The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, October 06, 1887, Image 1
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- CAPTAIN TILLMIAN'S REVIEW OF TIl IC
A11UMENTf ON TIE QZUESTION.
He Invites a Full i)hscussion of the Subjcet
4and redIcts a Victory for tho Friends of
the Prop)osed InRtitution.
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
In' my previous letters I have at one time
or another answered or forestalled every
argument which has over boon advanced
against the separate agricultural collere,
and it is disagreeable to have to go osr
the same ground again. But the cpp ;
nents of such a school in South Carolina,
who realize and see that the idea is gain
ing ground rapidly and surely, continue
to repeat the threadbare and untenable
- arguments against it that havo at various
times been advanced by "Carolinian,"
Capt. Paul Hammond and others. I
therefore feel constrained to again tako
part- in the "controversy" or "discus
sion," whichever it may be called.
It is gratifying to note the fact that we
have driven our adversaries to abaLdot.
their first mode of attack, in which ridi
cule and personal abuse were mainly
relied upon. "D.," the latest knight
who couches a lanco in behalf of the
waning cause of the "agricultural annex"
and whose articles have recently appeared
it The News and Courier, says the ques
tion of the "education of our youths
should be approached seriously, gravely,
earnestly, reverently." Most assuredly,
and I agree with him that, in duling
with this question, "a blunder may be
worse than a crime." I contend that the
blunder and crime both have be<n al
ready committed, and that alone has
moved me to undertake and continue the
- agitation known as the "farmers' move
ment." If I have at times overstepped
the bounds of that "serious, candid, dis
passionate discussion" for which "1)."
pleads, I have had provocation enough,
as- your readers well know, and I have
always acted on the defensive. I claim
to have been actuated by an "varnest,
patriotic spirit," and with reason, facts
and arguments to fully sustain my posi
tior. I have only indulged in invective
or sarcasm to repel personal assault, or
when I felt that the injustice practiced
against farmers required merited rebuke.
lI andl all the friends of a real farmers'
college and of agricultural advancement
a South Carolina are ready and anxious
,o meet our antagonists in fair debato,
eri vowapprs ,r beforo the
people, and wethallengu t 16 a "joint
a, discussion" of the issues presentcd. We
hayo nothing to lose and everythi:g to
pain by such a discussion, and .,ile
their trained intellects and oratorical
ility may and does give them the ad
r:" tage, relying on common sense and
' e justice of our cause, we court the
o test. Truth dreads darlgess rather
than light, and we feel that we have both
truth and justice on our side.
As Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the lfarmers' Association, I
hereby extend an invitation and challenge
to the Board of Trustees of the South
Carolina College and to the Board of
Agriculture to appoint speakers to repre
sent them, and we will do likewise; and
we will further agreo to get up muss
meetings of farmers to hear the cause
and decide who is right. It will conic to
this at last, and it had just as well (()C
to it at once; for, as ''I)." says: ''South
Carolina has always been and probably
always will be an agricultural State, and
it is a manifest necessity that this pnob
lem be solved with correctness and solved
with dispatch."
The wise disposition of the Hatch ap
propriation, which will devolve uiponi the
Legislature at the next session, renders
it all the more necessary that no more
mistakes be made; andt if the lawyers
and "the once lordly planters" expect to
waste that money as the land( scrip fund
and privilege tax are now b)eing wasted,
and as the two experimental stations
p)romise to waste it, it must be after an.
other election has showvn that the major
ity of the farmers are of their own way
of thinking. It will not do to rely ion
the esprit do corps of th~e lawyers in the
Senate to decide the matter contrary to
the wishes of thle common farmers.
Many of the ''once lordly planters" are
now common farmers, conscious of the
errors of their own training,--md Bour
bonism will yet learni that neither class
partisanship nor political trickery can
shake us off. Let "D." and his friends
who are fighting to sustain the ''annex"
and agricultural bureau, meet us on the
stump and allow the whole case to be
presented. I[f the farmers then dcideI
that the South Carolina College shall
staud as it is, we will submit, but not
till then.
In the meantime, I will endeavor to
anlswer the arguments ''D." has p)resentedl
as going to show that the Sout h Carolina
College is now carrying out the Federal
law ini good faith, and "'fulfilling its re
guirements more fully thani the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of Missis
sippi." In the first p)lace, until this
agitation began there was really no agri
cultural or mechanical feature attached
to the South Carolina College. Presidlent
MecBryde's executive duties absorbed all
his time and energies, and nothing has
been done and no change made in the
curriculum since August, 1885, excolpt to
employ an adjunct professor of agr-icul
ture and erect a small machine shop in
which applied mechanics are taught by
the naval oflicor who is detailed by the
United States Government for that p~ur
poso. Everythjng (else is on the same
old basis, and the whole bias and (fleet
of the training has becen towards thet
)r->fessains and away from the farmi; ano
' fact cannot be denlied that tho me
uiical department has developed jat her
ian the agricultural.
Now "DI."' conceies that '"Suth Cai
olina is an agricultuaral State and lik.ely
to remain so.'' Shall we thon rest con
tent with a little mechaicaiel traiii.
along with the classical and liter.ii
courses, as being the best I , it on
youths (10 or 15 a year' for becoin,
farmers? If agricuitmoe is nowv our moan
business, and there is uichl compet-it io
among the p)rofe.ssion"s- -ailready ov~e>
ilowing--that there is only ''room at th
top,'' why should t his t:riciiltural SM i
devote all its energies towatr educatiun
more non-producers, b)y p,.ving thie,
such a ''liberal'' ( dluction thaot th e
scorn work and reek to live by the suenh
of somebody elst'u brow? hlave we no
got enough half-starved lawyers am
preachers now? Why grind out and
more? Why increaso the army of mor
chants' clerks, who pai their hair in th
middle because of orlargement of th
brain, but who haven't senso enough tc
farm profitably, and thereforo desert the
old homesteads to find au easier way tc
make a living?
