners' | ssociation ten years ago to inspect and < port on American cotton mill plants, | ated in his official capacity that the < eat Eaglo and Phoenix Mill at Colum J8, Ga., was the best mill of its class j lilt anywhere up to that date. Since ] en long strides in improved macliiny, etc., have been taken by Southern j tton manufacturers, until to-day> j irginia, North Carolina, South Caroaa and Georgia can show several mills j lat will stand comparison in perfection j structure, machinery and product with ( e best in New or Old England. i The finer grades of goods are now made ; increased .variety, and large quantities all grades are shipped to the Nortli3st, to the Pacitio States, to South merica and to China. The climate contions of Fall River are found to be j [ualled, if not excelled, at many points { i the coast from Norfolk to Galveston, t ant of capitul, not want of enterprise, ? is been the drawback to Southern man- c acturing since the close of the re- b nstruction period in '77. -BaltimoreSun. s ? m ^ Married his Sou's Widow. ( t Little Rock, Aiik., Jan. 10.?Consid- 1 able comment was caused in this city I ben it became known that Col. Silas s eld, a well-known planter, was quietly a arried a day or two since, his bride t iug Mrs. Helen D. Fidld, the relict of F s son, Arthur Field, who died in Call- J ruia in 181)2. Legal talent was appealed a , and when assured there was nothing f tho law forbidding tbo tie the dean c lited them in short order. Dol. Field is a man sixty years of age, F tiile his bonny bride is a yery prepos- 'i ssing worutn of thirty-one. She is the 8 other of two or three children, and the icstion is beinp asked. "What relationip will there bo between their grand- ii her, themselves and any offspring that s ly result from this union ?" 6 Their Stock In Trade. The Newberry Obsewer of last week iya: There are men who live on politics?to 'horn politics is a business ; just as much s farming is to some men, and merchanising to others. If cut off from politics, and required to lake a living like ordinary men, they oon prove themselves failures. To Buch men division, strife, bitterness re stock in trade. They know that their nly hope for a fat job and an easy way f making a living is to keep tho people livided, and to play the part of champion f the stronger side. It is strange that their scheme is not een through by the people whose cause hey champion. Do they ever champion be cause of the minority ? Do they iver alien themselves with tbe weak and ew? If any side needs champions, it is he weaker ; the majority can take care ?f itself. But, in spite of these facts, that ought o be apparent to every thinking mind, bese champions continue to delude tbe >eople into tbe belief that but for them, n some unaccountable and miraculous vay, their "enemies," the weak minori;y, would run over the majority. Do these champions ever champion any lause unselfishly ? Or do they not inva iably a?k for some tat office as a reward for their "services?" Tbe reason these pseudo-patriots champion the cause of tbe farmers, and use ;heir every effort to keep the farmers arrayed against all other classes, is simply aecause the farmers constitute 70 per sent., instead of 30 per cent., of the voters >f tbe State. If any other class bad this proportion of voters, these champions U? AUnmntAniniV / h /)?