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- . 11 VOL. XVI, PI1CKENS, S. .,, TIIURS AY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. NO,52 fIMEIY TOP1CS FOR FARMERS Ty()V TO 10 PAYlNO WORK AT Tlli! SEASON. Suggestions of interost, from an Authorl tatiLve Source. (W. l.. Jones in Southern Cultivator-) COTTON PIoKINO. The charactoristic farm work of thiz the first fall mouth is cotton harvesting The fruition of the cotton planter's hop( of a successful, practical machine for th gathering of cotton is yet in abeyance, and the work must still be done by nim blo human fingers. Inventors, however, are earnestly at work seeking to tu)lvc this great problem, as will be seen by - the illustrations at:d descriptions in this number of the Cultivator. Cotton-pick ing by hand is by far the most expensive operation in the production of raw cot ton. Moreover, the cost of nearly every , operation, except picking, may be re duced in proportion as tho yield per acre is greater. 'I'here is practically but litt.i difleronen in the cost per poundl of gathering by hand the crop from an acro pronucing one thousand pounds of seed cotton and another acre yielding one half as much. Hence the supreme im portance and universal desire for a practical machine to supersede the work of the hand. Such a machine must necessarily be so constructed--to be ofliient-that its daily capacity will be almost in direct proportion to the y ield per acre. Much has becn said and written of late years about the importance of g+ath ering cotton from trash, to use the farmer's vernacular; and some of the writers, although right in the main, nre evidently but little familiar wit. the re (luirements and conditions that must be practically met on a cotton farm duiing the harvesting of the crop. Soie yars ago an appnrently otherwise intellieat English writer undertook to show that there was no Cxensoe whatever for the presence of sand or soil in bales of cot ton; that the cotton crop opened (ll of it, was his idea) iu September, a month in which there was little or no rain fsil. Ie concluded, and reproved and leetered the farmer accordingly, that the s:and was frauduhntly added by the farne a a make-u eight. While it is desirable to house the >t - ton as free from leaf and hull as 'uay be, it in of firct inportanca that the em p -e ''gone over" as often as the qua;nitcy open at oIe thie is eutlleiint to cnale the hands to (o a fair day's v.ork. in the interest of economy, and with a limited picking force, celerity of mv,n - mont, nimlde: s of fiege;s, and lie weight of cotlon gathered per l+nd i er day are tho 1iints to be obsrv(uc. _t bo pickers shoul' not be enbarramed and retarded in their work by too rigid re (luiroments in the matter of trash. Tiey should go with a rush from the start, end every proper enuouragemcnt should be otf. red them to bring heavy basket:" to the steel. ardu. A little tr:Ah hurts very little; a good deal does not ailect tLe selling price seriously, if the sample is bright and free from weathierstains mad dirt. Great care in removing or av:id irg trash may add half a cent., or cven more, to the 'elling price of a we::'s iwork of E-ix bases harvested, leaving thi; cc bales in the field to be storm-beaten and Jetro3ed to the extent of one-third its original value, before the hands get to work again. Fast work and a little more tr'e might have saved the nine b;les before the storm. The same idea pplies to picking the cotton clean from the hulls. Hands shoculd be tatughit to make 01ne well dlirectedl grabi at ani openi boll, and t.h?n grab the niext. Tlhe little that may be .left in many of the hulls will remanin until the last picking, when the field may be closely gleaned. It should he .considered that dirt, stains, loss of color aind brightness of sample, and loss of cotton from falling to the grouthd, are far more damaging than the presence of , loan trash. *It was one of the excellencies of Da.vid Uickson's farm management that he *tudied the manual operations of the .rm in detail arnd taught his laborlers ow to do every thing to the best possi >lo advantago. He not only studied to iscover the shortest and best way of performing a. given operation, but also sought to determine which are the most impjort.ant details, lie taught his labor' cr3 as a shoenutter or a machiist teach en hais apprentice. lie stressed the im - portance of dexterity and skill in1 every letail of the apparently simple opera. tions of chopping cotton and picking cotton. Uhis attention to the details of p)erforming the various farmi operations contributed largely to his success its a farmer aind planiter. After thie cotton is picked, if wvet fi om heavy dew or rain it will pay to exerisom somie care in drlyinig it, b)y spreading on seatiGlds or by <hstributing it over a large et.rfaco in the cot,ton house, wepe cially thmat, from the bottom of the badtet when heavy dows are prevailing. (With the present labor, however, not miuchi cotton is gathered before the dew dis appears.) With the larger part of thle crop now ginned andl baled at mcudo gimneriesm, there should bie a mucht great or improvemniit in (lie quality of lie work ever that of the old