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V O L , X V II ' PE.TS VUL, XVI. IUKENS, S. (U., TI1UliSI)AY, JANUARY 12,18.NO1. XVII... UNI)ER fiLE CZAR'S RULE. H1OW TIE 'EAb.INTS OI RUSSIA ARIE KLI' IN SUIIJECTION. J."ng lIourx of I)uty--Tiielr llomox, Tilling the Soil. liarvosting Sceues--An Interest ing Letter on the Customs of a Ieuark able Nation. (P. 8. heath in New York Mall and Express.) '4T. PETiB5IiURo, :Ucomber 28. Peasant life life in Russia presents an interesting study. In the rural portion of the country is found quito three fourths of the entire population, St. Petersburg and Moscow being the prin cipal cities, and therefore the bone and ainew is with this class of people. Only about 5 por cent., of the peasants csn road and write, and few have the erli nary instincts of .an and woman. They are superstitious, ignorant and stupid. But this is not a wonder. They have been a free people scarcely longer than :e blacks of America, it being during h: troublous slavery times in the United States that Alexander Ii. issued an ukaso giving the white slaves of Russia free dom. They were not slaves in the sense of being owned, body and soul, by their landloids. The land which they occu pied was the property of the nobility, and none were permitted, when once located on a farm, to leave it permanent ly or to go beyond a certain distance, even temporarily. No schools were provided for the peasants during the time of slavery, none are provided now, and then, n 'a. the present time, the lesign of thu (ier, influenced by the nobles, was to keep them in the densest condition of s;ivi tudo and ignorance. Their earnings on the farms are gauged by the landlords so that they have just enough on which to live. As no means were provided for the elevation of the slaves when they be came serfs, they have remained exactly where they were found, and for all prae tical purposes they might just as well have remained slaves. It is generally believed that the Czar's act in emanci pating them was to gain diplomatic favor abroad. IN A PEAsANT's HOME. A peasant's house i-s a very rude structure and contains none of the ele monts of comfort, healthfulness or clean liness. Freluently the stables are under the same roof with the tenant. Is.ir, allowance of furniture, food and cloth ing being fixed by hiN landlord, ho lives scantily. The >iuilding is usually of pine or cedar logs atout ten inches in diameter, barked and set neatly together. It is of one story in height, with one room, generally has three or four win dows. with one sash in ezch, and they are protected from the outside by rudo board shutters, which when closed at night make complete darkness with in and ventilation miserable. The iloors are of logs and earth, and the bedi are on the floor. 'there are no stoves in a peasial's house. A stick and clay chimney !ire place suflicos. here warmth is secured, and the food is cooked in kettles. The I family meal is spread on the floor, and the repast is partaken of while sitting on folded legs, tailor style. In frunt of many of thcso houses, which are covered with hay and poles-a rough sort of thnteh-the traveler frequently sees a drosky from the city, the vehicle of the landlord, who pays daily visits. The peasant has very crude agricultural im plements. IIe generally makes theni at is own furnace and gives them fiuish and( polish on his own grindstAone(. 'The peasant's grindstone is a lhuge afl'air, is turned by one man, while anothm', sitting up on a frame above it, manipulates the imp)lemnent. A xes, plow shares, scythes, wagon tires, p)ortionsl of harness, horseshoes and everything used about a farm or stable are finished on the grindstone. A crude little furnace heated with "peat" or pine chips and the grindstone comprise the mianufactuuing appliances of the peasant. His plow is a simple pole wvith handles on a dead level with the tongue, which has an oil'shoot downward, on which the share is nailed 'r tied. A plowing see in Riussia, with the yh old frame, the crude, triangular -i-mend-shaped sharo and the tiny tie furrow madeo, would be disgusting well as pitiall to the Amseric an farm er's eyes. The drmaught or weight of the plow comes directly from the high howed hame, wvhich extends two feet *above the horse's neck and which isi fas tened to the collar. .Instead of traicos *the tongue or shafts do the pulling. TIhe R~ussian in no walk of life has yet learned the philosophy of direct diraught fr:om the collar of the horse. All vehicles are drawn by thme shafts and tongues, and those are fastened to thoe high hame or' bow, which in turn is fastened to the collar. There is no such thing as trace straps or chains. Carriages are thus drawn. wOMEN THE IWAr. wou1nms. The women in Russia do Lsvo-thirda of ath work in the country. T1here are im ense wheat, oat and hay fields (oer' here, and in August there is gr-eat ivity in the country. 