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7t . VO,XI.PICKENS, S. C., ThURIISDA1Y, AP~RIL 5, 88 O 8 TIIE SICK MAN OF EUROPE. ALL EYES FASTENED ON GERMANY'S FEEITLE KAISE1t. Talk of a Regency--Coming Constitutional lteforns--I1isnarck's l'lace In th I'res ence of Royalty. (London Lotter to the New York Times.) Despite all the oficial disclaimers and the vague and misleading reports of favorable symptoms Kaiser Frederick is really growing; worse week by week. Almost the last words a Prussian official friend said to me on Thursday when I was leaving Berlin were: "Bo prepared for a declaration of a regency an;t day. The Kaiser will not nuch lon e- be able to stand the strain of oven .stening to Stato papers and signing' his tname." Sure enough, within forty-eight hours iie announcement has come. Tho im pe: il.resorint o4eates a sor4 of co-regen oy, enabling Prince William to act with " authority solely on such matters as are referred to him by his father, but there is reason to believe that another rescript is already signed and in readiness for an oemergency, devolving whole and full powers as regent on Princo William. It is fair to say that this action is a more valuable and trustworthy indica tion of the Kaiser's health than all that Dr. Maekonzio may whisper to the cor respondents to the contrary. A new Emperor who is unable even to receive the Presidents of the Chambers of the Prussian Diet when they bring an ad dress which is the most important that could possibly be presentwd is not a ,. patient with a mere local throat ailment. from which he is recovering. W.hen I remember that last week ho gave an - audience to a mere delegation of the; municipality of l3erlin, it is obvious that his refusal now to see a delegation from Parliament gives the lie to the assertion that his health is improving. More than ] this for the moment it is impossible to i say. Probably next week, when, if the t fine 'oather continues, the question of j his removal to Weisbaden or .l'ottsdaui will be settled, tho public may learn 1 something of the real facts of his condi- f - tion. - Hints about coming constitutional re- t forms throughout Germany continue in I the air, but the prophecies are still with- r out tangible form. There is a good.deal of disappointment in moderato Germin I circles of Alsaco Lorraine at the tono.of F the imperial proclamation to the people t of these provinces. The Elaseer .l ournal says, for example: '"We must openly ad mit that our people had hoped to find in 1 the proclamation some allusion to the 1 -d%evelopment which the Constitution ! world easily admit of or to the relaxa- a Lion;-,hich might be made in the present f f. yster.. of government. This hope is not 1 Jltillei." Liberal papers ii Berlin, t the National Ze'" -g, also show 1 coi:in , ndins of mc. .ug their firrt a exanhcrnnt confidence that great steps to wardl'the libe14'ization of Prussia were 1 impcdiug. ;Dr. Friedberg, the imperi al ninier of justice, is said to be hard l at work va a big.i)i;dule of nates to be includdi iu the alnuesty granted to I political offadors .whicli is expected next t week, but bey9nd,that .ptigug definite < is known. Prince Bi:marvti's statw utir the l new regime cent i'3s to "be genpr'ly 1 discussed. There is cone dsngtr that people outside of (lera any not familiar " with the habits of thought and actiob in- *' grained in the Prussiat, charaeter will . draw false conclusions from. the fact that there has been an evide'nt <iro b,y the now Kaiser to honor a -lot of pecople whom Ilisnmarek dislikes, it is diilicult I for a foreigner to realize how,miall, from . the standpoint of Prussian (Court dIi - *cipline, I Bima rck is as comiuaredI with royalty itself. Americans pro bably had 1 in their mind1's eye before laat week's funeral a kind of fancy picture of the old Kaiser in his collin, with the two great historie lieutenants, iimarck and l Moltke, as the chief figuxes on either side. A8 a matter oif fact, if they had att.endedl the fun ierail, their laices would have been ab ouit half a mile behind the hearse', fol lowintg in ti .e limle wake, of every petty det;cendant of an obs cure Mermnan P1 rincee or other prine'elinag who I 'wuo t2le to pay hris f are to, Berlin. Whlena. 1. rw *a the oflicial programmlle the I phae; sesined to them I said to a G er mani algaIi. ''This seems, from ,y po(int o,f ~iwavt least, to be au outrage. I1 wonder ,iley don't resent it." 'The oflicial looked.aii me in smiling surprie. ''Oh, by no l4;r.us,"' he answered, ''they f are too good b:u:isians not to know ex tictly where they 'belong in the proces sin, and wouldl iver dream of desirinig to be somtewhero eka.'' lhe same ~een tiemtan told mne an .interetiung anecCo.'4 - of an interview Bismtarck had .with I lFrederiek Jll. when he went downa to Leipsic onf the Ilth to meet the Han Remoe train and( retur:t with it to Berlin. Thre Kaiiser- showed thoe Chanruceo a draft of his famousll letter to liismiarckl for approval before pul icationi. is - marck read anid returned it, suiggestting the alteration of a single word in the original. T1he draft referred to him as the "'much-chucrishedl fellow-worker of the late Kaiser.'' Iismarck suggested the word servant insteaid of fellowv worker. Frederick shook the Chiancel lor's hand warmly tand madle the altera tion. I relate this to indicate Bismrcrk's conception of his position. Whatever lie may think of the new policy, it would Em0to be a very grave and momentous thing indeed which wouldl induce him to express dissent from the dleisionts and instructions of his imperial master. Eiven then it would be (lone with the utlnost cautiomn and dbeference. As for mutiny, that would be simply out of the .question. Another Accomit. .lERLIN, March 27.