plantation gin-house than is yet manifest. Careful handling, propenr ginning and barling should be insisted upon,11 (lATnRnIING C coRN. Corn ought to be cribbed just as soon as dIry (enoughi to keep ini hulk. )nm almuost invariable priactico duinig twently years of active fmino life in lower (G~eoi i wan to gather tho entire crop durmin li ti month. If the weather is hine, he w ' Vr andl a large am~ount of cottan h)e 1.:1 for picking, corni )luay itaind unul I i month withouit serious' 1oss. Att ien 'ot should be given to the cribs and I arut that aro to contain the harvest, and adl vantage should be taken of weather unm suited for cotton-picking to get ini ia il of corn. ORAss, Ar ioled in last month's "Thoughts, Semtembe~r is the favored time for sow img all kin~ds of grass seeds and hard: forage plants, We trust that suggestionm and exhortations made in previomu nummbors have been1 favorably recoived sown a grass s 4d ("on PUi)soo") i: their lives, but ave always made wa upon it, will laykasido prejudico and ap prehension of fu nro and start a meado' and a pasture, ifjonly a few acres. I sections where tAe culture of grass ha not yet bteen established and the bea speuis discciered, large ope i'ration should not b attemptcd. In iicl case. a fow acres, ll prepared and fer:ilized will be more kely to succeed, and th< rls. wilb cqnp)aratively small if failurt results. But<why should a failure to get a good start tho 1irt time deter the farmer from trying again? In countries where grass cilturo is the very basis of all agriculture, it is no inucomi)n thing for a 'armor to fail of a "catch" of clover or grass. But knowing from i)iovions experience that the natural and plermnnt conditions are adapted to grts, sich c..casional failures do not courage him, much les prove that "thi iia not a gr eom' try."'~ Not at aill, Hic rightly kys tho blame on liistlf, or finds that the seed were not good, or the temporary weather conditions were not favorable, and he simply renews his effort. We all know that even in the case of our ordinary crops, corn, cotf on, etc., our first and chief anxiety at plant ing-time, andi thereafter, is in regard to securing and preserving the "stand.' If we plant a field in corn and fail from any cause to get a reasonably good stand, we immediately plow up and plani over, or ''replant" with hoes. We kno from long experience that corn, coitlon, poas, potatoes, etc., are perfectly adept ed to our soil and climate, and an occa sional failure to secure a stand does not raise a doubt. The some is true as to grasses in the North and West. In those sections of the South where grass cult ure has received little or no attention it is not at all sururising that failure often results from first attempts. E:very farm er ought to try a few acre' first, tnd tier sist in the experiment until satisfied in regard to the policy and expediency of engaging more largely in grass hus bandry. The dairy and stock-growing industry are based en grass and fonre crops, an(d we conlidently believe that the redemption of Southeru agriculture depends largely upon the adoption of a system that embraces both. '.ilhere is no question as to the value of bat Icy and rye wheu sewn and tr.aitcd as winter grasses. i3iirley is bettcr titan rye every way, except ing its demand foi 'a rib soil in order to give satisfactory results. in order to escape danger of wiwer killing, oats should be sown early in th fall. l hroui;hout. the nortihern p:ir of the (ott Oil lat Sipteteh('r is the ei\t mottii. South of the niddle line, Octo her 'md N ovemler .oi ugs will ans' cr. Tih idci. ito g< t a stro:g root de v :elp t it iehre cold wed h er 'sets in, g the p!.tn a fliri hold 0n the soil. Ni; wait hstandinig omvt ie at discoulraging' tfailnres of lalc vears. w e st.ill thint: it Sgoodl pc.' ' t;) SOW a laege area in ' i f:l. If ilted b y coal the seedt ow 'vu will be the principal loss, as tl e ln<d may be re-.seeded in Jauuary or 'obruii ry, or can be t lanted iii other crops ir the spring. '.!he oll winter-grazing oat shoult be brought again into cultivation, It hais often p0VC1 a good 1ritctiee to SOW oats in the pieseat cotton-iu1hs, This n tiny be doetot without cerious inj r:ir'v to the colteln, plo wing in withi a cudltvi t r, larrow or sw cop, jur,t 1 if chu ltivat mg the cottun, the onueritiona to he p ro ceed by tie c(ottoi-pickers if tuere i any olen op ii cotton. ( )n our ou farm we havo hal fGuo results from thii: llant. 