'The large ma rity of persons at woerk are women. he,y wear short dresses, plain and aight, and a long pico of cloth over cir heado like the Arabs. The wheat sown broadcast, and if not cut by the omen with sickles is harvested with the -fashioned soyt.hh, which has a two nd anead and a broad, short bhle. am the snead up to the handle thaere pearanc, the hafof a heavy barrel Up.This bow keeps the wheat, etc., omfalling back over the meythe hanadle and scattering. I have never yet saeena a man who would deign to gather up, bind( and stack the wheat or oats when once it was felled. The women must do this while the mndo the "gentlnmainjy" tg the grain with the scytho. The ghors club together in harvest and 6110e another. . Rusesian harvesting rendezvous is lively, and is the scenec of a motlv d. TIhe old men and young, hoy's *girls, with their liothers, grand ems and aged womoen, assemble at k, There are a number of ,on wvhich arc carried water, food implements. Theo horses the d men ride. while the old women walk. They always carry the soythes forks and rakes hack and forth over day, and work as long as thero is day light; and since it is daybreak at 3 a. n and not dark till 9.30 p. i., the hours o labor are long ones. The forks used in the fields are mad< of the prongs of tree branches. A limi is selected which has at least three oft shoots, and from this a hay or when fork is mado. The wheat is stacked a first like thut of America, except in tin matter of cap-sheafs. Instead of thrc( or four top-sheaps just one is placed. II is turned heads down and spread so as tc cover the entire stack. The heads o: Russian wheat are long and slender an the grain small and red. It would b; graded at l)uith or Chicago as No. The straw is rank and slender, and thi yield a little more prolific than in Amer lca. it is harvesto,t aud sown in th< same month, August. When the wheal is sulliciently mlaturc( it is hauled or long, slendor, oii:-horso wagons to thi wiudmill on tho farm and threshed. hauling wheat to the thresher is i leisurely and lazy work, and is nevel done tilt the plowman wants the ground it occupics. The windmill which fur" nishes the flail power for the threshinp is the samO found throughout HIollaud and Germany. It is double-armed, tit samo as the one Dn Quixote set out, tc con(ucr. These mil!s are very commou around Wars'w, in Poland, and arc used for every coueivable work, tIhc wo11ion1 evei grinding their coffee, churn ing and washing with them. The lightest breeze sets them going, as their faces are turned against the wind so am to catch its full forc. 'Tis appecrs, however, to b the only labor-aving in ytitution found in ius 4a. I asked a landlord why ho did not in troduco the mderci impleeincts cn liE farms, and was informed that labor win too cheap; besides, it was found ad vantageous to give us many people worl< in the country as possible, because i: they go to the towns or cities they be como troucble ome! it will not ho 1U the scifs leave the firam that Ruh!Esia will blave modern inprovemnet s; and not till then wi'l she compete to any gcea x tent with the tiitc:d States iii supplving the wheat markets of ]Europe. No EIloC'IiON Fon TIE 'oo:. lthough ignorant and kept away from ;eneral couhunication, the peasants in Russia are becoming greatly d1ististed with the way they are treated by the government and the landowners. ThIey take the recently issued edict on the muhjcct of education to cover their c uore especially thnn that of any othei dass. The ministry of public education has but recently (tclared that it will st.op the l:et avenue possible to the ciu ,.ttion of the I)oCr el+esse. It will Ioi permic them to cuter even the privatt uiv ersities, and lies cloed Ihe doors1 of the public ones by a cieulir to the cu rac)ra of the aelolastic circuits, an uole"ing hat ''ymuasi' ad p.u gymnasia will henceforth refuse to re ceivo as pupila tle children o domnestic servants, coo!s, waster-Womnl(', small shop-keepers .md othes of likc conditiou, whose children, with the ex. ception, perhaps, of those gifted with extraordinary capacities, she.,1 t not. to raised from the circle to whihK: they be. I og and h thereby led, as long as ex perienc ie, shown, to dee;ise I heir pare"ti, to becom,1e disent. 1uted w ith1 their lot and irritated agtiust the inevit cble inequlitis of existieg social pcsi bions." Tfhie real ri son tti this et raurdinary piroelamition hacs beecn i.sued is the rowth of Nihilism. This the ollicials Ireely and frankly admit. Tliy say Ghat as soon as the chi!d of a )eisaui - ets into school Qad begius to read and think he or she 1eos a Nihilist, an, e' into the comamunity from whence mhe pupil came a.nd spreads the infac bion. So the last chanuel to intelligence s to bue thnus closedl. The edict w~a' sued at the instamuce of the nobility, nd is also intended to check the emigia ~ion from the farms to the cities. A fli; I'i h Story. A most remaurkable story of trout Iish ing comes fromi Caple Uireton Island, in blhe extremoe nor then part of Novac Scotia. The narrator's hero is himself, ind lie says that one w'riter, being tired af sadt beef, went ouct to catch troat fori his table. In that hea'elity the fish art pzite plentifulI when