*< OQMOn wuuiu uo iuuuu uuaui^iviiiug w?v?i wu?wj ind persuadiug them that the other olass38 are imposing on them. We call upon every intelligent citizen who reads this article to answer for himself if the offlco-Beekers are not responsible for the bad feeling that exists among ;he people of this State, and if the officeseekers are not keeping up this feeling Tor their own profit. Lore ton Id Walt, Chicago, Jan. 14.?William Gilbert and Martha McBride-Burritt, of Elgin, 111., ivere married in the Great Northern Hotel here Saturday, The br*de brought to her husband the comfortable sum of f500,000 in real and personal property. Mr. Gilbert was a news-dealer at Elgin. r?o years ago he was engaged to Miss McBride. Among his customers was Peter Burritt, seventy years old, and one of the wealthiest men in Northern IlliQois. Burritt met the fair Miss McBride at the news-dealer's and fell in love. One day Miss McBride rushed into Gilbert's store with indignation visible in every line of her countenance. "That horrid old man," she ezolaimed. "He wants me to marry him." "Who?" asked Gilbert, calmly. "Why, that old man, that friend of yours?Mr. Burritt." "And what if be does? He's got a right to marry if he wants to." "But, William, you're the man I wniJL, jl vraui iaj luany juu, "That's all right, too," said Gilbert after a moment's thought. "I am anxious to marry you, but we've both of us out-grown the nonsense of youth and there's plenty of time. Burrltt, my dear, is worth $500,000 and is seventy years old, feebl? and" Just a month from that day?for despite bis years the old man was an ardent wooer?the papers announced the wedding of Peter Burritt to Martha McBride. The newly wedded pair at once started for California. They returned to Elgin seldom, but to their friends there came word of the wifo's devotion to ber aged husba'nd. The good folk g09sipped for a while over the jilting of Gilbert, but he continued to prosper in his business and did not seem to worry over his desertion. The aged bridegroom lived but a few months. Now the former Miss McBride has both her lover and Burrilt's money. Smallpox Here. Mortified because her friend failed to in vite ber to become one of a party of twelve ladies wbo gathered Monday to receive jointly the New Year calls of their friends, a young miss, 15 years of age, daughter 06a West Side phybician at Chicago, adopted a most effective method of revenge. All the parties are members of prominent West Side churches. A few weeks ago while discussing plans for the holidays it was suggested that the twelve meet at Miss R. s house on New Year Day and entertain their friends together. The suggestion wus adopted. As the shades of night began to fall Monday carriage after carriage rolled up to the home of Miss R., and from each one descended gaily attired New Year callers. But for some mysterious reason they alt entered their carriages again and drove away without even ringing the The evening passed rapidly away. The young ladies waited and wondered as tbey beard carraige after carriage roll up, but no one applied for admittance. The girls could not understand it. Eleven o'clock arrived, aud crying from sheer mortification, they put on their wraps and prepared to go home. Not a soul bad callei to see them. Iu the house adjoining Miss Grace*4ras fairly beside herself with exultation. She had her revenge. Early iu the eveniug she carefully put upon the front door of her neighbor's house a card which bore the inscription : "Smallpox here.Washington Star. The Industrial College. Superintendent of Education Maytield returned yesterday evening from Rock Hill, where he attended the meeting of the board of trustees of the Woman's Industrial College. The board re-elected Messrs. T. A. Crawford and Joseph Roddey, local trustees, the former for four years and the latter for two. Mr. Bruce, of the firm of Bruce <fe Morgan, the college architects, was presoQt at the meeting. He was instructed to draw plans for the two three-story dormitory buildings, each to contain 150 rooms. These structures will stand like recessed wings on either side of the main building, the architecture of which they will conform to. It was thought that the main building was already large enough without adding on the dormitories, rhen, too, the separation ot the buildings reduces the danger from fire to a minimum. Mr. