The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 27, 1894, Image 1

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' v * - ' / ite Xamasfct* Xcdgw. THU RLOW 8 CARTER, Editor and Manager A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. Terms #1.50 a Year. Payable In Advance. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER; S. C.. JANUARY 27; 1894. ~ ESTABLISHED 1842^ O Ver $1,500,000,000 of the people'i money in Italy in invested in the royal navy, arsenals, docks and her bora More incandesoeut lights ere sup plied by one illuminating company in New York City than are used in the whole city of Loudon. .. "If sheep had entered more largely Into our agriculture during the last quarter of a century," maintains the New York World, "there would not now be so many run-down farms.'* English scientists are very much Irorried over the results of an investigation which has shown beyond peradventure of a doubt that the seas around the British roast are being rapidly exhausted of flsli. The subject is receiving grave consideration, and it ia probable that elaborate meih; ods of restocking th?> waters will be undertaken withiB a few years. ' Mrs. 1'eary, in her Aretia journal ays that Eskimo children are rerj backward, according to our standard At two years of age they are about as fai advanced ae American children of tet months. But, explains the St. Lonit Republic, the Eskimo infants, when they survive at all, are very hardy, , || , ^UAl.1-^ A-. awaa n.-vwv (U uu umi 11111^ IU BpeAH c f when the temperature ia tweuty-iwc degrees above zero. The highes'; meteorological station in the world ie Raid to be that of Charchani, near Arequipa, which ie lfi,850 feet above sea level, and ie eituated just below the permaneut enow line. The Harvard College Observatory at Areqnipa ia 8050 feet above the aea, and th$ new meteorological atatiou ia 8000 feet above, the ascent lwing made, by the aid of a male, in aboat eight hour*. One of the latest and moat popular development* of New York aociety is he lady lecturer, who talks to an audience exclusively feminine upon the topic* of the day. These "talks," an they are called, are held only in private drawing-room*, and are listened to with the moat intelligent interest by a core or more of women who have clubbed together to engage acme wellinformed woman to poat them, viva /voce, upon all subject* with which they should be conversant. This is a charm jog wmj to acquire Knowledge, an<1 on? which will uhdonbtedly grow morn and mor? popular among those who cither have not the time or the inclina ton to study for themselves. Justieo Pratt, pi I ho Supreme Court . of Brooklyn, hopes that oyster men wijl have no eml of trouble with each other, facetiously olmcrvp* the New Orlcnn? Picayune, A c.tae wan before him th? other day, where one oysterman accused another of trespassing on hie oyster bed?. Farh of the parties had specimens of their oysters on exhibition. The judge has a weakness for the juicy bivalves on the half-shell, and when the oysters were opened and passed to him for inspection he swsllowed them, wiped his Ifps, and entered a decision that both parties had raoat excellent oysters. The case was continued until a survey of 1 he beds, and perhaps more specimen oys- j ters, should be submitted to the const. . Chicago is becoming such an asylum for tramps, notes the New York Post, who arc attracted by reports of the wholesale dispensing of charity to the unemployed, that it has been decided not to feed aliens who come to the oil y solely to subsist on its bounty. Police ofltocrs are to be detailed to watch freight trains crossing the city limits for th# purpose of stopping "dead heads" who cannot give a good ac count of themselves. The chief of po lie? also thinks it time to relieve the pressure on the resources of the relief committees by sending out of town those of the assisted poor who have nome* anri might obtain anpport among their neighbor*. The hnmber of dependant* mere**** nn*?eonntsbly. One night recently 600 men Applied to the City Hr.ll for Iwiln, in epite of the fact that free lodging houeee were being opened on every Aide, end the following night the nnni ber of City Hell lodger* hed rieen to 676^ The eathoritiee hare reelly need of gt*a to work on the eireetc, tat the appropriated money ia very low. The finperintendeat of the Htreet Depart tnent aaya he can uae VKV) men nntil epring. He wonld pat them to work cleaning ditehea in the outlying warda in order that the mirfaoa