- -It is eXpected that the coronation of Kinig Frederick aind Queen Victoria of Prussia will t ake place at K(onigsborg in Jutne. The mass of cartilage just remoyed from the Emperor's larynx is b)elievedl to indicate that nature ir- making a curative eflort entirely indlepenldenit of the phtysi cians, which belief is strengthened by the fact that a similar voluntary expul - sion is unknown to the physiciains in their experience in the tretmnent oif -cancerouii discases. The circumsitanice is also held to furnish incontrovertible evi dance of the correctness of D)r. Macken zie's persistaht contention that the dis ease is not caner. Empress Victoria, replying to ad dresses presented to her by soventeen associations of which she is a patroness, says her foremost and most sacred duty will be the care of her sulTringhusband. She is conscious of the task devolving up)on her as Queen and Empress, and will accomplish it to the best of her ability. At the same time, she is re minded that she has other social duties. The moral and intellectual education of women, the sanitary condition of the laboring classes, and the improvement of the facilities by which women may earn a livelihood will be constantly before her. The noblest vocation of a princess, she says, is an untiring activity in the work of ameliorating the suffering of the poorer classes. Owing to the difli culty of her task she is doubtful whether she will succeed as well as her heart de sires. Till CIuED O1 DEPSI'AIIC. A Play Showing the Groas Growth of A nirchism)). (From the Pitts)urg D)ispat<ch.) Nina Van Zandt is going on the stage, and is to devote her life to telling the story of her lover's fate. Four persons besido Miss Nina know of this plan. Due of them is an Anarchist leader and tuother a newspaper man. ''he news ptaper man is writing her play. He is a lerinan, imaginative, enthusiastic and red-hcaded. .For two months the pro ect has been working, and the play is :early .inished, only lacking the polish ivhich the friction wheel of intelligent vork alone can givo. Miss Van Zandt Stin enthusiast in the project. There s uo question that the young woman 10 OsSC considerable talent. She is tatoly, mniltivated, polished, self-pos eased. Mre than this, she is beautiful. vot pretty, not piquantly winning, she s statuesquely beautiful. Jier features re finely moulded. 'T'heir east is noble. Ior beauty is chaste and p.ure. 11cr icok is queenly; she wears (e beauty maughtily. 11or form is wortAy of her 'ace. Not tall, her fine pro portiona and )erfect symmetry, combined with a ccr ain freedom and majesty of movenent, nake her presence striking, noble and lways full of grace. But this is n t all, or rather this is iothing, when compared with the power lie possesses. Whatever may have been he ridiculous positions in which she has dlaced herself by her relations with lkugust Spies, ridicule has never cracked us whip of wit at her noi laughed at her us covert scer. She has ennobled the ituations in which she has beon phitced, 1d her tragic strength of mind has iven dignity to what in another would iave been silliness. She has in addition o all this a low, sweet and strong voice. 1iss Van Zandt can be an actress, prob bly a great, surely a drawing mnc. lnt after all ''the play's the thing." ven a poor actor an .do ,somethii: vitli a good play, and without it the >est can do but poorly. Miss Van ;andt's play i s gooQUo cr a had one, s ditlren' people may .view it, but it is it le-ist a strong one. Bricty, tie p1ot >f the play is this: A young, intelligent workman, :t )eace with all the worl, lo ed by his >cautiful wife, happy in his home, bough interested in the welfare of his iass, takes little note of the supposed pp.JEsion of money, nor of the grow ng spi'it of communism that pours its vild argnrge nts in his ears. One slay, mowever, he mars several capitalists, one >f whom is is Cemployer, discussing a plan to incerease their pri.Ots anid feed heir greed by forming it conmbinationi vithi the dleliberate puripose of forcig heir employees out, reducing tlicir vages to thd l'west pgi:;' by Q Lid of hungi- com.pOlunmg their submeis ion. '.Te man comes home burning vitll indignation. His wife soothes himi vjG1 love and words of hop1e andt faith. fIll times conmc. Events crowd each ther. WVages are reduced. Most of he men strike. The rest are locked out. ['ho man's thoughte turii to those do(o rines lhe formierly despisedl, buIt still his rifo keeps him truo. Evictions follow. L'lio young workman and his beautiful m(ung wife are