the waters ofI Lmke Ain:-leo are sullIicienitly warmi to cause them to seek a cooler retreat, and on: the day in qustion the conit ions must lmcve been uInusiully favorable, for thet jishierman's (lily 4tr,imle wa in the ex L'rtiona of htuding~ the li nmeroius eatches. S,o eager, h leel , were the fish that they( would often jnp ab~ove the wat r to get the bait, and the spoirtsmani concludd~ to facilitate moatters by d;agl ing tI hook outl a foot 111,ove the water ccudc gett ing on hiis knetes and gi vincg 41he fi sh, as fast as they jumleid up, a d< xterom box oni the earts that sent the.c m prawlingF on the ice. The pbm worked admairably' and the ncarratorXc hand was kept n b)usy that hce was finally forced by slhe: fat,igue to put anc end to [the nove pastimue. What is ealledc a conservaitiv estimate pilaces the qu'antity of tishi se cured cit over four bairrel:i. The gentle manll wals probably willing to retmun N( salt beet be'fo re lhe exhauseted tihe scuppl' on hcand. What a paradise for augler: that pacrtiicular stream mnuet be! Amc what an inventive genius tliat lonetto 1h ermmn is! 'Thle thcirty-seveni agriculItural colleges anmd expeirimenital stations 'whIich hcavt been hunigrily watching and waiting foi the first payment of thueir $1 5,000O a yea1 which Congress voted them in March 1887, will perhaps get over frowning ai Comptroller Durham now. .1Jo han pu :1 requtst for a lump sumi of d85,000( fo. them in the urgent deficieney bill, with lhe calmi statement that he conhii not pa3: the money out hecausce the bilhi was ico drawn so an to empower him to do) 5o [ii' dioes not, sly that the mani who drev the bill shcowed himself t4) be ratheri (ohump, but thmat is wvhat hce icaens t< couvey. TIhe comiptroller' says that uni her thme provisions of the Act I)ckob establlishe~d d)ne exp)erimnct staitiocn, an othmer S-tates have been making enlarge imintc and inmprovemsents, bumt he hasi 1no been able to) give them a penny yet. "Bcu it terible, hl)hby, I thnt ey lov I ucmn to have four wIves inc Tuckey? "Not so terrib,le as it wvoukd be it It wer comnll$ory, my fea. " i)A NI i 1 .'&.NNINO'8 1.1.1'i. A .oor i."y Wih,. lde Ii uelcif Ore of the (.rettcst l'ullticiauls. f (1From ti.e N .v York 'i'ss ) D,anicl ianning was born in Albany, August 16, 1I31. His father died when ho was a child, al ho was obliged to provide for himaself when only nine years of ago. 1Iis first employment was in the oflice of the Albany Atlas, which was isulctlutently merged into the Argus. lie began by sweeping out the ollie, and in course of time cane to bo the ''devil" of the establishment. While in this position le learned to L set type, anmd gradually rose to tii posi tion of foroman of th corn; osing room. 1ien lie joinua the re, rtriil shifl of ho Aru and firs-t ite[oded the mar heta. Afterward he a u uppointed to report the proccedings of the State en ate, and was employed in that capacity for a number of years. lie subsequently became a stockholder in the Argus, and in 1865 was made associate editor. When William Cassidy, the chief editor and president of the Argus Company, died in 1873, Mr. Manning's judgniont, general intelligenco and business talent obtained for him the presidency of the company. Ie very ieldom wroto any editorials for the paper, but contented himself with directing and managing its afltirs. In 1873 he also became conne ted with the National Chemical I :nk of Albany, and was elected a director. He was ad vanced to the vice-presidency in 1881, aud in the following year, upon the death of (leneral Robert .1. Pruyll, he became the prsidelnt. 1ie wa aalso a miemiber of the Albany Park (.oummis Si0ners, o11e of the trustees of the Fort Orange Club, a director of the Albany llailway, the Albany and Susluehanna Railroad Company and the Albany lec trical Light Company. Mr. Manning during all his life took an active interest in l lities, but it. was only of bite years that he hee.hm known as a political leader. H - was scarcely known at all in political circles outside of Albany prior to the election of Samuel .7. 'Tiblen as (overnor of New York. lie was appointed a lclegait from Albany to the convention of 1 i7-, which nou nacd Mr. Tilden for Governor, and )rove d so useful in the campaign which followed that he gained 3t. 'Tillen's confidence. le was always a )emocrat, and thoroughly believed in the prin)ci ples of that party. In 1871 he was elected a member of the Democratic State Committee. in 1879 8(o ho served as secretary of the conmittee and in 1881 he was chosen its presidcnt, a positioi he occupied con tinuously for sevcral y ears. In 1880 he had become regarded as Mr. lilden's mn.)t trusted adviser, and wis one of the noi t in,ilucntial mecmbcrs of thec N:'w York delegati1on in the national cjnven tion which nomiuted General Wintieh I. aucoci for President. It was through hie, as chairman of the New 1ork delegation, that Mr. Tilden con inunicatcd to the convention his de 1cision not to stand again for the Prosi deney. It has been said that Mr. Manning wai mainly instrnentiti in