'The s ainling cotton-stalks can b<c easily 'knochl down'' cold nor:ingc in January or February, and prove snal obstacles in the way of harvesting. HAv. IThe seaisons at this writing indicaea 0 good crop of niative grasses which ioa, be convertcd into hay of thet be:t qjualI ty, if cut beflore the~ seeds formn, ant nicely cutred. Whuere rains have beei abhimdant throughout July 1and Auigust this resource may often be 1made1 to ex coed .itn value all the fodlder (corn-blades saved from the ;orni crop), and at ai com1 paratively nominal cost of labor. ]'onK HoIGs. WXe have often stresseCd the imaporiauc< of constant attention to hogs. iron now on is the time to ptusih the fattening p)rocess. Thoi weaither is now mild, atn but little food is necessary to keep uj the animal heat and c orry on1 the vita proece;sse in the an il: 1 economy. Atfte a while when the wteautor grows ceeler and especially in November and( lDecemn ber, a very largo pait of the food con suimed b)y animals will be utilized io th114 purlposo of keeping the 1b~ody wallnn IAn ear of corn, or its (luiivalet of othe] i mod, fed during the plleaisant fall weatheci Iwill go farther than two ears fed in D)e comber or 'January. A Sharp1 444114 Hookeepe. Thle people oIf Glens Falls, N. Y. ntever befor, ne,ro ao shocked as whler the netws of the embezzlement of 8(18,10 O lby Charles 13. Ide, a bookkeeper of thc First National .lank, was anntlounced. The method employed by rdo was wheu: aL diraft amounting to $1 ,000 or there. abots was givenl by 801mo large custom er of the hank to make a (duplicatoi entry on the still aL;d make th af t payal b to his brokers. Ito woulId charge tIc amont of the driaft to the cutstomier oii the (lay boo(k and make4( a posting mtark, but would nlever piost the amtoutnt in the ledg4'r. ini this mannerlO and4( by foringf 1balances he covered his wor4)k for yelarS, I Ide, ini his confession, said( that th Iwh~olo am3ount haid beeni lost in Wall stree5t. It is st ited on goedI athtorit) 1hat no( ellbrt willI be nu:de to p)rosent. 1(de, and04 thaiit a part iad re,, iiutien will bt miade by his reb2.tives1. -Timies. lI Ih e rneing I)ress.. It i-. said( th a a ady's s'andinig in iit :h le honins4t-tnlel; at n expesiv'e, sh4ow3 ()ostumetll indlientingL that1 t lie u enrr h4as n4o (et Ilearnedi the~ prop14ietits. l'iut no4 4)n4 hetoeiness414 l'a fat ppaent by dligh443tl attendantii of dIsease; abo)ve itll, of thlus is14e4 ' pecu4 liar to w< 1m4en, 11nd4 whlichl Iin a read11y 1ur4 ini IDr. Pie4ree's "Fal'vorlte I rt serioti. Prl, l'ice reduliced- to one4( (do41h4 H311y1ruggists. '"It is love that mak1les the( worldl f round44," we4 are inm mf4 3l4 by the poets.1. 1 is 3a s4omlewhat1 nttble4 fact t hat ai very lin ited quanlIt iy o tfipoor wh'ilsky wvill p)roduI the name effect. 1 TwO (ILI)IREN 01' FORtTUNI:. Thonu:u atilnurLn I)ila rdl, of Iauron (,un, suchtenly ie oc 1h(t11 to ; ortao of Slxteen I untlred Thousani l)ollars. B t AsmIro,on, N. C., Svpteinber 10. largo fortuno has just bcmn loft by wil to the children of a citizen of this place To Thomas l)illard and Miss Laur Dillard, aged respectively fourteen am eleven years, has been given the sum o eight hundred thousand dollars each These muniticent legacies wero lefIt then by a wealthy uncle who has recentl; died in California. It appears that in the year 1850, jus beforo the great excitement about thi gold attracted such a tide of fortunr seekers to California, from Rabun coun ty, Georgia, went severnl men to ti: their luck on the Pacific Slope. Amon those was one James McCurry. Th< party stopped at Pizeerville, El ])oradt county. At the end of the first yea: McCurry had saved enough money fron his wages as a miner to purchase tift' acres of land near that place. This hi did against the remonstrance of hi, frinds, but it soon was discovered to bi rich in gold (leposits. McCurry sol this property without working it furthe: than sufIleient to develop it for sale, an for it he got from a Boston syndicat< $300,000. This was the foundation o his fortune and with this ho purchaSeC other hinds in that section and foum other rich deposits of gold on the n These mines he worked, and it is iut that. the McCurry mines were amog th, richest in that State, so remarkably rie) then in this mehil, On the 22d of last month McCurri died, and having never bad any famil: of his own, his property was left to hi relatives. Mr. George W. Dillard, I lawyer of this city, married a sister o James McCurry--u Miss Naney Margare McCurry. Mr. l)illard and these tw( children, Thomas and Laura, surviv< her. A copy of the will has been re ceived by Mr. Dillard, and it gives tc the heirs at law of his sister, Nnnc1 Margarc t )illard, sixteen hundred thou sand dollars. it is thought much difliculty will bi found in scouring guardians for thes children. ''hey are now residents o Laurens, S. C., but are t > colie her< shortly, and the letters of guardianshil will be taken out here. The lawn of thi State require a bond to be filed h, guardians in -doble the value of t1h estate. In this case, even if a guardin were appointed for each child, the bond would have to be for one million an six huid'ed th sand (!olars eah Then there is the further legal n1uire I(nt that the guediatn siall account fe the interest on his waid's funds at pn Veiut. 1i(:r noi, and this is coinpuund, ci. 'hUls are the ditieulties e\ ideut it regard to Jte mal'agemont of tlhese an nualy lirge legaeii . The local paper contain lenl)thy and inutte accounts o die .:u i"r.l, r.1 . 