If agriculture is our principal businc,
why not educate farmers? Why not de
vote all the money we can spare to train
ing farmers and mechanics--the first tc
develop our agriculturo, the others t<
establish manr factures among us an<
give our farmers a home market? Wil
the supply of Lawyers, preachers an<
doctors run out? iot a bit of danger
Wollhrd, Furman, Erskine, Harvard
Yale, .Princeton, a thousand classical and
literary institutions at home and abroad
will keep up the supply.
But, says some adherent of )r. Thorn
well, they will not be "homogeneous.'
Public men thus trained will not b(
united, they will not think aliko, &c., &c.
Thore would be no nucleus for a ''ring.'
I grant you; and thero would be a healthy
current of now thought and diverse opi
nions brought back which might in time
evolve soie statesman who can show us
a way to rebuild our shattered fortunes,
without depending on ''Northern capital
and brains" alone. 'I'he only Carolinian
who has a world-wide fame got his edu
cation outside the State, and it is easy to
believe that if more of our public men
had been thus educated there would be
less of provincialisms, stagnation and
self-idolatry among us. The South Car
olina College has 1)oduneed some great
men, but it is sad to see many of its
alumni and faculty opposing progress
and fighting the battle of Bourbonism.
'I'he Rev. John Jasper swears the "sun
do move." Some men in high places in
South Carolina are ready to say to the
Nineteenth century, "Stop, stand still!"
But I have got switched o from ''1)."
and his arguments, and I will try to got
back. I will only say that the South
Carolina College has descended from the
high place upon which Dr. Thornwell
sought to anchor it, and mixing mechan
icatl and manual labor in over so small a
degree with its purely mental training is
dragging its mantle in the dust for money,
ani trying to accomplish the chemical
impossibility of mixing oil and water.
The ch- sical and literary elements have
always overshadowed and swallowed up
any technical or practical ann.x in every
mixed school or college that has ever
tried it; and so it has been, and will con
tinue to be, in this State. I defy ''1)."
or any one else to refute the assertion.
And now I make another, namely, tliat
not live per cent, of the graduates of the
literary colleges and universites ever
(arm. I have abundant proof if any one
disputes the fact. 'Tho matter then re
solves itself into this shape: A college
which hopes or intends to educate men
who will return to the farm must do two
things. First, make agricultw its lead
ing feature, and second, require manual
labor during the whole course of study.
Now, ''1)." was so rash as to claim that
the South Carolina College is .carrying
out the Federal law more fully than the
Mississippi College, because it has in a
small way developed its mechanical an
iex, and because, as lie alleges, the Mis
sissippi College (oes not atlord a "libe
ral" education.
Every reader of 'Thie News and Courier
is familiar with the clause of the Act of
1 which describes the kind of eollege
intended to be eatablished. It expressly
tates that its 'leauing object shall he to
teach such branches of learning as are
related to agricualtuare and the mechanic
arts,'' c. ''Leading! leading! IEAois!"
I write it in eapitals so "D." .and all his
brother soplhists can sc it. When they
come to construe that oft-repeated sen
tene they never see ''leading" at all.
They cannot attach r iy meaning to
"'practical," but jnup -ith gladdened
hearts to the words, ''Without excluding
classical studies," and -'Liberal,' al
though these words arc only an excres
co-nce, and not essential to understand
the sentence.
'lTen, again, they seize on the words
to ''promote the education of the indusn
trial classes ini the several pursuits and
purofessions of life"-- -"everal p)ursuiits
zad pro fessions." Iluere is warrant enough
for t taching anything. I ut who is to be
taught ? Thle sonts of "'once lordly plan
ters?" 'The sons of lawyers and rich men,
such as constitute the bulk of the students
att the South Carolina College? Oh, no!
['ho ''industrial classes," says the lawv.
Well, who are the industrial classes in
South Carolina? "DI." has answered this
iluestin for mnc. lie says, ''We are an
agricul t ural people and likely to remain
so in spite oX b oomls,"'&c. 'Thlis Federal
money was donated to establish a cil
lege--mrk you, not an "'annex'' to a
uinivers;ity-whioso leading object should
t)e to teach the children of the industrialh
elasres to become good farmers andl me
elhanics. 'iiT classics were not to be
"'excluded'' if it was found p)ract icable
and the money held out. Mtilitary tac
tics we re ''included" aud provision madie
for sending an ollicer of the United States
irm y to teach them.
"bibeoral" is a mountain, ''practical" a
mole-hill, in "'D. 's" eyes. "LIeading" he
cannot see. Ieo is willing for the "'onet
lordly planter's" son to steal the pl)O
farmer boy's chance for an education,
but "'military tactics" are beneath hie
Uotice. What has become of this army
'aior and his military tactics, oh "DI.?'
Is lhe at the South Carolina College mian,
afacturing "'dudes?'' "'Oh, no; -ho ii
it our military branch in Charleston.
What is lie doing there and why wasni'
the land acrip fund appropriated to youi
military branch? Imitating miy goo)
friendl, for I havo reall fallein in lovi
with '".1.,'' lhe is so " candu(id,"' and " er.r
iest,'' anit "'serious,'' and '"reverent,'
-md "'diepaseiounte,''and fair. (?) I wil
''pauiso for a rep)ly.'' lint thon the mnili
tary branch may be) fulfilling the Federai
law and educating the children of t Ii
u dust.rial classes toa become farmters am~
ucchanics.