securing the nomination of Mr. Cleveland for Presi dent, and that a month previous to the meing of the State Convention of i2 ho remarked to some political i'rionds who called On him at the Arpgus oIlee: it seems to me we laid bet ter nominate this man Cleveland, of Bl:alo." At the special request of \1 ir. Thiliep, President Cleveland invited ir. Man ling to become a member of his Cabinet anud offired him the Secretaryahip of the Treasury. lie was always a man of delicate health, und upon the ground that his physical condition would not warrant mimi in assuming the labors of the office Mr. Manning at ist dleclinied. Influ ences wvere brought to bear which finally ~induiced h1imf to enter Mr. Clevelaial s Cabinut. The labors of his position, as lhe fear ted, wore more than lhe could sustain. Ile was returning I rom, a Cabinet meect ing on March 28, and wals about to enter the Treasury building w~hien he was at tacked with dizziness, and fell heavily to the ground. iIe was taken to hisa home in a carriage, where lhe remained for a c'on.siderable time under the care o.f his physician. fte tendered his resignation as Scre Itary of the Treasury to the~ President on Jun 4i111, but Mr. Cleveland refused to I accept it, and induced himi to tak'e a long~ vacation. Again Mr. Manninig senit in his resiginatin on F"ebruary 141, of this year, to take eflect on MIarchu 1, and this time the Pr~iesidenit accepted it with regret, wh ich he (xpri essed in a lengt hy eulogiistic letter. le. Maunng then took: a trip to l'ii roean'pent s' omei timei at the sea'idle resortf of ourinemioutth, bult received1 no permaent enefit. P'revious to his resigniation lie was offered the presiden I y( ofA he estern Nat iioaf Hank, which was ablout to begina business in this city. 'This position he ialso d1eclined1 upion the cer of ill health, but was told that if he would accept4 it he would be given a leav of absence which lhe conhl termi nate at his own pleasuire. lIe consented to ti arrangoeent and the bank was iss Mary i ttle uns Mir Manning's fird wi fe, whomi he married in I M>3. She t ldest soni, .bunes II iltoinlhi M n ing, is managmng editor of the Argui, anid the oilher son, Frederick Cliunt,n Manning, $ iiia achive young buieSsiO man11, O ne oif the daughters is the wife of Jlohnx A. ID)lehianty, an A lbany lawyer. Mr. Maning miarriedl his secondi wife, Miss May Margueritta Freyer, of Albany, on November 19, 1884, IlNo8 .'IP O(GANs. We iire preparedl to 5(1 .i Pinos and( Organs of t he beiist imake at faictor'y prices for Cash or easy I netahnents P imini's from .$210 up; Orgains fronm S24 uip. The verd( ict oif the people is that t hey can save the fri1ght an wet-fv pe r (cent. by busyinag of us. I ustrmuents1(5 dleli vered to anyi) depoJt 0on fifteen (lays' trial. We pay freight both ways if no(t - (atisfactory. Order and ltest ini your own homes. liespectfully, N. W. TldMP1, Coluia )ii, S C. Ji. E. PnIhs(o(:'s; Merchant'1Tailoir Es 'ahhment, Columbia, ti. C., ia in full uast. Only a lo,ok will convince any one. All that want a first-class fitting sait try hinm. A full line of the best croodsann hand. .QVL'S VAI(ING. 1The Ficklo loerthaz )t.pro Rnfld Her 11usimnda. (From the Cinniati EriuirOr ) In the great Algerian smoking-room, extended on a divan, Bertha felt that time laid heavy on her hands. She lost all thought of the book that she had just read, and which had slipped from her ap to the carpeted floor, soft, thick and rich in colors. The October sun played wantonly through the slightly opened window upon the curtain hangings and the gilded nails of the furniture. Bertha dreamed of herself as the maiden ; rec:lled tho day of her mar riage, two munths ago, and one by one the days, the hours which had since rolled by, and from time to time you could see her abrug her shouldero and pout her lips. Bertha is iot pretty, y et somehow, if you could only see her, you certainly could not help feeling that she merited being loved. The heavy treasure of her chestnut loeks massed at the back s.traiglitened up her head into an atti (tide of noble, graceful pride. Her brown eyes, ordinarly indifferent, often mocking, forget themselves sometimes, and strayed off into dreams. And her mouth, a little large, perhaps, but it knew how to laugh one of those clear, ringing laughs that you felt came from a real good, honest soul. Love? Well, no! she did not love. Why? It is that eternal history: A rich heiress, a commoner, t honghia Parisian, w%ho promised herself within fifteen) years to bear a title and havo a ''salon," she had not undeiatood that the bravo young m:.an who called himself simple (George Dure au n lived ten mouths out of the twelve on his landed estate, know ing Paris only by several weeks of each year there, ha1 iven to her something as rare as a line name in bringing to her his great, good hear. u( strong youth. Alh, if he had been a man of the world, if the women had epoken in low tones of his follies, the young girl would then perhaps have reniarked that in the great blue eyes of her lover there was enough frnnl ness for all her confidence; love enough for a wealth of ail'ection. She did not know that a man has no time for love in Paris; that solitude and the free air of the woods are the best counsolors of the heart. Bertha never once doubted henelf, and I should have never guessed it if site ind told me of it, and this was how it caine about. While the lay there dreaming, the sun commenced to sct and the iudiscrect ray cast into her chamber, slid over the flowery carpet and cun ningly approached the young woman. It kis.