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte was instructed to arrange the Bystem of lightng and heuting. The work on the building is progressng satisfactorily. The heavy foundation 3art is nearly complete, and in a few lays it will be time to put in the windows in the basement ?Columbia State. Nineteen Hogs lor Six Dollars. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 15.?The negroes in this section of the South, principally those in Arkansas, have contracted he emigration fever again, and there is m exodus of black men to Africa. A lispatcb from Marianua, Ark., says that ill the negroes in that neighborhood are lacrificing what little property they have vith the intention of going to the Dark Continent. One car load has passed hrough Brinkley en route for New fork, whence they intend to sail for their iltimate destination. It seems that the icbeme has been worked up by negro igents here, who have been canvassing he section for some time, for what pur>o*e or in whose interest, is not known. >Iany of tho negroes owned small places nd several head of stock, and were, com>aratively speaking, in good circumstanes, but have sacrificed all for a few dolurn to pay their way to New York. A irominent planter purchased nineteen logs from one of these would-be emi;rants for the small sum of ?G. ? A court in Holland has decided that t is not an offense for a man to kiss a trange lady on the street, because a kiss hows affection or sympathy. Found a Half Million, Guadalajaba, Mexico, San 19.?A few weeks ago a Spaniard named Fran- j ciaoo Perez, arrived at the City of Ameca, Ch tbia State, from Lisbon, Spain. He bad T)_ witb him several old documents and .1 drawings showing the location of a bid den treasure amounting in value to $1,500,000, which had been secreted a century ins or more ago by a band of brigands, all of whom were afterwards killed or driven i out of the country. Perez came across a document a few montbs ago and at once -l-i sot out for Ameca to seek the wealth, dii He secured from the city authorities ex- qu elusive permission to acquire whatever ? he might find and has already had success, au iron box filled with gold coin ca_ and jewelry having been unearthed near mi the foundation of an old cathedral, in the t,ri vicinity of which all of the wealth is be- mi lieved to be hidden. The value of the , contents of the box is placed at $500,000. ? wl ? Marshall county, Alabama, claims a an bog with a halt human bend. The dime th museums are bidding for it, but its owner, a farmer, refuses to part with the great -r?: curiosity. ? W. B. Gardner has a curiosity in the wi form of a fruit tree in his grove at Fort di Meade, Fla. It bears oranges on one side CI and grape fruit on the other, each side having peen budded differently. ? Near Birmingham, Ala., a man on retiring for tha night heard a strange yi noise In his chimney, and discovered the jji legs of a man dangling therefrom. He lit a fire and scorched the fellow consld- . erably before he released him. 10 ? Mr. J. W. Armfield, of High Point, N. C., swallowed an oyster shell, while ol eating oysters, which was an incb square XJ and sharp on both edges. Physicians ni succeeded at last in pumping the shell out of his throat. w ? Near Cocoa, Fla., a man was awak- ei ened from his slumbers by a strange m noise in his room. He arose, and was m horrified to discover two large rattle- g( snases CUUBU ou iu? IUUI ui ui? ueu. xi? << was not long in dispatching them. ? The five children besides baby Esther Cleveland who were born in the White House were also girls. One of ai these girls, the grandchild of a President tt is now employed in one of the