.Let umi re , I saw niot long ago in Th
Newvs and Courier a staitemient of t hi
aesent occupation of the Citadel giadi
itt(5 for '85 and '80. Onaly one is wrn
:aaminag. TIhe re t aro followinig W.br
"pu)irHuits andi prfesions5 of Ii he.' Alh,
das! t he muilIitty stud(enlt don1111't 51eem 14
like " agriculItur"' any better than thzei
classical and literary brethbreni at Cohinu
nia. Only one farmer- biut haiz tratinni
will not he'lp im ato' gilt a g ood strt
lie hxas everything 30tI to h arn, t:o far a
tus chosen occupjation is eoniecrue(d, am
knowvs nothing of either ihie science o
pracetice- of faringi. I lad lhe g' adut
at the Missi-.ipnii Collge how foen
1 it would be! 'L.:- 'boy e.t Columbia lolli
r in the shade of the noble trees on the
- campus, and puts only his head to school
The boy in Charleston puts his head ani
legs to school, and his hands also becom<
most expert in handling a rifle; but riflos
don't assist him to get a living after h<
> graduates. The boy in Mississippi puth
head, legs, hands and eyes to school,
3 Tho whole boy is taught, and he is taugh1
how to farm on a farm by mon who know
to "do what they teach," not by "bool
farmers" and theorists. lie nover is al.
lowed to lose the habits of industry and
l sympathy with labor he brings with him
l from his humble home, but continuce
l during two or three hours of each day te
hoe, to ditch, "to fork manure," to milk,
to make butter, to feed stock, to graft, to
bud, t prune, and do a thousand things
or see them done that will be of benefit
in after life.
it will have been noticed that ")."
and all of his brethren never omit in
their category of labors the "forking of
manuro." This is too degrading in their
eyes for any white boy to do while at
school, and should be "taught at home."
Now, of all things on Southern farms
this thing of making and handling and
sowing barn-yard manure is most no
glected and least understood, while it is
the very life an essence of good farming.
The average farmer knows nothing about
it and cannot therefore teach his son at
home. But the editor of the Columbia
ltegister, who is "D.'s" ally, has discov
ored that "manual labor and attention to
the details of farm work are inconsistent
with an advanced and comprehensive
curriculum." "That the students cannot
command the time or nervous energy to
properly master both."
This is news indeed, and Col. Thomas'
long experience as an educator gives it
great weight. Unfortunately he has had
no experience along that line and it is
only his opinion. Let us see what those
men think who have been studying and
teaching agriculture. On the 8th of July
past "The National Association of Teach
era of Agriculture and horticulture" met
at the University of illinois. There were
present representatives of the laud-grant
colleges of Ohio, Indiana, illinois, Mich
igan, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. They
adopted, after full discussion, with one
dissenting vote, the following resolution:
"llesolved, That we favor regular,
compulsory labor by students on our ag
ricultural college farms, but before that
it should be required only so far as it is
designed to he instructive."
The opponents of the separate agricul
tural college cannot, or will not, under
stand that the labor is insisted on for two
reasons-ir:t, as a means of practica!
illustration and instruction just as medi
cal students aro taught anatomy in the
hissecting room, or law students practice
in the moot courts before going into the
court house. But mainly because if the
student at that formative period of life
does nothing for four years but study
books and cultivate the mind, not three
in a hundred will ever return to the farm,
where manual labor and physical energy
are absolutely essential to success. ' This
is the whole thing in a nutshell. "I)."
says: "It is a question of taste whether
it is better for the farmer's son to pay
money in college to learn law than to
fork manure, cut wood, &c." There is
no taste in the matter. To educate farm
ers experience has shown that labor is as
essential a part of the curriculum as ehe
mistay or vegetable physiology, and it is
better to even "fork manure'' than to
loaf or play poker and billiards, or smoke
cigarettes to kill time.
I will notice only one other )oiut i,a't
''I)." makes---viz: that the li:,sissippi
College "attracts by its cheapness as
much as by its agriculture." We will
grant this, if you please, but if the South
Carolina College only turns out less than
five "book" farmers tb the hundred gra
duates, while those of Michigan and
Mississippi can show fifty per cent, who
farm, it is enough to pr;>ve that in this
"agricultural State" a college like these
two is more needed and would be of
greater benefit than five South Carolina
Colleges. But the bonus paid students
for their labor at these two colleges is
called the ''meal tub that contains the
sop," andl we are twitted wiith heving set
upl a ''barrier across the pathway of the
South Carolina b)oy" because we were
opp)osed to free tuition in the South
Carolina College except to indigent
youths.
The bill drawn by me last winter to
establish an agricultural and mechanical
college in this State, but not int.roduced
for good reasons, called for tuition fees
''not to exceed forty dollars," but allowed
free tuition to those unable to pay. It
is natural to suplpose that the college
would1 be practically ''free," except for a
few studenats. Suppose we shall demand
that it be absolutely ''free'' to all, will
the charge ot inconsistency and class
legislation be thrown :at us? Of course,
but~ with how little reason. 'Thoero wouild
lbe no competition between thle agricul
tural and mechanical college andi li.2 2
nom inationial colleges, and conseq uently
no in justico. TIhe class of students--poor
farmers' so; :---whio would mainly 1i11 up
the agricultural college would never t;hink
of trying to go to the South Carolina
College or to the denominational col
leges, and if men whlo are able choose to
scnd their sons there let them pay for it
as they do at Columbia.