turnedi into the street amli heir furnituro seized. They atro no(t ble to paty the rent. .Euraged by the ull'erinigs of his wife, the young 1man1 dolpts Anarchuismn- the creed of dlespair. lo joins his fellowox- orkmecn. lie be omesV thieii -leader he. says: "WVe wvill o to1 our masters iafd ask them to treat rith us as men. ,lf they refuse, we will ry tonmething olue. ' 'i'heir empllloyers efuso( to airbitrate with them. T.lheir ~ol ansiwer was: "Rtr1 ro to your tasks. Noe wilt pay you what we. "ioose."'1 Then lhe young loader says; "Thel.y havo de ;troyed our means of1 (s iste nce - ouir albor. Let us destroy thueirst-thir-l )rop)erty." A raidl is made on a factory. It is met >y the po)liot. T1he~y lire into the crowd. lihe leader falls. TJhen a fearful cry is ieard, the b)eautifuil young wifeo ruishu.s to) the spot anid throws herself oni her iinmband's corpse. Sihe is rudely dis burbed by the police. She rises, and with her hands iraisedl to heaven p, ays for vengeance. She applies to tim ai thiorities to have the police who did tho ihooting punished, 1t is in vain ; the police are the authorities. Th len for re venige she is diriven into Anarchimu. She orgaizes an incendiary band. Tlhiey apply the torch. F"earfiul destruction ensues. Tholu polico are en their track. A traitor reveals their p)lans and the leaders. TIh conspiratoIrs are arrested while planning further rain. Thle woman is arraigned. (Calmuly slhc admits her guilt; bitterly she accuses the moneyed consplirators who cauisedl the wrong, triumphantly she asserts hei victory ini revenge. With terrible seors sIt0 deounces their bravery in lunting down a v oman. Sho defies them. Swiftly snatching a vial (if poison con cealed in her hair, she drains it, and falln a corpse at the affrighted feet ol justico. T1his woman is Nina Van Zandt, The character is well suited to her. Shy can well p)ortray the calm strength el wifely love and the ierce torrent of pas sion roused to revenge. There is place foi- soverat fi ne clima tes. Tlhie eviction scene, the killing of th( husband, the weird meeting of the con sp)irators, the awful death in tho court all furnish grand andi striking tableaux The emotions range from quiet love to iutensest hate, direst revenge, and, in the olosiug scene, culminato in a storm of passion ending. in despair, fit prelude of death. A lai-go part of the lines are written, especially thoso that fall to that part of the heroine, and to the con. struction of these Miss Van Zandt has given miuch personal attention. A fair sample of them are her words when toin1 from the police. She turns on them with: Volves. would you rentl lils flesh? Iltso, nlurtlerotus slaves! oh, my (tlctu bi h ! Foul lientls, gaze on your workl Dead! hIwul? Ilead! Mlay Ilat swo t Iluool its ICense sen,l 'T'o heay'i, anid call tlownt the wath of (led In your nfC rse al 1entils. aiy tire luln your houne's, wan t pin,ll yotir litnlss, antil 11lingier gnaw your hcearts tln( il lie gituts 11int wiltl your leatlhs. Uoltt-bouglht cut tli r(at s, ?ly VengeaCnc( 'V p r'site 'you itill. 111I CGurae hrua .your Ve ins onti put fe ar thern. (furses upon you! lell's ti nen ts seite! eyengt. ltIvengt! ltevenge! The last act is not completed, but promises to be a strong one both in ac tion and language. h'11e play will be finished in a short time, and will be put on the stage in September. Meanwhile Miss Van Zandt will work assiduously in preparing for the presentation. lrs. Van landt, Nina's mother, when asked about her daughter's pi a of going on the stage, said: "Vho told you she was going on the stage? I do not favor it, and it is entirely Nina's plan.' hiie said sho could not talk about it, as nothing had yet been definitely sett.'ed. She tacitly admitted the fact, but re fused to enter into details. "Nina," she said, ''has not yct completed her Ilans." The beautiful Miss Itiina liersif, when asked to toll the public about her planis, replied: "1 am not ready to talk to the public yet, for when 1 go upon the stage, if ever I do, I fear they will think . talk too much." WAGEs Wvoitsi: TIiIAN S1.,AVl'uY. 'ngli1h WVorkwonien Vio 1 iglit i l"nvy the liatcl Shaves of the Sou,lan. (L-ontlon t attir!ay :eview ) 'T'he English drudge rises early 1111 goes to bed lato, woiking cight or twvteiyc hours a day, either in her miserable gar ret or in a huge manufacturing hive. Pinched with hunger and eold, worn out with labor, exposed to temptation and d'gradation, her joyless life stretches behin<i her and before he,, with ne pleasures to look back upon, no hope to -ook forward to. 