'iui - t was tormerly mn . r of tie Spnut :.nhurg bar, and i k:lown Lir ) r c:1 lesu in other sections (1 South Carolina. (ion i bhe .ihevilII AdVance, 14I)te ljr . In Conversat ion w\ith 21r. )illar yes terday, he said: '"Mr. \IcCurry was always regarded a a pecuihar man, but he was as sht1rp as briar. Soon after he went i) Californi he became aliEnat t fron thie reative lw hid left behind him antd ceased ,t eorrespondenlce with them. Years pat' when lie was not heard from at il Finally his family were surprised (on day by receiving a letter from Mr. ?d Curry. lie said that lie was sick an wanuLd $100 t cooiC h(m;.1 with. 1'hl money was sent, but in a few weeks i I was returned, accompanied by a stat: ment that it was not needed. ''Years after this circumstance 1 writ to at lawyer in Californiia, asking for in: format ion regarding .James MleCurry iIe answered that be knew himii well, an< t hiat he was one of the miillionairt s of th Golden State. "W~hen my wife died in 1~8, at Webi ster, N. C., I nt Mr. MIcCurry an an Inouncemeent of her death. 'Tho answe .1 received to this letter made ani inquir in regard to the number of chiildred left by my wife. We then bad fou and I also wrote him. Two havo sine died. Now, the will, of whlich I have; copy, bears the date of 1882, and I pre siume that Mir. McCurry made this il Iwith the idea that lie was distributin $1,(600,000) among four children instea< of two. You see, that would have let them S400,000)( ap)ioce. ''My brother-in-law was a resident o Placervil!e, California, and in his will hi leaves $10t,000t to Miss Sarah Louis (ChltYord, of that pIlae, and S5t)0 to thi lI ev. Hall. I have no information ii regard to either of these patties. Th will providles that after the payment o these spec(ial legaicies the remaiindler (o his property shall b3 divided among hi nearest relatives in Rabun county, (ha My two children are living with thei grandmother in the country in the coun ty of Laurenis, Southi Carolina, and bavy not yet learned of their good fortune My (daughter is eleven years old; nr son fourteen. From the fact of thei being minors a guardian will, of course have to be app)ointed; and1( it is exp)ectc< that considerible dilliculty will ho ex p)erienced in makhing ai bond of the larg dinmensions re(quiredl." (inIJrieti for Mrs.. Cloi, ami.4 TIhe Bohemian At bletie Soci. t.y, whic] left Chicago six months ago for a tou in Europe, has returned. The miembr of the party hiavo birought with them a a present for Mrs. Clevehand a niagniti cent sot of garnet jewelry, consisting I. a brooch, earrings and chain. ThI broochl is in the shiahp of an eagle hold ing in its claws three golden arrows an, sup~ported by two stand(ardls containin pholtographiic views ofi Pr:>'gue. TIh casket containing the set is lined wit whtite satin, and is inscribed: "' o Mrs Cvhd, with profound respect hrot thle Iolihemiant Excutrsionist.; to Praguie. All of t.he best makes. $25, cash an, baham November 1, at spot cash price ou a Piano. $11) cash andl balanc(o Nc. vemzber 1 , at spot cash prices on a Organ. Do)livered, freight free, at you niearest depot. Fifteen (lays test trii and freight both ways if not satisfoctory S Write for circulars. N. W. VhTRUMP,) (Xdhiumbia, S. C. ~Morem men tall ini lo~ve than in wa A SCENE A WFI)DING. n Vhat liiappenil I (he, Nuptial Cereuouny of a NV orh Copie. (From the w York Times.) A merry wed ng party assembled t Sunday evening i Vienna l1all, at 58th 1 atrcet and Lexin ton avenue, to eolo brato the nuptial >f Mim Irono Beckol, a the youngest dun 1tm; of Mr. and Mrs. I Louis Beokel, of 13 Lexington avenue, f and Hormann heyer, a well-known young Montreal nmiasion merhaunt. i e murriage ocr ony had jnat been performed by the 3ev. Dr. Koehlor, of the Beth-El Synt ogue, in Loxington t avenua; the newlr married couple had received the cong tulations of the as > sembled relatives and friends, and the - music had ju-t struck up for the polonaise, which as to be led by the bride ald groom, -hon sounds of a dis 1 turbanco and 1o0l olclamations in a womnu'ivoieu w .n ud trom the voe tibule. tSeveral gentlemen hurried out and r founda hnd9om.) little dark-eyed Jewess ) on the point of falling in a faint. The 1irst to reach her sido recoiled upon iee 1 ing the silver mountings of a revolvcr flashing from the kolds of her dre, but ho recoverod hiasolf and caught the t fainting woman vith one arm, while with the other h switched the 1)isttol from her grasp. tummoning one of the I company to his a$istatnco, he hurried I the passive womat into the elevator and conducted her to in upper room, send l ing out to the conpany the informal ion that a servant h1u. faintcd. )r. 1saae LOppenheimer wassent to her assistance, and a whisper in i x ear of the bride r groom led him t< hastily excuse hi) self for a moment 111(1 hurry after the 3 physician. SVhen, with the ult of his new honor f still sufl'using his iteekl, the newly mar L ricd man (nte red chamber, lie was > confronted i-, a 1; ro from which he 3 recoikld in oviden error, and he would have mado prec itate flight had iot the burnin; word, of the woman held him na by a spell. With panting brenth and 11atsliTng eyes, ue hand upon her he:tvino; l.rast ane the other pointing asif to irshasx e hridegrroom, she cried: 'You have roken my heart and [ ruined my life, ant now you cast 11me into the worl witk)ut a mue.'' With > this her strengtht iled, and she sank 3 back upon the bcd u a swoon. rThe thrte me IncI m had hcen witness es of this t c(ne hritily pushed Scheyer 1 from the room, teliug him to go back 4 ael conduct limstf as it nothing hap 1 pente; they woulttako care of the wo .)an. Scheyer ligend in the hall a -rumet it o coll(ect 4i5 catticred faculties, i)( an ient 1)ei( to o Midu of tho girl r who hai just beet 1n,) his wile. 