"D"saves his best shot for the last
and winds up as follows: ''Yet how is a
public sentiment that would not tolerate
tree tuition only in the South Carolina
College going to be brought to the p)oint
of teaching a youth free a.id piayinig hims
besides? I pause for a repily." You
:!hall have it, my friend, with a vengeance.
Y'u have forgotten something. South
Carolina d0es sonic queer things at tim( s.
Ii-1u youi ever hear of a school called the
Citadel located in Charleston? Do you
know that in order to edlucato sixty-eight
poor boys this little State of South Caro
lina spiendsa $20,000t a year, and not only
gyves them free tuitioii but boards and
clothes them besides? WVhi(t.her ''public
sentiment'" endorses it or not has never
been and may never bo0 tested, but with
tis fact starinig him in the Lac 3, and the
k nowledge which I now fuirsrsh hism free
>f charge, that with a sirilatr stunm spent
for student lab)or in an industrial college,
the State can 1help iour hundredl pot.
uoys to (educaLte thiennsolves, we will not
dlespair of blng inig ''public sentiment'
o esttalish and sustain such a school.
With or without free tuition, we need it'
with or without the consent of "."' am1]
dis "'lortdly'' allies we are going to hiavt
t, or "'fight it out en that line'' (luring a
doZeln summers.
IL. 11. 'inndMAN,
t Roner', . C., Septemb.. '7,8u,
UI J(.!UITOUUS ISRAELITES.
Their Adaptability to All clinmates an
CondItions.
It has frequently been remarked, say
the Jewish World, that the Jewish rac
has a wonderful power of adaptation t
all climates. Jews are found in all part
of the globe, and seem to possess a ver
tomarkable faculty for acclimatization
even under the most unfavorable oircum
stances. Mesopotamia is considered th
mother country of the Abrahamic fhmil
as well as the cradle of the human raci
Some years ago a small colony of Jew
were found in the ancient city of Sennar
in the South of Msopotamia, and in th
vicinity of ancient Babylon. Of the so
venty families composing the colony, on
claimed to be descended from King Joa
chim, the rest from the house of Levi
A colony of Jews appear to have settlei
in China about the beginning of the thiri
century of the Christian era, under the
(lynasty of Han. In 1701, Father Gon
zani, a Iton:an Catholic missionary, founc
seven Jowish families near Pekin.
In 1686 a Portuguese Jew of Amster
dam, named DePavia, discovered a secl
of Jews in Cochin China. According t
a tradition preserved among them, the)
were descended from a tribe af Jews whc
had quitted Palestine on the dostructiori
of the second temple. From their lone
residence in Cochin they had becomc
completely bronzed. These are not th(
same as the Malabar Jews. The Jewish
traveler Benjamin, sometimes called Ben
jamin the Second, discovered a colony of
Jews, evidently of Persian origin, in
Ilindostan. 'They were known as "Bab
ylonian Jews," on account of their having
migrated from Babylonia. They ob
served the essential rites of Judaism, aud
strictly avoided interms rriage with othecr
sects. In the beginning of the seven
teenth century a Jewish colony settled
in Cayenne, in the Vest Indies, one of
the most inhospitable climates in South
America. Cayenne was subsequently
conquered by the French, who made it a
penal settlement, and the Jewish colony
was forced to retire to Surinam.
Notwithstanding frequent persecutions
Jews are still found in Persia, more es
pecially to the South of the Caspian Sea,
where the soil is very fertile, but the cli
mate very unhealthy. The principal city
is Bulprosh, where about 150 Jewish fa
milies reside in almost complete isolation.
'T'hey trade with their brethren in Great
Tartary, and are engaged in the wool
and silk trade or in the sale of citrons.
They, too, trace their origin from the
Babylonian captivity; for, according to
a tradition still possessed among them,
their ancestors settled in Persia in the
time of Nebuchadnezzar, and did not re
spond to the appeal of Ezra to return to
return to Palestine. Their mode f liff
resembles that of the 1'ersians in ra.
They hold the beard in high estee and
wear long flowing robes. They have
several synagogues, and obtain scrolls of
the law from Bagdad. The celebratec
African traveler, Mungo Park, found a
colony of .)ewish families in th3 heart of
Africa, about 800 miles from the coast.
It is, no doubt, this peculiarity of the
Jewish race which induced a French
writer on "Medical Geography" to cx
press the opinion that ''it is questionable
whether the crossing of human varieties
confers on the issue constant advantages
in relation to the species, for the Jewish
race seems in a wonderful manner capa
ble of adapting itself to every change of
climate, while others are scarcely able to
bear the least change."
''he Jew is found in every part of the
world iii Europe, from Norway to Gib
raltar; in Africa, from Algiers eo the
Cape of (lood hope; in Asia, from Co
chin to the Caucasus, from Jaila to Pekin.
ie has peopled Australia, and has given
proof of his powers of acclimatization
under the( trop)ics, when p)eople of Euro
peanL origin have constantly failed to
perpetuate themselves.
SIA3MlSIE A31AZONS.
A1 ing's 31 lita iry I buy (G iuard ComposedC
Ent Iirely of1 W~omen4.
(London cir. Chicago Tribune.)