departraenta in Washington, ending as she began, her days under the Government's roof-tree. b< ? A lady|at Cannonvllle, N. C., found w a snake in her stove nicely browned and ui toasted. It seems that the snake had X gone into winter quarters in a hollow ti stick of wood. The good lady in order f; to have her wood nice and dry to cook ^ breakfast with pat it in the stove the hi night before. ^ ? At Oviedo, Fla., Mrs. C. E. Brown n pied a hawk making a dive for a chick- , en, and she ran up to it, expecting to 01 ananA If Attfavr Kn InataaH Af a/w?Amf\)iuk_ TH OWllO iii on J J uui IUFW0U U4 avA/Viupiiou- ?? ing this the hawk showed fight and at* w tacked the lady. She called to Mr. Far- Q( nell expecting to see it take flight at bis .1 approach, but to his surprise the hawk at- " tacked him also, and he bad to pick up a -A stick and delare war himself, when be li soon came oft victorious. Vl ? Some of the evils predicted when c( Stephenson was trying to introdnce rail- +1 roads wero that cowa would be prevented i, from grazing and hens from laying, while horses wouid be driven distracted. Some h gentlemen in St. John's Berkeley, in the tl same spirit, objected to the huilding of C1 the Northeastern Railroad because it ? would ruin the breed of hotses iu the 11 parish if tne young men could get to s* Charleston so much quicker by rail. tl ? A most remarkable electrical experiment has been successfully exhibited at S] the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. By means of a flexible g. rubber tube a diminutive electric light ? was introduced into the stomach of a lc patient. The lightsjn the room being b lowered, over 200 students viewed the tl workings of the patient's Internal organs u through the translucency the light created > in the abdominal wall. , n ? A man in Elwood, Ind., bought a '1 cabbage in a grocery store, for which he ?' paid 20 cents Ho took it home and bis w wife proceeded to do it up into "cold a] slaw. Upon inserting the knife it struck something hard. The cabbage , was divided and a 920 gold piece reveal- " ed. Further dissection revealed three J more twenties, a ten and a live, all in e< gold. The supposition is that some gar- i doner hid his savings in the cabbago r when it was young, and theu lbrgot the b plant. T ? A few days ago the Greenville News .y mentioned the case of a citizen of Green- a< ville couuty who has sixteen living chil- r( dren by two wives. This record is j eclipsed by that of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph , Looper, living in Dacusville, in Pickeus k county. Mr. Looper is 87 years old and b< bis wife is 86. _ They are the parents of j; sixteen children, and have had 116 grandchildren, and average of something over seven apiece, and 94 great grand enil- 11 dren, a total of 226 direct descendants in ei three generations. Mr. and Mrs. Looper tl are in good health, active and sturdy and g. seem to be likely to see many more years 1 and descendants.?Greenville News. c| ? The longest continuous cataleptic sleep known to medical saience was re- tt ported from Germany in the Spring of w 1892; the patient?a Salesian miner? ^ having remained absolutely unconscious for a period of four and a half months. P The aoctors in attendance cnuld not re- Di port anything in the way of symptoms it which would suggest that there was 24 something out of the ordinary in the man's slumbers, excepting a complete rigidity of the limbs. One peculiarity H which waa much commented upon was 0] that the hair grew naturally during the whole of the extended nap, but his beard remained perfectly stationary and lifeless. m ? Heretofore information as to the precise date of the end of this planet has S( Doen unsacjsiaciory lor iacK 01 a scientinc si basis. This has now happily been sup- D1 plied