drainage might not be atopped. The anperintendent of the bureau of Street and Alley ('leaning aaya he can work MHK) men on the atreeta nntil epring it tu may at the rate of 91 per day to* is given to him. v V anxiety in the tabernacle. Not Enojgh Income, and Talmage Won't He < P-each to People at 10 Cents a Head Broori.tn, N. Y. ? The trustees of I the big Brooklyn Tabernacle are Again ral! worrying themselves over the 8200,- rh" >00 mortgage on the property The n receipts nro not aufflcient to pay in- 'lp tercst and cover the running expenses ,ut: if the church pd For the purpose of solving the pis 'Innnctal problem, the trustees, at the 'he suggestion of Leonard Moody, re- ,lo solved to charge non-pew holders who I'h come to the Sunday services ten cents m< for their scats. -ha Tt was estimated that in this way ma $.">0,000 a ycai could Vie raised. The ?hu Rev. Dr Talmage sat down severely In on the scheme. He said: "My trustees are mistaken Do they the think 1 could "onduct the servicer on 'a. der such circumstances? Such an or- in i rangement would offend the wholq ica earth. They do such things in Eng- me land.but it would never do in America the It never can take piece under mv? the ministry." ' 1 The trustees were surprised at Dr. the Talmage's attitude, and they called war another urgent meeting for last night, win but 't didn't take place, a quorum not law responding. ma - ,, tm| Two More Hotels. Two more hotels arc projected in Southern -itics, which if built, will greatly improve the places where they are intended to be constructed. A company is being formed in Charles ton, S. C , to carry out the plans of t .1 A. Wood, the New York architect w ho designed the famous Tampa Bay Hotel. It is proposed to utilize the block on Meeting streets where the ''n Charleston Hotel now stands and build a structure of br ick and aitifieial store, '''V j with steel girders, which will be fire- 1'" liroof. The hotel in In pnnl?tn "rOfl So room", with * Imge veranda aroiinr^ *'n the outrode and an ornamental rotunda ' in the centre. Two tewen each IfiO feet hiph are to he located on the front eomera. and the interior ia to he fin- ',ri iahed in cypieaa and pine. The coat np| ir eatimated an between $400,000 and "P f*>00,000. Hon. r> H. Chamberlain, '-v F. W Wagenei and \V. M Bird. all of Charleeton. are among the capitaliata interrated. *!" Chicago people have made a pro poaitron to the citizenpof Fort Worth, Texaa, to hnild a hotel to coat $.'100,- H '' 000, provided a aite ia donated in the ' J'' centre of the city. Thev have ant>mitted plana for a fire-proof building, 125 by 100 feet, to he hnilt of brick and artificial ntone, with nUcl pillnin "j ami pirdera. Robert McCart and B. B. Paddock are naainting to aecnre a WH aite for the hotel and a committee ia ?' aecuring dcnationa. on> rawrrrr*" rrr()nu tin I nvv ( rw ???. ou/ c/ff V* No Teachers Will Be Wanted for the South Caiolina Girl's School Rock Hill, 8. C. The hoard of trustees of the Winthroplndnatria'and r Normal Hchool of South Carolina met hero,viz: Gov. It. R. Tillman,Mesais. . W. M. EMer, H. B Bniat, J. K of Broazeale, ]). W. MoRaurin, *1 ? it Joynea, A. H. Pntt? Mon, T A ( raw font, W. .1, HihMv. It in jrxpectcd that the buildings will he finished this summer and the achool will lit- <>p<ii?u in the fall. Quite a .number of t-nch y , era will he required and applications j for positions may he made at any tune^ hti to the president of the hoard of true tees, viz: Hon. R. R. Tillman, Co- ^ Itimbia, 8 C. The teachers required must he experts iusome of the lines of j^v work the school will undertake, such as qualifying girls to bach, sew, cook, operat? a typewriter, take shorthand B|0 notes, besides giving them a general; English education <>n; " )ow The Atlanta Crpozifion. The exposition 'ever has got -from exj the Pacific round to the South, and *fi< Atlanta is engineering ?? big boom for a Cotton Htstes and Internstional Ex- tre position, to he held there next year tioi Report* from all sections from Mason and Dixon's line to the Gulf, and even down through Mexico, are to the sf i feet that the husin-ss men think high- Wi ly of the proposition. Oov Stone of (;0 Mississippi commends the scheme, and me Jackson bnaineaa men propose to da| pledge half a million dollars for the, representation of that State. One great r<| object of the exposition would he tha am development ot commercial relations between the Southern Ststes and Cuba, fn, Mexico, and Central and South Arnert- jn em. Already freak features are sug- pj, geeted, and one Atlanta plumber has t,v drawn plana for u pipe tower 1,150 ?,| feet high. r?, Are the Rfd haired Proof Against Sunstroket ^' (From the St EouiaOlohe-Democrat.) Notuuiy ever heard of a rod-headed man being minstruck. Why a red head should afford any protection from the rays of the sun or give itsowner imniu- (>n nity from one of the most singular af- , irerion* mat limnanit y i- heir to in one gg of (hoto rny*teriea that even the iloo- ,|r tor* mnnot fathom, but the fn?