Among the other visitors to the exhi
bition has been the P'rinco of Siam, bro
thier to the King. lie is a littble manm, has
an olive complexion, black eyes, speaks~
English pierfetly and has chaiming man
ners. As an example of one of the good
results of the American exhibition, dulr
ing his visit lie made a careful inspection
cf the goods in the main building and
splent thiousainds of dollars on the useful
things he saw which were up to the pro.
sent time unknown to Siam. lie gavc
an order for 100) type-writers to one
manufacturer, a large order for safes Lu
another, ordered a steam engine, four
dozen carp)et swcepers and a number oh
other ingenious things which attracted
his attention; so that these exhiibitors
have [lie satisfaction of knowing that
they have opeined aL market for them
selves in Siam at no greater expense than
go ing to the American exhibition. TIhe
fashion having been set by the P rince,
large orders for all these goods lie assured
thenm would follow. .It would therefort
applear that the people in his country,
which very few of us stop to realize ii
twvice as large in its area as France, and
has a popunlation of about 15,000,00.
p)eople, are all making rapid strides to
ward mnoderni civilization.
lie gave us some curious information,
however, about the King's amazons, tlc
Royal Guard being composed entirely o.
women. This battalion consists of 400,)
chosen from among the handsomest and
most robust girls in the country. Tlhey
receive excellent pay and their disciplin<
is perfect. 'They are admlitted1 to servt
at the ago of I13, anud are placed in th<
army of reserve at the age of 23. Froin
that p)eriod they no longer serve about
the King's piersoni, buit are empi~loyed1 tc
guard1 the royal palaces and crown lands,
On entering the army the amazons makt
a vow of chastity, for which there is inc
~'exemption uniless any of them shiould
attract the in g's attention aind be adl
mitted among his legitimalte wives. Th<1
King'E choice seldom fallIs cin the moci
beautiful, bt on the most skilled ii
amilitary exercise. The costume thiem
women wear is very rich. TIhe full dresi
is a white woolen robe embroidered witl
gold; the cloth is extremely line anid dle
scenids as far as the knee; it is cover(
with a light coat of mail and gilt cuiraiss,
lhe arms are free, and the hteadl cover<
with a gilt casque. When wearinig ti;
Iress oni state occasions their only wea
pon is a lance, whmich they handle wittI
wvondeifuil dexteirity. With their und res
they are armedl with a musket. 'The
battalion is composed of four complanies4
each company of 100 women commanmdet
hv a c.antain of their own -ex Sl,,i
the captain die the company is driilc
during three days by the King, who al
points the most competent to succeed t
the command.
The King of Siam never undertak<
any expedition without being accomzpi
Smenid by his female guard, nor does 1i
over hunt or even ride without an esco
Vof the same guard, who are dlevotedi
attached to his person. Every momht
of the battalion has live negresses attael
a ed to her service, and, having thus n
domestic occupation, she can devote hei
self exclusively to the duties of her prc
fession. There is a parade ground nca
the city, where one company is statione,
two days every week, to cxorcise them
solves in the use of the lance, pistol an<
riflo. The King atteois onco a month a
- those exercises, accompanied by hi
brother, who shares in some degrce th
sovereign power, and distributes prizto\e
to those most deserving. When the deat]
of one of the parties ensues, the deceasei
receives a magnificent funeral, and th
higli priest pronounces a panegyrie, de
claring that the deceased by her valo
has merited eternal rest in the abode o
the blessed. The survivor receives th<
congratulations of her comnpanions; but
as a measure of discipline, is sentence<
to pass two months away from her colm
pany in fasting and prayer. The miitar;
orgarization of this battalion is so per
feet that the entire army endeavorr t<
imitato it.
A MAD EN(INEEIC
Goes at a Terrllble Si(((d un 1 Want tc
Leap from a \v'ln,loa.
DES MOINES, IOWA, Sept. 29.-Firemai
Roberts of the Wabash road arrived hore
yesterday on his train, and tells a thrill
Inmg story of his experience with a ma
engineer. When the train drew out o:
this place Tuesday, Engineer I3otswortl
appeared to be all right, but before thcy
had gone far Roberts noticed that his
companion acted queerly. At l1arvey
ho should have stopped for water, anu
the fireman backed the train down to th<
proper place, while the engineer acted in
a dazed manner. Once again on1 th<
road Botsworth began to travel faster
and faster until the train 'yas runuing
fifty miles an hour. Then Roberts real
ized ,that Botsworth was deranged, amu
just in time grasped the lever at Knox
vyle and saved the train going througl
an open switch. Faster flew the engine
Botswort"h standing by with a vacan
smile, and as they thundered througl
Bacon the maniac gave a yell and starte<
to spring from the cab windowv. T i
watchful fireman caught him by the leg
and while he balanced him on the wil
dow ledge lie managed with his foot t
stop the train. The conductor helped 1<
get Botsworth back to the baggage car
whmie he s- carefully guarded to 01
tumwa and there turned over to the an
thorities. It is belioved to be paralysi
of the brain that ails him.
Slry Old I'eolple.
Chri,tian Rechtold, 94 years of age,
reside t of St. Louis, was a soldier in tl'
Napoh.onic war.
Mrs. Van i astrand, of Millstone, N
J., has completed her 99th year. At he
fete she was greeted b)y six of her owi
chilren, eleven grandch hidren andi sev
enteen great grandchildren.
Abraham Souther, a colored man, o
Old Fort, N. C., has in his pusession
documents which show that he is 107
years old. lie chews and smokes and i
a devoted Methodist.
Capt. W. S. Reynolds, of Anderson
ville, Anderson County, Tenn., is 9:
years old. He is hale and hearty, andt i~
a hero of four wars-1812, the Creek,
the Mexican and the late rebellion.