by a German astronomer, Rudolph Palb, who, in a speech at Leipsio recently, announced that the comet of 1866 -k would collide with the earth on Novem- tu ber 13, 1899, between 2 and 5 o'clock a. b] m. Tho result of the collision itt to be 3uch a display of shooting stars as will astonish the inhabitants of Mars and Ve- fl1 nus for three days. Unfortunately, as m we shall be among the pyrotechnics as p? constituents of the rockets and Roman c candles, we shall not be able to appre- , ciate the spectacle as a whole. However, we have time for preparation. (x ? Some three hundred and odd cats N are maintained by the United States Government, the cost of their support being carried as a regular item on the accounts of the Post Office Department. These cats are distributed P* among about 50 post offices, and their duty is to keep rats and mice from eating and destroying postal matter and canvas mail sacks. Their work is of the utmost importance wherever Pc large quantities of mail are collected, th as, for example, at the New York ?* Post Office, where from 2,000 to 3.000 fc>* bags of mail matter are commonly ?rl stored away in the basement. For- Te mcrly great damage was done by the mischievous rodents, which chewed A' holes in the sacks and thought nothing of boring clear through bags of letters ho in a night. Troubles of this sort no longer occur since the official pussies l)r' keep watch. Each of the Postmasters ?P in the larger cities is allowed from $8 he: to $40 a year for the keep of his feline I)rl staff, sending his estimate for "cat t"" meat" to Washington at the beginning "l of each quarter. ? It had been over four months since they were engaged, and as they ma read the evening paper together he said: "See, my dear, only $20 for a suit." "Is it a wedding suit?" she f0i asked, sweetly. "No, a business suit." wo "Well, I meant business," she an- sa: Bwered. sh< The Inspiration of tbe Bible. pic \t the Citadel Square Baptist ch; urch last night the pastor, the Rev. jn] vid W. Ramsey, complying with , } request of the Bible Society of . . arleston, preached a sermon on the 181 ipiration of the Scriptures, of which ed a following is a careful abstract: Ca Thfi Rihlp.* is it, frnm OnH nr man? th m., iii:16. It is. not possible to sl< 3CUSS a more vital and important ev estion than the one chosen. The so jatment must be simple and practi- si< 1, and easily within the reach of all al Inds, and hence that which is ob- so use and technical must be left out. at le Bible is the people's book. For its e most part it was written by men na 10 came from the "rank and file," ? id nothing is clearer than the fact Pi at it is put within the grasp of the erage mind. The inspiration of the ible is a fundamental truth, and it is is ell sometimes to examine the foun- _ ition of the splendid temple of hristianity. It is reassuring to find "~ lat the superstructure does not rest 1 myriads of piles driven into the elding soil, but that it is supported ^ j the eternal rock. l< 1. We speak first of the necessity ^ ir the inspiration of the Bible. a; Man needs a revelation on account _ ' his ignorance arid imperfections. 1/ naided by Divine wisdom man could ? Dt write the historical portions of l le Bible without many and egregious * Tors. Macauley, blessed with an al- b ost faultless memory, made many istakes in his history of England. r? ohnnrlont orA fllA crPrtcrMr?lllP.al fA \J UUUUUwm, MX W VMVr 0vv0.wr?.v... ^ jrences in the four gospels that Re- L, in has called the land of Palestine l the fifth gospel," and yet no mistakes ? e found in the descriptions given by a le writers. There must be errors in 4 le moral teachings of an uninspired ? an, however good or great he way L j. Socrates, the best of the heathen ? orld, once advised a man to do an a