-t re- w| main* that men with red hair run ce Maud alinoM any amount of exertion pii in or out of door* during the hottest fn, weather ami never feel any aeriou* re- hii aulta from it. hu tl/nin-im Loggings CharleaB Corey of Boaton, i* tramfiing and hunting about the swamp* in ^ the Banana Kiver eountry, Florida, **' with a novel addition to a hunter'* ?' outfit Venomoua hn*ke* apidera, and other aurh "varminta" are quite p|pn f ^ tifvil in that region, ami give hunters *" mnrh trouble, an Mr Corey had made n for uae on th? trip a pair of aluminum r''' legging* Tliey are light, eonvenient to wear, and a very eomfortabl* aafeguard Mr Corey pot four bears on "r" trip laat week. 4bu1 0 FCHRALL ON FIGHTS Saya He Will Stop Them, and Send thi Witnesses to the Penitentiary. tirHMONn, Va.?Governor O'Fei I wan interviewed on the subject o recent pugilistic event at Norfolk, which the Indian, Wango, air ri lea Johnson nut, and Raid that h iposed to have the' matter invest wl, and to bring the participants t tit*e if possible. The Governo n warmed up and said: The tern ve contest is a mere auhterfug eae coutests are prize fights in fa< I in the meaning of tho law, and II use all th? powers at my con n.1 to break them up and to punbi ac who may engage in them an i? promote them. ' I'here is n notorious pines *??> - rivet from Washington known at ksnn City, which Is not surpassed rillainy hy any town on the Mexn border, ami if they will only give the law to reach it 1 will break up ^ lawless resort if 1 have to call out entire military force to?-dr> it.". The Oovernoi then read the law or. ? subject of prize-fights and said he ? inclined to think that all persons o witness such a fight in the eyes of ' "aid and promote" the fight, and y upon conviction be punished by |>risonment for a term of three years (he penitentiary. IT * A 01 AVON 0 FOUND lr a Stream it King s Mountain- Tiffany' $ I*pert to Come Down. (Charlotte, N. C., Observer.) This section has long been known a rich gold region, but the-keynote its still greater fame In the mineral e has perhaps been struck in the ding at King's Mountain, several pa ago, of a diamond, such as are ked up on the diamond fields in inn America an<1 elsewhere. The >rv of the And in as followb: K negro man, who liven near K i ng'a ointoin, staited to the spring for ne water. In walking Along by the iineh he saw aom< thing glistening *r the water's eilge He picked it , and thinking it was n rnther pretntone, gave it to a Mr. Carpenter o liven near him. The latter night it wan a diamond, but to be e, he pent it on to Tiffany, New rk City. He was Btirpriaed to reve Thursday SI4 for the atone, and etter stating that Tiffany's expert, orge F. Konz, would be aent to ng'a Mountain at once to examine > atones in the locality where the imoml was found. Mr. Kunz ia one the lending experts of th" county, a visit and opinions are anxiously ited for. Another atone wan ind a day or two after the first e, but it was smaller. I'he nation may yet be startled by discovery of diamond fielda in rth Carolina. . ,,M Oog s Cojrte Oinntr. (From the Philadelpma Record.) The annnetite enioved bv a do?r ned by. John Knox, a well known mer of West Manayunk, ia a matter pride.to the nntivea of that Mibnrh. i8 8 Newfoundland dog ofmorethan *ragp intelligence. ami rare digeae powers. Yesterday hp started lnnrh on a box of axle grease, en tlA'eiitered the blacksmith shop ftamnel Hturgis and ate with evident iah (wo pound* of putty. A viait to stfiert 11*'grocery atorc yielded him ee pounds of tallow candles, which devoured with great guato. Need[ exerciae after thia, he ran over to ao'a quarry, where lite attention a attracted to a stick of dynamite it waa being thawed out near the v?. The exploaivp seemed to anit taate, and he promptly began to inch it A stampede of the men folred Tbey were afraid to kick the K away from hie meal for fear of an uloMon, so he leiaurlr consumed the *k and then joined the frightened fjttflen, who for the rest of the day ated him with marked mnsideraD. Three Fa Hurt* in One Oar. IV is annuo, K. 0.?A. Williford, A. illiford * Co., Q. D. Williford ft , and W. H. Williford inndeass-gnnta Friday mornirtg to <1. W. Raga|e. The failure of the two latter ?en waa due to their haying endoranotea of A. Willifonl to a laige omit, ami being unable to meet the ne on account of hard timea. The |u.