'T'lie wages she earns, those wages which proudly separate her from the slave, are barely sullicient to keep body and soul together, till at last the body gives way or the soul revolts. Then comes the inevialble end, and t. verdict of '")eath from starvation" or "Found drowned" closes the scene. The Soudani girl is taken from her parental but of sticks aid 'tlLd and sold to a respectable famtily or perhaps a very rich one. In the first case, she will probably be'alone; in the second, she will find others like herself. She reprc ents o nich calpital invested, and is looked after with ciuiva.'l'"t care. Sie is a st r'ant whose wages have been pail twenty years in advance. It is true they have niot been paid 1') her, but that is al the better for the girl. he is well .olsed and well fed, and tiwants for L4ping. Shte is immnedliately 1)rOvided' with d'cent eloes t and set to liust work. ihe ha. eharge of the family washing cad cleaning, and of tho hitch en, ant ge'&rally fflls these dtie. niucl better Uhan a native paid servant woulld (). She is under no special re straint, accoen panies he' listress shop ping or does the market.ing herself, and gos-ipti her tiil wi'.h th n. ighhors as she hangs outi the linen o' the house' top or sweeps the ii,'.t doer atep. Ser work is ' no mee: lui(, and afte!r the fashion oIt U; yptf, wlieri'wr man .is at b rothier anid m;ery'', woo 5inder, ele is looked upon01 hy~ the Iamiy (uite as8 one( of th('eseves. Speuakingf from personlal observation, we may alirm11 tant thle black womniI are atlmost in vartialy' treated with the ultmos(.'t kind ness5 andi ilgenlce, anid arc often spoiled like chibdren by the too great good( naiturte of their miaster's or i tresses. T1.hey constitute a veory merry'3, happy p(ortion of' thec polpultion(, and it is seldom one can fin d a black giril with cut ani infectious bro'( ad gr(ini on1 1herJI po islie< Lace. I f shoel ch(se s to ( imarr as 1h fe os, with her owneor's eon sen.t, ulhe receives a dowe', and goes fort h a "free" woiman inl the letter, t hough often , as she indi s to her cos ~, at gretater b ioral slave in the spiri than0 in the d1ays Of heri sei v'it ud(e. Al North(Iern ~V'ito t IIl((neollies in the Mont h Cairo,lisu Di ,i'eu' The1a New Y'ork TFri bune, re ferring to the color < IleStion( ini the chu(ir0ilu-, has this to say~ iln regard to thet a<i(sion of co)loredl clergy to the South C'aroli na D.iocesau Conivoution: "At the comntg Easter vestry elecetions the questiont of a(lmitlt ing clrdceia delegates to t he Conveht in w I he tihe paramfl(ounht issueP., 1(ant it is Iihkely' ta ves)tr'i('s op)pose<( to t his wvil beI genierallIy elected. T'hat will men the conIltinu( anice (If the schism, with the( i$'hopi1 ando mo(st of th leclergy on (1ne sid Itld thi suIt oIf this will he, as tilIhe ihop says, vacatnit r'ecieis, closedl churces and sil- uspendd and1( abandonulIled iisio ns. "'Ibut it will bin tg aboult att least onett good result, it will comlipel the( niext GeneralI Convention (of the Eplist'copal Church, which meets int t.h is cit.y niext year, fairly and squarely to ansiwer the (lIestion whether clergymen and laymenl oIf that church ini good staundinog can lie deprived (If theciri constif ut itinal rights, because of the accidlent of color, in any of its dioceses. TIhiit it wvi l answer thiis question inl tile niegitiv(o may ho fairly imferred from its instory anid t adit.ions. It it fails to do so, it will eneouirage oth er denominations to take the, same Stanld, andl thero wvill thten bt n11othiig left for thmecolor'ed race lIut to withdraw from the existinig churchesa and organizo churches ofL theOir own, inl which it ill to( ho hope<d a mo -o compirehiensivo and Chiristain concep0 1) 1 ilo(f church memnber ship will ptrevail.'' Oni Saturday evening, abot i 'clock, (I Chiarles Se-zitt's jewlty sh, in ilirn well of the gol<d watches were etngraved'I withI the5(1 owners' namtes, "'(. )1tihman ll h tin' anu ll ... .iihnon8 '' A thir,d moat.. ~V(( TUE OIASSES OF 80I l'U CACOLINA. An Iuntereiting Article from a Learnetl Wrlter. (From tho Monthly tteport of Ihe Dopart meit of Agrlculture ) In 1885, Dr. henry W. Ravenol, the eminent botanist, who was at that timo the Botanist of the State Doparttnent of Agriculture, prepared an exhaustive ar ticle for the Depaztmient on the Agricul tural,grasses of this State. He divided thorn into the Native or Wild lrasses and the Cultivated Grusse. We begin in this report the publications of that article, taking first the native grasses. 'T'hree of these varieties are described herewith. The publication of the arti cle will be continued in future 1cports, until the despriptions of all have been Published. In treating of agricultural grasses, viz., those which are valuable to the farmor either for pasturage or hay, the first obvious division is between those which spring ip spontaneously and those which it it itecesuary to cultivate. The former include those which are na tive or naturalized, and which mature atd sow their own secds and take care of themselves. These are found in all natural pastures, in open swamp lands, ailong roadsides tid in the woods, ali, as in the case of crab and crow-toot graees, those which spring uip of their o?wnt aecora in cultivated tields. ''he latter include all other$ wich i re<iire printting and cultivation, and which may b e either amiuals or percnihlids. wl I11 oil NATl i. tiiAssi; , The ordinnmry pa1st ire grasses---tho e which are native, or if int.roduced, have becom)e so thl,orougly naturalized as to be able to take care of thcmselvcs, will 1e treated of first. Most of these are ''wild gtasses" so called--grasses which are generally spread through oulr State, and hel) to make up the ordinary pasture land. They vary in d'ferent localitiest, accord ing to the region of country in whih they are found, and to the composition whether dr.) or <ump, clay or" sandy. (ucernily there is a mixture of manny species In every natural plisure, somi1 preferrred by aninmr.ls for crop,ping, ind others again, when i t uii ndistu bti, h e..tf for curing into hay. For many of these wild PatSitr no local or commnwil names are known, and so (nly the botanical namnes are gtveli. SMOOTHI PASPALUM. 