<ed her feet lirst, then her knees, and meunted even to her face. )azzled by the li~ht, Bertha rose to go and close tne b)linid:a. Now, near this window, in the em brasure, stood a pretty little picco of furnitu.-e usual;:y lcc1; '1 with a key. This day the key had been left in the lock and one of the drawers was left partly open, and among a common lot of papers Bertha perceived a package of let ter; bearing George's address, and having nothing else to do to amuse her self, and noting the superscriptions to be in the fine, light hand of a woman, aiml as silence reigned in the closed ehatmnber, the ray of the sun itself having dis:iplared, she untied the ribbon that secured the letters and began the icad ing of them. Tie first said simpl.: "You are not thoughtful, my dear friend. I asked for a few roses, a small bouquet for my courage, and you sent me a sheaf of flowers! 1 pardon you, but see that you are wiser in the future. By by. "LouisE." A packet of letters is like a book; one loves to linger over the leaves and glance through them before reading them. Bertha took from the middle of thme puackage an envelope ornamented with a silver monogram and drew out of it another billet; it. was scarcely larger than the first. b)ut it sii more, termi nating wit,h these worde: "'You are handsome" Th'lis time it was signed "'Loubt." Ti., yve renewed interest, and, lhen euiriosiL touched, she absorbed herself in th?eir reading for a long time. She became passionately interested, for her hands tremblled oach time she unfolded at letter. Onme time eren she displayed a little shiver of anger, and the tell-tale red ftlushed her countenance. Suddenly shte heard a voice calling her from wit hout, that of her husband, who had re'turned., She closed the drawer qutick{ly, ian out upon the steps and fountd herself face to fnce wvith George. lIe was ttnding there, his gun negli gently thrownvm on his shoulder, cap in h2is hasd antd a little dusty amnd a little I anned, bult young, strong and happy, The day had been a good one and ac cording to his custom lhe told her of his Iltck aind of the incidenrts o,f his hunt. I ert.ha Ilookedl without saying any thing, and ini looking at himt and listen ing Iio his clear, vibrating voice she seemed t.o hear another voiee, the soft voice of a woman, breathing into her ear andm saying to her: "'Tell him. You are hmandsoame." 'Come", tell me,' saimd G eorge to) her. "I have asked you the question now three tiimeu. Shan't we have tdinnei in half ant hour? I itam (dying of hunger. What say?'" "V\ery well eertiiainlly,"5i Iah sho, comkintg out of her reverie. Wiile lie maountodl to his apartment sh e remiined touighitfu s evert Ial min. ates, caressing with a nervous hand .Jack, the fitvorite spaniel. Of whom was sihe thinking? Stopping for several minutes 51he then quickly ratn tip the stops5 and entered. In thme smtiokiing room, before the same drawer of the same piece of furniture, lierthe resumed her interrupted reading. She cpne l(th lasI t l& .1ter of the paclkage, which ian thumm "r I)mDean Faw.n\u: Thiey speiak of yourt charmtin g finance, anid I. kinowu you muist love hetr. 'To you 1 say, 'IeI hap I y. 'jTo her I cian wishl iiothjing, lias !;jit not sinatched all this3 g(ood fortune fronm me? Does nihe know the1( full imasumre of happ~iinesis? I wouIld so like to tehili he. There! there! .1 grow weak and foolish. Adicu. "'Lois:." Iber;ha refoidedi the letters, tied thema o1etl h r, atnd presmed th emu back withi thm other papers; ito the dlrawer, thmen, temtiing hersel f ini the la rge aram-chatir, neatr thme wvmh)ow, remnainmed uiet and j) *uiuve. 'The time rolled by and the young woman beama so lost in her dreans that she did not hoar George enter. He loaned over the back of the chair atul asked, laughingly: "Don't you know that dinner is ready?" Bertha raised on him her moictened eyes. "What! weeping?" said he. "No," said she, rising. Then she passed her arm around the nck of her husband and sighed. "No. I love you; that is all." THE COLUMBIA SEMINAR{V. )r. Voodrw Ca1iu that (5,a" ' W Upn iml Iin r beenI "RenIewedcl." ''he Southern Presbyterian, publiShed and edited by )r. James Woodrow, late professor in the Columbia ''heoiogieal Seminary of natural science in ito rela Lion to revealed religion, and presout professor in the South C:arolina U niver sity of geology and zoology, last 'Thurs day contained a column editoril, entitled "rho war renewed," oiubc.lying in greater detail the following statements and comments: "One of the inducoments offered