-e includea two dry gooda storea iii* place, one dry goods store in leeway, one grocery store and a er> stable. The assets are estimat at $70,000. liabilities $4.\000. The lure wis nut xpet ted enti?elv and I be m gient blew to the vown. itftmg/o Monty from the Cor nor Stat*. (From the Morning Organian.) Shingle certificate* operate a* cirInting medium in Hlaine, Waah. A rtiflcute for SIR recently circulated itil it had paid nearly $800 in local l?ta before Anally reaching the place icnce it atarted. The haaia of thf rtiflcate wrn ahiuglea, and it would irchaee flour, meat, coffee, Manketa, el, clothing for the wife and babiea, d perform all the function* of a gold aia certificate. Away Down m Tor at. t New Yeai'a dance at Cedar, Tex , i interrupted hi the killing of three the dancera, the fata) wounding of rth. the arriou<> mounding of two lera, and the diaahling ot half a doxmore by ptatol and rifle bulleta. e girl w?* abut dead, anothei le ved a bullet in the face, another * wounded in the middle of the fort id, and another through the right it It waa all o\er in a few minute*, t it broke up the dance. PITHY NEWS ITEM!?! A new fMOO,O0O cotton mill will erected at Bath, R C., near Aiken. A charter ha* heeh featied to South Carolina (Detective Agency Charleston. Another eottotf mill is to be erer near Spartanburg. S. C. A tannery is being built at Kit Mountain, N. C. A shoe factory i"? being erecter fitateKville, N C. Tin ik now being successfully mi nt King's Mountain, N. C. A cannery with evaporating i pickling tg'^njK v"' 1 e?,. ?J liMJu'tT'nt Roel j-rpunt, T**'C. A no> plug^-o^l-co factory ia be built nt Rahugh. If. C. A new one act voolen mill is j posed nt Staunton Va. Dr. K. Burke Haywood, of Rnlei N. C., pliVKicinn jf prominence i Burgeon (luring the late war. rl Thnradny. Biahop Capers of the Episrc church, is to have an oflteinl reside at Columbia, S. Oi .1. A. Strickland, a counterfeiter been arrested nt Aiken, S. C., by a S. officer. The South Cnr<iinn Dispensary i in future operate die Palmetto brew at Charleston. Raleigh's Chamber of Commerce dorses the proposal North Carol exposition movement and calls on press and people to support the mo ment. '? Covernor Carr oQVrs a reward Orange Page and Mary Smith, * murdered Ross Haywood, the Colo centenarian ?it Rnl.?icrl.' V (' Pr Sampson Poor, of Newberry, declared himself ) '*nndidate for (1 ernor of South On i (din a Marion M Hutuui ha* been pointed colli'dor of customs at port <?f Hcnufort, S (' , by Presid Clevelnud. Judge Izlnr, of Charleston, S. has tiled nn order with the clerk of court decreeing th*t a receiver a! be appointed in the now famous li nl Fertilizer Co 'a ease. A Shelby, N C. dispatch says: D. Tones, a prominent young fan and magistrate, was foully murdr by Luwaon Howell, a negro near h< Particular* are " It has hern discovered that per* have been making up n tire in Episcopal church at Morganton, (?., nt night and p'avtng cards by i W. E. Furr, of Stanley county, ()., is the father of 22 children, has been married twice, his first * bejng the mother of 13 snd his I t\ ill ..f l: l ? win-mi i>i niH i-niiiiron are mar except rt. Mr. Furr i* fi2 year* but doe* n<>4 li >k to be over 50 Dr Earlier, J*-wi*h Rabbi at Mn Ob., fled from toivn lueeday ni| taking l??r?r?> amfofut* *?f money 1 rowed from tie W|?niber* of hi* < gregntion. Gi-nt excitement prev nmoDK l?iM p?'op|#i Th< military luttinl of Virginia, t ernor O'Ferriill 'J-Ai"urring, ha* cl di'il th?t the blui'fatigueuniform* in um* in the Cnited State* arm; adopted instead of the gray unifn of the Virginia Volunteer*. The Confederal Veteran Cam] New York held it*'fourth annua! ner in honor of the memory of ( Robert E. Lee on the annfvernar hi* birthday Friday, January 19.