'The genus Paspalun comprises a large number of spcetes, mostly confined to the South. They are nearly all peren nial rooted, and are comiotly found in all nat oral soil. Prof. P?hare of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Mississippi, who seems to have made a special study of our Southern grasses, says. "They are alt succulent, tenter, nu tritious, hardy, thrifty, and relishid by all grass-eating anianals. They fill the soil with a in tting of roots, and cover the surface densely with Iuxuriait foliage frtu early spring till autumnal frosts.'' The Smiooth 1'aspalimu is a tall grow ing species from three to four feet high. It hins been founrid to make a very good hiy, ts 1'rof. Piar.-c says ho has a neigh bor who hts 1 eii feeding this grass f..r twenty-ive 3 ar5 and foIr imanv years has hlad it medow of it, fr. om wSih without eu liaving ,tcddt he annually tin(ows dbout tvo tous of u y per ner.-. SW.M\\P JoI'r (..ss. This species is very Conilion in the tide swan .ps of the loi' country, a great, p)est to the rice planters, and is known s joint grass, it, however, grows freely ii the np1icr and niiddle parts of th'e Stiate, pref1erring rich, damp soils. It lus e vry much th hbit of i ,ermi.uda giass, wIithI creejpinig root stoecks whtichi hbow out ioots below at ei'ehi joint and 'lu 0r1o lealve- oveO~. .1t is r-athier a1 lov gr~iowinig grass, rarrily exceediung I f to In i 1^'hes high, h,t thle roots ar-i mat - ted ovcr the sauece are I it furn ihes; a deonse tad luxuriant Ilbese. Gomod for~ pastutrage, but sear-cely' huge' einough for Drt. Vassey, of the D)epartmencnt 01 A'g ricualturte in Washtiingto n, in htis " Agri - cul tura Gra oetes oif the Uiited States, 1 8t ,"' alliutdes to th e per-enia il-roo ted, evergreen species of paspalium , bothI of rcrhping anid low haitilsI, latey b'1 rouight in to pri r o-mint not co in Texas is i vinIg gr-eat proisei of usefuilneiss. (Onie oif th eso l. t5laspahuailij remtu) wals sient to thle Dep-jartmnent b y JJ . I . IRie]hards, or I aG( ran ge, Texas, w ho sat es tliit it roots att teey joint iandi scnds up] ishoiot li ke a layerted grape vin'.e, ini that it re - impossible to(detroy it. Ante pce (lI'as liiu phdy eauilej, I nvingi the .une crinjg hbit, has bien (bservedl ini sever-al Soul th westen Stiltes. It is a1 gm-ass tof hower- girowth oin1 sn mIler sizec thant the3 precedinig. )I r. Jienj onin I rodniax, ot !toiii, says of it: ' That tie modne of growthlis tltt ton the gromnd, tatlungiroot at veti y joint, iiuu Hpreaidin out evr otheo gus or weed, as it. forinm a1t tic k sod and( is e ver-giren."' I m aroundi ioton,i ITexas, inii 1: 9, ia ill0 ialonig the railroad fromu New (Or heans to i,iisl,t, in lit Oilisnuing, hiotht these grasses aitre wellt woith a 1 triat ini our1 State for pernilanelit winte-r piatuir graie s. .'l any of themn tare ver-y vaiii abl 'e, partttiular y those of tlarge gr-owthi, wvlhh are found ini low grounds. i:.ul unAss. Th']is grass is so c<iunon niidl so well kniowni, both for- paistura-go andi haiy, t hat little nieed be sidt of it. I t is Si) uniiver sadly di ffused through theI Soutthernl States, thamt all is necessary to scentre a good crop~ is to have the indi ini proper c:ondit i in tIme pi ng eor early s'umi mur, fmrco of weeds anid of silticienmt fertility. A houtiful nalttr: tdoes then rest. There1( :are sever:al species of t all growing ''itnicumto, namtivYes of ouiir Stte, anid genieraltly foundi in rich low grounds, whichl aire vahurb110le djucfs to a good pastumre, amot mtany of the to make a good lily. unanmi uiius adictVe oft the otlicrs who ti on(I dudtheit i ('ourit-mmrtial, hasi sieh a dte J:la-hreing (len. huomuiger- 1)n thel retired listiof thle armiy. Thle ptroposal timd preivi titily be133enonisidered by Itie Conixell of Miinidcm SENECA's IG SENSATION. A (oorgia View of a Recent Carolli Suneation. (From the Macon, (a., 'T'elegraph.) Andy Gallagher, of the Missouri Pacfi and P. A. Williams, of the Memphis Little Rook, who have just returned i Atlanta from a prospecting tour in Nort Carolina, toll of a thrilling accident th+ hapl)encd a day or two ago at Sone City, on the Atlanta & Charlotto A Lino. It seems that a short distance abo Seneca City a Texas lorse drover boar< od the train and wishing to make hin self as comfortablo as possible, turne over one of the seats in the irst-clai coach and stretched himself out at fu length. After he had ridden a few inie in this position of comfort and ease, train hand enter< d the coach anil wall ing up to the Texan infcrnied him thi the rules of the company would not allo th s seats to be turned. The Texan r< fused to stir, and when