nvirtuous deed and justified the act. ? he Vedas, the holy books of the Lindoos, permit thieving, and the C1 !oran, the second book of the Mo- se ammedans, teaches salvation by orks. The best of the Greeks saw " athing wrong in exposing cripple P? lildren to die in the mountains, w hile the Spartans taught that stealas a virtue, providing the thief was -l 9t caught up with. Contrast with q iese with the teachings of the Bible, .ny correct knowledge of a spiritual & fa on/1 nf a orvirif Wnrlfl mnaf VlA rf> ealed by God. While these truths )uld not be found out by man, still c ley can be tested by his experience, [any reject the Bible because they ave not incorporated its truths into B leir lives. Emerson exclaims : "'Tis irious we only believe as deep as we ve." A wiser man than Emerson, lid : "The natural man receiveth not le things of the spirit of God." 2. Consider now the proof of the inpiration of the Scriptures. I am much impressed by what Jejs thought of the Bible. He greatly ved and honored this book. Probaly he was too poor to own a Bible in lat day, when it was so expensive, ut he pondered over its pages, and ow often he quoted its words ! He uoted with approval from nearly very book in the Old Testament. My hole soul accepts the splendid life ad character of Jesus, and since he r jceived the Bible as a divine book I 0 too. It is a significant fact that _ esus wrote nothing himself or caus1 nothing to be written while he lived bout the Christianity he came to ring to earth. No book of the New estament was written nearly twenty ears after his death. How do you icount for the fact that he was se;nely indifferent about his words and ~ eeds being put on record ? We now how importants it is for facts to I e set down promptly and accurately. Ivery court has its stenographer and ~ le enterprising reporter takes down j re words as they fall from the speak- J rs' lips. Robert Burns said truly ~ lat a line of fact set down on the pot is worth a cartload of reminis- ~ jnces. Though Jesus spoke words lat have fired humanity's heart and ~ ;volutiouized society he said never a . ord about their preservation. Ah, ie! You know there is but one exlanation for this course of Jesus, 01 amely : He knew that the Holy Spir- N , would look after the writing of the bi ew Testament. ^ 3. Notice some of the objections h lade to the doctrine of the inspiration N r the Bible. ui It has been claimed by some that 12 lere are errors in the historical state- w ients. Some of these are mistakes 84 f copyists. No one supposes that jribes have been supernaturally 10 ived from blunders. The spad') is 35 roving to be a great friend to the w ible. Recent excavations in the ast are confirming Scriptural state- v ents. Some have charged the Bile with errors in morals. It does not ? motion immoral actions, but it faith- ^ illy records the evil deeds of a good k. an. Remember the Bible does not ^ illiate Noah's drunkenness, nor Ja- n< ib's duplicity, nor David's crimes, ? it on the contrary it points out od's disapproval and punishment. 11 or do we admit the existence of sci- j-j* itific errors in the Scripture. The 12 ible does not undertake to teach sci- 1 ice. It is worth while to remember ? iat 110 acccpted scientific princi- ? e contradicts any fact taught in the ible. . > c The greatest men of this earth have :en firm believers in the Bible as ad's book. When Edwin Arnold ZZ iblished "The Light of Asia" it was ^ ought that lie praised the religion ? India at the expense of Christiani- '.111 , but one day in conversation with a 4' iond he said lie would not give one 4J rse of the Sermon 011 the Mount for 7! [ the sacred books of India. 