to students in the '1'heologieal Seminary is that the lectures of the professors c,t the South Carolina University are op.u to them. Accordingly during the la:"t few months several of the Seminary stdeits have been attending Prof.' Voodrow's slasses, some regularly natriculati eg as University students and others obt'ning permission from the professor to attend regularly as visitors. Their attoLdance suddceuly ceased. After a time (-ne of thiei )cppeared. From the mini tes of the N'u' c 'rleans Presbvtcry the hcmth - ern I' -esbyt'srian now learns the ca lse of the e."ation and reappearance, amd as mrt .ins that the attendance was f,rbid deon by Profs. '1'adlock, (irardean and Ilerznan. The New Orleans I'rt.byte ry, after considering on the 27th cf 'De cembor a communication from the faculty of the Seminary reative to' that Presbytory's candidate, who, acting un der the Presbytery's Assembly corre spondent, announced his purpose to at tend ProI. Voodrow's lectures con:trarv to the wishes of the faculty, adopt( d, by a vote of 18 to 11, resolutions sust aining the faculty and disapprovidg the c'tion of the Presbytery's correspondeit of education." TIhe l'resbyterian adds that in Oc tober Prof. Woodow was earnestly requested, in the name of the Seminary stude-itN, to take a number of them under h is in structions, either in his study or else where, but peremptorily declined, but subsequently several of them In. triecn lated at the University in order to a_ttend his lectures, and as he could throw no obstacles in the way of such action, they did thereafter attend them. Soon :om'e of the students ceased attending,anl Prof. Woodrow learned that the lcv. ( . A. Blackburn, Dr. (lirardeau's son-in-law, pastor of the Second Presbyterian C:urch in Columbia, had informed several students that their attendance at Prof. Woodrow's University lectures w,:s in juring the Seminary by causing outside friends to withhold contributions, and the support of those who persist d in attending would be cut olY. Subsequent ly Dr. Girardeau told one who ha(t beei attending that such action was in direct opposition to the will of the cntire Church, and that if students we-e al lowed to listen to Prof. Woodrow', lec tures the entire elh;ct of the Ch:,celh's struggle for the last three years would be nullified. The stu dent, regarding this as an ollieial opinion, notified the faculty of his intention of reuowin bis ttendance at the lectures. '1'hi an pouncemcnt was not replied to by the faculty, but they sent the communica tion already mentioned to the Nov Or Loans Presbytery. The Southern Pres'yteriau exp:esses regret that D)rs. T1adlck anid Hlle.mman have shown themselves entitled to a plhacc by Dr. Girardeacu's side inc the front rank of extremist paritisans, and says that it had not thoucght thact they would ''1) found uniting with flbircl league in boycotting at professo)r whot 1s cluietly dischargin g his dutties in thce State 'University," It is evident that this new dhex lop mont will tend to keep) open tho~ git stion of evolution so long fought over. .1 t is Er curious fact that even the p)ractied ex r'ommiunication of D r. Woodr-ow bir- ncot. kept theological1 students from sc' ikig his instruction in geology and1 c mcs rhuent dicta as to the or-igini of man. A Good, TIn g for-ILa~ Ho. Manual training is one of thle few goo d things that is good for- everybcody. It is good for- the rich boy, to teach him. re Tpect for the dignity of beautifult work. It is go. d for the pcoor bo0, to icreasel his facility for haindlinig totols, if too(lc; preo to be the thing hce muist Iticicle ftor a living after-ward. It is good ft the bookish bioy to draw- him away firomi books~c. I ut, most of acll, it is got d for the nocn-bcorkishc boy, too, in sho winig him that there is socmethcing that lie e ci do we11I. ThIe hoy utterly iuncable, 'een if lie wvece stucdious, to kee-p upl inc bcok knowled ge acid pocentage with lice brightecr boys, becomies d iscouraged, duil! acid cmoody. I et himt go to the work coonm for anc honr-, acid 11d tIat ihe can make ac box or plance a rocugh p'ice of board i s well acc thie br-igh ter strhobirc, nay, very Iikcely belt er thanci hiis bri~ihtr neighboi r, and1( y-ou havie gi von hii . can impu)rlse of self1-respect thatd iS ofl unitohi( becnefit to htimc when he ge- back to i studies, Ile will bce ac better acnd bright or Iboy for hinding out, somcethinig thact hie can (10 well. Mind you, it is notl pho01ing the b)oard that dloes him good; it is p)laninig the board ini the ptresence oif other boys who can no loniger look docwnc upon01 him wheni they see hiow we!l he can plane. Hie might go hiomce after school and p)hlane ca boardt inc Lthe bcoiim of his fasmily, or- go to an eveincg schoaol to leacrn to p)lance, without, a<tIic.rter ptart, nay, withcocut any, otf Lthe icnlabl effect upoci his macihocod thact it will hcavei to let hum plaice side b y side withi toe whot i n montal attainiments cnmy be0 his superiors. Amicericani Alaigaczine. A IPittsburcg, Pa:., dachilLti mys)' thith maini