the train han placed his hand on the seat for the pui poso of turning it, the stock deakr fror thm Lone Star State drew a large 4f calibre pistol and pointing it at the hen of the disturber of his comfort, said: ''If you don't go off' and leave in done, I will blow a hole through ye lug enough to drivo a yoke of ateel through." ''he train hand, not desiring to have tunnel cut through his body with col lead, withdrew and<I reported the mat ti to ihe cond ictor. This oflicial the culied upon the Texan, and after iiiorin ilig him of the ruleis of the road wil roterence to turning the sueats, told hi: ibht ho would have to occupy less spac 'Thit: miill iii vitation to get ul and all< the sent to be placed in its proper pio lion, did not have the desired elect. ( the contrary, it seemed to make t: owner of the six shooter indignant a n, being left alone. After lie had heard ti conductor through the Texan, in an e cited manner, jumped up and aga drawing his life exterminator, thrcaten to blow a hole through the conductor. '"1. want you to understand that 1 a frtin Texas,' said lie to the knight the beil cord, ''and if you don't let 1. aiome I wii shoot the lig.hts out of y+ andi leave you here as a monumiueiit the occasion." The conductor withdrew to a co:ach front., where Andy Gallagher was seat and knowing that the polular represe ative of the Missouri Pacilic was an < conductor, asked his advice as to wl was best to be done under the cireu stances. "Well, all the advico I havo to olli; said G.alglaer, as he passed a religio . periodical to his friend Peg Willianm who sat beside him, ''is to say you kno+ the rules of the road, and if I was i your pltaci I would enforce them if I ha to eall to my assistance every otlicial i the State of South Carolina." At this juncture the train reache Seneca City, where it made a stop c considerable length, much longer tha the schedule allows. Mr. (iallagher wishing to know wlni was going on in the rear, cal led upo his friend Williams and 'he two droppe back to t.he coach in which the Tex+ was enjoying his case. A .. they entered the car, the Texi <rover looked uip and asked: "'hat do you reckon they are stc) ping here iii this wilderness so long for? "I don't know," staid iallaigher, 'bn I hear that the conduetor has had a fus wit Ii a passenger about turning the sea rind inu:gine that the conductor has gon to get the marshal of the town to heli him enforce the rules of the road.'' ''Well, I reckon I am the passenger h had the fuss with, and it will take liin and a dozen marshals with six-sliooter lo get awvay with ime." ''Well, my~ friend,'' retorte( G'allagher "you and i are both passengerr', aiid if was youi I would conform to the rule md nmot have anmy trouble."' .1 efore tie Texan coumld make a rp tdozenk citIzens eniteredl the coach, soi by thle fronit door and others by the rear they walked downi the ear until the mal was responsible for all t.he troubil aas reached. .In anot her moment a hal le zen pistols were lishedt ini the lace e [tie Texas drover; iiroumnd his head was per'fect net-work of 1,istol1s, while abhov< t. was a ennopy of lirearms. 'Thei Texar lid noi t 1linech at thle six-shootersq, aii thi ew h is hand behind for his trlusty ii x Sioo t er. '[he p>Thso otf cit izen s th1e, jouiped on hiin and bo're him to th loor. II is pistol was taken from ando hi was hiust led out of the inrs. "Wh en thle I in pmlled outI of Sence, I it v," .iays ( bdhighier, 'the Tlexani wa> lin ii ful l lenugth on the laltforim witI ii hdf dozen citizens straddlinig him. hav a\ tenr iiiosity toi knowe whumt biecamie o then Texan,i )1 bt not enough to go baicl to thI eo lcee. I never sa1w so many i ) bih ini thIe or at oine timo ini my lilt an~'~W ii s eittys thlere was a t.wo-li(ors wau l a 'd, lbut I don't think there wa moor' tIlin a o,ne-liro VigOi (5)01 I : n' Mi. l> riron: WXoui't you leas tell youir nm!he rteideres that $3 will buy on', stroi ng eand ser viceall pair a panits, madIe to order by thet N. Y. Stan ulhird P ants Co.*, of I6 Un L iversity Plaic( New York city? Ily sendinig h centsi postage ustamps' to thle, above firm, the will send to any address '25 samplles clothl to choose fromi, a fi no' linen tap: meaisuire, a tfil I set of seieiitiflic nieasurt mente blI an ks and other vailutable infor mr t.ion . AlIt goods are deliveredl by theri thinough the U. S. Mails. A novel an praetical idea. Advise your readerst try th e firmn. T[hey are thorough ly r< Iialel. Yours t ruly, I' A(os AMi li4J.MNM. We are p)rep)ared1 to ste11 Pianos an, O rguis of thle best rmake at fiactor iprie< fo'r (ahtM or easry Ilustal ment Phiimos freom $210 u)mp; Organs from $2 ony. Thue verdict of the people is thi they eo n ave tIe frdt ght and twenty-liv per cent. 1by 1buyinug of uis. Instrumuent delivered to any depot oni fifteen dlayr trial. We pay freight both womys if no( satisfactory. Ortder and1 teat in you own hoimes. Reospect.fully, * Columb. , 8. 0. A tire yesterdal:y monurning destroiyeid fram,ue biulllig at the tirner oif Ilh andmii I streels, Wash.lington, oernp~lidby a fmimil n:tuued 1)nitfi, contsisting~ of tIhe fathei' jmiothuer andI live olhiboie. 