'Thie . g Iests were oiutelLd ith the assurance St ha tho Jint ing w,nn had been sent home in at cat'ring. '.ihe musnioa" Ctrk up, the dance Went i 01, lmi joy 1 .pairen t!v 1uneonfinedt. S'his oc1uned a li!ie after 7 o'clock. i n a few 'omeu Is t1 womnl) had recover fied sulictly to te conducted to her carriage ind driv 1 to her hotel in East 1 ith street. Ar iving there about H - o'clock she ,pelnt he next hour and a half in writing on the story of her rela s tlions with 1Hermrau n1 Schey'r. t From this .tat m.nt and some clip pings from Mionti tal neWspapers it ap s ears thet hIe 1 bt been heirayed 1 by 1'cheye.r undetr promo mt ot marriage in 1 .llotiread ovcr iwAi .1rs ago. Hecr uame ia \iola (olhe'n an' Ile is the daughter cf a w,il-t::-do tlc;(lorOr. SomIUO months afoer, hiding that Sc.eyer (lid not in ; tend to iti:! his pr< nme, sh.e laid in e wait for l))!n on the s(et and shot limtl, t inltinig, howev:ir, ory a slight abrasion of the arm. Vith thctoisc of the re port she fainted awe:, and when slo e aigamz recovcred coneiousniess found h- he.lfina a hiospitLI voed, her babiy b y .hr sie No prosej'iciiton followedI h'er' attemilpt up)on S heyer'i ie, and she wa~s allowed upon01 reeuctr to leave the' hop)itail withl'it mlota~tion. Af fw - wmeksi after thzis the el d wals spirt 1'1I .l' away miysteriously, sidi though the r miother has gsought it inessanitly, she has not seen1 it sinice. ,Leing11O a few dalys ieo that Sehteyer r had gone to New Yor'k I) be mnarrie'd to I Miss lleekel, Miss Cubet dleterinelid if pJosiblehi to prevent thec e-remony. With' .1 oute tpigto pack evei a .satchel she 3 aehr, arriving Sunuly mornling and goms'i at oniec to a hotel. There she re Smained all dnay, awaitingtho time fixed for. the ceremony, when he intended to appear and( proclaim her w'rongs. Thlis, i according to Jewish ensi enis, would have I prevented the mnarriaig(. But she camne too bite. Th'e Ceremony had been fin ishied, and according to ilu law H[ermainn Scheyer and irene lBeckehvwere man and1( wife. j' At 9.3() o'clock Miss C>Ihen started for fBoston oniher wvay b)ae& to Montreal, still vowing a speedy sengoance upon .Scheyer. In the meantimeo the weddiin~g r festivities Went on "Yenna H'all. .. Shortly after miduia thQ bride and a groom bade their frieco .Qz,oodbye and .retiredl to their hotel, w.a they left ait on ~~ y h,em1 for their t'~aro hoe in e' Mlontreal. lHe I 'itl i'm. ,rI. ~ The hammu,ock s iuuid{ unheeded as 3 it rubbed the bark oil the old man' s fav'orito sycamnore tiree. "Gerirude , "'lhe sait i, ''have you ever fel' thatt your boart beat responsive to "IJhave, George,"' owned~ up (ertlie, and her head nestled on his shoulder. "Did1( you ovenr feel fliat your destine. *was so linked toi tat of anothler that It wa WIuseless, to Ii ry to ol low it ouitralonie?" "es, George,' i-turned Gortie, as Ishe nestled some0 mIore. " 'Gertrude, I wiid ask you miore plain ly, do yon love mn ?" " 'I will not attiept to conceal my13 "W\ell," ''aid Gomo , eliding out of the htannl I , "'m glIad to hear that, becausle Wi T'Iomepluns bet mle a box (of ilgar's the othe l da iiy that you were~ just mdulhging in~ a hll flirtation. 1 am really much obhiged to you for the as 1shtune, and2(" S But Gertir lad gonie into the house -and slammed1 the door with aill hier might. n Je of lii the ei(ming;'i sigus of the day13 is that work( is beco2uiuCngtfshionabttle--tha:t ' to say, thai pe'ole o2 2mans 'ire begin ing i' t ecgozi~e huty iof bringing iup I hersns iddughr-to uzsefuli emploiy meent. It is in longr a il anec, even in 'lie uh m fahtioniable 'eitty, to work; It is S (a M d iiuw Lto )0 i d n . A HIU DOCTOlR'8 liLL. What the PhysIcianM Charged the L atu i Tillden for their l'rolesMlonal Ser'vit-M. (From the NOw York Times.) The admirers of Samuel J. Tilder who took pleasuro in prcelaiiniug o every porsillo OccasHiOn that I' posesose more Jefersonian simplicity than an man of his weight in the country, wer of course unaware that ho owed a d1t tor's bill of $143,000. A bill of Fuel magnificent, not to say startling, pru portions and JeffersonIin simp1icit could not possibly run double. For to purpose of supporting the Suge's repu tation for simplieity some of his admit ers may argue til Mr. Tilde n may Tn have been aware that ho owed so mau bags of gold for medical atteilnnce a apothecary's wares. The trmtees of hi estat, it is undorstood, take this view u the matter, aLd the im>')rcssiou am;w the few people who know auythin about it is that the coning ceitury wil be considerably adv:ated before such bill is paid at the face. Ono of the trustees looked surprise' when asked if p:iymeit ita been rtf use of the bill presented by 1)r. Chairles E Simmons for medical service and attendaI ance upon Mr. Tilden. Instead t giving a plain and satisfactory answer t< the question the trustee smid that 1)a. Simmons WIA the proper person fron whom to get iniforniation on such a slb jct., 'T'lien, of course, the reporte: gratefully accepted the statement ti the matter was a private, not a public. one. The trustee would not say tha payment of Dr. Simmons' bill had beet refuai d, but he smiled when the amount .