^! i Jefferaon I>avi* and Mi** Winnie II were present One of the moat proaperoun railn in South Carolina i* the Georgia, olina and Northern, which ha* onl^ eenth been opened for through trt The report of the enrning* for Noi ber ahow a healthy inereaae of I ne**. They are Earning* for 1 S4R.242.1M ' Ifrt7.l07.Ifi; inert S20,?fi4.27; per cent. 43 12. Sugar i* now made i.bnointelv by the tariff eoMiuitlee of Congre* Printing wa* begun in C*mhr Ififfff, New London, Conn., 1 Charleaton, S <\ ITdrt. The Gazi the ttrat CharleHton newspaper, war pnbbahed until 17.'12. f'haa. Holt. v>n of ex-Gove Holt, of North Carolina, wa* mar Thnr*day to Mir* Jone*, daught* Gov. Jone*, of Alnliama. ft i* (dated that there i* en? kaolin in A*be, Jackaon. Hwain, tauga, Mitchell, Macon, Buneor Richmond, Guilford, Iredell, An Burke, McDowell, Lincoln and < ton couiitii*. N C , to aupply world with china Sunday wa* the anniversary of ( Htonewail Jack*oii'a birth, and Htonewall Camp of Confedeiat* eran* held memorial acrvice* in evening in hi* honor, in St Jo Church, Bortamontli, Va. The 1 Hi t irlv I) TinUer ii.il, in, ...I (I rem*. The largeat < argo of periab freight (except ? np of truck) that went out of Sewttern, N. C., taken North by the ateaincr N Uftt Haturdav. It ronaiated of f flah, damn, oyatwra and egga. T waa over a hundred tona of tl Among the lot una aeve.n car-! from Mnrehead t'lty. Twina born to Mrn. !)e Zon ii Lnkf K lloapita!, Jacksonville, 1 lent week, have reapectfnlly been i ed Jim C'orliatt anil ('barley Mit< I>e Zon, and the parent* harbor expectation that the pnpuiliat* etand n? godfathers for their U? , ?akca At M<%clfccad City* N. C., Walter* Willis caught 3J tons of fish with one ? seine at one haul. Thev netted bim uc *281.25. the ^ jewelry thief from fthreveport, ( / Lit . was arrested at Greenville, S. 0., " Monday. f .. Harry M Neill, of New Orleans, : T,a , Insists in his estimate of n cotton \ crop of 7,700.000 hales, ig's - 1 THE JAILOR CHOKED TO DEATH. ' Throttled hy t*o Prisoners Who Were Cnf- f t rrfl and Narrowly E scape Lynching * nod Roxt'iro, N 0 ?This peaceful lit tl? town was wild with excitement , and H'tnday morning. The jailor, Mr. , ah- Willis Hoyster, accompanied by Pit", f a littl tlegio hoy about eight years ; old, went into the jail to feed the pris ,nJ oners. Mr. Royater opened the cell j door to hand in a broom for the pria- / ,f0. ouers to sweep out tlm cell with, and , when he unlocked the door the two p prisoners, liogau Meadows and Jasper j Robertson, rusheil out and jumped on j *n'| him. and after throwing or knocking , ' him down choked him to death. They j I hen told Pete if he made any fuss ? >pal I hey won I I kill him, after which they tice locked him up with the body of the \ jailor and made their escape. About !> o'clock, some three-?piarters of an ? hour afterwards. Pete succeeded in f making himself heaid. and the news v spread like wild-fire all over town, and j nfll in a very few minutes more than 100 n ery men, anned with shot guns, rifles and t pistols, some on horseback and in buggies. and n large number on foot, j rn started in pursu't id the fugitives and j jP* succeeded in capturing troth by 1 e o'clock. They had gone only about ,v0 21 miles, but were competely broken down. They were lodged in jail, and for for several hours loud tlirentR of lynehrho ing were heard on all sides, a large red crowd from the c??unt?v gnrn ered in who seemed in the mood for , such a frolic. At 1 n't lock at night the court house bell wrns rung violentOV It, but contrary to all exirectationa the primmer* were not rlinttirbrd, and ap it ia hoped now that the feeling ha* r the subsided. ent The coroner'* jury rendered a verdict of willful murder against them q both. Mr. Rovster, the jailor, wna a the peaceful old gentleman ami In* ball indulgence the priaonera coat him . hia life, a* it \va* negligence on hia part in opening the outer cell before aeeing that the priaonera had gone "C. into their cage and the door locked, a* ruer there ia proviaion made for doing all red thia from the outside before opening ere. ?ny of the door*. on* DO YOU WANT ANY BONOS' the N, Secretary Carlisle Tells How to Subscribe I for Bonds jj Washinoton, I). CI. ? Secretary Carpi,, liale'a $.r>0,000.000 bond circularwns isrjf, aued at the Treasury Department. j?. Attach ed to it ia a blank form to be I rll filled out bv the subacriber. The ()| Secretary give* full directions to all contemplating subscribing for the bonds. ,on? The subscriber is nsked to state ot .Li .... ... . . ?"? what ?uh-tr<'HHiiry he ib sires to deposit lor~ the amount of his subscription, on- The bonds will be i*?n?l in the folniln jom ing denominations, viz: Coupon | bonds, $50, $100and$1,0<MI; registered ior- bonds, fRO *100. <,1.000 mid $10,000. leci- Subscribers should, if practical, now *t?l^ 'o their proposal* tli?