'Iwo small chi idreni weire baly 13 hoi ned, andi onie boy), agi A MILLIONAIRE'S STAWT. Ii ________ SENATOIt STANFORD MIENT WEST BY , A :iA) M11 AN. O Front a i ri. tie at l.awyc,r in a Vt I ..I I ViIIagt- to a CaiI 1 yI lilht 1 of e'arly' ratic a mi,. reenill tht an y-ig lawyer'ai arrivail. 1i as~tL a stout i built, dark compIlexionedLa yountg uni, n22 or 231 years old, with thick h ps an idtan I ipoeiet in his speech thia. ttualo him erings and tended to make. himi bashaful anad ret iring. Shuiodl secu?red bard ait the Po w t ers' II ouse --'a two istory fraitno hotel n ow'ned b y 11 . ( . S lont, ot' Cicago, anad 1 nmtntlged( a y thle lade J udge* O'Co,ner. I He lot k. d the town over a'~, li ked the locai ti tn ando its prospaects, taind decided to selttI le re. A roon 'atiwas renttedl oli the second II or of a I raime atore builing - andt fatrnaished as a1 lawt t ollice. Th'Ie aart tmaent wtas ismiall - Sx 12 -an p11 lainlyv ftur t niashedl, the fuirnitire consisting of a t il ahook calse. A shliniglo wlas hunlg out 111and Llandi.i waited for ai client. Whthter Sor not the clietnt ever came haistory dloesa not relate, butt true it is the court records ot Waahi c~olInty htear nto evidaimco thtat iLlantd S titafod had ta casea on the caten s ar dutring thte thinco yetars ho waslt a memer of thIisa bar. in fact, busainessa ,was8 so( poo t hat Staitforal seacured tan 1 f.ponmn asnotary public in order to from the ollhiae. Tot-ay thterei is ;nta.ny , deed aind mortgage ont jil bearing the I .jlaiblic. Jat the f.all olf 1818 Stantfordl return'ed1 to Allbanly to) be mautrriedl. (Ciarles Miller, I a trominat citizen of West . n1, iii I th lJ adj1ir ing COun!)ty, d!eclares wilth cont- i sid ertablo prideo. tt,t ho fint tnisheda the mnatey tot pay the' . eese af thtt wed-- I ditng atal Ibrithil touar. iThe facet wats, I altand Stattoanl hadat totit his htanalh, t full in keepinag theo wa.f fromt (tho dotor, hiq tantnd incom!e; bt lhe wouthld nt d1s apotint hii.-I' barthedi: by aLin tg her to I Ipa-ostt n the wedadI g, an~d phtekily' took a fi ial Iaitto bae contidience tad bor)1rowed< aita m l irs. Stantfortd tid) nttt como o Ih> I it W\a-lhingtoni prtearedt' to btegint t houttsekeep~ing. All t.heir worildly goods wer ( cotaain lted itn oe tutnk of very I tud,ttrato xsz total tlu-v fotunda ao dtidhient-< ty itt g<tI ting ev tytliting itta that onei I smI aitll roa;a in~ Ih l'at,wers'' II ousea, oetn pied Iby1. t. Thir aj tnutanet.' t i w a n 1thea saeconda tlaior, dlirttly oaver that har t roomtt tia I wvai w'armeda~ lay a ala vajpipat t.htat p aassedl tough the chtamb Ier ftoma I tthe atlice. Thle 3 oug etoupl e were verty ii htapapy htere fori tioverail mthitla; they I wea.re welcametta int tociety suec.t as thterto I - wase, tad it, is said~ thiie hueat were drawnvt , very closely~ attaiede the dattcing patr a ti(ts gi veni ii '"the siectioti," ias the long, y low hallI in the garret of the hotel was I ,f termctd anid btecamtt ta ptart of the life of I o thet little vilhtige. At lasat, however, Mrs. I Stanford beecame tired of beting contiami l-,illy inavited aout without be'ing able toA) at entteirtin ini re.turnt talndighed for1 a, I Itahome( of her o "n. It wais decidead toi ati begin haIoustekeepintg, tiadt astory anad a Italf brick cottage wtas renttedt. F'urni ture ctame fromt thea Eat- -a gift of Mrs. I Statnford'sa father, tas tan enaviotus antd got: 1 ' asipintg neighbor otnco said -anal the ' youn~g petoplIo miovedl ito theair palain 1btt pretty home. The htouso totod ont the 1 titbak of a brook, tso closeo to theo water I Y thact one dany dulrinig a spring freshlot the< -wiater rose ad cairriedl t out itnto L ta IMichtigan, together with its conltAentf. For' ai timo Stanaforad saeemed to ptrosp~er Sint a smaIl way, hbut a year tafter lhis muar riago ame fortunota's smnilat turnted to a frown. Rtusiness fell otif to no)thtin2, anald rthto yotuntg lawyer'si incomot( suttoed. rT'hen Mras. Stanaforad thoutight it adtvsasablea to return to the home (If her ptiaet untd thtinga pickedl upl. A fire (camne tand I sawelut aw~ay Stanfotrd'sa Otlie, <lestrotying a i l iis librarty anid hmavitng him with Ito waya Slt conttintuo htis btusiessa. About thisa time ta pohiticaul campaaigut was at htandl antd tho nomnintio(n to that ot110 otf p jrtooeuting attorntey for the coaunty wast Itendaeredl him. i Ie aiccaptedl it tad when *the votoaa wern cnnntd fonnd ho -M snowed under. )isgustod, disheartened and poor, Stanford accepted an invita tion of his brother, who hd gone to California and emigrated to the Pacilo Coast. it is interesting to know that the man who defeated Stanford and sent him to Frisco and wealth, is employed as a cop7ist in a MLIwaukee law office. Since his departur Mr. Stanford has not set foot in Port Washington. E.FI'IANTr'M FOOT IN AFRICA. A 1)IKh Which Iruek, Out Anything at I)e1nmonico's. Speaking of elephant's foot takes us iaturally to the Kallirs, where this dish s the crowning triumph of their bill of are. Night is the time generally se veted by the Kaflir for the enjoyment of his primo luxury. Other portions of he elephant are eaten with great