$113, ;I), Was mentioned. Dr. 1lutmUIs, who is also a commis sioner of charities and correction, wa more willing to talk than the trustee nai been. He talked all around th'e bill lbt never mentioned the amount. Th< latter was stated to him, but even thel he failed to deny or afliri that th< figures were correct. lie promptl denied that payment had been refused but admitted he had not been paid Any delay in the matter should ), ascribed to him, he said, and not to th Iru,tees of tIe Tilden estate. W\itlou giving the amount ol' his bill, ])r. Sim mons explained how a bill could real very largo proportions. He hid attend cd Mr. 'ilden, he saitd, for eight years or to be exact, for seven years alit eleven months. i)ring that period ht htl'visited Mr. Tilden every day, prob ably. He was Mr. Tilden's friend w well as his physician, and connider Mr. Tilden his best friend. Mr. Tildet had always done every thing in his powe: for him and his. .Jeiu on such terni of intimtcy, it scemel natural that. settleennctt should be de ferred. It we postpontd to snth an edcnt that i\ Tilden died without making oe. I)r Simmons said aa so .tktlenw, unll iu reached without anly trulle w an Ih: proper time tialivttl, eI c and the tin< tees would meet and adjit the natter lie, too, was unaatIl'_ t is ee whv I te pul lie should be paticularly int..re .fd bs his bill liltii he wits assured it wIl a lel on account of its size. Aboaut thut. h< had nothing to say, nur did he of_r t ht reporter a copy of the hill. 1'ati' AIeuIo i' l P5en )nH. I'ension Comnuissimner Black in lia annual report wakes a number of recon mendations for legislation in the line (o greater liberality to the pen.lstite among others that additiunaal clerica force ho allowed to enalc IIne Cotme sioner, Without making extra demamb upoin the clerkt now in tlie aervico t complete and satisfy the Mxic an p, sion claims, of which ,000 have bet allowed since the pa<sage of the Act At the close of tie year -103,18( pen sioners were on [lie rt)lls clagg([ild a follows: 291,-1-15 army inv alids, 55,501 armiy widows, minor chlirnt ad de. pendentt relatives; 8,281 liavy' i nv.dids 1,978 navy widows', minor cl,h'l ren am dependent r'olatives; 1,0t0 sur ivoi-rso the war of 1812, and 11,831 widoh 'V: those who served in that war; 7,50t3 su vivors of [lhe war with iilexico, ant 89. widows of those who serveil in said wvar There wveret added to thle rollIs dturinj [lie year the ntames of 55,181 itnew pent sioners, and the namets of 2,71)7 whoa pensions had been p)reviously drophiwit were restored to the rolls. D)uring the same pecriodl tho~ names of I17,677 pen stoners were dlroppied fromt the rolls foi various caus-es. The amount pid fIc pensuiotns duritig [te y(ear was 8,-h67,581 ant increase in thew amount over the lpre vious year of $9,668, 75). In the aggre gate, I ,)9 1,20) p'esiont claims htave beeri fled sic 1861, aind in the samet periot .709 I claims of all classies have b eel ael h wed. An apprpr)ltiationi (if 879),0t5, '23( is asked for the next fiscal year That for the current year was.378, 701,2510 (IIhI WRants tliiorail|H. VTe New Y'crk Sun is responsible fo the folio wing: The statement publishc<. the other day, upon01 the autthorit.y of ' genttlemnt int the diplomatic service, a letter of our Washington correspioi eint, that ''the Chiinoeo eGovernmeiit hat for years tried to induce EuArop)ean cap talists to buid railroads in the interio of China" is not correct. The facti that the Chinese Gov'ernm3ent has neve' been willing up to this timot that ati railroad shioiuld be buail t excepit thle co: roade at E aiping ; and, whi le it authorize< the ex\ton ton oif that. r'oad last wintr t<' theh lihtang, and late'ly to thte l'eiho,i lhas co,inied the right to neake the ex te'nsioni, and also to build a connietioe lot it from TIienttsini ti Taku, to a nativ, comupany, in whtich no foe'igeri hit hbeen perrnmittedl to taike st(ok or' hioh an int Aresit wihtver. It is absoh itely (tot tatin that thnt Chine'se governmtenit hat ne(ver, dtiretly or ind hte cly, asked an;tt liiuroeantt gov'ermuieiit tr 'yundiete' o caiitalie t ' tot buiiltd railrioads~ ii th lin t'd icer eof Chiins, ori to fiurnish mioney ice It is appenl'it tinat the fats abeet Mhitkhienit' allged coniiessioni, what eviueiit'may Iiver, lorc whateur ithe ei dutced thet Chiinet'o to granit it, if the: haivo grantted I, haeve nott yet hat tn coii reet ly rinade knoawn ini Arni'ec. We at sure' I tat nto ene who hact any ret knowih',ge about China will beliete the the ChIinese'5 authiorit ies are such foolus the stories of Mitkiewicz would meak thtemt out to be. "Tint tup a chIld in tihe wiay lie shoul So."' antd keepi a little aheadi oif himt in dl sine wtay dutrlng the training, to lie sul he gotee A .S'lV(1 O' A TORNAi()O. r'. I40%n at W\t'e..i-rn I ttlane.Iltt' l,ut 1iG+ Sht'(', Ilt Onn of I ho il0W44. 'St''p1ig upon i 3. BoSto11 Shawiut , veui. hoIs''' e.ar a ft'w dalva ince,'' H1ys.4 I a w Itt in 111 th1e Yonth's Comipanon, 'I d1 'aS pr 1 ri d1)1.