* deuoiuinny hp tiona of thp bonds doiirod, and rms whether they ahoilld he coupon or registered. Gold certificates will he received P the aame na gold coin in payment ^'n of subscriptions A table, showing the prices at which . y ?' the new 5 per cent bonds should bp Mrs sold in order to lealize to the investor vi? certain ratea of interest from 8 per cent, down to *2| per cent., with one ^ads day's interest on .*100,000, i?- publish Car- f"r 'he tnformation of persona def re siring to subscribe, ivel ? nisi H0WAR0 S CAROLINA CAREER 802 He Wat a Lawyer For a Time and Eloped "*** With a Worried Woman BaRNWRUL Coi'rt Hot'hk, S. 0. It 'r'ft is. perhaps, remembered that Howard, the Jack son divine who was recently I idge tried and convicted, ran a portion 700, of his career in Barnwell ette, county at Hattieville on the Port i not Royal and Augusta railroad. After posing there awhile as a petti-fog-, ging lawyer in ihe tiial pusticf rf??* court, he ran into Georgia with the ried wjfH 0j section master, with whom r he boarded. Home ten years afterward he returned to Hattieville to ?ngh gather testimony in his favor in this Wa- infamous libel suit which lie instituted nbe, about 18M7 against Dr. J. R. Graves, son, of "Iron Wheel" fame, and other Bap-. 0a?- tist divines ' m Tatmage Resignation Final 'the Brooklyn, N. Y.- I)r. T. D* Witt Tab y^( mage announces that his resignation as Ujj. pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle is ^ , filial. He says: "Fighting two great H >v tires has taken all iny surplus forces I must keep my health for preaching ' the Gospel." He said he does not believe there is s word of truth in the able statement that Mr. Wood, former ever t-easurer of the Tabernacle, is short was in his account $21,000. His resignaeusc tioii will take placethiacoming spring, reah on hi?t 25th nnniveraai v as pastor. her* mm. oads Cleveland Attends a Funeral. WAftHiNOTOM, P. O. ? President i 8t. Clcvelud has returned to WaahingF*la,# hin after attending the funeral of hi* mm- "ephew, Henry R Hastings, at Hart hell ford Conn. Mr Hastings wan the son the of Mr. ClerHnitil'i' sialer. He was will yeara old and leaves a widow and tine- several children His death was, ( Caused by typhoid ffT?r. I ????????????? ? n-.)1 divinely enjoined to plead 11 to en.ite of lh" poor and needy? Should not every cause of Reparation he brought before lh" courts for adjustinetit, that provisions luay be effected . for i\ sufficient and faithful maintain mice of all minor children 9 Ceitainlv the prevailing and apparently increasing flow of illegitimate children int ?Hi-* ranks of our population should he ehecked. Too manv are the cases w here sillv and weak-' minded and ill-tutored girls have been brought to disgrace bv undue differences and overeontidenec in vile ntid blackhearted men. Should not the man in every such ense be compelled to pay tlv maximum fine fixed by the liw for such offences ? There are two other obnoxious- and l?M iii-ions pin-dices that demand no I "as attention -illicit co-habitation and polygamous marriages. Are not the homes wherein Ihj-se exist n hot bed, sending influences pernicious to personal, home and social purity ? Are not these places the onlv favorable r<* joit-i for the depraved and vilest of wretches devils incarnate? It is n e|enr fnct that the cxi.stenc f these evils threatens the peace, hap piii'-ss and nniHperitv of the people It is n elenr fact flint the prevalence "f these offei u-s are such, because parties knowing of their existence tojernte tlieni by remaining inactive and silent on these matters. It is nlso clear that tlmse practices could be reduced to a minimum by the tnit -d efloit of the people and of tit'ers of the law. Thereby greatly lessening the numi?er of crimes, murder, rape and suicides, etc. Yours for the cause of hu mnnitv. S. G. Walkeb. El kin. V C . dnn 17th. 1?04. Boys, r>y a Bold Dash, ? scrip? from a Rr4 r- m<? trt eti 'Solving of the Negro Problem," by a Negro Minister. HOME LIFE. The natnral advantages of the South irn States are immensely great. nn?l ire even unsurpassed by those of any 'ther group of States in the Union, or iountry in the Americas. And ate ustlv looked upon as being destined o become the enviable home of a great, r' <r|otis and prosperons nation ft is said "That grent men consti :t the greatness of a nation; and that dnracter msk?s .groat men." The {I >rv '-of a intieri emanates from the 501I qualities of its citizens. The prosperity and destiny of n country eft upon,.and r.'e