gusto, mut the feet are esteemed the delicacies if the feast. A hole is dug in the ground uid a tire made on tho bottom. It is tllowed to burn down to a heap of coals, vhich are scraped cut by the cooks. Whcu this oven has been freed of em 'ers, ihe foot is rolled into it and cover 'd with twigs, and green leaves. After his the hot embers are replaced and a roaring lire started over the heap. In his imanner the foot is baked, and when Ie tire has burued low the contents of ie oven are lifted cut by several men and the feast opens. Travelers who ave feasted with the Kaflirs on occa ions of this k nd have paid glowing sinuphiments to their cookery. The na ives are said to love elephant foot next t1 the marrow taken from the leg bones ,f the giraffe or cland, bul the prepara ion of this food does not afford the en y meit which is associated with the tish we have described. The Kallie s are fond of locusts also. ILhey cut them whole, just as more civil zed people devour shrimps. -They have, oo, a certain fondnest for lion's flesh, ibout the toughest dish apy one can sit lown to. The late Gordo> Cumming, who was familiar with the secrets-of the l"illir kitchen, .t'sed.to say that "a very g.)od idea of the meat which is usually abtained in Kallirlan.l may be gained by iking the very worst part of the tough 'nt possible heel, multiplying the tough jst by ten and substructing the gravy,.' Notoes A1buut. Itall Iayers. Johnny Ward of the New Yorks is itopping in I'hiladelphia. Big Chief Roseman is still unsig . [Io is practicing pitching. Jimmy Fogarty, the Philadelphia's right fielder, is still jn California. The Sporting Times prints a piotq. raph of the Now York's mascot. Pitcher Bildwin of the Detroits anj \lanager Watkins have agreed on salary. Poto Browning and young Chamber oin have refufed to sign with the Iouiq ,'ille club. It will cost the American Association l8,00a this year for umpires and prizes, All the meubers of the St. Browns are mow irud at work getting thtemselyes it rim. Jim O'Rourke and Buck Ewing p tatisfied to play almost any poaition on lie teai except third base. 'I'he Brooklyn players' new uniforms vill be padded heavily, so as to enable hem to steal bases without being in ni.l P'resident Young has at last selected ho men who will umpire the games. t'hey are Lynch, )ecker, Daniels and alentine. Al Spaulding, the president of the Ihicago club, is making preparations to crd two base ball teams to Australia ext fall. Thre Brooklyn's spare material are still mniignied, arid it looks as if none of the sociation clibs wa~nt any of the players. O)tters.in, thre young short stop, wire >laiyed with thu Brooklyns last season vihile Smrith wais sick, will captain tbo 'Vheelinig club. Brushong, now oif thre Brooklyn club, >layed withr thre Worcoster tears in 1879 or $Xt0 a moneth. lIissealarry grow is ever ivo timfles thl at aimo)unt. Molerrll of the ik>stonr clubi will hato >leonty of work to do this sceo. lie ides playing first base he will nmanarge hie enrb, andS a lso) capltain thei( nine. T1he Athletic club's new liayers, (Glea onr anid Welch, have reached Philadel >ian, ard rep)orlr at the rink where the est oif t,iro players iire practicing. P resident N imick of tire P'ittsbunrg lubi is breyinnring to lbe (dishlkod by hris >laLyers. (Galvin arid Miller are angry at Im becauOLiiise lioi state<d thrat they were a bird-rate baittery. 1>1 Anidrews has arrived inr Phliladel >hi, rand wars miot at tire depot by Pre'si lent lteacrh. TIhe latter stated Andrews rad rno ill-feeling again-t tire clumb anid vas willing to ugir ai contract. 'Tihe (cas5 of P'itchmer Clairksonr is (rie liat cannot be arrangedl in short order. h'le (hicargo cliii will 1hold on to im as ong as thlere, is a ghost of a chance (if etarnring him, rand will only let hinm go Iter orvery aittempult to hold( hrimi i ws iiled. A gas well was struck at Zenria, In I., hre other day wich hire a Ilow of 14, H lO00 enubic foet,. Th'ie flanmo is seventy ive feet hrigh, ie Auigustra, (Ga., a tree follerd in early nor i ig wras b efo re nightfall of the samni lay ( oniverted into papler and( sent out wi:.sinru thre current niews. An imnmenrsr I#comnotive hras just been 1(onstrructedl at ai Parris foundry. ht.s mi iler predicts thart it will realize air ihpproximarte speed of nrinety-throo miles A. 11. F"rench, of K(ansas City, hadl >retty good luck ini fishing the other lay. lie serated himself oni thre pier at. rntua lirbarai, Caii., aind( with ai book .iud line craught five sharks, averaging ini enrgthr live feet and( nino inc~hos each11. ['he finnry mnonrsters fought gamerly for reedom aind it took thre lombhinted eff'orts ,f three min to get erach on terra firms. Wind-roiled snowbialls are often seon mf the( l)rakota anid Wyoming prairies. lonietimes miillions upourr iilhions of tire sils are in sight at one0 time. Manry are >f tire of an orange, some as big as a mnuinon ball, while others reaoih tire pro >orrt.ionsl of tire p)rize plumphkin of the lorinty fair. T1hoseo freaks of the storm eaive ai person uinder the fanciful im >ressiovr rat great arm ies of school boys irnvo been battling over tire snowy