-tt to 1'eco )giZ(e tn old ae y q1ultun't in the OIdictor, who, as .1 e 1up ipti , was h'rlii:l; ee') in Dakota. ' W hiy, I;o'tvn, y'u hi. t.F?' .f ('x(latimed; Li '11owt'r thiis? \'hm ilar y(u' 4hoo1)?' 'yI l h'-.i l.'ft me,' Kid 'he, with a jerk y ait the fa1r indicat4r. ':"%el1 o t?' I in I qu(lir(l. 'N'; got jtlle.t1(' ' .lumupe1! .- hat jurop. tit, (1 you? t askea'(I. '\Vel, y'u'U s'ee, it wt aiout liket tli,' r'-,ied my I fr'i: ; ir: tl '' g Ive'r ( thei: f1toU) w 'i - 4'( re 'u l bl Wes'c,ti'rn ('qwrienceo: 'J i 1 JuIn, 1 i htl t.t Uty-ol' hntltr(td ! ew. ', w': ''-!' I un'". I 1 'kt '.afttr ' the ic t t Y to keep ot1't!w (':\ ,: :- I t u ' ;1i)tl corr:ll for I.- n_, .. :itn :J:4.t r (<lg s f,t S tim:1 r. Onl' 'f1'4 w .'u'..t l )t tie 20t.h t of t' mn t T w :itig ioi tho reek; alt'hinii tI. S11('1), when they art' I fol'0, :n yiu lo'.V, gerally ko('ep 1 to i her, an . 1 : hc h l thiuk that, at this tinr , m1110 ' ''( 1'r, mo:-t of tlh. mn, on it -Jpl( 1 hot muit'h Iloro ti.ltan Ilr acre of f grinl-. 'he 4ky' Was cleat, though > just t trif t Lezy; bti by and by I 1144icu . it 1)o1. a4 cloutid in the uortlhwestt 1 that.st 4' d to t ,t to it behaving in It ltp,itJii' Wi'. It app etlred to Iovo ini e sort. of 1 :pas'tl:o'IC tnot,ion1. I noticetl, t too, th:i it w'e ; idly growing longer, ,t t I IIott it eMtted to shift froIt dark to It ali; green uht. 11 10 t'as{ a sort of i ieve or funnel shal.sd truuk hanging ,down from it to ward the ground. '.'h' View t) Inortlwitrd 11 fro whero I Mill 'wa.' - got td 01n, and1 1. c)uld1 see the c1041 4 ('01o11ig I nunihkr of 111i1014 oil. With I everv stroke of Ihto structurc ] could se( at bwoi ii cloud of dut, grita, bru04h altitln timbe r riso in the air and1( go whlirlinl; ti up ito th0 sky. It was a toru:do andl 1 o iLi,tlik. 'i.'e 1,4 quite t dee1p r chink or hole down between two of the . roekM Whert I wta tilting. I. shut m115 ; iiIumb:(L, dr1oppI down into thi-. f thinkh, ;"lu , t' d (lui f1li lt'ugthl, lrntd 1I !atidt 'll' l:tltl :'1111 01('1 ill4.'o(1Jt'niI&p lO't' hii<l) 1itw i I ib e t the nit r'11\ 1 into wich'' lot hitd 1in.1 I' lau hardt.v - 1or th , t :t .t if the(re wt I 1 ti le : ii:rk : i t, m l d1 the . i n.1 f, i - ru:irin1'. nIt,'.'It- ttI," i bein loa 1s thun ditr. , (1 ii i ai 1': I tll ' erth cr 1i.:< of the' '1 4ton 4 1. !( :d u t --- a 4.1 thnt , 1u1h! t S tt'rn;lt to ,t'tnt t)ttr 1:1. with a:L i . - i) 'i: l., ., 1' '. ., ', Il it .' r o f : tt ih at:, l':il l (11rt, ln i ' ' t , i; 1 ii t'Ifh ' lle g 0 ul.itt . t' ';. .. 't 1 ' In r I I . 't 1 .' Shl i did l li" ' than half a wh,t. I ( .til t lIl the ','4' ' and ,,b 1i 1 ,ri i it' yt , .Ol l.l ' h -4 ' . I"I " i (11 mt t!il Ib m.h. . I r i4 . ' i rd 11 . o te loti, 1: !t uu .i i .t : 101.1 h 1'r w s ' t' . ; l 4hn ; : . : r' ,i ., . t: nl , .t l (444 I t. I!t .', r. w1."4 t Itld : 1 11'1. 1 J. : l . .. 4 . 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I' \ I 't . i "44 j. ti t "i ' tlt,.'1 ''i'i the h.. 4te44nt ' hi: S , Of 'n",-,ir coal umaII l2 . i r 'h 4. i 44 4e ) 1i 4 - 14t. r4 r 4.44 1oua (:u.ybiate rs.i 41t;1~, 44 4'4 tIn4.1(44 it 1 t l(': jail4 44 t 104114e 1I)'4i4j t~ -14 '44 3 :t -: . , rea44 1441( 141 4441'1 144(4441 n 14.n treIA 41, at 4.d4 ab y o44 a ids fi.4.(1I oriIl ieverai looking(44444 44r.,e, a 14 ket111.ci 'lye oal i' 1, lu5.;4t S ha4t gatredoo any wher in the eighborhoo of'11 the jii.~4 known ,'tinit non44te of i- thilul geth lun the jO(il :Ji. wa.1til a'4C.i'' death. Ir . A.4 ' 1. . . 4.144 :, \wde ofi4 theli co4, d4wned Ainu4,1 ;41tiilt.ht,4414,)'t, 'a. i la ion lt t& b 44 <heision l '?eSneieCsr ,10 Imit 14hat ti cll th4( (41a . "juicil i4rder, rI Ijilit?sutN e. I \oThy miuts fth 'o of- ()uth -t lst y4' t hei441 e44 ut' 10.' 0i.( ihurebe nowV '~4 40 Ilive chu4r(her, v,4411ith) 1a4 r 1in me41sInb TIE OLD CONSTITUTION. The Centennial Celebration In I'6ladelphla A Gret Crowd Present. Thursday, the day fixed for opening the celebration of the centennial of the adop tion of the Constitution, at Piiiladelpbia, dawned bright and clear. The streets were crowded at an early hour with the hun dre(ls of thousands of visitors who have c')an to participate iu or witness the cere monies attending the celebration. Visitors, ilitary and firemen have been pouring ito the city all day. Tl;. railroads have been taxed to their ut most to accommodate the crowds which are flockingiuto the city. i 1ot(is are all filled, and some of the guests r spent last night as best they could in im pIo)iisel beds. Every inch of space waa titled with cots and other means of tempo raryx rest ti accommodate the overflow. ('alcutlution place: tihe number of visit 'is at 200,000. Nearly every .