festo issued lust night l.y t he joit ; soteictioni auil thle l'niught. tct Labor tIe clatrs lihat the dIe ist eaest andi that c aieneracl -strikce at l li ft iN'Ive t-hclri inc that re gion,c (xt'ept tose coninig th1 it-t ir (cnt. advanlce. will be inauctguraccted today I'ive Iteadting, (otheie cs inc opeirajtin yelt-r. kccep til apptiearacc-cs in aditionlic to the anortinniti in Shunmbcihc l,Heerb.ct 1mtw. eecoc.1 Abi(Iot tdu e on th.U vcn'ing C1 f th. "d1 ult., w\hilc %\ r. WV..d. lackmonu, aL\' wl - to-do fIiincr, who liVes'i i11 the eOh:tm tCCtiOn1 of tli: (o111ty, was at 1is b). i, about ftrty yaLs disit3nt from his d wel' ing, looking iftcr hi: :stok, nevoral pe_ sons set ulpon hini w itlh elul)u and 1nu.t brutally beat him until they aul1ppos7d they ud 1;illed him , whe they took his koya from hiIH JYCI4 a nod thr1ew himn it,>' tho 8table. SariiL K('ily, a c0Ilorc(1 h)y, who lives al)ut i) yard, oli, wa' the first to tlprisec any oun of Al t. I;ack loin'sl Conth1ltione. 11,y t!hnt hie i ..rd the blowc i l<l su)4p. :3( N. 1.L. wa:, beating One of the 1Uht(4, uoJU: \' het I.) the htaLlh nod f(,umdi Mr. B. ling il II, 4tale n; h1'' 1p1'ed.'1 (i: . l e I '.t ed.1ku to his im,thter anl told hor that the lules lu.ti 1. ie \l r. I l;tcikacu (1. '.l'It y iufortnlcd :t\r,. tekni I, who wL'ith ok ing supper, :t-id w1, y :ii three ran to t.he stable wher' Mr. ft w1s lying iten-i blo anod IIt ditig profi:;cly froI hin wounds. A\r. I1. v:so; remuuvovd It; I htontsC iid a1 phy i iant1 i: 10or iin) o 1!isti'. in the mnic.ttitl.', w! ile - .. 13. . out looking anit' hr Ihtushln'', tie. y r ties w ol) co1 ti it ItI h : da.'u'r ly mul altroCiouls Oulltr ('ut'1r(ed th;o dweihini tr1'4)Ilouh i1)' 4. th f toor 141 gitg' i' 1 the rtomll Vhl'ro 3\.r. 1. 1401)1i his oi''' a(tt(1p1)ted, wvith1 t1h' eys the:y had1 tI:a from uii ; 11u1 it 1, 1.o (p: i it. Flilin il this meid bra( .hking the knlob oil the' (loor itey tl, "w the keys On1I a b(1 ia aLl]Oulion g ro Iol tlu h iiil \1hi('1 ther ist to patss an deprted. 'the follo'ving '04'rninl;g nil in. 1) ' e' (It tihe' 11)1'' 1(4in h1h 14 lot irO'.l ,l 'I tr'tackS of tlre.' p 1OoL; w\ .'' funt1tit c 4. intg fron the 1a' k p11rto thl4 t1 :"11 :round1 theu :;tab11. tO theL p'l.intl wh r ill " . fk was:tt 5ai(ed. TI Ie1t II' I '(':I' i - '1' ently 1):J.e 14y two ) p,' ')u); a'itlrnl 1tl1n's i,hoels and onet w'in'lllg 1l' 4 -the 1:ir; ':.t (Ti'Jt 'n1 ma1111(1'te )y h her 7 4.r1 44 shes44 a:l .e ''.' h -4 icth O1'hu i :1, nar . - c :1I in bet'4 t)I1 hl 1 '.-..4* 14 .\(414 ') 3(1 ' 1; . I1c 'II( ' "- ' .' (I. ~ w(ilnt'n :tnt ai (";t!)c'.l t1 : hove bec :e : I'CEstld mi l :'1 II. i Ll ai 0e ; ., andltl it is liLt y th it 4 rr : r. \ l. ' mitte. '1h' ne r : ()re' I; . A"ndy1 ID eas , .1 .rin !rc 1)''n , .1 iil1 ' '1 , atilord I't)rn t, th( 'l' ii I oi 04) 1, i'ar'e't, ali h'I1(it , a d I a'n1 ii:tl't I1y, ( ;. 1 r. I;l1cl_lan ln'. , . u 411)1( i: . bctter ot1 th- -re is lttle doubt n his reCovery, lib . l iro:hi.; '.1. Il w.te15e thoug:ht t' be io: . 1lt r4 iV 1, iv 'u \01' . I""',, (' i) 1o1v r 4 ' h : 1 mi, i, . briiel '4nd4 tl.(](71 1n '' h,>i. iv, andtl b1: t()r se:ventt .1:'.)o. It .at', I4' 'd tonl un his rec7o'v;eriui: co1i t.l111'' 14?' \v>i 4'4 able to t11 the niaImes of is lSaiL: nt 1)m1 bo ha4s 1n4 reco lkelin u f' e ever Cet: th11 . M1r. I33h1ClIIon ol)e'ed'l ; af0 i<nh Monday and found tn. it v: t-t by the ,oh)'' ' 4 th ' i. o the ' . . A al)g ('ontainig . 1 ill . : iakenl, whu ' I 4n (;'t:(i:I,t' . ,l l4, gold wa no1 ! u l:..i. 1t i ' .' n , . to talh, bu :1: . . i~ L . i the i 1 . h . Ii: : ' I l - C\'t , to i ''11 \ llor it Uilt th: gii l p r r., t!were b r'Clth of the l 1 : .'lit f 1 1 I yestcrdity. ('314 ( . t . tl'i. 1 . i4 i i, (:i( 4 :4 1 '. _ I ' ' ( ti t .1 1 , ; : . l( . ' : ofr rililtir(e:. \\ I tll t i his C. iael at' tt t:i.4 .d7 ine 'n b IIOusti mi7d w...' in; I1, iict :: '. ! the step: 44 1itth- [ '3 , 4' . 4, 4 wor01kinlg peopl'e, pa4 h44 144 her v,' the4. crow<4,t mo44 'I 1:0p 4 aI 4 3 Pre'4sidentl'. 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I 'ais lI b;' lte i.odon(i3 D aily~ Telegr44at'thl.4 114 o4 . w 44 4an44 t 44 in ',..4 1' ours '.110,0i0'w r44 (l wh h1444 r)'' In a ris',144114 aln1 1. 134141h4r ', bri '. Ip 4'('rl'in4 there44 4re ;.' ),4000 44 . lies01 wh oc1upy onlyporionsof W1,1. J'OWI)ERLY STEP DOWNg A Thorough llorganization of the Knlghts of Lab(or Said to be Coming. (New Yo:k MUll antl Express.) - According to reports that have been received here by some of the more L,ninent of the leaders of the Knights >i labor, the long-continuod tight in that .wg.nization will bo settled by the 'esiguations of Master Workman Pow lerly, Secretary Litchman and the other - nembers of the so-called "administra ion ring" and a complete reorganization )> the order. Thus a struggle of more han tbeo years will be brought to a -lose. Careful observers, however, hold y hat the end will come too late to save he organization and that it is doomed o disintegration. Up to the last mo nent the administration hoped that ionic compromise