10! nong the last words of Sir Walter f?" ott he exclaimed "There is but one k> t . The sermon was listened to with afound attention, and was highly preciated by the congregation, which sides the usual attendants comiscd a number of the members of 2 Bible Society belonging to other ? irehes.?News and Courier. * 1 ? ~ ? Some . co-educationalist young in is clamoring for admission to wa issar College. Why not ? The wo- [we :n are now admitted to Harvard, fct rncll, Columbia and other colleges |?g men, and it's a poor rule that n't work both ways. But Vassar 0 ' rs she won't, and if a woman won't 3 wou't aud there'# au cud ou't. I ? Less than 125 years ago the little int known to the botanists as Lepay's Columnaris, was only known to iabit a small section of country in e very southern portion of Louana. Some time later it was reportas occurring sparingly along the .nadian Kiver; and, later -still, on e Arkansas. Since that time it has 3wly spread north, west and east, en to the very source of the Misuri, over into the British posses 3ns, and is now said to be creeping ong the Saskatchawan towards Hudn Bay. How a plant which origined in a warm climate could accustom self to such changes is another of iture's mysteries. ort Royal & Western Carolina : Railway. J. B. CLEVELAND, f EFFECT DEC. 81, 1898. (Ttalna ran by 78th Meridaa Ml*.) BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND ANDEBWN. No. 6 I Eastern Time. Sunday. 0nl7 I Ex Sun r Auderw- 7 50 am 8 20am r Lowndesvlll* .... 8 55 am 10 54am r Calhoun Fallli S 25 am 11 50am r McCormlck.??.?..., 10 85 am 150pm r Augueta..? I 8 55 pm! 8 31pm I NO. 5 iNo.ai 7 Ausrusta- ,. 9 00 am 9 00 am r McCormick- .. 2 00 pm S15 pm v Calhoun Falls.....** 810 pm 5 00 pa y Lowndeavllle* .... 8 40 pm 0 57 pm r Anderson 4 i5 pm 7 80 pm ETWEEN AUGU8TA. GA, AND 8PARTA* BUBG, S. 0. ' . ' '" . Eastern Time. Dally Dally except Sao. I v Augusta ...... 9 00 am SOOpml v McCormick... _ 10 45 am 7 57 pm 7 Greenwood............ 11 43 am 9 80 pm 040 am t Laureus 12 47 pm 18 86 am r 8partanbnrg ?. 2 40 pm H 13 am r Greenville'?..- 2 80 pm r Greenville 10 00 am 4 00 pm r Spartanburg -.. 1015 am 5 26 pm r Laurens ?11 50 am 8 00 pm r Greenwood - 12 52 pm 10 00 pm 7 00 am v McCormlck 1 49 pm 8 87 am r Augusta 3 35 pm 11 80 am r Savannah............. | 6 00 am 6 90 pm Passengers leaving Anderson at 9 20 a mre?4i larleston at 8 35 p m. and Stvannab at 6 20. Close connection made at Calhoun Falls with aboard Air Line going north. Through Palace Sleeping Cars on train* Nos.* id 4 between Augusta ana Savannah, Ga. Close connections at Augusta for all Florida tints. For any other information write or call on J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt, Angaata, Ga. B. L. Todd, Paaa. Agt. B. FANT, Agant. . 0LUMBIA & GREENVILLE R. R. GO. lHUEL SBEWCE*. F W. HtJIDEjrOPK* axd Rkt> bex Foster, Kkczivku. kiXDENSKD SCHEDULE IM ETTZCT AUG. 18,1898. Trains rnn by 75th Meridian Time. _ ETWEEN CHARLESTON, COLMBIA, SENECA AND WALHALLA. ^ m DNo'^1 stations. 7 30 am Lv...?Charleston~._Ar 8 45 pm 11 20 am " Columbia-.... " 415 pm 12 03 pm " ..A'ston. " 8 80 pm 12 18 pm u Pouiarla....... '* S 14 pm 12 35 pm " ...-Prosperity.-... u 2 55 pm 1250 pm " Newberry u 2 39 pm 1154 pm Helena 2 85 pm 1 30 pm " ...-.Chappells.-.- " 156 pm 218 pm " ...-Ninety-Six...- " 182 pm 2 37 pm " ...-Greenwood...- u 12 55 pm 100 nm " HodffM- " 1985 ran 120 pm! " Donald's. " 12 16 pm 135 pm " ... .Honea Path...- " 12 03 pm :,33 pm Ar Ke!toa.?.?.?LT 11 45 im 100 pm Lv. Bel to n Ar 1149 am 424pm " ....Anderson " 1118am 4 58 pm " Pendleton...to86am 5 30 pm Ar Seneca. Lt 10 00 am 6 35 pm Lt Seneca ...... Ar 10 00 am 6 01 pm: Ar Walhalla.?LTi 9 SO a m i 5 15 pm1 Ar.....TGreenTllle...LTH015 ami * BETWEEN ANDER<v>N. BELTON AND GBEENNILLE. No.yil STATIONS. ?g^ 3 8pm Lt Anderson.....Ar 12 07pm f 3 40 pm Ar -Belton .Lt 11 45 pm 4 00 pm Lt.... Belton .A'1180pm 4 20 pm Ar...Wllliamston.... " 1109 pm 4 26 pm " Pelzer.. ?... u 1103 p m 4 40 pm "......Piedmont....