$tate and I'errito,ry is represented. The bdildings of ia city both: puby5(,(n'l prityi t, l pro I'is("ly decoated h itagi ad bunting, and the city pres n's a gali appearance. Shortly after 10 o'clock the civic and in. it -triul pageant started from Broad and I)uuphi streets and marched to Broad and loore streets, a distance of a little over ttur miles, and then c'ounternmarched to he starting l)~int. Along the route a con tinuous hie of observation stands have been erected, and these were tilled at an eacly hour by thouisands, who had paid for the privilege of occupying seats. Thou :anls of others lined the sidewalks, and wintdovs of buil(lin)gs and step were fairly 1 :a cd withi people. Broadti street Was almost Impassable, so 'tense was the crowd gathered in the thor oughfare as early as 7 o'clock, and the elloris of the police to keep a passage were dnost futile. Ti:s magnificent thorough fare haid been transferred into an immense iphitheatre by the cornbiined efforts of the carpenters and decorators who had teen busily engaged thrutgjhout the night erceting and decorating stands on both si!s of the sareet. There was hardly a iuse alon4g the whole street that was not 1(1 ratted wit i flags. Mlltany builings dlisplayeld statues of 'iit" s.urrotiuded by flags of all nations. ld l'ellws' hall lid a banner across its rn 'lit with the inecription, "Spot where l ranklin dtew Lightning from the Clouds in 172:." lists of Washington were iiun,trd in f.-out of soie houses with the uatiu:)a eniblemi. 'T lie urnish on some of the siands were u-u g.eat that several viiin,i fainted. Thrce triumphal arches -iit lirmil and Chestnut streets. The pr incit:il one is tirected in front of the La I:ly itC lit tel, iiihost opiosite the main re viewing stid, which will be occupied by thr' i'mesidentiil party. The other two iches are about. Ihirty - live feet high. On t he siiunit of one are the busts of Wash s et oni, Lincoli, (Irait and Cleveland. The it t"t'ratiuns that attract inore thnut passing nte : e thse on the Voung Men's )cnmo r i A-s cintiittn, the Adamus Express inpany, the Lafuyetie Ilaitcl, the Utilon Ltaigu ('lut, the tit. ('orge lliel and the ntiw ly or ganiztd A it ('1ub. 'ite stands on ' ithtr .e '' ut road street were filled with i roph-, :aid thte gay citolrs worn by the t: .::o 'ldilbircn lent atttdioinal beauty i te sceir. At 10.':> it telegrami flashed ove r ti- enpuirary telegrapih line con trutte ilong Ilie line of the pr,cession, a:iioint-iug tlaat the parade had started. Aliuit II o'clock the distinguished guests, eveio irs, foreign miinisters and others be i ii rig into their assignetl places. As tic tileieiit (I iveirnors ii: lassing to their I i-es were reioginized they were heartily apiidit i . Tiet Clistitut lonal Centennial in''uisiSsion \ is ulliciilly represented by IlI an. J;thu A. Caus tn, President; lion. Allmit h. Little, ('hiairtnain of the Execu live c".inmittee; II iun pton L. (.arson, See ritary; ". ( ('. ibewster, .JI., ('orrespon( ; eterary, and Assistaunt ecretary ;aL , Who uci imd seats on tie front of tih grand st.iad, section A. The central 1'i.i;1'ui of the :);atudl was reservetd"for the (h 'vr;s and their staffs. A mong the overri(irs preseiilt wtre: Sawyer, of New Ill.lihire, Briggs, oif D)elaware, (Green, if NW li Jrsey, Lariahee, oft iowa, Gordon, (i>i the stiiand we're also) hRepresentaivies frmoi( Ctongrss, thme conui ssdiners from iilari States, aindl other (distinguishied per sanag ie-. 'The reating capaicity oif the stand ii -1 ,ii00. 'Tin- priocesioni wais formeid at t .52, A'. l.(hn ietabled featuie wa:s an Indian b:iu 141fi 19 iecesi, pirecedinig inle pilatoonis of ind iain cndets. Tlhere were floats to the niherI'c of 3i 0, eaich reprlesenin ig some brainich orf ind' ust ry , with Ii5 0 haunds, 12,000 11(1 ieu I i ,000~ hior.-es. CAol. A. L. Snowden, chief inrlnairl, iod t ati nthei headt of tihe pro tession'. 'There wecre 23J divisioiis, each c-amiunumide<tliby anl ride. Priesiidenit ClevelI md1( arrivedu lit 9.'50 in theu m<ni nilng, andi was5 atjppropiately wel coed biu y Coi vernor Ibeaver-. EC Prieiident, iilayes:ii l ( ein. Sheinniian wer;e alsoi present. Thec ':agt ant, as aLW 1 whle, is conleed( to hi e li-en thle granirh lst ever seen in this cointr\'. tLE. 44% i%~ 2t 4.me ,rinor lilthardKon'n, lE-' ice ihe Pictiure Irr ter,ntcin orl I le nllis, andc then (ray I olonel- ltost'. indEistn. has~. bimen a iet onie ftor c.roliniians. At ft oi'clok (iap tain ii lie Jlones and C ol. Gii. K. W,right cal led tin thle (Governor, andil n9.8) the .irtf camne ti pay their re speel s. A t i o'clock t hvernoir Rtichmard- --- s'on w~ is taikenm ini handi' by the recepitio co'niinitttee, iind with the irest of the visi in g G'overnoriiIs wasi coiidui(ct to1 time revle iig siitaind t thle corner of Iroiad and \i ou strxlieets. The iy reminedm I hcre uin iic'clok, aini a he ly hado spent six hi ijuiiiiad wart'-ihng fte tradesr p)r(ce :mdl tierie sedll noi ebarnce of its - befr arlik, they iadjournied for din 'Tm-liighit G overnioir Ittiiardson g to thIie reception giveni biy Go(verno tto thme isitinig Governiiis auu1i alte onii gi veni to his Eimiece, CJar Thie t alt tias been enteitatin omie of tire muembers of thei U whoii gave them a very wran wielcomie. Lieu t. Col.- MuG inor uty at flit healdqu arter hm, arl if the sight of the un iifIormi thle oifllir pre w elc.nme hit n, iniaking. ye andi( recatlig the t imie ft with ai oloel incii grey. 'in lis rnlhir. I iini'g the daym~ oi sIiuirini4at t ho winhtt rin li, .ich frices ti 'Jiohninie itebi, will iar tiriuk and swi ionus thait rm lnau 'The ineiiners and liutler (iui sight -seeing. 9 o'cockt to Sou1th Can' atitnntihuh