determined by h?ylit to its government, and active and a'th'nl nW<lienrc and devotion to its livine an 1 Supreme Rule-. In their intense eagerness ty reach he rTiuch desired goal, men do not nnreqnently neglect the use of even the ardinal principles necessary to their mocesa. As it is the case with inc >, it s also the case with nations. To nogeet the nse or application of these principles in rearing a nation is sure 0 vitiate the work in its structure and 1 failure is the incyitahleronscqiicncc. The Negro is an element of this n?iion. M ith adequate means, a proper ohervaoce, a true appreciation and rigid 'nforcement of these principles in it* vork T?f improving and enlightening he Negro race, success will be eeitain md its good effects will be msuifold in his country. The first and perhaps tin ;reatest, and surely the weightiest hought in this connection is that of he "Home. * Horn#' tk* nuMfrj of nation*, ffrrlRht*** hop#** nf fntnr** Rood upon thy diImI >n b?lng h^ttor known ?nd und*r*t^?od The li vea of men, he their clinrncpf? iMirc pn/^ sUi'uif ti? IK IM ?in in loim re but the development and expansion >f the principles impressed into theij ives during childhood. This is af lrme<l as a repudiation of the theory 'Criminal Heredity." "In the month of two or three wit leases every word max be established. ?Bible. What men mentally dwell upon hey become or grow like, the qnal ty of thinking determines the eon leionsness, and consciousness forms haracter. Character is therefore nothing more more nor Ices than an lahitual quality of consciousness. Action is often temporarily modified from motives of outward policy. But its constant effort is to hocoine a tru* ;opy of the inner pattern."?Harrx Wood, in the Arena October. /"I have examined systematically em thousand prisoners More than one fourth had not only tine, hut excep tionally fine, physical bas;s of life ami drength. The other Ihree-fonrtbi were rather below the average of tin people one finds outside of the pris :?ns. This I believe, only goes to show that the criminals are more lsrgeb Iraw n from nniotig those who are phv sically degenerated or dishea-tener and weighed down bv burdensom physical conditions. ft sho ws conclusively, to my mind that much more weight has been givei to heredity as n predisposing cause o criminal life thnn.fniily belongs in ?i I believe that the child of the thiol apart from his environments and pof ilila trat ntno ului tu tvo11 iiiftli nu foil lv in the rare of life ith the rhihl of II: average citizen. It ia environment and training, nt heredity, that given the most fnvorab! condition for the development of crim nal irapulae.'V Wm. M. F. Round* in Forum. September. "After u ti experience of mnr than forty yearn with nearly twent thousand juvenile dc'i iquenta, I ea stale with entire eontidenoe, thi not one per cent were children hori of criminal pBrenta, and with equr confidence, lam able to say that th common cauaeof their delinquency w? found in bad parental tiainiug, bn companionship, a lack of tvholeaom reatraiitat from evil association* an influences." I P. Jones, in N. Y. O! aerver. ft will be clearly aeen that tt home and its aurroundinga make tli man or the fellow. The dwelling and ita attuaiien ai important, (hut too often overlooked elements in the homemaking Top often are the dwellinga wherei children are to be reared and iraitis wholly nufit by renaona both of felrnc lire and incompleteness, while <1 aitiiatiii.il i? equa'lv unties'.aide. The lack '-of proper attentio i \ these reaper Is has an immense, mb effect npon the phyaira', mora! a.i mental growth and culture of chlJurei The mora! purity of the home demanc the moat profound cooaide.ation. 1 value ia ineatimable. Aa a prineipl it ta indiapaenable to the'good of ih home, aoeiety and State. Ia it not a ahame! A public evinn and a foreboder of domeatic iufel city, aooiety and national disaater iln in' iniir Runnnm in ^ivrii ui til*" I'll tnr* and extenaiou of moral purity i the home ? In order to foitttr social purity nn moral culture, particu'ar at tent in mint t>e (riven to the prevalent evi current among our people. Shou! not the practice of adultery l>e au| preaaed to Ita minimnm hv an unite force of publicaentiment, accompanie by a severe penal infliction from tl civil lawa? Another odioua and beaatly practir now prevalent, and which demanf special attention, ia that of wife dear tion. There are not a few Imnii annually reduced to ronditiona favo able to home impurity by the hnabar abandoning the family, or failing 1 provide for ita maintenance. Hha thia outrageous practice npon po? and helplesa wivea and mothera be a lowed to go on unpunished ? Are v RirnMOMi', it Knrly Monday morning some twelve boys rotiflncrl in the reformatory at Laurel, a few miles from this eitv, made their escape. The institution referred t?