might be arrived at sirt District Assembly No. 1 of Phila lelphia and through it with the other listricts connected with the Chicago l'rovisional Committee, which is now ending the open revolt. But no com noimise would be accepted by the "kickers." The reaching of a definite and on last Thursday night was pre rrntcd by the sudden illness of Master orkman Powdorly, but the other par i:; interested met Ilnd had an opportu uity to indulge in som~ very plain. teJk, lie lllumest of which came from Messrs. taury and Baily, the anti-Powderly numbers of the Genoral Executive Board, whom the ring tried, but failed, to oust from ,0Ice at Minneapolis. l'owderly is n<ty said to be willing to } Lp down. lIe is not shamming sick- I ne . Not only is he ill, bit he is dis ;u ted and discouraged as Wl. His re'nt tour through the East an1lie in rm:atioin that lmts come to him from I cr sources have convinced him that n' lilce great order of which he was al i fist dropping to pieces. The oning strength of the revolt shows ti t ihat t here is nothing ahead but de t for him or the disintegration of the rgmsization. His sickness is oppor nei-. lie will, according to the state tnenIs now made, use physicalincapacity an exense or ivilng up his position, .sill go abroad for a time and leave the "thers to figSht the thing out' as they i hut (iceneral Secretary Litchman and he others think they see a gleam of a Te in the delay secured by Powderly's lher,,. I itclhnau will next week send mt his aiual assessuent notices to all be loca assemblies. Upon the re poJses will rest. the last hopes of the nl)tinistration gr.mp. The Provisional oumittee is not in any humor to allow ie ring to renew its sU)l)hies. It is now re"tresentcd in every State by district t","mblies, and every sipgle local at htehed to these is bcing warned not to IOY a plnny over to the Philadelphia crowd. in addition, ovexy possible in 1Ience is be hrought to U1ar, upon lo cals that are not yet in open revolt to iduce them to withhold the amounts of t assessments levied tpou them. As mitters stand at present it is pretty cer tain that the amount of money paid into the general treasury this year will be in i''uiicant when compared with former y:tis. Ihe results of this financial boy is obvious. 1n'itvile the National Provisional :nitiati;ee is continuing steadily on the 'rw ,ive. '.l'e rel)ls now number etiireis of thousandu and are confident ti viCtory. 'J.lie Knigh l.,e wat chtd the con te't ion of the Amucrical Fe'ueration of t'rades at Ilultirnre witt grat interest. l'o . Ma il auid Ixpress reporter George Mit iuriay, of the 'riniteis' Assembly, oil he did not think that, properly Ie'.:rea, tie iuights wonhl suller by 'asnof the pihenomoenal sulccess of the ti ralion, ndling: There is room for b'oh 'i'ganizations, mid plenty of work for each. It should ltt for it mlomenpt ha coinsideredl that lai re is any ivalr y or (omapetition be weeni the two orgaizat ions. Each is ngag~ed in a great work. is oio, tiia Note-i. Th e cotton ccecd oil trad,u, Iby its in ' .1e- miiIluni1ry m'I th, p)ressing of 4toni *eed, saves-i in th tauggregnto from cnito twenty thi'usanud I 'les of cotton, vhjic ha hieretofore b een ho;t. The-re were five :ctles of wool ini Lon Ion lust year amounting to 1,180,000 Th'le Slan<trud (id ( >mpny has run .oiring the intA year -, 1 ,0,000 btrrels of ii thriough its lines i-i northern Ohio. It is es,timatted I jit it will require :ll;fI, (f)0 to sui ih i- varlious de >arilinenu. of the New York city govern ISen <hn-ing 1888Q. Thue ittal v.diui o* I ;u- miniIrd~ pro net. of the t'nitedl Statts is e.-timatted d 7, 11fn. 9)00, itn incurease of :-1),0(00,.. IM Ma uignintst the I)iCyloit yeny, ia v. iiat is comu.inu; in the miirket to Lnke ii'rio troul, IIt is el-1.nned they -a iin twenuty per cen t. muore to the than tIhe ordawroy n.iu ad nt one ui0,rfect nail is to la ontd ini a keg. lLiy ire to he sold at current prices. einrat stel is imiportoel to make them ii:d a (Ch icago hirm ia-u the monopoly, The ,3> 7,a. onviets in Sing Sing Prison "-ant the N ow Yt ar at their regular Nas, whlilei the peCople in the outside rbd were inmkin~g merry. Only four 'I the eight tlegatl ho lays of tIhe year in his Stte are observedu in the penal oiny up the river, and Now Year's (lay :inot one of thiemi. The prison opened .1 K 2 in the muorn intg, and the conuvicts Siaorehead to t he big mleSs room vbm ti1I,200f of themco silenutly b reakfasted 'itther. Thieni, iiuider thei surveillance I iir keepr, they were marched to Sir Ceeral pilaces of work. Nota until u'intal day of thc: ehlipulic will there novI hange fr om th e presicribod plan, Sv.holeuomne litre given themi, and no muoni fromu work except on Sundays. 4. in elect ion day, Th'Ianksgiving D)ay 1Chritmnas, t hey will hatve an extra io fare, and c-an make as much noieoc they want to on tIhe niext holiday, uirthi of dJuly. Now York World. A~ I-utal L'.ebpH,, iiI ther.i med-uicines by rii 5(11 mg mhluen leica iscIloygdscr mpuie bloodh, and0 co nsimumption, wlihih li ci of uilo uScdiene or them ngs.