Mr. Adolph Parent, a man of 9 years;
who has been acting as bailiff at Pierre
villet, Quebec, for tile last tifty years,
has just left for the United States, witL:
a view, he says, to perfect his knowledg<
of the English language.
Willie Blackwell is the olest man is
Kansas. He resides at Great Bend, and
thinks he was born in lFauquier County,
Va., in 1785. He can chowi two oune<
of tobacco per day, but abstains fronm
lcohlolic drinks.
Seventy-two years ago lRobert Tirrell,
of 1thode Islanid, then a soldier in th<
British army, dleserted and came to Ame
rica. The old man, who is 93 years ol,
has just received a pardon fromi th<t
granddaughter of the king he deserted,
and is going back to the old country tc
die among his kinsfolk.
Nancy Baker, of \Vestfield, N. J., is
98 years of age. She is a widow ant
lives on a farm, which she sup)erinitends
Recently she found that one of her hiret
men had mowed a piece of ground verg
pocorly. Taking a scythe herself, sin
went over the work again, cutting tin
grass close. She walks sevoral nules
dlay, arnd (lees a great deal of work.
WVhat a cen33t Cain and4 Onn,uao 1)4.
It is almost impocssible to attach an,
importance to one cent, b)ut at the sam'i
timno it is a v'ery important coini at times
says an exchange.
It will take a circular to CJalifornlia
anid it will make you miaddler thlau;
hatter and a March hare comblined whet
you go to pay your fare oni a hlorse-ca
and find that you have but four cent
and a ten-dollar bill.
One cent is very small, but when iti
added to the rate of initer(st you receiv
on a stock, it possesses a sterni maiugni Ii
cent grandleur that carries you away lk
a strain of mus5ic.
TIhie penniy, it seems, wns miade to I'l
on church plates, and, although a miai
may13 say it amounts to ntothinug, lhe wi]
strike matches, lift imats and crawl a bou
in the straw 01n a horse car to lindl th~
one1 lie dirops. It is so small a coinl tha11
you have to take gih y'our glove to taIk
hold of it in your pocket, n e ti
large, whien the baby swallows it, t h
chances of the baby's living are sonie
times not worth a cent.
Although cone cenit is less thtan te1
cents, yet one0 cent is a great dleal largi
than a dimle. Many a man has got
thirsty all dlay with fonr11 cents ill hi
poceket. For the want. of that one( eent
the tour11 were as uiseless as thle elevet
mlen onl 1 jury whlo are held out algainsi
b)y onle.
lxIs nP hlistressing, 11o ttly to lim pI i
s au deliente matter to1 speak of, hut it h
paurteud ntot only friends but lo4vers, la
bureatI uth nd etrrhi are insepe~ rabile, I)
Satge's ('attarrhi Itemedy cures the wvon
caises as thuousands(1 canf testify.
S'huo val!ey lutual Lifo Asociation, I
of V'irginia, l)CgI Inie Septt.nber
, 3d, 18i8. (irantee fund, invested in
- bonds and mor gtgs (first lion on real
e estate), t(IH,t)ti.
'[The V;lley \lut iul Life Association of
t, Virgiuia is t hu lirgest and the leading
r Life A:,rocia(ion in the South. Over
- one imilliu of dollars has bleca paid in
cash to the families of decceased mom
. lhe cheal)ness of its plan is demon
r strattd by dit experience of those who
1 are !!:'ured. In illustration of this fact, t
. we take Policy No. 3, held by Mr. W. P. I
I 'ams, Cushier of the Augusta National 1
t Bank, Staunton, Va.,-P'ohcy issued 1
HSeptember 23, 1878,-$1,000_-con'. -
quently it has shared every cost that has I
cooie against the Company. Tho entire
cost to ir. Taims ill eight years and t-ix '
Inoiths, Meiberohip Fee, Annuals, and
MiNu t ality paylents, 111as Icen but $70..11,
or an average annual cost of $8.28. At
the date of this insurance Mr. Tams as
27 years of age.
A pol ' y of oven amount and date in t
one of tho most popular Old Line corn
paies on the ordinary life plan, payable it
at death only, would have cost limi El
Sl92.75, or $21.50 per year--a saving ot a
$122.31 in favor of the Valley Mutual. tI
Theories are easily advanced and jeal- P
ous rivals abound in them, but facts cali P
not be refuted. ft
1'irst-class agent-1 can get liberal con- h
tracts by applying to t1
LEE 1IAGOOD, c
Manager So. Ca. Depart meat, ii
Columbia.
Ant Intcrtsting Cie. 3
A remarkable damage suit was filed in I
in the clerk's ollice of the City Court to- P
day, says the Atlanta Evening Journal
of 2t;th. If the facts alleged in the dec- l
laration arc established it will snow a
novel plan by which a railroad under
took to stave oil' a damage suit. D. I. 1
Lee, the pit itionel r, t ets forth that he
Was employed by the iihclmond and t
ILeaville HaIroad Company ini July, :
1 N I, i.' a llagnmn on a freight train, and 1
that li ie he WaS sitting ill the caboose, s
I his p'ol r place, on a certain daiy of that I
.11mott i, t i It ain ran otl the track at Lula
t and tilt &a-t>ose was overturned. Leo.t
watS I't; i n the shou'dtr, hip and 1
back i,t i- lft't arma was permanently t
inliisabled. j is spino vu.; :tiso parma- t
Inntly injlie. 1b' C'iSCniSin. lie alleges I
that the authotities of the road agreed t
that in Consideiation cf his injuries and
- his agreeimicnt not to bring suit ttgainst
> the road for imualgt :=, they would give
> hin the lirmuitit position of condulcto'.