> is conducted by the Prison Keform Association of Virginia. and to it. in the discretion of courts, boys nmy lie committed in lien of being sent to the penitentiary. The dash for liberty was n bold one, the guards being taken by surprise, and the whole affair was evidently preconccrted. ' Bismarck -and the Cmperor Make Friends. ; Bfrlin, Germany.? Kmperor \Villinm sent to Prince Bismarck by his n aid-de-camp. Col. Von Moltkc, a bottle of very old wine and a letter congratulating Bismarck upon his recovery I from the influenza The Cologne Gazette in chronicling the event says t Bismarck told Von Moltke, that He would call upon the Kmperor in BerIpv yieyf,.neek. The incident has set all tongues to wagging and many see in it'Vn'Kmen of disaster to Chancel Mr V'Aiv Capri vi. i . On the Main* Coast. TIiorr- is n great <Irive of ten gulls in the hnVbrtv, and t?? tjiu- wanderors j along the wnrves tliev fnrniah ?rt inspiring picture. It is n?H "sti rnfrt" ?|ueut slight to hot- bet weeli ??jy?4ttj11 ve tiii'l 1 (Jrt . gulls . *uiling? nr.i^mgl ill the same iinmodintf vicinity, an\t Scrasiuaolly dropping fin wit iiifb thu water to grapple thi/Hnarting; fractions j of I'tnli that nre-wngfte.I ,u!t. tht^ fishing ^ vessels. ^ I "F ilon't know lis theyhafife out siiy( wlscrc in )<arttcnlar, but I Vpoao th**v rest down ou Green Island, or aigu** fi where eln? where they ilon't hnve. no human inhnhitanta. Down on Green Thin!; 1 they have wolf doge, they say, j but I think *h!t* -some of the ft ills ( hleeji on thati'sjiui;e rt', rights. They ^ dun I do no hn;jn about the linjbor, ^ and I, rut her guess they do a. heap of , . good, picking it|> Huh waste in the harI hdr." Whs a tishepjnnjo* lgi'ly: ^-1'yrt" p land (>le..I CoaM. ? j.r. . > FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. i ie The Senate. : 50th Day. ? tfter acting upon nnimpirtant lft bills fgi the sOeD'tar-the Seipte, no jnotton of Mr Hill, at eighteen minutes before one e o'clock went tnto executive eesslim to con, shier the Hornttlower nomination hint re ' inuiiiril there until aUjourmVient. ,Th?nomt- *"* notion whs rejected by a rote. o( thirty to in tw nty-four. * 2lsr I?ay Mr. Hoaf spoho on the Preti h-nt's-lut) st Hawaiian message.-?-The <1?l" Imte on the bill for the rop"Mt of tbsi Federal ie Kleuion Iaws was begun.. 22i> Pay Iliseusslon over ftie extension of ih<- Civil M wvlo law rind the rup^yl of the " Federal Election laws occupied most of the open session. I". .> 21n dat!*-?Tbe Clerk rem! a letter from id I .Senator Walthall, of Mississippi, resigning I, I bis s->'it fn the rtenite, to taVe efT'ict on I January 24 The reason for the resign ?t(on ' i* that Senator Walthall's health lins 1" not Ifooii good for several years and |e he thinks the ?;lhnste of Washing ton d">?s not -agree wllb .him. The Mil appropriating #50,000 for a monument to General John Htnrk was passe 1 by a s! voto of 82 yens to 15 nays Mcssrs. relt*r j. and AIMn introduced resolutions denouncing . rtecretary ikir'.Ulr's proposed bond issue. ? J Mr. Vest spoke for repeal of the Federal Elec' * lion laws. 11 The House. 26th Pat.-?The Freslderttq, iu*stngo was '? receive! an<l relerred to the fv>tflmltte? of in Foreign Attaint. Tho dt-t>jM* On th<? Wll|8 son tilll was continued. Speeches wrjre ma le by Messrs. Cojhfan, Gro a Vector. r?ra(W an ! . Hrvs* > - . |>* Day.^>Mr. Boutelletrled agnlii to force <1 his Hawaiian resohitlon befrfre.sbo. House ?, and was ruled out of order by th" Rp?aker. Debate on tliaTariff' biff hbd^Fdhe (lve. IW minute rule was begun. 27T1 Pat.?The day was devOted to flvomrowe debate of theVVflaoiv bill. , Mrn Pat. ?Debate on the Wilson Tariff '? bill wa: continued; It wasvoted that the r- wool schedule* should go Into effect with the (vet of th* act. 89th Pay. ?Delaite on thb Tariff bill was r* continued ; Mr.- Barrows'a amendment subiil <-( Milting the wool schedule of the McKtnley lo ' ill (or that of the Wilson bill wai) defeated. > - riOTii Pa*. ?Debate on tho Wilson Tariff bill continued ; there whs a sharp personal controversy hotyrden M'-sers. pnlr.ell and ,1- Johnson. Mr. Johnsons proposal to put r9 iiesl rails ou the tree Ust was dsf?*t?4. s