-" 1048 pm I 5 15 pm Ar.- ..QreeaTtlle..._LT 10 Igpm BETWEEN HODGES AND ABBEYILL N<ft. Noll. STATIONS. Mixed. 140pm 3 05pm It...Hodge*... ar 2 55pm 12 Upm . 00pm (3 25pm lvDarraugh's ar f2 35pm 12 OSpm . lSpm 3 40pm ar.AbbevilleJv 2 2?pm 1160am ?? - ? Jj* DNNECTIONS VIA .SOUTH BOUND BAIL BOAD. CENTRAL TIMR j | 8 20pmILv Columbia?ArllO 20am. | 8 00pmIAr Savannah. Lv| 9 00am | Nos. 18 and 14 are solid train* between Charlet* n and Aahevllle. Through coach between Savannah aid AthevQla > 14 ana 13. Train* leave Spartanburg, 8. (X, A. A C. Divialon orthbound, 1.43 a. m., 5.05 p. m., 6.12 p. m. (Ye*jled Limited; 8outhbound, 12.25a. m., 2.51 p. m, .37 a. m. (Veatlbuled Limited): Westboano; W. . C. Division, 6.20 p. m. and 3.10 p. m, for enderaonvllle, Ashevllle and Hot Spring*. Train* leave Greenville, 8. C., A. A C. Diriaian, orthbound 12.42 a. m. 4 00 p. m., 5.23 p. m. (Vwbuled Limited); Southbound, 1 2') a. m., 4.00p. .28 p. m. (Veitlbuled Limited). Trains leave Seneca, 8. CX, A. A C. Division, orthbound, 11.30 p. m., 2.37 p. m. and 4.10 p. m. mthbound, 2 32 a. m.; 5.35 p. m. and L37 u. m. PULDMAN CAB SERVICE. Pullman Sleeper on 13 aod 14 between Charles n and Ashevllle. via Columbia and Spartanboav. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on Train* 85 in , 37 and 38 on A A C. Division. . A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICE:, Gea'l Pass. Agt., Ass't. Gen'L Pas*. Agt., Washington, D. C. Atljlxta, Ga. , E. McBEE, SOL. HAAS, uen'l Supt., Traffic Mgr., Columbia, S. C. Washihqtov, D. C. . H. GREEN, Gen'l Mg'f, Washington, d. C. SEABOARD AIR-LINE SCHEDULE. > IN EFFECT AUG. 27, 1893. frKTHBOUND. 8QPTHBOUND 3.38. No. 134. Eastern Time, No. 117. Ho.41. aily. Dally. Except Atlanta. Dally. Dally. 80am 5 03pm It...Atlanta... ar 7 J am fl 4Spa 05am 8 13pm It... A then#.... ar 816am I4f 13am 9 11pm ar-.Elberton>lT 6 23am 5 08pm ar.Calhoun F. It ...I 4 08pm 15pm 10 00pm ar..Abbeville. It 4 27ami I 09pm 46pm 10 25pm ar Greenwo'd It 4 02am I 3 41pm 40pm111 12pm ar...Clinton ...It 317am, 145pm 00pin|12 23amiar...Chester ...Iti 2 00am. 9 42am 05pm 1 50am|ar...Monroo... It|12 50am| 5 45am ........ 6 15amtar...Balelgh...lv 8 15pm ...... 7 89am ar..Henders'n.lv 6 53pm 9 0"am'ar...Weldon....lT 5 35pm ?... lt 07am ar Petersburg It 3 43pm II 45am ar Richmona It 3 10pm 3 40pm ar Wash'gton It 10 57am 5 24pm ar Baltimore It 9 42am 7 49pm ar Phil'delp'a It 720am 10 35pm ar New York lv|1215am ..... ?...f 5 OO.imiar..Charlotte..lTllO 00pm I 9C0amlar Wilmi'gt'nlti 5 00pm| 50pm ;v...Clinton... ar l 80pm I8piu ar Newberry It 12 43pm *lpui ar Prosperity lv I2 29(m 5tym ar Columbia It U 15am inpm ar....Sumter....lv 9 50am 15 m ar Charleston It - ... 7 15am 58pm- ar Darlington It -t7 00am 9 05am It Weldon ar 5 35pm 1 15am ar Portsm'th ar 3 20pm 1130am ar Norfolk It 8 00pm !6 15pm lv Norfolk (b)ar 8 00am t7 OOam ar Baltimore lv 5 30pm 0 47am ar Philadel'ialv 4 41pm .. .... 1' 20pm;ar New York It t210pm' I t. ,->5pm |1t Ptsm'tb(n)ar| 9 10am 5 10am ar rbiladel'ialv 1116pm I 8 OOamiar New York It, 8 00pm I 6 00pm|It P'm'th (w) arj 8 00am i 6 30amiar Washing'n ItI 7 00pm Daily except Sunday. it) Via Bav Lire, (n) Via New York, PhiladeU a and Norfolk R. R. (w) Via Norfolk and shington Steamboat Co. Trains Noa. 134 and run ?olid with Pullman Buffet sleepingcarsbe>en Atlanta and Washington, and Pulitzan Bufparlnr cars between Washington and New rk. Parlor car Wr'don and Portsmouth ; sleepc*r Hamlet and Wilmington. Trains Nos. 38 41 caTT through coaches between Atlanta and irleston, S. C. Tickets at P R. A W. C. depo f.Smith, John C. Windkr, raffle Manager. General Manager. W. B. Glovkr, D(t. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, G*, Chat.. J. Heard, 8. P. A., Aufiut*,.G?,