',' is 1o-Iuvon h1e t:ook as soon as he re
- covered lro'm his injuries, and oecvtt I.
- until the .hi day ei .' prl, 18i7, whwen
y he wa; di-clhargel wit linut cause. i.
claims that the road l'1-t him just lou i
enough for the stauue of liimitations t:i
apply in his ase a i lien turned himi
olt'. Il asks $10, coo daniages.
A WVomtan a, I. S. I1ini "&I i . i
Mr. Jui,tice Miller, o! t he United States ~
-Supreme Court presided in the United u
States Circuit 1)ourt at St. .lati.s on the I
morning of the 2 ;th ul'ino. tIe an- -
nounced tht a vacancy exist,ed in the
ollice of the United States itutsiil in
fit is tiistrict, occasi ti'd byv t' deathl (it
Marsltl Conzin4, aid thatt the Coup
trotllcr of the '.$reeaury h1adt dkemauItk the1
appointine.t of u! aiI :rsilti ad inlteiiu.
.1tiSti('e \l tl-r said lie lt I dtter'!i,iaed to ,
appoint as .1arsaLtl ad iiteriui h'lieo -b(e
\. (oi ziis, t he daughti of t he ueeasti i tl
Marshal. 'Tie st it ute rttiired tlit site (,
shoild give )i m11 the sun of ..!I,(I;t, ii
and take the oath of otlice l otie the cl
'l:rlk of the Court. lHe did nit , berve -
Mliss Couzins in Court, and would .say
that as soon as shte could furnishl lh'e
bond shle couldl qualify and at oncee enter
uplonl the duties9 of the oI)iee. Th'ie an
nlliceenet ap)peared to silrlrise sevra
attorneys, who wereonot prejtimred to hearli
theo applointmnllt of a womanii, b uit it
sho(ulhd be0 remnembered that Miss Couzsint
hias for a long time directed the exeuti e'
all'airs of thle oflice, anid she possess' A
lie frienidshipj 11( and I ilhcce of men in j
the htighest auth Iority at Washington, C
1'tstatl C Iiinges.
'Thie new postal regulations recently
p)repalred at the Pohst Otlice I )epartmeint s
went it' t'elt on Septemuber 15, and *N
thit postmaii'steris halve beten iadvised bty the TI
P.ost (Ollice I )epartunit that inl aceo.- 'T
ai*ee wiithi the ruling of the alssistanht ai' \
packehages of fourth-class matter (such ii
samp)les andl tackages of mierchandliw -
must not cointin htereafter aniy writing2
or printing on the face or surface excet
the name arnd a<hlr'tss of 1the sender, lilt "
ceded by the word '"fitom,'' and theno iui
her and name of tho articles encelosein.
)thierwise tile eiitir packietage will lie subt
jeeited to polstaIge at litter rates'. II tie
toftore t he rlin ig of thlit dept; meni't hits
beenl to Itec elYeet that any prinzted maut
teir not haini' ug the chara i;ctier oif persomnal
cor'respondlteneo inighut b)0 aitached to y'
. such nlatter.
A c>iuiitry negro nteredl. t onei of tii.
(d1y goodas storts tf Ametrieus, (ta., a few .
days ago toili ipurchse ai trunk~, antd afts
conl:,lierablle par'ltying wit lit lie salesmni
a s lto thit prliea iO, finally shoiuldcre i
(tne( andi ltt, painJg S I. >( thetrefor. I a
about ani hiour lie return'ied with t.h;
for liis mioey.' Thle truik was tilled to
the top)\ with Mlacnaw strlaw haits t.hat
t hadt bhe ;ii kP5d iin it for thle winiter.
'[le -cont'ul:. of the trunk were wort b
between $75 antd 81001.
- Pl.'T.IBarinu rectl ty said thait bl -
suiccesi was largely thmo to hiis textensin v
adve'rt isinitg. Thereit are'i other well kniow a
prominently telt tivt thait the fact is in
suiccessful advert ier'. As, for exampp,
liob rt hna r o te I:edlgr; I1 I
otht e's more to' less inottd for thetii gre; I
shirewitess iindt business alititudie.
tress wihio.foundi a suit of 0eni's c'lot lii
tunder the skirts of ai womian sle 'un
:ear'cintg ini New Yo~(rk recet Iy, wii
more than moatched't by thait of ani hispe
.tress in Waishtingtoni 'I'enl itory a fewa dai
t iago, whoit fouind that til'hely udhe w
seareiii wvas a man11 in te.tiae att..
Ie lEaw the Wame No.e and Distingui.hed Man.
nerw of the Noble Wllian-.Tho Posible
Ect" of a Combne Between Hopkln. and
the Fair Clatnant.
'rhe two recent stories told by the Star In
egard to alleged descendants of British roy
1ty has created a good de il of talk among
Tictoria's subjects who are residents of Now
Tork. One of these aspirants elafins to have
roof to upset the succession to the Crown,
ad the other to have so clear a title to tho
>ossession of the property of his ancestors,
ow held In this country, as to make a con
ast for its holding worse than useless. Eng
shnen profess to look at the subject as a
roject started in the way of speculation,
ut do not deny that there may be some
>iunlation for the subject niatter, as the
ciuliar habits of the Georges and their de
eiilants and well known facts of un
ritten history.
The picture of the face of Caroline Louise
clit, published in the ,Star of yesterday,
nil who has long concealed her identi y
'hile resident here, has but to be looked at
nllolient to con Vince rellect.ing people that
,c ruling sovereign of England may pos
bly be her mother.
11cr statement is so straightforward tnit,
i spite of all the obstacles likely to be
trown in the way of proving Its truth and
ithenticity, shaking, as it does, the foun
ittions of the throne of one of the most
owerfil empires in the universe, rany
r'opie stadll ready to take up the cudgels
nt \hiss Kent. These people are not only
iinical to the present occupant of the
irone, but are bitterly opposed to the suc
ssion. If her claims are established they
ill not he allowed to be ignored.
To a *Sar reporter the British Conul
encral said yesterday that lie had not as
et had an opportunity to read the Star's
rlte, as he hod only lately returned frsm
urople; but hadl it preserved for last night's
erusal. Until lie had looked over it he
ould not express as opinion as to any.
ing stated therein.
''he ltar's own particular claimant,
'larcnce George IIopkins, is no less enti
ed to consideration from the fact of his
lose resemblance to the same family, but
icre is a much more striking resemblanec
>William, his allegeI muternal grand
ither, than to any other of the faintly.
Ic has the same nose, the identical un
tudlied care about his dress, but the same
>ok of intelligence of the high patrician
rdcr shows in every line of his face. Ills
ye has the glance of one born to command,
ud nialthough lie inay have used it for the
ominon every-day purpose of selecting
vpe from the case for bread winning only,
is fire is undimmed, showing that force of
ircumstances has not for a moment
uenched the ambition of his lifo-thie re
overy of his inheritance, with all its right
til powers, and the possession of the 'ast
mins now illegally withheld from him.
Mr. Clarence George Hopkins, whose
laiins the Nta, has already set forth, is no
.."..4 ~ . 1.. .. ... ih (igrnlii,, I olilse
ient, andl will undoubtedly do so, as by
'lining their iniut ual interests they may
iake a colbinatioln too strong to be re
1:ted. At. any ite it is \Ir. Ilopkins' tirm
el trnoat ioni to iniake sonic arrangement
Viti ('iroline Louise Kent by which their
uutu:il chims cnn lie prosecuted together,
ustead of naling it a double issue from
wo pI)ints of (eparture. Its outcome no
ne can foresee, bl t until its diecision it
iust Create no small uneasiness aniong
collie high in au thority in Merrie England.
-1w York Star, Sept. .
noun( o npita nal uineSti early 'Tirice as
Lerge iu in 1 tgW6.
i.s1;rIt.olt:, 3m., Sept. 2t).--lhe Manu
'rri/ R'eCord Pinlblishes today a revieW
the intlustrial growth of the South
iing the nite nunths of 1s87. A cinn
ri5on of the new ind1ust ries for llic first
ne Ilonths of 88( tlt 188(, which in
udes a wide diversity ot new enterprises,
I ws aln inicrease ini ildustrial aind maim
rt urin ei st ablishmnentsN from 1,175h in
fi to 2,51)1 in 1887.
Th'le amount of caplital and1( capital stock
presented by the list, ot niew etnterprises,
eo tnhement of olil pinits atnd rebuild
So h irst nite mtonthIs (if 1887, as
>mparied wvithi tihe coirreslponditng time in
Mst, is as follows:
States. 1887. 188t.
la hat. . ... .,j;W, l07,Ot() g,055 ,it)
rlaini-ts.. .....23.1.1,uhto 11,830,100)
elori. .. . ...... 2:,i;fs,o0t 2,0.35,000
etn tcky........;; ,23'2,l 00 30,8123, tit
ri-hll(. .. .. ...2,i:.i,000 1;, 153,000
ississilipi . . . 3, 2523, I00lt i1,000
mih Carounliini. 2,51.i,00 -;li',t0j
(rnnetssee.... .. ..32,00,000( 7,0.10,000)
'xias.... .. .. ..1..1 ,.'508,000 '1, I ;1;1.0100
iTest. Virgiinia. . 0,216,000 5>,.;I,s8)
T'1 i ... . ..$ $12,.15,1 0t00 $83,:;4.1,2t00
in stitoming~ up thei indust51rial develop1
li-lit of the $oiith in1ce 1879 80, the Recu
d show, lin it I .'>,00 inilis oif ralilrolui
lve beenl built, ( ost In, tiigetheri with im-i
rovelinents ti iild roads,1 oiver $000J,000t,00t0-(
Ie aississedu vialiue ofil propety lois incrase<i
liwardus ofi $1,000,t0) and1 sttic 1s,', the
tialit irduct s bing over $;00,0100,00t0l a
ear.
t'*tere's "t'tenunni S 'u rgiutive l'ellet.,"
PoN sitiv ely P olotir; Pr'ovo ke IPrais;
'love P'riiiliss;I 'ecil larly- I ruompj t - Per
'roit:io tPrehlingsitpeswi'an Pirruistuls
Sew Yoirk lin the steaintsip La (bisconge
iii<blry wais a llostont idressanker- naiedci
Si.-s 31. K cinnedy. Whe her b-aggage Ituol
tilissly thtriw it onth l,tloior. Then-l sIhe
,ikl iked~ upa bo hthautiuu him enli
ieri ch i- dress l f :o dittt i li o aii nium,
'h ly iroted tol tiit inlhis trn,wiihs
:ii hen pssIec., Th mve viwaeii seen b
weialiustm oll,,~Viicesi, hut sied iithe bx
ndi i arre t thim tomn o l mian.i Thei
a lon s lined ftor. aitnelul
huti pilre atomali fuit Slill Kene
:ul hies, iks etr.,t thge auh f It.ievy